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Watched the movie King Arthur last night.  The fight scenes are awesome in that movie, not to mention Keira Knightly is freaking HOT  Anyway I liked this movie it had a good plot even though it was a totally different version of King Arthur than I have ever read.    But It was quite good, Anyone else seen this movie?

I saw Meet the Fockers a couple nights ago and I thought it wasn't quite as good as the first one. It has its funny moments, but overall it's not as funny as Meet the Parents.

I wasn't that impressed with King Arthur(Although Kiera Knightly is gorgeous). I've seen and liked Closer, Finding Neverland, The Incredibles, and Oceans 12(Although it wasn't as good as the first one. I also saw the Motorcycle Diaries, which I would really recomend.

yea, I saw Polar Express at the iMax theatre in 3D... any movie in tht theatre is amazing (iMax is at the Minnesota Zoo) I think it's like the 3rd largest movie screen in he world and one of the top sound systems.

I saw it at the iMax in boston. I think it being in 3D was the only redeeming feature. The kids looked very wooden, specially his friend on the train.

saw both polar express and the sponge bob movie... damn I like cartoons too much. :(

Yeah, I thought it was -almost- as good as the original. Seemed a bit shorter than the original though. Loved the scene with the cop towards the end. "STOP RESISTING!" ahhhhh that part killed me. Anyways. I'd recommend it, definitely worth seeing. While we're talking movies, who's stoked about the new Willy Wonka flick coming out this summer? Tim Burton's directing it, Johnny Depp is Willy Wonka. Gonna be sweet. :D

Johnny Depp is such a good diverse actor, Edward Scissor hands... Pirates of the carribean, Secret Window, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Wow if thats not diverse then...   Anyway I loved Oceans 11 I wanna see oceans 12, think I will this weekend,  But I dont understand why they would ever give the money back, must have to see the money to understand...  Another movie I saw another time recently (no I have seen it before and yes it is older) is The Italian Job.  That is a good movie (with another hot girl Charlize Theron)

I thought Meet The Fockers was better than Meet the Parents...I guess I identified with the humor better, I could see myself being like his father, a lawyer who becomes a househusband and such. Anyway, I saw that, Phantom of the Opera, and National Treasure over Christmas weekend.

On DVD lately I've seen Troy, Garden State (amazing, best movie last year that I've seen,) Manchurian Candidate, The Cooler.

I'll probably watch Silver City tomorrow, got that from Netflix today.

While Garden State moved to the top of my list, Phantom of the Opera is about third, I'd never seen it performed but the story is really amazing and I already figured I'd like the music since I like Andrew Lloyd Weber's Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar. Yes, I am big into musical theatre, and I'm secure in that  ;D

<Writes his netflix reveiw> I got King Arthur from Netflix and the next movie on my list is Man Of (or on) Fire (I think its of fire) anyway I hope this one is good, btw Natalie Portman is hot too, anyone know when the next Star wars is out, this summer isnt it?  Anyway I also saw national treasure, and since I doubt it came out in Europe (although Im probably horribly wrong) it is a movie about a guy who thinks that the forefathers Of the USA decided to hide all of the treasure from the egyptian temples, in america.  And they devised some clues ranging from an old pipe on a boat frozen in the artic circle, to a cypher on the back of the Declaration of Independence,  Pretty original storyline and is a cool movie for morons and history-buffs alike.  I liked the movie quite well.

Haha, I liked the movie a good deal, but saying it has an original storyline is funny because it is a blatant rip-off of The Da Vinci Code. It is basically an Americanized version. Has most of the Dan Brown conventions though.

Yeah, the "final" Star Wars comes out in late May I think. Portman was never finer than in Garden State ;)

You know, only because it is a continuation of the Star Wars story, will i go see that movie.  I so desperately wish i didnt feel obligated to go see it, no matter how painful i know it is going to be. 
 ::wall::

Friend of mine was down on the set about a month ago doing some filming next door... He stepped outside (covered in fake snow) for a break and guess who was stood right beside him? Yep Mr Depp in his tasty purple gown thingy... Said it was one of the most sureal moments he's ever had, stood head to toe in fake snow, talking to Mr Wonker/Depp

!! Mad eh gotta love it though  ::applause::

Ok, Im gonna go see spanglish and Oceans 12 this weekend so I will have a review sunday night. 8) ::soon::

The last movie I have seen in the cinema was Oldboy. Damn this movie is extremely brutal, although you don't see that much blood. Much more violent than Kill Bill in my opinion. Also the story is so weird, but after looking closer at it they just have retold the story of Oedipus and another greek saga.

However the pictures this movie shows are so beautiful, every scene has its own still life.

Other movies I saw recently in TV was We were soldiers, quite nice movie, and The virgin suicides, weird one,but also very nice.

Bye,

Mauti

Yeah thats a weird one and no mistake... You know its based on a true story?

Yes I think they have even said it at the end of the movie. Sad, sad,...

I really liked Silver City but I wonder if it is a movie that Coloradans would enjoy more than anyone else. I mean, I assume people across the country and indeed the world can go in for the parody of sorts of Bush/Rove/Republican Party. But there is so much in Silver City that is specifically Colorado. Aside from shooting the movie in Denver and the mining city of Leadville, the writer/director really did a good job researching Coloradan political issues: environmental degredation due to mining, illegal immigration, water rights, etc. I just ate it up because it was so local.

Ive just got "Fargo" out on DVD to watch again... Its one of the Coen brothers best films if you ask me. If you've not seen anything by them, do so, really. please, they are bloody good :)

I've seen:
Collateral: nice, but sometimes unnecessarily brutal,
Oceans 12: didn't like that at all... very weird, and there is almost no coherent story for the last half hour,
Moulin Rouge: that was very funny. even her dying was funny...

We were soldies was very nice too, especially compared to Haunted Hill on the other Channel.

This is Spinal tap. It's a classic.

"Welcome to collinwood", one of the best movies I've ever seen. Rent it, buy it, *cough* it..  It's worth it  :)

Fargo is no O Brother Where Art Thou. The Man Who Wasn't there was also better than Fargo IMO.

Saw In Good Company at the theatre today. It was pretty good...funny and touching, but had a few aspects at the end that I didn't like.

I recently purchased Garden State (which is excellent) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which is probably my favorite movie of 2004) on DVD, so I had the pleasure of watchin' those again.  I got Collateral for Christmas, which I thought was extremely well done — the characters' subtle quirks, honest psychological standoffs, and visceral intensity are just outstanding.

I beg to differ. Fargo and O Brother are very different films - both excellent in their own right. The man who wasn't there was good but how exactly would you say it was 'better' than Fargo? .. just curiouse :)

I sat through "the avengers" Last night... As a film student i think i can fairly say it was one of the worst bloody films ive seen in a long long time - massive budget, appauling script and a disasterouse performance from a cast that couldn't have been any more clinical and sterile. Its no wonder if flopped in the box office.

I didn't like Fargo ;) Like a C movie (still better than Intolerable Cruelty though.)

Bondo there is a cuppa tea, some biccys and a copy of Fargo on DVD at my house. Get your ass round here i can't have this ;)


... Next thing someone is going to tell me that they "didn't think much" of Mrs Smila's feeling for Snow

I liked ESotSM(heh, hows that for an acronym) better than Garden State, although Garden State was excellent.

I saw The Life Aquatic in the theaters last night which I liked a lot. Wes Anderson puts together such electic casts, and his films are all so much different than the normal stuff that Hollywood puts out. Plus, Bill Murry is amazing.

Yeah, I agree  :)

Yeah?  Very cool.  I haven't seen it yet, but since I first saw the trailer I was hoping this movie would turn out well.  I think most critics hated it, but I'll probably give it a chance, nonetheless.

I think the New Yorker liked it.

Well my review for Oceans 12 follows:

If you have seen Oceans 11 you know how insanely confusing it is.  Any for those who enjoy the confusing (like myself) you will not be let down.  Also I think that you could see this movie without having seen the first one,  Here is the one peice of information you need,  Danny Ocean and his 10 co-conspirators stole 160 million (ish) from Terry Benedict, because Benedict stole Oceans wife away from him.  In the end Ocean gets the girl and the money.  I enjoyed the Julia Roberts playing herself (Especially enjoyed the frenchman telling her she looked nothing like her) and Bruce Willace (excuse my spelling) was an unexpected but funny cameo, might I add that Once again another movie has an incredibly hot girl in it (Catherine Zeta Jones, lucky michael douglous)  Anyway, I think that this was and is a very good movie and worth seeing, for the 30 minutes of no plot, maybe you are referring to benedict going to each of the 11 members?  See the first movie or read above.  That should explain why it had 30 minutes of no plot.

Has anyone seen Elektra yet?  I'm gonna go sometime this week when I get a chance since I'm a big Jennifer Garner fan.  Most of the reviews I've seen have been bad, but I never listen to reviews anyway...they usually don't see things the same way I do.[/size]

Dude, elektra doesn't even look good.

Damnit, hollywood has to stop destroying my childhood heroes. They did it to Daredevil, and now they are  ruining Elektra!!!

Jennifer Garner doesn't look good???  What the fuck man, are you as gay as Flies?[/size]

Side note for GS: This isn't one of your trying to get banned things again is it?

No, not at all.  Why would they ban me?  Everyone knows Flies is gay, what's the big deal?[/size]

...that would explain his female icon...

True enough.
Garner is hot, Alias used to be such a good show. However, she doesn't make the movie. J Lo is hot, and she has been in a run of shitty movies. Speaking of shitty movies, I really want to seeConstantine.

I saw the original Tron not too long ago...someone left the TV on in the lounge in my dorm, and it was on when i got back from class.  Couldnt help but watch the rest.   ::lol::  Anybody remember that movie? 

As far as movies that are comming up, has anybody heard of the movie, Serenity, that's comming out in September?  I'm quite looking forward to it.(Was scheduled to come out in March i believe, but they didnt want to compete with HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy, which comes out in March as well)

Yes, I saw Tron opening day at the movie theater when it came out in 1982 (um, before you were born?).  It may seem a bit cheesy to you people who have grown up all your life around computers...but back in 1982 it was a really cool movie.  I loved it then, and I can still appreciate it now.[/size]

The end of last year and this year thus far seemed to have pretty stale movies.

Closer? The Life Aquatic? Finding Neverland? Kinsey?

Recently I've been catching up on movies I havn't seen:

I, Robot
Memento
Spiderman II
Dodgeball
Anchorman
Hart's War
Good Will Hunting
Meet the Fockers
Life Aquatic

Yeah... before recently I had never seen Good Will Hunting or Dodgeball...  :o

Talking about horrible movies and J-Lo, who was tempted to walk out on Gigli (other than the fact she was a lesbo) ... Anyway, I would go see elektra for two reasons, 1) Jennifer Garner is hot 2) Elektra is the sequel to dare devil, which sucked, but I need some closure on this movie. (dare Devil)

...speaking of shitty movies...

I finally saw Ocean's 12 tonite.  I loved it, it has a great twist at the end.  This one is a little more confusing than the first one because it switches scenes A LOT.  But all in all it was good... plus they left the ending open for another one. ::)

Oh Krush...you loved it....oh dear. Speaking of great movies. The Indiana Jones Trilogy? I mean, didn't we all want to become archeologists after watching them? Classics that keep me on the edge of my seat everytime I watch them.

Harrison Ford at 50 + is going to be making a 4th In the Indi Series

Though I don't watch many movies, lately I say Meet The Fockers on Christmas Eve which was good.  Dodgeball on New Years Eve which was so stupid it was funny and also Welcome to Mooseport which wasn't very good.

i just watched training day and harold and kumar go to white castle.

