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I watched a film called...."i spit on your grave"......it was terrible

 

One of the old 70's so-called 'snuff' movies (some of the killings supposedly real murders), made on a $5 budget and it shows. There was a whole genre of these back then, straight to video which was in it's infancy, but allowed a kind of 'punk' revolution to take place and gave us some great directors like David Lynch.

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Paranormal Activity 2. Decided to watch in the wee hours before going to bed. Not a good idea. Scary dreams last night.

The first one was much better and more 'authentic'. I laughed through a lot of 2 and wasn't very impressed by it. However, it creeps into your head and leaks out when you fall asleep. Bastards! 666/1000

 

Source Code. A bit silly but very engrossing and well paced. I prefer Groundhog Day. 7.5/10...7.5/10...7.5/10...7.5/10...7.5/10...7.5/10

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Classic - got a pirate copy on vid somewhere.

 

'Being a Repoman is INTENSE' - Harry Dean Stanton RIP.

 

 

Dude, he is still alive! One of the finest character actors. And Repo Man is an awesome film, with a spectacularly good soundtrack - Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Iggy Pop, Circle Jerks...

 

Watched that Paranormal Activity 3 on Saturday. Was alright. Scared the bejesus out of my brother, but me and the missus were just mildly entertained.

 

Our youngest is doing Where the Wild Things Are at school - so that gives me an excuse to sit down tonight with the kids and watch the movie. It is one of my favourite films of all time and I will have to use all my powers of manliness (thinking about Chuck Norris, exploding killer robots, ninjas on fire) not to cry at the end in front of the nippers.

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Went to see Mission Impossible 4 on Boxing Day. Good film, which I've no doubt many will say is the best of the bunch. I really like the first one, but this is definitely the most balanced of them. The action scenes are pretty impressive, although the movie seems like an extended advert for BMWs.

 

Apparently, this might be the last time Cruise plays the lead. It has been reported that Jeremy Renner will be taking the reins in future instalments.

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Having not yet read the highly successful book (or seen the original film version) unlike many I came to this Swedish mystery with no preconceptions, and I must say I adored it.

 

A satisfyingly long, dark, and densely plotted film aimed at adults rather than the teenage audience cinema normally panders to, the plot is not at all easy to summerise, but suffice it to say that at the request of a wealthy industrialist 'Henrik Vanger' (Christopher Plummer) a disgraced journalist 'Mikael' (Danial Craig) and a brilliant, but disturbed, young women 'Lisbeth' (Rooney Mara) find themselves investigating the mysterious disappearance of Venger's young niece 'Harriet' - an event which occurred decades ago. Set on a family owned island the list of suspects is thus limited to the dysfunctional extended family of the lost child, and just how terribly dysfunction the Vanger family turn out to be being the heart of the matter.

 

I will disclose no more except to say this film is never less than gripping and the director (David Fincher of 'Seven' fame) does a fine job, I loved the somber colour pallet employed by the cinematographer which grants this film such a distinctly Scandinavian look. I must also say that Rooney Mara's exceptional performance in particular will live long in the memory - Oscar worthy perhaps ?

 

Highly recommended.

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Having not yet read the highly successful book (or seen the original film version) unlike many I came to this Swedish mystery with no preconceptions, and I must say I adored it.

 

A satisfyingly long, dark, and densely plotted film aimed at adults rather than the teenage audience cinema normally panders to, the plot is not at all easy to summerise, but suffice it to say that at the request of a wealthy industrialist 'Henrik Vanger' (Christopher Plummer) a disgraced journalist 'Mikael' (Danial Craig) and a brilliant, but disturbed, young women 'Lisbeth' (Rooney Mara) find themselves investigating the mysterious disappearance of Venger's young niece 'Harriet' - an event which occurred decades ago. Set on a family owned island the list of suspects is thus limited to the dysfunctional extended family of the lost child, and just how terribly dysfunction the Vanger family turn out to be being the heart of the matter.

 

I will disclose no more except to say this film is never less than gripping and the director (David Fincher of 'Seven' fame) does a fine job, I loved the somber colour pallet employed by the cinematographer which grants this film such a distinctly Scandinavian look. I must also say that Rooney Mara's exceptional performance in particular will live long in the memory - Oscar worthy perhaps ?

