Film recommendation.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
And at the start when the agent gets assassinated. He has a contact lense that shows him who people are,yet when it sees the assassin IT TEXTS HIM.

Yeah...I sat through the whole movie picking holes in it. I don't normally do that but geez...

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Midnight in Paris. VERY good!!!





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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
The Descendants - very good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is superb. Rooney Mara strangely attractive throughout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Indeed. A Rooney considered strangely attractive.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was pretty good, had a very good storyline, though some scenes were a bit uncomfortable.
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Mycatiscold wrote:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was pretty good, had a very good storyline, though some scenes were a bit uncomfortable.



Saw it last night at the outdoor cinema on Sydney Harbour with a Russian friend that had read the book, she convinced me to get off the couch & see it.
Opera House made a nice backdrop   

Good yarn, really enjoyed.

Nice to see Berkhoff on the screen again too.



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Saw "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" last week on TV4. This week I see they are repeating it again but calling it "Snatch".

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Lol.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago


That reminds me, Sexy Beast is always worth a re-visit if it's been a while.


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Moneyball is terrific, for those who haven't illegally downloaded it already
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
N-Bomb wrote:
Moneyball is terrific, for those who haven't illegally downloaded it already
Bloody loved it!
 
Got me wanting the MLB season to start NOW though.

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I watched Jack and Jill the other night.  Predicatably terrible but I have to give kudos for Adam Sandler's opinion of himself - in his last film he starts off with a stunner, and ends up with Jennifer Anniston, and in this one he is married to Katie Holmes.  Talk about punching above your weight.
 
Also watched the Muppets last night.  I laughed and cried which is all I want from a movie.  Big thumbs up from me.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Frankie Mac wrote:
Also watched the Muppets last night.  I laughed and cried which is all I want from a movie.  Big thumbs up from me.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy - Oldman great channelling Alec Guinness, nicely shot, good film but not quite the total w*nkfest the press made out it was.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I thought Tinker Tailor was brilliant, however it really puzzles me how it took a Swedish production crew to really capture British nature of the book.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
patrick478 wrote:
I thought Tinker Tailor was brilliant, however it really puzzles me how it took a Swedish production crew to really capture British nature of the book.
 
 
 
Yeah no argument with that, the feel and the way it was shot was brilliant.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is on Soho tonight at 8:30 for those of us lucky enough to have it. Well worth missing the first half of Jets v Adelaide for.

The final doco in the Paradise Lost series about the West Memphis 3.

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Seen Crazy, Stupid Love on DVD the other night. If you're going to watch a film with the mrs then this is pretty good. Steve Carrell is a good laugh. But be warned it has Ryan Gosling in it.
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Gosling give me a stiffy

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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Is Moneyball good even if you have no clue whatsoever about Baseball?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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I like baseball but really liked the film and didn't think a lack of knowledge of the sport would hinder enjoyment for anyone.  The wife, on the other hand, loves Brad Pitt (she watches his film either sitting on the arm of the couch, or on a washing machine on a spin cycle) and she gave up on this one half way through (although it might have just been the chaffing)

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I don't understand baseball so well and I really enjoyed Moneyball

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Wongo wrote:

ForteanTimes wrote:


F*cking hell possibly the best film I've ever seen, watched it twice now:
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Someone�suggested that it was the greatest war film since�Saving Private Ryan what a joke. It p*sses on that.
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don't watch if you're in a black mood.
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I've read John Rabe's diary, published as "A Good German In Nanking".� Truely harrowing account of Japanese atrocities against Chinese prisoners of war & civilians including children (Rape of Nanking) where, in 3 months at the end of 1937, an estimated up to 370,000 were raped, tortured & massacred by various, & often horrendous, methods.� Another book to read is "The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust" by Iris Chang.� At one stage 2 Japanese officers had a competition to see who could behead the most persons in an 1 hour period.� I don't think anyone was brought to justice at the war crimes trials.� Certainly, this was never taught in schools in Japan.� The government still denies it happened.


Exhibit A: The Mayor of Nagoya.

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I am watching "The Treasure Hunter" on CTV 9 (Freeview).  It is rather meh, but it does star the drop dead gorgeous Lin Chi-ling (Lin Zhiling).
 
CTV 9 will have "Ip Man" on at a later date - that should be well worth watching.
 
 

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Junior82 wrote:
I am watching "The Treasure Hunter" on CTV 9 (Freeview).� It is rather meh, but it does star the drop dead gorgeous Lin Chi-ling (Lin Zhiling).


OMG, she is too!
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Watching the 2011 remake of A Chinese Ghost Story now. It's OK, but the 1987 Tsui Hark version is still the best one.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
THE RAID

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM

AMAZING! went to the pre screening last week and there was applause through-out. Best fight scenes ever, brutal brutal fight scenes.linds22012-03-18 11:08:05

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Avengers
Not that it needs recommending, I'm sure many will see it.

Joss Wheddon (Buffy, Firefly fame) does a damn good job, entertaining film, action and comedy is what it promised and it delivered.

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Wongo wrote:
ForteanTimes wrote:
F*cking hell possibly the best film I've ever seen, watched it twice now:
 
 
 
Someone suggested that it was the greatest war film since Saving Private Ryan what a joke. It p*sses on that.
 
 
don't watch if you're in a black mood.
 



I've read John Rabe's diary, published as "A Good German In Nanking".  Truely harrowing account of Japanese atrocities against Chinese prisoners of war & civilians including children (Rape of Nanking) where, in 3 months at the end of 1937, an estimated up to 370,000 were raped, tortured & massacred by various, & often horrendous, methods.  Another book to read is "The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust" by Iris Chang.  At one stage 2 Japanese officers had a competition to see who could behead the most persons in an 1 hour period.  I don't think anyone was brought to justice at the war crimes trials.  Certainly, this was never taught in schools in Japan.  The government still denies it happened.

Film was on CCTV 9 (Freeview 29) on Sat and Sun nights.  I only watched about 2-3 minutes each night - too hard to watch for me.

 

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linds2 wrote:
THE RAID

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM

AMAZING! went to the pre screening last week and there was applause through-out. Best fight scenes ever, brutal brutal fight scenes.linds22012-03-18 11:08:05

 

this times ten - was brilliant and man I want to learn Silat

 

Also just saw a german movie called North Face last weekend about a climbing tragedy on the Eiger in the 30's - enjoyed it so much that I then went and found two docos related to it

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Chinese movies seen recently:

White Vengeance ()

Let's Go ()

Legendary Amazons ()

All's Well, Ends Well (meh)

 

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

In Time, saw a bunch of movies on a long haul flight between Syd-London-Syd the last month & this B-Grade sci-fi gem was a pleasant surprise. Worth looking up.

Chronicle being another. (also sci-fi)

 

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I am watching Chocolate starring the utterly stunning Jeeja Yanin.

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almost 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

More Chinese movies:

Romancing in Thin Air  (Yunnan FTW!)

Speed Angels  (pretty women and fast cars)

Turning Point 2 

 

And two Korean:

Dancing Queen 

Never Ending Story 2012 

 

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Junior82 wrote:
Bad Taste (from Aro St video).

Forgotten how brilliant some of the script was. Great holiday viewing for the kids.

Just put on Braindead.

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

PS Elizabeth Moody is brilliant as the vice-president of the WLWL.

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I went and saw Ted last Saturday. Very funny.

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