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  • NepiaN Offline
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    Nepia
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    [quote name='red terror']Absolutely! Look at the some of the embarrassing clusterfucks Buster Keaton, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Fred Astaire attached their names to. (I guess you could say the same thing about Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.) Most people nowadays have no clue they made them. Their legacies reside with the great pics they made, and most people are willing to overlook and/or forgive the garbage.[/QUOTE]<br />
    I've just read Michael Caine's autobiography and it's a bloody good read. He came from a pretty poor family so he basically made a decision that he was going to be financially stable in life and therefore he's made a few turkeys. But you're right it doesn't effect his legacy. He basically said that each time he looks at a development to a house or apartment he owns then he just thinks "insert shitty movie" paid for that. He also said that some of the turkeys didn't feel that way in the making.<br />
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    Book is great, he actually sounds like a top bloke, and his wife was freaking stunning back in the day. He also fought in Korea - something I had no idea about.

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    red terror
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    [quote name='Nepia']I've just read Michael Caine's autobiography ...[/QUOTE]<br />
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    He's been in a few ones. I am reminded also now of Sean Connery, who (supposedly) passed on LOTR, but accepted League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He'll always be Bond to me, though Man Who Would Be King is also iconic.

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    Bridesmaids; I liked it, similar in plot (even a character) to Hangover with more smutty jokes, the fat chick is disgusting, but funny<br />
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    How to Train your dragon, kids film, based on a series of books, was a cool tale and my son loved it!

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    Cactus Jack
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    Watched an old Gregory Peck western last night called The Gunfighter . Would highly reccommend it to any western fan that hasn't already seen it .

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    Tim
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    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!<br />
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    fires gun into the air multiple times<br />
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    Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'<br />
    <br />
    [URL]http://www.hitfix.com/articles/point-break-getting-the-remake-treatment[/URL]

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    I can see it now, Paul Walker as Utah, Vin Diesel as Bodhi and The Rock as Pappas!

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    [quote name='Cactus Jack']Watched an old Gregory Peck western last night called The Gunfighter . Would highly reccommend it to any western fan that hasn't already seen it .[/QUOTE]<br />
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    I was watching Moby Dick the other month (a superb abridged version scripted by Ray Bradbury and directed by John Huston - and a movie I am surprised hasn't been remade) and Peck makes an excellent Ahab. But every time I see him, be it Guns of Naverone or To Kill A Mockingbird), and certainly through no fault of his own, I can't stop thinking about [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Greggery_Peccary"]this[/URL].

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    Frye
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    "Drive" starring Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston and Ron Perlman is out in the states this week.<br />
    Has got some good reviews, looking forward to hearing the TSF opinions before it gets here next month.

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    [quote name='taniwharugby']I can see it now, Paul Walker as Utah, Vin Diesel as Bodhi and The Rock as Pappas![/QUOTE]No room for Kutcher? What an odd film to be remaking.

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    he aint been in any Fast and Furious has he <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> <br />
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    Yeah odd film to be remaking, some films should be sacrilege (sp) I mean whats next, re-make Star Wars, Gremlins, ET?

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    I could imagine them doing a Gremlins remake pretty soon ...

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    LAKiwi
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    Talking of remakes - has anybody seen the new Conan?

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    [quote name='red terror']I was watching Moby Dick the other month (a superb abridged version scripted by Ray Bradbury and directed by John Huston - and a movie I am surprised hasn't been remade) and Peck makes an excellent Ahab. But every time I see him, be it Guns of Naverone or To Kill A Mockingbird), and certainly through no fault of his own, I can't stop thinking about [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Greggery_Peccary"]this[/URL].[/QUOTE]According to a doccumentary i saw he apparently hated Moby Dick and his performance in it . I have also read somewhere recently that they are either remaking it at the moment or it is in planning.

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    [quote name='Cactus Jack']According to a doccumentary i saw he apparently hated Moby Dick and his performance in it . I have also read somewhere recently that they are either remaking it at the moment or it is in planning.[/QUOTE]<br />
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    For a book that is mostly unfilmable, Huston directed a really nice abridged version that retains the story, and the effects hold up pretty well.

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    I actually quite liked the film . I generally watch it every time it has another round on TCM channel

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    red terror
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    TCM is my favourite channel.

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    Horrible Bosses; pretty solid cast in attendance (Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jason Batemen, Jennifer Anniston, Colin Farrel, Donal Sutherland) <br />
    <br />
    Had heard some poor reviews so went in not expecting much, and I actually liked it, quite a few moments had me chuckling away.

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    Went to see Moneyball last night. 7/10. The writers did a pretty good job pulling a movie out of that book. But it's the book that should really be read by [U]all[/U] sports fans.

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    Wife convinced me to watch Crazy, stupid love...Steve Carrell, JUlianne Moore, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei plus a few other faces I knew. Am in deficit because of constant rugby viewing the past 2 or 3 months....<br />
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    Had quite a few moments I thought were funny, but mostly it is what it is, a rom-com!

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    Virgil
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    [quote name='taniwharugby']Wife convinced me to watch Crazy, stupid love...Steve Carrell, JUlianne Moore, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei plus a few other faces I knew. Am in deficit because of constant rugby viewing the past 2 or 3 months....<br />
    <br />
    Had quite a few moments I thought were funny, but mostly it is what it is, a rom-com![/QUOTE]<br />
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    So your saying i should delete it asap then!

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