It's so tempting sometimes, when you see something in a bargin bin.. even if you don't think it'd be good to buy it and see.
I have contemplated getting this one, still always held it. You go.. ah it'll at least be some what amusing.
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It's so tempting sometimes, when you see something in a bargin bin.. even if you don't think it'd be good to buy it and see.
I have contemplated getting this one, still always held it. You go.. ah it'll at least be some what amusing.
Mud Cake
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You will find some laughs......but it's quite heavy handed and over the top. I don't know what Reitman was thinking when this was made. It feels in part like an unfinished movie. I'd say give it a try if you see it cheap. Or rent it if you do not wish to buy it.
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Goldenberry
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Also saw a preview for the new film "I Love You Man"
It seems to be poking fun at emotionally stunted machismo, about time, though I don't know whether they are simply falling into the same trap with all the fart and burp jokes. Our Benny Hill did it much wittier.
Interesting premise. Sounds very American. But why have there been so few movies that find humour in the taboo of male friendships?
If you're a straight man who invites another man out on a date, of course he's going to form a certain idea. Oh but of course, he's only trying to find a "best man" - should have thought!!
I'm off to the US so it will be interesting to see if they are as emotionally stunted as their comedy flicks portray. Mind you I'll be in New York City and having a good time, so it should be far more interesting than that.
It seems to be poking fun at emotionally stunted machismo, about time, though I don't know whether they are simply falling into the same trap with all the fart and burp jokes. Our Benny Hill did it much wittier.
Interesting premise. Sounds very American. But why have there been so few movies that find humour in the taboo of male friendships?
If you're a straight man who invites another man out on a date, of course he's going to form a certain idea. Oh but of course, he's only trying to find a "best man" - should have thought!!
I'm off to the US so it will be interesting to see if they are as emotionally stunted as their comedy flicks portray. Mind you I'll be in New York City and having a good time, so it should be far more interesting than that.
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Timescape
OMG this was a surprise. It's not a new movie. It came out in 1992 and stars Jeff Daniels as a widower with young daughter. They run an old inn which is being renovated and one day a bunch of tourists arrive in their town for sight seeing. but it's not any ordinary kind of sight seeing.
Much later on in the movie we find that the tourists are in fact from the future, from a world where time travel is used at will to witness events in the past in the form of guided tours. Seems this bunch of tourists like to travel to all the great disasters. And the night they are in this town a meteorite is about to hit the town and wipe half of it out. At stake is the daughter of the inn owner who has been taken by her grandfather, who blames the dad for the death of his daughter (his wife) in a car accident years earlier. When the dad finds a passport from one of the tourists and discovers that's how they travel he sets out a plan to save his daughter from the meteor impace.
Surprisngly it's a good film.... it's got a mix of very quirky and drama.. They don't use any special effects to tell the story and I love that they never went for that.
7/10
Time Quest
Another time travel movie that revolved around the life of JFK . A time traveller from the future who is besotted by Jackie O travels back t the past to warn the Kennedy's of the assassination. He actually succeeds in doing so. Thus history changes around him and we see a world where JFK never got killed and one writer's view of what that world might have been like.
7/10
OMG this was a surprise. It's not a new movie. It came out in 1992 and stars Jeff Daniels as a widower with young daughter. They run an old inn which is being renovated and one day a bunch of tourists arrive in their town for sight seeing. but it's not any ordinary kind of sight seeing.
Much later on in the movie we find that the tourists are in fact from the future, from a world where time travel is used at will to witness events in the past in the form of guided tours. Seems this bunch of tourists like to travel to all the great disasters. And the night they are in this town a meteorite is about to hit the town and wipe half of it out. At stake is the daughter of the inn owner who has been taken by her grandfather, who blames the dad for the death of his daughter (his wife) in a car accident years earlier. When the dad finds a passport from one of the tourists and discovers that's how they travel he sets out a plan to save his daughter from the meteor impace.
Surprisngly it's a good film.... it's got a mix of very quirky and drama.. They don't use any special effects to tell the story and I love that they never went for that.
7/10
Time Quest
Another time travel movie that revolved around the life of JFK . A time traveller from the future who is besotted by Jackie O travels back t the past to warn the Kennedy's of the assassination. He actually succeeds in doing so. Thus history changes around him and we see a world where JFK never got killed and one writer's view of what that world might have been like.
