Telkomisaloser
09-10-2006, 07:47 PM
*Bats Flutter*
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hj2k_x
09-10-2006, 07:49 PM
damn u tail :(
dualmeister
09-10-2006, 08:04 PM
lol
Telkomisaloser
09-10-2006, 08:08 PM
damn u tail :(
:D
:D
supersunbird
09-10-2006, 08:28 PM
*Bats Flutter*
Yes, Batman Returns was a very good movie...
Yes, Batman Returns was a very good movie...
RompelStompel
10-10-2006, 02:21 PM
Little Miss Sunshine - brilliant movie !!
raZer
10-10-2006, 04:40 PM
Fight Club was awesome
hj2k_x
10-10-2006, 07:02 PM
Little Miss Sunshine - brilliant movie !!
serias??
serias??
dualmeister
10-10-2006, 07:13 PM
*Bats Flutter*
Nah. That's a bad movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200469/
Nah. That's a bad movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200469/
Telkomisaloser
10-10-2006, 07:14 PM
Nah. That's a bad movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200469/
lol isn't there any title without a movie related to it
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200469/
lol isn't there any title without a movie related to it
hj2k_x
10-10-2006, 07:22 PM
lol. Have u seen it? It's as bad as it sounds. Seriously :p
dualmeister
10-10-2006, 07:24 PM
Well have have just finished watching every Bond movie since Dr No over the last week or 3. All I can say is Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan rock. The others sucked :p
hj2k_x
10-10-2006, 07:26 PM
Sean Connery FTW. Roger Moore > Brosnan
Telkomisaloser
10-10-2006, 07:28 PM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168615/
*cries*
*cries*
hj2k_x
10-10-2006, 07:29 PM
laugh. out. loud
dualmeister
10-10-2006, 07:36 PM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168615/
*cries*
Shame. Try this :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758424/
It's actually awesome to see how the Bond character has evolved over the years. LOL the one where the guy says to Bond "in Japan men always come first" and Bond says "I might just retire here" was classic.
Then in Austin Powers he added his own extra line :p
*cries*
Shame. Try this :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758424/
It's actually awesome to see how the Bond character has evolved over the years. LOL the one where the guy says to Bond "in Japan men always come first" and Bond says "I might just retire here" was classic.
Then in Austin Powers he added his own extra line :p
Telkomisaloser
10-10-2006, 07:39 PM
Shame. Try this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758424/
It's actually awesome to see how the Bond character has evolved over the years. LOL the one where the guy says to Bond "in Japan men always come first" and Bond says "I might just retire here" was classic.
Then in Austin Powers he added his own extra line
Gaaaaaaaaaaaah so I was adding to this thread instead of degrading it :( :mad: :eek: :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758424/
It's actually awesome to see how the Bond character has evolved over the years. LOL the one where the guy says to Bond "in Japan men always come first" and Bond says "I might just retire here" was classic.
Then in Austin Powers he added his own extra line
Gaaaaaaaaaaaah so I was adding to this thread instead of degrading it :( :mad: :eek: :D
Highflyer_GP
10-10-2006, 07:40 PM
Anyone seen Crank? Found it to actually be more funny than serious :D
/me has flashbacks of Duke Nukem on steroids
/me has flashbacks of Duke Nukem on steroids
hj2k_x
11-10-2006, 08:01 AM
Gaaaaaaaaaaaah so I was adding to this thread instead of degrading it :( :mad: :eek:
hehe, it had to happen some time :)
hehe, it had to happen some time :)
RompelStompel
12-10-2006, 06:37 PM
serias??
Much better movie than the others currently on circuit.
Steve Carroll is very good in LMS :)
So I take it that you watched this movie and was disappointed ?
Cheerio !
Much better movie than the others currently on circuit.
Steve Carroll is very good in LMS :)
So I take it that you watched this movie and was disappointed ?
Cheerio !
hj2k_x
18-10-2006, 07:02 PM
Much better movie than the others currently on circuit.
Steve Carroll is very good in LMS :)
So I take it that you watched this movie and was disappointed ?
Cheerio !
Havent actually seen it, no. The writeup didn't really grab me though...
Watched The Devil Wears Prada as i had heard that many guys "dug it". Man was i bored. Felt like the longest two hours of my life. :(
Steve Carroll is very good in LMS :)
So I take it that you watched this movie and was disappointed ?
Cheerio !
Havent actually seen it, no. The writeup didn't really grab me though...
Watched The Devil Wears Prada as i had heard that many guys "dug it". Man was i bored. Felt like the longest two hours of my life. :(
Telkomisaloser
18-10-2006, 07:03 PM
Bawahahahaaaaaaa
The Devil Wears Prada rocks!!!
The Devil Wears Prada rocks!!!
hj2k_x
18-10-2006, 07:10 PM
Serias? U watch it TIAL?
Telkomisaloser
18-10-2006, 07:10 PM
Naaaah just said it to annoy you
hj2k_x
18-10-2006, 07:20 PM
shocking :rolleyes:
krycor
18-10-2006, 07:27 PM
Is the highlander movie out yet?
hj2k_x
18-10-2006, 07:30 PM
Not as far as i know...
hj2k_x
19-10-2006, 07:20 PM
World Trade Centre - anyone seen it? Any good?
teraside
19-10-2006, 07:32 PM
My friend saw it, girlfriend that is(just friend) and she says it was okay ;) I wouldn't watch it, the real thing was much better and your heart aches enough :)
hj2k_x
19-10-2006, 07:34 PM
Hehe, i spose that is true :p
Telkomisaloser
19-10-2006, 08:54 PM
*toads croak*
lord_spaceman
20-10-2006, 09:50 AM
Borat vs Mr Bean
Now there is a movie for you...
Now there is a movie for you...
orin76
20-10-2006, 10:02 AM
Anybody seen Lucky Number Slevin? Girlfriend and I saw it last week. While I wouldn't call it amazing, it was definitely alot of fun. Good movie and well worth the money.
dualmeister
20-10-2006, 10:04 AM
Yes that was good. I enjoyed it.
nuyork
20-10-2006, 10:18 AM
When is a Scanner Darkly coming to South Africa??
I've mailed both Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro...they don't even know the movie exsists! They were clueless!! DAMN them!!!
Oh well...will get it on DVD, which will come out before it ever comes out here.
:L:
I've mailed both Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro...they don't even know the movie exsists! They were clueless!! DAMN them!!!
Oh well...will get it on DVD, which will come out before it ever comes out here.
:L:
krycor
20-10-2006, 10:31 AM
Not really.. Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro are in charge of bringing in Dvd's so if they feel they can make some more money first showing it months or yr or so after world release, they'll do that 1st.
bwana
20-10-2006, 11:08 AM
Anybody seen Lucky Number Slevin? Girlfriend and I saw it last week. While I wouldn't call it amazing, it was definitely alot of fun. Good movie and well worth the money.Saw it a few months ago and enjoyed it.
nuyork
20-10-2006, 11:31 AM
Not really.. Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro are in charge of bringing in Dvd's so if they feel they can make some more money first showing it months or yr or so after world release, they'll do that 1st.
I meant purchase it from overseas. LOL. Can't remember buying a DVD from a local store in AGES!!!! The crap quality that Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro push out is ridiculous.
I get the majority of my DVDs for $12 overseas, that's including shipping. Original, non-asian copies, non-bootleg DVDs, so the real thing. So to me R84 is not bad. Plus I don't get charged customs cause the price is so low.
I gave up on the local DVD industry a LONG TIME AGO.
:L:
I meant purchase it from overseas. LOL. Can't remember buying a DVD from a local store in AGES!!!! The crap quality that Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro push out is ridiculous.
I get the majority of my DVDs for $12 overseas, that's including shipping. Original, non-asian copies, non-bootleg DVDs, so the real thing. So to me R84 is not bad. Plus I don't get charged customs cause the price is so low.
I gave up on the local DVD industry a LONG TIME AGO.
:L:
hj2k_x
20-10-2006, 02:24 PM
I meant purchase it from overseas. LOL. Can't remember buying a DVD from a local store in AGES!!!! The crap quality that Ster-Kinekor and NuMetro push out is ridiculous.
I get the majority of my DVDs for $12 overseas, that's including shipping. Original, non-asian copies, non-bootleg DVDs, so the real thing. So to me R84 is not bad. Plus I don't get charged customs cause the price is so low.
I gave up on the local DVD industry a LONG TIME AGO.
:L:
Indeed , R84 is a reasonable price to pay for a DVD IMO. However, I would still like to see it closer to the R50 mark, locally I mean - not that this will ever happen anytime soon.
If you look around,though, Musica do often have offers of various fairly new DVDs for like 100 bucks which is not too bad...Getting it off the net for free is clearly better though, if not entirely legal ;)
I get the majority of my DVDs for $12 overseas, that's including shipping. Original, non-asian copies, non-bootleg DVDs, so the real thing. So to me R84 is not bad. Plus I don't get charged customs cause the price is so low.
I gave up on the local DVD industry a LONG TIME AGO.
:L:
Indeed , R84 is a reasonable price to pay for a DVD IMO. However, I would still like to see it closer to the R50 mark, locally I mean - not that this will ever happen anytime soon.
If you look around,though, Musica do often have offers of various fairly new DVDs for like 100 bucks which is not too bad...Getting it off the net for free is clearly better though, if not entirely legal ;)
bwana
20-10-2006, 02:29 PM
If you look around,though, Musica do often have offers of various fairly new DVDs for like 100 bucks which is not too bad...Getting it off the net for free is clearly better though, if not entirely legal ;)Its not :eek:
DVDs are a ripoff even at r99. If they lowered the prices and released them in a more expeditious manner they have a chance against piracy.
