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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: Rerun on January 30, 2007, 06:38:55 AM
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Since I watch 3 movies a week, I thought I would start my own "Movie Review". It will have the basic 5 star (*****) rating with 1 * being bad and ***** being excellent..
Dirty Pretty Things: (***) Starring Audrey Tautou. This is about an immigrant young woman in London working as a house keeper. She is hiding out another immigrant African doctor. They stumble upon a black market organ selling ring. They get caught up in the twist of morals and need for escape to America.
Feedback is encouraged......... :welcomesign;
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I loooooove the movies, and I've seen "Dirty Pretty Things".
Are you by chance a member of Netflix? My husband and I are because we really enjoy foreign movies. We live out in the 'burbs, and foreign films don't often make it out here. Having said that, things seem to be changing. Our local mall's cinema is showing both Volver and Pan's Labyrinth along with the usual tripe, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.
I especially love going to the movies once the various awards nominations have been released. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen Volver, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, Letters from Iwo Jima and Curse of the Golden Flower. The only film we haven't seen that has been nominated for Best Film is The Departed. We saw the original Hong Kong version, "Infernal Affairs", so I don't know how I feel about seeing it all "Hollywooded up".
I really enjoyed The Queen; I've been a fan of Helen Mirren for years. Have you seen her in the Prime Suspect series? I was living in England at the time of Diana's death, so I was particularly interested in seeing The Queen.
Which was the sort of fantasy film that Audrey Tautou was in a few years ago? All I can think of is "Chocolat". "Amelie"...wasn't that it? Very different role for her in "Dirty Pretty Things".
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Havent seen it, but I do have Netflix, and I ren movies all the time, I shall add it to my que! :thumbup; Then ill give ya some feedback.
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Oooh, Rerun, i think this is an awesome idea :thumbup; I value your opinion and i look forward to your reviews :clap;
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I loooooove the movies, and I've seen "Dirty Pretty Things".
Are you by chance a member of Netflix? My husband and I are because we really enjoy foreign movies. We live out in the 'burbs, and foreign films don't often make it out here. Having said that, things seem to be changing. Our local mall's cinema is showing both Volver and Pan's Labyrinth along with the usual tripe, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.
I especially love going to the movies once the various awards nominations have been released. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen Volver, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, Letters from Iwo Jima and Curse of the Golden Flower. The only film we haven't seen that has been nominated for Best Film is The Departed. We saw the original Hong Kong version, "Infernal Affairs", so I don't know how I feel about seeing it all "Hollywooded up".
I really enjoyed The Queen; I've been a fan of Helen Mirren for years. Have you seen her in the Prime Suspect series? I was living in England at the time of Diana's death, so I was particularly interested in seeing The Queen.
Which was the sort of fantasy film that Audrey Tautou was in a few years ago? All I can think of is "Chocolat". "Amelie"...wasn't that it? Very different role for her in "Dirty Pretty Things".
Hey, sounds like you have a good eye for movies. Feel free to review ones you have see also. I give The Queen *****.
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The Mission (**) starring Robert DeNiro (1986) - This is an old movie but someone suggested it. It would be a good movie if I understood the Catholic Religion. Sara would love it. ;) It was too violant and I got lost in who was who. :thumbdown;
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I saw an ad today for a new kid's movie "Bridge to Terabitha" and it looked very exciting and fun. Which makes me wonder if they actually read the book it's based on, which is a real tearjerker. I remember bawling my eyes as a kid reading it. Do they write the movie scripts based on the book or the cliff notes? Yeeeeesh.
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Most of you have probably at least heard of the films I mentioned beforehand as they've received various award nominations, but you might not have heard anything about "Curse of the Golden Flower." It is truly Shakespearean, filled with familial betrayals, secrets and lies. It is visually one of the most scintillating films I've ever seen. If you liked "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", you will enjoy this film, too.
Volver is a typical Almodovar film. It is sweet and quirky, filled with a very talented female cast. I've noticed that all of his casts have very interesting faces. Here in the US, Penelope Cruz is seen as little more than another pretty face, so it is nice to see her acting talents delivered in her native tongue. The plot has several seemingly unrelated strands that all come together nicely in the end. It is a "chick flick" at its very finest.
Everything you have heard about the superb performances in Notes on a Scandal is true. This is a very different role for Dame Judi Dench, and she is just plain spooky. In this film, it is surprising to see that the true predator is a pinched, dry school marm. If you've seen Pirates of The Caribbean and want to know what the actor who plays Davy Jones (squidface and all) looks like in real life, that's Sheba's husband (actor Bill Nighy).
Letters of Iwo Jima is interesting, of course, because it gives us an insight into the "enemy". I was interested to see that most of the audience members attending the same screening as us were older; I couldn't help but wonder what they were feeling. There were a group of Japanese people, too, and again, I wondered what their impressions were. Ken Watanabe was as regal as ever, and the actor who played Saigo the baker was really quite endearing. There were more conventional war scenes than in "Flags of our Fathers". I have read that many of the Japanese actors who played the young soldiers had never heard of the Battle of Iwo Jima; the Japanese education system has thoroughly edited parts of history. A lot of people learned a lot of things before this film was ever completed. I felt the film was just a tad too long, but then again, I had a bad case of indigestion, and that makes time move so much more slowly. Urp.
If any of you like foreign films, let me know! I'm always eager to hear recommendations!
For anyone with Netflix, which are the next five items on your queue? I'd love to hear because I'm really interested in what people like and why!
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Everything you have heard about the superb performances in Notes on a Scandal is true. This is a very different role for Dame Judi Dench, and she is just plain spooky. In this film, it is surprising to see that the true predator is a pinched, dry school marm
i do love Judi Dench...
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I loooooove the movies, and I've seen "Dirty Pretty Things".
Are you by chance a member of Netflix? My husband and I are because we really enjoy foreign movies. We live out in the 'burbs, and foreign films don't often make it out here. Having said that, things seem to be changing. Our local mall's cinema is showing both Volver and Pan's Labyrinth along with the usual tripe, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.
I especially love going to the movies once the various awards nominations have been released. Over the past couple of weeks, we've seen Volver, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, Letters from Iwo Jima and Curse of the Golden Flower. The only film we haven't seen that has been nominated for Best Film is The Departed. We saw the original Hong Kong version, "Infernal Affairs", so I don't know how I feel about seeing it all "Hollywooded up".
I really enjoyed The Queen; I've been a fan of Helen Mirren for years. Have you seen her in the Prime Suspect series? I was living in England at the time of Diana's death, so I was particularly interested in seeing The Queen.
Which was the sort of fantasy film that Audrey Tautou was in a few years ago? All I can think of is "Chocolat". "Amelie"...wasn't that it? Very different role for her in "Dirty Pretty Things".
I like quirky, out of the ordinary movies and TV shows. I tend to like historical dramas like I, Claudius, Elizabeth (with Helen Mirren) and the version with that other English actress I can't remember her name, things like that. I've seen Amelie and it was good! Strange in a fantasy kind of way but good. Helen Mirren is a great actress. There was a movie Cal back in the 1980's with her in it and she makes the movie.
Some movies I can watch over and over again:
Apocalypse Now
American History X
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Night of the Hunter
The Godfather: Part II and Part I
Life is Beautiful
Being There
that movie with Liza Minelli and Dudley Moore as the rich guy?? Arthur?? I love that movie also.
Donna
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I don't do Foreign Films because I don't do "subtitles." Either I'm a slow reader or yeah, I'm a slow reader. I miss the last three words and I never watch the movie. I'm trying to read and it gives me a headache.
Netflix Queue: Love Liza, Nacho Libre, Little Miss Sunshine, The Devil's Advocate, Akeelah and the Bee.
This isn't to say I like these movies ........ I haven't seen them yet.
I tend to like different genre for different moods.
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Oh Yeah, "Being There" that Donna mentioned, with Peter Sellers. If you haven't seen it your missing a great movie. Very funny, very sweet, very different & a four star movie.
Funniest movie: Caddyshack
The Party with Peter Sellers. This one will have you ROFLYAO
I don't watch sub title movies either. How can you read & watch a movie at the same time. One eception though. Babette's Feast. An absolute gem of a movie with a very nice suprise ending.
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The Devil's Advocate
Excellent movie-there is a white sculpture near the end of the movie behind Al Pacino...very awesome
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The Devil's Advocate
Excellent movie-there is a white sculpture near the end of the movie behind Al Pacino...very awesome
I read the book first and the book is much better, in fact the book has a slightly different twist at the end. The movie was good and Al Pacino makes an excellent Satan however I could not put the book down. :thumbup;
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Rerun, I'm curious to hear what you will have to say about "Little Miss Sunshine."
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Rerun, I'm curious to hear what you will have to say about "Little Miss Sunshine."
I loved that movie...I thought the little girl that played Olive (her name escapes me right now!) did an amazing acting job. I love quirky movies like that!
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Let's see what movie did I see today? I can't even remember the name ..... that is how much I liked it.
It was AWFUL! Nasty as nasty gets! They actually had a girl with a penis as a nose (although she had a veil) OMG! Then she sneezed and you can imagine! Well, no you probably can't! :P
Duce Bigalow - In Europe () that is 0 stars.
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Let's see what movie did I see today? I can't even remember the name ..... that is how much I liked it.
It was AWFUL! Nasty as nasty gets! They actually had a girl with a penis as a nose (although she had a veil) OMG! Then she sneezed and you can imagine! Well, no you probably can't! :P
Duce Bigalow - In Europe () that is 0 stars.
EEEEWWW! Hope she doesn't lie.
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Let's see what movie did I see today? I can't even remember the name ..... that is how much I liked it.
It was AWFUL! Nasty as nasty gets! They actually had a girl with a penis as a nose (although she had a veil) OMG! Then she sneezed and you can imagine! Well, no you probably can't! :P
Duce Bigalow - In Europe () that is 0 stars.
EEEEWWW! Hope she doesn't lie.
OK, Sluff you could be a writer for that movie. I thought they thought of everything, but you came up with a new one! ;D
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Since I watch 3 movies a week, I thought I would start my own "Movie Review". It will have the basic 5 star (*****) rating with 1 * being bad and ***** being excellent..
Dirty Pretty Things: (***) Starring Audrey Tautou. This is about an immigrant young woman in London working as a house keeper. She is hiding out another immigrant African doctor. They stumble upon a black market organ selling ring. They get caught up in the twist of morals and need for escape to America.
Feedback is encouraged......... :welcomesign;
Certainly was an entertaining flick. However I had to ask out loudly; the kidney taken by the Nigerian surgeon from the Spaniard, wasn't likely a complete mismatch for the poor girl? Granted that they could have run some degree of ABO and HLA matching tests with the Tautou character I don't think they had time to so such a thing for the Spaniard. Wasn't it most likely that the kidney would have rejected and possibly killing th girl. Also I thought the film gave a bad wrong impression about organ transplants. It was shown in such shady,dark, and unethical manner.
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Rerun, have you seen the movie Fargo? Just wanted to know what you thought of it if you have. :2thumbsup;
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Rerun, have you seen the movie Fargo? Just wanted to know what you thought of it if you have. :2thumbsup;
I got a kick out of that movie. Ya der hey.
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Rerun, have you seen the movie Fargo? Just wanted to know what you thought of it if you have. :2thumbsup;
I've seen Fargo twice. It was a (****) four star movie. I thought it was pretty funny. I can do a Mean ND Accent. Dun't Cha KNow...
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Nacho Libre starring Jack Black (**) Sorry only two stars on this one folks. I know everybody loved it. But, I don't like wrestling and even though it was supposed to be slap stick humor I just didn't like it.
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
Okay, thanks I'll take a look at them.
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Jenna and I saw 2 movies:
Volver - ****
The Queen - ****
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OOooooh, I really enjoyed "Volver" and "The Queen"! Good choices!
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
Rabbit proof fence is a very sad movie especially when it really happened the govt did some pretty bad things to the Aboriginals of our country.
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
Okay, thanks I'll take a look at them.
Hey Rerun, i was thinking when you come to visit us, let's go see Dreamgirls, i havent seen it yet and my hubby wont go with me cuz he says it's a "chick flick" lol, think about it and let me know, k :2thumbsup;
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
Okay, thanks I'll take a look at them.
Hey Rerun, i was thinking when you come to visit us, let's go see Dreamgirls, i havent seen it yet and my hubby wont go with me cuz he says it's a "chick flick" lol, think about it and let me know, k :2thumbsup;
Wait, are you talking about "Dreamgirls" starring Beyonce? Or that videotape I found in that box under the bed in your guest bedroom when I visited called "Dreamgirls 6" ???
>:D
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Was any movie on dialysis theme ever made?
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Was any movie on dialysis theme ever made?
Yes it was called "DOOM" and one was called "Welcome to HELL" >:D
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I'm surprised Gary Coleman hasn't made a movie about his dialysis life.
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I'm surprised Gary Coleman hasn't made a movie about his dialysis life.
We should get Gary Coleman to join this site!! Can someone work on that??
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''whatchoo talkin' bout?'' Rerun lol
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Was any movie on dialysis theme ever made?
Julia Roberts in "Steel Magnolias" was on dialysis and got a kidney frm her mom. Unfortunately, my mom watched that movie days before I learned that I had a problem with my kidneys. The movie does not have a happy ending, so my mom was kinda freaking out!
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Have you seen Dreamgirls? I saw it and thought it was awsome. I would give it 3 1/2 stars. I also rented Rabbit Prof Fence this week. It was also very good, but a sad story.
Okay, thanks I'll take a look at them.
Hey Rerun, i was thinking when you come to visit us, let's go see Dreamgirls, i havent seen it yet and my hubby wont go with me cuz he says it's a "chick flick" lol, think about it and let me know, k :2thumbsup;
Wait, are you talking about "Dreamgirls" starring Beyonce? Or that videotape I found in that box under the bed in your guest bedroom when I visited called "Dreamgirls 6" ???
>:D
Damn, and i thought i had gotten all of those movies out of that room :P
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Are you going to share your XXX rmovies with us?
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She's saving them for when Epoman installs a VIDEO CHAT ROOM! :P
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Fly Boys (*****) Five stars. No big names. James Franco?? It was set during WWI in France and very riveting. Nice love story.
Now, I'm reading a book called "Fly Boys" about WWII so it threw me when this movie wasn't the book.
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The Nativity Story (***) A very good movie for around Christmastime. I liked it.
Little Miss Sunshine (**) Rated R - I guess that should have told me it wasn't a good Family film. I don't know what all the rave was about. It is the most disfunctional family I've ever seen. Dumb Movie! Grandpa is a pervert, Brother-in-law is a homosexual who has tried to commit suicide because his lover left him, Teen aged son has a vow of silence, Dad is a loser, Mom is just there, and Little Miss Sunshine does a strip tease as her talent in the beauty pageant. Waste of My time!
Akeelah and the Bee (****) Staring Keke Palmer is a wonderful inspiration to everyone; that if you put your mind to it you can do it. Although, she had an aptitude for words. I don't think I could spell those words if I had the list to study from that I knew they would give me. I just cannot spell. Thank GOD for spell checker.
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We Are Marshall - (*****) This is a true story about a University Football team that goes down in an airplane crash in 1972. A new coach (Matthew McConaughey) tries to build back a team and a West Virginia town. Very Good Movie!!
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"Click" (***) Starring Adam Sandler. It was an OK flick. Kind of cheesy. Adam Sandler is tired of his life so he finds a remote control that fast forwards through parts of his life that he finds frustrating. Then he ends up a Fat man with no wife and kids all grown up. Kind of a modern time Christmas Carol.
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"Click" (***) Starring Adam Sandler. It was an OK flick. Kind of cheesy. Adam Sandler is tired of his life so he finds a remote control that fast forwards through parts of his life that he finds frustrating. Then he ends up a Fat man with no wife and kids all grown up. Kind of a modern time Christmas Carol.
I loved "click" it was very sad at the end. I call it a Dramedy! ;D
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (*) It was dumb. I watched the whole thing so I gave it one star. It was this poor narration of this detective story that was being played out in real "movie" life. Val Kilmar was in it.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (*) It was dumb. I watched the whole thing so I gave it one star. It was this poor narration of this detective story that was being played out in real "movie" life. Val Kilmar was in it.
I've never even heard of it, weird since i LOVE Val Kilmer ;) Rerun, have you seen The Departed and/or Babel yet? I know they are both up for Oscars and i hear alot about them but i really dont know anyone who has actually saw them. :popcorn;
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (*) It was dumb. I watched the whole thing so I gave it one star. It was this poor narration of this detective story that was being played out in real "movie" life. Val Kilmar was in it.
I've never even heard of it, weird since i LOVE Val Kilmer ;) Rerun, have you seen The Departed and/or Babel yet? I know they are both up for Oscars and i hear alot about them but i really dont know anyone who has actually saw them. :popcorn;
No I haven't seen them. Are they scary? I can't watch scary movies.
Okay... today I watched 10.5 (**) It was about an earthquake in Seattle that was linked to the entire west coast and so everyday or so another earthquake even bigger would happen. The plan was to get nuclear warheads to go off underground and fuse the fault lines together. Pretty far fetched (I hope) but the camera work was great. It really looked like the Space Needle was falling. LONG movie... like 2:45.
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I saw that one. I liked it.
Has no one see 'The Pursuit of Happyness' yet? A real tear-jerker!
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I saw Pursuit of Happyness. A long movie on a theme. Not a bad one, pretty good, but long.
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Dream Team (****) An old movie (1989) Starring Michael Keaton and Peter Boyle. A group of psychiatric patients (kind of like a group of us) get lost in NY when their Therapist gets hit over the head. Pretty funny movie.
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A few of my favorite movies:
On any Sunday (*****) old Steve McQueen film
Faster (*****) documentary about Moto GP racing circuit
Easy Rider(****)
Smokey and the Bandit (*****) forever classic. I used to own a trans am just like that one!
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (*****)
The Big Lebowski (*****)
Taxi Driver
Serpico
The Deer Hunter
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Reservoir Dogs
True Romance (*****)
The Shining
Rain Man
American Beauty
Meet the Faulkers
Casino
Cannonball Run
Life is Beautiful
Urban Cowboy
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
The Illusionest (*****) Great movie if you haven't seen it. Ed Norton is on of my favorites. (American History X)
There are so many.......
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George,
I just watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High again recently...that's a good one! Sean Penn's come a long way, and I did not remember that Forrest Whittaker was in that movie. I have caught a bunch of 80's movies on cable recently...The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off....quite a blast from the past!
Some of my favorites:
The Color Purple
Schindler's List
Armeggedon
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original version)
Some Like it Hot
Life as a House
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
As Good as it Gets
Simon Birch
Love Actually
The Other Sister
Forrest Gump
Corinna, Corinna
Stand By Me
Drop Dead Gorgeous
You're right, there are so many....
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Rerun, i hope you have been watching alot of movies while your computer has been down, looking forward to some more of your "reviews" by any chance have you seen "Wild Hogs" i thought it was hilarious, missin' ya girlfriend....
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Rerun, i hope you have been watching alot of movies while your computer has been down, looking forward to some more of your "reviews" by any chance have you seen "Wild Hogs" i thought it was hilarious, missin' ya girlfriend....
I took the kids to see "Wild Hogs"..... They loved it, LOL all the way through! :2thumbsup;
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I sure hope Rerun is keeping tabs on all the movies she is watching while she is offline, i cant wait to see what she says about the movies she has seen :2thumbsup;
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Since Rerun is away here are a few of my thoughts on recent movies I have seen.
Music and Lyrics- cute movie *** three stars
Hitch- funny movie with Will Smith *** three stars
Eragon- Good adventure and story **** four stars
Oldies I like
Titanic- I like this movie. **** four stars
Armageddon- Good adventure and I like Bruce Willis *** three stars
Independence Day- Love that Will Smith **** four stars. I watch it when it is on TV and on DVD a lot.
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Love all your oldies kitkatz.
Here's a new one I seen (even though I made a post for it cause I forgot about this thread):
Premonition: Great movie with Sandra Bullock I give it 4 stars **** (Although I didn't like the ending that much, thought they could of done better.)
Thoughts from anyone who's seen it?
(BTW: I have it downloaded on my comp, so for those who annot get to the movie theatre or afford it, I could do a file transfer with ya one day when there is time)
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Rerun, i hope you have been watching alot of movies while your computer has been down, looking forward to some more of your "reviews" by any chance have you seen "Wild Hogs" i thought it was hilarious, missin' ya girlfriend....
I want to see Wild Hogs, it looks really funny. I also want to see 300. Anyone see that yet? I'm a sucker for those Roman/Greek movies. THe last episode of Rome is on tonight, anyone watch that?
Donna
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Meadowlandsnj, Please treat yourself to some good ol' humor and go see Wild Hogs, it is awesome, John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy were great together.
We also went to go see Reno911/Miami, if your into corny humor, this is the movie to see, there were some funny parts and some parts that made you just go "WTF" lol,
Now, if we can only find time to go see GhostRider, i'll be set. :2thumbsup;
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Ghost Rider was awesome.
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Yes, Ghostrider was awesome!
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I saw "300". I actually really liked it. Pretty Gory, they also yell throughout the whole movie but if you are into buff male bodies, this is the one to see :). Good storyline as well.
My favorite movie of all time is called "Run Lola Run". It does have subtitles, a German movie. Makes you realize how one decision or action can change your whole life.
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Man of the Year. Robin Williams. :2thumbsup;
We need star icons for a rating system. I still haven't seen Ghost Rider, I want to bad!
Run Lola Run is an excellent movie, I agree.
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I'm kind of embarrassed to say it, but I absolultely love "Kill Bill", both volumes. :o It's weird, since I am a very peaceful kind of person - maybe this allows my ferocious side some expression. Anyway, I've watched it numerous times, and every time, I find something I didn't notice before - usually a very obscure thing, and often humorous.
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Quentin Tarantino is by far my favorite movie maker. I can't with to see his double feature with Robert Rodriguez "Grind House". Tarantino directs one feature and Rodriguez the other. Super 8)
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Little Miss Sunshine was an awesome movie, just watched last night (and i had a weird dream with Greg Kinnear) :P I'd give it 5-***** out of 5 :2thumbsup;
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We need star icons for a rating system.
Could always just give it 5 :thumbup; out of 5 :thumbup;, or if it that bad of a stinker 5 :thumbdown; out of 5 :thumbdown;.
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I give Ghost Rider :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; it was a kick butt movie.
I give 300 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; another excellent movie with Gerard Butler.
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lol....true! I guess my brain wasn't working very well at that time of the morning. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Anyone else a big fan of "Amelie"? I loved it. How about "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Dragon" For some reason all my favorite movies have subtitles. My parents bought me Charlotte's Web for easter. I always loved that book. I will give it a review after I watch it.
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i believe is crouching dragon, hidden tiger but who cares i guess.... i really liked that movie and i guess the best movies got subtitles,
cheers,
Rolando :popcorn;
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oops..you are right...Too many dragons and I missed the Tiger :)
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Your both wrong it's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I wasn't overly thrilled with the movie, but it was ok. It's not really my kind of movie.
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I don't like subtitle movies..... :thumbdown;
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I don't like subtitle movies..... :thumbdown;
They're fun if you speak the foreign language, because the subtitles are often SO different than what they're really saying.
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"Almost Famous" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; One of my favorite movies all time. Probably top 5, top 10 for sure!!!
For me, in my opinion, I have seen some subtitled movies that put everything else to shame. "Life is Beautiful" for one. I watch it without the subtitles and it's not as moving to me.
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Has anyone seen American Beauty with Kevin Space and Annette Benning? That is a definet :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; + one more :thumbup; awesome movie :)
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Last night i watched a movie that had me literally blubbering, i was crying so hard i couldnt catch my breath. Has anyone seen the movie Eight Below, it is an older movie, came out a couple of years ago, but i finally got the courage to watch it and dammit it all to hell anyways, i knew i was gonna cry :'( :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
OK Rerun, time to give us the low down on the movies you watched while your pc was down. :2thumbsup;
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Disturbia :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Yes, "Eight Below" is very moving to say the least. You can't help but get the Kleenix out. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
If you want to laugh your ass off go see "Blades of Glory". It is a spoof on Competitive skating. Scott Hamelton is even in the film and does a great job. They make fun of every aspect of skating. I love figure skating but was laughing my butt off. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
If you liked Pride and Predigest you will love the BBC creation of "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens. It is 7 hours, so make time. It took me 3 dialysis sessions to see the whole thing. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
See You At The Movies!!
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If you want to laugh your ass off go see "Blades of Glory". It is a spoof on Competitive skating. Scott Hamelton is even in the film and does a great job. They make fun of every aspect of skating. I love figure skating but was laughing my butt off.
I have seen that and yes, it was funny, that kinda corny funny that you cant help but laugh at their stupidity, lol, but it had me laughing.
Have you seen Borat, now that was an unusual movie, there were parts that i found funny, and then there were parts that were just outrageous, lol,
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If you want to laugh your ass off go see "Blades of Glory". It is a spoof on Competitive skating. Scott Hamelton is even in the film and does a great job. They make fun of every aspect of skating. I love figure skating but was laughing my butt off.
I have seen that and yes, it was funny, that kinda corny funny that you cant help but laugh at their stupidity, lol, but it had me laughing.
Have you seen Borat, now that was an unusual movie, there were parts that i found funny, and then there were parts that were just outrageous, lol,
I did see Borat. It was funny, but very disrespectful of everything and everyone. He is a British comedian who is Jewish. I was laughing, but then would feel guilty for even laughing at his disrespect. Did you watch all the out takes under special features?? OMG that was horrible. There is "Dr. Visit" LMAO He goes to see a Doctor and well.....you can imagine (no you can't) LOL
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I finally watched Borat this weekend. That movie is so wrong in so many ways...but I laughed a lot anyway! ;)
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Today I watched "The Clearing" with Robert Redford. :thumbup; That is one star. Never heard of the movie?? That is why. I Love Robert Redford, but the ending in this movie SUCKED.
Only read the following if you are not going to rent it.
Robert Redford is this rich guy and him and his wife are stagnant in their marriage. They have two grown children. Robert Redford is kidnapped and held for ransome. You don't think for one minute that the guy won't let him go. You just know he will get away. Well, the guy gets the money and then kills him. The End. :thumbdown;
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The Departed :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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The Departed :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I've got it ordered. :D
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Lives of Others. Outstanding in every way.
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Lives of Others. Outstanding in every way.
Just missed this in its limited run in my town. Heard it was excellent. Wasn't it an Oscar winner?
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Yup, it was. I was amazed by the quality of the acting, and the depth of the impact it had on me. It was one of the few movies I didn't think had been stretched to be too long, even though it was longer than most. Sorry you missed it!
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I've just caught up with this thread. I love it...
My must see movie for all you who want to tour Australia is "Wolf Creek". The film claims to be based on a true story of the Peter Falconio case and Ivan Milant. (backpacker murders)
Its a Aussie outback thriller, a disturbing film that will make you "shit your pants" ;D
After seeing this movie i doubt any of you would want to the Australian outback! :lol;
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"The Sting" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; An oldie with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I've seen it twice in my whole life and it is too mixed up for me. You don't know who is on what side.
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Last night I watched "Slap Shot" again (hadn't seen it in some time) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
The night before I watched a Bruce Willis movie called "Hostage". If you like Bruce it's a decent movie :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Last night I watched "Slap Shot" again (hadn't seen it in some time) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
One of my favs! especially during play offs! ;D
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I've just caught up with this thread. I love it...
My must see movie for all you who want to tour Australia is "Wolf Creek". The film claims to be based on a true story of the Peter Falconio case and Ivan Milant. (backpacker murders)
Its a Aussie outback thriller, a disturbing film that will make you "shit your pants" ;D
After seeing this movie i doubt any of you would want to the Australian outback! :lol;
Amanda, is this based on true events?
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I've just caught up with this thread. I love it...
My must see movie for all you who want to tour Australia is "Wolf Creek". The film claims to be based on a true story of the Peter Falconio case and Ivan Milant. (backpacker murders)
Its a Aussie outback thriller, a disturbing film that will make you "shit your pants" ;D
After seeing this movie i doubt any of you would want to the Australian outback! :lol;
Amanda, is this based on true events?
As Amanda wrote true story link to details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falconio
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Yes wolf creek is!
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The Good Shepherd with Matt Damon :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; It was the history of the CIA as seen through the eyes of a dedicated agent. I had to watch it twice to really get it.
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Spiderman 3 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Spiderman 3...I saw it in IMAX whixh was amazing but it did have some cheesy parts and was way too long.
:thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; and a half
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I am going to see Spiderman today. Yes, I have taken a day off of work! I will give my review after I see it!
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Spiderman 3
Awesome!
The special effects are awesome.
The movie storyline is great.
Without spoiling it there are great villians and Toby McGuire is great looking!
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"The Great Gatsby" (1974) :thumbup; :thumbup; Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. The old love triangle. It is a long movie so that is always good for a dialysis movie.
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Cool, Im a total movie freak, I even collect movie posters, Im all over this movie review thing, .....Have'nt seen Spiderman3 but love comics and comic movies, yes I am a geek.........Im also greek...ha ha. I don't go to movies much ( no girlfriend at the present time) but I own and watch tons of DVD's and movies so hit me! p.s. don't totally count out foreign films, some are awesome! Indie films are great too. I love classics, and underground stuff as well....looking forward to the next review.
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Flicka starring Tim McGraw :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; 4 stars. I thought it would be cheesy but I was wiping tears away. You almost forget it is Tim McGraw acting. Well, almost!
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OK, I know Flicka is a 70's movie and I love 70's movies so I'll have to check it out. I remember Ali McGraw in Convoy, and listening to the song in a pizzaria when I was a kid. Remember The Omen, Black Sunday, Rollercoaster, Jaws, The Bad News Bears! great stuff, how about the original Out-of-Towners with Jack Lemmon, and one of my favorites of all time The Island of Dr Moreau with Burt Lancaster, also, remember Logans Run and Papillon with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, all cool flicks from the 70's! I grew up with these movies and I remember seeing most of them in the same little theatre in Woodhaven Queens NY. One time I saw Carrie there by myself and it scared the living hell out of me! :o
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Right on Skillpete, thanks for reminding me of those awesome movies, i love those movies, they just dont make them like they used to, you thought Carrie was bad, what did you think of the Exorcist? :popcorn;
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The Departed :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
:secret; I agree. The Departed is a great choice! :thumbup;
Another oldie I love is an English movie (for all you Brits) called "Truly Madly Deeply". Its one of my favourites. :2thumbsup;
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Hey Guys, I just saw a great movie "The Illusionist" with Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, Holy Cow did I love this one!!! great great great movie with an awesome ending. I can't wait to see it again.
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Hi Goofynina, The Exorsist scared me too! I was young when I saw it and I understood the priest when he spoke greek so it freaked me out!
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A few of my favorite movies:
On any Sunday (*****) old Steve McQueen film
Faster (*****) documentary about Moto GP racing circuit
Easy Rider(****)
Smokey and the Bandit (*****) forever classic. I used to own a trans am just like that one!
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (*****)
The Big Lebowski (*****)
Taxi Driver
Serpico
The Deer Hunter
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Reservoir Dogs
True Romance (*****)
The Shining
Rain Man
American Beauty
Meet the Faulkers
Casino
Cannonball Run
Life is Beautiful
Urban Cowboy
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
The Illusionest (*****) Great movie if you haven't seen it. Ed Norton is on of my favorites. (American History X)
There are so many.......
Terrific movie indeed.
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Saw "The Queen" last night. Yawn
Helen Mirren probably did deserve the Oscar though.
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A few of my favorite movies:
On any Sunday (*****) old Steve McQueen film
Faster (*****) documentary about Moto GP racing circuit
Easy Rider(****)
Smokey and the Bandit (*****) forever classic. I used to own a trans am just like that one!
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (*****)
The Big Lebowski (*****)
Taxi Driver
Serpico
The Deer Hunter
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Reservoir Dogs
True Romance (*****)
The Shining
Rain Man
American Beauty
Meet the Faulkers
Casino
Cannonball Run
Life is Beautiful
Urban Cowboy
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
The Illusionest (*****) Great movie if you haven't seen it. Ed Norton is on of my favorites. (American History X)
There are so many.......
Terrific movie indeed. 3 words sum it all up.........THE BIG LEBOWSKI..............(shut the hell up donnie) and yeah, loved The Illusionist bigtime
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I just saw Pan's Labyrinth this weekend. I am not one who generally like subtitled movies and it wasn't really what I expected, but I found it to be a good movie.
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I watched Million Dollar Baby again last weekend...sad movie.
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The Mission (**) starring Robert DeNiro (1986) - This is an old movie but someone suggested it. It would be a good movie if I understood the Catholic Religion. Sara would love it. ;) It was too violant and I got lost in who was who. :thumbdown;
:rofl; I just saw your post. :rofl;
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The Guardian with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
If you liked the Titanic and The Perfect Storm you will like this movie. Very good story line.
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My wife is a big Olivia Newton-John fan and one of the local theaters is doing a sing-along version of Grease this weekend. Should be kinda interesting. It will be the regular movie, but will have the lyrics to the songs running across the bottom of the screen. I'll tell you how it goes.
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Do you wanna know a pretty peculiar conincidence? I just love Johnny Depp, LOVE HIM I SAID, :P and hubby reminded me he was in the movie Blow, so, i pulled it out to watch it and low and behold the movie is based on a true story about, none other than GEORGE JUNG :o OK George, fess up, is that you? is it really you? :P :popcorn; :popcorn; :popcorn; :popcorn;
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Do you wanna know a pretty peculiar conincidence? I just love Johnny Depp, LOVE HIM I SAID, :P and hubby reminded me he was in the movie Blow, so, i pulled it out to watch it and low and behold the movie is based on a true story about, none other than GEORGE JUNG :o OK George, fess up, is that you? is it really you? :P :popcorn; :popcorn; :popcorn; :popcorn;
Why do you think his kidneys failed??
OK on to the next movie The Kennedys an American Experience PBS. It was 3 hours 45 minutes. It was very educational if you believe everything you see and I have no reason to doubt it. The sad part is the Mother and Father lost their first 4 children within like 5 or 6 years of each other. It makes me feel like I should give Ted (Edward) a little slack.
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Rerun, did you ever see White Palace with Susan Sarandon & James Spader. If not PLEASE rent it & watch it during a dialysis session.
Then come back & let me know if you like it.
I'm betting you will.
Another you might want to try is Shirley Valentine.
Neither are new, both are very good from the start & both have really good endings.
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Exorcism of Emily Rose - I think it's pretty good. :thumbup; I watched it for the second time this weekend.
the Blade Trinity...
#1 - GREAT
#2 - so-so
#3 - don't waste your money
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Anyone want to buy Back to Future boxed set, brand new. All three movies? I accidently purchased it twice.
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My favorite movie is "The 5th Element" with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich.
Has anyone seen "Batteries Not Included" (and no Susie, it has nothing to do with your type of play toys :rofl; ) (1987) it is a cute movie with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.
Also I love the "Short Circuit" movies.
The movie that I am looking forward to see that comes out on July 4th is "The Transformers Movie".
I'd pee my pants if I could. Thats how excited I am to see this movie. Anyone else excited about this movie?
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I liked "The 5th Element" too.
I was looking forward to "The Transformers Movie" until I heard that the characters have been changed into modernized versions. I haven't seen any of the previews myself so I can't really say much about it. What have you seen or heard?
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Exorcism of Emily Rose - I think it's pretty good. :thumbup; I watched it for the second time this weekend.
the Blade Trinity...
#1 - GREAT
#2 - so-so
#3 - don't waste your money
My "Catholic" Neighbor told me to watch the Exorcism of Emily Rose so I trusted him......I didn't sleep for 3 nights and I'm not kidding! Scared me to death! Great now I'm thinking about it! Ahhhhhhhhh! :oops;
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Rerun, did you ever see White Palace with Susan Sarandon & James Spader. If not PLEASE rent it & watch it during a dialysis session.
Then come back & let me know if you like it.
I'm betting you will.
Another you might want to try is Shirley Valentine.
Neither are new, both are very good from the start & both have really good endings.
I will order these....thank you!
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Flags Of Our Father's (2006) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; 4 stars. This is the story of six soldiers instantly immortalized when they were photographed raising the American flag atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. It was a very good story line but pretty graphic. I think I've finally seen enough WWII movies! :P
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Anyone want to buy Back to Future boxed set, brand new. All three movies? I accidently purchased it twice.
please send me the details in a pm, i love those movies... :beer1;
Rolando
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Anyone want to buy Back to Future boxed set, brand new. All three movies? I accidently purchased it twice.
please send me the details in a pm, i love those movies... :beer1;
Rolando
Sorry McFly, I think i am the highest bidder (at least i hope i am) ::)
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Better let me know. Now back to your regular thread about movies. Hehehe!
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Is Night at the Museum worth a watch?
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Is Night at the Museum worth a watch?
Yes kit.. i watched it on the weekend and i loved it!! :thumbup;
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Is Night at the Museum worth a watch?
one of the most fun movies i had seen in a long time and well worth the money to see it in the theater. definitely worth the money for the video.
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I just watched "The Illusionist" which was a great film in all respects from acting to set production (it's set in the middle of the 19th century) but I saw the supposed "twist ending" coming from miles away. Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and the underrated Paul Giamatti all star.
I also rented "10 Items or Less" starring Paz Vega and Morgan Freeman. This is a small film about two people from opposite sides of the economic divide who come together because Freeman's character is studying to play a grocery store manager. Freeman is fantastic in everything he does and Vega is radiant, but the film doesn't really add up to much.
I'm now rewatching the entire Star Wars epic in order because I have way too much time to burn at Dialysis. And because it's the 30th Anniversary. And I'm a huge sci-fi fan. And a movie geek.
And I should probably conclude here.
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I liked "The 5th Element" too.
I was looking forward to "The Transformers Movie" until I heard that the characters have been changed into modernized versions. I haven't seen any of the previews myself so I can't really say much about it. What have you seen or heard?
i really dont know anything, just seen a few previews. it looks awesome, i cant wait to see it.
has anyone seen "memoirs of a geisha"? i bought it before i had even seen it. its a great movie.
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how about "brokedown palace" with claire danes and kate beckinsale. good movie about 2 friends arrested in thailand for drug smuggling. touching movie.
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LOVE Memoirs of a Geisha (the book is even better) and LOVE Brokedown Palace. :2thumbsup;
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LOVE Memoirs of a Geisha (the book is even better) and LOVE Brokedown Palace. :2thumbsup;
Never even heard of Brokedown Palace, but i did happen to enjoy Brokeback Mountain ::) :2thumbsup; :bow;
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watched "man of the year" with robin williams, tonite. i haven't laughed so hard in years. :rofl;
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I LOVE movies!
"Night at the Museum" was a really good movie. I saw "Because I said so" today, it was really funny. I love Diane Keaton movies.
"The Exorcist" has to be the scariest movie for me. I cannot watch the movie alone and it gives me nightmares. Especially when they re-released it with her walking down the stairs backwards doing a backbend. It scared the crap out of me!
Two of my all time favorites are "Fried Green Tomatoes" (such a great movie) and "Grease". I think I know all the words to that movie by heart. People hate watching it with me because I keep reciting the lines! I also have the soundtrack, love it!
"Steel Magnolias" is another favorite, I blubber like a baby. Rob got me that for Christmas this past year and I haven't watched it. I'm saving it for a day I need a good cry!
"40 Year Old Virgin" was so funny. I love funny stupid movies like that. "Grandmas Boy" was very funny and all the "American Pie" movies. I thought "Little Miss Sunshine" was hysterical.
"Fantastic Four" was really good, can't wait to see the sequel that is due to come out soon.
I thought "Brokeback Mountain" was very good, very touching.
Here's an oldie, "Splendor in the Grass" with Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Such a great movie. I love when it's on tv. I can't wait till it's on again, I want to Tivo it.
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Allright Skydogrocks, We have the same taste in movies, i love all of those also and believe me, when i need a good cry, Steel Magnolias or The Notebook does the trick everytime, but then again, so do some commercials, lol, aye yi yi ::)
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Never even heard of Brokedown Palace, but i did happen to enjoy Brokeback Mountain
Two of my all time favorites are "Fried Green Tomatoes" (such a great movie) and "Grease". I think I know all the words to that movie by heart. People hate watching it with me because I keep reciting the lines! I also have the soundtrack, love it!
"Fantastic Four" was really good, can't wait to see the sequel that is due to come out soon.
I thought "Brokeback Mountain" was very good, very touching.
I also liked "Brokeback Mountain", I bought the dvd.
"Fantastic Four" Loved it, excited for the sequel.
Liked "Grease" alot too. I don't think I've ever seen "Fried Green Tomatoes"
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Nina - The Notebook was soooo good! I have that movie too. I bawled like a baby! Another sappy movie that tugs at my heartstrings is "My Dog Skip".
Oh I almost forgot "Pirates of the Caribbean". I thought Johnny Depp was HOT HOT HOT in that movie! I just bought the sequel, can't wait to get my Johnny on!
I too cry at tv commercials. The best are the Hallmark commercials when the Hallmark movies are on tv. My family and friends know how emotional I am and just crack up at me ;).
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Nina - The Notebook was soooo good! I have that movie too. I bawled like a baby! Another sappy movie that tugs at my heartstrings is "My Dog Skip".
Oh I almost forgot "Pirates of the Caribbean". I thought Johnny Depp was HOT HOT HOT in that movie! I just bought the sequel, can't wait to get my Johnny on!
I too cry at tv commercials. The best are the Hallmark commercials when the Hallmark movies are on tv. My family and friends know how emotional I am and just crack up at me ;).
Oh man, this is scary, lol, i wonder if it was possible that we were seperated at birth? And oh, by the way, stay away from Johnny, he is taken :boxing;
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watched "man of the year" with robin williams, tonite. i haven't laughed so hard in years. :rofl;
Man of the Year with Robin Williams is very good. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; He is a comedian and decides to run for President. He actually wins but it is a computer glitch and the woman who discovers it tries to tell everyone but Money talks and they try to shut her up.
My Dog Skip is the saddest movie of all times. Worse than Where the Red Fern Grows!
The Notebook was written by Nicholas Sparks. He is an author that grew up here in Sacramento. Right after he got married his Mom died from a brain aneurysm. That inspired him to write The Notebook. Then his Dad had such a rough time with her loss he wrote Message in a bottle. Then the Dad died in a car wreck. Then his sister was dying from a brain tumor and he wrote A walk to Remember. She also died.Then his son is Autistic and he wrote Rescue.
What an inspiration.
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I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I forgot what that was about??
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Oh man, this is scary, lol, i wonder if it was possible that we were seperated at birth? And oh, by the way, stay away from Johnny, he is taken :boxing;
Oh I will so fight for Johnny! :yahoo; Remember him on 21 Jump Street? He was such a baby then!
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Rerun - Very interesting story about Nicholas Sparks. He has been through so much heartache. He is an excellent writer though. I remember I was traveling for work and was reading one of his books (forget the name, but it was the one where the husband died young and the wife had to live life again). Well, it was a tear jerker and I was crying as I was reading it. The flight attendant thought something was wrong and came rushing over. I showed her the book and she knew exactly why I was crying! ;).
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I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Angela - That is a very good movie. I totally hated the stepfather! Another tearjerker, I went through a lot of tissues with that one!
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Oh man, this is scary, lol, i wonder if it was possible that we were seperated at birth? And oh, by the way, stay away from Johnny, he is taken :boxing;
Oh I will so fight for Johnny! :yahoo; Remember him on 21 Jump Street? He was such a baby then!
You are sooooo going down Skyedogrocks :boxing; ;) Did you see him in the movie Blow, portraying none other than George Jung :o, i thought he was excellent!! I even loved him in Edward Scissorhands :bow;
I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Angela - That is a very good movie. I totally hated the stepfather! Another tearjerker, I went through a lot of tissues with that one!
OH man, on the movie Radio Flyer, i especially loved the dog, Kane, the kids were good too, but my favorite is always the animals ;)
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I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I forgot what that was about??
Radio Flyer is a 1992 American movie about child abuse.
The film, directed by Richard Donner, stars Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Tom Hanks, Lorraine Bracco, Adam Baldwin, and Ben Johnson. At one point in the movie one of the boys fit wings and a model aircraft engine to a Radio Flyer wagon, enabling the younger boy to fly away from home to escape his abusive stepfather "The King" (Baldwin). There has been speculation that this fantastical journey was intended as a metaphor for suicide, but this has been denied by Donner.
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I just watched an old movie today, and thought I would mention it here 'cause I love it!
"Radio Flyer" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I forgot what that was about??
Radio Flyer is a 1992 American movie about child abuse.
The film, directed by Richard Donner, stars Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Tom Hanks, Lorraine Bracco, Adam Baldwin, and Ben Johnson. At one point in the movie one of the boys fit wings and a model aircraft engine to a Radio Flyer wagon, enabling the younger boy to fly away from home to escape his abusive stepfather "The King" (Baldwin). There has been speculation that this fantastical journey was intended as a metaphor for suicide, but this has been denied by Donner.
terrific movie-very moving, but I have not seen it in years- I'd like to rent that and see it again- maybe watch it with the kids.
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We watched "Smoking Aces" last night. It's a mob-related movie, but quite action packed and a bit gory at times. Overall it was pretty good. Lots of stars in the movie.
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Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind - WEIRD. Very confusing to me, I couldn't really follow it. I do like Jim Carrey though, in roles other than comedic, and I love Kate Winslet.
Stranger than Fiction - good movie. Will Ferrell is always great, and so is Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Has anyone seen "The Ground Truth"?
http://www.thegroundtruth.net/
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
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Boys on the Side (Whoopi, Mary Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore) - an oldie but goodie. A real tear-jerker. :'(
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
:yahoo; :2thumbsup; :bow; :bandance;
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
:yahoo; :2thumbsup; :bow; :bandance;
:popcorn;
:beer1;
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
It was a little confused, mainly because I had fallen alseep watching the second one and didn't know some of the characters. But I caught on quickly and understood what was happening. It's worth it.
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:bandance; I have just taken the kids to see Pirates of the Carribean - At worlds End. We all loved it. We have to get the DVD when it comes out ( my 10yr old said so!)
Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
It was a little confused, mainly because I had fallen alseep watching the second one and didn't know some of the characters. But I caught on quickly and understood what was happening. It's worth it.
I have the first 2, but I have never watched them, i'm going to this week.. cause the 3rd one looks kewl, so I figured I had better get busy watchin the other ones so I can watch this one. :)
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To be honest, i have tried to watch the 1st one 3 times but cant seem to catch on :banghead; oh Johnny Johnny Johnny, if you only knew what you do to me, lol, plus, throw a little Orlando Bloom in the mix, ohhhh maaaaan, ::) ::) muy caliente :D
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Night at the Museum :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I thought it was very funny. My favorite part, when the monkey and him are slapping each other. :lol; :lol;
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Not total Chick Flicks from ....bd :popcorn;
Man Of The Year w/ Robin Williams good political satire. Worth the price of rental. :thumbup;
BORAT stinks. Can't see what the hype was all about. :thumbdown;
Rocky Balboa Better than expected. Best bet is to watch the first Rocky again before
seeing Rocky Balboa as it helps in understanding the flashbacks. :boxing;
The Last King Of Scotland, Forest Whitiker plays Idi Amin in a strong performance
Interesting History piece for those who remember those times. O0
HollywoodLand a private investigator dives into the suicide/ murder of George SUPERMAN Reeves.
Cool 50's cars and clothes get the inside skinny on the Superman Series. :thumbup;
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Pirates of the Caribbean was so good...oh Johnny!! 2 words, YUM-MIE :rofl;. He was so hot in that movie. I just bought the 2nd in the series, I think we'll watch it tonight.
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Freedom Writers :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; This movie was so awesome, that's all i am going to say about that... A MUST SEE!!! :bow;
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message in a bottle :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; didn't see the ending coming
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Wattle, did you find it confusing? I have had 3 different people tell me that it was confusing?? Eh? then again, who cares, as long as i can stare at Johnny Depp, i'm happy, ;) :bandance;
I don't know why people are saying this movie is confusing, with too many plot lines going on at the same time. I thought it flowed really nicely, and had no issues following it at all.
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Pirates of the Caribbean :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Going in my DVD collection when it comes out on DVD. Awesome movie... best of the three.
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The Rose with Bette Midler. :thumbup;
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The Guardian :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Made me cry. Excellent movie.
Babel :thumbdown; I just didn't like it.
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I have a few that I have seen lately.
The Messengers, it was a pretty good movie. A bit scary, same director as The Grudge.
Norbit, it was ok. Eddie Murphy played his parts very well, I really enjoy him as an actor. I didn't like the theme & plot. Felt the wife was too mean, it annoyed me.
Deliver Us From Evil, this was very good. It was a documentary about Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, the Priests. It was mostly about some Priests in California, but did mention what happened here in MA and even some startling info about our new Pope and President Bush.
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The Messengers :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Because I Said So :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
The Ringer :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Altered :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
ccharlie and The Chocolate Factory :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Transformers :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
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Transformers :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
I really want to see this one. From the previews I have seen it looks like they went back to the roots on this one (not just because this is the introduction of the Transformers / first non-cartoon movie). I think they have strayed quite a bit over the years as they have begun to run out of story lines.
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Saw "Live Free or Die Hard" and I really liked it. Good story, kept me on the edge of my seat. And Bruce Willis did ok!
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Saw "Live Free or Die Hard" and I really liked it. Good story, kept me on the edge of my seat. And Bruce Willis did ok!
I am curious about this movie, i have heard mixed feelings about this one. Karol, when you say Bruce Willis did "ok" was his acting not as good as the other Die Hard's (cuz i liked those ones) :thumbup;
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Saw "Live Free or Die Hard" and I really liked it. Good story, kept me on the edge of my seat. And Bruce Willis did ok!
I am curious about this movie, i have heard mixed feelings about this one. Karol, when you say Bruce Willis did "ok" was his acting not as good as the other Die Hard's (cuz i liked those ones) :thumbup;
Yeah, I meant that enthusiastically, because I had heard that some people felt he was too old for this role. I was pleasantly surprised that he did a really good job! He seems to have 999 lives, which he needs to stay alive in this movie!
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Ratatuille :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Anyone else seen Transformers? What did you think?
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Anyone else seen Transformers? What did you think?
I was forced to watch it by rick but to my suprise i loved it!! I can't wait to watch it again. :2thumbsup;
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1408 and i have mixed feelings about it so i give it an :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup; :thumbdown; :urcrazy;
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I liked 1408. I don't believe in ghosts, but it had some good jump out of your seat moments and the story was well constructed. Not full of the holes that so many films have now.
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I saw Transformers and Live Free or Die Hard this weekend at the drive-in and what a double header it was. Both movies were fantastic and get a BIG :thumbup; from me. As for 1408 I saw that last weekend and found it to be a great movie as well.
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Yes Hawkeye, I agree with you, Transformers and Live Free or Die Hard rocked. I have yet to see 1408... need to find a babysitter first grrr!! :)
Harry Potter :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
They did a very good job on the movie, and I can hardly wait for the next movie.
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has anyone seen "The Bourne ULTIMATUM"?
Rolando :bow;
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1408 and i have mixed feelings about it so i give it an :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup; :thumbdown; :urcrazy;
I saw 1408 and have to say I liked it, but it was a odd movie. It really wasn't so much a horror film as a suspense/thriller I think.
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Did anyone see the new Halloween remake by Rob Zombie? My wife is a big fan of the movie series so we saw it on opening night last Friday. As far as movies are concerned it was a great movie, but Rob Zombie took waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy to many liberties with the story and changed alot of things. If it was called anything else other than Halloween it would have fantastic movie. So my review is mixed. As a Halloween and Micheal Myers fan I give it a :thumbdown;. As a horror movie and just movie in general I give it a :thumbup;
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The last funniest movie i saw was I now pronounce you Chuck & Larry, loved it :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
We also seen KnockeUp and that was ok, i think i expected more since people said how hilarious it was, i guess it's cuz i really dont care for that Heigle chick :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup;
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I recommend renting Breach. Good spy movie about the FBI. Saw Zodiac but thought it was too long and my husband enjoy the "man's movie of the year". "300" Pans Labrinth and Bridge to Tabithah were also good but were quite a surprise since their endings were completely different than what you expect. I love movies to keep your recommendaions coming.
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We also seen KnockeUp and that was ok, i think i expected more since people said how hilarious it was, i guess it's cuz i really dont care for that Heigle chick :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup; :thumbdown; :thumbup;
Goofynina, I can't believe you thought Knocked Up was just ok. I loved it. I have never laughed so hard. I can't wait for it to come out on DVD :bandance;
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They filmed "My Dog Skip" in my neighborhood....the house the family lives in is one house over from my parents' house. Kevin Bacon's trailer was in front of our house. He is very nice but really short and really skinny.
My faves include:
Muriel's Wedding
Giant--Elizabeht Taylor and Rock Hudson and James Dean--loooong movie but SO GOOD
Little Miss Sunshine
Napoleon Dynamiite
Dazed and Confused
both Bridget Jones movies
Four Weddings and a Funeral
the Hugh Grant movie where he befriends the kid...can't remember the name but it was so good
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Trainspotting
I just love off-beat and independent films. I hate going to the movies because you can't go to the theater in your pajamas and have peace and quiet.
Beth
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the Hugh Grant movie where he befriends the kid...can't remember the name but it was so good
Is it "About a Boy"? I agree - that's a good one. (Shake yo' ass!)
Life as a House is also very good.
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YES! It's About A Boy...love that part, too! I almost peed my pants laughing and my dh actually liked it, too..he always makes fun of my "girly flicks"...he won't let me watch Pretty In Pink...which is number 3 (after Muriel's Wedding and Giant) on my list of ultimate faves.
Life As A House is one I want to see but haven't yet. I need to check that one out.
Beth
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They filmed "My Dog Skip" in my neighborhood....the house the family lives in is one house over from my parents' house. Kevin Bacon's trailer was in front of our house. He is very nice but really short and really skinny.
My faves include:
Muriel's Wedding
Giant--Elizabeht Taylor and Rock Hudson and James Dean--loooong movie but SO GOOD
Little Miss Sunshine
Napoleon Dynamiite
Dazed and Confused
both Bridget Jones movies
Four Weddings and a Funeral
the Hugh Grant movie where he befriends the kid...can't remember the name but it was so good
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Trainspotting
I just love off-beat and independent films. I hate going to the movies because you can't go to the theater in your pajamas and have peace and quiet.
Beth
hey beth i had to look at your profile i thought you were an Aussie picking some of our fabulous movies i didn't think you would get our great Aussie humour :2thumbsup;
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Nope, not an Aussie but I love off-beat humor and there is a documentary about a small town and it started with a C ( and I can't remember the name of it) that I saw on Sundance that I LOVED! Those were some crazy people and I loved the documentary about Caine Toads...those kids dressing them up cracked me UP! I think that Aussies and Southerners have A LOT in common...we both embrace our quirkiness! Another show I like (and I know they're from NZ) is Flight of the Conchords! It's funny. I've always loved British humor because it is just plain silly, and who doesn't like to have a big laugh?
Beth
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Nope, not an Aussie but I love off-beat humor and there is a documentary about a small town and it started with a C ( and I can't remember the name of it) that I saw on Sundance that I LOVED! Those were some crazy people and I loved the documentary about Caine Toads...those kids dressing them up cracked me UP! I think that Aussies and Southerners have A LOT in common...we both embrace our quirkiness! Another show I like (and I know they're from NZ) is Flight of the Conchords! It's funny. I've always loved British humor because it is just plain silly, and who doesn't like to have a big laugh?
Beth
Love Flight of the Conchords - soooo funny
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:thumbup; I have just taken my daughter to " Hairspray". We loved it. John Travolta in a dress. What a hoot!! :2thumbsup;
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"DEATH PROOF" - Part of the "Grind House" Taratino/Rodriguez double feature. FANFREAKINTASTIC if you are a car chase movie person.
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I hate that I missed this one in the Theater and I will be looking forward to the upcoming Rodriguez release. When they finally release them together I will hopefull make the purchase.
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Alpha Dog :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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:thumbup; I have just taken my daughter to " Hairspray". We loved it. John Travolta in a dress. What a hoot!! :2thumbsup;
I really enjoyed this "remake" also. Though it was very similar in most ways, this version was based off the Broadway play instead of the original movie. I also really like the music in this one and had to purchase the soundtrack.
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Mr. Woodcock :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
SOO hilarious. :clap;
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3:10 to Yuma - starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Alan Tudyk, Peter Fonda and Gretchen Mol
Great movie - a remake of the 1957 film by the same name starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.
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:yahoo; :yahoo; My hubby bought me The Jungle Book today :yahoo; :yahoo; I love that King Louie, lol, :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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The Kingdom :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Went to go see The Hearbreak Kid, (definetly not a movie for kids to see) but i thought it was funny :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Across the Universe, i have to admit, when that movie started, i was like, what the hell did i get myself into, we almost got up and left 3 times but i just figured, it got to get better, and all in all, i am glad i stayed, it was more of a psychadelic acid trip, but it did have a good story to it. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I'm going to watch Saw IV tonight.. i will let you know how it is! Anyone else watch it yet??
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a friend dropped over the horse whisperer pretty good :thumbup;
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In theaters now, American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, whew, a must see :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
That Denzel just gets better and better, :clap;
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Watched Akeelah and the Bee today - very sweet, and no, I couldn't spell most of the words. I can barely spell prestidigitation with the spell check, let alone out loud without writing it down.
I really liked The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. Very cool that they had the actual family playing themselves at the end. I need to get the book it was based on.
Children of Men was good in an odd, unsettling sort of way.
I started watching Elizabeth. I'm not much for movies based on actual history - like watching Titanic - ya know the ships gonna sink, and on this one, I know it's not going to end well either!
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I'm going to watch Saw IV tonight.. i will let you know how it is! Anyone else watch it yet??
Haven't heard from Amanda since this...wonder if the movie was too much for her...or, maybe, do you think the movie came true???
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....splat
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Dan In Real Life :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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We saw Bee Movie. It's a great movie to take the kids to and the adults can enjoy it too! :thumbup;
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In theaters now, American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, whew, a must see :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
That Denzel just gets better and better, :clap;
oooohhhh Denzel! He really does it for me. He has got the sexiest looking mouth!
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I'm going to watch Saw IV tonight.. i will let you know how it is! Anyone else watch it yet??
Haven't heard from Amanda since this...wonder if the movie was too much for her...or, maybe, do you think the movie came true???
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....splat
ha ha... no i came out of it safely.. thank you.....
the movie was pretty good much better than 2 and 3.. and it did its job..... scared the crap outta me!! :lol;
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I'm going to watch Saw IV tonight.. i will let you know how it is! Anyone else watch it yet??
