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Re: Recently watched
Posted by French Toast on Mon Feb 21st at 12:23pm 2005


Hahahaha I watched Pulp Fiction last night, I've had it sitting in my room for a day or two, what an awesome movie!

It's cool the way a bunch of seemingly unconnected stories (except Travolta is everywhere) the way they all come together at the end.

And then he blows the guys head up in the back seat. Hhah

Still puzzled as to what was in the briefcase though... [addsig]




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Posted by $loth on Mon Feb 21st at 1:21pm 2005


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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 22nd at 12:56am 2005


just saw this preview

man, i can't wait.

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Posted by ReNo on Tue Feb 22nd at 2:57am 2005


Well I like Jet Li films (even crap like "Cradle 2 the Grave" was entertaining), and I like Luc Besson films, so chances are I'll enjoy that too. Trailer looked pretty cool, I'll be looking out for this
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Posted by French Toast on Tue Feb 22nd at 3:00am 2005


Does anyone know what the name of this is called;

It's old, and it has some guy going through customs at an airport, and he is chinese (or pretending to be chinese) and he is trying to explain that the thing he has is a 3000 year old egg.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? My dad keeps talking about how funny it is but nobody knows what he's talking about. [addsig]




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Posted by mazemaster on Tue Feb 22nd at 3:34am 2005


Just saw ong-bak. Quite enjoyable. Reminds me of Jackie Chan movies back when he was at the top of his game - very well choreographed and executed fights, chase scenes, and stunts, but yet the martial art style is quite different.

<spoilers>I laughed out loud several times when Tony Jaa did seemingly impossible things like escape a mob by running on their heads, or jump through a tiny loop of barbed wire. And the first fight in the boxing ring... awesome. [addsig]




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 22nd at 3:40am 2005


Just watched "Taxi".. one of the funniest movies i have seen since.... dodgeball

seriously, you need to see it.

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Posted by ReNo on Tue Feb 22nd at 3:52am 2005


Argh, please tell me you mean the original French movie by Luc Besson as opposed to the American rip-off?
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 22nd at 4:09am 2005


? quoting ReNo
Argh, please tell me you mean the original French movie by Luc Besson as opposed to the American rip-off?

this Taxi

funnnnnny movie.

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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Tue Feb 22nd at 5:54am 2005


If any of you want to see a crappy movie, I highly recommend the Perfect Score. It is an utter abomination of a film; one of the most misconstrued interpretations of the word "movie" that I've ever seen.

And that "new" Taxi looks horrible, judging from the casting and the trailer. But I'll reserve judgement until I actually see it, if ever. :
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Posted by Crono on Tue Feb 22nd at 6:01am 2005


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Just saw ong-bak. Quite enjoyable. Reminds me of Jackie Chan movies back when he was at the top of his game - very well choreographed and executed fights, chase scenes, and stunts, but yet the martial art style is quite different.

<spoilers>I laughed out loud several times when Tony Jaa did seemingly impossible things like escape a mob by running on their heads, or jump through a tiny loop of barbed wire. And the first fight in the boxing ring... awesome.


I really want to see Ong-Bak. I haven't seen a good action oriented film in a long time. However, it isn't playing anywhere NEAR where I live (25 mile radius). [addsig]




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Posted by Andrei on Tue Feb 22nd at 8:40am 2005


Just saw Spaceballs again. I love Mel Brooks' parodies!
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 22nd at 11:40am 2005


? quoting Campaignjunkie

And that "new" Taxi looks horrible, judging from the casting and the trailer. But I'll reserve judgement until I actually see it, if ever. :

why do i get the feeling that you people are basing the movie, because it shared the name "Taxi"

as far as i can tell, its only the name that similar. this one is a comedy, where the rest do not seem to be. in fact there appearers to be no less than 3 movies released over the years that share this title.

perhaps its only my weird humor, but i laughed myself silly the whole movie through. won't be the first time i am on the wrong side of a discussion

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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Feb 22nd at 12:09pm 2005


Anyone seen "Robots"? Its the next big computer animation film. Check out the media tab on windows media player and it'll show you whats coming. Also "Batman Begins" - the prequal to Batman, is coming out soon. Looks very Kung Fu like. Also stars Val Kilmir or however you spell his name as Batman again (he was Batman in Batman 2 - the one with the Penguin). [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Tue Feb 22nd at 12:25pm 2005


Robots looks so carp. The plot looks rediculos.

OMG I can't believe they are remaking dakr water

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Posted by ReNo on Tue Feb 22nd at 12:51pm 2005


Myrk, its Christian Bale (American Psycho) as Batman isn't it? I'm sure I heard that somewhere anyway.

Orph, it shares a whole lot more than just the title with Taxi, I can tell you. The Taxi series was originally the first in a series of French comedy/action films, featuring a crappy cop who kept screwing up and couldn't drive, and a taxi driver with an incredibly souped up 406 and a penchant for speeding. The American version, judging by the trailer, takes everything and twists it horribly. The Mercedes gang was never a crew of bikini models or whatever for example!
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Posted by Crono on Tue Feb 22nd at 1:01pm 2005


Yeah, Christian Bale (Bale-American Psycho + Bale-Equilibrium = Bruce Wayne). Val Kilmer was in Batman 3 (the first bad one) Michael Keaton was in the first two (the second one being the best so far ... but soon to change).

I'm looking forward to Batman Begins ... oh man. It'll rock. I already know by who is working on it cast and crew. [addsig]




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Feb 22nd at 2:16pm 2005


? quoting ReNo

Orph, it shares a whole lot more than just the title with Taxi, I can tell you. The Taxi series was originally the first in a series of French comedy/action films, featuring a crappy cop who kept screwing up and couldn't drive, and a taxi driver with an incredibly souped up 406 and a penchant for speeding. The American version, judging by the trailer, takes everything and twists it horribly. The Mercedes gang was never a crew of bikini models or whatever for example!

i guess its a simple case of not being tainted by an earlier version. i am not saying the other were bad by any definition, but since i have only seen this one, i loved it.

tastes vary to be sure, but also its the origin of the watching member as well. i heard endless crying about how the movie the patriot ruined the concept of the legend. i heard endless crying about how U541 (or whatever its numerical designation was) was ruined. i heard endless crying about how pearl was ruined. well guess what? it wasn't ruined for this viewer. i loved all those flicks.

on the other hand, i hear people (mostly young) talking about this new song they heard, and how great it is, only to find out its a butchered version of some 80's classic.

so its only a matter of what you see, or hear first in most cases that defines "greatness"

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Posted by Gwil on Tue Feb 22nd at 2:27pm 2005


I think most of the ranting over U571 was how it told the story of an American sub crew capturing an Enigma machine - when it was actually a British crew in the real situation.

Pretty low of Hollywood to doctor a story and change historical fact to suit an audience, to be honest.

The same as the god piss awful butchering of "Ring" (Japanese version) into screaming blondes and all action horror flick. Completely ruined the whole idea of the movie. [addsig]




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Feb 23rd at 2:41am 2005


Just finished re-watching "Rob Roy"

oh yeah, Liam Neeson rox..

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