Movie review thread...
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[quote name='Tim'][quote name='red terror'][quote name='Tim'][i]For All Mankind [/i]- HD reissue from Criterion of a great documentary about the Apollo missions to the moon. Amazing use of the archive footage to create a beautiful experience. Brian Eno music used for the score. 9/10. Great way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man setting foot on the moon.[/quote]<br />
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I watched it tonight. I was familiar with the Eno soundtrack, but had never seen the film before. I thought it was completely mesmerizing, agree it's 9/10 (at least). I'll buy it, many repeat viewings in there.[/quote]<br />
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Great to hear you really enjoyed. Thought the lift-off sequence was amazing.[/quote]<br />
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I believe the same one is used in Koyanniskatsi (sp.?).<br />
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[quote]BTW, you wouldn't know where I could get a decent copy of [i]Joshua Then and Now[/i], would you?[/quote]<br />
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The film adaptation, or the tv version? I can check with my mates who run a video store, they may be able to dub for me. -
Twilight.<br />
Utter shit, but then I'm not a teenage girl. <br />
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But if I was to compare it to my memories of The Lost Boys - it wouldn't come close, no siree.<br />
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Public Enemy--the story of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger. Johnny Depp plays Dillinger. Directed by Michael Mann, of Miami Vice fame. Very enjoyable and a look at what a real economic meltdown actually looked like. Worth going to see if you have the opportunity.<br />
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Watched Step Brothers again. It's even funnier the 2nd time round.
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Appaloosa - a western with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortinsen and Renee Zellwegger. If you like Westerns I recommend this. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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[quote name='Jury']Appaloosa - a western with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortinsen and Renee Zellwegger. If you like Westerns I recommend this. I thoroughly enjoyed it.[/quote]<br />
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I will take your advice Jury, I've got this one on my hard drive and have been debating whether to watch it. I think old sour face Zellwegger puts me off - I used to find her attractive too. -
[quote name='red terror']Have you guys seen the trailer for the new Peter Jackson-produced Wingnut flick [b]"District 9"[/b] by a young Saffer director named Neill Blomkamp?<br />
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[youtube:hhfz2wtr]ZSgLOvH_MMk[/youtube:hhfz2wtr]<br />
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Heavy street display promotion for the film on billboards and across bus-stops in Toronto.[/quote]<br />
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RT, yea i saw the trailer for that, it looks seriously fucking cool.<br />
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Jury, i hadn't heard of Appaloosa, but it got a great review in Empire, and Mortenson generally doesn't appear in dross, so it may be on the cards for this weekend. -
[quote name='Nepia'][quote name='Jury']Appaloosa - a western with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortinsen and Renee Zellwegger. If you like Westerns I recommend this. I thoroughly enjoyed it.[/quote]<br />
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I will take your advice Jury, I've got this one on my hard drive and have been debating whether to watch it. I think old sour face Zellwegger puts me off - I used to find her attractive too.[/quote]<br />
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Yeah. I used to think she was as cute as a button. She plays an interesting role in this one. Don't want to spoil it for you, but I think she did a good job in this film. Her sour face actually works in this part. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
[quote name='mariner4life']RT, yea i saw the trailer for that, it looks seriously fucking cool.<br />
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Jury, i hadn't heard of Appaloosa, but it got a great review in Empire, and Mortenson generally doesn't appear in dross, so it may be on the cards for this weekend.[/quote]<br />
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It's a little bit of a sedate pace and I think the cast was great. Even old Lance Hendrikson (sp) appears in it! There's just enough mean man stuff and character development to keep you interested. Not as fast paced as the 3.10 to Yuma (which I really liked and went out and bought), but I enjoyed it. Might go buy it so I can watch it again sometime. -
[quote name='Jury'][quote name='Nepia'][quote name='Jury']Appaloosa - a western with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortinsen and Renee Zellwegger. If you like Westerns I recommend this. I thoroughly enjoyed it.[/quote]<br />
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I will take your advice Jury, I've got this one on my hard drive and have been debating whether to watch it. I think old sour face Zellwegger puts me off - I used to find her attractive too.[/quote]<br />
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Yeah. I used to think she was as cute as a button. She plays an interesting role in this one. Don't want to spoil it for you, but I think she did a good job in this film. Her sour face actually works in this part. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote]<br />
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[quote]Jury, i hadn't heard of Appaloosa, but it got a great review in Empire, and [color=#FF0000]Mortenson generally doesn't appear in dross[/color], so it may be on the cards for this weekend.[/quote]<br />
