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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gigantor on October 28, 2012, 11:07:36 AM
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Went and saw the indie movie(safety not guaranteed) yesterday.I must say it was an odd movie.A comedy about time travel .It had its moments of laughter but mostly it seemed to be running on the spot.Anyone else seen it
Just a few points on movie behaviour....why would you take a baby into the cinema with you? and secondly if you have a real bad case of the flu and are coughing, sneezing,blowing your nose (at concorde levels),why not wait until you are better,before deciding to come, and plant your ass next to mine
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probably due to similar reasons as to why people leave shopping trollies in parking bays, or park their car in one of only three truck/car and trailer parking bays while there are dozens of free spaces available, or why cyclists wearing lycra ride as close to the traffic as possible even though they have shoulder 2-3 m wide to ride in.....
god, i need a becks and lie down i think
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Speaking of cyclists Al,i drove into the botanical gardens today to do my sunday walk through the parks and gardens,and was confronted by a flotilla of cyclists who would not budge ,and on more than one occasion forced me out wide .Now dont get me wrong as I cycle too but only on trails and will take my bike to the location before re assembling it
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Haven't seen the movie G but I can sympathise with both you and al re militant cyclists. I'm a rider also but primarily off raod on fire trails around my area. I used to be a road cyclist a number of years ago but things have changed so much since then. I had one turd on a road bike riding in front of our car in the middle of the road on a tricky stretch near my place. We got to a steep hill and the idiot just stayed there. There was plenty of room for him to move over but he chose to do his 15km/h right in front of us. I so wish I had installed a claw at the front of our car which could grab him and just stuff him over our roof! :banghead
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:lol a vital extra for all new cars.
I dont have an issue with cylists as such. i occasionally us a bike to get around myself.
I just cant understand that 95% of cyclists i see wearing civies will ride as far to the left as possible, the safest and smartest place to be. Yet 95% of cyclists wearing lycra want to ride as close to the traffic as possible, regardless of how big a shoulder they have available. then you get the total ares clowns who want to ride two abreast on narrow roads. The law may say they can, but common sense says GTFO.
All that tight fiiting lycra must cut the blood supply to their brain somehow.
Perhaps their brain is in their arse?
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All that tight fiiting lycra must cut the blood supply to their brain somehow.
Perhaps their brain is in their arse?
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:rollin
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I guess this aint a movie as such but i noticed the series "56 UP" begins this week.I have followed this throughout the years except the first series as I wasnt on planet earth yet.I have found it to be an amazing series .Anyone else follow this series?
And another winge since this has also doubled up as a what cheeses me off thread....Please gentlemen(ladies) of all walks of life dont go out in public if you have BO that could sink the titanic,unless of course you just dug the suez canal by shovel,then you can be excused.
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G, I've followed it on and off. Felt really sorry for the young boy Neil who was wide eyed and full of enthusiasm as a 7 year old and then in his thirties ended up living on the streets and suffering from a mental illness. I do hear now though that he has turned things around for himself which is pleasing to hear.
I'll watch the new one when it comes out.
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Although havent seen yet I did hear that Neil has found religion,and has also run for council elections.I guess we will find out when the series starts this Tuesday.
You are right though he was so wide eyed and full of life at 7 and then it was more or less a downhill slide after that.Although one caa never take what we see as the whole story of ones life
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Although havent seen yet I did hear that Neil has found religion,and has also run for council elections.I guess we will find out when the series starts this Tuesday.
You are right though he was so wide eyed and full of life at 7 and then it was more or less a downhill slide after that.Although one caa never take what we see as the whole story of ones life
G, I've just watched the first part and you're right. Neil did find religion as a special minister and is a local Councillor but he is still only earning a pittance or just enough to live on. I won't spoil the rest for you.
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what struck me was how weather beaten his face looks.I know we all age and change through life but somehow his face seems to carry all the disappointments ,and perceived failures.
maybe thats a lesson for all of us to just plough ahead with life and try not to carry our disappointments with us
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Yeah I noticed that too. He looked like a man who has carried the world on his shoulders for most of his life.
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Argo
Really liked the movie
Great performance by Affleck
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Daniel do you know where the title comes from?...just curious
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Not 100% but I could have a good guess, however may tell part of the story. Probably wrong anyhow.
Thought it was one of the best movies i've seen in a few years
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in the movie a reporter was hassling the "producer" with the same question. he ended up saying "argo and get stuffed" ;D which became a running joke.
the movie is very loosely based on what is known as the canadian caper in which some american diplomats, who escaped from the american embassy in Iran when the mentals stormed it and took a heap of hostages in 1979, were smuggled out of iran.
typical hollywood liberties are taken with the facts to make the yanks feel good about themselves, but as daniel says, it is a pretty enjoyable film.
if you watch it you will find out why the name argo, but it has nothing directly to do with jason and his boat.
visit the pirate bay if you know how to use torrents :cheers
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Went and saw Argo this evening..Must agree top movie..
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Went to the classic cinema in Elsternwick yesterday and saw the new ken loach movie the"angels share".The term angels share i think refers to the scotch that evaporates after you have poured a glass.The movie is set in scotland and the main characters are 4 down and outs who have led a life of petty crime and violence.Without spoiling the movie which i thought was excellent with some isolated but very good laughs also,it shows how these 4 try to escape this vicious cycle that exists in their lives...well worth a look
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Went to the classic cinema in Elsternwick yesterday and saw the new ken loach movie the"angels share".The term angels share i think refers to the scotch that evaporates after you have poured a glass.The movie is set in scotland and the main characters are 4 down and outs who have led a life of petty crime and violence.Without spoiling the movie which i thought was excellent with some isolated but very good laughs also,it shows how these 4 try to escape this vicious cycle that exists in their lives...well worth a look
Sounds a bit like another classic British film and one of my all-time favorites "Withnail and I".
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Withnail and I was certainly a classic..gotta love the Brits they know how to produce gritty classics
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Withnail and I was certainly a classic..gotta love the Brits they know how to produce gritty classics
So many classic quotes came from this film :lol
"Because if you do, I'll have to give you a dose of medicine. And if I spike you, you'll know you've been spoken to."
"Right here's the plan; we go in there, and get wrecked. We eat a pork pie, then lay down a couple of Surmontil 750s. It means we'll miss out on Monday but come out smiling Tuesday morning"
"How can it be so cold in here? It's like Greenland in here. We've got to get some booze. It's the only solution to this intense cold. Something's got to be done. We can't go on like this. I'm a trained actor reduced to the status of a bum. I mean look at us! Nothing that reasonable members of society demand as their rights! No fridges, no televisions, no phones. Much more of this and I'm going to apply for meals on wheels."
"I'm in a park and I'm practically dead; what good's the countryside gonna do?"
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Trundled off to the Palace cinema in Balwyn and saw the new Clint Eastwood movie "Trouble with the curve".It also stars Amy adams and justin timberlake.
The movie is about an ageing baseball scout for the Atlanta braves who is going blind and trying to hide it from his bosses and daughter.The interesting thing about this movie is that it takes the opposite view to the brad Pitt movie early this year"money ball".instead of computers and endless statistics these guys use years of experience and gut feel to determine whether a recruit will make it or not.One gun recruit who everyone was after and certain to go number one in their draft was not liked by the Clint character as his technique was floored .So when asked how does he know his technique is floored he responds and i paraphrase here "I can tell by the sound the ball makes when it hits the bat"
I also liked the Amy adams character as well,always a big fan of Amy and think shes a cutey to boot.Ha ha you girls can lust after the justin timberlake character
Overall well worth a look .however rather predictable ending
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Off the classic cinema in Elsternwick last night to see the Dustin Hoffman directed movie..Quartet.
It stars Billy Connelly,Maggie smith,Pauline Collins and countless other legendary british actors.
The movie set in stunning british countryside is about an old peoples home for retired musicians,and the various personal relationships amongst this talented group.For me Billy Connelly made the movie, as a quick witted ,randy ,former opera singer.
It was a slow paced movie which was ok for this time of year when everything around you is going at 100 km an hour
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Last night was being flicking through the Tv channels and came across the start of a western.it was called the "Horse soldiers" with John wayne and william holden..it was a civil war epic with a love twist for the duke.Must admit i had forgot how good a good old fashion western can be.pity they dont do many these days
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Geez the old Bond girls are horny as !
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Last night was being flicking through the Tv channels and came across the start of a western.it was called the "Horse soldiers" with John wayne and william holden..it was a civil war epic with a love twist for the duke.Must admit i had forgot how good a good old fashion western can be.pity they dont do many these days
downloaded and had a look and it's not too bad of a film. Soldier Blue is an old western that i enjoyed when i saw it years ago - that's downloading now.
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is it showing on fox movies Al?
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dunno. i just download them as torrents.
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Off to the pics again last night.wasnt a whole lot to see.Sky fall was playing and was chockers as usual so gave that a miss.instead saw the danish/english movie "love is all you need".This movie was made by the same people who made "a better world" which was released last year and was quite a harrowing film of revenge and society expectations.Any way this particular movie starred Pierce brosnan and a host of danish actors who i dont know .The movie centres around a wedding on the stunning Italian coast (i think its the amalfi coast).Pierce plays a widower of many years who attending his sons wedding falls for a Danish woman who has has just undergone chemo for breast cancer ,and came home one day from chemo to also find her husband shagging his secretary.Anyway the movie is quite entertaining and has a few interesting twists as well.One being that the groom on the eve of the wedding realises that he bats for the other team and thus throws the wedding into turmoil..well worth a look if your scratching around for something to do during this holiday period.Take the misses too as I'm sure she would enjoy it judging from the reaction of most of the ladies in the cinema
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I'm like al and get most of my movies via the big "T".
Just watched a movie called "End of Watch". Absolutely brilliant!! Its about two cops (Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena) in south Central LA who personally film their day to day operations on a digital camera.
I won't say any more as it could spoil the film for those of you who haven't seen it. Certainly a refreshing deviation from your regular cop drama's. There is lots of violence and coarse language but it is in context.
My Wife who is usually into chick flicks was not impressed when I put it on, but after the first few minutes surprisingly she was hooked in by it and raved about it afterwards.
I give it 5 Bill Collins out of 5
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Hey Tiga...wonder if its out on DVD?
I must admit i'm a bit apprehensive about using the T as we are continually told that its breaking the law etc is that correct?
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I'm like al and get most of my movies via the big "T".
Just watched a movie called "End of Watch". Absolutely brilliant!! Its about two cops (Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena) in south Central LA who personally film their day to day operations on a digital camera.
