That she is. I'd say she's beautiful... not like dirty hot.

Indubitably.

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Just finished watching "One mans hero."

If you are a Tom Berenger fan, this is a must see.

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I just watched Little Miss Sunshine.

Great film. I really enjoyed the whole thing. Easily the best movie I've seen in the past year. I'll buy this on DVD when it comes out. Please go see it.

Just saw Snakes on a Plane.

Awesome.

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Open Water

Interesting idea, absolutely BAD movie.

The Boondock Saints has been added to my list of favorite movies of all time. Troy Duffy should write and direct more movies, this movie is evidence of his talent, but it's the only movie he's made. That movie was thoroughly enjoyable.

SPOILER{I loved the scene where they fell from the vent in the ceiling and killed eight people while hanging upside down, and the items they mocked eachother for purchasing (namely the rope and the "Rambo" knife) ended up saving their skin. Right now that's my favorite scene from any action movie I've ever seen}SPOILER

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Addicted to Morphine said:
I just watched Little Miss Sunshine.

It was a decent enough movie, but it's advertisement as an indie film was bulls**t. The addition of drugs, suicide, porn, homosexuality, and literary references to the age-old American family film cliche of the roadtrip was transparently artificial.

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The Boondock Saints has been added to my list of favorite movies of all time. Troy Duffy should write and direct more movies, this movie is evidence of his talent, but it's the only movie he's made. That movie was thoroughly enjoyable.

Has anyone seen both the older version and the newer released "uncut" version? Is there any difference? I still have yet to pick this up and I've only seen the theatrical cut.

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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.

You guys know that we need a color=clear for this spoiler stuff to work, don't'cha?

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Cassius said:
It was a decent enough movie, but it's advertisement as an indie film was bulls**t. The addition of drugs, suicide, porn, homosexuality, and literary references to the age-old American family film cliche of the roadtrip was transparently artificial.

I went and saw it without having seen any ads for it or even a movie preview. It was just a movie to take my date to, and so in going with absolutely zero expectations I was very impressed. Indie-film posing aside, I thought it was hilarious.

I saw Snakes on a Plane and about an hour and a half of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. I walked out of Talladega Nights and over to Snakes on a Plane. I really didn't enjoy either, but since so many of my friends raved about Snakes on Plane, I might have to concede that with a livelier audience, it would have been more enjoyable.

I also managed to catch "The Intepreter" on HBO a few days ago. I enjoyed the Sean Penn / Nicole Kidman rapport and tension, but that's about it.

I sat through Hostel up to the first torture scene, and I had to stop. I just can't enjoy that kind of violence or gore. It's not entertaining for me.

My buddies love the movie though, and I know plenty of other people have no problem watching it, but I just couldn't handle the idea of someone wanting to torture someone else so maliciously, and then having to see it / hear it.

shudder

f**king Hostel.

Well, you've made me curious enough to want to see it. :biggrin:

I've seen Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940?) yesterday after
having bought the VHS version for less than 1$. Now that's comedy! The

problem is, most of Chaplin's gags have been plagiarised reproduced in so many

other movies that when you watch this movie you feel like you're
viewing a documentary on cliches. Funny, none the less, and interesting
when you consider the political context in which it was made.

After nearly 1.5 years, LOST finally came out in DVD.

me does jig

My satellite doesn't receive local channels. I have not seen a single 2nd season episode.

/me has been watching for 2 days now. :biggrin:

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I just watched Grizzly Man. It's a documentary about a guy named Timothy Treadwell who goes to Alaska for 13 summers to live with and film wild grizzly bears. On his 13th summer he and his girlfriend get eaten alive on tape. Thankfully they don't include this footage in the documentary.

Grizzly Man is an amalgamation of Mr. Treadwell's footage and interviews conducted by the German director who distilled the 100 hours of Treadwell's footage.

Rolling Stone calls it "Unique and unforgettable" and I'd have to agree. The guy is f**king crazy. Seriously insane. He has all sorts of problems, and watching him talk to himself and to the camera gets really unnerving at points.

In the end though, you'll have to watch this documentary to decide for yourself. If nothing else, it's an incredible glimpse into man's tenuous role in nature.