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I read a couple months ago that Mortenson has quietly retired from film-acting, like, permanently. He seems like one of the very few Hollywood actors who you could believe might actually be seriously telling the truth; then again he's also a leg-puller. -
[quote name='davidav'][color=#FF0000]Public Enemy[/color]--the story of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger. Johnny Depp plays Dillinger. Directed by Michael Mann, of Miami Vice fame. Very enjoyable and a look at what a real economic meltdown actually looked like. Worth going to see if you have the opportunity.<br />
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8.5/10[/quote]<br />
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FYI, update to my earlier review of the film and other Dillinger biopics --<br />
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[url]http://www.daimenhutchison.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=41335&start=360#p703883[/url]<br />
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-- via Roger Ebert, just read this fascinating oddball commentary by Jay Robert Nash, who "holds the theory that John Dillinger was not killed by the FBI in front of the Biograph Theater on July 24, 1934. Nash informs [Ebert] he stands behind his two books on the subject, and may have met the real Dillinger many years later."<br />
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[quote][img]http://raptor.golden.net/~tekapo/redterror/dillinger.jpg[/img]<br />
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[color=#FF0000]Do these look like the same man?[/color]<br />
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[size=7]Film wrong! Dillinger not killed by FBI! Fact: Hoover coverup! [/size][/quote]<br />
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Read the whole piece here:<br />
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[url]http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/COMMENTARY/908039997/[/url]<br />
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Interesting read there, Red. I remember reading about the discrepancies in the case of Dillinger and it IS entirely plausible that they shot the wrong guy. I'm not a conspiracy theorists but it would have been pretty hard to change the eye colour eh?
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[quote name='Jury'][quote name='mariner4life']RT, yea i saw the trailer for that, it looks seriously fucking cool.<br />
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Jury, i hadn't heard of Appaloosa, but it got a great review in Empire, and Mortenson generally doesn't appear in dross, so it may be on the cards for this weekend.[/quote]<br />
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It's a little bit of a sedate pace and I think the cast was great. Even old Lance Hendrikson (sp) appears in it! There's just enough mean man stuff and character development to keep you interested. Not as fast paced as the 3.10 to Yuma (which I really liked and went out and bought), but I enjoyed it. Might go buy it so I can watch it again sometime.[/quote]<br />
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I second all that you've said about Appaloosa Jury, I rate it one of the best westerns I've seen. Great cast, good acting and as you say, even Renee 'eating vinegar of a fork' Zelwegger shines in it.<br />
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[quote name='Jury'][quote name='mariner4life']RT, yea i saw the trailer for that, it looks seriously fucking cool.<br />
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Jury, i hadn't heard of Appaloosa, but it got a great review in Empire, and Mortenson generally doesn't appear in dross, so it may be on the cards for this weekend.[/quote]<br />
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It's a little bit of a sedate pace and I think the cast was great. Even old Lance Hendrikson (sp) appears in it! There's just enough mean man stuff and character development to keep you interested. Not as fast paced as the 3.10 to Yuma (which I really liked and went out and bought), but I enjoyed it. Might go buy it so I can watch it again sometime.[/quote]<br />
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Jeez, I thought 3:10 to Yuma was slow - although I thought it was pretty good.<br />
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[quote]anyone mentioned the hangover...??[/quote]<br />
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I thought the Hangover was funny, but it didn't quite live up to the hype. However I Love You, Man was hilarious - they probably lost viewers because of the title though, I thought it was a chick flick before watching it. I was cracking up constantly - Paul Rudd is a bloody funny guy. -
[quote name='BartMan']anyone mentioned the hangover...??<br />
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Still laughing. My brother is Fat Jesus.[/quote]<br />
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Watched this tonight having heard great things about it. Guess its a case of expectations being built up. I smiled a few times but I found it pretty formulaic and predictable. I must be old. Was a good idea though and they had a seriously cool weekend. -
Apple just released an exclusive new trailer for [b]"Lovely Bones"[/b] with intro by P. Jackson.<br />
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View here:<br />
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[url]http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thelovelybones/large.html[/url]<br />
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Cool to see Brian Eno scoring the soundtrack.<br />
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[img]http://raptor.golden.net/~tekapo/redterror/bones.jpg[/img]<br />
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[quote]Watched this tonight having heard great things about it. Guess its a case of expectations being built up. I smiled a few times but I found it pretty formulaic and predictable. I must be old. Was a good idea though and they had a seriously cool weekend.[/quote]<br />
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I did not even KNOW the movie existed - meet up with friends for dinner and then they'd picked the movie so we just rocked up, watched, and laughed! So zero expectations, and in good mood as we have been laughing and having a good time pre movie too.
