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Nepia

[quote name='scruffy-lookin']Got free tickets to GI Joe the other night. 
 
Unitentionally hilarious. Loved the mountains at the North Pole and the sinking icebergs. The final reveal is pretty easy to pick. 
 
That said, the chicks in it are hot and it could be worse.[/quote] 
I really don't want to see it - I'm a big fan of the comics as I collected them and the toys as a kid. The previews make the movie seem 'superhero' rather than special forces military. 
Although it was never going to live up to my expectations.

timslim

[quote name='red terror']Anybody doing Distict 9 opening night? I am. Late show. Might have to start a separate thread. I wonder if Saffers will love it or really, really hate it. [b]The production credit says it is a "New Zealand" film[/b]. $30-million productionbudget. (Marketing budget must be about the same? Heavy promotion on TV and poster in Toronto/Ontario for the past three months. The young Saffer director Blomkamp is 29; apparently moved to Vancouver when he was 18; that puts him in Jo'burg in 1998, would have been 15 when Boks won RWC). Jackson will make another bucketload in global box-office and dvd. Something tells me I'll probably go see it twice. Can't wait.[/quote] 
 
Neil Blomkamp was to direct Halo - but that fell over due for a number of reasons - he was in Wellington for that - as it was to be done under Jackson's executive guidance. Blomkamp developed a lot of D9 here in Wellington - then shot in Jo-burg. I think some editing/post work was done here and then in Vancouver. 
 
It looks to be an interesting feature - Blomkamp is a visual effects artist originially - before Halo, his only real credit was the break-dancing citroen tvc, and a couple of short films. Do a youtube search - although this one is pretty cool: [url="

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I met him a couple of times here in Wellington - he's a nice enough bloke. Looking forward to seeing D9. It's been a long time in the works.

raznomore

[quote name='Nepia'][quote name='scruffy-lookin']Got free tickets to GI Joe the other night. 
 
Unitentionally hilarious. Loved the mountains at the North Pole and the sinking icebergs. The final reveal is pretty easy to pick. 
 
That said, the chicks in it are hot and it could be worse.[/quote] 
I really don't want to see it - I'm a big fan of the comics as I collected them and the toys as a kid. The previews make the movie seem 'superhero' rather than special forces military. 
Although it was never going to live up to my expectations.[/quote] 
 
The reason for the apparent genre change is the down turn in war toys. The whole G.I. Joe persona had to be rebooted to allow for the nanny state to deem it acceptable for the new century. Even the the actors involved (Channing Tatum mainly) publicly voiced concern over whether it was war movie or a super movie. Everyone wants to distance themselves from US military these days.

Tim

[b][i]The Stunt Man[/i][/b]. Good end of 70's film-making era flick. Excellent performance from Peter O'Toole. 8/10. The director's next film was [i]Color of Night[/i], if you can believe it. 
 
Been on a bit of an action binge lately. 
 
[b][i]Extreme Prejudice[/i][/b]. Extremely enjoyable Water Hill 80's action flick. Kind of a modern western. Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe are great value. The whole CIA/special forces sub plot doesn't make much sense (John Millius script), and the end doesn't live up to the excellent first hour. 8/10. 
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[b]Driver[/b][/i]. Another Walter Hill flick. Not bad, definitely watchable, under-developed story. Good car chases. 7/10. 
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[i]Southern Comfort. [/i][/b] Yet more Walter Hill ... Louisiana national guard jack-offs get on the wrong side of the local mutants in the bayou. Powers Boothe and Keith Carradine are sympathetic, but the rest of the retards deserve to die. Pretty average. 6.5/10. 
 
[b][i]Taken.[/i] [/b]Bloody good fun. Swarthy scumbags get slaughtered by Liam Neeson in super soldier mode. Neeson is awesome and is a ruthless bastard. Love it when he shoots the innocent woman in the arm. Plot is ridiculous etc. It's basically the greatest Steven Seagal movie you could ever imagine, but with a good actor kicking ass. And his habit of cutting people off mid-sentence by shooting them in the head f*cking rules. 8.5/10. 
 
[b][i]Punisher: War Zone.[/i] [/b] Despite the shitty plot, characters, etc etc etc there is some enjoyable slaughter of bad guys to be had here. 6/10. 
 
