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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

The Wrestler was good. Rourke was great in both that and Sin City.

If you want to see a good horror I'd recommend Rec. It's Spanish but it's very well done. I think there's a cheap and shameless hollywood knock-off called Quarantine which I won't be watching, but Rec is a good one.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

loyalgunner wrote:

Not a Tarantino fan at all but I quite enjoyed the film.

I watched about half of one of Tarantino's films a few years ago (Kill Bill) and haven't gone near him since.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Grandma's Boy is an excellent comedy.

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stevenivan wrote:

loyalgunner wrote:

Not a Tarantino fan at all but I quite enjoyed the film.

I watched about half of one of Tarantino's films a few years ago (Kill Bill) and haven't gone near him since.

Yeah, you get the impression he loves himself, that Tarantino bloke. It's impossible to criticize any of his work because there's always someone who'll tell you that it's meant to be that way. For example, some of the acting in Inglourious Basterds was poor and I said so and then I was berrated as "it was meant to be like that".

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

loyalgunner wrote:

stevenivan wrote:

loyalgunner wrote:

Not a Tarantino fan at all but I quite enjoyed the film.

I watched about half of one of Tarantino's films a few years ago (Kill Bill) and haven't gone near him since.

I think that's true though, particularly the Mike Myers scene in Basterds.

People should really watch Pulp Fiction at least, because it's genuinely good.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Jackie Brown is better IMO
but like I do have a thing for Pam Grier

Foxy.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

foal30 wrote:

Jackie Brown is better IMO
but like I do have a thing for Pam Grier

Foxy.

Jackie Brown is fantastic. A lot to do with the great cast, and the Elmore Leonard story, but give QT his props, he directed it brilliantly.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

where did I park the van?

Superfly
Seven
Bad Lieutenant
Scarface
Mama turns 100

good parts in all of these
BL is a tougher watch than Scarface... which says a bit.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

foal30 wrote:

where did I park the van?
Superfly
Seven
Bad Lieutenant
Scarface
Mama turns 100

good parts in all of these
BL is a tougher watch than Scarface... which says a bit.

I'm a relative Fincher fan. Se7en, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac were all good. Alien 3 (fan of the series Aliens, Cameron's being my favourite) but the new cut of it is a big improvement on the original release, suggest people check it out if they only seen first cut. Also 'Curious Case of Benjamin Button' was an interesting concept, and fairly entertaining.

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I've read about Zodiac Killer in San Fransisco
is this film about these events (60's-'70's)?

Fight Club has the Pixies at the end
good use of music in film

well i watched "No Country for Old Men" last night
pretty good
best film I see this year although the only other film I watch is Iron Man

the psychopathic killer dude was excellent actor.
I think Milllers Crossing was better but this was better than Fargo

those brothers have certainty made some very good films.

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foal30 wrote:

Yes, the film Zodiac is about that - it was a lot better than I expected it would be to be honest.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Donny Brasco - I watched that last night for the first time (Extended edition - extra 15 mins). A very well done movie.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

Donny Brasco - I watched that last night for the first time (Extended edition - extra 15 mins). A very well done movie.

Good film, Johnny Depp is good in that (as always). Similar to Mou Gaan Dou (Infernal Affairs) Hong Kong movie trilogy, then remade as hollywood movie Scorsese's 'The Departed' which is also very good.

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There Will Be Blood - watched for the 2nd time last week. A great movie, powerhouse stuff from Daniel Day-Lewis. Steve-O2009-09-04 16:07:59

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The Departed is a very good movie but the first hour of it is possibly the boringest hour of anyone's life.

Love Donnie Darko, great film that.

Does anybody know of any good horrors? I like horrors but good ones are few and far between and I don't have time to sift through all the fecal matter that is the majority of horrors.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Watching an oldie at the mo which is quite good - 3 days of the Condor. Robert Redford.

Horror? The Omen, The Exorcist, even Poltergeist had a few scare moments. Such as the clown under the bed. bad if you have a Clown phoebia. I don't.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Want to see [REC] missed it at last years film festival, have been told it is a very good horror. Also was told 'Orphan' was surprisingly good, maybe not great, but that's in the theaters now.

Have been branching out to crazy Japanese films; Watched 'Battle Royale', worth a look... Death Note 1 and 2. As well as a few animes; Ghost in the Shell, Akira and some Miyazki films. On Japanese, still haven't seen Seven Samurai and any other Kurosawa, need to sit down and see some of them.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

REC is a very good movie. Well worth a watch, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought Orphan looked good. It's got an average rating on imdb (from memory) but I'll just rent it for free when it comes out (perks of working at Video Ezy).

I've seen Battle Royale, it was quite good. I know I'll be viciously attacked for saying this, but the Americanised version of it (called The Condemned) is a more enjoyable film. People love to say that the original movie is always better but I can't agree in this case. And in a number of ways Battle Royale isn't original either. As a side note, the reason the children are put on the island to fight in Battle Royale is very, very weak unless I seriously missed something.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

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Horror? The Omen, The Exorcist, even Poltergeist had a few scare moments. Such as the clown under the bed. bad if you have a Clown phoebia. I don't.

