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<p>Sleeping Dogs - 1977 film starring Sam Neill. NZ becomes a police state and Sam Neill's character is a reluctant freedom fighter. I've probably seen it before but it was interesting to watch if only for the bizarre Kiwi accents back then and that the NZ military stars in it as the bad guys.</p>
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<p>Sleeping Dogs - 1977 film starring Sam Neill. NZ becomes a police state and Sam Neill's character is a reluctant freedom fighter. I've probably seen it before but it was interesting to watch if only for the bizarre Kiwi accents back then and that the NZ military stars in it as the bad guys.</p>
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<p>I also like it for the fact that Ian Mune can't act. It's like he's some bloke they've pulled off the street and asked him to do the movie. You can see that Sam Neil is going somewhere though. Rawiri Paratene also has a role as a young soldier IIRC.</p>
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<p>It would be good if someone made an update with actual production values.</p>
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<p>I watched About Time last night, the latest rom com by Richard Curtis. Disclaimer - I only watched it because the extremely hot chick from Wolf of Wall Street was in it. Unfortunately she wasn't in it much. But, I quite enjoyed the movie TBH. The main character has the ability to time travel backwards within his life time ... but if he has children and travels back before their birth he'll mess with the timeline (another sperm may win the race and the kids may be different). Jegga - Rachel McAdams is in it and she is her usual loveable self but fortunately (for me) and unfortunately (for you) she doesn't reveal her pale breasts. M4L - zero breasts, sorry. </p> -
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<p>White House down. Mindless fun. <strong>Some of the inaccuracies in the military stuff gave me the shits. </strong>But whatever, I enjoyed it<br><br>
Though it was basically Die Hard.</p>
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<p><u>Do not</u> watch Olympus Has Fallen ... it makes White House Down look it's footage from an embedded cameraman. </p> -
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I also like it for the fact that Ian Mune can't act. It's like he's some bloke they've pulled off the street and asked him to do the movie. You can see that Sam Neil is going somewhere though. Rawiri Paratene also has a role as a young soldier IIRC.<br><br>
It would be good if someone made an update with actual production values.<br><br>
I watched About Time last night, the latest rom com by Richard Curtis. Disclaimer - I only watched it because the extremely hot chick from Wolf of Wall Street was in it. Unfortunately she wasn't in it much. But, I quite enjoyed the movie TBH. The main character has the ability to time travel backwards within his life time ... but if he has children and travels back before their birth he'll mess with the timeline (another sperm may win the race and the kids may be different). Jegga - Rachel McAdams is in it and she is her usual loveable self but fortunately (for me) and unfortunately (for you) she doesn't reveal her pale breasts. M4L - zero breasts, sorry.</p></blockquote>
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I won't be watching anything that had the stench of Richard Curtis on it anytime soon I hope. Sounds like the time travellers wife would be a better bet .<br><br>
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<p>Bad GRanpa - pretty much what I expected, cringe-induced laughs.</p>
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<p>I won't be watching anything that had the stench of Richard Curtis on it anytime soon I hope. <strong>Sounds like the time travellers wife would be a better bet .</strong><br><br>
I saw seven psychopaths the other night and enjoyed it, Sam Rockwell really is the man when it comes to playing unhinged characters.</p>
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<p>No way - that is an awful excuse for a story and is really a bit troubling. Why the hatred of Richard Curtis? Is he a commie? ;)</p> -
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<p>No way - that is an awful excuse for a story and is really a bit troubling. Why the hatred of Richard Curtis? Is he a commie? ;)</p>
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<p>Definitely a guardian reader, possibly a coomo.</p>
<p>Here's his filmography since he finished up with blackadder</p>
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<p> </p><i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral' title="Four Weddings and a Funeral">Four Weddings and a Funeral</a></i> Writer/Co-Executive Producer 1997 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="" href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_(1997_film)' title="Bean (1997 film)">Bean</a></i> Writer/Executive Producer 1999 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_(film)' title="Notting Hill (film)">Notting Hill</a></i> Writer/Producer 2001 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="" href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones%27s_Diary_(2001_film)' title="Bridget Jones's Diary (2001 film)">Bridget Jones's Diary</a></i> Writer 2003 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Actually' title="Love Actually">Love Actually</a></i> Director/Writer 2004 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones:_The_Edge_of_Reason_(film)' title="Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)">Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason</a></i> Writer 2007 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean%27s_Holiday' title="Mr. Bean's Holiday">Mr. Bean's Holiday</a></i> Executive Producer 2009 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_That_Rocked' title="The Boat That Rocked">The Boat That Rocked</a></i> Director/Writer/Producer 2011 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Horse_(film)' title="War Horse (film)">War Horse</a></i> Writer 2013 <i><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Time_(2013_film)' title="About Time (2013 film)">About Time</a></i> <p> </p><p> </p>