Haven't heard from Amanda since this...wonder if the movie was too much for her...or, maybe, do you think the movie came true???
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....splat
ha ha... no i came out of it safely.. thank you.....
the movie was pretty good much better than 2 and 3.. and it did its job..... scared the crap outta me!! :lol;
I have not seen it yet Amanda... so don't spoil it, BUT, I have a question. I heard that it is really "before Saw 1". Meaning... if you have never seen any, you could see 4 and not be lost. True?
Either way, i can't wait to see it, gotta love Saw 8)
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March of the Penguins 5 stars
Happy Feet 4 stars - awesome songs
Jungle Book 5 stars - great songs! go King Louie
Harry Potter all 4 movies amazing read all books (don't worry I won't spoil the end (if it is really the end...))
Transformers - fantastic!
300 - saw this on an imax scene - picture that! Great story
Wildhogs - took eight 15yo boys to see it (son's birthday - then we went midnight bowling) They loved it!
Babel - thought it was dry
Borat - did NOT get it
Fried Green Tomatoes - 5 stars!
Grease - my sons (16 and 18) love this movie! (me too!)
I love Nicolas Cage. Ghostrider was fun. "Next" was similar to "Butterfly Effect" which starred Ashton Kutcher. I really liked both. "Faceoff" starring Cage and John Travolta. "Gone in 60 seconds", I could go on and on with Cage (lol)
Since it's snowing right now thought I'd mention an all-time classic "It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart! I bought the video years ago and could only find the colorized version. Some movies just need to be watched in black and white and that's one of them. I'll keep looking though!
Great thread - learning a lot and took notes of what movies to watch! thanks
Had to add that I agree with goofynina on "Little Miss Sunshine." Didn't get it. That's one you either love or hate.
Angela, loved "Ratatouille" - took my mom to see it. We actually jumped at a few parts!
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I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry is out on DVD today, if your in for a good laugh, this is the one to see, lol :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Babel - thought it was dry
I also had problems with this movie. It ran in circles too much, and wasn't all that dramatic... or exciting... so yes, dry! Good word!
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We saw American Gangster last weekend. I love Russell Crowel and Danzel Washington so if you are a fan of them them I would recommend the movie. I thought it was pretty good but not great. Let me know what you think.
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We saw American Gangster last weekend. I love Russell Crowel and Danzel Washington so if you are a fan of them them I would recommend the movie. I thought it was pretty good but not great. Let me know what you think.
it won't be out here in Aus till January :ausflag;
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Charee, can always watch it online, since I've been home from the Transplant I've found this site, has american gangster on it, usually have to watch most movies in parts but hey, you still get to see it.
http://www.movieforumz.com/index.php
Watched Chuck and Larry's Wedding I started watching American Gangster, but wasn't in the mood felt like a laugh.
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Charee, can always watch it online, since I've been home from the Transplant I've found this site, has american gangster on it, usually have to watch most movies in parts but hey, you still get to see it.
http://www.movieforumz.com/index.php
Watched Chuck and Larry's Wedding I started watching American Gangster, but wasn't in the mood felt like a laugh.
Thanks Tamara I will check that out next time I'm hooked up :thumbup;
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"No Country for Old Men" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Great movie.
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The Waterhorse :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
National Treasure: Book Of Secrets :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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"No Country for Old Men" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Great movie.
I just saw it last night, could you explain the ending to me?
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"No Country for Old Men" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Great movie.
I just saw it last night, could you explain the ending to me?
DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET
Which part of the ending? The Mexicans got him. Creepy guy got the money. The Sheriff was trying to work out if it was worth going after creepy guy or let it be. And the wife..... Oh which part Okarol?? I am confussing myself!!
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went to see national treasure while in oregon. lots of fun, luved it as much as the first one. my sister thinks they've left an opening for a third one.
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Went to see a few movies lately:
Mr. Magorium's Magic Emporium - a mix between :thumbup; :thumbdown;
The Chipmunk Movie - :thumbup; :thumbup;, it was hilarious!
Juno - :thumbup;, very good movie
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went to see national treasure while in oregon. lots of fun, luved it as much as the first one. my sister thinks they've left an opening for a third one.
Yes, there will be a 3rd.
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I am Legend :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (VERY good movie)
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I wanna see Sweeney Todd whenever it comes out on DVD OR to our town. Sounds good!!
Johnny Depp....be still my heart!!
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went to see national treasure while in oregon. lots of fun, luved it as much as the first one. my sister thinks they've left an opening for a third one.
We saw this one this past weekend. We loved it, but felt that the puzzles weren't quite as challenging or thought-provoking as the first one. Definately worth seeing, though! :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I wanna see Sweeney Todd whenever it comes out on DVD OR to our town. Sounds good!!
Johnny Depp....be still my heart!!
I saw it and thought it was fantastic :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Just be warned that the previews are a bit misleading. This movie is in fact a musical and Depp can actually sing rather well.
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I read an article about that, Burton and Depp are good friends, and they talked about Depp's voice, which isn't trained, or strong at all.
Who cares? I loooove Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter is so good both as an actress
and as a singer.
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I read an article about that, Burton and Depp are good friends, and they talked about Depp's voice, which isn't trained, or strong at all.
Who cares? I loooove Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter is so good both as an actress
and as a singer.
Just about every Tim Burton movie has 2 things in common. Johnny Depp is acting in it and Danny Elfman does the music. The only exceptions over the past recent years is that Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride do not have Johnny Depp in it and Sweeny Todd does not use Danny Elfman for the music since it was already a musical to begin with. I think the Burton, Depp, Elfman trio are fantastic though so keep em coming.
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I hadn't realized that about the Burton movies! I agree, they are good together, it's magic when they
create a new movie! I can't wait for the next one!
And yes, I've seen the Pirate movies...love 'em!!!
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The Waterhorse :thumbup; - this was actually a pretty good movie. Real tearjerker though, I was bawling like a baby. My son just kept giving me these weird looks.
I rented "The Namesake" :thumbup; :thumbup; - A really great movie and story. It gave a nice look into some of the Indian (the country) culture; very poignant.
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One Missed Call :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Saw some new flicks.....
The Bucket List :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
This one touched a soft spot with me. Maybe it's because I've been so close to death that life is wonderful regardless of what those around me may think......
Juno :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Loved the humor. AWESOME SOUNDTRACK!!!!
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Loved the humor. AWESOME SOUNDTRACK!!!!
We just bought the Sweeny Todd soundtrack. :2thumbsup;
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oooooo I have yet to see that. I KNOW I want the soundtrack!!!
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Favorite scary movie I just Nextflixed.. White Noise :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; I don't think I have ever jumped so much.. though I am kind of a wimp. :-\
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Favorite scary movie I just Nextflixed.. White Noise :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; I don't think I have ever jumped so much.. though I am kind of a wimp. :-\
Have you seen "The Messengers" yet? If not, add it to your queue :thumbup;
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Favorite scary movie I just Nextflixed.. White Noise :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; I don't think I have ever jumped so much.. though I am kind of a wimp. :-\
Have you seen "The Messengers" yet? If not, add it to your queue :thumbup;
Ooo I just got it today!! I am going to watch it on the new LCD... I can't wait!!!
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*waiting for your review MelissaJean* :waving; I wanna know just how scary these movies are, :P i can handle suspense but scary SCARY, i cannot handle :P :popcorn;
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Took the kids to see "The Bee Movie" :thumbup; So so. It wasn't as good as I had expected.
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I guess I wont give my 5 thumbs up for "The Messengers" then since were waiting for MelissaJeans review? Okie dokie. I just shall say it deserves 5 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; from me, and it's the scariest movie I have seen in awhile. It pretty much has everything you want in a scary movie and it had an ending I wasn't expecting. :thumbup;
"Cloverfield" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Thought it was going to be better than the previews.
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Not that i dont want your review Angela, i appreciate them, i just like to hear more than one persons review on a movie, :popcorn;
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I just watched The Terminal-- ( I am sorry if already talked about) I love Tom Hanks, and once again a great performance. Nice story.
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Favorite scary movie I just Nextflixed.. White Noise :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; I don't think I have ever jumped so much.. though I am kind of a wimp. :-\
Have you seen "The Messengers" yet? If not, add it to your queue :thumbup;
Ooo I just got it today!! I am going to watch it on the new LCD... I can't wait!!!
"The Messengers" was FREAKY!!! It was jumpy....
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Not that i dont want your review Angela, i appreciate them, i just like to hear more than one persons review on a movie, :popcorn;
Yes, I wasn't thinking straight, lol. Sorry :)
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Favorite scary movie I just Nextflixed.. White Noise :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; I don't think I have ever jumped so much.. though I am kind of a wimp. :-\
Have you seen "The Messengers" yet? If not, add it to your queue :thumbup;
Ooo I just got it today!! I am going to watch it on the new LCD... I can't wait!!!
"The Messengers" was FREAKY!!! It was jumpy....
It was definitely scary.. but not as scary as White Noise.. a bit more creepier though. Good recommendation .. thanks!
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I love it.. we all have different views... because to me, White Noise wasn't scary at all... just wierd. :lol;
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Office Space. Very Funny. Anyone who has worked in a cubical situation must see this movie. Language is bad, so no kids.
(Sorry if this was already previewed)
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so i never watch movies at all......because i always fall asleap but i just downloaded the movie "juno" and let me tell you this....go out and see this movie.....it was so good and the soundtrack was the best
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Saw a new movie yesterday.... I saw "The Eye" with Jessica Alba. I'm a big fan of Asian horror films, so I saw the original Hong Kong film when it first came out a few years ago. I was afraid that Jessica Alba wouldn't be able to pull off the part of the main character, but she was so pretty that it was hard to not like her. Overall, I'd give it :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; but I would still recommend seeing the original.....
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Office Space. Very Funny. Anyone who has worked in a cubical situation must see this movie. Language is bad, so no kids.
(Sorry if this was already previewed)
Yes Rerun this movie is hilarious; but I think it will only be funny to those who work in a office situation, oh and those who commute :rofl; the beginning was so true
:secret; and that fax machine deserved what it got! :rofl;
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so i never watch movies at all......because i always fall asleap but i just downloaded the movie "juno" and let me tell you this....go out and see this movie.....it was so good and the soundtrack was the best
I just saw Juno - loved it too! :2thumbsup;
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"Into the Wild" - amazing film :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I was convinced by Rick to watch Rambo... and i LOVED IT!
im such a tom boy!
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I love action movies. I am weird!
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Office Space. Very Funny. Anyone who has worked in a cubical situation must see this movie. Language is bad, so no kids.
(Sorry if this was already previewed)
Yes Rerun this movie is hilarious; but I think it will only be funny to those who work in a office situation, oh and those who commute :rofl; the beginning was so true
:secret; and that fax machine deserved what it got! :rofl;
Office Space is one of my all time favorite movies. Rob gave this to me as a Christmas gift one year and we pop it in when we want a good laugh.
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Martian Child - :thumbup; - We watched this with my son who we are adopting from Foster Care. Although he never thought he was from Mars or wanted to live in a box, he identified with alot of the feelings this boy had. It was very good!!!
Gone Baby Gone - :thumbup; - Pretty good, but could have been a little more fast paced. I was impressed by the authenticity it showed for Boston. Then again, Ben Affleck directed this and he's a Boston Boy.
Good Luck Chuck - This was ok for a mindless comedy. Definitely don't let the kids watch this one, a lot of nudity/sex scenes.
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I like
Independence Day
Crocodile Dundee I and II and III
Terminator II and III
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I would recommend Atonement to everyone - it is a completely phenomenal emotional and intense film! One of my favorites in a while. Director Joe Wright is brilliant, his only other major film was Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley... This one is just as visually pleasing. Enjoy!
Atonement :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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so i never watch movies at all......because i always fall asleap but i just downloaded the movie "juno" and let me tell you this....go out and see this movie.....it was so good and the soundtrack was the best
I just saw Juno - loved it too! :2thumbsup;
My daughter and I saw Juno on the weekend. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Great Movie
(I am listening to the Soundtrack as I type! ;D )
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I want to see The Bucket List and Mad Money someday when the weather clears.
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I saw The Bucket List at dialysis the other day. Someone had...ummm...shhh... don't tell...an illegal copy. It was a good movie.
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"Dan in real life" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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this is off topic but where is rerun lately...Boxman
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this is off topic but where is rerun lately...Boxman
I spoke to her right after Goofynina passed away. She was moving to Oregon and said it would be a while until she could unpack her computer, but I hoped we'd hear from her by now.
RERUN!! Can you hear us??
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I recommend What's Up Doc? Slapstick at its best. Makes me :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; every time I see it.
Mike :usaflag;
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A few good movies I've seen lately
A Good Year :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (4 stars) Starring Russel Crowe
Becoming Jane :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; The Story of romantic author Jane Austin
Miss Potter :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (5 stars) The story of the lady who wrote Peter Rabbit
2 Days in Paris :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; A little quirky, but I thought some parts were funny.
Master and Commander :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Starring Russel Crowe I didn't think I would like it but I did
OK there are a few you can rent if you haven't seen them. ;D
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21 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
The Ruins :thumbup;
Saw 4 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I saw an ad today for a new kid's movie "Bridge to Terabitha" and it looked very exciting and fun. Which makes me wonder if they actually read the book it's based on, which is a real tearjerker. I remember bawling my eyes as a kid reading it. Do they write the movie scripts based on the book or the cliff notes? Yeeeeesh.
The Little Mermaid really dies, the prince loves someone else
To Kill A Mockingbird leaves out the parts about Scout's teacher.
movie of Marley and Me - I will not go to it.
I am amazed how movies makers change books and plots.
There is a movie, The Memory Makers's Daughter coming on Lifetime soon, how will it be changed?
I enjoyed doing literature lesson's where we would read a novel, watch the movie and then compare the differences.
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I love both the books and the movies... it shouldn't matter if they are exactly like the book or not... people miss the point of being creative and changing things up.
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I agree Angela - I love to read, I love to go to the movies (almost on a weekly basis), I love when my favorite books are made into movies -- at first I get all indignant about the changes -- but when I look back at the movie as a whole - I still end up loving it. Books are incredibly detailed - there is no way that even a 200 page novel could be made into a 2 hour movie and still remain intact. So most times, the writer is able to adapt to get all the main points out there even if a few beloved sub-plots hit the cutting-room floor. Thank God for deleted scenes on DVDs!!
On a side note - I directed a very true to book play version of Bridge to Terebethia, which is one of my proudest theatre moments, the show ended up just breathtaking...
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Street Kings :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I saw "the Visitor" last weekend. It was funny and inspiring and sad too. Well worth going to! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Atonement :thumbup; :thumbup; (two stars) it was to much back and forth for me..... You see one part than you see 3 months ago then six years later then...... I felt bad after the movie. Not uplifting.
Charlie Wilson's War :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (4 stars) I love Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. This was based on a true story and explains how we got fire arms into Afghanistan.
August Rush :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (3 stars) It is a good flick. About (another) foster home child who knew his real parents were alive because he could hear them playing music. The kid turns out to be a music pordigy.
Sons & Lovers :thumbup; :thumbup; (two stars) This is a 2-disc series. They did nothing but screw. You would see a few scenes outside then screw screw screw. I fast forwarded through most of it. Plot was about a Mamma's boy.
Reno 911 Miami :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; 4 stars Sorry! I don't care who ya are this is a funny movie. The Reno 911 gang goes to Miami for a conference. When they get there they don't have reservations. I just crack up at the Reno 911 cops. If you have never seen it, give it a try.
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You Don't Mess With the Zohan - Yes, it's lame and silly but I am not ashamed to say I actually found myself laughing and enjoying the movie. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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I agree with you about Atonement, the house scenes (and fountain etc) were filmed near where I live and it was so hyped up around here, but I felt that there was too much too-ing and fro-ing and not much of a feel good film at all. No real substance ot it either. Just my :twocents;
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Dan In Real Life: :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (4 stars)
This widowed father of 3 meets a woman in a bookstore only to find out she is his brother's girlfriend. The father of 3 is played by the boss in "The Office." I think he is funny.
~Rerun~
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The Brave One with Jodi Foster :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (5 stars)
I found myself saying YES and punching in the air!!
A woman loses her boyfriend and dog to some thugs who also try and kill her. After she is well she buys a gun and walks the streets.
:mysty:
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You Don't Mess With The Zohan was VERY funny... hahahhahahaha... I love Adam Sandler.
The Strangers... I am conflicted. I didn't find it "scary", but I found it good. However, I found it awesome when I thought it was a true story, but I still give it 4 stars.
Kung Fu Panda- 5 Stars. Very funny, and my kids loved it.
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I just saw WANTED with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy...... It wasn't a "bad" movie....but there was TONS and TONS of VIOLENCE....Lots of blood and gore...... I have never heard Morgan Freeman swear...EVER....But to be in this theatre and hear God swear ("f this, f that").... That just didn't feel good. However, I gotta give this movie AT LEAST :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; because they made killing SO SEXY..... I left the theater going "hmmm...let's go kill something cause it's hot!"
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Someday I will have to try to adventure to a theater when it is not busy and bring a flashlight to find my way out. I just hope I don't have to leave my seat and then have to return trying to find my seat. Blind men don't lead the blind I think the saying goes.
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WALL E --- :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Get Smart - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
They changed several things from the original TV show. I loved the TV show so I was kind of worried about the movie and how it would be. The way the movie makes it seem is that this is a time after that time where the TV show took place but still has Maxwell Smart as the main character. There is no way you can get the same genius out of the actors that were used but overall it was still a good film in and of itself if you don't try to hold it to the standard I would give the TV show.
The Incredible Hulk :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
The second time is the charm for Marvel. This version of the Hulk movie was fantastic. Instead of trying to use widely unknown concepts from the early years of the Hulk comics they went with a big nod to the TV series which most Hulk fans will know better than the comics. They used some of the storyline basics and music from the show as well as a guest appearance by Lou Ferigno(SP?). A must see for any Hulk fan. Just as a side not Lou is absolutely one of the coolest people to meet in person. He does many of the Wizard comic book shows that tour the nation. There was just one this weekend in the Chicago area that I attended and as always he is signing up a storm and having his picture taken with people. I have had the chance to talk to him a few times and he is always happy to talk to fans just make sure not to talk to him in his deaf ear or he won't hear you.
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Some of the critics kinda panned Get Smart, but we went to see it last weekend and had lots of laughs. I give it :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; We like Steve Carrell ever since seeing him in Little Miss Sunshine.
We enjoyed August Rush as light summer fare. They hired great guitar players for the cameos. The kids are really cute and the little girl singing gospel has a great voice. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Kung Fu Panda :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;. Didn't think I would like it, but it was funny and cute. My son loved it.
The Incredible Hulk: :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Really cool special effects. The 3 of us loved it!
Don't Mess with the Zohan: :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; OMG SO FUNNY! We died laughing
10,000 BC :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Pretty good rental.
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Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I love Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker together.
American Pastime :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
A drama about America during WWII and the Japanese internment camps. A very good history lesson.
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Simpson Movie on HBO :thumbdown;
So I'm late watching it, sue me :rofl;
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Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I love Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker together.
American Pastime :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
A drama about America during WWII and the Japanese internment camps. A very good history lesson.
Where can I get American Pastime?
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Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3 :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I love Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker together.
American Pastime :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
A drama about America during WWII and the Japanese internment camps. A very good history lesson.
Where can I get American Pastime?
Kit, I get my movies from www.netflix.com
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Netflix rocks my world and has since the day it opened. I burn my movies onto blank DVDs and then I send the discs back and get my next 3 don't have to waste money on buying the DVD.. and I have 3 DVD cases of over 200 DVDs in each one so far filled. :)
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took chayton and declan to see kung fu panda saturday nite. cute move. but it was actually more fun watching them run through the fountain in the "town square" in front of the theater.
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Netflix rocks my world and has since the day it opened. I burn my movies onto blank DVDs and then I send the discs back and get my next 3 don't have to waste money on buying the DVD.. and I have 3 DVD cases of over 200 DVDs in each one so far filled. :)
Yikes, that is illegal! Be careful you don't get caught.
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:bandance; :bandance;
Mamma Mia :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Watched PS I Love You last night - great chick flick, I cried through the entire movie. It was exhausting! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Bringing up a not recent movie because it is one of my all time favs and seeing it on TV made me want to share that I think it is beautiful and sad and moving and heartbreaking and soulful movie... and so on.
Brokeback Mountain :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Okay, I may get thrashed for this - but Dark Knight gets a :thumbdown; from me.
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We saw Journey To The Center Of The Earth in 3D this weekend and it was a fantastic movie. If you have the choice of going to a 3D screening it was well worth it in my opinion. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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JB- I heard from certain ppl that Dark Knight was a :thumbdown; movie also... I dont know for myself but thats what I heard from friends who saw it. I still want to see it tho, but I will wait for DVD.
Journey to the Center of the Earth is amazing and freakin' RAWKS.
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George Carlins last and most recent filmed comedy special :thumbup;
It was closer to what he use to do.
It was on at 4 am
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The Bucket List :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; This is with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nickleson. Great movie if you haven't seen it.
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just read Morgan Freeman is in serious condition after an automobile accident :-*
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Oh no, did not hear that. I like the movies he is in. My favorite is Shawshank Redemption.
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oh me too 8)
saw it on Yahoo mail
he is 71
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I see it now on my Comcast.net news alerts
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Oh no, did not hear that. I like the movies he is in. My favorite is Shawshank Redemption.
I'll have to order that one.
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I enjoyed The Bucket List.
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Rerun ya got to see Shawshank Redemption. Awesome movie. One of the ones if it is on I am hooked.
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Robert Redford was in two movies of that general type that were very good. One in the early 70's and oe in 2000 something with James Gandelfeiny (Sp?) (Tony Suprano)
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:bump; (We go to a ridiculous number of movies because that's what we do!)
Best of the recent past:
Ghost Town :clap;
Righteous Kill :2thumbsup;
Traitor :bow;
Mamma Mia :yahoo;
Wall-E :waving;
Solid:
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Mummy
Pineapple Express
Mediocre:
Mirrors
Transsiberian
Must Not See:
Tropic Thunder
(we may add some comments later, but now, it's off to the movies to see... I dunno, something :) )
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The only movie I have seen lately was The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
I thought it was mediocre. I loved the other Mummy movies but this one was not as good.
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The Mummy (Tomb of the Dragon Emporer), like Journey to the Center of the Earth, was low key action adventure. The family tie-ins in both were nice, and for some reason I enjoy the improbability (yeah, right, like that could really happen) in the successful outcomes. Not much thought, nice entertainment.
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And, coming up this weekend, "Miracle at St Anna". It looks outstanding.
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"Lakeview Terrace" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
"Mirrors" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Since sumone put "Do Not See" for this movie, I will review it myself, because I saw it, and I am sorry but it was funny as hell and not once did I ever stop laughing during the movie.
TROPIC THUNDER :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Best comedy so far this yr that I have seen... it rocked my socks off. :bow;
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My Best Friend's Girl - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; - This movie was SOOOO funny! Raunchy as anything, but hilarious. We love Dane Cook and he didn't disappoint!
Sex In The City - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; - LOVED IT!
August Rush - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; - Great family movie. My son thoroughly enjoyed it
88 Minutes - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; - Great movie with lots of suspense. Al Pacino looks like he never ages!
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An American Crime
it is a true story and I can not get it off my mind
it is haunting
the kind of movie I find so terrifying are the ones that really happened
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"I Have Never Forgotten You" The story of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesnthal who survived a German death camp himself and then when liberated weighing only 90 pounds, was able to bring some justice to the murderers who killed over 6 million Jews. It is a real reminder of what happened. The thought that humans could be so cruel is very disturbing. Makes me wonder what people, especially in the Middle East are capable of once again. This is a documentary that is well worth watching. I'm keeping it for a few days for my family to watch.
Five stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Seven Pounds :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Marley & Me..... Sad Dog Movie. If you are an animal lover leave before the end.
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Sorry Rerun but I have to butt in with a review. I just got home from seeing "The curious life of Benjamin Button". It is the first movie I have seen in years that I have seen and wanted to walk out half way through. It is one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen. That said, I can probably understand the artistic brilliance of it and the reason it has been nominated for so many awards but for entertainment value it left me completely cold. I absolutely hated it. In fact I can quite safely say that for me it is the worst movie I have ever seen. Even if someone offered me $1 million to sit through the movie again it wouldn't be worth my sanity to do it. YUK! YUK! YUK!
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Lucinda, this is what this thread is for. We want to know good movies and bad movies. Thanks for you review. I think I'm going to another movie today if the snowplow comes through. It snowed all night (again). I'm sick of snow!
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Rerun
I read the book Marley and Me and I am afraid to see the movie
the movie is never as good as the book
I read the ending of the book at dialysis and I was in tears
and this tech could not believe someone would get so emotional while reading a book
guess she never read a book
and what is with Old Yeller dog food ----- I would never buy that brand
and I read The Secret Life of Bees and also am afraid to see the movie
it will never be as good as the book
am reading The Daily Coyote now
it is true and about a lady who adopts a coyote and what it is like to have a coyote as a pet
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Terminator-Salvation comes out in May 2009! Looks interesting.
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Since I don't go to theatres due to vision problems, I just saw "The Dark Knight"
It was ok, but not worth all the over hype to me. Iron Man was better.
Another Underworld movie is coming out, which I'm thinking may ended up on DVD sooner
So far movie previews on Quick Time really don't show anything worth watching. There are some listed there you can't play yet. Can't wait or The Fast and Furious 4 though.
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"Dark Knight" On DVD :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; My family thought Heath made a great Joker.
I have just seen "Four Holidays" (renames here for some bizarre reason) You know it as Four Christmas's :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Predictable but light hearted and funny at times. I didn't have any expectations and was entertained on a windy afternoon. ;D
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I watched Hancock on DVD last night. I love Will Smith! This movie gets a one thumb up. Too convoluted of a story line and I did not like the ending. I did not really care about the woman character in it, so the ending did not go one way or another for me. :thumbup;
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What happened at the ending?
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Sticking my fingers in my ears! LA LA LA LA I don't want to hear any endings! :)
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Sticking my fingers in my ears! LA LA LA LA I don't want to hear any endings! :)
Here Wenchie58, have some cotton balls :bunny: :bunny:, I wanna hear. ;D
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I agree with your family, Wattle, the Joker was great in that movie. Being oblivious as I am, I had no idea who was playing the Joker. Imagine my disappointment in finding out that the actor playing the part was dead.
:waiting; :bow;
Alene
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Thus the over hype of the movie. But the ending left it open for another actor to take his place since he did not die unlike Harvey Dent. I liked Jack Nicholson better as the Joker, but liked Ceaser Romareo (sp?) in the 60's tv show even better.
This movie just lacked something along the storyline to me.
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Ok, how silly do I look sitting here with :bunny: in my ears?
giggle
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:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
I did see them for sale at J.C. Penny's and Macy's.
Or I could do the redneck way and use duct tape and strap two little bunnies to your ears :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; and then take :pics; while your :o from the flash.
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Ahhhh duct tape...the quicker fixer upper!
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I took my son to see Marley & Me, oh my. Tearjerker. I have read most of the book, but couldn't bring myself to read the end. This is due to my beloved yellow lab Skye who went up to heaven last January. My son really wanted to see it, so we went. Can I tell you I was crying in the first scene (but that's because Marley looked a lot like Skye). By the time it was starting to end, I look over and my little guy is crying already and so was I. The WHOLE theater was crying, but we were really crying hard. As we were driving home, we couldn't wait to go hug Luke and Scooby! It was a really nice movie.
Mama Mia :thumbdown; - I love Abba, but geez, this was bad. I think it should have stayed a Broadway musical.
The Women - :thumbup; :thumbup; - Really funny movie!
Tropic Thunder - :thumbdown; - I love stupid, funny movies and was looking forward to this. There were a couple of funny scenes but that's it. Rob and I fell asleep through it!
We are watching Wall-E tonight, I'm looking forward to it!
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Indiana Jones 4 was OK, but think it would have been better years ago when the genera was more prevalent. My movie taste have changed it appears.
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Gilligan's Island - Season 1, 2, 3. It only lasted 3 seasons. It was fun to see it again. If you haven't noticed there are no reruns on cable of this.
If your kids are under 15 they probably don't know who Gilligan is. Four stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Memory Keeper's Daughter - I read the book so wanted to see the movie. Three stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; . It could be see on Regular TV, no need to rent it. It starred Dermont Mulroney and Emily Watson. Not big stars, but I did recognize them. This lady has twins, but the little girl has down syndrome so the husband, who is a doctor, tells her the baby has died. Well the nurse takes the baby and moves. Then the story unfolds so I won't ruin it for you.
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I have Gilligan's Island. Watched it as a kid. I about drove the hubby to distraction with watching the episodes one afternoon! I wish they would put out the Gilligan's Island movies on DVD.
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Saw "Gran Torino" this weekend. One of the best movies in a long time... a MUST see. :yahoo;
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Wall-E - :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; - OMG I LOVED this movie, it was awesome! My son loved it too, we laughed a lot throughout the movie.
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I keep forgetting to mention that AlohaBeth's friend is in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". For those who were at the first Vegas meet up, that was the friend she kept meeting up with when she wasn't with us; Sergey, her mad Russian ballet friend. The movie was great. Brad Pitt was wonderful. Interesting story line.
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Saw "Gran Torino" this weekend. One of the best movies in a long time... a MUST see. :yahoo;
I agree - great story. Classic Clint - what a character!
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Saw "Gran Torino" this weekend. One of the best movies in a long time... a MUST see. :yahoo;
We second that!
I didn't expect to like it, boy was I wrong. Rolando thoroughly enjoyed it too.
:clap; :clap; :clap; :clap; :clap;
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A couple of older movies that are good to rent!~
The Shawshank Redemption: Special Edition (1994) Upstanding banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is framed for a double murder in the 1940s and begins a life sentence at the Shawshank prison, where he's befriended by an older inmate named Red (Morgan Freeman). During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates for his upstanding moral code and unquenchable sense of hope. Co-stars Gil Bellows and Bob Gunton (who's memorable as the amoral prison warden). :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Keeping Mum: (2005) When housekeeper Grace Hawkins (Maggie Smith) arrives at the Goodfellow vicarage, she finds a reverend (Rowan Atkinson) too busy for sex, a bored wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) who's bedding her golf instructor (Patrick Swayze), a promiscuous teenage daughter and a bullied son. Little does the family know that their new "Mary Poppins" has a few tricks -- and secrets -- up her treacherous sleeve in this witty black comedy directed by Niall Johnson. Pretty Funny! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Now Playing In Theaters Near You~
My friend Dean and I are both WWII buffs, so we go see all the related movies.
Defiance (2008) Daniel Craig stars as Tuvia Bielski, one of four Jewish brothers who escape from Poland into the forests of Belarus during World War II to lead a band of resistance fighters and create a safe haven for Jewish refugees. The real-life sanctuary established by the Bielski brothers saved more than 1,000 Jews from persecution and death. Edward Zwick directs this moving historical drama that also stars Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell and George MacKay. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (5 stars)
Valkyrie (2009) Wounded in Africa during World War II, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance, becoming involved in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Hitler. Soon, events dictate that he become a central player -- and he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing Hitler. Based on true events, this drama co-stars Stephen Fry, Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I didn't like this movie as much because you forgot it was German when Tom Cruise talks perfect English and I already knew the ending because I know Hitler wasn't killed.
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I saw "Slumdog Millionaire" and loved it. Very good movie. If you go make sure you stay for the ending credits.
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I keep forgetting to mention that AlohaBeth's friend is in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". For those who were at the first Vegas meet up, that was the friend she kept meeting up with when she wasn't with us; Sergey, her mad Russian ballet friend. The movie was great. Brad Pitt was wonderful. Interesting story line.
my sister (carlyn) and i saw benjamin button this afternoon. it was extremely good. i had forgotton about this post though and am not sure which was beth's friend. we both really, really enjoyed the movie though.
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Rerun, what's in the Shawshank Redemption Special Edition. It Is one of my favorite movies.
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:2thumbsup;
The whole family (me,husband,daughter 14 and son 12) went to see Gran Torino tonight.
I am not really a Clint Eastwood fan. Well his Dirty Harry days actually. I loved this movie and so did everyone else. Clint is great! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Rerun, what's in the Shawshank Redemption Special Edition. It Is one of my favorite movies.
Chris this is the only version that I've seen so I don't know what is in it compared to the original. Sorry!
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Someone said "Seven Pounds" was a bad movie? I have not seen it but I guess it has to do with "organ donation"??
Seven Pounds
(2008) PG-13
Distraught over his wife's death -- and convinced that his own actions had something to do with it -- a depressed IRS (Will Smith) agent begins plotting his suicide, vowing to improve the lives of seven strangers in the process. But a chance meeting with a woman who has a life-threatening heart defect (Rosario Dawson) threatens to derail his plans when, suddenly, their budding relationship feels a lot like love.
Let's hear what you think......
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Pineapple express..
Movie was just ok. Kinda stupid funny
But the scene in the woods had me and Karen CRACKING up for a long long time.
Most i have laughed in a long time :-)
My reviews are always late, i wait for them to come out on video......
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no problem, about the only time i go to a movie is when i come to oregon otherwise it's all dvd.
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Give me some good movies to see. My Netflix que is getting low. :waving;
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Krull, An officer and a Gentleman....Oh God I am dating my age!
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They aren't recent, but here are some good ones:
Finding Neverland
Cold Mountain
Armegeddon
Drop Dead Gorgeous (hilarious!)
Big Fish
Second Hand Lions
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Jill, I've seen those and you are right.... Drop Dead Gorgeous is hilarious! I recommend that to anyone who has not seen it.
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Some old ones i liked.
The Hidden -- Great car chase scene.
They Live -- Great fight scene.
I just recently in the last (5) years or so watched them both again.
They stood the test of time IMO.
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grand torino- love clint eastwood,but it went from serious to comedy to serious
did'nt like the ending though.
slum dog millionaire-kept jumping around(flashbacks) hard to folow at times
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The Secret Life of Bees - This is with Dakota Fanning which is a good little actress. This is a deep movie with a lot of dark subjects (civil rights, child abuse, murder). It kept my intrest, but I felt bad afterwards. Kind of a downer...deep... movie; yet I'm glad I saw it.
I'll give it 3 Stars. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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The Secret Lift of Bees is a better book than movie and so was Marley and Me---
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I agree that the book "Secret Life..." was better than the movie although I found the movie good too. I loved "Slumdog Milllionaire".
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Derailed (2005) This stars Jennifer Aniston. A professional man is riding a train to work and meets this woman and they hit it off. They meet again and go to a motel but what happens there is surprising. The man has a wife and a daughter on dialysis....... I won't tell you anymore.
Thriller.... 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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The Secret Lift of Bees is a better book than movie and so was Marley and Me---
the books usually are better - the only one I've actually liked better as a movie was Lord of the Rings.
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oh Rerun
do they knock Jennifer out and take both her kidneys
you can pm me if you do not want everyone to know
first Brad Pitt and now her kidneys :waiting;
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We saw "Taken" the other day. Good movie, lots of action BUT my husband did not know it was about a girl going to Paris and being kidnapped. He is now worried that AlohaBeth is going to be sold into prostitution! :rofl;
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From the trailers, it looked like she was taken from home.
Hopefully I will remember this one when it comes out on DVD.
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You are right Chris. It looked like she was at home. Nothing in the trailers showed anything about Paris, of I wouldn't have let my husband see it until Beth was home! I sent her an email telling her not to take any rides from people---now she thinks I am nuts.
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Get Smart with Steve Carell (The Office) and Anne Hathaway is really funny (LMAO). I give it 4 stars. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants I and II These are cute movies. It shows that everyone has problems no matter how small, they seem big to you. Cute and Feel Good Movies 3 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Anybody seen any good movies lately?? :waving;
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Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants I and II These are cute movies. It shows that everyone has problems no matter how small, they seem big to you. Cute and Feel Good Movies 3 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Anybody seen any good movies lately?? :waving;
My daughter and i really enjoyed those two films.
Recently we had been enjoying 'The Golden Compass', then to find out the author is atheist and anti-religion.
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True lies was a decent movie.
Just saw a movie called doomsday. If bored worth it to watch.
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Rerun
the pants movies follow the books closely :cheer:
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I just read "Slumdog Millionair" but have yet to see the movie, but I will.
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Outsourced (2006) - Very funny movie :rofl; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
When his department is outsourced to India, customer call center manager Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) heads to Mumbai to train his successor (Asif Basra). Amusing culture clashes soon ensue as Anderson tries to explain American business practices to the befuddled new employees -- and in the process learns some important lessons about globalization … and life. Director John Jeffcoat's delightful comedy also stars Ayesha Dharker and Matt Smith.
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I also loved Outsourced and having spent several months in India I laughed so hard I was almost in pain.
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Mary and Max
This is an Australian "claymation" effort, and a funny but also moving movie. The story is of Mary, an 8 year old girl with no friends living in Melbourne, and her pen friend, a 40something male in New York - also with no friends. Their trials and tribulations over 20+ years and their enduring friendship through the mail. I saw this movie today and really loved it. Not sure that it will get wide release outside of oz, but look for it!
http://www.maryandmax.com
Here's a review from the ABC:
She says:
Sometimes the most unlikely friendships are the ones that sustain us and so it is with Mary and Max.
Mary Daisy Dinkle (voiced as a child by Bethany Whitmore and as an adult by Toni Collette), is a lonely nine-year-old living in Melbourne who loves chocolate, a cartoon called The Noblettes.
Mary has no friends.
Max Jerry Horovitz (voiced by Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is an obese Jewish New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome who loves chocolate, The Noblettes and also has no friends.
By a strange twist of fate, Mary chooses Max's name from the phone book and decides to write him a letter, and so begins a 20 year pen pal friendship.
Mary's letter at first throws Max's ordered life into an anxiety filled state.
For him, the world is a strange and confusing place.
Their letters fly thick and fast as they face the trials and tribulations of life.
Mary asking questions, Max trying the answer them - it's delightful.
Narrated by Barry Humphries, the film explores many themes; life, death, loneliness, and mental illness.
Tough stuff for characters that look like misshapen blobs of plasticine.
This is the first feature of Australian writer director Adam Elliot.
He's the man who brought us the delightful Harvie Krumpet and won himself an Oscar for best short film.
The story is based on a real life pen pal relationship that he has with a New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.
The type of films he makes are painstaking.
It's called Claymation or stop motion filming, and it takes forever to make a movie, at the rate of just a few seconds a day.
But Mary and Max is worth the wait.
It's witty, clever, beautiful and ultimately incredibly moving.
I'll admit to a few tears.
You really care about Mary and Max and their tumultuous and complicated friendship over 20 years.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette and also Eric Bana as Mary's love interest Damien, perfectly voice their clay characters.
Adam Elliot is a unique voice in Australian film making and it's a voice worth listening to.
He says:
As astounding as the recent technical advances in computer generated 3D animation have been, nothing compares to claymation, where you can literally see the fingerprints of the animators on their work.
Of the three forms - cell, 3D and stop-go - 3D is by far the dominant, with 2D limited to Japanese anime and stop-go almost exclusively the preserve of Aardman Studios (the Wallace and Gromit series, amongst others), children's TV and artsy-fartsy shorts made for the festival audience.
It was in this final category that Adam Elliot fit until his 22 minute short Harvey Krumpet won the Oscar for best animated short in 2003.
$8 million and six years later, Mary and Max, his debut feature hits the screens, and the result is a work of near genius.
The story is loosely based on Elliot's long-term pen-pal relationship with an overweight New Yorker with Asperger's (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Max the New Yorker begins writing to a lonely eight-year-old Melbourne girl, Mary (Bethany Whitmore, then Toni Collette), after she randomly chooses him from the phone book as the recipient of a letter.
The pair share a love for chocolate and a kids' cartoon called The Noblets, and, less happily, a deep and abiding loneliness.
As beautiful as the animation is - and it's genuinely stunning - the key to the film's success lies in its screenplay.
Somehow Elliot manages to make the story simultaneously hilarious, heart-warming and heart-breaking, which is no mean feat.
The voice talent is top notch, with Barry Humphries' dead-pan narration carrying the piece, and an excellent performance from Phillip Semour Hoffman in an exceptionally difficult role.
There's perhaps an over-reliance on scatological humour now and then, and the story sometimes meanders, particularly during the final act.
But these are small criticisms for what is close to a masterpiece, providing confirmation that Adam Elliot is one of Australian film industry's greatest talents.
Let us hope that this labour of love receives the hugs from the audience it deserves.
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Mamma Mia - (2008) Great Music!! Great Movie!! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
I put this one off because I usually don't like musicals but this was great.
Based on the international hit musical featuring the songs of pop superstars ABBA, this charming tale centers on a bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) and her plan to uncover her father's identity by inviting three of her mother's (Meryl Streep) former lovers to her wedding. This Golden Globe nominee for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) also stars Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Christine Baranski.
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I finally saw Australia :thumbup; :thumbup;
I was really disappointed. I have loved and infact own all of Baz Luhrmanns films, but I thought this was ordinary.
The scenery is beautiful as is Hugh Jackman. The rest left me bored.
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Bottle Shock (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
France's position as the world's top wine producer was unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines permanently on the map. Director Randall Miller's film chronicles the heady early days of Napa Valley's rocket to success. Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman and Freddy Rodriguez star in this tale of dreamers who dared to challenge the establishment.
Just a good rags to riches kind of "true" story. Very good!
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Has any one seen The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas?
It was so good.... but so disturbing....
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We saw State of Play in NY - (for some reason the title is easy to forget) but it was a really good thriller, never looked at my watch so it kept me interested. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Robin Wright Penn were great.
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Has any one seen The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas?
It was so good.... but so disturbing....
I seen it and thought the same thing...............disturbing ending.................
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Seven Pounds with Will Smith in it............
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet but I just sent it and loved it!!! Anyone else seen it yet?
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Saw Seven Pounds and loved it.
Just saw Dreamer a family film about a broken down horse trainer and a broken down racehorse.
Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elizabeth Shue
I watched this with my 7 year old granddaughter and we both loved it!
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We saw "Star Trek" last weekend and "Angels and Demons" last night. Loved them both!!!
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Mad Money (2008) Great movie based on a True Story. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Ted Danson were the big names. They rip off the Federal Reserve Bank. Very funny and a thriller at the same time.
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Star Trek was awesome and they left a way for other movies to be made in that alternate universe. Awesome!
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Milk :thumbdown; (one star)
Sean Penn (in an Oscar-winning role) stars in this fact-based drama about Harvey Milk, the openly gay activist and San Francisco politician who was murdered along with mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by disgruntled city employee Dan White (Josh Brolin, in an Oscar-nominated role) in 1978. Director Gus Van Sant's compelling biopic (nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award) co-stars Emile Hirsch, James Franco and Diego Luna.
I didn't finish it. Didn't like it.
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Frost/Nixon :thumbdown; (one star)
Ron Howard directs this adaptation of Peter Morgan's popular Broadway play centered on a series of revelatory TV interviews former President Richard Nixon granted British talk show host David Frost in 1977. Nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, the film stars Frank Langella, reprising his Tony Award-winning stage role, along with a stellar cast that includes Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Kevin Bacon and Oliver Platt.
I don't like controversial interviews where they (the interviewer) is going after the guy. Can't stand Katie Curric for that reason. Barbara Wawa is a good interviewer.
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Knocked Up (2007) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (3 stars)
A one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy for entertainment reporter Alison (Katherine Heigl) in Judd Apatow's romantic comedy. Determined to be a good mom and keep her career on track, Alison decides to try to make things work with the baby's father, slacker Ben (Seth Rogen). It's anything but smooth sailing as the odd couple gets acquainted, but Alison finds there's more to Ben than she originally thought. Paul Rudd also stars.
This was really pretty funny!
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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (4 stars)
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone wears striped pajamas. Unaware of the fate of those Jewish prisoners or the role his own Nazi father plays in it, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp. Mark Herman directs this gripping adaptation of the novel by John Boyne.
This is not a true story, but what is disturbing is that it could have happened. Yet another story of the awful WWII death camps.
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Doubt (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (3 stars)
In a Catholic elementary school in the Bronx, Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) begins to have doubts about one of the priests, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who seems to have become overly involved in the life of a young African American pupil. But Flynn isn't the only one she has doubts about. Is she overreacting to the situation or is there a truth that needs to be discovered? John Patrick Shanley's drama was nominated for five Oscars and co-stars Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
It left me feeling in "Doubt"......
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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (4 stars)
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone wears striped pajamas. Unaware of the fate of those Jewish prisoners or the role his own Nazi father plays in it, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp. Mark Herman directs this gripping adaptation of the novel by John Boyne.
This is not a true story, but what is disturbing is that it could have happened. Yet another story of the awful WWII death camps.
This one sounds like something I would like to watch as long as it is not a sub titled movie. I can't keep up with subtitles anymore.
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I can't watch subtitle movies either. I try so hard to read everything and I always miss the last 3 words. It gives me a headache and I never see anything in the movie. I'm just reading.
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is not subtitled.
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They, some of the patients, watched Doubt last night at dialysis and were discussing it afterwards. I did not watch it. Slept most of the night last night!
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Zodiac (2007) Thriller :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (3 stars)
In the 1960s and '70s, a cryptic killer clad in an executioner's hood stalked the streets of San Francisco and left clues about his crimes in the newspaper. In director David Fincher's chilling recount of the murders, Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal -- flanked by an impressive ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. and Chloe Sevigny -- stars as reporter Robert Graysmith, the man who went on to write the best-selling true crime book Zodiac.
It was good but they never caught the guy and that creeps me out!
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My hubby and kids kept telling me to tivo TROPIC THUNDER because they all said it was really funny.
I wasn't sure about the premise but I finally watched it last night. I laughed a lot!! Silly humor, but a unique story too!
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Meet The Spartans
A spoof off the movie 300 by some of the people who did Scarey Movie.
I t was funny at times, but nothing to go run out to get. Glad it was on HBO. A good time killer if nothing else to do.
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Ghost Town (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; (3 stars)
British funnyman Ricky Gervais ("The Office," "Extras") stars in his first feature film lead as Bertram Pincus, a hapless gent who's pronounced dead, only to be brought back to life with an unexpected gift: a newfound ability to see ghosts. When Bertram crosses paths with the recently departed Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), he gets pulled into Frank's desperate bid to break up his widowed wife's (Téa Leoni) pending marriage to another man.
Pretty funny and a cute movie.
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The Reader (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) reflects on the formative sexual relationship he had with older woman Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role) as a young teenager in this poignant drama set in post-World War II Germany. The passionate affair ended when Hanna disappeared. But years later, Michael learns she's on trial for horrific Nazi war crimes. David Kross plays the teenage Michael in this film based on Bernhard Schlink's best-seller.
A lot of sex scenes but the story line was good.
Sluff would like this movie.... :thumbup;
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??Sluff is interested in reading??
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Went to Bruno last night. Laughed and laughed. I think it's a bit more clever than Borat - but is similar in the sense that it's corny and silly. If you like Ali G/Borat you'll love this movie. He certainly has .... well, balls is the only way to put it.
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The Hangover - OMG, so so so so funny!
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The Knowing - Pretty good Sci Fi movie. Definitely not what I thought it was going to be, but it was good! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Confessions of a Shopoholic - So so movie, the book was just sooooo much better (as they usually are) - :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Don't get to see many "gown up" movies. I'm usually taking my son, but UP was really great and Transformers was pretty good too.
Up is a cartoon movie about an old man who instead of being put in a nursing home attaches a few hundred balloons to his house and floats away to South America. He's stuck with a little boy and of course, they get very attached.
Transformers was more of the same, like the first movie
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PUSH
Was pretty good if you like action. Ended kinda weird but im sure there thinking part two.
FIVE FINGERS
Is an up to date movie that will if nothing else make you think about the threats we face on a daily basis.
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An American Carol (2008) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
David Zucker directs a star-studded cast in this topical comedy about an unpatriotic documentary filmmaker who wants to abolish the Fourth of July holiday -- until he's visited by three ghosts who beg him to reconsider. Can the spirits of America's past, present and future spark a change of heart? Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight and Dennis Hopper star in this Charles Dickens–inspired fable that skewers the well-known work of director Michael Moore.
I thought this movie was hilarious! Recommended for Big Sky and Paul!!
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I don't remember that one being advertised. I do like comedies though.
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Country for Old Men
I could not watch much of it --- too violent
was that movie a dream at the end ?
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Seven Pounds (2008) I think TynyWonder recommended it. VERY GOOD especially for people on this site. Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Distraught over his wife's death -- and convinced that his own actions had something to do with it -- a depressed IRS agent (Will Smith) begins plotting his suicide, vowing to improve the lives of seven strangers in the process. But a chance meeting with a woman who has a life-threatening heart defect (Rosario Dawson) makes him think twice when their budding relationship suddenly feels a lot like love.
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My husband got Brazil out of the library because he had never seen it. I saw it as a kid, but did not really follow it all that well. I was amazed at how much I enjoyed it this last viewing! It seemed eerily prophetic the way the government would fall back on a vague threat of 'terrorists' to justify everything. The plot basically follows a British government worker navigating through a bureacratic mess in an Orwellian world. It is a Terry Gilliam film, visually stunning, and humorous in the dry, absurd, Monty Python-esque way. The Robert DeNiro role is certainly not to be missed. I highly recommend watching this film from a 2009 perspective, and see for yourself how well the story holds up today.
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The Soloist... first movie I've watched all the way through or recommended in ages. Jamie Fox and Robery Downy both gave oscar worthy perfomances. What's it about? Not really sure but maybe god or grace through art, maybe homelessness or mental illness, could be just plain friendship between unlikely souls. Anyway it was good. Made me cry --= but again I watched it while on dialysis so it might have been the needles that were making me cry.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-the-soloist-video-2009-3
And did you know that the book and then the movie are based on a true story. Gives a lot of insight into mental illness.
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Yes, I knew that... and it is a rare case where the movie met the expectations of the author, I'm sure. Interesting book. Beautiful movie.
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My husband and I finished watching the 2005 BBC miniseries Bleak House, based on my favorite Charles Dickens book. It is nearly 8 hours long. I enjoyed it, but was disappointed that some of the unforgettable moments from the book were not represented at all. (significantly, illiterate Mr. Krook writing words letter by letter on the wall in chalk). I hardly think the plot matters - most people already know if they are going to enjoy a Dickens tale or not. It is really complicated, dozens of characters, lives intertwining every which way, so it helps to watch it with someone to decipher as a team. The same screenwriter adapted Little Dorrit, which I enjoyed slightly more than Bleak House, probably because I have never read that book and could not be at all disappointed.
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Julie and Julia - we went to see this because Jenna is going to France and many people recommended this movie. Julia Child wrote a cookbook that changed American culinary history and Julie Powell cooked her way through 524 recipes in 365 days. Meryl Streep is great as Julia Child - it's a sweet movie - "maybe a little too sweet," says Jenna, but we both liked it anyway.
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Julie and Julia - we went to see this because Jenna is going to France and many people recommended this movie. Julia Child wrote a cookbook that changed American culinary history and Julie Powell cooked her way through 524 recipes in 365 days. Meryl Streep is great as Julia Child - it's a sweet movie - "maybe a little too sweet," says Jenna, but we both liked it anyway.
Nora Ephron is known for happy endings! She also directed Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. I'll take the happy ending over violence any day. I laughed a lot through the first half of J&J and then just enjoyed to rest of the story - actually two love/life stories. And it makes me want to cook and eat.
I also just went to see Time Traveler's Wife last weekend with my son. I read the book and had a hard time with the leads because they did not match what I had in my mind's eye. The movie captures the essence of the plot and my son liked it. For me it wasn't nearly as interesting as the book
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My grandson's father gave him Kung Fu Panda. It was there for a while. I refused to watch it because I was sure it wasn't my kind of movie (though I have watched many of the animation films with Chris and enjoyed them). One day, because I had nothing else, I watched it. It is a tremendous film with a tremendous message. To date we have all watched it (Sam, Chris, myself) more than 10 times and counting...
Mall Cop with the guy from 'the King of Queens' has a similar theme and we watch it lots.
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My husband and I have started reading through these reviews from the beginning to get film rental ideas. We have not seen an adult film in a theater since Hotel Rwanda, so the field is wide open. Films that have been out a few years are easy to find at our library.
We saw Notes on a Scandal last night and really enjoyed it. This is a great topic! :thx;
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I don't get to watch many adult films either. Kung Fu Panda was good, UP was great. I liked Mall Cop too.
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Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards
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It was definately a Tarantino flick. I really enjoyed it.
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What do you think about the "District 9" from South Africa just released?
It's about prawn-like aliens.
Has anybody seen it yet?
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saw THE WATCHMEN last night. could't make heads or tails of it, very confusing weird movie
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What do you think about the "District 9" from South Africa just released?
It's about prawn-like aliens.
Has anybody seen it yet?
I saw it - it was great - it's quirky but good story. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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What do you think about the "District 9" from South Africa just released?
It's about prawn-like aliens.
Has anybody seen it yet?
I saw it - it was great - it's quirky but good story. :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Well now you sort of know what SA looks like.....
I enjoyed it too.
heheheh
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saw THE WATCHMEN last night. could't make heads or tails of it, very confusing weird movie
Yeah that's what I petty much felt. First time I tried watching, I fell asleep so the next day I watched it and it still was full of loop holes in the story. I guess if you knew the background of the characters, you where fine. Only character they spent time telling how he got his powers was the blue man. Glad it was only a $2.40 to rent!
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) R :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Five Stars: A Jewish cinema owner (Mélanie Laurent) in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi movie premiere, where a radical group of American Jewish soldiers called the Basterds, led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), plans to roll out a score-settling scheme. The face-off is about to go down -- that's if Col. Hans Landa aka "The Jew Hunter" (Christoph Waltz) doesn't get in the way. Quentin Tarantino directs this World War II-set spaghetti Western.
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Seven Pounds (2008) I think TynyWonder recommended it. VERY GOOD especially for people on this site. Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Distraught over his wife's death -- and convinced that his own actions had something to do with it -- a depressed IRS agent (Will Smith) begins plotting his suicide, vowing to improve the lives of seven strangers in the process. But a chance meeting with a woman who has a life-threatening heart defect (Rosario Dawson) makes him think twice when their budding relationship suddenly feels a lot like love.
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I agree with Rerun and TynyWonder. This is a great movie. Having just received a kidney transplant from a cadaveric donor I was even more grateful.
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I just watched "There Will Be Blood" on cable (Daniel Day Lewis) - wasn't that up for an academy award? Ι guess it was ok... kind of long and drawn out and not a happy story... don't think I would recommend it.
:P
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Defiance :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
DEFIANCE is a different kind of World War II movie, one that looks at the Holocaust from a unique angle--telling the true story of a group of Jews in Eastern Europe who fought back. On the run from... DEFIANCE is a different kind of World War II movie, one that looks at the Holocaust from a unique angle--telling the true story of a group of Jews in Eastern Europe who fought back. On the run from the Germans and the local police, the three Russian Bielski brothers--Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Zus (Liev Schreiber), and Asael (Jamie Bell)--hide out deep in the forest. Their numbers swell as more and more refugees join them, coming together to form a community while also patrolling with guns and shooting the enemy to stay alive.
I just watched the DVD during dialysis today. I thought it was pretty good.
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I am sure most all here have seen it, but my husband borrowed Dr. Strangelove because he had never watched it.
This was only the third time I've seen it. Very clever script, dry humor. When I was an undergrad, every time my computer would come up with an error message it would play the Peter Sellers line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!"
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i watched NIGHTS IN RODANTHE with Richard Gere and Diane Lane. NOt a bad movie, but the book was much better. It was written by Nicholas Sparks, who also wrote The Notebook. What an amazing author.
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Tea with Mussolini (1999) PG
Based on a true story of the director's life as a young boy in Italy when they declared war on England and France. Very good movie. It is very lite considering the subject matter is very dark. Stars... Cher, Lily Tomlin, and Joan Plowright to name a few.
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Finished watching Into the Wild last night. I could not sleep, it was just so haunting. I keep discussing it with my husband, analyzing it. It reminded me of Grizzly Man the Werner Herzog documentary about the conservationist who decided to live with grizzly bears. I knew how both of those stories ended before I saw the films because they both depict true stories, but knowing the ending seemed to make them both more riveting in some way. Of the two, I preferred Into the Wild, but both are worth watching.
We are now watching a 1950s film called 14 Hours about a man on a ledge threatening to jump. It is amusing if only to see how laughable their method of dealing with this is. At one point a psychologist (or maybe a psychiatrist) advises the cops to put a stimulant into the glass of water the jumper requests, to cheer him up. They try it. :urcrazy; :rofl;
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Does anyone know the name of a movie that is out (not a new movie) that is about college students learning how to win in Vegas (at least that is what I think it is about). That's the problem about Netflix - it doesn't have a describe this movie in detail.
Thanks.
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I know what movie your talking about, but can't think of the name. It was based on a true story too. It was talked about on The History Channel or Discovery Channel too.
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Breaking Vegas?
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I just watched The Station Agent which came out in 2003 or so. I really enjoyed it but will warn you that it's a gentle little movie, not fast action, with quirky but interesting characters and the movie builds slowly. I'm not a fan of the usual "hollywood schlock".
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Does anyone know the name of a movie that is out (not a new movie) that is about college students learning how to win in Vegas (at least that is what I think it is about). That's the problem about Netflix - it doesn't have a describe this movie in detail.
Thanks.
21
"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
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Saw Deja Vue tonight on the FX channel that stars Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer. Basicallly the gov't can see in real time 4 days in the past and the FBI enlist Denzel Washington for his help to solve a terrorist case. They find the guy, but Denzel still wants to stop the killing of this woman that the terrorist killed. He goes back in time to save her discovering things that he noticed in the present that did not make sense at the time and saves the day except that his future self is killed in the process to stop the bombing and the girl meets him againin the end, but doesn't know her.
It's not the best movie, but it keeps you entertained. Not sure if it's classified as a thriller or mystery and suspence. Definitely not sci fi even though it has it a little.
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I thought it was a pretty good movie :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Thanks YLGuy.
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No problem. I have not seen "21" so please leave a review after you rent it.
