Yes, and other than Anne Hathaway getting naked that movie offers NOTHING. "Hey we're rich white kids and we're bored let's go try to be Cholos"....fucking idioticQuote:
Originally Posted by hardcore_crash
But that's just my view of it
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Yes, and other than Anne Hathaway getting naked that movie offers NOTHING. "Hey we're rich white kids and we're bored let's go try to be Cholos"....fucking idioticQuote:
Originally Posted by hardcore_crash
But that's just my view of it
Raging Bull. Haven't seen it in more than 10 years. Still nothing beats an old classic.
yep i was forced to watch that one as well:(Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
i am so sick & tired of those type of films now! its all fkin english film makers do nowadays oh & bloody danny dyer crime films:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by ICB
Of those 4 films that was mentioned, I liked The Forbidden Kingdom the least. I would gladly watch the 3 again but not the Forbidden Kingdom. The last movie I watched is The Avatar. It's already in it's 6th week & did not expect the movie house to still be jampacked. I ended up watching 3 seats from the front which gave me a headache. Anyway, the movie is just alright for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterI love Crouching Tiger, Hero, Flying Dagger etc is it like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy
I watched Edge of Darkness the other day & it's absolutely awesome, it's Mel Gibson at his best. No pointless love interest, but just a simmering rage that grows throughout the film. Couple that with Ray Winstone in one of the best small roles I've seen in years & you've got a brilliant film. The plot isn't too far-fetched & it really works well, it's the kind of film that leaves you wanting more at the end, but knowing it probably ended in the right place. I would say it's like a more gritty version of Taken, but with a far better plot & much more believable performances.
I also watched The Interpreter, I was thinking about writing a review for this, but then I found this online The Interpreter Movie Review | Mr. Cranky & it pretty much sums it up so I'm just going to copy that in. I've highlighted the last sentence because it really sums up just how shit this film is.
Given that "Out of Africa" showcased Africa primarily as a great place for attractive white people to have sex, director Sydney Pollack is now a two-time offender in the "attractive white people teach us about black people" genre as "The Interpreter" may be the most blatant insult suffered by Africa since slavery.
The film revolves around U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman), who overhears a whispered plot to kill the visiting leader of the fictional (and dysfunctional) sub-Saharan African country of Matobo, President Zuwanie. Then, for reasons never fully explained, she flees the building like it's the house from "The Amityville Horror." It turns out Silvia grew up in Matobo. In fact, many moviegoers will be surprised to learn that she's the most African person on the planet. She speaks African dialects, cites African folklore, practices African customs, and even served a stint as an African revolutionary, despite the somewhat glaring fact that she's about two shades whiter than a bed sheet.
Warning: spoilers follow, but are so absurd you're not likely to believe them anyway. Silvia confesses a past romance with an African rebel leader, but then notes sadly, "then the politics of my skin got in the way." That's right, the plight of Africans victimized by racism now has a face, and that face is Nicole Kidman. Silvia confronts the discredited, black Zuwanie with a picture of himself as a boy exiled to the slums by white colonialists, and declares angrily, "That little boy was my country!" At one point, Silvia holds Zuwanie at gunpoint in a thinly veiled indictment of Africa's failure to govern itself. One notch higher on the self-righteousness scale and Kidman would have been standing alone in a room somewhere singing "We Shall Overcome."
Movies that elevate Hollywood's clueless, patronizing attitude to such a global scale have one name on their short list for male lead and one name only: Sean Penn. He plays secret service agent Tobin Keller, charged with ensuring Zuwanie's safety. Initially, Tobin suspects that Silvia is in on the plot somehow, but they grow close through the regurgitation of their mutual emotional baggage. Other key roles are a photographer (white), Silvia's brother (white) and the Matoban head of security (white). Black actors, however, do have their choice of several "dim-witted thug" roles.
Perhaps part of the problem is that three screenwriters are cited in the opening credits. Three screenwriters don't improve a movie any more than three prior divorces improve a marriage."The Interpreter" is offensive, patronizing, dull, flatly embarrassing, and in my humble opinion should be considered an international war crime.
Just watched the Spike Lee documentary 4 Little Girls about the Birmingham church bombing. Great film.
You can watch it here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...1953362876297#
If anyone cares to watch it, I'd love to have a discussion about this film.
glad u enjoyed edge of darkness, i really wanna see this but been to skint lately to go to the cinema:(Quote:
Originally Posted by JazMerkin
i really enjoyed the interperator tho!
I watched the box last night & thought it was pretty good, think its a remake of a short film from the 1960's, basically a guy turns up @ cameron diaz's house with a box, she is told that if she presses a button on the top then she will recieve $1million but someone she doesnt know will die, she has 24 hrs before the guy offer this decision to someone else.
the first hour of the movie is really good but then quality drops a little.
but if u want summit a little different give this one a go
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Originally Posted by CFH
didnt even know this documentry existed, think i will download so can watch on my tv, i bet its really emotional tho
It's a very emotional film. The interviews with family members are gut-wrenching. It was filmed over 30 years after the bombing and their pain is still very raw. It's not without it's flaws IMO (I felt the interview with a clearly senile former Governer. Wallace was unneccessary and somewhat petty, though I understand it's inclusion), but it's a powerful and historically important film about a seminal moment in the civil rights movement.Quote:
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Originally Posted by CFH
didnt even know this documentry existed, think i will download so can watch on my tv, i bet its really emotional tho
Yes, I have seen it a few times. What do you think of it?Quote:
Originally Posted by hardcore_crash
I've been watching my old school detective and gangster movies: The Thin Man, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Public Enemy, Petrified Forrest, The Roaring Twenties, etc.
