Review the last film you watched

[somtamslap]

It came from a film??!!!

...definately..and I've remembered it now..the son of doctor evil said it in the first Austin Powers film..almost word for word..

Sweeeeeet..

[Butterfly]

There seem to be two different versions of this movie 2012 around, seen them both, and they are both a complete pile of shite!

you must be referring to the Thai version of 2012,

that one was probably not a comedy, but a serious Thai catastrophe movie

[The Fresh Prince]

...definately..and I've remembered it now..the son of doctor evil said it in the first Austin Powers film..almost word for word.. Sweeeeeet..

Oh yeah, thats nuts. Ha ha its crazy how our subconscious can work.

edit: I'm out of ammo but will google it to see how close it was.

[somtamslap]

its crazy how our subconscious can work

Even crazier about how many times we've sat through Austin bloody Powers..

[WujouMao]

saw the R5 of Edge of Darkness. jesus i got bored. just kept dragging on and on and on. so i wouldn't recommend it.

i normally like films with Danny Dyer and Tamer Hasin in it, so if any of you folks have been waiting for Dead man running to be released in uk on DVD, dont bother with this crap. There are more holes in the plot than my sieve

about the only good decent film i've seen in the past fortnight is Daybreakers. [not to mention Avatar, which i've seen 4 times now]

[Gerbil]

saw the R5 of Edge of Darkness. jesus i got bored. just kept dragging on and on and on. so i wouldn't recommend it.

Bloody hell, I hope not. I'm just about to watch that The 1985 original series was probably the best thing the BBC have ever made.

Review later......

[WujouMao]

currently watching a DVD screener of "Surviving evil" starring Billy Zane. its a UK & South Afican film. filmed in S.A but set in the Philippines

The story revolves around a group of TV documentary makers who travel to an island near the Philippines [Mayaman island to be exact], to make a series called ‘Surviving the wilderness with Seb Beazley’. While there, two of the crew are familiar with myths and legends of the Island; one such includes flesh-eating creatures that dwell on the island who have a particular taste for pregnant women. As the crew set out to find natives of the Island, they come across such creatures and the fight for salvation begins.

seems ok. what do you except from uk. low budget horror. anyway, let you know later or tomorrow what i think

*just finished watching the low budget horror, Surviving Evil. if you have a superstitious Thai wife/gf or a Philippine wife/gf, they'll surely get nightmares for a week. For the average westerner, its just a good low budget horror flick. seems more money was financed by the SA crew than the British.

some poor quality acting on some of the other stars, but hey, good enough to kill some time if nowt to watch on tv

[Marmite the Dog]

saw the R5 of Edge of Darkness. jesus i got bored. just kept dragging on and on and on. so i wouldn't recommend it.

Bloody hell, I hope not. I'm just about to watch that The 1985 original series was probably the best thing the BBC have ever made.

Review later......

I watched it last night, and thought it was 'ok' - 6/10 from me.

[PAG]

Just finished watching 'Crazy Heart' with Jeff Bridges. He plays an alcoholic, broke Country and Western singer on the road. Meets a nice lady who tries to clean him up, but of course he fucks up and loses her. That prompts him to successfully clean his act up. A couple of good parts from Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall also.

Really good movie, especially if you like C&W music. Bridges plays a great part, and is my tip to take the Best Actor in a Leading Role at this year's Oscars.

[CharleyFarley]

The Cove

A documentary on the plight of dolphins in Taiji , Japan.

The star is the man who trained Flipper for 14 years and then had a change of heart and spent the rest of his life releasing any dolphin in captivity.

A must for animal lovers like me.

[Marmite the Dog]

Just finished watching 'Crazy Heart' with Jeff Bridges. He plays an alcoholic, broke Country and Western singer on the road. Meets a nice lady who tries to clean him up, but of course he fucks up and loses her. That prompts him to successfully clean his act up. A couple of good parts from Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall also.

Robert Duvall played the lead in the original version.

[Missismiggins]

"An American Radical - The Trials Of Norman Finkelstein" ....yes I can here the usual rifles being cocked ...without even watching it! Roll On!

[CharleyFarley]

Just to reinforce BCS' review of the shrink, excellent viewing with Kevin Spacey permanently high.

Best lines quote"when is the last time you watched a movie from beginning to end?"

Answer quote "Titanic....spoiler alert.....the boat sinks" end quote

[S Landreth]

Just finished watching Hachiko (A dog’s story) starring Richard Gere. Good movie if you’re a dog lover.

8/10

[robuzo]

Just finished watching Hachiko (A dog’s story) starring Richard Gere. Good movie if you’re a dog lover.

8/10

How does the dog get all the way from Shibuya to. . .Iowa? Can't tell where they are in the trailer. Curious- does the movie account for how he comes to have a Japanese name? It's not mentioned in the trailer

[S Landreth]

^The animal is shipped overseas and escapes his cage (at a Railway station),…that is how he ends up where he does. The name,……….I forgot some of the details, but the Professor (Gere) has a very close friend who is also a professor (Asian) and they meet while the pup is still young (the pup also has a tag,…but no address).

I am Not going to tell you how the story ends,….but I will tell you, this movie is based on a true story. Some place in Asia there is a statue of the dog at a Railway station.

If you don’t want to rent the movie or cannot find a place to download it off the net, I am bringing the DVD back to South Florida. I can let you borrow it when we meet up.

