also watched Turtles Can Fly, set in Kurdistan and tells the story of a group of boys on the Iraq/Turkey border on the eve of the US Army invasion to take down Sadam. Disturbing but excellent. Id highly recommend it. 9/10.
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also watched Turtles Can Fly, set in Kurdistan and tells the story of a group of boys on the Iraq/Turkey border on the eve of the US Army invasion to take down Sadam. Disturbing but excellent. Id highly recommend it. 9/10.
Yea I thought it was thoroughly enjoyable film with lots of twists and turns,Her performance was great tooQuote:
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Seen Shutter Island last night.It wasnt the out and out chiller i thought it would be.Still a great movie though.Would love to discuss the ending with people though as its been wrecking my head all day today,i wont though:).
Saw Looking For Eric last week. Wow absolutely brilliant and a definite MUST see. Funny, sad, great acting (esp the lead), and football. Cantona is Cantona, cool. Shows what its like to be a football fan, when the rest of your life is in ruins at least you can have 90 minutes of relief. And shows the division between the man utd fans over the GLaziers - which is very apt for today.
Brill Loach at his best
saw it last week, really is one of those films you need to see twice to fully get it
Public Enemy.
Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger.A bit long at 2hrs 12 mins as the story doesn't sustain it.Good gunfights but not a lot else.
Not great 5.5/10
Gonna take my youngest to see Alice in Wonderland this evening in 3D. Is it any good? Is it worth my half hour drive to Armagh?
it's good, but maybe about 20 minutes too long.
the 3d doesn't really add anything either
the red queen is the best thing in it
Umm, so should I just go see it in the local cinema in 2D?
It's a judgement call really. If you're a fan of 3D then yes, if not, then no.
Went to it in 3D and it was ok. Doesnt beat my best 3D experience of the Muppets in Disneyworld in Florida, now that was quality! Think I would have been more disappointed if had seen it in 2D coz it wasnt a great movie and at least the 3D gave it something extra. Was swatting away wee buggers that were flying at me.
Watched two DVD's last night;
"The Invention of Lying" was a poor effort at an interesting premise, mildly amusing at best about a 2/5.
"Harry Brown" was a very different sort of film and a much better one too. Nicely developed story, Caine's character remains vulnerable despite turning vigilate, I thought it was well directed and developed. The mood and atmosphere of urban decay is really well portrayed and you can't help empathising with Caine's character who has been left with nothing to live for. Some of the plot development and characterisation might have been better, but it's defintitely a 3.5 and maybe even a 4/5.
watched hachi a dogs tale tonight
its very good, but very sad
very grim indeed....altho the monologue from timothy spall at the end is class...Quote:
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Watched "Gran Torino" at the weekend, thought it was quite good, nice story and even some funny moments in it.
Sexy Beast - absolutely excellent movie, very funny and Ben Kingsley gives one of the best performances i have seen in a long time. Ray Winstone is similarly excellent. If you havent yet seen it, you should.
Food, Inc. - documentary on how the chicken, beef and pork we eat each day gets from the farm to the plate and how farming and the food we eat has been compromised by Corporate America. Not sure how much it applies to Ireland but definitely an eye opener. Would recommend this highly.
Watched "Somers town" at the weekend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172206/. Very good film about young friendship. Another top film from Shane Meadows
Saw Zonad last night.
This is one that is really going to polarise people I think, but I loved it.
Parts of it are very slack, but even then the film seems to acknowledge its own shortcomings with a bit of self-deprecating humour.
And the good bits are really good. Great lines SPOILER: like Jenny in the car: "It's like a penis, only smaller!", and surreal set pieces SPOILER: like Don Wycherly's cop gratuitously p*ssing on everyone.
The whole thing was even more mad as first off meself and herself were the only two people in the whole of screen 7 of the omniplex, and then - after a lot of head-scratching - I realise one of the stars of the show is none other than Brian de Salvo! Never knew (since found out) he's got quite an extensive CV as an actor as well as a director. And LoI guru. :)
Anyway, for me, 8/10, laughed all the way through, but I'd pause before recommending it as I'd imagine it's going to be a marmite-type thing. :D
The Blindside
Cliched as hell but fairly entertaining 7/10
Yeah, I'd agree. It's better than I expected.Quote:
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