DVDs are a ripoff even at r99. If they lowered the prices and released them in a more expeditious manner they have a chance against piracy.
krycor
20-10-2006, 02:31 PM
hehe.. i think cheaper broadband will force their hand when that comes.
hj2k_x
20-10-2006, 02:33 PM
Its not :eek:
DVDs are a ripoff even at r99. If they lowered the prices and released them in a more expeditious manner they have a chance against piracy.
Agreed, it is not legal, but neither should ripping off the public be ;) It must cost less than a Rand to produce a DVD considering returns to scale in bulk production , even considering all costs and paying the film studios and whatnot, yet we see no reflection of this in pricing. This is why pircay is prevailing.
I don't understand why companies fail to understand that selling 1000 DVDs at R50 will get them more than selling like 400 at R100. Simple econmics.
Unitl then, go piracy!
DVDs are a ripoff even at r99. If they lowered the prices and released them in a more expeditious manner they have a chance against piracy.
Agreed, it is not legal, but neither should ripping off the public be ;) It must cost less than a Rand to produce a DVD considering returns to scale in bulk production , even considering all costs and paying the film studios and whatnot, yet we see no reflection of this in pricing. This is why pircay is prevailing.
I don't understand why companies fail to understand that selling 1000 DVDs at R50 will get them more than selling like 400 at R100. Simple econmics.
Unitl then, go piracy!
hj2k_x
23-10-2006, 09:03 PM
The Guardian. Saw it last night. Must say , i liked it. More than two hours long but it didn't seem that way. Sure, it was a bit predictable but it was enjoyable nonetheless...:)
Acill3s
23-10-2006, 10:48 PM
Any body interested in warcraft check this out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/
dualmeister
24-10-2006, 06:23 PM
Hard Candy :sick:
nuyork
26-10-2006, 09:45 AM
Hard Candy :sick:
I saw the trailer and read up the synopsis and it sounded interesting. Your reasons why it was bad?
:L:
I saw the trailer and read up the synopsis and it sounded interesting. Your reasons why it was bad?
:L:
dualmeister
26-10-2006, 06:26 PM
Not bad. Good movie. Just watch it and you'll see why I say :sick: (snip snip)
Saw The Guardian today. Rather enjoyed it. Loved the rescue scenes even though they mostly CGI. :D
Saw The Guardian today. Rather enjoyed it. Loved the rescue scenes even though they mostly CGI. :D
Ekhaatvensters
26-10-2006, 06:42 PM
A warcraft movie hey? Sounds cool..
but the only movie thats actually going to get me to go to the movies for the first time in like a year or tow is the Borat movie.
Or ill just dowload it before it comes out here, but either way I have to see it!
but the only movie thats actually going to get me to go to the movies for the first time in like a year or tow is the Borat movie.
Or ill just dowload it before it comes out here, but either way I have to see it!
hj2k_x
26-10-2006, 07:15 PM
Dunno if i could stand a whole movie with borat in it. The skits are ok, but a whole movie.. I dunno...
hj2k_x
29-10-2006, 02:28 PM
Talladega Nights. Blech. I did not enjoy this at all. Think i laughed twice. I think its the kinda thing you could dig if you were a) busy scoring some hot chick and it was on in the background, b) high or c) fuct drunk. Sadly i was none of the above. :|
hj2k_x
29-10-2006, 09:11 PM
Saw III is out for Halloween- anyone seen it??
bwana
29-10-2006, 10:36 PM
Saw III is out for Halloween- anyone seen it??I dont do cams. They're a waste of resources. :o
Tux
29-10-2006, 11:45 PM
Saw3 cant be any better than the first 2.....
Charl_CT
29-10-2006, 11:49 PM
search on GooGlE about SAW 4!!! :)
dualmeister
30-10-2006, 06:42 AM
I dont do cams. They're a waste of resources. :o
LOL I was going to say exactly the same thing :o
LOL I was going to say exactly the same thing :o
hj2k_x
30-10-2006, 07:22 AM
I dont do cams. They're a waste of resources. :o
Yeah, me neither. That's why i hoped someone here woud have :p
Yeah, me neither. That's why i hoped someone here woud have :p
krycor
14-11-2006, 09:57 AM
Yah so i saw this movie Just Friends (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433400/) its cool.
BCO
22-11-2006, 09:58 AM
Anyone watched Children of Men?
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Cara
22-11-2006, 11:59 AM
Anyone watched Children of Men?
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Also thought it was an excellent movie ... walked out expecting to be shot at though :D, loved Clive Owen (good acting). First took notice of him in Closer.
Camera techniques were interesting and new but made me queezy at times but I guess that was the idea. It was a nice surprise, I was expecting a B-grade Sci-Fi movie (not that I don't have a great appetite for B-grade Sci-Fi :D) but instead I got a well made movie and not quite the Sci-Fi I was imagining.
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Also thought it was an excellent movie ... walked out expecting to be shot at though :D, loved Clive Owen (good acting). First took notice of him in Closer.
Camera techniques were interesting and new but made me queezy at times but I guess that was the idea. It was a nice surprise, I was expecting a B-grade Sci-Fi movie (not that I don't have a great appetite for B-grade Sci-Fi :D) but instead I got a well made movie and not quite the Sci-Fi I was imagining.
mooK
22-11-2006, 12:05 PM
The Departed is the movie of the year.
BCO
22-11-2006, 12:35 PM
I must say, I'm very excited to see The Departed.
dablakmark8
22-11-2006, 06:04 PM
the best movie i saw was the departed with jack nicolson.
Great movie.Try watching it sometime
Great movie.Try watching it sometime
LoneGunman
22-11-2006, 07:09 PM
re the Departed - its based on two awesome Hong Kong cop movies (there are actually three in the series but 3's a bit lame. As far as I know, Scorcese just used the first two to make Departed) - if you can find them, you should watch them. Titles are 'Infernal Affairs' & 'Infernal Affairs 2'.
Some vidshops in Joburg do have them..way better than the fairly lame boring remake that Scorcese has done.
Some vidshops in Joburg do have them..way better than the fairly lame boring remake that Scorcese has done.
dualmeister
26-11-2006, 08:27 AM
Haha this is so funny :D
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486551/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486551/
krycor
26-11-2006, 12:55 PM
looks good :)
hj2k_x
30-11-2006, 06:22 PM
Anyone watched Children of Men?
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Colour me underwhelmed...Not really what I was expecting from the previews...Not a bad movie i didn't think, just a very bleak outlook of the future..
As for the steady cam shots, they were great :)
Saw it last night, and it's easily the best movie I've seen this year. The movie would be great purely for the 2 steadycam tracking shots (you'll know the 2 I'm talking about if you've seen the film), but when you add in a gripping and plausible story, solid acting and great direction you have a real winner. This movie is excellent. Highly recommended
Colour me underwhelmed...Not really what I was expecting from the previews...Not a bad movie i didn't think, just a very bleak outlook of the future..
As for the steady cam shots, they were great :)
hj2k_x
30-11-2006, 06:23 PM
Watched Happy Feet the other night and it was also not all i had hoped it to be...Seems that all the funny parts are in the preview and they don't tell u that there is a LOT of singing in it, which i didnt really like...
Anyone else seen it?
Anyone else seen it?
nuyork
30-11-2006, 09:21 PM
FINALLY got a hold of "A Scanner Darkly". Gonna watch it this weekend!! YAY!!
:L:
:L:
nuyork
30-11-2006, 09:28 PM
Anyone seen the movie "Stay" with Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts? Brilliant movie. Stunningly shot. Not sure if it came out here, but I saw the trailer and bought the DVD.
:L:
:L:
hj2k_x
01-12-2006, 05:04 PM
Anyone seen the new bond? I am keen to hear good things about it...
hj2k_x
01-12-2006, 06:25 PM
And march or the penguins? And the subsequent ripoff farce of the penguins?
Alan
01-12-2006, 06:33 PM
Anyone seen the new bond? I am keen to hear good things about it...
Nope. It looks promising and could be the best since GoldenEye. To be honest it can't get any worse than the last few. The best are still the Connery ones IMO.
Nope. It looks promising and could be the best since GoldenEye. To be honest it can't get any worse than the last few. The best are still the Connery ones IMO.
krycor
02-12-2006, 12:51 AM
i'm gonna miss those phoney lines
mooK
02-12-2006, 01:08 AM
All the Bond flicks are a joke, if you really think they're good you must be deluding yourself. Although, I remember Goldfinger was kinda good. But yeah, they're mostly trash... Although, right now I wouldn't mind watching one... Strange.
Cara
02-12-2006, 10:24 AM
I think I like the Bond movies because they are trash ... very easy on the brain :D.
I'm a bit nervous about the new blond 007. I know it's been debated to death overseas but that pouty look he has in all the posters looks a bit corny to me, a bit over done. Would like to hear if he is cool in the movie because Bond has to be cool or the whole thing flops :cool:.
Agree ... Connery is the best IMO. George Lazenby the worst.
I'm a bit nervous about the new blond 007. I know it's been debated to death overseas but that pouty look he has in all the posters looks a bit corny to me, a bit over done. Would like to hear if he is cool in the movie because Bond has to be cool or the whole thing flops :cool:.
Agree ... Connery is the best IMO. George Lazenby the worst.
AcidRaZor
02-12-2006, 10:58 AM
They should make a james bond movie with shaun connery in it. Like they have to go back to the old bond to like fight the new enemy old school or something
Cara
02-12-2006, 11:14 AM
I think the problem with new Bond movies is that there is no good universal 'enemy' now that the KGB are out of the loop. Those paranoid Cold War days made for a few good Bond films.
Alan
02-12-2006, 11:20 AM
All the Bond flicks are a joke, if you really think they're good you must be deluding yourself. Although, I remember Goldfinger was kinda good. But yeah, they're mostly trash... Although, right now I wouldn't mind watching one... Strange.
