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Haha yeah, to further clarify, I started season 1. Watched 2 episodes, 2 more slated for tonight.
China's wonderful, everything is so cheap.... 5 seasons for 50 bucks!
Agent Smith: I'll let you know when I start to get sick of the show :smile: I feel like if I ration the episodes I won't get too fed up too fast :smile:
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24 is the best show on TV atm imo!
We (my g/f and I) saw the start of season 4 at a friends house, and were hooked! At the end of s4 we rented s1, then watched s5 on TV, and have bought seasons 2 & 3 (just started watching s2 now s5 has finished).
Watching them out-of-order isn't really that bad (yes, I know your not, but I want to make a point) there's only a few things that you know, like who wont die, because there in later seasons, but it's still exciting, and we enjoy it nether-the-less.
On a slightly different note, went to see Garfield 2 at the cinema, and that was good. My son (4) loved it, but then it was his first cinema trip, he's watched the first film a bzillion times!!
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Garfield was voiced by Bill Murray wasn't he? I never saw the movie, and being childless and slightly less childish, I had no reason to :smile:
Re: Recently watched
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First off, Garfield sucks balls. The movies and the cartoon.
And my bad on that 24 stuff... but the show is mad addictive... I never got bored of 'em.
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I just watched 4 episodes of 24 in a row.
I kept watching because I'm like... something has to happen, soon...
They focus on 4 different story threads so in the course of 1 episode not a lot has progressed in each one. It's kinda frustrating because it makes you need to watch 4 episodes to have 1 branch of the story really progress enough to feel like something actually happened.
Still, I'm hooked.
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Man, I just watched Fight Club. Wierdest movie ever. I just finished it and I'm still not quite sure how it all makes sense, but it really is trippy.
I'm sure a lot of people have seen it, but if you haven't, you gotta watch it. It'll blow your mind.
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Yeah it has a great ending, strong acting, and I think its fun to watch with a lot of cool scenes.
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I watched a different type of movie yesturday...
It's called Etre et avoir, and it's a documentary about a small scholl in rural France over the academic year.
It really shows how different they have it, there's a few children in
each grade and just one teacher for them all. Whilst slyly giving a one
finger salute to the PC brigade at the end.
I must admit, it did kinda bring back some childhood memories.
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I almost forgot, I watched about ... 4/5ths of "Get Shorty" yesterday, and then the DVD froze up and I had to abandon it. I really enjoyed it, and hope I have a chance to finish it.
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Is that the one with the 'Pink champagne'? I think it was released under a different title over here.
On the topic of horrors, I watched a couple of Peter Jacksons earlier films, Braindead and Bad Taste.
Bad Taste was a strange one, at first I was unsure, are these zombies?
are they aliens disguised as people? are they pod people!?
The acting isn't superb, but the comedy, and strange accents made up for this.
Braindead has to have the most amount of blood i've ever seen! Gallons
and gallons of stuff go everywhere in the climatic lawnmower scene, the
acting is better than he previous attempt (probably due to a bigger
budget). Though if you are a parent of a small child, be aware for the
'ickle one in here.
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looks around for Crono
I think Crono once told me that Peter Jackson was called the Prince of Splatter, or something along those lines.
Re: Recently watched
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Haha, yes the Peter Jackson stories are always fun. I never saw the old Horror movies but people told me about them in detail and it's funny how trashy those must be (compared to the glamorous LotR movies).
Never been a Jackson fan myself. I must be among the three people on earth who don't get excited about the LotR movies at all. I fell asleep during the second one (no s**t, I actually did).
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Watched V For Vendetta today finally, pretty good actually, very powerful ending, pity I didnt see it in the cinema
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Re: Recently watched
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After reading the graphic novel, the movie skips a lot of important stuff. The movie = bad compared to the book, which = good.
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I watched "The Matador" with a friend, because his friend recommended it.
It wasn't that good. Some moments were good, but overall not enjoyable.
The best scene by far is the Bill Murray-esque walk through the lobby to the pool.
Oh and this exchange:
"Mmm, martinis sure taste better in Mexico." - Greg Kinnear
"That they do. Martinis and c**k." -Pierce Brosnan
"...." - Greg Kinnear
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I absolutely loved the Matador. I like how Pierce didn't take himself seriously at all in it.
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It was enjoyable in the strict sense that it was really quirky and strange.
But other than that, the narrative wasn't as clever as I think it tried to be at times.
I mean, I didn't mind hearing Mr. Brosnan walk around spitting out clever phrases like "you look worse than a thai hooker on a sunday morning after the navy left town," but in the end it wasn't enough to make the movie watchable for me.
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If one good thing came out of watching The Matador it was that I discovered "Heat of the Moment" by Asia. That's going on a party mix, for sure.
I just finished Season 1 of 24. The ending... unbelievable. Makes watching 24 of those 40 minute episodes worthwhile, and then some.
I'm restraining myself from popping in Season 2.
Graaaaah go out and watch this TV show if you enjoy good entertainment... and especially if you don't have anything to do for the next week or so :smile:
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Out of pure desperation, on the flight back home I watched "Failure to Launch," "Something New," and "Take the Lead."
Something new was pretty watchable. I didn't get to catch the beginning or the end, but the parts I saw I liked.
Failure to Launch was pretty s**tty, as expected.
Take the Lead was a cookie cutter movie. At least it had the kid who played Rufio in Hook.
Re: Recently watched
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Recently watched: Spongebob Squarepants. That show never fails to make me laugh.
Random trivia that has nothing to do with anything said in this thread recently: Lawrence Fishburne played Cowboy Curtis on PeeWee's Playhouse.
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"Little Miss Sunshine" was pretty decent. Lots of good timing, with the awkward silences and whatnot.
"Step Up" is okay if all you want to see are these choreographed hip-hop dance scenes. In between the dancing though, you're going to face a typical moralizing "Hollywood inner city" story.
Re: Recently watched
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Snake bites a titty.
It was like... the best bad movie ever.
Re: Recently watched
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if it weren't for the name noone would watch, i personally believe it will be a box office hit because of its name and plan on watching it as soon as possible
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No, it's 'cause it's got Sam Jackson yelling
'I AM TIRED OF THESE MUTHAf**kIN' SNAKES ON THIS MUTHAf**kIN' PLANE'
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now i really wanna see it
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Snakes on a Plane just goes to show that internet buzz (as well as not taking yourself too seriously) can really make a movie.
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Just finished season 2 of 24. A few days ago I told my little sister to catch up with me so we could watch together... and now she's on season 4... it's that addicting.
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Recently watched: Labyrinth.
It's a decent movie, by no means great, but still entertaining.
And as I said in the other thread, Jennifer Connelly is hot.
Next to watch: The Boondock Saints.
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That she is. I'd say she's beautiful... not like dirty hot.
You'll like Boondock Saints. I don't think anyone with a pulse could really dislike that movie.
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Watched "Poseidon" last night.
Much better than the 70's version. Remakes can be good sometimes.
Kurt Russell's death scene was well done and made a lump in my throat.
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