I've just finished watching the second of my recently purchases, Scum.

It's a very disturbing, under-your-skin piece, I think the male rape
scene was the worst of which, though the suicide shortly after was on
the same level. Definatly not one to watch with the other half...

The other film that I bought is called Versus, a strange hybrid of
Romeo and Juliet , and Matrix directing. The camerawork alone can make
you quezy, and although the acting is not on par with big budget
flicks, it was still an enjoyable watch.

Funnily enough I just watched another film by the director of Versus last night - Sky High. It's about a detective hunting down a serial killer that removes the hearts of his victims, only to have his fianc? become one of the victims on their wedding day. As a ghost she then finds herself at the Gate of Resentment, where she is given 3 choices - to move through the gates and be reborn, to haunt the world as a ghost, or take revenge on the killer but be condemned to hell afterward. She is given several days to reach her decision, during which time she watches over her fianc? and his struggles to find the murderer. It gets pretty ridiculous to be honest, all in an excuse for some of the director's trademark swordplay, which frankly isn't very impressive. Some of the scenes are painfully contrived and needlessly long, and in the end the film comes across as trying to force emotions across that feel out of place for this sort of movie.

I've yet to watch Versus, but may give it a shot some time. Sky High didn't impress but Azumi, for the most part, did, so maybe I should give him one more try :smile:

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Just finished Lost season 2.

With half the cast dead, WFT are they going to do season 3 for people to lead?

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But we dont know theyre dead... theres a heap of stuff we dont know, which is what I like about the show.

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• My yr11 Economics teacher

Just finished Lost season 2.

Argh, hide those spoilers better, season 2 is just starting here. :biggrin:

Crank (http://imdb.com/title/tt0479884/)

closest thing to GTA you will see on the big screen.

:ar15firing:

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Crank (http://imdb.com/title/tt0479884/)

closest thing to GTA you will see on the big screen.

:ar15firing:

What about the movie the game was based on :razz:

I heard only good things about the Crank movie. Haven't seen it yet, though.

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Fitzcarraldo

First time I saw this classic by Werner Herzog. What a powerful film.

I just watched Layer Cake because I wanted to get a taste of the new bond.

Visually, this movie was amazing. I was continually impressed by the colors, the cuts, the transitions, the framing, the pans and the general cinematography. I happen to love the British accent and the whole drug-deal storyline. Unfortunately, narratively the movie didn't have as good a kicker as Snatch, and I have to say that the story fell short of the filmmaking.

I think, if you like movies like Lucky Number Slevin or Snatch you'll probably enjoy Layer Cake. I'd watch it again just to deconstruct certain sequences or admire certain shots, but not for the story.

Lost in Translation

Beautiful, slow movie about being alone in Tokio.

Inside Man - Really good movie IMO, keeps you guessing until everything falls into place in the end. Really satisfying ending.

Adaptation - I don't think I've ever seen any better acting from Nicolas Cage than in this movie. This movie has become one of my favorites.

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist - Over-the-top ridiculous, and damn good at it. 'nuff said.

Dorm Daze 2 - What can I say to this movie's credit.... it has plenty of scenes with boobies and it was humorous, that's about it. It was fairly entertaining, but I have a feeling it wouldn't have been very good without consuming generous amounts of alcohol. It's a stupid college movie, end of story.

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I had to watch The Birth of a Nation (1915) for my pre-1945 film history class, and Jesus was it torture.

187 minutes of grainy black and white silent film glorifying the KKK.

I know that in the historical context of the film industry it solidified fledgling editing techniques, but the now-deplorable narrative content and general datedness (whooo, that's a word) of the film makes it nigh unwatchable.

If I wasn't already set on a film minor this film (and this class in general) would probably steer me away from the department completely. I'm just lucky that my first film class here was with a different professor and on film history 1945-present.

Honestly, I don't know anyone who could watch The Birth of a Nation and leave wanting to make films.

I decided to take it easy after last nights "blackout or bust boozefest", and watched "Supersize Me"

Great documentary, everyone should see it.

Last night I watched 2 Buster Keaton films, "The Playhouse" and "Sherlock Jr."

