Bond , brutal.
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Bond , brutal.
V for Vendetta 10/10
Fairly average show IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
Bender's Game, the new Futurama movie, 4/5
so much better than the last one (Beast With A Billion Backs), about the same as the first (Bender's Big Score)
pity now that the next one will be the last Futurama :(
What show?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Think its because they got a new tv series which is great news
V for Vendetta(was fairly average)Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
no, the TV series is just the four movies (Bender's Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs, Bender's Game and the last one Into The Wild Green Yonder) broken up into 16 half hour chunksQuote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
ah thats dissapointing i was looking foward to a new series the movies just cant capture the show.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Bond and it was very average. A poor man's Jason Bourne.
The 'villain' was useless but at least Olga was hot. Casino Royale was a solid start to the rebooted franchise but Solace has tainted it.
Tropic Thunder - I can't remember the last time a saw a film as bad as this.
Burn After Reading- they should have called it Burn Before Watching, a pile of steaming..........
Shawshank Redemption- Really enjoyed it, especially the ending. It was one of thise 'I can't belive you haven't seen it' movies so glad to have broken that duck. I thought it would be a lot more sentimental and syrupy than it actually was. One gripe though- why, oh why, did they have to show them meeting on the beach at the end? The film ended perfectly when Morgan Freeman's charcter left 'in hope.'
Unforgiven- Quite possibly, the finest film I've seen. Absolutely brilliant, especially since I've seen Clint in Fistful of Dollars and Few Dollars More recently where I didn't think he could act that well. Loved it, and intend to watch it again soon. :)
Factotum. Excellent movie starring Matt Dillon and Marisa Tomei. True story based on A Polish/American writer (Charles Buklowski) from Jersey City. Very funny movie as Dillon is fired from every horrible job he works (Pickle factory etc) as he tries to get published. A raving alco who spends a lot of time at the racetrack trying out his new"system". Made by Norwegians with no sign of Hollywood anywhere in this movie. A great start to the movie with Dillon stuck in an ice room having to use a cango hammer for minimum wage. Truely a combo of all the rotten jobs some of us have had to do from time to time.
Unforgiven is my favourite film. I saw it a few years back and thought it was great on its own merit - powerful and moving, but having seen Leone's westerns, it's a truely brilliant deconstruction of that genre.Quote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
how could you leave out Bukowski's main claim to fame? Alcoholic extraordinaire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
Watched Tropic Thunder, it was okay, but not as many laughs as I expected, based on reviews.
I thought it was pretty excellent. Great performances from Malkovich, Pitt, Clooney and the bird from Fargo. Not to mention the "What have we learned?" at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
Saw Choke yesterday. 6/10. It was good but didn't capture the depravity of the book. Tough one to adapt I'll admit.
Do you read much Bukowski? If so you haven't pick up Post Office, Women and Ham On Rye, if you like them he's got quite a few short stories as well, his poetry is also good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
Movie was actually surprisingly good
Sky signal packed in yesterday so went to get a DVD ... wish we didnt now!
Got "The Happening"
OMG, Has to be the worse film ever. Couldnt even bring myself to watch it all
but it all seemed to be about SPOILER: killer hay fever!
The acting in it was shocking, worst I've seen for a while!
Oh yeah, the rating ... on a scale of 1 to 10 ... it was brutal
Got that out last weekend. Turned it off after 45 mins. Worst movie I have seen in years. I expected better from Whalberg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
just saw what i think will be my movie of the year on saturday, philip seymour hoffman in "synecdoche new york" - i think this is pronounced sin-ECK-doe-key. by the writer charlie kaufman of "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" and "being john malkovich" among other stuff, but his first time directing. fans of david lynch should give this a serious look, some mind-bending meta/movie-within-a-movie stuff goes on and it's quite funny despite the overall weight of sadness that envelopes it. i believe the term synecdoche is a 'metonym' or something - essentially when you refer to a part of something but really mean the whole thing. e.g. "my mother won't let me borrow her wheels" where wheels=car obviously. strange, strange and daring film, not everyone's cup of tea but the performances were magnificent, and i really mean that, no joke!
ha ha ha - that was funny:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dotsy
You may enjoy this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
http://www.cracked.com/article_16450...re-honest.html
*Contains spoilers*
Forgot about that, must check that out. Charlie Kaufmans films amoung my favourites. Sounds a bit like Adaptation.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken foree
Yep, thats about the height of it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by John83
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Originally Posted by John83
Great stuff
Watched Zack and miri make a Porno at the weekend. Pretty funny stuff. Not ground breaking but if you like Kevin smith rom-coms (NOT jersey girl) then its one of the better ones. More Chasing Amy than Clerks. Some real LOL moments too.