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

Have not watched this particular version, however watched the trilogy of the original which was awesome. Will be interesting to see if they have managed to carry it off

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Went to see Shurlock Holmes II on Saturday. The Doris loved it and I thought, "meh".

 

I saw that a few weeks ago as well, thought it was pretty good. Better than the first one anyway - the slow-motion bits in the forest scene were outstandingly shot I thought and made the film for me. Breathtaking.

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Ides of March

 

Clever, tight Political Thriller set around a Primary in Ohio, tight plot, great support work by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Got it on dodgy DVD on recent hols and only chose it on the cast (inc Clooney) & Ryan Gosling in the lead as a believer who gets sucked in to the corruption of US Politics.

 

Without knowing anything of the plot it opens as a Presidential Election movie but then wheels start to come off and the errors get compounded and a darkness or almost despair overtakes the characters.

 

Really well acted and the plot develops at a pace that stops you nodding off as belief turns to cynicism. Really enjoyed it, doesn't change the world but shows up the mess that US Politics is these days really well.

 

Directed by Clooney with Di Caprio as a Producer

 

8.5/10

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Quite liked Sherlock 2 (7/10) although not as much as the first. There's only so much of Jude Law I can take.

 

Would also like to pop out to see the Dragon Tatoo remake after the good things I've heard. Speaking of which, looking forward to Prometheus later in the year (which will star Swedish actress from the original Dragon Tattoo trilogy and the aforementioned Sherlock 2)

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Strange when people say remake and original regarding films that are book adaptations. The swedish version may be first, but it's still an adaptation, not an original. Probably better anyway but will still give the new one a watch.

 

Pedant alert! ;)

Point I was making is that Hollywood often can't help remaking successful foreign films, often blow by blow, with English speaking actors and no subtitles.

 

I do recommend the Swedish adaptations though if you get a chance.

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Not sure if anyone's still using this thread or not, but thought i'd give it a bump anyway.

 

Just finished watching 50/50 - wanted to see this film for ages but couldn't find a copy on the internet and cinema prices were extortionate...

 

The film is basically a buddy movie about cancer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a young journalist diagnosed with spinal cancer, and Seth Rogen is his best friend who has to care for him through the disease. Some great performances in it, I have to say - especially from Anjelica Huston, who plays JGL's overbearing mother. Rogen does his usual thing of cracking jokes and smoking weed, but there's a depth to his performance (especially in the second half of the film) that you don't get from any of his other movies. Despite dealing with a really heavy topic (and getting very emotional in some places, even the blokiest of blokes will have wet eyes in some parts), the film manages to carry off a lot of very funny scenes without neglecting the plot. There are few superfluous scenes tacked on for emotional or comedy value, everything is relevant to the plot.

 

In short, it's got something for everyone. There's tears, emotion and romance for the sensitive types, and there's ball gags and weed smoking for the lads. Very, very good.

 

8.5/10

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Went to see the award laden black & white silent movie 'The Artist' this afternoon to see what all the fuss was about.

 

Cast very much in the authentic melodramatic style of the early cinema, this is a old fashioned romantic story of a 1920's Hollywood leading man 'George Valentine' (based in part on Rudolf Valentino) and his difficulty in adapting to coming of talkies. Throw in a love affair between him and a feisty young up & coming actress 'Peppy Miller' and that's about it really. Obviously they don't make that many silent movies theses days, so it's a interesting experience seeing a contemporary one in a cinema.

 

I've often heard film buffs say that the pure essence of cinema lays not in dialog but images, and there's much truth in that because I soon found that you can easily adapt to following a story without the assistance of speech. There's was a certain technique to making old silent movies that is faithfully recaptured here. The director must keep it simple, the camera must obviously concentrate on the face of whoever is talking, and the cast must adopt a period mannered acting style (sometimes called 'mugging') so that the plot is conveyed to the audience. The importance of the musical score (it sounded like a Hitchcock film at times) and the sparing use of captions are also key.

 

I found it a rather warm & charming film with excellent performances from it engaging cast (including a v funny dog) but if you asked me if it was as good a movie as its stellar reputation suggests then I'd have to reply in the negative. My problem with this movie is not the silence - you get used to that - but the fact that the plot itself is so very slight that it struggles to hold your attention. To be brutally frank I thought in dragged badly in the middle section, maybe editing it more vigorously might actually have improved it.