All Bond flicks except the Sean Connery ones and GoldenEye. I didn't enjoy the others at all either.
All Bond flicks except the Sean Connery ones and GoldenEye. I didn't enjoy the others at all either.
Alan
02-12-2006, 11:24 AM
I think the problem with new Bond movies is that there is no good universal 'enemy' now that the KGB are out of the loop. I guess we could pick on North Korea a bit but it's just no fun beating up the global nerd who has failed to move with the times
He should take on Islamic fundamentalists:eek: . They fit the bill.:cool:
Of course that would not be very PC now would it. :o
:D
He should take on Islamic fundamentalists:eek: . They fit the bill.:cool:
Of course that would not be very PC now would it. :o
:D
Cara
02-12-2006, 11:43 AM
I don't really see the Arabs as dangerous (perhaps it's their garb) unless they threaten to cut off our oil supply, but that's not very James Bond :D
Alan
02-12-2006, 11:49 AM
I don't really see the Arabs as dangerous (perhaps it's their garb) unless they threaten to cut off our oil supply, but that's not very James Bond :D
Arab doesn't = Islamic fundamentalist
Bond would lose his "licence" if he made that mistake.
:D
Arab doesn't = Islamic fundamentalist
Bond would lose his "licence" if he made that mistake.
:D
Cara
02-12-2006, 11:50 AM
You're right! My apologies for the even less PC slip up. I hope they're not on my tail after this one :D
BCO
02-12-2006, 11:53 AM
Well, I saw Casino Royale last night, and actually found it quite enjoyable. Daniel Craig is an excellent Bond IMO - he's quite scary, looks like a real cold-blooded killer.
LoneGunman
02-12-2006, 03:31 PM
being sick at the moment with a cold, means I'm shovelling in movies bigtime..
watched 'The Fountain' - odd sort of sci-fi flick, interesting but not awesome.
Also saw 'Marie Antoinette' - which again was interesting, but needed to be shortened by like 20 minutes.. ditto Casino Royale - which seriously needed to be shortened - and sorry, a card game just isnt that exciting.. not too sure about the new Bond, given that his boss is clearly a much more charismatic actor (judy dench) - weird having a nonentity-looking Bond, like George Lazenby was, way back..
winner for me yesterday, was a dumb Korean film called The Host - which dealt, unexpectedly, with a big giant mutant lizard-fish thing, terrorizing locals beside a river. Absolute rubbish, but after the trudge of Marie Antoinette (which had great music tho) - mutant fish-lizard things were a happy welcome relief.
On the agenda today to watch are: brit film 'Chromophobia', another new one 'running with scissors' 'the motel' and a couple of old Kurosawa's, if I have the energy (throne of blood & Ikiru)
watched 'The Fountain' - odd sort of sci-fi flick, interesting but not awesome.
Also saw 'Marie Antoinette' - which again was interesting, but needed to be shortened by like 20 minutes.. ditto Casino Royale - which seriously needed to be shortened - and sorry, a card game just isnt that exciting.. not too sure about the new Bond, given that his boss is clearly a much more charismatic actor (judy dench) - weird having a nonentity-looking Bond, like George Lazenby was, way back..
winner for me yesterday, was a dumb Korean film called The Host - which dealt, unexpectedly, with a big giant mutant lizard-fish thing, terrorizing locals beside a river. Absolute rubbish, but after the trudge of Marie Antoinette (which had great music tho) - mutant fish-lizard things were a happy welcome relief.
On the agenda today to watch are: brit film 'Chromophobia', another new one 'running with scissors' 'the motel' and a couple of old Kurosawa's, if I have the energy (throne of blood & Ikiru)
hj2k_x
02-12-2006, 07:48 PM
Just back from Casino Royale... I thought it was pretty decent. Best Bond for ages, thats for sure.
Definitely needed to be a bit shorter, and where were Bond's gadgets??
As for Bond himself...I did not love him ( noone will ever top Mr Connery) but he was not too bad. Looked a bit too much like a villain for me though at some points...
Definitely needed to be a bit shorter, and where were Bond's gadgets??
As for Bond himself...I did not love him ( noone will ever top Mr Connery) but he was not too bad. Looked a bit too much like a villain for me though at some points...
BCO
02-12-2006, 07:53 PM
Looked a bit too much like a villain for me though at some points..
That's what I liked about him.
That's what I liked about him.
RompelStompel
03-12-2006, 09:42 AM
Casino Royale - one word - boring :)
LoneGunman
03-12-2006, 05:47 PM
watched 'Running With Scissors' yesterday, odd flick about some kid whose mom farms him off to a shrink and his odd family, so-so.. also saw Brit flick 'Chromophobia' - relationship angst etc etc
Just to make film geeks weep.. David Lynch is appearing at the Brattle Theatre, near me here, to do Q&A after the showing of his new film tonight..might go try get tickets, although its probably sold out totally..
Just to make film geeks weep.. David Lynch is appearing at the Brattle Theatre, near me here, to do Q&A after the showing of his new film tonight..might go try get tickets, although its probably sold out totally..
hj2k_x
03-12-2006, 06:59 PM
That's what I liked about him.
Yeah, the whole thing was a lot more 'hardcore' than previous Bonds...Like making a point of the fact that Bond actually KILLS people- a saint he is not...I liked that aspect as well really.
Yeah, the whole thing was a lot more 'hardcore' than previous Bonds...Like making a point of the fact that Bond actually KILLS people- a saint he is not...I liked that aspect as well really.
Highflyer_GP
03-12-2006, 07:00 PM
Going to see it during the week, hope it's good!
hj2k_x
03-12-2006, 07:00 PM
Going to see it during the week, hope it's good!
If you are a true Bond fan, and liked the classics, then its definitely one for you!
If you are a true Bond fan, and liked the classics, then its definitely one for you!
Highflyer_GP
03-12-2006, 07:01 PM
Well if he can even pull off half a Sean Connery then I'd say it's worth it!
nuyork
06-12-2006, 05:06 PM
Just to make film geeks weep.. David Lynch is appearing at the Brattle Theatre, near me here, to do Q&A after the showing of his new film tonight..might go try get tickets, although its probably sold out totally..
What?? Where is the Brattle Theatre?? His new movie "Inland Empire"?? Here? In South Africa? Where??? I want!!! :confused: :eek: :confused:
:L:
What?? Where is the Brattle Theatre?? His new movie "Inland Empire"?? Here? In South Africa? Where??? I want!!! :confused: :eek: :confused:
:L:
hj2k_x
06-12-2006, 05:31 PM
Also are there any eddie izzard fans out there?? The man is a LEGEND. I have heard rumours that he is coming here to SA on tour. Anybody heard anything??
hj2k_x
09-12-2006, 04:46 PM
Anyone seen pulse? Is it rubbish? It looked it in the previews...and the holiday??
IanC
09-12-2006, 04:47 PM
Well if he can even pull off half a Sean Connery then I'd say it's worth it!
Yesh Mooney-penny! :D
Yesh Mooney-penny! :D
bwana
09-12-2006, 04:51 PM
Anyone seen pulse? Is it rubbish? It looked it in the previews...and the holiday??The FHM review of pulse wasn't exactly favourable.
hj2k_x
09-12-2006, 04:56 PM
The FHM review of pulse wasn't exactly favourable.
That reminds me- must get the new FHM. Is it cool? 32 bucks is lank for a magazine if u ask me...
That reminds me- must get the new FHM. Is it cool? 32 bucks is lank for a magazine if u ask me...
LoneGunman
09-12-2006, 04:56 PM
sorry folks, Brattle Theatre is about two miles away from me here, as I sit in Boston Massachusetts, USA. So no Lynch on African continent..
nuyork
11-12-2006, 12:51 PM
Anyone seen pulse? Is it rubbish? It looked it in the previews...and the holiday??
Yeah, I've seen it. Not exactly great horror. The Ring and The Grudge were better than Pulse.
Although I watched the Japanese version of Pulse before I watched the remade American version. That could have spoilt it for me.
:L:
Yeah, I've seen it. Not exactly great horror. The Ring and The Grudge were better than Pulse.
Although I watched the Japanese version of Pulse before I watched the remade American version. That could have spoilt it for me.
:L:
hj2k_x
11-12-2006, 08:29 PM
Watched The Holiday and it was quite decent. Nice feel-good fair for the holidays :)
hj2k_x
19-12-2006, 02:34 PM
Just watched Eragon. Was really looking forward to it cos i have always loved dragons and have yet so see an even half-decent dragon movie sin ce dragonheart...
Must say i was fairly disappointed with this one. Looked a LOT like LOTR for large parts and none of the characters really did anything for me, specially not the dragon...
Still it is a trilogy, and the 1st movie in a trilogy usually sucks, so they have two more tries to do better :)
Must say i was fairly disappointed with this one. Looked a LOT like LOTR for large parts and none of the characters really did anything for me, specially not the dragon...
Still it is a trilogy, and the 1st movie in a trilogy usually sucks, so they have two more tries to do better :)
LoneGunman
19-12-2006, 07:51 PM
Went to see David Lynch's 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night.
wrote this letter to a local paper here in Boston, we'll see if they print it :)
--------
An Open Letter to David Lynch, from a fan.
Dear David.
I went to see 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night. Usually a three hour film has a three hour storyline, whereas yours had maybe 20 minutes of story in total. What on earth were you thinking?
Yes its shot on digital video. So what? You've forgotten 'content' and decided to cash in your awesome cinema pedigree with a bizarre focus only on 'Form' ? You've made a truly bad derivative student art movie. Lots of (and I mean LOTS) of shots of Laura Dern walking down corridors with a worried/scared/horrified look on her face, and endless supposedly 'meaningful' conversations, do not make tension, interest or even a decent cinematic narrative.