I won't say any more as it could spoil the film for those of you who haven't seen it. Certainly a refreshing deviation from your regular cop drama's. There is lots of violence and coarse language but it is in context.
My Wife who is usually into chick flicks was not impressed when I put it on, but after the first few minutes surprisingly she was hooked in by it and raved about it afterwards.
I give it 5 Bill Collins out of 5
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Couldn't agree more Tiga watched it a month ago at the flics
Full marks also really liked it
And yes it's breaking copyright laws but good luck policing it
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well i think tiga has now set the agenda here ..how about we use the Bill collins rating system from now on?..
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sounds like a plan :thumbsup
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Off to the rivoli in camberwell last night to see the documentary samsara.Hard to describe this.Not a word is spoken throughout but rather images from around the world set to music.These images consist of whats beautiful in the world and whats bad .Its up to you to make what you will of it.
Now for me if i was searching for a word to describe this movie experience it would be"crap".maybe i was still recovering from the heat the day before ,because i have to admit I nearly fell asleep several times throughout.And for a brief time i even entertained the idea of walking out.
One criticism for me was that i would think 75% of the images are of either asia or the mid east.Now i know i live in the region but my background is definately european so at times it was very hard to realy identify with some of the stuff.
On Tigas Bill collins rating scale i would give this.....one and a half Bill collins's
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Off to the rivoli in camberwell last night to see the documentary samsara.Hard to describe this.Not a word is spoken throughout but rather images from around the world set to music.These images consist of whats beautiful in the world and whats bad .Its up to you to make what you will of it.
Now for me if i was searching for a word to describe this movie experience it would be"crap".maybe i was still recovering from the heat the day before ,because i have to admit I nearly fell asleep several times throughout.And for a brief time i even entertained the idea of walking out.
One criticism for me was that i would think 75% of the images are of either asia or the mid east.Now i know i live in the region but my background is definately european so at times it was very hard to realy identify with some of the stuff.
On Tigas Bill collins rating scale i would give this.....one and a half Bill collins's
G, feel free to head into negative territory using the Dolf Lundgren scale for your Samsara review. :lol Heres one to use below
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LOL..done
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Off to the pics again yesterday evening.Once again the classic cinema in Elsternwick was the venue of choice..
I saw the movie Hitchcock last night.,with antony hopkins and helen Mirren.It tells the story of the making of "psycho".Actually it focussed on the relationship between Hitchcock and his wife ,who was a very talented woman,and seemed just as pivotal to his success as he himself was.
As he himself said "we all have a dark side"and he appeared to also.with a strong attraction to all his leading ladies.
Prior to going i had read some not so flattering reviews of this movie,but I was more than pleasantly surprised.
I give this 3 Bill collins's out of 5
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G, to add the rating system graphically, All you have to do is copy and paste the codes below into your posts. Paste again for each bill you want to add.
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Much appreciated tiga
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practice
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yippee it works...ta tiga..I am now a professional move critic..lol
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ah better
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yippee it works...ta tiga..I am now a professional move critic..lol
No probs G. As a fellow Movie buff, I personally enjoy your reviews. :thumbsup You already saved my 20 bucks with Samsara. :lol
Oh I used to go to the Classic at Elsternwick regularly as a Kid. I remember seeing "James Bond: For your eyes only" there when I was a little tacker. Ahh the old all white facade with the big bold vertical black and white Neon. I guess its changed a bit since then.
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HI tiga..the classic has just had a makeover .They have added a 6th cinema and remodelled the foyer.I must admit I miss the open spaces it used to have.Loved nothing more than wondering out of the cinema and straight into the cafe next door for a cup of coffee and chat with friends.
And the other thing that peees me off is that these days i cant find parking.On sat night i parked 2 streets away and when i got back to the car some dropkick had parked that close up my backside I swear a piece of paper would separate his front from my rear.After more manouvering than the Lunar module i was able to pull out.I had to get out and make sure the guy behind hadnt left any marks on my car i was that concerned .
and Ta for your kind words
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I'm like al and get most of my movies via the big "T".
Just watched a movie called "End of Watch". Absolutely brilliant!! Its about two cops (Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena) in south Central LA who personally film their day to day operations on a digital camera.
I won't say any more as it could spoil the film for those of you who haven't seen it. Certainly a refreshing deviation from your regular cop drama's. There is lots of violence and coarse language but it is in context.
My Wife who is usually into chick flicks was not impressed when I put it on, but after the first few minutes surprisingly she was hooked in by it and raved about it afterwards.
I give it 5 Bill Collins out of 5
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watched this yesterday and agree it is a good film, i only gave it 4 Bills though, but i mark harshly
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Saw a preview copy of Django Unchained in 32 inch Samsungvision.
I thought it was Tarantino's best film to date. It is a nice blend of the topics and themes that he has dished up in his earlier films- gore, gratuitous violence, revenge, greed, topical dialogue, sexual and racial tensions. It's presented in a way that again is a blend of his earlier influences; there are elements of the 'Grindhouse' style, the Asian (quickzoom) and those wide angle reservoir dog style shots. It seems that Tarantino has successfully balanced all of his influences into the one film with great results.
Christoph Waltz was outstanding as Dr King Schulz. Go Schulzy.
I gave it 5 Bills
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gee its been a while since i have seen a decent preview copy of a film. there seems to be a few of these about for this film and it makes a change from the cams. (although some are quite watchable)
thanks for the heads up and review Dcrane
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Yeah it's a good copy, enjoy the film!
To the anti-pirates; I will probably pay to watch this film twice. It's a must see at the drive-in for mine.
So that would be 4 tickets x $18.50= $74= hollywood fatcats don't miss out. :thumbsup
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Thanks for the review DC. :thumbsup al, I have found a goodun' at PB worth watching and after DC's review, I'll be watching it sooner rather than later. Always loved Tarantino films. :thumbsup
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yeah, im just about to watch it. i got a 741mb version of the bay with good comments on quality.
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I'm looking forward to your thoughts guys, enjoy the movie :thumbsup
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yep, just finished watching it. i think you summed up pretty well DCrane.
The movie moves a lot faster than death proof, which i really enjoyed, so you don't really notice the length of the film -2 3/4 hours. Even got a few laughs out of it.
i'd give it 4 1/2 bills,but we don't have a half one, so i'll round it up
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yep, just finished watching it. i think you summed up pretty well DCrane.
The movie moves a lot faster than death proof, which i really enjoyed, so you don't really notice the length of the film -2 3/4 hours. Even got a few laughs out of it.
i'd give it 4 1/2 bills,but we don't have a half one, so i'll round it up
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G, to add the rating system graphically, All you have to do is copy and paste the codes below into your posts. Paste again for each bill you want to add.
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Yes we do al. :thumbsup
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see to me, bill collins = bad and big dolph = awesome
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Yes we do al. :thumbsup
Derrrr. :wallywink
i'll leave at a five though and remember that for next time
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Watched a movie last night called "Safety not guaranteed". Its about a group of 3 journalists who decide to investigate a guy for their Magazine who has placed a classified requesting a partner for time travel. The main Actors are Mark Duplass as "Kenneth"whom I remember as the cutthroat Dream Team guy in "The League" and Aubrey Plaza who plays "Darius" who is one of those chic's who is Super hot and cute as a button all at the same time.
Now I didn't know anything about this film before watching it and I was glad because this film meanders beautifully through various human emotions. Its funny, sad, Heart warming, goofy and just plain fun. Because of this, I won't reveal any more of the plot, but if you are into quirky & interesting films with great scripts like "The Big Lebowski" and "Punch Drunk Love" then this one will be for you. The dialogue in most scenes is exceptional and very well written.
I give it
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lol I had already reviewed it earlier.so I just removed the comments i just posted
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lol I had already reviewed it earlier.so I just removed the comments i just posted
LOL G. Just realised that you reviewed it with the very first post in this thread. It just goes to show how a person's mood and surroundings determines your patience for a film. I was at home feeling very chilled when I watched it, so I allowed it trundle along at its own pace. Had I been in a more hyped up mood when I watched it, or I was being interrupted, I probably wouldn't have rated it so highly.
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wish more people would review movies here,then we could get diverse opinions,and stimulate debate more.We all see things slightly differently ,and thank god for that
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I watched a movie called Haute Tension (High Tension) yesterday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/
This is a french horror/thriller movie made in 2003, so unless you speak french, its reading subtitles for the duration. I'm not sure if it because the french speak fast or just the subtitles file I used, but early in the film i found it a bit hard to read fast enough, not a problem i normally have. Luckily there is not a lot of dialogue, as the film goes on and most of the early dialogue is not critical, although there is a hint given early on as to the how things pan out. Most of it you just need to get the gist.
Two students (mademoiselles ;) ) are traveling to one of their parents' rural property for some study time, but what should be a relaxing time in the country quickly turns in a murderous nightmare when the doorbell rings after everyone has retired to bed on the first night.
Its a reasonably well made film for the genre and manages to hold the suspense quite well.
There is though a serious flaw in the storyline, and these thing really bugg me. As i said there is a hint given early on and i thought I had it pegged, but when things are revealed to be as i thought, this flaw had me convinced there must be more to it, whicht there wasn't.
Every thing else fits into place nicely though except for this it is a well made movie. at the end you see how some of seemingly irrelevant scenes fit into the overall picture, but i was left wondering how the?/what the ?. some films deliberately leave questions unanswered, but in this case it just doesnt make sense, and that buggs me, so it loses a bill for that
I enjoy this genre of of film and have watched, and enjoyed, some crap. Overall this was one of the better ones, but it just let itself down on one point.
Taking into account we give dolphs for the true rubbish, this is 2 bills. If you like the genre there are worse ones you could watch
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AL I have watched many french movies over the years and have mostly left feeling something is not quite right.Maybe you have nailed it with the fast pace of the dialogue.Maybe I'm too busy trying to read the subtitles and the movie has visually moved on
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In this case it is a flaw in the plot/storyline. I'd give away too too much if i tried to explain it in detail. the fast paced dialogue is really only an issue in the first 15 mins or so, even then its not that critical. the film, as with most in this genre, is more visual.
perhaps we need to lobby the admin to install a [spoiler] mod to the forum?
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al you have me intrigued so I'm happy for you to spoil away....
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Teenage Dirtbag.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091207/
Now, heres a change of pace not to mention a path rarely traveled by me.
I actually came across the trailer while watching the film clip for the song with the same title on youtube only a couple of days ago. I thought it may be something for the missus, the trailer was slightly intriguing and thought perhaps it would be bearable so I downloaded it off the bay and thought no more of it.
