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What films are you watching?

Pygmalion · 2009-08-01 23:06:30

There's already a thread here for TV shows and books, but none for films (other than a "Greatest movie ever" thread which isn't the same thing), so I figured it'd be a good thread to start. To start with I've recently watched: Full Metal Jacket - Fairly good, better than I was expecting anyway. La Femme Nikita - Decent,…

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#662 14-03-2010 12:22am

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Micheal, you must go to London, Micheal...

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#663 14-03-2010 2:20am

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I finally saw Up

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#664 14-03-2010 4:48pm

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Saw Alice in Wonderland, in the cinema recently, and In Her Shoes last night.

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#665 14-03-2010 7:32pm

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watched Superbad, Little Miss Sunshine and half of The Breakfast Club last night.

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#666 18-03-2010 10:46pm

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I finally watched Sweeny Todd the other day and while a little too much blood for my liking the music was great and i was pretty good. Watching From Paris With Love now and it's not that bad.

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#667 18-03-2010 10:48pm

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Shutter Island. Intense and another fine addition to Scorsese's large collection of great films.

Gonna stick on The Good, The Bad & The Ugly later on.

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#668 18-03-2010 11:56pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krOzVRj9z88

I cannot wait to see this!!!

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#669 19-03-2010 12:01am

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Pleasant surprise when I saw this trailer in the cinema, had no idea there was a movie in the works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs

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#670 19-03-2010 12:35am

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A Neurotic wrote: »

Pleasant surprise when I saw this trailer in the cinema, had no idea there was a movie in the works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs

Class. I used to love Avatar:The Legend of Aang!

EDIT: Also, I watched Talladega Nights:The Ballad of Ricky Bobby tonight. I had seen it in the cinema but it was just as funny tonight as I had forgotten all the jokes. Classic

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#671 19-03-2010 1:05am

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A Neurotic wrote: »

Pleasant surprise when I saw this trailer in the cinema, had no idea there was a movie in the works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs

I recall making fun of that for a good ten minutes.

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#672 19-03-2010 1:09am

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Extrasupervery wrote: »

I recall making fun of that for a good ten minutes.

*snigger*.... bender.

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#673 19-03-2010 1:19am

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A Neurotic wrote: »

*snigger*.... bender.

That was it!

Ha

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#674 19-03-2010 1:35am

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A Neurotic wrote: »

Pleasant surprise when I saw this trailer in the cinema, had no idea there was a movie in the works!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs

If you go see it, do you get a free coupon for 1000 Gamerscore points?

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#675 19-03-2010 1:45am

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D4RK ONION wrote: »

If you go see it, do you get a free coupon for 1000 Gamerscore points?

Nothing better than a bit of obscure nerd humour :pac:

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#676 19-03-2010 2:07am

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I just watched J G Ballard's Crash... pretty intense! And weird... but good:rolleyes:

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#677 19-03-2010 8:50am

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DitterbugLeen wrote: »

I just watched J G Ballard's Crash... pretty intense! And weird... but good:rolleyes:

it's a top class movie,as long as you don't like storyline,or dialogue,or character development.But explosions,forget about it

A Neurotic wrote: »

Pleasant surprise when I saw this trailer in the cinema, had no idea there was a movie in the works!

*Avatar trailer*

I doubt they will do the anime/mange justice it's just one of those stories that really won't translate well to film.I'm a big fan so definitely going to see it when it comes out though

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#678 20-03-2010 2:58am

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Easy Rider. Quite good but the ending was quite sudden, shocking and drastic.

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#679 20-03-2010 11:00pm

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I'm watching The Day After Tomorrow atm and although i've seen it so many times before it never ceases to amaze me! The special effects are amazing :O

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#680 20-03-2010 11:02pm

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Was everso epic.

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#681 21-03-2010 12:51am

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Craguls wrote: »

Was everso epic.

So, so, epic. I'm hooked.

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#682 21-03-2010 3:06am

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Just watched Harry Brown.

What a great film.

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#683 21-03-2010 3:10am

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Davidius wrote: »

Just watched Harry Brown.

What a great film.

I think I downloaded that, never watched it and deleted it , the downside to not having the attention span to check whether you've actually copied over a film to external hard-drive.

May get it again.

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#684 21-03-2010 3:19am

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Pygmalion wrote: »

I think I downloaded that, never watched it and deleted it , the downside to not having the attention span to check whether you've actually copied over a film to external hard-drive.

May get it again.

You must watch it, the fact that it's a bit tasteless about the subject matter makes it better.

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#685 21-03-2010 3:22am

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Davidius wrote: »

You must watch it, the fact that it's a bit tasteless about the subject matter makes it better.

All the good movies are completely tasteless about the subject matter

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#686 21-03-2010 3:56am

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Just watched The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy.

Quality movies!

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#687 21-03-2010 9:38am

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Watched Pretty in Pink last night...T'was alright but why anyone would choose that rich dude over Duckie is beyond me...

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#688 21-03-2010 12:56pm

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At some point today:

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#689 21-03-2010 3:51pm

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Hotaru wrote: »

At some point today:

Can you or another esteemed member of the board recommend some anime for moi to watch? I briefly got into it a while back and watched death note and a few others but lost contact with the friend who would let me know what to watch.

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#690 21-03-2010 3:56pm

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TheCardHolder wrote: »

Can you or another esteemed member of the board recommend some anime for moi to watch? I briefly got into it a while back and watched death note and a few others but lost contact with the friend who would let me know what to watch.

+1

I too would appreciate a short-list of essential films to watch as a new-comer to the genre.

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#691 21-03-2010 4:06pm

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TheCardHolder wrote: »

Can you or another esteemed member of the board recommend some anime for moi to watch? I briefly got into it a while back and watched death note and a few others but lost contact with the friend who would let me know what to watch.

Insect Overlord wrote: »

+1

I too would appreciate a short-list of essential films to watch as a new-comer to the genre.

This and this thread have a few suggestions.

Any of the Studio Ghibli films are great, particularly Spirited Away. Bear in mind that they're all PG though so if you're looking for any serious violence or racy stuff you won't find it there
Akira is another great film, lots more violence and gritty storylines.

As for a series, well it's gotta be Neon Genesis Evangelion. We harp on about it enough here on boards but it really is amazing - it's complicated though and has a lot of psychological aspects to it. When you 'get it' (Wikipedia is very useful for when you get a bit lost) though, you'll really appreciated the genius of the series.

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