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Sulp Niar
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| KnottyEmily wrote: | | Speckled Jim wrote: | I've just leafed through this impressively long-running thread and seen no mention of Children of Men. I hired it out last weekend and was completely blown away; it was so good I watched it again as soon as I woke up the next day. It's stunning on so many levels.
Alfonso Cuaron is the director of the age, in my opinion. The Prestige was my movie of the year until I saw CoM. Those one-shot scenes - the car chase, and Clive Owen's charge through the warzone into the building at the end of the film - had me on the edge of my seat. Truly revolutionary filmmaking.
And what a cast - Owen is awesome, Michael Caine plays his finest part for ages, and even the smaller roles, like John Huston, are cast perfectly.
In my opinion this is the best sci fi film since Bladerunner. Infact, it's the Bladerunner of the new millennium.
I could bang on about its existential nature, the amazing sociological philosophy behind it and the authenticity of its dystopian vision, but I may start foaming at the mouth. I'd be interested to hear what other people thought of it. |
Some of the shots in that movie are amazing. There are two parts that seem to be one shot [without cuts] and go for a really long time. The first is when they get ambushed by the rebel guys, and the other one is when Owen's character is running through the war zone to get into the building. During that shot blood splatters on the lens and stays there for quite a while, and any cuts would have been blatantly obvious. |
Mmm... that seems to be a Cuaron trait - if you watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he does the same thing when they're running through the forest away from the wolf. And yes, that movie is STILL by far the best directed of all of them. So much better.
Apart from what's already been mentioned, bits I loved: the use of songs (Radiohead's 'Life in a Glasshouse' was just perfect, lyrically too, for that mood, and Aphex Twin's "zen" function was hilarious); and the usage of Guernica was incredible. Considering the grittiness and war-stricken places you see later, the fact that an upper class house just happens to have Guernica stuck on its wall just disturbed me greatly. Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. |
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dave
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
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Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Finally we get a trailer for The Incredible Hulk:
http://www.spike.com/presents/hulk
I think the calibre of the leads is promising, as is the fact that this time Hulk's got the Abomination to fight. That's all good.
But, for some inexplicable reason, I still have a feeling this is going to be a dud...
Hope I'm wrong. |
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Theta Sigma
Joined: 26 Jun 2005
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Saw two animated movies, the first was Ratatouille last night and the other I just saw in the cinema was Horton Hears A Who!
Both were very enjoyable although the latter looked flat at the start but does pick up as it progresses. |
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Theta Sigma
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Even though it is not officially released until May 1 but a review of the Iron Man movie was in the Sydney Sunday Telegraph three days ago.
Reviewer Ben McEachen gave it three and a half stars but says to "battle a bothersome sense of being underwhelmed". |
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Theta Sigma
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Another trailer of The Incredible Hulk:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HSH3xtygvbA
Meanwhile Iron Man was reviewed in this week's At The Movies with David giving it 3 and a half stars and Margaret 4 and a half stars with Margaret saying that she loves it. |
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Theta Sigma
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Theta Sigma
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Just saw Iron Man and there was an extra scene after the credits.
For those who walked out when the end credits came in, here it is:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3TLNu4G6XQg
As to the movie itself it is pretty good. Gwyneth Paltrow really surprised me with her performance as Pepper Potts and what a shock hearing the final line before the credits came in. |
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Theta Sigma
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Ickabod
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everytime I hear "IronMan" I think of nutrigrain  |
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Theta Sigma
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charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
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| Damn! The ironman extra scene was removed because of copyright and I loved Ironman it being the first good movie Ive seen since spiderman 2 but I walked out right after the song finished. SO now Ill never see it. |
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Theta Sigma
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Theta Sigma
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Theta Sigma
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Found out that the subtitle for Transformers 2 is Revenge of the Fallen. |
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Theta Sigma
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| David and Margaret in this week's At The Movies was impressed with Prince Caspian each giving it 3 and a half stars. |
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Theta Sigma
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Saw Prince Caspian today.
A lot of the film is good but other parts felt really flat.
Still got a pass mark from me. |
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charlie
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Location: Currarong (never heard of it?! Its near Nowra. What?! Nowra's below The Gong!)
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| hey Theta are they gonna make Voyage of the Dawntreader? that was always my favourite one. |
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Theta Sigma
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Yes.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader has been slated for release in 2010. |
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Theta Sigma
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Ben McEachen in the Sunday Telegraphy gave The Incredible Hulk, 3 and a half stars. He found it better than the Hulk's previous big screen outing directed by Ang Lee in 2003. I agree as I saw the film yesterday.
The new movie featured surprising cameos.
I was surprised that the movie had a cameo from Bill Bixby (David Banner in the 1970s TV series). Bixby who died in 1993 appeared in the film as a result of a clip from his TV show The Courtship of Eddie's Father which was briefly shown on television that Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) was watching.
Also making a cameo was Lou Ferrigno, the Hulk in the TV series. He briefly appears as the security guard that Bruce Banner meets. Banner
says that the security guard is the man! Ferrigno also provides the voice of the Hulk in the movie in contrast to the fact that the Hulk was mute in the TV series apart from him roaring.
The theme of the TV series was briefly played during the film.
Unfortunately there was nothing of the late Jack Colvin (Jack McGee) included in the film. However the Jack McGee character did appear in the film as a campus student reporter. |
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Theta Sigma
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| In this week's At The Movies Margaret and David were not very impressed by The Incredible Hulk with Margaret giving it 2 and a half stars and David three stars. |
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