Movie review thread...
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I'll have to give the 4th thumps up for moneyball. Watched it yesterday and thought it was great. I don't follow Baseball so had no idea how it ended which made it (for me) even better.<br />
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Drive is the other really good movie I've watched recently.<br />
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Some of the ones I wished I'd never seen, Blue Valentine as it bored me to tears, Tree of Life as there is only about 30mins of actual story and Tintin I just didn't get in to. Though I never liked the Tintin books so no surprise there. -
Watched Bridesmaids because someone had told me it was like a female version of the Hangover . Thought it had some mildly funny bits but on the whole was absolute rubbish .
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[quote name='Cactus Jack']Watched Bridesmaids because someone had told me it was like a female version of the Hangover . Thought it had some mildly funny bits but on the whole was absolute rubbish .[/QUOTE]<br />
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Really?, i know its a chicks flick but i thought it was easily one of last years funniest movies. Pissed over Hangover 2. -
[quote name='Virgil']Really?, i know its a chicks flick but i thought it was easily one of last years funniest movies. Pissed over Hangover 2.[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Toddy']I'll have to give the 4th thumps up for moneyball. Watched it yesterday and thought it was great. I don't follow Baseball so had no idea how it ended which made it (for me) even better.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Movie was o-kay. Read the book. As a sports fan, you will discover that century-old conventional wisdom is often delusional junk. -
Seen a few recently. Finally watched Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood". Give it a bare pass-mark. It was ok, but really, they could have done a lot better. The horrible attempts at accents made it damn hard to understand at times. <br />
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Took the boy to "Happy Feet 2". Having not seen the first, i was unprepared for how fucking annoying the penguins were, and unfortunately they are the centre of the whole damn movie. Robin Williams gets to do the voice of Robin Williams. Wow. Only saved from being complete crap by the side characters, particularly Brad Pitt and Matt Damons wandering Krill, and the aussie bogan sea elephants. Save your money.<br />
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On Austar watched "The Day After Tomorrow". This movie gets a lot of crap, but i like it, its mindless fun as far as i am concerned. Certainly the best of the natural disaster movies. Its not a classic, or a must-own-on-DVD, but if its on i'll watch and enjoy it. <br />
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This was followed by "Blade Runner". I know its a classic and everything, but does anyone think its a bit overrated? I mean its good, but i don't think its great. -
See a fair few lately - but a couple of good ones I'll highlight.<br />
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A good old fashioned orgy. Good cast, bunch of friends decide to have an orgy as one last bash to see off their house. Enjoyable, not too raunchy - don't let the title put you off (or fool you to think it's something else!!).<br />
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Attack the Block. Aliens invade a south london neighbourhood - and the local lads go about killing them. Good British humour, something a little different. Kids in it are quite funny. -
Knuckle - Story of a family feud between 3 Irish Travelling families. 12 years in the making following them during the bare knuckle fighting. The reason for the feud fades into insignificance compared to the baiting and taunting that each family do on video tapes that the send to each other. The narrator/producer even admits he was becoming too involved and the doc was taking on a need to get the fix of watching the fighting. Worth a look
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Watched [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529569/"]Beautiful Lies[/URL]:<br />
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Sit down with the wife or girlfriend and score brownie points with a simple romantic comedy while you get to watch Audrey Tatou.<br />
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The [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488555/"]Change Up[/URL]:<br />
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Standard story line about switching bodies but well executed. Jason Bateman again steals the show. Also has Olivia Wilde for eye candy.[URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312575/"][/URL] -
Saw three really good movies this weekend<br />
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50-50, which is about a young guy who gets cancer. Seth Rogen plays the best mate so there's a few laughs to go with a good story.<br />
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Hugo, which is worth seeing in 3D. Great story with a bit of magic. Kids should like it but probably not too young.<br />
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Warrior was my favourite of the three. About two brothers who enter a MMA contest to saw who the toughest dude in the world is. Of course there is more to the story than that and I highly recommend it. The GF loved it too. She didn't like the idea of watching a movie about fighting but it really is much more than that. -
If a moment of boredom leads you to a movie called 'Horrible Bosses' I seriously advise you to find something else to do and not waste any of your precious time on earth over this mess.<br />
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It's like everyone is trying to make the same movie at the moment. I'll admit that there were a couple of scenes that raised a chuckle but not enough to hang a whole movie on. Kevin Spacey steals the show early on with some great stuff but then the writers turn his character into an idiot and ruin it.<br />
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[quote name='Crucial']If a moment of boredom leads you to a movie called 'Horrible Bosses' I seriously advise you to find something else to do and not waste any of your precious time on earth over this mess.<br />
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It's like everyone is trying to make the same movie at the moment. I'll admit that there were a couple of scenes that raised a chuckle but not enough to hang a whole movie on. Kevin Spacey steals the show early on with some great stuff but then the writers turn his character into an idiot and ruin it.<br />
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Just don't go there[/QUOTE]<br />
I agree that Horrible Bosses was all over the show, but I actually found some parts to be hilarious. I laughed more than in the Hangover 2 (which isn't saying much). In general the bossess were funnier than the leads. -
Jennifer Aniston was rather sexy in it though...thought it had potential with some great characters (Spacey's and Farrell's in particular)
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[quote name='taniwharugby']Jennifer Aniston was rather sexy in it though...thought it had potential with some great characters (Spacey's and Farrell's in particular)[/QUOTE]<br />
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After seeing it I couldn't believe how they had stuffed up the potential they had. Clever writers could have taken that premise and created a scenario where a complex plot went wrong but worked out alright in the end. The laughs were all hanging on the bosses' characters (and MF Jones) -
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I heard Sarah Jessica-Parker is brilliant in War Horse....