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We watched the irresistably titled Before the Devil Knows You're Dead the other night. It was pretty good, but I would not have chosen to see it had I had accurate information. For some reason, I had it in my head that it was a remake of one of my all-time faves, Dog Day Afternoon. The two films actually do share similar plot points - robbery gone wrong especially - but they are movies with two very different tones. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead was clever, but pretty joyless, showing the absolute worst that people can be. The story was interesting enough, but I just felt a bit bad after seeing it. I love Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but this role of his did nothing for me. I guess three stars for me? Apparently, I missed the cinematic brillance of it all - I read a few critiques after the fact and it was nothing but raves. :waiting;
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UP in 3D :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
First day of the school holidays here. ;D
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UP is the best. I loved it.
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My husband and I had the flu a few weeks ago, so we've been watching quite a few movies. I think many of them have already been reviewed here, but here it is anyway:
The Pianist: So sad, but absolutely stunning. It's based on the life of a Polish pianist during the Nazi occupation.
The Darjeeling Limited: I really liked this one, because my sense of humor runs really dark and quirky, and this one definitely hit those notes. It's a comedy about three brothers determined to have a spiritually transformative experience in India. I did not care for the prologue - I found it annoying.
Thank you for Smoking: This one was just OK. It's a comedy about a Big Tobacco lobbyist. The only part that acutally made me laugh was one of the conversations he had with his friends, an alcohol lobbyist and a firearms lobbyist.
Lives of Others: A drama following the career of a member of the German Secret Police, and the people he spies on as part of his job. It was clever and sad, but nowhere near as depressing as The Pianist.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in the 1960s: I have never followed Frank Zappa's music, and always wondered what was so bloody wonderful about him. This is a really in-depth analysis of the band. There is little personal information about Frank Zappa - nothing about his family, no splashy scandals, it's all about talking about the music. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Doubt: I did not see the play, but I really enjoyed the film. Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep were brilliant. I don't know how to summarize the plot without spoiling it, so I won't.
We have Persepolis checked out, but have not watched it, so no opinion, yet.
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Cariad, I too still wonder about Frank Zappa Music. Next door neighbors I had in one place I lived had me watch their music video and could not comprehend how they thought it was the best. To each is their own, but it put me to sleep out of boredom or was that the Old Style I was given?
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Next door neighbors I had in one place I lived had me watch their music video and could not comprehend how they thought it was the best.
Oh, you poor guy! Just seeing the few clips in the Zappa film made me realize this was not my thing. I now understand why most people have heard of Frank Zappa, but cannot name any of his songs, and could never hum one.
The film actually made it sound perfectly normal to not really get or enjoy his music. He was more about playing with the form and possibilities of music, and there were little musical references to other works in his pieces (Stravinsky, for example) that would just go straight past me if no one pointed them out.
He was also kind of a jerk to the band in many ways. So, I don't think we're missing much. I love his song and album titles, though. Hard to resist an album entitled "We're Only In It For The Money" that spoofs the Sgt Pepper cover. :rofl;
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We finally watched Persepolis. It's a biographical film based of the life of an Iranian author of graphic novels, and the movie is done in her striking style of animation. The film follows her life from the last days of the shah, to the early 1990s.
The story was amazing, not surprisingly. As interesting as the animation was, I would have enjoyed it more if it had just been a standard, live-action film. It was difficult for my husband and me to keep many of the characters straight since drawings just aren't as memorable as human faces. Also, the film is in French, so our native French speakers on IHD may enjoy it more, but getting used to the animation while trying to read subtitles was just a bit too much work for me.
I'm glad I put in the effort, though. If you see it, you will likely gain a surprising new perspective on the struggles of average Iranians through the revolution and the war with Iraq.
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Unless you like stupid jokes and gross humor, do NOT watch unrated Talledega Nights. My hubby watches Nascar so I got most of the jokes and humor. A few places made me laugh but overall, only one :thumbup;
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Flash of Genious
Greg Kinear as a Profesor who took on the automotive industries for years over his invention that took a toll on his family over the years due to the legal process.
A little slow at times, but a good movie that is not realy about cars. it's about one man's struggle to take on a big company against all odds and coming up on top.
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Unless you like stupid jokes and gross humor, do NOT watch unrated Talledega Nights. My hubby watches Nascar so I got most of the jokes and humor. A few places made me laugh but overall, only one :thumbup;
I never could finish watching that film and pretty much any film he is in. Took me over 4 months to see the whole movie of Blades of Glory.
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Saw The Gods Must Be Crazy last night. Well, I've seen it before, but not in over 20 years. It's about a Bushman who finds a Coke bottle, assumes it is from the gods, and brings it back to his family, where it becomes a source of much contention.
It was cute. A lot of it is done in a faux nature program style, and the film is shot with its own offbeat look - a lot of sequences are sped up for more of a slapstick element, like an old Benny Hill program. The story doesn't always make sense, but it really captured the feel of Africa for me - the way that everyone is so resourceful and will work out a fix for anything. My husband cheered for the old Landrover....
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I saw The Blind Side this weekend. Excellent movie and a great story.
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Saw The Queen a few weeks back. I really enjoyed that one, though I have no interest whatsoever in modern English royalty. Helen Mirren was divine as the queen, and the man who played Tony Blair was so eerily like him you could easily forget you were watching a movie. It tells the story of the days after Princess Diana died, and how the royal family reacted (or didn't).
Recently saw Bend It Like Beckham, which was a disappointment. It had its moments, but I thought it could have been a much more interesting film about cultural issues. It is about an Indian teen who loves soccer, but her traditional parents are horrified at the thought of her playing.
Finally, saw Coraline at my son's request. Yeow! This was a really, really scary, creepy film. I thought I was going to have nightmares, and was on high alert for one of the kids to come down crying at 3AM. The story was clever, so I would truly recommend it, but know that you are getting a psychological horror film that just happens to be animated. It's about a lonely, somewhat obnoxious girl who finds an entryway to a parallel world inhabited by her "Other Mother" and "Other Father".
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Went to se Where the Wild Things Are last week. Hmmm. I think it was very sad and very adult for a children's film. Quite depressing. Beautifully filmed and really good effects though.
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Has Anyone else, ever, seen this Movie. The Title, is " Coupe de Ville " It's about Three Young Men, Brothers, who have to deliver a Car, from Detroit to Their Parents in Florida. It has never been, released, on DVD, for Unknown Reasons. What a great Movie. I used to Own the VHS Copy, but Someone " Borrowed " it and never returned it. I know, why. It is to Good, to let go of. The Movie was Released, in 1990.
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watched the 'hangover', it was my pick and if my hubby was the slapping kind i'd have a huge red mark on my forehead. No where near as funny as they made out. story line was ok, but it could have been made a whole lot better. hubby thought the photo montage at the end was funnier than the movie
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We managed to squeeze in a few films during the holiday week.
Gran Torino or as we started referring to it, Dirty Harry does Retirement. This was Clint Eastwood as his squintiest and raspiest. Not an uplifting story, but interesting and well-done. It's about a coarse and old-fashioned racist interacting with the Hmong population that has moved into his neighborhood.
Bolt and Monsters vs. Aliens were both watchable if you must watch kid films. I had a few laughs from each, the kids seemed to prefer Monsters vs. Aliens.
Milk was so, so good. Sean Penn is heavenly as an actor. For the non-Americans out there, it is the true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to hold public office in America. It tells the larger story of the national political war on homosexuals in the late 1970s and how San Francisco evolved as the center of homosexual tolerance in the US.
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Has Anyone else, ever, seen this Movie. The Title, is " Coupe de Ville " It's about Three Young Men, Brothers, who have to deliver a Car, from Detroit to Their Parents in Florida. It has never been, released, on DVD, for Unknown Reasons. What a great Movie. I used to Own the VHS Copy, but Someone " Borrowed " it and never returned it. I know, why. It is to Good, to let go of. The Movie was Released, in 1990.
It has ben on Comedy Central a few times, but forgot who's in it. Think one of them was Patrick Dempsey, but forgot who the older brother was. Alan Arkin was the father.
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Cariad, I thought Milk was brilliant, also. Sean Penn was incredible.
YL, I loved The Blind Side. Especially, since it is a real story. Loved it.
Hanify, Where the Wild Things Are has been a favorite children's book in our family since my grown children were little. They all love it and maybe that is why they also like the movie. They couldn't wait to take their kids and they all enjoyed it. Good thing there are movies for all of us, right? LOL!
I want to see Precious. Have to wait until my movie buddy gets back from New York City!
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Saw "Princess and the Frog", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Christmas Carol" and "Avatar"
Of course I enjoyed the first three immensely and had a fun time watching them. Avatar was more than enjoying a film. It was a fantastically crafted movie, action packed and rivetting, but the honesty was a bit too much for me, and I wept for every culture that has had to stand the rampage of those whose only claim to superiority was their superior gun power.
I plan to see '2012 soon.
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Bajanne, I too found Avatar amazingly touching and profound, beautiful and ghastly, joyful and sad, all at the same time. My niece and nephew wanted to see it and I agreed to go along but had no real expectations as I'm usually very disappointed when movies are super hyped by their commercial promotion. I saw it in 3 D and was blown away quite simply. Now, I plan to see it again in Imax 3 D with my husband but regardless of format I'd recommend it highly.
Of course I thought of the Arawaks in Jamaica who are no more, thanks to the destructive forces of colonialism.
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We watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen last night on television. I missed the last bit when I fell asleep, but I don't care. It could have been a really cute film about famous book characters in new settings, but instead it seemed that the characters were used because the filmmakers were too lazy to think up unique personalities. My husband is not much of a reader, and did not know the Dorian Gray story, so the movie ruined that surprise. (Not that he was ever going to read it, but it's the principle of the thing.) Tom Sawyer was one of the 'extraordinary gentlemen' which was a bit of a puzzler to us both.
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Sunshine Cleaning was enjoyable, but for a film that tried so hard to be off-beat, I found it oddly predictable from the opening scene. I give it good marks for not reveling in the gore of the situation. I am fairly squeamish, and the subject matter of this film could have easily haunted me for a long time.
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:rofl; :rofl;
I don't come on this site to read movie reviews that I can see online or in NYT. I come on this site to make friends with some people to go to the movies with! :rofl; :rofl;
Joke, joke, joke. It's a joke. :rofl;
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District 9 - Well it was a yawner for me. Story seemed jumbled and took to long to get going. It was a little hard to follow at some points. I give it a :thumbdown;
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My husband and I were trying to pick a film for the "Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen" title, but struggled to think of contenders. As luck would have it, I had picked up a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine from the library because I knew my son wanted to see it. He didn't have time to watch it, though, and it was due back, so Gwyn and I watched it last night. Wow. What an awful mess of a film. I'm glad my 7-year-old didn't see it. He would have been alternating between bored and scared.
[Though, I think Gwyn was right that Requiem for a Dream still holds an iron grip on the Worst Film prize around our house. I know many people, including top film critics, thought it was a masterpiece. We were utterly repulsed.]
We saw The Soloist. I found it enjoyable, though wasn't as moved as I thought I might be. I don't think it did a proper job of explaining how unrealistic the reporter's expectations were. I also think it reinforced a few damaging stereotypes about the mentally ill. The representation of what was going on inside this man's head, though, was riveting.
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I saw Food, Inc. a documentary on the food business in America. I do believe this is an extremely important film to watch, but as bad as I feared it would be, it was infinitely worse. I imagined it was going to be two hours of hearing about despicable animal abuses, and there was a fair amount of that in there. There was also some of the most disgusting human abuse - physical, financial, and emotional - that I have ever seen. The one I really want to warn people to brace themselves for is the mother whose child contracted E. coli from contaminated meat. (The government was fully aware it was contaminated but lacked the authority to stop its distribution. Yes, the US government lacks the authority to shut down dangerous business practices.) This mother described watching her two-year-old son dying on dialysis. It was absolutely devastating to listen to that, remembering going through it myself, and not being able to stop myself from picturing myself in that woman's place, watching it happen to one of my own boys. There was really no amount of uplift at that end that was going to be able to overcome hearing her story. Please watch it if you are able.
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Recently watched "Army of Shadows" or "L'Armée des Ombres" is a 1969 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It is a film adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1943 book of the same name, which blends Kessel's own experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictionalized versions of real Resistance members who fought against the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Army of Shadows follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate. While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance. It stars Simone Signoret, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, and Lino Ventura. Good acting and cinema photography. Presents a diferent ascpedct of WII history.
Saw it in France in the late 1970's and this is the first time I've seen it with sub-titles. Enjoyed it better being able to understnad more of what is happening. We have net flicks and obtained it from them.
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Saw the GI Joe film on DVD with my older son. :P Now I'm dreading that 2nd Transformers movie even more - it's supposed to be even worse. :o
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Dreading Transformers 2?
Transformers 1 and 2 are both amazing and awesome movies. #2 is even better than #1.
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Gwyn and I watched the documentary Kicking It free on Hulu.com last night. It's about the Homeless Football World Cup, played every year with all homeless players from around 50 different countries. The documentary follows the games in Capetown, but really it is a fascinating analysis of what it means to be homeless around the world - in the US, Ireland, Afghanistan, Spain, Kenya, and so on. Really well done, and I challenge anyone to watch it all through without fighting back tears.
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I just saw and thoroughly enjoyed An Education.
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I just saw The Book of Eli this weekend. I really enjoyed it but I have pretty much liked everything Denzel has done.
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We watched "G-force" Saturday night. Thought it might be funny, it wasn't. That might be what made me sick, and I thought it was the flu.. :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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Just saw Mel Gibson in "Heart of Darkness". A good violent revenge movie. Reminescent of the old Chuck Bronson movies.
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U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
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The Princess and The Frog It was very cute. The grands loved it.
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We saw "Up" last night...yeah "Netflicks" :2thumbsup; ...... FANTASTIC! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; If you've not seen, do. If you think because it's pixar and animated it's only for kids...it isn't. Best animation I've ever seen.
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We saw "Up" last night...yeah "Netflicks" :2thumbsup; ...... FANTASTIC! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; If you've not seen, do. If you think because it's pixar and animated it's only for kids...it isn't. Best animation I've ever seen.
I liked that movie a lot also.
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Finally got to the movies to see "It's Complicated" :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
My girlfriend and I laughed all the way through! Merryl Streep and Alec Baldwin are fantastic.
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h, I love movies, and I love Netflix which is the best invention in the history of the universe! We love foreign films; we are watching a Japanese movie called "Departures" about a cellist who finds himself unemployed after his orchestra is dissolved. He applies for a new, mysterious job advertised as "NK agent for departures"; he thinks it's for a travel agency when in fact it is for a funeral home. It's very funny.
This weekend we saw Avatar, The Hurt Locker and The Last Station. We try to see as many movies as we can before the Academy Awards are given out. If you are a Helen Mirren fan, do see The Last Station; she plays Leo Tolstoy's wife and is a marvel in the role. Avatar was truly lovely to look at, but the story was not particularly creative at all.
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Saw "Shutter Island" on the weekend. A bit fantastic, but intriguing and downright scary at times - 3/5.
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Paranormal Activity- I watched this last night.. I did get scared. :lol;
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Flash of Genius (2008) Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife (Lauren Graham) and six kids. Alan Alda and Dermot Mulroney also star.
Imagine That (2009) Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Work problems are piling up for financial exec Evan (Eddie Murphy), and his ruthless rival (Thomas Haden Church), greedy boss (Ronny Cox) and touchy-feely best (DeRay Davis) friend aren't helping matters. But when Evan discovers a pathway to his daughter's imaginary world, he starts finding some solutions. Nicole Ari Parker co-stars as Evan's estranged wife in this inventive family comedy from Over the Hedge director Karey Kirkpatrick.
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My Sister's Keeper (2009) Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to her dying older sister. The subsequent trial tests ethical boundaries and the limits of parental love. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the cast in this powerful drama based on Jodi Picoult's novel.
Zach mentioned this movie when it first came out and I finally watched it. ;D
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Just finished watching "Precious" and have to say that it was more uplifting than I thought it would be. Such powerful performances; Mo'nique deserved her Oscar. She actually made me feel pity for her character. This film presents the idea that if you feel you are unloved, you can easily turn into a monster.
Saw "Shutter Island" and found it to be surprising yet extremely depressing. If I explained myself, I'd have to issue a spoiler alert.
Hated "Alice in Wonderland". Loved the cast, but I had forgotten how little I liked the story. I've discovered that 3D annoys me.
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Julie & Julia (2009) Five Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Amy Adams stars in this truth-inspired tale as Julie Powell, who decides to enliven her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child's culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Based on Powell's book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, director Nora Ephron's heartwarming dramedy also stars Meryl Streep as legendary chef Child, for which she won a Golden Globe.
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Just seen 'The Hurt Locker'. Great!!! Ordnance disposal would not be a career path for me.
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I Love Ya Man (2009) 3 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
In this bromance, the cinematic equivalent of a rom-com buddy flick, Paul Rudd plays a recently engaged guy who's got the bride-to-be of his dreams but lacks an all-important significant other when it comes to their pending nuptials: a best man. On a determined hunt for a stranger who will stand up for him, he eventually meets a candidate (Jason Segel) with wedding-party potential. Jaime Pressly, Rashida Jones and Jon Favreau co-star.
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Over the last week on Dialysis I saw "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, and "The Devil At 4 O'Clock" with Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. I much preferred the latter. Am off to the real pikkies to see our Rusty and our Kate in "Robin Hood" to-morrow.
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I almost never go to the cinema, but we went about a month ago and saw How To Train Your Dragon. Loved it - very cute, and it kept the kids entertained, although there was so much action I felt rather seasick at points.
3-D was an issue. Firstly, there was no real point to it since it was used sparingly, and secondly the 3-year-old loses patience with the specs and ends up watching without. That cannot be great for his eyes. We had a blast anyhow, at the local theatre that also serves food off of a full menu, as well as :beer1; and :wine;
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Music and Lyrics - :thumbup; :thumbup; two thumbs maybe three - cutsy and sweet but with little substance - Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore
we D patients become kinda expert on movies and television - I am a huge LOST fiend.
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Just saw Zombieland and Defendor, both starring Woddy Harelson.
Zombieland was very funny
Defendor - was to serious of a movie and not as humorous or action. However not bad for a first time writer/ director.
Redbox though needs a bigger selection of movies, but I guess what do you expect for a $1 and from a vending machine.
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Saw "Robin Hood" to-day. Orright, but a tad ponderous.
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Saw "Robin Hood" to-dy. Orright, but a tad ponderous.
So, Galvo, what did you think of Russell Crowe's accent? Did he sound like, as one British critic wrote, "An Irishman who takes frequent holidays in Australia?" :rofl;
:secret; (He was aiming for Yorkshire!)
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I would like to see "Last of The Dogmen" Netflicks doesn't have it. Does anyone have it? I'd like to borrow it and I'd pay shipping. :-* Both ways.
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Cariad, that accent story was, I think, just a publicity beat up. I'd be pretty sure that any British dialect of the 13th century would be completely incomprehensible to our ears to-day. I notice most of the reviewers here are giving it 3 stars out of 5. 2 1/2 from me. But at $Aus7.70, $US6.70, and GBP4.70, it was value for money.
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Cariad, that accent story was, I think, just a publicity beat up. I'd be pretty sure that any British dialect of the 13th century would be completely incomprehensible to our ears to-day. I notice most of the reviewers here are giving it 3 stars out of 5. 2 1/2 from me. But at $Aus7.70, $US6.70, and GBP4.70, it was value for money.
That's undoubtedly true about 13th century dialects. However, I think the point is that he had a dialect coach and, for right or wrong, was attempting to make Robin Hood sound like Wallace (from Wallace and Gromit). If he had countered with one linguist's theory, that Robin Hood likely did have more of a southern Irish accent as it is probably one of the most "conservative" accents of the region, then I think everyone would have been duly impressed and the story would have gone nowhere. Clearly the British press love to bait Russell Crowe, as he takes himself a mite seriously.
I thought he was fabulous in LA Confidential and Proof. His American accent from the former is not only pitch-perfect, he puts a bit of character into it rather than just sticking with a general "newsreader".
I won't be seeing Robin Hood at the theatres, because the cost for us is more like $70US for a pair of tickets. (babysitting fees....)
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my roomie and I saw reese witherspoon and Matt Broderick in "Election". We give it 4 stars out of 5. Ms. Alicia does her best turn in this filim since her oscar turn in Walk the Line (highly reccomend this flick) and Matt does a grown up teacher having a mid life crisis - great stuff.
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my roomie and I saw reese witherspoon and Matt Broderick in "Election". We give it 4 stars out of 5. Ms. Alicia does her best turn in this filim since her oscar turn in Walk the Line (highly reccomend this flick) and Matt does a grown up teacher having a mid life crisis - great stuff.
I'll have to go save this one. Sounds great!
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I saw "Babies" today. I wanted to see something life-affirming. There was a lot of adorableness!
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983) 5 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
This riveting drama is based on the true-life story of Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck), who helped allied P.O.W.s escape from Nazi-occupied Rome. O'Flaherty challenged Nazi officers and his Vatican superiors to save the lives of Jews during World War II. With German soldiers controlling Rome, O'Flaherty made a determined effort to hide and shuttle to safety as many Jews from the city as possible.
True story and very good.
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Just saw Hamlet 2 and thoroughly enjoyed. You don't actually have to know anything about Hamlet to appreciate it. For a silly comedy, it actually touched upon some fairly profound issues in a sweet way. Having worked in theatre, I never seem to tire of films that spoof the process. Waiting for Guffman is one of my faves. However, if you suspect that a musical number entitled "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" will offend you, then you may want to skip Hamlet 2. Just a word on that, though: it really is quite tame, and an essential part of the plot requires that this little high-school drama production capture the attention of the nation, and controversy is really the only way that is plausibly going to happen.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009
The story follows a broken-hearted journalist (McGregor) who goes on the job to Iraq to prove to his ex-wife he isn't weak or frail. There, he meets Lyn Cassidy (George Clooney) who is a "psychic" soldier for the US government, trained by his hippie instructor Billy (Jeff Bridges) to use his mind, peace and love to overcome hairy military situations. The story is the two mens' adventure together. Many think it has a lot to say about how stupid the US Military can be and how they like to blow money on obviously pointless ventures, but there is a whole other side to it. I think that if you think that you see only the superficial and not more what the film has to say.
I laughed so much I ended coughing! Even more so when I imagined how hard it had to be for the actors to remain that serious trough the hilariously stupidities of almost every scene.
I found it brilliant because it had not an ounce of sanity, and it is difficult now a days to catch a good, funny script that says so much in saying nothing. It's all in the eyes!
Do not expect coherence, it cannot have it and that's the geniality of the whole movie. All the characters are as absurd as they can be, ambivalent, silly, inspired and generous.
If you like "The Big Lebowski", you'll like this but Bridges is not playing the Dude in this movie. It is just as silly though.
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Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.
Jenna and I both liked it a lot! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Ooooo, Karol, I want to see Exit Through the Gift Shop. Such a clever title.
I went to see my second film of the year at an actual theatre. We saw Toy Story 3, and had the great fortune to find a showing at the local, retro art house where they do not involve themselves with the likes of 3-D. Gwyn and I have not been there in years as they mostly show Hitchcock festivals and documentaries, not first-run blockbusters.
For the third installment in a series, Toy Story 3 was very good. It had its draggy scenes where Liot especially was losing interest, but once they finally got to the daycare center, things picked up. I am not an easy laugh, but I was laughing all through the scenes of toddlers playing with these toys. So very familiar! The one problem I have with this entire franchise is the filmmakers drive to bash us over the head with the sentimentality of a child's relationship with his toy. When the adolescent referred to Woody (the cowboy doll) as his 'best friend' I thought that was one of the more pitiful statements I've heard in my life. Though as Gwyn often notes, I over-analyse. ;D
The highlight for me was when a character says excellente and Liot got so he excited, he blurted out, "Excellente! That means 'great' in Spanish."
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I hate 3D because 1. it's a con, 2. it serves mostly to hide wretched writing (in my very humble opinion) and 3. it makes me want to throw up (I get motion sickness easily. Don't talk to me about the London Eye...). My husband, however, would watch Gigli if it was in 3D.
I do like the Toy Story franchise, so I am eager to see number 3. I've become a more, uh, "sensitive" movie-goer because I feel like I've had enough blood and fear in real life to ever find it entertaining on any screen, especially 3D.
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I agree with you Moosemom on the 3d , I delieve it is a con as well for the fact it makes the movie cost about five dollars more to see, and when it comes out on DVD it is distributed in regular format and you can buy it for as much as you Paid to see it in 3d. For me the glasses get annoying very quickly, but I can say that my daughters love to see a movie in 3d. Here is another gimmick for your pleasure, the movie theater in my town has installed seats that move and shake with the film, this also raises the ticket price. I don't know any one who has seen a movie with this type of effect but I can imagine someone getting there eye poked buy there straw as they try and take a drink from there soda while there seat is jumping in the air. Maybe I will get to experience this this weekend if Predators is shown in that format, at least to say I have tried it before I say too many negative things about it.
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I was drug to Air Bender. Stupid. 1 star :thumbdown;
Although I have a new nick name for my nephew who farts a lot. :rofl;
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Did You Hear About The Morgans (2009) Hiliarious five stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
After witnessing a murder, high-powered -- and estranged -- wife Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) and husband Paul (Hugh Grant) Morgan must say good-bye to sophisticated Manhattan when they enter the witness protection program together and land in Wyoming. At odds, they attempt to adjust to small-town life in this charming comedy that also stars Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen and Elisabeth Moss. Marc Lawrence (Two Weeks Notice) writes and directs.
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Pirate Radio (2009) True Story so it was interesting. Four Stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
In 1966, hard-partying British DJs -- a crew that includes Quentin (Bill Nighy), the Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Gavin (Rhys Ifans) and Dave (Nick Frost) -- have the time of their lives running a radio station on a ship in the North Sea, broadcasting generation-defining (but banned) music to millions. But they face getting shut down by Sir Alistair Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh). Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral) directs.
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I saw Devil last weekend. I gave it 8 out of 10 (but then I like anything which has connections to M. Night Shyamalan, which makes me unique.) It taught me to be wary of crazy strangers in broken down lifts (elevators).
Oh, and I saw One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest last week. It's been on my Sky+ box for-like-ever, so I thought I ought to settle down and watch it. I don't understand why I kept putting it off; it was fabulous and made me very emotional. And that Jack Nicholson was quite a dishy chap in the 70s, eh?! *swoon*
But now? Not so *swoon*.
I must come on this thread more often; Devil was the twentieth film I've seen at the cinema this year, not to mention all the ones we watch on the tellybox. You'd think I'd have plenty to say.
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The Last Exorcism (cinema, yesterday) ... made to look like a documentary, which worked quite well. Good premise, but I wasn't overly happy with the ending. I'd give it a thumbs up though, maybe as much as 7 out of 10.
The Children (tellybox, yesterday, British horror 2008) ... good good. There weren't answers for everything which happened, and the ending was open-ended, but I enjoy films that leave me room to ponder and don't force-feed me. It also left most of the gory bits to the imagination (good for the squeamish!) 8/10 ...
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The Hurt Locker (2008) Two Stars - too intense for me. I know this happens in war but I don't like to think about it. Lame I know!
Kathryn Bigelow directs this gripping drama (winner of the Best Picture Oscar) following one of the U.S. Army's elite EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) teams operating in the ferocious war zone of Iraq. As the squad identifies and dismantles improvised explosive devices and other bombs, they must also contend with the frayed nerves and internal conflicts that arise from living in constant peril. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce star.
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Animal Farm (1999) 2 stars - Kind of DUMB a Pita Film I'm sure.
Only somewhat faithful to George Orwell's allegorical novel, this made-for-TV adaptation uses real animals as well as Jim Henson's puppets to tell the story of a band of farm animals who stage a revolt against their human owner (Pete Postlethwaite) in a bid for freedom. Several notable names provide the voices of the animals, including Kelsey Grammer as Snowball, Patrick Stewart as Napoleon and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Mollie.
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Invictus (2009) 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
In this drama based on real-life events, director Clint Eastwood tells the story of what happened after the end of apartheid when newly elected president Nelson Mandela used the 1995 World Cup rugby matches to unite his people in South Africa. Based on John Carlin's book, the film stars Morgan Freeman as Mandela and Matt Damon (both Oscar nominated) as Francois Pienaar, the captain of the scrappy South African team that makes a run for the championship.
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Gifted Hands (The Ben Carson Story) 2009 - 5 stars because I love true stories
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Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson (portrayed as a child by Jaishon Fisher and as a teen by Gus Hoffman), who overcomes enormous obstacles to study medicine and save lives at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kimberly Elise plays Carson's hardworking single mother, Sonya, who faces her own hurdles on the road to helping her son succeed in this made-for-cable drama based on Carson's memoirs.
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Enjoyed Hurt Locker, loved Invictus (I remember watching Pienaar play while I lived in the UK) and have never heard of Gifted Hands.
We're going to see "Let Me In" this weekend; we saw the original Swedish "Let the Right One In" and thought it was really interesting.
Am awaiting the second film in the Millenium series and am hoping I'll like it better than "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I thought they didn't make the actress playing Lisbeth Salander either goth or dirty enough. The rest of the casting was uninspiring. Interesting to see how the American version will stack up.
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Let Me In looks too scary! Let me know what you think.
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We're going to see "Let Me In" this weekend; we saw the original Swedish "Let the Right One In" and thought it was really interesting.
I saw Let the Right One In a couple of months ago and absolutely loved it. I'm wary of seeing the remake simply because the original was so perfect. Also, I get the impression it's pretty much identical (down to the littlest details, as well as the script) from the trailer so I'll probably just wait for it to be on the tellybox. Let me know if you think it's worthy of cinema viewing though!
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I'm not usually that impressed with American remakes of foreign films (ie The Ring), but I thought Let Me In was extremely true to the original, so if you liked "Let the Right One In", then I think you will like this remake. It is fundamentally a story about friendship. It is not your typical horror film, and so the ads on TV don't do it justice. There is a tenderness to it that is surprising, just like in the original.
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Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr. interpretation)
I got quite a kick out of it. I've not read a Sherlock Holmes in ages and ages, but I seem to remember as a character he was dirt dry and had no internal life to speak of. This Sherlock was a joy to watch and had a rich emotional life under the surface.
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I think RD Jr is brilliant, and I'm always glad to see him working and not doing drugs. I hated knowing that he was being so destructive to a really quite worthy talent.
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He is lovely! I am not big on Iron Man, but the boys of the house loved it, and so we own the DVD. They show his audition for the film on the extras (which is meant to give you an idea of how far he had fallen, as auditions would never be required of someone with his CV under normal circumstances). I have sat through so many theatre auditions that I could hear in my head how flat these lines would sound from most actors, while he lent them so much energy and electricity. It was quite amazing. I thought he could have enunciated a bit better in Sherlock Holmes, but on the whole, it was just marvelous.
Last night Gwyn and I watched one of the sadder documentaries I've seen, Confessions of a Superhero - and by sad, I mean pathetic, and with pathetic I refer to the subject matter, not the film itself. It is about those people who stand around Hollywood Boulevard in character costumes, taking pictures with tourists for tips. It reminded me of the documentary We Are The Children about Michael Jackson's fans. It is hard to watch such mental illness and also what I see as a type of human degradation.
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Cariad, I have to question your entertainment choices after having been so unwell... :rofl;
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Cariad, I have to question your entertainment choices after having been so unwell... :rofl;
Wise move! :laugh:
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Brothers (2009) 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; It was pretty good. A real mind catcher.
When traumatized Capt. Sam Cahill (Golden Globe nominee Tobey Maguire) returns home from a military mission in Afghanistan after he is presumed dead, he becomes obsessed with the idea that his brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his wife (Natalie Portman) have a relationship. Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison, Taylor Geare and Mare Winningham co-star in this wartime drama about human frailty and battles fought on the home front. Jim Sheridan directs.
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My son just showed me a trailer for the latest Harry Potter movie - looks pretty intense - comes out Nov. 19.
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We saw the most enchanting animated film this evening..."The Secret of Kells". It has just been released on Netflix. It is suitable for children but not exclusively. It was nominated for Best Animated Film last year. Beautful artwork, beautiful music, lovely story complete with a few scary bits.
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Old Dogs (2009) 4 stars (funny) :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
On the verge of a game-changing business deal, a divorced dad (Robin Williams) and his womanizing best friend and partner (John Travolta) are thrown for a loop when they're tasked with caring for a rambunctious pair of 6-year-old twins. Helmed by Walt Becker, this family comedy also stars Seth Green, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon, Rita Wilson and Bernie Mac, in his final big-screen appearance.
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Wow, since last posting on this thread I've enjoyed:
a) Paranormal Activity 2 (not very scary, but slightly so and fitted in snugly with the first film.)
b) Saw 3D (hopefully that was the FINAL film; it's gone on way too long and it confuses me muchly. There's been so many films they all blend into each other.)
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c) Burke & Hare (very funny, but then anything with Simon Pegg in tends to be worth chortling over.)
This weekend I'm hoping to see Skyline (mainly because I'm currently crushing on Eric Balfour), but I also fancy Due Date. Blokey wants to see Jackass 3D, but I'm hoping that he won't drag me along with him.
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Jackass is bad enough, but in 3D? Oh what a waste of brainspace.
I want to see Skyline, too! I'm a fan of indie/art films. In fact, I confess to being a bit of a film snob. But I do love the big disaster movies and the big alien invasion flicks!
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Jackass is bad enough, but in 3D? Oh what a waste of brainspace.
I know!
But I do love the big disaster movies and the big alien invasion flicks!
Me too ... but I just tend to watch them so that I know what NOT to do when disaster or aliens strike ...
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Saw Due Date last night. It wasn't as funny as The Hangover, but Robert Downey Jr. made it easy on the eyes!
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What was I thinking? If you've seen "Cloverfield", you've seen "Skyline"...same plot, same self-absorbed young people who all look alike. Why don't they make alien invasion films using 50-year old short ladies like me as the protagonists? :rofl;
I didn't expect a lot from "Skyline", and I didn't get much. Didn't care about the cast...let 'em all die for all I cared. Unoriginal. Cool aliens, but that was about it. Boring script. This film was made very cheaply, and boy, could you tell!
You expect a certain yuk factor in films like these, and that doesn't usually bother me. However, the end of this film nearly made me gag, so be warned. The end DID have a modicum of creativity, but that was undermined by senseless motivation.
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What was I thinking? If you've seen "Cloverfield", you've seen "Skyline"...
Ha, ha. Even the 'alien' climbing the building looked like Clovie! They hyped it up and it was nothing special. I actually REALLY hated the ending and think it should have finished five minutes earlier - now all I can think is, what was the point in that ending? That poor baby! Cloverfield was much better. Still, Eric Balfour was yummy(ish) ...
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We saw a few films in Wales because the cottage had no internet, television, or phone reception, but the owners did provide a lovely television/dvd player and a wide selection of films from which to choose. The kids watched a number of their childrens' films as well.
Lost In Translation - excruciating, start to finish
Sideways - I don't think we laughed once, and the story was just so-so. I don't like that one actor at all, so seeing him au naturale was traumatizing.
Invictus - could not watch this properly as it was shown on the plane, but what I did see was fairly compelling. Same goes for Blindside.
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Speaking of Jackass - this is going to sound bizarre, but I watched an interview with the guy who does the films - Johnny something - and I have a lot more respect for him. I didn't really watch when he was on either Colbert or the Daily Show, but I did see him on Graham Norton. I guess he only risks himself and his colleagues. For some reason I thought he went around trying to convince other people to hurt themselves for his films. Gwyn laughed for minutes on end when they showed the clip of them surprising their colleague with a gigantic papier mache hand that coated him in flour.
But the thing that made me think of IHD was the fact that he so badly injured himself during a bicycle stunt that he now has to self-cath twice a day. (handle bars flew off, crashed right down and hit him where he lives) I know what I was like going through everything I did when I was a kid, and I do think it's lovely that he mentioned this and is possibly normalizing this for self-conscious teenagers and anyone else who might need it. I heard a comic (Sarah Silverman) on Fresh Air talk about the first time she heard a celebrity discuss their bed-wetting problem, a problem she had, and how it changed her life seeing someone casually discuss it as if it were not, in fact, the end of the world.
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Yes, the new Jackass movie is very funny. I really almost threw up twice during it and had to avert my eyes. Just a warning.
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Serendipity- cute chick flick :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Yes, the new Jackass movie is very funny. I really almost threw up twice during it and had to avert my eyes. Just a warning.
This has me curious. Did you almost throw up from the laughing or because there was something that disgusting? I have absolutely no tolerance for bathroom humor. I don't particularly enjoy watching people in pain, but if it is by choice, then I would prefer that to gross-out humor.
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Yes, the new Jackass movie is very funny. I really almost threw up twice during it and had to avert my eyes. Just a warning.
What, is Jerry Jones in it or something? :rofl;
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It was disgusting and made me gag. There is definitely bathroom humor.
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Then I'll be taking a pass! Thanks for the warning, Marc!
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is everyone ignoring harry potter. am i the only crazy on the board that stood outside in the cold for 4 hours for the perfect seat???? now i'm not the only crazy i know, i went with a group of 18. and to top it off i've been twice, opening night and we took my grandsons after thanksgiving dinner. i can hardly wait for the last instalment. is it too early to buy my ticket?????????????
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I was gobsmacked that my husband wanted to see Harry Potter, so we went to see it the other day (he had taken the day off). I liked it well enough, but I couldn't help but be struck by its unoriginality (sacrilege, I know). I could see elements and themes from other fantasy films that had been incorporated into the HP saga, and I found it annoying. I enjoy the fact that just about every British actor that I like shows up somewhere...except for Helen Mirren. They need to find a role for her! (Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Julie Walters...so many really cool actors!)
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After six occasions of seeing HP on opening night I've now come to the realisation that I can't bear sitting in an enclosed space with so many nutters! (No offense meant, thegrammalady!) In the past I've usually gone with Blokey but I don't think he's so fussed anymore. I'll hopefully be going wih a friend in a weekend or two; by then the 'nutters' may have stopped going and the cinema will be less squidgy.
Mmmm, Alan Rickman. Sex on legs.
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Mmmm, Alan Rickman. Sex on legs.
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Too true...
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Gran Torino (2008) 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors -- and his own long-held prejudices -- when the family's teenage son, Thao (Bee Vang), tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Thao and his sister Sue (Ahney Her), both of whom are vulnerable to local gang influences.
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Gran Torino (2008) 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors -- and his own long-held prejudices -- when the family's teenage son, Thao (Bee Vang), tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Thao and his sister Sue (Ahney Her), both of whom are vulnerable to local gang influences.
That is a great movie! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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for those of you who love quirky movies like Little Miss Sunshine my two all time favorite old school quirky movies are
The King of Hearts
Harold and Maude
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I really liked Gran Torino, which surprised me because I didn't think I would.
I saw Monsters at the weekend. It was quite good, really. Very slow-paced and made with a very small budget and a film crew of just two, but decidedly (and oddly) lovely. Apparently if you know your Central American geopgraphy it is a tad annoying though. I don't, so it wasn't.
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We watched Death at a Funeral - finally. We've probably had it with NetFlix for over a month. It was not worth the wait. Tedious, predictable non-comedy, and more offensively, extremely crude. I like that dreamy Matthew MacFadyen but having a pretty face to look at was hardly sufficient mitigation. There were a few pretty faces, actually, and loads of male nudity, which was a refreshing change from the more typical 'loads of female nudity' but alas, nothing could save the experience. It is hurtling its way back to Netflix as we speak.
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We watched Death at a Funeral - finally. We've probably had it with NetFlix for over a month. It was not worth the wait. Tedious, predictable non-comedy, and more offensively, extremely crude. I like that dreamy Matthew MacFadyen but having a pretty face to look at was hardly sufficient mitigation. There were a few pretty faces, actually, and loads of male nudity, which was a refreshing change from the more typical 'loads of female nudity' but alas, nothing could save the experience. It is hurtling its way back to Netflix as we speak.
I agree with this completely.
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We have almost 500 entries on our Netflix queue. I can always tell which items were put on by my husband because the plot will invariably involve Sherlock Holmes, creepy kids or someone speaking Japanese. I like all kinds of films, but I have to say that lately, I like "nice" films because I live with enough horror and dread and I don't need to watch it for entertainment purposes.
I watched Toy Story 3 and it made me cry because it was sweet and sweet makes me tear up these days. Must be a side effect of renal failure.
Tonight we watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and it was very clever and made me laugh out loud. It also made me wonder how we ever survive middle school. Gosh, we didn't have "middle school" when I was a kid. I went to "junior high". OK, so I'm old.
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Coming up on TV to-morrow - "Dial M For Murder" and on Saturday night - "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". I love the oldies.
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Oh my, MM - I laughed at Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well, but I cannot believe you could stomach half of that film. I had to leave the room - it was becoming far too disgusting for me. My son had all the books and I believe has read them all, even the last one which we only bought for him a few weeks ago. My kids saw that film when Gwyn and I were in hospital, and Aidan read the books when he was trapped in a small hotel room with us in Chicago while we convalesced, so I am grateful that it was so entertaining and distracting for them.
Galvo, I saw Dial M for Murder a few years ago in one of these art houses that revives old films. Enjoyed it immensely. We just had a free preview of all the film channels, so we recorded loads of pickies to watch. Unfortunately, too many, because Zombieland got erased when the recorder ran out of room. I grabbed one of my all-time favorite comedies, though - What About Bob? Something about that film always cheers me up. Coming to us next from NetFlix - You Don't Know Jack I wanted to see this film so desperately that I almost subscribed to HBO just to watch it. Ah, it's set to arrive today. I shall report back!
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Oh my, MM - I laughed at Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well, but I cannot believe you could stomach half of that film. I had to leave the room - it was becoming far too disgusting for me.
This from someone who watched Death at a Funeral? :rofl; I guess I can stomach the occasional booger and slice of moldy cheese. LOL!
We've got Winter's Bone up next. The young actress who plays the lead is supposed to be terrific, and the film won at the Sundance Film Festival this year, so I'm looking forward to this one.
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Oh my, MM - I laughed at Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well, but I cannot believe you could stomach half of that film. I had to leave the room - it was becoming far too disgusting for me.
This from someone who watched Death at a Funeral? :rofl;
Touché, Madame! :rofl;
We stayed up late (much too late) to watch You Don't Know Jack. Not an easy film to watch in many respects. Firstly, yes, Al Pacino can act, he was simply magnificent. (I first realised that he is not just a ringer for anyone who wants to put together a gangster picture when I saw him in Salomé at Circle in the Square.) I would never have thought he resembled Jack Kevorkian, but about midway through the film I stopped being able to see the Al Pacino part of him and could only make out the Jack Kevorkian. They must have combed the textile plants of this nation for that sweater in 'Kevorkian blue'. It was identical.
Anyhow, the film was a stunner, but it did make me think about things that I did not particularly want to consider right now. (Is there anyone who does not know that Dr. Kevorkian advocated for right-to-die and practiced assisted suicide in this country?) It was an unflinching look at his later career, and I do mean utterly and thoroughly unflinching. The mistakes he made - and there were a few - were impossible to take. I enjoyed it so much and yet when Gwyn asked if he should keep it so I could watch it once again, I said "I'm not going to put myself through that twice."
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Went to the cinema with Blokey today (to get away from the bathroom man) and saw Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It was quite splendid and I love the religious allegory that most youngsters today probably don't get at all. I expect they think that Aslan is Father Christmas in this world. The only thing that gets my goat is the occasional wooden acting of the Edmund and Lucy characters. It irks me.
A girly trip out to see Harry Potter (finally!) tomorrow.
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We watched a really clever new film last night on Netflix...The Infidel. It was written by David Baddiel (anyone in the UK remember Baddiel and Skinner?). It's about this Muslim man living in London with his wife, son and daughter. He is really just an ordinary Brit living his ordinary London life. His mother has just passed away, and as he is going through her things, he discovers adoption papers. It seems that he was adopted, and upon further investigation, he discovers that his birth parents were actually Jewish. It was a funny, sweet film that was just edgy enough to make you laugh out loud at how stereotypes are born from a grain of truth. Highly recommended!!
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We watched a really clever new film last night on Netflix...The Infidel. It was written by David Baddiel (anyone in the UK remember Baddiel and Skinner?). It's about this Muslim man living in London with his wife, son and daughter. He is really just an ordinary Brit living his ordinary London life. His mother has just passed away, and as he is going through her things, he discovers adoption papers. It seems that he was adopted, and upon further investigation, he discovers that his birth parents were actually Jewish. It was a funny, sweet film that was just edgy enough to make you laugh out loud at how stereotypes are born from a grain of truth. Highly recommended!!
Thanks, I need new movies on my queue. :laugh:
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Toy Story 3 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Andy goes to college and doesn't need the toys any longer. OK.... I cried at the end. As... I'm saying to myself... "they are just toys they are not real" OMG! :'(
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We saw Tron: Legacy 3D yesterday. I loved it, but I've seen that the reviews are quite bad. However, I went in with absolutely no expectations and I think that helped. The 3D bits were pretty good and I guessed about Tron despite knowing nothing of the film/back-story (I haven't seen the first film all the way through). Me clever! There wasn't much eye-candy to drool over (eye-candy helps make a film good!)
I did nearly fall asleep whilst watching it but I've been falling asleep lots lately and feel super-duper tired. As Blokey pointed out, he was constantly falling asleep prior to being diagnosed with anything. Yep, thanks Blokey!
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I still have my doubts about 3D. Maybe I'm just old, but then again, my husband would watch paint dry if it was in 3D. Just seems that all too often, the story suffers. Plus, I hate wearing two pairs of glasses. Plus I get motionsickness pretty easily. Plus I like to whine.
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I saw True Grit with my son tonight. I enjoyed it. I read the book many years ago and what I can remember the movie was very close to the book. I saw the John Wayne version and liked that too but I think Jeff Bridges made a better Rooster Cogburn.
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I still have my doubts about 3D. Maybe I'm just old, but then again, my husband would watch paint dry if it was in 3D. Just seems that all too often, the story suffers. Plus, I hate wearing two pairs of glasses. Plus I get motionsickness pretty easily. Plus I like to whine.
You? Whine? I've never noticed! *chuckles*
I think that at the moment a lot of films depend on the 3D factor as a means of getting people perching their bums on seats; Avatar is an example (the storyline is weak) but it was the first major film (we saw Final Destination 3D a few months before, and that was impressive) to be 3D so everybody and his uncle wanted to see it. As people get used to it and it loses the WOW! factor the storylines will have to be stronger.
I imagine it's here to stay. And before long you won't be needing to wear the glasses, which will negate that excuse and you'll have to think of another ...
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Once again, NetFlix shamelessly profits off of our laziness!
We finally watched Crazy Heart I think it's called? I thought the acting was interesting, though the lead female was, well, kind of an idiot. Nothing new there. I thought it would be better than it was. If you're looking for something to pass the time, the dialogue was very good but the film just did not capture my interest.
Although, when we heard the phrase from the country singer about 'playing toilets' Gwyn and I both decided that this was based on the life of the man we heard about in an interview while driving through Wales. It wasn't the man himself doing an interview, it was someone else and he repeatedly used that phrase. In fact, I think the interview was with Elton John. Can't remember exactly, but I generally find stories based on someone's life more interesting than yet another pic about an alcoholic musician, so wish they had played that up a bit more.
Spoiler to follow:
Oh, but are films more predictable these days, or have Gwyn and I become psychic? The minute the female lead said she didn't know what she would do if she lost her child, I declared "That boy's as good as gone" and Gwyn replied "Oh, yes."
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Poppy, I saw Avatar and have to say that it was a visually stunning film. The story wasn't so much lame as it was unoriginal...glorious native civilization threatened by greedy barbarians. History is full of these scenarios, unfortunately. I've seen some brilliant films in 3D, but they've worked mainly because of fabulous writing and storytelling. But too many 3D films so far have just made me want to whine... :rofl;
Cariad, Crazy Heart just never appealed to me, so I'm glad to hear that I haven't really missed much.
Re foreshadowing, I always know that if a young, female character passes out, she's pregnant.
I really enjoyed True Grit. The dialogue is such fun!
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True Grit with John Wayne is one of my all time favorite movies, so I'm going to see the new True Grit Friday night...... we will see! I've heard good things.
:yahoo;
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Since I got a new blu-ray player for Christmas, I have watched 3 current movies and started one more.
1. Sorcerer's Apprentce was very entertaining even with some slow spots.
2. The Losers, ehhh it would be better to watch when it comes on TV for free. It seemed like it was based off the A-Team show. Ending was disappointing when the.......at the .......
3. Clash of he Titans was just OK. I preffered the original 1980's stop motion special effects. The movie does have a small, very small similarity with the 1980's film, but you have to pay attention. However this film was more entertaining than The Losers.
4. The Expendables, not sure yet since I fell asleep shortly after starting it late at night.
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Beth and I took the day off, stayed in our pajamas, and watched Toy Story 3, Goodbye Charlie, and Eat Pray Love all while working on a puzzle. Perfect day! I loved Toy Story 3 -- and yes, you will cry. I really enjoyed Goodbye Charlie--also a tear jerker. And adored Eat Pray Love (not as good as the book - but a nice movie). Of course, I love Julia Roberts.
Chris, I got my husband a blu-ray for Christmas so he can stream Netflix. He may never leave his Man Cave!
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The critic from my local paper reviewed Jack Black's version of Gulliver's Travels. He hated it, and complained that the script took too many liberties with the book, since Swift couldn't possibly have written a potty joke about the giant Gulliver peeing on the royal palace to put out a fire. Whoops.
From Part 1, Chapter V. ....... I was alarmed at midnight with the cries of many hundred people at my door; by which being suddenly awaked, I was in some kind of terror. I heard the word burglum repeated incessantly; several of the Emperor's court making their way through the crowd, entreated me to come immediately to the palace, where her Imperial Majesty's apartment was on fire, by the carelessness of a maid of honor, who fell asleep while she was reading a romance. I got up in an instant; and orders being given to clear the way before me; and it being likewise a moonshine night, I made a shift to get to the palace without trampling on any of the people. I found they had already applied ladders to the walls of the apartment, and were well provided with buckets, but the water was at some distance. These buckets were about the size of a large thimble, and the poor people supplied me with them as fast as they could; but the flame was so violent, that they did little good. I might easily have stifled it with my coat, which I unfortunately left behind me for haste, and came away only in my leathern jerkin. The case seemed wholly desperate and deplorable; and this magnificent palace would have infallibly been burnt down to the ground, if, by a presence of mind, unusual to me, I had not suddenly thought of an expedient. I had the evening before drank plentifully of a most delicious wine, called Glimigrim, (the Blefuscudians call it Flunec, but ours is esteemed the better sort) which is very diuretic. By the luckiest chance in the world, I had not discharged myself of any part of it. The heat I had contracted by coming very near the flames, and by my laboring to quench them, made the wine begin to operate by urine; which I voided in such a quantity, and applied so well to the proper places, that in three minutes the fire was wholly extinguished; and the rest of that noble pile, which had cost so many ages in erecting, preserved from destruction.
Hey, it was a political satire. Of course Swift wanted to piss on the royal family!
Yes, I have an English degree. I can't help it.
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Chris, I got my husband a blu-ray for Christmas so he can stream Netflix. He may never leave his Man Cave!
I use redbox because I do not rent many movies. So instead of paying an $8 monthly fee that I may not even use for a month, I just walk across the street and rent a movie I might like. However most of te time I am buying DVD's, which I think I still will do since I do not see the difference between blu ray and regular DVD's except price. However my blu ray has wireless and I can watch various content included from Sony such as concerts, movie previews, then there is the various online services of YouTube, Pandora radio (love it), and other stuff I never heard of o the internet for entertainment.
Next film I want to rent is A Day or is it Night (?) With Orson Wells. Could be HG Wells too, should pay more atention to trailers. :banghead;
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2. The Losers, ehhh it would be better to watch when it comes on TV for free. It seemed like it was based off the A-Team show. Ending was disappointing when the.......at the .......
I loved The Losers when myself and Blokey saw it at the cinema ... I couldn't stand The A-Team; it was probably my least favourite cinema trip this year.
However most of te time I am buying DVD's, which I think I still will do since I do not see the difference between blu ray and regular DVD's except price.
I had a massive problem being able to see the difference between Blu-ray and ordinary DVD (and also between HD and ordinary telly) to begin with. I think some of us are just designed to not notice that Blu-ray and HD are far more superior! I do notice sometimes, but not always and Blokey finds it very irksome. Now that I'm used to watching Blu-rays instead of DVDs, and HD tellybox channels instead of ordinary tellybox channels, I'm beginning to actually realise that there is a difference.
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My local (and nearest) cinema has made me very slightly just a tad angry this week. I want to see Chatroom (British film, about Internet chatrooms funnily enough) but they're not showing it. Am I the only person this ever happens to?!
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True Grit with John Wayne is one of my all time favorite movies, so I'm going to see the new True Grit Friday night...... we will see! I've heard good things.
:yahoo;
I saw True Grit in the Theater and it was great. Just as good as the John Wayne one. Jeff Bridges did a wonderful job as well as the rest of the cast.
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I saw Tron in IMAX 3D or so we thought because my friend I went with did not notice anything in 3D except one of the previews.
I wish I saw the original TRON first for a quick review, but movie gave the jist of it. I found the storyline a little off since the original Tron was in the early 80's and gave no impression it was in the future, but in Tron Legacy they had the storyline occuring in 1989.
It was an entertaining film but not as good as the original from my memory. The IMAX was to big for me to follow the screen easy so I will probably buy the DVD of it along with the original when it comes out in 4 to 6 months.
I enjoyed going to an adults only theatre, no kids or teens, dinner, appetizers, and drinks (even alcohol) was bbrought to you without interruption.
Next movie our group plans to go see is Nicolas Cage's new flick or Meet The Fockers.
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Date Night (2010) Five Stars for Comedy :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Who knew simple dinner reservations under a different name could turn one New Jersey couple's date night so terribly upside-down? Claire (Tina Fey) and Phil (Steve Carell) Foster leave their kids with the sitter (Leighton Meester) and head out for a night on the town -- as the Tripplehorns. Shawn Levy (Just Married, Night at the Museum) directs this action-comedy; Mark Wahlberg and James Franco co-star
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Yes, that movie was funny. I saw that on my iPhone while in the hospital. Even the outtakes are funny. Definitely a 5 star comedy.
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Talk To Me (2007) 4 stars :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
Oscar nominee Don Cheadle stars as real-life radio trailblazer Ralph "Petey" Greene, a high-school dropout and charismatic ex-con who leverages a prison disc jockey gig into a stint at a Washington, D.C., radio station. Along the way, he also gets his own television show -- and an invitation to the White House. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson co-star in this compelling biopic from director Kasi Lemmons.
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Jenna and I saw "The King's Speech" last night. It's a really great film!
The story of King George VI of Britain, (Prince Charles' grandfather) his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
:thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Watched Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland last night, sort of. What a disappointment. Johnny Depp will play the Mad Hatter is one of those statements you dream of hearing, and then this was the result. Depressing. I don't want the kids to watch the rest of it (they went to bed about halfway through) because it is difficult to follow and has some disturbing imagery. They were shaken by the Door Mouse pulling a creature's eye out. So was I, truth be told.
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Oh, Gwyn and I have a question for anyone who might have seen Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland. Why on earth did Johnny Depp change the Hatter's accent? When he was sane and serious he had a Glaswegian but when he was Mad he was English. Is there some political statement there that we're missing?
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I hated that movie. Never liked the original story. And as much as I like Johnny Depp, that accent was all over the place.
I'm really wanting to see The King's Speech. Great cast.
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Well with any Tim Burton fim, he adds a dark side to them, even in lighting. He was interviewed on why he does it that way, but I feel every film doesn't need it that way and he over does it. I would like to see him try a different style of filming.
We have Alice in Wonderland, but like Avitar, I'm just not interested in seeing it.
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I actually liked Burton's Alice in Wonderland (although I'm not a fan of his films usually) and didn't even notice Depp's accent changes during the watching of it, which is surpising because I'm incredibly anal about things like that. Or, if I did notice I probably just assumed that it was because he was the 'mad' Hatter so thought nothing else of it.
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I pretty much was done with Tim Burton around the time he "reimagined" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I never actually saw his version, but I read an article where he was quoted as being "not a fan" of the original. Then I heard he turned Willy Wonka into a pedophile.
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I pretty much was done with Tim Burton around the time he "reimagined" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I never actually saw his version, but I read an article where he was quoted as being "not a fan" of the original. Then I heard he turned Willy Wonka into a pedophile.
Forgot aboutthat movie. It just looked to weird in the commercials. Some films shouldn't be remade, lke War f te Worlds and other classics.
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I agree, Chris. I can't understand why they are producing a new "True Grit". The original was a classic. I hear, though, Jeff Bridges is great in the new one.
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I agree, Chris. I can't understand why they are producing a new "True Grit". The original was a classic. I hear, though, Jeff Bridges is great in the new one.
Oh Galvo, the new one is brilliant. The use of language is wonderful, and the actress who plays Maddie (Mattie?) is so much better than Kim Darby in the original one. As a matter of fact, John Wayne really didn't like Kim Darby's performance at all. Really, this version is truer to the spirit of the book...it is very good. Not to take away anything from John Wayne's version...
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Not released here yet. I'll have a look when it is.
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Watched the A-Team and didn't think to highly of it. Storyline seemed jittery at points, so The Losers was a better film between the two with similar storyline backgrounds of being blamed for something they didn't do.
I have iRobot to watch next (never seen it)
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I went to see "The Kings Speech" yesterday and was very impressed. An unusual, allegedly-true, beautiful story with great acting. And not a car chase in sight.
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We saw The Green Hornet today. I wasn't expecting to like it very much, but I thought it was brilliant and lovely and funny, all tied up together with a big (green) bow. It was a good way to forget the trials and tribulations of the outside world for a couple of hours. And Kato was yummy eye-candy.
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Hachiko (2009) 4 stars * * * * tearjerker
When his master, Parker (Richard Gere), dies, a loyal pooch named Hachiko keeps a regular vigil -- for more than a decade -- at the train station where he once greeted the man every day in director Lasse Hallström's touching drama based on a true story. Hachiko's faithful routine teaches the station's patrons about true love and commitment. Joan Allen stars as Parker's wife; Sarah Roemer, Jason Alexander and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa co-star.
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I pretty much was done with Tim Burton around the time he "reimagined" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I never actually saw his version, but I read an article where he was quoted as being "not a fan" of the original. Then I heard he turned Willy Wonka into a pedophile.
:rofl;
Yes, Johnny Depp's Wonka was one of the few of his roles I truly disliked. Creepy with a capital C! I've not read the Roald Dahl original, but was told that Tim Burton's was truer to the book. Sorry, I'll keep the Gene Wilder version in my head, thanks!