Today, out of the blue, she buys some popcorn and says that i should download a movie to watch and she'll cook up a big bowl. No horror, shoot 'em up, blood and guts or boring (to her) docos were the requirements.
oh, the despair, then i remember i had downloaded this.
The summery of the movie found on IMD and such sites is actually not really accurate and overly simplistic for what this film delivers.
This movie is the old boy from the wrong side side of the track meets middle class cheerleader, but it is not a shallow, tacky, predictable, and sickening love story with a nauseating fairytale plot. Nor is it the tragic romeo and julet type of story, but it probably falls closer to the later.
Much of the film is set either in a creative writing class, which at first appearance may seem as boring as reading Sons and Lovers, but it enables the complex depth of the characters be shown in a way that very few films can manage, or in a study class, passing notes back and forward. Again this allows an insight into the complexity of their relationship that very few films could manage, yet at a level of succinctness that Craw could only dream about ;D - actually at a level very few of us could dream about.
This is actually a very dark film that delves deep into the human psyche, not just the teenage one. While I wouldn't say i enjoyed watching it as much as the sort of film I would normally choose to watch, I didn't have to suffer through it or come outside and search for clips of dolphins humping women on youtube to pass the time while the missus watched it. For a film that could easily be lost amongst the piffle served up as the old midday movie this was a pleasant surprise.
If you need some brownie points from the missus, you are the missus or you just enjoy films that actually have a bit of substance you could do a lot worse than this.
2 1/2 bills, i give it, which is probably as high as i would ever rate this type of stuff
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al you have me intrigued so I'm happy for you to spoil away....
nah, download and watch it first, then ill tell you what bugged me about it..and perhaps you may find an explanation where i couldn't. it would be good for someone else's view point, but one gained without my preconceptions clouding it.
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Off to the classic again yesterday arvo..This time saw the American movie"This is 40"
A story about a middle america family and all its neurosis.At first i thought this movie is going to get some serious dolph votes.however once i got into the flow i was laughing my head off.I didnt realise this at first but this movie was really having a crack at the neurosis I mentioned above.The family at the centre of this movie was a husband and wife and 2 young girls.Both parents were turning 40 the same week.Both were having financial difficulties with their respective businesses,and constantly feuding with their young daughters and each other.And not to mention a rather over the top extended family..
Anyway i do recomend this movie for a slightly left of centre look at modern society
I give this
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al you have me intrigued so I'm happy for you to spoil away....
nah, download and watch it first, then ill tell you what bugged me about it..and perhaps you may find an explanation where i couldn't. it would be good for someone else's view point, but one gained without my preconceptions clouding it.
No probs. I'll let you know when I have watched it and we can compare notes. :thumbsup
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Off to the classic again yesterday arvo..This time saw the American movie"This is 40"
A story about a middle america family and all its neurosis.At first i thought this movie is going to get some serious dolph votes.however once i got into the flow i was laughing my head off.I didnt realise this at first but this movie was really having a crack at the neurosis I mentioned above.The family at the centre of this movie was a husband and wife and 2 young girls.Both parents were turning 40 the same week.Both were having financial difficulties with their respective businesses,and constantly feuding with their young daughters and each other.And not to mention a rather over the top extended family..
Anyway i do recomend this movie for a slightly left of centre look at modern society
I give this
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G, I watched this and actually found that 134 minutes is just too long for a comedy. It just seemed to drag on for me. I found the first 20 minutes to be quite funny but then I felt the same about "Ted" also.
I thought Jason Segel was under utilised as he can usually deliver quality comedic characters. Megan fox was a pleasant diversion from an aesthetic point of view but overall I found it a little tedious. In saying that, I think my taste in comedies has changed though over the past few years. I'm now more into offbeat UK style comedies rather than Hollywood Ha ha's. Something about Mary had me in stitches when it came out but If I saw it for the first time now, I would probably be less enthused.
I would give "This is 40"...
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Yep i agree Tiga re Ted...In my case i barely raised a sman throughout..
Hey guys why is the word s-n-i-g-g-e-r considered inappropriate?
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Hey guys why is the word s-n-i-g-g-e-r considered inappropriate?
I've got no s-s-t-u-f-f-i-n idea!
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the swear filter picks up on the word that only black people can say, within the word
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AH ok got it Al....thanks
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Once again off to the classic cinema last night to see the romantic comedy ..silver lining playbook.it stars bradley cooper,robert de niro,and jackie weaver..The story centres are the bradley cooper character who is recently released from a mental institution for beating up his wifes lover.On his journey to recovery he meets Tiffany a woman whose husband was recently killed in a road accident.These 2 go through a variety of ups and downs some quite funny,culminating in a dancing with the stars type contest.The robert de niro and jackie weaver characters are the lads parents.Deniro plays a fanatic phildaelphia eagles fan who has been banned from ever going back to the stadium for beating up way too many supporters.
overall the movie got better as it went along.At first i was a little uncertain as to how they would tackle mental illness but in the end it was all ok.had a few laughs and as with most Romantic comedies ...boy gets girl..lol.........i give this
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watched it tonight also at Jam. Mrs loved it so yep a romantic comedy it is.
Would have to agree 100%. Adding to that a great performance by Cooper. He really is cementing himself in Hollywood. Good all round actor.
Thought that girl was smoking hot also.
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Tiffany was super hot ..yes i agree
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The impossible next on the list next weekend
Let us know if u see it first Gigantor
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Off to the classic again .This time saw "the impossible".The main actors were Ewan Mc gregor and naomi watts.Let me begin by saying what a movie experience this was,For the 114 minutes i was more or less glued to my seat.The cinema they chose to screen this movie was the smallest one at the classic and the theatre was less than a quarter full.This movie deserves a substantial audience.
The story(true) centres around a family of 5 who become separated when the Tsunami of 2004 strikes in thailand,and the struggle to re unite it....i wont say more as i will spoil this movie experience.One thing though this movie did for me was show the extraordinary acts of kindness and humanity we can show to each other,something we dont see enough of..I give this movie
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Oops almost forgot thanx Daniel for highlighting this movie as it had slipped under my radar somewhat
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Once again off to the classic cinema last night to see the romantic comedy ..silver lining playbook.it stars bradley cooper,robert de niro,and jackie weaver..The story centres are the bradley cooper character who is recently released from a mental institution for beating up his wifes lover.On his journey to recovery he meets Tiffany a woman whose husband was recently killed in a road accident.These 2 go through a variety of ups and downs some quite funny,culminating in a dancing with the stars type contest.The robert de niro and jackie weaver characters are the lads parents.Deniro plays a fanatic phildaelphia eagles fan who has been banned from ever going back to the stadium for beating up way too many supporters.
overall the movie got better as it went along.At first i was a little uncertain as to how they would tackle mental illness but in the end it was all ok.had a few laughs and as with most Romantic comedies ...boy gets girl..lol.........i give this
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G, I really enjoyed the Silver Linings playbook. I think they approached the mental illness side of things very delicately and sensitively. Jennifer Lawrence was hot and I love a woman with plenty of chutzpah which was a nice follow on from her character in The Hunger Games. I've been a fan of Brad Cooper since the hangover. He was brilliant in Limitless, and in this film he once again did a great job in a very difficult role.
I gave this film
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Once again off to the Classic to see the movie"zero dark thirty"the planning and killing of Bin laden.Interesting movie to say the least.Apparently kathryn Bigelow(the hurt locker) who directed and produced this movie is well connected with the american establishment and thus was able to get first hand accounts of how Bin laden was killed.
The movie goes for 157 minutes, so its quite long.It starts around 2001 just after after the 9/11 attacks and follows how Bin laden was tracked down.It seems a lot of luck was involved and even the killing of bin laden seemed to be rather random .The troops entered the compound and more or less shot anything that moved,one happened to be Bin laden.
The movie is seen through the eyes of a CIA operative who was in it from the start, more or less.it also shows some of the unsavoury methods the americans used to get information from prisoners.I certainly dont agree with any kind of torture even if its for a good cause,and in the movie many of the americans in the CIA appeared to be given a free(er) hand in how they extracted information, by the administration before obamas.Thus when obama took over the operatives in the CIA appeared fearfull that questions would be asked of them..overall i enjoyed the movie despite its length...I give it
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Thanks G. Sounds like a good one to add to the list.
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Off to the classic again yesterday arvo..This time saw the American movie"This is 40"
A story about a middle america family and all its neurosis.At first i thought this movie is going to get some serious dolph votes.however once i got into the flow i was laughing my head off.I didnt realise this at first but this movie was really having a crack at the neurosis I mentioned above.The family at the centre of this movie was a husband and wife and 2 young girls.Both parents were turning 40 the same week.Both were having financial difficulties with their respective businesses,and constantly feuding with their young daughters and each other.And not to mention a rather over the top extended family..
Anyway i do recomend this movie for a slightly left of centre look at modern society
I give this
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Saw this the other night. I agree it caught me off guard I was expecting your typical romantic comedy but it was a little different. Agree with that rating, maybe even a little more
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Retro review, I finally got around to watching The Prestige (2006) starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale.
What a movie. I have to admit that I had an 'in' on the film, which is about 2 magicians competing to be the best in London, and I've always liked magic. I developed a bit of a new appreciation for Jackman during this film. I wouldn't be surprised if the role was written for him, it suited him that much.
Christian Bale is a funny one. I couldn't understand a word he said as Batman. In this role he was great, he is a good actor. But I miss some of his lines with his gravelly tone. I just wish he would speak with clearer diction. Michael Caine 'outdone' himself again with his cockney accent perfect for the role. The rivalry between the two magicians was captivating.
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Gigantor and other reviewers, keep up the good work, love reading your reviews. I'm still getting around to watching Angel's Share which started this thread, argo's on the list too.
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If you get a chance to watch a movie called "Leave" grab it. It is one that has you contemplating long after it is finished.
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tell us more about leave
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tell us more about leave
It is one of those movies that the slightest description may give the plot-line away. I advise you not to give in to descriptions on review sites as they often contain 'spoilers'. Trust me, if you like a cerebral movie that doesn't try to cater for immature majority but instead wants to take you on an non-patronising and enlightening journey...watch this movie. But if you watch it with a woman have some tissues ready. Hell, I needed some myself.
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You have me intrigued, is it directed by Robert Celestino (2011) ?
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Of to the Cameo cinema last night in the hills to see Lincoln.I have been to the cameo many times, however last night was really quite something.Being a warm evening people were out and about.Across the road from the cameo is a rather picturesque cafe set amongst some awesome trees.Last night they had a band(s) on there ,playing outside.It was a sort of a stuff/rock band and fitted in perfectly with the serene surroundings.