 

So at the risk of appearing to be a awful philistine, I have to say I think the academy should look elsewhere for this years best picture award.

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I see that one bout the jocks with superpowers. I was bit drunk tho can't even remember what it was called tho now. You know the one, it's at the cinema with the shaky cameras what do they call that found footage? Like lionel blair witch project.

 

It was pretty sweet I think far as I remember! What was cool was they didnt think for a second about being heroes or anything cos being jocks they just selfishly used ther powers to score chicks and merk people and stuff. Cept for this one kid who was all emo and started using it to beat people up and torture animals.

 

You should go see it and if you do tell me how it ended cos i fell sleep. It was called... nah i'm still blanking!

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I can assist you, Bearsy. The film is called Chronicle.

 

!Spoiler alert!

 

The one who looks evil and acts weird ends up doing weird and evil things. Not a massive spoiler - they show that in the trailers. The film-makers certainly went out of their way to make sure you knew he was weird and evil. It perhaps might have been more memorable if the handsome one went on a murderous rampage.

 

The end of the film is actually rather exciting - they widen the scope of the film in a pretty clever way, using different fixed cameras (like security cameras).

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I watched Star Trek V last night. The missus is working her way through the Trek films. She's watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture, bless her. Anyways, Star Trek V - The Final Frontier. It is written and directed by William Shatner. Now, as my avatar might indicate, I have a lot of respect for the energy Shatner has put into Kirk, but Bill, what did you do, Bill?

 

In his defence, Paramount didn't give a toss as they were launching TNG, and there are still decent character moments, but the horror. Oh my God, the horror.

 

About halfway through the film, they have to storm an enemy camp. Their plan? Send a bunch of men in their late 50s/early 60s to storm it. But that's not very realistic. So they come up with this little notion to distract their opponents.

 

 

While watching, I thought "I hope that's not Uhura, I'll be very disappointed if that is Uhura". And guess what? It was Uhura. I've seen it now. I can't unsee it.

 

Star Trek V is shambles of a film which has uniformly poor special effects and relegates the lesser crew members to figures of fun. Does anyone smell Shatner vanity project? That all said, if you truly want to see a dreadful sci-fi film, this comes with my wholehearted recommendation. It really is bad enough to be entertaining.

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You the man pap!

 

I was thinking the black one was gonna maybe turn out to be a hero and stop the emo one from doing all the bad sh!t right up until they killed him off. i guess he had to die as he was black and in a movie tho!

 

You can thank Ms pap for that. She dragged me out of the house to see that and I was pleasantly surprised. She did make me watch Star Trek V too, so her form is inconsistent.

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yo sh!t is your avatar shatner pap can't believe i never recognised him! i guess its the crazy face he's doing. I always figured it was you.

 

did you see that new star trek movie last year or whenever? that was pretty sweet i thought! at least up unto when they dumped kirk on that planet and then with a whole entire planet to search round he runs into the exact cave where nimoy happens to be sitting.

 

I still think of that new uhura sometimes when im boning my gf tho! She was fiiiine! Then if im too fast i tune in to old uhura and that usually does the trick! lol

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Yes, the Shatner has risen in my estimation over the years, although I wouldn't let him direct my daughter's wedding video, judging by his vision for Uhura.

 

New Uhura is delectable, although her relationship with Spock in the new film is a bit weird. Are they sleeping together? How do Vulcans get a bone on? Do they, like you, use some kind of external stimulus when going through the motions with the missus? Perhaps a flowchart on an easel, or a holographic lightshow throwing equations about the gaff? I don't know.

 

There are a number of very convenient moments in that new film, I'll give you that.

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Thats a good thought pap though I never thought of it before, surely the logical extension of supressing emotions is celebacy? You'd imagine the pointy eared bastards would have some sort of artificial insemenation programme going for procreation. But on the other hand an ass as fine as new uhuras has got to be tapped. It wouldnt be logical to leave it untapped.

