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Post by Mrs H on Jul 1, 2008 13:25:13 GMT -1
I'll be doing one at some stage but I'll settle for calling it godawful and morally reprehesible for now. Did it manage a 3 on the grounds of clocking in at under 90 minutes? Tbh I'm not sure why I've even given it three now you come to mention it Pity?
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Post by Travis on Jul 1, 2008 13:27:27 GMT -1
I'll be doing one at some stage but I'll settle for calling it godawful and morally reprehesible for now. Did it manage a 3 on the grounds of clocking in at under 90 minutes? Tbh I'm not sure why I've even given it three now you come to mention it It seems a tad generous. Sentiment?
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Post by gt on Jul 1, 2008 13:29:52 GMT -1
It's a shame because although Rocky Balboa won't enter the pantheon of cinema greats it was a moving, worthy coda (well maybe a coda) to the series that certainly didn't disgrace itself.
Rambo has never been politically correct but this was beyond the pale, and unpalatably gruesome
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Post by Travis on Jul 1, 2008 13:35:00 GMT -1
To use of the spetcre of genocide in a film merely to serve the purpose of entertaining the bloodthirsty, and more pointedly to provide a context for a fading star's ego-trip was tasteless in the extreme. I'll slate it properly tomorrow, must get back to work. Seeya Tom.
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Post by gt on Jul 2, 2008 12:35:32 GMT -1
The Godfather (1972)
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9.5/10
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 3, 2008 7:55:49 GMT -1
Must catch up with the reviews of the films I've been watching
My Life So Far
Small British film about a family of Scottish gentry in the aftermath of the World War 1. It focuses on the changes in society and culture and how one family copes to adjust.
It's nice to see Colin Firth playing a not so nice character and Malcolm McDowell playing a fairly plesent character for a change.
It's quite slow and the main character Fraser is a little annoying and pervy.
It's ok not amazing.
5/10
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 3, 2008 9:18:17 GMT -1
Secretary
One of Adam's pervy films for me to watch and guess what, I loved it. Dark but emotional. Lee Holloway is a self harmer who finds release in S&M activites with her lawyer boss, James Spader.
Maggie Gyllenhal is superb and plays the character with senstivity (as well as being incredibly sexy). She is the little girl who does bad things to get daddy's attention.
James Spader on the other hand, I don't know what his deal is. He seems to have cornered the market on emotionally deviant characters in Hollywood.
The scene where is spanks her for her typos is strangely erotic but when he wanks over her backside, not so erotic!
9/10
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Jul 3, 2008 12:13:32 GMT -1
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
I can genuinely not possibly explain how bad this film is, especially when compared to the Original, so i won't..... it has tara reid in it - nuff said
-100000000000000/10
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Post by Travis on Jul 3, 2008 12:49:26 GMT -1
SecretaryOne of Adam's pervy films for me to watch and guess what, I loved it. Dark but emotional. Lee Holloway is a self harmer who finds release in S&M activites with her lawyer boss, James Spader. Maggie Gyllenhal is superb and plays the character with senstivity (as well as being incredibly sexy). She is the little girl who does bad things to get daddy's attention. James Spader on the other hand, I don't know what his deal is. He seems to have cornered the market on emotionally deviant characters in Hollywood. The scene where is spanks her for her typos is strangely erotic but when he wanks over her backside, not so erotic! 9/10 Well I was going to type up a review but my job has been done, I was even going to go with 9/10. That said, while you considered it as one of my 'pervy films' I actually view it as a rather involving if unconventional love story.....I don't what that says about either of us! A couple of points though now I've gotten around to watching it again, the first about Maggie Gyllenhaal's character; I thought she was more a girl who was simply desperate for approval, ignored by her rowing parents, the self-harm, though a cry for help was done in privacy, she was only caught and institutionalised after "cutting to deep" one day. Oh, and a piccy wouldn't go amiss..... ;D Secondly, on to James Spader. I said I thought he was fairly one-dimensional....I take it all back! I hadn't seen the film in a while but he was very complex fella. When we first meet him I think he's badly scarred by his ending marriage; he still loves his wife - as illustrated by the numerous occasions on which he takes her photo from his wallet - but at the same time was badly treated and dominated by her, scared even. The experience has left him scarred, he's developed a misogynistic streak that has driven him to treat his secretaries the way in which his wife treated him, the reason why none of them last. When Maggie comes on board, her fondness for boss and her desperate need for approval (and maybe her low esteem) means that she tolerates his behaviour. Maggie's resilience intrigues Spader's character and driven both by his attraction to her and the desire to know how far he can push her, his scheme culminates in the spanking. However, when it becomes apparent in the aftermath that Maggie wasn't horrified by the act but was hungry for more then he starts to retreat, fearing he's losing his position of dominance again. When the gauntlet is thrown down by the worm incident and he responds by deciding to up the ante one last time with the wanking, he accepts that Maggie just can't be intimidated, and fearful of getting involved with another powerful woman he dispenses with her services. The final act then is about how Maggie realises his need to feel dominate, his fear of living in the shadow of another dominant woman, thus the reason why she goes back to the office begging, and ultimately sits at the desk non-stop for 3 days, just so her man believes he is the one dictating, he is in control again......all in all it's about two people with esteem issues, and finding an outlet that helps them to rediscover their confidence. That's my take on it. Or am I talking a load of old bollocks?!?
