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I saw the 3rd matrix movie the other day and loved it, what did people think? I still think the first is marginally the best because the plot was so cohesive, the second one fell over a little bit for me (although I still loved it) because too much was happening. The 3rd came somewhere in between I thought. Some of the big fight scenes are mind-blowing! In fact all of the effects are amazing.
The worst thing about it was how poorly some of the shit was explained... Things are happening but you aren't really sure why sometimes.

And I saw the trailer for LoTR3.... drooling everywhere at the thought of it!

QUOTE (muffins @ Nov 11 2003, 11:05 AM)

I saw the 3rd matrix movie the other day and loved it, what did people think? I still think the first is marginally the best because the plot was so cohesive, the second one fell over a little bit for me (although I still loved it) because too much was happening. The 3rd came somewhere in between I thought. Some of the big fight scenes are mind-blowing! In fact all of the effects are amazing. The worst thing about it was how poorly some of the shit was explained... Things are happening but you aren't really sure why sometimes.

I also thought the Matrix3 was great...there was a bit too much machines and not enough Matrix...but I expected that, so if you're expecting it to be like the first one, it's not!....great finale to the series though!....I got it!
(...and my cousin is in it again for 2 mins so that rocks too...hehe)


I'm keen to see Freddy vs Jason....anyone seen it?...brings me back to the 80s-child horror days!

The first 30 minutes of Matrix Revolutions was fucken wak, boring as. After that though it got pretty good, the fighting scenes with those Alien's style machine was very nice. The story was a bit muddled though.

I went and saw Jason v's Freddy a few weeks back as I'm a big Jason fan. It actually wasn't too bad, was expecting far worse.

Kill Bill,
fookin insane movie with top-notch violence and still managed to piss myself laughing during it. Damn near best movie I've ever seen. top class
Tarantino's a genius.


not expecting much from the 3rd matrix, 2nd one was dodge & expectin this one to be dodge too. They should've left it with the first one... I guess the money was too tempting. I'll have to wait til the weekend.

QUOTE (sakvee @ Nov 11 2003, 11:44 AM)

I went and saw Jason v's Freddy a few weeks back as I'm a big Jason fan. It actually wasn't too bad, was expecting far worse.

u cant be serious!! - i got a free double pass to go see it in the city a few weeks back. I have never seen so many punks & guys wearing trench coats waiting so anxiously to get it & see the movie!! - absolute shocker in so many ways

as for the matrix - more like a cross between Aliens, StarWars and Terminator + a dash of the other 2 matrix's. The last 45 minutes were the best though

QUOTE (sakvee @ Nov 11 2003, 11:44 AM)

I went and saw Jason v's Freddy a few weeks back as I'm a big Jason fan. It actually wasn't too bad, was expecting far worse.

u cant be serious!! - i got a free double pass to go see it in the city a few weeks back. I have never seen so many punks & guys wearing trench coats waiting so anxiously to get it & see the movie!! - absolute shocker in so many ways

as for the matrix - more like a cross between Aliens, StarWars and Terminator + a dash of the other 2 matrix's. The last 45 minutes were the best though

hahaha, yeah, maybe my judgement was clouded cause i'll watch anything with Jason innit.

Kill Bill was fucken tops, brilliant movie!

Well im off to see Matrix3 tonight.......CANT WAIT!!! WOOOT!!!

yeah I thought Revolutions fell a bit short too, there were great bits but yeah, the first is still the best. I liked the machine bits though.

Freddy vs Jason, pretty funny, but not scary at all. The best bit was when he killed all the ravers.... ...die raver boy, die!

I'm looking forward to the chainsaw masacre remake though...

i thought revolutions was a load of shit, i'd never been so disappointed with a movie


Freddy Vs Jason was cool tho

Matrix revoltions - i really did love the movie the best way to finish the trio

9 / 10

jason vs freddy - the only words to desscribe it would be the bold and the beautiful death style.

funniest - 8.5 / 10
horror - 3 / 10
average - 7.5 / 10

QUOTE (Bongo @ Nov 11 2003, 11:53 AM)

Kill Bill, fookin insane movie with top-notch violence and still managed to piss myself laughing during it. Damn near best movie I've ever seen. top class Tarantino's a genius.

amen to that brother, dope as movie, fucken LOVED it.

reminded me somewhat of the Ninja Scroll films. the script was simple, but its simplicity was cool. it was like the script from an anime film.

the effects, the color, the insanely graphic violence, the stylistic production, the anime scenes dropped in the middle, Uma Thurman, watchinf theat chick get the top of her head cut off.

all added up to a 20/20 kickass martial arts movie.

only down point would have to be the way it ended. it just wasn't right, however i realise that this is because the production costs went through the roof and Miramax forced tarantino to release the movie as two films instead of one.

definately gonna go down as a classic.

hheeeeEEEEYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

I actually would have been happy if kill bill ended right there, originally I didn't know there was a sequel and I thought it was an interesting comment on the nature of the story and what we assume about plot development etc...

Fuckin loved the movie though!!! I couldn't stop laughing, how good is the fight scene with the crazy 88?

Matrix Reloaded went on and on and on about "choice" a little too much blahdy blah blah too much techno dribble............
How dodgy was that 'rave' scene???

Anyone seen Bad Boys 2??
Now that was a shocker!!!! 1 word PROPAGANDA!
They were portraying these clubs with chicks walkin around wearing barely nothing handing out pills to everyone from a little tray....and u shoulda seen the way they were taking the pills and then some dude OD's (mind u they all been taking the same thing wtf?) and they just chuck him out onto the street to die - now wheres the plur in that ha ha
ok im gonna shut up now.....that movie gets my goat lol

QUOTE (Rainbow_Brite @ Nov 11 2003, 02:29 PM)

Matrix Reloaded went on and on and on about "choice" a little too much blahdy blah blah too much techno dribble............ How dodgy was that 'rave' scene???

that was soooo 12 months ago we're onto Revolutions now...

The only good bit about Bad Boys 2 was the Ferrari.

Thought " Kill Bill " was wicked, glad others found it funny, Jamie and I couldn't stop laughing either, but everyone else in the theatre was shocked and shaking their heads at us

I just arrived home from Japan where I stayed with a friend who said she couldn't watch parts of the fight scenes because it reminded her of things she'd seen with everyday Yakuza, put's a bit of a different spin on it huh !!!

Kinda glad it didn't end in one episode but as it was too in depth and needs way more explaination.
Personally I wanna see Uma's character DEAD !!!
Top flick, looking forward to Pt. 2 in Spring,

Yeah, I saw Bad Boys 2 on the plane, lots of fun, heaps of laughs, also a top movie
If you go Raving across the world R_B you DO find gigs like this and harder, wait 'till you get to places like Amsterdam, Spain, Ibezza or Berlin.
Catwalk models, designers and "A" list people have a thing called the " Lifestyle Ball " where girls with trays DO walk around just like this !!!

The only thing that shocked me in this film was the police attacking the innocent E scene, tons of pure E that no-one was cutting and they were trying to get ride of it, now that's criminal
Heaps funny when the copper got off for the first time, see how much he openned up after, his agression problems gone, where's the crime in that

I didn't think there'd be a sequel to kill bill either.....
Knowing tarantino I thought he might've ended it there to take the piss out of all these hollywood blockbuster sequels, I would've been happy for it to end, but I know the sequels gunna be kick arse, cos tarantino hasn't disappointed me yet.

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as for the matrix - more like a cross between Aliens, StarWars and Terminator + a dash of the other 2 matrix's. The last 45 minutes were the best though

Couldn't agree more with the hint of Terminator and Star wars!! I sat there thinking those exact things!

Kill Bill would have been released earlier had uma therman hadn't got her self up the duff. But yeah saw that too, and it was awesome. You either hated that movie or loved it. I loved it. The downfall of this movie and i suppose most of tarantino's movies are his poor western style sound tracks. Maybe more so with Kill Bill. I refer mostly to the final fight scene.

I can't wait for the new Texas Chainsaw MAssacre to come out. FUCK ME RUNNING when i saw the 70s version of that movie...i absolutely creamed myself and was so horrified. but i must see the new one!!!

I watch lots of movies

I got a DODGY as copy of Kill Bill from China when mum went over there... people standing in front of the camera and all...
Haven't watched much of it yet, so I guess I might have to with all these recommendations.

Saw Matrix revolutions a few days back... MUCH better than the second one, Reloaded. I came out of the second one, looked at the people I was with, said "What the fuck happened in 2.5 hours" and then went and played pool at charltons.
At the start of Reloaded... "Oh no, the machines are coming!!!!"
At the end of Relaoded... "Oh no, the machines are STILL coming!!!"
Too much rhetoric, and when they couldn't think of anything else to say about 'the one,' they just stuck in another completely overdone fight scene.

The third one is better by degrees.

so many people seemed to have liked revolutions

was i the only one disapointed by it??


i couldn't put my finger on why i wasn't happy.... i guess the ending was just to boring for me...

***SEMI SPOILER***






i just felt the ending needed more of a massive twist, you could kinda see that ending coming a mile off

nup im with you there
i saw revolutions tonight and i thought it was fucking shithouse

I'm not a matrix rubbisher as i thought the 2nd one was still pretty good even though it wasnt a patch on the 1st one but revolutions was terrible

things didnt make any sense
things werent explained well at all
it was very hard to follow
it dragged on and on and on...

and how dodgy was the final smiths fight
piss fucking weak

a big BOOO

QUOTE (shr3dder @ Nov 11 2003, 10:26 PM)

i just felt the ending needed more of a massive twist, you could kinda see that ending coming a mile off

exactly.

happy/fairytale/prediactable-endings shit me.

i thought the latest matrix was very well made, and it was less about the special FX and more about the story, the basic human strugle, love, life and of course the fact that we all can co-exist man, machine, nit more so in the real world where we live, black, white, asian, muslim so on and so forth.

i think to enjoy and understand the move you have to read alot more between the lines, it was definatly a thinking mans movie more then a kiddies moving just looking for heaps of shit to be blown up mind you there was plenty of that.

it rounded off alot of the sub plots and parrallel themes that ran along from the original two movies.

all in all a top flick, not many movie makers attempt to appease ones thurst for special FX, fight scene, carnage and stuff going boom aswell as fitting in that little bit extra to tease your brain.

i gave it a 5 out of 5 john, what do you think?