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Watched Catching Fire at the flicks with the mrs, very enjoyable a bit darker then the first Hunger Games tho without the kids killing kids thing<br /><br />Oh and Jennifer Lawrence obviously doesn't get her gear of but is still farken hot ( hope the mrs didn't mind me thinking of her later that night)
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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="jegga" data-cid="409741" data-time="1388975654"><p>Definitely a guardian reader, possibly a coomo.<br />
Here's his filmography since he finished up with blackadder<br />
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<em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral'>Four Weddings and a Funeral</a></em> Writer/Co-Executive Producer 1997 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_(1997_film)'>Bean</a></em> Writer/Executive Producer 1999 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_(film)'>Notting Hill</a></em> Writer/Producer 2001 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones's_Diary_(2001_film)'>Bridget Jones's Diary</a></em> Writer 2003 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Actually'>Love Actually</a></em> Director/Writer 2004 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones:The_Edge_of_Reason(film)'>Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason</a></em> Writer 2007 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.Bean%27s_Holiday'>Mr. Bean's Holiday</a></em> Executive Producer 2009 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_That_Rocked'>The Boat That Rocked</a></em> Director/Writer/Producer 2011 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Horse(film)'>War Horse</a></em> Writer 2013 <em class='bbc'><a class='bbc_url' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Time_(2013_film)'>About Time</a></em> <br />
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<p>Watched Catching Fire at the flicks with the mrs, very enjoyable a bit darker then the first Hunger Games tho without the kids killing kids thing<br><br>
Oh and Jennifer Lawrence obviously doesn't get her gear of but is still farken hot ( hope the mrs didn't mind me thinking of her later that night)</p>
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Some decent stuff in there! <br>
Vicar of Dibly was funny I thought</p></blockquote>
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You're obviously a fair bit more tolerant than me, mrs Jegga reckons I'm slowly turning into Red from that 70s show. Dawn French mugging at the camera is wasted on me as was Bridget jones diary , love actually and anything with Rhys Darby in it and I find mr bean excruciating. Maybe she's right. -
<p>I dont really go for anything that has Hugh Grant in it...so ticks off most on your list too!</p>
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<p>I dont really go for anything that has Hugh Grant in it...so ticks off most on your list too!</p>
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<p>BTW, just found out he has 2 middle names, one of which is Mungo, maybe I have mis-judged him, surely anyone with the name MUngo must be awesome!?</p>
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<p>Do you watch the middle ? The parents named their son Brick in the vain hope he might turn out be cool, maybe his parents thought along the same lines? I think Nepia actually met him so maybe he can confirm whether or not he's a stuttering twat with a face you'd never get tired of punching in person?</p> -
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<p>Do you watch the middle ? The parents named their son Brick in the vain hope he might turn out be cool, maybe his parents thought along the same lines? I think Nepia actually met him so maybe he can confirm whether or not he's a stuttering twat with a face you'd never get tired of punching in person?</p>
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<p>He's not a stuttering twat in person ... he <u>was with</u> Liz Hurley at the time. </p>
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<p>As for Curtis' output I like a bunch of it - Four Weddings and a Funeral is a good movie the others are less good but watchable (Bridget Jones excepted) and Vicar of Dibly is quite funny. Plus, anything he has done it better than The Time Travellers Wife IMHO (the fact I have seen it shows you I'll watch anything once - to my eternal regret on occasion) and Love Actually had some decent totty in it. And he did Blackadder ....</p> -
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<p>thinly disguised "i got a root" post</p>
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<p>Nah mate im married, i just spent the rest of the day imagining i was spending time with a gorgeous 23 year Oscar winning actress roughly worth $100m.</p>
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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="jegga" data-cid="409746" data-time="1388978606"><p>You're obviously a fair bit more tolerant than me, mrs Jegga reckons I'm slowly turning into Red from that 70s show. Dawn French mugging at the camera is wasted on me as was Bridget jones diary , love actually and anything with Rhys Darby in it and I find mr bean excruciating. Maybe she's right.</p></blockquote>Get the Miranda box set. <br />
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Should tip you over the edge. <br />
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I mean, it's like there's any decent comedians/comediennes in england so why not throw the fat completely unfunny bird a comedy award and every other show.
