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My All Time Top Ten… Movies

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Tim

1. The Insider (Michael Mann)

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Why? Well because of everything. This is the movie that it is hard to find fault with anywhere. Michael Mann’s directing style is unique and this is the best in his repertoire. His use of low level lighting and tight angles is used to best effect here.

This is also arguably Russel Crowe’s best movie. Bulking up to play the character of Jeffrey Wigand  alongside Al Pacino he has the conviction to pull off the role of whistle blower for big tobacco firm Brown & Williamson. Pacino too is full of verve, exploring the character of CBS news journalist Lowell Bergman with real depth and passion.

They are supported by a number of great cameo’s from the likes of Christopher Plummer (who’s brilliant monologue during the threat of legal action is award winning), Gina Gershon as Mrs Wigand struggling with the pressure put on their family, Bruce McGill and Colm Feore as the law team set up to defend the Wigand’s, against Michael Gambon’s prosecution.

The fantastic script (of which I have a copy) keeps the 2 hours of the film moving right along. The soundtrack is also exceptional (Pieter Biourke and Lisa Gerard also did the soundtrack for Gladiator). The closing version of Massive Attack’s Safe From Harm (Perfecto Mix) is perfect justice at the end of the perfect movie.

2. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)

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For all it’s flaws this movie is still the most long-standing over-watched classic escapist sci fi epic there is! Ridley Scott’s greatest cinematic triumph. An awesome cast, beautifully lit and shot, fantastic visual effects, classic acting, an awesome soundtrack, a beautiful heroine – what more do you need!

There’s a good ‘making of’ story to boot in the form of Channel 4’s On The Edge of Darkness, presented By Mark Kermode, in which hero Harrison Ford (who plays troubled cop Deckard) and villain Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty – a Nexus 6 ‘Replicant’ android) battle it out for lead role.

But it’s the escapist fantasy of Los Angeles in 2039 (God is it only that far away!), the grainy reality of a dystopian future, and the empathy you develop for the replicant heroine who doesn’t even know she’s a replicant that seals it for me.

Watch for similarities between the terrific ‘patricide’ scene (when Roy Batty meets and kills his maker, Dr Elden Tyrrell) and the same scene in Galdiator when Joaquim Phoenix takes Cesars life – the two are almost interchangeable!

3. Gladiator (Ridley Scott)

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The second Ridley Scott film here this epic has everything: cast (Russel Crowe, Oliver Reed, Joaquim Phoenix, Connie Neilson etc), script, special effects, DTS surround soundtrack, lighting.

Gladiator for me is all about space: the space between scenes, people, the Roman Empire itself, the lighting, music, etc – it has such an aura of impressive scale it draws you in with a story that everyone has some accord with.

It’s an emotional epic that will stand the test of time.

4. Avatar (James Cameron)

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This went straight in at 2 when i saw it, but retrospectively has slipped down to 4 for the simple reason that I need to see it again to cement it firmly in above Blade Runner and Gladiator!

This movie represents the singularly most amazing cinematic movie experience I have ever had. Indeed it comes high up on the list of life experiences. I left the cinema on an absolute high, feeling not unlike the last time I did LSD (some 20 years ago).

A lot has been said about the withdrawal symptoms that this film has left a lot of people with. I agree with the fact that the emersion experience is immense, and the fact that the subtle use of 3D tops it, but for me it was the affinity with our hero. When he is plugged in to his avatar and gets the use of his legs bak it is such an intense empathetic moment it is only when you are ‘unplugged’ at the end of the film that you feel like you are left with some part of you missing. It’s just genius!

Perhaps unlike Blade Runner there is something here for everyone. Indeed it is Titanic in space! A good love story, and a traditional good vs evil plot line is all it takes, but my God the way Cameron has used cinematic effect to bridge the usual audience/screen experience was worth all the effort, has cemented a milestone in cinema, and will be emulated for years to come.

