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<p>funny, i saw the trailer for it and thought it would be good. Guess I'll wait for it to be on Foxtel.</p>
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<p>I have this weird thing for Kidman, i find her very attractive (and no one can understand it)</p> -
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<p>funny, i saw the trailer for it and thought it would be good. Guess I'll wait for it to be on Foxtel.</p>
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<p>I have this weird thing for Kidman, <strong>i find her very attractive (and no one can understand it)</strong></p>
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<p>I thought she looked hot in that film.</p>
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<p>Just watched the trailer and the comments make a bit more sense now , having seen it I can tell you it looks like a different film to the one I saw if you think you got an idea of the plot from the trailer. Which is weird because these days 90% of the time you don't need to see the film after watching the trailer. Considering the cast it had it was just a bit flat apart from Kidman, the actual story is good and it has a decent enough twist.</p> -
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<p><strong>The Argentinian original was very good. Won Oscar for Best Foreign Language film.</strong></p>
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<p>I looked at the trailer for the US version and it seems to miss the point.</p>
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<p>Original was set against Argentina's disappeared and brutal regime. Latest seems to just be standard US star vehicle</p>
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<p>Yeah I remember looking for a copy but never found one, might have to have another look next time I'm at the Video (DVD) store</p>
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<p>Was another movie Kidman was hot in, cant recall it just now. </p> -
<p>Wow. I didn't think anything with Jennifer Lawrence as leading lady could be terrible, but Serena proves me wrong. Her and Bradley Cooper sleepwalk through the dullest, plodder of a movie in ages, only broken up by people getting their throats slit.</p>
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<p>Grand finale: Cooper vs Smoky Mountains Panther. Cooper shoots panther, wounded panther then rips Cooper's neck open and they die in each other's arms. Guess that is an honourable draw? Then Lawrence puts on her best slinky gown, curls up in bed, and sets her house on fire. Fire 1, Lawrence 0.</p> -
<p>You should spoiler that shit...oh wait, that sounds vaguely familiar! Was something to do with timber?</p>
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<p>Wow. I didn't think anything with Jennifer Lawrence as leading lady could be terrible, but Serena proves me wrong. Her and Bradley Cooper sleepwalk through the dullest, plodder of a movie in ages, only broken up by people getting their throats slit.</p>
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<p>Grand finale: Cooper vs Smoky Mountains Panther. Cooper shoots panther, wounded panther then rips Cooper's neck open and they die in each other's arms. Guess that is an honourable draw? Then Lawrence puts on her best slinky gown, curls up in bed, and sets her house on fire. Fire 1, Lawrence 0.</p>
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<p>If its the one I think it is, then, the highlights of the movie are Jennifer and the end!</p>
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<p>Well it's got jennifer Lawrence in a slinky gown so it can't be all bad</p>
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<p>Creed - Rocky 7. Wallace from the Wire (and FNL) makes an admirable Creed Jr and Stallone is at times pretty funny as Rocky playing Mickey.</p>
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<p>By my count this is Rocky 7, I look forward to Creed 7/Rocky 14 in 20 years time.</p>
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<p>Nicole Kidman: I can't stand her, find her mostly unwatchable in films. There's my 20c to the conversation.</p> -
<p>She is? in what? Winslet is always naked. And bless her for it. </p>
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Billy Bathgate, dead calm , eyes wide shut. There's more I think and good on her.<br>
Edit, malice as well. Good movie that. I think she might have got nekkid in that film where she played the batshit crazy weather girl too.<br><br>
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<p>Well it's got jennifer Lawrence in a slinky gown so it can't be all bad</p>
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<p>It is. Her character is so shitty I actually cheered when the house exploded.</p> -
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<p>You should spoiler that shit...oh wait, that sounds vaguely familiar! Was something to do with timber?</p>
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<p>If its the one I think it is, then, the highlights of the movie are Jennifer and the end!</p>
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<p>Yes, timber. And yes, the end credits were a definite highlight.</p> -
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<p>Billy Bathgate, dead calm , eyes wide shut. There's more I think and good on her.<br>
Edit, malice as well. Good movie that. I think she might have got nekkid in that film where she played the batshit crazy weather girl too.<br><br>
Jennifer Lawrance if you're reading this, it's time.</p>
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<p>Batshit crazy weather girl was To Die For. She was great in that. And legalicious Satine in Moulin Rouge.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mokey" data-cid="545724" data-time="1449027131"><p>Batshit crazy weather girl was To Die For. She was great in that. And legalicious Satine in Moulin Rouge.</p></blockquote>
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Well I haven't seen moulin rouge and hopefully never will but she was awesome in to die for, if you haven't seen malice check it out. She plays a great sociopath in that one too and Alec Baldwin has a rant that's almost as good in his one in glengarry glen Ross. -
Stand By Me. A timeless classic.
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<p>No Escape - Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Peirce Brosnan</p>
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<p>Wilson is an Engineer who gets a job in South East Asia, but soon after he arrives, there is a civil uprising and him and his family get caught up in it. I liked Brosnans character in it (never liked before, but this and November Man I think it was he was good) anyway, I liked the movie, basic story, decent pace and intensity (with obvious flaws, but don't most movies) has the expected ending, but that's what most people like.</p> -
I've been thinking, <br><br>
Its been bloody ages since I've finished watching a movie and just sat there amazed thinking "faaaaaaaark that was awesome, I need to see that again now". I'm talking Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Jurrasic Park, Fight Club, American History X, The Matrix. <br><br>
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<p>I fucking hate Forest Gump.</p>
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<p>You're kind of making the same point people make when they look back at music. "Music was so much better in the 70s, none of this crap like today" which cherry-picks the awesome bits you like, while completely forgetting the complete dross that often went to #1. </p>
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<p>Those movies you list, 6 of them, span 7 years, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1999, 1998, 1999. So about 1 a year that go on to all-time classics. </p>
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<p>If you cast your mind back through a similar point now there are some pretty good movies</p>
<p>2015: Jurassic World. Fucking Star Wars in 2 weeks!</p>
<p>2014: Interstellar</p>
<p>2012: The Avengers, Skyfall, The Dark Night Rises</p>
<p>2010: Toy Story 3, Inception</p>
<p>2009: Avatar, The Dark Night</p>
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<p>Over this period you've also got unreal kids movies, How To Train Your Dragon (x2), Despicable Me (x2), Big Hero 6, Megamind (i fucking love Megamind). Also smaller movies like Predestination which i thought was brilliant.</p>
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<p>just looking back, 1999 was a fucking great year for movies though.</p>
