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[Baxton]

John dies at the end

if you are in the mood for strange/quirky indie goodness in the vein of phillip k dick at his finnest. def. worth a watch. I thought it was A plus.

[creamcheese]

Originally Posted by ZoSo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306745/

Sound City

+1, was awesome.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by Baxton

John dies at the end

if you are in the mood for strange/quirky indie goodness in the vein of phillip k dick at his finnest. def. worth a watch. I thought it was A plus.

@@ That's a movie?! Hot damn! I loved that book, which I read in its entirety, online, then went and bought.

[doppelgänger of someone]

Skyfall: almost as good as Daniel Craig's Casino Royale. Almost, got a bit silly in the end.

The Hobbit: HFR is awesome awesome awesome. It is like blu-ray on a giant screen, picture so clear you can see the zits. The movie itself is just boring, I would have been better off reread the book. So little happened for such a long film, I counted the mins until I can go to toilet. It is as if SPJ learned nothing watching the Seven Samurai, or even his own LOTR trilogy. All the dwarves bar 3-4 had zero character development, I can't tell which is which.

[Pepsi]

Can't recall if anyone has mentioned it already, but I saw The Paperboy a while back and quite liked it. A few wtf moments along the way

[Cowboy]

Another vote for John Dies at the End. It's a wild ride but so awesome.

[Baxton]

Originally Posted by fidgit

@@ That's a movie?! Hot damn! I loved that book, which I read in its entirety, online, then went and bought.

yeearp
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783732/?ref_=sr_1

Directed by Don corscaelli (bubba ho-tep, phantasm) it is pretty b grade though so do not expect massive special effects etc. is def worth a nudge though.

available via legitimate steaming sites in the US

[pkp|ex]

Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie

Saw Haywire last night - quite enjoyed it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506999/

Pixie

Phoar, Got the MMA chickie in it

[fidgit]

Watched John Dies At The End last night (right after I read y'all posting about it!) and I've got to ask: did any of you read the book?

I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I didn't skip it, but there were some frustrating changes that I don't think needed to go the way they did (makes me wonder how much more they filmed but edited out).

Example: he finds out straight away that Bark Lee is John calling him via the soy sauce. It's been a while since I've read it, but I seem to recall that Bark Lee got to actually talk to David himself for a while - didn't he and John have to fight over who got control of the body? This was relevant since he'd bought that bratwurst.

I'm pretty sure, and I was *hanging out* for it, that there's a scene in the book where he goes past a McDonalds, and Ronald is all demonic, until he looks again and it's the normal sitting-on-a-bench-Ronald. Now, I didn't expect Maccas to get on board with that, but invent a mascot and do that, that would have been neato.

But the thing that bugged me the most, was the entire beginning scene. Ok, it's a nice mental puzzle "is it the same axe", but as far as the movie goes, that's it. We never get any return to why that was even something he was pondering. Of course, if you've read the book you know that the reason David was even contemplating this was because the Other Side were replacing people with duplicates that had their memories, but could be activated to be soldiers in the war to take over Our Earth. This was super important since he finds his own dead body in the shed, and realises he's a duplicate, and has to wrestle with weather that means he's still himself or a new axe..

Oh and the very end, where you think he's won, only to have the bad guys pop up and show him they could kill his girlfriend at any time, regardless of how safe he thinks she is. End's on such a down note! "and that's what life is, a series of down note..."

Oh and the thing where they made his girlfriend and another character the same character... but actually that I was fine with, I think it worked so long as you didn't care that they just sucked her story out, and it would have been a crowded movie if they hadn't.

On balance though, I liked it. I'm just glad I read the book first.

[Baxton]

Originally Posted by fidgit

Watched John Dies At The End last night (right after I read y'all posting about it!) and I've got to ask: did any of you read the book?

I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I didn't skip it, but there were some frustrating changes that I don't think needed to go the way they did (makes me wonder how much more they filmed but edited out).

personally I am happy with movies that take the essence of a story instead of sticking rigidly to the source material. tis a different media and I never get too worried about stuff that is not there or has been added in.

Seems like most of the time when a movie sticks vary closely to the original material you end up with a big, bloated, boring movie *cough*lordoftheringsthehobbit*cough*

[[BT]Monza]

Hobbit is bloated more from studio's decision to make 3 movies instead of 2 (better financial return), shit in movie 1 that hardly gets a mention in the book.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by Baxton

personally I am happy with movies that take the essence of a story instead of sticking rigidly to the source material. tis a different media and I never get too worried about stuff that is not there or has been added in.

Seems like most of the time when a movie sticks vary closely to the original material you end up with a big, bloated, boring movie *cough*lordoftheringsthehobbit*cough*

I have no problem agreeing with that point of view - I really loved the Perks of Being a Wallflower movie, which dropped a bunch on content. That in mind, at least half the issues I mentioned (replicants, his girlfriend still being under threat) were so central to the story, and more importantly, the impression the story left on me afterwards. Still, it could have been much, much worse! ('I, Robot' I'm looking at you...)

[Cowboy]

I hadn't read the book before hand so I don't know any different. Movie was great. Might have to look at reading the book now.

[StN]

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Traliers of the week.
In the Shadow of the Moon Doco about NASA in the late 60's and early 70's.

