Jasper
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:27 PM |
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Good film recommendations for the weekend...
We've watched some good films lately, thought I'd share 'em and maybe you can recommend some more:
Bruno : Probably the funniest film I have ever seen, we started laughing at the opening credits and didn't stop till it was all over, my face
ached afterwards we laughed so hard.
Mary & Max : Stop motion animation for grown-ups. One of the best animations I've ever seen. Totally original, beautifully crafted and with
a story line and script to match. A true gem of a film.
Up : really as good as everyone says it is, thoroughly enjoyed it.
The Nest: Excellent gritty French action movie, loads of great shoot outs 
Lesbian Vampire Killers, and Doghouse: both entertaining late nite after the pub kind of movies
The Chaser: excellent Asian action/cop type film, similar in style to Old Boy but not quite as insane.
I Sell the Dead: odd little low budget film, very hard to categories but worth a watch, very entertaining.
Ones to avoid IMHO:
Public Enemies: TOTAL crap, rarely does Johnny do a bad movie, but this is certainly one of them.
Terminator - all effect and crap story - boring
Taking Pelham 123 - another total waste of 90mins, rubbish story full of holes and a crap script.
AntiChrist: Bloody hell, I like weird movies but this one did it for me, William Defoe having his ankles broken by his mad women .... urghhhhh rarely
do we switch a film off before the end, but we didn't have the stomach for this one.
I think Hollywood are producing some of their worst films for many years at the moment, it's all teen flicks and 3D animation ....
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
AntiChrist: Bloody hell, I like weird movies but this one did it for me, William Defoe having his ankles broken by his mad women .... urghhhhh rarely
do we switch a film off before the end, but we didn't have the stomach for this one.
I kinda enjoyed antichrist, in the Lars von Trier is a bloody nutcase way. It was the ankles that bothered you? not the bit with the plank of wood
and the blood? 
I agree on pelham 123, has nothing that the original did.
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Jasper
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:47 PM |
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Yes, to be honest when she hit him with the log in the groin and then did you know what - that was it at that point I think!!! Did it get any better
after that?
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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02GF74
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:47 PM |
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Bambi whilst eating a venison burger or Finding Nemo with yer fish and chips.
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Benzine
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:53 PM |
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Der Untergang, C'est arrivé près de chez vous, Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo, Shichinin no samurai, Trois couleurs trilogy
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 12:57 PM |
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District 9: good sci fi, the "Prawns" are done very well they are very believeable.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 01:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Yes, to be honest when she hit him with the log in the groin and then did you know what - that was it at that point I think!!! Did it get any better
after that?
only more wrong, involving her and a pair of scissors. all ended up just a tiny bit mental really.
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02GF74
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 01:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Staple balls
only more wrong, involving her and a pair of scissors. all ended up just a tiny bit mental really.
did it end up like this?
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Jasper
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 02:17 PM |
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A tiny bit mental???? Sounds like completely bloody mental to me. Glad I missed the rest then ....
A couple of mental films I have enjoyed recently are Tromeo and Juliet, Funky Forest and Blood Diner. Funky Forest is especially good .... though
being two sheets to the wind when you see it would be an advantage....
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Jasper
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 02:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bimbleuk
District 9: good sci fi, the "Prawns" are done very well they are very believeable.
Does look good, I'll have a watch of that ....
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 09:23 AM |
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Any good horror films that aren't all about the blood? Last one of this kind I watched was one of them Final Destination ones, pmsl!
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scootz
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 10:01 AM |
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I just didn't get 'Bruno'... there wasn't a clear enough line between the acting and the 'candid' parts, so I was
left with the impression that it could all have been scripted. If this was the case, then it wasn't funny at all.
Best film of the year for me (so far!) was The Hangover... an American Pie for grown-ups!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Jasper
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 05:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Any good horror films that aren't all about the blood? Last one of this kind I watched was one of them Final Destination ones, pmsl!
Try a Norwegian vampire film called 'Let the Right One in' ...
LOVED Dirstrict 9 btw - best sci-fi films for AGES 
Know what you mean about Bruno - I just treated it as a normal film rather than the Borat style film and still found it very funny .
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 09:33 AM |
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More good movies seen this week:
Moon - SUPERB low-key SciFi, excellent story line
Inglorious Basterds - Just as good as I hoped it would be.
The Haunted World of El Superbesto - another superb and funny animation, from Rob Zombie.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 30/11/09 at 11:06 AM |
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I really enjoyed moon too.
Has anyone recommended paranormal activity yet? It was really good IMHO, best scary film I've seen in a while!
I saw bunny and the bull on friday too, thats good if you like surrealism.
Craig
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