QUOTE (brick @ Nov 11 2003, 11:06 PM)

QUOTE (shr3dder @ Nov 11 2003, 10:26 PM) i just felt the ending needed more of a massive twist, you could kinda see that ending coming a mile off exactly. happy/fairytale/prediactable-endings shit me.

most movies are predomonintly made for american viewers, hence the always a happy ending bit, they cant stand to see the bad guy get ahead, it has been a major flaw in psycological make up for many years, hence the war on terrorism (they couldnt just be the bigger man and go ok ppl hate us because of our foriegn policy and what not, instead they go ok lets go blow some towel heads up and take all there oil).

the third one was full of Special FX & explosions.....


i hated the smith fight too... it was stupid

vanilla sky is a fucking awsome movie go see it

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The downfall of this movie and i suppose most of tarantino's movies are his poor western style sound tracks.

That's one of the best things about his movies. Always look forward to buying the soundtracks for his films.
Look beyond doof-doof and "cool" music.

I couldn't sit through reloaded...walked out around the chick having an orgasm over the cake...not gonna waste my money if i'm just going to walk out again.

I'll deffinately wait for the ripped dvd

QUOTE (Bongo @ Nov 12 2003, 12:41 PM)

QUOTE The downfall of this movie and i suppose most of tarantino's movies are his poor western style sound tracks. That's one of the best things about his movies. Always look forward to buying the soundtracks for his films. Look beyond doof-doof and "cool" music.

I'll say.
Pulp Fiction's one of the best soundtracks I've heard, and Resevoir Dogs.

QUOTE (Bongo @ Nov 11 2003, 08:48 PM)

I didn't think there'd be a sequel to kill bill either..... Knowing tarantino I thought he might've ended it there to take the piss out of all these hollywood blockbuster sequels, I would've been happy for it to end, but I know the sequels gunna be kick arse, cos tarantino hasn't disappointed me yet.

Kill Bill doesn't actually have a sequel as such...

Tarantino was making the film, and the way it was heading was it was just going to be too big/long and he would have to leave out a whole bunch of stuff that he didn't want to.

He kind of toyed with the idea of making it a 2-part movie, but didn't think the Head Honchos would go for it. But the dude (from Mirimax I think) approached him and said "Hey, split it in two"

So you have Kill Bill Volume 1 and Kill Bill Volume 2

Apparently Volume 2 is much more about 'Bill' and more character focussed with less action and violence.

So yeah, it's a sequel, but it's not really. Know what I mean?

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QUOTE (Bongo @ Nov 12 2003, 12:41 PM) QUOTE  The downfall of this movie and i suppose most of tarantino's movies are his poor western style sound tracks. That's one of the best things about his movies. Always look forward to buying the soundtracks for his films.  Look beyond doof-doof and "cool" music.  I'll say. Pulp Fiction's one of the best soundtracks I've heard, and Resevoir Dogs.

mk pulp fiction yes, but really, in the final scene of Kill Bill, why put on a western style song, in a setting which is a delicate, snow covered japanese garden?

I saw The Last Samurai this arvo and I have to say I highly recommend it, it's one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Maybe the plot isn't astonishingly groundbreaking but it's certainly interesting enough, but what I really liked was the portrayal of this total clash of cultures, and it really made me think about the way we do things... How many people just live their lives without any real sense of purpose. I dunno, maybe that's not neccessarily a bad thing, maybe it's good enough just to enjoy the things you do.
But I think I'm digressing

I also liked the fact that while it raised some interesting ideas it didn't dick around with rambling philosophical crap, theres plenty of action and it gets into it pretty quickly. The fight scenes are pretty impressive too, and some of the locations are beautiful. At one point a bunch of mounted, armoured samurai charge into a bunch of conscripted peasant riflemen and you can really feel how afraid the riflemen are of these big scary cunts in ornate armour with swords screaming and charging out of the mist - there's lots of spine-tingling moments like this through the movie.

I wasn't entirely happy with the ending, I thought it was a bit too 'safe' but I guess it's the journey thats important sometimes...

valley girl

i saw the last samurai a few days ago too and highly recommend it

already put up a brief review of it in the "i have.." thread if anyones interested.

but here it is again:

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ok just finished watching it.. and i gotta say, its absolutely amazing. perfect from start to finish. absolutely brilliant soundtrack.. one of hans zimmer's greatest works.. it can be quiet and brooding at one point and at other points very powerful and moving but overall very emotional.. the action sequences are great.. such as the sparring and the general pracitising that they do... the big war scene at the end is similar to braveheart (ie. shitloads of ppl) so theres nothing too new there.. overall tho the movie has a braveheart kind of epic feel i guess.. obviously different movies though but thats just what i felt.. great thing was tom cruise actually suited the role well.. with his usual piercing stare to show emotion whcih suited it well but what i found pleasing was that he handled the sword very well.. unlike uma thurman in kill bill who looked sooooo wonky and unco when she fought.. i guess i liked the movie a lot because of the overall "code of the warrior" aspect how they hold honour, discipline and loyalty very highly.. (this is shown the most at the end of the movie..) im writing this as the end credits are playing and omg i'll just say again the music is absolutely beautiful! :shock: overall, highly recommend this movie... im not one for giving ratings.. decide for urself

I wanna see Lost in Translation

Starring Bill Murray and made by Sophia Coppola, , daughter of francis Ford Coppola of Apocolypse Now etc.. is enuff reason for me, without knowing anything about the plot, which is how I prefer it.

QUOTE (eLmoX @ Jan 16 2004, 09:35 AM)

I wanna see Lost in Translation Starring Bill Murray and made by Sophia Coppola, , daughter of francis Ford Coppola of Apocolypse Now etc.. is enuff reason for me, without knowing anything about the plot, which is how I prefer it.

yep, yep, yep - ya picked a good one, I saw this 2 weeks ago & loved it. Sutble humor all the way through. A bit of a love story without the sex. Wicked scenery of Tokyo city!!

i'd highly recommend Amelie, a french movie.

reviewed it on another thread on here ages ago.. HIGHLY recommended.

any1 seen underworld?

Underworld released 22 Jan

Cant wait to see it - probably a crap film but looks pretty specky. Nearly picked up a dodgy copy in Bali, but none of the copies worked so thats how dodgy it was!!

Yeah I'm hangin to see underworld, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might turn out to be pretty shit but the previews make it look pretty cool... we'll see

QUOTE (shr3dder @ Nov 11 2003, 10:35 PM)

so many people seemed to have liked revolutions was i the only one disapointed by it?? i couldn't put my finger on why i wasn't happy.... i guess the ending was just to boring for me... ***SEMI SPOILER*** i just felt the ending needed more of a massive twist, you could kinda see that ending coming a mile off

I agree revolutions wasn't the movie it should've been...

It did however, do the Jap comic justice.. which is all it ever intended to do.. I'd followed the comic for a while & thought the first movie was one of the most brilliant movies ever released..
The second & third had much of the 'crap' that the comic dealt with, hence my thinking it would be better appreciated by the japanese fans of the comic...


& Amelie was a nice movie.... I'll agree with that..


One movie I've seen that I didn't expect to like was Travelling With Birds...
Bit of a doco on birds of the like around the world, I sat glued to the screen the whole time, thought it was great.....

QUOTE (muffins @ Jan 16 2004, 12:47 PM)

Yeah I'm hangin to see underworld, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might turn out to be pretty shit but the previews make it look pretty cool... we'll see

I downloaded a DVD rip of Underworld and watched it a couple of days ago with some mates... it's not bad! Bit superficial but better than most of the reviews had suggested. Everyone I watched it with thought it was pretty good. There's two sequels signed up already - the film has one of those endings where they might as well put up on the screen "sequel coming soon".

QUOTE (ChrisV @ Jan 16 2004, 01:21 PM)

QUOTE (muffins @ Jan 16 2004, 12:47 PM) Yeah I'm hangin to see underworld, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might turn out to be pretty shit but the previews make it look pretty cool... we'll see I downloaded a DVD rip of Underworld and watched it a couple of days ago with some mates... it's not bad! Bit superficial but better than most of the reviews had suggested. Everyone I watched it with thought it was pretty good. There's two sequels signed up already - the film has one of those endings where they might as well put up on the screen "sequel coming soon".

supposedly there is another one based on Dracula which also stars Kate Bekingsale, but also has Hugh Jackman as lead guy. Looking a bit funny in period costume (Black leather too!) with long hair.

Will have to wait and see....


must say kate looks pretty good in the bits i have seen from Underworld - reowww

QUOTE (BumbleBee @ Jan 16 2004, 01:29 PM)

QUOTE (ChrisV @ Jan 16 2004, 01:21 PM) QUOTE (muffins @ Jan 16 2004, 12:47 PM) Yeah I'm hangin to see underworld, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might turn out to be pretty shit but the previews make it look pretty cool... we'll see I downloaded a DVD rip of Underworld and watched it a couple of days ago with some mates... it's not bad! Bit superficial but better than most of the reviews had suggested. Everyone I watched it with thought it was pretty good. There's two sequels signed up already - the film has one of those endings where they might as well put up on the screen "sequel coming soon". supposedly there is another one based on Dracula which also stars Kate Bekingsale, but also has Hugh Jackman as lead guy. Looking a bit funny in period costume (Black leather too!) with long hair. Will have to wait and see.... must say kate looks pretty good in the bits i have seen from Underworld - reowww

Yes. Van Helsing . The hunter of 'the night creatures', dracula, frankenstein, the werewolves etc.

QUOTE (Phorte @ Jan 16 2004, 12:17 PM)

i'd highly recommend Amelie, a french movie. reviewed it on another thread on here ages ago.. HIGHLY recommended.

yup ill second that recommendation! I it!

i recommend 'Waking Life' for anybody interested in looking at many different views on how life began, why we r alive, dreams, etc...
its a fairly new movie. some mind blowing philosophies which all could b true and hints on how to control ur own dreams.
it is a movie, though.

'The Last Samuri'

Excellent film. Highly recommended.

