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Post by MIBlackburn on Aug 9, 2014 11:53:22 GMT
Guardians of the Galaxy
I avoided the trailers to avoid the hype that's been going around. Saw it on Tuesday in 2D and it was fun enough but I wouldn't say it's as good as some people are saying. Did manage to get a few laughs from it, that Jackson Pollock joke was a beautiful combination high(ish) brow and low brow.
8/10
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Post by duoinchains on Aug 9, 2014 19:12:22 GMT
Yup, we saw it (also 2D) last evening. Laughed quite a lot, groaned a few times, was muchly entertained. Luckily the capacity audience was pretty much 80% geek, so no phones, no chatting, just lots of laughter and that 80% also stayed right through the credits for the post-credit snippet. Wasn't it just! Genius. Same score from us! Dancing baby Groots for Xmas, anyone?
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Post by Ranger Ryu on Aug 9, 2014 21:35:03 GMT
Guardians of the Galaxy was quite enjoyable,wasn't expecting to be able to see it though. My best friend's wife gave him the money to go,so
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Post by MIBlackburn on Aug 10, 2014 9:38:56 GMT
Punishment ParkPeter Watkins, the man that made the War Games that was banned by the BBC for twenty years (who then decided to show it before Threads, probably to try and ease people in on that one...) made another lesser known fake documentary set in the US around the time of civil unrest with Vietnam. The basic plot is that a documentary crew follow a group of people that are sent to an ad-hoc court and are then asked if they want to serve years hard labour or try to reach a US flag across a desert in three days with people chasing them to earn their freedom. A good film that brings up a lot of questions. Luckily the capacity audience was pretty much 80% geek, so no phones, no chatting, just lots of laughter and that 80% also stayed right through the credits for the post-credit snippet. You were lucky, it was mostly people that wanted to see 'splosions when I went on Tuesday morning with some people talking and using phones during the non-action scenes and then being quiet during actions scenes. And I had two children directly in front of me who did a combination of constant eating and talking throughout while the guardian was on the phone while occasionally handing over more food for the little s**ts. About 20% stayed for the end.
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Post by noodle on Aug 10, 2014 23:00:37 GMT
Burke & Hare. Yeah I know it's old but it was on the hard drive and was actually pretty good. Quite a few scenes made me laugh and seeing the "stars" who only had bit ends was quite good.
V for Vendetta. Am I the only person who thought this film was a load of twaddle?. Maybe I missed all the hysteria by watching it now rather then when it was hip but it just didn't do anything for me at all. Maybe the graphic novel would have been better.
Noodle.
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Post by duoinchains on Aug 11, 2014 9:36:31 GMT
V for Vendetta. Am I the only person who thought this film was a load of twaddle?. Maybe I missed all the hysteria by watching it now rather then when it was hip but it just didn't do anything for me at all. Maybe the graphic novel would have been better. For me, V for Vendetta has always been a fave GN adaptation - it's faithful to the story and characters in the GN, but without being so slavish (see: Watchmen...) that all the it sucks all the subtlety out. But we can always agree to disagree And yeah, Burke and Hare is great for all the bit parts! Actually, there's a decent GN of that story too... slightly more graphic than the movie was allowed to be
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Post by noodle on Aug 11, 2014 22:51:17 GMT
For me, V for Vendetta has always been a fave GN adaptation - it's faithful to the story and characters in the GN, but without being so slavish (see: Watchmen...) that all the it sucks all the subtlety out. But we can always agree to disagree Well then, we'll agree to disagree. I think that maybe part of the reason as to why I didn't like the film was that it seemed to spawn a whole mass counter culture revolutionary spirit in people that basically amounted to nothing more then people just acting like a bunch of complete pillocks. They were complaining about an ever so oppressive society that wouldn't let them express themselves (it did) wouldn't let their voices be heard (they were) it was only when they started smashing things up (which they certainly did) and threatened public safety (did that too) that they complained the loudest about being the victims of oppression. I'll put the soapbox away for another time as I could go on. Noodle. Viva la revolution, but only in a safe way that doesn't harm anyone in any way.
