Movie review thread...
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Saw Underworld Rise of the Lycans. It's crap. xzxnegative
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Watched Gran Torino (great film), Changeling (okay) and went to the flicks to see Star Trek (bloody tops).
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[quote name='taniwharugby'][quote name='Hooroo']Watched The Spirit and it sucked the kumara[/quote]<br />
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Excellent, my instincts about not watching that one were right...<br />
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[b]What doesn't kill you[/b]<br />
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Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo & cameos (is that all he does) of Donnie Wahlberg<br />
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Decent enough story line of 2 brothers that carry on the tradition of petty crime and thuggary in a Boston neighbourhood, until one decides he has had enough. A bit on the slow side 5.9/10[/quote]<br />
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Haven't heard of that one, it sounds good (although only just average by your rating), I like the Boston set movies from my time living there. Donnie Walhberg is brilliant in Band of Brothers, he's probably a better actor than his brother but just doesn't get the good roles. -
[quote name='Hooroo']Watched The Spirit and it sucked the kumara[/quote]<br />
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Saw that one too, at the cinema. If the latest Indiana Jones installment was bad -- and truly, it was -- welll, The Spirit is ten times worse. Frank Miller should never be allowed close to a movie camera again, let alone given the sole directors' responsibility. He's a good collaborator, but he did no service to Will Eisner on this turd, he completely misses the boat and can't direct actors. -
I watched one called "The Kingdom" the other day. Concerned with the investigation by a crack team of FBI experts of a terrorist incident in Saudi on some US nationals. a bit dark (in lighting terms) and also the dialogue ws sometimes hard to follow but still a bloody good film. Jaime Foxx was good.<br />
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[quote name='Nepia'][quote name='taniwharugby'][quote name='Hooroo']Watched The Spirit and it sucked the kumara[/quote]<br />
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Excellent, my instincts about not watching that one were right...<br />
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[b]What doesn't kill you[/b]<br />
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Ethan Hawke, Mark Ruffalo & cameos (is that all he does) of Donnie Wahlberg<br />
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Decent enough story line of 2 brothers that carry on the tradition of petty crime and thuggary in a Boston neighbourhood, until one decides he has had enough. A bit on the slow side 5.9/10[/quote]<br />
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Haven't heard of that one, it sounds good (although only just average by your rating), I like the Boston set movies from my time living there. Donnie Walhberg is brilliant in Band of Brothers, he's probably a better actor than his brother but just doesn't get the good roles.[/quote]<br />
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rating more due to the pace of the movie, as I said, storyline is fine. -
Pride and Glory, Edward Norton Colin Farrell and a ginger are cops in their NY precinct, their dad is higher up the ladder - John Voight. I thought it was going to be good, and I kept watching, I was sure that at any time the story was going to actually go somewhere unpredictable but no. Don't bother. 2hrs wasted.
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Kingdom of the crystal skull would be the biggest festering pile of dog-s*it I've ever seen on the big screen. I mean alien's?? Where have they gone to? Space??". "No the space between the space". Utterly ridiculous...<br />
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Watched "Where in the world is osama bin laden" by the same guy that did "Supersize me". Complete and utter waste of time - thankfully of a borrowed DVD so didn't spend a cent on it otherwise I'd feel robbed!! -
[quote name='Kirwan']Well just walked out of my first movie, well I think ever. Angels and Demons, truly awful. *<br />
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<br />- OK so the babysitter said our kid was sick, but we didn't even hesitate and left[/quote]<br />
Watched it at home on Friday. What a POS. I knew it was going to be crap, as I hated the Da Vinci Code movie as well. No way in hell either was ever going to live up to the books. I also watched Knowing. Yet another meh movie staring Nicholas Cage. Basic story is he and his kid come across a piece of paper from a time capsule that predicts the future, and then scary spooky events and figuring out their role in it ensues. 5 out of 10.
