Recent movies seen - Page 24

Tanukitsune · 10-23-2005, 10:12 AM

I just saw Serenity, and it rocked!

But my parents thought it was Star Wars rip-off...

Huz · 10-23-2005, 07:53 PM

Today, I have mostly been watching...

Batman Begins: Great. I really liked watching the disintegration of Gotham City and Bruce Wayne's development. Must agree with SJH though, the second half didn't really live up to the promise of the first. But man, isn't the dark version of Gotham a great place to set a movie?

The second half of League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. I enjoyed the 'medieval' sketch a lot (the screaming brought my flatmate into the room

and we watched it together), but after that it all went a little bit poo again. Much better than the terrible first half, though, so all in all I thought the film was merely "bleah" rather than "argh".

It also showed me that 'Royston Vasey' is within the Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive area, and I geekily went there over the weekend.

Orange Brat · 10-23-2005, 09:55 PM

Last film I saw, in theaters, was Elizabethtown. I love all of Cameron Crowe's work, and this was no exception. A funny, quirky romp. Last at home movie would be Batman Begins. The perfect Batman movie is finally mine.

Bring on the sequel with Paul Bettany/Lachy Hulme's Joker and Penguin(maybe, and as an arms dealer).

Tobbe · 10-24-2005, 12:20 AM

Saw Malevolence yesterday, it was quite bleh, great music though..

Dark Veil · 10-24-2005, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Huz

Today, I have mostly been watching...

Is that a Fast Show reference?

Orange Brat · 10-24-2005, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by t_manelius

Saw Malevolence yesterday, it was quite bleh, great music though..

I saw that a few months ago. It's the biggest Halloween ripoff ever. The camera setups, the editing, the music, and the killer, too...accept he looks like flour sack head Jason instead of the Shape.

Huz · 10-24-2005, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Veil

Is that a Fast Show reference?

How could it not be?

Now you just have to identify the reference in my signature and my avatar, and you'll have a full set!

Ninth · 10-25-2005, 12:01 AM

I've seen the Wallace and Gromit movie last saturday. Cute and fun. Nothin exceptional, though.

Kolzig · 10-26-2005, 10:46 AM

I got to see Serenity on Saturday!

The best movie in 2005, it was pure Joss Whedon gold. I enjoyed every frigging second of it. I think that I'll go watch it again when and if it arrives to Vaasa in December, that way I can compare our shitty theater audio to the high class audio that was at CineWolrd in London.

seebaruk · 10-28-2005, 02:04 PM

Just saw The Machinist, damn good movie but need to watch it again just to work out what the hell happened in it! And man, Christian Bale is unrecognisable....can't believe he lost that much weight!

Next on the list is Saw 2. Heard that it opens with a guy with his head trapped in a cage that'll crush his skull in a few minutes time....

Spoiler:
...and the only way he can remove it is with a key that is implanted behind his eye. It's gouging time!

Kolzig · 10-28-2005, 02:28 PM

The freakiest thing about Christian Bale is that he lost so much weight for The Machinist and right after he had finished that movie, he began to bulk up for Batman Begins.

That's one crazy man, I tell ya.

seebaruk · 10-28-2005, 02:37 PM

Too right, read an interview after he did that movie, his wife was unsurprisingly kicking off at him for putting his health at so much risk.

Maquisard · 10-28-2005, 06:07 PM

Doom. No fan of the games. Fun movie though.

Huz · 10-28-2005, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by seebaruk

Next on the list is Saw 2. Heard that it opens with a guy with his head trapped in a cage that'll crush his skull in a few minutes time...

Just seen this tonight. Great film, very inventive - nasty, but it doesn't quite feel gratuitous. Have to watch the first one on DVD now!

seebaruk · 10-29-2005, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Huz

Just seen this tonight. Great film, very inventive - nasty, but it doesn't quite feel gratuitous. Have to watch the first one on DVD now!

The first one was decent, but heard the second was one of those rare sequels that takes the ideas of the first and improves on them while removing a lot of the flaws. Must see it, need to feed gorehound inside me! Got Wolf Creek to watch next.

After a brisk nap · 10-30-2005, 10:53 PM

I just saw Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Ah, what a great movie!

It's one of those light-hearted, dark comedy type detective stories, like an Elmore Leonard novel (Get Shorty, etc.). Funny, violent, sexy, and deliciously R-rated. From the extremely stylish Bond-inspired title credits to the final gratuitous joke, this film is a great ride.

And it's so good to see Robert Downey Jr. working again. Such a great actor, such a wasted (*ahem*) talent usually.

Orange Brat · 10-30-2005, 11:00 PM

I def. want to see that given my love of Noir. I also want to check out Saw II. I liked bits and pieces of the first one(esp. the ending), but I've heard this one is a better movie, and has one cringe inducing scene near the end. It raked in $30 million in 3 days, so we'll def. get a Saw III next year given it only cost $4 million.

The last thing I saw was The Baxter.

