What movies have you seen lately? Now with reviews!Movies
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wolfcreek
not the most recent movie ive seen but probably the best
not the most recent movie ive seen but probably the best
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I need to see Trainspotting again. I have the latest version(even that's a year or two old) on the DVD, but I haven't watched it.
"Wolfcreek" was way better than I expected. It slowed down a bit in the end for me, but still a worthy rental(or own).
I saw "Return of the Living Dead 4", "Sound of Thunder" and "Final Fantasy: Advent Children". Don't waste your time with those.
"Wolfcreek" was way better than I expected. It slowed down a bit in the end for me, but still a worthy rental(or own).
I saw "Return of the Living Dead 4", "Sound of Thunder" and "Final Fantasy: Advent Children". Don't waste your time with those.
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Last night I watched a DVD I bought at the weekend, a film that I haven't seen for years... Peter Greenaway's 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover'. I think you either love this film or furiously hate it. I used to love it, but watched it again last night with some trepidation... but you know when you are just in the right mood for a movie? Well, that happened last night... and I fell back in love with this film last night.
If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it, but be warned, family viewing it most certainly ain't. It's pretty vile from beginning to end, infact, but strangely, for a film with such graphic scenes of general nastiness, it is blackly comic, and does raise an audible laugh at times.
The film stars Michael Gambon (who now plays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, and for Top Gear fans, is the man who the last corner of their circuit is named after), who plays possibly the most vile character to ever grace the cinema, Albert Spica, a misogynistic thug who owns a restaurant and generally treats everyone around him with equal distain. His wife, played by Helen Mirren, has an affair with a customer at the restaurant, with rather disasterous consequences... (can't say any more - spoilers!! - except to say the Cook gets involved at the end...)
The film looks amazing - Peter Greenaway's use of different colours in different scenes is great, but my favourite thing about this movie was always the music, written and performed by Michael Nyman. Most of the time, his piece 'Memorial' is pounding along in the background, providing a sinister and sombre backdrop for Greenaway's stunning (and at times disturbing) visuals. Infact, Greenaway and Nyman collaborated on several films, but in a most unusual way... Nyman always wrote the music as stand-alone music first (infact, his piece 'Memorial' was written as a tribute to the victims of the Heysel Stadium football disaster in Belgium in 1985, hence it's funerial tone) and Greenaway would choreograph the scenes around the music. Unfortunately, the crappy DVD doesn't do the sound (and esp. the music) any justice at all, and the visuals could be better too.
However, the true star of the show (other than Nyman's score) is Michael Gambon. Bearing an incredibly unfortunate resemblance to my boss, he truly embodies a spirit of pure malevolence and evil, right the way through the film. At times it's truly unpleasant to watch, but it's certainly acting of the very highest calibre.
If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it, but be warned, family viewing it most certainly ain't. It's pretty vile from beginning to end, infact, but strangely, for a film with such graphic scenes of general nastiness, it is blackly comic, and does raise an audible laugh at times.
The film stars Michael Gambon (who now plays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, and for Top Gear fans, is the man who the last corner of their circuit is named after), who plays possibly the most vile character to ever grace the cinema, Albert Spica, a misogynistic thug who owns a restaurant and generally treats everyone around him with equal distain. His wife, played by Helen Mirren, has an affair with a customer at the restaurant, with rather disasterous consequences... (can't say any more - spoilers!! - except to say the Cook gets involved at the end...)
The film looks amazing - Peter Greenaway's use of different colours in different scenes is great, but my favourite thing about this movie was always the music, written and performed by Michael Nyman. Most of the time, his piece 'Memorial' is pounding along in the background, providing a sinister and sombre backdrop for Greenaway's stunning (and at times disturbing) visuals. Infact, Greenaway and Nyman collaborated on several films, but in a most unusual way... Nyman always wrote the music as stand-alone music first (infact, his piece 'Memorial' was written as a tribute to the victims of the Heysel Stadium football disaster in Belgium in 1985, hence it's funerial tone) and Greenaway would choreograph the scenes around the music. Unfortunately, the crappy DVD doesn't do the sound (and esp. the music) any justice at all, and the visuals could be better too.
However, the true star of the show (other than Nyman's score) is Michael Gambon. Bearing an incredibly unfortunate resemblance to my boss, he truly embodies a spirit of pure malevolence and evil, right the way through the film. At times it's truly unpleasant to watch, but it's certainly acting of the very highest calibre.
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Just watched the F1 flick "The Quick and The Dead" again. (NOT the western) Mmmm.............👍 👍
Here is the summary from Amazon.com
"While this documentary is a representation of the 1973 Formula 1 season and was released in 1974, it's disturbing that graphic footage of Tom Pryce's horrifying accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix was included. It was probably included to make an extra dollar, but really had no reason being there as it had nothing to do with the 1973 season (Pryce wasn't even driving in F1 at the time). Aside from that, it's a good and gripping documentary about the racers, races and season in general. There is more graphic footage of the Roger Williamson crash, where he was killed and Clay Regazzoni's crash (he survived), but the interviews with Francois Cevert are good."
Regardless of the horrific crash (and I MEAN horrific............) it is still a wonderful documentary and it SCREAMS 70's. Its a rare find so if you can get your hands on one I STRONGLY recommend it.