"El Postino"

A beautiful film

ESPN 8... THE OCHO!

...nuda....

In good company

eh... s'ok

Ein

something with jack black where he invents a spray that makes shit dissapear, quite funny but forgot the name, my friends and i have this little film club thing going on we all get in teh cars grab the laptop and sit in a park watching films and getting stoned.

Matrix Trilogy every other week.

Troy, Gladiator and King Arthur (Directors Cut) was last weeks films.

Narauko.

Im gonna go see Meet the fockers this weekend, I heard its hillarious.

I saw Man on Fire with Denzel Washington the other night,  one of the best movies I have seen (recently at least)  I really enjoyed it much more than I did Oceans 12 or King Arthur.

I saw the grudge... Scared me shitless... my gf was tearing off my arm... And i thought the floor looked very pretty in the cinema  ::duck:: ... errr....  ::sheep:: dimdadim...

Prolly the scariest movie ever... ::shocked::

Assualt on Precinct 13 was funny ass hell. Awesome cast. John Lecusazamo is the best in this movie. Not to mention Smiley.

If you wanna see a funny hardcore action movie see this! good times ::applause::

Friday Night Lights is the most depressing sports movie I've ever seen. I want to jump out a window.

Really ?! I didnt think it was that scary, and I am NOT a scary movei person.  I thought it was ALMOST scarier than The Forgotten (lol the forgotten what a stupid movie, they should have a movie genre for Signs and The forgotten called "makes you jump but isnt scary at all"

I just saw SE7EN.

Since words can't really describe the movie, I'll use smilies:

 :-X :o ::domina:: ::kanibal:: ::shocked:: :'( (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/angry/saburn.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/bullet.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/behead.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/explode.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/dark2.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/hammerhead.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/Headz.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/kill.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/misc/icon_drool.gif) (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/misc/mecry.gif)

Did you see saw?

Boogeyman and Hide and Seek look good.

Oh man I FINALLY saw Silence of the Lambs for the first time last night.

WOW. What an outstanding movie. I must say, I'm extremely impressed by the cinematography. Cool story, too.

Ok, last night I went to see Meet the Fockers, Quite a good movie, not as good as I would have hoped, but quite funny.  I would not recommend seeing it without having seen Meet the Parents though.

I think this would be a good thread to have stickied.

It fits right in there with "What are you listening to right now?"

 ::admininvest::

You so smart snipe :o

Even better if people went back to talking about the music/video a bit rather than spamming it ;)

I gotta say though... the last film i saw was called "tea - break" guy goes to work and does his job, which is basically cutting peoples heads off - these naked bound and gagged bodies come out along this conveyor belt and he has a bloody big guilutine and lops their heads off.... unitl his tea break.... bah i can't explain it all.

any way the inportant bit was that i was in it :D  ::applause::

I watched Caligula last night and it's too fucked up to even describe. Don't watch it unless your a little sick in the head.

I forget the name of it but its out now and Micheal Keetin (or however u spell his damn name) is in it. Its a horror movie, maybe called White Snow. Its about recording the dead on recording devices. Anyways, the movie was HORRIBLE!!!!

Last movie I watched in the theater. . . That's going to go way the fuck back, "School of Rock", maybe?

I want to see Saving Private Ryan on the big screen, I imagine the first 25 minutes would be fucking intense.

I watched 28 Days Later at 1:30 AM thinking it was a comedy, and by the time I realized what it really ways, it'd already taken over my mind. It inspired me to sit in my living room with a loaded 30-06 until morning.  

I watched Man on Fire a few weeks ago, I must say I wasn't very impressed. I think had they added about an hour to it, it might've been interesting. You basically see him going from person to person ( interogating them, then killing them, like John Clark ( Kelly ) in Without Remorse ). However, it gives you almost no information as to how he found the people, etc. Many parts of it were pretty weak. On top of that, the ending didn't make much sense.

Best thing I've ever seen ( I would consider it a movie ) is Tom Hanks and Steven Speilburg's Band of Brothers. Fucking incredible series, everyone should watch that. I borrowed the DVD series from my uncle, watched the first two, and went right out and bought a copy myself. Simply the best.

Thank you for stickying this one spike, it made my day.

- Spike didnt sticky this and isnt a Gossip Moderator.- voodoo

Payback and Godzilla.

both movies sucked

payback was a fun movie man. i dunno what you're talkin about. i'm gonna have to give The Village the award for gayest movie ever...this year. acting SUCKS camera work SUCKS script HALF ASSED WITH A DECENT TWIST BUT NOT WORTH A FEATURE FILM.

::stupid:: <-shyamalan

Mel getting all emo over 70k that was lame. If it was over say 6 billion dollars sure but not 70k unless there was some underlying meaning to it i didnt get it. Other then the sucky motive yes it was a cool movie.

BTW KING ARTHUR SUCKED ASS. The only reason people liked that movie was because of the chick

I just saw Blow the first time with Johnny Depp. He got everything just to lose even more! This movie is really great and it really overwhelmed me. Damn the end, I really thought she is there and only his daughter at 8 years is a flash back but when he walks along with her and suddenly you realise she was never there  :'( He earned my sympathy.

Another fantastic movie I just watched was Magnolia, I have the soundtrack since years and I loved it and the movie is also awesome. When suddenly you see how all the little stories connect to one big sad piece. When the daughter left the policeman, the young wife tries suicide I already thought the movie is over, but at this time it just started somehow - and when it began to rain frogs - insane, just insane. The picture was incredible, but I still have to see the movie 2 - 3 times more to get all the details and little hints. If you haven't seen it - do so!

Bye,

Mauti

well i mean it wasn't like he just lost 70k, he got owned too. so getting the 70k back would be like getting his dignity back too.

There is supposedly going to be a Pirates of the Carribean 2 which will be saweet. (this is relevant because of johnny depp.)

ok he got shot in the back and got robbed. Still it was over flaming 70k they should have made a better motive

I agree with iNaru 70k, come on! At all I also find the movie very average quality.

But you wub me anyway right voods?  ::bussi::

thanks for stickying it whoever did it anyway

i'll take credit for the stickying. you're welcome.

not a movie but i just watched all of SeaLab 2021's second season
bizzaro, i'm helping, bizzaro
I freakin' hate pod 6

Im going to see "the Aviator" this weekend, it looks like a freaking good movie (or so I've been told) so Im excited. 


(Also why did this lose the sticky, it gets posted on at least everyweekend)  **most people go to see movies ont he weekend.**

Not sure why this got un-stickied, but im going to re-sticky it, unless there is some specific reason not to.

-Lone

I watched castaway again last night... haven't watched it since it came out.  I realized that Tom Hanks is the only person who could have done that part well.  It's a travesty that he didn't win best actor that year, he is such an amazing actor.

Not sure, I think that volley ball did a good job too.

the trilogy EVil dead. Its a delight.

I just watched "Motorcycle Diaries" which is an amazing movie about a trip two men took across South America in the 1950's... true story, one of the men was later killed by the CIA because he worked toward saving many lives from the big buisnesses taking over South America.  The movie itself isn't sad at all, but  the story behind this movie is what led to this man's great deeds throughout his life.

we just saw Constantine in the cinema, pretty cool movie. Keanu Reeves was perfect for that role.

cool civic, I was wondering if that one was going to be a washout/overrated or either good.

i saw Constantine and Hitch yesterday, thought the first one was really bad (i should have read the reviews on rottentomatoes before attending that sucker). Hitch was funny.

I agree, gotta love Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi!

Hopefuilly gonna go see coach carter tonite folks, will reveiw after seen.

coach carter LOL. wait until it comes out on dvd so you can pee on it afterwards.

didnt get to go tonite, gonna go tomorrow, and Bronto, have you seen it? otherwise dont bash it.

yeah i have, me and a few friends were tripping in the movie theatre and we didnt want to go out all bug eyed so we snuck into coach carter and it was quite unimpressive.

one persons opinion.

I have 3.858 times as many posts as you, therefore my opinion is worth 3.858 persons opinions when debating with you.

Donnie Darko: Directors Cut
an awesome movie
and even better with the added footage taken out for time issues

Donnie Darko was a great movie. I watched a classic the other day...Kellys Heroes. Thats a great movie.

Hey Bronto, would you say that you are 3.858 times as arrogant than Dark too? And another question....did you really bother to do the calculations on that???

In Western Civilization today I watched a movie on Alexander the Great... fell asleep 10 minutes into it. ::)

Has anybody seen "ray" ? I saw the oscars yesterday and as you know Foxx got one for that movie. I was wondering whether he got it for his performance in the movie or Ray Charles got it for his performance in his life (ya know, he died last year...).

anyway, i thought caprio would earn this oscar for its role in Aviator.

Well, I saw coach carter and Bronto was definately smoking something that made him speak moronically, this is a very good movie.  I wonder how tall Samuel L. Jackson is though, because he was only 2-3 inches shorter than their "monster center' (junior)  The movie was very good.  I enjoyed all 2 and a half hours of it, so my advise to all of you is , go see Coach Carter[/b]

shut it wanker.

FINALLY saw Master and Commander.

Brilliant stuff, Russell.

I saw "Be Cool" Saturday night. Funny as all hell, some luls but definately worth seeing. Just be sure to smoke some green stuff first,  8)

hell yeah, i went to a midnight showing of it. The added stuff made the movie so much better than the orginal

Saw Hitch w/ the gf.... suprisingly I enjoyed it, the whole crowd was going crazy laughing, as were we. Some of the situations in that movie are so funny. If ya got a girl u love and she likes romantic comedy's go see it.

 like you, i was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Some good scenes.

i didn't see this but i do know kevin james is hilarious. he's on king of queens and he had a couple stand up specials.

Just watched Comedian "Bill Bailey"  ... alright it wasn't quite a film its a DVD of one of his performances but i havn't laughed so much in a long long long time. If you can go check him out - and definatly smoke some green stuff  ::lol::

Comedians....I like Phil Kay..to bad I haven't seen anything of him in a few years..

Rocky ?  : The one where Rocky gets his ass beat by Mr.T

I just saw the Pianist. And wow, that was heavy, but I mean all I can say is wow...... Best film I've seen in a while.

The curse of the Jade scorpion (http://imdb.com/title/tt0256524/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9SW0gYmFubiBkZXMgSmFkZSBTY29ycGlvbnN8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=2;fm=1) with Woody Allen and Helen Hunt. A very enjoyable and fun movie with some interesting twists  ;D

Have any of you seen the movie "SAW" (rated M), its an awesome combination of mistery, action, a little bit of gore (theres the M in rating), with a sadistic evil winning combination as in "seven", strongly recomended for those strengt of mind.   ::applause::  ::nade::

Indeed an excellent movie. This is one I would recommend everyone to see if they havnt already.

What? Saw was entertaing but it was far from excellent, realism seemed to play no part in it.

Jigsaw killers are not known for many in real life, but there are several of them so i would say, yes it had real stuff on it, it rocks, it deserves to be viewed.

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Yeah the part where the guy with cancer gets shot with a shot gun, then gets up and casually walks away is super realistic.

omg that is so uncool...
I saw it and already knew but damn.

You get one of these-------> ::domina::

well i haven't seen a REAL movie lately but, but Remember the TITANS is a good one that a just re-saw

Sin City-  I rate it a 4-5 stars

cool directing and cinematography, story is interesrting too ::applause::

GhostSniper: my feeling about Closer are very mixed: personally I think the actors play too algid - you have the feelings it's more a play than a movie. Otherwise the last 15 minutes are just great and leave a lot of room for discussion what the director wanted to tell us.

