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I try to watch at least one movie a night at work.

Where I saw Bangkok Dangerous, and Made, and some other stuff.

What did you think I did at work? :confused:

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The Big Lebowski. 6/10.
I can see why people love it... but it's not my taste.

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Me either. It's a supposed "cult movie," but certainly the worst cult movie I have ever seen. I nearly fell asleep.

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WTF

That movie was so freaking hilarious and awesome.

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Yes, I'm going to have to agree. It's simply a good movie. Attributing the word "cult" to it is kind of an insult to me. The movie picked up recognition later than usual maybe, but I think people finally realized how good it was. Maybe I was one of the few to actually see it in the theaters, but I think it's one of the Coen Brothers' finest.

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Running On Karma

"A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny"

Weird fun goodness.

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Terminator Salvation - Just watched this and I thought it was absolute crapola. Ruined for me by the same 'actor' (if you can call him that) that spoiled Dark Knight for me. Don't know his name but, well, he's a shit actor anywho.

Storyline was pretty boring, nothing really interesting happens, I had a hard time staying awake. This film has stolen 2 hours of my life that I want back. I should have watched something else, and so should you.

I enjoyed this film almost as much as I enjoyed, War Of The Worlds 2 :lolz:


*SPOILER*


The only good bit was when Arnie appeared, then abruptly had the shortest life of any Arnie Terminator ever, shame.

*END SPOILER*

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Watching special features on the James Bond blu-rays, and didn't realize that Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang was a reference to the movie Thunderball.

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Funny that, I always thought that this is where the saying Kiss Kiss Bang Bang came from. It's where I first remember hearing it when I was a kid ;)


Today I watched The Day The Earth Stopped not to be confused with The Day The Earth Stood Still which I believe is, adapted / idea stolen from the former. I have yet to see the latter.

Anyway 'The Day The Earth Stopped' - Intergalactic robots threaten to destroy the Earth unless they are shown the value of humanity. They have been watching us and are concerned about our war like ways. They have come to destroy us, eliminating the risk before we advance into space and possibly destroy them. Pro-active aliens.

Low budget and featuring the guy who starred in WotW 2. The alien bird is hot and gets her jugs out :stud: Worth watching if you get the chance but I would not buy it.

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I saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine three weeks ago. Twice. Each time at a different theater, and I saw both bonus endings after the end credits got done rolling.

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I watched "The Fountain" by Darren Aronofsky, the film he did before The Wrestler. It's a pretty epic film, with three narratives told 1000's of years apart, though it's surprisingly still only 90 minutes long.

Anyway, visually it's brilliant and acted very well, but the story is slightly muddy. It leaves a lot up for interpretation (on purpose I think) which is fine, but never fully delivers on that and ends up being slightly confusing. Anyway, it's a a great romance and pretty sad at times. 7/10

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Yes, 'The Fountain' was whack. I kinda want to watch it again because I forget what the deal was. What was with the tree of life? It put me to sleep the first time though



I just watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service

I liked the part when she dodged in on the ice rally and just totally beats to shit all the other cars, and the drivers are just like, 'meh, shit happens in a race' written on their face.
ending was bleak. I didn't mind George Lazenby as Bond.

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I watched Gran Torino yesterday, and honestly thought it was one of the best character development movies I've ever seen.

His acting overshadowed everyone by far, and at times the acting by the other actors was painful if not blinding, but it was still a great movie.

I didn't like it for the typical reason of people saying "He's so fucking hardcore" blah blah, rather it shows an old man realizing his mortality and coming to terms with his life.



*spoiler*


My three favourite parts in the movie, was when he has Tao working for him, and instead of getting him to work on his house, he uses that opportunity to passively help someone else out.

The scene when they're in the barber shop and he's teaching him "How men talk" - and lastly, the ending of the movie.

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Juno. 8/10.

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I just watched Taken (I'm really sick so I have a ton of free time) and I thought it was a pretty great movie actually. Sort of bone-chilling in the thought of something like that actually happening, and completely crushingly sad if you imagine yourself in his position - yet ultimately an awesome movie.

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Helps that Liam Nesson is a bad-ass, but yeah I agree, awesome movie.

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I had really wanted to see this movie before it came out but I somehow forgot about it.

You reminded me of it and just watched.

Loved it. Now I have to decide what sort of tree I want to become part of when I die.

Think I shall read the graphic novel and see what it expands upon.

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Have you got Typhoid? :lol:

Titan A.E - watched this for the first time today, I have actually wanted to see it for years but only just got round to it. I am glad I watched it too, I thought it was pretty good.



*SPOILER*

He called the planet Bob :lol:

*END SPOILER*

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Infernal Affairs

Very good of course. Now to watch the sequel, prequel, and The Departed.

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You guys are weird. I mean I enjoyed Taken but I thought it had some obvious shortcomings, and Liam Nesson would have been way more badass if he had a light saber.

For a mindless revenge movie I'd say it was pretty average.

