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    #3362
    billiejosie
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭billiejosie


    MickShamrock wrote: »
    Date Night. Thought it was alright. A little disappointed to be honest.

    I totally agree, I thought from the ads it was going to be a laugh out loud comedy, espcially with the leads being who they are. If it wasn't for a topless Mark Whalberg I would have been a very disappointed girl ;)


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    #3363
    Bodhisopha
    Registered Users Posts: 4,068 ✭✭✭Bodhisopha


    TobyZiegler wrote: »
    City of God - great film. Cant believe I hadnt seen it before now. So City of Men, the sequal - any good?

    It's not a sequel. It's not nearly as good but still worth a watch.


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    #3364
    SarahBM
    Registered Users Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭SarahBM


    Ferris Bueller's Day Off - not as good as I thought it would be, but a good film.

    The Princess and the Frog - brilliant, great to see Disney going back to basics.

    Basil the Great Mouse Detective - Classic! every kid should see it

    Kick Ass - quality. Hit Girl rocks!


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    #3365
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Yeah Basil the great mouse detective, love it.

    Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Saw it recently and absolutely loved it. The girlfriend hated it :rolleyes:. Bad guys busting into coins, brings back memories.


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    #3366
    padma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭padma


    just watched a South African movie Gangsters Paradise- Jerusalema,

    very good.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783532/


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    #3367
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Back to the Future (Digitally Remastered).

    I had butterflies the entire movie. It was like I was a child again as I watched what I thought I'd never see: Marti McFly and Doc on the big screen


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    #3368
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users Posts: 4,654 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Back to the Future - perfect, as always

    Mr. Nice - not a complete disappointment, but deeply flawed, and the decision to superimpose footage of the cast onto archive film in order to place them in the era is, at times, laughably bad

    The Social Network - superb, with brilliant central performances from Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield

    2024 Gigs and Events: David Suchet, Depeche Mode, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Smile, Pixies, Liam Gallagher John Squire/Jake Bugg, Kacey Musgraves (x2), Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, Muireann Bradley, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Eric Clapton, Girls Aloud, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, P!nk, Pearl Jam/Richard Ashcroft, Taylor Swift/Paramore, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Muireann Bradley, The Bothy Band, AC/DC, Deacon Blue/Altered Images, The The, blink-182, Coldplay, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Nick Lowe, Public Service Broadcasting, Crash Test Dummies.



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    #3369
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Piranha

    For a film that is basically tongue-in-cheek references and solid gore, I expected to enjoy it more! :(

    Good cast (especially loved
    Richard Dreyfuss and the 'Jaws' reference
    at the start) but for a 85 minute film, it really fecking dragged in parts.

    Alexandra Aja just keeps dropping down in my estimation since 'Haute Tension'


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    #3370
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    The Bird with Crystal Plumage (1969) Dario Argentos debut feature as director/writer and the template for much of his career. Shown by Horror Channel as part of the Argento season (Friday nights) in correct aspect ratio shocker! The film is a bit wonky at times with its dubbed Italian parts combined with two English speaking leads and a few of the characters are a bit odd in rather random ways (the pimp and the artist). Worth seeing for historical reasons being one of the earliest "Giallos". Unlike later Argento flicks the blood letting is modest so only a 15s cert
    the razor murder scene in the doorway was lifted wholesale by De Palma for Angie Dickinsons death in Dressed to Kill


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    #3371
    marwelie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭marwelie


    The Girl who played with Fire.
    Not as good as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but good all the same.

    The Class. Highly recommended.


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    #3372
    budgemook
    Registered Users Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭budgemook


    marwelie wrote: »
    The Girl who played with Fire.
    Not as good as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but good all the same.

    The Class. Highly recommended.

    Which "The Class" is that?


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    #3373
    marwelie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭marwelie


    I didnt realise there was more than one ;o)

    This one

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068646/

    I also saw The Breakfast Club again last night. John Hughes RIP.


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    #3374
    billiejosie
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭billiejosie


    Twisted: saw this last night on tv, I wasnt expecting much but I really enjoyed it in a turn your brain off kinda way (have a bit of a soft spot for Andy Garcia I must admit :o)


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    #3375
    SarahBM
    Registered Users Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭SarahBM


    gotta love andy garcia.

    watched Robin Hood again. twice. Im a sucker for ridley scott films, what can I say. might root out gladiator for later.


