Movie review thread...
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<p>Yeah, I'd be real fucking shocked if the movie's shit.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, I have to agree. It was a promising beginning too, I really liked the whole alien slant on Superman. But this director is firmly in the more is more camp, looking at his previous films.</p> -
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<p>That movie sucked though [the schoolboy version of PK was good too.], I actually liked the book though. The ones that came after, meh.</p>
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<p>I liked the movie and the book, but I liked the second book better - until the end, Courtney couldn't write endings. The movie was changed heaps from the book though - but the characterisation was spot on. </p>
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<p>I have watched the first 10 minutes of Flight - I assume you mean that part ;), yep, still Mendes, easily. </p> -
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<p>I liked the movie and the book, but I liked the second book better - until the end, Courtney couldn't write endings. The movie was changed heaps from the book though - but the characterisation was spot on. </p>
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<p><strong>I have watched the first 10 minutes of Flight </strong>- I assume you mean that part ;), yep, still Mendes, easily. </p>
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<p>She gets bonus points from me for having a landing strip which was very appropriate for an stewardess. It's a draw for me at the moment.</p> -
<p>Hobbit 2 premiered the other night. There's a review embargo, but whispers are that critics are liking it a lot more than the first installment. If rumours can be believed in the era of Sonny Bill, this is encouraging news.</p>
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<p>Have to wait until Boxing Day for Desolation of Smaug to come out in Australia. Will be taking the boy to Gold Class so I can enjoy a beer.</p>
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<p>rich Sydney piston wristed gibbon</p>
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<p>One of the slightly cool things about where I live is that we have a restored 30s art deco cinema in the town. It celebrated its 9th birthday last night and celebrated with a mystery movie.</p>
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<p>Sadly it wasn't the Hobbit 2 but turned to be a pre-release of Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty instead - and it was actually alright.</p>
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<p>Stiller's daydreaming nerd works in Negative Assets at Life Magazine, hoping one day he'll get it together with a girl at work. The rest is a very silly (but enjoyable) real-life adventure.</p>
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<p>It's not til January I think, but if you need a date night movie with your significant other, it's worth checking out.</p> -
<p>Finally got round to watching Flight after Jegga talking up one part of it ;).</p>
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<p>Was an interesting movie, on the one hand seems to be a movie about a plane crash but on the other hand is a movie about alcoholism. Denzel was good playing a pretty unlikeable character and Don Cheadle put in his usual good performance. John Goodman was nuts.</p> -
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<p>Finally got round to watching Flight after Jegga talking up one part of it ;).</p>
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<p>Was an interesting movie, on the one hand seems to be a movie about a plane crash but on the other hand is a movie about alcoholism. Denzel was good playing a pretty unlikeable character and Don Cheadle put in his usual good performance. John Goodman was nuts.</p>
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<p>There was a few different threads to the story, his fucked up relationship with his wife and kid, him trashing his fathers legacy through drink and denial of what what going on there, the fact that he obviously was a talented pilot but manage to trash that too etc etc. Cheadle just seems to get everything right in the characters he plays, just subtle little things that make him so good , he'd make a briscoes ad worth watching . Goodmans character was great, shame he does so much rubbish in between the good films.</p>
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<p>Watched the Second of the Hunger Games movies last night. It's kinf of piqued my interest in it now as I found the first movie and most of the second movie thoroughly depressing (probably due to the thought that Humans "could" evolve into some world like this) but at the end of the second movie it made me want to watch the third</p>
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<p>Watched the Second of the Hunger Games movies last night. It's kinf of piqued my interest in it now as I found the first movie and most of the second movie thoroughly depressing (probably due to the thought that Humans "could" evolve into some world like this) but at the end of the second movie it made me want to watch the third</p>
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<p>Saw Hunger Games 2<em> </em>(The Hunger Continues) a couple of days ago and still making my mind up about it. Like the first movie it tries to follow the book word for word (instead of using the book for 'inspiration') but the second book itself was nothing more than a transition into the third book. The actress playing Johanna Mason tried a little too hard tbh.</p> -
<p>The Counselor.</p>
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<p>Stellar cast and a story by Cormac McCarthy (No country for Old Men, The Road) but just never seemed to gel. It seemed like it wanted to be really deep about greed, lust and the human condition but was really just a movie about the drug business. Oh and lots and lots of talking. Really, loads of big, clever dialogue because, y'know, it's <em>written</em> by Cormac McCarthy.</p>
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<p>There are some notable bits, mostly when a Ferrari California <em>literally</em> gets fucked, plus a particularly graphic assassination, but ultimately it's all a bit cold.</p> -
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<p>Was that what it was called. How many books are there? I haven't read any of them.</p>
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<p>That's what I called it but its real name was Catching Fire (the last is called Mockingjay). There were 3 books and although for teens, a pretty fun read. Recommend all three books to even the most blokiest TSFer.</p> -
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<p>Oh and lots and lots of talking. Really, loads of big, clever dialogue because, y'know, it's <em>written</em> by Cormac McCarthy.</p>
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<p>I don't really remember anything about The Road except that it was dreary and disappointing, and I don't want to revisit it, but I kinda recall there was almost dick-all dialogue in that one. I guess one of these days I'll actually read McCarthy (never touched the stuff, but have a friend who has read everything), maybe I'll wait for the comic book versions.</p> -
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<p>That's what I called it but its real name was <strong>Catching Fire </strong>(the last is called Mockingjay). There were 3 books and although for teens, a pretty fun read. Recommend all three books to even the most blokiest TSFer.</p>
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<p>Oh! I see what they did there! Clever :)</p>
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<p>I might do as I loved the Harry Potter series.</p> -
<p>The content of the Hunger Games seemed a little 'brutal' for the target audience IMO (which I thought was young teens)</p>
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<p>Wolverine - pretty decent ride! Too long though!!</p>
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<p>We're the MIllers - a few laughs, but like most in this genre, a bit predictable! Jennifer Aniston looked good at the start in her 'stripper' role (no boobies sorry M4L) but then became mostly the dowdy housewife.</p>
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<p>A few good bloopers at the end too, particularly one where they were listening to the radio and the Friends theme came on!</p> -
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Oh! I see what they did there! Clever :)<br><br>
I might do as I loved the Harry Potter series.</p></blockquote>
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The last book is being made into two movie I think. In the book the creature that chased them at the end of the first movie were created from the corpses of the other dead competitors . I'm surprised that didn't make it into the movie . -
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<p>I don't really remember anything about The Road except that it was dreary and disappointing, and I don't want to revisit it, but I kinda recall there was almost dick-all dialogue in that one. I guess one of these days I'll actually read McCarthy (never touched the stuff, but have a friend who has read everything), maybe I'll wait for the comic book versions.</p>
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<p>The Novel of The Road is a harrowing read. Pretty much the bleakest and, in parts, most sickening thing I have read for a long while. The movie isn't the half of it.</p>
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<p>The Counselor is the first original screenplay by McCarthy - all the other movies are versions of his novels. As such, Ridley Scott seems to have devoted large chunks of screentime to dialogue to show off how clever he's been to get the 'Great American Novelist' to write it. Sadly, it's a bit of a mess as a film with very obvious characterisation and a plot that is convoluted and slow.</p>
