Movie review thread...
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[quote name='Number8']Swinging through the jungle like a monkey? Feck off. [/quote]<br />
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That may very well have been the stupidest scene of any film of last year. -
[quote name='Number8']This may have already been covered, however due to the terrible, terrible waste of my life that I endured yesterday I am going to hammer it home.<br />
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I was stoked to see a LoveFilm envelope (postal DVD service here in the UK) on the doormat upon my return from gainful employment yesterday, and so after watching the Lions game I opened another bottle of Fursty Ferret ale and sat down to watch my movie.<br />
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Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull or whatever it is called.<br />
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Used to love watching Indy but this film was so terrible I am still quite angry.<br />
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Is there anyway to sue Hollywood for making such a dreadful film?<br />
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Swinging through the jungle like a monkey? Feck off. Surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge? Feck off again.<br />
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0 out of 10[/quote]<br />
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Fark you for reminding me that this film exisits.<br />
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You rated it too high as well. -
[quote name='Kirwan'][quote name='Number8']This may have already been covered, however due to the terrible, terrible waste of my life that I endured yesterday I am going to hammer it home.<br />
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I was stoked to see a LoveFilm envelope (postal DVD service here in the UK) on the doormat upon my return from gainful employment yesterday, and so after watching the Lions game I opened another bottle of Fursty Ferret ale and sat down to watch my movie.<br />
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Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull or whatever it is called.<br />
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Used to love watching Indy but this film was so terrible I am still quite angry.<br />
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Is there anyway to sue Hollywood for making such a dreadful film?<br />
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Swinging through the jungle like a monkey? Feck off. Surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge? Feck off again.<br />
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0 out of 10[/quote]<br />
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Fark you for reminding me that this film exisits.<br />
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You rated it too high as well.[/quote]<br />
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I did like it when the ants ate the cheif bad guy though. Still........ridiculous film. Just awful. -
[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Kirwan'][quote name='Number8']This may have already been covered, however due to the terrible, terrible waste of my life that I endured yesterday I am going to hammer it home.<br />
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I was stoked to see a LoveFilm envelope (postal DVD service here in the UK) on the doormat upon my return from gainful employment yesterday, and so after watching the Lions game I opened another bottle of Fursty Ferret ale and sat down to watch my movie.<br />
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Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull or whatever it is called.<br />
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Used to love watching Indy but this film was so terrible I am still quite angry.<br />
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Is there anyway to sue Hollywood for making such a dreadful film?<br />
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Swinging through the jungle like a monkey? Feck off. Surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge? Feck off again.<br />
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0 out of 10[/quote]<br />
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Fark you for reminding me that this film exisits.<br />
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You rated it too high as well.[/quote]<br />
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I did like it when the ants ate the cheif bad guy though. Still........ridiculous film. Just awful.[/quote]<br />
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By rank..<br />
Raiders of the Lost Ark (absolute classic)<br />
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Last Crusade<br />
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Temple of Doom<br />
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Crystal Skull<br />
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Logically theres a chance the next one (ok there wont be a next one), should be an improvement. Following the pattern of great, crap, great, crap. -
[quote name='MN5']Virgil did you not like the last crusade ? shame on you xzxmad[/quote]<br />
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I did, a decent 8/10...just a bit of a drop from Raiders which is a solid 9.25.<br />
As a kid i loved Temple, only as i got older and revisited it did i realize how silly it was. -
Last Crusade actually doesn't stand up that well, watched it again recently and the seeds of the Skull were definitely sown. They destroyed the Brody character for cheap laughs, for example.<br />
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Temple of Doom is way under rated IMO, really good film. Raiders is one of the best films I've ever seen, pretty much perfect and I've seen it well over 20 times and it's never boring. -
wasn't the introduction of Le Bouf the seed for further Indy films?
