The Book of Eli
I need a machate, KFC wet naps, and an ol' beat up ipod.
9/10
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The Book of Eli
I need a machate, KFC wet naps, and an ol' beat up ipod.
9/10
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Slumdog millionaire
8/10
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Bored in a motel I just watched Watchmen again, on one of the pay channels. It was the theatrical version. It didn't have the Death of Hollis Mason scene........it was in directors cut.....beautiful, bittersweet scene.....what do film editors think? How did cutting these 4 minutes make the movie better? I said in a previous thread it was my fave scene of the movie, seeing an old dog go down fighting, and I watch in in this motel and the film is butchered.....many other scenes gone, no wonder people didnt like....Here, Mason (night owl I) is mistaken for night owl 2 and some gang bangers go to kill him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeg78Yfp7g
Also, they cut a scene where the night owl II sees that the Knot Tie gang killed Mason and he beats the tar out of a Knot-Tie gang member and Rorschauch has to pull him off
Last edited by Major Robert Dump; 01-23-2010 at 05:46.
Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
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I saw it last week and thought it was a fun movie. I was a little wary because the reviews on rottentomatoes were so poor. I wasn't expecting something intellectually profound, I just wanted to watch Denzel Washington kill people with a machete.Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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Saw 500 Days of Summer recently - an enjoyable movie, definitely not a standard rom-com chick flick.
Then I watched Transformers 2. And the whole thing can be summed up by a robot humping Megan Fox's leg; great special effect set pieces strung together with the flimsiest plot, terrible dialogue, and numerous stupid attempts at humor that failed to make me laugh once throughout the whole movie.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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There, that's better. Finally done with The Killing, see it as a Danish 24, but it walks all over it much more focussed. Part family drama, part murder investigation, part political thriller, and it all comes together fantastically, every aspect of the story, every little sidetrack is interesting. This is how you make a great series, and I hear they are working on a follow-up which I cannot wait for. 1,5 to 3 hours isn't enough to really tell a story, but keeping a rather straightforward story interesting for 20 hours, with each episode being better then the last, is quite the achievement.
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Precious.
Read a review and had to see it. It was excellent but hard to watch at times. The story is about a (very) overweight girl living in the ghetto in Harlem who is physically and psychologically abused by her mother and sexually abused by her father. Its focus on her in school and how she finds a way to have a better life.
Top notch acting from start to finish and all very true to life. Not a happy movie but a very good one.
Unto each good man a good dog
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Wow, now that is a good recommendation. 'Nobody loves me' it breaks your heart, poor thing.
Got one for you, very different but the same in a way. Be a good boy, run to the shop, bring a sleeping-bag in case it's closed, rob a granny if you are low on funds, and buy 'Let the right one in', watch it, and thank me for bringing it you your attention.
Oh wow. Astonishing. Astonishing. Words do not explain this movie. The ending, on the train. I was thinking, what she can't be on the train it's light outside, she'll die. But then the suitcase taps "kiss" in Morse code. And he taps back the same. Stunning.
^- second opinion from Psychonaut for urgency
Last edited by Fragony; 02-12-2010 at 13:40.
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The Road
Ok but if I hear that kid shout "Papa!" one more time I'm going to burn to the ground eveything that existed ever.
6/10
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Agreed. I particularly liked that it wasn't your typical "strong black character overcomes racist white society" movie.
The Blind Side... on the other hand... could not be more eloquently described than through the words of Peter Griffin - shallow and pedantic.
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It seems like me and you are the only two people in the world who saw through that movie, Rich ol'Miss boosters take large black child in out of the goodness of there heart....lol.
Oher isn't nearly as stupid as they portray him.
The whole thing is a crock for the left coast to feel better about the south, buncha crap.
If people knew how SEC football worked, they would realize they Tuhoys were saving an investment.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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