Movie review thread...
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[quote name='cd_wilson']Caught Avatar and Sherlock Holmes on a flight to and from Perth.<br />
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Avatar was very good ... good storyline, visually brilliant.<br />
Sherlock Holmes was slow to start, but picked up as it went along. Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law were both excellent.[/QUOTE]I'm astonished Avatar still achieves visual brilliancy on a shitty airplane screen! -
It was unlikely Watchmen was ever going to satisfy fans of the comic or audiences who didn't know a thing about it. Unlike most comic books, which are written like storyboards for movies, Alan Moore was drafting deep subtext about the nature of the entire superhero comicbook genre into that story, and that was always going to be difficult translating onto the screen and would've likely resulted in even more confusion and footdragging than the plotline already did. <br />
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FWIW I hardly even noticed the blue penis - and, probably it being blue - I simply didn't care. My short-haired dog had a weiner too, but I accepted that he did and moved on, not bothering to fixate on it.<br />
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finally watched Avatar, on the home theatre...<br />
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Thought it was stunning visually, but thought the story was weak and predictable (and as such, way too long) but in the context of what the movie was, the story was fine as it didnt really try to be some great epic or more than it was. -
[quote name='red terror']It was unlikely Watchmen was ever going to satisfy fans of the comic or audiences who didn't know a thing about it.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I loved the comic and loved the movie. Gonna check out Iron Man 2 tonight. Will let you know -
Holy shit, Slant Magazine gave Human Centipede 3.5/4. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='Tim']Holy shit, Slant Magazine gave Human Centipede 3.5/4. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Kirwan']Unusual to open first in NZ. Is it a holiday weekend in the states next week? They often do big releases on three day weekends to make the opening weekend stat sound better. <br />
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Or they could be avoiding another movie over there.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Wow, that's unusual. Normally they big movies open over here a week or so before NZ at least. No holiday here next weekend - mothers day though. Maybe saving it up for that??? That's definitely a movie to take mom to! -
[quote name='Nepia']What's up with France and banning movies? Does the government ban them or do they just get blacklisted by the industry? Is Paths to Glory still banned in France?<br />
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You know, political crap.<br />
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De Gaulle was a great president but he tended to run France like a Battalion and he had no sense of humour when it came to people gas lighting the French military. Pompidou was more relaxed but he died halfway through his term. Giscard was (still is) a major league asshole who perpetuated the whole "rule France like it's the Catholic church" crap. <br />
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Then Mitterand came to power and everything changed. Pirate radios were legalised, movies unbanned, political comedy shows appearing on TV etc... <br />
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Chirac followed in Mitterand's footsteps and let eveybody do what they wanted.<br />
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Then there's Sarkozy. A guy who has the sense of humour of a North Korean border official and a fuse the size of a gnat. I'm sure he'd like France to go back to the good old "shut the fuck up" days but there's sod all he can do about it. Although, he sure tries. -
The Men Who Stare at Goats; George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Robert Patrick<br />
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Started off well, black comedy but kinda meandered to nothing. <br />
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A special branch of the US Military that deals with the paranormal and trained these guys to be 'jedi warriors' <br />
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Expected alot more with the cast listing too! <br />
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Boy in Striped Pyjama's<br />
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Pretty good film about a family that are forced to move due to father's involvement in the Nazi's as he has been promoted and is to run a camp. <br />
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Ending is predictable, but the how was a little different to what I expected.<br />
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Ironman 2. I thought the 1st one was great but this one seemed to drag a little in the middle. I have no idea about the comics but the Hammer character was starting to drive me batty. The Wrestler dude played a choice baddy. The missus hated it but really enjoyed the first. It's not a must see (imo) but good enjoyment value if it's a wet afternoon.
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Saw Shutter Island last night, still not quite sure how much I liked it...<br />
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Was a decent enough film, but am still trying to work out just how it ended and what was what?? **spoiler below<br />
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[SIZE=1]I guess they just want to leave you hanging to come to your own conclusion about why he was there?[/SIZE]