OK, and I did come on here to actually review a few films as well. Rabbit-Proof Fence was amaaaazing. All except Kenneth Branaugh (sp?), who was OK, but his Australian was rather Englishy. I'm not a huge fan of his - guess I'm siding with Emma through the split. :laugh: It's about a sad chapter in Australia's history in which A.O. Neville - some official or other, sorry, don't know my Down-Under history at all - was assigned the legal right and actually the duty to take Aboriginals away from their homes and 'civilize them' I guess Huck Finn would say. This is the true story of 3 young girls caught in that system. It's on instant-view via NetFlix. Watch it!
We rewatched The Curse of the Jade Scorpion because I was in the mood for something light and silly and while both Gwyn and I have seen it, we did not remember a single thing about it. Cute and clever, though it took us 3 nights to watch it because I kept falling asleep. (Not commentary on the film, we've been busy and I'm exhausted.) Anyhow, it's a Woody Allen and it involves an insurance security investigator (something like that), an efficiency specialist and a hypnotist. Not a laugh aloud hilarious pic, but entertaining.
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Snow Buddies (2008) 5 stars *****
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that embarks on an Alaskan adventure, braving snow and ice along the way. When they find themselves stranded in the northern wilderness, the canine offspring of famed sports star Air Bud team up with an experienced sled dog and a husky pup, who teach them the importance of working together.
Not sad. Heart Warming.
Bandits (2001) 4 stars ****
Two bank robbers, charming Joseph (Bruce Willis) and neurotic Terry (Billy Bob Thornton), battle over the affections of Kate (Cate Blanchett), a housewife they kidnapped before one of their big heists in this quirky love triangle from director Barry Levinson. Gaining notoriety as the "Sleepover Bandits," the partners then force a reality TV show host to cover their 15 minutes of fame while they go on a crime spree -- Kate in tow.
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We saw Hereafter yesterday. It was okay, nowt special. The story lacked a certain something in some places, but it was 'nice' and I did love the little kid (although his acting wasn't particularly good.) Matt Damon is growing on me (which is good because he seems to be in lots of upcoming films.) The most surprising aspect of seeing the film was the eleven year old who stated in a very non-sarcastic and genuine way, 'I really liked that film!' as he got up. It's not the sort of film I would have expected a youngster to like; it may have helped that I had to tell off his mate who kept talking - perhaps if he'd been allowed to chat he wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much.
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Living Proof (2008) 4 stars ****
Based on a true story, this biopic follows medical researcher Dr. Dennis Slamon's (Harry Connick Jr.) tireless efforts to win FDA approval for Herceptin, now recognized as an important weapon against breast cancer. Convinced his experimental medication is the key to treating the deadly disease, he first must contend with skeptical backers, critically ill patients and the complicated trial process to prove the drug can save lives.
This shows how ridiculous drug companies are and how all they think about is money. A real eye opener. >:(
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Stranger then Fiction
Clever, but not a laugh aloud comedy. I enjoyed it as a story though. It's about a man (Will Ferrel) who wakes up to find that his life is being narrated by a voice that only he can hear. Anything more would spoil the plot.
Ghost Town
I enjoyed it, and I did actually giggle a time or two at that one. I loved the female doctor at the beginning because it was a fresh take on hospital scenes. She is barely in it though. I should think you would need to at least be able to tolerate Ricky Gervais in order to enjoy this film. The script does make the most of his ability to convincingly play a complete bastard.
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Stranger then Fiction
Clever, but not a laugh aloud comedy. I enjoyed it as a story though. It's about a man (Will Ferrel) who wakes up to find that his life is being narrated by a voice that only he can hear. Anything more would spoil the plot.
Ghost Town
I enjoyed it, and I did actually giggle a time or two at that one. I loved the female doctor at the beginning because it was a fresh take on hospital scenes. She is barely in it though. I should think you would need to at least be able to tolerate Ricky Gervais in order to enjoy this film. The script does make the most of his ability to convincingly play a complete bastard.
Forgot about that Will Ferrell movie, never saw it. I kind of remember the proomos. I'll have to go to an actual video store to see if they have it.
Ghost Town, is that the one where Ricky plays a dentist who has to help people make closure, but has trouble with Greg Kinear?
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I've seen several movies recently worth mentioning.
Skin is a true story about Sandra Lainge, a true story about a girl born in South Africa during apartheid. She appears to be coloured while her parents are both white. It is determined that this is the result of a genetic "throwback"; indeed, her older brother and her newly born younger brother both have similar coloured characteristics. I knew the story but wanted to see how it was treated in the cinema, and while it was very moving and well done, it was too painful to watch and I didn't finish it. I usually force myself through difficult things, and this is the first time I'd ever quit anything because it was just too hard. It is well worth watching, though, if you can stomach the cruelty this girl had to live through.
Animal Kingdom is about a criminal family in Melbourne, led by a mother who is the surprise character of the film. She is played by Jacki Weaver who I gather is an institution in Oz. She was phenomenal, and I'd love to see her win Best Supporting Actress. Also in the movie was Guy Pearce...I remember him from "Neighbours"! I laugh whenever I see him (and Jesse Spencer, too, in "House").
If you liked Das Boot (which happens to be my favourite movie of all time), you might like Lebanon which is advertised as Das Boot with tanks. It was written and directed by an Israeli solder who fought in Lebanon. It doesn't have a plot, per se, but it is very good at depicting the terror of soldiers who really aren't made for war.
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MooseMom,
Are you referring to the modern day version of Das Boot, or the original version? I think I prefer the original version compared to the Hollywood overblown one.
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MooseMom,
Are you referring to the modern day version of Das Boot, or the original version? I think I prefer the original version compared to the Hollywood overblown one.
I didn't know there was a Hollywood version. The first time I saw it, it must have been 1982 or thereabouts. I saw it in the cinema, and I think it was a feature length film. The next time I saw it, it was shown on the BBC in its entirely as a 6 hour miniseries for lack of a better term, but it was with the same cast, etc as the first version I saw. Can you tell me more about the "Hollywood" version? Is it with a different cast or something? (I recall having a major crush on Jurgen Prochnow.)
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I will look it up MooseMom, the original Das Boat I saw was in German and was in subtitles. If I remember correctly the newer version had Rutger Hauer or Hawward (can't remember last name spelling, just his face)
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I will look it up MooseMom, the original Das Boat I saw was in German and was in subtitles. If I remember correctly the newer version had Rutger Hauer or Hawward (can't remember last name spelling, just his face)
Ewww...No, I haven't seen the one with Rutger Hauer; I've just seen the original.
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Ghost Town
I should think you would need to at least be able to tolerate Ricky Gervais in order to enjoy this film.
Oh, I don't know. I can't stand the bloke and I managed to sit through - and quite enjoy - the entire film (which did surprise me.)
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We saw Paul last week. It was brilliant and funny and made me want to visit small-town, off the beaten tracks, non-touristy America. Go see!
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Saw The Adjustment Bureau today. Thoroughly enjoyable, but then I'm a big fan of the idea of fate. The ending confused me (understandable; I'm often confuzzled) but it maybe just because I tend to think too much.
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MooseMom,
Are you referring to the modern day version of Das Boot, or the original version? I think I prefer the original version compared to the Hollywood overblown one.
“The Boat” (Das Boot, with Juergen Prochnow) was written & directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 1981,
is an adaption of the 1973 novel “Das Boot” by Guenther Rohrbach,
& is meant to document a “journey to the end of the mind”, very claustrophobic and very scary.
I did not know there was a modern-day-version of “Das Boot” ?
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Yes, Kristina...that's the one I saw.
Poppy, you saw Paul? I can't wait to see that!! It won't be out here for another week or so, but we've been seeing adverts for it for a while. Did you ever see Hot Fuzz? And Shawn of the Dead? I love those kinds of flicks.
Right now, we're watching Blood Diamond on Netflix. I am not a fan of violence in film, but I understand it's place. But this film is so brutal, and while it is a very good film, I can't say that I am enjoying it. I usually FORCE myself watch such things (like United 93) because to be too much of a weenie not to watch it strikes me as somehow dishonorable. If those people on that airplane were brave enough to do what they did, surely I can be brave enough to watch a movie about it. But as I get older and closer to dialysis, I feel trauma more acutely, and I don't know if I will be able to finish this particular film.
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Poppy, you saw Paul? I can't wait to see that!! It won't be out here for another week or so, but we've been seeing adverts for it for a while. Did you ever see Hot Fuzz? And Shawn of the Dead? I love those kinds of flicks.
Oh yes, gotta ♥ me some Brit-Flick-Com! < I am fully aware that doesn't make sense, and no, I have no idea what I was going for. ;D
Oooh, did we get Paul first? How super! Usually we're behind you fine folk across the pond.
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The Wool Cap (2004) 4 stars ****
This television movie, a remake of the 1962 Jackie Gleason film Gigot, stars William H. Macy as Charles Gigot, the mute superintendent of a run-down apartment building who solemnly goes about his daily work. But his life changes when a woman leaves her daughter, Lou (Keke Palmer), with him, asking him to look after her. When it appears that Lou has been abandoned, Gigot reluctantly becomes her guardian and the two soon form an unusual bond.
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Last night we went and saw Battle: Los Angeles.
Yikes! It was just an amalgamation of every other sci-fi alien film/show that has ever been made. It was far longer than it needed to be and I cared so little for the characters that I was cheering on the aliens and just wanted everyone to die quickly so that I could go home. It was nearly as bad as Skyline (which would have been good if it weren't for the dire ending.)
Of course, somebody else might love it to pieces. But I hope not.
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oh man. I was going to take my kids to see it this weekend. :(
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I read a really good review of that film from a reviewer that I quite respect...he gave it three stars, and I was well psyched to go see it! But then today I read a piece from a reviewer that hated it. I love those big aliens-come-down-from-the-sky-and-try-to-conquer-Earth movies! I do tend to be a bit of a film snob, but I loved the Tom Cruise version of "War of the Worlds"...that really scared me!
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I think we might see Paul instead. Seems like a funny alien movie.
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I think we might see Paul instead. Seems like a funny alien movie.
Now, THAT's the flick I want to see!
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oh man. I was going to take my kids to see it this weekend. :(
Oh gosh, don't listen to me! I know that I was expecting it to be amazing, but I just couldn't get into it. But DO got and see Paul. It's very very very very very funny. But if you don't find it very very very very very funny please remember that I'm English and my sense of humour may be different to yours ... ;D
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We're going to see Paul this weekend, probably Sunday. I'm in the mood for British humour. :clap;
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oh man. I was going to take my kids to see it this weekend. :(
Oh gosh, don't listen to me! I know that I was expecting it to be amazing, but I just couldn't get into it. But DO got and see Paul. It's very very very very very funny. But if you don't find it very very very very very funny please remember that I'm English and my sense of humour may be different to yours ... ;D
Okay, now I pictured an alien running around with a line of people chasing him with the Benny Hill music playing.
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Anyone seen Animal Kingdom yet and if so, how violent ???
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Anyone seen Animal Kingdom yet and if so, how violent ???
Oh, I LOVED this flick!! Jacki Weaver was a revelation to me; I had never seen her, and I understand she is very popular and well-know in Australia. I'd love to see more of her work. It's not really violent like so many other movies, but it is about a crime family, so there's not a lot of singing and dancing. It was fun seeing Guy Pearce; I've been watching him since his days in Neighbours (is that still on? I remember Kylie Minogue!), and I'm so impressed by what an outstanding actor he's become.
This movie stayed with me a long time. I thought it was brilliant. Let me know if you see it and what you think of it.
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It got good reviews in the Independent and now 3 stars from Moose
so that's good enough for me ... I'll go see x
I don't like gratutious violence.
Did you see Taken? Liam Neeson pretty cool1
The film was ok but the violence OTT ?
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It got good reviews in the Independent and now 3 stars from Moose
so that's good enough for me ... I'll go see x
I don't like gratutious violence.
Did you see Taken? Liam Neeson pretty cool1
The film was ok but the violence OTT ?
Yes, I did see Taken. I thought the whole subject matter re sex slavery was a real downer. I am not a fan of violence in the movies, but I'll tolerate it if it is central to the story. What I DO NOT LIKE and DO NOT FIND IN THE LEAST BIT ENTERTAINING is sexual violence against women. The victims are invariably young, pretty and scantily clad, and it's a very poor tool with which to titilate young men.
My husband wants to see Unknown, another Liam Neeson film, but I get very annoyed with storylines where the main character suddenly finds that no one knows who he is. I've seen too many TV series like that ("Nowhere Man" comes to mind). Those storylines just p$ss me off.
Liam Neeson has seemed to throw himself into work after his death's wife. I hope it helped him cope with that horrible loss.
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My absolute favourite film is TRANSPORTER with Jason Statham ... I just looooovvve that film its so quirky!
Jason Statham can rescue me anytime !
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My absolute favourite film is TRANSPORTER with Jason Statham ... I just looooovvve that film its so quirky!
Jason Statham can rescue me anytime !
I don't think I've heard of this film! I'll have to check it out! Thanks!
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We saw Rango with the four boys, as promised. Silly friend tried to pay her boys' way, she forced a $20 on Gwyn and then stuffed her hands in her pockets and refused to take it back. We can fix that, though. We still have to give them a card and their gift, and while it may look gauche to cram a $20 into the thank you card, we can remind her what it's for.
OK, the film: the boys (ages 4 to 9) seemed a little bored with it at times. It is a talky film for an animated lizard pic. Johnny Depp supplies the voice, but sorry to say that I don't think they really needed him for this - they did not make full use of his vocal talents. It was quite an adult film in that it took its time to tell the story, was not shy about killing off characters and having some pretty gruesome animation. One character had an arrow stuck in his eye and out the back of his head through the whole story. The animation was beautiful, if that is your thing. It seemed like one could reach out and feel the texture on those creatures. It is also NOT 3D (oh, happy day!) which is crucial as my younger son will not wear the specs. I think it was probably loaded with references to other westerns, but I don't appreciate westerns so those would have gone past me.
It was about a pet lizard who loses his family and then ends up in the dessert, in a ghost town that is about to run out of water. To be honest, I don't want to say more because I think I spaced out for some of it and am not certain on some of the finer plot points. It was just not all that engaging for me. Plus, we were dealing with ordering dinner for the kids, and surreptitiously passing them candies through the film, despite the large sign at the ticket counter telling you that you must not bring in outside food and drink. Hey, if I am going to spend $8 on a veggie burger prepped in the micro, I think it's only fair I get to save a few dollars on dessert. Kids had pizza and seemed happy with it. Aidan told me that he and his friend liked the film, but I think they were just being polite. They really wanted to see the second Diary of a Wimpy Kid but I know better than to see that with my hatred for all bathroom humour. I just checked and Roger Ebert gave Rango highest marks, so maybe I just don't know great cinema when I see it.... with four hyper boys, anyhow.
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Last night we went to see Anuvahood. It's a British comedy, but it's rubbish. I doubt it will be released in the States (it's one of those which ONLY the Brits will understand, from a language, accent, dialect and in-jokes point of view [even I would have found subtitles and an on-screen dictionary definition useful]) so you're probably saved the choice of whether or not to go and watch it.
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Finished watching Pirate Radio last night, thanks to NetFlix. I cannot get that disc out of my house fast enough. What a promising topic wasted. And I do so admire Philip Seymour Hoffman, but not as an overgrown frat boy in a directionless film with some disturbingly sexist undertones.
This story followed the radio stations of the 60s that played verboten rock music and got away with it by broadcasting from miles off the coast of the UK. What the American DJ was doing there was never explained. Nor the Kiwi, despite the fact that the casting agent must suspect we are all hard of hearing as the pic seemed determined to pass him off as a Brit. (Sorry, I am perhaps overly touchy about these things. I am bit tired of English-speaking meaning you must either be from England itself or America.) Kenneth Brannaugh and Emma Thompson were both in it briefly, he played what passed for a villain, she wore the most amazing cape and I have charged Gwyn with finding that article of clothing for me. Did not really notice her acting as i had given up on the film by the time she made her entrance. Ending was confusing, very. It was a big disappointment all around, though the boredom was occasionally interrupted with a witty remark or two, and I enjoyed the scenes of all the different types of Brits who would listen in to the station. Watch it if there is truly nothing else on and it's a choice of this or stare at a wall.
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Priate Radio: Saw that movie, did not like it...but that is because I knew something about the REAL subject matter. Many of these stations were also on Shortwave Radio back then, and that was my hobby back then (I was a teenager) and I was able to hear some of them.
Music was good but that was about all.
This story followed the radio stations of the 60s that played verboten rock music and got away with it by broadcasting from miles off the coast of the UK. What the American DJ was doing there was never explained. I
You are right they didn't. They took some real facts about pirate radio stations off the coast of Great Britian in the 1960's and just made up the rest and came up with garbage. As for why he ws an American, well one off shore radio station (there were several on Ships) had hired American DJ's for a time to sound well, more American...which they thought American top 40 radio back then was the way to sound. But they also had stations with DJ's from Canada.
As for the ending it was stupid. One of the ships did sink, Radio Caroline I believe, but it was nothing like the movie. This like most of the movie was a contrived piece of entertainment.
Hope you don't mind my interjecting this comment and a bit of information.
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Toddled off to the cinema yesterday and saw Source Code. I loved it. I even guessed the truth early on (go me!) Even the ending was top notch, and if it had ended a few minutes earlier it still would have been top notch. That Donnie Darko chap is starting to look a tad old, which was a bit disconcerting for some reason. It was a little bit romantic and quite thought-provoking, but I'm quite keen on a lot of the deeper issues it brought up so that may have helped with my enjoyment of it.
When we got home we watched Monsterwolf. Well, I watched it; Blokey fell asleep half way through. It was um, good, in a 'you have to watch this even though it's rubbish because it might surprise you by getting better' way.
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Hope you don't mind my interjecting this comment and a bit of information.
Not at all, Rob, very interesting! Just a warning, I am about to get into massive spoilers:
The part that made no sense to me about the ending was that they were all sitting on the bow of the ship as it was sinking, and then the lights and sound go out. Fine, the broadcast equipment is now underwater, so why was the American DJ still below deck? The way it was timed, it just seemed that they were suggesting that he held his breath for hours.
I could have lived with the ending barring other issues, but the little 'joke' they were going to play on the one woman, the joke being setting up a rape, turned me against the picture in a ferocious way from the start. Professional comics will tell you it is possible to joke about rape and get away with it, but you had better be ten times funnier than usual. The sick thing is the picture did not really acknowledge that this was in fact rape, almost as if the writer/director did not understand it this way. Not a subject I wanted to confront during what was supposed to be a fun comedy.
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Pirate Radio is gone (hurrah!) and IronMan 2 should be arriving this afternoon with the post. Gwyn will be pleased, Aidan might also enjoy. Much as I love Robert Downey Jr, the mania surrounding these films eludes me. I may not even watch it, so if you're desperate for my opinion on the sequel, you may well have to live with the disappointment....
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Hope you don't mind my interjecting this comment and a bit of information.
Not at all, Rob, very interesting! Just a warning, I am about to get into massive spoilers:
The part that made no sense to me about the ending was that they were all sitting on the bow of the ship as it was sinking, and then the lights and sound go out. Fine, the broadcast equipment is now underwater, so why was the American DJ still below deck? The way it was timed, it just seemed that they were suggesting that he held his breath for hours.
I could have lived with the ending barring other issues, but the little 'joke' they were going to play on the one woman, the joke being setting up a rape, turned me against the picture in a ferocious way from the start. Professional comics will tell you it is possible to joke about rape and get away with it, but you had better be ten times funnier than usual. The sick thing is the picture did not really acknowledge that this was in fact rape, almost as if the writer/director did not understand it this way. Not a subject I wanted to confront during what was supposed to be a fun comedy.
Yes the rape really bothered me as well. It was not keeping with the story line of the film. I agree with you.
There were a lot of things about the ending that to me were insipid. First if they were skinkign adn lost the lights, how could they have power to the transmiter and stay on the air. Second you are corect did he breath under water for a long time? Why didn't Philip Seymour Hoffman's character not drown. Third, they would have still gottne arrest you know, even if the boat sank. Fourth are they aew twelling us the British government actually sank the boat and almost killed people? Is there proof this happened, NO!
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You make good points about Pirate Radio, Rob, some of which I'd not even considered. Oh, how I hated that film!
We saw Night Catches Us and were enthralled. It's a period piece about the Black Panthers, but after their heyday. Extremely subtle, a bit difficult to follow and requires more concentration than I usually have, but it will all come together in your mind in the end. Spectacularly acted by black actors whom I've never heard of. Also, director is female - there are too few of those and she did a magnificent job.
Currently almost through Exit Through The Gift Shop and less happy with it than I thought I'd be. First, we wanted to see a film about street art, not some weirdo Frenchman who just happened to stumble onto an interesting story. Too many clouded out faces, voice changers and other nonsense that make me feel that someone (Banksy) is taking himself much too seriously. I think he's talented and his work's value should not hinge on his anonymity. Our friend who visited a few weeks ago lives in Bristol and he says it's only a matter of time before he has a falling out with a friend and he'll be outed. (Bristol is where Banksy is suspected to be from, and where he purchased an art museum.) What they did to an elephant may just make you puke. I was horrified, and I am not exactly an animal rights activist.
Gwyn and my older son just finished Ironman2, so that's out the door. I watched a bit and found it creepier and far more sexist than the first. Too much talk, not enough action (and it's not often I complain about that).
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We saw Scream 4 at the weekend. Yay! It reminded me of being in my early twenties and seeing the first Scream film. In fact, it was quite like sitting through the first one because it was so similar. But brilliant, nonetheless. And definitely the second best of the Scream franchise (nothing beats Skeet Ulrich playing Billy Loomis in the first film.)
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Conspriator :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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We saw Insidious today. It was a tad scary in places (made me jump anyway, and not much can do that) and a little thought provoking. Not for those with weak hearts.
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We saw "The King's Speech" Sunday. Excellent film. Gives you a new appreciation for the British royality and for the pressures put on them and that were. By the way, I did not know King Edward was a pilot? Had to look it up after seeing the film.
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We saw Attack the Block today. Brilliant! Aliens invade a South London council tower block and the local naughty teens try to save the day! A bit scary, a bit funny, reminded me of the kids I work with ... not sure if it will get shown in the US, or be a popular film over there, though.
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I wait for movies to hit Netflix. I'm such a slacker.
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The Hangover Part 2 brightened my day today. Although I didn't think the couple behind me were going to ever shut up (but they did). Funny, but not as funny as The Hangover. Well worth seeing, just for the monkey alone.
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Glad to hear it was at least decent. Plan on dragging DH out to see it later today, if only so I can stare at Bradley Cooper for a while. >:D
The Hangover Part 2 brightened my day today. Although I didn't think the couple behind me were going to ever shut up (but they did). Funny, but not as funny as The Hangover. Well worth seeing, just for the monkey alone.
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Blokey wanted to see Green Lantern yesterday, so see Green Lantern we did. I'm not really a fan of superhero films, but this one was okay (particularly because Ryan Reynolds has a cute nose) despite my sudden belief halfway through that I'd left the front door keys in the front door when leaving the house (I hadn't). If you do go and see it, be sure not to jump up and leave as the credits start ...
This afternoon we watched Kung Fu Panda (recorded off the tellybox yesterday) ... Awww, it was cute!
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Gwyn and I watched Good Hair off Netflix. It is a documentary by comedian Chris Rock about black women and their hair.
It was at times amusing but what was more was that I came away from it feeling like this was a world you just could never make up. It never ceases to amaze, the things I never knew that I did not know and never thought would have so many layers and dimensions to explore. 90 minutes long and not one minute wasted. Nicely done. I do so love a window into the microcosms that exist all around us.
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I just saw Midnight in Paris with my younger daughter. She had seen it before but was happy to go again and I am glad we went. I loved the street scenes in Paris, and the music and the story was clever.
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I just saw Midnight in Paris with my younger daughter. She had seen it before but was happy to go again and I am glad we went. I loved the street scenes in Paris, and the music and the story was clever.
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I am not a fan of Woody Allen, and I'm also a bit tired of Owen Wilson (I don't think he's the best actor in the world), but I read good reviews of this film and decided to see it. I loved it! I thought it was extremely clever and was more fanciful than I anticipated (I avoided reading about the plot in the reviews).
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I just saw Midnight in Paris with my younger daughter. She had seen it before but was happy to go again and I am glad we went. I loved the street scenes in Paris, and the music and the story was clever.
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I would see it with the Three Stooges in it just so I could watch the street scenes. :rofl;
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We watched Julia Sweeney's one-woman show Letting Go of God, a recommendation from Aleta and Carl, who knew that Gwyn and I would appreciate its humanist/rationalist message. It was such fun! One or two bits went on a touch long, but on balance, a superior work of theatre and very funny. Gwyn and I adored God Said Ha, which was also quite funny even with the severe disadvantage of being about her brother's brutal encounter with cancer.
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Hmmm ... we saw Horrible Bosses today. It was so-so (made more pleasurable because of Jason Bateman) but lacked any oompf. The funniest bits were the out-takes as the end credits rolled.
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Captain America ... was groovy. I wasn't expecting to like it, but like it I did.
Harry Potter on Thursday ... Yay! Hopefully there won't be crowds of annoying teenagers in the cinema because they'll all have seen it weeks ago.
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Saw 'Hanna' yesterday. Good fun. What a toughy she is!
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We finally saw Waiting For Superman, all about the hot mess that is our public school system. Very interesting, but also depressing and unabashedly anti-union. Exceedingly pro-charter, but that begs the question, what happens to kids that are driven out of charter schools, because charter schools are allowed to do this. Do we just give up on our special needs kids? The film failed to address these issues. Milwaukee was featured prominently, and not in a good way. 'The Dance of the Lemons' was an entirely new concept to me, and one I almost would have preferred to know nothing about.
Before that, we saw The King's Speech. I was quite disappointed. I love Geoffrey Rush, but that was a painfully predictable, mediocre offering. I found myself shouting A stammer? Really? Some of us have real problems! Guess it's not the film's fault that I can be such an old curmudgeon. :laugh:
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We saw "The Tree of Life" yesterday and despite all the wonderful reviews it received from various reviewers I found it pretentious, trite and beyond boring.
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Beautifully expressed, monrein. I've heard similar reviews from other people whose opinion I respect. It's not on my viewing list.
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Harry Potter 7.2 (3D) ... Oh. Despite it seeming like a we have to tie it all up, there's not really a storyline film, I did find myself to be strangely tearful that it's come to an end. This was most odd, but soon forgotten.
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Okay, the cinema junkie (me) saw ANOTHER film at the cinema; Super 8. Awww, it was horrifically cutesy. And I was a little perturbed that it was rated a 12A (children under 12 can see it but must be accompanied by an adult) because it was quite scary in places. Or I'm just becoming a bit more wussier the older I get. Please don't jump up to leave as soon as the credits start rolling because you will miss the kids film and it was quite sweet.
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Popsie, I loved Super8.
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Super 8 was gr8!
I love the movies, and I can always find something to like even in bad movies. I mean, I found something to like in the movie remake of Charlie's Angels! But I saw THE WORST MOVIE EVER tonight from our Netflix queue. It was a New Zealand sci-fi flick made in the mid 80s about a scientist who wakes up one morning and finds he is the only living person on Earth. Sounds interesting, but NO, it was NOT. My husband had to take a potty break, and while he was out of the room, I fast forwarded the movie about 15 minutes, and when my husband returned, he had not even noticed. THAT's how dull it was. If you ever come across a movie called The Quiet Earth, run screaming from the premises. Oh dear God, it was mortifyingly dull. It didn't have a single redeeming factor. I can't get its horribleness out of my mind!
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We watched The Station Agent after having the Netflix dvd sitting in our home for approximately a month. It had a series of lovely moments, but did not really add up to anything. I thought the characters were wonderfully performed. It's been a long time since I've seen a film and thought to myself "yeah, I know people like that". I was annoyed with the cause of death for the woman's son. I don't think a parent wrote the script because that is an extremely unusual way to die, and exploits parents' fears unnecessarily. Your child is not going to die if you let them alone on the playground or turn your head away for a moment. Sheesh. I ought to know, having one of the most defiant children I've ever met in my home. If anything he has taught me to relax because he will do what he wants and there is precious little I can do to stop him most times.
Loads of uncomfortable moments for the dwarf character. It reminds me of going down the road to the trendy shopping district and there was a dwarf couple there. Liot smiled and waved to them which made the woman just beam and smile and wave back. Then he said to me, out of earshot and with a happy sound to his voice "those big kids really freaked me out" which made me a bit sad, but he's only five. I told him that that word hurts feelings and that they were just ordinary people like his father and I are. He had a few questions about whether they were real grown-ups or something, which I answered as directly as I could. He seemed to really take that to heart and being the frighteningly intelligent child that he is, hopefully the message will stick.
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Since my husband took this past weekend off, we've done quite a lot of movie viewing. We saw "The Debt" one day and "The Help" the next, and I was really struck by the fact that Jessica Chastain played both the young Rachel in "Debt" and Celia Foote in "Help". What a versatile actress in such varied roles. "The Debt" had some twists that I really appreciated; it was a very intelligent thriller.
I had read "The Help" before I learned it was to be made into a movie, and I enjoyed the story. Once the movie was released, I was interested in the controversy surrounding it that seemed to take two forms; 1. that it was not "dangerous" enough and 2. that once again a white person comes to the rescue of the black people in the story. I had not really thought about either of those ideas when I read the book, so when I went to see the movie, I thought I'd try to see if those criticisms rang true.
Regarding the first criticism, I came away with the notion that you can deliver a message gently and have it still make an enormous impact. I have a feeling that if the screenplay had been more "dangerous", one could have complained that it either was "too preachy" or that it's just wrong somehow to have a white character speak for black ones. I felt the tone of the film hit the right note. Even my husband, who is a fan of sci-fi and horror flicks, said that he found the movie to be profoundly moving, and that says something.
I didn't see the Skeeter character as coming to anyone's rescue. I looked long and hard, and I just did not see this. If anything, Skeeter was the least prominent character in the film. She was just the conduit. I thought the Celia Foote character was the most compelling. She was white, but she still didn't fit in, but the fact that she didn't know how to conform actually made her to be one of the freer characters.
We're thinking of seeing "Our Idiot Brother" sometime this weekend. At first, I thought it would be yet another one of those "I'm a grown man but don't know how to act like it" movies we're seeing so many of lately, but I've read several reviews that seem to indicate that this film is much more than that.
I love the movies!!
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Interesting commentary on The Help, MM, and I especially appreciate it because I have no intention of seeing the film. Reading the book was enough for me.
I think Roger Ebert agrees with you, and said something to the point of "we learn that even a 'safe' film can still be compelling". I was uncomfortable from the start - in one of those murky, uncertain ways - with Skeeter and also with the knowledge that the author was white and seemed to make that first-time writer mistake of essentially writing herself into the protagonist role. Skeeter had no real flaws. That's a problem. We were inside her mind for much of the book and yet her mistakes were all innocent and benign, we don't even get to hear her unbecoming thoughts, which ALL real people have. I saw many parallels to anthropology (also psychology). Yes, I know we are talking about fiction, but the heroine in this book can be criticized in the same way that Freud and countless anthropologists are criticized - using someone else's life story, their very soul in fact, for personal gain, and no serious discussion of the possible injustice of that. The fact that this book deals in black/white relations just adds another complication to this age-old debate.
Again, I did not see the film, but even the dark parts of the book seemed to only receive passing mention, which robbed them of their gravity. It did not want to go into potentially offensive territory, so the one character (Hilly) is a complete cartoon villain with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Can we not challenge an audience with full characters who can be both racist yet sincerely altruistic, or great mothers, or whatever? One of the most difficult aspects of the book In Cold Blood was that I started to sympathize with the murderers, and was horrified to find that I could feel anything but utter contempt for them. I read that book over 20 years ago, and I imagine I will remember that experience long after I've forgot that I ever read The Help. This is what I think was meant with the 'not dangerous enough' criticism. I wanted to see more resistance from the black community, less unanimous adulation. They were grateful to Skeeter, but in the end Skeeter profited most, and I did not see any of the natural resentment that you would expect in this situation. Gratitude toward white people for reporting on a dire situation in which they are all in some way complicit is probably what struck me as most problematic. It is like we were supposed to join the author in saying "That Skeeter - what a good person." I think the book sorely lacked a Malcolm X-style character, neither villain nor saint, who could not be won over by Skeeter.
I still think it was a well-done book in many ways, but I can see how many people would take her to task over some of the story's more obvious failings.
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I started watching Lost In Translation, but so far, I just keep hitting pause and wandering away to do something more interesting. Unless someone can tell it gets drastically more interesting towards the end, I'm giving up and going to watch the rest of Shaun the Sheep, Season 1. ::)
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I love Shaun the Sheep.
Cariad, I can see your points; I agree that there seemed to be unanimous adultation and no resentment toward Skeeter, and it would have been intriguing to see a character who refused to be won over by her. I am thinking that Minnie was supposed to be that sort of a character at first, but then again, she capitulated and began to cooperate. I am not sure what to think about this particular conundrum, though. If a "Malcolm X-style" character had been introduced, I have to wonder if that would have lead to charges of tokenism. I'm also wondering if it's valid to believe that the reason no such character was introduced was because the stories were about women, and maybe the explanation is that women might be less inclined to hold Skeeter responsible for the racist status quo. Maybe one could claim that these women saw the wisdom of cooperating with Skeeter as being the price to be paid to tell their stories, thereby introducing the impetus for change. They certainly resented the other white women in their lives! I don't think this is a book/movie that can possibly escape criticism from someone, and that might not be such a bad thing.
I didn't read In Cold Blood until just 2 years ago, and it's a book that will stay with me for a very long time.
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I have to jump in here being a movie-holic. :lol; We have so many movies of our own that we had decided to watch them in alphabetical order and it took us 2 years to watch them all! We've started over but we have added quite a few more since then.
I absolutely LOVE foreign films. Two of my all time favs are The Cuckoo (Russian/Finnish) and The Man Without a Past (Finnish). I don't really like the newer Japanese ones. Too much horror/gore for me.
Two of my favorite directors are Aki Kaurismaki and Renny Harlin (both Finnish)
I usually don't go to the movies unless I am being paid to go. (One of the studios will call and ask me to go audit a movie usually opening weekend). The most recent movies I have seen...
Arthur (remake) not too bad for a remake. The original was the best.
X-Men: First Class - I love the X-men series and for me, this one did not disappoint.
Pirates 4 - Gotta love Johnny Depp!
Harry Potter 7 - Glad they stuck with the book for the ending and didn't try to change it.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - surprisingly good. Made me homesick where it was set.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 - Loved it!
I know there were a couple more but I can't think of them right now without going through my paperwork.
As far as older movies, we are up to the letter "D" Just watched Day of Wrath with Christopher Lambert (sigh!) Next is Days of Thunder withTom Cruise. Used to really like Tom Cruise not so much any more. We're big NASCAR fans though, I think that's why we like this one so much. Also both of my brothers used to race.
Speaking of changing the ending...How about Forrest Gump? Loved the movie BUT the ending was completely different from the book. I suggest reading both Forrest Gump" and the sequel, "Gump & Co." Both are excellent!
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Oh Cebushan, I am such a fan of foreign flicks, so I'd be very interested in hearing your Top Ten Foreign Films. I have not heard of the two you mentioned in your post, so I'll see if I can get those on Netflix.
My husband loves those Japanese horror flicks, but I'm not a real fan. I feel like I live with enough dread and horror in my real life to find such films entertaining. But I do like Hong Kong crime films...they are particularly creative. Spanish horror films are pretty artistic and creative... (The Devil's Backbone comes to mind.
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Hmmm... Top Ten?! Tough one! :popcorn;
1) The Cuckoo :-*
2) The Man Without a Past :)
3) Crimson Rivers 1 & 2 (Jean Reno, just love him) :o
4) The Duchess of Langeais (Guillaume Depardieu, what a loss when he was killed) :'(
5)Talk to Her ;)
6) Downfall :o
7) Joyeux Noel :'(
8) La Vie En Rose :-* :'(
9) Pan's Labyrinth :o :'(
10) The Lake House (Original Korean Version) :-*
There are so many more!
If you include British Films:
Anything with Monty Python :rofl;
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)
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I started watching Lost In Translation, but so far, I just keep hitting pause and wandering away to do something more interesting. Unless someone can tell it gets drastically more interesting towards the end, I'm giving up and going to watch the rest of Shaun the Sheep, Season 1. ::)
Gah! That horrible, horrible film! Run straight to Shaun the Sheep and don't look back, jbeany!
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Oooh, thanks for the list, CebuShan! I've seen a couple of those, several more are on my Netflix queue and some I've never even heard of, so I have some great viewing ahead of me! thanks!
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I started watching Lost In Translation, but so far, I just keep hitting pause and wandering away to do something more interesting. Unless someone can tell it gets drastically more interesting towards the end, I'm giving up and going to watch the rest of Shaun the Sheep, Season 1. ::)
Gah! That horrible, horrible film! Run straight to Shaun the Sheep and don't look back, jbeany!
Oh good, it's not just me then!
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I've been to the cinema seven times in the last month. I really need a job. And a life.
So, having begun the month with Harry Potter 7.2 and Super 8, I ended it with:
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (brilliant, loved it); Cowboys and Aliens (brilliant, loved it); The Inbetweeners Movie (although it's been highly successful here, I doubt it will be shown in America - it's a film spin-off from a British comedy tv show about four teenage boys and was just like having to sit through a thirty minute episode which dragged on and on and on and on and on but not being able to go and put the kettle on in the non-existent advert breaks ... *yawn*); Final Destination 5 3D (I love the FD films and I got the twist quite early on which made me happy); Apollo 18 (better than I was expecting because me and the moon don't really get on much).
Last week I accidentally deleted Twilight from my SKY+ box. Grrr. I have seen it before, but I don't own it and I fancied some sexy vampire time. This afternoon I'm planning on settling down with The Crazies (which I love) and later in the week I'll be enjoying some comedic moments with Four Lions (which I also love).
Has anybody seen Fright Night? I'm in two minds as to whether to toddle off to the cinema to see it.
If you include British Films:
Anything with Monty Python :rofl;
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)
Oh, us Brits have WAY better films than that! And foreign? *chuckles* ... foreign to me is defined by anything 'non-English speaking'. But that's made me think ... America is foreign but I suppose I know so much about you that you're not, not really.
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Oh, us Brits have WAY better films than that! And foreign? *chuckles* ... foreign to me is defined by anything 'non-English speaking'. But that's made me think ... America is foreign but I suppose I know so much about you that you're not, not really.
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I agree. I think of only non-English speaking as "foreign" but I have talked to oters who think anything not made by an American studio as foreign.
I LOVE British comedies! "The Full Monty" & "Keeping Mum" are two of my favorites!
A couple of years ago I got my husband the full series of "Are You Being Served?" That is his absolute favorite TV show! As many times as we've watched it, it still makes us roll on the floor! :rofl;
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I really liked Four Lions and also The Infidel, both British comedies that I thought were really cleverly written.
Anyone like Bollywood movies? We love those in our house! We like the old-fashioned musical films, but more recently we've been watching some pretty serious Indian movies that we've learned a lot from. I saw Mr. and Mrs. Iyer at a film festival in London and then again with my husband a few years ago; it was the first Indian film he had ever seen. We've seen the occasional Indian ghost story that has been really creative.
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many people have already said this, but rise of the planet of the apes was pretty good, some slow spots, but overall, good story. Explains why the apes got mad at humans, makes you feel for ceasar.
The Mechanic, rented this one a few weeks back. It was good action. very enjoyable. Lots of gun play, awesome ! Other than the transporter, I enjoy jason statham movies (ie. Death Race).
I'm a huge fan of all the Saw movies. I have 2 Billy the puppet plush dolls, one is beside my bed. Jigsaw always teaches people there are consequences to your actions, and your choices have consequences as well.
Hostel was good, but hostel 2 was a little bit of a disappointment.
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*shudder*
I don't do horror movies. Nope, none, sorry, ugh.
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Hostel was good, but hostel 2 was a little bit of a disappointment.
Agreed. Did you know they've made a Hostel 3, based in the US (Las Vegas)? I think it's a direct to DVD, but I don't think it's been released yet.
*shudder*
I don't do horror movies. Nope, none, sorry, ugh.
Ack, you wuss!
I love horror, particularly horror that seems as though it 'could happen'.
Anyone like Bollywood movies?
I'll be honest, the closest I've come to a Bollywood film is Slumdog Millionaire. So, um, no. Do they all have dancing in them?! (That's what's put me off in the past ... I find musicals really difficult to process.)
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Hostel was good, but hostel 2 was a little bit of a disappointment.
Agreed. Did you know they've made a Hostel 3, based in the US (Las Vegas)? I think it's a direct to DVD, but I don't think it's been released yet.
I love horror, particularly horror that seems as though it 'could happen'.
I've not heard anything about hostel 3, I really enjoyed the first one, so even the slightest news about another hostel, I would've been all over it.
One that I've been wanting to watch is The Human Centipede. I can't find it on rental anywhere, and i can't justify the $28 buying it brand new either.
I've been watching horror since I was like 5-6. I remember watching Friday the 13th when i was small. Awesome ! :clap;
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Hehe, the outlook for Hostel 3 is not good, mostly because Eli Roth isn't involved at all (it's on imdb.com, but there's lots of info if you Google it too.)
Earlier this year one of my students asked me if I'd seen The Human Centipede. No, I said. Is it good? Yeh, let me find you a picture, he said. And boy, did he find me a picture. Oi, you're logged on as me, I shrieked. Bluddy teenagers. It's been on the tellybox lots over here just recently, but I've not watched it (that damn picture put me off!)
I don't even remember the first horror film I saw. I do know that when I was nine I wanted to watch The Omen and had a real strop because my brother (who was about thirteen at the time) was allowed to watch it.
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Hehe, the outlook for Hostel 3 is not good, mostly because Eli Roth isn't involved at all (it's on imdb.com, but there's lots of info if you Google it too.)
Earlier this year one of my students asked me if I'd seen The Human Centipede. No, I said. Is it good? Yeh, let me find you a picture, he said. And boy, did he find me a picture. Oi, you're logged on as me, I shrieked. Bluddy teenagers. It's been on the tellybox lots over here just recently, but I've not watched it (that damn picture put me off!)
I don't even remember the first horror film I saw. I do know that when I was nine I wanted to watch The Omen and had a real strop because my brother (who was about thirteen at the time) was allowed to watch it.
i've been watching horror pretty much all my life. When i was a kid, my parents had no qualms letting me watch horror. I remember the very first horror i watched (can't remember the name of the movie), but one scene a flying hand hit the windshield of a car. I couldn't sleep for weeks after that. Now, even watching the scariest movie, i sleep like a log.
The Human Centipede - they claim it is anatomically correct, or something like that.
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When it comes to "horror" movies, give me the old ones. The ones where you didn't see all the blood and gore :puke; , you used your imagination! Believe me, I have a vivid enough imagination that I don't need to see it! I'm talking movies like "Night of the Living Dead" (the original in B&W) or "The Tingler" ( I remember how scared I was!) or "The Birds" (The day after seeing that, I came out to go to school, the local birds had gotten drunk on Pyracantha berries and were lined up on the wires and fences [just like in the movie]) and, of course, "Psycho" (the original with Anthony Perkins).
:popcorn;
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When it comes to "horror" movies, give me the old ones. The ones where you didn't see all the blood and gore :puke; , you used your imagination! Believe me, I have a vivid enough imagination that I don't need to see it! I'm talking movies like "Night of the Living Dead" (the original in B&W) or "The Tingler" ( I remember how scared I was!) or "The Birds" (The day after seeing that, I came out to go to school, the local birds had gotten drunk on Pyracantha berries and were lined up on the wires and fences [just like in the movie]) and, of course, "Psycho" (the original with Anthony Perkins).
:popcorn;
night of the living dead, a classic. I've watched all of romero's 'dead' movies. My wife however, hates zombie movies, it gives her nightmares. Interestingly enough, she enjoyed The Walking Dead on AMC.
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*shudder*
I don't do horror movies. Nope, none, sorry, ugh.
I'm with you there, jbeany. I once told a film aficianado friend that I don't watch horror movies any more, and she immediately said "Oh yeah? Which one got you?" I replied The Ring. I did not feel right for days after seeing it. The only other film that has had that effect on me was Seven, and I have no idea why I did not just give up on the genre with that one.
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My husband loves horror...you should see our Netflix queue. He sneaks a lot of horror films in there. I tell him that I live with enough dread in my every day life, thank you very much. ::)
His favorite movie is The Ring. I had seen the Japanese version, and I have to say I liked it. I hated the American version, though, although it's my husband's number 1 flick.
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Oh, I gave up long before The Ring came out! I think the Shining was enough for me - I watched it on video when I was about 12, and that was the end of wanting to see horror movies. I did watch Seven, though - and generally wished I hadn't. My then-hubby rented it, popped it in and said, "It's a cop movie." Well, yeah, I suppose. Ugh.
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Oh, I gave up long before The Ring came out! I think the Shining was enough for me - I watched it on video when I was about 12, and that was the end of wanting to see horror movies. I did watch Seven, though - and generally wished I hadn't. My then-hubby rented it, popped it in and said, "It's a cop movie." Well, yeah, I suppose. Ugh.
7 was pretty good, the ending is something you would never expect.
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I was having a little bit of a down day yesterday. :'( I think it was the lousy weather. My solution:
My husband & I watched, "We Are Marshall" last night. Great movie and very encouraging for anyone that is ready to quit. :cheer:
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We saw Contagion today, and I have to admit to really liking those disaster movies about epidemics, pandemics, germs, viruses, rampant bacteria and such. :P
I love previews, and we saw a preview of the American remake of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I was a little underwhelmed by the original Swedish version. I felt that the portrayal of Lisbeth Salander, one of the most intriguing characters in fiction today, was a tad bit "cleaner" than in the book, but that's a bit picky, I know. I wasn't thrilled with the casting of the male lead, and I am hoping Daniel Craig will bring a bit more oomph to it in the new movie (although the character himself was a little dull, especially compared to Lisbeth). I generally like the original, foreign-language version to the usual tarted up US version, but this just may be an exception. Still, it was only a preview, but it looked exciting. I can't wait.
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We saw Contagion today, and I have to admit to really liking those disaster movies about epidemics, pandemics, germs, viruses, rampant bacteria and such. :P
I love previews, and we saw a preview of the American remake of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I was a little underwhelmed by the original Swedish version. I felt that the portrayal of Lisbeth Salander, one of the most intriguing characters in fiction today, was a tad bit "cleaner" than in the book, but that's a bit picky, I know. I wasn't thrilled with the casting of the male lead, and I am hoping Daniel Craig will bring a bit more oomph to it in the new movie (although the character himself was a little dull, especially compared to Lisbeth). I generally like the original, foreign-language version to the usual tarted up US version, but this just may be an exception. Still, it was only a preview, but it looked exciting. I can't wait.
I'm not so hot on the epidemic movies (they usually resort to graphic scenes) but I love the books!
I too usually prefer the originals to the US versions. The US almost always has to "change" the movie. The one exception that I have found o far is the "Lake House". The American version was almost exactly like the Korean version. I loved them both!
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We saw Contagion today, and I have to admit to really liking those disaster movies about epidemics, pandemics, germs, viruses, rampant bacteria and such. :P.
Oh, I love films (and tv progs) about virus related end of the world scenarios! We saw a trailer for Contagion today but it isn't released over here for another six weeks or so.
We saw TrollHunter (or The Troll Hunter) today, a Norwegian film about ... yep, you guessed didn't you? Trolls! It was actually pretty good. Allegedly there's some talk of Hollywood already wanting to remake it, but with trolls not being part of American legend it would be interesting to see what angle they took. American backpackers in Norway perhaps ...
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I'm big on those disaster movies too !! I also want to see contagion, but my wife isn't too keen on it so I'll have to wait until it is on dvd.
Twister (good movie, but whatever happened to jan de bont ?), day after tomorrow (I did like it until i found out it was a political environmental movie), and numerous others !
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Oh, I gave up long before The Ring came out! I think the Shining was enough for me - I watched it on video when I was about 12, and that was the end of wanting to see horror movies. I did watch Seven, though - and generally wished I hadn't. My then-hubby rented it, popped it in and said, "It's a cop movie." Well, yeah, I suppose. Ugh.
shudder. I avoid horror. "The Amityville horror" is the last horror I watched, except onetime I went to see a sci fi film and it turned out to be horror, boy was I grumpy about that! Can't remember the name of it. Hurrumph.
Do they all have dancing in them?! (That's what's put me off in the past ... I find musicals really difficult to process.)
I don't mind a bit of mad dancing, its often very amusing (and tongue in cheek). Not that I've been to see any movies at all for a very loooong time. But last weekend, I took the boys (gregory and his father) for a walk after dinner, and we found ourselves in Hyde Park, Sydney. There was a smallish crowd / large group of people miilling around, and there were big lights set up (turned off) and cameras of different kinds.. it was a bit mysterious, and Gregory said to me "you're the talkative one in the family, go and find out what's going on." So I did, I spoke to this lovely young man who explained that his friend was off in a nearby restaurent having dinner with his girlfriend. Then they were going to come past the park on a romantic stroll, and then he was going to propose to his girlfriend at the fountain in Hyde Park. And he had all his friends there to do a big bollywood style routine around them, and his parents were sitting on a bench nearby ready to come forward with signs saying "marry me" or some such.
How delightful! I said, what happens if she says no? The young man grinned and said, well its all over then, we go to the pub!
I wonder how it went. We found them at 9pm, and though they couldn't say when the couple would come past, they expected it would be around 10pm so we didn't wait.
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We saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy today ... it was pretty good actually (not usually the sort of film which would be my cup of tea). I even managed to work out who the naughty one was, despite never having read the book nor seen the Seventies BBC adaptation. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.
;D
Last night we nearly missed Panic at Rock Island, an Australian made for tv film (2011) about a highly contagious man-made virus sweeping through a rock festival. I liked it, despite its mediocrity and need for copious scenes of vomit. I'm not sure how they managed to get Grant Bowler (True Blood, Ugly Betty, Lost) on board though ...
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OMG this a grate thread I have to say this will help with my Job a lot since I don't have to much time to watch a lot of movies you guys are going to help me a lot. I am that person that magically puts those movies in those red boxes at the grocery stores the ones you rent from. I am always being asked what is a good movie.I know I know what you guys are going to say I have all these movies for free and I don't watch them well sorry guys I like to read better.
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The boys watched Enchanted the other night. I could see it from my desk, but did not really watch. It looked cute enough.
I know it's not a film, but we are fairly addicted to Gavin and Stacey right now. There were only 3 seasons shot of it, so we've almost finished the lot. Ruth Jones has created just about the funniest character ever, and she is so very Welsh with her red dragons everywhere. Gwyn has said her Welsh pronunciation is quite good, though he could tell she is not a native speaker. I love the absurdity of her type of character, people who have lived about a dozen lifetimes, mention anything and she stares off into the middle distance and tells a tale of wild adventure and intrigue, as well as the inside dirt on a random array of celebrities.
We only have two episodes left to watch. :(
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OMG this a grate thread I have to say this will help with my Job a lot since I don't have to much time to watch a lot of movies you guys are going to help me a lot. I am that person that magically puts those movies in those red boxes at the grocery stores the ones you rent from. I am always being asked what is a good movie.I know I know what you guys are going to say I have all these movies for free and I don't watch them well sorry guys I like to read better.
Pitagory you have an awesome job! I used to take care of Sony DVD displays in 3 different Menard's stores & I loved it! ( I had to give it up after being on D for awhile, the drive [120 mi. round trip] got to be too much for me. I also do movie audits for the various studios. (That's about the only time I get to see movies.) We have quite a large collection of DVDs ourselves so we don't rent many. (I am a little old-fashioned, I guess, I have never rented from one of the kiosk's. I have belonged to Netflix before but usually when I rent, I rent from a real live store) I loved taking care of the displays mostly because I was able to find a bunch of the older movies that we have been looking for. Ever since the format changed from VHS to DVD we have been trying to replace all of our tapes, not easy!
Are you an independent contractor or do you work for Redbox? I am an independent contractor.
The boys watched Enchanted the other night. I could see it from my desk, but did not really watch. It looked cute enough.
I loved Enchanted! It was such a cute movie.
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The boys watched Enchanted the other night. I could see it from my desk, but did not really watch. It looked cute enough.
I know it's not a film, but we are fairly addicted to Gavin and Stacey right now. There were only 3 seasons shot of it, so we've almost finished the lot. Ruth Jones has created just about the funniest character ever, and she is so very Welsh with her red dragons everywhere. Gwyn has said her Welsh pronunciation is quite good, though he could tell she is not a native speaker. I love the absurdity of her type of character, people who have lived about a dozen lifetimes, mention anything and she stares off into the middle distance and tells a tale of wild adventure and intrigue, as well as the inside dirt on a random array of celebrities.
We only have two episodes left to watch. :(
Enchanted was quite clever; I enjoyed it thoroughly. I love Amy Whats-her-name (didn't get any sleep last night, not thinking clearly.)
I am soooooo glad you've been watching Gavin and Stacey because I have seen all episodes EXCEPT for the Christmas special. I don't know why my DVR didn't record it! I've seen parts of it on YouTube, but I cannot for the life of me work out what happened on the fishing trip!!!! Can you tell me? I've been dying to know!!! Isn't Ruth Jones just brilliant? But PLEASE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FISHING TRIP!
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But PLEASE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FISHING TRIP!
They never actually reveal what happened on the fishing trip. There's a brief discussion about how it was cold, and how it wasn't illegal but that's all you get. I think it's up to us to use our imaginations! (At least, I think that's the case ... it has been a while since I saw it!) I get the impression it's just a trivial thing which has caused embarrassment to Bryn, but wouldn't necessarily to anyone else.
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I am soooooo glad you've been watching Gavin and Stacey because I have seen all episodes EXCEPT for the Christmas special. I don't know why my DVR didn't record it! I've seen parts of it on YouTube, but I cannot for the life of me work out what happened on the fishing trip!!!! Can you tell me? I've been dying to know!!! Isn't Ruth Jones just brilliant? But PLEASE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FISHING TRIP!
We've not watched the Christmas Special as I cannot stand anything remotely Christmas out of season. Boxing Day I want the ornaments stashed and the tree gone, but it usually takes us until New Years Day. Anything later than that and I become really testy. Uptight? Me??
Apparently that episode was originally meant to be the final installment, but then they went in for a third season. Anyhow, if I remember we'll watch it in December - but why wait? $2 on Amazon Instant Video and you could watch it on your computer, or television if you have that capability. We watched all the other episodes for free, but that takes a bit of extra effort. (We do not go in for anything illegal like bit torrent.)
Watching these episodes brought me right back to time spent with my in-laws - everything is 'fair play' with them. I don't care for the adjective 'lush' and that one does not strike me as particularly Welsh as I heard it in England from the kids. Cannot argue with 'immense', 'genuine' or 'tidy'. Love those! And Ruth Jones' deadpan delivery was just superb. I read that they were going to do an American version, and I so desperately hope that does not/did not happen. It was going to be a Jersey boy with a Southern girl. It just does not have the same classic tension, and I know New Jersey people think the whole country is au fait with their various quirks and regionalisms, but it would all go straight past me.
We are going to see if we can get into Peep Show as I've seen David Mitchell on Graham Norton and he is always quite funny. We are also considering starting on Lost. I watched a few episodes of Glee back when I was so ill, but it just did not do it for me. Not enough Jane Lynch, and her character fell a little flat I thought. (I better go hide now, as I know there are devoted Glee fans everywhere....)
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Are you familiar with the show: "Are You Being Served?" That is my husband's absolute favorite! A couple of years ago I bought him the complete series. A bit expensive but worth it! I love Mollie Sugden!
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I don't care for the adjective 'lush' and that one does not strike me as particularly Welsh as I heard it in England from the kids.
We are going to see if we can get into Peep Show as I've seen David Mitchell on Graham Norton and he is always quite funny.
As an English gal I can promise that I never EVER heard the word 'lush' used in the same context as it is in G&S, before it became popular due to G&S. I'd suggest that it didn't really catch on because it's very unusual to hear it now, at least in my part of the world.
As an aside I only ever watched G&S because I used to have a massive crush on Mathew Horne, back in the days when he was in Teachers which was a brilliant British comedy made by Channel 4. It ran for about four series' in the early to mid Noughties - I think the States liked it so much they made their own version, but it was very British in its humour so I'm not sure how well the Stateside copy worked.
I never really watched Peep Show. However, if anybody wants some Brit sitcom ideas I can recommend Spaced (a few years old, but starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), Lead Balloon (with Jack Dee) and Sirens (which has just finished its first series and has Richard Madden - he who plays Robb Stark in Game of Thrones - in it.)
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Hmmm, not very movie reviewish ...
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Cebushan- I work for them. It is the best job ever. I go in when ever I want and work as many or as little hours per day that I want as long as the new releases are in the kiosks the day before they are to be released and I get them one week in advance.the company is in the top 25 on fortunes 100 fastest growing companies list.
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I heard 'lush' used as a synonym for awesome waaaay before Gavin and Stacey, but with little kids, maybe 10 years old or so. I found the Gavin and Stacey characters to be the dullest of the ensemble, oddly, so if I hadn't been testing out our new Roku connection, I probably never would have got into it. Gwyn was delighted to discover it, because it was filmed on location. That little church that was shown all through the series is where his brother got married. Loved the uncle. Rob Brydon is a brilliant impressionist and has excellent comic timing. Most important, they are all genuinely Welsh. So many of the truly superb Welsh actors were forced to give up their accents and pretend to be English that it is nice to see people hired for the accent instead of in spite of it.
Ah, CebuShan, I know what Are You Being Served looks like, but have never watched. Gwyn utterly hates it, no idea why. We've never been big television watchers, and did not even own one until we had kids. Before all the strict laws about telemarketing, we used to have people attempt to sell us cable over the phone and at the door. I loved the stupefied looks/sounds when I would tell them that we did not own a set, and therefore cable would be a bit pointless. They really could not overcome that obstacle.... :rofl;
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Cebushan- I work for them. It is the best job ever. I go in when ever I want and work as many or as little hours per day that I want as long as the new releases are in the kiosks the day before they are to be released and I get them one week in advance.the company is in the top 25 on fortunes 100 fastest growing companies list.
That is so great! I wish more companies would let you set your own schedules. That's why my husband & I started our own.