Onto to the movie..i would descibe Lincoln as more or less a talk fest.Action is non existant.The movie follows party wrangling that ensued prior to the passing of the 13th amendment in 1865 making slavery illegal.The movie is set in the dying days of the civil war .
Strange to me was that the republican party of which Lincoln was part of was the party championing this law.The democrats who today are the party of social equality and social reform was the party that opposed this legislation.
The acting was good with daniel day lewis playing lincoln and doing a good job of it.Tommy lee jones played a tough hard ball senator from Pennsylvania,who not only favoured the legislation but secretly wanted it to go further and give colored people the vote too .
Almost forgot to add that sally field playing lincolns wife was also very impressive
Like i said the acting was really good ,but dont expect any action
i give this
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You have me intrigued, is it directed by Robert Celestino (2011) ?
Sorry for the delay......It is directed by Celestino.
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You have me intrigued, is it directed by Robert Celestino (2011) ?
Sorry for the delay......It is directed by Celestino.
All good thank you!
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I see the Hollywood propaganda factory gave its best 'picture' Oscar to the anti- Iran crap called Argo:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34123.htm
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Off to the classic to see the movie "cloud Atlas"..A movie which trys to show how individuals actions can influence the past ,present and future.Well thats what it was trying to convey.
It starred Tom hanks,Halle berry,Hugh grant ,and an endless parade of named actors.
Me i found this movie rather disjointed ,it hopped around all over the place and for probably 50% of the movie i was trying to work out the plot.
i cant really say much more because to be honest its still got me scratching my head
I give this
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Off to the classic to see the movie "cloud Atlas"..A movie which trys to show how individuals actions can influence the past ,present and future.Well thats what it was trying to convey.
It starred Tom hanks,Halle berry,Hugh grant ,and an endless parade of named actors.
Me i found this movie rather disjointed ,it hopped around all over the place and for probably 50% of the movie i was trying to work out the plot.
i cant really say much more because to be honest its still got me scratching my head
I give this
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Wow our first Dolf. :clapping Well done G for being so stuff. Margaret Pomeranz would probably give it 4 stars :lol
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Cough Cough..i think she gave it 4 or 3 1/2
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I finally watched "Flight" the other night.
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Not knowing the overall plot, after watching the first 20 minutes I was expecting an action film and in the end it turned out to be a parable on alcohol and drug addiction. The dialogue in the stairwell scene was outstanding and probably the best moment in the film for me aside from the early action scene which was very suspenseful.
Overall I enjoyed it but I felt there were a couple of characters in the film that became superfluous as it progressed and it fell a little flat at times because of this.
I give "Flight"
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Has anyone seen the move Love (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(2011_film)) that's currently out as a new release on DVD/Blu-ray? It's still at premium price on blu-ray (I don't download stuff... I guess I have too much expendable income and I like to burn it by making my movie collection look pretty on the shelf ;D) and I'm sick of paying top dollar for crap movies.
Here is the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiYmAixzpMg
My favourite genre is sci-fi, and this quote from wikipedia "Additionally, it touches on the fragility of mankind's existence (explored through a dying Earth-apocalyptic doomsday scenario) inspired by the cautions of Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot and considers the importance of memories and stories as humanity's legacy" has me wanting to shoot yogurt every where as Carl Sagan is my hero and any sort of apocalyptic or misanthropic theme is another pet love of mine.
I'm not a massive film buff, but I love it when I come across the little gems that never made it huge at the box office. The last I found and absolutely adored was Another Earth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPfAYpnpuw) (has the vibe of Contact).
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Trailer looks awesome dwaino. I'll let you know what I think after I watch it. Looks deep, like Mariana's Trench deep, but I like this type of film so I am expecting to enjoy it. :thumbsup
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Has anyone seen the move Love (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(2011_film)) that's currently out as a new release on DVD/Blu-ray? It's still at premium price on blu-ray (I don't download stuff... I guess I have too much expendable income and I like to burn it by making my movie collection look pretty on the shelf ;D) and I'm sick of paying top dollar for crap movies.
Here is the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiYmAixzpMg
My favourite genre is sci-fi, and this quote from wikipedia "Additionally, it touches on the fragility of mankind's existence (explored through a dying Earth-apocalyptic doomsday scenario) inspired by the cautions of Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot and considers the importance of memories and stories as humanity's legacy" has me wanting to shoot yogurt every where as Carl Sagan is my hero and any sort of apocalyptic or misanthropic theme is another pet love of mine.
I'm not a massive film buff, but I love it when I come across the little gems that never made it huge at the box office. The last I found and absolutely adored was Another Earth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPfAYpnpuw) (has the vibe of Contact).
Will give it a look Dwaino.
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Cool, cheers guys.
About to head up to the shops and I reckon I'm going to finally get it anyway, regardless of price lol. Most likely won't get to watch it until some time over the weekend though.
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Trailer looks awesome dwaino. I'll let you know what I think after I watch it. Looks deep, like Mariana's Trench deep, but I like this type of film so I am expecting to enjoy it. :thumbsup
Just remembered, you may be interested in this one too Tiga. It's called Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q
One of my favourite recent movies. Reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but a bit less WTF.
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Growing up Carl sagan was one of my heroes.
Saw Moon when it came out,dead set awesome movie.
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Trailer looks awesome dwaino. I'll let you know what I think after I watch it. Looks deep, like Mariana's Trench deep, but I like this type of film so I am expecting to enjoy it. :thumbsup
Just remembered, you may be interested in this one too Tiga. It's called Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q
One of my favourite recent movies. Reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but a bit less WTF.
Yep, watched Moon also when it first came out and loved it. Sam Rockwell was outstanding.
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Cracking movie is moon. Saw it at Rivoli and definitely in my top 10 faves :clapping
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Off to the rivoli last night to see the movie "Performance" As an aside the whole cinema complex was more or less empty.I wonder is it the tuff economic times or just a dearth of good movies(6pm screening).
Anyway the movie starred Christopher walken ,Phillip seymour Hoffman ,christine keener,and the delightful, imogen poots ,and Mark Ivanir.
The movie centres around the goings on in a famous string quartet.I would describe the movie as a drama/comedy,with some interesting twists and turns throughout.
I must admit i kept getting distracted by christopher walken ,who has a very low key,measured ,role in this movie,nevertheless he is the gel of this group of individuals and by my reckoning the star.
I would give this movie
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G, I took my two kids the other week to see "The Croods" and for the three of us, tickets 1 adult, 2 children, a choc top & regular drink each and a shared popcorn cost
me $98.00!!!! So there is no wondering why cinemas are becoming empty.
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Saw on DVD last night the movie.."the perks of being a wallflower"..Wasnt expecting much other than a coming of age movie.However i was more than pleasantly surprised.Dont know any of the actors other than Emma watson.All the characters in the movie were complex individuals which allowed for a lot of empathy for them..Although the characters were mostly senior high school age i think the movie dealt with issues far more complex than just that..great movie,i give this
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If you get a chance to watch a movie called "Leave" grab it. It is one that has you contemplating long after it is finished.
Finally got around to watching it, definitively a good watch. Got some bad reviews from what I saw but I thought it was good. You were right not giving people any details as I tried to explain it to my brother but it was very very difficult without giving anything away
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If you get a chance to watch a movie called "Leave" grab it. It is one that has you contemplating long after it is finished.
Finally got around to watching it, definitively a good watch. Got some bad reviews from what I saw but I thought it was good. You were right not giving people any details as I tried to explain it to my brother but it was very very difficult without giving anything away
Glad you like it.
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So I added Donnie Darko to my bluray collection on the weekend and watched it again for probably only the first or second time since it first came out. I watched the director's cut version since I had already seen the theatrical version and apparently the director's cut explained a few more things. After I watched it I decided to jump online and once and for all read exactly what happened. But I still have one massive question that no where seems to explain. I reckon it will be down the ally of a few here.
(Highlight following for spoilers)
So the jet engine was the artifact from the tangent universe and Donnie being the receiver and charged by stuff, the manipulated dead, to die and fix the timeline. Fair enough he goes back, dies, and everything is fixed. But it was the same jet engine that killer him. Is this jet engine again an artifact from a tangent universe and once again the primary universe doomed?
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Some things don't have to entirely make sense, I just thought Darko was a cool movie
Slightly OT, I remember a poster on another forum said they thought Pulp Fiction was poo and turned it off half way through because it didn't make sense, much LOLs to be had ;D
Saw Iron Man 3 the other day, meh, not bad, good for some eye candy, flies along at a good pace, engages the popcorn hand more than the brain
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gerks eye candy in the movie? or were you casting an eye in the cinema itself?
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The CGI bro
I think there was also some jug on jug action but I've already forgotten most of the movie
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Watched a good film on Foxtel tonight.
Return to Paradise.
It's quite an old film and I dare say most of you may have seen it, but if you haven't do so its a good flic.
Movie about some friends who get into trouble in Asia.
Good cast
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can anyone suggest any movies to see this long weekend?
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Watched an excellent movie on the flight over to Perth on Monday called "The Impossible"
It starred Naomi Watts who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance IIRC and Ewan McGregor and is based on true story of a family that survives the Tsunami in Thailand and their fight to be reunited after the Tsunami. Though it was terrific,
Think I'm supposed to give it Bill Collins
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Naomi Watts AND Ewan McGregor you say?
:chuck :chuck :chuck :chuck 1/2
I'm assuming they both die horrific deaths which is why you enjoyed it?
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Naomi Watts AND Ewan McGregor you say?
:chuck :chuck :chuck :chuck 1/2
I'm assuming they both die horrific deaths which is why you enjoyed it?
Can't say but there is certainly alot of blood and gore which I am sure you'd enjoy
Special effects used for the Tsunami hitting the resort in Thailand were amazing
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Saw it WP ..great movie
I actually think naomi is a hotty
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Saw it WP ..great movie
I actually think naomi is a hotty
I take it Mrs G doesn't frequent this forum?
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there is NO Mrs G..Thus the flexibility in comments of this nature.
Its one of the few benefits one has being single...certainly the government regards us single stuff as cash cows
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Off to the Cameo cinema last night to watch the Brad Pitt movie World War Z(the Z stands for zombies).From the word go this movie was action.The action didn't even stop to take a breath.The plot may have been a bit thin at times ,but I went along to see this movie for some escapism and got it in spades.
If you like this genre of film I reckon this is a must
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I saw World War Z last week and really didn't mind it. I thought the plot was really linear in that it just trotted along without any real consequence. The action and visuals were awesome though.