BTW, can someone please cast Charlyne Yi as [i]asian peasant who gets decapitated by a Barrett M107 0.50 cal snipers rifle[/i] in the next Rambo film. That is all.

taniwharugby

[quote]Southern Comfort. Yet more Walter Hill ... Louisiana national guard jack-offs get on the wrong side of the local mutants in the bayou. Powers Boothe and Keith Carradine are sympathetic, but the rest of the retards deserve to die. Pretty average. 6.5/10.[/quote] 
 
loved this when it first came out, less so when re-watched recently, much like another film I thought was awesome as a yongster (Silent Rage with Chuck Norris) and then less so when re-watched.

Tim

It had its moments, and was tired/ill when I watched it, which tempered my enjoyment. Didn't have the energy his films normally do.

taniwharugby

still worth the watch, especially if the war genre is your thing.

Chiefy

Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...

raznomore

[quote name='Chiefy']Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...[/quote] 
 
Michael Mann hasn't done much worth watching since Heat, and that was his second attempt at the film (LA Take Down is the original,written and directed by Mann). 
Ali had its moments but thats it really. The Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx thriller which name escapes me was formulaic and only good because of the Cruise/Foxx pairing(both brilliant) and you have no idea how disappointed I was with Miami Vice.

jegga

Looking forward to district 9, the trailers have been on c4 this weekend, [url="

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Kehua o Jury

[quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Chiefy']Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...[/quote] 
 
Michael Mann hasn't done much worth watching since Heat, and that was his second attempt at the film (LA Take Down is the original,written and directed by Mann). 
Ali had its moments but thats it really. The Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx thriller which name escapes me was formulaic and only good because of the Cruise/Foxx pairing(both brilliant) and you have no idea how disappointed I was with Miami Vice.[/quote] 
 
Collateral. Thought that movie was excellent.

mariner4life

Two from the weekend. 
 
[b]Duplicity[/b]. Sucked. Thought it was ridiculous, only kept watching to see if they pulled it off. The ending is amusing, but other than that it sucks. Julia Roberts isn't even mildly good to look at any more. 4/10 
 
[b]Valkyrie[/b]. Ok, i love pretty much any WWII movie, and this was pretty cool. Even though you know how it is going to end, its still pretty tense. Not making any attempt at accents of anything really really lets it down, yanks, and several differnent pommy accents all being krauts? Still, i like it. 7/10 
 
[quote]And his habit of cutting people off mid-sentence by shooting them in the head f*cking rules.[/quote] 
 
THis is pretty much enough of a review to get me to see this movie. Well done that man, you should be in marketing.

raznomore

[quote name='Jury'][quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Chiefy']Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...[/quote] 
 
Michael Mann hasn't done much worth watching since Heat, and that was his second attempt at the film (LA Take Down is the original,written and directed by Mann). 
Ali had its moments but thats it really. The Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx thriller which name escapes me was formulaic and only good because of the Cruise/Foxx pairing(both brilliant) and you have no idea how disappointed I was with Miami Vice.[/quote] 
 
Collateral. Thought that movie was excellent.[/quote] 
 
I am pretty much alone on this one usually. My movie mates loved it too. I just thought the actors where good but it reminded me of a few other movies where the bad is full of advice for his hostage and is ultimately undone by his attachment to the hostage or underestimation. Cruises Best role in years though. Foxx brilliant.

Tim

Ruthless Reviews has posted their opinion on the G.I. Joe movie. Rest assured, it is in their usual style: 
 
[url="http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/8116/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/"]http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/8116/gi- ... -of-cobra/[/url] 
 
[quote]Scarlett is a linguistic and general-science genius played by an actress who can likely wrap her lips around anything but a polysyllabic word.[/quote]

Tim

[quote name='mariner4life']Two from the weekend. 
 