Ah, CebuShan, I know what Are You Being Served looks like, but have never watched. Gwyn utterly hates it, no idea why. We've never been big television watchers, and did not even own one until we had kids. Before all the strict laws about telemarketing, we used to have people attempt to sell us cable over the phone and at the door. I loved the stupefied looks/sounds when I would tell them that we did not own a set, and therefore cable would be a bit pointless. They really could not overcome that obstacle.... :rofl;
:lol; I love doing that now! Ever since the switch to digital, we have been unable to get any TV reception (We live out in the middle of nowhere and can't get cable. We can get Dish Network but I don't want to pay for a bunch of channels that we would never watch!). I know the looks you are talking about. They just can't seem to understand how anyone could survive without TV!
People also are shocked to find out that I still have dial-up! Where we are located, can't get anything else.
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:lol; I love doing that now! Ever since the switch to digital, we have been unable to get any TV reception (We live out in the middle of nowhere and can't get cable. We can get Dish Network but I don't want to pay for a bunch of channels that we would never watch!). I know the looks you are talking about. They just can't seem to understand how anyone could survive without TV!
Ah, so you have seen the look, then. This is exactly it. They look at you as if thinking Surely you're breaking some law here.... I remember telling one woman over the phone that I did not own a television, and she spoke in this knowing tone, as if she were now going to get right to the heart of the problem with We have lots of educational programming. Yeah, OK, we still don't have a television, honey.... Talk about your hard sells!
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Ah, so you have seen the look, then. This is exactly it. They look at you as if thinking Surely you're breaking some law here.... I remember telling one woman over the phone that I did not own a television, and she spoke in this knowing tone, as if she were now going to get right to the heart of the problem with We have lots of educational programming. Yeah, OK, we still don't have a television, honey.... Talk about your hard sells!
:lol; Sometimes I like to answer the phone to telemarketers just to play with their minds! I had one call that was trying to sell me siding. I let him go on with his spiel then told him that sounded great. I asked about cost, let him go on, THEN I asked how much for a mobile home. There was dead silence on the phone before he finally said we don't do mobile homes. Well, I said, I live in one. He apologized and hung up!.
Anyway, back to movies, I watched Dennis the Menace last night. What a cute movie! Reminds me of almost all of the boys I have ever known! Christopher Lloyd was perfect as the "bad guy".
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I finally managed to watch the film “Valkyrie”,
the story about Count Claus von Stauffenberg’s resistance and the plot.
The film claims to be truthfully based on facts, and many facts in the film agree with what I have read.
But the film makes events very “picturesque”, and that makes me doubt whether I am really told the true facts.
Why?
Because von Stauffenberg was a realist and very well trained in the army.
He also originated from an old aristocratic family and they would not have sent him
to the family’s traditional regiment and the Academy if he would have been the “fool” of the family.
But in the story he acts like a fool: he takes the fact, that his bomb went off in lots of smoke and noise,
as a fact that Hitler was killed by this bomb. He fails to look for any evidence.
Would an intelligent army-person act like that? I doubt it.
I am sure that von Stauffenberg – like many other Germans – worked in the Resistance
and I am sure he took lots of risks like many other Germans at the time, but I don’t think he was a fool.
Perhaps one day we have a chance to find out the true facts.
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I finally managed to watch the film “Valkyrie”,
the story about Count Claus von Stauffenberg’s resistance and the plot.
The film claims to be truthfully based on facts, and many facts in the film agree with what I have read.
But the film makes events very “picturesque”, and that makes me doubt whether I am really told the true facts.
Why?
Because von Stauffenberg was a realist and very well trained in the army.
He also originated from an old aristocratic family and they would not have sent him
to the family’s traditional regiment and the Academy if he would have been the “fool” of the family.
But in the story he acts like a fool: he takes the fact, that his bomb went off in lots of smoke and noise,
as a fact that Hitler was killed by this bomb. He fails to look for any evidence.
Would an intelligent army-person act like that? I doubt it.
I am sure that von Stauffenberg – like many other Germans – worked in the Resistance
and I am sure he took lots of risks like many other Germans at the time, but I don’t think he was a fool.
Perhaps one day we have a chance to find out the true facts.
If you want to see an excellent movie about Hitler watch "Downfall". It is a German film and it is one of the best films I have ever seen! Right now, we are up to "E" and we are watching "Eragon". Love the movie but the books are even better!
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Hello, CebuShan.
What is the film "Downfall" all about?
Is it to with plotting to overthrow the regime ?
Thanks from Kristina.
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Hello, CebuShan.
What is the film "Downfall" all about?
Is it to with plotting to overthrow the regime ?
Thanks from Kristina.
"Downfall" is about the downfall of the third reich and Hitler's downward spiral.
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We saw Don't Be Afraid of the Dark at the cinema last weekend. It was ... hmmmm ... okay. Ish.
I'd recorded Antichrist the other week and finally settled down to watch it last night. Has anybody else seen it? Ever-so dark, and a little bit odd. And very sad.
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Has anybody seen "Courageous" yet? We're going to see it this week.
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We watched Topsy-Turvy over again last night. I love that film. For some reason I just adore Jim Broadbent (I almost cried catching a bit of Moulin Rouge on the television - what the hell was he doing in that horrible pic??) Topsy-Turvey did get me all moody about not being involved with theatre any longer. I miss it.
We did watch the first episode of Peep Show a few weeks ago. I really liked it, but have not bothered to watch anymore. Have not even kept up with Colbert Nation. I just have not been in the mood for any of it lately. Since we no longer see television adverts, I have no idea what films are coming out, so there is nothing that I am actually excited about seeing. Just as well. On the rare occasions we do go to the cinema, it is always for kid films.
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Jim & I did get to see "Courageous". It was great! Only their 4th movie and they just keep getting better and better. I highly recommend it! As far as our movies, we are up to G. Ghost Rider tonight. Not a big Nicholas Cage fan but I do like him in this one. Watched The Full Monty the other night. I absolutely LOVE that movie!
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It's almost Halloween! Anyone planning to watch any scary movies? I'm really excited because Turner Classic Movies is showing two of my all-time faves back-to-back on Halloween night -- The Haunting and The Innocents. What are your favorite scary movies?
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It's almost Halloween! Anyone planning to watch any scary movies? I'm really excited because Turner Classic Movies is showing two of my all-time faves back-to-back on Halloween night -- The Haunting and The Innocents. What are your favorite scary movies?
My husband loves those kinds of movies. I'll send him over to your house!
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I'm not a fan of the gory/slasher movies. I like the suspense/thriller movies (I have a vivid enough imagination, I don't need to see all the details). I'm not sure if you could call it my favourite but the movie that scared me the most was the original "Halloween".
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This past Sunday, I took Grandson to a movie called "Reel Steel". A Stephen Spielburg. I loved it! Has anyone seen it yet? I think it is fairly new. It could be that it was great cause last movie I went to with my two grand- son's was " Kung Fu Panda". Goodness, Im getting old!!!
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Haven't had a chance to see Real Steel yet but I want to. I just love Hugh Jackman!
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We saw "In a Better World" tonight off our Netflix queue; it won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film last year. It was the most thought-provoking film I've seen in a very long time. It is a Danish film that explores violence and how different people cope with it. What's interesting is that you can't really say that it is a violent film. A truly excellent flick, worthy of accolades!
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I'm not sure if you could call it my favourite but the movie that scared me the most was the original "Halloween".
Halloween is the ONLY horror film which has ever completely freaked me out. I can usually laugh horror off (even The Exorcist; I wasn't impressed by that at all) but Halloween takes it to another level (for me!)
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I think the original "Halloween" being so scary has to do with the guy being human. He's not a "monster"/alien/unseen creature. Then when he's gone! I've got chills and it is broad daylight!
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You guys seen CONTAGION yet? Not a bad diseasey movie.
Cariad, I re-watched Topsy Turvy for the umpteenth time the other night. I absolutely love it. What a stellar cast!
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Saw the movie 'In Time' this weekend and thought it was very relevant to our current situations (the 'haves' vs. the 'have nots') and was really well done. Interesting concept that everything in the future was paid for "in time" (2 hours of time for a bus ride, 1 minute of time for a phone call, etc) .... and there were folks who were living with a day of time (accrued more time as you worked) and there were folks that had hundreds of years of time. Worth seeing.
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Saw J Edgar last nigth with friends. Thought it was 'good', not 'great'. Leonardo Dicaprio did a very good job. The old age make up on the actor who played his 'partner' was terrible. Wish I'd learned more about J Edgar Hoover in the movie, but there wasn't much new information revealed. Also didn't like the way they told the story so much (he was dictating his 'memoirs' to a bunch of different male secretaries and it would kick to flashbacks). Could've been better, but not a horrible movie.
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Saw DRIVE on the weekend. It is a ripper!!!
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"Puss and Boots" is a fun movie. I went to see it with the wife last week. It's animated, but contains subtle adult jokes.
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Managed our first post-transplant cinema trip today. We saw Dream House, which was okay (I'm not a big fan of Daniel Craig) if a bit predictable. We missed loads of films whilst we were out of action so hopefully it won't be too long before they're shown on Sky Box Office!
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Saw In Time yesterday. Average. Rotten Tomatoes rates it at 38% and I concur. Still, it only cost me $5 at the early birds session.
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Saw In Time yesterday.
That's one of the films we missed seeing so we're waiting for it to get shown on Sky Box Office. I thought it looked quite good ... :o
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Last night I went with a friend (for some odd reason Blokey didn't want to come with me) to see Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part One. I am now all sparkled out.
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(It was okay, but felt like filler till we get to the juicy Part Two next year; it was the same with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One. That just felt like filler too.)
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We enjoyed J. Edgar as well. DH liked it because it didn't play fast and loose with the facts like some historical movies are wont to do.
Thank you for mentioning that there were more than one male secretary. I thought I was losing my mind by the end because the secretaries changed (subtly) and I swore they were different people.
I think that the woman who played Helen Grady should be nominated for an Academy Award. I think she did a fabulous job showing the "power behind the power".
Saw J Edgar last nigth with friends. Thought it was 'good', not 'great'. Leonardo Dicaprio did a very good job. The old age make up on the actor who played his 'partner' was terrible. Wish I'd learned more about J Edgar Hoover in the movie, but there wasn't much new information revealed. Also didn't like the way they told the story so much (he was dictating his 'memoirs' to a bunch of different male secretaries and it would kick to flashbacks). Could've been better, but not a horrible movie.
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Saw The Thing today. I quite liked it and would now quite like to see the original 1982 The Thing (of which the 2011 version is a prequel). I think I may be the only person in the world who quite liked it though.
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For a "rerun" film, don't forget Secondhand Lion.
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IDES OF MARCH - A ripper! A bloody ripper!!
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Has anyone seen "Hugo"? I have heard it is good.
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My husband won a $25 Fandango gift certificate that can be used at the local cafe/theatre! We want to take the boys there after Christmas. There are only 3 films there right now, and one of them sounds hideous and the other is age-inappropriate. The 3rd is Tintin. Roger Ebert seemed to like it. Has anyone seen it, and would kids (little) enjoy it do you think? We don't get adverts anymore since we switched to Roku/Logitech. Very strange how much info about what's going on in the world comes to us via those blaring 30-second spots.
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Haven't seen Tintin yet but have heard it's very good. We watched "Cowboys & Aliens" last night. I really enjoyed it but Jim, not so much. He doesn't care for Sci-Fi ar much as I do.
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I've finally seen the new Sherlock film. I liked it.
Unfortunately it's left me in a bit of a pickle; I can't decide which Sherlock is better/sexier/nicer/lovelier ... Is it Robert Downey Junior's chaotically unreliable (sexy) genius or Benedict Cumberbatch's (from the contemporary BBC adaptation currently showing over here) aspergerish, techno-savvy and (sexily) odd version.
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The Darkest Hour 3D was our film of choice today. An enjoyable way to spend two hours if you don't mind a bit of lame acting, a huge amount of cheesiness and an ounce of predictability.
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Unfortunately it's left me in a bit of a pickle; I can't decide which Sherlock is better/sexier/nicer/lovelier ... Is it Robert Downey Junior's chaotically unreliable (sexy) genius or Benedict Cumberbatch's (from the contemporary BBC adaptation currently showing over here) aspergerish, techno-savvy and (sexily) odd version.
Bendedict Cumberbatch, definitely.
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I also liked the latest Sherlock, even though Downey is far down(no pun intended) and dirtier than Conan Doyle ever intended. I like Cumerbatch's TV version too. The second season starts here soon.
Yesterday I saw 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'. Bloody ripper. I enjoyed the original Sweedish version and feared the yanks would stuff it up. But they didn't. Very, very good!
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We went with some friends to see "War Horse". Excellent movie, but a bit too intense in a few spots for me. I had to get up and stand outside for a few minutes before I could return. A little disappointed in the ending though. Felt they left it kind of "hanging" about what happened after all was said and done.
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We Bought A Zoo :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; 4 stars
It was a little long and the little girl was cute but was staged way tooooo much. It was a good family movie. No "F" words and no sex. Great movie to take the kids.
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We went with some friends to see "War Horse". Excellent movie, but a bit too intense in a few spots for me. I had to get up and stand outside for a few minutes before I could return. A little disappointed in the ending though. Felt they left it kind of "hanging" about what happened after all was said and done.
I won't be seeing that, even if it does have Benedict Cumberbatch in ... not my cup of tea. However, it is based on a children's book ... I'm not sure if it has the same ending though.
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Sitting here watching an old movie, "Caveman". It is still very funny! :rofl;
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Tonight, I went with friends to see 'The Iron Lady'. Meryl Streep was very good from what I saw ... I must be honest, I snoozed a bit here and there. I have been doing that with so many movies I see lately. UGH.
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OMG, has anyone seen "The Artist"? I try to see all of the movies/performances nominated for major awards, so I thought I should see this one as it got so many good reviews. I was skeptical, I admit...I mean, a silent movie? In black and white? Hmmm... But it was wonderful, it really was. It was so terribly clever and intelligent. I like movies where bleeding is kept to a minimum. LOL!
We had an interesting movie experience last weekend. There is a 30 screen cinema not to terribly far from us, and they always have at least one Bollywood moving playing. We like those movies, but we'd never seen one on the big screen, so we decided to go. We saw "Agneepath" with a very popular actor named Hrithik Roshan (OMG ladies, prepare to swoon should you ever see him in a film!), and the cinema was PACKED; we were the only Moby Whale Pale people there! It was so cool...people were eating samosas instead of popcorn. And the film was great. Does anyone here like Indian films? I just adore them.
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Haven't seen "The Artist" yet, Mom, but I intend to. Saw "Chronicle" on the wekend. It's a nifty little sci-fi movie; well worth a look.
Did I mention that I found "The Descendents" absolutely marvellous. I have decided to move to Hawaii and live on the same street as George Clooney.
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I saw War Horse. It was a very good "family" movie.
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Haven't seen "The Artist" yet, Mom, but I intend to. Saw "Chronicle" on the wekend. It's a nifty little sci-fi movie; well worth a look.
Did I mention that I found "The Descendents" absolutely marvellous. I have decided to move to Hawaii and live on the same street as George Clooney.
I had decided against "Chronicle", thinking it was yet one more spooky film about teenagers. UGH. But I've heard some really good things about it, so I may well check it out.
Yes, "The Descendents" was brilliant; I really enjoyed that film.
"War Horse" was good, also, but I was not a real fan of the lead actor; I thought he was a bit too, well, earnest. That's a bit nit-picky, though. I did enjoy it. I loved the French girl; I thought she was outstanding and really pulled on the ol' heartstrings.
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Mom, "Chronicle" is indeed a spooky film about teenagers, but an enjoyable sfat.
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Yeah, but usually spooky films about teenagers are excuses for a lot of gratuitous gore and violence against pretty blonde girls in bikinis. If this one is different, I'll consider seeing it.
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Gratuitous gore! I wish. Bit of no-gratuitous gore, but! The pretty blonde girls in bikinis are reasonably safe.
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Pretty blonde girls in bikinis? Where, where?
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Here in the glorious Aussie summer, gerald!
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Has anyone seen One For The Money yet? I am planning to go tomorrow to see it. This weekend, I want to see Joyful Noise.
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We saw Chronicle at the weekend and I loved it (of the four films I've seen at the cinema this year it was definitely my favourite!) There's no gore or sex and any violence fits in perfectly with the film. There's no explanation for what happens. It's a little bit sad, a little bit funny, and a little bit mysterious. I would definitely recommend it, but I know not everybody would like it.
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Watched "The Thing" last night.
The plot is straight out of the 1950s, a sci-fi in the spirit of "Alien" but not near as good. Except for the photography, it wasn't much of a flick. The action scenes use the "wiggle the camera" technique and I find that unnerving. If you haven't seen Alien you might enjoy this one.
An interesting sidelight: The story takes place in the Antarctic where stuff is discovered deep under the ice shelf there. Just this morning I read the news about the Russians discovering a vast freshwater, not frozen, lake. Where? You guessed it, deep under the Antarctic ice shelf.
gerald
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Just got back from seeing "One For The Money" Really liked it! Katherine Hiegl pulled it off! They changed it a bit from the book but it was done much better than I expected. Very funny!
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Saw Safehouse, starring Denzil Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The story is pretty formulaic, but the acting is tops and the action non-stop. Recommended.
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Did a movie check for Journey 2 The Mysterious Island. I really liked it. (Sat through it twice!) If you liked Journey to the Center of the Earth you'll like this one.
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Apologies if I've already asked this question or if it has already been answered:
Hugo - worth seeing? And if so, would a child of 5 appreciate it?
Our other choices are Star Wars I which I am not clear on if this is a re-release or what is going on with that one. Don't suspect my younger son would like it. Or Journey 2 Mysterious Island which I know has giant arachnids and that will be a massive problem for me. Both of these are in 3D (Hugo is not at this theatre) and I am not sure the little guy will wear the glasses all through, plus it is more expensive, plus it is just so bloody annoying!!!
Thanks for sharing any thoughts.
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Our other choices are Star Wars I which I am not clear on if this is a re-release or what is going on with that one. Don't suspect my younger son would like it. Or Journey 2 Mysterious Island which I know has giant arachnids and that will be a massive problem for me. Both of these are in 3D (Hugo is not at this theatre) and I am not sure the little guy will wear the glasses all through, plus it is more expensive, plus it is just so bloody annoying!!!
Star Wars is just Star Wars (Phantom Menace) in 3D. I don't even like watching it 2D so I point blank refused to go and see it in 3D with my Star Wars loving Blokey, although now I feel a tad bad because he's said he'll come and see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with me tomorrow and I really don't think that's his cup of tea. I don't think your little one would like it either. Haven't seen Hugo or Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
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Oh, boooooooo! We're not getting The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel over here until May! Boooooooo!
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Journey 2 is very family friendly. I sat through it 4 times in the 2 weekends I did the check. I don't remember any giant arachnids! There were some exciting parts but nothing really scary. There were all age groups that came to see it. The theater that it played in here had one showing in 2D and the rest in 3D. Check with your local theater to see if they do the same. Definitely cheaper!
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Oh, boooooooo! We're not getting The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel over here until May! Boooooooo!
I dragged Blokey along to see it today. He grumbled (and said I had to go and see a film of his choice next) but I think he secretly enjoyed it. It was very gentle (slow-paced), a little bit sad, occasionally funny and very English. I think you'll like it.
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Thanks for the replies to my enquiry, everyone. We wound up seeing Hugo since I had heard good things and G heard from his friend in Detroit that his kids, 5 and 8, saw it and were spellbound. I adore Sascha Baron-Cohen and he was good in this, and actually so was everyone else, but as little Liot said "I was enjoying it at the beginning, but I am SO glad it is over!" I think it was an adult telling of a children's story, meaning that it lingered over beautifully rendered scenery and really took its time with everything. It was about 30 minutes too long for him, he does not have his brother's attention span. (Aidan watched the first Narnia film when he was 3 and he was absolutely captivated, so it is not just about age difference, Aidan is legendary for his focus.) I would recommend it unreservedly for less distractable kids and adults who would appreciate the grandeur of it all. I am not one to get sentimental about the dawn of cinema, so even I was a bit restless in places. We all agreed that Liot bears a striking resemblance to the boy who played Hugo.
Oh, and it WAS in 3D, so that was an extra 10$ that we had to pay for the four of us and none of us could figure out why anyone would make that film in 3D. Like so many other films I've seen in 3D, there were one or two moments where the 3D added a neat extra something to the movie, but beyond that, it was a waste. There is something about 3D that makes horizontal action (a child running across the screen through a train station, for example) really difficult to watch. And this was easily one quarter of the picture, theses running scenes where you could only focus on the person moving and everything else was a bit blurred. I would suggest trying to find a place showing the film without 3D. Apparently, I do not have much company in my opinion as the theatre was packed and this film has been out for months and months.
CebuShan, I saw the trailer for Journey 2 and had to look away. Perhaps they decided not to include that bit in the film? Four times! I should think if anyone would know, you would. I had read one review that it appealed to adolescent boys because it was non-stop action and featured girls in tight T-shirts. Both my boys are too young to appreciate that (thankfully!). Would you say that's accurate? Gwyn and I got Transformers 2 from the library to watch with our older boy and I thought I would drop dead of embarrassment. Oh, that film was just so, so awful.
Thanks again for the info!
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Saw CONTRABAND to-day. I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be a good action thriller with lots of violence. Most enjoyable. I like Marky Wahlberg.
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Well, as you all know, it's awards season, and I try to watch as many nominated films/performances as possible during the run up to the Oscars. Tonight, my husband and I had the most wonderful evening viewing most of the nominated films in the Best Live Short and the Best Animated Short categories.
If you have Comcast OnDemand, you can find these films grouped together in the Oscar Nominated section of Movies.
The films nominated in these categories don't usually make it to the big screens out here in the 'burbs, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to watch them in the comfort of my own house.
If you are interested in animation, there was one short film in particular that was probably the loveliest thing I've ever seen. It's called "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore." There have been only two times in my life that sheer beauty has made me cry, and tonight was one of them. If you get the chance, have a look at it. If you have Comcast OnDemand, for $7.99 you can see this short film along with 4 others. It's worth the investment.
If you DO see it, please come back and post about what you thought. I'm dying to find someone else out there who has seen this.
Here's a link to a 15 second clip...
http://morrislessmore.com/?p=film
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I wonder if it would be interesting to watch the film “North and South”,
describing the lives of two families in the Civil War,
one from South Carolina and the other from Pennsylvania ?
I wonder if it is a soap-film
or whether it has been put together very precisely with historical data ?
Is it factual or has it been distorted for political purposes?
Has anyone seen it and is it worth watching ?
Thanks from Kristina.
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I was told to watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room for class, so I did off Amazon Prime Instant View.
I have rarely met a documentary I didn't like, but I purposely avoided this one because I find the subject matter infuriating. This will make you want to punch something, it will make you glad that Georgie Bush jr left office in disgrace, labeled as one of the worst presidents in history. Is there an act of evil that Dick Cheney has not committed in the name of money and/or political power? (And don't say murder. You so know there's loads of war-profiteering blood on his hands.)
Anyhow, now I am depressed, ticked off, and more determined than ever to get away from this country that will tolerate any disgusting behaviour you engage in so long as you have billions of dollars.
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G and I also watched The Trip. This could have been hilarious, but I found it more sad than funny. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon basically play themselves and they go on a road trip as part of a magazine gig. To its credit, the film did not engage in empty, stagey humour. It had quite a meandering pace, and Steve Coogan was actually rather a tragic figure which was odd. The scenes were mostly grey since they were going through the north of England, and when I mentioned that that was part of what made the film feel melancholy, Gwyn responded "but that weather was so nice". Sigh.
Both Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan can do a pitch perfect Michael Cain. I could not choose between them. Neither one can do a convincing Woody Allen, in fact they seemed to struggle with Americans in general. Rob Brydon had the physicality of Al Pacino down, but not so much the voice. Heard Rob Brydon's parlor trick Man in a Box voice for the first time - for reasons that were never made clear, that voice is American as well. It wasn't a bad film, but I felt that even knowing a bit about their work, a lot of what they were talking about when past us both because we do not watch British television nor know much about either of their careers. There were many impressions, and rarely did they explain who they were doing.
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I thought the Enron documentary was a real eye opener. I don't remember the connection with George Bush and Dick Cheney. Is that just the usual blame game from Democrats?
If I remember right it was Ken Lay and Jeff (someone) who were lying and having the power companies to have brown outs where there was plenty of power to make California 'think' there was not enough power so they were charged more. Enron went bankrupt in December of 2001 and George was dealing with 9/11 at that time. Only president for 9 months.
Explain this to me because I would really like to understand.
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I thought the Enron documentary was a real eye opener. I don't remember the connection with George Bush and Dick Cheney. Is that just the usual blame game from Democrats?
I am going to try and keep this just about the film since I don't want to start this political discussion here in your movie review thread. If you do not remember the connection to the Bush administration then I would say it's been a long time since you've seen the film. You don't remember the video birthday card from Bush to Ken Lay (shot in the Oval Office I believe)? You don't remember that Enron was one of the largest, if not the largest, single contributors to Bush's campaign coffers? You don't remember Bush Sr (who was also president at one point) saying on film "Oh, Ken, you've been so good to this family" or similar? Was that not beyond chilling? Remember discussion of Ken Lay being energy secretary and influencing energy policy?
If I remember right it was Ken Lay and Jeff (someone) who were lying and having the power companies to have brown outs where there was plenty of power to make California 'think' there was not enough power so they were charged more. Enron went bankrupt in December of 2001 and George was dealing with 9/11 at that time. Only president for 9 months.
Explain this to me because I would really like to understand.
Apparently you don't really need a lot of time to destroy thousands of lives, or even millions. You just need political power and money. You can destroy an entire country's economy in under 8 years by handing it over to selfish, juvenile, unconscionable Wall Street raiders. The film was made in 2005, shame because if they had just waited 2 years we would have understood this as a canary in the coal mine.
The short answer to your question is deregulation and cover up. Yes, you remember correctly that they were manipulating the power supply in order to make more millions, and to get what they wanted: Gray Davis recalled and to make it look like the government was so incompetent that the only solution was more and more deregulation. It was all a lie, and Bush and especially Cheney absolutely knew this. What was not mentioned in the film was that Dick Cheney later invoked executive privilege to slime his way out of disclosing what he knew. Executive privilege?? He was not the President!! Additionally, why would you need any legal out from testifying if you had nothing to hide?
Bush was governor of Texas before becoming president - and where was Enron located?
If you really want to understand this more fully, google is a powerful tool, or watch the film again. Dick Cheney is only in it for a few moments, saying that the White House cannot manufacture power that isn't there. That was never the problem, but it served his political ends to parrot that. And he was totally evil enough to do it, while people in California were being robbed blind. What if someone were doing home dialysis and could not pay their power bill? California heat kills - every time there was a power outage in California when I lived there, you would hear the death toll.
What I would really like to understand, Rerun, is how people like you can support the Republican party. I would google it if I could. Please don't take offense at this as I'm going to be blunt, but you are almost as worthless to them as I am. If they could make any kind of money or gain any power by letting us both die bankrupt and homeless, they would not hesitate. Look at how they were cheering the burning of a power plant in that film. Were lives lost? Definitely many innocent lives were destroyed (and a few, too few, not at all innocent) by what was allowed to happen at Enron - deregulating and securitizing something that once had strict price controls, then manipulating prices as they did. I do have a dear friend who is Republican and an economist, so I know that they are not all like that.
Here's a conspiracy theory that I notice the right has never picked up: Ken Lay died suddenly before he could be imprisoned. Where are the pictures of the body?? :laugh:
Anyhow, we discuss the film tonight.
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Good question. I read the books that the movie was based upon. The books were historical fiction, the families were fictional but their surroundings and events going on in their lives were factual. If I recall correctly, the movie version was more "soapy" than the books. I would recommend the books highly - the author is John Jakes.
I wonder if it would be interesting to watch the film “North and South”,
describing the lives of two families in the Civil War,
one from South Carolina and the other from Pennsylvania ?
I wonder if it is a soap-film
or whether it has been put together very precisely with historical data ?
Is it factual or has it been distorted for political purposes?
Has anyone seen it and is it worth watching ?
Thanks from Kristina.
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Wasn't "North and South" a "miniseries? I really like John Jakes books, especially "The Kent Family Chronicles".
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Caraid, thanks and I don't take offence. I think I'm a wanna be Republican living in a Liberal body. I'd love to be healthy and never needing social security and medicare. Making huge amounts of money.
Thanks. Now I understand. I may get it again. :waving;
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Caraid, thanks and I don't take offence. I think I'm a wanna be Republican living in a Liberal body. I'd love to be healthy and never needing social security and medicare. Making huge amounts of money.
I think we're all wannabe Republicans by this definition! :laugh:
(I believe you can catch the whole film on YouTube if you're interested.)
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Good question. I read the books that the movie was based upon. The books were historical fiction, the families were fictional but their surroundings and events going on in their lives were factual. If I recall correctly, the movie version was more "soapy" than the books. I would recommend the books highly - the author is John Jakes.
I wonder if it would be interesting to watch the film “North and South”,
describing the lives of two families in the Civil War,
one from South Carolina and the other from Pennsylvania ?
I wonder if it is a soap-film
or whether it has been put together very precisely with historical data ?
Is it factual or has it been distorted for political purposes?
Has anyone seen it and is it worth watching ?
Thanks from Kristina.
Thank you, cattlekid for your information about “North and South”.
I was debating with myself whether I should see the video
and thanks for recommending the books.
I am glad to learn that John Jakes describes the events factually.
Thanks again.
Wasn't "North and South" a "miniseries? I really like John Jakes books, especially "The Kent Family Chronicles".
CebuShan, I don’t know whether it was a miniseries.
Thanks again from Kristina.
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I went to the cinema on my own yesterday for the first time ever. It wasn't so bad. I saw The Hunger Games and although I loved it, I love the book much more. The book is so very psychological and emotional and gory, and it didn't translate well onto film, particularly when the film is only a 12A (not sure of American equivalent ... PG13?). If they'd been a bit more daring and made it a slightly more adult film (a 12 or 15 ... again, not sure of American equivs) I think it had the potential to be amazing. As it stood, you really had to have read the book to truly understand everything which occured. What did surprise me was the lack of females at the showing ... the boys outdid the girls by at least three to one.
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Wow, pops! You're a game 'un! I, also, went to the cinema on my own yesterday, but not for the first time. Guess what I saw. Yep. THE HUNGER GAMES . I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd never heard of the books. Plenty of young sheilas at the showing. Last week saw THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL and adored it, even though it reinforced my thoughts on how little time I have left.
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I want to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel next week. What an awesome cast!
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As usual, I'm here with reviews of kids films. Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? The Artist? A Separation? I can only dream of getting to see such films.
We used one of Gwyn's free Fandango certificates to see The Lorax in California. We gave The Lorax (book) to our British niece for her fifth birthday once-upon-a-time. I hope it gave her an appreciation for Dr. Seuss - he really was marvelous. Anyhow, I doubt she ever came to view the book as Americans do, as semi-holy. My mother has a friend who has never read The Lorax and she adored the film. I thought it was OK, not true to the book, though not that big a departure. It seemed paced all wrong. I did not like Danny DeVito as The Lorax, his voice was just wrong somehow, too campy, too famous as the voice of the meanest taxi dispatcher on earth. It was not a long film, yet my kids did seem to get bored with it before it was over. I don't like revisiting my childhood, so in that way it was great that it was not too familiar. The person who voiced The Onceler was lovely in the role.
OK, moving on to Hop. My boys have wanted to see this since last year. I bought it on AmazonPrime.They seemed to love it, they thought it was quite funny. I thought it was poorly acted and completely bizarre. I am not sure who these adults on Amazon are who gave it such glowing reviews. Odd.
I also bought them The Muppets (the recent film). First, I had them watch The Muppet Movie on YouTube because they honestly had no idea who these characters are. Perhaps my brain is just softening and decaying from all the exposure to kiddie crap, but I thought this film was very clever. It had a lot of self-referential humor, a lot of honest humor about how The Muppets are really passe (cannot get accent over e!). And, sorry, but the where-are-they-now segments, especially the one with Animal, were wonderful even if most of us have long outgrown our Muppet interest.
Oh, there was one more, a little documentary on Kevin Clash called Being Elmo. I have to admit I have a fascination with Kevin Clash - probably one of the wealthiest, most famous men in the country, and no one really knew what he looked like or who he was until recently. People (myself included) are generally surprised when they learn he is black. He really seemed like an amazing kid who knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life and worked at it until he got there. My younger son was obsessed with Elmo until he was almost four, so Elmo holds a special place in my memory. Also, Kevin Clash does the voice for one of my favourite Sesame Street characters, Hoots the owl. That voice is precious!
OK, parents of small children. You're welcome!
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Wow, pops! You're a game 'un! I, also, went to the cinema on my own yesterday, but not for the first time. Guess what I saw. Yep. THE HUNGER GAMES . I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd never heard of the books. Plenty of young sheilas at the showing. Last week saw THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL and adored it, even though it reinforced my thoughts on how little time I have left.
One day galvo, we shall have to go to the cinema together.
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We went to see John Carter, and it was OK. I read the entire series when I was about 13 and still have those books (my father loved fantasy and got me to read all that stuff), so when I heard they were making a movie of it, I was thrilled. But by the time we got to see it, I'd heard how it had become the biggest financially disastrous movie in history, and I couldn't get that out of my mind while watching it. I felt so sorry for the cast and crew! LOL!
I loved Taylor Kitsch in FNL, and I saw him interviewed on one of the late night shows a few weeks back. He's sooo different from his FNL character! But I have to say that his John Carter was an awful lot like his Tim Riggins. But to be fair, even in the book, the story wasn't so much about John Carter as it was about the inhabitants of Mars.
I think the rest of the cast just changed out of their Rome costumes...the cast seemed to be pretty much the same in JC as it was in Rome! That was odd.
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You're on, popsie!
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Saw Titanic 3D with my MiL. Without wanting to spoil it for anyone, 3D doesn't stop the ship sinking. Oh, and I didn't cry. Really, I didn't.
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I loved Taylor Kitsch in FNL,
What is FNL? The only other thing I've seen Taylor Kitsch in was "The Covenant" One of my favorite movies.
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FNL = "Friday Night Lights", the TV series based upon the book about high school football in a small Texas town. Very, very critically acclaimed and worth watching if you can find it. It ran for several seasons and ended just a year or so ago. I'd guess you could find it on Netflix, perhaps. I don't think I've seen it in syndication.
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FNL = "Friday Night Lights", the TV series based upon the book about high school football in a small Texas town. Very, very critically acclaimed and worth watching if you can find it. It ran for several seasons and ended just a year or so ago. I'd guess you could find it on Netflix, perhaps. I don't think I've seen it in syndication.
Oh yeah. There was a movie first. I didn't care for it and only watched the show a couple of times when I was really bored. I have a friend that said it was because no one in my family was involved in football. (Marching band didn't count) I just couldn't understand most of the characters.
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I read the original book some years ago, and so I was excited when the movie came out. It was adapted for the movie by Peter Berg, who I really liked when he was in Chicago Hope (does that date me or what?!). But the movie literally made me sick; the camerawork made me motion sick, so I had to leave. I finally saw the movie once it came out on DVD...on a smaller screen, it didn't make me want to :puke;
As for the TV show, Peter Berg worked on that, too, but it was different from the movie as the characters/actors were different. You don't have to know anything about football to enjoy the show. It was a simple premise, really, in that it followed the lives of several people/families in town. It was filmed in the Austin area, and several of the cast members ended up buying property there.
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I watched a sweet documentary called Darkon. I adore documentaries and especially documentaries about micro-cultures that are all around us but that we never see.
This follows the created adventures of Live Action Role Players. I came to watch the film when I was trying to find a quote for a classmate who is studying the motivations in online gaming worlds. I actually found the quote, remarkable because I only remembered it from an article some 5 years ago. That led me to the film. It dragged in places - I did not need to see the one individual's young son practicing sword play in their living room for what seemed like ages, but most of it was completely fascinating. I could never do something like that, I would just feel way too silly, but it seems to make a lot of people very happy. I vastly prefer to hear of people doing this than staring at a computer screen 10 hours a day over an online version of a fantasy game.
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Ah, yes, and I saw an IMAX film with Liot maybe two weeks ago when Aidan was over at a friend's house. It was called Born to be Wild. It followed rescue and rehabilitation centers for orphaned elephants in Africa and orphaned orangutans in Borneo. I found it all extremely interesting, and Liot adored it and said that's what he wants to do with his life (I believe him, too - he does not change his mind like other children). Just looking at the landscapes, though, the Africa segments got me so moody. Borneo was lush and beautiful, but I just have this strong emotional reaction to the dry grasslands of African savannah. It's like homesickness. I want to return there so desperately.
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Is anybody else besides me excited about "The Avengers"? We've been catching up on the superhero movies that we missed recently. Just watched "Captain America". Loved it! :thumbup; :thumbup; The Marvel Comics movies are great because you don't have to think too hard to watch them! :clap;
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I'm not 'excited' about the Avengers film, but I will be dragged along to see it. I love Iron Man (or maybe I just love Robert Downey Jr.) and I enjoyed Captain America, but I've never see Hulk (the film, obviously I used to watch the 70s(?) tellybox shows) or Thor so have no idea how I'll take to it.
We saw The Cabin in the Woods last night. I really enjoyed it; it was gorey and slightly odd and very Joss Whedon. Sigourney Weaver (really don't like her!) spoilt it towards the end, but she got her just desserts so all was well with the world when we left the cinema.
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You need to see Thor! I never care about looking at men, but Thor made me feel li,e I was in middle school again, all giggly. So very attractive, like he was pushed right out of a mold...good grief, see it, if only for that!
It is entertaining, too. There are really funny moments. My husband pretty much only takes me to comic book movies, so I have seen them al, and am super excited for the Avengers, though I am more excited for Prometheus later in June.
Hulk was kind of sad...
I loved Cabin in the Woods, my husband took me for my actual birthday, but we liked Sigourney, thought she was good for that part, you know, cause of who she was and the ending...hits the fans and people who don't like her both the right way. My husband made me watch all of the Alien movies, too. He is a huge movie buff, and spend the first few years we were together getting me caught up so I could understand his jokes, I guess.. :guitar:. Love song for my babe...
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You need to see Thor! I never care about looking at men, but Thor made me feel li,e I was in middle school again, all giggly. So very attractive, like he was pushed right out of a mold...good grief, see it, if only for that!
Ah, I tend to go for dark, moody, not particularly muscular, souls so I'm not sure that Thor would make me gush like a giggly schoolgirl!
... though I am more excited for Prometheus later in June.
Blokey is really looking forward to that too. I'm happy to go along as it does look really good from the trailers, but I've got to get over the fact that it's basically one of the Alien films, and I didn't like them. I suspect that Alien is where my dislike of SW came from.
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You need to see Thor! I never care about looking at men, but Thor made me feel li,e I was in middle school again, all giggly. So very attractive, like he was pushed right out of a mold...good grief, see it, if only for that!
Ah, I tend to go for dark, moody, not particularly muscular, souls so I'm not sure that Thor would make me gush like a giggly schoolgirl!
... though I am more excited for Prometheus later in June.
me, too on the dark, moody types, but lately I'm into arrogant blondes, like Eric on True Blood (the actor's father's the guy playing the older scientist in Thor, incidentally), and Thor. I don't know what's come over me. I surely like shorter guys, too,but now like them tall...Maybe because I married a tall, confident , boisterous dirty blond Polish boy?. My husband is so much fun, and I wouldn't have looked twice at him in high school!. Too loud for me.
Blokey is really looking forward to that too. I'm happy to go along as it does look really good from the trailers, but I've got to get over the fact that it's basically one of the Alien films, and I didn't like them. I suspect that Alien is where my dislike of SW came from.
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I suspect that's where everyone's dislike of SW came from....
oh, amid think this might posterity my response buried in the quotes, sorry...
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Is anybody else besides me excited about "The Avengers"? We've been catching up on the superhero movies that we missed recently. Just watched "Captain America". Loved it! :thumbup; :thumbup; The Marvel Comics movies are great because you don't have to think too hard to watch them! :clap;
my wife is really looking forward to the avengers ! She is an avid Marvels fan, while I lean towards DC, so our 'discussions' about who has the best superheroes can get heated at times :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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This film is an older film, but one that is controversial, it is Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust.
Aside from the 'harshness' of the film, it does convey a message of who really is the cannibal, or savage. Is it people who live in the rain forests and has never experienced modern life, or is it us, those who are living in modern society, all for fame and fortune ? Really gets you thinking,
Warning though, for those that are faint of heart, you may want to pass, but those that can watch it, this film is really interesting. :beer1;
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We saw Marvel's Avengers Assemble today. I switched off briefly half-way through, but did enjoy it. I thought Loki was lush (haven't seen Thor, so hadn't seen him before) but then I looked him up on imdb and have decided that I only like the character and not the actor (who has stupid hair).
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I saw the Avengers in 3-D yesterday, and would like to see it again. The script was of high-quality, as were the action sequences. I didn't find Scarlett Johansson believable in the Iron Man movie, but loved her here. I loved all the casting, Mark Ruffalo was a great Bruce Banner, and of course I love Thor and Loki and the Professor from the Thor movie. There were a few times when I wasn't sure if someone was going to make it or die, etc., and that was great. Samuel L. Jackson is a great Nick Fury, but I wish he could be more in the action (although I don't think his character generally is).
My husband was super excited and has seen it 3 times already. The Avengers was the first comic book that he ever purchased for himself. He played the Ultimate Avengers cartoon for me, and we watched Captain America recently to bone up on our "history".
I thought Cap was AWESOME! The character was played well and I liked the way he handled his new surroundings and didn't act like a weird alien time-traveller constantly (cause Cap is awesome, so I'd hate to watch him stagger about, plus he's got heart and wouldn't scare easily).
There are some funny moments, but they're mostly spoilers.
My favorite quote ended up being somewhat controversial, I guess. Insults were tossed around about Loki during debriefing, and Thor told Natasha to watch it, she was speaking about an Asgaardian, and his brother.
Natasha: he killed 80 people in 2 days.
Thor: (beat) He's adopted.
I thought his delivery was perfect, and it was a funny line, but some adoptees and adopted parents were offended and found it hurtful. It's too bad, cause it was pretty funny. It's not funny that he was adopted, just that Thor was trying to distance himself from his defense. Also throughout, Thor was conflicted and it pained him to fight his brother, even though he was an "adopted" brother, so I don't think this was any type of slight on adoption in general, but I wasn't adopted, so I can't say whether it would bother me or not. I honestly didn't realize that it might hurt people until I read about it online. I never thought about it.
Anyway, it was very well-done, and had other funny moments, clever dialogue, great effects, and characters you love to watch and root for. I felt the screen time was shared well by the Avengers team.. Definitely worth seeing, but 3D viewing is not necessary, it was done in post and movie is fine without it.. We get a sneak peak at Thanos at the end, a really nasty villain, and I hope they make a sequel and can get the people that they used in this movie for the second one.. Thee is adverts scene st the end that is somewhat entertaining,but not as revealing as the secret ascends at the end of the other Marvel Movies.
bottom line: made me want to read the comics. Really.
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Saw Dark Shadows today.
Hmmm ... Johnny Depp was brilliant (I'm starting to quite like him in my old(er) age) but the film was pretty average. Not to the extent that I was just waiting for it to end, but it didn't grip me or seduce me. Although JD may, if he wants to ...
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rented The Darkest Hour. It was quite enjoyable, although some of the acting was abit 'meh' (the cast was made up of actors/actresses I've never heard of before).
Good action, and a sense of mystery surrounding the aliens.
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rented The Darkest Hour. It was quite enjoyable, although some of the acting was abit 'meh' (the cast was made up of actors/actresses I've never heard of before).
Good action, and a sense of mystery surrounding the aliens.
I actually enjoyed that, but really hated the feel-good ending!
We saw The Dictator today. It was very, very funny and I highly recommend it if you're after some light-hearted relief from the world at large. ;D
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We just watched, "In Time". It was alright. Kind of scary to think about knowing exactly how much time you have left to live. Great statement about the difference between the "Haves" and Have-Nots".
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We saw Snow White and the Huntsman yesterday. I spent most of the film thinking the Huntsman looked very familiar before seeing his name in the credits and realising I've seen him in another two films in the last six weeks or so anyway! D'oh. The effects were quite good and I was completely baffled by the dwarves (easily baffled, me!) Also, one of my ex-students was in it (William) although I still can't place him in the classroom.
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I want to post that I've seen Prometheus 3D, but I fear I'm just talking to myself ...
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It was quite good, btw. Full of religious undertones which - being a religious studies nut - really tickled my fancy.
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I saw Prometheus yesterday, and I really liked it. It was a terrific blend of sci-fi and horror. The actress who played Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) was Lisbeth Salander in the original Swedish version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Prometheus was visually very striking and interesting. My only gripe was how a squid-like creature could morph into a creature that bears no resemblance to a squid. How a squid could "give birth" to a creature with an exoskeleton and a hard pointy head just seems too biologically bizarre, even for an alien species. LOL! Since that was a central part of the whole "Alien" prologue, that really bugged me. But other than that, I enjoyed the movie immensely!
BTW, I saw Charlize Theron on Graham Norton...she's really funny! Beautiful actresses often don't get credit for good acting ability, but I think she is a very accomplished actress. She was on GN along with Jon Hamm and Steve Coogan; it was a great episode! Graham Norton is the best talk show on the planet. He always has the most interesting mix of guests.
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so is prometheus worth a look then? saw it advertised when we went before op to see American pie the Reunion (not as fUnny as other 3) Is it a bit like alien?! Trailer made it seem so.
took my son to see the muppets too wouldn't highly recommend that lol!
Has anyone seen snow white & the huntsman? That next on my list!x
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Prometheus is supposed to be the pre-quel to Alien, isn't it? All the reviews I read for Snow White were awful.
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Ince I wait till movies are opn DVD, I bought Underworld Awakening. It was not that great. A movie that I caught on Starz though was an intence film with a good ending with the use of dog training when to eat ;D . The movie was called Columbiana, a suspence/ thrillewr/drama film. In and Out In 30 secopnds with the guy from Social Network and Zombieland was ok at times, but the language hampered it. I have Ghost Rider 2arriving Tuesday thanks to Amazon, but will wait till I am in New Yorkl to watch it.
BTW, I saw Charlize Theron on Graham Norton...she's really funny! Beautiful actresses often don't get credit for good acting ability, but I think she is a very accomplished actress. She was on GN along with Jon Hamm and Steve Coogan; it was a great episode! Graham Norton is the best talk show on the planet. He always has the most interesting mix of guests.
I like it when he puts audience members in the chair :rofl; :rofl;
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Yes, I think Prometheus is worth a look if you like sci-fi/horror; it is a well made film of this genre. And yes, it is supposed to be a "prequel" to the Alien movies.
And yes, Graham Norton's red chair is one of his funniest bits!
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Prometheus is definitely worth a look (and I'm saying that as someone who hasn't seen Alien all the way through because I didn't like it.)
I would recommend Snow White. The love (tri)angle is a little odd, but there's action for the boys and fairy-tale connotations for the girls. It's a good film for just melting into without having to think too hard about what's going on, if that makes sense.
I can't stand Graham Norton ... I didn't realise he was so popular in the States!
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Graham Norton is hilarious but I always switch it off before the chair bit - it's too mean-spirited for me.
We've seen 2 films in as many weeks, quite the novelty for us. The Avengers was a bit bewildering for me, felt like my senses had been beaten into submission by the end. Perhaps a scoche too long for the boys. Liot said "it was long, but at least it wasn't as long as Hugo!" I think we all liked Hulk best.
For Liot's birthday we were so crazy booked up with sports on the day that we all felt wrecked but wanted to do something a tad celebratory, so we arranged to meet friends at the cinema with full service restaurant for the Madagascar film, non-3D happily. I thought it was pretty cute, bit gross at times but tolerable and even funny in spots. The boys were desperate to see the zebra sing the circus afro circus afro ditty and were not disappointed!
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:waving;
I recently saw 3 movies
Bernie :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Jack Black as a funeral director/murderer is awesome and Shirley McLain is really great!
Avengers :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Not 3-D: Loved the action and the Hulk, always enjoy Robert Downey Jr.
Dark Shadows :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Quirky and fun with references from the 1970's - Johnny Depp is the perfect vampire.
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We saw Red Lights today. After having read some reviews online and the message boards at imdb.com I'm under no illusion that I'm the only person in the entire world who walked out of the cinema proclaiming, That has to be my second most favourite film/cinematic experience this year!
I did really enjoy it. Loved the subtlety of the clues leading up to the end, adored Cillian Murphy's character and laughed muchly at the American accents of (some of) the (multitudes) of British actors who were in it.
I like films which make me think of my place in the world, and this was one of those. I even liked Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of her character. Plus, it was just enjoyable, without being too thought-provoking.
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We saw Men in Black 3D. It was good, although I did get the twist a bit wrong and felt like a fool. Fortunately only my head knows I got it wrong and thus all is well with the world. It even made me laugh out loud at least once, and I'm more of a silent giggler, so anything that can make me laugh loudly has to be funny.
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I watched Yentl on Netflix. Do not ask me why, I'm not sure myself, except it's a film I've never seen and I remember it caused a sensation when it came out, and I think Barbra won an Oscar or something.
It was good. I thought there were some nice scenes that created tension. I hated the singing - don't hurt me - the songs were just rambling and tuneless, although yes, her voice is technically flawless. Her style is just not my thing.
Also, I want to see Ted and I hate myself for it.
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Cariad, I saw Ted a couple of nights ago. It was slightly better than I expected (but I wasn't expecting much, hehehe). It has a pretty predictable storyline, and there's bathroom humor. That's about enough to satisfy most people. hehehe.
Have you guys already discussed Magic Mike? And ok, this movie was not the greatest, either, but there was plenty of eye candy. Not only am I now in love with MM star Channing Tatum, my 80 year old mother has a crush on him, too.
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We spontaneously decided to see The Amazing Spider-Man this afternoon whilst out buying screws, but because we had to wait an hour for the next 3D showing we came home instead. While there we did pick up our advance screening tickets for Ted (not being released here till August 1st, but because we pay monthly for the cinema we can see it on July 30th). Yay!
Have also been to the cinema to see The Chernobyl Diaries (not a diary in sight, but there was a bear) and Storage 24, a British film which I sat through just waiting for Dr Who to turn up and save the day (you'll only understand that reference if you've seen both Dr Who and this film).
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Have you guys already discussed Magic Mike? And ok, this movie was not the greatest, either, but there was plenty of eye candy. Not only am I now in love with MM star Channing Tatum, my 80 year old mother has a crush on him, too.
Treasure, we're discussing Fifty Shades on the book thread, but we haven't gotten around to a discussion of Magic Mike! Of course, who is going to see it just for a plot, anyhow? ;D
Nice to see you active again, T!
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Completely adored The Intouchables.
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I actually saw Graham Norton for the first time today . I have spent the entire evening giggling my head off - imagining who I could sit in the red chair and how quickly I could pull the lever ! I so want one of those red chairs !
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I actually saw Graham Norton for the first time today . I have spent the entire evening giggling my head off - imagining who I could sit in the red chair and how quickly I could pull the lever ! I so want one of those red chairs !
What I love about that show is the fact that he always has such interesting guests; he has them sit all together on the couch and has them chat about just whatever, and the result is that you get to see a side of these people that you just don't see on any other talk show.
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Last night, my husband and I watched "Flowers of War", a Chinese movie about a fake priest who is trying to protect a group of girls who are students of the convent, and a group of fancy prostitutes who have sought refuge there, from the invading Japanese army during the rape of Nanking. Interestingly, it stars Christian Bale.
This movie was the most brutally exquisite thing I've ever seen. It is now one of my top 5 movies. I was utterly blown away and cannot get it out of my mind. Apart from being beautifully filmed, it was also a fascinating, realistic story actually based on true things that happened during that time.
If you want to see something thought-provoking, do see it. It's available on Netflix. But I warn you, there are some terribly brutal scenes, but it IS about war, and you cannot escape the brutality of war (although our media seems to be aiming toward this very thing...).
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My husband and I just recently watched, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". It was beautifully done but I found it a little hard to watch. (9/11 is still a bit too fresh in my mind) If you can get past that, I do recommend it. The boy's journey contains some wonderfully quirky moments.
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We saw The Amazing Spider-man and - despite my best intentions - I quite liked Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker. Grrr ... with maybe a dash of yum thrown in.
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We saw The Amazing Spider-man and - despite my best intentions - I quite liked Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker. Grrr ... with maybe a dash of yum thrown in.
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I thought Andrew Garfield was much better than I thought he'd be. I was well impressed with his performance. He might have been Spiderman, but he was also a young and cocky kid, and that was just the right mix. What was weird, though, was the fact that he looks an awful lot like my son. Even my husband noticed that, so it's not just me.
I didn't get the Emma Stone character, though. Were these kids supposed to be in high school? Was she supposed to be a fellow high school student yet had a job at a biotech firm? She confused me.
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Jenna and I had bought tickets weeks ago to the IMAX showing of Batman: the Dark Knight Rising for last Saturday at noon.
Of course, the night before was the shooting in Aurora.
As we got in the car to drive, I asked Jenna if she felt nervous about going to the theater after what had happened.
She said "Mom, we have to live our lives, we cannot let crazy people keep us down."
Wise words. We enjoyed the movie. (it's really long though!)
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We went to see Batman earlier in the week, and while I do enjoy those big summer blockbusters, I thought this movie was particularly good. The writing was terrific and the story was multi-layered and nuanced. I appreciate good writing.
The shooting in Aurora was in the back of my mind, I must admit. All of those young people who are gone and those whose lives are now so altered...what a terrible shame.
Whenever I hear about these kinds of shootings, I can't help but also think about they killers' parents. They must be going through their own hell. They are victims, too. So sad for everyone...
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We're going to see Batman tonight. We saw Seeking a Friend for the End of the World at the weekend. I found it sweet and nicely gooey, a change from the horror of the standard end of the world films.
Karol, you have a very wise daughter!
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We saw Batman. It was definitely long! But it had sexy men in it (OMG! Cillian Murphy sent Burn Gorman to his death?!) and I was completely idiotic because I didn't even recognise Tom Hardy was playing Bane until the scene in the cave-well-prison thingy where his scarf was yanked off. Although that might just be because he's such a good actor. So good he's in everything at the moment ...
Have they been showing the teeny Superman trailer in the US? They've shown it before both Batman and Spiderman here and it's really making me want to see it, despite the fact that I really don't like the old Superman films.
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I saw Batman a week ago and love it.
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Have you guys already discussed Magic Mike? And ok, this movie was not the greatest, either, but there was plenty of eye candy. Not only am I now in love with MM star Channing Tatum, my 80 year old mother has a crush on him, too.
If you liked Magic Mike, have you seen The Full Monty? I absolutely LOVE that movie.
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Loved "The Full Monty" and had the benefit of understanding the Arsenal offside trap. LOL!
I saw the most amazing film last night, rented from Netflix. It's called "Margaret", and it stars Anna Paquin of "True Blood" fame. She plays a 17 year old girl named Lisa who attends a private school in NYC. She is Jewish and privileged, living with her mother, who is a Broadway star, and her little brother. Her father lives with his girlfriend in California having divorced an unspecified time in the past. Her father is planning to take her, her brother and his girlfriend to a posh dude ranch, and she decides she wants to buy a cowboy hat for the occasion. There are few places to buy cowboy hats in her part of NYC, so she is not having much luck. She happens to see a bus go past, and the driver is wearing a cowboy hat. The driver (Mark Ruffalo of "The Hulk") is cute and friendly but has no idea why this teenager is running with his bus. He can't hear her yelling, "Where did you get your hat?" and assumes she is being flirtatious (which she is, but she really does want to know where he got his hat). They are both distracted by each other. She tires and stops chasing the bus, but he drives on, inadvertently running a red light and hitting a woman (Allison Janney of "The West Wing"), severing her leg. Lisa is horrified and runs over to her, cradling her head in her lap as she dies.
The movie is about how Lisa copes with this emotional anvil that has randomly dropped into her life. She is young and is not skilled in dealing with such a terrible thing, especially as she believes (realistically) that she was partly to blame for this woman's death. She wants to make things right but doesn't know how to do that.
The film is rather long at 2 1/2 hours, and apparently there is an uncut version available on Blu-ray that fills in some of the blanks if you're interested, especially regarding Lisa's mother whose own story line turns out to have a fascinating ending (particularly in the longer version, I'm told).
I warn you, though...the scene where the woman is hit I found to be quite emotionally devastating, not so much because of the amount of blood involved but because of the terrific acting. If any of you sees "Margaret", I'd be very interested to hear your review. I put this movie on my queue because of Roger Ebert's review.
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I've just watched Never Let Me Go (with Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley) which is a film I've been wanting to see for yonks (we missed it when it was on at the cinema.)
Interestingly I had absolutely no idea what the film was about, but I did enjoy reading the message boards on imdb once I'd finished watching it!
Without wanting to spoil it for anyone, it's set in the recent past of an alternative England where a medical breakthrough (in the 50s/60s) means that clones are raised to be organ donors. It's not really about the actual organ donation, or the ethics and morality surrounding the issue of cloning for this reason, as instead it mainly deals with the relationships of the three main characters, but it is thought-provoking nevertheless. Quite a bleak film, but with a positive message. It is based on a book, which I may now consider reading.
We saw Ted last week ... VERY funny. A bit stupid in places, but I love the guy who played the messed up dad of the messed up kid (was he Phoebe's brother in Friends? - I forget his name.)
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Last night, Jim & I decided that we wanted to watch a "scary" movie. Now he doesn't mind the blood and gore but I don't. So, I went to the video store and they suggested "Insidious". I have to say, that was one of the scariest movies I have ever seen!
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I loved Insidious when I saw it at the cinema. We saw Paranormal Activity 4 today ... it wasn't very scary. Sinister is supposed to be good (scarier than Insidious I think) but we haven't seen it and probably won't get to now (at the cinema, anyway.)
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Have see Killing Them Softly[/b and Savages over the last two weeks. Both are gore fests, but worth seeing. KTSby far the better movie. Some great acting!
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We saw the new Bond film, Skyfall at the weekend. It was actually pretty good (I'm not a big Bond fan but I do like Daniel Craig!) The 'twists' are quite good too.
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ARGO!!!!! Bloody marvellous!!!
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I will be going to see Argo next week.
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Can't wait to see "Chasing Mavericks". It was filmed in my hometown.
We're going to see "Flight" tonight. Love Denzel Washington!
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I will be going to see Argo next week.
OOOH, I just got home from seeing that. It was fanTAStic!
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Wasn't it great, mum! Best Picture Acadamy Award , for sure!
