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Bones

Brilliant cameo by Channing Tatum too.

taniwharugby

Haha, I thought that was very average! But that kind of humour needs 2 things IMO;
1 - to like that kind of humour (I do usually)
2 - be in the right mood (probably wasnt....)

Kirwan

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This Is The End. Rogen, Hill, McBride, etc all playing themselves in LA just as an apocalypse hits. Thought it was fucken hilarious. I had pretty low expectations though. 
Keep an eye out for the great scene that includes the line "tears from the end of my dick".
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I loved this film, perfect send up of their celebrity images, great cameos.

taniwharugby

All is lost - cant recall the entire cast for the movie, oh wait I can, it was Robert Redford, and if I thought long enough, I could probably remember the entire dialogue from the movie!
 
For some reason I thought it was based on a true story...anywhoo, Robert Redford on a sail boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean and his boat is hit by a floating container.
 
Seems to me alot of the story is based on some dumb decisions by the main character (Redford)
 
It was surprisngly decent though!

Sneakdefreak

Sudden Death was on TV4/C4/Four a few nights back. Ice hockey + terrorists + JCVD = gold.

Nepia

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This Is The End. Rogen, Hill, McBride, etc all playing themselves in LA just as an apocalypse hits. Thought it was fucken hilarious. I had pretty low expectations though. 
Keep an eye out for the great scene that includes the line "tears from the end of my dick".
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I thought they blew McBride, they just let him be his usual 'character' where I reckon they could have got great mileage out of him being straight laced.

barbarian

I thought 'This is the End' was a great example of a film that had a good concept and a pretty decent ending, but just got lost for about 45 minutes in the middle. First 15 minutes is hilarious though.

jegga

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I quite liked him being the social reject who thought he was popular and then found he wasn't which probably led to him being the head of that gang . 
That was pretty brave of Channing Tatum too, did not expect that ,

Nepia

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I quite liked him being the social reject who thought he was popular and then found he wasn't which probably led to him being the head of that gang . 
That was pretty brave of Channing Tatum too, did not expect that ,
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Which to me is every Danny McBride role. I definitely think my idea is the best ... if only they'd have consulted me first. ;)
 
Tatum seems like a good bloke, I think he was heading for a Paul Walker style career/rating of his acting but then he met Sodenbergh and it seems he's more Clooney/Damon than Walker.

Bones

I didn't know McBride was in it, but when his 'entrance' started I said to the missus that I hoped it was him. I thought he was brilliant in his usual role.

Luigi

This has all sorts of awesomeness written all over it.

taniwharugby

Homefront - Jason Statham, James Franco, a rough Katie Boswell and winona Ryder. Statham is an ex DEA agent who has gone into hiding after being undercover in a MC gang. Starts a bit slow but otherwise what i expected and a decent watch. 
Hunger Games 2 - enjoyed it more than #1 and even looking forward to the next one

Stockcar86

Amazing invention, but how can you identify woodwork teachers at school if not through counting their fingers (8 or less)?
 

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jegga

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Amazing invention, but how can you identify woodwork teachers at school if not through counting their fingers (8 or less)?
 
 
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It munts the machine a fair bit when you do end up with your finger in the blade and it clamps everything up. You'd think they'd be way more popular than they are though.
Is this on the right thread btw?

dogmeat

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Rush: Really enjoyed this and helps that I had little idea who Hunt was. I thought that Bruhl who played Lada was brilliant.
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This makes me feel very very old
 
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All is lost - cant recall the entire cast for the movie, oh wait I can, it was Robert Redford, and if I thought long enough, I could probably remember the entire dialogue from the movie!
 
For some reason I thought it was based on a true story...anywhoo, Robert Redford on a sail boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean and his boat is hit by a floating container.
 
Seems to me alot of the story is based on some dumb decisions by the main character (Redford)
 
It was surprisngly decent though!
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I didnt think Redford did that much wrong actually. Found it a pretty good exposition on man's determination to survive. Obviously they had to take dramatic licences otherwise it would have been a 2 minute film. 
 
Yacht hits container EPIRB is activated Yachtie is rescued tout fucking sweet isn't much of a narrative after all. Other than that having been in a couple of big blows I found it a bit too close to the bone.
 
End was a fucking cop out though. Old guy battles pointlessly to live one week would have been much more satisfying.

Nepia

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This makes me feel very very old
 
 
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I knew who Lauda was and other drivers - just not Hunt.

taniwharugby

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This makes me feel very very old
 
 
I didnt think Redford did that much wrong actually. Found it a pretty good exposition on man's determination to survive. Obviously they had to take dramatic licences otherwise it would have been a 2 minute film. 
 
Yacht hits container EPIRB is activated Yachtie is rescued tout <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='mailto:f@cking'>f@cking</a> sweet isn't much of a narrative after all. Other than that having been in a couple of big blows I found it a bit too close to the bone.
 
End was a <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='mailto:f@cking'>f@cking</a> cop out though. Old guy battles pointlessly to live one week would have been much more satisfying.
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I guess with no dialogue it is tough to know what he has or hasnt done, but like most events that lead to something like that need some seemingly poor decisions to be made, not to mention he remained far too clam for pretty much the whole movie, I'd expect plenty of shouted expletives to vent!! :)
 
As for sailing on your own, jeepers, no thanks, must have to be very strong mentally.
 
Woulda been gut wrenching seeing those container ships!
 
Yeah the end was a massive cop out!

Hooroo

Watched Man of Steel last night.
 
What are peoples thoughts on this?
 
I loved it, but I have alwasy loved Superman movies.

jegga

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I guess with no dialogue it is tough to know what he has or hasnt done, but like most events that lead to something like that need some seemingly poor decisions to be made, not to mention he remained far too clam for pretty much the whole movie, I'd expect plenty of shouted expletives to vent!! :)
 
As for sailing on your own, jeepers, no thanks, must have to be very strong mentally.
 
Woulda been gut wrenching seeing those container ships!
 
Yeah the end was a massive cop out!
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Andrew Fagan from the 80s band the mockers who does a radio show with his partner Karen Hay has done a couple of solo round the world trips, I was pretty surprised when I found out about that. Apparently he smoked Russel Coutts in age grade comps a few times too.
 
This was an awesome book and I hope the movie is as good <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460766/'>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460766/</a>
Also <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst</a>

Crucial

Do t think Fagan has done round the world. His thing is solo sailing in a rather small yacht. He has done round NZ including Auckland Islands and holds the record for the smallest yacht return trip across the Ta$man.

The Silver Fern

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