My friends feelings are also very mixed. Some found it superb while others found it just boring.

To sum up: don't buy the movie - rent it and judge yourself.

Bye,

Mauti

watched Hostage last night starring Bruce Willis and I liked it.

Watched Battle Royale two nights or so ago.  It was ok... very bloody.

A few weeks ago though I watched a movie called American Astronaut.  It was B&W, kind of like Eraserhead as far as Cinimatography goes.  ANyways, it was a really awsome movie.  So awsome infact, that I bought it.  Its a very low budget film, but I recommend it to all.

I had a look at this movie called Layer Cake. From the trailers it looked like it would be another Guy Ritchie wannabe film out of England...however, it was great. Nothing like Snatch or Lock, Stock, and to smoking barrels. It was a good film that never kept me on my toes until the end of it

I just watched eternal sunshine of the spotless vagina.... I mean mind. IT was really good, however it would've been better if the person I was watching with handn't guessed what the twist was half way through the movie.

hotel rwanda
downfall (der untergang)
SIN CITY!!!


all 3 are very, very good. hotel rwanda is a great movie if you don't mind thinking, same with downfall. highly recommend all 3....  ;D

cooke cameo. the last film i watched was seabuscuit, i thought it was gonna be stupid, but it was nice. the only trouble is, the black servant guy named sam only has 1 small line in the whole film, but he's in so many scenes. let him speak damn you!

James and the Giant Peach on HBO ;D not such a great movie

Shaun of the Dead, that movie was absolutely incredible. A great zombie movie and quite possibly one of the funniest movies I've seen in 5 years. ::applause::

Im Sorry Mr. Mellow  .... No, no.. Im sorrry ;)

It had some great moments, but i kinda felt a bit disapointed at the end.. Ive just sat through the last 30mins of Indiana Jones and the Lost ark... only one word for it... Crap.

snipe are you saying that to get back at every teeny bopping prepubescent wanker that quotes that damn film 24/7, or did you really not like it? i thought it was pretty hilarious, i don't care if kids like it too.

I just saw Edward scissor hands. Really trippy and a pretty good film, and man Winona Ryder is so hot.  I thought the movie would be a lot cooler if edward went crazy with his scissor/stabbber things, but thats just me.

I'd like to see this one  http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/large_tv.html

Set to come out in September, 2005, Serenity looks to kick a whole lot of ass in the box office.  The trailer can be seen on Apple's website, here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity/

I will admit that I am a teeny bopping postpubescent wanker that quotes that damn film (not 24/7, but I've caught myself a couple times).

Really though, I thought it was terrible.

I just watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I was disapointed by it, simply not all that funny, and well, to put it blutly, really fucking stupid. Yet, I still managed to blow almost 50 bucks watching a not very good movie.

What'd you do, bet that it'd be good?  ;)

lol.

Well i just watched the trailer for "Kingdom of Heaven" - ok not the film just the trailer but meh. I have to say it looks like the most tactless and senseless film imaginable, and im amazed to see just how many americans apparently took part in the crusades.
Its really fecking annoying - its got some great actors in it, and it looks visually stunning, so why the fuck did they have to do it on the crusades?
 It looks totally way over the top, completely romanticized, and its making out like the crusades were something to be proud off... rather than crazy english kings and Co. rushing off to the east to slaughter people in the name of god..

Crazy people rushing off to the east to slaughter people in the name of god.... damn that sounds so familiar.

"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East."


you could have bought a barrel of oil for your road trip with that money. that's almost enough to drive accross the ocean in a van to get to greenland.

Which Crusade are we talking about here?  ???

the holy fossil fuels crusade circa 2000 AD

Two 9 dollar movie tickets, 3 6 dollar buckets of popcorn, one three dollar drink, 3 bucks in gas there and back, then another 3 bucks for driving around before hand.

Damn, they give you a good sodomizing with those prices. Tickets are like 6-8 bucks here, and food is pretty killer too. Well, that's how they make all their money, but still...Bastards. ::wall::

rofl quite literally. bronto that is the funniest (and scariest ;) ) thing if read all month :D

see Kung Fu Hustle! Funny!

havent been around for a few days...Lone-wolf...serenity looks to be a great sci-fi film..hate you for gettint to see it 4 months before me. BFG...raiders of the lost arc crap??? You are no man..in fact, you are not a woman either..from now you shall be known as...it. Not liking raiders of the lost ark..how is that possible..it's accepted by all...except you....oh dear..time you started to learn about good films in school

I look forward to someone explaining to me why exactly Raiders of the Lost ark isn't complete shite... Its just, ah jeeze just please explain to me what exactly makes that considered a "good" film!

yours truly

It.

It has Harrison Ford, and he's a sexy bitch. Isn't that enough? Sheesh! I mean, come on. He's whipping people and shooting people and all sorts of other badass shit. It's awesome! Plus, he's beating up Nazis. And there's snakes! What more could you possibly want?

A decent plot, a Continuity guy who wasn't asleep for the duration of the filming, a decent stunt coordinator, did i mention the plot, some slightly better FX than plastic faces melting, just about everything...  :o

Because most of us saw the adventure in it. Experienced the music, and wished we all had theme music like that. The humor. the suspence, the thrills. Most of us saw that movie as kids and it has stuck with us all since. Indiana Jones for us is a real man.

Now why do you have to be a pussy and try to ruin that for us? Why can't you be a man, and rip Titanic a part..thats a movie that deserves it.  ;)

the Music? THE MUSIC? THATS THE MOST ANNOYING BIT OF IT!

But now you mention it... [adjusts sights towards titanic, possibly the worst movie ever made]

What do you mean the music sucks???? Have you been eating bad haggis? Whats not to like about the music. Heroic theme music at its best.

Yeah, Titanic was a downer. A female friend of mine watched it at the theatre and started laughing out loud over all the girls that were crying. Her boyfriend was a bit shocked and was looking for a place to hide.

he was looking for a place to hide so he could cry without being laughed at more like. if someone had actual footage of the 1500 or so people dying on the titanic, i doubt these teenyboppers would cry about it, but when dicaprio dies, they go insane.

Just bought House of Flying Daggers.. great movie. also just watched Hitchikers guide to the galaxy, hrmm, kinda decent, kind of funny.. it's entertaining, but thats about all. though mos def was pretty good, i was suprised... yeah, and i'm a noob to this thing.. been on gameranger for longg time, but bord at school so signed up.. but hey, how do you get you change icons.. i click on profile but i can't edit anything. wtf...

covert..

nvm.. figured it out... durr

Covert, in the future dont double post, use the "Modify" button at the top of your post to add to, or otherwise edit your posts.  Thanks, -Lone

Yay! Covert! etb. :) About time you signed up for this forum, sheesh.
edit: Oops, thought this was the music thread. Umm, I just saw Underworld, finally. It was ehhh. It was alright. Hot chick and vampires, which is a plus.

Just got back from seeing Kingdom of Heaven.  Its pretty damn good.

Saw Kingdom of Heaven as well, wasn't nearly as offensive as it looks in the previews. It's all about religious tolerance. And Orlando Bloom wasn't as nancy-boy in it as he is in other movies, although his accent is still very feminine. lol. Nevertheless, it was a good movie, definitely fun to see in the theaters.

What do you mean his accent is still very feminine?? Thats actually how some ppl talk.

Kingdom of Heaven was alright. It seemed too cut and paste. The scenes were jumbled together.

Yes, I know, but it just doesn't fit someone who's supposed to be a blacksmith/badass. No offense to anyone who talks like him, but...yanno. It just seems to lack balls. He's too well-spoken and such. Feminine wasn't the right word, I just can't think of the right word at the moment.

he has a deep voice, but no rasp at all, it's too smooth. why the fuck am i talking about this.

Cause you think Orlando Bloom is a hottie!

Sin city.avi

he's from my birthplace.

I just found out what movies my roomie for college falls asleep (yes he watches them before bed) to, LOTR, Im gonna be quoting that all over the place gosh darn it..


"RELEASE THE RIVER!" (TREEBEARD THE ENT)

Saw Star Wars III on opening night....No, I did not reserve tickets, or dress up. lol. I just got tickets in the afternoon. Lots of people dressed up like Jedis, being nerds and dueling and such. Also saw some chick dressed like an Ewok, that was freakin' awesome. Anyways, movie was badass, it's a must see. Also saw Enron: Smartest Guys In The Room, or something like that. It was a decent documentary on the Enron scandal and such. I was expecting it to be better, but it was still interesting.

everybody said or says how much star wars 3 rocks and all... and when i saw it today i probably expected too much and think it sucked. one word - overrated. the parts 4 - 6 are and will always be the best star wars movies.

Overrated? GASP! Blasphemy! ;) I honestly thought it was really, really good. Fellow who plays Anakin..forget his name..His acting still isn't the best, but ya know. I do wish they had some more of the old-school Star Wars lightsaber duels, and not all this jumping-around-so-fast-that-I-feel-like-I'm-gonna-have-a-seizure-from-all-the-flashing-lights. But still. Quality film!

Return of the Jedi is by far the best, havnt seen this new one to compare, but I will be sort of comparing the two.

new star wars movies are all gay. think about it...it's supposed to be before the time of the other ones, yet they are equipped with higher tech weapons and vehichles, more lightsaber skills, better ideas (robots with lightsabers? hello?). how fucking dumb can george lucas get? what a fat necked twat.

yea i just saw the newest star wars and it blowed
the dialogue was terrible and often unintentionally humorous
i'm so glad i didn't have to pay for the ticket

I saw Star Wars Episode III on Thursday, and for the most part, I was impressed.

Yeah, the acting sucked, but I thought Lucas portrayed the tragic shift to the dark side of Anakin very nicely.

People need to stop comparing the new ones to the old ones. Automatically people think they suck because they know exactly what is going to happen. You gotta take each one for what it's worth. I actually think the new ones are almost equal to the old trilogy.

Saw "Kicking and Screaming" last night and it was pretty funny, I was suprised because I usually hate Will Ferrell.

I saw "Unleashed" the other day. Good movie, with one of the coolest fight scenes I've seen in a while. For those of you who have seen it, I'm talking about the bathroom fight.

Saw Episode III,  the movie was great.  There are a few things that it needed.

Trade Federation Droids:  They Talk like humans... WTF war droids dont have personalities,  they are                                                   :                                 programmed to kill...
Jar Jar Binks:  He is in the movie and didnt die, need I say more?

The acting: I remember one scene where they are trapped in some sort of field on general droid guys ship,          :              and Obi Wan says to Anakin, "We are smarter than this" and that is all the dialogue that              :              transcribes between them the scene made very little sense, and in my opinion should havehad            :              more added to it, or have been deleted.

The Droid General:  His name escapes me, but his purpose in the movie is minimal, but is made out to be         :                         phenomenal he is half alien, half droid (Which the movie does not do a good job of      :                         showing.  The General could have been done better in my opinion.

Other than this, the movie is very good and gets two thumbs up from me (who gives a shit about Old Man Ebert, and new guy Roper)

actually, I think Ebert gave it a good review...correct me if i'm wrong.

anyway, i would just like to revisit the following 2 movies: Collateral and Man On Fire. those are 2 really good films right there, both of them actually hold your interest all the way through, there are 0 dull scenes and just everything about them in general is great.