The Exorcist scares the sh*t out of me but somehow fascinating. I find "Seven" quite disturbing.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

These are not films but TV series that you can get on DVD - "Band Of Brothers" & "Underbelly - Series 1" Apparently, the latter can not be shown in Victoria & Victorians are not allowed to possess copies of the DVD because of on-going court cases/investigations.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

We should post copies to Archie, Carlos and Vargas this week then tip the cops off.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

loyalgunner wrote:

The Hills Have Eyes remake is by far the best of the horror remakes I have seen, I recommend it, definitely.

Sequel to that remake is not as good.

Hostel is great, Wolf Creek is good also. The Orphanage (not to be confused with 'Orphan' that is out now) is really good too.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Last night they had "The Grudge" on telly. WTF was that all about? It seemed very disjointed.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Wongo wrote:

Band of Brothers is currently selling for $25 in a Tin Case, a real bargain. If you are stuck sick in bed, watch the entire series in one go. You really get involved in the plots. At the end I felt like I had been through it all with them and when it ended I kinda missed the charactors for a day or two.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

Wongo wrote:

Where can you get the tin case edition LG? I've only got the boring multi-box edition. I know you can get the original fold-out box for $29.99. Also, the Blu-Ray version is available for $80 which is quite good value considering the length of the series. Be fantastic to see it in Hi Def. Like you LG I liked the last episode & knowing what became of them in later years.

One episode drew a parallel to a useless ex-boss of mine. The voice-over said, referring to a commanding officer..."He was a bad officer not because he made bad decisions but because he didn't make any decisions". In the end of the episode that officer was relieved of his command during an attack because he lost it & lost momentum, & couldn't make any decisions during the battle which cost too many of his unit's men.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I'm sure the tin case box set is in Whitcoulls. They have both versions going very cheap at the mo.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Horror movies:

Some of the classics are still the best (Exorcist, Omen, Poltergeist...)

Most modern horros are tripe but Se7en was brilliant (is it horror or thriller?) The Ring was good. Stir of Echoes and Shutter are ok (i.e. have some good moments).

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Inglorious Basterds looks like garbage. Another attempt by Americans to rewrite WWII.

Best war movies:
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers (although not a movie but must be mentioned)
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Great Escape
A Bridge Too Far
The Dambusters
The Longest Day
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Downfall - one of the best but don't watch when you're tired as it's in German with subtitles so need to concentrate (actually Letters is the same)

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Flags of our Fathers was a snorefest.

People say Inglorious Basterds was amazing but it really wasn't. Enjoyable enough but it was too long. Like other Tarantino movies it relied on dialogue (dialogue which wasn't particularly good at all). Not by any means saying it was bad, mind.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Between the 2 Clint Eastwood directed movies - Flags Of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwo Jima, I thought Letters was better. It showed the human side of a soldier.

Das Boot rates as a mention, again with English subtitles. It's not the same having English dialogue, it takes away the authenticity.

I've not seen Inglorious Basterds or Valkyrie, but the thought of Pitt & Cruise respectively playing such characters puts me off.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Malky wrote:

What about Battle Of Britain?

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket' and Oliver Stone's 'Platoon'?

Films I've seen recently (actually that I can think of that I've seen in last few months) that I thought were pretty good, 'In Bruges' Colin Farrell is pretty funny in that and also 'Frost/Nixon'. 'Yes man' was surprisingly alright. No one actually went on a rant about how amazing 'The Hangover' was, I thought it was good, but was expecting much better after what everyone had told me.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Has anyone even mentioned District 9? This was great!

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

probably going to go and see the hurt locker tonight, which has had some very good reviews.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

Wongo wrote:

LG, you'll be looking forward to the new HBO series The Pacific early next year, which is basically Band Of Brothers Hit the Beach. A bit like that movie The Thin Red Line from 7-8 years back, with lots of gratuitous flame thrower action and suicidal samouri-sword flourishing charges.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Cool, so long as it is more factual than fantasy. BOB was based on a true story. Thanks for the tip.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Hurt Locker is really good, as is District 9

Gran Torino had good reviews, but is f**king rubbish. Avoid.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I thought Hurt Locker was pretty good, but no where near as amazing as I was lead to believe it was going to be. One thing I did find a bit weird was the fact that the phrase "hurt locker" was never mentioned or referenced in the film at all - in fact, I still have no idea what it means or how it is related to the movie (although I can obviously guess). I was a bit pissed when I got there, so maybe it was mentioned, but I can't recall it.

I thought Gran Torino was pretty good, actually. Although, to be fair, there could be a movie with Clint sitting in a chair wearing a welders mask and reading a book for 90 minutes and I would think it was a masterpiece. I want to be clint.

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

You want to be in your 70's??

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over 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

You want to be in your 70's??

In the 70's? Hell yeah. I want to be able to wear a cape without being laughed at

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