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Post by duoinchains on Aug 12, 2014 9:24:54 GMT
Well then, we'll agree to disagree. I think that maybe part of the reason as to why I didn't like the film was that it seemed to spawn a whole mass counter culture revolutionary spirit in people that basically amounted to nothing more then people just acting like a bunch of complete pillocks. They were complaining about an ever so oppressive society that wouldn't let them express themselves (it did) wouldn't let their voices be heard (they were) it was only when they started smashing things up (which they certainly did) and threatened public safety (did that too) that they complained the loudest about being the victims of oppression. I'll put the soapbox away for another time as I could go on. Noodle. Viva la revolution, but only in a safe way that doesn't harm anyone in any way. Oh, in terms of the way the whole 'Anon' movement hijacked a lot of the V for Vendetta GN/Movie's basic premise and look and then (mis)appropriated it it to suit their own agenda, absolutely. Back in my yoof, I was involved in a couple of major counter-culture movements (Criminal Justice Bill, anti-Road, hunt-sabbing) which all had a pretty defined purpose/goal and those were more-or-less adhered to (even thn, a very small minority of extremeists hijacked at least some of the CJB protests for their own violent ends, leading to riots*) never mind the Socialist Workers Party also steaming in with their far-leftist agenda. www.urban75.org/photos/protest/cjb.htmlwww.vice.com/en_uk/read/anti-rave-act-protests-20th-anniversary-204Wow! that was 20 years ago this year... I was on all 3 CJB marches - Mayday, July and October Whereas 'Anon' just seemed a bunch of discontents with so wide and varied an agenda that it became impossible to work out exactly what they wanted. Just a bunch of different factions thrown together for convinience, rather than with any clear direction or purpose. And thing thing is, with the internet it is so much easier to 'get your voice' heard than 20 years ago. Of course, there's the likelihood than your voice will be lost amongst the millions of others, but if your message is strong enough, it will be found. *The infamous Park Lane riot after one CJB march to Hyde Park... we were blissfully unaware of what was going on, sat in a pizza Hut nomming pizza while bus stops and phone boxes were being trashed, store windows smashed and running battles with riot police were happening in the streets above. Or the May Day one which some bright spark allowed along Whitehall to pass Downing Street, with pretty inevitable results of a very concerted effort to break through the gates - a police horse charge luckily stopped things before the rubber bullets were fired (the guns were deployed, saw them with my own eyes)
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Post by Kirei on Aug 17, 2014 11:45:51 GMT
Guardians of the Galaxy 9/10. Loved it!
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Post by kite on Aug 18, 2014 21:32:14 GMT
Lego movie
Awesome.
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Post by noodle on Aug 24, 2014 21:47:20 GMT
Cheech and Chongs Nice Dreams. Having finally watched this film after waiting many years I have reached the conclusion that, I've grown up. Okay, maybe not because as a man growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional . Watching this film did remind me of my carefree past where I lived from pay packet to pay packet and only ever cared about what offer was on in the Spar for drinks for the weekend but watching this film with my greying hair and slightly (liar!) out of shape body has made me realise that I'm no longer that 18 year old with the glint of optimism in their eyes, instead I'm a much older and thankfully a lot wiser person then I was back then. While the film wasn't that good (Next Movie is awesome!) it made me feel good about myself knowing that I've left the past and I'm heading to the future. Noodle, the fag packet psychologist (except I don't smoke any more either ).
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Post by -Danielle- on Aug 29, 2014 10:47:24 GMT
Thor 2.
I enjoyed it.
My bf had to explain in his mind, what happened at the end as it's still not clear about where Anthony Hopkins is?!?!?!? lolol.
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Post by duoinchains on Oct 19, 2014 8:58:45 GMT
A Million Ways to Die in the West.
Seth McFarlane's superbly hilarious spoof western - brilliant! Lovely mix of in your face lowbrow humour with a scattering of subtle, highr-brow stuff.
8/10
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Post by noodle on Oct 25, 2014 23:05:22 GMT
Iron Sky. Steammpunk Nazis on the dark side of the moon, what's not to like. Well, in truth, the ending, because maybe the world would have been in safer hands if the Nazis had actually won.
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Okay, it was £1.50 from CEX and I'm having to ration the Anime that I've got so I needed a film. It was actually good at it's job of staving off the boredom for an evening.
Noodle.
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Post by MIBlackburn on Oct 28, 2014 21:27:28 GMT
Stalker: With the lack of any theatre that my Mum and myself could agree on in London yesterday, I somehow managed to convince her to go see Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece at the BFI. A man (The Stalker) leads two other men into an abandoned area that is cordoned off area called the Zone, saying more would spoil a great film. Very slow, meditative film, with beautiful shots and more philosophical conversations and soliloquies than you can shake a stick at. The BFI's copy of the film (yes, film, none of this digital malarkey) looked like a slightly overused (on some reels anyway) copy from the original theatrical run with some dodgy subtitles with bits missed out or abbreviated and with a font that was a bit too thin to read at times and some horrible buzzing during the opening credits sequence. Still worth it to see the film on the big screen. 10/10. You can legally watch it on Mosfilm's Youtube channel here. P.S. Unsurprisingly, my Mum didn't think that much of it even though the religious themes mostly align with hers *shrug*
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