I 'get' that supposedly the central reality is that its 'the thoughts of a woman in trouble' - in this case some Polish hooker. And yes, there's that arbitrary side plot of two people filming a Hollywood movie, and the ones' husband is jealous, and maybe there's a murder. And yes, the time duality thing is interesting. I don't need a 'linear' storytelling form in order to appreciate quality cinema - however, I DO need something more than what smells like a burned out artists' laundry list, disguised as a deep artistic creation.
People began leaving the cinema eventually, as the hours trudged by, and endless scenes signifying nothing, kept appearing, which just kept completely defusing any dramatic tension you might have established initially. (Unless you meant to establish boredom by hours of 'meaningful' and 'portentous' dialogue).
David - I don't know if you've been surrounded by too many people who have been telling you that your every idle thought and foible is of great value, and thus causing you to lose what every artist needs - namely - a good objective perspective on your own creative output, but because I love you and your previous work, I'm taking the time to succintly and sadly fulfil this critical function that seems to have failed you when you perhaps needed it the most.
Listen to me David, I'm not willing to delude myself and try to pretend that what I saw was somehow meaningful or even 'good'. I don't care that you are boring your audience, I do care that you are deluding yourself perhaps, into having made a badly conceived piece of work, and are lowering artistic standards by attempting to make your audience have to pretend to themselves that their justified boredom was somehow 'good' or 'not there'.
You are better than what you have created here.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is the Emperor Who Is Wearing No Clothes. It is a three hour trudging and tedious art-student's digital video masturbatory exercise, with mixed in moments from the much more coherent short film(s) 'Rabbits'.
The public should be warned - its NOT 'Wild At Heart' or 'Eraserhead' or 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Drive' - each of which were truly great stories and even better Cinema. I would suggest that the public should not be fooled by any PR, or any prior goodwill that they justifiably have towards David Lynch, given his cinematic pedigree.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is 'disturbing' - not because of its unique vision or storyline or narrative style - but because its so incredibly badly made, so utterly pretentious, narratively boring and incoherent, visually plodding, banal and badly edited, by a director who used to be so damn good.
Withdraw this mess from cinema's and edit it down by at least a third, and tighten up your editing while you're at it. I was embaressed for you, David.
with love
(name)
Somerville
wrote this letter to a local paper here in Boston, we'll see if they print it :)
--------
An Open Letter to David Lynch, from a fan.
Dear David.
I went to see 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night. Usually a three hour film has a three hour storyline, whereas yours had maybe 20 minutes of story in total. What on earth were you thinking?
Yes its shot on digital video. So what? You've forgotten 'content' and decided to cash in your awesome cinema pedigree with a bizarre focus only on 'Form' ? You've made a truly bad derivative student art movie. Lots of (and I mean LOTS) of shots of Laura Dern walking down corridors with a worried/scared/horrified look on her face, and endless supposedly 'meaningful' conversations, do not make tension, interest or even a decent cinematic narrative.
I 'get' that supposedly the central reality is that its 'the thoughts of a woman in trouble' - in this case some Polish hooker. And yes, there's that arbitrary side plot of two people filming a Hollywood movie, and the ones' husband is jealous, and maybe there's a murder. And yes, the time duality thing is interesting. I don't need a 'linear' storytelling form in order to appreciate quality cinema - however, I DO need something more than what smells like a burned out artists' laundry list, disguised as a deep artistic creation.
People began leaving the cinema eventually, as the hours trudged by, and endless scenes signifying nothing, kept appearing, which just kept completely defusing any dramatic tension you might have established initially. (Unless you meant to establish boredom by hours of 'meaningful' and 'portentous' dialogue).
David - I don't know if you've been surrounded by too many people who have been telling you that your every idle thought and foible is of great value, and thus causing you to lose what every artist needs - namely - a good objective perspective on your own creative output, but because I love you and your previous work, I'm taking the time to succintly and sadly fulfil this critical function that seems to have failed you when you perhaps needed it the most.
Listen to me David, I'm not willing to delude myself and try to pretend that what I saw was somehow meaningful or even 'good'. I don't care that you are boring your audience, I do care that you are deluding yourself perhaps, into having made a badly conceived piece of work, and are lowering artistic standards by attempting to make your audience have to pretend to themselves that their justified boredom was somehow 'good' or 'not there'.
You are better than what you have created here.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is the Emperor Who Is Wearing No Clothes. It is a three hour trudging and tedious art-student's digital video masturbatory exercise, with mixed in moments from the much more coherent short film(s) 'Rabbits'.
The public should be warned - its NOT 'Wild At Heart' or 'Eraserhead' or 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Drive' - each of which were truly great stories and even better Cinema. I would suggest that the public should not be fooled by any PR, or any prior goodwill that they justifiably have towards David Lynch, given his cinematic pedigree.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is 'disturbing' - not because of its unique vision or storyline or narrative style - but because its so incredibly badly made, so utterly pretentious, narratively boring and incoherent, visually plodding, banal and badly edited, by a director who used to be so damn good.
Withdraw this mess from cinema's and edit it down by at least a third, and tighten up your editing while you're at it. I was embaressed for you, David.
with love
(name)
Somerville
hj2k_x
20-12-2006, 09:55 AM
American Pie 5 - The Naked Mile.
Yes, the made another one, and yes it really really sucks. :|
Yes, the made another one, and yes it really really sucks. :|
nuyork
20-12-2006, 10:52 AM
Went to see David Lynch's 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night.
Oh WOW!! I'm disappointed now. I was really looking forward to the new David Lynch.
Since Mulholland Drive was so brilliant!! I've watched MD about 13 times. Just a superb piece of cinema.
Oh well...at least we have Twin Peaks Season 2 coming out on DVD on 10 April 2007. YAY!!
:L:
Oh WOW!! I'm disappointed now. I was really looking forward to the new David Lynch.
Since Mulholland Drive was so brilliant!! I've watched MD about 13 times. Just a superb piece of cinema.
Oh well...at least we have Twin Peaks Season 2 coming out on DVD on 10 April 2007. YAY!!
:L:
LoneGunman
20-12-2006, 02:41 PM
re INLAND EMPIRE - as ever with movies, dont take someone elses word for it, especially when its in the art field - and especially if you're a Lynch fan - go take a look, and see for yourself.
BUT - dont be afraid you'll miss something good, if you decide that its crap and should be walked out of..
Thats what kept me, and a lot of people sitting there and watching the whole damn three hours - everyone figuring that its somehow bound to get better in some way.. but it didnt.. And afterwards, people trying to persuade themselves that they werent actually bored and tired..
So go see it as a Lynch fan, but be fully warned that if/when boredom sinks in, it pretty much doesnt get better.. the flick is so far from the awesome things like Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, its like chalk and cheese..
BUT - dont be afraid you'll miss something good, if you decide that its crap and should be walked out of..
Thats what kept me, and a lot of people sitting there and watching the whole damn three hours - everyone figuring that its somehow bound to get better in some way.. but it didnt.. And afterwards, people trying to persuade themselves that they werent actually bored and tired..
So go see it as a Lynch fan, but be fully warned that if/when boredom sinks in, it pretty much doesnt get better.. the flick is so far from the awesome things like Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, its like chalk and cheese..
Leitmotif
20-12-2006, 02:57 PM
That's what I liked about him.
As well. One of Daniel Craig's good points as Bond is that he has no recognisable remorse, as far as duty goes. He's not stylish, just brutally efficient.
Casino Royale - one word - boring :)
Never! :) It isn't the most 'Bond' film out there, but it is a good action film.
Yeah, the whole thing was a lot more 'hardcore' than previous Bonds...Like making a point of the fact that Bond actually KILLS people- a saint he is not...I liked that aspect as well really.
This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic :)
As well. One of Daniel Craig's good points as Bond is that he has no recognisable remorse, as far as duty goes. He's not stylish, just brutally efficient.
Casino Royale - one word - boring :)
Never! :) It isn't the most 'Bond' film out there, but it is a good action film.
Yeah, the whole thing was a lot more 'hardcore' than previous Bonds...Like making a point of the fact that Bond actually KILLS people- a saint he is not...I liked that aspect as well really.
This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic :)
hj2k_x
20-12-2006, 03:07 PM
One of Daniel Craig's good points as Bond is that he has no recognisable remorse, as far as duty goes. He's not stylish, just brutally efficient.
Never! :) It isn't the most 'Bond' film out there, but it is a good action film.
This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic :)
Agreed. :)
Never! :) It isn't the most 'Bond' film out there, but it is a good action film.
This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic :)
Agreed. :)
hj2k_x
25-12-2006, 08:41 PM
Anyone got any news on Eddie Izzard coming to SA? I still cant find anything on the net about it...Hope it was not just a rumour...
hj2k_x
31-12-2006, 03:01 PM
Nobody?? :(
The movie 300 looks pretty good...http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/
The movie 300 looks pretty good...http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/
venom
31-12-2006, 03:24 PM
The film Wolf Creek is supposedly quite good....I'm going to watch it A.S.A.P
LoneGunman
31-12-2006, 04:15 PM
for those into quirky and interesting arthouse cinema - thats a mix of WW2 stuff and mythology - keep an eye out for a great little movie called 'Pan's Labyrinth'.. http://imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
Its up for a foreign movie Oscar I think, so it might appear in SA at some point. Wont be for everyone, but those into fantasy will love it. Its NOT a kids film..
Its up for a foreign movie Oscar I think, so it might appear in SA at some point. Wont be for everyone, but those into fantasy will love it. Its NOT a kids film..
Aphrael
31-12-2006, 04:19 PM
Leitmotif & hj2k_x - glad to see fellow 007 fans who thought this movie was so brilliant. The whole lack of gadgets and fancy things was what I really enjoyed. I'd actually like to see it again some time. Can you believe it's the highest-grossing 007 movie ever? $448mil and climbing.
