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    #242
    L'prof
    Registered Users Posts: 12,010 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    niallon wrote: »
    Just saw Angels and Demons, didn't read the book. My brother informs me that there is changes but in essence, I don't think this could be polished. Definitely far better than the Da Vinci Code but still riddled with flaws, with far too much being looked over in favour of constantly unravelling plot turns and such which, though relatively impressive, are not enough to forgive. Overall it's enjoyable but still hasn't convinced me that Dan Brown can produce better calibre plots.

    I particularly cringed at
    Ewan McGregor, playing a priest, parachuting out of a plane carrying anti-matter which is about to explode. It was just too ludicrous!
    What, you haven't seen Ewan McGregor doing that before???
    :D


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    #243
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,962 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Watched most of Jackass: The Movie tonight:

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


    What? I call it Situationism. :cool:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #244
    niallon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭niallon


    jasonorr wrote: »
    What, you haven't seen Ewan McGregor doing that before???
    :D
    It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!
    :D


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    #245
    L'prof
    Registered Users Posts: 12,010 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    niallon wrote: »
    It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!
    :D

    Yeah, I know :D


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    #246
    mle1324
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    From dusk till dawn,animal film


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    #247
    Borneo Fnctn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Borneo Fnctn


    Just watched Apocalypse Now on telly. Always worth a watch. I didn't like the redux edit though. It's all over the place.


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    #248
    Cake Man
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    SawAngels and Demons last night, thought it was very good. Probably should have read the book first. Good twist at the end!


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    #249
    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Saw Star Trek and Wolverine recently.

    Both pretty good I have to say.


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    #250
    neilisagam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭neilisagam


    watched the believer an early ryan gosling movie which one a sundance back in 2001. the acting and scribt are both v.good.


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    #251
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Just watched: The Ramen Girl, Baby On Board, Confessions Of A Shopaholic.

    Out of the three Ramen was the best, Brittany Murphy...Shopaholic was utter dire!, Baby On Board had some funny lines in places.


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    #252
    calex71
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    watched raising arizona the other night need i say more :D


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    #253
    Voodu Child
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    The Horsemen - Average and by-the-numbers murder/thriller with Dennis Quaid.

    Powder Blue - Fairly decent and well-acted drama with Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel.


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    #254
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    I thought Powder Blue was dire myself.


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    #255
    L'prof
    Registered Users Posts: 12,010 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    Richard Dower wrote: »
    I thought Powder Blue was dire myself.

    Watched it last night with a couple of the lads, it did nothing for any of us.


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    #256
    techno-allah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭techno-allah


    I had a Ben Stiller romcom double bill for some reason yesterday.

    Along Came Polly and Theres Something About Mary.

    Both movies made quite enjoyable by the supporting casts (Alec Baldwin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Jeffrey Tambor, Matt Dillon).


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    #257
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,962 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Hostel was on the other night: the first time I've watched any of these recent "torture porn" films - except for the time I tried watching SAW and gave up out of boredom. I expect I'm the last poster here to see this. :cool:

    It wasn't the non-stop brutal gore-fest that I was expecting, actually: the story actually made a kind of sense, if you accept that people are capable of such things - and they are. :mad:

    Some bits of genuine emotion too, such as
    Paxton seeing his friend dead on the gurney, but unable to react in case he is noticed. Also, the Japanese girl, at the train station with her ruined face: no-one else pays any attention to her, before she sees her reflection for the first and last time.

    I don't think I'm giving away a spoiler to say that someone survived at the end, but as the train pulled away I was thinking "OK, they're alive, but ..!" :eek:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #258
    That_Guy
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    Watched Bad Boys last night. Thought it was enjoyable enough. Decent dialogue in it and action... Well what do you expect it was directed by Michael Bay. Worth a watch.


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    #259
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Watched the 2008 movie Solstice.....average, ghost story movie.


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    #260
    poindexter
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    watched Young Frankenstein tonight, fanbloodytastic


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    #261
    bnt
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    After the "Coen Brothers Overrated?" thread, I watched The Man Who Wasn't There again. Turns out I had totally forgotten the ending, so it came as a bit of a shock. I thought Scarlett Johanssen was a bit wooden, but there comes a point where you see that her character was just acting that way. It's a "slow" film, but one that rewards your patience in the end.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htxvLcSnOU0

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #262
    Schism
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    Watched Taken again last night, still love it.


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    #263
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    I watched Children of Men there the other night, brilliant film. Some amazing action scenes in it, especially the single take scenes.


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    #264
    BroomBurner
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    Watching Falling Down at the moment.


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    #265
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Sir Gallagher wrote: »
    I watched Children of Men there the other night, brilliant film. Some amazing action scenes in it, especially the single take scenes.

    I agree, that single take battle sequence was one of the most amazing, realistic and utterly graphic sequence i have seen outside of Saving Private Ryan.


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    #266
    mike65
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    Ditto the above kudos except it wasn't a single take, there were 3 or 4 sequences stitched together, still superby done (I couldn't work out why they bothered tweaking a Citroen CX for Michael Caines car, they look futuristic without the plastic add ons!)

    Just watched Raw Deal, Arnie takes on the Chicago mob and kills everything in sight. Quite stupid really but entertaining low grade trash. Darren McGavin is way too good for that stuff.


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    #267
    neilisagam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭neilisagam


    watched a cool documentry today King of Kong: A fistful of quarters.
    Its bout 2 guys(grown 40 something men) battling it to break the world record for donkey kong. Actual really funny and a true hero/villian movie.


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    #268
    bnt
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    Watched O'Horten at the IFI earlier. What a weird film. A train driver retires, doesn't know what to do with himself, and goes slightly off the rails. Very Norwegian. :pac:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #269
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Ong bak 2: Amazing, not as good as the first though

    Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurig: Surprisingly good, despite there being only a handful of spoken words in it.


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    #270
    Kersmash
    Registered Users Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Kersmash


    X-men 1,2 and 3 on monday, tuesday and wednesday. Very enjoyable. Gonna go see Wolverine tomorrow.


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    #271
    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Richard Dower wrote: »
    I agree, that single take battle sequence was one of the most amazing, realistic and utterly graphic sequence i have seen outside of Saving Private Ryan.

    Funnily enough i said the exact same thing to my mates last night.

    I know not technically a film but also watched the Battlestar Galactica pilot the other night, some good viewing! Loved the camera work on the space combat scenes.


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