Movie review thread...
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I just returned from a few weeks away hiking/tramping in the wilderness. It was a two-day drive out of province, and coincidentally, right after posting a comment on the James Cameron "Avatar" thread, where I commented that I couldn't say his "Titanic" was any better than "A Night to Remember," the cheap motel I stayed at showed the film on the tv that very evening. It was the first time since I saw the movie on opening weekend (Christmas 1997) and I would like to revise my comment. The film is substantially inferior to the earlier Brit version. In fact, there was quite a lot there that I had forgotten that was really, really bad, including a historical abomination and disgrace where Cameron puts a gun into the hands of a First Officer, named Murdoch, and has him shooting passengers, that is total historical bullshit and defamation of character. That was just one thing of many that pissed me off, so I walk back some of those earlier half-positive comments.
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watched a couple on the weekend<br />
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The International: Clive Owen takes on the international banking industry. Story actually pretty good, but it really looks like they made the story too big and didn't know how to end it, so just slapped one toegether. Last 3 mins a total let down. Still, gets a pass 5.5/10 (life lesson learned from movie, don't fuck with an Italians family)<br />
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Role Models: Cynic's life falls apart, and along with slacker mate has to do community service with kids. I laughed a shitload, its pretty funny stuff (i have to admist i like Sean William Scott, he is a funny fucker), its not serious, or high brow, in fact it is the total opposite, but its funny. Lots of familiar faces as all these people seem to do movies together now. 7/10<br />
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Rendition: Now this was good. Egyptian American taken by authorities after they think he is involved with terrorists. Wife can't find what happened, CIA (i think) operative thinks its all unfair, lots of bad shit happens to this guy. Film maker takes a pop at US policy, torture as a method of obtaining info, and a few other causes. But its pretty well done. 8/10. -
[quote name='Toddy']Saw Up on Sunday and it's another great Pixar movie. Good to take your kids to and adults can enjoy to. I saw it in 3D but I didn't really think it was nessesary.[/quote]<br />
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It's probably the best movie I have seen this year. Personally, I also thought it the best 3D film I have ever seen, I thought the depth was awesome, gave me vertigo. -
Ok saw District 9 today. Excellent movie. Can't fault it at all. It does however have a whole lot in common with the 80's movie Enemy Mine(Louis Gossett jr and Denis Quaid) though. A few minor plot differences but the general political racial undertones are very similar.
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[quote name='taniwharugby']State of Play, good cast, 6.5/10<br />
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Conspiracy Thriller, does ok, never really gets going though.[/quote]<br />
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State of Play.....is this a new movie or dvd? Who's in it?<br />
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[quote name='mariner4life'] The International: Clive Owen takes on the international banking industry. Story actually pretty good, but it really looks like they made the story too big and didn't know how to end it, so just slapped one toegether. Last 3 mins a total let down. Still, gets a pass 5.5/10 (life lesson learned from movie, don't fuck with an Italians family) 8/10.[/quote]<br />
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I couldn't wait for this movie to come out. The trailer looked fantastic and I'm a huge Clive Owen fan. (He should have been picked as 007, not Daniel Craig - but that's another discussion). <br />
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[quote name='TeeJay'][quote name='taniwharugby']State of Play, good cast, 6.5/10<br />
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Conspiracy Thriller, does ok, never really gets going though.[/quote]<br />
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State of Play.....is this a new movie or dvd? Who's in it?<br />
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I l-o-v-e conspiracy theory movies.[/quote]<br />
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Russell Crowe & Ben Afflect -
[quote name='TeeJay']I l-o-v-e conspiracy theory movies.[/quote]<br />
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Ever seen "The Parallax View"?<br />
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There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead. -
The Expendables<br />
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[url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/[/url]<br />
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A bit of a whose who of action movies...<br />
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Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis. A few other names like Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Brittany Murphy and Terry Crews. Some muscle bound non actors in Steve Austin and Randy Couture and even Governor Arnie makes an appearance.<br />
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Written and Directed by Sylvester Stallone and featuring character names like Tool and Toll Road it will be interesting to see how this one turns out!! -
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[b]Homicide [/b]- David Mamet film. A little bit disappointing (dialogue not as good as expected, plot a little simple/uneventful), but interesting to think about after. 7/10<br />
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[b]The Getaway[/b] - Sam Peckinpah/Walter Hill adaption of the Jim Thompson book. Rather different than the book. Well shot etc, a little dull. 7/10 -
watched District 9 last night..<br />
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after reading the good reviews on it, I am not sure what I was expecting, but what I got, was certainly not anywhere near what I was expecting...that said, I still enjoyed it. <br />
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[quote name='Tim'][b]Homicide [/b]- David Mamet film. A little bit disappointing (dialogue not as good as expected, plot a little simple/uneventful), but interesting to think about after. 7/10<br />
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[b][b]The Getaway[/b][/b] - Sam Peckinpah/Walter Hill adaption of the Jim Thompson book. Rather different than the book. Well shot etc, a little dull. 7/10[/quote]<br />
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I actually liked the remake of this starring a much slimmer Alec Baldwin, a still sexy Kim Basinger and the vastly underrated tough guy Michael Madseon....very entertaining. -
[quote name='taniwharugby']watched District 9 last night..<br />
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after reading the good reviews on it, I am not sure what I was expecting, but what I got, was certainly not anywhere near what I was expecting...that said, I still enjoyed it. <br />
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Left wide open for a sequel...even a prequel[/quote]<br />
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Can I ask what you were expecting? -
not what I got...<br />
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[spoiler:19k69wmr]a kind of mocumentary is not what I was expecting.<br />
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it just wasnt what i was expectin, still liked it, and I guess the underlying tones of SA's past of racism was the main part of it, even to a degree the Southern American segregation[/spoiler:19k69wmr] -
Jennifers Body<br />
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Megan Fox lezzes up & goes demonic. I was expecting it to be utterly shit, but it was actually watchable. Needed to be a lot scarier, sort of falls between funny (intentionally) & scary, but not enough of either. The good joke lines sort of get lost a bit. And theres no hooters. Not even side-boob.<br />
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Think its got slagged a bit cause everyone is expecting Juno 2, and because people have sort of had enough of Fox.<br />
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Probably one to pick up on DVD when it gets in the bargain bin, or watch on Sky in a year <br />
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6/10 -
Angel of Death; Zoe Bell, Lucy Lawless<br />
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Bell is a hit woman...never really notice Kiwi's accents much on TV, but by god hers is strong!! <br />
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4/10 - poor really