RompelStompel
31-12-2006, 04:23 PM
The new Scorsese film currently showing is very good .
So if you haven't seen it - do yourself a big favour and watch it :)
Happy 2007 :D :) :D
So if you haven't seen it - do yourself a big favour and watch it :)
Happy 2007 :D :) :D
LoneGunman
31-12-2006, 04:25 PM
re the 'new' Scorcese - (assuming you're talking 'The Departed') its a REMAKE of two much better films-
"Infernal Affairs' and "Infernal Affairs 2' (2 out of 3 Hong Kong cop thriller film series)
If you have access to a cult vid shop, the originals are around in Joburg - watch them rather..
"Infernal Affairs' and "Infernal Affairs 2' (2 out of 3 Hong Kong cop thriller film series)
If you have access to a cult vid shop, the originals are around in Joburg - watch them rather..
Aphrael
31-12-2006, 04:28 PM
I watched that yesterday ... was bored out of my skull. Almost walked out, but stuck in there to see the end. Just a notch or two less boring than "Dark Blue" ... actually walked out of that one! ZA Medic was even more bored than me, but he hung in there 'cos I wanted to see the end (of The Departed)
hj2k_x
31-12-2006, 04:47 PM
Watched The Departed last night as well. Thought it was really good. Didn't fell that long to me...The end got a bit too Shakespeare for my liking but some of it was really unexpected...:eek:
I'd recommend people check it out for sure!
I'd recommend people check it out for sure!
ajax
31-12-2006, 09:13 PM
If you are a true Bond fan, and liked the classics, then its definitely one for you!
The wife and I both really liked Casino Royale. The previous Bond pushed things too far with that "cloaked" car. Leave the Star Trek stuff to Star Trek.
Saw Deja Vu a few days ago. It was a pretty decent action thriller, some sci-fi in there as well as a little romance too. imdb gives it a good rating too.
The wife and I both really liked Casino Royale. The previous Bond pushed things too far with that "cloaked" car. Leave the Star Trek stuff to Star Trek.
Saw Deja Vu a few days ago. It was a pretty decent action thriller, some sci-fi in there as well as a little romance too. imdb gives it a good rating too.
Voldemort
31-12-2006, 09:16 PM
Im really itching to check out the Silent hill movie- im an absolute fanatic, ive finsihed all four games and i have a couple of wallpapers but i never made it to the cinemas on time!:(
RompelStompel
01-01-2007, 02:48 PM
watched 'Running With Scissors' yesterday, odd flick about some kid whose mom farms him off to a shrink and his odd family, so-so..
Interesting movie.
Decided to see it today and was kinda surprised.
Interesting movie.
Decided to see it today and was kinda surprised.
House
01-01-2007, 03:24 PM
Downloaded and watched Rocky Balboa (Rocky 6). I think this is brilliant!
flarkit
02-01-2007, 12:53 PM
Recently watched and my ratings:
Children of Men - 8.5/10 (a sleeper hit, with an interesting story and good acting)
Casino Royale - 6.5/10 (good action film, but not a good Bond film IMO)
Happy Feet
Happy Feet - 8/10 (I loved the creatively implemented music and dancing sequences)
Children of Men - 8.5/10 (a sleeper hit, with an interesting story and good acting)
Casino Royale - 6.5/10 (good action film, but not a good Bond film IMO)
Happy Feet
Happy Feet - 8/10 (I loved the creatively implemented music and dancing sequences)
Osiris
02-01-2007, 02:02 PM
Finally got to see Lady In The Water ... oh my ... snooooooze.
Saw The Illusionist. Really enjoyed it. Edward Norton rocks.
Saw The Illusionist. Really enjoyed it. Edward Norton rocks.
hj2k_x
03-01-2007, 10:04 PM
busy getting "The Unknown" Anyone know if it's any good?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
Highflyer_GP
03-01-2007, 10:24 PM
busy getting "The Unknown" Anyone know if it's any good?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
Busy getting it as well, the DVDSCR seems to only have been released yesterday so I doubt that many people would have watched it yet. Looks like a good movie though - hoping for something along the lines of the Saw movies.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
Busy getting it as well, the DVDSCR seems to only have been released yesterday so I doubt that many people would have watched it yet. Looks like a good movie though - hoping for something along the lines of the Saw movies.
hj2k_x
03-01-2007, 10:28 PM
Busy getting it as well, the DVDSCR seems to only have been released yesterday so I doubt that many people would have watched it yet. Looks like a good movie though - hoping for something along the lines of the Saw movies.
perhaps we have the same sources ...:p
perhaps we have the same sources ...:p
Highflyer_GP
03-01-2007, 10:32 PM
Probably :D
bwana
03-01-2007, 10:47 PM
Busy getting it as well, the DVDSCR seems to only have been released yesterday so I doubt that many people would have watched it yet. Looks like a good movie though - hoping for something along the lines of the Saw movies.FS?
hj2k_x
03-01-2007, 10:49 PM
FS?
Fs?
Fs?
Highflyer_GP
03-01-2007, 10:53 PM
FS?
Yeah the mVs release
Yeah the mVs release
bwana
03-01-2007, 10:54 PM
Fs?Yeah - sorry - full screen or wide screen? I'm tired of everything on mnet getting stretched to fill my plasma :o
hj2k_x
03-01-2007, 10:55 PM
ah... i see ...
jacqvt
04-01-2007, 01:56 AM
Hey all. Yesterday I saw "a case of murder", the one steve hofmeyr plays in. I wasn't impressed at all, all though steve played his roll very good. The reason I wasn't impressed, is cause it was a typical South African movie. What you guys think of it?
nuyork
04-01-2007, 10:08 AM
busy getting "The Unknown" Anyone know if it's any good?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
Yeah, I saw this online the other night.
Full Screen....and DVD Screener.
I'll wait a little longer for a better release. If it doesn't come out anytime soon, I'll grab this one.
The trailer looks good.
:L:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450340/
Yeah, I saw this online the other night.
Full Screen....and DVD Screener.
I'll wait a little longer for a better release. If it doesn't come out anytime soon, I'll grab this one.
The trailer looks good.
:L:
Osiris
04-01-2007, 11:15 PM
Yeah! Rob "House of 1000 Corpses & The Devil's Rejects" Zombie is to direct the next Halloween :D
http://www.halloweenmovies.com/h9_lobby.html
http://www.halloweenmovies.com/h9_lobby.html
dghough91
05-01-2007, 03:58 PM
Has anyone seen this movie?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
I'm unsure if it's out there yet, surely it is, or will be soon. Highly recommend you see it.
I warn you though, Leonardo Di Caprio's fake Rhodesian accent might drive you crazy
http://imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) - a South African mercenary - and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon - who was taken from his family and forced to work in the diamond fields - has found and hidden the extraordinary rough stone. With the help of Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an American journalist whose idealism is tempered by a deepening connection with Archer, the two men embark on a trek through rebel territory, a journey that could save Solomon's family and give Archer the second chance he thought he would never have.
I'm unsure if it's out there yet, surely it is, or will be soon. Highly recommend you see it.
I warn you though, Leonardo Di Caprio's fake Rhodesian accent might drive you crazy
Syndyre
05-01-2007, 04:25 PM
So its worth watching?
dghough91
05-01-2007, 04:26 PM
So its worth watching?
Great movie.
Great movie.
bwana
05-01-2007, 04:40 PM
I couldnt suffer through it - DiCaprio's accent (btw he claims to a Rhodesian in the movie and not South African - as per the IMDB blurb) was pretty bad even to my foreign ears.
noxibox
05-01-2007, 04:46 PM
I warn you though, Leonardo Di Caprio's fake Rhodesian accent might drive you crazy
It annoyed me throughout the trailer so I'm sure it is going to really annoy me if I have to sit through an entire movie.
It would have been better if he had just not bothered trying to put on an accent.
It annoyed me throughout the trailer so I'm sure it is going to really annoy me if I have to sit through an entire movie.
It would have been better if he had just not bothered trying to put on an accent.
dghough91
05-01-2007, 04:58 PM
It annoyed me throughout the trailer so I'm sure it is going to really annoy me if I have to sit through an entire movie.
It would have been better if he had just not bothered trying to put on an accent.
A Zimbabwean with an American accent :confused:
It would have been better if he had just not bothered trying to put on an accent.
A Zimbabwean with an American accent :confused:
noxibox
05-01-2007, 05:21 PM
How is that worse than one with a gratingly fake accent?
Instead of trying to replicate a foreign accent and failing dismally he could have spent his time flattening his own accent.
Instead of trying to replicate a foreign accent and failing dismally he could have spent his time flattening his own accent.
AntiThesis
05-01-2007, 05:43 PM
That accent kills it for me. I really, really can't handle it.
Cara
05-01-2007, 05:48 PM
That accent kills it for me. I really, really can't handle it.
Agree, had the same reaction when Val Kilmer in The Saint tried the SA accent.
Agree, had the same reaction when Val Kilmer in The Saint tried the SA accent.
ToxicBunny
05-01-2007, 05:55 PM
Any movie which has people ATTEMPTING a SA accent are always incredibly grating, cos they always bugger it up.....
There was also that horrific MI2 attempt at an SA accent....