7/10
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You should definitely read the book. As much as I liked the movie, the book is in an entirely different league and so much was changed that it will feel like essentially a different book to you. The only two characters in the movie that are in the books are Langdon and Vittoria (who has a very different story to the one she has in the movie). The rest are all "equivalent characters", like Camelergo Patrick McKenna = Camelergo Carlos Ventresca. Why these changes were made, I'm really not sure.
But definitely read the book. It's terrific. I'd also recommend reading The Da Vinci Code afterwards. Just don't take them as fact.
As far as the technology, you can take the Vatican Archives as being accurate considering that people have been allowed in there. I'd assume that the rest is somewhat true as well. The filmakers were much more careful with accuracy than Brown. In the novel there is a whole section which takes place at CERN which was cut from the movie because CERN could prove very little of it was accurate.
But I'd definitely read The Da Vinci Code before you watch the movie. It's so much fun reading these books without knowing the answers. There's also a third novel coming out this year, which has thankfully moved away from religious controversies and into...America politics and the Freemasons (allegedly).
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What i've seen recently
Revolutionary Road
A disturbing story about an unconventional 1950's couple who are deeply unhappy with each other and themselves. April Wheeler wanted to be an actress or something special and cannot deal with being a stay at home housewife while Frank works at a big firm in the city and although he is unhappy with his job too he knows he needs the money to support his wife and children. They decide on a whim to move to Paris and this helps their life considerably they're excited they fall back inlove and things seem to be going well but those underlying problems always have a way of coming back up and soon Paris is off the cards and things escalate to a pretty shocking finale. It's the kind of film that will break your heart and you wouldn't want to see again but will be satisfied with actually watching. The acting is good but the plot is a little bit thin.
The Wrestler
Stunning movie, Mickey Rourke was robbed of his oscar for this amazing film and it truly is amazing. He's a down and out professional wrestler trying to get back to his glory days no matter the consequences. When something bad happens that disables him from wrestling ever again he realises his life is empty he lives in a trailer he has no one to love and his daughter is estranged. He tries to rectify the situation and you're honestly cheering him on thats how badly Rourke gets to you and he does change some things but then they tend to go awry. The ending is sad as they often are with Aronofsky but he truly created a masterpiece that'll stay with you long after you've seen it.
Marley and Me
Surprisingly good Owen and Jennifer work perfectly together so much chemistry and the movie was so heartwarming a perfect ode to the unconditional love of a family pet, i cried and laughed and it really gets to you, definately an above average family film.
I love movies so much!
Revolutionary Road
A disturbing story about an unconventional 1950's couple who are deeply unhappy with each other and themselves. April Wheeler wanted to be an actress or something special and cannot deal with being a stay at home housewife while Frank works at a big firm in the city and although he is unhappy with his job too he knows he needs the money to support his wife and children. They decide on a whim to move to Paris and this helps their life considerably they're excited they fall back inlove and things seem to be going well but those underlying problems always have a way of coming back up and soon Paris is off the cards and things escalate to a pretty shocking finale. It's the kind of film that will break your heart and you wouldn't want to see again but will be satisfied with actually watching. The acting is good but the plot is a little bit thin.
The Wrestler
Stunning movie, Mickey Rourke was robbed of his oscar for this amazing film and it truly is amazing. He's a down and out professional wrestler trying to get back to his glory days no matter the consequences. When something bad happens that disables him from wrestling ever again he realises his life is empty he lives in a trailer he has no one to love and his daughter is estranged. He tries to rectify the situation and you're honestly cheering him on thats how badly Rourke gets to you and he does change some things but then they tend to go awry. The ending is sad as they often are with Aronofsky but he truly created a masterpiece that'll stay with you long after you've seen it.
Marley and Me
Surprisingly good Owen and Jennifer work perfectly together so much chemistry and the movie was so heartwarming a perfect ode to the unconditional love of a family pet, i cried and laughed and it really gets to you, definately an above average family film.
I love movies so much!
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josephine
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The International - with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts
I've been looking forward to this because Clive is so so dreamy, I've loved him for years and Naomi is Ok but sadly we switched it off half way through. I couldn't follow the plot
after trying to work it all out with hubby (he was no help whatsoever) I said "pull the plug" it was taking to much effort to work it all out. 
Star Trek - hubby saw this last night at Sunshine, he says at the 6:30pm session there were five people in the theatre (incl him), lol. He loved loved loved it. Said there wasn't one bad bit about it and he loved all the characters. He was impressed.
We are off to see Night at the Museum 2 tonight
I've been looking forward to this because Clive is so so dreamy, I've loved him for years and Naomi is Ok but sadly we switched it off half way through. I couldn't follow the plot
after trying to work it all out with hubby (he was no help whatsoever) I said "pull the plug" it was taking to much effort to work it all out. Star Trek - hubby saw this last night at Sunshine, he says at the 6:30pm session there were five people in the theatre (incl him), lol. He loved loved loved it. Said there wasn't one bad bit about it and he loved all the characters. He was impressed.
We are off to see Night at the Museum 2 tonight
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The International - with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts
I've been looking forward to this because Clive is so so dreamy, I've loved him for years and Naomi is Ok but sadly we switched it off half way through. I couldn't follow the plot
Star Trek - hubby saw this last night at Sunshine, he says at the 6:30pm session there were five people in the theatre (incl him), lol. He loved loved loved it. Said there wasn't one bad bit about it and he loved all the characters. He was impressed.
We are off to see Night at the Museum 2 tonight
Is Carla Gugino in the second movie too as the love interest, because I'm pretty sure Ben Stiller's character hooked up with her by the end of the first movie.
Rambo
Fairly shot film, quite bloody and gruseum. It's simple, Rambo is living in a jungle somewhere in asia, living a tough miserable life, punishing himself for the bad stuff he's done or something. Some missionaries from america charter him to take them into burma where there's a genocide, war going on. They get kidnapped and Rambo and some mercenaries go in the free them.
It's just action and pure entertainment. I did quite enjoy it, it was quite entertaining, never dull.
Fairly shot film, quite bloody and gruseum. It's simple, Rambo is living in a jungle somewhere in asia, living a tough miserable life, punishing himself for the bad stuff he's done or something. Some missionaries from america charter him to take them into burma where there's a genocide, war going on. They get kidnapped and Rambo and some mercenaries go in the free them.
It's just action and pure entertainment. I did quite enjoy it, it was quite entertaining, never dull.
I saw a brilliant film after 24 last night called Waking Life. I needed to go to sleep, but couldn't stop watching it.
The premise is that of a guy having an increasingly lucid dream. He encounters various people who have interesting philosophical anecdotes to relate. Eventually the guy begins to suspect that not all is as it seems.
The film is animated, though the cheap and ugly rotoscoping style. I suppose it lends a certain surreal look and mood, but it is the content of the film that is the most compelling aspect.
I highly recommend this film if you are of an existentialist bent, which is just about nobody here, but oh well.
The premise is that of a guy having an increasingly lucid dream. He encounters various people who have interesting philosophical anecdotes to relate. Eventually the guy begins to suspect that not all is as it seems.
The film is animated, though the cheap and ugly rotoscoping style. I suppose it lends a certain surreal look and mood, but it is the content of the film that is the most compelling aspect.
I highly recommend this film if you are of an existentialist bent, which is just about nobody here, but oh well.
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ferdy
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You are not alone bKeela, i am of the existentialist bent as well..
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josephine
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We are off to see Night at the Museum 2 tonight
Sadly we didn't end up catching a movie that night, we got given some movies by my friend the internet and so 11 year old wanted to watch the Fast and the Furious
So we ate Indian and watched (hubby and son) a really dumb movie. (Son loved it of course).Beverley Hills Chihuahua - I had no idea it was about talking animals, I thought it was about a young girl and her dog, lol - best to say perfect for my 8 year old daughter and let's leave it at that.
Terminator Salvation at Midland Ace Cinemas with numba1son. $10 tickets as per usual and an extra recommendation to them in that my dropped presciption sunglasses were either found or handed in to the box office within minutes of me noticing them missing and reunited with me.
Firstly a big lol at the name "Markus Wright" (Mark Us Right ? ... a play on a "salvation" theme ?)
Was good to see a bit more of the skynet machinery in action rather than the typical humanoid forms.