I saw underworld the other day and it's a bit better than I thought it would be
I mean it's still a vaguely cheesey vampire werewolf flick with an ancient feud between clans etc, but it's all done pretty smoothly, with a couple of little twists that aren't exactly groundbreaking, but aren't too bad either. I'd probably give it 2.8 stars out of 5

Cheaper by the dozen

good alround family movie with a few jokes for older people in there

21 Grams looks and sounds huge...defnitely want to see this one!!!

mmmm naomi watts...

super fly....

nuff said... bring on the coke....

ordinary decent criminal.. funny and interesting movie [well i think it is] =P

QUOTE (muffins @ Jan 23 2004, 02:00 PM)

I saw underworld the other day and it's a bit better than I thought it would be I mean it's still a vaguely cheesey vampire werewolf flick with an ancient feud between clans etc, but it's all done pretty smoothly, with a couple of little twists that aren't exactly groundbreaking, but aren't too bad either. I'd probably give it 2.8 stars out of 5

i saw Underworld last night...
i thought it was good but as muffins said a bit cheesey...
my only criticism was that if you werent paying attention it was very easy to get lost in what everything was about it... i reckon 7/10

Underworld is a crap monster movie, nice visuals for a while, but absolutely no connection to characters, hardly any dialogue, terrible story telling, glaring plot holes, reminded me of WWF smackdown. Directed like a music video.

Style without substance. Save your 14 bucks.

0 / 5

Been keeping an eye on all the shorts and previews on Foxtel's American shows promoting the movie Stuck on You about siamese twins. Its another comedy made by the Farely brothers - the guys behind Dumb and Dumber and Something about Mary.

Looks good.

I saw Timeline last night, it's a vaguely enjoyable time travel movie with yer traditional group of clueless archeologists sent back to a historical era that they'd been researching. Not too many glaring plot holes, its mostly just a straight up action flick, with some nice medieval battles etc. The consensus was 6.5 or 7 out of 10, I'd hire the dvd again but not buy it

QUOTE (eLmoX @ Jan 27 2004, 10:13 AM)

Underworld is a crap monster movie, nice visuals for a while, but absolutely no connection to characters, hardly any dialogue, terrible story telling, glaring plot holes, reminded me of WWF smackdown. Directed like a music video. Style without substance. Save your 14 bucks. 0 / 5

for a low budget movie i thought they did a pretty good job

BAISE MOI ultra violence not bad 4 a foreign film

I just got back from seeing Big Fish. Basically the story is about a middle aged man trying to figure out more about his father, who has always spun these amazing, unbelievable stories about everything. It's quite an unusual film, the narrative structure sorta jumps around a lot through different periods of the characters lives without much connection. 'Rambling' would be a good way to describe it It's good though, I got really sucked in to all these weird and colourful stories although I can see how some people might get a little bit bored with the pace in sections. It's a little bit of a tear jerker at the end too, but not so much in a sad way as in a beautiful way

I'd give it say 8.5/10

QUOTE (muffins @ Feb 22 2004, 06:13 PM)

I just got back from seeing Big Fish. Basically the story is about a middle aged man trying to figure out more about his father, who has always spun these amazing, unbelievable stories about everything. It's quite an unusual film, the narrative structure sorta jumps around a lot through different periods of the characters lives without much connection. 'Rambling' would be a good way to describe it It's good though, I got really sucked in to all these weird and colourful stories although I can see how some people might get a little bit bored with the pace in sections. It's a little bit of a tear jerker at the end too, but not so much in a sad way as in a beautiful way I'd give it say 8.5/10

i pretty much agree with ya there

There were parts where I kinda wanted to push it along but overall I thought it was beautifully told with some gorgeous characters - Ewan McGregor was perfect in his role, I can't think of another actor who would've played it so well.
And yes, the ending was sad but beautiful and kinda perfect

8.5-9/10 in tink's book

QUOTE (thecrazyg @ Feb 6 2004, 01:17 PM)

QUOTE (eLmoX @ Jan 27 2004, 10:13 AM) Underworld is a crap monster movie, nice visuals for a while, but absolutely no connection to characters, hardly any dialogue, terrible story telling, glaring plot holes, reminded me of WWF smackdown. Directed like a music video. Style without substance. Save your 14 bucks. 0 / 5 for a low budget movie i thought they did a pretty good job

if by 'pretty good' you mean 'crap', then you'd be about spot on.

QUOTE (tekJuliet @ Jan 16 2004, 09:58 AM)

QUOTE (eLmoX @ Jan 16 2004, 09:35 AM) I wanna see Lost in Translation Starring Bill Murray and made by Sophia Coppola, , daughter of francis Ford Coppola of Apocolypse Now etc.. is enuff reason for me, without knowing anything about the plot, which is how I prefer it. yep, yep, yep - ya picked a good one, I saw this 2 weeks ago & loved it. Sutble humor all the way through. A bit of a love story without the sex. Wicked scenery of Tokyo city!!

Definately!

That was a surprisingly good movie: cinematography, script, acting, pace: it was all there.

Worth watching without a doubt.

Finally saw Lost In Translation...

Well i thought it was really nice in parts, with a great ending, but flawed.

It seemed like a short film stretched into a full feature length.

To fill the gaps random japanese culture was added, great if yorue not a Jap fan, but I am, and I already know about koareoke, and video games, and buddhism, and present giving, Ive seen it all before, how does it relate to the characters or story?

It seemed like the director is a visual person, and the cinematography was beautiful, but the script was woefully under worked. There was no scipt.

Plus Bill Murrays old now, which is sad.

The heart of the story was great, touching and showed rare sensitivity. But Its been done better - for a maturely written story with an undertone of unnatainable love between mismatched charcters try "The Professional" or even "lolita" both old and new versions.

Good points, but I actually found the minimal approach to the script is what made it so enthralling, it was the detail that mattered, not the actual outcome.

I do not think that the Japanese cuture elements were random at all, after all, it is the alienation of someone in a totally alien culture that is the very basis of the movie, so the staccato way that the cuture was portrayed is the very thing that gave the movie it's isolated feel.

And yeah, Bill Murray is very old, but that seems to be the reason he's in the movie - playing a washed out actor flogging cheap bourbon well past his midlife crisis and knee-deep in an unloving relationship with a wife with whom he is together only because there is nothing else in his life.


9/10

Did u find it funny apart from its sweet parts? Because it seems those that liked it more than I did clicked with the humour more, a lot of that fell flat with me.

QUOTE (eLmoX @ Feb 22 2004, 05:45 PM)

Finally saw Lost In Translation... Well i thought it was really nice in parts, with a great ending, but flawed. It seemed like a short film stretched into a full feature length. To fill the gaps random japanese culture was added, great if yorue not a Jap fan, but I am, and I already know about koareoke, and video games, and buddhism, and present giving, Ive seen it all before, how does it relate to the characters or story? It seemed like the director is a visual person, and the cinematography was beautiful, but the script was woefully under worked. There was no scipt. Plus Bill Murrays old now, which is sad. The heart of the story was great, touching and showed rare sensitivity. But Its been done better - for a maturely written story with an undertone of unnatainable love between mismatched charcters try "The Professional" or even "lolita" both old and new versions.

The director has done a lot of short films which may explain why this film fell short in terms of its full length

I have the urge to see "Hercules Returns."
Who else remembers this CLASSIC movie?

I just saw 'Once upon a time in mexico'...
Great action scenes, beautifully shot, great cast, almost no plot at all. And I don't just mean the plot wasn't very good, I mean there really wasn't one! It was more like a series of little stories that happened to be connected somehow, and not in the good thought provoking way that you might have expected... There was a bit of a love/revenge thing happening, and a few different bunches of people that wanted to kill each other (and did) for various different reasons. I didn't really understand or feel the motivations of a lot of the characters either, sometimes they really seemed to be just following the script rather than playing their parts.

I came away from the cinema feeling slightly excited cos it was a good action flick after all and slightly confused and unsatisfied cos it didnt really make much sense or resolve much of what was happening.

The movie "Casper" has just been released on DVD. I bought it on Thursday, its a favourite of mine!

Mike and I went to see One Perfect Day the other night...

Jesus, nearly cried a few times i did!

i saw 'butterfly effect' today .. Was a pretty good movie although was very fucked up as well as a bit of a thinking movie. . good nonetheless!

i didnt agree with muffin's review of "once upon a time in mexico".. i felt the movie had zero substance with plot (which he did say) but also the action sequences were pretty pathetic.. i find the only good scene was the bit in the church near the start how he pulls of john woo-esque jumping in air movements with a mexican standoff near the end of that particular scene too (all john woo things which the director rodriguez admits is an idol of his anyway (rightfully)).

i found the flow of the movie was terrible.. an action scene was thrown in here n there and it just didnt sit right with the rest of it..

i DO however agree where muffins said:

QUOTE

I didn't really understand or feel the motivations of a lot of the characters either, sometimes they really seemed to be just following the script rather than playing their parts.

i love my action movies and this one just well, it just didnt sit right. robert rodriguez knows what he's doing but he just didnt do it in this one.. i left the cinema forgetting almost everything i saw.

watched team america for the first time the other day and OH MY GOD it is one of the funniest movies this year. highly recommended

"dicks fuck assholes..."

trailer for thew new Transporter 2!! looks insane.. HK choreography with french direction (again)

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/transporter_2/

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 6 2005, 05:40 PM)

Free Movie Alert! wish i could go.. Melissa McCaig from communikate has been kind enough to extend this invitation for what is essentially a media screening to all members of the film society! She describes it as "a gorgeous film that it would really benefit from screening in a full cinema" hence it is ok for you to bring friends along! Just rock up. No need to RSVP. Enjoy!! =) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- FREE screening of "LOOK BOTH WAYS" Tuesday July 12th, 9.30am @ the Palace Nova Cinema, Rundle Street (Yes 9:30 AM. Don't be concerned if the Palace doors aren't open at 9.) "Look Both Ways" is written and directed by Sarah Watts, filmed in Adelaide with a fabulous cast (it was the opener for the Film Festival this year) and is released on August 18th. Synposis below. LOOK BOTH WAYS Meryl imagines disaster coming from every direction ­ train crashes, man-eating sharks, baby-eating killer whales Ð and then there¹s Nick. Sarah Watt¹s striking debut feature stars a remarkable ensemble cast including William McInnes, Justine Clark, Anthony Hayes, Andrew S Gilbert and Sacha Horler.