I saw Man on Fire a couple months ago, (May have mentioned that here as an excellent movie) but yeah.  I wasnt saying ebert and roper gave it a bad review, I was saying that I gave it a good review and it doesnt matter what they think (good or bad)

Ya, I didn't get that at all.  I was thinking "What the hell? Droids don't cough!!!!", and I didn't even start to get it until just before he died and Obi-wan pulled open the chest showing organs.  It still wasn't really explained even then though...

maybe a significant scene was cut.

I saw "longest yard" on saturday and it was pretty good , mostly funny.

the life aquatic is really good.

Good, I have been wanting to see that one.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Angelina Jolie....need I say more?

Ok I didnt used to think she was that hot, but this was a good movie,
they were both good, (her and Pitt) and if they arent fucking, they should be...good chemistry. ::applause::

Oh and Life Cquatic, if you like dry Morose comedy and ALSO...BEST movie of the year (almost) I (HEART) Huckabees...great indie feel to it. Nice original plotline...

I just saw "The Cinderella Man", pretty good.

had a video session the other night: Pulp fiction followed up with the GodFather (part II)

word of advice. if you want to enjoy pulp fiction don't watch a film like the Godfather first, because you will have seen a real good film made by a stunning director and will thus be aware of just how shit a film such as  pulp fiction is.

ok probably going to be called 'controversial', but i really don't know what all the fuss is about tarentino - pulp fiction is not a great film, hell its not even a really good film. ganstas saying fuck, killing people and shooting up does not make a great film.

YESSSS!!!!!!!

i agree that tarantino is not the hottest shit on the block, but pulp fiction is one of my favorite films. sure, it may be excessively violent, but there's more then that...it all ties into a crisscrossing story line that actually holds my attention throughout. films don't have to be wam-bam-amazing breakthrough just to be good, i appreciate the subtleties, which pulp fiction has a lot of. lots of great too.


comparing it to the godfather is unfair. if you compared it to a different tarantino film, or from the same time period, or maybe a film that has the same actors at least, it would be ok. but seeing as the godfather and pulp fiction have nothing in common, they're not really up for comparison, but preference.

kill bills were garbage, there's a comparison.

I watched the Bourne Identity and Supremecy the other night (again) and these movies pwn... Any truth to the rumors taht there will be a third (there were 3 books)

yes, it's planned for 2006 and will be callled The Bourne Ultimatum.

Saw Batman Begins at the midnight opening. All I can say is wow, not only is it the best Batman movie ever, but it ranks up there in my favorites of all time. There is a quite obvious hint at a sequel in the end which I won't spoil for you guys. Nolan and Bale make an awesome team.

Also just bought Hitch on DVD tonight, kept me glued to the screen.

A mate of mine was working Freelancing down at Shepperton studio's and helped build the new Batmobile! Apparently one of the Tech's T-Boned it driving one of them home after a day of filming! Just imagine the call to his wife "sorry love im going to be home late tonight, i just T-Boned the Batmobile!!"  ;D

robin was thrown 20 yards through the windshield...foolish child should have put on his seatbelt.



team america world police was pretty hilarious, but towards the end there was far too little comic relief (or worthy comic relief) for my liking...even though the story line was a joke anyway. the sex scene is enough reason for anyone to watch it though, i think i blew a lung on that part.

Recently watched Ocean's Twelve and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

meaning of life, that's the one i can never remember. ty for refreshment.

Just watched it for the first time the other night. I was in near hysterics to start with but i would agree things rather tailed of towards the end. The thing overall though was hilarious, its a brilliant piss take of the whole thing and most definantly compulsory viewing! The sex scene was like no other, something i will carry with me till the end of my days ;)

Tarentino is overated (aside from Reservoir Dogs) True Romance is his only good movie (writer) and only really for the Dennis Hopper / Christopher Walken scene.

Ahh its good to hear other people in agreement :) Ive not seen True Romance - who directed it btw?

Tony Scott. >:(

Ahhh the good old "Sicillians were spawned by n*ggers" Scene.
A true Classic, esp with the "Flower Duet" by Delibels playing in the background.
http://www.whysanity.net/monos/trueromance.html

Mystic River!!!!!!!

WOW!

Excellent work. This movie proves that Clint Eastwood should stick to directing, and never act again.

are you saying you don't like his acting?

let's start a thread within a thread...who's your favorite actor/actress?
off the top of my head, i have to say jack nicholson.

Saw Land of the Dead on Friday. My first impression is yuck. I didn't expect much of a good plot from a zombie movie but it gave me a few good thrills.

how many zombie movies do we need? 28 days later, dawn of the dead, resident evil, land of the dead...and that's only recently.

I saw batman begins and i thought it was a piece of crap. I don't get why everyone thought it was so great, the action was shitly directed, Bruce Wayne puts on the gayest voice ever when he's batman, the bad guys are pussies and none of them really put up much of a fight.

Don't go forgetting "Shawn of the Dead"  ;D

oh man...nice sig btw

hehe ty ty  ;D


Just watched "Spirit of the Beehive" and "Nostalgia"  - two beautiful films

we just saw War of the Worlds in the cinema and it was GIGANTIC! one of the best movies i've ever seen.

Holy crap i agree with civic on something. War of the Worlds was worth the money.

Yeah, I liked it a lot. Although, it may just be me or did it just end all of a sudden? I guess the best movies keep you guessing when it will end, but that sorta dissapointed me.

read the book, and you'll understand.

The original movie, the book, and the new version all end abruptly. I too think they could have stretched it out another 30 min or so but i guess thats how they wanted it to end.

Is there a German version of the book civic? Cause if not, then you probably read more books in English than I do, my native langauge. Very sad.

there are german translations of the book, but i've read the english original... i dislike translations or copies. other than that... i don't read much at all, just the really good stuff that one has to have read once in his life.

Well, today I went and saw War of the Worlds, Mr & Mrs Smith, and Batman Begins.  All three movies were great.[/size]

Wow, a movie fest. I've always wanted to do that, but I've never had 3 movies that I wanted to see at the same time.

Yeah, I wanted to throw Bewitched in there too, because I love Nicole Kidman...but the times just didn't coincide for me to do it.  I'll probably go see it today.[/size]

Okay, I just got back from seeing Bewitched.  It isn't quite what I was expecting, but it was cute.[/size]

i was quite surprised about batman begins. very entertaining!

Yeah, and Katie Holmes is HOT.  Damn, I would love to make little GhostSnipers with her.  ;)

Yeah, I saw Bewitched recently and it was just ok, nothing special.  I'm not a huge fan of Will Ferrell even though just about everybody else I know is.

Saw Madagasgar a little while ago and that was cute.

Yeah, Batman Begins was awesome. Looks like the sequel will include Joker and possibly Two-Face as the enemies. Hard not to see anyone but Jack Nicholson as Joker.


Unfortunately, I believe Tom Cruise beat you to the punch.

Actually, I find that statement disturbing.

Just finished Patton(again)...classic.

Patton is a great movie, actually I just bought it about a month ago and watched it last week.

Yeah, I got it with "the longest day" and "Tora Tora Tora". All three are good, and one of the best parts of those movies is that they don't show the common japanese or german as bad guys speaking with fake accents. "Look, ze americanz are atzakkink our beetsh" or something.

just saw war of the worlds last night... the whole movie was perfect as far as I'm concerned... until the end which ruined the movie for me. In my opinion the movie could have and should have been 2 hours longer.

Yeah, as said earlier in the thread, the movie followed the original movie and the book. I guess they had to keep it true to the originals in order to create it. I wish it had been longer too.

it was an unexpected budget cut :)

 ::lol:: or that's what it seemed like.

Budget cut on a Spielberg movie?

I doubt it. Without the huge budget all youd be left with is a mediocre script, insultingly predictable "twists" and plot holes the size of a small planet. A poor movie. nvm ill save that rant for IMDB.

Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka! The amazing chocolateer! God the new Willy Wonka is amazing. I was skeptical at first, even though it was Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. But damn it was so good.

gene wilder pwns johnny depp.

It's always about Willy, isn't it? It's Charlie this time around. :D Even though, everyone in the world has seen at least ONE movie with Johnny Depp in it.

Need to go on a movie fest to see wedding crashers and charlie on the same time. But I'm running out of friends that haven't seen Wedding Crashers. I might just go to a movie by myself for the first time ever.

get a hot date dude

Yes, I should do that, but this is a movie I actually want to watch. If you know what I'm saying. :D

just figured out that anchorman is so much better stoned.

isn't everything?

Hide And Seek

i watched it without knowing beforehand what it was about and i found myself predicting everything that was going to happen easily...i was waiting for it to get scary the whole way through, then the credits rolled and i was like w tee eff m8?

they tried to make it like a 6th sense ending, but it was so predictable and poor.

saw mr and mrs smith
i used to bump into angelina jolie at my favourite dogging spot, she liked all sorts of odd things that one....

omg coke where the hell have you been?

well,
i been in spain, las vegas, london, middlesboro, wales, and scotland. oh and your mums bed crypt!!! (only kidding) ;)
just had a year of no dsl, to try and cure my addiction to gaming. didnt work, i just got a playstation instead and still didnt go out and do anything with my life.
not really. i was in prison.
not really.
coke

lol makes sense, good to have ya back.

Just saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well and Mr. Mellow was right - it was good.

Just saw "Catch Me if You Can"

thought it was really good

Also saw "Ocean's 12"

thought it sucked

just saw wedding crashers, quite good, but too long
they coulda cut half an hour out of it. theres only so much american pie-ism i can watch.
my arse was numb by the end.

I saw Willy Wonka last night,  The thing I wish I could have heard was the "oompa Loompa Doopa Dee Doo"  They left that out.  The best Gene Wilder movie though has to be Blazing Saddles! 

See Confidence. Same scam con type thing but really really good

is it just me or do guy ritchie films always kick ass

my write up:

batman begins- sexy.
war of the worlds- i wanted the kids to die the whole time, they were irritating x10
wedding crashers- one of the funniest movies i think i've ever seen, there were a few parts i was almost in tears
march of the penguins- amazing, really well done
charlie and the chocolate factory- some inconsistencies, but i loved it nonetheless.
skeleton key- mediocre. kind of a mindfuck, too.
40 year old virgin- sooo funny, but incredibly vulgar.

and i think i'm cashed.

theatre whore you :D

i go on a lot of dates, what can i say  :)

Definately in the wrong city! ::bussi::

Oh well I saw also a few movies recently:

Crash: quite good, especially the end - until the middle it is a bit to black and white imo
Charlie and the Choclate Factory - it seems in USA everyone knew this story, I didn't, and found the movie very boring.
The Island: a good entertaining summer movie especially the future of public transportation in  Los Angeles made me laugh ;-)

the pornos

I was coming here to say the same thing but you beat me to the punch.

this is a late reply considering I saw 40 year old vergin the day it came out... but I loved it, pretty hilareous...

lol, i love mr and mrs smith, cool and quite fun movie.

lately i've seen the Fantastic 4, not bad, not good - but was worth the money i guess.

Jessica Alba is so hawt! In Fantastic 4 as well as in Sin City (especially there).

I saw Green Street Hooligans the other day.... bloody great film.  Especially if you like English Premier Soccer.  Not particularly good acting or stroyline, but entertaining nonetheless.


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Also saw The Transporter 2.... a completely ridiculous amalgamation of action scenes... but FUN.

My GF and I just saw "Just Like Heaven" at the theatre.