[b]Duplicity[/b]. Sucked. Thought it was ridiculous, only kept watching to see if they pulled it off. The ending is amusing, but other than that it sucks. Julia Roberts isn't even mildly good to look at any more. 4/10 
 
[b]Valkyrie[/b]. Ok, i love pretty much any WWII movie, and this was pretty cool. Even though you know how it is going to end, its still pretty tense.[b] Not making any attempt at accents of anything really really lets it down, yanks, and several differnent pommy accents all being krauts?[/b] Still, i like it. 7/10 
 
[quote]And his habit of cutting people off mid-sentence by shooting them in the head f*cking rules.[/quote] 
 
THis is pretty much enough of a review to get me to see this movie. Well done that man, you should be in marketing.[/quote] 
 
Absolute pet hate - all europeans in anglophone movies speaking in english accents. Especially when they go mockney. Russians are supposed to sounds like filthy, commie, scumbags. Germans are supposed to sound all evil, and either slightly cool or like an anal retentive automaton.

MN5

[quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Jury'][quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Chiefy']Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...[/quote] 
 
Michael Mann hasn't done much worth watching since Heat, and that was his second attempt at the film (LA Take Down is the original,written and directed by Mann). 
Ali had its moments but thats it really. The Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx thriller which name escapes me was formulaic and only good because of the Cruise/Foxx pairing(both brilliant) and you have no idea how disappointed I was with Miami Vice.[/quote] 
 
Collateral. Thought that movie was excellent.[/quote] 
 
I am pretty much alone on this one usually. My movie mates loved it too. I just thought the actors where good but it reminded me of a few other movies where the bad is full of advice for his hostage and is ultimately undone by his attachment to the hostage or underestimation. Cruises Best role in years though. Foxx brilliant.[/quote] 
 
Heat is just a fucken excellent movie, no two ways about it. Collatoral wasn't bad but Heat is one of those flicks you can watch every few months and never get sick of.

raznomore

[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Jury'][quote name='Razbra'][quote name='Chiefy']Watched Public Enemies last night. Not as good as I expected, it tended to just drift along a bit too much for my liking...[/quote] 
 
Michael Mann hasn't done much worth watching since Heat, and that was his second attempt at the film (LA Take Down is the original,written and directed by Mann). 
Ali had its moments but thats it really. The Tom Cruise/Jamie Foxx thriller which name escapes me was formulaic and only good because of the Cruise/Foxx pairing(both brilliant) and you have no idea how disappointed I was with Miami Vice.[/quote] 
 
Collateral. Thought that movie was excellent.[/quote] 
 
I am pretty much alone on this one usually. My movie mates loved it too. I just thought the actors where good but it reminded me of a few other movies where the bad is full of advice for his hostage and is ultimately undone by his attachment to the hostage or underestimation. Cruises Best role in years though. Foxx brilliant.[/quote] 
 
Heat is just a fucken excellent movie, no two ways about it. Collatoral wasn't bad but Heat is one of those flicks you can watch every few months and never get sick of.[/quote] 
 
I have it in my top 20 favourite movies of all time. there was a time in the late 90's it was in my top 10 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Shame that Deniro and Pacino made such a fuck up with their next collaboration.

Nepia

I think Public Enemies suffers because Heat was so good - nothing he could do in that movie could equal Heat. Heat is Mann's Godfather, he may come close again but he'll never quite get there. Collateral is a bloody good movie, which is probably underrated due to the fuss over the star [i]playing bad[/i]. Miami Vice was just pure unadulterated garbage - but then it starred Colin Farrell who has only been good in one movie where he plays a version of himself: In Bruges. Public Enemies had Depp and Bale in good form, Depp yet again, Bale actually acting unlike his Stallone impersonation in the Dark Knight. 
 
I saw Adventureland last night, directed by the Superbad director, but not really a comedy. It was more along the lines of Juno. Good film for what what would be considered a chick flick. 
 
Re: accents, Hollywood's version of a Nazi always has a British accent. I have no problem with it in a movie such as Valkryie. I'd much rather that than some of the abortions that people try to pass of as accents. John Malkovich doing a Russian one is awful.

dogmeat

pssst - German's don't actually talk English with a silly - Ve hef vays ov mecking you talk - accent. They speak, well..... German. So to criticise any sort of english accent is a bit silly really.

Tim

[quote name='dogmeat']pssst - German's don't actually talk English with a silly - Ve hef vays ov mecking you talk - accent. They speak, well..... German. So to criticise any sort of english accent is a bit silly really.[/quote] 
 
Way to miss the point.

The Silver Fern

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