Woohooo Free Movie Today!

saw advanced screening of Sin City tonight and as everyone else has said so far, its fucking G O O D!!!

the ultimate in comic book cinema with a very unique atmosphere, delivery and some very subtle jokes, superb direction and wonderfully positioned gore. its superb!! will defnitely watch again once its released.

jessica alba is absolutely HOT in it too!

not really a proper review but u get the idea!!! (kinda drunk atm too)

sheeesh what a movie

fookin gold

'I'm pretty good with a bo-staff'

Gold Flick

QUOTE (spyrokeet @ Jul 7 2005, 03:22 PM)

watched team america for the first time the other day and OH MY GOD it is one of the funniest movies this year. highly recommended "dicks fuck assholes..."

I fell asleep to that movie last nite. It was crap, a few good punchlines, but other than that, a bunch of dildo puppets on strings with shitty South Park 'humor'.

Yeah but if you don't like South Park of course you're not gonna like it

DURKA DURKA MOHAMMED JIHAD

Theres just no shock value in all the swearing like when South Park first came out.

Saw Garden State with Natalie Portman and Zack Braff the other day. Top movie, bit of a chick flick. God Natalie Portman is gorgous!!

I want to see Garden State.. last movie I saw was... umm... Madagascar. I loved it, its soo cute, I even cried... hehe

Had a double pass to see some premier of the 'House of Wax' tonight. Didnt bother though... did anyone else go?

ok saw the free screening of

LOOK BOTH WAYS

what a good movie, first decent movie i have seen in a long time and it was made here in adelaide,
A very good movie, with hints of comedy, drama everything..
10/10..go see this when it gets released in august!

QUOTE (Sean79 @ Jul 12 2005, 01:46 AM)

Saw Garden State with Natalie Portman and Zack Braff the other day. Top movie, bit of a chick flick. God Natalie Portman is gorgous!!

man i was about to post that i saw this recently too, really cool film with a great soundtrack. natalie is so hot in that film!!!!!!

also i watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - really really good also

watched amelie the other night. for a chick(ish) flick i thought it was decent.

that audrey toutou (sp?) is a bit of a spunk.

QUOTE (SUPERSHOOTER @ Jul 12 2005, 12:51 AM)

QUOTE (spyrokeet @ Jul 7 2005, 03:22 PM) watched team america for the first time the other day and OH MY GOD it is one of the funniest movies this year. highly recommended  "dicks fuck assholes..."  I fell asleep to that movie last nite. It was crap, a few good punchlines, but other than that, a bunch of dildo puppets on strings with shitty South Park 'humor'.

unfortunately i agree with the shooter on this one

i did not find it funny in the slightest, though south park is not a funny show either

OMG HE SAID SHIT

I saw Downfall last night and definately recommend it for somethign a bit different. A bit on the long side but didn't drag at all, the nearly surreal way that hitler and his entourage act as things get more and more out of control really offset the gore of your typical war movie. It was interesting seeing things from a different viewpoint and has definately made me want to read up a bit more on some of the history of the war. Awesome imagery and atmosphere too... 2 thumbs up.

Just Watched Spike Lee's 'She Hate Me' - About a guy who has his finances frozen by the Securities Exchange commission so starts impregnating lesbians for $10,000 a pop.

Definitely worth renting if you've seen everything else going - not Spike Lee's best film - a bit of a male wank really - I won't spoil the ending but you'll know what I mean when you see it.

had a look at sin city..... going to see this on the big screen for sure!!!

I just saw war of the worlds: I thought it was decent, good action movie with fantastic, believable special effects and worth a watch for sure. Some of the characters (kids) were fucking annoying and I was disapointed that they didn't get minced up but you can't have everything. There were quite a few plot holes (how was the guys video camera working right after the EMP that knocked out all their electronics), a few bits where things just happened too conveniently, and at least one loose end I can think of that wasn't really concluded enough for me... but given the very basic plot (family runs away from aliens, the end) it was surprisingly good.
6/10

Finally got hold of Eddie & The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives from Amazon Canada today on DVD. I love this movie, just watched it again. OK it is a bit corny at times, but it is also inspiring in many ways, mostly the young guitarist Rick Diesel ... who proves that persistence is omnipotent! 6/10 for the movie 8/10 for feelgood factor and inspiration!

i finally saw RAY the other night... Jamie Fox is fantastic and for a person who is such an influential figure as Ray charles.. i had no idea of his story... The music is great in it.. makes me want to go ot and buy some Ray charles... loved it! Top movie and even drew a few tears!

watched the begginning of team america for the first time ... from what i saw before i fell asleep this movie is pretty funny all though the puppet on strings kind of shits me to some point but definatley on the re-watch list

and a classic for last...

harrold and kumar go to white castle... this movie just makes me want to get blitzed and go on adventures... funny as fuck!!

Watched 'WHORE' last night - with Denise Richards as a Journalist who doing a story on prostitutes. But it's not going well and she has bills mounting up ....so she has to end up doing what she's writing about.

You get about 2 seconds of Denise Doggy Style - huge let down

Very very Average film.

You wouldn't go to hookers after seeing it though

napoleon dynamite was a bit boring. the only good bit was when his older bro turned ghetto with a doo rag and an iced out medallion. the rest of it was slow and not really that interesting imo. 4/10

the machinist was a really interesting flick. this factory worker doesnt sleep for a year and starts sketching out hardcore... the lines between what is real and what is not are blurred as his world slowly begins to crumble around him. 7.5/10

heard some mixed reviews about fantastic four... has anyone seen it yet?

charlie and the chocolate factory is out in the states today, we have to wait until sept 1 to see it here...

Saw ''House Of Wax'' Last night,
Still don't know why i did, probably one of the worst movies ive ever seen.
the paris hilton death scene wasnt even very good.

1/10 because of the nice blue truck in the movie i want that truck!

QUOTE (spinningtom @ Jul 15 2005, 04:20 PM)

Saw ''House Of Wax'' Last night, Still don't know why i did, probably one of the worst movies ive ever seen. the paris hilton death scene wasnt even very good. 1/10 because of the nice blue truck in the movie i want that truck!

just saw that this arvo...
i thought it was fucking grusome as, i dont like blood and guts movies. didnt really like it at all, pretty average
also thought when paris hilton got killed was ghey, should have been more painfull.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0385690/

Family Guy: The Movie!!!

aka Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story!

wow a movie all for stewie! gonna be sooo good!

QUOTE (Khem @ Jul 15 2005, 03:02 PM)

the machinist was a really interesting flick. this factory worker doesnt sleep for a year and starts sketching out hardcore... the lines between what is real and what is not are blurred as his world slowly begins to crumble around him. 7.5/10

are you serious

i thought it was one of the worst films i have ever seen

QUOTE (mr kris @ Jul 12 2005, 10:43 PM)

watched amelie the other night. for a chick(ish) flick i thought it was decent. that audrey toutou (sp?) is a bit of a spunk.

Not a bad movie.... I really liked the green colour cast throughout the movie.

QUOTE (A to the Bizzy)

QUOTE (Sean79 @ Jul 12 2005, 01:46 AM) Saw Garden State with Natalie Portman and Zack Braff the other day. Top movie, bit of a chick flick. God Natalie Portman is gorgous!! man i was about to post that i saw this recently too, really cool film with a great soundtrack. natalie is so hot in that film!!!!!! also i watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - really really good also

Garden State didnt really do anything for me (I'd write a more constructive review if i could remember it!!) OTOH Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was tops.

A recent flick that suprised me was Sideways, didnt expect much from it but all in all a good couple hrs of entertainment.

The machinist was fucking excellent, I just finished watching it. 4/5 from me, it was very uncomfortable but I couldnt stop watching. Good ending too, I was expecting it to be more random but it tied up nicely.

QUOTE (mr kris @ Jul 12 2005, 10:43 PM)

watched amelie the other night. for a chick(ish) flick i thought it was decent. that audrey toutou (sp?) is a bit of a spunk.

Agreed

She is also in another movie called 'The Spanish Appartment' but she has longer hair, which I think looks a bit better.

saw bewitched this afternoon ... got three words for you

WORST. MOVIE. EVER

Watched SAW the other week. I know its been around for quite a while, im just a bit slow.
Great movie and love the ending. Didnt guess that one.
Oh and im watching herbie now on chan 7. lol!
Were u forced to watch bewitched twisten? U wouldnt get me there with a free ticket and popcorn

Saw Fantastic 4 last night... good movie it though took me back to the cartoon from years back :P

*makes note not to see bewitched*

Saw is awesome!!!! the dude that looked thro the toilet is one of the writers.

A movie about stewie... this is MUST see!!

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 16 2005, 07:18 PM)

QUOTE (Khem @ Jul 15 2005, 03:02 PM) the machinist was a really interesting flick. this factory worker doesnt sleep for a year and starts sketching out hardcore... the lines between what is real and what is not are blurred as his world slowly begins to crumble around him. 7.5/10 are you serious i thought it was one of the worst films i have ever seen

oh cmon Alex.......it wasn't that bad

If it had dealt with new material it would have been good!!!

Saw Fantastic Four the other night...
Shit
Shocking
Bad

It warbled on about their powers, had a love story, had the bad boy, the tortured one, the badguy who just goes nuts but does get defeated after everyone pitches in to save the day.
Not worth $14. Glad I got free tickets from work.

I really want to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory though. Something about Johnny Depp playing a psycho choccie maker in his own little fantasy world is appealing.

QUOTE (Sara @ Jul 17 2005, 08:12 PM)

oh cmon Alex.......it wasn't that bad If it had dealt with new material it would have been good!!!

ok so it wasnt that bad

but it wasnt as great as everyone is saying!

it would be worth seeing once it hits dvd but not really the type of film for the big screen

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 17 2005, 08:52 PM)

QUOTE (Sara @ Jul 17 2005, 08:12 PM) oh cmon Alex.......it wasn't that bad  If it had dealt with new material it would have been good!!! ok so it wasnt that bad but it wasnt as great as everyone is saying! it would be worth seeing once it hits dvd but not really the type of film for the big screen

agreed!

One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko".

Confused me a bit at first, but watching it a second time everything completley falls into place. Fantastic acting, love all the weird shit that happens in the movie. Storyline is incredible.
Alot of people that I know either didnt understand it or hated it, but this is definatley one movie that I am obsessed with.

