Movie review thread...
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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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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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5.9/10 -
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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7/10 -
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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as a book probably not my cup of tea...
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not so much I didnt get it...read my 'spolier' as I dont wanna go into it too much as it will give it away.
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Watched "Angels & Demons" last night. it's a bit shit, and very predicatable. 2 Thumbs Down.
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Watched the Book of Eli the other day and really enjoyed it. It's a post-apocalyptic starring Denzel Washington who is carrying the last bible. I loved it but I'm pretty keen on the post-apocalyptic movies. It also stars the dark haired chic from That 70's show. Worth seeing but I don't think you'd miss much if you waited for the DVD. I didn't pick the ending but I hardly ever do.
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Green Zone, latest action offering from Matt Damon.<br />
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Was disappointed with it, guess it was advertised similarly to the Bourne films (same director and lead) and was pretty slow to start with, got better at the end but was pretty average. <br />
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Kick Ass<br />
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from the ads I think I was expecting a silly comedy about a kid trying to be a superhero...what you get is quite a bit more<br />
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Some funny stuff in it, but also quite violent (ala Tarantino) <br />
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I really liked it (even Nick Cage's odd character) 8/10 -
[QUOTE]Watched the Book of Eli the other day and really enjoyed it. It's a post-apocalyptic starring Denzel Washington who is carrying the last bible. I loved it but I'm pretty keen on the post-apocalyptic movies. It also stars the dark haired chic from That 70's show. Worth seeing but I don't think you'd miss much if you waited for the DVD. I didn't pick the ending but I hardly ever do. [/QUOTE]<br />
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Have seen the shorts for that, and think I'll go see it - I like his acting, and it looks a little out of the norm for him - more of a Bruce Willis action move type roll. -
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus.<br />
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I am a Terry Gilliam fan so....I loved this movie. Far more his style than The Brothers Grimm was but still restrained enough for most people to not be left scratching their heads.<br />
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Heath Ledger is manic and you get the feeling, Oscar win aside, he was destined for greatness. Man love over. This is a weird movie and some people will not get the heavy handed hamming from the entire cast but if you do you'll enjoy it.<br />
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8/10
