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Default 08-16-2007, 09:51

Recently at the cinema I've seen:

Transformers
Die Hard 4.0
Order of the Phoenix
The Simpson’s
Rush Hour 3
Licence to Wed
Evan almighty

I've ranked them in order - of which I enjoyed the most...
Transformers was excellent - I hadn't read anything about it before I went and wasn't really expecting much but it was really really good. Like the other folks here I expected to see changeable cars on the way home!
Die Hard was good if you like the franchise.yipeee- kai - yea!
Order of the Phoenix was a good enough book -to movie production - but I'll probably go to see the next two.
Simpson’s was good but probably equal in humour to an episode on TV - to paraphrase Homer Simpson ...everyone in the theatre was a sucker for buying a ticket because they can watch it for free on the TV.
Rush Hour 3 - I like Jackie Chan.

Do not, I repeat, do not, go and see the bottom 2 - they were terrible

I go to mainstream cinema quite often when I'm home (at my mum's) basically as something else to do rather than go to the pub of an evening.

I think that the only genre I don't really like is horror but I love action movies. I'm really looking forward to going to see Bourne Ultimatum this weekend!!
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Default 08-19-2007, 19:45

I just saw Disturbia. I liked it more than I thought I would. I'm not a big fan of any type of scary movie but this one was more comedy/romance/thriller and I liked it.
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Default 08-19-2007, 22:48

saw Hanible rising the other day. as a book-to-film it was terrible. the introduction wasn't true to the book or even remotely historically acurate. which was annoying. the rest of the film was remarkably dull with key scenes missing. they perverted the book so much i could hardly watch.

as a film it was also crap.
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Default 08-20-2007, 08:44

We saw Planet Terror the other day, it was awesomely fun and funny, I love the force riding out lead by the guy on the pocket bike... Yeah, as awesome as Deathproof, they sure made a good pair of films there, as good as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.

Also, as we don't pay for the individual films we watch (we pay a 19€/month subscription for an all-you-can-watch pass, worth it as the individual tickets are over 9€ each) we went to see Evan almighty. They only had it in French, so we probably missed a lot, but it was a good way to spend a brainless 2 hours, and not as awful as Bruce (not having Jim Carrey in it helped) so overall, I enjoyed it.


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Wow, all the way back on page 9. Took me a while to find it.

I've been laid up all weekend with the flu. Went to the doctor this morning and he gave me some meds that really helped. The best thing was that it alleviated the pressure behind my eyes so that I could at least watch some movies while in my house arrest. Since I'm not supposed to expose myself until Wednesday I decided to watch some movies. The bad side of the meds is that I can't sleep. At least I can watch some movies while I'm wide awake.

Just finished The Number 23, Martian Child, and Gone Baby Gone.

23 was good. I've seen better, but it kept me entertained.

I really liked Martian Child. It's an emotional movie without being a sad movie, if that makes any sense. It's about a boy that thinks he's a Martian and a sci-fi writer trying to understand him. Interesting part is that the story is taken from a true experience.

Gone Baby Gone was intense. Really liked it. It's Ben Affleck's directorial debut and stars his kid brother Casey. This movie doesn't really answer any of the questions that are raised by it, but it takes you far enough that you can draw your own conclusions or at least give you a good guess. I think Affleck was trying to make it vague so you, the audience, could determine on your own whether you thought the choices made by the characters were the right choices.


I couldn't decide on just one quote... more to come.

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." - Mark Twain

"Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was that they escaped teething." - Mark Twain

"All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure." - Mark Twain
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Default 03-04-2008, 12:21

The last one we saw was Juno, and it rocked. The song just gets stuck in your brain for hours if not days. Oh, there it goes again.


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Default 03-05-2008, 18:52

Clover feild.

Field, even.

It was really ... interesting, I think it was a really good idea but I'm not sure what it actually meant to say. I mean, surely there was some sort of deep message? Because I didn't really get why the monster things came. Perhaps I'm missing something here??
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I saw Snatch again yesterday. While watching it, I thought that Mullet rather looked like Ben. Can't comment on the toothpaste luckily!
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Default 03-10-2008, 15:39

Saw For Your Consideration,kind of artsy
Saw Die Hard 4.O,liked it more than I thought I would.Man,is that Bruce in good shape for his age
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Default 03-10-2008, 16:32

I just watched "The 3:10 To Yuma" the other night. The best western I've seen since Tombstone. It's also the first time I've seen Christian Bale play a non-coldly psychotic sociopath. And he did it well!

The last twenty minutes made me grin and my friend cry. Great stuff.


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Default 03-10-2008, 18:25

I've watched loads of films lately.

Transformers 4/5
Die Hard 4.0 3/5
Wolfcreek 4/5
Going off bigtime 4/5
This is England 5/5
SAW III 3/5
Vacany 3/5
Superbad 5/5
Paradise lost 4/5
Blood Diamond 5/5
Apocolypto 5/5
300 4/5
Next 3/5

I love films, I do.....


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I've seen movies! They were on DVD but its been a while... OK the verdict

No Reservations: Don't bother see the French Mostly Martha
Because I Said So: Alright but not something that makes me want to see it again ever.
Stardust: Cheesy but a lot of fun, would watch again.
The brave one: Long and strangely uneventful, crap ending.
Next: Worst script ever, OK action, Crap ending
Good Luck Chuck: Fun and gross, worth a looksee for a vegetation flick
Hogfather: Yes finally on DVD here. And i liked and even the anti-DW husband enjoyed it


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There once was a man named Bruce
Who liked to sit on a spruce
He ate lots of chowder
And yelled at me louder:
"I'm talking to YOU, Mrs. Hughes!"
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Default 03-11-2008, 02:25

I watched The Dukes of Hazzard, which was kind of okay but not really any better made than one of the original TV episodes.

Resident Evil Apocalypse, not so bad in a seen-it-all-before-woman-has-mysterious-look-in-eyes-to-show-she-has-extra-powers- kind of way.
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Default 03-11-2008, 13:23

Yesterday I watched Juno and Stardust. I looved Stardust,even though it's cheesy. I can't get enough of fantasy films. Juno was good.
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Default 03-11-2008, 14:31

Oh, I loved both those movies! Especially Stardust. It's a nice, gentle fanatasy. I especially loved Robert De Niro in it!


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