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gillworm



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 20:46    Post subject: Reply with quote

Miami Vice. not quite as good as I expected and definitely more violent that I expected! it looks amazing of course, that much you would expect from a Michael Mann film, but I felt like I'd been thrown in the middle of something way over my head at first and struggled to get to grips with the beginning of the story.

I never felt I got to know the central characters and I'm afraid I don't get the allure of Colin Farrell - Jamie Foxx was much more interesting. and it's true that the women didn't get much of a look in. the one female character that looked interesting was neutered when she fell for Sonny - she promised the be a sharp, stylish businesswoman and ended up being simply the love interest. shame.

anyway, the bad guys lost, the good guys prevailed, and the girlfriend who got blown up and shouldn't have survived did indeed wake up with barely a scratch visible! worth going for the rush. I'm tempted to see it again to get the story straight in my head!

I saw it at a Vue cinema - i think I've only been to the one, in Islington, very nice experience, even the 'small' screens are clean, spacious and have generous sized screens.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:14    Post subject: Reply with quote

Miami Vice was awful, I thought it was going to be top wisecracking buddy cop action but it was a load of dull blokes wandering around in the dark muttering things I didn't understand with occasional explosions. However I did get an ice cream in the cinema which had mini Malteasers on and they were bloody ace.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 13:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

Capote! Really good but unsettling. Plus it has a Boo's link as Harper Lee is in it and Capote can be heard whistling the melody to "C'mon Kids!" in a couple of scenes.
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Kris



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:32    Post subject: Reply with quote

Borat. The naked wrestling has to be seen to be believed.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:48    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Volver", the latest Almodovar, really good.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 14:17    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saw III. Not as good as the other two, but a fitting conclusion to the trilogy. The fact that they got cast members from the other two films to reprise their roles in brief cameos was a pleasant surprise.

They did up the gore and cut back on the "intellectual horror" side of things though. Shame.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 13:06    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why the chuff is The Prestige showing everywhere in the country except Doncaster? Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 09:24    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dunno mate, but it's worth the travel. Top film.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 21:39    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Volver", the latest Almodovar, really good.


haven't seen it yet. my fave is talk to her, just love how the friendships pan out, sad ending but the right one.

u still involved in film festivals?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 08:47    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, this year's festival ended two Sundays ago.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 18:24    Post subject: Reply with quote

The documentary about the Pixies reunion tour is brilliant.
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Bev



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 18:58    Post subject: Reply with quote

Much as it pains me to say it, but the new James Bond is pretty ace... My girlfriend loves them, but always been a bit cheesy for me. This was a lot more gritty though... If it had been anything other than a James Bond I doubt it would have got a 12 Cert.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 17:39    Post subject: Reply with quote

John's film round up:

Casino Royale - Ace but a bit too long. People playing cards does not good cinema make.

Borat - Smug.

Jackass 2 - Ace.

Pans Labyrinth - Absolutely stunning. You know how you hear something like "Cowgirl" or "Good Vibrations" and can't begin to imagine how someone would dream up something like that and then go on to fully realise it? You don't? Do I have too much time on my hands? Possibly. Anyway, if you did then that's what Pans Labyrinth is like.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:02    Post subject: Reply with quote

I finally saw Dogville, I don't know what to think...for a good part of the film I was damning Lars von Trier because I thought it was going to be another "Dancer In The Dark".

But the ending redeemed it, all that hurt and cruelty meant something and it felt like he maybe tried to say something.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:39    Post subject: Reply with quote

my haul (so far) from the sales, all films that would go in my top howevermany films:
Syriana
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Constant Gardener


oh the joy of dvds, now that I've put my video of Crouching tiger...in the charity bag, there's room on the shelf for 3 dvds in the vacated space.
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