5. The Godfather Trilogy (Francis Ford Coppola)

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OK, OK, I know I can’t have all three, but this is my list right, so tough luck. In fact if I compare it to other trilogies it still deserves to be up there.

6. Heat (Michael Mann)

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The second Michael Mann film of three in my top ten, and the one released prior to my number one – The Insider. It’s a bit of a love hate with Heat. It’s a long film and it always absolutely grips me – I can also watch it time and time again, but there’s something stopping me from liking it more.

It certainly deserves to be up there though, if only (as any cinema buff should know) because it marks the first (and only) cinematic moment where the two greats of their generation — Robert De Niro and Al Pacino – come together on screen in the epic ending to the movie.

Great plot, good cameo’s, but specifically Al Pacino is on fire here.

7. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg)

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When documentary type movies are done well they always appeal to me, and like The Insider Saving Private Ryan is brilliantly and accurately portrayed.

Here Spielberg spends top dollar on recreating (in the opening scenes) the terror of the Normandy landings to most dramatic effect. But it’s the way that the characters are built up through the course of the movie that really appeals. There are beautiful scenes between teh main action pieces when the great cameo actors are given the time and the chance to develop their personas and convey characters with alot of inner turmoil. Hell even Vin Diesel does well.

Amongst the cameo’s are some of my favourite actors: Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, and Giovanni Ribisi.

However it is of course the fantastic finale that wins the ultimate vote. The amazing production during the imminent and inevitable last stand scores a huge win on the home cinema :)

8. Miami Vice (Michael Mann)

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The final Michael Mann film in the top ten and amongst the three the one that is most reflective of my blokey, gadget led lifestyle in that it is the most stylised and dynamic of all three. By this I mean that (even more than Collateral) Mann pushes the boundary of the capabilities of the boundaries of the capabilities of film itself, using extreme dark scenes with great over exposure of darkness and colour, without degradation, and a cracking soundtrack to boot.

In fact I could have listed all of his filmography (maybe apart from his pre-’83 stuff, oh and the Last of the Mohicans!)

Highlights: Ferrari’s, night clubs, music, speedboats, mojito’s, guns, grenades, hispanic accents… low lights – why Colin Farrel of course, but this is his best role.

More on Michael Mann on IMDB – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520/

9. Alien (Ridley Scott)

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Need I say more… expect maybe that I shouldda included Aliens too! But this film was made when I was 12 – that’s 1979 – and it is still an awesome testament, not only to science fiction, but to cinema as a whole.

The effects, atmosphere, time, space, all of it, are unfaultable.

10. Star Wars Sextology (George Lucas)

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Every boys dream, and now becoming my boys dream, the best of escapist cinema (apart from episode 2 which is schlock).

Just off the list:

  • Caddyshack (Harold Ramis) – and top of the list for best film quotes
  • Freebie and The Bean (Richard Rush) – James Caan and Alan Arkin have their finest moments in this classic cop caper
  • The Matrix (Wachowski brothers) – a great trilogy, but this first movie is an absolute classic, and should be remade exactly the same but without Keanu Reeves
  • 2001 (Stanly Kubrick) – at least one Kubrick film should have been in there, but alas no. This is still a miracle of cinema – made in 1968, and featuring that wonderful Strauss waltz.

Other classics (and this list could go on a while):

  • Withnail & I - Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann in their finest moments, and don’t forget Jimmy Hendrix, Uncle Monty (the “terrible cunt”), and Presuming Ed’s Camberwell Carrot!
  • Duel (Steven Spielberg) – did you know that Spielberg used the sound of the truck going over the edge of the cliff at the end of the movie for the scene in Jaws where the shark gets blown up?!
  • Blues Brothers (John Landis) – has to be in there somewhere as I’ve watched it more tan any other movie ever, as should Beverley Hills Cop, from the same director and Trading Places (Tony Scott) …all three of these for some fantastic quotes: “I ain’t gonna fall for the banana in the tail pipe”.

