Movie review thread...
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Ha, I watched that last night...certainly wasn't amazing like the title wants me to believe! Was ok, not one ill be in a rush to watch again
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Saw Killing Them Softly the other night.<br />
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Brad Pitt as a 'wise guy' enforcer/The Wolf type character brought in to sort out some local organised crime incident. Gritty, violent and character-driven. Pitt seems to be choosing his films carefully these days and he's pretty good in this. There's a bit of dark humour, a lot of sleaze and some very matter of fact killing.<br />
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Adapted from a book by the writer who wrote[i] The Friends of Eddie Coyle[/i]. Andrew Dominic directed. Am looking forward to it. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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I'm looking forward to it as well - although I hope that Dominik* doesn't pace it as slow as the Jesse James one. That was a good film but the pacing was soooooooooo slooooooooooooooow.<br />
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*Just looked up the spelling of his name and he's another bloody Kiwi poached by the Aussies - TBF their film scouts got him as 2 year old so he fits in the Mils, Joe, Digby bracket of poach rather than the Quade Cooper/Sivivatu.<br />
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I haven't seen Looper which along with Killing Me Softly and the Ben Affleck movie one are the only films I've really been hanging out to see in a long time. -
Although Argo I understand has copped a bit of flak with it's very loose telling of the story....
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Although Argo I understand has copped a bit of flak with it's very loose telling of the story....<br />
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Do people expect it to be a documentary? From early reports still sounds like it's a good movie even with some of the facts not being followed.<br />
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Either way, I'm keen to see it.<br />
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My wife made a grave error in judgement and got "Rock of Ages" out on Friday. We made it through 10 mins before i was considering passing the time by attempting to cut my nuts with a spoon. Avoid at all costs.
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I don't know. There was some generic Hollywood blonde who wasn't that hot, some feminin-looking bloke, Arec Bardwin, and Russel Brand appearing as himself, and that was as many "characters" as i was introduced to before we hit our second cast-wide musical number and the words "fffuuuuuck thiiiiis" passed my lips and it got the ass.
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My wife made a grave error in judgement and got "Rock of Ages" out on Friday. We made it through 10 mins before i was considering passing the time by attempting to cut my nuts with a spoon. Avoid at all costs.<br />
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It is total shit, at every conceivable angle. Casting and performances are awful. The script is awful. The soundtrack is extremely lame. Anybody that actually appreciates rock music should avoid. The same people were behind the adaptation of "Hairspray," which was actually surprisingly good and rocked waaaay harder than this crummy piece'o'shite. -
I finally saw Goon, and liked it for the most part. There is a mandatory love interest, but this sureasshit ain't a chick movie. Lots of slo-mo punches to the face with blood flying, and very foul language.<br />
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The plot is very simple (and based upon a true story): a bar bouncer (Stiffler from American Pie playing it really-really straight and earnest) who can't skate is recruited by a hockey coach to become the team enforcer. The whole thing is targeted to a showdown with the league's resident (and surprisingly eloquent and philosophical) heavyweight champion (played by Liev Schreiber, who might be the best thing in the film). I especially love the "realism" that the final game, where the showdown occurs, isn't a championship final, but instead a must-win playing for the 8th and final playoff spot. Is it as good as Slap Shot? No. Is it worth seeing? There were several laugh-out-loud moments, so I say "Definitely," even if some of the hockey culture will be lost on viewers. 7/10. -
Not sure what to make of this news, to-day...<br />
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[b][url="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59381"]Disney Buys Lucasfilm For $4 Billion! STAR WARS EPISODE VII Scheduled For 2015 Release![/url][/b] -
Saw Skyfall last night. Liked it.<br />
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Although, I must be getting old because it's getting increasingly difficult for me to suspend belief when it comes to some of the more nonsensical plot developments.<br />
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Watched Prometheus the other night.<br />
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As someone not massively into Aliens (so miss most of the issues some mentioned in the other thread) I quite liked it. -
Watched Spider-man. Garfield is excellent as was Stone. They have obvious chemistry and that continued off screen. I hated Dunst' Mary-Jane so it was good to see a female lead add to the film. This was far from perfect but it worked and considering its predecessors were 5min ago it held its own. Ifans lizard was under used though the only scene worth watching was when he sniffed out "Gwen" in the Oscorp building. That was genuinely creepy.<br />
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If they can pull off a sequel like Spider-man 2 and improve on the first instalment again I reckon it could potentially be a great franchise.<br />
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Watch Total Recall, it had Kate Beckinsale in it, it was awesome! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/man_in_love.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':man_in_love:' /><br />
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Saw Dredd 3D last night. Reminded me of The Raid a bit but with a '80s (?) comic book character. Urban did well as Judge Dredd. 7.5/10
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[i]Witness[/i]<br />
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Michael Mann has a short documentary series on HBO about war correspondents. First stop is Juarez.<br />
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Episode was outstanding. Grim but constantly beautiful. Very immediate but with perspective from narration and editing. Every single shot was 1000x better than anything in that piece of shit [i]Looper[/i].<br />
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Highly recommended.