Oh and "Princess Mononoke" and "Totoro" Love them to bits...

million $ baby wot aload of shit she dies

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM)

One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko".

Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

ive heard this is a great movie, really keen to see it

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!

Donnie is awesome!!!



OH and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best movie everrrrr

This post has been edited by alessi on Jul 17 2005, 09:31 PM

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

DD is in my all time top 10, you are a fruit loop :p

QUOTE (alessi @ Jul 17 2005, 09:29 PM)

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! Donnie is awesome!!! OH and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best movie everrrrr

Perhaps we could watch it together and you can convince me otherwise

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

Maybe u just didnt get it

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:32 PM)

Perhaps we could watch it together and you can convince me otherwise

Oh that's so romantic! Is saturday good for you? I'll bring popcorn

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

Are you serious? What didn't you like about it?

I think its a great movie

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:32 PM)

QUOTE (alessi @ Jul 17 2005, 09:29 PM) QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! Donnie is awesome!!! OH and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best movie everrrrr Perhaps we could watch it together and you can convince me otherwise

yeh coz me sitting next to u while u watch will suddenly make it a wicked movie?!

Sin City.... certianly lives up to the hype, the cinematography is amazing never have i seen the use of black and white and vivd colour together like that, absolutley blows away what Kill Bill did. Great story lines and awesome acting coupled with the soundtrack set a very dark mood.

5/5 definitley a must see...

I think im in love with Devon Aoki (Miho)

Alessi, you'll just concentrate harder on the movie, to try and throw Ray off is all. You might get it then.


That said, I wasn't too fussed about it.

QUOTE (alessi @ Jul 17 2005, 09:36 PM)

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:32 PM) QUOTE (alessi @ Jul 17 2005, 09:29 PM) QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! Donnie is awesome!!! OH and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the best movie everrrrr Perhaps we could watch it together and you can convince me otherwise yeh coz me sitting next to u while u watch will suddenly make it a wicked movie?!

Hell yeah, coz at least when I get bored this time I'll have something interesting to watch

I watched it with 5 other people all between 20 and 45 and at the end ALL of them said thank God that was over! The only reason we watched it 'till the end was we thought something interesting was about to happen. I'm still waiting.....

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

actually, i'll agree with you on this.

i understood the movie, i just didnt get into it. i've seen it twice and i think it's rather meh

QUOTE (melly @ Jul 17 2005, 09:44 PM)

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. actually, i'll agree with you on this. i understood the movie, i just didnt get into it. i've seen it twice and i think it's rather meh

3rded, It's crap!

QUOTE (Twisten @ Jul 17 2005, 04:16 PM)

saw bewitched this afternoon ... got three words for you WORST. MOVIE. EVER

comic book guy is awesome!

i've said it b4, are u suprised, its no Top Gun, nor will it ever be Top Gun therefore the movie blows. end of story.

ps, ray donnie darko is awesome, i dunno what your on about, again, no Top gun...

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM)

QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions.

omg are you tripping?

that film is amazing

the soundtrack is perfect, someone your age should really enjoy it for the music alone!

its in my top 5

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:50 PM)

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. omg are you tripping? that film is amazing the soundtrack is perfect, someone your age should really enjoy it for the music alone! its in my top 5

great movie,and like alex said,the soundtrack is amazing.Mad World easily wanna my fave songs.


anyone seen Sin City yet?Hearin really good things

QUOTE (Quazza @ Jul 17 2005, 09:52 PM)

anyone seen Sin City yet?Hearin really good things

Yeah it's awesome... I know schnookie has seen it at least 10 times already

QUOTE (Quazza @ Jul 17 2005, 09:52 PM)

anyone seen Sin City yet?Hearin really good things

Scroll down a few posts for my poorly written review.

In short, must see!

QUOTE (wojtek @ Jul 17 2005, 09:56 PM)

QUOTE (Quazza @ Jul 17 2005, 09:52 PM) anyone seen Sin City yet?Hearin really good things Scroll down a few posts for my poorly written review. In short, must see!

no question... see it

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:50 PM)

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. omg are you tripping?

Not just this minute...

Are we all talking about the same movie here? Surely not...

The one with the plane engine crashing into the dudes room and the senile old bitch who walks to her letterbox 20 times a day?

We surely are... one of modern cinemas masterpieces

Oh my god I saw THE SADDEST movie last night. It's called something border...can't quite remember but it has Angelina Jolie in it. Has anyone else seen it? It's about relief workers in 3rd world countries. I was bawling my eyes out after the first 10 mins, and i hardly stopped crying through out the whole movie, a real eye openeer, everyone should see it.

Oh yeah and by the way, Donnie Darkos a sick movie

watching finding nemo for the first time... lol!

This Donnie Darko movie sounds intreging... ill have to check it out

This post has been edited by incognito on Jul 17 2005, 10:32 PM

QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 10:14 PM)

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:50 PM) QUOTE (Raver1 @ Jul 17 2005, 09:24 PM) QUOTE (liljess @ Jul 17 2005, 09:15 PM) One of my most favourite movies of all time would have to be "Donnie Darko". Are you serious or just taking the piss? I asked the video shop for my money back after watching that. In fact I'd rate it as one of the WORST movies I have ever seen. Nevermind, we're all entitled to our own opinions. omg are you tripping? Not just this minute... Are we all talking about the same movie here? Surely not... The one with the plane engine crashing into the dudes room and the senile old bitch who walks to her letterbox 20 times a day?

haha thats the one!

Sin City is simply awesome, instant classic. Seen it a couple of times now and cant rate it highly enough.

I seriously think if u didnt like Donnie Darko u were simply too stupid to understand it, that is all.

Elektra. Don't bother - what a waste of a Sat night in front of the TV. Should have just gone to bed. 2 hours I'm not getting back...

Ladder 49. Surprisingly good. Enjoyed it and the whole flashback story type format. Recomend it

sin city is good [def worth seeing] but the graphic novels are better IMO, which is not really surprising..

This post has been edited by t23 on Jul 18 2005, 06:05 PM

haahahah yeah have to agree t23, i am glad i had a feel for the setting and style of the film before watching.. but sheesh, did robert rodriguez do the graphic novels justice or what? it was all about teh characters, the mood, the setting.. not the actors! for once, a movie thats pure storyline.. i was enraptured by it, i cant wait to see it again its a film like donni edarko where it PAYs to THINK while u watch it.. no tuning out here!

i really liked saw also, especially after reading about the directors and how they got the film financed.. their next film will be awesome.

when the first stills came out, i remember thinking that with his messed up face, mickey rourke was perfect for the part of marv

::shiver:: how not get plastic surgery done

the more i read up, the more i am impressed by the adaptation.. check these comparisons!

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 18 2005, 06:35 PM)

the more i read up, the more i am impressed by the adaptation.. check these comparisons!

thats impressive!

QUOTE (Daggy @ Jul 17 2005, 04:29 PM)

Watched SAW the other week. I know its been around for quite a while, im just a bit slow. Great movie and love the ending. Didnt guess that one. Oh and im watching herbie now on chan 7. lol! Were u forced to watch bewitched twisten? U wouldnt get me there with a free ticket and popcorn

yes i was .. big sister duties (even though i was taking my little brother out? a bit concerning) .. however my mother did feel sympathy for me and supplied me with a free ticket.

dear inter-net

i watched war of the worlds tonight. great effects and reasonable storyline. until the ending. possibly the worst ending to a film i have ever seen.

love from,
alex bee six one eight

concur alex but thats how it was written :S

i think we are all familiar with the storyline

but the execution of the final 5 mins left a lot to be desired

but who am i to complain, its not like i paid for it

ps it would have been cool to have some of the original music like the bit that goess DO DO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dodododododo DO DO DOOOOOOOOOOOO

Agreed
As if a highly intelligent spacefaring race that had been preparing for millions of years wouldn't have seen that coming

Saw Finding Neverland the other night...

quite liked it, depp is brillant as always, and winslet is great. Thought the story (sort of interwined with a bit of fantasy) was quite moving. Reccomended!

QUOTE (Daggy @ Jul 17 2005, 04:29 PM)

Watched SAW the other week. I know its been around for quite a while, im just a bit slow. Great movie and love the ending. Didnt guess that one.

great ending for sure ... but it must be said: worse acting/actors ever, it actually spoiled the movie i reckon.waste of a good 'concept' for a movie, and with good actors and a good director it could have been one of the best horrors of 2005 so far.plus i didnt find it one bit scary, probably due to acting etc...

peoples here seen The Forgotten?awesome movie!even the second time i watched it it freaked the shit out of me

QUOTE (muffins @ Jul 19 2005, 12:37 AM)

Agreed As if a highly intelligent spacefaring race that had been preparing for millions of years wouldn't have seen that coming

u could take it up wit HG wells... i thought the reason the aliens were defeated quite ingenius, but i havent seen the new film... is tehre a new reason in the spielberg film??

i quite like the crazy 1990s adaptation of the story, which was made into a type of book/soundscape....
"the chances of anything coming from mars, is a million to one they said..."



BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 19 2005, 10:40 AM)

BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Don't get too excited... Sleep for the first hour - you won't miss anything...

hahahaha sif i would sleep with A) christian bale onscreen and B) the dark knight of comics finding his destiny!

went and saw 'sin city' the other night. personally i thought it was crap, the camerawork was ok but thats about the only complement i could give that movie.

oh and jessica alba is hot.