I also watched 2 Charlie Chaplain films, "Easy Street" and "The Circus."

I really enjoyed "Easy Street." "Sherlock Jr." was pretty amazing too.

Tonight I watched "Network" the 70's film about a fictional TV network, UBC. It was alright. Some decent performances, and surprisingly a story that is remarkably applicable to today's world.

I saw "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" last weekend and it's awesome. That's official.

The movie is pretty funny and has a very nice plot all wrapped into one movie, with, excellent performances. Val Kilmer is an actor that should never be missed (Unless the movies are: Batman Forever, Alexander, Red Planet, and The Saint).

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Hahah The Saint. I thought I remembered that movie being good so I rented it... and I just had to laugh the entire time.

I just watched the liberal documentary "Outfoxed." Basically its about how super conservative and skewed Fox News is... and it's really disgusting how they have the audacity to claim to be "fair and balanced."

Bill O'Reilly is the biggest lying bully on television. He invited a son of a 9/11 victim on his show and then when this guest said he didn't support the Iraq war O'Reilly told him to shut up and that his father would be ashamed of him and he hoped his mother wasn't watching, and then kicked him out of the studio. What a prick. Given the opportunity I'd give O'Reilly a swift kick in the nuts.

Lost in Translation

Beautiful, slow movie about being alone in Tokio.

I love that movie, perhaps moreso because I can relate completely having been there and being in essentially the same sorts of situations I know the feelings. Even if I hadn't, I know I would have enjoyed it, it's a good movie that isn't of the norm.

I recently finished watching the UK version of The Office and just need to watch the Christmas specials, I loved every episode. I am also halfway through Firefly and have maybe 8 episodes left of the entire X-men animated series to go.

Here's Outfoxed on videogoogle: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428&q=outfoxed

Baron von Snickers said:
Inside Man - Really good movie IMO, keeps you guessing until everything falls into place in the end. Really satisfying ending.

Hated it. Not only is it unsettling to see Lee wax commercial, but the plot seemed a throwtogether of leads that didn't follow through. Nazism? Private negotiators-for-hire? The end arrives, and with it the revelation of their admittedly clever method for making out with the diamonds. My reaction: "That's nice. Can we tie up the plot's other sixty thousand ends?"

[quote=Cassius]Hated it. Not only is it unsettling to see Lee wax commercial, but the
plot seemed a throwtogether of leads that didn't follow through.
Nazism? Private negotiators-for-hire? The end arrives, and with it the
revelation of their admittedly clever method for...[omitted]...[/quote]

Please announce the possibility spoilers before stating them, even if it seems like everyone should know anyway.

Yeah, I thought Inside Man was just alright. The ending didn't have me doing backflips, and overall... bank heists bore me.

That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.

Watched THX 1138

I was interested in seeing this film but didn't expect all that much from Mr Binks. That's probably the main reason I enjoyed it. Very weird and slow in a good way. I think I saw the CGI-enhanced version but didn't feel like the new effects could have had a bad influence on the over-all style. Unfourtunaltely I missed some parts and now I'm planning on seeing it again in a quieter and more relaxed atmosphere. Quite surprisingly good.

Yeah, I thought Inside Man was just alright. The ending didn't have me doing backflips, and overall... bank heists bore me.

That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.

My sisters had the uh, hilarious insight to rent this movie a day after I was on the receiving end of a real bank robbery about 2-3 weeks ago. I didn't watch it (and I wasn't the teller that was directly robbed) but I made a crack that I could have pointed out the factual errors. :razz:

Inside Man or Killing Zoe?

And you work at a bank that was stuck up?

Inside Man.

And yes.

Well holy s**t man, do go on!

What happened? What did you do? Did you pull a silly face like in Snatch when the s**t went down?

Hah, really long crazy story that isn't as good without the hand gestures.

It's actually an even crazier than a "standard" robbery where it's quiet and the person is in and out quickly. It had been a slow week leading up to it and at the time there were only two other people in the branch. (I work at the main branch in the downtown core, so we get all types.) Now one was a regular non-customer coming for foreign exchange and while the other one who happened to be beside the teller who got robbed was an off-duty police officer.