Has anyone seen After Earth? I was pretty excited when I first saw the trailer for it thinking it is going to be an awesome year for sci-fi with Elysium and Ender's Game (didn't get into the novels but still keen) still to come but I heard someone say it was pretty average. I love anything sci-fi and dystopian but the pickings have been awfully slim as of late.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqjwTQ1Kqk Elysium trailer for anyone who hasn't seen.
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Actually went to the cinema for the first time in a long time last evening
We went off to see Monsters Universty
Big fan of the animation films that comes out of the Pixar Studios. They've made some classics over the years
Was a huge fan of the first one so it was a given we'd go and see this one.
Perfect stuff for the entire family or just for those us who are big kids at heart ;D
I give this one
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My favourite Pixar movie was (and I cant recall its title) the one of the little robot stuck on a desolate earth who finds love and adventure on a spaceship inhabited by people who left earth once it became a wasteland
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WP which cinema?
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WP which cinema?
We want to Village at Sunshine, normally go to Crown but they didnt have session time that suited
And is the movie you are talking about with the robot Wall-E?
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Saw Man of Steel tonight
Makes Batman look like the limpgot dungeon gimp that he is
Unreal, just unreal
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Saw Man of Steel tonight
Makes Batman look like the limpgot dungeon gimp that he is
Unreal, just unreal
How many Bill's gerks?
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4 Bills and half a naked Pommerantz
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4 Bills and half a naked Pommerantz
So 2 Bills then?? ;D
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yep Wall-E WP
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Come on Gerks play the game ,and put up your Bills ...we are professional outfit here
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ok ok
Man of Steel
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JK Rowling is set to write a series of spin off Harry Potter movies
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Went to the classic last week and saw RED 2.It was billed as an action comedy,but to me it just didn't cut the mustard..The comedy was lame and the action was hardly that.
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Its back to the movies now footy is over...damn would rather be watching the Tiges this week
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Wow G one Dolf! Is it really that bad?
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Tiga, maybe I was being a little too harsh with the rating,its just I expected more from such a star studded cast,.
I didn't even raise a chuckle from the humour and the action was a bit like.....so whats new.
when you have people like Bruce wilis,john Malkovich,hellen Mirren,antony Hopkins etc...your expectation rises
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Went to the classic cinema in Elsternwick and saw the new woody allen movie Blue jasmine.it stars cate blanchett ,alec Baldwin,peter sarsgaard,and the ever delight full sally Hawkins.
The film is about the fall from grace of the rich cate and alec, and cates leaving New York to live in Sanfranciso with her sister(sally Hawkins).
don't know why but this movie just didn't sit right with me,maybe I was in the mood for a laugh and not really into thinking too much and I think this movie certainly pushed the other buttons at times.
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Off to the classic last night and saw the Sandra bullock,George Clooney film "Gravity"
What an absolute belter it was.There were only 2 characters throughout the movie,but this didn't diminish the movie in any way ,in fact it added another dimention to it.
Not your typical Sci Fi but certainly a movie that had me on the edge of my seat once or twice.
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hey gig good flic for a pair of 65 year olds? Going to send the folks on a night out for dinner and movies and this one seems good.
Bit worried it may be too sci fi for them.
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Gravity would appeal to all ages I think...However when I went the cinema had more 30+ age group
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hey gig good flic for a pair of 65 year olds? Going to send the folks on a night out for dinner and movies and this one seems good.
Bit worried it may be too sci fi for them.
Oh God does this mean I am older enough to be your father.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6JnGTXCkHA
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Hey Angus you actually have that much influence over your folks?.I reckon if I suggested this to my old man he would tell me to go forth and multiply :lol
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Hey Angus you actually have that much influence over your folks?.I reckon if I suggested this to my old man he would tell me to go forth and multiply :lol
Yeah that's how we roll over here
FWIW I decided against Gravity and they watched Rush and thought it was great
My brother and his wife also watched it the night before and gave it a high ranking
3 descent movies out it seems
Gravity
Prisoners
Rush
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Hey Angus you actually have that much influence over your folks?.I reckon if I suggested this to my old man he would tell me to go forth and multiply :lol
Yeah that's how we roll over here
FWIW I decided against Gravity and they watched Rush and thought it was great
My brother and his wife also watched it the night before and gave it a high ranking
3 descent movies out it seems
Gravity
Prisoners
Rush
Dan, you forgot to add "Bad Grandpa." ;D
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Crown tonight, lady and i watched Prisoners
Good cast, led superbly by Jackman and Gyllenhaal
Thriller type, Lots of twists Thought it went a tad too long but still enjoyed it.
Around a 7.5/10 for me.
By the way Gig saw the preview of Bad Grandpa before the flic and it looks like a ripper. Hopefully its not one of those previews that show the only funny bits in the whole film.
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Around a 7.5/10 for me.
Thanks for the review Daniel but you can't score movies in half points on this thread. It will either have to be 7/10 (3.5 Bills) or 8/10 (4 Bills). You forgot to put the bills at the end of your review, c'mon mate do the right thing.
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Dear me this is a serious break of protocol....Angus you need to put up your Bills..lol
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Hahaha
Sorry lads will do next time
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Captain Phillips
Really enjoyed this one
8/10. Reminds you how good an actor Hanks is
On the I phone CBF finding that Collins bloke
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To help poor angus out
His score was 8/10 which equals
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Captain Phillips
Really enjoyed this one
8/10. Reminds you how good an actor Hanks is
Pretty incredible too they pretty much just pulled the Somali actors off the street from the local Somali community in Minneapolis.
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I saw a pretty epic film on the weekend called "The Butler". Forest Whittaker plays a Whitehouse butler who is in service to seven or eight consecutive US President's from Eisenhower to Reagan. It's a snapshot of America through a pretty turbulent era - but then, aren't they all turbulent eras? By the way, does anybody have an e-mail address for David Stratton or Margaret Pomeranz?
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Hello-oo! Is there anybody out there??
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Sorry Rolls,
Pommerz has an AVO out on me from when I vigorously took her to task after she gave "The English Patient" 5 stars.
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Howdy folks
Was off to the classic last night and saw Ben stillers new one'the secret life of walter mitty'.
Well to be honest I was quite impressed with it.Great story ,adventures to be had everywhere.
I was never a huge fan of ben stiller but he has finally won me over on this one.
To me a good gauge on a movie is how quickly time moves along and with this time absolutely flew.
the movie goes for 114 minutes .
I give this
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Over the holiday period I've had some free time and have watched several old westerns with the likes of the Duke,kirk douglas,burt Lancaster,clint eastwood etc
I know the western genre is more or less dead and buried but theres something to be said for those old movies ,where good and evil was clear cut and where things like honour and fair play were paramount.I doubt if the reality in those days was exactly like that though..lol
One particular movie that I have enjoyed many times now is"The man who shot liberty valance" with john wayne jimmy stewart and lee marvin...3 giants of the silver screen who were at their peak in this movie I reckon
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Howdy folks
Was off to the classic last night and saw Ben stillers new one'the secret life of walter mitty'.
Well to be honest I was quite impressed with it.Great story ,adventures to be had everywhere.
I was never a huge fan of ben stiller but he has finally won me over on this one.
To me a good gauge on a movie is how quickly time moves along and with this time absolutely flew.
the movie goes for 114 minutes .
I give this
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I've heard it's a cracker Gig
Will get there as soon as I can offload the kids
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By the way Gig saw the preview of Bad Grandpa before the flic and it looks like a ripper. Hopefully its not one of those pusreviews that show the only funny bits in the whole film.
Watched Bad Grandpa recently, the stunt work was moderate by Jackass standards, but once again Johnny Knoxville came up with a couple of rippers. The premise of the film, dressing up as a Grandpa and acting like an asswipe, seems quite juvenile, but there is nice comedic support in the form of scripted actors which provides some depth, and the inclusion of a very talented kid actor paid off in spades.
I thought the film blended the 'reality TV' with the scripted acting in one of the smoothest ways that I have seen. A harsher critic would say that it was a series of candid camera skits padded by a fairly lame script, and they might be right, but they might be Family First voters also.
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Off to the picturesque Cameo cinema in Belgrave last night to see "300..rise of an empire."
First off not as good as the original 300 but nevertheless enjoyable.
This movie concentrated almost exclusively on the sea battle between the Persians and Greeks.
Some quite enjoyable scenes and don't tell me how or why but the movie makers managed to get a cavalry battle of sorts on the high seas...don't know how true this scene was.
Some funny lines in the movie too..Artemesia the Persian general of the fleet asks Themistocles(greek general) over to ask for his surrender.She being smoking hot they end up having sex.Later in a battle to the death between the 2 she quips to him "you fight better than you F..."
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Went to the Cameo cinema up in Belgrave last night and watched "Captain America winter soldier"
Well what a wonderful movie ,action galore and a storyline just as good.
The movie went for just over 2 hours and I must admit I was pretty much glued to my seat.
Good performance by Robert Redford as a man of evil.I give this
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Gig or anyone else seen gone girl?
Good reviews apparently might have to check it out
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Gig or anyone else seen gone girl?
Good reviews apparently might have to check it out
Looks awesome Angus. Has an IMDB rating of 9 which pretty amazing.
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Not a fan of Afleck but want to see that.
Speaking of film and tv, anyone watching The Code on ABC sunday nights? Two episodes in and the best Aussie drama I have seen in yonks.
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funny that i rate him highly out of the current crop of actors.
His proven to not be a one trick pony like some of these other actors out there.
Yes Tiga must see for sure and dwaino i had a read of the Code sounds good too. problem with me i have no time to scratch my arse these days. Movies once every 6 months seems is about it.
Are they going to show a repeat of the first 2 episodes as ive missed it.
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check out the ABC website or try the pirate bay for torrents.
good show so far
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ABC has a catch up thing in their website I think. Not sure how far it goes back.
Liking it so far too, al? Without revealing anything, sometimes it seems to play all of its cards only to introduce a new twist or complication. Just hope it hasn't gone too early with its best stuff.
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Thanks for the tip lads
Il download it over the weekend
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ABC has a catch up thing in their website I think. Not sure how far it goes back.
Liking it so far too, al? Without revealing anything, sometimes it seems to play all of its cards only to introduce a new twist or complication. Just hope it hasn't gone too early with its best stuff.
yep, i do like it so far. i dont think all the cards have played yet.
a good story and well made, something that is a rarity from aussie dramas in recent times.
Anzac girls was ok, but it annoyed how they had the current australian flag flying, 35 years or so early.
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Thanks for the tip guys :thumbsup Just watched the first episode of "The Code" on ABC iView and its really good.
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Episode 3 just starting now.
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Saw the movie"100 foot journey" at the classic in Elsternwick yesterday.
