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Mainlander

[quote name='taniwharugby'][quote name='Munter']Watched The Wrestler last night and would give it a 9/10. Mickey Rourke does an incredible job playing an aging down-on-his luck pro wrestler. You just feel every ache and pain the guy suffers throughout the movie - a shame he didn't get the oscar for this. The movie has a very gritty feel to it and it gave me a new appreciation for what pro wrestlers put their bodies through. Oh, and Marisa Tomei gets her jugs out xzxgood 
 
Edit: Just saw Red Terror's earlier review of this flick, and I concur[/quote] 
 
Saw it last night, wouldnt quite give it 9/10, more like high 7.9/10 (woulda been 7.0 without Ms tomei) Enjoyed it, felt they could have done a little more with it, did end rather abruptly. 
 
Rourke was superb, even if he does look like he is full of collagen![/quote] 
 
Started to watch it on the flight back to Oz. (Watched Changeling first) and as a result only got up to the bit were he was sent to hospital after collapsing. 
Looked good and I've promised myself I will see the rest. 
 
[quote name='ScaryMinds']"XMen Origins: Wolverine" - leave your brain at the door, good fun actioner not batting above it's grade. Ties in well with the "X-Men" movies except for Sabretooth who was more retarded in the earlier movies. Please note never read the comics. 
[/quote] 
 
Saw it on the weekend... Scaryminds summed it up perfectly. I'm an old comic collecting fan who actual owns X-men #94 (first of the new X-Men with Wolverine) and Hulk #181 (first ever appearance of Wolverine) but had stopped before they finally got around to explaining his origin in the Comic world (although Son as kept me up to date and he hated the movie). I enjoyed it but knew it wasn't going to make the grade of exceptional before going so didn't expect much... PS watch all the Credits there are two "Extra bits" as these Marvel movies like to do. (One involving Striker, the other Japan). Also shows how he obtained the leather jacket he has in the x-Men movies, however doesn't explain how he got it back after leaving it on the plane. 
 
[quote name='Lise']I went to see Defiance today. It was the best movie I've seen in a very long time. I can't stand war movies but this wasn't really about the war. I think I fell in love with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.[/quote] 
 
Then you'll love Wolverine, Liev Schreiber makes a really cool Sabertooth.

Mainlander

PS... Saw the whole movie with both my sons including the 2 "Extra bits" then walked out to a mass of smoke and a full fledged evacuation with fire fighters appearing and disappearing in the thick smoke and the PA system telling everyone to evacuate. 
 
Out side we were given new free tickets to make up for being made to evacuate before the movie ended... even though it had. Ticket are open to any Hoytâ€s anywhere (presumably just Oz) any movie and any season (except special showings.) xzxgood

cd_wilson

Watched Last Chance Harvey - Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson - I thought it was an alright film 7/10 
 
 
And are you smoking in the movie theatres now Mainlander?

Hooroo

Watched Traitor on DVD tonight with Don Cheadle (?) 
 
Cracking movie! Loved it from woe to go.

Chiefy

[quote name='Hooroo']Watched Traitor on DVD tonight with Don Cheadle (?) 
 
Cracking movie! Loved it from woe to go.[/quote] 
 
I saw that a few weeks back, it surprised me how good it was, I was expecting a run of the mill b-grade rubbish movie. I agree with you

red terror

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Anvil_ver2.jpg[/img] 
 
The "one hit wonder" thread reminded me of a documentary just released at Sundance that Rolling Stone mag is calling the years' best rock doc. It's friggin hilarious. These guys would actually play small pubs in my neighbourhood where I would hear from bar staff afterwards that nobody -- that's zero -- people came to watch. Here's the trailer: 
 
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JC

[quote name='red terror'][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Anvil_ver2.jpg[/img] 
 
The "one hit wonder" thread reminded me of a documentary just released at Sundance that Rolling Stone mag is calling the years' best rock doc. It's friggin hilarious. These guys would actually play small pubs in my neighbourhood where I would hear from bar staff afterwards that nobody -- that's zero -- people came to watch. Here's the trailer: 
 
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Have you read the book RT? Excellent stuff, and I'll probably buy this one when the DVD comes out on the back of it. It's like Spinal Tap made real (in fact like most metal bands esp Saxon, they take credit for a few of the Tap episodes). The guys have been getting regular review time on some of the radio stations over here and seem like top blokes and their perseverance is unbelievable.

red terror

[quote name='JC']Have you read the book RT? Excellent stuff, and I'll probably buy this one when the DVD comes out on the back of it. It's like Spinal Tap made real (in fact like most metal bands esp Saxon, they take credit for a few of the Tap episodes). The guys have been getting regular review time on some of the radio stations over here and seem like top blokes and their perseverance is unbelievable.[/quote] 
 
I haven't read the book and in-fact know very little about them, although they were one of a number of local metal acts I've seen over the years that would repeatedly play in town to empty rooms (Anvil, Thor, Helix, The Killer Dwarves) and they still play in town, as I say, in taverns that don't ordinarily feature musical acts, to empty rooms, and usually only booked as favours through friends. A friend had a boot download - the obvious comparison is Spinal Tap, it's also a bit like The Wrestler - but they're real guys and as much as the film made me laugh it made me look at them as people in a whole different light.

