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Just saw Looper, thought it was a decent film and kept me entertained, the storyline was not what I imagined and I always enjoy it when that happens. The weakest part of the storyline was the boy although he put in a great performance.<br />
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As Red Terror said the time travel throws up inconsistencies - but find me a time travel movie that doesn't. -
Crikey, a Zombie that can run and think...there goes rule number 1!
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That's not that many original ideas left, and I don't mind that if the execution is good. Nothing wrong with cliche as long as it's entertaining.<br />
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The thing I liked about that trailer was the horde/insect like wave of humans, that seemed pretty cool. Unusual film for Pitt to get involved with these days. -
Vampires, Aliens, Zombies, Werewolves, Sharks, Snakes, Dragons, Futuristic, Post-Apocolyptic, Time Travel etc....any genre can be seen as tired and over used, but like Kirwan says, if done properly, can still be awesome.
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Vampires, Aliens, Zombies, Werewolves, Sharks, Snakes, Dragons, Futuristic, Post-Apocolyptic, Time Travel etc....any genre can be seen as tired and over used, but like Kirwan says, if done properly, can still be awesome.<br />
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Wonder if they'll ever bring back some of those Italian cannibal films from the 70s. Actually I doubt a single cinema would show them now. That was some depraved shït. -
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Wonder if they'll ever bring back some of those Italian cannibal films from the 70s. Actually I doubt a single cinema would show them now. That was some depraved shït.<br />
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There is a kiwi cannibal film call Fresh Meat doing poorly at the box office, with temuera in it, I don't expect he asks for too many eggs....I'll leave now -
Is Tem supposed to be a Maori in it? Cause that is all Tem is these days. Since Lucas let him be a Maori in Star Wars, it's become his default. I watched approx 3 mins of "The Scorpion King 3" and i think he was supposed to be Asian, but still sounded like he was ordering jugs at the local.<br />
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Need a middle eastern bloke, or a South American? Cliff Curtis is your guy. Tem would make Pablo Escobar sound like he was in Turangi Vice.<br />
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Watched "American History X" yesterday. Fuck that's a brilliant film. But can someone explain to me how a movie that spends 2 hours telling us racism is stupid and ignorant, still has its final act as a black kid shooting a white kid for no good reason? That seems counter productive to my symbolism challenged brain. -
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[b]Is Tem supposed to be a Maori in it?[/b] Cause that is all Tem is these days. Since Lucas let him be a Maori in Star Wars, it's become his default. I watched approx 3 mins of "The Scorpion King 3" and i think he was supposed to be Asian, but still sounded like he was ordering jugs at the local.<br />
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Need a middle eastern bloke, or a South American? Cliff Curtis is your guy. Tem would make Pablo Escobar sound like he was in Turangi Vice.<br />
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Watched "American History X" yesterday. Fuck that's a brilliant film. But can someone explain to me how a movie that spends 2 hours telling us racism is stupid and ignorant, still has its final act as a black kid shooting a white kid for no good reason? That seems counter productive to my symbolism challenged brain.<br />
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No idea, basic synopsis of the film is some people do a home invasion and turns out the people they invade are Maori cannibals...<br />
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Watched Killer Joe last night, Matthew McConoughy (sp) Emile Hirsch, Thomas Hayden Church.<br />
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Some great characters in it, still deciding if I liked it or not, I think I liked most of it...there is one scene in particular that is like, [size=5]WTF[/size], seriously, that is one of the most bizaare scenes I have seen...Anyone who has seen it, will know what I am talking about. -
Yes, it had never occurred to me before to use fried chicken in quite that manner ...<br />
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I enjoyed it - I thought it was a well executed, small scale (adapted from a play), modestly ambitious update of a Jim Thompson type scenario. In keeping with that sort of material, it ended on a bloody and difficult note, which can be a bit frustrating/unsatisfying. -
Fire with fire - Josh Duhmal (sp) and Bruce Willis. <br />
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Decent action flick with Duhamal as a fireman who witnesses a murder by a big time Nazi arian brother and goes into witness protection, like these, a bit predictable at times, but decent paced film to keep you interested. <br />
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Zombies are the most boring, played out gimmick in film. Flogging a dead horse and the wife is a dog. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<br />
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That is certainly a fresh take on Zombies. Although there was that Billy Connolly film fido. Though there isn't a zombie internal monologue...<br />
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Who guessed the kid from About A Boy would become a major star? Xmen, Jack the Giant Killer and this.<br />
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Went to see Untouchable last night: Feelgood French language comedy about a rich quadraplegic and his black streetkid carer.<br />
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There's been some ambivalence from the crits because of how it deals with disability and the cheesy melding of privilege and underclass, but I can tell you it's genuinely funny and heartwarming.<br />
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It's the second highest grossing domestic movie at the French box office ever behind Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks) and is set for a Hollywood remake, so make sure you see it before Tinseltown fucks it up.<br />
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Went to see Untouchable last night: Feelgood French language comedy about a rich quadraplegic and his black streetkid carer.<br />
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There's been some ambivalence from the crits because of how it deals with disability and the cheesy melding of privilege and underclass, but I can tell you it's genuinely funny and heartwarming.<br />
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It's the second highest grossing domestic movie at the French box office ever behind[b] Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks)[/b] and is set for a Hollywood remake, so make sure you see it before Tinseltown fucks it up.<br />
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Perfect date movie too.<br />
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That is a great little film. The scene where he gets hammered delivering the mail is hilarious.<br />
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There is a kiwi cannibal film call Fresh Meat doing poorly at the box office, with temuera in it, I don't expect he asks for too many eggs....I'll leave now<br />
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He he. I think I'll give that one a miss. Speaking of Temuera, has he hit the skids a bit? I know he was never an A lister but I clocked him the other day in that Couples Retreat film. He had a very small part as one of the islanders. Looked tired and pretty farking pissed off.
