I Found Tihs Movie To Be Rather Pedestrian...

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lol @ clown and chay

rach they're re-releasing it before the oscars, it's got dresses and I think I saw a few pairs of womens shoes and handbags in it.

Also, Audrey Hepburn makes a surprise cameo!

(She's sold now guys! *high fives*)

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lol @ clown and chay

rach they're re-releasing it before the oscars, it's got dresses and I think I saw a few pairs of womens shoes and handbags in it.

Also, Audrey Hepburn makes a surprise cameo!

(She's sold now guys! *high fives*)

One more - it was directed by Wes Anderson!

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I do like the books though, I don't mind a lack of action in favour of emotions sometimes, and there's some action at least. Hopefully the movie will be worth skipping school for in December.

Pretty much anything short of a root canal is worth skipping school for.

Rach: I haven't seen Dark Knight either. I'll probably rent it at some point. You can watch it with me, instead of Tweek or MMF.

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Didn't you just read that it's being re-released, a few extra bucks and 100 times the screen and sound experience!
Damn woman!

Anyway, I watched Pineapple Express again, nice!
If I'm not mistaken, James Franco pulls a Scarface impression near the end, lol.

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I do like the books though, I don't mind a lack of action in favour of emotions sometimes, and there's some action at least. Hopefully the movie will be worth skipping school for in December.

Pretty much anything short of a root canal is worth skipping school for.

Rach: I haven't seen Dark Knight either. I'll probably rent it at some point. You can watch it with me, instead of Tweek or MMF.

Can I watch it through the window? I promise not to leave fingerprints.

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One more - it was directed by Wes Anderson!

OK, I'll see the Wes Anderson version with Mr.MMF, and then go to VF's with a packet of pop tarts and a copy of Mean Girls just in case we change our mind. Tweek (and Spacedal) will watch from the window as usual.

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Does anyone else secretly (not so secretly, I suppose) wish Wes Anderson would direct a Batman movie? It would be super awesome... Jason Schwartzman as Bruce Wayne!

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Anyway, I watched Pineapple Express again, nice!
If I'm not mistaken, James Franco pulls a Scarface impression near the end, lol.

I've watched this 3 or 4 times and I just can't make myself love it. Same with Tropic Thunder. Both are meh to me.

Meh.

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   Also, am I the only person left on earth who hasn't seen Dark Knight?

* hobbitboy bestirs himself sufficiently to raise his hand, thereby signifying that he too can be counted amongst the growing throng who have not seen Dark Knight.

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I'm glad I'm not alone. Also, I think I'm going to hold out until Batman is directed by Wes Anderson. Best filmography and soundtrack EVER.

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Australia

Eh.

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Owen Wilson as Batman, Rach?

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Bill Murray as Alfred.

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Owen Wilson as Batman, Rach?

No, Jason Schwartzman as Batman. Or even better, Adrien Brody as Batman.
Owen Wilson as Robin. Po faced indie actress as Batgirl.

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Owen Wilson's nose as the Batmobile.

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Luke Wilson as Harvey Dent

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What will be Kumar Pallana's role?

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The Penguin?

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For fuck sake guys, i spilled my guts on that review of Australia... someone agree with me!

Also, penguin... Brody... he has the nose...

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They'll have to use force perspective on his lanky ass.

chay: I heard the star of it is Australia the country, lots of beautiful scenery, does it get its boobs out?

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I really wanted to see Australia when the trailer came out, it looked good. :S
I'll wait for the DVD now I guess.

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^You only really wanted it because of the song in it, a be..ird whispered to my ear.

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Hi gudbjorg

Baraka

Nobody has heard of this movie probably, but it was utter destruction. Basically a montage of time-lapse and normal images of different cultures and landscapes across the world. No dialogue or story, just the soundtrack carrying it along. Ridiculous quality of shots.

9.5/10

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We've all heard of it... we watched it on that movie The Matrix Reloaded.  Great film.

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My boyfriend and I had a conversation over the Twilight fad, considering neither of us have (nor do we intend to) read the books/see the movie.

We pretty much agreed with this answer:

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Edward is the dream man who represents everything a girl could want in a boy. However if you already have a real boyfriend, the appeal means diddly-squat.

I don't know so much about that...personally I hated Edward, and no not because he was a man.

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It was because as much as he seems perfect, he is over-protective of her, so much so it seems at times like he doesn't respect her judgements, nor does he respect what it is she wants. He refuses to turn her until it's absolutely needed, ie. she's dying, instead of respecting her choice to want to be turned. Just because he feels it's wrong, he completely blanks out her wish and request. Not only that, he put her through months of emotional agony because 'it was for the best', well excuse me, doesn't she have a mind of her own? If she wants to stay with him then he's a stubborn jackass and a jerk for disrespecting that. I just don't like that, man or woman, I wouldn't like him.