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I'm sick too. Free time here here

I saw Public Enemy N1 and Mesrine Part 2. L'instinct de Mort and L'ennemi public n1 respectively, directed by Jean-Francois Richet.
Was violent. Entertained but didn't really do enough for character development....which is crucial in a epic recount of a famous criminal's life, such as Jacques Mesrine's. Too long.

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:errr: Typhoid is spreading his typhoid to fellow GT members. :uhh:


Just watched one of my favourite movies, I was obsessed with this film as a kid. Convoy starring Kris Kristofferson as 'The Rubber Duck' leads a massive convoy of trucks across the U.S

With a kick ass song to boot -

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Ratatouille, 8/10.

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Brother(2000) Japanese Yakuza flick. decent but a little f'd.

Barton Fink Not my favourite Coen movie, hoping Miller's Crossing will more deliver as a period piece. Not that Barton Fink was bad at all, the flames just didn't work imo.


Rambo(2008) Mindless violence. Christian altruistic overtones with bloodlust entertainment? But is violence necessary? defense of the helpless a duty? These questions and more 'examined' as about a million burmese get shredded by Rambo n Co. I've never seen a rambo movie so I don't have anything to compare it to. atleast it didn't tarry longer than it should all things considered.

Azumi(2003) More violence but this is a ninja samurai 2+ hour bloodbath. Kind of like Shogun Assassin but more anime-ish. Azumi was super cute.


I watched too many movies today I think.

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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Very cute movie in the same vein of The Little Mermaid but with five years olds. Miyazaki does children so well. Looked and felt more like one of his movies from the 80s than anything he's done recently. Well, had a bit of a Howl's Moving Castle vibe with the magician. Probably the closest to My Neighbor Totoro, which is my favorite of his films.

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Predator 2
No where in the same league as the original I thought.

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Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen. I liked it, was a pretty good action movie. If the first one was like this as well, I wish I had watched it..

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Infernal Affairs II

Quite good and helps you understand everyone's motivations and how they arrived at where they are in the first movie. A bit unfortunate it's missing the main two guys since it's a prequel and their characters are played by younger actors. The rest of the supporting cast are the same guys though and are nicely expanded upon.

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Tokyo!



Almost saw it in theaters since two of the directors were talking before and after the film...but those shows got sold out. :(

I liked the 1st and last parts a lot. The middle would have been good if it wasn't so long...and with gibberish translated into French, translated into Japanese, which you then read...it gets tiresome. All yummily bizarre.

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I happened to catch "The Invasion" in a hotel room the other night. It's a remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

It really wasn't very good. It kind of had a few "thrilling" moments, but I would have to say the best part was that Nicole Kidman wore some tight sweaters and looked good in them. Otherwise it was kind of a predictable, lame, and pretty timid zombie/alien flick.

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Just watched the film 'Sunshine' a good sci-fi story if a little far fetched. The crew of a spaceship must deliver a ginormous bomb into the dying sun and detonate in the hopes they can revive the sun and save the human race.

The guy from 28 days later tries an American accent -
*fails*

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The Ladykillers (1955) Better than Coen's 2004 remake.

Go (1999) Sarah Polly and Katie Holmes. It was ok. The Vegas part reminded me a lot of The Hangover actually.

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Agreed.


I just watched Charlie Bartlett and it was alright, it was kind of illogical and required me to suspend my disbelief. It actually reminded me of Juno...a totally unrealistic film that was enjoyable because it was quirky.

Perhaps this is an emerging "indie" genre, the Quirky Teen Film genre.

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Down Periscope. Not seen for years, still just as funny as it ever was

Watch in HQ -

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Slumdog Millionaire, 9/10.
Great movie, although watching the hard life of some big cities can be painful.

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Munich was on TV today. I had watched it when I was 15 or 16 and forgot most of it.

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Tonight I watched an old classic that I have not seen in the best part of a decade. Glad I did watch it to, I was not disappointed, I think this film is great.

Romancing The Stone - Starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.

Novelist Joan Wilder recieves a mysterious package from her sisters murdered husband. Inside is a map, leading to buried treasure. And as you can imagine a plethora of villians are after the map and hold her sister hostage in order to try and get the map from Joan. Que - adventure / romance story that entails.

Tomorrow night I will watch the sequal, The Jewel Of The Nile.

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Push... you would think a movie with special powers would be interesting.

It was like watching paint dry for almost two hours.

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I watched The Elephant Man last night.

I thought it was beautifully done. It felt like a film made in the golden age of Hollywood. Great acting, beautiful black and white, and extremely touching without going over the top. It makes you think a lot about what Joseph Merrick (called John in the film, which is a mistake I guess) really had to go through in his life. Very good.

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Waterworld.

But if you want a real version of it, that's better than the directors cut. The 'director' of which was kevin Costner who bought the rights to it and cut loads of shit out. (He was not the origional director)

You need to do a torrent search, it is the only way as there is no 'official' full lengh version, and look for 'Waterworld The Ulysses Cut' a version of which I have added to Demonoid.

I understand it is not perhaps normally acceptable to write this kind of thing on here but for this film it really does deserve an exception.

The Ulysses Cut is a fan made cut and a lot of time and effort has gone into it ;)