The only actor of note that I can remember is Helen Mirren.The movie is set in the south of France,and it involves an indian family forced out of India migrating to a small village in France and trying to set up an Indian Restaurant.The restaurant they try to get going is 1ooft from A very upmarket French restaurant run by the Helen Mirren character.The movie follows a fairly predictable path where the french don't want the Indians in their town and in the end all live happily ever after.Pleasant movie but nothing that will make me remember it in years to come..I give it
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gone girl cracking film. Supporting actress was awesome in it.
8/10 or 4 of that old dude
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gone girl cracking film. Supporting actress was awesome in it.
8/10 or 4 of that old dude
X 2 great movie
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Was a mind stuff that movie, twas good
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How you guys going with The Code? I missed last Sunday so recorded the replay last night and just watched it. Really getting good now. The plot thickens. Can't wait to see the next one.
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Went to the Palace cinema in Balwyn last night and saw the Spanish film"living is easy with eyes closed".
The movie is set in Francos spain in the mid 60s.It revolves around a school teacher who loves the Beatles.In fact the opening scene is him teaching his class English to the words of "Help".Upon learning that John lennon is shooting a movie in the south of spain he decides to go there and try to meet him.Along the way he picks up a girl running away from authority because she became pregnant out of wedlock and the teenage son of a police officer running away from home because he wouldn't cut his mop top.Throughout this movie we are reminded of the stifling conditions people were living under at the time..
At first I thought this movie was slower than a mick Nolan dash down the gasometre wing.However it grew on me as the film progressed and I started to understand and sympathise with the characters..
The movie had subtitles so might not be every ones cup of tea.Me well I always have a soft spot for anything portraying the 60s an era with so much hope that ended up as nada.
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How you guys going with The Code? I missed last Sunday so recorded the replay last night and just watched it. Really getting good now. The plot thickens. Can't wait to see the next one.
Not yet mate
Il wait and download the whole series and watch it over summer when things are slower
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Off to the classic in Elsterwick this evening to see the movie "whip lash"The only actors I recognised where JK simmons and Paul reiser.
The movie is set in New York today and is about a young drummer who enrols at the most prestigious music school probably in the country.The movie revolves around the relationship of this young drummer with his music teacher(the simmons character).
This music teacher is a cross between Adolph Hitler and Caligula.
This is probably the best movie I have seen in the past 2 years,a most remarkable movie that had me glued to my seat and captivated throughout.i cant sing its praises high enough.I give this
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Wow G! 5 Bill's! That is impressive. Being a drummer myself, I might really enjoy this. Problem where I live is they only have mainstream Cinema's
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Tiga ..if you get a chance go and saw it,dont think you will regret it
Last night I went to the classic once again,with the intention of seing the latest instalment of the hunger games franchise.Once there each session was nearly packed out so was left with either going home or choose another movie.In the end I chose Pride.This movie is set in 1984 UK in the middle of the miners strikes.It involves a group of gays and lesbian who unite to contribute funds to the miners.Initially rebuked by the miners they decide to target a small welsh village,where after some intitial angst they unite to form a bond that lasts well after the strike has been done and dusted.
very much in the feel good genre of movies ,however it would appeal to those with an interest in such issues.(based on a true story)
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Hunger games is worth a watch if you enjoyed the others. Not as much action and seems a bit set up-ish but still was a good watch :thumbsup
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My Father-in-law went to see it and he said that if you like to see a woman cry all the time and then shoot a jet out of the sky with a bow and arrow, then its worth seeing. ;D
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:shh spoilers!
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Star Wars VII - The force awakens - trailer for those interested ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE
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Any of you blokes into Walking Dead? These mid season breaks are the biggest cop out. Probably to give some sort longevity to short seasons but it's crap to watch something for 6 weeks or so then nothing again for about 3 months.
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Any of you blokes into Walking Dead? These mid season breaks are the biggest cop out. Probably to give some sort longevity to short seasons but it's crap to watch something for 6 weeks or so then nothing again for about 3 months.
Couldn't get into it when I tried a couple years ago but after the constant nagging of a few I'm considering giving it another chance. Heard this latest ep was a good one
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Any of you blokes into Walking Dead? These mid season breaks are the biggest cop out. Probably to give some sort longevity to short seasons but it's crap to watch something for 6 weeks or so then nothing again for about 3 months.
Couldn't get into it when I tried a couple years ago but after the constant nagging of a few I'm considering giving it another chance. Heard this latest ep was a good one
Current season (5 I think?) has been absolutely nuts. It did run out of puff for a while being dubbed the Talking Dead but they ramped this one up in terms of writing and action.
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Walking dead! LMAO dwaino why do you need to watch a show by that name when we have Grigg and Co continually trundling out for us during an entire footy season. Surely that would be enough of a fix for you. ;D
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Any of you blokes into Walking Dead? These mid season breaks are the biggest cop out. Probably to give some sort longevity to short seasons but it's crap to watch something for 6 weeks or so then nothing again for about 3 months.
not yet. Will hit it over summer
Im interested to see how it measures up against breaking bad and soa which i really enjoyed.
a friend has also suggested Homeland is up there as well.
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Breaking Bad was absolutely gold. I was reluctant at first but once I gave it a go I was hooked. The last few episodes and the bombshells dropped were amazing. Also respect how the show was wrapped up regardless of popularity and not flogged to milk every dollar out of it. Spinoff with Saul should be out next year though.
Walking Dead is great if you're behind and can chew into seasons at a time as there are a few slow moments. It's more about people trying to survive and how they cope in a post apocalyptic world more so than just zombies. Great show but makes for a few slow moments. IMO parts of seasons 3 and 4 got mighty dull but wanting to know what happens next is enough to keep you going and so far season 5 has been remarkable.
Season 1 of Vikings has started again on FX on Fox. Watched the first episode the other night and found it pretty average but I'll give it a chance for another couple episodes.
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i enjoyed vikings, season 3 is just starting on SBS
gratuitous sex, nudity and violence, what more can you ask for :)
not to the same level as Game of Thrones or Spartacus, though.
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I struggle with Game of Thrones. Bought season 1 way back when it first came out and didn't get into it, but due to massive wraps I gave the entire another two goes and still doesn't do anything for me. Sure there are boobs and beheadings but I just find it boring. Not everything is for everyone I guess.
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Any of you blokes into Walking Dead? These mid season breaks are the biggest cop out. Probably to give some sort longevity to short seasons but it's crap to watch something for 6 weeks or so then nothing again for about 3 months.
not yet. Will hit it over summer
Im interested to see how it measures up against breaking bad and soa which i really enjoyed.
a friend has also suggested Homeland is up there as well.
Angus Homeland is awesome! This season so far is full on. :thumbsup Shows the darker side of CIA operations and how the line between right and wrong is so often blurred in the name of getting the job done.
Really ticked that the US have some sort of thanksgiving thing going on so its another week before the next episode.
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I struggle with Game of Thrones. Bought season 1 way back when it first came out and didn't get into it, but due to massive wraps I gave the entire another two goes and still doesn't do anything for me. Sure there are boobs and beheadings but I just find it boring. Not everything is for everyone I guess.
True that. I do enjoy game of thrones though. it is much more that the sex, nudity and violence though. Interestingly, it also explores the blurring between right and wrong and the end means. George Martin has a great understanding of human nature. I am listening to the audio books the series is based on and am really enjoying them. The TV adaptation follows his novels very closely.
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yes Tiga its the next one on the cards for me and dwaino the whole zombie theme is the only thing holding me back from not watching it any sooner. Too many people have described it exactly as you have Dwaino so it must be pretty good.
Homeland then Walking dead over summer if i get a chance.
Not sure how you blokes get time to watch so many seasons.
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Finally went and saw the latest instalment of the hunger games at the Classic in Elsternwick.
I think this franchise of movies has officially worn me out...Thought it was somewhat ho hum.
Mediocre acting ,boring action scenes.Anyway I give it
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I have been just getting the Hunger Games movies as they're released on bluray and I must admit I'm struggling to stay interested.
The wifey has been out doing Christmas stuff most of the weekend so I was catching up on some horror movies that she won't watch. Most were pretty crap but Dark Skies was decent. From producers of insidious and paranormal activity and doesn't stray from the formula buy I found it genuinely creepy at times and great to see an alien movie in a haunted house setting. It is about a family that start to experience weird things until they learn they have been marked for abduction.
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I attempted to start watching it and it's not for me also dooks
Hey anyone seen American sniper? Looks the goods
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Went to see the new Hobbit in gold class last night. I didn't really get into the first two as much as I did the LOTR films but this one was awesome. Lots of action from start to finish and felt more like a LOTR movie.
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Went to see the new Hobbit in gold class last night. I didn't really get into the first two as much as I did the LOTR films but this one was awesome. Lots of action from start to finish and felt more like a LOTR movie.
Cool catching it in a few days
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Lots of action walking from start to finish and felt more like a LOTR movie.
EFA
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This one didn't have any walking from anywhere. In fact most of the movie is centered around a single location :P
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Watched Interstellar in gold class.
Was "ok".
Felt it went a bit long and I didn't really enjoy the last half hour or so.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/
Also watched The Interview.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It was utterly rediculous and James Franco was annoying, but I somehow didn't mind it. Living in Asia for four years I've always been interested in North Korea and found some of it genuinely funny.
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Off to the Classic once again last night and saw the" Immitation game"
The story is of odd ball Alan Turing who leads a small team that cracks the NAZI enigma code during WW2.The movie spends a great deal of time looking into the life of the very eccentric Alan Turing.
Overall it was an enjoyable movie which shed some light on a part of the war that I really didn't know much about and which in the end helped shorten WW2 by about 2 years.
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G have you seen the movie "Enigma"? if so how did this one compare considering they are pretty much the same story.
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HI Tiga
sorry I haven't seen the movie Enigma..When was it released?
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2001 G. Starred Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott.
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Off to the classic again last night to see Birdman starring Michael Keaton,Emma stone,edward Norton,Naomi watts,and Zach galifinakis..
I don't even know where to begin with this movie.The story is about a movie actor who is trying to recapture his glory days by going to broadway to do a play.
The movie looks at the internal angst of these people as well as exploring issues like stardom,etc
The movie was hard to follow on occasions(for me ) because it would drift off into the surreal .Most reviewers have classified it as a dark comedy and I think that's probably an appropriate heading to slot it under.
I did find the acting of all the above amazing to be honest and that's what kept my interest level going for the almost 2 hours of the movie
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Went to the Cameo cinema last night in Belgrave and watched the aussie movie "paper planes"
It had a few unknowns playing significant roles but also one of the Worthington boys,Terry Noris,David Wenham ,and debrah mailman.