It was good, funny at times and sad at others but overall uplifting at the end.  It's probably better if you watch it with gf or wife because it's that kind of movie.

you old smoocher you ;)

Any of you damn americans who get to see all the freaking films before the rest of the world, been to see the new Wallace and Gromit Film,"the WareRabbit ?

No, but Serenity was pretty good. ;D

Ah yeah i saw the trailer for serenity.. wouldn't mind seeing it.

Massive fire in a warehouse here in bristol destroyed a huge ammount of stuff of Aardemans, including old sets and models from Wallace and Gromit a grand day out, story boards, sketches and lots of the original "Creature Comforts" figures :(

DAMNIT! Serenity isn't released untill desember 2nd here in Norway. As for the fire...I'm sorry to hear that. Believe it or not, thats some great film history lost there.

 I just recently rented and saw the new "The Longest Yard"  I enjoyed it.

Recently seen:

Nightwatch, strangle film I didn't think it was great. Good directing although over the top at times. Also it was all in Russian which wasn't too bad.

Goal, I didn't see this by choice, it looked cheesy as * and it was. It was a good little 'feel good' movie though.

BoonDock Saints Old film, never can out in the cinema but its a pretty kick ass movie, I'd recommend it.

 that movie was/still is huge around here

I am curious to see the movie Jarhead, coming out early November.  What do you guys think of it?

 I also heard that The Exocism of Emily Rose was a good watch

Off to see walace and gromit with the misses tommorow night :D

Misses? Are you married now? Though...wallace and gromit..am jealous. Looks like a great movie,

Missis... well at least i don't call her "My old lady" *cough* shade ;)

yeah it looks fantastic, an animation masterpiece let alone anything else. I keep meaning to get Sin City out on DVD as well - i heard good things!

Sin City rocks, got it on DVD right when it got released. Great movie and actors.

 weve got wallace and grommit here, gonna go see it too

Ok saw it with me missis last night - bloody fantastic animation (as per usual). And its got some brilliant laughs. The use of CGI was really neatly done, when you think about where its used its obviuse - but when you watch it if you didn't think about these sorts of things you wouldn't think twice. the rabbits are so sweet and just about every woman in the cinema (and half the blokes went 'awaaah')

so yeah, well worth watching for a good laugh :)

 that is the halloween wallace and grommit right?

Its the "curse of the warerabbit" or somthing like that yes. Its got some great pastiche's from films including Sleepy Hollow, the matrix, King Kong and a couple of others that i totally forgot about heh

Ah yes, the truth comes out, I am BFG's old lady. :D

We (my old lady and myself ;)) saw Elizabethtown.  It was pretty good, kinda chick flicky - she cried a few times, I didn't.

Lord of War- go see it

Hmm thats the one about weapons trade... saw a review of it and it was pretty well spat on - said (can't remember his name, lead guy) was weak and that basically the subject really demanded a more intelligent script and plot.... ?

I guess you'd disagree with that mate? ;)

well that all depends on the critic and whether you value their opinions etc eh ;) Yeah he did sound a touch harsh, but i must confess from the little clips i saw i wasn't exactly best inpressed either. ah well only one way to find out!!

@ BFG: I think SinCity isn't worth the money - better rent it before you buy it on DVD and waste 20bucks.

You get to see some hot chicks, some overcool acting persons and that's it. I think the movie was ok, but nothing worth to remember. The hype was much better than the movie...

Yeah when i get a night of work i mght get it out, got an awsome video/dvd rental shop just 20seconds walk from me, just a matter of getting the gf to watch it to ;)

Id have preffered to see it on the big screen i must say - films like that you can really only appreciate on a big scale (or rather thats the case with sin city apparently!)

Been in Doom yesterday, loved it. I couldn't put it into better words that a comment on IMDB:

 I just saw Wallace and Grommit, great movie, the animation is fantastic, the dog plane chase was done quite well.  I also loved the massive explosion that the little red baron plane made lol.

Holy Crap... Well i just had a bit of a tasty video evening:

'Heat'  ... What a movie christ its been years since i watched that film and It just reaffirms my love of Al, Pachino.

Oh and of course "The Usual Suspects"  ... enough said :D

Just got around to watching Monster in Law - it was good, Jennifer Lopez is a decent actress.

someone needs to get to you  abd beat some sense in to you... you must have typo'ed... THIS is more like it

Jennifer Lopez is a decent piece of acctress.


There we go.

Hehe, yes she's easy on the eyes too ;).

what would your GF think?[/size]

If u want to watch a film with no sense and much action watch Doom its fun... but dont watch it with ya girlfriend she wont enjoy it

Quite the opposite: GO watch it with your girlfriend, she'll be grabbing your arm every few minutes and won't let go. ;)

My girlfriend liked it a lot. She likes The Rock (mainly from Scorpion King...) and action. :)

hmmm ppl are different..

BFG,

I had to respond to Mautis take on SinCity..

SINCE..you work with film or whatever...Im sure you can appreciate the technical aspects of shooting pictures and the millions fo ways this can be done. The opening scene was shot merely as a pilot piece to get the other actors commited to the piece. And they kept the 'Rough' in the final.
Judge this thru the strict filter of realizing that the entire purpose was to accurately and faithfully reproduce the look and feel of the graphic novel of the same name. And judged with that criterion in mind, you cant escape the conclusion that it was a smash success...

This was an ART PIECE...and as such, the style reflects that fact. ART..ART..ART.
If you dont live or breathe art, i can totally understand why this one might escape your admiration...but...
No One and I mean no one has translated an INK piece to film in such a dynamic manner.
Take it for that. SUPERB, and i mean FUCKING superb lighting..and composition. Each frame is actually worthy of examining it like a cel in a graphic novel. Each scene is a work of art in its own right.
We bought it so my wife who teaches art, can show REAL world examples of the art principles writ large.
It is a direct and immaculately translated Graphic Novel. And shot amost entirely greenscreen.

So you compare that to some REALLY big pieces of shit like o, say ALL of the recent deadpan Star wars flicks who waste their entire budget on cold Cgi and Greenscreen acting that would make any porn star proud..

Mark Sin City down as one of the modern (and experimental) masterpieces of modern ART filmmaking...

heheh well after that mate i think i'll have to go watch it without a doubt :) might be one for the weekend i think :D

watched the Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy the other night - personally felt like a really good breath of fresh air for the whole '007 spy type genre' easy going on the brain with some good fun car chases etc.

Hmm really wanting to go grab SinCity and watch it now heh.

She could kick my ass, I live every day in fear. ;)

Wooowww. I just watched those 2 movies this week I was like wtf did I already post here and BFG is simply reaffirming my cinematic selection?!! But nay we are just psychically linked. Good movies go see them. 

We just got back from the new Harry Potter movie, it was pretty good, much better than the first three IMO.

ditto, although the transitions could have been better... also, its amazing how much they can leave out of a 2.75 hour long movie.  But I guess you cant show everything.[/size]

We just watched Kingdom of Heaven, it's just so similar to all the other mideval movies like LOTR ect. ect.

Saw 2 is ridiculously mind twisting...especially the ending it will fucking blow you away ::nade::

ugh harry potter sucked balls
it was a terrible adaptation from the book and just a bad movie overall
i was boooooored

pfft the movie moved to fast for anyone to be bored.[/size]

Anybody seen the history of violence?

I have it here since over a week but I didn't have a chance to watch it yet... :-X

Jarhead is pretty boring, like, not much action as you would think...

I just watched Urban Cowboy with John Travolta last night.  I know it came out in 1980, but that's the first time I've ever seen it.  Not a bad movie for its age.[/size]

history of violence was brillant
oh dark i may have ADD but everyone else i've talked to thought it was boring as well

We just went to go see RENT the day it came out and damn is it amazing.  I cried through the whole second half of the movie, my gf was wiping tears off my face, I don't know why it effected me so much.  The fact that it was a musical was different but I liked it, I came in unsure of wether I would enjoy them breaking into a song every other word but I came out . . . well I came out in tears, heh.  It's such a great movie just talking about racism and ignorance in the U.S. and it really has good themes all throughtout the movie, sometimes when they had guys kissing guys ect. I got uncomfortable but you really get attached to these people and feel for them and all they have to go through.

BIG thumbs up!

watched touching the void on TV again tonight - no jokes please but it seriously touches something inside me seeing house mountains and hearing that story... its pretty awsome

i saw rent as well and thought it was great.  Although I agree that it does serve to point out man inequlaity issues, I dont think its specifically tied to the US.  It just happens to be set here.

dark i aint in the mood for the comedy homophobia this morning - i know your joking mate but...

Thank you BFG.

Saw The Legend of Zorro, it was very good.[/size]

We just saw Harry Potter - it was alot darker than the others.  Finally the storyline went away from, they go to Hogwarts, something bad happens, harry fixes it, they leave hogwarts.  I still am not a huge fan of it but that's probably because I haven't read the book and I don't plan on reading the books either but my gf drags me to the movies more or less.  Rent still owns Harry Potter in my opinion.  My gf said she almost cried when the kid was killed by Voldemort - I didn't understand because if you want to evoke emotion in the audience you have to get the audience attached to this character that is killed.  Rent did a great job of that, Harry Potter certainly did not.

I give it a "Meh" - take it or leave it.

Shade, these movies make so much more sense/ evoke so much more emotion if you have read the books... I dont understand why you say you wont read them.  Unless you just dont want to read good literature (At least give them a try.) If you havnt read the Harry Potter books the movies wouldnt make much sense, thats for sure.[/size]

I don't like fantasy, period.

I have to agree with dark completely on this.  I read the first three books and enjoyed the movies just as much as the books.  But the fourth book I never got around to reading and I think the movie was terrible compared to the others. 

Going to see The Constant Gardener tonight - looking forward to it i hear good things!! :)

you mean: your 5-year-old daughter took you to see Polar Express...

Holy crap. oh god. ok. Um go see this film. Just shut up give them your money sit down and watch it. forget everything else but watch the god damn film. blimey.

I just saw crash which was pretty good, but it got really preachy in parts and some scenes were just terribly written.

So I saw SinCity for the first time... the only word to describe that movie is.... WEIRD!


-- The only way to describe your grasp of forum code is.... SHOCKING ;) no i won't fix it for you you must learn the hard way sonny jim!! 

big wub. BFG  ::bussi::

..GS if i was in the playground id stick my tounge out and tell you your mum smells or some immature responce ;)

if thats not pwn..i dont know what is.....

(dark gets points for trying tho....i dont know how either)
lollzerskates!!!
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...and to keep this from being spam..
saw Garden State again....holy fukn shit...great...great.

 It should be "...to describe your grasp of forum code is..."

You know, before you correct others, you might want to make sure you don't make any mistakes of your own.[/size]  ;)

We watched the Shawshank Redemption.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

I cried when the old man left the prison and couldn't fit into society because he had been in prison most of his life.

P.S. - The movie is set in Maine.  :D

Yeah good film good film. Definatly tugs on the heart strings heh.

Mentioned i saw the Constant Gardener didn't i... Anyone else watched it yet? Really worth seeing.

Man, I was so excited about the Constant Gardener, because I really like that director, but it kind of let me down. It was interesting for the first half and then it just dropped off.

One movie that I recommend to everyone is Capote. It's probably only playing in independent theaters, but it is absolutely mesmerizing. It's the story of Truman Capote and his writing of "In Cold Blood", about two convicts who killed a family in Kansas. It's so deep, so tragic, and you will leave wanting to cry.

Anyway.