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 3, 2008 12:53:56 GMT -1
Ok I can see that with the James Spader character but I think the wife needed to be shown more to demonstrate his submissiveness to her.
Not exactly a Germaine Greer kind of film though! ;D
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Post by Travis on Jul 3, 2008 13:00:41 GMT -1
Ok I can see that with the James Spader character but I think the wife needed to be shown more to demonstrate his submissiveness to her. Not exactly a Germaine Greer kind of film though! ;D I just thought the scene where she entered the office, power dressed and confident, and immediately domineering towards Maggie did the job.....especially as James Spader took to hiding from her. Well maybe not, but then again the makers of 'I Spit On Your Grave' use the 'female empowerment film' line to justify and defend it. I dare say Secretary stands as a better example than that. ;D
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Post by officergroyman on Jul 7, 2008 21:51:11 GMT -1
10,000 BC Not a bad film if you have a couple of hours to kill. The anamatronic saber-tooth tiger is a tad lame. The civilized peoples leaders are also a bit freakish. The heroine is a hottie with dreadlocks. All in all I give it a 6/10.
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Post by Travis on Jul 8, 2008 13:10:33 GMT -1
WALK HARD : THE DEWEY COX STORYMusic biopic spoof based largely on the Johnny Cash film, 'Walk The Line', starring John C. Reilly as the fictional musical megastar of the title. Those who have seen 'Walk The Line' will be totally familiar with the narrative arc of the story as Dewey deals with the early loss of his brother, the rejection of his father, daliances with drugs and the June Carter-esque love interest. Each aspect of the story is played upon for all it's worth and some jokes - the condemnation of his father, for example - are repeated again and again to good effect.....for about half and hour at least, then the story runs out of steam and even the more extreme attempts at getting laughs for the most part fall rather flat. As a half hour piece it would've been very amusing, the over-riding feeling for the final hour though is, to quote Morrissey, is "That joke isn't fully anymore". 5/10
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Post by ovechkin8 on Jul 9, 2008 21:49:29 GMT -1
Reign Of Fire Perfunctory tale with a tenuous plot that dragons are a reality who emerge every few million years to wreak devastation on the planet.
The creatures are realistic enogh but why there is only one male who is killed to end the threat is never explained but a convenient story device.
The characters are paper thin but Bale brings some depth to his tole. Scorupco brings some eye candy & Matthew McConaughey does hos limited best as a ex NG.
How they ever crossed the Atlantic considering the premise that dragons ruled the skies is a mystery & if the big bad one is killed by a crude home made device how the worlds military forces were overwhelmed is bizarre.
A sorry excuse of a film. However the dragons they used leave to me feel considering the sucess of LOTR why no director has attempted to turn the Dragonlance Chronicles into a film trilogy (rather than the animated version about to be released).
The books certainly have the depth & characters & storylines to make a sucess filmwise.
As for this one 4/10. Watered down TV movie.
