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taniwharugby

TR Jnr got me to take him to Shrek 12 on Saturday... 
 
It was better than the last one...TR Jnr thought it was great.

red terror

Nephew and niece dragged me to see the new version of "Karate Kid," starring Will Smith's kid and Jackie Chan playing Arnold from Happy Days. Better than I expected... if you find 11 and 12-year-olds fighting like Bruce-Lee-meets-The-Matrix. Should have been called "The Kung-Fu" Kid. The small-fry give it two big thumbs up. I give it 6/10, maybe as high as 6.5.

Dodge

[quote name='Tim']For all you Nic Cage fans: 
 
[url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/great-job-internet-the-internet-was-built-for-cage,42121/[/url][/QUOTE] 
that would only be a good thing if it would add EVERY copy of every film past, present or future ever made with Nic Cage to your basket so you could conduct a not very controlled explosion on them...

Nepia

Hot Tub Time Machine: Four guys spill a V type drink in a spa pool and wind up back in the 80s. Quite a funny comedy, although I expect if you've seen the ad for it most of the funnies would be in there. Has John Cusack going back to his 80s comedy roots. Probably 7/10 if you haven't seen the add and aren't expecting much, probably loses a point or two if you have and are!

taniwharugby

Valhalla Rising - utter shit, do not waste your time (1 hr 25mins) on it (set in Vikings time, main Character a one-eyed mute...) 
The Losers - fun action film, plenty of shooting and fighting and blowing shit up 6.5/10

MN5

I haven't scrolled back through the thread so apologies if this has already been mentioned but all I have to say is..... 
 
BLACK DYNAMITE !!! 
 
Suffice to say this is a kung fu, blaxploitation piss take of the highest quality. It even has that 70's graininess to it ( I actually had to IMDB it to see when it was made ) and stars a cheesy, big afroed buff black dude who is as quick with the kung fu as with the cheesy lines. It has to be seen to be believed and as a mate of mine pointed out, two of the most surprisingly funny comedies ever end in "Dynamite" ( the other of course being Napoleon ) 
 
Not everyone's cup of tea but I thought this was funny as fuck and highly recommended. 
 
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Virgil

Watched A- Team earlier today (legit, not illegal download for once:)) 
Very enjoyable, great homage to the classic tv series. 
 
Highlight would be the guy from District 9 as Murdoch 
Maybe an 8 out of 10....

Nepia

Green Zone: It may be sacrilege to say this but I thought it was heaps better than the over hyped Hurt Locker. It was actually a decent thriller even if Jason Isaacs was playing a pantomime villain.

raznomore

Just watched [I]The Crazies[/I]. As far as zombie type movies go this stands head and shoulders above anything recently. Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland are comedies so Im not including them. 
 
Really very tense in some parts with shit your daks moments. No over the top green blood spewing zombies doing the mummy walk gurgling "me want brains". If there is such a thing as intelligent zombies they are in this. 
 
7/10

Victor Meldrew

[quote name='Razbra']Just watched [I]The Crazies[/I]. As far as zombie type movies go this stands head and shoulders above anything recently. Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland are comedies so Im not including them. 
 
Really very tense in some parts with shit your daks moments. No over the top green blood spewing zombies doing the mummy walk gurgling "me want brains". If there is such a thing as intelligent zombies they are in this. 
 
7/10[/QUOTE] 
 
Gotta agree - really enjoyed it. 8/10 
 
Watched "Edge of Darkness" with Mel Gibson. Pleasantly surprised as it has had shit review but it was quite good - though not a patch on the 80's TV series. Captured a lot of the paranoia from the TV series. Thought Ray Winstone was superb as Jedburg. 6/10

taniwharugby

[quote name='Razbra']Just watched [I]The Crazies[/I]. As far as zombie type movies go this stands head and shoulders above anything recently. Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland are comedies so Im not including them. 
 
Really very tense in some parts with shit your daks moments. No over the top green blood spewing zombies doing the mummy walk gurgling "me want brains". If there is such a thing as intelligent zombies they are in this. 
 
7/10[/QUOTE] 
 
saw that a few nights ago as well, quite liked it also, has Timothy Oliphant as the lead who I think is very good

Tim

[quote name='taniwharugby']saw that a few nights ago as well, quite liked it also, has[B] Timothy Oliphant [/B]as the lead who I think is very good[/QUOTE] 
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taniwharugby

he was also very good in Deadwood, Hitman, Die Hard 4.0....dont think that has made it to NZ yet (or will?) worth looking for?

Tim

[quote name='taniwharugby']he was also very good in Deadwood, Hitman, Die Hard 4.0....dont think that has made it to NZ yet (or will?) worth looking for?[/QUOTE] 
 
Yeah, it's quality TV and Olyphant is excellent in it as a guy with serious repressed anger issues.

taniwharugby

he plays that kind of character a bit, and well...maybe he has the same issues in real life?

rustycruiser

Walter Goggins also plays a great hillbilly in Justified. Shane Vandrell only 10x more redneck. A fair number of Deadwood alums had guest spots on Justified. I recognized at least 4 or 5. No Ian McShane though. Maybe next season.

taniwharugby

Don McKay; bit of an odd black comedy/drama/crime film... 
 
was a little slow to start, but once the story started unravelling, was not too bad. 6.75/10 
 
Has Hayden Thomas Church and Elizabeth Shue as the actors of note....

red terror

The scorn being heaped on M. Night Shyamalan's latest "The Last Airbender" is so heavy (many reviews calling it the worst big-budget epic ever, and kids saying they "hate" it), I'm anxious to go watch to see just how truly awful this thing is... I might have to go this weekend...

raznomore

[quote name='red terror']The scorn being heaped on M. Night Shyamalan's latest "The Last Airbender" is so heavy (many reviews calling it the worst big-budget epic ever, and kids saying they "hate" it), I'm anxious to go watch to see just how truly awful this thing is... I might have to go this weekend...[/QUOTE] 
 
How the fuck can you get things so wrong when you seemed to have so much talent. Shyamalan went from Hitchcock to Ed Wood and it makes you wonder how much of his early movies were actually his own ideas.

Quo vadis

[quote name='Toddy']Iron Man 2 opened yesterday in NZ. Not sure why it opens a week later in the States?[/QUOTE] 
 
dont even get me started, a week later? Japan is months behind with most movies, unless its Harry Potter. 
 
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nz is not bad in the scheme of things. 
 
Iron man 2 - saw it last night, it tried too hard....bombard us with special effects until our eyes bleed to cover up for a flakey plot and pray that re-habbed veteran actors RDJ and Rouke weave some magic....hmmm

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