Movies I really, really REALLY want to see:

Memoirs of a Geisha (my favorite book of all time!)
Syriana
Walk The Line
Shopgirl
Chronicles of Narnia
Garcon Stupide (supposed to be really raunchy but an excellent movie)
Cape of Good Hope
and
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (heheh)

so I better start now, huh.

Hmm Cookie....

Well the shakey camera bits really pissed me off - and id admit the pacing of the film at times was... questionable. But i wouldn't say i felt let down by the second half, anything but.

Would also like to see Memoirs of a Geisha..

Chronicals of Naria im in two minds about - one the one hand they are the books of my childhood, on the other hand i cant face having my fantasys ripped to sacarine shreds by hollywood, not to mention the Christian undertones.

Capote i've never heard of but will have to check out. Im still keen to See Jarhead, oh and Corpse Bride (Stop frame Tim Burton hehe woot!)

comon BFG, the book was full of christian overtones.

I wanna see Narnia, but after LotR, my expectations are way too high.

Just saw Syriana - great movie, a little confusing at times, and definately something you DO NOT want to see stoned.

True the book was - but i was so young i didn't really realise heh.

Yeah Im pretty dead certain Narnia would be a disappointment after LotR.

Watched The Nightmare before Christmas with the GF last night, Its Burton being brilliant.. as normal - the freaking animation is just fantastic!

Yeah, Tim Burton is a genius...and very strange. I finally got to see Serenity last week...what a movie. All I can hope for now is a movie about Ace Rimmer. What a guy!

We watched "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest"

Great movie, Jack Nicholas was brilliant.  I had to set up the old VCR player to watch it but it was worth it.

I just saw King kong and it was one of the worst movies i've seen in years. I've seen pornos with better plots, pacing, and character development...  I'd reccomend going 2 hours late, watching the scene where Kong fights the T Rexs, and leaving once the battle is over.

Wow, and I've heard nothing about good stuff about that movie prior to it's release.

I saw Aeon Flux yesterday and think it was pretty good, especially the story. The book was great.

We just watched Slingblade - that was good.  Billy Bob Thorton was simply amazing, he did such a great job in his role, you could hardly tell it was him.

And yet again I cried when he was leaving the little boy behind, seems like every movie I watch I've been crying lately and my gf doesn't, heh.

I completely disagree...one of the best movies ive ever seen from start to finish.

I've just seen Chronicles of Narnia......and I was surprised. I liked it. Then again, The trailers do the movie no credit, because it's not really about the huge battles we see there. To me it seemed to focus more on the story.

Brutha im being dragged to see it with the GF and her friends tommorow.... i was really going to avoid it heh.

How much do the religious undertones stick through, i mean can you just watch it for what it is or does it really stick it in your face? in other words do i need a sick bag and a baseball bat or can i just go snuggle up with the GF? ;)

We just watched Fargo - great movie, a wee gruesome at times but nonetheless great.

Now I've downloaded the intro tune cause its so damn good and I've been listening to it over and over.

Where can we get it, Shade?

The song is called "Fargo, North Dakota" by Carter Burwell and you can find it on the Soundtrack or you could just get it with Acquisition (easier since it's not on iTunes)

I know I know can't talk about pirating but whatev, it's one song on an 11 year old movie.

I just came back from the cinema and I saw Hostel... it was the most SHOCKING, the most SICKENING, the most DISGUSTING, the most FRIGHTENING and the most DISTURBING movie I've ever seen. I can truly say that this was the best horror movie (if you can call it that) I've ever seen. I think I'm gonna go see it again tomorrow.

WOooooooooooOO - gets me pumped up every time.

We watched Braveheart btw, ;) - suprised it wasn't drawn out for a 3 hour movie.  I thought Fargo was greusome but this every other scene somebodys getting stabbed or sliced and diced, once again my hand was being used as a shield by my gf for the bloody parts.

Shade i love Fargo :D im a  massive massive the Coen brothers. bloody awesome. check out the other ones as well if you liked Fargo you really won't be disappointed! :D :D

We watched The Cider House Rules which was really good about an orphanage in Maine which gives abortions.

We also watched The Patriot about the American Revolution with Mel Gibson which was alot like Braveheart but nonetheless good.

Yeap Cider House Rules is a great one.

I just watched O Brother Where Art thou again on TV the other night - gets me every damn fine is a cracking film. If you havn't seen it go watch it - great story, great acting, great bit of film making. Oh and the music.... oh brother!!

Oh and Watched Big Fish again.. another Burton bit of Brilliance - that ending brings damn tears to my eyes. brilliant. (oh and you've got to love carl the giant! ;) )

Not really a movie, but I just re-watched the first season of HBO's, Deadwood.
Damn that Al Swearengen is one nasty mofo.

It's a great series, lots of violence, sex, and explicit language.

I saw both of those when I was about 12, good movies.  I love when Mel Gibson tomahawks that guy.  Plus in Cider House Rules they have sex in the middle of a field so thats always cool.

I saw Fun with Dick and Jane.  I thought that was a great movie.  It was short for movies nowadays, only about 1.5 hours.  But It was a great story that stuck to the plot with those evil twists that make Jim Carry Comedies so great.  He does some wonderful overacting just like in every movie he does (more or less), but I like that.  It was great and worth the local movie rate of 4 bucks.  You all should see it if you are bored one night with nothing to do.

? on deadwood, cott... great series.

Just watched DUNE on DVD again heh... the book is definatly better

Saw Million Dollar Baby for the first time two nights ago.

We just watched "Iris" - one of my favorites simply because it evoked so much emotion.

It's about a couple that the wife was an Oxford grad and very intelligent but as she aged her brain began to shrink and she forgot just about everything but the husband still stood by her side.

...yeah... I watched 40 Year old Virgin for the first time.  I couldn't help thinking of BFG throughout the entire movie...

If i was 40 id laugh and then slap you a few times.
If i was single id laugh and smack you about a bit

If i was a virgin id  thank my lucky stars i've got two hands ;)

I watched Rainman the other night (again) great movie except Hoffman just blows the feeble acting attempts of Cruise into next week.

I just went to the Cinema and watched "Syriana" ... pretty powerful stuff.

saw Constant Gardner..
Oh...Em....gee....
Please see it.

Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
Maybe the best 'true western' ever made...
And that takes us back thru Million Dollar Baby AND Shawshank..
something about Morgan...jesus.

which brings me to Deadwood.
Rent the first series...sits up there with Unforgiven..
It may surpass it bc of the scope and volume of precision writing.
Ty for reminding me Cotton.

OH SHIT..wife just reminded me...Layer Cake...
GREAT GREAT MOVIE...layered. bittersweet.

Did it "move" sheix?

saw Dave Chappelle's new bloc party movie....its pretty sweet, but not what i expected.  Most of it is live music from the actual block party...but it does have a few funny parts in it.

We just watched "Walk the Line" - it was alot like Ray as far as the storyline goes so in that sense it was not very creative or different but it was still mildly interesting.

We watched "Crash" before - amazing movie, good one to make you ponder abour racism in the U.S.

I never saw "Ray" but I know that Walk the Line was inspired by Johnny Cash's Biography (autobiography?) and I loved the movie.  Wakeen (spelling?) Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon were so good together.  I loved this movie.

We just watched the Constant Gardner last night, it was good but I'm still confused.

The way the filmed it was interesting and different though, and just watching these poor African children was enough to rip your heart out.

I personally found some of how it was shot really annoying, but some of it looked fantastic!
What confused you?    (the ending was pretty horrible, when you know what's going to happen and your just sitting waiting for the inevitable, horrible)

Some of the characters I couldn't rememer the names of so alot of the dialogue about certain people I didn't know who they were talking about so alot of the storyline i missed because I didn't have a clue what they were talking about.

Ah yeah hehe, mate you should go and see Syriana if you really want to get confused ;)  My god my head hurt after that film.

I don't do well with names, hell I can hardly remember my own most of the time.

I think we're going to get Pride and Predjudice next, my gf has read the book and she really wants to see the movie now.

past week = ////A Clockwork Orange //// Taxi Driver //// The Magnificent Seven ////

We just watched "Memoirs of a Geisha" last night, it was very interesting and good.

Might be hard to find, but a Russian vampire Flick is making the rounds in Indie Theatres called Dark Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)..one of the most amazing and kickassingly different vampire movies ive ever seen..

http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/nwnd/

Go see that shit.

Memoirs of a geisha had great cinemetography but the storyline is much better in the book.

A great movie I just watched last night is Memento. Watching a movie from the point of view of someone with short term amnesia is great.

Ein

Kalifornia with Dave Duchovney (sp?) and Brad Pitt crazy crazy crazy

Just got back from Lucky Number Slevin..
Great headfuck movie.

snappy writing, kickass cast.. hartnett (who can actually act..who knew?) Morgan Freeman, Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanly Tucci, and Bruce willis...

hot damn..
GREAT Ending!
spend the money..its ok.

Ya, I heard lucky number sleven is reallll good.

Just watched Donny Darko, old favorite.

Movies you should see:
Brick: film noir-ish movie with the kid from third rock from the sun. His girlfriend goes missing, he has to find her etc. Really really good, snappy dialogue, nice cinamatography

Thank you for smoking: adman without morals+cigarettes+katie holmes+william h macy+aaron echeart+rob lowe=good funny movie

Inside Man: Denzel Washington, Clive Own, Jodie Foster. Spike Lee joint, funny, clever bank robbin movie. Clive Owen is fucking sweet

We just watched The Chronicles of Narnia and I have to say I didn't like it much at all.  I felt it was a little too young feeling.  I mean you have thoes movies that are meant for children (Shrek 2, Finding Nemo, ect.) that you really enjoy nonetheless but this one I couldn't help making fun of it the whole time, I just found alot of the parts to be quite rediculous.

We also watched Brokeback Mountain and I was also disspointed in that.  It got great reviews I think mostly cause it was something different but I thought it had a really shitty plot and at the end of the movie I was thinking how pretty much nothing had happened.  I am not saying this because it was two gay guys, in fact that didn't bother me at all watching them make out or whatever.  I mean, it's weird but I wasn't covering my eyes. 

X-Men III
Mission Impossible 3
United 93

All are good movies in their own regard, I recommend them all - especially X3 when it hits wide release later this month.

I really thought United 93 was well done.  Havn't seen Mission Impossible 3 yet, but I'm gonna go soon just because of who the director is (J.J. Abrams created Alias).  I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise though...but I gotta give it to him for having been married to Nicole Kidman for a while.[/size]  ;)

Well, I've been gone so long recently takes on different meaning...here are the best movies from last year that I've seen so far...still probably going to see a few more changes...I'll be seeing Munich in the next two days since it is coming out on DVD. I watch DVDs exclusively because Netflix is much cheaper than going to a theatre.

2005 Top 10
Brokeback Mountain
Sin City
The Constant Gardener
Kontroll
Crash
Match Point
Breakfast on Pluto
Hustle & Flow
The Matador
Hamburg Cell

Today I went to see Poseiden in the theatre (I only go when I'm with people and they seem to have bad taste so far this year). As could be expected, it is god awful.

Watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose on DVD, it is phenomenal. It isn't really a horror film at all. Instead it is a compelling courtroom drama about religion/spirituality that is effective.

I've actually heard that Flight 93 is absolutely excellent and I'd personally like to see it sometime soon.

