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Post by GtF on Dec 4, 2007 17:14:22 GMT
WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW?
And why? or something...
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Post by GtF on Dec 4, 2007 17:16:14 GMT
Well Greg, the last film I saw was John Carpenter's They Live.In which a nameless down-to-earth drifter, (Nada (Roddy Piper)) discovers that the earth is being controlled by a race of humanly disguised aliens who have rooted themselves into society as the upper-class, rich and successful by exploiting the under-privalaged working classes. He then goes and shoots them all with guns and bullets. If you've ever felt angered and frustrated at the rich and powerful for being more rich and powerful than you, you'll probably enjoy this film. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. The script is quite hit and miss but it more than makes up for it with brilliant scenes and sequences such as when Nada first puts on the sunglasses and sees all the subliminal advertising, or that 5 minute long fist fight in the alleyway (THE best 5 minute long fist fight in an alleyway in cinematic history in my opinion) or even when Nada first goes on a sociopathic rampage with a shotgun in a bank and utters the immortal line: "I've come to do two things, chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum." It's essentially just a fun action film but there are elements that should make you think about society and the way the world is run. Except you don't really need to think into it much at all. Marvellous stuff!
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wireman
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Post by wireman on Dec 4, 2007 19:19:47 GMT
The movie I watched most recently was The Transporter, 'cause it was shown in the dorm. It's an action flick that takes awsome to the point of silliness, about a guy who does black-market transportation and the consequences of him breaking the rules and being excessively awesome. Pretty entertaining, but not anything astounding.
Wait... did you say best 5-minute alley fight? Have you seen Ong-Bak? If not, you should.
And on a somewhat related note, if you like absurd action movies, watch The Protector (which was made by the same director as Ong-Bak, but with more absurd action and less plot).
-Peter Mawhorter
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Post by Haxar on Dec 5, 2007 1:10:46 GMT
Right now, as I type this, I'm watching Fight Club which is one of the best movies ever made. The plot is great, the acting brilliant and the twist at the end, perfection. For those who haven't seen it, it's about Edward Norton's and Brad Pitt's characters who meet in unusual circumstances. Norton is a statistician with insomnia who feels increasingly apathetic towards the world, Pitt is an extreme anarchist. To escape a world they feel is pointless, they start a club for people who want to fight; Fight Club. Slowly though, things start to go strange...get a chance, watch it.
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Post by sapphire on Dec 7, 2007 19:35:21 GMT
I just re-watched (is that a word?) Moon Child.
The plot's a bit silly but it has action
-- and Gackt's in it. :-)
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Post by GtF on Dec 10, 2007 0:24:53 GMT
The Golden Compass.
The first half hour or so annoyed the crap out of me. Yet again it was another mega budget fantasy piece that decided to TELL you everything rather than show you. It might just be me, but I prefer it when a filmmaker lets you discover the 'wonderful rich and immersive fantastic world' yourself. It probably is just me, but it makes me feel like I'm being treated like an idiot. Like I can't accept that what I'm seeing on screen is infact a fictional story within a fictional world and without being told so by the filmmaker, I would probably end up being really confused because I've never come across a talking animal spirit daemon thing in my life before.
So anyway, there were loads of nice looking flashy effects, enviromental design was good, the armoured polar bears were pretty awesome and the main one was voiced by that lovable gay wizard Sir Ian McKellen, but apart from that I thought it was rather average. Dakota Blue Richards while I thought she managed to carry off the lead role, she was a bit wooden in places and her accent annoyingly seemed to swing wildly from reasonable eloquence to sudden alarming interjections of cockney-like "AIN TIT's."
Also, I was really disappointed to see SARUMAN in the film for only less than a few seconds! A few seconds!? Surely the befouled white wizard of Isengard deserves more screen time than a few seconds? Oh well. There's always the sequel...
So yeah, it had the potential to be a great film but in the end I really didn't mind having to go to the toilet half way through.
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Post by publius on Dec 10, 2007 17:16:20 GMT
I don't know what the story is, but it seems as though nobody makes films anymore where the viewer is expected to understand. Either they narrate everything, or they simply show you everything as it happens. For contrast, watch Casablanca. It's brilliant — little things like Louis dropping his bottle of Vichy Water in the wastepaper basket.
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Post by Haxar on Dec 11, 2007 11:08:22 GMT
I saw the Golden Compass as well. Total disaster. I am wondering if anyone involved with the film actually read the book. It starts very badly, throwing in plot that isn't even vaguely important until later books in some narrated exposition. Half the important characters are ignored and get maybe one scene, some of the least interesting characters are concentrated on too much, the film rushes through most of the scenes without giving them time to develop and really work because it's trying to hard to fit things to time constraints and the victorian mood of the setting is totally ruined because it seems to want to make it more and more flashy and impressive. Can't have a fantasy film where things don't run on magic for no good reason. Seriously, why are zepplins running on what seem to be jet engines?? But if you haven't read the book, here's further proof this is a terrible film: Nicole Kidman gets more screentime than Daniel Craig, Ian McKellan and Christopher Lee. What were they thinking?! Ahh, rant over On the bright side, it looks like there will be no sequel. TGC hasn't made back the money spent on it yet, it's got consistently lukewarm reviews and the fact that they cut the end off (which was a bit of a relief while watching it...) means most think the story ends right there, sailing off into the sunset etc.
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Post by ccat on Aug 31, 2008 22:57:07 GMT
The last film I saw was the Towering Inferno on 5 last week...
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