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    #2612
    splashthecash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭splashthecash


    I love you Phillip Morris

    Jim Carrey & Ewan McGregor star in this true story about a gay conman who falls in love with a fellow inmate and follows their time together and apart.

    I thought this was going to be a comedy, maybe it is but I didn't think it was that funny, but there was enough in it to keep me watching. It could be that I've just seen to many Jim carrey comedies and was expecting something similar. It has a kind of twist towards to end that I didn't see coming.

    Overall I'd give it a 6.5\10


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    #2613
    trustno1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 493 ✭✭trustno1


    missingtime wrote: »
    American Psycho

    Seen it loads of times but its a quality film. Makes me want to read the book which I might pick up over the weekend

    Brett Easton Ellis admitted that he read American Psycho recently and even he couldn't believe the amount of violence in it. It's a very very distrubing (and at times boring) read!..


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    #2614
    Tony EH
    Registered Users Posts: 19,298 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    ...and SO much of the violence was left out of the film.


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    #2615
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    He's coming for a talk at the Galway Arts festival next month also. (Ellis)


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    #2616
    billymitchell
    Registered Users Posts: 11,996 ✭✭✭✭billymitchell


    Mink wrote: »
    Watched Black Snake Moan over the weekend

    I was a bit dubious about it but it was very good. Samuel L Jackson does some great blues sets in it. Christina Ricci is fantastic - very underated actress. Justin Timberlake is in it & again he does a good job. I sort of forget it's him in this movie so that usually means he's pulling it off.

    It's a bit explicit, gritty & deep south grimey but great all the same

    I'd love to know what fella's opinions on this film would be if Christina Ricci hadn't got them out!!! :rolleyes:


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    #2617
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Long time since i seen this,but its definitely still as good as i remember it.Jason Scott Lee is brilliant in this film and there is some great fight scenes.Made me want to watch bruces lees films again.As i only have Enter the dragon ,might order a couple when i get a chance.The big boss,way of the dragon and Fist of fury are all around €5 ,so worth a look.Although the films are a bit dated i think Bruce Lees screen presence is timeless.
    Won't bother with Game of Death,IMO is not worth getting.


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    #2618
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    For me the legacy of bruce lee on screen starts and ends with enter the dragon. The rest are intriguing but mediocre.


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    #2619
    lalee17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭lalee17


    Recently saw 'Oldboy'- A Japanese film, it's a bit confusing..
    Also 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' and 'The Road'.

    All I've done since finishing my Leaving Cert is watch films. :D


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    #2620
    Javelin77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭Javelin77


    In america

    This movie must be well known in ireland.


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    #2621
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,998 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Last night I got to see a classic for the first time: Kurosawa's Rashomon. Groundbreaking in so many ways, an essential part of any education in cinema.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #2622
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Enjoyed this film bigtime!.Made in 1965 and still after all this time,a powerful,powerful movie.
    In 2003, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon screened this film for officers and civilian experts who were discussing the challenges faced by the US military forces in Iraq. The flier inviting guests to the screening read: "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas".

    http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=2748


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    #2623
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    lalee17 wrote: »
    Recently saw 'Oldboy'- A Japanese film, it's a bit confusing..
    Oldboy is South Korean, ha.


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    #2624
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    A Prophet Good film...well worth a look.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/

    Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) Liked this one alot.WW2 story set in holland.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795441/


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    #2625
    joseph brand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    tman wrote: »
    Dark City - quite enjoyed this one, even if it did get a little ridiculous in places... Think I bought it on Bluray to demo my new PS3 a few years ago and only got around to watching it this week

    Zombieland - not bad I suppose, wasn't expecting much from it in the first place and it didn't exactly exceed my expectations....

    Mortal Kombat - funnier than most comedies I've watched recently!:p

    Thanks for this. Gonna watch Dark City. Never heard of it. Got good reviews on imdb.


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    #2626
    joseph brand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    Mr Yellow wrote: »
    Just brilliant. They sure dont make em like they used to!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3CPz21NzUc

    They sure don't make actors like Paul Newman anymore. The essence of Cool.

    Looks like there's a nice car wash scene.