- OK so the babysitter said our kid was sick, but we didn't even hesitate and left[/quote]<br />
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Pride and Glory: Talk about fetchin potential for a movie (Norton, Voight, Farrel - I don't usually like him but thought In Bruge would be a turning point), and yep it was cabbage.<br />
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Does Nicolas Cage owe bookies/drug dealers/ex wives/various children lots of money? Because man he turns out lots of movies - mostly cruddy these days.<br />
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I was thinking that Angels and Demons would be a better movie, but then I read it before Da Vinci Code and they're essentially the same book. Why did you watch it Rusty, if you didn't like the first? -
[quote name='Nepia']I was thinking that Angels and Demons would be a better movie, but then I read it before Da Vinci Code and they're essentially the same book. Why did you watch it Rusty, if you didn't like the first?[/quote]<br />
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I watched This Is England the other day, on the reccomendation of a friend. I thought it was very good, has no big name actors, but all play their parts well. <br />
It's basically the story of 12/13 year old growing up in England in 1983, with Thatcher and the Falklands War as the back drop. He gets involved with a group of teenage skinheads, which then leads to his affiliation with 'Combo', who promotes his white supremacist/ nationalist agenda within the teenagers. <br />
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A somewhat depressing coming of age tale thats very well done, uncomfortable viewing at times, but a brilliantly told story, that gives an insight into both the growth of the nationalist movement after the Falklands and the rise of 'thug' culture in Britain. <br />
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Released in 2006, its timing was poignant as the issue of British multiculturalism was brought to public attention in the wake of the 7/7 Bomings the previous year.<br />
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[quote name='halfkiwihalfpom']I watched This Is England the other day, on the reccomendation of a friend. I thought it was very good, has no big name actors, but all play their parts well. <br />
It's basically the story of 12/13 year old growing up in England in 1983, with Thatcher and the Falklands War as the back drop. He gets involved with a group of teenage skinheads, which then leads to his affiliation with 'Combo', who promotes his white supremacist/ nationalist agenda within the teenagers. <br />
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A somewhat depressing coming of age tale thats very well done, uncomfortable viewing at times, but a brilliantly told story, that gives an insight into both the growth of the nationalist movement after the Falklands and the rise of 'thug' culture in Britain. <br />
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Released in 2006, its timing was poignant as the issue of British multiculturalism was brought to public attention in the wake of the 7/7 Bomings the previous year.<br />
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9/10[/quote]<br />
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I thought it was a bloody good film. I would just mention that the group he hung out with at first weren't racists/nationalists, but just a bunch of people who hang out together and listen to music etc. I think it the movie shows the change well.<br />
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I caved to my son's pressure yesterday and watched Walk Hard - The Dewy Cox story. It was so lame it was actually funny in places. It is a total rip off of Walk The Line with cameos by quite a few comedians such as Jack Black. The Beatles scene is really funny.
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[quote name='allblackfan']I caved to my son's pressure yesterday and watched Walk Hard - The Dewy Cox story. It was so lame it was actually funny in places. It is a total rip off of Walk The Line with cameos by quite a few comedians such as Jack Black. The Beatles scene is really funny.[/quote]<br />
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As a spoof movie I think it's the best since the original Scary Movie and Hot Shots. <br />
The actor is a pretty good actor/singer as well. <br />
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I was slapping my leg all over the place during the Beatles scene. -
Yeah it was funny. It's a very similar style of comedy to Will Farrell's - Talledaga Nights and Semi Pro come to mind.
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[quote name='Nepia'][quote name='halfkiwihalfpom']I watched This Is England the other day, on the reccomendation of a friend. I thought it was very good, has no big name actors, but all play their parts well. <br />
It's basically the story of 12/13 year old growing up in England in 1983, with Thatcher and the Falklands War as the back drop. He gets involved with a group of teenage skinheads, which then leads to his affiliation with 'Combo', who promotes his white supremacist/ nationalist agenda within the teenagers. <br />
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A somewhat depressing coming of age tale thats very well done, uncomfortable viewing at times, but a brilliantly told story, that gives an insight into both the growth of the nationalist movement after the Falklands and the rise of 'thug' culture in Britain. <br />
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Released in 2006, its timing was poignant as the issue of British multiculturalism was brought to public attention in the wake of the 7/7 Bomings the previous year.<br />
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9/10[/quote]<br />
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I thought it was a bloody good film. I would just mention that the group he hung out with at first weren't racists/nationalists, but just a bunch of people who hang out together and listen to music etc. I think it the movie shows the change well.<br />
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The little boy on it kind of scared me though - I thought he was younger than 12-13.[/quote]<br />
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Yes my mistake Nepia. I dont think any of the younger generation of the skinheads were racists or nationalists (hence why Woody left when Combo pressed his agenda), just sought social acceptance which they didnt receive otherwise. The young boy who got bullied joined, the fat teenager who got picked on joined etc. <br />
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Yeah he looked about 8, but aparently he was 12 in the film (according to Wikipedia), and 13 in real life when it was shot. The scene of him with that older girl reminded me of that story about the 13 year old father a while back.....disturbing stuff.<br />
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[url="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece"]http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 233878.ece[/url]<br />
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Great film nonetheless <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />