viberunner Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 John Wick was unexpectedly awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom1984 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Not sure if it's unexpected. Heard nothing but good things about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJackson Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Say it's sold out and then see Dumb & Dumber 2 To Even the stupid title isn't funny. I can't stop thinking about what a fucking waste of time it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Even the stupid title isn't funny. I can't stop thinking about what a fucking waste of time it was. It sounds better than Twins 2 where they are joined by Eddie Murphy who's also twin HA HA HA HA HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 It sounds better than Twins 2 where they are joined by Eddie Murphy who's also twin HA HA HA HA HA i think you missed the joke; DeVito and Schwarzenegger are white. Eddie Murphy is black. HE COULD NEVER BE THEIR TWIN!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 It sounds better than Twins 2 where they are joined by Eddie Murphy who's also twin HA HA HA HA HA Called "Triplets"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTom Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Jesus, I just had to check google and its an actual real idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Finally got to see interstellar. I'd made an effort to try and see, hear and read as little about it as I could and go in with an open mind. I was extremely pleased, both with the hard sci fi and the storytelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Jesus, I just had to check google and its an actual real idea! Yep and apparently without a script or director attached it was greenlit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8yman Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Just been looking into the "true" accounts of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle. Deeply, deeply unpleasant by the sound of it. He apparently bragged about being called in to shoot looters in New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina, although the story was never verified. But why would someone choose to brag about such a thing? He also lied on a national radio station about knocking Jesse Ventura out over anti american language used by JV. His wife is facing a large legal bill over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom1984 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Aye, by all accounts, including his own, he's a massive prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I think the controversy is that anyone who says so in public is being abused by those who can't distinguish discussion of a film with criticism of their nation. Several commentators and reviewers have received a barrage of badly spelled hate for questioning whether he was a 'hero' or even whether the film was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I think the controversy is that anyone who says so in public is being abused by those who can't distinguish discussion of a film with criticism of their nation. Several commentators and reviewers have received a barrage of badly spelled hate for questioning whether he was a 'hero' or even whether the film was a good one. Does the film even address whether he was a hero and how he was perceived for what he did? Haven't seen it so reliant on reviews - which suggest to me it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8yman Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Oh its the most flag wavy, hooah, hero worshipping film Ive ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Aye, by all accounts, including his own, he's a massive prick. Hes a hired killer. What do you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8yman Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Matt Taibbi, as usual - nails it. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/american-sniper-is-almost-too-dumb-to-criticize-20150121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Oh its the most flag wavy, hooah, hero worshipping film Ive ever seen. Doesnt surprise me with Eastwood. Tells a good story sometimes - but not the most subtle of Directors. Ah well - might be a Wednesday there's nothing else on telly watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Matt Taibbi, as usual - nails it. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/american-sniper-is-almost-too-dumb-to-criticize-20150121 Thanks for pointing this out. An absolutely cracking review/ criticism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom1984 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 The film is a flag waving exercise and nothing more. I'm going to judge it on an entertainment scale and nothing more, as I always do with movies, fact based or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Jokers Attack Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's a film at the end of the day, very few films tell the whole truth. It's based on a book about his life so why would they bring the real reasons of the war into it? Enjoy it for what it is. There will always the usual flag waving idiots who will go see this and get right behind it for reasons beyond the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 That is what it is, really. The people who are all gung ho aren't behaving that way because of any message in the film, they bring that backstory with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viberunner Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hes a hired killer. What do you expect? Plenty of soldiers, especially the higher-trained types, are thoroughly professional. Bouts of grim/gallows humour, but not so dafts as to be "believers" in that they're attacking savages on behalf of all civilisation. Watch or read Generation Kill, or any of the SAS or SBS autobiographies, Immediate Action, Bravo Two Zero, First Into Action, etc. Chris Kyle does seem to be exceptionally even uniquely w*nkerish compared to his peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Dansons Wig Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 When you've got a trailer that highlights a decision on whether to choose to kill a child and his mother and then the movie is at best ambivalent about the rights and wrongs - of course people are going to bring pre-conceptions. If you can just view it as entertainment devoid of context then great. I struggle to do that - but thats probably my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom1984 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I totally get people who don't want to see it, or dislike it out of principle. It's not "your bad". It's morals. When it comes to "based on true story" movies, I have none. that's all. I'm a man who just wants entertainment to be judged as entertainment and nothing else, but a movie like this is a grey area for some people and I get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaosmark2 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Watched American History X today. Brilliant film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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