    Did they not have bra's back then, jeeezz. :p


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    #2627
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Vampire movie with a twist........liked it....... worth a look.


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    #2628
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Just watched Road To Peredition again. One of those films I never caught fully cuz something would always come up during it where I'd have to skip it.

    Anywho, I enjoyed it. A very well shot movie with a great, though fairly silent, turn from Tom Hanks and of course the legend Paul Newman giving the movie that extra piece of class. Jude Law was good too, to be fair. A rare occurence where he doesn't annoy me. A fine, epic soundtrack too.

    Though one thing did gripe with me:
    Considering Hanks caught on fairly early who Jude Law was when he meet him in the diner, why didn't he kill him when he had the chance in the hotel? It was pretty obvious the glass shooting into his face wouldn't have finished him and he was incapacitated for enough time.

    Hanks also knew that Law would find him at the Aunt's house.

    Oh well, just one of things that bugged me.


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    #2629
    DFB BOY
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭DFB BOY


    Recently bought 'See No Evil,Hear No Evil' of Ebay on dvd,absolute great comedy film with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.


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    #2630
    StereoLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭StereoLove


    Last film I watched was Everybody's Fine. It was good but it was quite sad


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    #2631
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    Face/Off

    Love this film... Great actioner, with what still looks like cutting-edge technology, even 13 years after this film's release. Cage and Travolta play off one another expertly, each playing the opposite actor's character for the vast majority of the film. Travolta is superb in his role as the villain-in-hero's-skin...


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    #2632
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    StereoLove wrote: »
    Last film I watched was Everybody's Fine. It was good but it was quite sad

    Yeah really liked Drew Barrymore in it even though generally I don't think much of her.

    Just finished Solomon Kane, really liked it, thought Purefoy kicked ass in it.
    Dodgy enought effects for the final battle but they kept it relatively short so not too bad.


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    #2633
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    The Truman Show just finished on FilmFour. Really good movie, top stuff from Carey!


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    #2634
    Bleedin Delish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭Bleedin Delish


    Just watched " The Lonely Man" on DVD this weekend.. one of the worst and most boring things that I have ever seen.. avoid like the plague


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    #2635
    Bleedin Delish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭Bleedin Delish


    oh yeah on the other hand I watched Into the Wild (Sean Penn directed it) and it was brilliant .. really made me want to go travelling :D


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    #2636
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    The Road.
    I think it failed hard at evoking the mood it was so desperately trying to achieve and fell somewhat short of what it should have been given the book. Dull really. Disappointing.


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    #2637
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Hot Tub Time Machine.

    I had started to watch The Elephant Man, but I quickly realised that I wasn't in the mood for anything David Lynch related. So turned on the above for some brainless... eh... fun. Wasn't a terrible movie, it's a semi decent way to spend a Sunday afternoon.


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    #2638
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    Mink wrote: »
    Watched Black Snake Moan over the weekend

    I was a bit dubious about it but it was very good. Samuel L Jackson does some great blues sets in it. Christina Ricci is fantastic - very underated actress. Justin Timberlake is in it & again he does a good job. I sort of forget it's him in this movie so that usually means he's pulling it off.

    It's a bit explicit, gritty & deep south grimey but great all the same

    Its decent enough without being mind blowing.

    Would love to have a hot little nympho chained up in my house....sigh.


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    #2639
    Anakin.S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 398 ✭✭Anakin.S


    I watched Up on Blu-ray over the weekend, visually fantastic and a good story too


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    #2640
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    joseph brand wrote: »
    Thanks for this. Gonna watch Dark City. Never heard of it. Got good reviews on imdb.

    Really good movie, comparisons with The Matrix are inevitable but it came out before it. In fact the opening of The Matrix with Trinity running across the rooftops was a set reused from Dark City, shot in the same studios in Australia. If you can get the blu-ray, it looks stunning, and the directors cut adds a lot to the movie, and also removes the stupid, ruining its own ending opening narration by Kiefer Sutherland.


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    #2641
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,658 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Watched Invictus last night, thought it was pretty decent, the size difference between Damon and the other guys is pretty funny!


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