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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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This was made for you <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':biggrin:' /><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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[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1352712590' post='324664']<br />
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. -
Yep Rancid, 'Welcome to the Sticks' had me crying with laughter at times. The most amazing thing is how they've got the subtitles to communicate what are highly regional French 'in' jokes and still make them excruciatingly funny.<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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Perfect date movie too.<br />
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My favourite film of the year so far. Though it's called The Intouchables here in NZ. -
The only franchise I have actually watched at the cinema only has been the Paranormal Activity series ( I don't give a fuck, I like it). <br />
But I saw PA 4 and was left disappointed. It looks like a segway to PA 5 but they played it safe and none of the new characters offered anything to the mythology. 5/10 -
This could just as easily be on the "Awesome stuff" thread.<br />
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It was linked in a sidebar for [url="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8636151/how-universal-soldier-series-became-weirdest-most-indestructible-film-franchise-our-time"]this story[/url]:<br />
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How the [i]Universal Soldier[/i] series became the weirdest, most indestructible film franchise of our time<br />
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Saw Margin Call on Sky Box Office the other night.<br />
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Stellar ensemble cast: Jeremy irons, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci and that guy from The Mentalist. It's a financial crisis thriller based around the discovery of a catastrophic trading position and the tough decisions that follow. I loved it. The pacing is excellent and the character studies are superb as the various protagonists face up to the fallout of their actions. Irons is fantastic as a financial Dr Faustus, but all the characters are well realised by a cast that must have been relishing the opportunity to be actors for once. -
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Saw Margin Call on Sky Box Office the other night.<br />
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Stellar ensemble cast: Jeremy irons, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci and that guy from The Mentalist. It's a financial crisis thriller based around the discovery of a catastrophic trading position and the tough decisions that follow. I loved it. The pacing is excellent and the character studies are superb as the various protagonists face up to the fallout of their actions. Irons is fantastic as a financial Dr Faustus, but all the characters are well realised by a cast that must have been relishing the opportunity to be actors for once.<br />
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Saw Margin Call on Sky Box Office the other night.<br />
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Stellar ensemble cast: Jeremy irons, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci and that guy from The Mentalist. It's a financial crisis thriller based around the discovery of a catastrophic trading position and the tough decisions that follow. I loved it. The pacing is excellent and the character studies are superb as the various protagonists face up to the fallout of their actions. Irons is fantastic as a financial Dr Faustus, but all the characters are well realised by a cast that must have been relishing the opportunity to be actors for once.<br />
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Yeah, the wife put that I on and I fully expected that to suck. Was pretty good, excellent actors involved.