Tim

FUBAR is the only Canadian "documentary" you need to see about metal. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> (9/10)

red terror

[quote name='Tim']FUBAR is the only Canadian "documentary" you need to see about metal. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> (9/10)[/quote] 
 
Fubar is awesome too, but Anvil is greater, 'cos these aren't invented characters, they are real people. (Although some people have sworn they thought Fubar was a "doc," and the chiclets the one drunken dude is spitting after his fistfight in the tavern parking lot sure looks real.)

JC

Caught Coraline at the weekend. Don't be put off by the fact that this is an animated "kids" movie. A very good adaptation of an outstanding story from Neil Gaiman. 8+ out of 10.

red terror

[quote name='JC']Caught Coraline at the weekend. Don't be put off by the fact that this is an animated "kids" movie. A very good adaptation of an outstanding story from Neil Gaiman. 8+ out of 10.[/quote] 
 
I caught it at the cinema in 3D when it came out and was very glad that I did, there was superb animation and some entrancing sequences where I felt like I was floating through botanic kaleidescopes. I never thought of it as a kids film at all, in fact I was worried it might scare a few kiddies. 8/10 sounds about right.

Cormac

Went to see State of Play a couple of weeks back, stars Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams. Adapted from a BBC mini-series from a few years back and relocated to Washington DC. Pretty decent film, extremely well shot and the acting is decent but I think they probably tried to fit in too many threads to the story in too short a time with the feeling that some parts of the plot were under-explored. Still a little confused by the ending and not really sure the ending tallies with the rest of the film. Anyway it's still pretty watchable and gets a bonus point for featuring Rachel McAdams. 7.5/10

taniwharugby

Saw Defiance last night, pretty good flick, well acted. 7.9/10

Scorz

I got out Crash with Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock and a bunch of others including that poof from Cruel Intentions. Good film kept me watching but I picked the "miracle". Still a solid 7/10.

Tim

[i]The Girlfriend Experience[/i]. 8/10 - dry and somewhat affectless, which suited the subject material. I suspect that Soderbergh has drawn on personal experience ... Sasha Grey was well cast. (WARNING: her movies are NSFW normally, so be careful when googling her.) 
 
Best thing he's done since [i]Sex, Lies, and Videotape[/i].

MajorRage

Angels and Demons. 
 
Hadn't read the book, which meant I was surprised at few thigns which made it good. Lots of twists/turns and pretty fast paced. I got lost in a lot of it, I don't know anything about religon/vatican etc etc but still thought it was worth a look. Reckon it's a solid 7/10.

Nepia

[quote name='Tim'][i]The Girlfriend Experience[/i]. 8/10 - dry and somewhat affectless, which suited the subject material. I suspect that Soderbergh has drawn on personal experience ... Sasha Grey was well cast. (WARNING: her movies are NSFW normally, so be careful when googling her.) 
 
[b]Best thing he's done since [i]Sex, Lies, and Videotape[/i][/b].[/quote] 
 
Out of Sight, The Limey, Oceans 11, Traffic, Erin Brokovich - The Girlfriend Experience must be some awesome movie. Or is it his best arty film since then?

Scorz

Valkyrie, good. Cruise is a nutbar but he's a bloody good actor. Wish they would do a movie about the North African campaign though, the bit at the start is awesome. My mate who is a toal geek for all things Nazi Germany reckons they got it near enough to accurate too. I couldn't spot many flaws.

Nepia

[quote name='Scorz']Valkyrie, good. Cruise is a nutbar but he's a bloody good actor. Wish they would do a movie about the North African campaign though, the bit at the start is awesome. My mate who is a toal geek for all things Nazi Germany reckons they got it near enough to accurate too. I couldn't spot many flaws.[/quote] 
 
I enjoyed Valkyrie as well, it seemed to get panned by critics (but what the hell do they know?) 
 
Agree a North Africa campaign movie would be good though. I always hoped that Peter Jackson would do a movie about the NZ Division break out at Minqar Qua'im. The entire Div was encircled by the Germans but after some time punched a hole in the German lines and managed to mostly escape. Basically the NZ army would have been f#%ked if they hadn't, as it was the entire fighting force we had at the time.

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