The movie revolves around a young lad from the outback who eventually ends up participating in the "world junior paper plane " championship.
The movie was more so for children .Despite this fact I found it to be well crap.the story appeared all over the shop and very thin.
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I hope you didn't go in with high hopes, that movie has crap written all over it
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Yeahright...I actually thought it might be one those aussie quiet achievers..How wrong I was...it was just plain awful....Live and learn i guess..I have now lumped aussie movies next to French movies......tread with care..lol
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Well last night I went and saw American Sniper and it was fantastic. It was a good mix of drama and action. Brad cooper was outstanding as Chris Kyle. I personally saw it as an anti-war movie as it truly depicted the horror of War and the impact it has on returning soldiers and their families. Its a long film running for 2 hours 20 minutes but its worth every minute. A must see.
I can't say much more without spoilers.
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Just saw "WILD"with Reece Witherspoon.The movie involves a troubled soul played by Reece embarking on walking trek along what they call the pacific Crest trail.Its a form of catharsis for her and to signify a new beginning.
Loved this movie and the message it was trying to send,also some great scenic views along the way.
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Off to the Classic again last night. I saw the documentary "Night will fall".
This movie with input from Alfred Hitchcock,and narrated by Helen Bonham carter shows the hours and days immediately after allied troops entered the various concentration camps across Europe which the Nazis ran.As one reviewer commented its a movie which you can only see once such are the horrible images,but every person should see it once,and that's exactly how I feel about it.It shows right there on the big screen to what depths man can sink to.a truly horrific movie but so true.A reminder to us all as we see the rise of racism across the globe today.I give it
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Sounds brilliant Gigantor.
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Hey Tiga went and saw American sniper last night and couldn't agree more with you,an absolutely brilliant movie..worth every Bill Collins you gave it
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Hey Tiga went and saw American sniper last night and couldn't agree more with you,an absolutely brilliant movie..worth every Bill Collins you gave it
Yep a top film indeed. I think Angus was going to see it also.
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yeah, very good film. The trial of the bloke who shot him started the other day.
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OSCARS 2015 - THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Best Supporting Actor JK Simmons, Whiplash
Best Costume Design The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Foreign Language Film Ida
Best Live Action Short Film The Phone Call
Best Documentary Short Film Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Best Sound Mixing Whiplash
Best Sound Editing American Sniper
Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Visual Effects Interstellar
Best Animated Short Feast
Best Animated Feature Big Hero 6
Quirky favourite ... The Grand Budapest Hotel was a huge hit. Frances Hannon and Mark Cou
Quirky favourite ... The Grand Budapest Hotel was a huge hit. Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier won for Best Make-Up and Hairstyling.
Best Production Design The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Cinematography Birdman
Best Film Editing Whiplash
Best Documentary Feature CitizenFour
Best Original Song Glory, Selma
Best Music The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Original Screenplay Birdman
Best Adapted Screenplay The Imitation Game
Best Director Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman
Best Actor Eddie Redmayne,The Theory of Everything
Best Actress Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Film Birdman
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/awards/oscars-2015-winners-losers-and-highlights-from-hollywoods-biggest-night/story-fni0bram-1227234873989
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RIP Leonard Nimoy. Scifi has lost a hero.
Spock and Galvatron, two of my most favorite characters ever.
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RIP Leonard Nimoy. Scifi has lost a hero.
Spock and Galvatron, two of my most favorite characters ever.
One of the greats. RIP Leonard
Not my favourite sci fi character, who would have to be Captain Malcolm Reynolds.
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Howdy folks
off to the classic cinema last night to see"kingsman secret service"it starred Colin firth,samuel L Jackson,and a cameo by Michael Caine.Rollicking good movie which takes off most spy genres.Lots of action scenes,interesting plot that maybe isn't that far fetched,if you like conspiracy theories.
Movie went for just over 2 hours so value for money I reckon.I give this
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Yes Tiga finally saw A Sniper this weekend and it was a cracker. One of the best I've seen in years.
Not one for Hollywood celebs but cooper is a fine actor. In every role he has played he just does it with such quality. Silver linings playbook was another one I liked.
Lucky I saw it before I read your comment albert. Rookie mistake there pal. :cheers
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Still Alice ...
What a fantastic performance by Julianne Moore!!
Highly recommend this movie.
4 of the movie dude is my rating.
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Damo agree with you ."Still Alice" is a wonderfull,emotional movie.
Come on Damo don't just refer to him as the"move dude" pay him the respect most of here do and put up his glorious image
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Yes Tiga finally saw A Sniper this weekend and it was a cracker. One of the best I've seen in years.
Not one for Hollywood celebs but cooper is a fine actor. In every role he has played he just does it with such quality. Silver linings playbook was another one I liked.
Lucky I saw it before I read your comment albert. Rookie mistake there pal. :cheers
WTF are you on about?
:huh3
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Anyone seen Chappie yet? Quick look seems as though it got some junk reviews but I really like Blomkamp and Copley. Still hoping to see it shortly.
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Off to my favourite cinema again last night the classic ,and saw "the theory of everything"
Walking into the cinema I thought it would be a movie for egg heads ,a veritable snore fest.
Was very pleasantly surprised.The movie mostly concentrated on the private life of Dr Hawkins.Quite an insight to be honest.
thoroughly enjoyed it.I give it
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HI Al... no need to apologise sometimes you have to just fight back...
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Methinks there's been some major snippage in this thread! ;D
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What the?
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What the?
Sheesh, now there sniping tge movie thread!!
What is this forum coming to :huh
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It was a boring fight anyway you didn't miss much
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It was definitely one of the more confusing ones
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It was definitely one of the more confusing ones
Yep. :huh
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not sure it was ever a fight, although my chain was rattled privately so that sort of continues, with still pretty the same lack of rational. All the while we still see no explanation of the comment that started it.
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The latest Star Wars VII trailer ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc2v7izk8w
The star destroyer wreck in the desert looks pretty cool.
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The latest Star Wars VII trailer ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc2v7izk8w
The star destroyer wreck in the desert looks pretty cool.
:clapping
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The latest Star Wars VII trailer ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc2v7izk8w
The star destroyer wreck in the desert looks pretty cool.
:clapping
Going by the trailers, it's good to see so far they haven't "Disney"-ed Star Wars. The new BB8 "ball" droid is real too and not CGI.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3043437/New-Star-Wars-droid-ISN-T-CGI-BB-8-s-ball-body-direction-does-work.html
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Just wanna see 'It follows'
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Just wanna see 'It follows'
There was talk about George Lucas having 9 episodes in total when the original trilogy was out 30 years ago. Back then the rumours about episodes 7-9 where the dead emperor was cloned or at least a new Sith Lord created from his DNA while a new galactic enemy threatened the New Republic lead by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia as well as the remains of old Empire's forces that survived Return of the Jedi. The other post-Return-of-the-Jedi script is the expanded universe stuff with Admiral Thrawn taking control of the remains of the Imperial forces. Talk though is they aren't using any of this.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/17/8439411/star-wars-episode-vii-force-awakens-resistance-first-order
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Recently watched:
Boyhood - highly recommend 5/5
Edge of Tomorrow - great 4/5
A Sniper - solid 3.5/5
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Watched an absolutely amazing movie last night ...
I never give 10/10 or 5 of the movie dude.
BUT. 5 of the movie dude it is.
The Fault In Our Stars
WOW
What a pair of performances and what a script
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you blokes better do the william collins thing or WP will lose it.
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you blokes better do the william collins thing or WP will lose it.
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
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Must say, never would've guessed Damo was a teenage girl....
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It's a sensational movie.
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Recorded it on Foxtel IQ when I read your comment
Il watch it over the weekend. Reviews are great from the few that I've read :thumbsup
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Yes Damo great call :thumbsup
It was a fantastic movie just finished watching it
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I'm not a movie buff by any stretch and rarely if ever go to the cinema but we rented a movie on Box Office the other night that I enjoyed. St Vincent (Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy) - it's light, funny in parts, decent if not stretched storyline but great for killing a couple of hours without getting intense or emotional.
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yep good movie smokey..
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I know it's a bit more mainstream than a lot of the movies that her reviewed here, but I watched interstellar for the second time and have to say the movie is great.
All the scientific theory, time, space , dimensions etc were sewn into a great script with amazing effects and generally good acting.
Four stars from me :thumbsup
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I know it's a bit more mainstream than a lot of the movies that her reviewed here, but I watched interstellar for the second time and have to say the movie is great.
All the scientific theory, time, space , dimensions etc were sewn into a great script with amazing effects and generally good acting.
Four stars from me :thumbsup
Yep watched it twice now and is one of my favourites. I'm pretty familiar with Kip Thorne as he's on a lot of docos I've got here so found it a little easier to get my head around some of the stuff than my missus did. Was really refreshing to see a really heavy scifi, been slim pickings for a while now.
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I know it's a bit more mainstream than a lot of the movies that her reviewed here, but I watched interstellar for the second time and have to say the movie is great.
All the scientific theory, time, space , dimensions etc were sewn into a great script with amazing effects and generally good acting.
Four stars from me :thumbsup
Yep watched it twice now and is one of my favourites. I'm pretty familiar with Kip Thorne as he's on a lot of docos I've got here so found it a little easier to get my head around some of the stuff than my missus did. Was really refreshing to see a really heavy scifi, been slim pickings for a while now.
A heavy sci - fi without characters or themes to pander to the family :thumbsup
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i watched a b grade horror movie today... well three quarters of it....
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i watched a b grade horror movie today... well three quarters of it....
LOL
My kind of humour
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i watched a b grade horror movie today... well three quarters of it....
If it was the same one I watched then I would class it as a slapstick comedy based on a tragic theme.
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a tragically recurring theme
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Need to get up photo of all my Ikea shelving chock full of blurays that is starting to resemble JB hifi. Whenever there is a 2 for 20 or 30 or 20% off I grab movies for the sake it and put them away, usually forgetting I even have them.
Anyway, this weekend got into Gone Girl and Deliver us from evil. Didn't want a bar of Gone Girl because of Ben Affleck but turned into a great thriller. Deliver us from evil with Eric Bana just another Hollywood exorcism type film. It was bearable and that's it.
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Drove up to the Cameo in Belgrave and saw the movie...... Ex machina.
This is a Sci fi movie with elements of horror and voyeurism thrown in.Although some of the actors faces seemed familiar they were more or less unknown names to me.
The movie revolves around an employee working for a dot.com billionaire who wins a contest to spend a week with the owner. The owner could be best described as a scientist who has developed a cyborg with the potential for consciousness. I wont go any further except to say this movie is riveting stuff, had me glued to my seat throughout.