Picked up this doco from JB earlier this week about some old jokers sitting around talking about stuff they did 45 years ago. Nicely done Mr Ron Howard.


Significantly better than "The lat flight of the Space Shuttle" which actually finishes just after liftoff. Newsflash Nasa - the flight is the bit that happens before touchdown.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Rince

Watched Dark Knight Rises on the flight to Sydney - I want my 3 hours back - what a waste of time. Utter BS.

Glad I wasn't imagining it, just watched it and jesus christ that was shit. I didn't give a crap about anyone or anything in the movie. By the end I was praying for the nuke to go off and erase Gotham.

I love just about everything that Christopher Nolan does, but that sucked.

[StN]

Originally Posted by Ab

I didn't give a crap about anyone or anything in the movie.

There was this one bit, though...

[Ab]

Anne Hathaway has all the sex appeal of a rock.

[CCS]

gay, old

[Ab]

that movie would have been awesome if only they could have worked Bruce being a useless cripple and then getting back into shape into the storyline somehow

[CCS]

boring, old, gay

[Ab]

To be honest, I thought Tom Hardy did a great job as Bane. I particularly liked the scene where he said "MMFMMGMFFFLLLLALRGLLLLLLBBMMORRRRRLLLBMMM".

[CCS]

boring, deaf, old, gay

[[BT]Monza]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2014338/

Recommended viewing for any movie geek

[StN]

Searching for Sugar man.

Oscar for best Doco this year.

Heard about it on the wireless a few weeks back, saw it in JB-HiFi but didn't get it - picked it up from the video store today, and after 30mins I was convinced it was going the "Forgotten Silver" route.

Something about some of the older footage transferring too well to BluRay def.

And quotes like this from IMDB didn't help:

Originally Posted by IMDB

Some parts of the documentary were shot on an iPhone App called 8mm Vintage Camera after the producers ran out of film for an expensive real 8mm camera. The app cost only £1.49/$1.99.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by Ab

To be honest, I thought Tom Hardy did a great job as Bane. I particularly liked the scene where he said "MMFMMGMFFFLLLLALRGLLLLLLBBMMORRRRRLLLBMMM".

I'm more and more convinced there multiple soundtracks to this movie, because half the people seem to have this problem and felt he was mumbling/muffled, but I had zero trouble understanding him. I was actually expecting him to be hard to understand given all the griping, but I think if I hadn't read that it was a problem going in, it wouldn't even have occurred to me.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by StN

Searching for Sugar man.

Oscar for best Doco this year.

Heard about it on the wireless a few weeks back, saw it in JB-HiFi but didn't get it - picked it up from the video store today, and after 30mins I was convinced it was going the "Forgotten Silver" route.

Something about some of the older footage transferring too well to BluRay def.

And quotes like this from IMDB didn't help:

It hadn't occurred to me that the entire thing could be a massive viral marketing campaign cooked up to promote Rodriguez... That's awfully cynical of you Stoolie.

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by Ab

I didn't give a crap about anyone or anything in the movie.

I thought Bane was cool. That was about it.

[wazza]

managed 37mins of Zero Dark Thirty before turning it off

yawn

[Cyberbob]

Wreck-It Ralph

Arcade Game villian is sick of being the bad guy, so goes on adventures into other arcade boxes to try and be the good guy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/

A good kids Pixar movie in the spirit of Toy Story, loads of game references for the older crowd.

[fidgit]

Originally Posted by wazza

managed 37mins of Zero Dark Thirty before turning it off

yawn

This from a guy who could sit through multiple Twilight movies? Right, that's off the list.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Wreck-It Ralph

Arcade Game villian is sick of being the bad guy, so goes on adventures into other arcade boxes to try and be the good guy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/

A good kids Pixar movie in the spirit of Toy Story, loads of game references for the older crowd.

Disney, not pixar.

[_Incubus_]

Pretty cool movie.. Some great 80s nods

[Omegakai]

Originally Posted by Ab

To be honest, I thought Tom Hardy did a great job as Bane. I particularly liked the scene where he said "MMFMMGMFFFLLLLALRGLLLLLLBBMMORRRRRLLLBMMM".

LOL, this make me crack up, so much so that i spat coffee all over my screen.

Along this note, i also liked tom hardy. I thought he did a good job considering he had to follow the orsm thatwas the joker.

[Rince]

Originally Posted by Ab

Disney, not pixar.

same thing these days, isn't it?

[wazza]

Wreck-It Ralph is mint

[orpheus]

Originally Posted by wazza

managed 37mins of Zero Dark Thirty before turning it off

yawn

it was soooo slow, i just skipped the the end.

[Ultimative]

Originally Posted by Rince

same thing these days, isn't it?

Disney owns Pixar, but they still release their own animated films, like Wreck it Ralph and Tangled.

[Cyberbob]

Originally Posted by Rince

same thing these days, isn't it?

They have the same CEO, same President, same Parent, same Distributor, but they are different animation studios. Walt Disney, and Pixar Disney.

edit:

from wiki "Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American computer-animated family-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 52nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. "

[leadinjector]

late to the party i know, but just watched Dredd the other night, fucking badass film.

[fixed_truth]

Danny Boyle to make Trainspotting sequel with original cast in middle age
Could be ok.