There was also that horrific MI2 attempt at an SA accent....
nthdimension
05-01-2007, 05:58 PM
It's actually quite a difficult accent to replicate.
bwana
05-01-2007, 06:03 PM
It's actually quite a difficult accent to replicate.Yeah but DiCaprio seemed to think that making every other word either 'bru' or 'china' would make it more authentic sounding. :eek:
Cara
05-01-2007, 06:16 PM
Yeah but DiCaprio seemed to think that making every other word either 'bru' or 'china' would make it more authentic sounding. :eek:
Oh no! Not 'china'!!! :sick:
Oh no! Not 'china'!!! :sick:
Syndyre
05-01-2007, 06:19 PM
Yeah but DiCaprio seemed to think that making every other word either 'bru' or 'china' would make it more authentic sounding. :eek:
:eek: :eek:
*considers cancelling the torrent* :D
:eek: :eek:
*considers cancelling the torrent* :D
lilDeath
05-01-2007, 06:58 PM
Do it! Telkom takes what it can! :D
Syndyre
05-01-2007, 07:01 PM
Do it! Telkom takes what it can! :D
IS uncapped. :p
IS uncapped. :p
lilDeath
05-01-2007, 07:08 PM
IS uncapped. :p
In that case, stop it immediately, you're stealing MY bandwidth :D
In that case, stop it immediately, you're stealing MY bandwidth :D
Syndyre
05-01-2007, 07:10 PM
In that case, stop it immediately, you're stealing MY bandwidth :D
Well in that case I'd better. :p
Well in that case I'd better. :p
hj2k_x
06-01-2007, 12:26 AM
Mystic River. One word - SLOW.....:p
bwana
06-01-2007, 12:36 AM
-- Blood Diamond thread merged into MyADSL Movie Thread --
hj2k_x
06-01-2007, 12:37 AM
-- Blood Diamond thread merged into MyADSL Movie Thread --
Good work - would have done it myself if I could have. Wish people would do a quick search of the forums before starting a whole new thread.
Good work - would have done it myself if I could have. Wish people would do a quick search of the forums before starting a whole new thread.
hj2k_x
06-01-2007, 07:29 PM
Rocky VI - anyone seen it yet?
flarkit
08-01-2007, 09:23 AM
Rocky VI - anyone seen it yet?
Why would *anyone* want to???
:confused:
I couldn't stand the idea of a 60-yr old Stallone trying to pull off a boxing scene.
Why would *anyone* want to???
:confused:
I couldn't stand the idea of a 60-yr old Stallone trying to pull off a boxing scene.
Random717
08-01-2007, 09:39 AM
Apparently its the best sequel made, and the story kind of fits in with the age of the actors and the current scene in the world heavyweight division. Not that I'd pay to watch it, but I'll still get around to seeing it sometime..
bwana
08-01-2007, 09:41 AM
Not bad. Good movie. Just watch it and you'll see why I say :sick: (snip snip)
Saw The Guardian today. Rather enjoyed it. Loved the rescue scenes even though they mostly CGI. :DFinally got to see it last night - not bad at all.
Saw The Guardian today. Rather enjoyed it. Loved the rescue scenes even though they mostly CGI. :DFinally got to see it last night - not bad at all.
hj2k_x
08-01-2007, 09:57 AM
Apparently its the best sequel made, and the story kind of fits in with the age of the actors and the current scene in the world heavyweight division. Not that I'd pay to watch it, but I'll still get around to seeing it sometime..
Indeed. I have heard some good things about it so far...
Indeed. I have heard some good things about it so far...
hj2k_x
08-01-2007, 09:59 AM
Saw 3...:eek: If you thought the first three were gory! Was not a big fan of the ending though...
Osiris
08-01-2007, 10:23 AM
Yeah. Don't watch it on a full stomach :D
a-person
08-01-2007, 11:10 AM
during the holidays i came into the possession of prison break seasons 1 & 2, and Lost 1,2 & 3. Awesome stuff.
nuyork
08-01-2007, 12:36 PM
Busy getting it as well, the DVDSCR seems to only have been released yesterday so I doubt that many people would have watched it yet. Looks like a good movie though - hoping for something along the lines of the Saw movies.
Found a copy of the WideScreen DVD Screener. Grabbing that now. As well as Saw 3 DVD rip.
:L:
Found a copy of the WideScreen DVD Screener. Grabbing that now. As well as Saw 3 DVD rip.
:L:
jacqvt
08-01-2007, 03:12 PM
Can anyone tell me where can I get hold of Allias season 5? I think its a waist to buy it, for its R380 at kalahari. I know some videoshops have tv series also, but the ones here in Benoni dont have allias. Anyone who knows videoshops in jhb area that have it, pls let me know? Or if anyone perhaps have that season can pm me? please please please?
LoneGunman
08-01-2007, 03:33 PM
Just for the MONTY PYTHON fans..
On torrents, I stumbled across a bootleg .wmv 200meg fuzzy but still watchable pirate copy of the Broadway show of 'Spamalot' (with david hyde pierce, hank azaria, tim curry) that someone had filmed during a live performance. Its the full show - essentially the Holy Grail story, with lots of songs..
Point being, its out there - so if you run across a 203 meg windows media file called 'Spamalot'.. now you know what it is :) Think it was around on Demonoid.
On torrents, I stumbled across a bootleg .wmv 200meg fuzzy but still watchable pirate copy of the Broadway show of 'Spamalot' (with david hyde pierce, hank azaria, tim curry) that someone had filmed during a live performance. Its the full show - essentially the Holy Grail story, with lots of songs..
Point being, its out there - so if you run across a 203 meg windows media file called 'Spamalot'.. now you know what it is :) Think it was around on Demonoid.
nuyork
09-01-2007, 12:33 AM
Just for the MONTY PYTHON fans..
On torrents, I stumbled across a bootleg .wmv 200meg fuzzy but still watchable pirate copy of the Broadway show of 'Spamalot' (with david hyde pierce, hank azaria, tim curry) that someone had filmed during a live performance. Its the full show - essentially the Holy Grail story, with lots of songs..
Point being, its out there - so if you run across a 203 meg windows media file called 'Spamalot'.. now you know what it is :) Think it was around on Demonoid.
Oh cool!!! Thanks!! Downloading now.
:L:
EDIT: OK, I don't see the 203MB version. I see a 390MB version and a 634MB version. I'll start downloading both and preview them and see what the quality is like.
On torrents, I stumbled across a bootleg .wmv 200meg fuzzy but still watchable pirate copy of the Broadway show of 'Spamalot' (with david hyde pierce, hank azaria, tim curry) that someone had filmed during a live performance. Its the full show - essentially the Holy Grail story, with lots of songs..
Point being, its out there - so if you run across a 203 meg windows media file called 'Spamalot'.. now you know what it is :) Think it was around on Demonoid.
Oh cool!!! Thanks!! Downloading now.
:L:
EDIT: OK, I don't see the 203MB version. I see a 390MB version and a 634MB version. I'll start downloading both and preview them and see what the quality is like.
RompelStompel
09-01-2007, 12:47 AM
Night at The Museum - any good ?
Osiris
09-01-2007, 11:44 PM
Oh my heck. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning comes pretty close to Saw III :D
nuyork
09-01-2007, 11:50 PM
Oh my heck. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning comes pretty close to Saw III :D
Cool!! Glad you said that. I just got Saw 3 and the new Texas Chainsaw. Will watch this weekend.
:L:
Cool!! Glad you said that. I just got Saw 3 and the new Texas Chainsaw. Will watch this weekend.
:L:
hj2k_x
15-01-2007, 09:56 PM
Cool!! Glad you said that. I just got Saw 3 and the new Texas Chainsaw. Will watch this weekend.
:L:
Saw III :eek: A lot of this was really really gross. Sadly, it plays out a LOT like the other two, which kinda spoils it for me, and the ending was certainly not necessary. Saw 4 anyone? :p
:L:
Saw III :eek: A lot of this was really really gross. Sadly, it plays out a LOT like the other two, which kinda spoils it for me, and the ending was certainly not necessary. Saw 4 anyone? :p
Telkomisaloser
15-01-2007, 10:04 PM
Anyone seen Cricketzilla?
hj2k_x
15-01-2007, 10:05 PM
Anyone seen Cricketzilla?
Damnit. thought the race to the 50k would keep u too busy to notice this! Don't u watch movies either?!
Damnit. thought the race to the 50k would keep u too busy to notice this! Don't u watch movies either?!
Telkomisaloser
15-01-2007, 10:06 PM
No always have plenty of time to post in this thread and 3 other forums :D
hj2k_x
15-01-2007, 10:07 PM
No always have plenty of time to post in this thread and 3 other forums :D
But never a quality post in this thread, shame on you!
But never a quality post in this thread, shame on you!
Osiris
16-01-2007, 08:55 PM
Children of Men ... is flippin awesome. Some of the best scenes ever put onto film :eek:
hj2k_x
18-01-2007, 07:54 AM
Children of Men ... is flippin awesome. Some of the best scenes ever put onto film :eek:
Agreed, some of the cinematography was top notch. The movie itself was not the best for me. Perhaps it did not translate well from book to film.
Agreed, some of the cinematography was top notch. The movie itself was not the best for me. Perhaps it did not translate well from book to film.
Tux
18-01-2007, 10:41 AM
'Twas a bloody boring movie for me
hj2k_x
18-01-2007, 06:28 PM
watched 'The Fountain' - odd sort of sci-fi flick, interesting but not awesome.
Anyone else seen this? There doesn't seem to be much else out...
Anyone else seen this? There doesn't seem to be much else out...
Telkomisaloser
18-01-2007, 06:30 PM
*Crickets chirp*
hj2k_x
18-01-2007, 06:31 PM
Anyone else?
Telkomisaloser
18-01-2007, 06:33 PM
I want the next spiderman :(
hj2k_x
19-01-2007, 07:53 PM
i think u might have managed to kill the thread TIAL, :(
GTi
20-01-2007, 11:21 AM
The Departed is a very good movies,the best I've seen in ages,I hope Blood Diamonds is just as good because Leonardo DiCaprio was up against himself?
bwana
20-01-2007, 12:26 PM
The Departed is a very good movies,the best I've seen in ages,I hope Blood Diamonds is just as good because Leonardo DiCaprio was up against himself?Still waiting for a decent release of The Departed. I wish I could give Blood Diamonds back and get a refund :o
GTi
20-01-2007, 01:06 PM
Still waiting for a decent release of The Departed. I wish I could give Blood Diamonds back and get a refund :o
Serious???