I give this
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Meant to post about this the other week
We went to the movies for the first time in who knows how long
Went to see the latest Mad Max movie "Mad Max: Fury Road"
For something that's not normally the genre of movies I watch I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Charlize Theron steals the film, simply outstanding.
Great thing is this movie sticks to traditions of the first one, yep that one made 35+ years ago.
No hesitation in giving this
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For something that's not normally the genre of movies I watch
Chick flicks?
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For something that's not normally the genre of movies I watch
Chick flicks?
Animation movies actually
Things from Pixar in particular
Action flicks aren't normally my thing
Much prefer old movies from the 1930s-1950s to the bulk of the rubbish made today
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Off to the classic yesterday arvo and saw a movie that probably isn't everyones cup of tea." Love and mercy'.It was about the life of Brian Wilson the heart and soul of the beach boys.It starred john cusack and paul dano,who played Brian Wilson at various stages of his life.The movie had many directors one of which was brian Wilson himself..
Interesting and entertaining insight into the troubled but brilliant soul that is Brian Wilson.
I give this
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Off to the classic yesterday afternoon and saw "Trainwreck".
Its stars American Amy schumer and host of American athletes of who the only one I knew was le Bron james(only because he was refered to as such,would have much preferred if it was Dustin martin and crew).
Anyway the movie revolved around the Amy character sleeping around and stumbling across true love.
The movie had some very funny moments especially in the first half.the latter part wasn't as funny and the ending was somewhat lame.I give this
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John Cena is another in that movie, a WWE "superstar"
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Ta yeah..there were a lot I think but I am not a huge fan of American sport
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Chappie - one of the worst movies I've ever seen - negative 5 Bills...
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I hate it and I hope you do too....
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I enjoyed it but I have liked just about everything from Blomkamp and Copley. I guess the story itself could be perceived as pretty average but as an Asimov fan it touched on one of my biggest question concerning robotics and that is a true, sentient AI could just not give a stuff about the 3 laws.
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Meant to post about this the other week
We went to the movies for the first time in who knows how long
Went to see the latest Mad Max movie "Mad Max: Fury Road"
For something that's not normally the genre of movies I watch I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Charlize Theron steals the film, simply outstanding.
Great thing is this movie sticks to traditions of the first one, yep that one made 35+ years ago.
No hesitation in giving this
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Thought it over promised and under delivered. Was expecting a lot due to the hype.
3.5 stars
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Just watched Southpaw and loved it.
Enjoyed the story and the boxing scenes were quality.
4 and a quarter of the movie dudes head.
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Just watched The Coherence. It is an independent sci-fi thriller with the dude who was Xander in Buffy. Budget film and was largely unscripted which is something I didn't know before hand. It is about 8 friends who are having a dinner party the night a comet is making a close fly by. Most reviews give away too many spoilers and it is best to go into this film knowing nothing but the title can give you an idea if you are at least a little familiar with quantum physics.
Great film, will likely watch it again to nut a few things out as it is quite the noodle boiler. Four Bills only because five is reserved for the masterpieces.
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Watched Guardians of the Galaxy last night (trying to catch up on all the stuff I have saved on the IQ) and it was a pretty decent pick me up after yesterday. Been really getting into the Marvel stuff. Have both the Captain America films sitting around that I hope to get into soon.
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went to the Deckchair cinema last night and saw a film called The Wolf Pack, as part of the darwin film festival.
It is really a documentry and is about a family who lived their whole lives in their new york apartment, never venturing outside, except the dad to get food etc.
A mildly interesting story but a poo boring film. the highlight was seeing a small bat swoop down and take a large moth from in front of the screen but after that i just wished it would end.
no bills for this drivel.
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Saw the "Intern" yesterday at the classic cinema.
It starred Anne Hathaway and Robert deniro...Dealt with the issues of the elderly in the workplace and of the pressures in a modern work environment.Very much a fluff piece .Didn't really explore the issues.However it was certainly pleasant and a little bit funny,i give this
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Anyone seen the Martian?
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Caught the late show last night at the Classic..Saw the last instalment of the hunger games.
I wont rate this because it doesn't deserve a rating it was like watching an episode of the bold and the beautiful with I think 2 action scenes of note thrown it....Good riddance to this series.
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I have fallen asleep during the previous Hunger Games movies. I don't get the fuss. I like the premise since I'm generally into dystopian kind of stuff but those movies just don't do anything for me.
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I liked the first 2 but the latest ones were pretty average. I think they spent too much effort splitting it into two movies to make a buck instead of focusing on making one good movie.
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Watched the Victoria Secret Christmas show and I give it 10 bills
Did also watch Creed and thought it was average. Lots of slow parts and slys face looked like it was about fall off
2.5 Bills
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Watched the Victoria Secret Christmas show and I give it 10 bills
Did also watch Creed and thought it was average. Lots of slow parts and slys face looked like it was about fall off
2.5 Bills
Had to turn it off Selene Gomez sounds like a drownin litter of cats
Watching the South Korean movie now on sbs. I really want to eat black bean noodles now
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I said the same thing when she was on. Still though how could you turn that off
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a couple of weeks ago now, but went to the deckchair to see some like it hot.
I must admit i was surprised, but it is a really entertaining film, and it wasnt just the cleverly designed dressed Marilyn wore to give the illusion you could see her t@s. Actually, even though she played her role well, it wasnt her that made this film, IMO.
A film ahead of its time, and very funny. Many of the jokes were double entendres or subtle references to more risquι subjects that were able to get past the sensors of the time (but wouldn't have here, although it was condemned by the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency.)
The movie was filmed in black and white when color vision was available, supposedly due to not being able to get the makeup right on the men, which may be true, but i suspect it also had something to do with aforementioned dresses.
An entertaining film that i would recommend anyone who appreciates well written and produced movies (except the hardly prudes and other members of the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency)
i give it 4 bills
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not interested in anything that defames the code or our esteemed leader bishop pell. :thumbsdown
spotlight looks like a good film
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WTF?
This has nothing to do , what so ever, with the royal commission into child abuse
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens.. in a word WOW
Get on it if it's your thing
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens.. in a word WOW
Get on it if it's your thing
Going tomorrow night with the lads. One of them cracked and saw it yesterday before the rest of us (not good enough in my book). Can not wait!
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Star Wars, The Force Awakens.. in a word WOW
Get on it if it's your thing
Going tomorrow night with the lads. One of them cracked and saw it yesterday before the rest of us (not good enough in my book). Can not wait!
Enjoy, keen to hear your thoughts. I'm thinking of going again it was that good IMO
Go to the toilet before as well. Dont miss a minute :thumbsup
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MMMMM Daniel, you seem to have a different opinion than everyone else I've talked to
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Each to their own. If we all agreed then the world would be a boring place aye :thumbsup
What ages are these people? I loved the original 3 as i grew up with it, and didnt bother with latest 3 (pre star wars) but this was right on the money for mine and for many people i have spoken to.
I would rather not discuss the movie as most haven't seen it, so i wont ask why they didn't like it.
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My mate (also a huge star wars fan) suggested the best way to watch the all the movies is in this order.
A new hope, Empire strikes back, the final scenes of The Phantom Menace (the lightsaber fight Qui Gon Jin and a Young Obi v the Sith Lord), Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Return of the Jedi and then the new one.
If I'm allowed, the Force Awakens gets 4&1/2 from me, a huge Star Wars man!
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(Warning - massive spoilers)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/40-unforgivable-plot-holes-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens_b_8850324.html?ir=Australia
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/20-more-plot-holes-from-s_b_8856844.html?ir=Australia
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Without giving any of the story away, 1917 is worth seeing for the cinematography alone. I like history and the timeline and name of French towns mentioned in the film also fitted in with what was going on at that time during WW1. Not as gory as it could have been for those wondering but the film still conveyed the scale of death and waste on the Western Front.
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Just Mercy which is based on a true story is excellent. Didn't know before seeing the film that the town was the same as the one in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Alabama death row 'error' stats the film displays are just disturbing.
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Looking forward to watching this one.
Michael B Jordan is a real up-and-comer so I think he's been well cast.
American justice system really is a human rights disaster. Trouble is, movies like this tend to present these cases as exceptional and outside the norms.
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Watched Green Book last night on Prime Video
Really good movie , highly recommend
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Hilarious.... :shh
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Midway was very good IMO and they kept as much as possible to the actual historical events and timeline. Thankfully they didn't make it a gun-ho USA all the way movie.
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I recently saw the Professor and the Madman (based on a true story) after a cousin of mine mentioned it and really liked it. It copped a bad rap from a few movie critics but plenty of positive reviews on the net from ordinary movie-goers. Not sure what the critics were on about.
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After getting back from the Philippines and having to spend 2 weeks in quarantine, Netflix and Prime Video have been the only things keeping me sane. Wheres sport when you need it!!
Anyhow, Ive watched two awesome sports documentaries.
1- The Test .. this is on prime video and possibly the best sport documentary Ive ever watched. Just wow. The way you are taken into the inner sanctum is an experience. Amazing
2- The Last Dance .. only 4 parts in , but great insight into Jordan and the Bulls. As a Pistons fan, Ive found that part of it extremely interesting. Poor Jerry Krause cops an absolute hiding and isnt alive to defend himself. But that aside ...
Both great shows for all us sports lovers.
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Welcome back :thumbsup
I also watched the last dance Damo and its great. Really enjoyed it.
I wont say much about it as others havent seen it, though i researched rodmans net worth and he is worth only $500,000, while his former teammates are worth millions. (billions if your MJ)
says a lot.
Havent seen The Test, what is prime video? Never heard of it
I have finished Ozark and Money Hiest. I enjoyed them both, but Money Heist is great IMO.
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Cheers mate
Prime Video is the Amazon version of Netflix/Stan etc
$3.99 a month and well worth it
Ive watched Ozark and Im part way into Money Heist. Ozark was good for sure. I like Jason Bateman.
As for Rodman , he would be lucky to be worth 500k. When he started all the North Korea stuff he could afford the flights. He played hard and has lived harder!
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Just finished the new season of Ozark. Very good - better than previous seasons.
Watching Dark now. Solid.
Mars season 2 is next.
Recent flicks:
Blackkklansman was very good/funny.
Extraction (Hemsworth) was crap but good action scenes and camera work etc.
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Just finished an excellent 7 part mini series on Netflix. Would recommend "The Queen's Gambit" to all but especially to those amongst us that are chess players.
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Ill stick with the last season of Shameless thanks