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We saw Silent Hill 3D: Revelation today. Probably (definitely) not as good as Argo, which we haven't seen yet.
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Saw Holes on NetFlix a few weeks ago. It was really well done and had a fun performance by Sigourney Weaver. It is one of those few films that the boys can watch and enjoy and the adults are not counting the minutes to freedom.
I have not seen television in so long I have no idea what any of you are talking about with these films upthread. :waiting;
Oh, we did see ParaNorman about a month ago in an actual theatre. It wasn't as funny or clever as Monster House, and thankfully not as scary as Coraline (but again, not as clever either). Still, all enjoyed and Dyl once again declared it "not as long as Hugo".
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Wasn't it great, mum! Best Picture Acadamy Award , for sure!
Definitely a contender, if not the outright winner! "Oscar Season" is just beginning, so we'll see which other good films there are out there.
I love really intelligent thrillers.
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It wasn't as funny or clever as Monster House...
One of my all-time favourite films!
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I love really intelligent thrillers.
Oh, me too. I don't care for those horror movies that are all blood, guts, and gore. I like ones that use your own imagination to scare you. A movie that comes to mind is the Blair Witch Project. My brother and I went to see it in the theatre, and I remember while watching it, thinking how stupid it was. It didn't scare me until I was half way home, and I'd had some time to think about it
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It wasn't as funny or clever as Monster House...
One of my all-time favourite films!
"That must be the uvula...."
"So it's a girl house!!!!"
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Just got done watching "Ariel". It's an Aki Kaurismaki film. Didn't like it as much as most of his other films. A little too depressing today. Maybe it's just my mood...
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It wasn't as funny or clever as Monster House...
One of my all-time favourite films!
"That must be the uvula...."
"So it's a girl house!!!!"
:rofl;
Oh, I know. How priceless was that???!!
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Saw Holes on NetFlix a few weeks ago. It was really well done and had a fun performance by Sigourney Weaver. It is one of those few films that the boys can watch and enjoy and the adults are not counting the minutes to freedom.
Holes is amazing because you can sit the most disillusioned, emotionally disturbed, behaviourally challenged, always in trouble with the police fifteen year old boy in front of it and he'll watch it, all the way through and actually enjoy every second of it. I don't know any other film that can achieve this and I don't know how/why it can. I think it must have some subtle nanosecond stuff going on in it ... *grin* ... In seven years of working in the Naughty School that was the one DVD which grabbed their attention and left them wanting more.
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I'm going to see Breaking Dawn part 2 tonight, and I'm only slightly excited.. *G*
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I'm going to see Breaking Dawn part 2 tonight, and I'm only slightly excited.. *G*
Enjoy. I'm not going until the crowds have died down (I'll give it a couple of weeks, I'm sure it will still be on ... )
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How was it ri ki?
Same as Poppy, going when less busy in cinemas, can't wait :)
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It was awesome.. they cut a few things out, if you read the books.. but they added some more that wasn't in the book.. at one point, I was so pissed off, that I was ready to get up and leave...
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Saw Flight with a friend for my birthday and just have to say it was ok, nothing to rave about. Could have used better character developement. Smoking in the hospital stairwell is not believable, alarms would be going off, people would be smelling it and looking for cause either by nurses or security which I have seen when I have been hospitalized and someone decided to smoke.
Wish I saw ARGO instead or the Led Zeplin concert movie playing next to ours. Stairway To Heaven coming thru the walls with full bass had more of my attention....lol "Stairway To Heaven Denied!" Waynes World
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Oh really? Cause l have read the books, although that was about 3 years ago lol. Was the ending good? x
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Oh really? Cause l have read the books, although that was about 3 years ago lol. Was the ending good? x
Well the other people in the theatre sitting around us didn't think so from all the comments made. I have not read the book and do not know how the ending is in the book to make a comparison. However from past experience the story from the book is better than the screen adaptation.
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Saw Lincoln today and have to say it was quite masterful. I felt like I was there. I had not realized that the vote for the 13th Amendment in the House had been that close.
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Saw Lincoln today and have to say it was quite masterful. I felt like I was there. I had not realized that the vote for the 13th Amendment in the House had been that close.
I'd like to see that... a lot of it is based on the book by historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin.. I like her cuz she's on Colbert all the time... she was there one of the first times I went to see a Colbert taping, and she's a nice lady, and she plays along with Stephen's idiot character
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SEVEN PSYCOPATHS. I felt right at home. Weird story and wonderful acting. Loved it!
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I saw Nativity2: Danger in the Manger at the cinema. I'm sure you're all exceedingly jealous so I won't make it worse by detailing the gripping storyline and sophisticated character development.
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I saw Nativity2: Danger in the Manger at the cinema. I'm sure you're all exceedingly jealous so I won't make it worse by detailing the gripping storyline and sophisticated character development.
:sarcasm;
Can smell it from all the way over here.. *G*
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SEVEN PSYCOPATHS. I felt right at home. Weird story and wonderful acting. Loved it!
Wow! Seven Psychopaths only came out in the UK last week; we saw it. Loved it, but it is the sort of film you probably need to see three or four times to actually 'see' everything.
Saw Life of Pi 3D on Monday night. Visually stunning, but a little tiresome in a couple of places. The tiger reminded me of Mog (may he rest in peace). I've read the book and enjoyed it and the film in equal measures (which is quite a lot).
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I saw Expendables 2 and The Dark Knight Rises. Both were blah for an action film.
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I saw The Hobbit yesterday. I found it really dark, which made it hard to tell what was going on, and the movie was almost over before I realized that there were subtitles at the bottom of the screen that would tell me what was being said..
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If anyone likes Tim Burton movies or play-stop animation movies, you'll love "ParaNorman" So fun, dark, and cute :) I love the "Corpse Bride", "Nightmare Before Christmas", etc. I highly recommend it. My two year old was scared of some parts, but over all he loved it :)
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I saw The Hobbit yesterday. I found it really dark, which made it hard to tell what was going on, and the movie was almost over before I realized that there were subtitles at the bottom of the screen that would tell me what was being said..
We finally got round to seeing that yesterday. I enjoyed it, far more than the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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I saw The Hobbit yesterday. I found it really dark, which made it hard to tell what was going on, and the movie was almost over before I realized that there were subtitles at the bottom of the screen that would tell me what was being said..
We finally got round to seeing that yesterday. I enjoyed it, far more than the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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I thought it might be more comical than the Lord of the Rings movies
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Not much comedy in Tolkien's tales!
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There's a bit of dark humor.. you just have to find it.. in the movie anyway.. not sure of the books.. got them for Christmas.. guess I'll have to read them now.. *L*
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We just recently saw "Dark Shadows" with Johnny Depp. We loved it! Both of us grew up with the original series and loved the fact that 4 of the original cast members were in this movie. Quite fun! :2thumbsup;
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I'm just waiting on my pre-orders from Amazon now. I forgot what I have coming January 8, but the one I want is Argo.
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Saw Lincoln today and have to say it was quite masterful. I felt like I was there. I had not realized that the vote for the 13th Amendment in the House had been that close.
I liked Lincoln a lot too. Daniel Day Lewis really did a beautiful job.
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We saw Rise of the Guardians right before Christmas, skipped a Christmas party to go in fact. (We were all partied out by that point....) It was really cute, reminded me a bit of Despicable Me with Santa's elves behaving much like the minions in that film.
Gwyn and I watched Pray the Devil Back to Hell last night on Netflix, the documentary about a women's peace movement in Liberia (once deemed The Worst Place in the World by a major news magazine). Anyhow the film was amazing, simply awe-inspiring how brave these women were to take on this impossible task and see it through. It is one of the most difficult films on earth to watch, and yet we told ourselves that if these women could face what they faced, surely Gwyn and I could be witness to it and tell others about what they've done. We even told the boys a bit about it. The evil done in that country by Charles Taylor and other warlords is almost beyond comprehension.
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My sister and I went to the cinema Christmas day and saw Les Miserables .
Amazing, amazing, amazing!! I would recommend to anyone who knows the story, enjoys musicals, wants a good cry-fest, etc. It was simply beautiful. The actors did a phenomenal job of bringing the characters to life and giving them such emotion. The whole thing is sung, there's barely any actual talking, so if that's not your cup of tea... ehhh.... But anyway, go see it! You won't regret! :)
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We just recently saw "Dark Shadows" with Johnny Depp. We loved it! Both of us grew up with the original series and loved the fact that 4 of the original cast members were in this movie. Quite fun! :2thumbsup;
I'm slowly making my way through the original series. I saw the 90s revival on Netflix and wasn't really impressed. I have a bit of a girl crush on Joan Bennett.. *G* I wish I had found this series before she died, so I could have sent her some fan mail..
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I haven't watched Dark Shawdows yet, I know my parents have it and my mom wants the orginal series on DVD ::) (real expensive there). I thought there was a revival in the 80's also? ???
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I haven't watched Dark Shawdows yet, I know my parents have it and my mom wants the orginal series on DVD ::) (real expensive there). I thought there was a revival in the 80's also? ???
There was. It was on for 1 season. I still have it on video tape!
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I normally only post when I've seen films at the cinema, but Blokey bought me Battle Royale (squeamishly bloody, but not as good as the book [which he also bought me so I can read it again at my leisure]), The Hunger Games (which I did see at the cinema, but he watched it with me the other night and we had lots of fun comparing it to Battle Royale, and he even offered to see the next installment with me when it comes out, ha!) and Despicable Me (oodles of fun; I've not seen it before and now I'm excited because they're making a sequel, allegedly!). Yesterday we settle down in fron of the tellybox and watched When the Lights Went Out, a British horror film based on Europe's most horrifying poltergeist activity in history. It wasn't that horrifying, but good fun anyway. And I enjoyed looking up the true story it was (loosely) based on afterwards.
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We are planning on going to see "The Hobbit" tonight. Hoping it's as good as I have heard.
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We are planning on going to see "The Hobbit" tonight. Hoping it's as good as I have heard.
don't forget to look at the bottom of the screen with the elves and the orcs are speaking.. there are subtitles.. I didn't know that till the movie was almost over.. *L*
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I normally only post when I've seen films at the cinema, but Blokey bought me Battle Royale (squeamishly bloody, but not as good as the book [which he also bought me so I can read it again at my leisure]), The Hunger Games (which I did see at the cinema, but he watched it with me the other night and we had lots of fun comparing it to Battle Royale, and he even offered to see the next installment with me when it comes out, ha!) and Despicable Me (oodles of fun; I've not seen it before and now I'm excited because they're making a sequel, allegedly!). Yesterday we settle down in fron of the tellybox and watched When the Lights Went Out, a British horror film based on Europe's most horrifying poltergeist activity in history. It wasn't that horrifying, but good fun anyway. And I enjoyed looking up the true story it was (loosely) based on afterwards.
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Did you enjoy The Hunger Games? Did you read the books? I went and seen it at the cinema twice when it was out. xD Once with my sister and once with a friend. Still haven't bought it though... and I'm only on the 2nd book so far. Love it!
Also, Despicable Me is one of my favorite kids movies! The youngest girl is SOOOOO adorable! "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die! IT'S SO FLUFFY!" That's another movie I saw more than once in theaters. Can't wait for the sequel, though I doubt it will top the first. As sequels ususally fall short.
So, the latest movie I watched was The Tall Man , starring Jessica Biel-Timberlake on Netflix. It's supposed to be very loosely based on the legend of Slenderman. Worst.Movie.Ever. Seriously, it's one of those truly confusing movies and you have no clue what's going on until the very end. Even then it's anticlimatic and unsatisfactory. :thumbdown; :thumbdown; Two big thumbs down! lol But it was fun to make fun of. haha I'm horrible.
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Did you enjoy The Hunger Games? Did you read the books? I went and seen it at the cinema twice when it was out. xD Once with my sister and once with a friend. Still haven't bought it though... and I'm only on the 2nd book so far. Love it!
I prefer the books (I've read them all) but the film is pretty good. I actually saw it at the cinema on my own because NOBODY wanted to come with me ... *sigh*
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We are seeing Skyfall this Saturday. The local art house is showing it for £3 a ticket, about half the price of a family ticket at the commercial theatre. I hope it isn't too terribly inappropriate for the boys. Gwyn is so looking forward to it but I find James Bond films to be dead boring. At least this James Bond is Welsh so we can cheer for the home team!
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We saw Skyfall!!! I had been told that the screen/theatre was small, so I was expecting no-frills for our 12 quid, but it was lovely! I found the screen to be quite big and it was concave which gave a nice depth to the whole thing.
I was giddy after seeing it! I actually enjoyed it, but what's more, I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw a film in the theatres that did not have talking animals, annoying bathroom humour, or gobs and gobs of cutesy child-protagonists. I don't think there was one person under the age of 20 in this film, and I liked how much of the focus was on what happens to a super spy when he gets on in years. The villain was delightful, and though I've always considered it faint praise, I agree with the critics who say it is the best Bond film ever (not that I've seen that many). I also liked that they finally treated Bond as a real person, we got a brief glimpse of what made him who he was. (And thanks to a serendipitously-timed visit to a National Trust property, the boys knew what a priest hole was). His backstory fit with why this Bond does not exactly have an English accent, and while he wasn't given free license to have a full-on Welsh accent for obvious reasons, it showed a hint of respect toward the Celtic actors who have embodied that part and the Celtic fans that they've brought with them, many of whom probably didn't have much time for the series when the character was played by an Englishman.
The boys were entertained as well, and they were not the only young children there. Dyl got so excited at one point that he jumped out of his seat. The violence was not too brutal (Dyl appreciated the Komodo dragon scene) and the sex was not graphic in the least. All in all, a perfect evening out for all of us to finish out our winter holiday!
They can shut the franchise down now. End on a high note.
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We saw Django Unchained yesterday. I loved it, although it was defintely worth the 18 certificate with its bloody-ness and death scenes. Brutal, but thought-provoking and a little funny in places (as befits Tarantino's style). I can't quite get over how big Leonardo Di Caprio's head is getting now though. And Jamie Foxx did things to my nether-regions, but that's by-the-by. *oooh, missus*
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Poppy, is the 18 certificates a rating system you have for films?
Makes me wonder how the rating of Pulp Fiction was then.
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Poppy, is the 18 certificates a rating system you have for films?
Makes me wonder how the rating of Pulp Fiction was then.
Yep, we have U (suitable for anybody), PG (suitable for children with mummy and daddy's blessing), 12A (only really suitable for people over 12, but under 12s can go with an adult), 12 (should be 12+), 15 (must be 15+) and 18 (must be 18+). It's very rare for films to get an 18 certificate these days but I *think* that Tarantino's films are always certified as 18s due to the violence. Pulp Fiction was an 18.
The Hunger Games was a 12A at the cinema (they only showed the edited/cut version). The DVD release was a 12 but the Blu-ray was a 15. Blokey bought me the Blu-ray for Christmas but I can't understand why the uncut version needs to be a 15. For some films the certification seems to have been decided by people who haven't even watched the film (maybe they haven't?) ... *shrugs*
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Really really like this tread!! Kinda breezed thru it as a returning IHD member. So I have an iPad and Netflix any other suggestions on finding movies and TV shows on the cheap or at least reasonable? Also maybe a man list of must sees. Not that women don't like action adventures and spy flicks but I know I do!! I'll be revisiting here often and downloading some cool stuff hopefully. I recently got the new Bourne movie and it was surprisingly good. **** 4 stars from me. Also watched Hitman, I watched years ago but enjoyed revisiting it again. I'm going back thru the posts and look for ideas. THX.
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Really really like this tread!! Kinda breezed thru it as a returning IHD member. So I have an iPad and Netflix any other suggestions on finding movies and TV shows on the cheap or at least reasonable? Also maybe a man list of must sees. Not that women don't like action adventures and spy flicks but I know I do!! I'll be revisiting here often and downloading some cool stuff hopefully. I recently got the new Bourne movie and it was surprisingly good. **** 4 stars from me. Also watched Hitman, I watched years ago but enjoyed revisiting it again. I'm going back thru the posts and look for ideas. THX.
It's so funny that you'd mention Hitman; I had never heard of it, nor had I ever heard of the video game on which it is based. I was flicking through channels yesterday afternoon, and I happened across it and watched a few minutes because it starred Timothy Oliphant, who I love in Justified. I almost didn't recognize him!
Even though I'm female, I love action movies and spy thrillers. I love just about any sort of movie that is well written and has three dimensional characters. My favorite movie of all time is Das Boot, which actually was a 6 part miniseries that was condensed into a feature length film. At the time it was made (early 1980s), it was the most ambitious and expensive movie ever made in Germany. If you want both action and incredible tension, along with characters you come to care about despite the fact that they're German submariners during WWII, have a look. I'm sure it's available on Netflix. If you watch it, be sure to come back and tell me what you thought of it!
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We saw Movie 43 today. Please don't go and see it; it was terrible and very unfunny with a handful of cutesy gems which at least made me NOT want to get up and walk out, although it was very close. (Apparently the wraparound story is completely different in the US so it may make more sense to those of you out there. I have no idea why the wraparound is different though. The US version sounds a bit funnier.)
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Did anyone else find the movie Ted to be as funny as I did??? Most of my friends didn't find it as amusing as I did!!
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Did anyone else find the movie Ted to be as funny as I did??? Most of my friends didn't find it as amusing as I did!!
Ted is a mix of incredibly stupid with incredibly funny.. I liked it.. I watched it in dialysis, and the nurses kept telling me to be quiet cuz I was laughing too much.... they did the same with Hysteria..
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Did anyone else find the movie Ted to be as funny as I did??? Most of my friends didn't find it as amusing as I did!!
On my list of movies to rent or buy.
I got Dredd a couple weeks ago, waaaay different than Stallones version and longer. More gritty. I am still not sure about seeing Total Recall, but will have Argo and Skyfall in Feb to watch.
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Argo is GREAT. I really liked it it was based on a true story and even with Ben (his movies have not been great lately) it is smart suspenseful and well done! Let me know what you think. I have to look up hysteria. Haven't seen anything about it. As a guy Ted made me laugh out loud a lot. And that's a good thing. Not a thinking mans movie just slapstick comedy an the story is original I thought and just made me laugh!! Glad to hear someone else got a few laughs too!! I bought on my iTunes/apple TV account I thought it was so funny. Probably watch it again in a month to see if it still cracks me up!! So Dread (sp?) was good? I like action shoot 'em up kind of movies too. So your review is good but long?? THX guys. I'll be looking at things you like so throw me a few of your faves and I'll look them up!!
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Did anyone else find the movie Ted to be as funny as I did??? Most of my friends didn't find it as amusing as I did!!
On my list of movies to rent or buy.
I got Dredd a couple weeks ago, waaaay different than Stallones version and longer. More gritty. I am still not sure about seeing Total Recall, but will have Argo and Skyfall in Feb to watch.
I got Dredd a couple weeks ago, waaaay different than Stallones version and longer. More gritty. I am still not sure about seeing Total Recall, but will have Argo and Skyfall in Feb to watch. Skyfall is on my list also. Looks good.
So do you guys get movies like me? I mostly use iTunes with Netflix mixed in but they don't seem to have much. A lot of Steven Segal movies!!! LOL. Anyone use huluplus or any other ways of getting movies and TV shows?
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So do you guys get movies like me? I mostly use iTunes with Netflix mixed in but they don't seem to have much. A lot of Steven Segal movies!!! LOL. Anyone use huluplus or any other ways of getting movies and TV shows?
We only use Netflix or LoveFilm for movies and television here - I was told by some authority here that I did not need to get a television license if I used those services.
In the US, I highly recommend AmazonPrime with their vast library of free instant films and television you can watch. It is about $80 for a year, and has the added benefit of free two-day shipping on any of their items that they ship. If there is a film you really want to see that is not offered free to Prime members, you can usually rent it for 24-hours for about $3, or buy it for $10-$15 and it will be stored in your account. (Sometimes you have to download it before a certain date or you lose it - you are allowed to download digital copies of films you buy to 2 different computers, but they are not Mac compatible, except with the iPad.)
We also used to subscribe to HuluPlus, which is much more focused on television. I only got HuluPlus to watch Daily Show and Colbert on my television with Roku. You can watch those for free over the internet in the US, but the whole point of Roku is to watch internet videos on your television. It was worth the $8 a month for us, and we could have watched old episodes of loads of popular shows from the US and Britain.
The nice thing about HuluPlus is that you get a 2-week (sometimes a full month) free trial, and you can always cancel if you find you're not watching it enough. I canceled ours when we moved to the UK because it does not work over here, and it was a simple few clicks on the internet and done.
If you desperately want to watch something for free, we use YouTube as a last resort. Often you can find full movies on there, but they can be a bit of a chore to watch since they are generally posted in 10-minute blocks. I would be very wary of torrent sites or any other unknown sites offering pirated material.
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I LOVE my Apple TV it's just like your box that hooks up to your TV and streams content. The Apple TV box is $99 from apple but I got mine by searching the Internet and got a brand new one for $85. More expensive than other options but has been GRAET for me because I have an iPad, iPhone and a Mac computer. So it all works together along with my big screen TV for watching stuff on multiple devices!! Apple is expensive but I have acquired the devices over a few years from birthday or holiday presents. A credit card or debit card is required with iTunes for buying music, renting or downloading movies but I'm very happy with it. The Apple TV also supports your current huluplus membership and Netflix amoung many many other options including you tube. So it handles pretty much everything which makes it easy and it's very easy to use and the box is very small won't even notice it hook up to your TV!! It's like 4 inches by 4 inches and about an inch thick. I highly recommend the Apple TV box forv$85 investment and the ipad 2 are available now refurbished directly from apple for $319 18 gig wifi one. I got the 64 gig to download more movies and it was under $500. But more memory is a MUST for being able to download multiple movies. I can send you links to look at the stuff if you want. Buying refurbished from apple direct saves you hundreds and still come with full warentee so I'll post links if anyone is interested. It's not easy to find discounted apple stuff but I have found ways and my parents and sister bought this was. Like a said hundreds less than buying at apple store online or in retail store or even best buy or Walmart. G.
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We love love love our Netflix. I have 458 items on my queue. We like popular movies but also enjoy foreign or more obscure flicks. This weekend we've watched both Looper and Farewell, My Queen. We're starting on the third season of Kingdom (with Stephen Fry). If you like Bollywood films, be sure to watch Agneepath and Jodha Akbar. So many movies, so little time.
I try really hard to see all of the films that are up for the major awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes and the BAFTAS before those awards are given out. I am desperate to see Amour but haven't been able to find it here in the 'burbs. We hope to see Zero Dark Thirty next weekend. I just can't get up the enthusiasm for Life of Pi, though.
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I have just started going to see a film every fortnight with a friend of my son. We saw Quartet last week. I love anything with Maggie Smith in it. Next weekend we are going to see Life of Pi - his choice, not mine. Each of us has a veto - No way am I going to any sci-fi film. They drive me up the wall. I would not have gone to Pi by choice, but I wouldn't mind checking out the special effects.
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I LOVE my Apple TV it's just like your box that hooks up to your TV and streams content. The Apple TV box is $99 from apple but I got mine by searching the Internet and got a brand new one for $85. More expensive than other options but has been GRAET for me because I have an iPad, iPhone and a Mac computer. So it all works together along with my big screen TV for watching stuff on multiple devices!! Apple is expensive but I have acquired the devices over a few years from birthday or holiday presents. A credit card or debit card is required with iTunes for buying music, renting or downloading movies but I'm very happy with it. The Apple TV also supports your current huluplus membership and Netflix amoung many many other options including you tube. So it handles pretty much everything which makes it easy and it's very easy to use and the box is very small won't even notice it hook up to your TV!! It's like 4 inches by 4 inches and about an inch thick. I highly recommend the Apple TV box forv$85 investment and the ipad 2 are available now refurbished directly from apple for $319 18 gig wifi one. I got the 64 gig to download more movies and it was under $500. But more memory is a MUST for being able to download multiple movies. I can send you links to look at the stuff if you want. Buying refurbished from apple direct saves you hundreds and still come with full warentee so I'll post links if anyone is interested. It's not easy to find discounted apple stuff but I have found ways and my parents and sister bought this was. Like a said hundreds less than buying at apple store online or in retail store or even best buy or Walmart. G.
I know what you mean, I loved the Roku in the US. I could get one here, but we don't even own a television at the moment, so no point. We just watch everything direct on computers.
I have read that Roku is more user-friendly than AppleTV, though Apple has such a loyal following. I am not one of those Apple cheerleaders, though. My parents are - my father bought both my husband and me iPhones a few years ago because he just could not take knowing two people who did not have them. I have ranted til I could rant no more about the stupidity of a phone that can do remarkable things but drops calls constantly, so I'll spare everyone the redux. Even though we have a fair few Apple products, we mostly use PCs (I even have that new Windows phone) so I don't think we'd spend the extra for Apple TV. My husband recently won an iPad but I have not warmed up to it yet....
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Even tho my blu ray player can have access to Netflix, hulu, and others, I just hate the occassional freeze during play. So I'm old fashioned and buy DVD's/ Blu-Ray and Music CD's, or I rent from Redbox or local chain. Renting is rare for me now because it's a long walk since they removed the Redbox kiosk across the street.
I like having a hard copy back up with the artwork. I rarely look at the additional features tho. Plus when I buy a disc, I look for the combo packs so I can add the movie to iTunes account, play it on a DVD player at friends house, or blu-ray at my house. My player can play 3D, but in no need of a 3D TV.
I don't spend enough time at the TV to justify setting my budget for a monthly bill yet. I buy movies from Amazonevery so often depending on pre order notification. I have the Prime, but never looked into the free stuff.
I was going to go see Gangster Squad this week, but plans are cancelled due to getting sick. Hopefully see it next week depending on doc.
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I fell like I couldn't live without my iPad!! Hardly ever use my windows laptop except for work or even my Mac desktop!! Love how I can take movies and music anywhere I go especially dialysis. I do all my banking bill payments and email from the iPad. The screen is perfect size for me and it has been rugged as I toss it around a lot and take it out a lot. I bought a nice case for it and the stylus is great for me instead of using fingers to touch the screen. I got the case for cheap at a big lots store too. Granted I have not tried to use any other tablets so there may well be better ones out there. My friend just got the new Microsoft one called surface and he will give me a review but that one is more expensive that the iPad. Like I said I use the Apple TV and I find it easy to use maybe because I am so used to apple products!!
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Regarding Dredd, I do not know which version is more closely based on original comic novel character. It is over 2 hours long, gritty, different story and characters. However actionwise it is less to me than Stallone's, but has a better storyline that centers more on supporting character to me. Violent yes, action not so much, but has moments.
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Even tho my blu ray player can have access to Netflix, hulu, and others, I just hate the occassional freeze during play.
I agree. I hooked my Apple TV by Ethernet cable right to router and it never freezes now. Had to get cable company to move equipment and hide it but it is much better than wireless.
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Even tho my blu ray player can have access to Netflix, hulu, and others, I just hate the occassional freeze during play.
I agree. I hooked my Apple TV by Ethernet cable right to router and it never freezes now. Had to get cable company to move equipment and hide it but it is much better than wireless.
I'm so glad you are back! :yahoo;
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Feel a lot better being back!!! So much has happened over the last several years. It's great to see that IHD is still here letting us vent, comfort and learn. Great job keeping it going!! I'm sure it has been a challenge. I will be donating to the premium member fund again as soon as I can. This is the only place I've ever seen run by patients no holds barred talk. THX for keeping it up!! Please extend my THX to everyone who has helped too. G.
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We only use Netflix or LoveFilm for movies and television here - I was told by some authority here that I did not need to get a television license if I used those services.
I think you can watch BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, and the like too. I used to be a staunch supporter of the licence but now think it's redundant, particularly because US folks can see such things as Dr Who and Merlin within hours of me seeing them, and as I sort-of pay for them to be made it irks me a tad!
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In America, at least where I live BBC is not free either. I have to pay a cable company to get that channel in would think in turn the cable company has worker out a deal with BBC for licensing. It's not we can buy a TV and just turn it on and get BBC America (that's what the channel is called from my service). When I moved I actually looked to make sure I could buy the package that BBC America came with. I pay $110 a month for my cable TV services and a halfway decent speed Internet connection. And it's only that cheap because I live in a condo and my condo association pays for a portion of my cable and Internet bill out of the monthly dues I pay. In my last house my cable bill was over $200 every month. Just curious how does your licensing system work? And how much is it? Like I said I am sure that the cable company pays to show BBC America and other things like TBS, USA any pro football games and ESPN. It is all just passed on to us thru the cable company we choose. I curious to hear how your system works. THX G.
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Hope Springs is a good funny movie.
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We only use Netflix or LoveFilm for movies and television here - I was told by some authority here that I did not need to get a television license if I used those services.
I think you can watch BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, and the like too. I used to be a staunch supporter of the licence but now think it's redundant, particularly because US folks can see such things as Dr Who and Merlin within hours of me seeing them, and as I sort-of pay for them to be made it irks me a tad!
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Oh, yes, I watch iPlayer occasionally. I like that it tells you when you need a television license. Have not looked into ITV but will do so when we're more settled.
Americans pay for PBS via their taxes, and some of us choose to support local radio or television privately as well. If you've ever stuck a toddler in front of Sesame Street to get an hour's peace (and who hasn't) then that is funded in part by US tax payers. I think it all even outs, and as Geoff said, viewers would have to pay for BBC America to get most programs over there. When local PBS stations show BBC programs, they are paying to broadcast the shows, it's just the audience gets the channel for free because we've already contributed tax dollars to it.
I do think the tv license is an antiquated system. I get that they are trying to be fair, but the sum is so tiny that they must waste so much just on enforcement. (Geoff, I think it's roughly £12/month and you have to pay it to watch any live television, whether over the internet or on a tv screen. I'd like to watch the news again, so we plan to pay it just as soon as we get a television and more permanent accommodation.) I support public arts funding in all countries, and programs like Dr. Who are so legendary that I'm sure they bring in more cash for the citizens than the tax payers put toward it. (As does Sesame Street)
Funny, when we stayed at the cottage, all I remember are American programs. The kids got really into Food Network shows, especially Cupcake Wars.
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Oh, and the real reason I came on this thread - my friends want to go see Les Miz and I said I'd go with them. I so don't want to see Les Miz, especially not now that I've realised that it is 3 hours long. And Russel Crowe is allowed to sing in it, which shouldn't have been allowed to happen. I keep trying to drag Gwyn along for moral support, and he keeps responding Sorry! Girl's night!
I'll go to avoid being a killjoy. I've seen the musical 3 times on Broadway, not even sure why, but I did. Good God, am I going to be bored.
(THREE HOURS!!!)
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Oh, and the real reason I came on this thread - my friends want to go see Les Miz and I said I'd go with them. I so don't want to see Les Miz, especially not now that I've realised that it is 3 hours long. And Russel Crowe is allowed to sing in it, which shouldn't have been allowed to happen. I keep trying to drag Gwyn along for moral support, and he keeps responding Sorry! Girl's night!
I'll go to avoid being a killjoy. I've seen the musical 3 times on Broadway, not even sure why, but I did. Good God, am I going to be bored.
(THREE HOURS!!!)
Time to pull out the good old kidney card for this one! :2thumbsup; :rofl; :rofl;
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Oh, and the real reason I came on this thread - my friends want to go see Les Miz and I said I'd go with them. I so don't want to see Les Miz, especially not now that I've realised that it is 3 hours long. And Russel Crowe is allowed to sing in it, which shouldn't have been allowed to happen. I keep trying to drag Gwyn along for moral support, and he keeps responding Sorry! Girl's night!
I'll go to avoid being a killjoy. I've seen the musical 3 times on Broadway, not even sure why, but I did. Good God, am I going to be bored.
(THREE HOURS!!!)
Time to pull out the good old kidney card for this one! :2thumbsup; :rofl; :rofl;
"The bearer of this card is entitled to skip your unpleasant, expensive, and/or ridiculously time-consuming social engagement because he or she is now, or has at one time been, in a state of renal insufficiency."
(Gwyn wants one for himself. Partner of cardholder card? :waiting;)
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In America, at least where I live BBC is not free either. I have to pay a cable company to get that channel in would think in turn the cable company has worker out a deal with BBC for licensing. It's not we can buy a TV and just turn it on and get BBC America (that's what the channel is called from my service). When I moved I actually looked to make sure I could buy the package that BBC America came with. I pay $110 a month for my cable TV services and a halfway decent speed Internet connection. And it's only that cheap because I live in a condo and my condo association pays for a portion of my cable and Internet bill out of the monthly dues I pay. In my last house my cable bill was over $200 every month. Just curious how does your licensing system work? And how much is it? Like I said I am sure that the cable company pays to show BBC America and other things like TBS, USA any pro football games and ESPN. It is all just passed on to us thru the cable company we choose. I curious to hear how your system works. THX G.
Ah, see. I just assumed you could switch on your telly and Dr. Who appeared for free. Silly me!! I think it costs £12.12p a month ($19.08ish US) and if you watch live telly you MUST have one, or you get sent letters and given a fine. However, we have Sky (satellite) as well so we have to pay for that (but we don't pay the most expensive package) too.
If you've ever stuck a toddler in front of Sesame Street to get an hour's peace (and who hasn't) then that is funded in part by US tax payers.
I haven't.
Funny, when we stayed at the cottage, all I remember are American programs. The kids got really into Food Network shows, especially Cupcake Wars.
All the programmes we watch on Sky are American. British programmes tend to be shown mostly on Freeview. And I grew up with American shows which is why I know so much about America and it's ALL true! *grin*
Back to filmage ... my mum saw Les Miserables and she loved it (she cried). A girl on the bus saw it with a boy and she cried but he didn't. She was very upset that he hadn't cried. My life would be meaningless without overheard conversations on buses! I haven't seen it and won't, but that's because I can't stand the idea of sitting in a cinema having to listen to people sing. I can't suspend reality enough to feel comfortable with musicals on the big screen. They're starting to show recorded bits of The Comedy Store in the cinema and we're MASSIVE comedy fans and love seeing stand-up comedians live, but we're not going to see The Comedy Store because it just feels wrong; if I want to watch live stand-up in a non-live way I'll just buy the DVD, thanks! The cinema is for films, with people talking and doing crazy stuff, and NOT singing.
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Ah, see. I just assumed you could switch on your telly and Dr. Who appeared for free. Silly me!! I think it costs £12.12p a month ($19.08ish US) and if you watch live telly you MUST have one, or you get sent letters and given a fine. However, we have Sky (satellite) as well so we have to pay for that (but we don't pay the most expensive package) too.
I have never lived in Europe so I wasn't sure what a license meant. That's interesting but it sounds a lot like the US cable company system. You can get some free TV channels usually local stuff and shopping networks that air for free but cover the costs by selling advertising. I don't think I've ever been able to get PBS (public broadcasting company) free on a TV antenna. But it has been a long time since I tried. I love the BBC America channel and have to pay for it but I watch top gear and other programs regularly. How does Internet work where you are? Pay a company a monthly service like we do here? My cable TV and Internet are in one package. Makes it easier and they say cheaper. But a decent Internet connection here in the US will still cost you about $40 a month at least where I live then cable programming on top of that so all together about $115 a month for Internet and a premium channel package. Still re-reading to figure out how it works for you. If I understand right a license for BBC TV is around $20 US a month? It's interesting to find out how things work outside my little world!! THX. G.
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Poppy I can see Dr. Who for free on the telli on our PBS station, but episodes are 2 or more years old and not on a specific schedule due to Masterpiece Theatre interruptions . :banghead;
Thus having cable with BBC America is essential, plus we then get the real Top Gear show :2thumbsup; Along with other original shows copied here in the US and screw it up, ie Top Gear, Being Human, and lets really forget how we tried to do Dr. Who :oops;
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Oh, and the real reason I came on this thread - my friends want to go see Les Miz and I said I'd go with them. I so don't want to see Les Miz, especially not now that I've realised that it is 3 hours long. And Russel Crowe is allowed to sing in it, which shouldn't have been allowed to happen. I keep trying to drag Gwyn along for moral support, and he keeps responding Sorry! Girl's night!
I'll go to avoid being a killjoy. I've seen the musical 3 times on Broadway, not even sure why, but I did. Good God, am I going to be bored.
(THREE HOURS!!!)
Time to pull out the good old kidney card for this one! :2thumbsup; :rofl; :rofl;
"The bearer of this card is entitled to skip your unpleasant, expensive, and/or ridiculously time-consuming social engagement because he or she is now, or has at one time been, in a state of renal insufficiency."
(Gwyn wants one for himself. Partner of cardholder card? :waiting;)
I consider pretty much any time spent watching musicals to be minutes of my life I've wasted and can't get back. I tolerate only the The Sound of Music and the Wizard of Oz when it comes to movies with people randomly singing - and those only rarely!
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UGH I hate the American version of top gear too. BAD just bad!!
I watched 7 psychopaths and thought it was good! But I have to watch again to get all the things I missed on first viewing.
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We went to see "Zero Dark Thirty". I only went because we got paid to see it. My advice: Don't waste your money. Wait for it to come out on DVD. I spent most of the time with my hands over my eyes! Way too violent for me!
On the other hand, a friend recommended a documentary that I absolutely loved! "Searching For Sugarman" was one of the best documentaries that I have seen in a long time. Heartwarming at times and a little bit sad. If you were at all into the Folk/Rock scene of the early '70's, see it!
I would be surprised if it didn't win an Oscar for Best Documentary.
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On the other hand, a friend recommended a documentary that I absolutely loved! "Searching For Sugarman" was one of the best documentaries that I have seen in a long time. Heartwarming at times and a little bit sad. If you were at all into the Folk/Rock scene of the early '70's, see it!
I would be surprised if it didn't win an Oscar for Best Documentary.
My friend from Detroit just recommended that documentary to me, and the musician is coming to London or somewhere else close by in June, so we are planning to see him live. She saw him in Ann Arbor whilst waiting for her visa to come through and said it was an incredible experience.
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"Searching for Sugarman" has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category. If you have Netflix, you can watch a few other nominees, namely "Five Broken Cameras" (I've just finished watching this one; very eye-opening), "How to Survive a Plague" and "The Invisible War".
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I consider pretty much any time spent watching musicals to be minutes of my life I've wasted and can't get back. I tolerate only the The Sound of Music and the Wizard of Oz when it comes to movies with people randomly singing - and those only rarely!
I'm of a similar mind about them, although I find that I cannot tolerate them on stage anymore, either. My friend is obsessed with the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and we were going to go see it in Birmingham but I have to return to the US instead. I am secretly not that disappointed about that, though sad that I'll miss the chance to socialize with this friend outside of her job managing the charity shop where I volunteer.
I watched West Side Story with the boys before they performed the songs from the musical with their choir. That one was fun to revisit - the songs are to die for, and I am not sure how anyone can resist murderous, dancing gang members. I think I would see that one onstage if the opportunity were there. Russel Crowe in Les Miz, from the 30 seconds I heard him sing in the trailer, was indescribably awful. Gwyn and I don't claim to be great music critics and we both winced - winced - at his bit. I know two people who called Moulin Rouge "the best film". I wish I could report that these people rarely saw films, but actually, I believe the opposite is the case. I haven't seen all of Moulin Rouge because I find it unwatchable. I remember Roger Ebert describing it as "being trapped in an elevator with a circus". (He still gave the damn thing 3 stars!)
my mum saw Les Miserables and she loved it (she cried). A girl on the bus saw it with a boy and she cried but he didn't. She was very upset that he hadn't cried. My life would be meaningless without overheard conversations on buses! I haven't seen it and won't, but that's because I can't stand the idea of sitting in a cinema having to listen to people sing.
This is pretty much the feedback that I've been hearing, that it was just so amazing, but I believe none of it. Not only do I *not* want to see a musical in the cinema, I do not want to hear people who should have been told by now that they are tone deaf belting out light opera. Natalie Wood (West Side Story) and Audrey Hepburn (My Fair Lady) were dubbed, and I'm sure there are dozens more examples. Use the big name if you must, but don't subject us to what they call singing!
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Along with other original shows copied here in the US and screw it up, ie Top Gear, Being Human, and lets really forget how we tried to do Dr. Who :oops;
I've still yet to see the American version of Being Human. I get the impression that I'm missing nothing by not seeing it! There are a lot of programmes which I imagine do well across the pond because they're just so British and they must be terrible when they're Americanised (I do think Being Human is very British in its humour and situations and I assume that's the appeal, likewise with Top Gear.) Likewise there are shows you have which we'd be stupid to try and emulate. I've said this before on this site, but if you've seen the American version of Life on Mars you MUST see the original British version. It is far superior. And actually, even if you haven't seen the American version you MUST watch Life on Mars because it is one of the most amazing programmes to come out of Britain in the last ten years. Once you've watched Life on Mars you will then need to watch Ashes to Ashes (which concludes the story). Truly brilliant and rather original.
We saw Warm Bodies today. This is my mini-review of it: Completely and utterly delightful. It was sad, funny, sweet, cutesy, romantic, a little bit gory and a little bit scary. Loved it muchly.
I actually loved everything about it, from the casting down to the compelling soundtrack and everything in between, especially the idea that somewhere in their heads a little bit of the pre-zombie person still exists (which goes completely against the grain of all other zombie films.). And Nicholas Hoult is becoming a very handsome young man. I might even read the book now.
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Was coming on here to ask if anyone had seen warm bodies...thanks poppy :) Hopefully get round to seeing it!
And for the record i agree life on mars and ashes to ashes were great, got me wanting to watch them again now! I didnt know there was an american version of life on mars...cant imagine it being the same without our gene hunt!!
A couple other films i quite wanna see are 'i give it a year' and its not out yet here yet'oz the great and powerful' its a prequel to wizard of oz. And not sure but intrigued by 'beautiful creatures' anyone is US seen any of these are any decent or not worth it??
Got the 5 year engagement on dvd tonight, saw total recall the new one the other night i didnt really get the storyline or enjoy it, neither did my mum, but hubby and dad did. Colin Farrell looked pretty good in it so worth a look for that ladies :)
I know its been given good reviews but i dont fancy seeing les mis at all!!
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A couple of friends went to see Warm Bodies without me.. I was not impressed.. they are talking about seeing Beautiful Creatures now
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I have seen both versions of Life on Mars and preferred the british version. PBS though did not run the whole series and I didn't know about the end. The difference To me between the british and american versions of tv shows is that the american versions seem dumbed down as if viewers are less intelligent (granted some are ;D ). Top Gear here just copies old episodes, yet set in the US with cars available here, has terrible host, and doesn't try to be original. I hope they do not try to mimic Fifth Gear here!
After seeing the doc on Friday, we went and saw Identity Theft with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. It was funny, but not LOL funny. Seems Jason Bateman is stuck playing the same type of character in the last few movies he has been in which for me added a sour note. Melissa McCarthy was the funny one in physical and spoken comedy. However the bad guys in the film could have been cut down to 2 or 3 people because the other did not add to the storyline or ending. It was like why was he there?, it did not make much sense and then makes you wonder at the end.
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I have seen both versions of Life on Mars and preferred the british version. PBS though did not run the whole series and I didn't know about the end. The difference To me between the british and american versions of tv shows is that the american versions seem dumbed down as if viewers are less intelligent (granted some are ;D ). Top Gear here just copies old episodes, yet set in the US with cars available here, has terrible host, and doesn't try to be original. I hope they do not try to mimic Fifth Gear here!.
DITTO!! I usually wait to see movies at home where I can start stop rewind!! Must be getting lazy!! LOL. But going to a movie alone doesn't appeal to me!!
I'm excited and looking for the Warm Bodies title. Is it new in theaters or can I find on Netflix or Apple TV?? THX. G.
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God, I cannot stand Top Gear. The hosts are truly odious creatures, each less likable than the last. You mean to tell me that they've found Americans who are even worse?!I shall be steering well clear of that one. (Ha. Top Gear. Steering.)
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God, I cannot stand Top Gear. The hosts are truly odious creatures, each less likable than the last. You mean to tell me that they've found Americans who are even worse?!I shall be steering well clear of that one. (Ha. Top Gear. Steering.)
You know, back in the 90's, I used to love that show. It was more for car wonks, and it was really informative. I don't know why I liked it. My dad had been really interested in cars, and perhaps that rubbed off on me more than I had realized.
Some years after I had moved back to the States, I was thrilled to see that it was being shown on BBCAmerica, and I excitedly tuned in. It was a completely different show! Same people (that Jeremy Wotsit), but a completely different format. It had suddenly become utterly childish. I just could NOT believe it!
I would like to see "Warm Bodies"...it has received surprisingly good reviews.
We saw "Side Effects" today, and it was riveting. I've never been a fan of Jude Law, but in this film he was very very good. And Rooney Mara played an entirely different character than Lisbet in "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Catherine Zeta-Jones was in it also...do any of you UK IHDers remember her in "The Darling Buds of May"? Anyway, "Side Effects" is a true thriller with an ending you won't see coming.
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Poppy, have you seen the original Danish version of "The Killing"? I'm desperate to see that despite although I liked the American version, but I just cannot find it anywhere here. I've been checking Netflix every month or so, but no joy.
And isn't there a new series from "The Killing" people..."Borgen" or something like that?
(And no, I don't have any fancy pants hulu plus or any other such thing, just Netflix and Xfinity On Demand.)
I wish we could get more foreign TV series over here.
BBCA has been showing ads for "Orphan Black"...anyone over the pond seen that?
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Geoff warm bodies has just come out here in cinemas in the UK.
Moose mom I loved darling buds of may I remember watching it as a child with my parents. Sometimes they repeat it would love to see it again. I found the danish version of the killing on lovefilm to watch on demand but not sure u have lovefilm in US? Not sure will get round to watching it tho.
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MM, I haven't seen The Killing at all, Danish or otherwise. I'd like to but seem to have missed it. Haven't even heard of Orphan Black so I had to imdb it. You're getting it first because it's funded by BBCA ... I look forward to your review! :P
And for the record i agree life on mars and ashes to ashes were great, got me wanting to watch them again now! I didnt know there was an american version of life on mars...cant imagine it being the same without our gene hunt!!
The American version is awful. Blokey managed to watch the whole season but I gave up after about three episodes. He did make me watch the last ten minutes of the last episode and if you're really interested in how truly awful the whole season it can be summed up in the last few minutes of the final episode. I found the end here, just for you ... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3034632/life_on_mars_us_finale/ The biggest problem with this ending (apart from making me laugh) is that they missed out on Ashes to Ashes and the beautifulness that came with it. The end to that haunts me, making me sad and happy all rolled into one. The American ending cheated its watchers out of something wonderful.
I was at my mum's last night and finally got round to watching Melancholia (she has lovefilm, I don't.) I enjoyed it but it was exhausting. I'm not sure I could watch it again. I also kept thinking that it would have been better to have Kate Winslet playing the role of Justine, not least because Kirsten Dunst's accent didn't match her family's and also simply because my mind kept replacing Kirsten Dunst with her to the extent that I could physically see Kate on the screen. Am I the only person this happens to? However, Alexander Skarsgard was hothotHOT. *sigh*
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OK. I've seen a few movies lately;
Skyfall. New bond movie. 3 thumbs up. I did not expect it to be good and was very surprised!! Best in years
Flight. Ditto. Excellent movie. Denzel is an amazing actor with many layers in this.
7 psychopaths. Again very good. But complicated story line a second watch is required!
Hit and Run. Stupid mindless comedy. Rarely funny thumbs down
Alex Cross. It's good but the other Cross movies seemed better to me and Tyler Perry as Alex Cross just did not work for me! It's decent if you take for what it is and need to pass some time but I say re watch the the other Cross movies, along came a Spider or the one with Denzel playing Cross with Angela Jolie.
That's it for now! G.
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Skyfall was watched first. It was long, had an actual storyline, good villian, surprising ending, yet kinda boring actionwise. Gonna watch Ted tomorrow.
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WARNING!! Ted is definitely not for everyone but I was laughing my butt off. It's certainly not intellectual but mindless fun comedy YES for me. Can't wait to see what you think!! G.
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Ted is stupid funny and I needed it. Surprised, well not really how many people from Family Guy and American Dad were involved. Patrick Stewart narrating was really funnyu at theend especially about the Superman Returns movie. Then the Sam Jones parts too.
I need to load it onto my Apple account so I can watch it durning hospital stays.
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A question about 'Lincoln'. Who was the confederate guy on the white horse outside the courthouse halfway through the film?
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A question about 'Lincoln'. Who was the confederate guy on the white horse outside the courthouse halfway through the film?
That was General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, specifically the army of Northern Virginia. The courthouse was at Appomattox, the site of the surrender of the Confederates, marking the end of the American Civil War.
One thing that is interesting about him is that he actually wanted to see the Union stay intact and was offered the command of the Union Army by President Lincoln. He declined because he was Virginian, heart and soul. Back then, when the United States was still very young, people more strongly identified themselves by their home state (and many still do these days!). If you were to tour any national Civil War military battlefield like Vicksburg or Gettysburg, you'd see monuments that were erected (and financed) by people from each individual state that had regiments that fought in those particular battle. At the cemetary at Gettysburg, there are no Confederate dead that were allowed to be buried there.
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I see Lincoln is now pre order status on Amazon. Is the movie more like a documentary? Only other movie that is worth pre ordering is DiJango, not a fan of Les Mis..., or cartoons. Hopefully better movies will be in pre order status next week.
Well there is Jack Archer or whatever action movie, but it has Tom Cruise which just ruins the whole movie for me.
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Thanks MooseMom. I thought it might have been Lee, but I didn't catch his name. I enjoyed the film. The casting was excellent. The language was old fashioned and thick. I was wondering all through it what Lincoln would have thought of the Republicans today (or the Democrats, for that matter)
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I see Lincoln is now pre order status on Amazon. Is the movie more like a documentary? Only other movie that is worth pre ordering is DiJango, not a fan of Les Mis..., or cartoons. Hopefully better movies will be in pre order status next week.
No, it is nothing like a documentary. It's a very well done film. It should be seen just for Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, if for no other reason.
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Thanks MooseMom. I thought it might have been Lee, but I didn't catch his name. I enjoyed the film. The casting was excellent. The language was old fashioned and thick. I was wondering all through it what Lincoln would have thought of the Republicans today (or the Democrats, for that matter)
Here's today's American History lesson for folks Down Under...
It was a southern Democrat, President Lyndon Johnson (who was Vice President when Kennedy was assassinated) who signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and in doing so, remarked that the Democrats would "lose the South" (which was, at the time, firmly Democratic). He was right. The Old Confederacy is now the bulwark of the Republican Party. So if Lincoln could see today's America, he'd be mightily confused! LOL!
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CHASING MAVERICKS!!!! :2thumbsup; amazing movie!!!! Chris this is a must see for you!!
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CHASING MAVERICKS!!!! :2thumbsup; amazing movie!!!! Chris this is a must see for you!!
I have not heard of that movie. I will look into it .
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Geoff, I loved Skyfall and I don't really like the Bond franchise at all. He was actually human in this one,while continuing to be cold and calculating.
OK, it's half-term so we went to our local cinema on Saver Tuesday and saw Wreck It Ralph. Still cost us £20 just for the seats, although we arrived after the previews had started, and I just could not read our seat numbers on the tickets, so we gave up and sat at the back where you are supposed to pay a premium for what they consider the best seats. I sincerely hope no one paid the extra fee, because there was no enforcement and it was well nigh impossible to find one's assigned seats.
I had been misled by reviews into thinking it would be good, so maybe my expectations were too high. The theatre temperature was a bit too tropical for my taste, so maybe it was that, maybe it was the sheer exhaustion of the day (whole other story), maybe it was paying an additional £10 or so for drinks for the boys, but quite likely it just wasn't a very good film. I found little to hold my interest and the incessant product placement made it feel like an endless advert. I doubt my boys understood the references to older video games (not even sure they know how PacMan goes) and if this movie was created to appeal to my generation, um, try again!
I did remember to grab snacks to smuggle inside, so the boys had Malteasers and Toffee Crisp while watching a film set largely in a world made of candy.
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maybe it was paying an additional £10 or so for drinks for the boys ...
Could you not fit a couple of smuggled bottles in your bag with the snacks?! We NEVER buy drinks, although we do now buy sweets because we get 25% off confectionary but this still doesn't make the drinks worthwhile.
I think we're going to see Cloud Atlas at the weekend. I've heard it has some pretty rubbish reviews from the US so I'm hoping that if I see it with lowered expectations it will be quite good.
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maybe it was paying an additional £10 or so for drinks for the boys ...
Could you not fit a couple of smuggled bottles in your bag with the snacks?!
In my handbag? Not the one I carry - it's a cute little trapezoid bag with a black and white houndstooth pattern (a charity shop find). I do have my gianormous leather Hype handbag so I suppose I could bring in diet Cokes for Gwyn and me. The boys always want those Squishees, and they make this cup that is split in half so they can share both flavors. It's something like £5, but I don't care. The machine was broken last visit, though, so we paid for them to get sodas instead, and I hate spending all that dosh on ordinary soft drinks, but never mind. They only get one childhood. We usually have tins of soda for them that we could bring next time. Do they ever kick anyone out for bringing their own concessions? Drinks are so much more obvious than candy I think, but I have smuggled soda cans in before, just to refill drinks that we purchased at the cinema-cum-restaurant that we frequented in the US. We saw an empty beer bottle when we were leaving Wreck-it Ralph and now Gwyn wants to bring those. They do sell alcohol there, but you are not supposed to bring it into the theatre, which negates the point in our opinion.
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Our theatre doesn't stop you from bringing your own snacks. I think it's due to people with food allergies, and since they can't let some take snacks and not let others, they say nothing if you bring your own. I usually bring a bottle of gingerale with me, and some candy. I usually can't resist movie popcorn, though. *G* I have a sweater that I wear most of the year that my mom made for me. It has huge pockets. I call it my information sweater, because when I was working, I could keep anything I needed at any given point in the day in those pockets. A 600ml bottle of water or pop will fit nicely in one, and still have space for a phone, or candy. *G*
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Do they ever kick anyone out for bringing their own concessions?
The students I work with are always complaining of being searched and having stuff confiscated but I've never been stopped and I carry a huge bag with me most of the time. They are allegedly allowed to ask to search you and if you say no they can deny you entry, but I don't actually know of anyone it's happened to. We have been known to take our own popcorn, own bottled drinks and own Pick & Mix (it was cheaper in Tesco until we started getting the 25% off) if we think we'll want something during the film.
We saw Cloud Atlas and it was amazing and full of quotes which are now my favourite quotes ever (for now). I loved it and am a tad annoyed that the rest of the world seemingly got to see it at the back-end of last year. I must read the book now.
Plus I really want Hugo Weaving's babies.
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I finally got to see "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel".
It sat here for a week simply because I was way too busy to watch much of anything.
I absolutely loved it! Maggie Smith and Judi Dench were fabulous!
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Just saw "Amour". Beautifully done, and she certainly deserved the Oscar.
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I enjoyed The Intouchables". It's a foreign film in French (with English subtitles if you need them). Great film. Based on a true story.
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I enjoyed The Intouchables". It's a foreign film in French (with English subtitles if you need them). Great film. Based on a true story.
Ooooh, that's on my Netflix queue. It releases 5 March, so I've moved it to the top. Thanks for the heads up!
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Just saw "Amour". Beautifully done, and she certainly deserved the Oscar.
I have been dying to see this film for such a long time!
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I finally got to see "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel".
It sat here for a week simply because I was way too busy to watch much of anything.
I absolutely loved it! Maggie Smith and Judi Dench were fabulous!
I have that on my computer, but I haven't actually watched it because it's not the best quality.. Would be awesome of it was on Netflix..
ps.. what do you know.. I checked, and it is available to stream... yay for me! *LOL*
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We saw Stoker today. I don't think it was worthy of an 18 certificate (not sure what ratings it was given elsewhere) as there's more violence in things like Die Hard (albeit a different sort of violence, I suppose) but it was enjoyable and a little bit thought-provoking. Plus Mia Wasikowska is easy on the eye (she reminds me of Claire Danes and she is my only female crush).
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Did an audit of the movie "Snitch". So glad I was getting paid to see it!
The beginning was good and the end was good but in between was long and drawn out. (I actually dozed off!) Don't waste your money on it in the theatre, wait for the DVD.
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We saw Mama yesterday. It was pretty terrifying in places; this irks me because I always used to be able to laugh terrifying horror off (I was only ever affected by things that 'could' really happen, not supernatural stuff) but I must be becoming easier to scare in my old age. *sigh* The ending was a tad rubbish, but on the whole it was good.
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Just got off an international flight so I've seen a few films, and no kiddie crap!
Saw Argo and enjoyed it very much but wasn't blown away by it. Having lived through that era, I knew the gist of the story and suspect that the finale in the film was Hollywooded up beyond recognition. It reminded me of the based on a true story ending of the The Last King of Scotland which apparently used the words "true story" in the loosest possible way. Real life is beautifully dramatic, I think it's a waste to add these action sequences.
Tried to watch Lincoln but was also getting aggravated there in what seemed to be a one-dimensional representation of the President. But I only gave it 30 minutes. I also found it difficult to watch such a sweeping epic on the wee airline screen.
Watched Hitchcock and thought it was not very compelling, but still worth a view. I thought the actor who played Hitch was amaaaaaazing, so I resolved to learn this old, British actor's name. It was Anthony Hopkins. I had no idea!!! I knew he is a gifted impressionist, but he even had that odd sort of sleep-apnea snorting/breathing down. I rang Gwyn immediately to tell him the Welshie nailed it. I am convinced that if Anthony Hopkins ever played a Welshman, the critics would say he couldn't pull it off. He is just too good at portraying himself as a slightly Americanized Englishman.
I cannot admit this to just anyone, but I watched Ted. Well, not all the way through. It was obviously extremely raw, but undeniably funny. I had to take my headphones off quite a lot because I had reached my gross-out limit. Then, eventually I was honest with myself and decided that this just wasn't me, and that I could feel my self-respect shrivelling up the longer I watched this, so switched over to something else. Unsuprisingly, I am not even a little bit curious about how the story concluded. I have told Gwyn to watch it on the way over and summarize for me if he cares to. He will probably just put it on an endless loop - he loves flights just for the chance to watch films I would not be caught dead attending.
Watched a few minutes of Silver Linings Playbook but couldn't get into it. The mother character is a ringer for the school head at my boys' primary. They even both have these high, babyish voices, although the accents are very different.
Watched an episode of the television program Community. It was OK. Betty White was in it, and she does have this delightful presence.
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I enjoyed The Intouchables". It's a foreign film in French (with English subtitles if you need them). Great film. Based on a true story.