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Post by gt on Jul 10, 2008 8:45:02 GMT -1
Totally agree oveckin, it was wank to put it mildly
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Post by Travis on Jul 12, 2008 16:10:45 GMT -1
ANNIE HALLIn terms of structure ‘Annie Hall’ is a very conventional rom-com, but in every other respect it is so much more than that. It remains the only Woody Allen film to have won Oscars for ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Director’, it also picked up ‘Best Actress’ and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ statues for good measure, and quite rightly so. Allen plays Alvy Singer, a successful New York comic with ‘issues’; most notably a deep seated paranoia built up on the back of a string of failed relationships. One day Alvy meets Annie (Diane Keaton) during a game of doubles at a tennis club and the pair immediately strike up a rapport, and in time they fall in love. The only problem lies with Alvy’s need to continually challenge Annie; he suggests books she should read, takes her to obscure and art house movies, pushes her into adult education and encourages her to see a therapist. Although she does all this, in no small way to please him, this conquest of self-improvement ultimately serves to make Annie more confident and independent and eventually pushes the two apart. Once you get past the familiar problem of any Woody Allen film that features the director as a lead – believing attractive women are drawn to him in the first place – the film is a joy to watch and groundbreaking within the genre. At times Allen breaks away from acting in a scene to explain his feelings to the camera, an early conversation between the couple is accompanied by subtitles that reveal their awkward inner thoughts, the film even becomes a cartoon momentarily. While Allen's habit of wearing his intellectualism on his sleeve may irk some viewers a little, ‘Annie Hall’ is still an utter treat. The acting is fantastic – Allen also received an Oscar nomination for his performance – while the jokes, mainly in the form of witty one-liner quips regularly hit the mark. Most of all though it’s the central relationship that holds the whole film together and even as Alvy and Annie grow apart there remains a great warmth between the pair. The ending may be bittersweet, but appropriately so. For my money this remains the best rom-com ever made. 10/10
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 14, 2008 8:41:46 GMT -1
ANNIE HALLIn terms of structure ‘Annie Hall’ is a very conventional rom-com, but in every other respect it is so much more than that. It remains the only Woody Allen film to have won Oscars for ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Director’, it also picked up ‘Best Actress’ and ‘Best Original Screenplay’ statues for good measure, and quite rightly so. Allen plays Alvy Singer, a successful New York comic with ‘issues’; most notably a deep seated paranoia built up on the back of a string of failed relationships. One day Alvy meets Annie (Diane Keaton) during a game of doubles at a tennis club and the pair immediately strike up a rapport, and in time they fall in love. The only problem lies with Alvy’s need to continually challenge Annie; he suggests books she should read, takes her to obscure and art house movies, pushes her into adult education and encourages her to see a therapist. Although she does all this, in no small way to please him, this conquest of self-improvement ultimately serves to make Annie more confident and independent and eventually pushes the two apart. Once you get past the familiar problem of any Woody Allen film that features the director as a lead – believing attractive women are drawn to him in the first place – the film is a joy to watch and groundbreaking within the genre. At times Allen breaks away from acting in a scene to explain his feelings to the camera, an early conversation between the couple is accompanied by subtitles that reveal their awkward inner thoughts, the film even becomes a cartoon momentarily. While Allen's habit of wearing his intellectualism on his sleeve may irk some viewers a little, ‘Annie Hall’ is still an utter treat. The acting is fantastic – Allen also received an Oscar nomination for his performance – while the jokes, mainly in the form of witty one-liner quips regularly hit the mark. Most of all though it’s the central relationship that holds the whole film together and even as Alvy and Annie grow apart there remains a great warmth between the pair. The ending may be bittersweet, but appropriately so. For my money this remains the best rom-com ever made. 10/10 Ok I watched this yesterday and I'm afraid that I don't share your enthusiasm for Woody Allen. A deeply self absorbed man with verbal incontinence and forcing his persecution complex down everyone's throat. Even just writing that about him makes me anti-semetic in his eyes. What disappointed me most was Annie's character. She was labelled this carefee character designed to be the polar opposite to Allen's character but it didn't work. She was never that free to begin with and just became a slave to his neurosis and his obession to turn any woman into the female version of himself. A felt little love for either character. 3/10
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Jul 14, 2008 8:43:46 GMT -1
You didn't like it much then?
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Post by Mrs H on Jul 14, 2008 9:22:21 GMT -1
Not really
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Post by gt on Jul 14, 2008 9:33:04 GMT -1
I've never warmed to Woody Allen
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