MI III however is one big steaming pile of shit. You'd think it would be a halfway interesting and exciting action movie, but it by far has the least action of the entire series. Instead of impossible missions (and the action that goes with that), the movie instead focuses way too much time on a horribly acted and writen romance between Cruise and a Katie Homes look alike. I also wanted more Philip Semor Hofman (spelling). However the worst part was that they spent a significant amount of time setting up Cruise to infiltrate a weapons lab instead a skyscraper, yet omitting any footage from inside, aka 15 minutes setting up getting in, no time inside, oooh he's out and he's got the device.

Making out is putting it lightly...the first time they kissed, one of them got his ass pounded in. 

about MI III...i actually liked it....i thought there was alot of action.  I liked the fact that they didnt show him actually retreiving the rabbits foot...how he enters/exits was badass...just showed a different prospective of what was going on during that time...i thought it was different/cool.

We watched North Country a few nights ago and that was very good.  It's about a mining company in Minnesota around the 70's and it was basically run by men until a few women decided to show up and the majority of the movie just shows how badly they were treated and how one of the fought to get the rest equal rights.  It's really good for any of you sexists out there who think like these miners did.

We also watched Munich last night and that was also very good.  About the 1972 (i think?) olympics where the arabs killed 11 israelis.  The Israeli government then hires a group of assasins to take down the top members of the arab terrorist society called Black September.  Some sweet explosive special effects. :)

I just watched Munich for the first time last night too.  I always enjoy seeing a movie that shows Israel getting back at the people that want that country eliminated, which is basically every nation on earth except for the United States.[/size]  ;)

True, heh, that was really weird the way out of the blue he just yanks him over and well . . .ew.

Yesterday I watched SilentHill with my girlfriend and we both found it kinda boring, and in no way horror. If you have ever played SilentHill, you know what a frightening feeling it should generate. Although the movie had a similiar atmosphere as the game, and locations looked really similiar to the game, there were no shocks or anything else. Further the CGI Animations could be easily distungished from the other real shoots.

Last but not least, why the hell did they take a female leading actor, bah. The game was unique and really frightened me, but the movie just made me tired.

You missed the point.


Yeah, it was a bit unusual. Usually you need a bit more preparation and caution. Did anyone else notice the nice spit on the hand as lube? I actually missed it too but my roommates were all over that detail.

I hear Weak was a stunt double for the bare ass scenes in Brokeback Mountain.  His performance landed him a starring role in the Mexican remake titled "Brokeback Wetback". He declined the stunt double.

We just watched The Sweet Hereafter and it was good but at the end I was still confused, like they had some more to explain.

It was basically about an accident in Canada which involved a bus full of kids and a small close knit community.  Interesting watch though a slightly older movie.  1997? I think.

Saw The Da Vinci Code yesterday. It does an amazing job translating the book into film. Whether you like it I suppose has more to do with your opinion of the source material. I happen to think it is very important because while it is fiction based on pieces of historical evidence, so is the Bible. It can and should make one think about what they want to believe about Christianity.

Today I saw Silence of the Lambs for the first time and actually was very disappointed. The Hannibal-Clairese (sp?) interchange is great and I can see why there were acting nominations, but the actual murder mystery of the movie is weak...equivilent to the film versions of James Patterson novels Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider. I liked the prequel Red Dragon, which I watched first, much better. I started to watch Hannibal afterwards but couldn't get into it at all.

 So I also saw MI III I liked it, despite the fact that it needed a major plot upgrade, it was an intense movie that kept me interested the whole way through.  Of course, it went farther from the original amazingness of MI one where you didn't know who was good, and who was bad.  (I mean it had the small bit with Laurence Fishbourn and the other MI exec guy) but it was nothing like the original.  The second movie had more "action" but was less intense.  I thought MI III was well worth the money, and was at least a good way to spend 2 hours or so.

In my never ending pursuit of the obscure and profound..i need to suggest "Bad Boy bubby".

An indie Aussie film, by a legendary director.
There were 22!! photography directors, so in terms of subtle but BRILLIANT photography, this one was a masterpiece.

now, its weird, its dark, a bit disturbing, but one of the best thought out small movies ive ever seen.

premise:
Young man lives with his mother, who  has stunted his emotional and intellectual growth by Extreme control..until one day..bubby gets out to see the real world for himself.

In addition, the sound is shot with stereo helmet mics, so that the sound comes thru as Bubby would hear them. Much is shot from his perspective. Neat touch.

And good to hear from you guys on MI3 and DaVinci..Its been pathetic watching all these religious groups get bent over  *gasp* A WORK OF FICTION!!!!
Im anxious to see them both..However my eyes will NEVER see Weaks smooth brown ass in Brokeback, becuase I dont do gay cowboy flicks... My wife said it was good, albeit a bit uncomfortable...(Sheix went out for beer and pool while she watched it)

Oh, and although Im not a comix fan, ive had fun with the Xmen movies and look forward to the 26th. The trailers look like it might be the best of the three, in terms of action and effects....i put these in the "fun" category..I go to eat 7 dollar popcorn, a six dollar coke and hear rumbling dolby speakers..its that simple.

Screw Medved, and Ebert and Roper..fucking payola shills..
Ive loved almost every movie they have railed against.

So, that was you snoring at the back!!!

Da Vinci Code: I kind of liked the book, a typical page-turner, the movie was... average  :(

MI III: EWWWW!! Tom Cruise EWWWW!! the series were way much better

Silent Hill: despite Mauti's snoring, I enjoyed the movie

i added "Bad Boy Bubby" on my list, thanx for the tip Sheix
another great Aussie cult film is "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"

I'll be going to see DaVinci in a few weeks when things calm down at the theaters.

What is a little ridculous is some people I've talked to are taking this movie literally which is not what its meant for.  Just like Sheix says it's a work of FICTION. ;)

Only thing thats true as stated in the beginning of the book:

The Priory of Sion
Opus Dei
All descriptions of artowrk, architecture, documents and secret rituals.

Other than that it's just a STORY.

Mi: III , hmm no story much action, thats pretty much that what i like
TDC: i liked the film, i read the book too and fo sho it doesnt reach the quality of the book but i still liked it (love all Dan Brown books and in case of the davinci code, id rath belive him then the chirch!!!)

Now to a film i prefered i hadnt seen it: Hostel, this film had no release in switzerland! but as i am, if something is forbidden or illegal, i have to try or in this case to c it, and i had to say OMFG!! This film is not like a normal horror film, this film has no story besides sexaddicted guys searching bitches untill about 1/2 of the film but then the masacre starts and its just horrible.. well w/e

I managed to get ahold of a movie called The Final Countdown, from 1980.
With stars like Martin Sheen, and Kirk Douglas.

It's about a aircraft carrier that gets transported back in time to 1940, when the japs are going to attack Pearl Harbor..

I have to say, it's one terrible movie, but so funny. One scene, a senator manages to destroy a whole chopper with a flare gun. Quality ey?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0080736/

shade just so you know, Priory of sion isnt real, it was discovered to be a 1950's hoax a while back.

I just finished the book davinci code (It took me all of one day) and I've got to say, I hate it when books are so good you can't put them down.  I wanted to go do other things, but I just couldn't this book was so good.  Its too bad that the movie supposedly doesnt keep up with the book, even with the big names.  Oh well, It will be neat to see anyway now that I've read the book.

Direct from the beginning of the book

FACT:

The Priory of Scion -
a European secret society founded in 1099-is a real organization.  In 1975 Paris's Bibliotheque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers SEcrets, identifying numberous members of the Priory of Sion, including Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.

What parts of the book did you read? heh.

The whole thing, then I watched some of the discovery channels Da Vinci Code week, which said that the Priory of Sion is in fact a fake.  That list was created back in the 50's according to the discovery channel  And shortly after its discovery was proven to be a fraud.   A group called the "Priory of Sion" may have once existed, but it did not have leaders as illustrious as Isaac Newton Leo Da Vinci ect. ect.

I actually have that entire documentry from the discovery channel called the real Da Vinci code but havent had a chance to watch it yet but I know it features the co-author of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" which is mentioned in the Da Vinci code and actually is a bestseller.

If you really want to be able to seperate fact from fiction read that book or "the woman with the alabastar jar" same subject but written by a former catholic who while trying to refute holy blood, holy grail actually found herself believing it

Well i watched Three Kings last night... I had got the inpression previosuly that this was some stupid jumped up 'three gun toting nuts go steal gold in iraq" and i was very very surprised.

1. it wasn't, it was a decent enough film to sit down and watch

2. There are some great little one liners and jokes despite the un-comical settings! Cow explosions was a personal favorite.

3. Im becoming a bit of a fan of george clooney god damn it.. it was watching "O Brother where art though" that really did it heh.

4. I don't mind saying that ending brought tears to my eyes considering what has happened in Iraq.

We watched Tristan and Isolde and I didn't like it much, there are so many movies that are identical to this one its getting lame.  Mideval warfare, Irish girl meets Brit (James Franco has a TERRIBLE fake british accent).  The two shouldn't be together because they are from warring nations, blah blah blah.

saw Nacho Libre last night...I thought it was hilarious...you'll like it if you liked stuff like Napoleon Dynamite.  Another movie that i thought was hilarious was Benchwarmers.

Other movies that ive seen recently were:
An American Haunting - absolute shit, dont waste your money.
Failure to Launch - Funny, but not rediculously funny.
Silent Hill - Gay.
The Omen (2006) - Great remake, not corny like 99% of today's horror movies. 
V for Vendetta - pretty good, worth the money.  Unrealistic, but interesting.

Rented movies:
Underworld 2 - Badass, just like the first
Guest Who? - has bernie mac/ashton k.   it was alot funnier than i thought, worth the rent.
Running Scared - Very cool, worth the rent.
The Constant Gardener - Very good, worth watching.

My daughter took me to see Cars for Father's Day.  Cute movie and hey, it's made by Pixar so it's gotta be good.[/size]  ;)

I finally saw "Requiem for a dream".
One of the most disturbing films I have ever seen.
After I saw it I was left with a feeling of sadness, anger, disgust
"Beautifully" made, superb editing, gripping story, excellent acting (even damon Wayans  :o), but heavy duty.

Just watched it last night KGB.. and i'd have to agree with your summery, pretty f*cked up to be honest. Wasn't wild about some of the editing but as a whole it was certainly some pretty angry sad disgusting depressing twisted madness of a film.

Requiem is one of my favs... for some reason people getting way too into heroin always makes for a great film.. Basketball Diaries and Trainspotting are also in my top 10. See those if you havent.

Most recently i saw Game6 which is a movie about a playwright in New York who decides to watch game 6 of the 1986 world series (Red Sox vs. Mets... bill buckner.. through the legs.. mets win.. devestating) instead of going to the premire of his play. Good stuff..

I'm also absolutely PSYCHED to see Superman Returns in iMax 3D.

Just watched Saw II.

Damn It rox, good i didn't watch it in the cinema with my gf.. Eating after such a film isn't really what you wan't to do.  ;)

Empireof the Wolves w/Jean Reno.

requiem is a top fiver...

Full Metal Jacket..better than i remembered.

The Hills Have Eyes-

yeah, scary if the character in Goonies scared you... Dauber (the giant goofball) from the old TV Show Coach played the big 'monster', if that tells you anything...monster dialog was absolutely horrendous.

We watched The Butterfly Effect and the more my gf and I talked about it after the more we thought about how good it was.  It's not  scary at all and is very interesting.

Apocalyse Now: Redux  - Gets better everytime I see it.  If you haven't watched this movie yet....do yourself a favor.

Pirates of the Carribean II-- good stuff, funnier than the first one..great CGI.

