Posted at 5:04pm on Fri 23 January 2009 |
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Triggerhappytel- Posts: 613
| I got Wall-E for Christmas, loved it. Finding Nemo and Toy Story 2 are my favourite Pixar movies, but Wall-E isn't far behind; it's just such a lovely, warming and charming film. It's reasons like this that, while they might find more commercial success, Dreamworks' movies will never be better than Pixar's. |
Posted at 6:25pm on Fri 23 January 2009 |
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dudester- Posts: 1,548
| I watched the warriors
Pretty much a cult classic from the 70's, for those that don't know yes the game is set ont he film yes both are awesome  .
It covers the streetgang who are going to a meet where Sirus has a goal in uniting all the factions of streetgangs for a common until he gets murdered at the meet. The warriors get blamed and are a long way from home turf. |
Posted at 6:32pm on Fri 23 January 2009 |
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Wido- Posts: 6,730
| Warriors great film especially like the baseball gang forgotten there names now because it has been a while since I have watched it. Though at the end is rather amuzing as of the dude who shot Sirus gets utterly beaten up haha
I think I may watch the triology of Lord of The Rings again as around this time of the year I tend to watch all my box sets. So it shall be fellowship of the ring if so. |
Posted at 8:41pm on Sat 24 January 2009 |
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dudester- Posts: 1,548
| Right this isn't technically a movie but since I watched the dvd release and it was cut down into silly half hour episodes I am including it here.
Dead set I saw the 1st episode back when it was shown on e4 but missed the rest. I got the dvd the other and due not being able to sleep I watched this all in one go last night. 1st off I think its hugely improved by watching in one go rather then episodic. There a few moments where you looked at it and thought you wouldn't do that etc but getting past that I thought this was really well done.
I have always thought a cast of zombies may make better housemates for bb anyway. |
Posted at 8:52am on Sun 25 January 2009 |
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Marky-Jean-Luc- Posts: 1,852
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Agree with you on War of the Worlds, especially the ending, it just stopped and left me thinking 'is that it?'.
I watched Transporter 2 last night which was decent, better than the original. A couple of completely ridiculous moments of action though e.g. a barrel roll in the car which when all factors are timed perfectly can lead to a bomb being removed from the bottom of your car using the dangling hook from the crane just in the nick of time. How he knew the exact speed to make sure the car was high enough for the hook and the underside of the car would be up at the right time and that the hook would be right in line with the small bomb I'll never know.
If I was a young teenager I'd have probably thought that bit was excellent but in reality it lead to a bit of a "oh come on" outburst.
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Not seen the new 'War of the worlds' with Tom( 'nutter') Cruise and don't think I want to!! It's about time someone remade it set in Victorian times as it was meant to be set!? |
Posted at 8:56am on Sun 25 January 2009 |
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Marky-Jean-Luc- Posts: 1,852
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Cas- About a well known football hoolligan from the 80's, I believe the movie is converted from one of the books he wrote about his experiences with the Intercity Firm. Was decent enough but I feel this type of film has been done enough by the likes of rise of the footsoldier, football factory and green street. Speaking of which theres a god awful sequel to green street on the way the trailer is horrible.
The mist- adaption of a Stephen King short story. Basically a town has a storm one night and a mist starts to creep down from the mountains. It just so happens that in the mountains theres a military base where they have been doing experiments. While shopping at the local supermarket a warning goes up as the mist engulfs the town and to the horror of everyone theres something in the mist. Sounds very clichéd it is clichéd but it also works very well. It isn't scary but does a good job of setting atmosphere and anticipation. Also a great ending which you wouldn't expect from a horror film.
The strangers- Now this one I didn't really like at all, for me it didn't offer anything original to the formuliac horror film. Couple staying at the guys parents weekend hideaway home. A creepy girl knocks on door, later knocks again etc. The terror increases from there.
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I remember reading 'The Mist'. If memory serves I think it was the one with the 'flat Earth society'? Must look out for this movie. From what you say, mate, it sounds like a decent adaption-- which makes a change! |
Posted at 4:31pm on Mon 26 January 2009 |
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Triggerhappytel- Posts: 613
| The Illusionist - a very decent film about Edward Norton, who plays a man who is an entertainer and can perform incredible feats on stage, of which no-one is sure whether they're trickery or magic. Things become more complicated when he falls in love with a prince's fiancee and she loves him back, but the prince is a violent and deceitful man who will not let her go. Very worth watching with some really good acting and a twist at the end that I was not expecting. 7/10
X-Men: The Last Stand - oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I missed about the first 40 minutes but watched the rest as I've been wanting to see this film, optimistic that all the criticism might be overly harsh. It's not. It was full of inaccuracies (Storm can't fly in the previous two movies, she also can't 'cast' lightning) and they seem to have stopped the franchise dead in its tracks by killing off several of the main characters when it was really just getting started. Also, how could the X-Men have stood any chance at all against Magneto's army on Alcatraz when it was six vs. about sixty?! And why didn't Magneto simply swat Wolverine away when he was carving his way through the Brotherhood? I did however think Kelsey Grammar was very well cast as Beast, although Vinnie Jones was just awful as Juggernaut. There should have been more X-Men in this (Bishop, Gambit, and where the hell was Nightcrawler?!), and the likes of Colossus and Archangel should have had more screen time. Such a dissappointing movie with some very underwhelming action sequences (Brett Ratner is no Bryan Singer...) and to be honest this worries me a little about what Ratner will do when he directs the God of War movie. Anyway, poor show, not worth watching even if you liked the first two movies. 4/10Last edited on Tue 27 January 2009 by Triggerhappytel |
Posted at 11:36am on Tue 27 January 2009 |
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Triggerhappytel- Posts: 613
| Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - I wasn't expecting much from this, but I quite enjoyed it, to be honest. I love the original and while this was nowhere near as good, it was a pretty decent re-imagining of the same basic story. Laurence Fishburne was decent as the crime lord Bishop and Ethan Hawke was okay as the police sergeant holding it all together - plus the tension between the two was quite well done, and a little more developed than in the original. I thought the ending was pretty bad though - they come out of the manhole, run off and all of a sudden they're in a woodland right outside the city?! Anyway, an okay remake, it's just a shame the classic music didn't also get a makeover. 6/10 |
Posted at 1:25pm on Tue 27 January 2009 |
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Wido- Posts: 6,730
| Police Academy 1 & 2 - With Steve Guttneberg and Bobba Smith and the rest of the gang, its one hell of a movie franchise. Very funny and your entertained throughout the whole film.
Shall be watching Police Academy 3 & 4 tonight. |
Posted at 12:11pm on Sat 31 January 2009 |
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CrustyJockStrap- Posts: 660
| Tokyo Gore Police, Nice slice and dice blood and guts film
Resident Evil Degenration, speaks for it self realy. |