"A romantic comedy for anyone who's been dumped."

After a brisk nap · 10-31-2005, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Orange Brat

I def. want to see that given my love of Noir.

S'not really a film noir, though. At all. The sensibility is much more upbeat.

Kolzig · 10-31-2005, 08:00 AM

I watched Monsters Inc. recently.
I knew that it is a good movie, but I had no idea that it is that good!

Orange Brat · 10-31-2005, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Snarky

S'not really a film noir, though. At all. The sensibility is much more upbeat.

Tone has little to do with it. Every review I've read calls it a Noir..including the stars and director.

10-23-2005, 10:12 AM	#461
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10-23-2005, 07:53 PM	#462
Huz Kersal Massive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,430	Today, I have mostly been watching... Batman Begins: Great. I really liked watching the disintegration of Gotham City and Bruce Wayne's development. Must agree with SJH though, the second half didn't really live up to the promise of the first. But man, isn't the dark version of Gotham a great place to set a movie? The second half of League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. I enjoyed the 'medieval' sketch a lot (the screaming brought my flatmate into the room and we watched it together), but after that it all went a little bit poo again. Much better than the terrible first half, though, so all in all I thought the film was merely "bleah" rather than "argh". It also showed me that 'Royston Vasey' is within the Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive area, and I geekily went there over the weekend. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by Huz; 10-23-2005 at 07:58 PM.

10-23-2005, 09:55 PM	#463
Orange Brat OB Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 662	Last film I saw, in theaters, was Elizabethtown. I love all of Cameron Crowe's work, and this was no exception. A funny, quirky romp. Last at home movie would be Batman Begins. The perfect Batman movie is finally mine. Bring on the sequel with Paul Bettany/Lachy Hulme's Joker and Penguin(maybe, and as an arms dealer). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The Disenfranchised™ - A Film Noir adventure series for the PC. Coming later.

10-24-2005, 12:20 AM	#464
Tobbe Living with my love Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 1,453	Saw Malevolence yesterday, it was quite bleh, great music though.. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ''My names George. It means... Well, its just a name'' George Stobbart-Broken Sword

10-25-2005, 12:01 AM	#468
Ninth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,409	I've seen the Wallace and Gromit movie last saturday. Cute and fun. Nothin exceptional, though. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ...It's down there somewhere. Let me have another look.

10-26-2005, 10:46 AM	#469
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	I got to see Serenity on Saturday! The best movie in 2005, it was pure Joss Whedon gold. I enjoyed every frigging second of it. I think that I'll go watch it again when and if it arrives to Vaasa in December, that way I can compare our shitty theater audio to the high class audio that was at CineWolrd in London. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list updated 26.8.2007 Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar.

10-28-2005, 02:04 PM	#470
seebaruk Chris Barraclough Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Posts: 2,437	Just saw The Machinist, damn good movie but need to watch it again just to work out what the hell happened in it! And man, Christian Bale is unrecognisable....can't believe he lost that much weight! Next on the list is Saw 2. Heard that it opens with a guy with his head trapped in a cage that'll crush his skull in a few minutes time.... Spoiler: ...and the only way he can remove it is with a key that is implanted behind his eye. It's gouging time! Share Share this post on Twitter

10-28-2005, 02:28 PM	#471
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	The freakiest thing about Christian Bale is that he lost so much weight for The Machinist and right after he had finished that movie, he began to bulk up for Batman Begins. That's one crazy man, I tell ya. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list updated 26.8.2007 Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar.

10-28-2005, 02:37 PM	#472
seebaruk Chris Barraclough Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Posts: 2,437	Too right, read an interview after he did that movie, his wife was unsurprisingly kicking off at him for putting his health at so much risk. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-28-2005, 06:07 PM	#473
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Doom. No fan of the games. Fun movie though. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

10-30-2005, 10:53 PM	#476
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	I just saw Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Ah, what a great movie! It's one of those light-hearted, dark comedy type detective stories, like an Elmore Leonard novel (Get Shorty, etc.). Funny, violent, sexy, and deliciously R-rated. From the extremely stylish Bond-inspired title credits to the final gratuitous joke, this film is a great ride. And it's so good to see Robert Downey Jr. working again. Such a great actor, such a wasted (ahem) talent usually. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

10-30-2005, 11:00 PM	#477
Orange Brat OB Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 662	I def. want to see that given my love of Noir. I also want to check out Saw II. I liked bits and pieces of the first one(esp. the ending), but I've heard this one is a better movie, and has one cringe inducing scene near the end. It raked in $30 million in 3 days, so we'll def. get a Saw III next year given it only cost $4 million. The last thing I saw was The Baxter. "A romantic comedy for anyone who's been dumped." Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The Disenfranchised™ - A Film Noir adventure series for the PC. Coming later.

10-31-2005, 08:00 AM	#479
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	I watched Monsters Inc. recently. I knew that it is a good movie, but I had no idea that it is that good! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list updated 26.8.2007 Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar.

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