Here is the summary from Amazon.com
"While this documentary is a representation of the 1973 Formula 1 season and was released in 1974, it's disturbing that graphic footage of Tom Pryce's horrifying accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix was included. It was probably included to make an extra dollar, but really had no reason being there as it had nothing to do with the 1973 season (Pryce wasn't even driving in F1 at the time). Aside from that, it's a good and gripping documentary about the racers, races and season in general. There is more graphic footage of the Roger Williamson crash, where he was killed and Clay Regazzoni's crash (he survived), but the interviews with Francois Cevert are good."
Regardless of the horrific crash (and I MEAN horrific............) it is still a wonderful documentary and it SCREAMS 70's. Its a rare find so if you can get your hands on one I STRONGLY recommend it.
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"Munich" - Good movie, and I highly recommend it. As my friend warned me, it dragged on little too long, but Spielberg's take on Mossad and espionage stuff were educational and very interesting. Extra points for absolutely beautiful European classic cars. I'd give it a "B+". 👍
"The Triangle" - As you've guessed, (TV?)movie about the Bermuda Triangle. If you like campy, cheap SF movies, this one's for you.
I think it was over three hours long, but the actors were likeable. "C+".
"Die Hard" - I hadn't seen this one in a while. Not as good as I remembered it, but I thought Alan Rickman was pretty good(last time I saw it, I didn't even know who he was!). "C+".
"The Triangle" - As you've guessed, (TV?)movie about the Bermuda Triangle. If you like campy, cheap SF movies, this one's for you.
I think it was over three hours long, but the actors were likeable. "C+"."Die Hard" - I hadn't seen this one in a while. Not as good as I remembered it, but I thought Alan Rickman was pretty good(last time I saw it, I didn't even know who he was!). "C+".
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King's Ransom. Never heard of it? There's a good reason why...
I started it, so I might as well finish it.
I started it, so I might as well finish it.
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I saw that one a while back. I really liked it too.sprite
Was this about a complex kidnapping job, involving mistaken identity? One of my favorite Akira Kurosawa movie called "High and Low" was based on a story(book, I think) called, "King's Ransom".Solid Lifters
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Just saw De Vinci's Code. If you liked the book, you'll still like the movie. Though my sister who never read the books said it was a little harder to follow. But a good movie none the less...
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Saw "The Constant Gardener" with the GF last night. A good movie, but she liked it better than I did. We also watched "Crash" this afternoon, I've seen it last year already but she never did, and I liked the movie so no problems in watching it again. 👍
Also, we just finished watching LOTR Return Of The King. We've been watching the whole trilogy in the last three weekends, the first time I watched them dubbed though. Not very pleasent, some voices are pretty weak comparing to the real actors.
Also, we just finished watching LOTR Return Of The King. We've been watching the whole trilogy in the last three weekends, the first time I watched them dubbed though. Not very pleasent, some voices are pretty weak comparing to the real actors.
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"Producers" - With Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, I had high hopes for this one. I'm no "Broadway" expert, but I thought Matthew Broderick sucked throughly. Nathan Lane, who I regard highly, had his moments. I was pretty impressed with the actor who played the gay director(and later, Hitler on stage). 👍 As for the movie, I skipped a lot of it, which says it all. I'd give this one a "-D". 
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RANT ALERT!!!!!!
Last week I saw The DaVinci Code.
It totally SUCKED!!!!
It made no sense AT all, even if you DID read the book, it was BORING as HELL, and they added a whole new, screwy ending! I read the book, then watched the movie and was not only like 'well, they left out the most important part!' (Harry Potter, yes Im looking at you:rolleyes), but like just plain 'WTF!??!?!?!1111'. It was confusing and boring as HELL!!!
Last week I saw The DaVinci Code.
It totally SUCKED!!!!
It made no sense AT all, even if you DID read the book, it was BORING as HELL, and they added a whole new, screwy ending! I read the book, then watched the movie and was not only like 'well, they left out the most important part!' (Harry Potter, yes Im looking at you:rolleyes), but like just plain 'WTF!??!?!?!1111'. It was confusing and boring as HELL!!!
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I watched Silence of the Lambs. It was in HD. Every classic movie I love that airs in HD, I stop to watch.
They had The Last Action Hero in HD. I started to watch it, but I fell asleep around the part the kid receives his gold ticket.
Before SotL, I watched The Fifth Element. Yep, again in HD. Looked great, sounded great, it was great.
They had The Last Action Hero in HD. I started to watch it, but I fell asleep around the part the kid receives his gold ticket.
Before SotL, I watched The Fifth Element. Yep, again in HD. Looked great, sounded great, it was great.
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I watched Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within recently.
Why didn't anyone warn me about this awful awful movie? It was so mindnumbingly bad in every possible way that I wanted to drill my brain out at several points. How did this peice of crap get made? And how did it get the name Final Fantasy attached to it?
Why didn't anyone warn me about this awful awful movie? It was so mindnumbingly bad in every possible way that I wanted to drill my brain out at several points. How did this peice of crap get made? And how did it get the name Final Fantasy attached to it?
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danoff
ouch.... When I heard about there was a film called 'The Spirits Within', I thought it is was a film about my drinks cabinet... 
I thought it was rubbish as well... and wholly unworthy of the FF monicker too.
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I watched it when it first came out, as a big fan of the FF game series I was so disappointed. It was good to see what could be achieved with computer generated films but it was such a poorly executed film I've not watched it since, (didn't even buy it on DVD and I must have hundreds of DVD's).
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