Movie review thread...
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If someone has seen the latest "Wall St" movie, can they tell me what its about? I don't think it had a plot, other than "bankers are baaaaaad" "and "people don't change, but then sometimes they do" <br />
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Took mini-mariner to "Yogi Bear" yesterday. Its terrible, but the kids loved it. I forgive him though, he's 2. -
Watched Prince Of Persia yesterday . Fairly predictable but still bloody enjoyable , will watch it again . 7 out of 10 .
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The Missus dragged me along to Black Swan last night. Maybe I'm just too stoopid or uncouth to appreciate it but the movie left me pretty cold. The director did that wrestler film starring Micky Rourke I believe which I really enjoyed, so its not like I hate the guy's stuff but IMHO it was all style, slow plot dross. It would appear from all of the fawning from movie critics that I am in the minority over this one.
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The Wrestler was shit. Really poorly written, crappy 16 mm, dull shit. Terrible movie that can't hold a candle to european social realism films. Just shit.<br />
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Portman is a poor actress and I doubt the movie is much chop. Check out some vintage Polanski instead ... -
Been on a bit of an Oscar/Golden Globe nominee watching fest. So far I have recently seen (in order of my favorite to least)<br />
<br />- The King's Speech<br />
- The Fighter<br />
- The Social Network<br />
- 127 Hours<br />
- Love and Other Drugs<br />
- Black Swan<br />
- True Grit<br />
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I really enjoyed The King's Speech and The Fighter. Both bloody good films, and Colin Firth and Christian Bale were amazing in them respectively. Also, True Grit's rating might be a bit low. I was pretty tired while watching, and fell asleep.
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Due Date - solid funny film, has a bit of a flat spot in it, but overall, I liked it, 7.5/10<br />
The Tourist - was ok, Jolie didnt need to do much other than strut around looking glamorous and speak now and again, Depp carried it a bit too (alot of Jack Sparrow comes through in this character too IMO) 6.5/10<br />
Love & Other Drugs - was not quite what I expected, but pretty good, both leads are very good, also really like Oliver platt as an actor 7.5/10<br />
Bit of a Funny Story - with the guy from Hangover and Due date; again, not as I expected, more a feelgood movie with a few funny bits, as opposed to a comedy (as described) 7/10 -
[quote name='Tim']The Wrestler was shit. Really poorly written, crappy 16 mm, dull shit. Terrible movie that can't hold a candle to european social realism films. Just shit.<br />
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Portman is a poor actress and I doubt the movie is much chop. Check out some vintage Polanski instead ...[/QUOTE]<br />
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I was disappointed by The Wrestler, because Requiem for a Dream (which he also directed) was so good. As someone who used to watch a little WWF growing up, it more or less hammered home what a ridiculous carnie industry pro wrestling is... but not much else.<br />
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But Black Swan is pretentious melodrama at its best. Thoroughly deserved Oscar coming Natalie Portman's way. Been in some shitty films, most definitely, but I rate her. -
Portman was great in Black Swan. I thought the movie was pretty boring but Portman cetainly had a standout performance.<br />
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I thought Love and Other Drugs was absolute crap. Even the missus hated it.<br />
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The Fighter is great as are The King's Speech and The Social Network.<br />
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Am yet to see 127 Hours. Will probably see it in the next few weeks. -
Speaking of Matt Damon.<br />
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Saw True Grit (and at the movies i might add, not via Pirate Bay...)<br />
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Vaguely remember the original version with the Duke, was a very well made movie with some great performances. Especially from the young girl.<br />
Jeff Bridges i thought was fine too, although its not a difficult role to play...crusty ole drunk with true grit...<br />
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I know its based more on the story then the 1969 movie, so unsure how true it was.<br />
Just felt it didnt leave you much of a feeling at the end, i supposed they( her i mean) achieved what they set out to do, but seemed all a bit sudden for me.<br />
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[FONT=Tahoma]I really enjoyed True Grit. It did have quite an abrupt ending though. I did think it was a bit dark (lighting) in some places and I found it hard to understand what Jeff Bridges was actually saying.[/FONT]<br />
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[FONT=Tahoma]Watched The Expendables and Predators on the weekend. Loved the dialogue in the Expendables. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Didn't really like Predators. [/FONT] -
Fucking gay!!!!!!!! (and I don't mean that in the man-on-man sense ...)<br />
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[url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/highlander-reboot-now-in-the-hands-of-twilight-wri,51646/[/url]<br />
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[QUOTE]Highlander reboot now in the hands of Twilight writer<br />
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[URL="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/twilight-writer-melissa-rosenberg-takes-97481"]According to [I]The Hollywood Reporter[/I][/URL], producer Neal Moritz has brought in [I]Twilight[/I] screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg to take yet another stab at rebooting [I]Highlander[/I], the 1986 fantasy film about the magic of Scottish people. [/QUOTE] -
about the magic of scottish people??? WTF? i guess when the "spanish" guy is the most scottish sounding in the movie, that is a bit like magic.
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[quote name='mariner4life']about the magic of scottish people??? WTF? i guess when the "spanish" guy is the most scottish sounding in the movie, that is a bit like magic.[/QUOTE]<br />
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C'mon Sean's spanish accent was dead on! Just like his irish(Untouchables) and his American(The Last Crusade). Just an outstandingly gifted imitator. -
[quote name='Razbra']C'mon Sean's spanish accent was dead on! Just like his irish(Untouchables) and his American(The Last Crusade). Just an outstandingly gifted imitator.[/QUOTE] <br />
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You missed out Russian sub commander as well, faultless accent throughout!