I just finished watching this film, and it was absolutely the most brilliant film I've seen in a long time. The birthday concert scene was clever, and the later mustaches scene really made me laugh. And I love it when the "real" personages are shown during the credits.
For some reason that I can't begin to explain, I wanted to see Jack and the Giant Slayer. It was OK; the giants stole the show, frankly.
A few days later, we rented Snow White and the Huntsman, and I like it a lot more than I thought I would. Charlize Theron is terrific, but Kristin Stewart was pretty wooden. Let's face it, she's not the most brilliant actress known to man. But all in all, it was an interesting twist on the tale that we all know. It even had the dwarves, and imagine my surprise when I realized they were portrayed many of the same actors that I had just seen in Jack and the Giant Slayer. It was a real rogue's gallery of British character actors.
My husband is usually extremely smart, but when we were watching Snow White and I pointed out to him who was playing the dwarves, he actually said, "How did they get them to be dwarves?"
Ah, the magic of show biz! :rofl;
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Argo - Great
MIB III _ Better than second one, good time waster if nothing else on.
Haywire - Blah action for the most part, bstoryline eratic
No other movies on pre order yet and do not know what is coming out. If a Redbox was close, I'd rent Lincoln. Also, while in the hospital they need to have a DVD player in the rooms!
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I finally got around to watching Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2. It was alright. I liked the book much better.
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My husband is usually extremely smart, but when we were watching Snow White and I pointed out to him who was playing the dwarves, he actually said, "How did they get them to be dwarves?"
Ah, the magic of show biz! :rofl;
He sounds like me (seriously, the stories Blokey could tell if he posted on here ... my dumb blonde-but-definitely-not-blonde side is well and truly hidden from the virtual world. Most of the time anyway.)
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Geoffcamp, Francois Cluzet (the paraplegic in "The Intouchables") plays the lead in "Tell No One", which we saw last night on Netflix. "Tell No One" was probably one of the best thrillers I've ever seen!
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I enjoyed Tin Tin more than I thought I would. Don't really care for motion capture animation, but I got used to it and had fun watching it with the boys on Netflix.
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:popcorn; I finally got to watch "Skyfall". I loved it! :clap; :clap; :clap;
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:popcorn; I finally got to watch "Skyfall". I loved it! :clap; :clap; :clap;
Seriously the best bond film I've seen in MANY years. It's definitely a thumbs up!! Glad you liked it too!!
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Oh yeah, Skyfall was terrific!
I liked Tin Tin, too.
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We saw Jack the Giant Slayer today. It was an enjoyable romp for a Sunday afternoon, but I prefer Nicholas Hoult as a post-apocolyptic zombie rather than a medieval slayer of giants. Ewan McGregor's 1940s English accent made me giggle.
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We saw Jack the Giant Slayer today. It was an enjoyable romp for a Sunday afternoon, but I prefer Nicholas Hoult as a post-apocolyptic zombie rather than a medieval slayer of giants. Ewan McGregor's 1940s English accent made me giggle.
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Oh, that accent is just too bizarre! LOL! The giants were the best part of that film.
We're going to see The Croods this afternoon. My husband likes horror and other films with creepy kids, so last night we watched "Dream House" with Daniel Craig and Rachel Weitz (sp). He feel asleep at the end (as usual), but I watched it all the way through; Most Depressing Film Ever. I need something "nice".
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Some more movies I've seen recently.
Silver linings play book. I liked it. Going to get the book, I'm sure it's better. It hits close to home with some exceptions but I thought the premis was new differant angle on dysfunctional relationships and the baggage we all carry. It's worth watching. I saw it in the theater. I usually wait for rentals but I had a date and picked it. She didn't like it but I'm a romantic and she is definitely NOT! So for me it's a thumbs up rental.
Argo. I also enjoyed this film. Interesting story probably well embellished for the big screen but still managed to give insight on an interesting event in recent history while remaining entertaining. Love the Argo f yourself. Best line in movie!!
So this is 40. Has its moments and is worth the time if you have 4 hours stuck in a chair!!! But not original and tries too hard to be funny.
Hit and run. Very mindless stupid comedy. But sometimes that just what I need. It's dumb and women will hate it but hey I had the time and got a few laughs but not worth it until it comes out on Netflix.
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We saw Oz The Great and Powerful at the cinema/restaurant tonight with Dylan, Aidan is off with his best friend in Colorado.
It was better than I thought it was going to be. I seem to say that a lot these days. I've never seen a film with James Franco before and it annoyed me as he looks to much like an ex-boyfriend, Also, he was not that compelling in the role. I liked Rachel Weisz - in the early days Gwyn and I saw her in the West End in an obscure Tennessee Williams. I've had a soft spot for her ever since.
The Kansas part of the film was nicely done in the spirit of the original, The Oz part was more Alice-in-Wonderland goes on an ill-advised blind date with Willy Wonka. Just a bit over the top with a relentless creepiness running through the whole thing. But I've seen worse, it had some nice moments.
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Every reviewer of this film has said that the three witches gave very uncompelling performances, which I thought was odd because those are three very accomplished actresses.
Did you see it in 3D? My husband would watch "Grass Growing" followed by its sequel, "Paint Drying" if they were in 3D. Now he wants to start watching flicks in that D-Box. ::)
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Oh, yes, and we are in a house that has HBO so we got to watch Phil Spector with Al Pacino in the title role, and the marvellous Helen Mirren as his lawyer.
10 minutes in I remarked to Gwyn that this was really meant to be a 2-man stage play. Sure enough, turns out David Mamet wrote the script. Now I think David Mamet is quite possibly the world's most overrated playwright. He wrote the same characters over and over, ad infinitum, and no one has said this to his face, or worse, bothered to stop him. Well, at least he is off this annoying, droning use of the F-word 3 times per sentence. Roger Ebert seems to disagree with me, but I feel Al Pacino played Phil Spector as someone who truly, deeply believed he was innocent and was clearly suffering from a barely-controllable mental illness. The performance was exquisite, as was Hellen Mirren's, but hers was a more subdued triumph. I could have watched the two of them act all night. My favourite part had to have been the look on his face, and then her face, when he turned up for his first day of court. The hair and outfit were identical, which impressed me for some reason. I enjoyed the film immensely despite Mamet's involvement and think it is very much worth the time to watch.
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Every reviewer of this film has said that the three witches gave very uncompelling performances, which I thought was odd because those are three very accomplished actresses.
Yeah, I thought they did as well as anyone could have with what they had. Rachel Weisz and the blonde were both wonderful. Mila Kunis was miscast. She is too much the doe-eyed ingenue (poor thing, I weep for her ::)) to fit in that role. Her make-up made it look like she was trapped behind a heavy rubber mask, much too uncomfortable looking to be even a bit scary.
Did you see it in 3D? My husband would watch "Grass Growing" followed by its sequel, "Paint Drying" if they were in 3D. Now he wants to start watching flicks in that D-Box. ::)
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No 3D for us. As a family, we agree on nothing so absolutely as our distaste for the ripoff that is 3D. Your husband has many adorable qualities, MM. His enthusiasm for his personal interests is charming. :)
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3D is all too often a coverup for bad scriptwriting. Having said that, though, I admit to enjoying animated films in 3D.
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We saw Trance yesterday. It was pretty fabulous, although a bit odd at times.
As an aside, I do like 3D films. Not all 3D-made films are worthy of being 3D and not all 3D-made films NEED to be 3D, but some do work really well. We have a 3D tellyvision, but we've only watched one 3D film on it (we only own two 3D Blu-rays!); we could watch normal telly in 3D if we wanted, but it's a tad ridiculous. I love EastEnders, but I don't want to feel like the Queen Vic is invading my personal space! Plus, normal telly in 3D doesn't work very well because the telly has to sort it out itself, so it's a bit hit and miss. Oh, and we always forget to charge the glasses up.
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I guess I'm the only person in the world who has not seen a film in 3-D!! Usually I don't even go to theaters. I have a great big TV and a nice speaker system and LOVE pausing rewinding and even stopping to watch the rest the next day. That's why I love my Apple TV and it also has Netflix and Hulu plus built into it so I end up getting everything in the comfort of my own place!! I don't date a lot and I have unusual tastes so I never really have anyone to go with!! Hate going buying 1 ticket and feel like a creep alone!! LOL!! Thank you apple for giving me a way to get movies pretty quickly from big screen to TV!!
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I went to Tron Legacy in 3D and did not notice a thing, but then it probably take two eye to fool the brain? I have some Blu-Rays in 3D, a 3D player, but no TV that is 3D (was not available at the time), and I do not see me buying a new tv just for that until I need a new tv. Hopefully these LCD tv's last as long as the old fashioned box tv's.
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Saw 'Host' at the Cinema a Couple nights ago not bad!
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Saw 'Host' at the Cinema a Couple nights ago not bad!
I wanted to see that but I don't think Blokey was too keen after he found out it was based on a novel by Stephenie Meyer! I'll have wait for it to hit Sky Box Office now because there's a couple of films we really want to see coming out in the next couple of weeks and I can't spend ALL my days sitting in a cinema! ;D
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I watched The Intouchables on the plane ride home. When he mentioned paragliding I wanted to shout "Oh, don't you dare... !"
So, no one who saw this film noticed that I was wittering on about letting my son go paragliding? I think if I had watched the film on the way over I would have never been able to let him do it. I was shaken after watching that film.
It was good, possibly great, it's just not my thing. Stuck on a plane with a touch of claustrophobia watching a film about a quadriplegic was unnerving but I made it to the end. (I had the same reaction to watching Rear Window, this overwhelming compulsion to get up and walk. Uncomfortable in a movie theatre, but worse on an 11-hour flight with the seat belt light illuminated.)
I found Francois Cluzet to look a bit too much like Dustin Hoffman.
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I love Francois Cluzet.
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Last weekend we saw Evil Dead. I quite enjoyed it even though it made me cringe, jump and have to look away in equal measures. It's been so long since I saw the original that I can't even compare the two, which made it better. No false expectations.
This weekend we saw Iron Man 3 (3D) in a very crowded cinema (we're usually the only people who go to the cinema at 10.30 on a Saturday morning which I like because busy confined places make me feel uncomfortable, so I was a tad 'grrr, who are all these people invading my cinema-goer pleasure time?') We were treated to a Daft Punk video (I missed most of it because I was having a wee) and (quite a long) snippet from Fast & Furious 6. Is it wrong that I want to see this film even though I haven't seen the other five in their entirety?
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Hmm is Iron Man 3 even out in the US yet? Thought they just started to advertise it that it is coming out.
Fast N Furious 6 I want to see, I have all 5, but Tokyo Drift is the odd one out in sequence of movie order. I won't spoil it for you Poppy. They are already going to do #7, I guess that's because that's all they can get jobs for?
Well I finally watched Gangster Squad and it was ok, not great in part because of Josh Brolin. I saw Men In Black 3 and all I could think was that he was doing Tommy Lee Jones impression, also something just didn't click with me. Sean Penn tho was good, could not tell it was him in looks and voice. I'll have to watch it again to maybe get a different perspective. I preordered Oblivion on Amazon and maybe something else I can not remember.
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Hmm is Iron Man 3 even out in the US yet? Thought they just started to advertise it that it is coming out.
Fast N Furious 6 I want to see, I have all 5, but Tokyo Drift is the odd one out in sequence of movie order. I won't spoil it for you Poppy. They are already going to do #7, I guess that's because that's all they can get jobs for?
Yep, the rest of the world got Iron Man 3 a whole week before the US. Not sure why, and it's highly unusual for that to happen so it's quite nice when it does ... :P
I've actually seen quite a bit of Tokyo Drift, but not the whole film and rarely in sequence! When I was working in the School for Naughty Teenagers one of our students watched it constantly. Another watched Holes constantly. It's amazing how easy it is to calm the most gangster-ish of gangster boys down with a film!
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Poppy, watch Tokyo Drift and watch to see what happens to Han or Hon (sp?) then ask why he was in 5 and 6.
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Since timing was off for movies, we saw Jack The Giant Slayer at the $1.50 theatre. Couldn't see the movie to well, but good time killer. A $1.50 worth spending to watch, own DVD I'm not so sure.
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I saw the "Life of Pi" I know he was in search of God. What did the 2 different stories of what happened to him at the end have to do with God. He said something about the 2 different stories and "That is what God is about"? Anyone have some insight into that?
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Hubby and I both like sci-fi, so we went to see Oblivion over the weekend. I had seen the trailers but wasn't all that sure about it. As it turned out, it was terrific! Very well written and quite creepy. Really enjoyed it.
Last week I went to see "The Place Beyond the Pines". The trailers had made it look like some sort of New Jersey gangster film, which I didn't like, but the cast looked like it would be really good. Then I started hearing rave reviews about it, so I decided I'd like to see it after all. Hubby wasn't interested, so I went alone. Another really, really great film whose story has been haunting me for days now. It's probably no longer playing now that the summer blockbusters are out, but I'm sure it will be coming out on DVD fairly soon. It's essentially a story about fatherhood. Recommended!
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The Place Behind The Pines is coming to the discount theatre soon here and I have no idea what it is about or heard about it. My friend wants to see it, I'm not so sure till I research it on IMDB. MooseMom, isn't there a discount theatre near you? I do not know if Fox Valley Mall has one anymore, but maybe Bloomingdale Mall does.$1.50 for older films is not bad, but there is a difference between a $1.50 theatre and new release theatres.
I pre-ordered Oblivion nad Olympus Has Fallen on Amazon, both with Morgan Freeman and he has another movie coming out already.
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I saw the "Life of Pi" I know he was in search of God. What did the 2 different stories of what happened to him at the end have to do with God. He said something about the 2 different stories and "That is what God is about"? Anyone have some insight into that?
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I can't explain it myself so have found this handy link for you!
http://screenrant.com/life-of-pi-movie-ending-spoilers/2/
Read the book - it is so much better than the film.
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I apparently have not yet mentioned that I saw Hysteria, based on the story of the invention of the vibrator. It had such potential but never realised it. I did not find it particularly amusing nor engaging.
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We've been watching some British television comedies on LoveFilm, too.
I'd never seen Only Fools and Horses so we watched the initial episode and I fell asleep. Now, that's not as bad as it sounds because I'm usually pretty exhausted by the time we sit down to some telly, but still, it was so dated and jokey. Not my thing.
Then we tried Teachers. Less than five minutes in I was muttering "I hate this show, I hate everyone in it" over and over. It got marginally better as it established the characters, but I would still never watch another episode unless Gwyn really wants to see it.
Finally, we decided to give IDEAL a go because it stars Johnny Vegas and he was nothing short of amazing as Mr. Crook in Bleak House. He has that voice and that accent that really lends itself to seedy, quirky characters. Here, he plays a small-time, none-too-bright marijuana dealer. I found it genuinely funny in quite a few places and we are going to continue on viewing the series.
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My daughter Becca suggested seeing a movie on Mother's Day night. She, Jenna and I decided not to see The Great Gatsby, like everyone else in town seemed to be doing, and we saw Ironman 3 instead. We chose to see the non-3D version, as I find 3D's to be distracting and sometimes I feel like I am getting motion sickness. The movie was quite good, kept my attention and we had a good time together. :)
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The Great Gatsby looks good and I kinda want to see itbut, since I was forced to read it in high school I also have a distaste for it. To Kill A Mockingbird the book was better than the movie from the 50's. Iron Man 3 I have on pre-order and that I am more inclined to see.
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The Great Gatsby looks good and I kinda want to see itbut, since I was forced to read it in high school I also have a distaste for it. To Kill A Mockingbird the book was better than the movie from the 50's. Iron Man 3 I have on pre-order and that I am more inclined to see.
I hated that book (Great Gatsby).
I really enjoyed IM3. I confess to being a bit of a cinema snob, but I love those summer blockbusters! Can't wait for the new Star Trek!!
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I hated that book (Great Gatsby).
I hated that book too. The problem is that it's such an icon that nobody has the guts to just flat-out admit that it's dreadful. If I were a teacher I'd swap out pretty much any Sinclair Lewis novel for that tripe.
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We've been watching some British television comedies on LoveFilm, too.
I'd never seen Only Fools and Horses so we watched the initial episode and I fell asleep. Now, that's not as bad as it sounds because I'm usually pretty exhausted by the time we sit down to some telly, but still, it was so dated and jokey. Not my thing.
Then we tried Teachers. Less than five minutes in I was muttering "I hate this show, I hate everyone in it" over and over. It got marginally better as it established the characters, but I would still never watch another episode unless Gwyn really wants to see it.
Finally, we decided to give IDEAL a go because it stars Johnny Vegas and he was nothing short of amazing as Mr. Crook in Bleak House. He has that voice and that accent that really lends itself to seedy, quirky characters. Here, he plays a small-time, none-too-bright marijuana dealer. I found it genuinely funny in quite a few places and we are going to continue on viewing the series.
Only Fools and Horses is terribly dated now. Funny in parts, but quite cliched and stereotyped now.
Teachers is brilliant. I have every single episode on DVD. As a qualified (but non-teaching now) teacher (who was teaching back when it was on) I was able to relate to it really well, which may have helped. Not that it's true to life, but it had its moments where I could say, "Yep, I've had that happen!" It was also my introduction to my former crush Mathew Horne, who played the RE teacher (RE is my specialism too) but he's only in series 4 (the last series) I think. I can't believe it's been nine years since it was on the tellybox. Where does time go?!
Can't comment on IDEAL because I haven't even heard of it.
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We're seeing Star Trek this weekend ... Benedict Cumberbatch ... WooHoo! *drools*
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I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that Benedict Cumberbatch was going to be the evil bad guy in Star Trek. What an inspired choice! Can't wait!!!
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Teachers is brilliant. I have every single episode on DVD. As a qualified (but non-teaching now) teacher (who was teaching back when it was on) I was able to relate to it really well, which may have helped. Not that it's true to life, but it had its moments where I could say, "Yep, I've had that happen!"
I really wanted to see a different angle, I guess more true to life. I didn't recognise any of the characters and they all seemed about the same, at about the same place in life. I would love to be a fly on the wall at my children's primary school, there is so much scandal and choas there, so I was hoping for more of a 'backstage' look at teachers I already knew. So some of the teachers have sex with each other and everyone else and they don't behave perfectly in their personal lives, sort of sussed that already. I wanted more of the "here's what we really think of you and your annoying children".
Can't comment on IDEAL because I haven't even heard of it.
Perhaps it's made for LoveFilm, I don't know, but it is produced by Steve Coogan and so far it has been genius from start to finish. Sometimes the humor is too crude for me, but less often than I feared. Hate to wreck one of the jokes, but one of the recurring characters wanted to open a childcare facility and she had picked out her name: "Creche Bang Wallop". G and I are still laughing about that one and it's been days!
The Onion has a series made just for Amazon, but I found it mostly disappointing.
There's really nothing in the cinema that I want to see right now. No interest in Star Trek, no interest in Iron Man, what else is out there?
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I did a movie audit over the weekend for "The Great Gatsby". It was alright. I liked the original better and the book the best. I did like Tobey Maguire as Nick Carroway.
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Benedict Cumberbatch didn't disappoint in Star Trek. I did drool.
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So far this month we've seen The Purge (it was okay, I liked it) and Man of Steel 3D (it was okay, I liked it.) Tomorrow evening we're going to a 'secret screening'. We won't be told what film it is till we get there. Very exciting. We're hoping for Despicable Me 2 ... *fingers crossed*
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Poppy, was Man of Steel better than Superman Returns?
So what movie did you see?
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Saw The Croods at the Kids AM showing (£2/ticket, £3.80 if it's 3D) on Dyl's birthday. I can barely remember it and that was less than 2 weeks ago. Needless to say it did not make much of an impression.
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The last five movies I saw in theater were...
Iron Man 3 - amazing, amazing, AMAZING! My (now ex) boyfriend kept complaining that it didnt follow the comic book lore, which it didnt. But I didnt care too much because RDJ is hot and it had some great action scenes! Funny parts, too, (Ben Kingsly as The Mandarin... HILARIOUS!) But that's just smart-assy Tony Stark for ya! If you dont know anything of Iron Man or the Avengers (comic wise) other than the movies, you probably won't even noticed the continuity issues. There were a few things that bothered me, but they are so minute I forgot them after the movie anyway. haha It was not as good as 1, better than 2 and I would so see it again. Definitely recommend it!!
The Hangover Part III - Don't waste your money. It wasn't nearly as funny as the last two and the plot was a little all over the place. Wait til it comes out on Netflix. I can't really say much about it other than... it was just bad and predictable, I think. You might like it if you like dumb humor, d**k and fart jokes, etc.
Star Trek Into Darkness - another AMAZING summer movie, but then again I'm kind of a Trekkie. lol It was every bit as good as the first, in my opinion. Lots of action and cute guys to stare at. hehe You get to see the friendship between Spock and Kirk blossom and I really adored that they did that. Kahn. Just wow... awesome job Cumberbatch! And I was overjoyed to see Simone Pegg as Scotty again! And like I said TONS of action scenes right from the start. It had funny moments and definite sad moments (my sister cried at one point, I think. lol) Great movie. I give it two Spock ears up! See what I did there? ;)
The Purge - If you're a fan of suspense, you might like this movie. There are some definite suspensful moments throughout, but it's also pretty predictable. And the way the annual Purge was broadcasted in homes across America in the movie only reminded me of The Hunger Games. Sick and twisted. I'm not an Ethan Hawke fan, he always seems to be typecasted as the good-but-could-be-bad guy. There were so many times I was literally screaming at the screen 'STUPID PEOPLE! DONT GO IN THERE!' etc, etc. (Good thing it was just me and some friends in the theater! lol) The only redeeming thing I found was the actor who played the main villain was amazing. He sent creepy shivers down my spine each time they showed his face. That kid is gonna go far.
Man of Steel - Okay, let's get one thing straight, I'm a big comic book nerd but I am NOT a Superman fan. Like at all. I hate Superman with a passion. But I agreed to see this movie with some friends who are big Superman fans. So keep that in mind. lol Anyway, it was okay. Tons of action... in the last 15 minutes. Everything else it felt like was building up to it. The guy who played Superman/Clarke Kent did a great job! Amy Adams as Lois Lane? Uhh... no. Didn't like it. And it had a serious lack of Lex Luthor, who is literally the only person I like in the Superman franchise. The good... Russell Crowe as Jor-El did a good job, but after watching Les Mis for the millionth time I half expected him to break out into song. And Michael Shannon as Zod is just creepy enough you can believe he's a power hungry alien who wants to destroy mankind. If you like Superman you'll probably love it, I'll admit it was way better than the last couple Superman movies put out though. Sorry to be biased, I just dont like Superman. xD
Next month, I can't wait to see The Wolverine!! ^_^
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We just saw
Henry's Crime with Keanu Reeves. Very funny!
December Boys I know it's an older one but I had never gotten around to seeing it. My husband & I both liked it.
Footloose(The remake) Was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this one (watched it twice before I returned it!) It was updated but followed the original very closely!
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Poppy, was Man of Steel better than Superman Returns?
So what movie did you see?
As lexxtech said, Man of Steel did just feel like it was building up to the action of the last few minutes (or even the next film, if they're making one). I don't think I've seen Superman Returns so can't comment, but I did enjoy MoS ... *grin*
We saw Now You See Me. I was a tad disappointed because it's been out in the US since the middle of May, but it's not due out here till the 3rd July. I wanted something the US hadn't seen yet either! I worked out the twist very early on and then dismissed it so was pleasantly surprised that I got it right and it was a twist I enjoyed. Plus I got to see Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg in a film together and I think they work well with each other (LOVE Zombieland!) We're seeing Despicable Me on Sunday morning and we're REALLY looking forward to that!
The Hangover Part III - Don't waste your money ... You might like it if you like dumb humor, d**k and fart jokes, etc.
I can't stand dumb humour and fart jokes but I really enjoyed it. :P
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I can't stand dumb humour and fart jokes but I really enjoyed it. :P
lol I think I was just expecting it to live up to the first two movies and it didn't, for me anyway.
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Poppy it seems you have been getting the releases sooner than the US. I think I'll go see Despicable Me 2 when it comes out.
Poppy, you'll probably get Zombieland 2 when it comes out before the US.
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Saw 'Tabu' this morning. Portuguese with sub titles, it would class as an art movie. I quite enjoyed it.
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Poppy it seems you have been getting the releases sooner than the US. I think I'll go see Despicable Me 2 when it comes out.
Poppy, you'll probably get Zombieland 2 when it comes out before the US.
Wow, do you not get Despicable Me 2 till July?! Yikes. It's actually released here next Friday (28th) but they had two days of advance screenings this weekend in selected cinemas. It was very funny. We also saw World War Z(ed) today too. That's the first time I've ever been to the cinema twice in one day. My bottom hurts now! *chuckles* ... it was okay-ish. I did enjoy it (mostly because I love fast zombies) but I don't think I'll be yearning to own it on Blu-ray. I'd like to read the book now, purely because I hear that the only connection between the film and the written word is the actual title and the book is actually quite good.
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[Zombieland 2? That would be amazing ... I wish they would do it but I read that they shelved the idea. And obviously I'd only see it if it had Woody and Jesse in it!]
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I saw World War Z over the weekend as well. I really enjoyed it! It was fast paced, actiony, and I loved the story. For me it was like a mix between Resident Evil, The Walking Dead, and I Am Legend. Like I told my cousin, if you go in expecting it to be like the book, you're going to be disappointed. But if you go in just looking to see a good, suspenseful-but-not-gory zombie flick you might like it. I give it two severed zombie thumbs up!
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We saw This is the End last night. It was brilliant; a bunch of actors sending themselves up in an apocalyptic scenario. It made me actually laugh out loud and I don't do that often, prefering to chortle away quietly to myself. Not sure how Lexxtech would get on with it because it had (very apt) dumb humour and toilet jokes galore!!
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I just got around to seeing "Letters To Juliet" over the weekend. I really loved it! Even my husband said it wasn't bad for a "chick flick"!
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My Netflix queue is empty so I've been reading your posts.
I've ordered: Oz the great and powerful, Skyfall, Letters to Juliet.
I cannot find Tin Tin on Netflix. Is it called something else?
Thanks Guys!!!! I don't like scary movies. suggestions are welcome.
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Rerun, it is called http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Tintin-Daniel-Craig/dp/B0034G4P4O/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1373357773&sr=1-2&keywords=Tin+Tin (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Tintin-Daniel-Craig/dp/B0034G4P4O/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1373357773&sr=1-2&keywords=Tin+Tin)
The Adventures of Tintin
I'm waiting on my DVD's to be shipped, but hope to see Dispicable Me 2 in the theatre. The voices make me laugh.
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Saw Pacific Rim today. It was MUCH better than I thought it would be and it had Burn Gorman in it so that was a bonus (although he may have exaggerated his character a tad too much). It was fun.
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Saw Pacific Rim today. It was MUCH better than I thought it would be and it had Burn Gorman in it so that was a bonus (although he may have exaggerated his character a tad too much). It was fun.
What is this movie about really. From what I've seen on trailers is like a twist on the movie Battleship that was a flop.
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Saw Pacific Rim today.
What is this movie about really. From what I've seen on trailers is like a twist on the movie Battleship that was a flop.
I haven't seen Battleship so can't comment! I don't even know how to describe the film without giving too much away. It's about (cloned GIANT) aliens who have been laying dormant in the earth's core for millions of years, waiting for the right time to attack because they want the resources the earth can give them. The whole world has worked together to pool intelligence and research and create these HUGE machines which have to be powered by two people. It's a bit King Kong/Godzilla/Transformers ... Good triumphs over bad, yadda yadda yadda.
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Saw Pacific Rim today.
What is this movie about really. From what I've seen on trailers is like a twist on the movie Battleship that was a flop.
I haven't seen Battleship so can't comment! I don't even know how to describe the film without giving too much away. It's about (cloned GIANT) aliens who have been laying dormant in the earth's core for millions of years, waiting for the right time to attack because they want the resources the earth can give them. The whole world has worked together to pool intelligence and research and create these HUGE machines which have to be powered by two people. It's a bit King Kong/Godzilla/Transformers ... Good triumphs over bad, yadda yadda yadda.
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Or a twist of a Doctor Who story! :rofl; :sarcasm;
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Saw The World's End today. It was funny ... not as funny as Shaun of the Dead, but slightly funnier than Hot Fuzz. Quirkily British, as expected.
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I liked Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, but have been watching British humor since I was a kid too. I have them both on DVD. I'll wait till The End comes out to rent than pre order it. That way if it is not good humor I only lost a little money. I still haven't watched Paul fully with the 2 guys, I fell asleep watching it waiting for the humor.
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I liked Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, but have been watching British humor since I was a kid too. I have them both on DVD. I'll wait till The End comes out to rent than pre order it. That way if it is not good humor I only lost a little money. I still haven't watched Paul fully with the 2 guys, I fell asleep watching it waiting for the humor.
I LOVED Paul! The World's End is very British and I liked it because it reminded me of being at sixth form (equates to Grades 11 and 12 in AmeriSpeak) in the early 90s. Not that it's set in the early 90s but the soundtrack is mostly early 90s British stuff. Not sure if you'll (not necessarily YOU, but any 'foreigner') get some of the scenes; I always wonder if we 'get' things (including humour) in American films/shows because we've been brought up with it as an integral and inevitable part of our culture, whilst it's harder for you because you weren't brought up watching British shows.
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What British comedies did you watch when you were younger?
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Benny Hill, a John Cleese show where he's a manager of an inn, Monty Python, Doctor Who, then there was a group of guys who shared a flat in the 80's/ 90's. I can't think of the name of the show. But there were others to when I was younger that I can't remember the names. One involved a department store. I can remember what the characters looked like, but not their names.
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Benny Hill, a John Cleese show where he's a manager of an inn, Monty Python, Doctor Who, then there was a group of guys who shared a flat in the 80's/ 90's. I can't think of the name of the show.
The Young Ones?
But there were others to when I was younger that I can't remember the names. One involved a department store. I can remember what the characters looked like, but not their names.
Are you being Served?
CLASSICS!!!! :clap;
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Benny Hill, a John Cleese show where he's a manager of an inn, Monty Python, Doctor Who, then there was a group of guys who shared a flat in the 80's/ 90's. I can't think of the name of the show.
The Young Ones?
Or Men Behaving Badly?
I loved The Young Ones. Complete madness! Fawlty Towers is the John Cleese one.
Have you watched any of our more recent British comedy Chris? Spaced, Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd ... you might like some of those.
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I liked Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, but have been watching British humor since I was a kid too. I have them both on DVD. I'll wait till The End comes out to rent than pre order it. That way if it is not good humor I only lost a little money. I still haven't watched Paul fully with the 2 guys, I fell asleep watching it waiting for the humor.
Paul is AWESOME! However, you've got to be a huge sci-fi fan to really 'get' it because half the fun is all the in-jokes and references to other sci-fi movies (Star Wars, Close Encounters, Aliens, etc). I've probably seen it at least two dozen times and I'm still picking up references.
If you like 'Shaun of the Dead' you're sure to like 'I Sell the Dead' with Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman. It starts off a little slowly but you've got to get to the scene at the half-hour mark.
Speaking of British humor, try 'Doc Martin' and 'The Catherine Tate Show'. Brilliance!
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Re British TV, when I moved to the UK in the mid-80's, I knew I had finally "arrived" when I could watch an entire episode of Spitting Image and recognize all the puppets.
I loved The IT Crowd and sure wish they'd film a new season. Speaking of Doc Martin, did anyone recognize Katherine Parkinson? She played his daft secretary for a few seasons; she was Jen in the IT Crowd. And of course Chris O'Dowd has gone on to bigger and better things, so to speak. He has written (and co-stars in) a series called "Moone Boy", which is available exclusively on Hulu. I've seen only the first two episodes, but it looks like it will be good fun.
Would you all consider "One Foot in the Grave" to be a comedy? That show defies easy labeling. In my mind, it is one of the best series EVER on TV. My all time favorite show.
Has anyone seen Fruitvale Station? I want to see it but am not sure I could stand the trauma. I first saw the lead actor, Michael B. Jordan, as Reggie on All My Children years ago, and have followed his career, and I am hoping this movie will be his ticket to stardom. Anyone remember Reggie?
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Saw Despicable Me 2 a few weeks back. I was struggling to stay awake but it was quite cute. We are going to try to see Monsters University tomorrow when the family ticket is £4 cheaper.
Gwyn and I are watching Orange Is the New Black on Netflix, about a privileged white woman sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. I keep watching it so there must be something compelling about it, but it is capital-G Graphic and I find almost everything that happens outside the prison to be boring and irritating. If you are even the slightest bit squeamish you might want to do yourself a favour and avoid.
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I'll have to look up those two titles to see which show I was watching. Yes, Faulty Towers and Are You Being Served. The other shows mentioned I have not seen listed when I have the TV on.
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I loved The IT Crowd and sure wish they'd film a new season. Speaking of Doc Martin, did anyone recognize Katherine Parkinson? She played his daft secretary for a few seasons; she was Jen in the IT Crowd. And of course Chris O'Dowd has gone on to bigger and better things, so to speak. He has written (and co-stars in) a series called "Moone Boy", which is available exclusively on Hulu. I've seen only the first two episodes, but it looks like it will be good fun.
Would you all consider "One Foot in the Grave" to be a comedy? That show defies easy labeling. In my mind, it is one of the best series EVER on TV. My all time favorite show.
They've ruled out another series of The IT Crowd but they are filming a one-off episode (about forty mins I think) which I heard was supposed to be on television at Christmas. But don't get too excited in case I'm wrong!
Moone Boy is brilliant. Series two hits our tellyboxes next month in the UK. Huzzah!
One Foot in the Grave is definitely a comedy, but the very last epsiode has to be one of the saddest things I've ever watched.
How about Keeping Up Appearances? I heard that was quite popular in the US.
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Poppy, yes, Keeping Up Appearances was popular here and can still be seen every Sunday evening here in Chicago on our local Public Broadcasting Station!
I, too, had heard that there would be a one off episode of IT Crowd, but I'll believe it when I see it.
I've only seen the first 2 eps of Moone Boy and will probably watch the third today on Hulu. More eps are available to Hulu Plus subscribers, of which I am not, but they release one ep a week on regular Hulu, so ep 4 should be available later this week. Yay!
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Recently been watching Slings & Arrows -- a Canadian comedy/drama about the people running a Shakespeare festival. Hard to describe effectively, but well worth giving a try.
For British series, we really enjoyed Midsomer Murders. A great combination of humor and murder mysteries. Particularly liked the relationship of Tom Barnaby and his wife, Joyce. (Has anyone read the books it was based on/inspired by?)
cheers,
skg
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Just FYI... R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds (hot, hot, hot!) and Jeff Bridges was awesome and hilarious! But very Men in Black-ish. Meh. Now I'm just waiting till payday to go see The Wolverine. :D
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Saw Monsters University last week. I did actually laugh on several occasions but overall I was watching the clock through most of the show.
We have The Dictator on loan from LoveFilm and hoping we can start watching it tonight if G isn't too knackered.
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Went to The Conjuring on Sunday. It's about demonic possession, and I can tell you you don't want it! I enjoyed the film; it didn't scare me, because I'm so brave, but I was squirming a bit!
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Went to The Conjuring on Sunday. It's about demonic possession, and I can tell you you don't want it! I enjoyed the film; it didn't scare me, because I'm so brave, but I was squirming a bit!
We'll be toddling off to see that at some point next week (it's released here on Friday). I can imagine you are VERY brave. I am too, so it won't scare me either.
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Pops! Bet you squirm!
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I did an audit of The Wolverine (Watched it 3 times but audited 8 viewings!) LOVED it! May I just say that Hugh Jackman is extremely...FIT!! :shy;
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How do you get a job like that CebuShan? That is one job I might be able to do that actually fits into my doctor appointments! ;D
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Saw Simon Pegg's "The Worlds End" yesterday. I thought the first of this triology "Shaun of the Dead" was asolutely great , the second "Hot Fuzz" a bit of a let down, and this current one bloody crappy! Cardbord characters, barely sustainable plot, and extremely un-scary roboty thingos. The pious platitudes at the end almost made me throw up! If I hadn't attended on a free ticket, I would have demanded my monney back!
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Pops! Bet you squirm!
I didn't. I just jumped a couple of times. The only really scary thing about it was the atmospheric music ... somebody should be getting paid lots of money for getting that right.
Saw Simon Pegg's "The Worlds End" yesterday. I thought the first of this triology "Shaun of the Dead" was asolutely great , the second "Hot Fuzz" a bit of a let down, and this current one bloody crappy! Cardbord characters, barely sustainable plot, and extremely un-scary roboty thingos. The pious platitudes at the end almost made me throw up! If I hadn't attended on a free ticket, I would have demanded my monney back!
Oh dear. You had a sense of humour bypass? ;D I got quite involved with the characters; I liked that they weren't just two-dimensional but that they had back-stories which made you feel for them. In fact, the film would have worked particularly well without the need for alien intervention.
How do you get a job like that CebuShan?
I second this question!
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I'm thinking of pre ordering The Worlds End, not sure about The End though. Of the orders I received of G.I. Joe Retaliation and Oblivion I have watched one. G.I. Joe was a let down with no characters really returning, and the action was blah. I'll watch Oblivion sometime this week. I forgot what movie I have coming at the end of the month, but have 3 next month, and another 4 have no release dates yet.
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I went to 'Now You See Me' on the weekend. I actually only saw 2/3 of it, as I slept through the middle 1/3. This lapse was not due to the film. I was tired and the theatre seat was very comfortable. So I can't be too accurate about the plot,but I think it was delightfully clever. The parts I saw were very colorful and full of action. Woody Harrelson(?) looked good in a hat; there were some really neat magic tricks; Morgan Freeman and Michael Cain did very little; and I almost choked as I swallowed my chewing gum, that's what woke me up!
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We saw something so good on Saturday that just as I started typing this the name of the film completely and utterly slipped my mind! Blimey. Oh, it was Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. I'm not sure if this will be understood/appeal to a worldwide audience (Alan Partidge is a popular UK comedy character DJ played by Steve Coogan) and the film was very tongue in cheek and silly. Blokey loved it, I umm'd and ahh'd over liking it but it did induce a fair few hearty chuckles from my belly. I mostly watched it because it's set in Norwich and I used to live and work there.
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I just finished Oblivion and it was a let down in action and character developement. Tomorrow I get Olympus Has Fallen and I'm sure that one will be better.
Tuesday/ today Olympus Has Fallen was delivered and watched! It was great. Action was almost from the get go. However the final fight scene could have been better.
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Oh, we watched Sharknado at the weekend (on the telly; it didn't get a cinema release!) Wowsers! It was so amazingly stupid that it was good(-ish). I'm not convinced I'll waste my time with Sharknado 2 when it comes out, but it was still a pleasurable way to spend a Saturday afternoon (if only because it made us chortle so much!)
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:'( :'( :'( The Wolverine was such a disappointment!! Whyy?!!! :'( :'( :'( Hugh Jackman did look amazingly hot as always. (Nothing like he did in Movie 43 thank goodness. Hahahaha)
On the other hand Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters was pretty good. Made me want to go back and re-read the books. :D
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Oh, we watched Sharknado at the weekend (on the telly; it didn't get a cinema release!) Wowsers! It was so amazingly stupid that it was good(-ish). I'm not convinced I'll waste my time with Sharknado 2 when it comes out, but it was still a pleasurable way to spend a Saturday afternoon (if only because it made us chortle so much!)
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I haven't seen that yet and the channel that aired it has not replayed it yet. It has a lot of comedians talking about it though dye to how bad it is. So with that I need to see it, just haven't taken the time to lok for it on the web.
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Saw The Butler. It was good and historical but at the end they linked in Obama and he had nothing to do with slavery. His Father and kin never touched a cotton field. To me that was deceptive.
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We saw Elysium yesterday. It was pretty decent but the woman in front of me had to be told off (by me) for using her tablet device thingy ... it was in my peripheral vision and I missed about two minutes of the film just trying to pluck up the courage to ask her to turn it off. I have no idea what she was doing on it but ten minutes later she left (with her partner) and she was crying ... :o ... this made me feel guilty but I wasn't sure what I was feeling guilty about because I wasn't rude or mean to her, and if she'd desperately needed to use her tablet device thingy then shouldn't she have sat in a place where it wouldn't have bothered anyone else? I don't like being made to feel bad when I don't need to feel bad!!
Grrr ...
Last week we saw Kick-Ass 2. Gosh, that was violent. Good, but violent. Although apparently not as violent as the comics. I actually thought it should have had a higher certification (it was a 15 here) because parts of it were pretty gruesome. But then, I'm not a member of the British Board of Film Classification so what do I know? ::)
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Don't feel bad Poppie. She was being rude. I dropped my cell phone once and it broke in half. I had it in my purse thinking it was broken. Then in the movie it went off! I could have died. I didn't know which half to push buttons on. It was awful. I felt bad and rightly so.
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Hvent been to the cinema for ages, hubby is taking our son to see planes tomorrow, but im trying to convince him we should go while my parents stay with us next week, quite wanna see the percy jackson one, but also think the mortal instruments:city of bones looks good, anyone seen it?
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Hvent been to the cinema for ages, hubby is taking our son to see planes tomorrow, but im trying to convince him we should go while my parents stay with us next week, quite wanna see the percy jackson one, but also think the mortal instruments:city of bones looks good, anyone seen it?
I'm probably seeing it tomorrow. Have you read the book? I read it at the beginning of the year and really enjoyed it so I'm quite looking forward to the film. I'll probably be going on my own which will be a novelty, but I don't think Blokey is that interested in seeing it because it's based on a teen novel!
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i haven't read percy jackson or city of bones but seen the first percy jackson. Watched the trailers for both last Night and hubby said the Percy Jackson one looks even more stupid than the city of bones one So city of bones it iS! I've Convinced him we need to have tgis with dessert before the film :)
I've never been to cinema on my own, but hubby tends to give in even saw the twilight ones with me, he's not overly fond of my taste in Supernatural stuff but has Watched buffy and angel with me but draws the line at Supernatural and charmed!
let me know what film was like!
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I've never been to cinema on my own, but hubby tends to give in even saw the twilight ones with me, he's not overly fond of my taste in Supernatural stuff but has Watched buffy and angel with me but draws the line at Supernatural and charmed!
let me know what film was like!
My husband has watched all of the Twilight films with me also!
I love Supernatural! Charmed is OK. Buffy and Angel are great!
Even my husband liked those.
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I've never fancied Percy Jackson (films or books) because they seem a tad too young!
I saw Mortal Instruments: CoB today and it was fairly good. I spent three quarters of the film trying to place the Simon character and when I finally did place him I spent the remainder of the film noticing his awful put-on American accent (he's an Irish actor who's played completely different characters in The Misfits and Love/Hate [both tv series] so it was really odd seeing him play this nerdy teenage character!) The book is so much better than the film; I didn't feel that I got to know any of the characters in the film but the book goes into a lot of detail and you really get to know them well and care about them. When they turned Vampire Diaries into a tv series instead of a film they did the right thing ... if I wrote a really successful series of books I'd champion for them being a tv series purely because so much is lost due to film restrictions (time-wise). I hear the next Hunger Games film is quite different to the book and that's now going to really spoil it for me (I was devastated when they messed up the Mockingjay pin back-story in the first film!)
Rant over.
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But it was quite good, if only for the eye candy. The chap who plays Jace is quite dashing and Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in it too and that's a very big attraction! Alec was attractive too ... hmmm ...
Blokey and I watch Supernatural together but we're only on season 3. I'm a Buffy fan, he's an Angel fan. He's only seen the first Twilight film and only one episode of Vampire Diaries. He refused to come and see The Hunger Games, but did buy it for me on Blu-ray for Christmas and saw a snippet of it.
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well will be seeing it next wed So looking forward to it!
l agree with u bout tv series being better than film, have u read the vampire diariy and seen series? l prefer the tv series (damon and Stefan help lol) and t hats where we got the name elena for the lil lady (hubby hated all my suggesti ons and one night watching it i commented elenas a pretty name, he
Said yes it is so i quickly Said right will be elena if a girl!)
i haven't read hunger games so wont make a difference to me but enjoyed first film so would like to see second!
Cebushan and poppy While i like Supernatural i have to confess i only Star ted Watching it Cos Dean is hot :)
Hubby preferred angel to buffy and while i Watched buffy right to the end i didn't like it much after season 3 when angel left, i thought it got sillier Storyline wise,esp. season 6. l loved charmed i loved the girly Side to it felt could relate to them more!
maybe we should have a separate tv thread or do we have one? like what book are u reading what tv show r u watching? What do u think? should i start one?! :)
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We went to see Mortal Instruments: City of Bones simply because my sister has been obsessed with the books for a couple years now, so she was super excited to see the movie from the moment she heard they were making them. It was good, better than Percy Jackson, imo. What's not to like about supernatural hot guys? xD I'd see it again.
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have u read the vampire diariy and seen series? l prefer the tv series (damon and Stefan help lol) and t hats where we got the name elena for the lil lady (hubby hated all my suggesti ons and one night watching it i commented elenas a pretty name, he
Said yes it is so i quickly Said right will be elena if a girl!)
I've never read The Vampire Diaries and probably won't now that I'm into the tv show (although still behind because I need to buy season three (it only came out this month here) on Blu-ray. I have read some of the author's other work and after about four different books it suddenly dawned on me that all her books were the same: non-supernatural/possibly supernatural but doesn't yet know it Beautiful Virgin Girl meets supernatural (usually vampire) Boy (whom all the other girls lust after) in Small Town America and falls so passionately in love that she must have him or die. Or die and still have him. She always loses her virginity to him. Some battle occurs with Evil Forces. Neither of them die/cease to exist, but they usually lose someone close along the way. Her best friend is often the most powerful witch (or other supernatural human) who ever lived and she always falls head over heels in love with the (very human) Boy Next Door, who has often lusted after our protagonist since they were six. BVG will snog at least one other bloke somewhere along the way, usually during a Supernatural Boy induced break. Everybody lives happily ever after.
The End.
I do like the fact that LJ Smith is one of the original teen-vampire/supernatural authors though and suspect Stephenie Meyer (amongst others) were avid fans of her books in the 90s.
I did guess about Elena! Let's hope she meets a Damon when she grows up!
maybe we should have a separate tv thread or do we have one? like what book are u reading what tv show r u watching? What do u think? should i start one?! :)
Ha ha, you could. I think a lot of the tv show talk comes from observations about films though. I'd visit your thread!
What's not to like about supernatural hot guys? xD
Well, they do tend to be REALLY attractive and wouldn't ever look at me twice in Real Life ... Otherwise, absolutely nothing! ;D
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Jenna and I just watched Despicable Me - I have had it for a long time but never had a chance to see it.
It was good, funny, heartwarming. A friend also loaned us Despicable Me 2 so hopefully we will get a chance to see that too.
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Didn't end up seeing Mortal Instuments as cinema put it on a really small Studio screen which is not worth the money. Will have to wait for dvd.
Instead saw [about time] and enjoyed it, didn't expect much but was quite funny in places and nice Story. More for dvd tho i tlink.
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Gwyn and I are watching Orange Is the New Black on Netflix, about a privileged white woman sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. I keep watching it so there must be something compelling about it, but it is capital-G Graphic and I find almost everything that happens outside the prison to be boring and irritating. If you are even the slightest bit squeamish you might want to do yourself a favour and avoid.
I've watched the first 7 episodes of this and have to say I love it. Can't get enough of it. I'm trying to avoid binge-watching, but it's hard to resist temptation. It is compellingly written, and I really enjoy how each character has a hint of her backstory revealed bit by bit.
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Jenna and I just watched Despicable Me - I have had it for a long time but never had a chance to see it.
It was good, funny, heartwarming. A friend also loaned us Despicable Me 2 so hopefully we will get a chance to see that too.
We love those films!!
Instead saw [about time] and enjoyed it, didn't expect much but was quite funny in places and nice Story. More for dvd tho i tlink.
I took my Mumsy to see that yesterday (not really Blokey's cup of tea). I got confused by a couple of bits, but found Bill Nighy to be very lovely. It did bring a tear to my eye on two occasions and I laughed, so it must have been fairly good. Still, the two older ladies arguing loudly because one had her phone constantly on was probably the best bit!
Also saw You're Next last weekend. That was quite gruesome and run-of-the-mill for a horror film. Lots of blood, quite a weak second-half and ending (although I did only get half the twist; very disappointed in myself.)
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I finally watched Now You See Me (Extended Version) and was surprisingly more enjoyable to watch than I thought. The ending was surprising. Tuesday I get Star Trek: Into The Darkness, but I won't watch it till about Friday.
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I finally watched Now You See Me (Extended Version) and was surprisingly more enjoyable to watch than I thought. The ending was surprising. Tuesday I get Star Trek: Into The Darkness, but I won't watch it till about Friday.
The ending was surprising; I was surprised! But Blokey was all, "Oh, I SO knew that was going to be the end about halfway through the film!" (Of course he did!)
We've seen Rush recently. It was better than I thought it would be (I quite like Formula 1 and have been to Silverstone to see it but I can take it or leave it) so that made it worth seeing. Not many fit blokes though. *sigh*
Also saw a double billing of Insiidious and Insidious Chapter 2 last night. Apart from the fact that there were a bunch of ignorant twits in a big group and the cinema staff had no backbone between them, it was good. Have seen Insidious before at the cinema ... Chapter 2 is actually quite good; has a good story and a few jumpy moments. It takes place immediately after the first film so that was coolio.
There was a trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street. As I'm not sure that I've ever seen the original (I know I've seen a couple of the films but am not convinced I've seen the first, and if I have it was probably about twenty years ago) I have informed Blokey that we WILL be going to see it.
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I saw "Rush" today, the new Ron Howard film about the rivalry between legendary Formula 1 racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. For some reason, I was the only woman in the viewing audience. LOL! Anyway, I became a big F1 fan during the years I lived in England, so I was really looking forward to this film. I really enjoyed it, and it reminded me a lot of "Apollo 13" where you know the ending but still found it really exciting (although I didn't know the end of this particular story). These two raced about 10 years before I started following F1, so their history was a bit murky to me although I did know about Lauda's horrific burn injuries sustained at the German Grand Prix in 1976.
Once I got home, I was interested in finding out more about these drivers, and I was really surprised to learn that Niki Lauda has had two kidney transplants, the first from his brother that lasted about 10 years. I couldn't find anything about why his kidneys failed (although no one thinks it was due to his injuries) in the first place, and I don't think he was ever on dialysis. Moreover, when that kidney failed, he received a kidney from the woman he was dating, who he soon married.
I was just really surprised to hear that this driver about whom I've been hearing for decades has had renal failure and has been transplanted twice. The things you learn from Wikipedia! ::)
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We saw Filth at the weekend. I'm not a fan of Irvine Welsh books (upon which this is based) because I find his writing style difficult, but I loved Trainspotting (one of my top ten films of all time, despite the fact that Ewan McGregor looks like the evil chap I was in a long-term relationship with at the time it was released).
Unfortunately you American folk won't get to see it on the Big Screen because it's not being released for the cinema over there. I don't know why though.
*shrug*
I absolutely loved it. It had a very strong cast (James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, and other lesser-known-but-famous-over-here British actors), a good soundtrack and it kept me enthralled. The ending was quite sad and actually made me cry. Silly me, crying at a violent, sexually charged, 18 rated film! It did definitely deserve an 18 certificate though; not a film I'd want to see with my mum!
We've also seen The Call recently and I quite liiked that ... until the ending. It wasn't a bad ending but it didn't sit well with me.
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The last couple movies I have gotten were just ok, nothing to rave about. They were Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into The Darkness, and something else not memorable. Not sure what I have coming this month from Amazon, but November and December should be interesting. I pre ordered Rush and I'm sure I'll love that one. I need a tablet so I can load all these movies I have with digital copies onto it so I can more easily watch them than on a phone at the doctors or while in the hospital.
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I've been to the movies twice over the last couple weeks. GRAVITY didn't do it for me. I thought it was a poor cousin of APOLLO 13. Sandra Bullock's toned bod was worth watching, though, and there was lots of, well, space.
TWO GUNS a great boys movie. Bodies, including Penelope Cruz's, everywhere, most of them with bullet holes! One black dude and one white dude, wisecracking their way together against the forces of evil. OMG! I've just described Mel Gibon and Danny Glover in the LETHAL WEAPON franchise!
Ho hum.
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I've been to the movies twice over the last couple weeks. GRAVITY didn't do it for me. I thought it was a poor cousin of APOLLO 13. Sandra Bullock's toned bod was worth watching, though, and there was lots of, well, space.
Somebody else I know has said it's the most amazing film they've seen this year. I have to admit that I'm a little flummoxed as to how it's going to work (two actors and one voice + lots of space doesn't sound very exciting!) but will give it a go. It's out here at the beginning of November.
We saw How I Live Now last night. I think it was a tad too girly for Blokey but I liked it! It was about young love surviving World War 3 in the UK and it had some good bits, and some sad bits, and some wtf? bits. I suspect the book might be better so I'll read it at some point.
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Saw Prisoners on the weekend. A good movie. A tale of child abduction, and frantic reactions of bereaved and desperate parents. Stars our Hugh Jackman (with a dodgy merican accent- doesn't matter!) and Jake Gyllenhall. A bit horrifying and brutal, but a damn good thriller!
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Galvo, I liked Gravity a lot but I LOVED Apollo 13. I grew up in Houston, so I was there during the Apollo program. Back then, we had annual school field trips to attend the opera or the symphony downtown. One year, our visit to the opera was cut short because Jones Hall was on the parade route for one set of returning astronauts. Watching the film, I happened to notice one scene (before the whole mission went pear shaped) where some of the support staff at Mission Control were sitting around, and in the background was a TV showing an Astros baseball game, and Jimmy Wynn had just homered. Anyone old enough to remember him? I was 12 years old. Last year, I was poking around in some drawers and came across my diary from that year, and sure enough, I had written about how scary it must be for the Apollo 13 crew to be stranded in space. But that was just a footnote of the day in which the most important news was about some cute boy in my class. :P Anyway, that's why I loved this film; it felt so familiar.
Today we went to see Captain Phillips, and I lasted only 20 minutes before I had to leave. I got motion sick, and they had only just put out to sea! The camera was just too damn close, and the theater was rather small, so I couldn't sit further back. I started feeling unwell and broke out in a cold sweat, and it took me a minute or two to realize it was motion sickness. I am still really annoyed because I was enjoying the film. ::) So stupid. Such a weenie.
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The last film I saw was the £2 viewing of Smurfs 2, or How to Make 90 Minutes Feel Like A Week.
Yeah, I know, what was I expecting, Citizen Kane? :waiting;
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Bad Grandpa 3 stars Kind of crude but when you know Grandpa and the kid do these things to unsuspecting people it is pretty funny....
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Ha! We went to see Gravity last weekend and paid the big bucks to see it in IMAX 3D. DH had eye surgery a couple of years ago to correct a lazy eye so this was the first 3D movie he'd ever seen in his 41 years on this planet.
Well, he wasn't too excited about it (he isn't a fan of science fiction, space or any such stuff in general) but on the way out of the theater, he said "Boy, Sandra Bullock must be really proud of her (crass word for hindquarters)." I'm not sure if that is a ringing endorsement of the movie or not. :urcrazy;
I've been to the movies twice over the last couple weeks. GRAVITY didn't do it for me. I thought it was a poor cousin of APOLLO 13. Sandra Bullock's toned bod was worth watching, though, and there was lots of, well, space.
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That's what we should have gone to see last weekend instead of wasting our $$ on Gravity. We love the Jackass movies and TV shows. But DH and I share the same five-year-old boy sense of humor. :sir ken;
Bad Grandpa 3 stars Kind of crude but when you know Grandpa and the kid do these things to unsuspecting people it is pretty funny....
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We finally made it through Midnight in Paris Not a comment on the film but I fell asleep four times because I am just exhausted these days. I was looking forward to seeing Woody Allen back in top form, but no, this film had little to recommend it. I dislike the spoiled rich people that seem to inhabit all of Woody Allen's later films, and Owen Wilson seemed dreadfully miscast. The only thing that seemed to be driving the action were the main character's thoughts which doesn't make for especially interesting drama. Why, for example, did Owen Wilson's character suddenly come up with the idea for The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie? So many inexplicable little details. Adrian Brody as Salvador Dali was a delight - even Gwyn knew exactly who it was before he even opened his mouth, and something about the dialogue and performance seemed to ring true with him. I didn't find the Hemmingway convincing and I don't know enough about Gertrude Stein to form an opinion, although something tells me she would have found Woody Allen tedious and creepy.
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Bad Grandpa 3 stars Kind of crude but when you know Grandpa and the kid do these things to unsuspecting people it is pretty funny....
We saw that at the weekend. I've never seen any of his films or telly programmes before (just odd clips) but I really enjoyed it. The boy was cute! And he made a pretty cute girl as well with that wig ... it really suited him!
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The hubby and I have been on a horror movie marathon! Carrie (original), Halloween (original), The Descent, Session 9, Jeepers Creepers and Byzantium in the last few days. We love Halloween! :)
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The hubby and I have been on a horror movie marathon! Carrie (original), Halloween (original), The Descent, Session 9, Jeepers Creepers and Byzantium in the last few days. We love Halloween! :)
I hate Halloween (the day, not the film; it's not really 'done' over here, or it never used to be when I was young but now it is ... not on the scale of America though). But I do LOVE horror films (mostly so I can walk out saying, 'well, that wasn't scary at all!')
What was Byzantium like? We missed it at the cinema because it wasn't shown in any of the local ones which we have a monthly subscription for. Not sure I've seen Session 9 either. We're going to see A Nightmare on Elm Street (original obviously) at the cinema tonight. It will be fun to see it on the big screen. Halloween is one of the only films which completely freaks me out. Most horror films just make me giggle, but there's something about Halloween ...
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We liked Byzantium a lot. It is a little slow at first but worth a watch. Very well done.
Session 9 was creepy but not as good a movie as Byzantium was.
I love the original Nightmare on Elm Street!
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I love the original Nightmare on Elm Street!
Ha ha, it's SO amazingly dated now! The script and the acting are atrocious (even Johnny Depp; how he got more work based on his performance in that I'll never know ... not to mention I didn't realise it was him for a long time; I spent most of the film waiting for Johnny to pop up!) The audience were in stitches, mostly whenever the mother spoke. BUT, it was brilliant. Just not scary for a 2013 audience.
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Halloween is one of the only films which completely freaks me out. Most horror films just make me giggle, but there's something about Halloween ...
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I totally agree, Poppy! There is something about the original "Halloween" movie that still creeps me out!