I do like the books though, I don't mind a lack of action in favour of emotions sometimes, and there's some action at least. Hopefully the movie will be worth skipping school for in December.

Ha I finished school on Thursday 4th so...yes

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Oldboy

A Korean flick about revenge and, uh, other stuff.  Beautiful cinematography combined with a few scoops of violence and some messed up plot points.  If you like shaking your head after a movie, this one will probably do it for you.

B+

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Oldboy is an unarguable 10/10.
One of the most impactful and memorable cinematic experiences I've ever had.
I don't think you paid attention.

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Maybe I should try to get my hands on a copy of Oldboy then...

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Oldboy is an unarguable 10/10.
One of the most impactful and memorable cinematic experiences I've ever had.
I don't think you paid attention.

Or perhaps it was you who paid attention too much?  Huh? Huh?

My B+ thumbs its nose at you! 

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Twilight

C

Not much fault of the actors/screenwriters/director/producer, really. The story just stinks in my opinion. The movie is better than the book just because it doesn't take as long to get through. The only reason women like Twilight is because Edward is a gentlemen who truly loves Bella. The story doesn't do enough in the way of action/adventure/fantasy to appeal any further than that, with conflict coming only at the very end. Stephanie Meyer is a terrible author in my opinion. She sure knows how to draft the perfect fantasy man, but then again how many women wouldn't? She doesn't seem to understand male thought processes either. But this isn't the Book Review thread, so I digress...

As far as the movie goes, Bianca, you can't follow the romance quite like you can in the book because you don't know the characters' thoughts on screen. It seems to skip ahead very quickly, kind of like the Order of the Phoenix movie. To their credit though, they stick very closely to the book, adding in parts only necessary to facilitate the story on-screen due to the inherent shortcomings of book-to-film transition.

It really depends what your views are on twilight.
Me and some of my friends are really serious twilight fans, I guarantee in 2 weeks I'll be on this thread saying it was the best movie ever.
If you havent read the book, the reviews will be more 'real' in a way, critisising the movie for what it really is (dissing my own opinion, what has the world come to...)

Im just glad it didnt turn out like eragon, leaving out some of the most important parts of the book and changing it completely, now that was a shit movie.

Overall I dont know why I asked the question, taking all bets, what will I think of the movie
Also, I hate movie critics, and I dont know why I read the damn things, yes, lets all diss Bianca on her strange taste of movies...

Twilight was a swick movie! Of course, there's a lot in the book I would have liked them to put in, and I don't believe their budget was that tight, but overall I loved it and the DVD will be going straight into my DVD player

A-

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Twilight...

A-

We'll see about this after my 9:30 session tonight...

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Yeah I kind of wish I had'nt read the book I have no idea if it actually made sense to everyone else.

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The story was coherent, and made sense, but the movie was quite poorly directed. There were no ginormous flaws, except for maybe the fact that the two leads were always panting and it made it look like they were getting off. The audience laughed at a lot of points where they should'nt've and didn't laugh when they should. The grade was pretty horrible, incredibly washed out, even the regular people looked like vampires.

Edward is very very pretty, and what's'er name has some nice legs. (even thought it was very brief <:( )

It was entertaining though, the baseball scene was kind of cool I guess.

C-
Only see it if someone else pays, or perhaps cheap tuesday?

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Dark Night

Overly over-rated. It feels like I'm kinda watching V for Vendetta again for some reason but with Batman in it. Batman's voice sounded like a retard and like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12Csc_lW0Q ! The joker was the only good thing in this film over all.

C-

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^ facepalm.jpg

Barton Fink
John Turturro is great, John Goodman is great especially at the end (wtf btw).
The Man Who Wasn't There reminds me of this, got a very Hotel California vibe I got from where he was staying.

Needed moar Steve Buscemi and Tony Shaloub.

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I somewhat agree with homerjay, still very overrated, and Batman's voice was distractingly deep. I don't remember what I rated DK before, but I'd give it a solid B.

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I'd give you a solid C. In your mouth.


Hojew, list some movies that you like. I've never seen you say a nice thing about any movie.

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Nonsense, all further reviews by Books are null and void.
hojays have been like that since... forever.

Begin the face humping, take it away BC!

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A B isn't good enough for you? I have to automatically like Dark Knight, and that it be exempt of critisism? Also, you're judging someone on a movie you have no personal connection to? Also, I like BC's idea, list some movies you like homerjayla.

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I liked Wall-E better than Dark Night for one.