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 19 2005, 10:40 AM)

QUOTE (muffins @ Jul 19 2005, 12:37 AM) Agreed As if a highly intelligent spacefaring race that had been preparing for millions of years wouldn't have seen that coming u could take it up wit HG wells... i thought the reason the aliens were defeated quite ingenius, but i havent seen the new film... is tehre a new reason in the spielberg film?? i quite like the crazy 1990s adaptation of the story, which was made into a type of book/soundscape.... "the chances of anything coming from mars, is a million to one they said..." BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

just to clarify i don't think the ending is crap per the actual plot.. just the way it was executed in the film was very very poor. so they blow up some alien machines and tom cruise goes for a walk. 30 secs later he is in boston at his ex wifes house (which remains untouched by the carnage) and it is all happy families again

this all takes place literally 2 minutes after like a thousand soldiers are attacking these machines. seriously, it was like they were running out of film and had to wrap it up in 2 minutes

QUOTE (cammyxxoo @ Jul 19 2005, 10:45 AM)

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 19 2005, 10:40 AM) BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Don't get too excited... Sleep for the first hour - you won't miss anything...

really? i thoroughly enjoyed the first part of the film. to me it was better than the second half

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 19 2005, 11:57 AM)

this all takes place literally 2 minutes after like a thousand soldiers are attacking these machines. seriously, it was like they were running out of film and had to wrap it up in 2 minutes

ahh yeah, that sucks... i hate it when directors do the story injustice like that!!! stupid studio execs etc

QUOTE (billy boy @ Jul 19 2005, 11:00 AM)

QUOTE (cammyxxoo @ Jul 19 2005, 10:45 AM) QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 19 2005, 10:40 AM) BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Don't get too excited... Sleep for the first hour - you won't miss anything... really? i thoroughly enjoyed the first part of the film. to me it was better than the second half

I thought the whole movie was done pretty well. Way better than any of the 4 before it imo.

Fantastic 4 is also well wicked.

Only caught half of sin city so was sitting there with droppped jaw wondering what the fuck was going on... different, ill say that much, dont know if id pay to see it though.

Anyone seen the series TAKEN I think it was from 2003 hasn't been on TV here yet.
I got it from Blockbuster 10 - 1.5 hour episodes.
Its about Aliens and that sort of jazz.

Its different in the way from start to finish it covers 3 generations on a couple families 60-70 odd years. Starts in the war with old planes and finishes in the 90s I think, I've still got the last 2 episodes to watch.

I recommend it if you have alot of time spare, very interesting

Its on here Channel 9, i cant remember what night.

Really didn't know that

RA knows all

QUOTE (billy boy @ Jul 19 2005, 11:00 AM)

QUOTE (cammyxxoo @ Jul 19 2005, 10:45 AM) QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 19 2005, 10:40 AM) BATMAN BEGINS TONITE!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Don't get too excited... Sleep for the first hour - you won't miss anything... really? i thoroughly enjoyed the first part of the film. to me it was better than the second half

yeah me too..
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do the people who didn't like sin city understand noir as a genre [or come across it before] and miller's intent in doin it the way he originally did? the hyper realism, reworking of old school 'sam spade' crime fiction and such?

i mean everybody can have their own opinion [not bagging personal preferences], i was just wondering.. what people were expecting etc..



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mayb pit was the pollution in the atmosphere and waterways which killed them..

i'm generally lenient when it comes to plot holes if they're not too stupid, i can normally come up with some sort of explanation if pushed..

i mean, it's not a masterpiece by any means, just blockbuster entertainment done with a bit more style than the usual special effects fests..

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im gonna watch sin city a bit later tonight t23

am i the only 1 who thinks comic book movies are absolite crud?

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 18 2005, 06:13 PM)

its a film like donni edarko where it PAYs to THINK while u watch it.. no tuning out here!

so i watched sin city last night, whoever said it was an instant all time top 10 is tripping

quite an entertaining flick but you cant compare it to donnie darko... (imo a modern masterpiece)

Just had 2 sick days and caought up on some films and re-visited some as well;
Dr Strange Love or How I etc etc... => Peter Sellers is a genius
21 Grams => couldn't get in to it, just don't like Penn
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind => even paranoid schizo's have enemy's
Super Size Me => always said In 'n Out Burger rulez if you make it to US (special Interview on the DVD)
The Score => no matter how hard they try, Hollywood still can't reproduce the original teenage angst and rebellion delivered by 80s hits like Breakfast Club, Ferris Beullar and Pump Up the Volume
Friday Night Lights => preferred Remember the Titans
Napolean Dynamite => gonna kill my bro for suggesting it

QUOTE (Ted Nogard @ Jul 20 2005, 10:23 AM)

Napolean Dynamite => gonna kill my bro for suggesting it

amongst the worst films i have ever seen

no idea why people thought it was good

sin city and donnie darko are two very different films, i wasnt comparing them at all... i think they are both as good as eachother, but donnie darko (like the original matrix) has a lot more depth of material to read into, such as the philosophical contexts and stuff...

anyways, t23, do u actually know what killed the aliens in WOtW in the original stories? i am sure its the same in the new film, will let ya know what i think next week when i see it

QUOTE (Ted Nogard @ Jul 20 2005, 10:23 AM)

Napolean Dynamite => gonna kill my bro for suggesting it

Napolean Dynamite has polarised opinions on RA. To be honest, it's mildly amusing in parts but it's not going to make any all-time mainstream classic lists - but it'd probably scrape into a top 50 Cult Classics list.

QUOTE (nos235 @ Jul 20 2005, 11:01 AM)

QUOTE (Ted Nogard @ Jul 20 2005, 10:23 AM) Napolean Dynamite => gonna kill my bro for suggesting it Napolean Dynamite has polarised opinions on RA. To be honest, it's mildly amusing in parts but it's not going to make any all-time mainstream classic lists - but it'd probably scrape into a top 50 Cult Classics list.

Friend of mine saw it and totally recommends it. Every time I'm at Blockbuster I almost grab it but something else takes my eye... Too scared to get it every time

Who's seen Bewitched - hearing mixed reviews... worth the $7.50 or wait til it's $2.50 at the video store..?

QUOTE (alexb618 @ Jul 20 2005, 09:19 AM)

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 18 2005, 06:13 PM) its a film like donni edarko where it PAYs to THINK while u watch it.. no tuning out here! so i watched sin city last night, whoever said it was an instant all time top 10 is tripping quite an entertaining flick but you cant compare it to donnie darko... (imo a modern masterpiece)

i reckon the graphic novels are more groundbreaking than the actual movie.. back when miller did those, it was quite fresh, whereas now we're kinda desensitised to the hyper violence and stylistic design thru anime, tarantino etc..

so technically, and from a design viewpoint it's quite interesting, but i can see how some people wouldn't like it..

i think people who read comics and/or had an appreciation of cinema/literary history would get more out of it [cause it refers a lot in style and content to certain genres and types, pushing them to the extremes or flipping them round]..

anyways.. too much intellectualisation of mass media entertainment

trashy:
i haven't read the book of WOtW but i think the ending is the same..

QUOTE (Ted Nogard @ Jul 20 2005, 10:23 AM)

21 Grams => couldn't get in to it, just don't like Penn

you should give it a try. this movie is absolutely incredible, imo! personally, i cant fault it...

this sounds cool.. wit christian bale in the lead role, it should be!

http://www.christianbale.net/movies/newworld.htm


Currently in post-production!

The New World is an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Pocahontas, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick transforms this classic story into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery, both a celebration and an elegy of the America that was…and the America that was yet to come.


Director: Terrence Malick

Release Date: November 9th, 2005 (US)

Cast

John Rolfe - Christian Bale
John Smith- Colin Farrell
Rupwew - Michael Greyeyes
Pocahontas - Q'Orianka Kilcher
Ben - Ben Mendelsohn
Captain Newport - Christopher Plummer
Parahunt - Kalani Queypo
Tockwhogh - Myrton Running Wolf
Powhatan - August Schellenberg
Opechancanough - Wes Studi
Selway - Noah Taylor
Capt. Edward Wingfield - David Thewlis
Tomocomo - Raoul Trujillo
William Sentry - Will Wallace

Christian Bale called before Anna, he said to tell you that he reckons you're hot too

awww shucks i told him he shouldnt go round telling everyone we're an item and that he thinks i am a goddess and all those mushy things, he's such a romantic haha

Ive heard Chronicles of Narnia is very good.

*lines up a movie date with Sara*

Broken Flowers looks pretty good too...

And yet to see The Constant Gardener either.

i saw narnia in gold class last night..

thing is, half way thru the movie i got a bad stomache ache and ended up in the toilets (albeit being nice facilities hehe) for the rest of the entire movie. came back in when the credits rolled.

what a fucking waste! :(

went to see fun with dick and jane last night with some friends, not as funny as i had hoped, but still a solid movie and well worth seeing.

lord of war - 8/10
saw 2 - 6/10

disney still puts out good films, and the original disney animations are still amazing to watch...the cinematography, the characters are so well animated too.

i saw the end of Human Nature last nite, looked hilarious!!! great cast and producers too, i am in the mood for some crazy films again now...long live sbs and its weird wed/thurs nite viewing!

disney has been slow with the times. moving away from the art of pencil drawn animation was hard for traditional animators. they just refused to change to CG animation, which is why disney has been left behind until now with narnia.

I actually read a interesting article on this in the sept 26th Time Magazine
"Can Mickey Find His Mojo" :cool:

This post has been edited by TCB: Dec 29 2005, 12:53 PM

about to watch stealth cos I'm home being upset and sooking .... need something not too in-depth to take my mind of things

TCB, its NARNIA not NARDIA ;)

aint nuthing wrong with pencil animation anyways :tongue:

i ended up having nothing to do on christmas eve. then i discovered that Total Recall was on cable. :w00t: best arnie movie in my view.

EDIT: Whoops i keep on saying nardia even though i know its narnia. im such a dumb ass lol.

This post has been edited by TCB: Dec 29 2005, 12:54 PM

went to the movies the other day, and watched Fun with Dick and Jane!

funny movie, jim carey has still got it.

caught me red handed. :blush: haha

watched king kong the other day. thought it was brilliant! ***1/2

THAT IS ALL.

Dont; watch 'last house on the left' its offensive... horrible, and traumat8ic

tcb how can you say that for arnie you can not go pass commandonow that is pure class right there

and archon 99 yep that would have to be the worse movie ever made but it can't make bad boys look that good come on

its not a movie.. but its still an excellent watch...

my sister got me the John Safran Vs God series on dvd... john safran is a effing legend!!!

I am left speechless.

Three... Extremes

Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/threeextremes/

I have been waiting for this to get released for months now after seeing a trailer on apple but saw it at Atlantic last night. Basically three short movies by three 'extreme' asian directors, usually known for their extremely thought provoking movies.

