Review the last film you watched

[Wallace]

Brilliant movie, though. It helps if you love bikes, I think.

[ChiangMai noon]

I like bikes but thought it very pedestrian indeed.

would have liked to have seen how he managed to sopup it up from the original 57 mp/h.

[Wallace]

Perhaps, but the movie was so much more about the man. I thought Hopkins was outstanding.

[ChiangMai noon]

^
Not denying that.
Said that in the review, just found it all a bit dull really.
Well received by most people though, no accounting for taste.

I shall next review "the descent".... one of the best reviewed movies of 2006 and one of the worst I have seen.

Definitely not a keeper, for me anyway.

[peterpan]

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

It's implied at least.
He wakes up with her but I doubt wether he was capable of arousal.

bloody cheek

He's a Kiwi mate! and they are ALWAYs capable of getting a wood, even in an advanced state of physical decay.

A kiwi eats, roots, shoots and leaves.

[Little Chuchok]

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Errrm, you may want to read the remainder of my review then

Not unless the Shropshire accent sounds exactly like the Kiwi accent with the addition of an incessant rolling of the R's?

Yep,those southern south islanders really roll their R's.dunno what CNn was on,'cause it sounded a pretty good accent to me.

[ChiangMai noon]

excellent if you are from Oswestry.

[Little Chuchok]

Wear the fox hat?

[friscofrankie]

I've seen both "History of Violence" and "The World's Fastest Indian"

History was a decent story, a bit over the top violence and unrealistic depiction of gangsters more fantasy than reality; still an entertaining yarn. I enjoyed it; doesn't really bear re-watching IMO.

Bloodbath type violence and super-psycho crooks are actually quite rare in reality. They do make for easy fiction though. Think the movie started with a grade "A" premise, turned into a "B" flick. While a decently fun flick, the movie leave you feeling somehow short-changed.

The Fastest Indian is not OTT in any way. A realistic portrayal of a unique and interesting individual. Our own depraved Chiangmai Kiwi did, in fact, mention the authenticity of accent in the movie, seems the folks from that area have unique manner of speech captured fairly well in the movie.
That the movie was written & directed by someone who knew the man, took the time to know his friends, acquaintances and locale; someone that admired him, shows through in the movie. Great story about a quietly great man.

Dunno man, from my view "Fastest Indian" was much better story telling than "History" Both were entertaining in their own way.

I'd rate History a 3.5, Indian a 4.5
Each his own I guess.

[Little Chuchok]

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Our own depraved Chiangmai Kiwi

I dunno whether to be happy or sad about that comment...

[ChiangMai noon]

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

seems the folks from that area have unique manner of speech captured fairly well in the movie.

I was sort of getting at that.
The rest of the Invercargill cast sounded like kiwis, Hopkins sounded as if he was from a Welsh border town.

[AntRobertson]

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Our own depraved Chiangmai Kiwi

I'm sorry, could you please be a bit more specific?

There's more than one now you see

[friscofrankie]

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE?!?!?!?
What;s this place coming to? Needs more 'merikans I think.

Never met you; that LC is one depraved dude, though. (One of his better qualities)

[AntRobertson]

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Never met you; that LC is one depraved dude, though.

I'll take a shot at that title. I assure you, I'm a man of very low morals!

[Little Chuchok]

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE?!?!?!?
What;s this place coming to? Needs more 'merikans I think.

Never met you; that LC is one depraved dude, though. (One of his better qualities)

prick.

[Butterfly]

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Said that in the review, just found it all a bit dull really.

Well, it's not your 24 series, that's for sure, but I thought the slow pace of the movie and the little story telling was a refreshing change for once. The state of despair that old dude was in and what it accomplished was why the whole story was interesting. The slow pace of the movie could be regarded as boring but I liked it that way and it fitted the idea of the movie and the character quite well, outlining the rush coming from the speed of his "slow" bike. A slow old man transforming himself and his bike into the world fastest moving objects.

What were you expecting "Torque" and "2fast 2furious" ?

PS: those 2 above should be nominated for worst movie of the decade

[Gerbil]

Right a few here:

Tears of the Sun

Bit slow, but worth the effort. Bit too much of the "Seppos saving the world" for my liking. Bruce Willis was good though. 3/5

Children of Men

Fcuking great. A vision of England's future where all foreigners are illegal (I presume that includes the Scots and the Welsh ), rounded up and stuffed into camps and left to eat each other. Or something. Some plot about no sprogs having been born on the planet for 18 years or something. 4/5.

Hellboy

Took me a while getting around to seeing this one. But well worth watching, especially if you've got a bellyfull of chang at the time Can't go wrong with a film full of Nazi's and demons. 4/5

Crank

Fcuking great! You'll either love this or hate it. A hitman get's poisoned with a drug that will kill him if his heart slows down - so he has to increasingly dangerous stunts to keep his heart ticking away at max. 4/5

[Butterfly]

sir, you have horrible taste, you should be shot

[Gerbil]

^ Thanks.

[RandomChances]

Just been watching Babel with Brad Pitt sort of staring, well just in it really, it's really crap.Starts quite slow and then just gows down hill. I managed to get through it all with copious ammounts of the fast forward button.

Apparently it been up for loads of awards :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel_%282006_film%29

But I think these are just the really arty ones that you have to be clever to understand