12-22-2008, 01:38 PM | #821 |
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I just finished watching 'Twilight'. Not sure what I think of it, but I am quite certain that you can get more from the book than from the film. I'll try and get my hands on the book.
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12-22-2008, 02:06 PM | #822 |
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You really should read Twilight. They are very good book, imo
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12-24-2008, 04:16 PM | #823 |
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very entertaining but it had some cliques toward the end
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12-26-2008, 02:32 PM | #824 |
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Saw Benjamin Button and Slumdog yesterday. Good God. You all have to go see Slumdog. Now.
I mean it! Go! Best movie in a long time! (Button was good, but a wee bit pretentious)
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12-26-2008, 02:56 PM | #825 |
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That's what I've been hearing! I will definitely go see it, if I get the time. Benjamin Button can wait. I don't want Brad Pitt for Christmas.
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12-26-2008, 04:35 PM | #826 |
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But Cate Blanchett? She's pretty scrumptious in parts of the movie.
I never thought I would find myself saying that, but there it is.
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12-26-2008, 05:46 PM | #827 |
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Does 'Sumdog Millionaire' have any really explicit sex scenes? If so, I'll pass on it until it comes out on DVD.
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12-26-2008, 06:47 PM | #828 |
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No, no explicit sex. It's quite safe in that regard.
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12-27-2008, 12:31 AM | #829 |
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Ah, that's good then.
People are now saying that Tom Cruise was the big flaw in Valkyrie. Well duh, when you get the former star of Top Gun, Collateral, and War of the Worlds you going to have a problem selling your movie. My problem with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyrie, and other such serious movies is that if they star an it guy, then it is no good. Or at least, the casting brings it down a few notches. I had the same problem with the new Indiana Jones movie. Cate Blanchett was screaming for attention underneath that silly wig and suit. It's distracting. Don't get me wrong, I think Brad Pitt is a pretty good actor. I'd just rather not watch him act.
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12-29-2008, 02:13 PM | #830 |
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Bedtime Stories. Pretty funny and a mostly clean Adam Sandler movie. Very entertaining
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12-29-2008, 06:09 PM | #831 |
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V for Vendetta was actually quite a good movie. Somewhat depressing too, how easily a country can go down the drain.
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12-29-2008, 06:13 PM | #832 |
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I watched The Lasy Vampyre last night. It's a Sherlock Holmes film starring Jeremy Brett.
The production was very good. It was also disturbing in some parts. But what bothers me is the irrationality of Holmes and Watson in this one. They don't believe in vampires, therefore nothing weird is happening. It's ridiculous. I spent the whole movie screaming at Holmes, trying to tell them about what happened, which was so obvious .
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12-30-2008, 01:13 PM | #833 |
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Watched two more Holmes films. "The Master Blackmailer" was especially good. Also quite disturbing. I don't think there has been a villain quite so vile as there is in that one....
"The Eligible Bachelor" was also disturbing (most of these Sherlock Holmes ones are ). I recommend them all very strongly.
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01-02-2009, 02:05 PM | #834 |
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i saw The Spirit last week nothing special
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01-04-2009, 06:07 PM | #835 |
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lol, I watched that movie on the 5th of November. I liked it a lot, it reminded me of The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Rented Prince Caspian to watch while recuperating from foot surgery. It set me back several weeks It stank.
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01-05-2009, 11:26 AM | #837 |
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Thanks for that site, Rian. Very helpful. Though I had to be quick and skip past all the spoilers .
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01-05-2009, 11:44 AM | #838 |
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They do warn you about spoilers ahead of time, though, so you can kind of skim past them if you want to.
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01-05-2009, 01:31 PM | #839 |
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Doubt. Very, very good. Second best of the year, after Slumdog. Maybe even tied with it. Exceptional acting from all the principle characters. Highly recommended.
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Valkyrie. *whistle* VERY good. In addition to starring almost every good British actor alive, the story is informative and nicely put together. Yes, it 'suffers from the worst forgone conclusion since Titanic,' but it shows a bit of WWII Germany that I, for one, have never seen before. I thought it was in good taste of Hollywood to put together something like this, almost as if for no other purpose than to show that it happened. (Because there really wasn't much eye-candy, etc., to attract anyone to the movie. Of course, some people would go see Tom Cruise in a movie, even if he is missing a hand and an eye and can't for the life of him make a convincing German.) I really liked it. The acting, out of all of it, was the most amazing thing. Story was second. Casting, on all counts save Mr. Cruise, was top-notch.
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