Japan: Takashi Miike
HK: Fruit Chan
Korea: Chan-wook Park

I'm not familiar with Fruit Chan's previous works but the other two are very famous. Chan-wook Park was responsible for "Oldboy" (those who have seen it will know), as well as the very popular "JSA" and Takashi Miike.. well I can go on n on about him. Almost all of his movies have been banned and often contain things from ultra violence to incest to those weird people who like to cut eachother for joy to those people who enjoy being suffocated to near death whilst ejaculating to necrophilia.. and the list goes on.

Anyway, the three short movies are:

1) "Dumpling", directed by Fruit Chan. I can't really explain this movie without giving away spoilers but it is the grossest of the three (subtley) and provides a lot of thinking regarding: incest, abortion, cannibalism and the search for youth.

2) "Cut", directed by Chan-wook Park. Easily the one that will keep you thinking. The entire movie is a major twist (very much in the way that Donnie Darko is), about a director who gets kidnapped by one of his movie extras and forced to do things against his will (think a saddistic version of Saw versus a David Lynch movie).

3) "Box", directed by Takashi Miike. Not as provoking as his usual movies. It is about a novelist and her past where she is involved with murdering her own sister during childhood and subsequently shutting herself out from society in adulthood.

When I watched these movies, I approaced them thinking they were all out psychological horror movies (it was in the horror section) but it is more drama. All three movies have great settings, atmosphere and superb cinematography. I guess personally, "Dumpling" left the eeriest after-taste, "Cut" left me thinking the most and was SUPERBLY made (you can watch it over half a dozen times and still pick up subtle hints), and "Box" was the most beautiful.

Highly recommended for those who want a thinking movie. 9/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420251/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/threeextremes/
http://www.threeextremes.com/

Downloaded the movie Flight Plan

awesome movie IMO worth the download

not sure if it has been out in the movies yet but thumbs up from me! :thumbsup:

King Kong...

OMG awesome film, hard to find a fault in it!! Peter Jackson both played homage to the original 30's film, but also gave it a contemporary twist which really delved into teh depths of media shallowness, the movie industry, compassion and the human emotions...i laughed, i cried, i was pretty damn freaked out by some scenes too! where did they find those crazy islander people from??

naomi watts, adrien brody and jack black were amazing leading characters, everyone did an awesome job and kong looked amazing!!

ahh wow, cant wait to see it again, depth 10/10 film from me.

:cry: poor Kong :cry:

i watched 24hr party people the other day

what a great film

I watched Boys Dont Cry the other day... a really disturbing movie (there's a pretty rough rape scene in it)... but still a really really good film. I can see why Hilary Swank won the Oscar for it, she was amazing.

I give it 9/10 :|)

Watched Kung Fu Hustle on the weekend. Quite entertaining. Started to watch it in English and just couldn't follow the bad lip sync... so changed to subtitles with Cantonese. So much better. Always funny to read subtitles anyways and think... is that what they really said..? 'You're a numnut' in Cantonese... funny :lol: As for the movie. Liked the story and the fighting was awesome :) 3 1/2 out of 5 :)

has anyone seen a movie called "out cold"??? it was on tv the other night but i missed it, so i went and hired it... its a fucking great movie! :|)

Watched a dvd last night, A set of 3 movies... didn't get to see the last one.
First film was called "Dumplings".
A Chinese film, about a lady who cuts up dead baby featus's and cooks them in some kinda food which apparentally if you eat them makes you look younger. Was kinda fucking gross, very gorey. But well worth it, subtitles and stuff. But had awsome detail and shit.
Other film was average.
But big ups to leeyum for watching it with us darling. I'm hoping you like it for the story line and not for the dead babies. YUK :)

Just watched Hannibal for the 10th or so time, really great movie. Very well filmed, extremly well played by Julianne Moore and good old Sir Hopkins. The music really adds to the style and class that Hannibal is all about, wicked movie, wicked cast, wicked director.

I tip my hat to you Dr. Lector :angel:

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haha, and u got freaked out/confused by the shining...wtf! the shining is one of the BEST movies ever made, have u read any stephen king at all? based on a short story...u had better of watched the Kubrick version!

Jar Head - Dodgy copy, but from what I could make out, top film. Will go see at the cinema.

Syriana - Great story, little heavy though. Will watch again.

Aeon Flux - Slow to start, but turned out to be a good story. FX were good and Theron is hoooot with short hair like that.

Just Friends - Was hoping this would be like Ryan Reynold other new film, 'Waiting', but was too rom-com for me. Had it's funny moments though

Waiting - fucking funny shit from Ryan Reynold and co. Similar vein to 'Dodgeball' and 'Anchorman' - stupid jokes but they just work.

A Sound of Thunder - Poo. The trailer made this look awesome, but it's just shit. Was turned off after half an hour. Don't waste your downloads on it.

Chicken Little - Not a bad movie if you have time to kill and dont want to think. The goldfish had me in stitches tho.

Lord of War - One of nicholas cage's better outings in a while. enjoyable but gets a little slow towards the end.

Saw 2 - Not as good as the 1st one from a storytelling perspective, but some fucked up gory shit is always good for change of pace. Couldn't stand the bit with the needleds tho, I thought I was going to vom

I still have Curse of The Were Rabbit and Submerged to watch. Not expecting much from submerged, bit W&G should be good for a giggle

far out - you metioned 13 movies in that post!!! that's hardcore!

3 guesses as to what sawdust does when he is not dj'ing or hosting that wikid radio show on wed night

haha - wish i had as much time to watch movies as you mate!

Meanwhile - duecue biggalow 2 was great - ignore the haters - stupid jokes (some of them, others gold) but they do work

Dukes of Hazzard was a very funny comedy/action movie too - will watch that one again for sure - great impact with decent surround sound

Would like to watch the truth about love but it's only in Dolby Digital 2.0 - i mean hellllloooo? Am i living in the 21st century? Can we have some surround sound please? As much as i hate that fact, I will probably hire it out this week to watch.

This post has been edited by jjcoolaus: Jan 15 2006, 02:29 PM

Torrent suck, it's all about DC++ - 700MB of Aeon Flux came down in 35 minutes.

JJ - didn't watch them all in one sitting dude, watched over about 4-6 weeks.

I have been getting new Scrubs, West Wing and Lost as well.

I love internode ADSL2+ and my 40GB download limit :)

i wouldnt get too excited about aeon flux if you were a fan of the cartoon

its not that great to be honest

except the chick looks good

hmmm as if 40 gb is enough

yeah, but it's free :chuff:


i'm going to try for a 60gig limit, see if i can push my luck

what you currently on?

I spoke to Chris, he bumped me up to the 40gb plan.

im already on 40gig

*harumphs*

MOVIES thread people!!

;)

its only cause i rely on others for movie downloads :grin:

city of god is on tv tonite, if anyone is interested...
SBS 930pm :thumbsup:

I'm just hanging out for Earthsea to be made by Studio Ghibli, that is going to be freaking awesome.

I loved reading the Earthsea novels, they rank right up there with Lord of the Rings as my favourite fantasy novels. And to think it's now being made into a movie by studio ghibli, all of whoms animations i adore, it's making me giddy.

..watching the meaning of love now - so far it's not bad... bit sad in places...

i know!!! ursula le guin!!! awesoommmmeeeeeeeee

its gonna be WAYYYYYY better than LOTR ;)

if studio ghibli touch it, it is instantly magical :)

Earthsea FTW!

I'm still awaiting for my DVD copy of Howls Moving Castle to arrive from Hong Kong, then i have the complete Ghibli set for the time being.

fucking w00t, memoirs of a geisha comes out 19/1!!!

I may even go and see it thursday night :)

can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!

dark horizons write up - lots of pics

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/memoirsofageisha.php

This post has been edited by melly: Yesterday, 10:15 PM

yeah i know was till hung over form the night before but most people knew what i was talking about so i didnt care

Since new Fresh website is still not online and latest issue of Twentyfourseven is nowhere to be seen here's my Jarhead review....

JARHEAD
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Sam Mendes

“Every war is different, every war is the same” begins part of Jake Gyllenhaal’s narration as Jarhead’s lead, Private First Class Anthony Swofford. Based on the real-life Swofford’s book this recounts his experiences leading up to and including Desert Storm. Through bootcamp, deployment into Kuwait and his first actual engagement with the enemy this is Swofford’s take on life in the Marine Corps. Not so much a war film as a lack-of-war film, the soul-crushing routine is replayed in darkly comic detail as the infantry wait on the bench for garbage time while fighter jets command the bulk of the play. Gyllenhaal carries the absurdity with an intense performance along with his sniper buddy Troy (Peter Sarsgaard), who’s only real combat experience in the movie is cynically powerful and moving. Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is brilliant as their “oo-rah” Staff Sergeant while fellow Academy recipient, Mendes, lends a thoughtful artistic eye to what would otherwise be mindless drudgery; Jarhead coming off as something akin to Waiting For Godot (In The Middle East), bearing little resemblance to American Beauty or Road To Perdition save for the brilliantly cool calculated direction. In this way Mendes and Swofford are totally unjudgmental, as they look squarely into the face of many contemporary issues and say… nothing. Underpinned with references to The Deer Hunter, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, the best war films won’t teach you much about war itself. From Swofford’s experience, what you do take away is that the values of the Corp stay with you for life.

4/5

[quote=archon99,Feb 23 2006, 12:04 PM]
latest issue of Twentyfourseven is nowhere to be seen review....

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wanted to see Hostel tonight but it was sold out at Marion so saw Derailed instead. i didnt quite remmeber the trailer for it but the movie ended up being quite a surpise.. forgot that it was actually a THRILLER and thought for the first half of it that it was a romance/drama about two married people who cheat.

but when the gun cocks, from then onwards its a nice thriller about two people being mugged whilst having an affair and this is used against them to extort money out of the main guy (clive owen).

good popcorn thriller that had nice little twists throughout. it was a pleasant suprise becuase i had no idea what to expect so im not sure how i'd feel if i was actually expecting to see a thriller.

hope that made sense.

another philip k dick novel turned movie. looks insane!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_indep...arkly/trailer2/

Its not a current movie, but I watched The Life and Death of Peter Sellers the other day and I thought it was a well executed movie, not quite entirely true to the story of his life but in a entertaining way, highly recommended by me!

This could be one of this year's big annimation movies

Open Season

Starring Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher

Hired DVD the other night "HEY DJ" :)
Not bad... but great soundtrack!
Music throughout the whole movie and loved the way the story incorporated all the following dj's!

