Movie review thread...
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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.
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[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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What doesn't kill you<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 -
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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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.