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[quote name='taniwharugby']wasn't the introduction of Le Bouf the seed for further Indy films?[/quote]<br />
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It was the demon seed for South Park to create their infamous Indiana Jones rape episode. (Lucas 'n Spielberg starred as the rapists). -
[quote name='taniwharugby']wasn't the introduction of Le Bouf the seed for further Indy films?[/quote]<br />
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Basically, but Lucas has another ida for one with Harrison. Think they are keen to do another one, but tey relly need to look at what worked for Raiders, stop copying the Mummy films, and ignore focus groups telling them what's popular.<br />
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Raiders worked because it was based on the old serials they loved as kids, so they should do another homage, and make a movie THEY would enjoy and not focus so much on the business side. And use as little CGI as possible. -
Was in bed sick most of the weekend so caught up with a couple of older/recent flicks ive been meaning to watch.<br />
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Halloween, remake from Rob Zombie. Not bad, better then i thought it was going to be. Felt it spent too much time in Michael Myers early days.<br />
If you enjoy gore and plenty of tit then it should be right up your alley 7/10<br />
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X Files, I Want to Believe. Again not bad, but not great either. Rather flat and a not so interesting plot line. Also Duchovny (sp) and Anderson have really aged. Has been a few years of course, probably doesnt help ive been watching the earlier seasons recently as well.<br />
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Revolutionary Road; meh! <br />
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Killshot, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt<br />
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Action/thriller, pretty good, 7.4/10. Thought Joseph Gordon-Levitt was excellent as the wannabe tough guy gangster type! -
Saw Star Trek a few weeks back.<br />
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Stunning film, really enjoyed it and I have pretty much hated all Star Trek to that point, so well done those guys! 9/10<br />
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Saw State of Play with Crowe and Affleck on Sunday - good thriller, not too much action but a fairly good watch 7/10. Well acted - even by Affleck! -
Marley & Me; Owen Wilson & Jennifer Aniston plus some dogs...<br />
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I'll admit it, I liked it, but only for the dog.<br />
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First half was amusing and I enjoyed seeing the dog be every dog owners worst nightmare, the 2nd half started getting a bit serious, before the inevitable happened....6.5/10 -
[quote name='Kirwan'][quote name='taniwharugby']wasn't the introduction of Le Bouf the seed for further Indy films?[/quote]<br />
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Basically, but Lucas has another ida for one with Harrison. Think they are keen to do another one, but tey relly need to look at what worked for Raiders, stop copying the Mummy films, and ignore focus groups telling them what's popular.<br />
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Raiders worked because it was based on the old serials they loved as kids, so they should do another homage, and make a movie THEY would enjoy and not focus so much on the business side. And use as little CGI as possible.[/quote]<br />
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Looks like a 5th one is def on the way..<br />
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[quote]Shia LaBeouf has confirmed a fifth Indiana Jones film is in the pipeline, and that director Steven Spielberg has been working on a script for it.<br />
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LaBeouf - who starred in last year's fourth film in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - said a fifth film was definitely in pre-production in a new interview.<br />
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"Stephen (Spielberg) just said that he cracked a story on it before I left, and I think they're gearing that up," he told BBC reporter Lizo Mzimba in London.<br />
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[b]Crystal Skull - the follow-up to 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - was a box office hit, earning almost US$800 million worldwide.[/b]<br />
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It helped make Harrison Ford last year's highest paid actor in Hollywood, with an income of NZ$112 million.<br />
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[b]But the film was slammed by critics for its bizarre plot, which included Soviet agents, Peru's Nazca Lines and aliens.<br />
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It was the topic of a bad taste episode of animated comedy show South Park that featured George Lucas and Steven Spielberg raping Indiana Jones.[/b]<br />
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[url="http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/2508635/Shia-LaBeouf-confirms-Indy-5/"]http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/25 ... ms-Indy-5/[/url] -
Saw a few posts here awhile back about Gran Torino and The World's Fastest Indian. Finally rented them out yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed them. Burt Munro was an amazing bloke ! Good to see Clint kicking arse in a totally un PC way. I laughed so hard at the scene where he takes the kid to visit his barber in an attempt to 'man him up'. Funny as !!
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Just saw [b]"UP"[/b] (3D) on the big screen. An understated movie, but believe the hype. Another Pixar masterpiece. 9/10.
