Movie review thread...
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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]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! -
Just saw the Kings Speech last night. I was blown away by Colin Firth, an actor I like but didn't think he had that sort of performance in him. The film is very good, and could be a good play too. Seemed to just wiz by, pretty funny too - and desperately uncomfortable at times too.<br />
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If he doesn't win the best Oscar I'll be amazed. Actually made the hair on the back of my neck stand up in end, great stuff. And Guy Pierce was [I]fabulous[/I] as Mr Wallis Simpson. -
Total Recall was on Showtime Action last night. Fuck-king awesome. Arnie is without a doubt the worlds greatest action hero, ever.
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Saw Avatar for the first time the other day. Yes the SFXs were amazing, brilliant in fact, but christ what a load of hippy cråp. Unobtainium? And whats the deal with plugging their hair into their pet pteradactyls? Sam Worthington is also a shit actor.<br />
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Piranha 3D: Sublime horror flick. Perfect combo of blood, gore, humour and T&A. Must be really good in 3D at the flicks. That cock scene would never have been allowed even 5 years ago.<br />
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Good Luck Chuck: Fark what a load of elephant shit. The gimp who plays Chuck is cråp beyond belief. God knows why Jessica Alba chose to be in the film but having said that I can't exactly think of a single good film she's actually been in.
