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*** Official Film Thread ***

Watched I Saw The Devil last night which was almost as brutal and harrowing as our mauling yesterday afternoon. A decent action-thriller but not a patch on Oldboy imo.

paxtonwolf said:
We went on Saturday night. I got the feeling we saw all the real 'scary' bits in the trailer. But like you say, some of the reactions of fellow watchers were more entertaining at times.
I found myself trying to anticipate the 'jumpy' bits a bit too much rather than getting engrossed in the story
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Pretty much all the scary moments were telegraphed so I would start looking around the auditorium for the next girl to scream and throw her popcorn up in the air!
 
SteveAWOL said:
Watched I Saw The Devil last night which was almost as brutal and harrowing as our mauling yesterday afternoon. A decent action-thriller but not a patch on Oldboy imo.



Pretty much all the scary moments were telegraphed so I would start looking around the auditorium for the next girl to scream and throw her popcorn up in the air!
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and then comfort her.
 
ArcspacE said:
Personally I've not always found a direct correlation between movie quality and amount of Oscars it won

Overhyped, pretentious, bottox infused, snobbish qunts
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Agree to a certain extent. Here's a list of some films that were nominated by didn't ultimately win best picture:

Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
The Usual Suspects
Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Pulp Fiction
The Green Mile
L.A. Confidential
Inception

Just for balance, a lot of great films have also won:

No Country For Old Men
Rocky
The Godfather
The Departed
Patton
Unforgiven
The Sting
Platoon
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest

The point is, they don't always get right, in fact, they usually get it wrong.
 
Jurgen the German said:
Agree to a certain extent. Here's a list of some films that were nominated by didn't ultimately win best picture:

Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
The Usual Suspects
Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Pulp Fiction
The Green Mile
L.A. Confidential
Inception

Just for balance, a lot of great films have also won:

No Country For Old Men
Rocky
The Godfather
The Departed
Patton
Unforgiven
The Sting
Platoon
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest

The point is, they don't always get right, in fact, they usually get it wrong.
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Lord of the Rings missed out for the first 2 films, they only really recognised the film trilogy when it came to the third and then the Oscar people went crazy with it and awarded it pretty much in every category for which it was nominated.
 
anyone seen like water? docu film about anderson silva in the ufc recommend it even if you don't like the sport
 
Watching Real Steel again tonight, really enjoy the fighting scenes and the idea of fighting robots. The film is a bit corny but then it's almost to be expected because of the nature of the film.

Housemate pointed out how annoying Evangeline Lilly is with her constant name dropping of Charlie every few words. I hadn't noticed it in previous viewings of the film but yup, now every time she says it a small piece of me cries in anger.
 
linnet_spur said:
Just watched 30 minutes or less. Funny, and enjoyable way to pass 80 minutes or so
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May well hire it out then as I have free rentals until Sunday. I saw it in the shop but the lack of reviews on the sleeve meant that I feared it was going to be tosh.
 
Saw United recently (depicting Utd during the late 50s and the infamous Munich air disaster) - very well filmed, I thought. Good flick for a Sunday afternoon.
 
southstand1882 said:
Like Water - is up on Bolt

In the most brutal and often most misunderstood sport in the world, becoming a champion takes more than just blood, sweat, and tears. Like Water follows middleweight Ultimate Fighter Anderson Silva as he prepares to crown his four-year run as the unbeaten king of the sport with a record 12th straight win in the UFC. With intimate access to Silva and his intense training, the surprising and inspiring man behind one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time emerges.

Early days, but currently rated 9.6/10 on IMDB! (only 46 votes)
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http://bolt.cd/board/samples/721138-like-water-2011-a.html
 
ArcspacE said:
What is it about - some PC modern day 'we all love each other' 'greenie'?

The synopsis doesn't say much
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this user review sums it up quite well. The movie is based on a true story

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It's not because I'm French that I appreciated this movie which I've seen twice. Too give the really infamous appreciation of the reader from Toronto to the French public, qualifying us of a segregationist country is difficult to gulp especially coming from north America which has not a very glorious past on the matter even in recent years. Perhaps the commentator should see the movie "The help" to refresh his memory... But what I'd like to say here apart of praising the fabulous interpretation of both leading actors is to remind that this is a true story, it did not come out from the directors and scriptwriter heads.

Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo born in 51, got a dramatic para-glider accident in the French Alps in 1993 being totally deprived of movements from the base of his neck to the tip of his feet. 3 Years later his wife died and he was helped out of his depression by Abdel Sellou his life-aid assistant. He published his terrible story in 2001 under the title "the second breath" (in French "Le second souffl?®"). The directors have had the compliments of Di Borgo for the way they adapted his story. If in any way this was biased he would never had accepted the film to be left in that state. The Di Borgo family is a very old and wealthy family whose origins goes far back in the history of France, and their residence in Paris is considered to be one the jewels of the capital at the same level as The Hotel de Sully in Paris.

What is shown in the film is exactly what happens everywhere in the world as far as handicapped are concerned: tendency to overwhelm them with pity which is more diminishing them as if their fate is not enough for them to swallow every minute or second each day. The way the racial problem is viewed is properly demonstrated. The police behaves in different ways depending of the color of your skin or your country's origin and sorry to say North America is a very good example of this so perhaps is not a proper judge on this matter.The authors had the courage to state this straightforwardly.

The film shows on the contrary how a man with a very limited education at the beginning, a former convict, is capable progressively to change his views, and find in himself at the same time the good Samaritan aspects and help with humor and punch, his handicapped boss to find a new belief in his shattered life at 42! At the same time the boss demonstrates an open-mindedness which was not obvious to get not only because of his handicap but because of his origins and his wealth at first. Let's not illusion ourselves on the matter, everywhere in the world few wealthy people would accept to have as an aid an ex convict whichever color his skin should be! It's a fantastic lesson of tolerance, and friendship. For just those reason this movie would deserve an Oscar or Golden Globe awards.
 
Deviation - Danny Dyer playing a bit of a simpleton serial killer. I'll give any British film a go but this is the worst film I have seen for as long as I can remember. There are decent torrents about for it but I wouldn't waste your time. fudging drivel
 
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