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Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:03 pm

Geez, I put a big fucking sign saying SPOILERS. Wasnt that a clue?

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:03 am

language, sir....

I was mostly kidding anyway

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:04 am

miss buenos aires wrote:Infernal Affairs is coming to my house tomorrow, and somehow I don't care at all about The Departed. All those actors kind of bore me. At least they've all bored me for the last ten years.

Have heard a lot of good things about Infernal Affairs (not seen it myself, strangely enough).

As far as Di Caprio is concerned, I only consider him to have played one great role... in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:49 am

I have mixed feelings about the Departed. I don't know what I was expecting, for one thing I wasn't too happy about the fact that Scorcese was doing another remake especially of a film that was good on its own. Then I looked at what he added to the Infernal Affairs story-Character.
The performances were great, even Leo.
The film was a good but I can't see how it is Scorcese at top form, besides a couple of fights and dialogue at the beginning- Courtesy of Mark Walberg and Alec Baldwin- there were very few thrilling things about this movie.
It didn't have the drive to be 2hs and 30 min, even the Aviator had a great sequence of Hughes before the Senate Committe that gave the movie more excitement.

Science of Sleep was nice, I like all the stop-motion animation and special effects. I loved the way Gondry captured the weirdness of dreams: how work is the main thing we dream about and how random everything is.
It was a cute film but I failed to get hooked on the love story-I understand the stephan's character is supposed to be childish but there wasn't any hope in the relationship create the intent of him overcoming it and getting together with Stephanie.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:26 am

BlueChair wrote:language, sir....

Like that's the first fucking time that word's been used around here.

I saw the big SPOILER alert but had to read anyway. Cause I have willpower whatsoever. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though it's odd that such a Boston-oriented film would have been shot mostly in NYC! Well, if ever there was proof that being in Boston is expensive and a pain in the ass, that is it...

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:45 pm

MG - Apparently although a lot of it was shot in NYC, most of the exterior shooting was done in Boston, though Nicholson apparently refused to wear a Rex Sox cap.

I tell ya, De Caprio is great in this, I found his performance riveting and totally believable, and Mark Whalberg was great too I thought, and Matt Damon, echoing his role in "the Talented Mr Ripley" plays a two face bastard cunt extremely well!
And, as I said before, if you gentlemen dont enjoy watching Vera Farmiga in this film you need to get a medical professional to check for a pulse.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:46 am

Has anybody seen The Last Kiss? Mrs VG wants to go and see it. I'm a fan of Zach Braff anyway but would welcome people's views. Without spoilers or bad language!

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:13 pm

I saw it a while back with my wife and we both found it to be a bit dull. It was like watching an accident about to happen, then the crash, then people trying to forgive each other and pick up the pieces and that was it.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:04 pm

The Last Kiss looked SO BAD to me. I don't really have anything else to offer on the subject. Average-in-every-way twentysomething white guy finds himself torn between two improbably gorgeous women. That's a recipe to annoy miss buenos aires, if she may refer to herself in the third person.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:30 pm

miss buenos aires wrote:That's a recipe to annoy miss buenos aires, if she may refer to herself in the third person.

You may - just this once. But please don't do it again!

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:20 am

Hoodwinked

Warning: Contains bad language and spoilers

Red is Innocent
Wolf is a Journo
Granny is an ski champ
The woodcutter is an actor
The Rabbit did it.

Great perfomance by the wolf, I will be disappointed if he doesn't get a nomination. The rabbit was great too, reminiscent of his role in Watership Down. And if you can't get excited by a little girl with a red hood then you need to see a doctor. The woodcutter was wooden.

Whoops, almost forgot to offend - fuck wank cunt shit motherfuckers

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:51 am

I saw Marie Antoinette the other night. It was a little...hermetically sealed. You can have your protagonist be utterly vapid and completely unaware of what's going on in the larger world, but then it's not a very compelling story if you tell it through her eyes. Just saying.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:24 am

very fucking funny sll, your such a funny cunt.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:02 am

miss buenos aires wrote:I saw Marie Antoinette the other night. It was a little...hermetically sealed. You can have your protagonist be utterly vapid and completely unaware of what's going on in the larger world, but then it's not a very compelling story if you tell it through her eyes. Just saying.