 

You seem to know a lot about stuff can you help me with my other problem with that movie? So you're a vulcan right? A massive drill bit descends into your atmosphere and starts drilling a fat laser down into your planet. Why the **** are you just standing around not doing anything about it? Oh look at that laser what's that about, I wonder if it's got anything to do with our atmospheric problems? Nah it's probably alright. Shoot a missile at it for ****s sake! You can't tell me it was shielded as Kirk shot it out with his ****ing gun!

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Watched Star Trek VI tonight with Ms pap. It's a genuinely good Star Trek film, right up there with Wrath of Khan and definitely more visually impressive.

 

There is a bit where Kirk gets into a ruckus with a shapeshifter. The shapeshifter quickly assumes Kirk form, so you get to see a Shatner vs Shatner grudge fight.

 

Ends perfectly. None of the original cast should have gone near another film. Unfortunately, Shatner crapped on his own legacy by agreeing to be in Generations. The missus is watching that now.

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Thats a good thought pap though I never thought of it before, surely the logical extension of supressing emotions is celebacy? You'd imagine the pointy eared bastards would have some sort of artificial insemenation programme going for procreation. But on the other hand an ass as fine as new uhuras has got to be tapped. It wouldnt be logical to leave it untapped.

 

You seem to know a lot about stuff can you help me with my other problem with that movie? So you're a vulcan right? A massive drill bit descends into your atmosphere and starts drilling a fat laser down into your planet. Why the **** are you just standing around not doing anything about it? Oh look at that laser what's that about, I wonder if it's got anything to do with our atmospheric problems? Nah it's probably alright. Shoot a missile at it for ****s sake! You can't tell me it was shielded as Kirk shot it out with his ****ing gun!

 

*Sci-fi nerd alert condition RED*

 

The Vulcan sex drive is normally pretty dormant it would seem but during the 'Pon Farr' their once every 7 year mating season (re TOS episode 'Amok Time') they do go into 'heat' as it were and it can become highly active - violently so in fact. Although Spock is half Human, Vulcan's do suffer from extreme emotional impulses of all kinds, but as a absolute necessity they have learnt to suppress them behind a impressive wall of logic.

 

Traditionally the Enterprise crew member most attracted to Spock was not Uhura (I always thought Kirk floated her boat) but the wonderful Nurse Chapel of course - ah but that's another story ........

 

ps - any allegation that my sex life resembles that of a Vulcan male is of course strenuously denied.

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*Sci-fi nerd alert condition RED*

 

The Vulcan sex drive is normally pretty dormant it would seem but during the 'Pon Farr' their once every 7 year mating season (re TOS episode 'Amok Time') they do go into 'heat' as it were and it can become highly active - violently so in fact. Although Spock is half Human, Vulcan's do suffer from extreme emotional impulses of all kinds, but as a absolute necessity they have learnt to suppress them behind a impressive wall of logic.

 

Traditionally the Enterprise crew member most attracted to Spock was not Uhura (I always thought Kirk floated her boat) but the wonderful Nurse Chapel of course - ah but that's another story ........

 

ps - any allegation that my sex life resembles that of a Vulcan male is of course strenuously denied.

 

Now that you mention it, I seem to remember a Star Trek:ENT episode where T'Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) went through Pon Farr, sweating and hormonal for a bit. It was a good episode.

 

(I may have just dreamt this)

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No pap I prefer to think that vulcan chicks have normal human sex drives and that after seven years of celibacy they start to forget how bad the 7 year Poon Hard was on them last time and they're almost looking forward to it and then boom! all the vulcan dudes suddenly go Poon Hard sex crazy and go on a massive rape and pillage violent sex frenzy! The best looking vulcan chicks like that Jolene Ballcock are ruined in minutes and then rape gangs of frenzied vulcan cocks start in on the ugly old women, children and finally each other, buggering themselves senseless till they're finally spent and collapse unconscious in the street. Bow legged women venture furtively out their huts and hiding places to recover the wounded and dead. End scene.

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No pap I prefer to think that vulcan chicks have normal human sex drives and that after seven years of celibacy they start to forget how bad the 7 year Poon Hard was on them last time and they're almost looking forward to it and then boom! all the vulcan dudes suddenly go Poon Hard sex crazy and go on a massive rape and pillage violent sex frenzy! The best looking vulcan chicks like that Jolene Ballcock are ruined in minutes and then rape gangs of frenzied vulcan cocks start in on the ugly old women, children and finally each other, buggering themselves senseless till they're finally spent and collapse unconscious in the street. Bow legged women venture furtively out their huts and hiding places to recover the wounded and dead. End scene.