This guy had come in and looked pretty sketch from the start (I saw him when I was more in the back doing other things and thought to myself that he looked out of place. He had already gone to the teller who was the eventual victim and I was facing the other way at my wicket, and I smelled a waft of fresh 2nd hand smoke...which is not normal, some customers smell pretty rough but this was just strange and I just knew something was up.

FYI he was a really nasty hobo-esque guy who was probably about 5' 6" and looked burly, but I didn't see him that much. He had a huge can of bear mace (but during it we didn't know what it was because it was partially concealed.)

Anyway, he verbally prompted the teller, who proceeded to give as little as possible but enough to satisfy him, and put it up on the table and while he was shifting around with it she ran over to me (first non-standard part) I was still facing the other way and she shook my arm that there was a robbery. Now I wasn't the only one who had noticed the odd guy because the receptionist and the other teller who normally is beside me had alerted the guard because they were also suspicious (the teller was walking outside for a break and said that he had still been smoking just as he walked in which is where the smell had come from as well as he had an empty-ish backpack.)

Anyway, because we had signalled to the guard he was coming over, now most guards would never do anything (and 2nd non-standard part is that he DID) he's a bigger guy and actually will stick up for us unlike most of the usual decrepid old guards you see around. He came up behind the guy and did a crazy full-nelson/bearhug and started tussling with the guy. There was crap flying everywhere (papers, bus pass and what looked to be the trigger for the mace thus rendering his weapon disabled).

At this point the scuffle starts falling over into the back area where the banking officers' offices are and stops right at the door of the first one and behind a huge pillar so I can't really see but I can hear what's going on. (Interestingly/conveniently enough one of my best friends was in the branch on the other side with another one of those officers opening up an investment I had recommended and saw the action on that side).

Back to my side: The off-duty cop who was a tall blond woman all of a sudden whips out her badge and shows us and then books it around the corner to help the guard. My bud said that they basically kneed him in the back and tied him up (not sure with what) and he was still struggling like crazy.

Meanwhile we were phoning the police and quite literally within 1 min. there was a train of cop car, ghost car, 2 cop cars, a paddy wagon and from what I overheard another car around the corner parked in the middle across 2 lanes of one of the busiest streets downtown with the engine still going and the lights on. I think it had been a combination of them being fairly close as well as recent hightened awareness due to some serial robbers lately.

So the police run to get in but we had locked the doors (the other teller who was going on her break was near them and locked them which is standard to protect any people from walking in) and they almost pulled the doors off so we let them in and the one cop went and moved the guard/off-duty and stepped on the robber's neck and put his gun a few inches above his head and he FINALLY stopped struggling then. (and from what I saw after it looked like someone had stomped the guy's glasses in the struggle.)

We ended up getting police taped in behind where we were standing. Myself and one of the other guys finished up the transaction for the foreign exchange lady + the off-duty cop and they were let out. Around then the scene had attracted enough attention that there were people looking in the front windows 3 faces high...it was all steamed up and it was like being in a fishbowl (our whole front is windowed, probably 40-50ft x 15ft high of window/glass doors).

After it had calmed down a bit and most of the people were not spectating anymore there were still idiots trying to get in while there was prominent police presence + police tape. Haha. At this point the direct people involved were doing statements, brief counselling, etc. Apparently some other people in nearby buildings had either watched out their windows or run up to the rooftops to see what was going down.

So yeah, that's the story, I'm probably forgetting a few things but that's the jist of it. I wasn't scared during it, but I had a crazy adrenaline/shock rush for quite a while during and after. Got in contact with my friend, went and bought myself a nice CD and went for beef-dip and a beer and headed home to tell the story. :razz:

That's an awesome story. I'm really glad all he had was mace and a not a gun. Glad no one got hurt.

P.S. I know there are probably crazy grammar and tense contradictions in there, but trying to edit that thing sucks as this thread seems to take ages to load/upload to.

The Departed is the best movie of the new millenium thus far.

Truly? I was planning on catching it next weekend when I road trip out of the cow pastures and into Boston.

The Departed is the best movie of the new millenium thus far.

Is that the one with Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon? If so... I wanna see it...

The very one.