Serious???
bwana
20-01-2007, 02:33 PM
Serious???I'm not sure which part you're referring to but yeah to both.
GTi
20-01-2007, 02:48 PM
I'm not sure which part you're referring to but yeah to both.
Sorry man, the part about giving Blood Diamonds back for a refund,because I must still watch it, am I wasting my time?:confused: Must say, you won't be disappointed with The Departed.:cool:
Sorry man, the part about giving Blood Diamonds back for a refund,because I must still watch it, am I wasting my time?:confused: Must say, you won't be disappointed with The Departed.:cool:
bwana
20-01-2007, 02:59 PM
Sorry man, the part about giving Blood Diamonds back for a refund,because I must still watch it, am I wasting my time?:confused: Must say, you won't be disappointed with The Departed.:cool:It would have been better if I was blissfully unaware about what a south african accent is supposed to sound like. :o I managed about half of the movie.
Osiris
21-01-2007, 09:41 AM
Agreed, some of the cinematography was top notch.
Check this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI
Check this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 03:05 PM
It would have been better if I was blissfully unaware about what a south african accent is supposed to sound like. :o I managed about half of the movie.
If you can get round the accent is it a decent flick though? I was looking forward to it...Or can you not get round the accent? :p
If you can get round the accent is it a decent flick though? I was looking forward to it...Or can you not get round the accent? :p
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 03:06 PM
Check this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI
Interesting :)
I did like the length of some of the takes and the realness of it all, especially the one with Juliene Moore's character in the car...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A55xTYXMpI
Interesting :)
I did like the length of some of the takes and the realness of it all, especially the one with Juliene Moore's character in the car...
venom
21-01-2007, 03:12 PM
And Leo does call someone a D**S....hehe...that was so funny.
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 03:16 PM
And Leo does call someone a D**S....hehe...that was so funny.
hehe, I might watch it just for that!
hehe, I might watch it just for that!
LoneGunman
21-01-2007, 03:21 PM
gave up on blood diamond after about half an hour. way too boring and plodding.They spent all their money on de caprio and forgot about needing a fast tightly paced story and script.
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 03:26 PM
That sucks. I saw that it looked a bit bloated in length, but was hoping for better reviews than these so far...
LoneGunman
21-01-2007, 03:37 PM
newish titles:
'severance' awesome british horror flick. two stumps up.
'the quiet' very cool dark drama.
'altered' indie horror flick, fun - not great..
'I heard the mermaid sing' nice lesbo theme drama
other Asian flix seen
'rightous ties' - decent yakuza/prison/revenge thing
'class to remember' nice jap nightschool/teacher/drama
'severance' awesome british horror flick. two stumps up.
'the quiet' very cool dark drama.
'altered' indie horror flick, fun - not great..
'I heard the mermaid sing' nice lesbo theme drama
other Asian flix seen
'rightous ties' - decent yakuza/prison/revenge thing
'class to remember' nice jap nightschool/teacher/drama
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 08:16 PM
Jesus Camp (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/) Anybody seen it?
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 08:35 PM
War of The Worlds. Now I remember how much I wanted that little girl to get vaporised! Is all she can do scream?! :mad:
Nanfeishen
21-01-2007, 08:47 PM
Anybody seen either : "The Marine" or "Night at the Museum" yet? if so are they any good?
Telkomisaloser
21-01-2007, 08:58 PM
War of The Worlds. Now I remember how much I wanted that little girl to get vaporised! Is all she can do scream?! :mad:
or cry
LOL Same here I wouldn't mind seeing that little girl to get vaporised :D
or cry
LOL Same here I wouldn't mind seeing that little girl to get vaporised :D
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 09:02 PM
or cry
LOL Same here I wouldn't mind seeing that little girl to get vaporised :D
:mad: She is the WORST! She contributes nothing at all to the movie. Watching it again now on Mnet in the hope that she might get murdered by something this time round. But i don't think i'm going to be in luck :(
LOL Same here I wouldn't mind seeing that little girl to get vaporised :D
:mad: She is the WORST! She contributes nothing at all to the movie. Watching it again now on Mnet in the hope that she might get murdered by something this time round. But i don't think i'm going to be in luck :(
Telkomisaloser
21-01-2007, 09:06 PM
:mad: She is the WORST! She contributes nothing at all to the movie. Watching it again now on Mnet in the hope that she might get murdered by something this time round. But i don't think i'm going to be in luck :(
lol it took 7 days to get over her screaming :(
lol it took 7 days to get over her screaming :(
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 09:07 PM
All these poor innocent people getting killed left right and centre and somehow she survives...:(
Telkomisaloser
21-01-2007, 09:09 PM
movies Rule #78 :Little girls always survive
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 09:13 PM
at last we agree on something, and a movie nogal as well :D
hj2k_x
21-01-2007, 09:58 PM
Operation Dumbo Drop on MM2 now....Now there's a classic :)
Tux
22-01-2007, 12:47 AM
Operation Dumbo Drop on MM2 now....Now there's a classic :)
I keep hoping that parachute will fail... Massive hamburger... :D
I keep hoping that parachute will fail... Massive hamburger... :D
LoneGunman
22-01-2007, 04:50 AM
re 'the little girl always survives'
Nope. Do yourself a favour and hunt down the ORIGINAL version of 'Assault on Precinct 13' -
its a little dated but still cool - the director (John Carpenter) deliberately used a little girl
known for her Disney movie roles, and all I can say is, there's a glorious moment where
'the little girl doesn't survive' :)
Nope. Do yourself a favour and hunt down the ORIGINAL version of 'Assault on Precinct 13' -
its a little dated but still cool - the director (John Carpenter) deliberately used a little girl
known for her Disney movie roles, and all I can say is, there's a glorious moment where
'the little girl doesn't survive' :)
hj2k_x
22-01-2007, 04:22 PM
I see. Will try to check that out! The new one didn't really do it for me
LoneGunman
22-01-2007, 04:39 PM
original version is just this quietly creepy film, nothing major, no big budget.. but if you're a film geek its worth looking at.. it has a nice mood, and very little explanation for much of what happens.. early John Carpenter, the awesome director of The Thing, Halloween, The Fog (original) Escape From New York and a few other goodies..
Random717
22-01-2007, 06:29 PM
They showed it on SABC 1 about a year ago, one of the very few movies on that channel that I've watched all the way to the end.. everything is very 70's so don't expect to get blown away. The soundtrack is eerie as well, it recently got covered by 65 Days of Static, which was why I watched the movie.
hjalmar
23-01-2007, 12:46 AM
Anybody seen either : "The Marine" or "Night at the Museum" yet? if so are they any good?
Night at the Museum is good entertainment :)
Night at the Museum is good entertainment :)
hj2k_x
25-01-2007, 08:28 PM
the prestige- gonna go watch it tomorrow. Anyone seen it yet? I see it's out on the net already...
hj2k_x
27-01-2007, 02:35 PM
Watched Blood diamond instead. :eek: Wow, I thought it was excellent. Despite Leo's accent coming and going.
Nice to see so many SA actors in it( like The Mummy :)) and some nice shot of Cape Town as well.
Nice to see so many SA actors in it( like The Mummy :)) and some nice shot of Cape Town as well.
LoneGunman
27-01-2007, 04:13 PM
Just saw:
IKINAI (Suicide Bus Tour) - weird but very cool story about a bunch of guys who sign up for a mass suicide using a bus..
JAPAN SINKS - big budget disaster movie, reasonably fun, some nice tidal waves :)
THE STREET FIGHTER - my first Sonny Chiba flick. Obviously tacky but damn, very mean kung fu..
THE SAMURAI TRILOGY (Criterion release) awesome three film collection about the making of a samurai, pretty good.
THE FOX FAMILY - weird and somewhat gory cool Korean musical, about a family of foxes who become humans..
SCARED STRAIGHT - documentary about program to shove stupid juvenile delinquent kids in with hardcore convicts who scare the crap out of them and show the kids what prison life is really like..(thus 'scaring them straight')
IKINAI (Suicide Bus Tour) - weird but very cool story about a bunch of guys who sign up for a mass suicide using a bus..
JAPAN SINKS - big budget disaster movie, reasonably fun, some nice tidal waves :)
THE STREET FIGHTER - my first Sonny Chiba flick. Obviously tacky but damn, very mean kung fu..
THE SAMURAI TRILOGY (Criterion release) awesome three film collection about the making of a samurai, pretty good.
THE FOX FAMILY - weird and somewhat gory cool Korean musical, about a family of foxes who become humans..
SCARED STRAIGHT - documentary about program to shove stupid juvenile delinquent kids in with hardcore convicts who scare the crap out of them and show the kids what prison life is really like..(thus 'scaring them straight')
RompelStompel
27-01-2007, 11:22 PM
Went to see Apocalypto tonight - very good movie.
bwana
28-01-2007, 09:30 AM
Looks like I'll finally be able to see The Departed :D
Syndyre
28-01-2007, 10:36 AM
Looks like I'll finally be able to see The Departed :D
Its a brilliant movie.
Its a brilliant movie.
derekc
28-01-2007, 11:26 AM
Its a brilliant movie.
preferred the original version though...
preferred the original version though...
Osiris
28-01-2007, 01:09 PM
The Departed is highly over-rated IMO.
ToxicBunny
28-01-2007, 01:14 PM
Watched "Stranger than Fiction" last night.
Very weird movie, and the ending is all to wishy washy....
Very weird movie, and the ending is all to wishy washy....