A pity about yet more paradoxes are added to the mix (ie, John Connor telling folk on the airways how to disable certain bots and his son using one of the methods, and we know he is going to go back in time and tell John's mum how to do it who will pass it on to John, etc, would be an example of one of the more subtle paradoxes ... numba1son picked that one up).
Good action flick, nice to see the story being extended in such a way (and it is simply pregnant with ways to extend even further) along with some of the blanks filled in.
Only thing I didn't like was how similar Connor and Markus were in both character and appearance ... not enough contrast/difference often made for confusion.
Oh, and there is a kid in it. Albeit kid of the apocalypse, but a kid nevertheless. It worked for Aliens but seemed totally unnecessary in this, so a big "meh" in that regard.
regarDS
Firstly a big lol at the name "Markus Wright" (Mark Us Right ? ... a play on a "salvation" theme ?)
Was good to see a bit more of the skynet machinery in action rather than the typical humanoid forms.
A pity about yet more paradoxes are added to the mix (ie, John Connor telling folk on the airways how to disable certain bots and his son using one of the methods, and we know he is going to go back in time and tell John's mum how to do it who will pass it on to John, etc, would be an example of one of the more subtle paradoxes ... numba1son picked that one up).
Good action flick, nice to see the story being extended in such a way (and it is simply pregnant with ways to extend even further) along with some of the blanks filled in.
Only thing I didn't like was how similar Connor and Markus were in both character and appearance ... not enough contrast/difference often made for confusion.
Oh, and there is a kid in it. Albeit kid of the apocalypse, but a kid nevertheless. It worked for Aliens but seemed totally unnecessary in this, so a big "meh" in that regard.
regarDS
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Want to see.
I quite enjoyed Terminator Salvation. It really is about the action first and foremost and the characters second. It steams it's way through an actually pretty interesting story, which not exploring the story enough. It actually really seems like the film was trimmed down to just the action. I hope there is a longer cut on dvd.
While it's got a bunch of flaws, mainly the lack of character developement and some unnecessary exposition, it really doesn't slow down the excitement or action one bit. So a very entertaining film, for the popcorn fun. In some ways i'd compare the way it doesn't really deal with the issues of the plot the same way something like will smiths iRobot seemed to just ignor the most interesting sci-fi themes. They're there but not explored in any depth which is a shame. However this is a crowed pleasure.. although there's one bit that will leave a sour taste in your mouth.
I honestly don't quite get all the hatred i've read online. That seems mainly from people destined to dislike the film, or having too high expectations. Whinging the film isnt what they've been wanting for all these years. Those people need to get a life and learn to enjoy a film on it's own merits. This is an above concept and well executed action film that does fit nicely into the terminator franchise. As desperatz mentioned, there are a bunch of little throw backs to the previous scenes. Such as Marcus showing Kyle how to use a strap on the gun so the shotgun can't be grabbed away.. which he does in t1.
Yeah it's a good action film, and the action is good enough that the lack of exploration in the characters and themes doesn't ruin the film if you want good effects and good action to take you on a ride.
While it's got a bunch of flaws, mainly the lack of character developement and some unnecessary exposition, it really doesn't slow down the excitement or action one bit. So a very entertaining film, for the popcorn fun. In some ways i'd compare the way it doesn't really deal with the issues of the plot the same way something like will smiths iRobot seemed to just ignor the most interesting sci-fi themes. They're there but not explored in any depth which is a shame. However this is a crowed pleasure.. although there's one bit that will leave a sour taste in your mouth.
I honestly don't quite get all the hatred i've read online. That seems mainly from people destined to dislike the film, or having too high expectations. Whinging the film isnt what they've been wanting for all these years. Those people need to get a life and learn to enjoy a film on it's own merits. This is an above concept and well executed action film that does fit nicely into the terminator franchise. As desperatz mentioned, there are a bunch of little throw backs to the previous scenes. Such as Marcus showing Kyle how to use a strap on the gun so the shotgun can't be grabbed away.. which he does in t1.
Yeah it's a good action film, and the action is good enough that the lack of exploration in the characters and themes doesn't ruin the film if you want good effects and good action to take you on a ride.
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Going to the movies tonight, pretty disappointed that Terminator isn't showing on Imax.