...after watching those I have been thinking of buying Miller's Crossing, a Coen Brothers Film from 1990 starring Gabriel Byrne and Albert Finney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkJIcFMN_pc
i think i have seen almost all the gangster film sof last 30 yrs but still aint seen millers crossing, just seem to miss it on the rare occasions its on tv:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
took my daughters to watch princess & the frog, it was great, good old fashioned animation the way it should be. the character called the shadowman was a great bad guy,
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ent...Shadowman1.jpg
i would recommend this to anyone with young children, it was the first time my 3 yr old daughter has been to the cinema & she was mesmerized by the big screen.
Just saw the funniest fukkin' movie of my life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Zg2guCzgU
Watched the Hurt Locker last night I thought it was a very good movie. Def worth chekcing out.
I really enjoyed it, great fun. I'm a right old softy for Disney done right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drago
Zombieland. I liked it. It wasn't as funny as I thought it might be but it was still funny and definitely entertaining. It was real short which I think worked for it, no filler, was just constantly something happening. The main characters voice annoys me and that bothered me for a while.
Got a couple days off, want to watch something else but can't think of anything. Anyone got any comedy recommendations? I don't feel like watching anything serious.
Role Models was pretty funny. You mom let me keep it after I fucked her.
Watched Remember the Titans for the first time...its a given I'm 6-10 yrs behind on my movies.
That was a great one.
watched terminator salvation again but this time on me mates 42" tv & with blu ray & really enjoyed it even more this time as last time i saw it on me 17" laptop
I tried to give Indiana Jones 4 another chance today, but came away almost as disgusted as I was the first time. There are parts where you think it's holding ground, but then it falls away again. The film just has too much unbelievable clap trap. The tarzan scenes, the 3 waterfalls in a jeep, the climbing out of sand by holding onto a snake etc etc. It pissed me off watching it. The story simply doesn't gel nor have the same qualities the earlier films did; everything seems forced. Harrison Ford did good as always, but everything around him was simply not good enough. You just finish the film thinking "What was the point?". The magic wasn't there. It's a shame because it could have been so much better than it was.
I also watched Pocahontas which I thought was really good. I've seen most Disney animated flicks, but had always missed this one. The animation was splendid and the story very well executed. Of course, it isn't historically accurate, but as a story with its heart in the right place, it is really very good.
Watched for the 1st time last night - Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
The series just keeps getting worse really dont they ?! Although one good point was Clare Danes starred as the leading lady, one sexy lady :lickish:
http://static.entertainmentwise.com/...5388283430.jpg
Agreed that film was shockingly shite, getting into a fridge to escape a nuclear bomb at the start of the film was a joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
i agree, i tried so hard to enjoy the 4th film but all that alien shit was just bloody stupid plus cgi helps ruin the film further:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
Pocahontas is great film;D, my 3 yr old daughter has watched it virtually everyday for the last 3 mths, dont bother with Pocahontas 2 tho, the animation is shit & the story just terrible:(
You can tell Pocahontas was going to be historically inaccurate when John Smith, an Englishman has an American accent. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by miles
Also just saw Shakespeare in Love. Good flick.
....Mel Gibson was John Smith so "American Accent" doesn't really accurately describe him
Why doesn't American accent describe him? Gibson is American.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Last movie I saw was the original "Assault on Precinct 13".
Saw Advitar best Ive seen in years, Great Film great message.
thought he was austrailian?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZillaWhy doesn't American accent describe him? Gibson is American.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
He's Australian.
watched the informer last night, do not watch its the most boring film i have seen for years:( matt damons performance is good but doesnt justify watching this snoozefest
Nope. Mel Gibson is American. He's from New York. His father was a cop or something and got injured. He took the settlement money and moved the family to Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragothought he was austrailian?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZillaWhy doesn't American accent describe him? Gibson is American.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
I just got Angels and Demons. Haven't watched it yet, though.
Watched a flick the other night at daft'o'clock when in bed. Tend to do this to fall asleep to, unfortunately i enjoyed it that much ended up staying awake all the way through it.
Clay Pigeons is a 1998 film written by Matt Healy and directed by David Dobkin. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Clay Bidwell, Vince Vaughn as the Lester Long. It's directed by Ridley Scott, very funny black comedy, worth catching ;)
watched fallen good movie silly ending.
Running this month on Showtime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jh5DC6F3QA
I watched Falling Down with Michael Douglas last night as it was on TV. It is a rather dated film, but I suppose it captures a few of those things I go through in everyday life. I've seen it a few times now, but it always resonates somewhat with the little man pushed to the edge by what society presses upon him. I don't think I want to turn a gun on people though. It is a nice fantasy, but it isn't really my thing, but I suppose there gets a point when the smaller man just won't take it anymore, whence the airplane flying into the tax building. That guy actually had a point, but he went a bit mental in expressing it.
He's Australian, isn't he?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZillaWhy doesn't American accent describe him? Gibson is American.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle