km73

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I liked the old one too, but the current one has actually really grown on me Books.. It just sort of seems to suit you somehow... <3 Milwaukee <3 <3 ^ 2 I was happy to see it at the Oriental theater a few weeks ago... I never go to movies anymore, but god I used to love the Oriental. I remember when my parents used to take me there when I was like 10, 11, 12, 13, I always used to think it was so awesome and exotic. I always enjoyed climbing up the staircase..
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km73

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Yes, it's a very friendly and warmhearted avatar somehow.  Yea, the staircase to nowhere lol...or is there a bathroom up there? I can never remember. There are totally bathrooms up there! Well, at least the women's one, anyway. Don't remember but I would think the men's one would be there too. Also I think I saw Amadeus there. Random on-topicness: Amadeus is a very good movie.
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There are totally bathrooms up there! Well, at least the women's one, anyway. That must be why I never go up there, I don't think there is a men's room... Random on-topicness: Amadeus is a very good movie.
It really is, F. Murray Abraham is brilliant. has anyone seen The Hurt Locker yet? I thought it looked pretty interesting....
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Public Enemies Michael Mann, creamy beige, black and blue tones in gorgeous HD with extra loud and realistic sounding gunfights and Depp charisma-ing the ass off John Dillinger.
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I'll prolly see this instead of Harry Potter and the Half-Arsed Rewrite.
Traitor - do that and we are over. You know damn well I am serious too.
Seen it, finally. It wasn't brilliant, but it wasn;t as bad as I was expecting. Hoorah for low expectations! I have to say, Alan Rickman has like five lines, but every one of them is beautifully delivered, especially Avada Kedavra. He's easily the most talanted actor in the entire film. Michael Gambon seemed a little wooden, and Daniel Radcliffe seemed to be quite out of his depth in protraying Harry, for the first time ever. I was surprised with that.
Tom Felton as Draco was wonderful, he's got a dark charisma and a fantastic screen presence. I expect to see him in a few brooding dramatic roles in future.
Emma Watson and Maggie Smith were awesome as ever. Not much screen time compared to other characters, but nonetheless they were superb for the time they were onscreen.
Jim Broadbent was a passable Slughorn - but no walrus-like mustache! I wanted that mustache! I was hoping that even if they made Slughorn a totally different personality, the mustache would be present! Disappointment reigned!
I also felt that the young Voldemort was not as well played as in Chamber Of Secrets. They should have kept the same actor.
The magic was sub-par for this film. I was expecting some more spectacular sequences for the cursed necklace, the cave of inferi, and the restoration of Slughorn's house... I was not expecting The Burrow to explode. What the fuck? Why? Where was that in the book? Huh? Eh? Argh!
All in all, it felt only marginally faithful to the book, and this was what led in my mind to the failure of the film to live up to previous offerings. I look forward to the last installment still, but I'm not going to hold the same anticipation as I did for the book itself.
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I also felt that the young Voldemort was not as well played as in Chamber Of Secrets. They should have kept the same actor. You mean the actor who was, at time of filming CoS, already substantially older than the age Riddle was in Dumbledore's memories in HBP?
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Books

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The Seveth Seal - I generally like classic movies like this, but it was just plain boring  5/10 Fried Green Tomatoes - I really love this movie for some reason, great sense of putting you in that time period and living it.. 9.5/10 The Reader - Alright...some strange plot turns O_o 7.5/10 Philadelphia - This made me realize I really like court movies... Tom Hanks has AIDS  8.5/10 Meet Joe Black - Early on it was really funny, but it turns so sappy  7/10 Rain Man - I'm a very good driver 8/10 Face/off - Decent action movie, yay face cutting off faces 7.5/10 Platoon - War goes boom, average movie 8/10
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Man on Fire
When I first watched this film it left a nasty taste in my mouth however I gave it a second chance and found myself enjoying it far more than the first time. The acting can't really be faulted, especially that of Denzel Washington John Creasy as the alcoholic, suicidal ex-CIA officer and Dakota Fanning as Pita, the young girl he is employed to protect.
Some people might think the opening hour is too slow however I thought it was the strongest part of the film as it shows the burgeoning friendship between Creasy and Pita so by the time she is kidnapped the viewer will care about her character and understand why Creasy is taking it so personally. While the first hour is all about setting up the story and character development the remainder of the film is almost non-stop action as Creasy works his way through everybody involved in Pita's abduction and the corrupt police officers who ambushed the ransom drop.
Some of scenes where Creasy tortures those involved for information about those higher up the organisation are fairly gruelling and I can understand some viewers feeling uncomfortable seeing such methods employed by a character we were supposed to identify with. Unfortunately the film is edited in a fairly jarring way with rather too much frantic camera movements, subtitles to words spoken in English and cuts every second or two in action scenes.
7/10
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The Crow - 7.5/10
The Crow: City of Angels - 2.5/10 W-T-F, seriously, what where they thinking?
American History X - 9/10
The Fifth Element - 8/10
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« Reply #136 on: 08-03-2009 05:56 »
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My Bloody Valentine THREEEEEEEEDEEEEEEEEEEE!Didn't watch it in 3D as there was 4 of us and only 2 pairs of glasses. You could still easily tell the stuff that was supposed to scare you in 3D. Very generic slasher film, so terrible acting, shitty lines, but one HILARIOUS 5 minute scene involving a midget being killed and a woman running around completely naked for an extended period of time. Lame ending. 2 flapping boobs out of 10.
Taxi DriverMeeeeeeh. I was expecting a lot from this. It was really good at the start, Deniro was really good, and watching it all start off quite nicely was jarring considering i knew that bad things were going to happen, but once it started to transition and then he met Iris for realz, it just kinda, i dunno, wrapped up really quickly. Felt a bit cheated! Also: Seriously, a guy kills 3 (4?) people without really being provoked, and he's not put in jail? I think (I think i think, it's been a while since i watched it) Falling Down was a better "Dude slowly going crazy" movie.
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well, there has obviously been some time between the shooting and the scene after, as can be seen on bickle's hair... so who knows what happened in that time?
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Man on Fire
7/10
I hate Tony Scott's style! Should've watched Man on Wire.
That was on TV last night and I recorded it. I watched Man on Fire because my brother gave me his copy... it got bonus points for being free 
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Bend-err

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The Crow - 7.5/10
The Crow: City of Angels - 2.5/10 W-T-F, seriously, what where they thinking?
You rented them. It's not the 90s anymore man!
who said i rented them? i own them... it's a Steelbook with both movies in them
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Clerks. - 8/10
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 9/10 (very good picture quality in BLU)
Batman - 7/10 (also watched in BLU)
Mallrats - 7/10
Chasing Amy - 7.5/10
planned for today on BLU via projector: Watchmen DC Batman Returns Batman Forever Batman & Robin (or however many i can watch)
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i watched worse movies...
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Is it just me or are Horne & Corden a load of crap if they're not in Gavin & Stacey?
In other news, I second the recommendation of Man On Wire, awesome documentary...
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I watched a good vampire film:
Let the Right One In
I'd heard lots of good things about about this film so ordered the DVD as soon as it was listed, when it arrived I was not disappointed. "Let the Right One In" is different to any other vampire film I've seen; instead of the vampire appearing to be superhuman she appears to be a vulnerable young girl, there are no "transformation scenes" where her fangs grow, in fact we never see her looking anything other than like a young girl.
Oskar is a young boy who is being bullied by a group of boys at school, his life changes when Eli, a girl of about his age, moves in next door. There is something different about Eli, even though there is snow all around she doesn't wear warm clothes and doesn't appear to feel the cold and is only out at night. As the film progresses a friendship develops and Oskar learns that Eli isn't the same as other girls but he doesn't seem to mind. While they are getting closer the local population is understandably starting to get concerned about the increasing number of strange deaths in the area.
Kåre Hedebrant and Lina Leandersson perform brilliantly as Oskar and Eli their make difficult roles seem completely natural and very tender. They really make the viewer care for their characters. The supporting cast are good too, it is nice to see a film that is populated by real people, none of them are the beautiful people one would have expected if this were a Hollywood production. The opening was fairly slow and I feared it might be boring but as the film progressed I realised that the slow start had in fact served to draw me in and care for the characters so when the action increased and they were endangered I cared for them more than I may have done otherwise.
I'd strongly recommend this film to anybody who isn't disturbed by the sight of blood, it is a beautiful and tender story which doesn't rely on excessive CGI and explosions.
10/10
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