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We saw 12 Years a Slave today, and it was deeply painful viewing. It is hard to believe that this country actually embraced the practice of slavery, that our Revered Founding Fathers tolerated it and participated in it themselves. It makes me feel like the Constitution is founded upon hypocrisy. President Lincoln was right to say that the Civil War was our punishment.
Still, the performances were stellar, particularly that of Michael Fassbender. He was both compelling and revolting.
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Saw Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters at the £2 viewing this morning. The four of us met up with another family of four, and we ran in to one of Aidan's best friends with his dad and sister, so there were 11 of us in total.
I really enjoyed it and have to hand it to Rick Riordan that he is on to a winner with this serial. Maybe I enjoyed it more because I know so little about Greek myths and so many of the characters were new to me. I liked how they envisioned Greek gods operating in the modern world (Hermes working at a UPS shop.... cute!)
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Last night was Bad Grandpa and Gangster Squad.
Bad Grandpa was hilarious! So many funny things in very bad taste!! LOL
Gangster Squad was pretty good. Great cast. I would watch Ryan Gosling do anything! :2thumbsup;
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I saw Captain Phillips on the weekend. A top movie. Great drama that got me completely involved. Recommended!
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We saw Gravity this morning. I really liked it. It had enough to keep me occupied and I don't think I drifted off at all. As galvo says, there is lots of space, but it was good space!
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Well, this week's outing was to The Counsellor. I'm blowed if I know, maybe I'm back to expecting too much from the movies I go to see, but I left this one underwhelmed and muttering WTF was that all about. But I learnred two things; 1- don't get involved with Mexican drug cartels and 2- don't trust women! So, perhaps my $9 was worthwhile spent!
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Well the last couple of current release movies I got were not that great and I can not remember what I got since it was not so great. I would have to look at my list.
I have 2 Guns right now that I haven't watched yet and hope it was a better choice. December should be a good month though of current release movies from Amazon.
I wish I could go see Doctor Who 50th Anniversary in the theater though.
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I wish I could go see Doctor Who 50th Anniversary in the theater though.
We watched it on the telly (we have a 3D telly).
We saw The Secret Life of Walter Mitty on Monday. It was good and funny, but not THAT good and funny. Far too fantastical for my liking, but a pleasant enough romp. I also zone-out so I liked that aspect of the character!
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Finally got around to seeing Star Trek: Into Darkness It was pretty good but not as good as the first one that J.J. Abrams did. A little disappointed in the ending.
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Oh i still havent seen the 2nd star trek, must try get round to it!
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Saw The Hunger Games part 2. Cathing Fire, or whatever it's called. Good fun with lotsa hunky blokes for the ladiees and God's gift to mankind - the adorable Jennifer Lawrence. She and I are destined to become an item!
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Finally saw Django Unchained . Pretty good. I was laughing at the KKK not seeing out of their head bags.
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Saw The Hunger Games part 2. Catching Fire, or whatever it's called. Good fun with lotsa hunky blokes for the ladiees and God's gift to mankind - the adorable Jennifer Lawrence. She and I are destined to become an item!
I saw that today! I actually worked - and was friends - with Finnick's mum for a couple of years AND I taught Finnick at the same time (or his brother, which a. is the same thing and b. means that he was pretty unnoticeable at secondary school ... *grin*)
That's my claim to fame, which is better than admitting I've worked with kids who have gone on to become locally infamous for murders, armed robberies and sex offences. *sigh*
Finally saw Django Unchained . Pretty good. I was laughing at the KKK not seeing out of their head bags.
It's a brilliant film.
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Finally saw Django Unchained . Pretty good. I was laughing at the KKK not seeing out of their head bags.
It's a brilliant film.
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Finally got around to seeing Star Trek: Into Darkness It was pretty good but not as good as the first one that J.J. Abrams did. A little disappointed in the ending.
I have the same feeling about this one.
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We toddled off to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (3D) today. I was trying hard to stay awake for a lot of it, but that was more due to going to a fairly early showing (to miss the crowds) and still recovering from being introduced to Jagermeister at Blokey's Christmas works do on Friday night. *grin* It was good; I'm not a die-hard fan and haven't read any of the books so I didn't have any preconceptions about what I was going to see. I was a tad disappointed that Hugo Weaving wasn't in it, but hey-ho.
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Saw American Hustleon Sunday. Bloody great caper film. I can compare it favourable with The Sting, which I regard as the epitome of caper movies. I thought I had it worked it out, but i didn't predict the twist in the tail. Jennifer Lawrence is an absolute scream. Lordy, that girl is talented!
Hobbit pt 2 opens on Boxing Day. I hear, and hope, that it has far more action than pt1. I shall ensure that I am not half wacked when I attend.
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I saw Elysium and it was better than the last couple of current release Blu Rays I have gotten. I still have 2 Guns to watch. Elysium reminded me of watching District 7 or was it 9, with the way the filmography was done. I think Rush will be the better of the movies I have gotten when it arrives next month.
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We saw Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues yesterday. I was reminded of why I was never particularly keen on the first one. Suffice to say, I shan't be asking for it in my Christmas stocking next year.
We watched Django Unchained tonight as Blokey got it for his birthday in November. It was just as good the second time round!
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Once again, I agree with you. Oh wise Pops! Wild horses would't get me to that Anchorman rubbish. I wish I had got Django for my birthday. I shall watch again when I get me electricals organised.
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Been to The Hobbit Pt2 this morning, and was back home in time to watch the Poms get wacked again!! Back to bilbo and the gang - a long and scenic ramble around the New Zealand countryside and the computer magical caves and dragon dens. Why did Peter Jackson decide to make 3x3 hour films out of a relatively small book? To make more bloody millions, of course! Don't worry about having not read the book, Poppy, this film has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's the story of Jason and the Argonauts with Orcs. I hate Orcs; they're really nasty buggers. Unfortunately I had four little naps during the movie, including one at the end. I presume bilbo survived so that Mr Jackson can grab us for another 3 hours next year. Did the dwarves get fried? Pops?
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Just took the Kids to see Frozen.
It was fab i loved it and my Son asked to get dvd when its out. Daughter was scared of the snow monster but loved the princess Ana!
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Did the dwarves get fried? Pops?
Yes galvo, they did. It was horrid. Screaming dwarves everywhere ... I assume you also slept through the bit where Hugo Weaving used his magic elvish fairy dust to smite something? It was very exciting.
My 12 year-old nephew attempted to do 'The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug' as a charade on Boxing Day. He was rubbish at it!
Just took the Kids to see Frozen.
Do you recommend it for adults too, lainie?!
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yes poppy i do! it got nice music too and my brother in law who is a big star wars fan and finds the fact my daughter is into pink babies and princesses a bit nauseating just went to see it tonight (hes 28 no kids) and said he thought it was fab. hubby enjoyed it after slating the little mermaid when we watched it yest on dvd. how can he not love little mermaid?!? xx
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I did a movie check for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug the last 2 weekends. It was sooo different than the books! The jury is still out on whether I liked it or not.
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American Hustle was our first film (at the cinema) of 2014, last weekend. It was good. I enjoyed Christian Bale despite his podgy belly and comb over. And yes, galvo ... Jennifer Lawrence was a sexy minx!
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Last couple movies I have seen when they have come out on DVD/ Blu-Ray haven't been that great.
2 Guns _ Boring
Red 2 was good
The Wolverine - Not sure, but wasn't bad
Meet The Miller's - Funny
Elysium - Was good
Fast & Furious 6 - It was surprisingly good
Despicable Me 2 - Great
Minion Mini Movies (on Blu-Ray)- Funny
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We saw The Wolf of Wall Street last night. Despite being incredibly long (buy sweets/popcorn and a drink!), it was actually pretty good. Definitely deserved its 18 certificate - LOTS of full frontal female nudity, sex and drug-taking. Not a film you'd want to take your mum along to see! If you can stomach of all that (very integral to the film) then it's well worth a visit.
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Will see The Wolf next week. Saw Saving Mr Banksand absolutely loved it. Emma Thompson acting her socks off and Tom Hanks endearing as Walt Disney. Thoroughly enjoyable. Had a look at Jack Ryan - Shadow Recruit, another saving the world (the American financial system) epic. OK for a wet afternoon. Good cinematography and a ripper car chase through the streets of Moscow. Got a borry of Silver Linings Playbook, So Jennifer Lawrence and I shall be spending the evening to-gether. Heh!
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Since it's awards season, I've been on a tear to see as many of these nominated films as possible.
Like lainie said, Frozen is brilliant; it won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film over Despicable Me 2 and The Croods (both of which I really enjoyed). I didn't see Frozen until this past weekend; I couldn't imagine that anything could be better than Despicable Me, but it was truly wonderful (Despicable Me is just a very different sort of film). Even my husband called it "sublime" and "superior". It marked a bit of a departure from traditional Disney fare. I won't say more because I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but suffice it to say that the "act of true love" may catch you by surprise.
I hated Inside Llewyn Davis. I didn't care about anyone in that film. The only thing I enjoyed was "Please Mr. President" sung by Justin Timberlake and others (JT and Taylor Swift were co-writers); it was clever.
I agree with everything that galvo said about Saving Mr. Banks. My husband and I had recently attended a special Disney exhibition at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry where they had all sorts of memorabilia and artwork. They had Walt Disney's original office complete with drawings of his daughters (and you will see these in the movie), and they also had a letter from P. L. Travers to Disney where she wrote about how much she enjoyed the Mary Poppins film. So the movie was especially interesting.
I can't say I enjoyed August: Osage County, but it was well done. I was thoroughly taken aback when I saw none other than Benedict Cumberbatch in this film! What unexpected casting! His performance has been wildly underrated as I thought he was brilliantly tragic.
Galvo, since you liked American Hustle, I suspect you'll like Miss Lawrence and Mr. Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook.
I've been thrilled to pieces to see Jared Leto and Matthew McConoughey (I can't be arsed to find the correct spelling of his name at the moment) picking up so many awards for their performances in Dallas Buyers Club.
We saw Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit yesterday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a cast! I think this is the first film I've seen where Keira Knightly played an American. Pretty good accent. I was really glad that they wrote her as a brave and clever woman and not just eye candy. I had read that Kenneth Branagh directed it and was surprised by this piece of info until I remembered he had directed Thor. Not his usual cup of tea.
I saw a preview of Godzilla, and it looks really scary! I bet I'll like that film more than the artsy fartsy Inside Llewyn Davis. ::)
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Just returned from The Wolf of Wall Street. Excellent movie, but too darned long at 180 minutes! Can you plagerize yourself? Because it's the same movie as Good Fellas. ( For the kids down the back of the bus - Martin Scorsese made both films.). Both films have the 'hero' doing a narrative voice-over as well as acting the role. Same story, rags to riches to disaster. Ray Liotta and Leonardo Di Caprio play the same type fella .WoWSb] has more sex; GFhas more violence. Both movies are great. We had an unscheduled interval as a lady got violently ill and they stopped the film, upped the lights, cleaned away the mess and carried her out. Let me cut 30 minutes from it and it would really be a great movie.
My evening with Jennifer Lawrence and Silver Linings Playbook was top class! That is one hellova good movie and she is SO BLOODY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let me cut 30 minutes from it and it would really be a great movie.
I know! I did think they could have finished it at the point where someone is filming the advert and the camera gets put onto its side. Leonardo could have just done a narrative about what happened next ...
(Hope the lady was okay - when Blokey was at his worst I used to be petrified that he was going to become violently ill in the cinema but thankfully he never did.)
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We saw Out of the Furnace today and I LOVED it. I really felt for all the characters and the situations they found themselves in. It made me smile, cry and feel frustrated with how life turns out for some people. It surprised me as I was in two minds about going to see it. Glad I did now.
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Am I the only person who watches films now?!
We went to the cinema and saw Dallas Buyers Club today. I really liked it although it seemed to go on for ever. Jared Leto doesn't ever seem to age, bless him. Next week we're hoping to see The Lego Movie but we'll have to forego our usual daytime visit for an evening one; too many children to spoil the film!
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There's nothing i want to see at moment!
My son wants to see this new lego movie in half term, im not feeling it! He also said the pirate fairy movie looks good and his sister might like that too, im not sure tbh!!!!
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We saw The Monuments Men yesterday, and while the story was fascinating, there was just something missing, some emotional component. It felt uneven, and the voiceovers by George Clooney felt flat an uninspiring.
I had not thought about seeing The Lego Movie, but I read some terrific reviews of it. I was quite surprised to see that it got FAAAARRRR better reviews than The Monuments Men.
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There's nothing i want to see at moment!
My son wants to see this new lego movie in half term, im not feeling it! He also said the pirate fairy movie looks good and his sister might like that too, im not sure tbh!!!!
My son is being forced to see the Lego film over half term, so I'm curious to see what he reports back. Our friends who have a Lego-obsessed child invited him to his birthday party and that's what the birthday boy chose. I should think it's a bit below the average 11/12 year old, but I don't know. I've managed to avoid seeing any of these Lego films or programs and I just don't get them. Don't they just remake popular titles with the characters all in digitally-rendered Lego? Is this not just a giant advertisement for little plastic blocks? ???
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We really need a television thread as well. (Why yes, I am too lazy to start one, thank you for noticing!) While in hospital I could only get BBC iPlayer to work on my iPad, Netflix and LoveFilm would freeze and skip too much. So, I have seen all sorts of comedy specials and panel shows. Most of them I was already familiar with, but I did make a couple of discoveries that I continue to look out for.
When I got home, I continued watching television as opposed to films because I just couldn't stay awake long enough to watch an entire film. (I can now, but of course cannot find anything I even remotely want to watch.) It's not much better in the cinema. I want to see Dallas Buyers Club but I'm not even sure if that's on its way or if it's already been and gone.
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Cariad i saw the trailer for the lego movie and didnt think much of it, the fairy pirate one looked better (the girl in me lol), never seen any other lego movies, but i do have harry potter, indiana jones and star wars lego wii games (the latter bought to play with my son as he's star wars and and i like them but a film doesnt do it for me !
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... but I did make a couple of discoveries that I continue to look out for.
I want to see Dallas Buyers Club but I'm not even sure if that's on its way or if it's already been and gone.
Oooh, what were your discoveries?!
Dallas Buyers Club was released over here last Friday so you've got a good week or two to see it yet.
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Good God, what happened here? I was minding my own business, Gwyn and I decided to unwind with a LoveFilm cd, and that decision became license for Seth Rogen and friends to traumatize me for life.
Needless to say with being hospitalized for a few weeks I was not paying attention to our LoveFilm queue. When the CD This is the End arrived I had no memory of adding it to the list, nor any clue what it was about. I thought it was a Simon Pegg/Nick Frost film (confusing it with World's End). Well, I'll tell you what it's about: Mostly minor (comic) celebrities band together to try to survive the end of the world. And they accomplish this in the most disgusting manner imaginable. Please, someone, erase my memory of Channing Tatum's cameo! Yes, of course there were bits that were very funny - the vast majority were comic actors and it would be pathetic if they couldn't pull off a few laughs. They seemed to rip off Simon Pegg's style of over-the-top gore (which I find difficult enough to endure) but then they push the bathroom humour to the limits as well, and that is something I have never enjoyed and never will. When it was over I told Gwyn I wanted that disc out of my house, so hopefully he posted it this morning.
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Oooh, what were your discoveries?!
(Keep in mind that I don't have a television license and before I was ill did not watch much more than reruns of IQ or Mock the Week. Anything I discovered will be old news to you.)
I quite enjoyed Would I Lie to You and although I don't usually enjoy stand up comedy for long, I watched most of the available episodes of the Live at the Apollo series. I almost never watch dramas, but I do love documentary style programming and found Tough Young Teachers fascinating (still a final episode of that to watch). I got really into Question Time as well, but that's one from the dawn of television. On radio I truly enjoy The Unbelievable Truth - radio was brilliant for those days I had splitting headaches.
I can tell you I did *not* like Have I Got Old News for You or Mrs. Brown's Boys. I didn't give Uncle a chance, just didn't seem appealing but maybe I will. I feel like I tried watching about two dozen shows with Alan Davies and found none of them worth it beyond QI. (I thought Jonathan Creek would be a comedy, and still feel it would be much more watchable as one.) Anyhow, these shows kept me going through a horrible ten days or so, and even if they didn't work for me, I was grateful to have them as a distraction.
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I used to really like Have I got News for You, but when I was in London back in November, I saw it (it was amazing to see how many shows were still on after the 10 years I'd been away) and didn't think much of it. I can take Jo Brand in only small doses.
I always liked Question Time.
I also really liked Top Gear! So I was appalled when I discovered it on BBCAmerica and saw how juvenile it had become! It used to be a really informative show, but now it is just adolescent boy drivel.
Never really liked Alan Davies.
Has anyone here in the US been able to see the Danish series Borgen? I had heard so many wonderful things about it and could never quite work out how American reviewers had been able to see it, unless they got hold of overseas copies and have a multi-region DVD player. I happened to catch the first 2 episodes of the final season while I was in England, and I really liked it. Well, finally it is available here in the US on Region 1 DVD, so we bought the first season and have seen most of the eps, and oh my, is it terrific! I wish we could get more original foreign programming here in the US, shows that we don't have to Americanize. Not that there's anything wrong with that. For instance, The Bridge is a series I really enjoyed, but it would be cool to see the original Scandinavian version, too.
Anyone watching the second season of House of Cards? Anyone seen the original British version?
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The boys saw the Lego film last night. Thankfully our friends bought tickets in advance, and when one invitee had to send his regrets at the last minute, they invited my younger boy as well. He adores their younger boy, and he was feeling left out, so hurrah!
I have the following reviews from my kids:
"Well thought out and funny. I thought with this movie the 3D made it a lot better because it made it actually look like Lego. Without the 3D it would have looked animated because it would have been totally flat." - Aidan, aged 11
"Awesome! 18 out of 10!" Dylan, aged 7
I can take Jo Brand in only small doses.
Oh, Gwyn and I adore her! Such a refreshing voice in a pool of arrogant white men with a ferocious sense of entitlement. She was on the QI that Gwyn and I watched last night.
Never really liked Alan Davies.
Wow, we would struggle to watch television together. Love him, too, but I guess only as himself. He's adorable with his modesty and sibilant S. Saw him on a Graham Norton with Julianne Moore (lovely actress, always enjoy her work) and Matthew McCona-something (No thanks!) It was a wonderful bit of anthropology to see MM (the actor, not you!) try to be modest but fail utterly, JM seemed to have a genuine bit of modesty to her, and AD just emanated this delightful, self-deprecating humour. He is an excellent counter balance to Stephen Fry, whom I also like, but SF can be truly insufferable. They discussed evolution on QI last night. I never realised how inaccurate these panel shows could be. They had a physicist on one night who kept saying 'Um, that's not entirely true....' Well, I was less subtle when it came to evolution, shouting it at the screen. Gwyn was surprised when I got the answers right, and even started correcting them. I had to say to my gobsmacked husband 'Yeah, I actually *do* know this stuff!' (It was a relief to discover that I've retained some of this information, since it's been a few years and my memory has taken some serious abuse.)
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LOL, cariad, we WOULD struggle to watch TV together. I loved Jo Brand 10 years ago, but now a little bit goes a long way. I've seen her many times recently on Graham Norton, and there is a smugness about her that I find disquieting. It's like she KNOWS she's that "breath of fresh air" and wants to make sure YOU know it, too. I think she is very clever and quick, and she has that self-deprecation thing going that I admire and appreciate. I don't dislike her at all, rather, again, for me a little bit is enough.
I always loved Stephen Fry, but one evening years ago, he was part of a panel of comedians discussing how British humour translates to different cultures. Stephen Fry proclaimed that Americans don't understand irony and that they see everything in black and white (oh, and that America has no history), and I was stunned that someone with such intelligence would stoop to making such a sweeping statement. It struck me that he was pandering, perhaps, to the audience, but I don't know that. He recently did a very amusing and enlightening series about his travels in America, and it was then I learned that he's half American. So while he is, like Jo Brand, very funny, quick and clever, he also suffers from a shedload of smugness, and he is another performer that I can take only in small doses. But I have enjoyed his work.
MM has become an actor of prodigious talent which is evident in Dallas Buyers Club and his recent work on the TV mini-series True Detective. I used to think, like most people did, that he was just another pretty face, and that was probably true a decade ago, but now he is a highly regarded actor, and good for him. I'll have to go and have a look at his appearance on Graham Norton. I may well end up agreeing with you. Actually, maybe you and I wouldn't struggle watching tv together after all! I don't really disagree with anything you've posted here! LOL!
We loved the Lego Movie. It had received such good reviews, and I fancied a movie where no blood was shed or things blown up, and we were not disappointed. It struck me that the cleverer a kid is, the more s/he will enjoy it. It's by no means just a kids' movie. The ending was a brilliant and sweet surprise. I'm glad your boys enjoyed it.
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My dad ended up taking Andrew (6) to th lego movie, Andrew loved it, my dad said it was awful lol, i looked at the trailer and thought same thing ! the fairy pirates looked much better lol. we will prob go see that with his sister too in month when it goes on the saturday morning £1.50 screening instead of the usual £6 or £7!! Luckily we have an orange phone and they went on orange wednesday so it was only £6.30 for dad and drew :)
Im not fancying much at the moment tbh, altho has anyone seen that new one with zak efron in? dont think hubby would want to watch it as he gets naked, not that thats why id see it or anything :)
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Not exactly a film, but Gwyn and I believe we have seen the next comedic innovator of our day. His name is Bo Burnham and his special what. is available on Netflix. He reminds me of Tim Minchin, with the astonishing precociousness of a Bill Hicks. I don't like stand-up comedy all that much, I find it wearing, but I do like seeing the occasional experimental bit that charges into new territory.
LOL, cariad, we WOULD struggle to watch TV together. I loved Jo Brand 10 years ago, but now a little bit goes a long way. I've seen her many times recently on Graham Norton, and there is a smugness about her that I find disquieting. It's like she KNOWS she's that "breath of fresh air" and wants to make sure YOU know it, too. I think she is very clever and quick, and she has that self-deprecation thing going that I admire and appreciate. I don't dislike her at all, rather, again, for me a little bit is enough.
I make a distinction between arrogant and smug that perhaps the dictionary doesn't make, but I think it's part of my linguistic competence as a native speaker - one just knows there's a difference sometimes. I think of arrogant as overly confident in one's abilities and achievements, but I think of smug as having a mocking, childish quality, like you cannot resist rubbing it in. I don't see arrogance in Jo Brand, certainly not smugness. She's a woman in a hugely male-dominated field, and she has the nerve to be heavy and not classically attractive in this field that is obsessed with sex and age and gender and any other trait or activity that they can stereotype. Self-confidence, yes, she'd be nowhere without it. Just a few weeks ago the head of the BBC mandated that these panel shows had to be more inclusive of women, that he was fed up with the abundance of testosterone. So if she's looking for work, I'd say Jo Brand will have all she can possibly handle, and I say hurrah!
I always loved Stephen Fry, but one evening years ago, he was part of a panel of comedians discussing how British humour translates to different cultures. Stephen Fry proclaimed that Americans don't understand irony and that they see everything in black and white (oh, and that America has no history), and I was stunned that someone with such intelligence would stoop to making such a sweeping statement. It struck me that he was pandering, perhaps, to the audience, but I don't know that.
I have to admit I don't understand why this bothers you so much. You've mentioned in the past that you decided to leave England in part because of how they spoke of Americans. My feeling about the discussion is that it's only Stephen Fry for a start, but also that this is how they interact with people that they care about. If they're not taking the piss, they don't really consider you part of the inner circle. I remember Gwyn showing me a stash of his parting gifts the first time he left the UK for America: A little American flag, a huge Welsh one, a six-pack of Budweisser and Flossie, an inflatable sheep that appeared to be wearing lipstick. He's had arguments with people over whether the Welsh or New Zealanders get to claim the title of the world's sheep-shaggers. It's all just a joke in the end, but of course there is a seriousness about it in that it means something to him. I cannot think of a time Stephen Fry ever even mentioned Wales. Which is the bigger insult? At least he has and had a curiosity about the US.
I couldn't find anything to say Stephen Fry was half-American, though. In a transcript of an interview I skimmed, (http://bigthink.com/videos/stephen-frys-quintessential-english-upbringing) his father was definitely English, his mother was also born in Britain but was from an eastern European Jewish background. Perhaps you misheard, as the man does seem obsessed with America, he mentions it constantly. This seems to hint at fears of inferiority. Or maybe he's reacting to the loud minority in the US who are constantly shrieking that they don't want to be anything like Europe because they are soooo much better. I don't know. I find I feel sorry for Stephen Fry. He's bipolar and has been through suicidal depressions and there are times watching QI where there does seem to be this sadness about him that keeps creeping in - a look that all the editing in the world cannot cut. I would say that his image is one of arrogance (again not smugness in my view) but that he struggles mightily against feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing. He does annoy people, though. You're not the first person who's told me that they find him entirely too pleased with himself. :laugh:
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"Linguistic competence" can certainly be shaped by perception, and I perceive Jo Brand as seeing herself as valiant and special precisely BECAUSE she is a rebel in a man's world, which I sometimes view as being smug. But that's OK. Sometimes I find it brave, but sometimes I find it, well, smug. She can be unkind, and I don't believe that raging against a stereotype should give her special permission to be so. But as I think about this a bit more, there is something about the quality of her voice, perhaps its timbre, that aurally conveys smugness. Yes, I think that's what it is. It's not so much what she says but, rather, HOW she says it. She is monotonal, and that is not a criticism. It's merely my own personal observation. In some people, monotonality conveys dullness, but that is certainly not the case with Jo Brand. To my ear, she SOUNDS smug. On some days, I find this amusing. On other days, I don't. But she never fails to entertain me on some level!
As for Stephen Fry, yes, I got the wrong end of the stick. I was recently watching his Stephen Fry in America , and he talked about how his father had almost taken a job in the US, which meant that he was almost born in America. Maybe this is the genesis of his obsession with America.
I don't need you to understand why this bothers me so much. All I can say is get back to me after you've lived there for 20 years. You already have an established family. I did not. I was pretty much on my own. And the things I heard were most assuredly NOT "taking the piss" nor as silly as jokes about who shags the most sheep. Has anyone yet approached you out of the blue to ask you to justify American foreign policy in some country or another? Have you yet heard that conversation on the bus about, say, how of course Americans are going to side with Amanda Knox? Or how about the talk with your GP when he says that Americans think they can throw money at a health issue and think it will go away when all you've done is ask if you could have a second opinion about a dire diagnosis? As you know, I'm a big sports fan and listened to sports talk radio while living in the UK, so it was always such fun when, every damn year, some radio host would rage about how it was illustrative of Americans' arrogance when they called their baseball championship "The World Series"!!! (And of course he never thought to research WHY it's called that.) Oh, and my God...the Ryder Cup! Yes, the wives of the American players were always the personifications of Barbie. As you see, I can go on and on and on and on. Stephen Fry's comments in and of themselves were just one small piece of a much bigger picture of arrogance/smugness/inferiority/superiority (whichever term you'd like to use) that I got to experience during my years as a resident of the UK. Suffice it to say, it really got on my wick. (Off topic rant, I know.)
I DO feel sorry for Stephen Fry and for his struggles. It must be hard to be him.
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Oh, I forgot...
Perhaps we SHOULD include a "TV review" thread because I'd love to know if anyone here is watching True Detective.
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I am watching true detective moose mom!! Only watched the first episode so far, planning on the 2nd and 3rd ones tonight. Had to have subtitles up tho as cannot understand their accents :)
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I've seen two films recently. The first was 'Wolf Creek 2'. The original 'Wolf Creek' was released a few years ago. It's an Aussie film, and I don't know if it was released in either the USA or GB. The story revolves around an Aussie loner who roams the outback kidnapping, torturing, sexually abusing and murdering tourists. Mark 2 is even more confronting and explicit, and will not do wonders for the Australian tourist industry.
Last Saturday, I saw 'Lone Survivor'. It is a brutal, engrossing, apparently accurate war story set in present day Afghanistan. It is also confronting and does not try to glamorise this horrible conflict. I salute the US Navy Seals. You Americans be proud of them.
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"Linguistic competence" can certainly be shaped by perception, and I perceive Jo Brand as seeing herself as valiant and special precisely BECAUSE she is a rebel in a man's world, which I sometimes view as being smug. But that's OK. Sometimes I find it brave, but sometimes I find it, well, smug. She can be unkind, and I don't believe that raging against a stereotype should give her special permission to be so. But as I think about this a bit more, there is something about the quality of her voice, perhaps its timbre, that aurally conveys smugness. Yes, I think that's what it is. It's not so much what she says but, rather, HOW she says it. She is monotonal, and that is not a criticism. It's merely my own personal observation. In some people, monotonality conveys dullness, but that is certainly not the case with Jo Brand. To my ear, she SOUNDS smug. On some days, I find this amusing. On other days, I don't. But she never fails to entertain me on some level!
As for Stephen Fry, yes, I got the wrong end of the stick. I was recently watching his Stephen Fry in America , and he talked about how his father had almost taken a job in the US, which meant that he was almost born in America. Maybe this is the genesis of his obsession with America.
I don't need you to understand why this bothers me so much. All I can say is get back to me after you've lived there for 20 years. You already have an established family. I did not. I was pretty much on my own. And the things I heard were most assuredly NOT "taking the piss" nor as silly as jokes about who shags the most sheep. Has anyone yet approached you out of the blue to ask you to justify American foreign policy in some country or another? Have you yet heard that conversation on the bus about, say, how of course Americans are going to side with Amanda Knox? Or how about the talk with your GP when he says that Americans think they can throw money at a health issue and think it will go away when all you've done is ask if you could have a second opinion about a dire diagnosis? As you know, I'm a big sports fan and listened to sports talk radio while living in the UK, so it was always such fun when, every damn year, some radio host would rage about how it was illustrative of Americans' arrogance when they called their baseball championship "The World Series"!!! (And of course he never thought to research WHY it's called that.) Oh, and my God...the Ryder Cup! Yes, the wives of the American players were always the personifications of Barbie. As you see, I can go on and on and on and on. Stephen Fry's comments in and of themselves were just one small piece of a much bigger picture of arrogance/smugness/inferiority/superiority (whichever term you'd like to use) that I got to experience during my years as a resident of the UK. Suffice it to say, it really got on my wick. (Off topic rant, I know.)
I DO feel sorry for Stephen Fry and for his struggles. It must be hard to be him.
I forgot I even commented on this, but since it is so off-topic as you say, I replied here instead: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=26980.100
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No need, cariad. Please don't be offended, but I will decline to read your reply. It's all in the past, and while it bubbles up from time to time, I work hard to keep unpleasant memories in perspective (though not always successfully). It doesn't matter anymore, and I don't care to pick at scabs. I'm sure that your reply was kind and thoughtful, so I appreciate the time you took to post whatever it was you posted. Forgive me for not reading it, but I do thank you, anyway.
Back to the topic at hand, I just saw the worst movie I have ever viewed!!! Arn: The Knight Templar. We saw it on Netflix, and it was so bad that I felt compelled to write a review. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
Edited to add: This stupid movie is now stuck in my head, so I'm going to ramble on a bit in the hopes that I can make it go away! I enjoy "epic" films, particularly when they offer some insight into a particular culture or a particular time frame in history. I love foreign films and certainly do not mind subtitles. And I REALLY like seeing actors that are familiar to me, actors who I have seen in other films. Arn had it all; it's a Swedish film based on the story of the man who seems to be credited with the founding of what eventually becomes Sweden. It's directed by a man who has directed other works I have liked, namely various episodes of the original Wallander series and the Annika Bengzton series. It's over two hours long so qualifies for the term "epic". But the male and females leads were just awful. After the first 15 minutes, I already knew what was going to happen next.
I don't quite know why, but I watched the "special features" part of the disc, and there were extensive interviews with some of the actors. They seemed so thrilled with the movie and with the experience of making it, and it made me feel really sorry for hating it so much. Even bad epic movies can take a lot of effort to make, so I felt kind of guilty for giving it my own personal Razzie.
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I am watching true detective moose mom!! Only watched the first episode so far, planning on the 2nd and 3rd ones tonight. Had to have subtitles up tho as cannot understand their accents :)
Let me know what you think once you've finished it. I'm from Texas so should have had no problems understanding the two main characters, but my goodness, they do mumble!
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No need, cariad.
As I stated in the reply, I felt there was definitely a need for me to respond, so I did. I found your post to be bizarrely aggressive.
Please don't be offended, but I will decline to read your reply. It's all in the past, and while it bubbles up from time to time, I work hard to keep unpleasant memories in perspective (though not always successfully). It doesn't matter anymore, and I don't care to pick at scabs.
That's fine. I don't want to cause anyone discomfort. I'm not a mind reader, so if something is unpleasant to discuss, I would prefer that you just tell me, which you've done.
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I recently saw Enough Said. I am not a big fan of romantic comedies, but this was the last film made by James Gandolfini, and I like Julia Louis-Dreyfuss in Veep, so I thought it might be a nice change of pace. I was surprised by how much I liked it. I had never seen Gandolfini in anything but The Sopranos, and I only saw the first season of that, so I was curious to see what he would do with a different kind of role. He did a nice job.
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I've seen two films recently. The first was 'Wolf Creek 2'. The original 'Wolf Creek' was released a few years ago. It's an Aussie film, and I don't know if it was released in either the USA or GB. The story revolves around an Aussie loner who roams the outback kidnapping, torturing, sexually abusing and murdering tourists. Mark 2 is even more confronting and explicit, and will not do wonders for the Australian tourist industry.
LOL! This is probably the ONE genre I do not like! :rofl; But you may be thrilled to know that both are available here in the US on Netflix, for all of you slasher movie lovers out there!
Last Saturday, I saw 'Lone Survivor'. It is a brutal, engrossing, apparently accurate war story set in present day Afghanistan. It is also confronting and does not try to glamorise this horrible conflict. I salute the US Navy Seals. You Americans be proud of them.
I've seen previews of this film. The cast looks really good. I may check this one out. Thanks for this, galvo.
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Watched Winters Bone on TV last night. What a grim, edgy film set in the rural back country of Missouri. Absolutely engrossing to see a sub-strata of America that exists in the present day. And Jennifer Lawrence!!!!!! Again, what a performance! And at age 18!! God, this girl has talent!
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Watched a short film this morning called Oppressed Majority (well, the title is in French but I'm too tired to get those accent marks in the proper places). It was disturbing and thought-provoking. It's basically a standard sexual assault story, except in this world men are treated like sex objects and women do the harassing. I would recommend it, especially if you are open to different viewpoints. Personally, I am very squeamish about films that portray sexual assault, so if I can sit through it, most anyone should be able to, and it's only 10 minutes long. Available freely on the net, too.
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I've seen two films recently. The first was 'Wolf Creek 2'. The original 'Wolf Creek' was released a few years ago.
We saw Wolf Creek at the cinema years ago. Seen it on the telly since then too. I love it, but I love anything like that. I always thought that film was loosely based on a true story, but maybe that was something else. Not sure if we've seen Wolf Creek 2 (it's not new, is it?!)
We've been to the cinema lots in the last few weeks. In March we saw The Grand Budapest Hotel (it was okay), 300: Rise of an Empire in IMAX, which I found really difficult to get accustomed to because it was SO BIG (the film was splendid and gory and full of rather lovely men), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (which was enjoyable in an 'I like it but won't be seeing it again' kind of way). So far this month we've seen Noah and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which have both been pretty good. I'm hoping to see Locke this weekend but I'm pretty sure it isn't showing in my local cinema, so we may have to wait for the Blu-ray release. Grrr ...
I've also finally seen Deliverance. Blokey has always said that it's a film I MUST SEE, but it's never on the telly and isn't on either LoveFilm or Netflix either, so when we stumbled upon a DVD for a pound in a charity shop on the Isle of Wight, we just had to buy it. I sort of liked it, but the ending was a lot tamer than I thought it would be. I expect if they remade it now, it would be far more creepy.
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The last decent movie I've seen was Nebraska and thought it should have been won Best Picture.
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Has anyone seen Divergent?
I havent been to cinema for ages and quite fancy the look of that. Oh i lie, i saw tinkerbell and the fairy pirate on the weekend, hmm it was ok, my son was disappointed there were more fairies than pirates lol and my daughter went dressed in fairy dress complete with wings and wand ;)
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We watched an older film, The Last Supper, not religious. Very entertaining.
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The last decent movie I've seen was Nebraska and thought it should have been won Best Picture.
Its in my queue so I'm glad you thought it was worthy.
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I've redone my Lovefilm queue now that they've merged back with Amazon and I finally found where they keep the silly thing!
I have Gravity, Dallas Buyers Club (when it's released for DVD) Life of Pi, and the film version of the play Aidan will be starring in shortly all in the lineup. It's the advantage of never seeing films for adults in the cinema, there's lots of choice when it comes to rentals.
So, we saw Frozen. Aidan wanted to see it, and we have a few gift cards left for the cinema so it was free. Good job I sat next to him as I would have gone insane not being able to make sarcastic remarks to someone. It was so very Disney. There were plenty of enjoyable bits but I was counting the seconds until the inevitable ending, and animated characters belting out histrionic ballads is a situation that is impossible for me to take as anything but a joke. At one point Aidan whispered to me 'that is not going to work!' and I replied 'Yes, they've dropped enough hints!' The parents should have been investigated by social services - their parenting strategies were deeply questionable even for a fairy tale. The 3D added next to nothing - there was a moment with a saw at the start that raised my expectations, and subsequently these were never met. Anyhow, it was often cute and definitely passed the time.
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Today we saw Godzilla (in 3D obviously). It was quite good, but maybe not as good as I was expecting. I did like Godzilla though ... he was quite cute,for a ginormous pre-pre-historic radioactive dinosaur type thing.
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We are midway through Life of Pi on NOW TV. I am enjoying it immensely. As soon as the book turns up in one of the bazillion boxes we have to unpack, I want to read it.
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American Hustle - Boring, put me to sleep. It took me over a month to watch this movie, I should have lleft the wrapper on.
I, Frankenstein - Good, not great. Frankenstein looked like a regular person with a few scars. Frankenstein in Van Helsing was far better looking of a creature.
Monuments Men - Comes Tuesday and I hope it is better than the last two.
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Finally finished watching Life of Pi. It was a bit too long and we felt rather exhausted at the end, but a really visually stunning and quite humourous film.
We also rented Gravity, a film I decided I wanted to see after watching the trailer. I didn't care for George Clooney's character (nor do I particularly like his acting style), but the storyline was intriguing and I find myself a bit haunted by some of the scenes, which is a compliment to the filmmakers. I liked the vastness of the scenery contrasted with the simplicity of what was essentially a one-woman show. I don't think I'd ever watch it again as it was a bit depressing, but I'm glad I saw it.
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I saw 1000 Ways to Die in the West. It's bloody disgusting. End of review. Pick up your hats on the way out.
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American Hustle - Boring, put me to sleep. It took me over a month to watch this movie, I should have lleft the wrapper on.
Disappointing, as this move is on my must-see list since some of it was filmed 50 yards from my house.
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Can't agree with you, Chris! American Hustle is a beauty!
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I saw 1000 Ways to Die in the West. It's bloody disgusting. End of review. Pick up your hats on the way out.
Did you get the dumbed down version in Australia?! It was a million ways over here.
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I didn't like it; I was expecting more from Seth MacFarlane so I left feeling very disappointed. We saw Edge of Tomorrow this week and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The ending perplexed me a tad though. If anyone has seen it and wants to explain it to me in simple terms, that would be smashing. Thanks!
American Hustle - Boring, put me to sleep. It took me over a month to watch this movie, I should have lleft the wrapper on.
Disappointing, as this move is on my must-see list since some of it was filmed 50 yards from my house.
I agree with galvo, American Hustle is amazing. Of course, he likes it because Jennifer Lawrence is in it. I like it because of Christian Bale. ;D
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Pops, I don't think it could be dumbed down. I loved the moustache dance, but the diarrhoea in the hat sequence made me sink down to the floor!
I'll see EoT next weekend. I enjoy seeing Tom saving the world.
Jennifer Lawrence, sigh!
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Ok so this is a tv programme (we do talk about them here too dont we or is that another thread and the recent surgery has made me lose my mind?!?)
Anyway been catching up on my programmes since got out of hospital and last night i watched the last episode in the current series of the the vampre diaires and i wont give away any spoilers but i seriusly hope the ending is not true or it wont be worth watching the next series!!!
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I wish I lived close to a theatre so I could see recent movies instead of waiting for Amazon deliveries.
The Monuments Men - Great film, loved it.
RoboCop - Eh, just an ok update of the late 80's film
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - To Be Determined
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Ok so this is a tv programme (we do talk about them here too dont we or is that another thread and the recent surgery has made me lose my mind?!?)
Anyway been catching up on my programmes since got out of hospital and last night i watched the last episode in the current series of the the vampre diaires and i wont give away any spoilers but i seriusly hope the ending is not true or it wont be worth watching the next series!!!
I think there was, but I can't find it now. I don't mind talking about tv on here, but I don't know if Rerun minds (what with this being her thread!)
However, OMG, who did they kill off?! No, don't tell me - I'm still only halfway through the fourth season of Vampire Diaries but it's nearly the summer hols so I'll be able to play catch up (I think)!
;D
Saw Oculus at the weekend. It was fabulous. I did wonder if they were going for a more psychological approach at one point, but then it veered back to horror, so no.
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We saw the X-Men film at the cinema over the bank holiday weekend in May. Cannot remember the title, but it was great to see a movie with live actors as that rarely happens. I loved the speedy bloke, I think that scene with him racing round the room beneath the Pentagon will one day be considered an iconic bit of cinematic history. Aidan got quite frustrated with me because I guess I didn't follow the plot all that closely and came out of the theatre with some (stupid) questions. My mind does wander during superhero films. We also finally saw The Lego Movie with Aidan, Dyl and one of Dyl's friends. I thought the animated bits were trying too hard, but the live action was delightful.
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I loved the speedy bloke, I think that scene with him racing round the room beneath the Pentagon will one day be considered an iconic bit of cinematic history.
I loved him too! I wasn't sure though if that was because of the character or because of the actor (who I like in all the other stuff he does, so ...)!
Saw Devil's Knot this week. It made me so incredibly angry and I want to find out more about the case it was about, but everything I've read just makes it all the more confusing.
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i got frustrated enough with G'kid watching cartoons that I took the control. Sat down and started browsing the movies on Netflix. Ended up watching 'Popeye', 1980, Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. It was far better than I imagined. Great characters, great location and sets. Lots of silliness. Good movie for the kids. I laughed a lot. Even thru the musical bits, and I don't care much for musicals, no one writes like the old Rogers and Hammerstein tunes.
All in all, as comedies go I'd give it at least an 8 out of 10.
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - It wasn't bad
Thor: Something with Dark in it : Not good
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Quirky humor, lots of stars I would not expect.
I do not think I have anymore movies pre ordered to arrive in July
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We saw the Mr. Peabody film at the 2 pound cinema. It was cute, I'd never seen the cartoon before. Just received The Dallas Buyer's Club from Lovefilm by Post so Gwyn and I will watch that when we have the time.
Watching The Blindside with the boys. I saw most of it on an airplane years ago, and the boys used to love watching American football so I think they are enjoying it.
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Finished The Dallas Buyers Club last night. It was one of those films that felt like it was 3 times longer than it actually was. I had wanted to see it for a while and expected to be knocked over, but I kind of hated it. If I had known it was going to be about the seedy underside of Texas I don't think I would have watched it, for I have had exposure to the seedy underside of Texas and it stands as one of the more horrifying experiences in my life. (I do believe that might be saying something, too.)
Matthew McC was good in the role, believable, but was he the only actor who could have played that man so well? I doubt it. Jared Leto stole the film, and when I saw the name I told Gwyn that that name disturbs me for some reason, but why? Oh, because he starred in one of the worst films I've ever watched, Requiem for a Dream (If you want to tell me what an uneducated lout I am for not appreciating the high art in watching someone repeatedly sexually degraded in RfaD, do save your time.)
I don't know, I like complicated characters but the man in Dallas Buyers Club was so relentlessly creepy and unlikable I just didn't want to know about his life. Beyond that, the film seemed to simplistically bash the FDA and condone heading to Mexico for untested treatments. What this person did was dangerous, the fact that it seemed to work for him doesn't make it a wise decision in general.
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I saw Edge of Tomorrow and couldn't figure out the ending either. I started getting confused with what exactly was happening with the reruns and how TC was able to tell everyone all their deepest secrets. I mean, when did he have a chance to get into all those conversations???? Groundhog Day was confusing for the same reason.
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We saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes this week. It was super. LOVED Caesar and Caesar's kids! Looking forward to the next one now.
;D
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We saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes last week. It was really better than I had imagined it would be. Very good! :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup;
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Ok so during my latest hospital stay i read the first 2 books in the series mortal instruments and on saturday hubby and i finally saw the first film of that wich ive wanted to for ages, mortal instruments: city of bones
Very disappointed, missed out half the story which was kind of vital, and changed fundamental parts of the story, not impressed at what could have been an awesome film following eventually all the books, but they changed the ending how stupid is that?!
I want to go see the anomaly withian somerhader aka damon from vampire diaries It loos ok, more hubbys sort of thing than mine but am sure 'll be able to sit through it ;)
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Today we saw Earth to Echo. OMG! It was brilliant ... I loved it. I'm not sure Blokey did though! Definitely a 'must see'. Last week we went and saw The Purge: Anarchy. It was fabulous and has made me keen for a third film in the series. Probably better then the first film and has a decent storyline with a good end. We also saw The Two Faces of January (our local cinema do a 'Take 2 Thursday' of films released earlier in the year) which we missed when it was first on at the cinema. It was a tad bleugh. I think I'm used to faster paced films so the slowness of it made me a bit fidgety.
On Thursday we're off to see Guardians of the Galaxy. Umming and ahhing about Hercules ... should we, shouldn't we?
;D
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I've seen "Saving Mr. Banks" which was about Walt Disney and the author of "Mary Poppins" and I also have seen a really good documentary called "The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story" who wrote all the songs.
But I had never seen "Marry Poppins"!!! I finally saw it. Very good especially for the day (1964)
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But I had never seen "Marry Poppins"!!! I finally saw it. Very good especially for the day (1964)
BIG GASP! Mary Poppins and Chitti Chitti Bang Bang were the only fantasy style films/musicals I could tolerate as a child. I couldn't imagine my childhood without either of them. I think I had a bit of a crush on Dick Van Dyke until I realised that a) he was old enough to be my grandad, and b) his English/Cockney accents were truly atrocious.
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I want to know who's going to be the first person on here to see 50 Shades of Grey out on Valentine's Day in America.
I have seen the trailer...looks hot!!! :o
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I want to know who's going to be the first person on here to see 50 Shades of Grey out on Valentine's Day in America.
I have seen the trailer...looks hot!!! :o
Not me. Haven't read the book, won't read the book and so think I'll be skipping the film.
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Guardians of the Galaxy was fabulous, although I fell asleep at least once. Silly me. It was genuine tiredness though, having been sat at Hospital for hours earlier in the day whilst my MiL had her endoscopy and waited for the results; the film wasn't boring.
We watched Sharknado 2: The Second One on the tellybox last night. It was even more amazing than the first film. It generated LOTS of laughter and shaking of head moments. Bad acting, poor script, ridiculous storyline and appalling special effects = FABULOUS!
;D
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Watched Divergent - Still processing what I watched 3 days ago. Feels like I am missing something.
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Watched "Escape Plan" last night.
Not bad for a Sylvester Stallone/ Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
My husband really liked it, he stayed awake through all of it! :clap;
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I regularly watch the discovery/history channel on youtube about lost civilizations etc. and it is most interesting.
Yesterday I watched a fascinating program about the lost civilization of "Atlantis".
The interesting point about such programs is, that historians and researchers come up regularly with new theories.
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What cracks me up about the "History" Channel is when they show programs about the "history" of Space Aliens! :rofl;
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Thanks for the giggle, CebuShan, I shall try these programs as well; they should be great fun.
So far I only saw a few programs about "lost civilasations" (i.e. Atlantis, The Pyramids, Pompeyi etc.) and I thought they were most interesting...
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Hubby and I are going to the cinema tomorrow before having a meal and night away in a hotel while my parents have the kids. We're going to see 'gone girl' but I quite fancy 'maze runner' too.
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Hello DonaldHorp,
Unfortunately your information arrived at the "wrong department", because this here is the movie-section...
... If you wish to let us know about kidney friendly food and how to cook it, please do that in the "Diet and Recipes" section.
And please write to us in English because Russian is such a difficult language ...
P.S. Pushkin and Tolstoi are among my favourite autors, but I can only read their wonderful thoughts in translation...
Thanks from Kristina.
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (German: So weit die Füße tragen) with English subtitles (Youtube) is a 2001 film about German World War II prisoner of war "Clemens Forell's" escape from a Siberian Gulag in the Soviet Union many thousands of miles back to Germany. The film is based on the book of the same name written by Bavarian novellist Josef Martin Bauer. The book is in turn based on the story of Cornelius Rost who used the alias "Clemens Forell" to avoid retribution from the KGB after his escape. According to the Munich registration office, Cornelius Rost returned to Germany from war imprisonment in Russia on 28 October 1947. In 1953 he started working in the in-house printing division of a publishing house in Munich where he ruined numerous book covers because he had been made colour blind in Russia's lead mines, where he was forced to work during his imprisonment. His employer sought an explanation for this and thus learned about Cornelius Rost's experiences and Rost was asked to write down his recollections. His story is a true story about the art of survival ...
I remember watching the 1959 film-version of this story when it was shown in the 1960's/1970's (?) on TV and I was very impressed by this story, especially since my own childhood was dogged by constant sickness and I was inspired by this true story to find a way forward despite my own poor health ...
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"Letter from an Unknown Woman" by Stefan Zweig was first published in 1922 and basically tells the story
of a successful author who reads a letter written by a woman he does not know or remember ...
... and whilst reading her letter he gets glimpses into her and his own life story...
... Many years ago I read the book and I was quite astonished and also a little confused about the fact
that Stefan Zweig (the writer) was able to analyze so touchingly the deepest emotions/thoughts of a female? ...
... and I still wonder about the story behind this story... ?...
"Letter from an Unknown Woman" was put into film and directed 1948 by Max Ophüls
with Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan and is shown on youtube...
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Hangover Square (1945) with Laird Cregar & Linda Darnell (1 hour 17 minutes)
is a real YouTube gem and the atmosphere in the film is totally absorbing and was firmly holding my attention all along ...
Hangover Square is a 1945 film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the novel "Hangover Square" (1941) by Patrick Hamilton.
The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon who made a number of changes to the novel, including the transformation of "George Harvey Bone" into a classical composer-pianist and filming the story as an early 20th-century period piece...
... worth watching...
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It's the time for the big summer movies, so what have you all seen so far?
In one weekend, I saw "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Pitch Perfect 2". Rather different movies, don'tcha think?? LOL! I was not all that into the original Mad Max franchise, but I kept hearing such rave reviews that my interest was piqued. I was shocked by how much I enjoyed that movie. The plot was universal, really, but the execution was downright Wagnerian. It was gobsmackingly creative.
I had to go see Pitch Perfect 2 just to see the cameo appearance of the Green Bay Packers. Worth it!
I saw "Dope" last week, and I thought it was funny with likeable characters.
"Inside Out" was creative and presented a way of looking at the workings of the brain that is much more fun than neuroscience!
"Spy" was a riot and was truly well written. It's Melissa McCarthy at her very best.
Anyone have thoughts on either these or other movies out this season?
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Ok so hubby and i saw '50 shades of Grey' on weekend. Absolutely awful, don't waste your time haha!!
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Saw Jurassic World with my daughters and we all liked. No deep story, of course, but lots of action and great dinosaurs.
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Thanks for the wonderful Jurassic-World-picture okarol, those dinosaurs look really great!
... I am watching at the moment some of the most fascinating short films (~ 50 mins) of "The Untouchables"
(courtesy of youtube), the 1959-1963 TV-series with Robert Stack as Eliot Ness ...
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Ancient Knowledge ( full video HD ) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfegFnaRcqE
I am about two hours into this 5 hour program. Amazing examples of very old civilizations knowledge of math and this planet. Applications of this proved but some of the massive construction that has endured thousands of years until even today. Scientist and archeologist still cannot explain how they had such knowledge, nor how they could apply it to construction on such massive scale with the near perfect precision that is still difficult today.
The 5 hour program is sort of a shortened version, as if you open youtube and search 'Ancient Knowledge' you will find it also available in 6 programs totaling 7 hours. I may have to watch that also just to see what has been left out in this 5 hour version.
Like I said, amazing information of elementary things, NONE of which we are taught in school. Rather, if any was mentioned in school they sure didn't spend much of any time on it.
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Romance in a Minor Key directed by Helmut Käutner (courtesy of youtube)
Paris, late 19th century ... Madeleine leads a double life... She is married to an upright, honourable bank clerk,
a model husband who hardly knows his wife...
... fascinating film about a grieving husband (the honourable bank-clerk) who tries to uncover the truth behind his wife's suicide,
leading him to discover a tragic tale of infidelity and redemption... worth watching ...
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Sorry I made a mistake, this film Romance in a Minor Key directed by Helmut Käutner (courtesy of youtube)
is presented (on youtube) only in the Italian- , French- or German language, but unfortunately not in the English language ... sorry about that ... :embarassed:
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Hillary's America 2016 :thumbup; x 5
Really everyone needs to go see this. I'm not saying this because I'm a Republican. I am also reading "The making of Donald Trump" just to be fair.
I wish both parties had someone better to vote for. Just go see this movie. I dare you.
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Jack Reacher 2 was ok, it got cheesy at the end. Wanted to see The Accountant, but got to the theater to late for last showing. I need a friend with better timing skills!
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I often think of my memory as a worn out clutch, slipping. Actually, Paul Simon recorded a song, he may not have been thinking about memory but it sure applies. Slip sliding away. I can get pretty irratated at myself when this occurs. Like now. A minute ago I knew the name, Not now.
Whatever.
I recently saw Mel Gibson with his beard. I have to admit that it looks good on him. He was on the Late Show with the current host. I still miss Carson. And it is hard to believe that Leno has done the show long enough to retire.
Another 'Whatever'.
They were discussing Mel's' most recent movie that is now debutting, that is the name I cannot remember. They ran a scene clip. And Mel gave a little background on his reasoning behind making this film. It is based on a REAL person. A consciencious objector during WW2. Unwilling to handle any weapon he became a corpman, saving many lives and actually recieved a Medal of Honor. Mel went on to describe things this man did that he had to leave out of the movie as he feared viewers would not believe it to be true.
I have not seen this movie, yet. But it is pretty high on my Have To Do list.
I cannot remember that name. Driving me nutz. Which really isn't very far now.
Take Care,
Charlie B53
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We need to resurrect this thread!!
Which movies have you all seen lately, and what did you think of them?
Do you still go out to the cinema, or do you watch most movies at home? Do you stream them, or do you get them on DVD?
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Havent been for a while as it is so expensive in the uk!. Planning to go over christmas. Think hubby dad and son will go see the new star wars film while me mum and daughter go to see the kids fil ballerina. For my little ballerina 😃. Want too see the garry potter one roo what's it called? Fantastic beasts something? Andrew and steve want to see that too. I am looking forward to in March around my birthday going to see the new beauty and the beast with emma watson. Loved it as a child. Had hoped to go as a family but i lnow elena will be terrified of the beast bless her! We have watched quite a few mocies at home recently as had amazon prime and now tv for a year not up yet. Some good series on amazon prime depending on what u like too.
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It is rare for us to see a movie in the theater. Especially since we have Amazon Prime for streaming and a shiny new 4K UHD TV.
The last movie we saw in the theater was Snowden. DH wanted to see it and he literally sat in the theater like :o the whole time. He hadn't followed the story much in the news so it was all fairly new to him.
We are planning to go see Passengers in 3D on Christmas Day. We don't celebrate with family on December 25, so we do the "Chinese food and movie" thing. This again is DH's idea as he is new to 3D as he grew up with lazy eye that was only fairly recently corrected. He's not much on sci fi, but for some reason, he is interested in the plot of this movie.
This reminds me that I need to buy our tickets ASAP.
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The Mercy. A fascinating and thought-provoking Cinema-film. The true story about Donald Crowhurst (1932–1969), a businessman and amateur sailor, who (possibly) died whilst competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business. But unfortunately, being an amateur sailor, he encountered difficulty very early on and secretly abandoned the race whilst reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance suggests that this attempt ended in possible insanity and suicide.
The film itself provides interesting different levels: One level is the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst, another level is provided by the fact that he entered the competition as a “way out” of his failing business. Another interesting level is provided by the fact that there might have been an onset of mental difficulties and some need of professional help. Another interesting point is that all people around him pressed him on to go ahead, despite the fact that it was pretty obvious from the very start that he hardly stood a chance.
A very thought-provoking and in a way a very sad story.
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Saw Wonder in the Theatre. When the DVD came out I bought it!!! A beautiful story! I loved Zootopia too.
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Watched "Where The Wild Things Are" on cable. Yeah, I know...a child's movie based on a children's picture book. But, what can I say? It's WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!! >:D
As a child I use to steal the book from my older brother and sit and read it and stare at the pictures for hours. I was a child afraid of the dark and the boogie monster in my closet and the big furry thing hiding under my bed but for some reason, I was not afraid of the Wild Things in the book. Didn't know they made a movie so when I caught a glimpse of it on our tv the other day well, I just HAD TO watch! And I recorded it from the beginning so we can watch the entire movie when we have more time. I'm even thinking of going and buying the book from Barnes & Noble just to keep and bring out on a gloomy day. Maxwell, the little boy in the story who befriends the monsters and becomes their king knew exactly what he was doing. Perhaps I could apply some of his attitude to my own life and things would get a little easier..
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I watched The black panther on blu-ray. Enjoyable after first half hour. Well made
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I rented A Wrinkle in Time to watch in D the other night, and I was so disappointed in it. I was read the books so many times and love the stories, so I couldn't wait to see the movie. Disney completely destroyed it. They completely deleted 2 of the main characters and removed an entire subplot which was essential in the main character learning to trust. I am thoroughly disgusted with the changes they made, unnecessary changes that ruined the story.
Mom and I also went to see The Book Club last week. It was one of those movies where I figured all the best parts would be in the previews, but I was wrong. Even though the women in the movie were 25-30 years older than I am, I could relate to some of the things they were going through, trying to figure out dating apps, for example. Seeing Candace Bergen also make me more excited for the return of Murphy Brown in the fall.
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"TAG" 4 stars - It is a good feel good movie. About a bunch of guys who use to play tag in school who still play after 30 years. Just in the month of May.