Pirates of the Carribean 2[/u]: I actually found the first one to be a bit better.  This one was a little cluttered in my opinion and didn't really follow the first one right on.  I do beleive it was very well made and is good but the first one was great. This is definately not a disappointment. ;D I imagine the third one will be the best of the three judging by the story. 8/10

Click[/u]: A little slow throughout much of the movie, sort of confusing in the middle.  A lot of stuff was added in the middle that really didn't have to be there.  I did like the ending a lot and the beginning was good.  More serious than Happy Gilmore, less serious than 50 First Dates. 6/10

The Island: I bought this movie with no real clue what it was about... it just caught my eye in the store.  The beginning is a little confusing as you're trying to figure it out (in a good way, makes you think as all sci fi movies do).  As the movie goes on the story gets better and the action gets stronger.  With a great story and made very well I give it a 9/10.

I guarantee you The Island wouldnt have gotten that 9/10 if Scarlett Johansson wasnt in it.

I also thought Pirates of the Carribean 2 was great, though I think the fight scenes in both movies blow ass.  If you want an example of shit take a look at the scene where the camera is scrolling along sideways as the 3 guys tumble around the waterwheel.

We also watched Date Movie which was okay, it wasn't like nonstop laughter but then again I don't like that kind of humor.

Watched Match Point which was great and also Syriana which I thought was hard to understand.  They tried to do too many things though they did make some really good points along the way.  Though I would reccomend Match Point over Syriana it's a little less intense so to speak, easy watching.

Superman Returns sucked.

Kevin Spacey is a perfect Luthor tho.

     On Monday last I made a pilgrimage to all the GameStops within ten miles of my work to buy cheap DVDs. Then I watched a bunch of them over my weekend.

     Murderball - A documentary about Quad[riplegic] Rugby, earlier known as Murderball. This movie kicks seven kinds of ass, I highly recommend it.
     Versus - A Japanese "B" movie. It was very much a live-action anime, and I dug it.
     The Manchurian Candidate - I'd heard the title but knew nothing about it, and I was pleased.
     A Beautiful Mind - As good as I'd heard. How Russell Crowe didn't get a Best Actor nod is beyond me.
     Catch Me If You Can - Damn good movie, and a lot of fun to watch. Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio put in their usual excellent performances. I recommend this one.
     Eiken - An anime OVA that I'd seen in AMV Hell 0 and had to see for myself. It was an hour of pure fanservice and randomness, which is right up my alley.
     Argentosoma, disc 1 - The first five episodes of an anime series I'd heard good things about. The good things were justified.

Another not so new movie I just saw... I wasn't intending to watch it and I had absolutley no clue what it was but I saw it in the guide on HBO and decided to watch it.

The Jacket[/u]: This movie is amazing in my opinion.  Adrien Brody does and amazing job and Keira Knightley isn't far off on her performance.  The story is basically of a man who has bad memories of the war in the past (1991 Iraq) where he was shot in the head (the very first scene).  After his recovery he was accused of killing a cop and instead of going to prison he was sent to a hospital where he underwent treatment that allowed him to travel into the future.  He learns things in the future and... well, it's an amazing movie in my opinion.  Go see it if you haven't already. 10/10

Oh yeah TOTALLY forgot this one..thx 4 reminding me crooshlet..
Hope youre feeling better.

GET THE JACKET.
you wont regret it....

10+

I saw the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang a while back.  It was pretty damn good.  It had an odd style to it.  The actors sometimes talk as if they were narrating to the audience their internal monologue, but it added a neat (yes I did just use neat) touch to the movie.

I just put THE JACKET on my netflix right before i read this.... looking forward to it.

even though I dig some of the new stuff these days.....I enjoy the classics from time to time. I watched dirty dancing the othernight and I hadn't watched that movie for a long time. LONG LIVE DIRTY DANCING!!!!!  "nobody puts baby in the corner"

I must say, Patrick almost lost me until he took his shirt off again. lawlz

I saw Little Miss Sunshine tonight. The movie is very well done, probably the best movie out there in theatres right now (which honestly isn't saying much with the shit currently playing, but I found it to be a very satisfying film nonetheless). I don't want to say too much about it, but to anyone that likes Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, quirky characters or good scripts, I highly suggest giving this film a view.

It was mostly playing at the independent theatres around here, though one of the larger ones was carrying it at select times.

More information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/

Hey,
 
whats the latest movies you saw and what did you thinkw about it ? :) (http://university-of-phoenix-n.blogspot.com)
i'll kickoff ;)
 
the life ofl david gale
i thought it wasa quite predictable. maybe i've seen too many kevin spacey movies tho. other thenv that it was ok.
 
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what a great idea! wow we should have a thread called "what movies have you seen recently" or something crazy like that... .... muppet.

I haven't posted a review up here in a while (and I see nobody else has either)... thought I'd chime in with my latest five movies.

Apocalypto - (Summary included... don't read the navy writing if you don't want the story spoiled)

This man knows how to make a good movie... the best movie that has come out of theatres in a very long time in my opinion.  With an all-star directing/writing team and a cast made up entirely of indigenous people, this genuine movie gets a 10 out of 10 from me. 

It all starts in a little native mexican village located in the mexican rainforest near the great mayan empire.  We follow a young native man, Jaguar Paw, through his daily life as a hunter, a father, and a husband.  All is well until a mayan war party attacks the young mans small village to find sacrificial prisoners and slaves to bring to the great Mayan pyramids.  During the attack Jaguar Paw witnesses the execution of his father.  Children are left behind and the young mans pregnant wife and son become trapped in a deep cave as they hide for safety.  Jaguar Paw, along with many of his comrades, are taken on a journey through the rainforest toward the Mayan empire.  On their long trek they come across a young and sick prophet girl who tells the mayans that they will soon end.  Jaguar Paw and his tribespeople are in astonishment when they see so many slaves, buildings made of stone, and the great pyramids.  The women are sold as slaves and the men are hurded to the top of the tallest pyramid.  Here, one by one, they will be placed on a table, their heart will be removed while still beating, and their head will be chopped off and thrown down the steps.  When it's time for Jaguar Paw to step up he turns to his friend and says, "It's not my time." He walks toward the table and lies down.  Just as he's about to be cut open the sky begins turning dark, an eclipse.  The mayans take this as a sign that their god has had enough blood and has no need for anymore sacrafices.  The remaining tribespeople, Jaguar Paw included, are taken to a long open field with a large corn field at the end.  One mayan man, a young soldier and son of the war party leader, is told to run to the end of the field.  The natives are uncuffed and told they are free.  Two natives are told to begin running toward the corn or they will be killed.  As they reach the half-way point the mayan soldiers begin throwing spears and sending arrows toward the running men.  They will most definately be hit and if they aren't killed from the spear or the arrow the mayan man at the end of the field finishes them with a club.  After witnessing two to four men get killed, Jaguar Paw and his running mate begin their sprint.  They weave back and forth in a helix motion as they dodge the onslaut.  The man with jaguar paw takes one in the back of the head and Jaguar Paw is soon taken down by an arrow to the back.  As the man with the club approaches, Jaguar Paw pulls the arrow from his back and sticks it in the mans neck.  The mayan warriors cheer in victory until they realize what has happened.  The war party leader along with warriors follow Jaguar Paw in his footsteps as Jaguar Paw makes his way back to his trapped wife and son.  Jaguar Paw leads the mayan men over a waterfall and through the rainforest while setting traps along the way.  The mayan men, afraid of the prophecy which told of a jaguar, become frightened and weak.  Once Jaguar Paw reaches his old hunting grounds he takes control and kills, one by one, all but two of the men.  Jaguar Paw, injured and tired, looks like he has given up as he lies on a beach.  As his final two enemies approach they look toward the ocean and watch as a large fleet comes closer to land.  The remaining mayan warriors, stunned by the sight, allow Jaguar Paw to escape and rescue his son and wife who just gave birth to his new child in the the cave.  They then walk off into the rainforest to start a new life.

We get introduced to an ancient and miraculous lifestyle from about 500 years ago.  The actual accuracy has been in question for a while now.  Many historians believe that it's very accurate in almost all aspects but many mayan predecessors believe that the mayans are wrongly portrayed as blood-thirsty savages in Apocalypto.  No matter what the accuracy, this movie was made extremely well and follows a great heroic story.  Keep in mind, it's all subtitles... if it would have been in english, it would have taken from the realism that this movie is best known for.

I give it a 10/10
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On a side note, I saw Talladega Nights the other night and thought it was absolute shit... if you're expecting Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, or Old school you'll be very disappointed.  Talladega Nights, in my opinion was very very horribly written.  I usually enjoy the stupid funny movies but this one was just plain stupid with no funny.  You get thrown a bunch of crued half-assed humor.

3/10 and I think I'm being quite generous
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A Night At The Museum was a typical Ben Stiller film... if you like Ben Stiller you'll like this film.  Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, and Steve Coogan all add a nice flare to the film.  A great family movie.

8/10
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Little Miss Sunshine was a little bit different... it contains funny and sad moments as you follow a dysfunctional family through their trip to a beauty pageant.  It's a simple, low-budget, independant film that surprised me quite a bit.  NOT a childrens movie.

7.5/10
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You, Me, and Dupree was a film that I enjoyed watching.  Matt Dillon, Owen Wilson, and Kate Hudson all contribute their own qualities to this film to make it pretty good.  An overall good and funny movie.

8/10

I went to se Pans Labyrinth the other week and Casino Royal the other night.

I cannot recomment Pans Labyrinth high enogh - its a beautifully made touching film from a director with a stunning imagination. Its gripping and at times extreamly violent as two worlds collide - that of the battle between franco's army and the rebels and the fantasy world of a little girl that comes alive!

i've probably not decribed it very well but go and see it. now.

as for bond, the best yet. without a doubt cutting some of the stupid one liners and all the daft gadgets was a great move. Daniel Craig makes an excellent bond - rougher, tougher and well more 'lifelike. he gets hurt, alot yet pulls of the slickness of the 'tranditional bond' with his own unique twist. good stuff.

The Illusionist - One of my new all time favorite movies... I won't recap it because that would ruin it... go and rent it, it's amazing.

10/10

Has anyone seen 300 yet?

I'm sure Borat has been discussed in here, but damn is that movie funny.  The balls on that guy.

Cell i watched borat the other night - there were moments of pure terrifying genius!!

Last week I saw "Irina Palm". Excellent movie with a serious background but lots of fun moments. If you are in the mood for a non action movie watch it.

I also saw Little Miss Sunshine on DVD recently and I really liked. At all I hoped for a more fun movie and the VW bus scene becomes a bit boring, but at all a good well made movie.

Last but not least I have watched "Trans America" a wonderful and fun movie about transsexuality. The main actress, Felicity Huffman,  well known from the Desperate Housewives, really surprised me and played just great. A must for every movie fan.

I just saw Die Hard 4.0. Since a long time an action movie that I really enjoyed. Almost as much as Die Hard 1.0. John is back!

Just saw "I am Legend" today. It's done very well I thought, with the special effects and the intense scenes. I heard mixed reviews previously, but for my own personal taste I give it a 3.5 out of 5.

5/5 for Cloverfield. Short and sweet.

Ok. The new star wars. Look down.  May contain spoilers.








































So wtf....  New villain ok. But new big bad villain, son of known force strong individual couldn't handle (1) a damn storm trooper who figured out how to us a light saber. (2)Let alone couldn't deal with a brand new Jedi who didn't even know that they could use the force by the start of the movie. Can we trust this new villain as a good one? I say dead by second movie. Should have been dead by this one in my opinion but the earth split and they were somehow saved. Comments???