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    #3376
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    The Town - Excellent heist movie. Comparisons to Heat are justified but Heat is the superior movie imo. Highly recommended nonetheless.


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    #3377
    StonedParadoX
    Registered Users Posts: 856 ✭✭✭StonedParadoX


    ShiverinEskimo wrote: »
    The Town - Excellent heist movie. Comparisons to Heat are justified but Heat is the superior movie imo. Highly recommended nonetheless.



    i actually thought The town was better then Heat imo

    a better storyline i think


    i watched amores perros http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/
    it fantastic if you liked 11-14 or those films with multiple storylines you will like this, hopefully


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    #3378
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    StonedParadoX wrote: »
    i actually thought The town was better then Heat imo

    a better storyline i think

    I think the chemistry between DeNiro and Pacino as respected enemies was infinitely better than with Affleck/Hamm and the characters overall were more complex. Hamm's FBI agent had no real background for us to make a decision on him. The Town did a reversal on Heat also by
    Making you side with Affleck and Co. when they were the bad guys. Made the authorities out to be the bad guys. It's not often I root for a cop-killing bank robber.

    The set-pieces in The Town were staggeringly good and did rival the apres-bank scene in Heat while adding a touch of Ronin to the proceedings. Heart was pumping watching the chase sequences.

    Two very good movies but Heat shades it for me.


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    #3379
    Gerty
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭Gerty


    Winter's bone - Suuuperb.


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    #3380
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    The Birds *eyes crows outside my window*

    Be Kind Rewind earlier this week, I loved it.
    I had the Sweded version!
    :)


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    #3381
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Mark of Zorro - 90 years old and still the best version!


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    #3382
    mgsrocks
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭mgsrocks


    I'm just after watching 'Mr Nobody' and thought it was brilliant. Clever mix of science fiction and a love story.

    It's a great performance from Jared Leto (Requiem for a Dream) and the future effects were done really well.


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    #3383
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    Azumi - standard issue Japanese ninja/assassin flick where the only more OTT than the violence, is the acting. Loved it. :)


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    #3384
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    The Beyond (1981) seriously underbaked Lucio Fulic zombie movie, the shuffling dead finally crank into life (death?) in the last 15 mins, before that slow paced with poorly staged death scenes and pretty tatty effects.


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    #3385
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,774 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

    As hit and miss as it is, it's still miles ahead of the spoof genre as it is now.

    Did like the bit where the jock gets told that to win a girl over (named Janey), he should sing a song to her with her name in it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkELdraEbs

    (the YouTube caption somewhat spoils the joke! :()


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    #3386
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Love at First Bite (1979) George Hamilton (as Dracula). Spoof of the original Dracula and it was quite good, some references and quotes from the original film as well.
    *pulls out star of David* Damn, wrong one! :D


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    #3387
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,223 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Vampires Suck, a comedy-spoof on Twilight. If you plan to see it, make sure you've had a couple Guinness in advance, or don't bother.


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    #3388
    jaykhunter
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 12,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    Nightmare on Elm St 2010 : Avoid. Wrote up a full review of it here in the boards review section. Long story short, this base shock-horror has nothing to offer.


    After.Life 2009     : Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci (who gets them out; albeit as a corpse) is a mortician who can speak to the dead; Ricci's just died in a car accident. Don't try to think about it, just let the movie unfold. Also features a guy that looks like Keano Reeves' stunt double. A boring start but held my attention for the last 40+ minutes. By no means essential viewing, but it's decent enough. Neeson is quite enjoyable in the role, and is interesting seeing Ricci's gradual acceptance of being dead.


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    #3389
    A V A
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭A V A


    went to see wall street and thought it was amazing!!!!


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    #3390
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    A V A wrote: »
    went to see wall street and thought it was amazing!!!!
    Really? That's good to hear, I look forward to seeing it.


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    #3391
    A V A
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭A V A


    yep i went in thinking it would be boring because its about shares and all that wall street stuff and i hate that stuf with a passion but it surprised me !!!!


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