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My Vehicles

Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Tim

(This post is part of a series – the first being ‘My Gadgets‘)

1. Volkswagen Golf CL (Mk 1) 1985 – 89

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Classic 1400cc blue go kart! Boy the fun I had in this car!. Don’t tell my mum (RIP) but this was just the best vehicle I ever drove – light but nippy it was perfect for chasing girls around town just after I had passed my driving test, age 18.

Unfortunately it only lasted a few years as it got driven hard! In fact I wrote it off twice – once in a rear end collision a few hundred yards from my folks home back then (I was driving too fast – the accident was almost inevitable after passing my test first time, if you ask me!), and secondly on the way back from a trip down to the Zap night club in Brighton after I has forgotten to check the coolant and blew the head gasket on the M25 at dawn on the way home! My fried Simon Cranshaw woke up in the passenger seat as I pulled over for a 4 hour wait for a breakdown truck to ask if we were home yet!

Still it served me and my mates well (which I guess was ultimately the reason why mum decided to buy it as ‘her car’ in the first place – not!) My favourite memory in it was a trip I did with my best mates at the time – Sam Bell, Rich Moncrieff and Bendo Mann. We grabbed an ounce of hash and drove around the UK stoned for a week. I still distinctly remember the smell of Sam’s Belstaff after we spent a particularly rough night pitched on a sloping rain drenched hill side in Wales (but that’s another story, as is the one of how I learned to skin up on the lip in front of the speedo as I drove, my wrists shoved through the steering wheel to keep the car straight!)

2. Volkswagen Golf GTi (Mk2) 1989 – 2003

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What else do you persuade your mum to buy after you’ve blown up her Mk 1 Golf – a 1.8 GTi! No don’t get me wrong – I didn’t lean on her too hard – this was only the 8v version, but my God what a rocket!

Unfortunately for mum the purchase coincided with my heady slip into the rave scene. The car developed quite a notoriety amongst those inclined to drive all of the south of England in search of a booming sound system and some arc lights! I was the designated driver for our crew (a new bunch of best friends – Kieran Donnely (the legendary DJ – well in Oxford at the time anyway), Ruth Undy, Lloyd (always too stoned to remember his last name), and MC Jase, with whom I used to also crew for Acidica Productions.

It’s another story as to where we all ended up, but needless to say the spliff smoking continued, this time joined by some very long fast night stints at the wheel. The blim burned seats were the hardest thing to explain away (actually the Pirelli alloy wheels which I spray painted gold were worse!). Best thing about her was the removable Sony head unit I put in, along with the 2 6×7 speakers in an MDF rear shefl – boy did they sound sweet! No sub needed!

I did a good 40,000 recreational miles in her before selling her to Pizza Express chef Mo for a bargain.

3. Volvo 360 GLT (2.0)

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Don’t laugh! Ever since I was a small boy I had a desire to drive one of these. I must of loved the shape. And it turned out to be quite a little rocket. Despite having the weight of a Volvo the 2 litre engine and rear wheel  drive was a heady combination. I still remember the distinctive smell of this sedan and had many good times in her barreling down to Brighton where i eventually relocated to from Oxford.

4. Hanomag Henschel (which became Mercedes) 508 diesel medium wheelbase motorhome

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This purchase represents a slight change of tack. Not only was it my first expenditure on a vehicle out of my own money, but it reflects a definitive desire to get the hell out of Oxford, the drug scene, and the UK for a while in an attempt to define myself for a new me on my return.

When I bought the van it was a motorcross van with a garage at the rear – a bloody great thing, I was still living at my parents at the time (the last time) and had the benefit of a large drive and double garage in which to first dismantle and then rebuild with a double bed and a shower room. My girlfriend Helen and I promptly disappeared round Europe in JJ (JJH 630W) for 5 months. We covered 5000 miles hugging the coastlines of Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece, getting as far as my brother’s flat in Athens, and even driving 7 friends of ours out from Athens airport to a Greek resort for a weeks holiday together :)

She didn’t last long though – it’s hard to find the space to park such a beast and even less common to find the excuse to use her!

