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You don't want to ask a pale faced nerd about the latest Superman movie either you'll get the same reaction.

Ironic that all these nerds seem to like the LOTR movies, there's more gay analogy between Sam and Frodo than a Julian Clary interview.

That's down to Tolkien's authorship, though the good Wellingtonian decided not to shy away from it in his movies. Because, he's a Wellingtonian, and is therefore a sophisticated man.
 
"Twilight" on DVD with LSCP.

It seemed to go on forever. So, vampires R our friends now, providing they eat bunnie rabits instead of us ? :rolleyes: Still, I'm looking forward to The Wolf aspects of it all.

I asked numba1son what he and his school mates thought of it (presuming they would all be into a teenage angst movie, and that I would have something new to relate to him about) and his reply was "I AM NOT A TWI-FAG! I AM NEVER GOING TO WATCH IT AND JUST HAVING SOME OF THE BOOK READ TO ME WAS BAD ENOUGH. IT IS A TOTALLY GIRL MOVIE AND TOTALLY URRGGHH MEH MEH MEH :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:", or words to that nature.

Ooops, wrong question to wrong person. :) Sheesh, I thought pale-skin freaks would appeal to computer nerdy geek types such as he ! :D

He then went on to say that the book reads like "the skin was pure and smooth and finger nails so perfect ... and then a girl walked into the room, and she looked ok too"

Which kinda correlates with what LSCP said during the movie, ie "she's almost got as much lip-stick on as he does".

Still, there was some nice scenery and I'll prolly watch the other two movies when they get to DVD ... but that's only coz I'm more into chick-flicks and prone to shedding tears during the same than LSCP is. :o

regarDS

I just finished reading the series of 4 big fat books and though I liked the story the writing was trash. The books could have been condensed down to one or maybe two much less aggravating reads. The writer cannot write.
 
I just finished reading the series of 4 big fat books and though I liked the story the writing was trash. The books could have been condensed down to one or maybe two much less aggravating reads. The writer cannot write.

Yep the fanfiction written on fanfic.net is way better, especially Wide Awake & The Emancipation Proclamation- but Meyer is very good at capturing teen angst/longing and abstinence.
I bought Twilight for a 14 year old nephew after it was recommended for having a reasonable message for young teens not to go jumping into sexual relations - he never read it and he's sexually active.
He watches the movie and quite likes it - with all of the girls that chase him, cause he is cute.

Robert Pattinson the vamp, is hot, very hot.
 
Ironic that all these nerds seem to like the LOTR movies, there's more gay analogy between Sam and Frodo than a Julian Clary interview.

That's down to Tolkien's authorship, though the good Wellingtonian decided not to shy away from it in his movies. Because, he's a Wellingtonian, and is therefore a sophisticated man.

I didn't enjoy the films much, so you might be correct about them, but I sincerely doubt Tolkien intended there to be homosexual tensions between Frodo and Sam.

Sam is merely the humble servant of Frodo, and worships him as mentor. Sam is in-love with Rosie Cottons.

As a gay, you might not be able to appreciate the strong yet purely platonic friendships that heterosexual males can forge, especially in conditions of hardship. I suppose you think there is a homosexual undercurrent to the deep mateship that Anzacs and other soliders have experienced.
 
ANZAC is the right word to use here. Tolkien was a survivor of the trenches in WW1.
So those feelings of comradeship and loyalty and devotion to a fellow man in a time of crisis was part of his life.
 
ANZAC is the right word to use here. Tolkien was a survivor of the trenches in WW1.
So those feelings of comradeship and loyalty and devotion to a fellow man in a time of crisis was part of his life.

Exactly. This is what I feel to be the essence of Frodo and Sam's relationship. At the very least, their relationship could act as a Rorschach test, so one's view reveals more about individual psychology than what Tolkien intended.
 
Look guys I think you're ignoring the real issue here, that being the deep prejudice Tolkien clearly held against midgets.
 
Moon.

Having been bitterly disappointed with promisingly cerebral/mystical science fiction in the past; films like Sunshine, The Fountain, and the remake of Solaris, I began watching Moon with a hyper critical eye. Soon it became apparent that the story unfolding was of very high quality, and I became absorbed in its telling.

I can't really discuss anything about the film without spoiling it, but suffice to say Moon should please any connoisseur of science fiction, but probably not the Transformers set or teenagers. There is little or no CGI, instead the effects are of the old fashioned Kubrick kind, which in my opinion looks so much more authentic than computer graphics.

A film that explores the mystical implications of identity.
 
Watched "No Country for Old Men" for the third time - always love watching that movie, never get tired of it. I also for the first time watched about 1 hour of "The Departed" - I could not get into it, never been able to get into gangster mafia style movies much.
 
Moon.

Having been bitterly disappointed with promisingly cerebral/mystical science fiction in the past; films like Sunshine, The Fountain, and the remake of Solaris, I began watching Moon with a hyper critical eye. Soon it became apparent that the story unfolding was of very high quality, and I became absorbed in its telling.

I can't really discuss anything about the film without spoiling it, but suffice to say Moon should please any connoisseur of science fiction, but probably not the Transformers set or teenagers. There is little or no CGI, instead the effects are of the old fashioned Kubrick kind, which in my opinion looks so much more authentic than computer graphics.

A film that explores the mystical implications of identity.


Moon sounds very much like a story I could get into.
 
The trailer makes it look very good. It seems to have a bit of a 2001ish mood to it, which I can't complain about.

Is it on DVD? I've been waiting for it at the cinemas but I don't think it's going to turn up there.
 
Unfortunately Moon is not receiving mainstream distribution, which is a crime. It's on at Dendy, and other independent cinemas. In Adelaide its showing at Palace Eastend Cinema.
 
Unfortunately Moon is not receiving mainstream distribution, which is a crime. It's on at Dendy, and other independent cinemas. In Adelaide its showing at Palace Eastend Cinema.

I love the palace.... I saw Beautiful there when they had the Q & A with the actors and director but no one had the guts to criticize the film until the week they all left.
 
By the way, Duncan Jones, the first time director of Moon, is the son of David Bowie. Space Oddity would be proud.
 
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