I agree with you completely. While it looked great, this was easily one the most boring films I've ever seen. It. Never. Takes. Off. I was almost sorry I didn't go see that Kutner/Kostner turkey instead. Avoid both.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 am

Saw The Last King of Scotland over the weekend. Forrest Whittaker was damn good, as usual. Pretty gripping but there was something a little contrived about the way they chose to tell the story. Still would recommend it though.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:56 pm

miss buenos aires wrote:I saw Marie Antoinette the other night. It was a little...hermetically sealed. You can have your protagonist be utterly vapid and completely unaware of what's going on in the larger world, but then it's not a very compelling story if you tell it through her eyes. Just saying.

oh, how I hate utterly vapid protagonists.

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:36 pm

The History Boys
As you'd expect of Alan Bennet - marvellous. By turns funny, witty, poignant, sad. Gently compares two teaching styles (old school/new school, if you will), without being heavy handed in either direction (though you know where the author's sympathies lie).

Interesting audience reactions too. We laughed out loud on several ocasions (especially through the first 10 minutes or so), and at the end one of the boys got cheers and the whole film a round of applause (unusual in a British cinema).

Recomended.

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:49 am

Ah, the History Boys. Really fucking good, though nothing much to be gained if you've already seen it on the stage.

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:08 pm

The Prestige:

Predictable twists and overly long, yet remains entertaining for the most part. The prevailing theme of obsessive competition is well communicated and felt, but the collateral personal issues only serve the ending a little, and extend the film about 20 minutes more than necessary.

Bowie was strong as Tesla. The other big names predictable and in formula, although Bale was more compelling than I would have guessed going in.

B movie. And one of the more feeble attempts to serve up a potential sequel is woven into the final scene, which detracts from the conclusion instead of adding mystery.

Michael Caine plays a fantastic Michael Caine. Fantastic.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:04 pm

ReadyToHearTheWorst wrote:The History Boys
As you'd expect of Alan Bennet - marvellous. By turns funny, witty, poignant, sad. Gently compares two teaching styles (old school/new school, if you will), without being heavy handed in either direction (though you know where the author's sympathies lie).

Interesting audience reactions too. We laughed out loud on several ocasions (especially through the first 10 minutes or so), and at the end one of the boys got cheers and the whole film a round of applause (unusual in a British cinema).

Recomended.

And a great soundtrack too if the trailer is any measure. As I recall, it featured a string quartet arrangement of This Charming Man, and then the real thing, plus NO and The Cure. 80s nostalgiafest!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:38 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:And a great soundtrack too if the trailer is any measure. As I recall, it featured a string quartet arrangement of This Charming Man, and then the real thing...

Oooh ooh ooh ooh can you feel the force...

...or did you not mean the group?

I'm impressed from the reviews so I'll try and convince Mrs VG that we don't need to see another chick flick or any of the rubbish that was being trailered (definite trailer trash) when we last went to the cinema last week. Some of the forthcoming films look rubbish!

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:30 pm

Who knew that watching two hairy naked men, one being obese, fighting could be funny? Does this mean I am gay? (not that there's anything wrong with that)

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:24 pm

Saw Flushed Away with my daughter today. Sounded like a terrible premise for a movie, but it was surprisingly good. Best kids flick I've seen in a long time.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:44 pm

Can't say the previews for that one did much for me. Happy Feet, on the other hand...

don't. push. me. cos. I'm. close. to. the. edge!

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:54 pm

mood swung wrote:Can't say the previews for that one did much for me. Happy Feet, on the other hand...

Me neither, but it was really very very funny. I gave her the choice between Happy Feet and Flushed Away , and she chose the latter. I was very pleasantly surprised, because the trailers were nothing special. Since when is it OK to stick stuff in the trailer that does not actually appear in the film?