You might want to watch it alone, it is a tear jerker.


DO NOT READ this link if you intend to watch the movie,……..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

read it after you watch the movie

[PAG]

The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. Good movie, with excellent roles by John Travolta in an unusual (for him) completely non comic role, not even any wisecracks. Denzil Washington plays (again unusually) a fairly subdued Metropolitan transport employee. I seem to remember watching the original version, but definitely not as absorbing as this one.

Over recent years, I've come to admire Travolta for the way he's reinvented himself, and increasingly takes parts you don't come to expect. Washington I've liked for a long time, with his ability to engage the gritty action type roles with the more thoughtful.

[robuzo]

I am Not going to tell you how the story ends,….but I will tell you, this movie is based on a true story. Some place in Asia there is a statue of the dog at a Railway station.

I know the story well- the statue of Hachiko is in front of the very busy Shibuya Station in Tokyo. The legend and the actual story don't necessarily correlate precisely- isn't it always the way. The statue is a popular meeting place, although it is usually pretty crowded and not such a great place to try to find a particular Japanese person in a crowd of Japanese (not an easy task anyway).

If you don’t want to rent the movie or cannot find a place to download it off the net, I am bringing the DVD back to South Florida. I can let you borrow it when we meet up.

You might want to watch it alone, it is a tear jerker.

I'd appreciate that- I'm sure my son would love it, too. I get lachrymose watching "Old Yeller", despite having found out how that ends about 40 years ago. . .something about dog stories opens the spigots.

[melvbot]

Over recent years, I've come to admire Travolta for the way he's reinvented himself, and increasingly takes parts you don't come to expect.

Can't knock him for the amount of money he's made. As for his acting he's been mediocre or in mediocre films ever since Pulp Fiction. It's a similar thing with how Morgan Freeman gets lauded as a great actor, plays the same character in nearly all his films but he's got a good voice which people like.

[PAG]

'It's Complicated'. A romantic comedy with Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep. Not going to break your heart, but several good one liners. Streep seems to be getting sexier as she gets older, and definitely holds her own against the younger members of the cast. Kind of comes across as the kind of lady who you think of as 'do you want steak or hamburger?'. Not a movie I'd go out of my way for, but very pleasant as an evening in with some chips and a good bottle of wine.

[PAG]

Over recent years, I've come to admire Travolta for the way he's reinvented himself, and increasingly takes parts you don't come to expect.

Can't knock him for the amount of money he's made. As for his acting he's been mediocre or in mediocre films ever since Pulp Fiction. It's a similar thing with how Morgan Freeman gets lauded as a great actor, plays the same character in nearly all his films but he's got a good voice which people like.

I agree in certain respects about Travolta, and he kind of went off the rails and disappeared after the dancing movies of the 70's (Saturday Night Fever, Grease etc). Spent some time in the wilderness until Pulp Fiction, and then he showed his diversity and willingness to adapt, for example Phenomenon, Broken Arrow etc. Not classical parts by any means, but the guy works. His missus isn't bad either (Kelly Preston), and he has one of the longest surviving relationships within his industry (currently circa 19 years I believe). Maybe I just admire people who make the effort.

Morgan Freedman for me is an icon. Very easy to be labelled with an 'Uncle Tom' type figure after 'Driving with Miss Daisy'. But some of his work since then, even though he's now into his mid 70's, he still has the guile and dedication to his part that sets his performances into another level. "Invictus" is just such a performance. Can't be easy to characterise someone such as Nelson Mandela, but if anyone can do it, Freeman can/did. I would also congratulate Clint Eastwood for directing that film. A few cliches apart, he made a great effort to re-capture the atmosphere of the period.

[WujouMao]

saw 2 movies yesterday. one was Triage, staring Colin Farell.

movie is about him and his mate who are both photojournalists. but during the course of the movie Colin returns home to Ireland without his friend and his wife sets about why he came home alone.

thought the movie was very good, and it didnt make me feel bored like Edge of darkness did. i give it a 7/10

the other movie was From Paris with love. i downloaded the R5 that just came out today. although i saw the trailer a week ago, i thought it was just some cheesy French movie like transporter, but somehow much better. thought the bald headed guy with the beard was good, and wondered why he be in a lesser known French movie, till i watched the opening scene with the credits and find out its John Travolta!! bloody hell, i never recognised him. i thought the movie was again very good. lots of action and car chases. Travolta also kicks arse in the movie too

8/10 for sure

[Bexar County Stud]

Mother Night (1996)


An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.

I've never read the Vonnegut novel of the same name from which this film is adapted, but the movie certainly does have a characteristic Vonnegut vibe to it.

Nick Nolte is really good in this role, an underated actor IMO. The great Alan Arkin also makes an appearance, delivering my favorite dialogue in the movie about the brotherhood of walking wounded...an inescapable brotherhood to which we all belong. Beautiful stuff.

John Goodman also plays a small but pivotal role, as does Sheryl Lee, aka Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks.

Strange little film, enjoyable, thought-provoking, funny, sensitive, a real gem.
8/10
downloaded from the 'noid.

[Begbie]

Legion - absolute crap 1/10

[WujouMao]

Legion - absolute crap 1/10

i agree there mate. i saw about half the movie till the gun fight that was on the roof of the cafe and just got bored after that. so i turned if off