Movie review thread...
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[quote name='Nepia']WTF, am I reading that correctly? You haven't watched The Wire? Go to church say a thousand hail mary's and a thousand how's your fathers.<br />
Go to DVD sore, online, Tivo,whatever and watch the bloody show.<br />
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Your quality of life will have improved immensely.[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Tim']Do watch it (it's very, very good), but feel free to skip the final season.[/QUOTE]<br />
Nah, you have to watch the final season, just compare it with Sopranos and Mad Men, not with the 4 previous seasons. In fact just remove one of the subplots and it's back up to the same level. -
[quote name='Bones']Think I watched the 1st episode, then got distracted by Generation Kill and never got back to it!<br />
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Generation kill occupies that one wrung just below The Wire. The key with it is that you have to concentrate. -
The Last Airbender - visually this was pretty cool, some cool effects. Story and acting was so-so, not sure I'll bother with the next movies when they come out.
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The Last Airbender (the Avatar) is a rare breed that can use all 4 elements (Air, Water, Fire, Earth) The Avatar only knows how to use Air and Water at the moment, and the Fire People still want to get him....
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[quote name='Virgil']Be even more surprised if M.Night.Shitfilms gets to sit in the directors chair again as well.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Yep. I refuse to watch any more of his films until I've seen a consensus of good reviews. I liked The Sixth Sense and thought Unbreakable was ok, but everything else has just been pointless. -
I just watched The Town. Bloody good movie in the same vibe as the other Boston crime movies (The Departed, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone etc).<br />
Starred and directed by Ben Affleck, who I actually think is a good actor when playing these types of roles, and is a good director with the potential to be one the greats.<br />
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Movie is a little but like Heat in that it has bank heists, but it doesn't compare unfavourably. I'd give it a solid 8/10.<br />
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The other actor in it is Jeremy Renner from Hurt Locker. I don't know whether it's because of Hurt Locker which I thought was horribly overrated (in many respects this could be a reflection due to the fact I had just finished watching Generation Kill so HL seemed un dramatic), or if the guy just annoys me, but his performance was the one I thought fell flat - yet all the critics will laud it.<br />
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As long as Affleck stays away from Superheroes and Jennifer Lopez, I look forward to seeing his directorial efforts in the future, the time must be coming soon when he directs Damon (who could have performed the Renner role in this movie actually.) -
Beneath Hill 60; war flick based on the true story of an Aussie tunnelling company charged with getting under Hill 60 to blow up the Germans in the largest explosion ??? outside of Hiroshima IIRC.<br />
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[quote name='Nepia']I just watched The Town. Bloody good movie in the same vibe as the other Boston crime movies (The Departed, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone etc).<br />
Starred and directed by Ben Affleck, who I actually think is a good actor when playing these types of roles, and is a good director with the potential to be one the greats.<br />
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Movie is a little but like Heat in that it has bank heists, but it doesn't compare unfavourably. I'd give it a solid 8/10.<br />
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The other actor in it is Jeremy Renner from Hurt Locker. I don't know whether it's because of Hurt Locker which I thought was horribly overrated (in many respects this could be a reflection due to the fact I had just finished watching Generation Kill so HL seemed un dramatic), or if the guy just annoys me, but his performance was the one I thought fell flat - yet all the critics will laud it.<br />
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Pretty much totally agree with what you've written except that I thought Renner was pretty bloody good. Better than Affleck any way. Agree that Damon could have done a good job of the character though.<br />
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There always seemed to be the rumour that Ben Affleck piggy backed Damon to an Oscar in Good Will Hunting. But after two quality movies in Gone Baby Gone and The Town it makes you think it may have been the other way around. -
Watched a pre-release of "Red" last nite - Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and Karl Urban.<br />
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Hackneyed, predictable plot, formulaic action sequences and utterly brilliant. One of the most fun films I've seen in recent years<br />
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The acting is superb (particularly Helen Mirren & Bruce Willis) and very,very tongue-in-cheek. Highly recommended 8/10 -
I can't wait to see Jeremy Renner in The Town, especially after his outstanding performance in The Hurt Locker <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I went to see The Social Network the other night and really liked it. It doesn't seem like a good idea for a movie (the story of Facebook's creation) but the dialogue and the characters are very good and it moves at a good pace. Justin Timberlake is surprisingly good in this movie. I'd give it a 9/10 -
Animal Kingdom; gritty Aussie crime/drama (described as the same style as Underbelly - that I've not watched) I liked it, solid 7.5/10
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Paranormal Activity 2: Missed the first few minutes but didn't miss anything really since the film doesn't pick up until the halfway point. <br />
Great concept but this movie doesn't pull it off for a number of reasons. Too vague and too many thumb twiddling moments. <br />
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Watched Argento's [I]Opera[/I]. I enjoyed it a lot - very high production values, awesome set pieces, and the best use of scissor noises you'll ever experience. Usual caveats about plot holes, dialogue etc apply. 8/10.<br />
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Do see it for the best slow-mo bullet through a door's spy hole sequence you can imagine. Don't see it if your disturbed by the possibilities of a killer who is fascinated by being observed, and who has quite a way with needles and sticky tape ... -
RED - Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban<br />
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6.5/10 - Is a DC Comics graphic novel to movie, Willis is a super duper ex-CIA agent, Urban is a newbie CIA, and he has to kill Willis. LOve John Malkovich as the paranoid ex-Agent as well, one of my fave actors.