never saw it, but i've just read some about "adaptation" pete, and indeed synecdoche seems to cover some similar ground. dude loves his meta-narratives or narrative wormholes or.. whatever the *&^% they are. hope i didn't inflate the film too much, it's definitely not for everyone, and i think critically it's at 65% on the tomatometer. but since you like kaufman i can't rec' it any higher! i think the last film that hit me like this was "there will be blood" but that was only after three days; this beast is more immediate than that but still a head-scratcher to be sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
All his stuff very strange, sometimes it works... Adaptation is one of most clever films seen, probably far too clever for its own good. Remember watching it the first time & didn't know what was happening for the first half...until it clicked... Definitely acquired taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken foree
Showing how bang up to date I am, I watched Adrift lastnight on Film4. Man what a crock that was.
Obviously I knew the premise of the film, and tried not to be cynical from the start, but the script was so much of a clunker that it was soon hard not to be cynical.
The actors, I guess, did the best with what they had, but there was just nothing there. Each new element that was added to their predicament was done in such a ham-fisted way; and was either signposted from early on, or done in such a forced manner that you were left thinking 'well why would they do that?'.
Actually at times I almost found myself shouting at the screen.
I must confess to flicking over to 'Have I got news for you' at one stage, but was back in time to see the gobsmacking ending.
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Saw this, I thought it was great. I think it's one that you either love or hate, I loved it. It's quite impartial too, which is good. Anyone else seen it?
Watched Red Violin last night. The story of a violin made by an Italian in 1681 (can't remember his name) through to modern day (it was one of Puccini's violins at one stage). Quite a strange movie but very, very good
Watched half of Beloved Immortal (story of Beethoven's will) tonight but stopped cause my housemate had to go to bed. (You might have guessed she works for Lyric FM at this stage) Very good so far and can't wait to watch the second half
Saw a good few movies recently:)
Rescue Dawn - about an American soldier who gets caught in Vietnam but manages to escape his captors and goes on the run. Not too bad, but since it was C Bale and directed by Herzog I was expecting a bit more.
Into The Wild - Now I had read the excellent book beforehand so knew the story but even with this I was still amazed. Great movie and kind of adds to the book (but must read the book first!). The young actor is great - never seen him before but he gave a masterful performance
The movie is basically about a young fella who goes into the wild!
The scene near the end with him and the old fella just as he is about to head to Alaska was very touching - a real tearjerker
There Will Be Blood - not too bad , bloody long though at over 2 and a half hours. As many have said - would this movie have been different if Brad Pitt or Cruise was in it - I think so - Lewis really makes this movie -
No Country For Old Men - alright - was a bit disappointed with the end but then it is a Coen movie and that was probably done intentionally. Good acting, but its the kind of movie that is hard to figure out (much like the book - I guess)
So thats 2007 done for - anygood movies out this year that i can look at?:)
Must give this a spin when am not wrecked tired with the flu. Sounds like my cup of tea when am half alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken foree
I seen Body of Lies last Saturday,the gf liked it but i thought was just ok,maybe 6/7 out of 10,decent story but Crowe CANT do an American accent.He tried to do a New York accent in another film by the same director as this American Gangster.but failed then too.Di Caprio is half decent and most of the supporting actors are really good.I'd grudingly recommend it.
Crowe did a pretty decent accent in LA Confidential.
In Bruges had be laughing most of the way through it despite it's shockingly violent ending. Colin Farrell was excellent in it. And Almost Famous, while the script wasn't up to much, was made with enough love and care to make it a decent movie; Kate hudson and Frances McDormand really make it though.
Rented "Indiana Jones & the kingdom of the crystal skulls" and "Ironman" over the weekend. Both fairly average IMO 3 out of 5. Probably the worst Indiana Jones so far.
PS What with the resurecting of all the lte 70's and 80's acton heroes in the last year or two? (Rock, Rambo and Indiana)
Lads,i went to see What Just Happened last night,its has De.Niro,Sean Penn so the gf didnt even look at a review and just seen those actors were in it so she wanted to go.BIG MISTAKE.the film is thee worst ive EVER seen,its so poor.Save yourself the torture and see something else.
Watched Wall-E on DVD last night. I didnt see it on the big screen, but I thought it was excellent. Some wonderful digs at Corporate America too. Amazing how a film with so little dialogue can end up so good.