 

Though this is clearly the work of an imbalanced reprobate, it would, to be fair, make for a better plot than any of the TNG movies.

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Now that you mention it, I seem to remember a Star Trek:ENT episode where T'Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) went through Pon Farr, sweating and hormonal for a bit. It was a good episode.

 

(I may have just dreamt this)

 

I seem to remember that ENT episode too Pap, and I strongly suspect that you may well not be alone in having the lovely Miss Blalock invade your dreams.

 

Now I like T'Pol and I like Seven of Nine as well, but which one is best ? There's only one way to find out ........ fight !!!!!!!

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I seem to remember that ENT episode too Pap, and I strongly suspect that you may well not be alone in having the lovely Miss Blalock invade your dreams.

 

Now I like T'Pol and I like Seven of Nine as well, but which one is best ? There's only one way to find out ........ fight !!!!!!!

 

I actually had a scenario in mind in which I'm stuck in a jungle and bit on the bell-end by a poisonous snake.

 

My winner would be the most successful extractor of the poison. I'd give them both an attempt, like. I'd even bring my own snake.

 

Blalock is much better looking when she is not a Vulcan, btw.

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I actually had a scenario in mind in which I'm stuck in a jungle and bit on the bell-end by a poisonous snake.

 

My winner would be the most successful extractor of the poison. I'd give them both an attempt, like. I'd even bring my own snake.

 

Blalock is much better looking when she is not a Vulcan, btw.

 

As the ever sinister Borg Collective no doubt had a implant designed for just this eventuality, I would suspect that SoN may well win this surprisingly pervey contest of yours.

 

But if I were you I'd make it a best of 3 competition .......

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As the ever sinister Borg Collective no doubt had a implant designed for just this eventuality, I would suspect that SoN may well win this surprisingly pervey contest of yours.

 

But if I were you I'd make it a best of 3 competition .......

 

I am disgusted at your unfounded accusations, sir. I am merely trying to establish which Star Trek hottie would perform best in a medical emergency!

 

(no, Robert Picardo will not be part of this test!)

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I still have a Seven of Nine poster....

 

Ah those were the nights......

 

Meanwhile, while in Blighty I (for once) raided HMV for whatever they had on special offer (instead of my usual Bangkok dodgy copies).

 

Ecstatic to get Sherlock S2 for 15 quid in Salisbury & S1 for 6.69 at LHR Duty Free.

 

But I also got Johnny English Reborn for a tenner.

 

My review:-

 

It is funny.

 

Which is actually a huge improvement on JE 1 which was just cringeworthy.

 

Rowan could actually have been said to have acted in some parts of it. We actually found it had some ROFL moments in it the chase of (& fight with) the Chinese Spy in Hong Kong for one. Still had cringe moments, but anything with Gillian Anderson & Rosamund Pike in it works for me.

 

So yes, a Rowan Atkinson movie that actually has funny moments (ie almost old fashioned slap-stick) to make you laugh rather than cringeworthy moments to make you sn1gger

 

Best moment - JE meeting the new PM and the highly - you knew it was coming - silly gas lift chair gag was a close second to the "Why of course Wing Commander" & subsequent "Care for a Tipple" moments when he comandeered the Gin Palace

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I watched Twilight: Breaking Wind Part 1 last night. I was coming into it a bit cold as I'd only seen the first one before and hadn't read the books or nothing.

 

There seems to be a pretty strange set of morals behind these movies. Like they make the girl marry the vampire before they can have sex, but once she's got that ring on her finger all bets are off and he absolutely ruins her! Her tight virgin vag gets smashed up so bad that he wrecks the bed in the process and the next time you see her she's covered in sex bruises and stuff.

 

There's also this weird thing where the werewolf dude turns out to be a paedophile and falls in love with a new born baby! That doesn't make him evil though, in fact it makes him a hero cos it stops the other werewolves eating the baby. Not sure how the paedowolf is gonna turn out though really as presumably he's gonna have to marry the baby before he smashes it. I guess they're saving that for Part 2.

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