If yay bored - go hire it!! You'll wanna dance!

Cameo's from some of the worlds leading DJs include:

Tiesto (The Netherlands)
Voted no.1 DJ in the world. Tiesto opened the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

Judge Jules (UK)
Voted no.9 DJ in the world and his show on BBC radio has a weekly audience of 2 million

Eddie Halliwell (UK)
Voted no. 20 in the world's top 100 DJs.

Bob Sinclar (France)
No. 1 DJ in france. He has produced numerous hits and is a european superstar.

Anne Savage (UK)
No. 2 female DJ in the world.

Marc Aurel (Germany)
Had a worldwide hit with his melodic trance track "Running." A budding superstar on the international scene and is a heart throb in Germany.

Kai Tracid (germany)
Named after his trademark blend of trance and acid.

Spankox (Italy)
His track "to the club", released worldwide, is one of today's greatest dance anthems.

Lisa Lashes (UK)
No. 1 female DJ in the world.

Chris Cox (USA)
Has produced over 36 billboard no. 1 dance hits.

Robbie Rivera (USA)
Voted no. 38 in america's top 50 DJs. He's had numerous hits including a recent Pink remix.

Agostino Carollo (Italy)
Has made numerous international hits under the names X-treme, Eyes cream and Ago. he is also the man behind the name Spankox.

Kevens (USA)
Kevens has a massive following on the rave and festival circuit from the US to Latin America to Japan.

Annabella Lwin (USA)
Lead singer of the new wave band “bow wow wow”. At the age of 16 annabella broke the US top 10 with the hit "I Want Candy!".

Ferry Corsten (Netherlands)
Voted no. 6 DJ in the world's top 100. His track "Rock Your Body, Rock" is a worldwide hit.

Junior Jack (Belgium)
"Make Luv" (over 500,000 copies sold), under the name Room 5, is only one of his many worldwide hits. "Stupidisco" is the latest.

Marco V. (Netherlands)
Voted no. 15 dj in the world.

Carl Cox (UK)
No. 7 DJ in the world.

Pete Tong (UK)
He's bringing dance music to the masses via his "Essential Selection" show on BBC radio 1, with millions of listeners worldwide.


A story of love, rise to fame and summertime fun in Ibiza.

For dancefloor fans and those that love to move their body.

Chronicling the chaotic love life and rise to fame of fictional character -DJ Hound Dog as he struggles to break into the club scene. After making the trek to the worlds clubbing capital "Ibiza" and with the help of world famous deejays, DJ Hound Dog turns out to become a real star in the scene.

caught "Hostel" last night. pretty screwed up movie but not that screwed up from all the hype it received.

basically about a group of back packers who are after the punani and get a tip that there's some awesome hostel in slovakia. everything is fine until they disappear one by one and they slowly undercover some operation where people are able to pay money to murder/torture whoever they like.

for the buffs out there who know their jap directors: there's a cameo from uber king jap horror director Takashi Miike (who's movies are mostly so fucked up that they're banned in at least one country or another) leaving the torture chamber and saying that it was awesome lol.

has a fair slathering of gore and bits where you will cringe but i think they relied more on the shock value of the actual situation. kinda reminded me a bit of 'wolf creek'.


a of trivia: the main corridors of the slaughter house are actually from a real life functioning mental institution in prague. that particular wing that the movie was filmed in has been closed off for 50 yrs and used to contain the hospital's craziest patients. the basement was so creepy that the director hired a string quartet to play vivaldi to make it feel cozier whilst shooting.

i saw hostel last week aswell, quite a good movie, realy enjoyed it. one of the best ive seen in the last 2 months.

i also saw hostel last night. highly reccomend it great thriller movie. plenty of scare,gore,sex with hot chicks and drugs. what more could a person ask for?

Thats it, I'm watching it on account of Harry's description! :lol:

Seriously though, sounds like a movie right up my alley!

Went to see Syriana @ the Gold Class @ Marion on Saturday.

Basically, the film is about how big oil interests in the United States manipulate foreign governments through illegal bribery and killings to get what they want.

IMO it was a prettty difficult movie to watch. There are at least 5-10 subplots going on at any one time which are sometimes hard to follow.

These include the story of how a Pakistani labourer loses his job and becomes brutalised and then radicalised, the story of a lawyer and his alcoholic father, the story of an oil executive and the tragic loss of his son, the internal power struggle between brothers in an Arabic kingdom, the spiral of a down and out CIA agent and on and on.....

The good (well, kinda bad news) is that somehow in the end you understand the big picture.

6/10

went n saw "Match Point" at marion tonight. had high hopes for it but woody allen's movie making always erks me. around half way tho, i got over it and once the substance of the movie settled in after all the character development was out of the way, the movie turned out pretty damn good.

basically about a dude who marries a chick from a wealthy ass family has an affair with scarlett johansson who later turns around and threatens him to break up with his wife or else she will.

has very realistic moments, dialogue and just the way it pans out is incredible. i really enjoyed it. kinda makes ya feel a lil dirty for the main actor who was having the affair. recommended viewing.


also watched "history of violence" tonight too. yet to be released movie starring Viggo Mortensen from LOTR fame. i seriously disliked this movie... no wonder it went to dvd so quickly in america.

is about viggo who lives in a small country town with a loving family. then come some burgulars who rob his restaurant and out of nowhere, viggo pulls some moves and saves the day and kills the burgulars. he becomes a hero and hsi face is plastered everywhere and from this, some mob boys come visit from the big city claiming to know what his real identity is and why it is that he can pull of these violent acts.

dont bother wiith this one. on paper it seemed good.. in reality, i was bored to tears with the crap actors, too many 80's-esque love scenes and was expecting more from his 'dark past'.

went and saw hostel last week and if you are put of by gore and when i say gore i mean gore dont go. but besides that is a good movie with some good twist

good movie?

i love tarentino and i love gore... but this movie was pathetic! highly dissapointed in it! cant beleive i paid full price to see it!

i thought it was a great movie
good story line nice girls, drugs, gore and some scare aspect

that scene with the eyeball is a classic!

who's seen 'it's all gone pete tong'?

reviews?

ive heard its gay .. but id have to see it to really comment.

I watched "Hooligans" tonight (aka. "Green Street Hooligans"), starring Elijah Wood and a couple of british chaps as well as Claire Forlani.

absolutely incredible. i ended up watching it a second time in one night.

very basic story line that is driven but great characters, dialogue n scripting. there's always something about east london dialogue (ala lock stock).

the gist of it is, Elijah Wood gets expelled from Harvard, US, and goes to visit Forlani in London and her husband and kid. He meets the husband's younger bro, Peter who loves nothing more than to get pissed with his mates (aka. gang, 'firm', fellow soccer hooligans on the same team), go to a footy match and beating the absolute FUCK outta rivalling team's gangs.

throw in a few moments regarding the history of it all and the founding members, family values vs brotherhood, lots of alcohol and you got a nice drama.

superb viewing.

Went to see Date Movie ealier tonight and i could quite well say its the worst movie I've ever seen. This is on top of the fact that i usually love the spoof movies (Naked Gun, Flying High, SpaceBalls etc etc) but this failed to impress me at all so much so that by the 60 min mark I'd left the cinema. Up until now the worst movie I had seen in recent years was probably The Punisher but i reckon compared to this one, that now wasn't quite so bad.

The best part of the whole trip down to Marion was the preview of Scary Movie 4 that we say due for release in Australia in a few months taking off such famous films as War of The Worlds, The Grudge, Saw, The Village and Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah

This post has been edited by DJ Ben: Mar 16 2006, 12:58 AM

went to see V For Vendetta on sat featuring Hugo Weaving & Natalie Portman and its made by the same people as the matrix. dont know if its been released there yet. its pretty cool. some soppy natalie portman stuff brings it down a bit but some pretty cool special effects and explosions!! i understand however how some people are pissed off that it justifies terrorism. :thumbsup:

3.5 stars. :cool:

This post has been edited by TCB: Mar 21 2006, 05:06 PM

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great in M:I3. Best villain ever. More Scaramanga than Scaramanga...

"Who are you? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Whoever she is, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. And then I'm going to kill you right in front of her."

Funny Da Vinci Code trailer :lol:

was it any good?... somehow i dont think the movie would do the original short cartoons any justice

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im watchin billy elliot

itc such a sweet film

11 yr old girl: do u want to see my fanny?
billy: no, your right

hahah

Can't wait to check out MI3, always have liked T.Cruise films... MI2 was a bit crappy though, have heard nothing but good things about the 3rd installment....

Yay, a 3rd group has releases mi3 (xvid), a proper of a proper. It seems no-one can get it right, and even if they did, it would still have Tom Cruise in it so why bother! :lol:

I cant wait to check out Dave Chappelles new movie Block Party :w00t:

yeah same here i have seen some from the internet and it looks good

remember mortal kombat 1 and 2 lol they are making a 3rd 1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293429/
http://mk3movie.mortalkombatonline.com/

ahh wicked...

new character in this... Fujin, cant remember him from any of the games though :(

ahh yeh yeh... remember he was in one of the later games... some sorceror or somehing, just cant remember him in the 2nd movie... ahwell, bed time for me, and woot to a new mortal kombat out :grin:

Looking forward to seeing The Ringer tomorrow.

Love Johnny Knoxville.

By the way, I've heard they are filming Jackass The Movie 2

I'm looking forward to seeing The Da Vinci Code when it comes out ...I absolutely loved that book :thumbsup:

And its great that they've brought out the movie, because now the history channel and discovery channel etc are playing documentaries relating to the book....

Watched the 50c movie the other night .....my verdit: SHITE.
And it was me who really wanted to see it :blush: I thought it would be like 8 mile but better - but its nothing like it at all...

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Mission Impossible 3... saw it last sunday... its is the best movie..... full of action... it continues the story of the typical mission impossible movies series..... He gets married.... the story from there.

It starts with the ending.. then goes back to explain how they got there!!! But as always,... there IS a twist to the tale!! Well worth the admission price... in my opinion... Saw it at the Goldclass at marion.. so $25/ticket... (mwah n thanks to the wonderful hunny who surprised me with the ticket!!!)still well worth it!!!

Reccomend to anyone who loved the other MI movies!!! Big Ups!!!