Syndyre
28-01-2007, 02:13 PM
The Departed is highly over-rated IMO.
Its not exactly one of those deep, "change your life" movies but its a good, entertaining movie, wouldn't mind watching it again actually.
Its not exactly one of those deep, "change your life" movies but its a good, entertaining movie, wouldn't mind watching it again actually.
hj2k_x
28-01-2007, 05:34 PM
Its not exactly one of those deep, "change your life" movies but its a good, entertaining movie, wouldn't mind watching it again actually.
This is true. But there are certainly enough twists and turns to keep you involved.
This is true. But there are certainly enough twists and turns to keep you involved.
Syndyre
28-01-2007, 05:44 PM
This is true. But there are certainly enough twists and turns to keep you involved.
Yeah I enjoyed it. First movie I'd actually gone to see at the cinema in a while. :)
Yeah I enjoyed it. First movie I'd actually gone to see at the cinema in a while. :)
hj2k_x
28-01-2007, 11:14 PM
Watching Apocalypto atm. It's not great so far...
hj2k_x
03-02-2007, 07:19 PM
going to watch rocky tonight- anyone seen it yet?
hj2k_x
04-02-2007, 12:36 AM
Well i am back. :p Rocky was not bad. Better than I had thought it would be. Don;t go into it expecting a lot of boxing like in the others, because there really isn't much, but it was a decent flick.
Please, no more after this one though!
Please, no more after this one though!
hj2k_x
06-02-2007, 09:17 AM
Watched Dreamgirls last night. As we went in there was a sign saying "Warining - this movie is extremely loud" which we found a bit puzzling, but man was it right!
This movie is basically a 2 hour long music video and my goodness, is it ever loud! It was almost like being at a concert rather than a movie.
It certainly wont be everyone's cup of tea. Four older-looking people walked out after about 15 or 20 minutes.
There is a LOT of singing. Most of it is the girls performing on stage at some or other venue during their career, but at some points the characters just breakout into song, a la The Lion King, which really spoilt it for me. There really is very little spoken dialog in this piece to speak of.
I thought the acting was not bad, but most of it was singing so I don't know if that is the same thing....
Interested to see what other people thought of it.
For now, be warned- it is loud and long and full of song! :p :)
This movie is basically a 2 hour long music video and my goodness, is it ever loud! It was almost like being at a concert rather than a movie.
It certainly wont be everyone's cup of tea. Four older-looking people walked out after about 15 or 20 minutes.
There is a LOT of singing. Most of it is the girls performing on stage at some or other venue during their career, but at some points the characters just breakout into song, a la The Lion King, which really spoilt it for me. There really is very little spoken dialog in this piece to speak of.
I thought the acting was not bad, but most of it was singing so I don't know if that is the same thing....
Interested to see what other people thought of it.
For now, be warned- it is loud and long and full of song! :p :)
Tux
06-02-2007, 10:50 AM
Watched the Departed and Gridiron Gang last night
Had high hopes for Departed, Gridiron gang stars The Rock... nuff said.
Turns out that gridiron gang beat it hands down. Much better movie imho.
Had high hopes for Departed, Gridiron gang stars The Rock... nuff said.
Turns out that gridiron gang beat it hands down. Much better movie imho.
bwana
06-02-2007, 10:53 AM
I quite enjoyed the Prestige - a nice bit of brain candy. :)
hj2k_x
06-02-2007, 01:55 PM
I quite enjoyed the Prestige - a nice bit of brain candy. :)
I am still trying to find 3 hours of my life to watch that ! :eek:
I am still trying to find 3 hours of my life to watch that ! :eek:
Highflyer_GP
06-02-2007, 02:04 PM
Anybody got any opinions on The Messengers yet?
Piesang
06-02-2007, 04:47 PM
Apocolypto is a excellent movie directed by Mel Gibson.
The Passion of the Christ was also directed by Mel Gibson. Seems like he is a excellent director.
The Passion of the Christ was also directed by Mel Gibson. Seems like he is a excellent director.
hj2k_x
06-02-2007, 07:01 PM
Apocolypto is a excellent movie directed by Mel Gibson.
The Passion of the Christ was also directed by Mel Gibson. Seems like he is a excellent director.
Really?? I though the Passion was really bad...
The Passion of the Christ was also directed by Mel Gibson. Seems like he is a excellent director.
Really?? I though the Passion was really bad...
Random717
06-02-2007, 08:39 PM
Just finished watching a movie called The Last Time, with Michael Keaton in it, damn good, and also saw Unknown, with James Cavaziel.. kind of like Saw, a whole bunch of guys are locked in a warehouse, except they've all been knocked out by some gas, so they can't remember who they are, and whether they are the bad guys or the good guys!
hj2k_x
06-02-2007, 10:58 PM
Just finished watching a movie called The Last Time, with Michael Keaton in it, damn good, and also saw Unknown, with James Cavaziel.. kind of like Saw, a whole bunch of guys are locked in a warehouse, except they've all been knocked out by some gas, so they can't remember who they are, and whether they are the bad guys or the good guys!
I have this Unknown as well and have been meaning to check it out - is it worth the watch?
I have this Unknown as well and have been meaning to check it out - is it worth the watch?
Random717
06-02-2007, 11:03 PM
it won't win any awards, but its an interesting concept that will keep you entertained...
hj2k_x
06-02-2007, 11:04 PM
it won't win any awards, but its an interesting concept that will keep you entertained...
Cool, I shall check it out...
Has anyone else braved Dreamgirls yet? Would be interested to hear what other have to say about it...
Cool, I shall check it out...
Has anyone else braved Dreamgirls yet? Would be interested to hear what other have to say about it...
Highflyer_GP
06-02-2007, 11:27 PM
Unknown is good, it's similar to Saw except for the traps. Oh and John Abruzzi from Prison Break acts in it too :D
hj2k_x
10-02-2007, 06:41 PM
and epic movie? Is is as rubbish as it sounds like it should be?
Claymore
10-02-2007, 10:50 PM
Really?? I though the Passion was really bad...
Why so? I thought the setting was excellently done, the acting good, the use of language really well done, and John Debney's score excellent. A lot of blood though...
Why so? I thought the setting was excellently done, the acting good, the use of language really well done, and John Debney's score excellent. A lot of blood though...
hj2k_x
11-02-2007, 02:40 PM
Why so? I thought the setting was excellently done, the acting good, the use of language really well done, and John Debney's score excellent. A lot of blood though...
It really wasn't for me. 30 mins of someone getting whipped is unnecessary.
It really wasn't for me. 30 mins of someone getting whipped is unnecessary.
RompelStompel
11-02-2007, 03:07 PM
Anyone seen Letters from Iwo Jima ?
Opening the 16th here in S.A.
Opening the 16th here in S.A.
hj2k_x
11-02-2007, 03:09 PM
And for the record, Epic movie is not good. It is better than Date Movie but still very poor...:(
krycor
11-02-2007, 03:47 PM
good, I was thinking of watching it, but now at least I am warned ;) date movie sucked the life out of people..
mooK
11-02-2007, 04:14 PM
To anybody reading this - Watch "The Prestige".
hj2k_x
11-02-2007, 04:15 PM
Yeah, it is good...
LoneGunman
11-02-2007, 06:29 PM
re Letters from Iwo Jima - havent seen it yet - been waiting for someone to come up with English subtitles online :P
(hopefully its being explained in SA marketing, that its the companion film to 'Flags of Our Fathers' - the US view of the Iwo Jima battle, whereas 'Letters' is the Japanese viewpoint..
re Prestige, hit fast forward on it eventually..
ditto 'Night at the Museum' - cute fx and sorta fun, but nothing to keep one focused on.
finally watched 'An Evening with Kevin Smith' (all 4 hours of it) AWESOME. Anyone interested in movies, or who liked Clerks, or any of the Jay and Silent Bob things - you have to see this, he's an incredibly funny speaker..
watched old b&w creepy flick 'eyes without a face' - kind've fun.
rewatched 'Bully - very cool larry clark flick (guy who did 'Kids')
watched 'Destricted' - collection of short erotica/porn films by different established directors.. kinda fun in parts.. (the 'Balkan Love Film' is awesomely funny)
watched 'American Movie' - documentary on hopelessly untalented would be film maker. Bit of a trudge, not fun really.
watched 'The US vs John Lennon' - documentary - rather boring unfortunately.
'Seducing Mr Perfect' - not great Korean comedy love story.
'Nina's Heavenly Delights' - odd UK lesbian thing - not great, but bizarre to watch a film about Indian families, set in Glasgow, and they all sound totally Scottish :)
(hopefully its being explained in SA marketing, that its the companion film to 'Flags of Our Fathers' - the US view of the Iwo Jima battle, whereas 'Letters' is the Japanese viewpoint..
re Prestige, hit fast forward on it eventually..
ditto 'Night at the Museum' - cute fx and sorta fun, but nothing to keep one focused on.
finally watched 'An Evening with Kevin Smith' (all 4 hours of it) AWESOME. Anyone interested in movies, or who liked Clerks, or any of the Jay and Silent Bob things - you have to see this, he's an incredibly funny speaker..
watched old b&w creepy flick 'eyes without a face' - kind've fun.
rewatched 'Bully - very cool larry clark flick (guy who did 'Kids')
watched 'Destricted' - collection of short erotica/porn films by different established directors.. kinda fun in parts.. (the 'Balkan Love Film' is awesomely funny)
watched 'American Movie' - documentary on hopelessly untalented would be film maker. Bit of a trudge, not fun really.
watched 'The US vs John Lennon' - documentary - rather boring unfortunately.
'Seducing Mr Perfect' - not great Korean comedy love story.
'Nina's Heavenly Delights' - odd UK lesbian thing - not great, but bizarre to watch a film about Indian families, set in Glasgow, and they all sound totally Scottish :)