Films

[Sparticus]

keep hearing nothing but good things about role models, will have to give it a go before it stopped getting shown at the cinema.

Saw swordfish for the first time today, not too shabby, and it featured halle's berry's (grammar police can f**k right off, it's called a pun! ), always a bonus

[When Jokers Attack]

never been on this thread before, really into my movies.

recently watched:

Slumdog Millionaire - 8/10

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - 9/10

The Wrestler - 8/10

Mystic River - 8/10

Malcolm X - 8/10

Just downloaded Frost/Nixon, gonna watch it later today!

[Katster]

war inc - Thought this was great, heard it described as a sequel of sorts to grosse point blank (the cusacks and ackroyd) and it delivered. Sharp dialogue, a few good action sequences, and some laugh out loud moments

[ralph250]

so the oscar noms are in; interesting to see dark knight's been snubbed from all the major ones bar best supporting actor. Still got 8 nominations but mainly technical.

Big leaders are Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13 noms) & Slumdog Millionaire (10). Other strong candidates are milk (, Wall-e (6), the reader (5), frost/nixon (5) and doubt (5, of which 4 are in the acting categories).

http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2009/oscars

Otherwise watched the wrestler and gran torino tonight. enjoyed both; the wrestler's tone makes it a pretty uncomfortable watch but gripping nonetheless and aronofsky does an excellent job with what appears at first to be a pretty cliched plot.

(fallen hero comes back for one last fight, estranged daughter etc)

[philipsteak]

Gone Baby Gone.

Pretty good. Ben Affleck is a better director than he is an actor. Not hard though.

Can see why it's release was delayed in th UK .Story is very different, but the resemblance between Maddie Mcann and the girl in this is uncanny.

And for anyone who's seen it, what would you have done?

[nightcrawler13]

Frost/Nixon - very good, its not the most gripping movie of the century, but what can you expect when you already know what happens? Great performance by everyone, especially Frank Langella as nixon

[worm]

interesting to see dark knight's been snubbed from all the major ones bar best supporting actor.

[Atlanteanlost]

Well, besides the performance of one of its supporting actors, it is shit.

[nightcrawler13]

The Wrestler

really quite sad

Edited January 23, 2009 by nightcrawler13

[Acquiesce.]

Well, besides the performance of one of its supporting actors, it is shit.

[t8yman]

Well, besides the performance of one of its supporting actors, it is shit.

[ralph250]

Well, besides the performance of one of its supporting actors, it is shit.

[t8yman]

I enjoyed it, wouldn't say it was the best thing I've seen or anything but it was a good enough watch, and definitely one of the better comic book adaptations.

My suprise was at it's ommitence from best picture, given the fan/critic acclaim. It's ranked #5 on the imdb top movies of all time, 94% on rotten tomatoes etc, not saying it would've won, but surprised it wasn't nominated.

[worm]

I enjoyed it

Edited January 24, 2009 by worm

[Straight_Outta_Trumpton]

Popularity does not make something good.

[worm]

No your own opinion makes something good.

[worm]

it's a stylish, well directed, exciting film that didn't lose my attention for a second and I could watch it over and over.

[nightcrawler13]

Well, firstly I found it lacking in style, so we'd have to get to the bottom of that subjectivity. What do you think is stylish? I thought it used boy toys too much. Same with exciting? I found it obvious. And I didn't lose attention, but that's only because I have an almost limitless attention span even for things that do not entertain me.

[worm]

you are aware it was a batman movie yea?

[nightcrawler13]

Totally. Hence, it shouldn't be considered for a film award. Mainly, because Batman movies still use such things as boy toys, like a giant black penis as a motor bike.

[worm]

i've never understood why any sort of big car has to be a symbol of big penisness, surely someone can just have a big cool car and it not represent their batwanger?

[worm]

Here's a cool car..............

[nightcrawler13]

Here's a cool car..............

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[worm]

a lyric of that theme song was "it aint what ya got but how ya use it"

how is that car NOT a penis but the bat-tank is?

Edited January 24, 2009 by worm

[nightcrawler13]

Doomsday = dogshit + good gore