More picks of JJ and the conversion in progress here - http://www.loftsites.co.uk/jj.html

5. Rover 25 vlsi

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There’s always one car in an automotive fan’s collection that is a spanner. I guess this was mine! I was settling down in Brighton and my girlfriend Sarah and I decided we both fancied the Rover 25 pretty much as soon as it was launched. Now don’t get me wrong – the 25 was actually a very drivable car, but it’s transmission was clunky and it had rubbish associations with the leather backed glove brigade so favour quickly waned…

6. Toyota Landcruiser FJ60

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When Sarah and I got hitched I managed to persuade her that we should do a road trip for our honeymoon. I had always wanted to drive a 4×4 and the two ideas coincided in Drew – a Y reg Toyota HJ60 – a classic off road vehicle that is still commonly seen in developing countries today. I did up the exterior, converted the interior to put a double bed in the back with storage underneath, curtains, etc, and we set off on a 5 week trip which took us as far east as Prague and and south through the Alps to Tuscany. It was however a little confined in the back there so we did see a fair few hotels too. Great fun to drive though. Funnily enough I don’t think we went off road once!

7. VW Golf GTi Mk4 110bhp

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Settling back down in Brighton we decided to follow the trend and look at importing a car to save us a few bob, and the new Golf GTi (the first one in the country with the alloys pictured so we were told!) was £4000 of the UK list price. When the were released the top of the range model was actually the GT TDi, and the performance of the new turbo diesel engines VW built was just awesome. Importing was a strange process. We ended up going to some chaps house in North London to complete the deal

8. VW Golf GTi Mk4 150bhp

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We liked the Golf so much that when the 150bhp, true GTi, was launched we decided to upgrade to another import, this time with lots of lovely extras like leather, auto dimming rear mirror, rain sensors and low profile tyres. We even had it chipped with a Van Arken engine mod which took it up to 180bhp – awesome. We did many quick trips to the flat in Norfolk and back in this little beauty – my favourite vehicle of the whole lot :)

9. VW LT35 LWB Campervan – self build

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Some way down the line I my desire was rekindled for owning a vehicle that I could sleep in (odd that!). I picked up some old books, magazine and manuals from when I converted JJ and discovered the Self Build Motorcaravanners Club (http://www.sbmcc.co.uk) – a surprisingly active and popular forum within whose community I picked back up the skills of the trade.

I bought myself a £2k N reg VW LT35 diesel – a former glaziers van (I even had to remove the racks).  I spent £4k on the conversion (and sold her 5 years later for £5k :) put in everything from under-slung water tanks to the windows, all the electrics, gas and plumbing, shower room double bed and furniture! It took about 6 months of fairly solid weekends, evenings and even lunch breaks but it was well worth – we had many excellent trips in her, lots of festivals, and that sense of having a vehicle into which you could just flop at the end of a hard week and disappear off to various corners of Europe is priceless.

Anyway the pictorial story of the conversion can be seen over on my other website http://www.loftsites.co.uk/jj.html

10. Audi A4 Avant 2.5 V6 TDi Avant

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We only sold the Golf when we needed the space to chuck a buggy and other kids stuff in the back. What do you get after a 180bhp GTi? Well I started researching and came across tyresmoke.net and started fancying myself as an RS4 Avant owner! Of course there was nothing any way near our price range so I stumbled across an estate we could afford – a 148 bhp 2.5l V6 TDi A4. This again had the full extras list, including leather, RS4 alloys and a lighting pack, and had the Audi patented Multitronic gear box, which basically meant that you could floor it from standing and go all the way up to 125 mph without a gear change – awesome. She also cornered like she was on rails – a real long range high speed cruise. Good value at purchase we did many miles in the Audi but she lost 3/4 of her value in 4 years :(

11. Saab 93 Convertible

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You little beauty! What does a divorcee looking to rekindle his boyhood freedom buy to the maximise pleasure of your 5 year old son?! A convertible of course, and in terms of value for money vs style the 93 convertible is an absolute beauty. Crucially you also get cracking performance from the huge 2 litre turbo pot that sounds great – just like a jet fighter – when you throttle it. Oh to be young again! Bring on the good weather :)

12. Fiat Ducato Adria Twin LWB Campervan

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Last (but foremost) on this list for the time being is my new pride and joy – a ‘nearly new’ red Fiat Ducato (x250 chassis) Adria Twin 3 birth motorhome :)

Ever since I was a small boy I remember fondly campervan holidays in Ford Landliners and Bedford CF’s and wanted to continue this boyhood notion of having a home on wheels to escape in. For the time being this is the perfect culmination of my ‘vanning life. At last space to both stand up without bending (I am 6ft 2″) and lie comfortably across the van on a huge soft bed :)

Anyway they’ll be loads more to update this post with. You can read more about my hunt for the Adria here – http://www.loftsites.co.uk/fixed-bed-high-top-campervan.html

Thanks for reading :)

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  • "Uncanny valley" – a dip in positivity of human reaction to a robot's lifelikeness! Very Philip K Dick (via @christt) http://bit.ly/10KSfv #
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  • Wow – check out Google Universal going crazy right now: http://bit.ly/cwJcCF #
  • Does it handle 3D?! #ipad #
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  • Furious content creation activity going on round the #ipad luanch. I wonder how many posts are being written right now #
  • "live video within the app"! Awesome #ipad #
  • I was in a traffic jam in my Saab with only one hand on the wheel (the other on my iPhone) #whenipadlaunched #
  • When are we gonna see the video of the Apple event in the UK? Anyone know #
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  • OMG Daft Punk are doing the soundtrack for Tron 2 #movie #nirvana #
  • "fuck mini babybel" another Chris Morris classic – Four Lions #
  • Check out the Twitter sentiment graph across the top of p6&7 in the Guardian re Blair's Chilcot session (one for u @killer_bunnie) #
  • RT @rapella: { good read } '…a disturbing tale of how we treat what we don't understand'. Brian a relation, @timaldiss? < me dad :) #
  • RT @dominickj: At work on a Saturday, I must be flipping nuts < odd profession #

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Doppelganger Week on Facebook: Better Than Sharing Your Bra Color?

Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Tim

Facebook users have found a way to top the sharing your bra color meme: Celebrity Doppelganger Week.

We’ve been seeing status update after status update about this new meme pop up into our Facebook feeds. A quick search of Facebook explains exactly what’s going on:

“Doppelganger week! During this week change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete) you have been told you look like…. and repost this message.”

We have no idea how it started, and frankly we don’t care: the result is still both interesting and hilarious, depending on who your friends think they look like. We’ve seen posts on this all the way back to Tuesday, but it only recently picked up steam.

It is actually better than the Bra Color Facebook Status meme? We’re kind of fond of the bra color meme, but guys and girls alike are jumping on the doppelganger bandwagon. Let us know what you think of this newest trend in the comments.

[via Inquisitr]

Tags: 25 things, facebook, viral, Viral trend

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Chris Morris is back

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Tim

Brilliant!

Four Lions is loosely based on the Leeds jihadist cell that killed 52 London commuters on July 7 2005.
But the suicide bombers in Morris’s film are far from hardline fundamentalists; instead, they are portrayed as hopeless amateurs who stumble into extremism.
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Controversial: Four Lions is loosely based on the Leeds jihadist cell that struck on 7/7. Here the fictional extremists prepare for their suicide attacks disguised in costumes such as Cookie Monster and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Like the 7/7 cell, the film’s four would-be jihadists plan a series of suicide attacks in the capital, during the London Marathon.
The result is a comedy that is likely to upset many cinemagoers when it is released later this year.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245887/Four-Lions-Controversial-Chris-Morris-jihadist-comedy-bumbling-suicide-bombers-premieres.html#ixzz0dwNl7izd

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