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Posted 19 August 2011 - 09:51 PM

Going to see FRIGHT NIGHT tonight, will weigh in after.

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 03:41 AM

FRIGHT NIGHT was actually really, really good. Very entertaining, and David Tennant absolutely steals the show as Peter Vincent. Great fun!

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 07:42 PM

Eli is actually

Spoiler

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:40 PM

stone monkey, on 20 August 2011 - 07:42 PM, said:

Eli is actually

Spoiler

Ah, it's been a while, I knew it was something like that. Either way, it's still not apparent in the film unless you already know about it, imo, which was my point. Sorry for not spoilering though, wasn't thinking.
Also, thanks Mez for kind of proving my point. Did you realise that Eli was

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As to the joker... apart from a few close ups I'm sure to notice when I next watch it, most scenes were pretty much like this...

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....which to me, didn't make his scars that obvious.

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:52 PM

Well, the director's commentary is your friend... And it does help to have read the book.

But the detail itself is pretty secondary - it has no real bearing on the main plot apart from to cast Eli's previous comment in another light

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 09:58 PM

Conan was pretty good. I would say that the new guy is a better 'barbarian' than Arnold was, especially how he isn't all super-roided out.

The story was odd but somewhat nifty. The battle scenes were pretty good but the way those guys blew through the normal soldier was a little laughable. Block stab kill block stab kill block stab kill.

I give it 7 topless wenches out of 10 evil sorceresses.

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 10:29 PM

Obdigore, on 20 August 2011 - 09:58 PM, said:

See, this is the opinion I value.

I read the AV Club review of it, which shat all over the young Conan egg in mouth scene that we loved. The critics often don't get the spirit of violent old fantasy adventure that Conan embodies. It's like they're all super-wussies that only like the modern guns and shoot'em'up/blow'em'ups.

I'm seeing this movie for sure now.

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 11:47 PM

I just watched Eden Lake. Anyone else seen it? It left me feeling a bit sick and I'm too frightened to go to bed. What if disaffected yoofs break into my flat to torment me??

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 12:17 AM

I liked Eden Lake quite a bit. It gets pretty twisted, and also has some neat class warfare subtext underpinning the ugliness.

Re: Conan, I read that review too, and while the AV Club is pretty decent as far as review collectives go (agree or disagree with them individually), that one struck me as particularly tone deaf and predisposed to complaining. The movie looks brutally awesome.

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 12:27 AM

worrywort, on 21 August 2011 - 12:17 AM, said:

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I saw Sucker Punch a while ago and forgot to put my review of it here. Decent movie, but left me unsatisfied. Strangely enough, I think I'm unsatisfied because I never saw the main character dance. That life-altering dance had to be shown to be believed. Everything else was okay to decent.

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 04:18 AM

Saw Conan last night. And even if I was forced to watch it in French (stupid fucking city) it was good fun. I enjoyed it and will rent it to watch it in English as it was meant to.

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 08:19 AM

amphibian, on 21 August 2011 - 12:27 AM, said:

I saw Sucker Punch a while ago and forgot to put my review of it here. Decent movie, but left me unsatisfied. Strangely enough, I think I'm unsatisfied because I never saw the main character dance. That life-altering dance had to be shown to be believed. Everything else was okay to decent.

I had a reaction close to this as well to SP.

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 09:23 PM

Insidious: I liked it. Nicely creepy and has an actual plot. 7.0 Recommended if you like Paranormal Activity, The Others, etc.

Take Me Home Tonight: Didn't really find myself engaged, other than by Dmitri Martin's 2 minute cameo and the guy from Parks and Rec who just cracks me up. 6.0 out of 10.

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 12:43 PM

Netflixed The Taking of Pelham 123. Yawn. Pointless jerky slo-mo (whatever that effect is called) and other stylistic effects. Utterly predictable story. Denzel, Travolta, and Gandolfini do their best to make it watchable, but even they are largely wasted. I give it 4 hostages out of 19.

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 12:58 PM

McLovin, on 23 August 2011 - 12:43 PM, said:

Welcome to Tony Scott. As a director he is NOTHING like his brother Ridley. Ridley Scott makes impressive films...Tony Scott makes videos with slow mo and jump cut and garish blown out colours. I haven't liked a Tony Scott movie since Top Gun....meanwhile I like nearly EVERY Ridley Scott film.

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 07:13 PM

I haven't seen all of either of their films, but in all honesty I prefer Tony to Ridley. Alien is a masterpiece, and Gladiator is really good fun, but I didn't much get into Blade Runner though I may have have been in the wrong mood, and I can take or leave all else of his that I've seen. Whereas Tony Scott has made True Romance, Top Gun, Man on Fire and Unstoppable, all of which are top-notch entertainment. Others are fluff, but then Ridley also makes fluff.

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 08:00 PM

polishgenius, on 23 August 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

Ridley has eight movies I liked. Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and American Gangster are all excellent movies too.

Tony has a good rep for True Romance. I haven't seen it, but will someday. Man on Fire was okay, but marred by some shitty directorial choices (shots, structure etc.). Spy Games was a bit dry and I didn't enjoy it much. Domino was a wildly uneven movie, but features one of the finest supporting performances in recent memory - from Mo'Nique as Lateesha. Top Gun is a terrible movie that skates by on Cruise's charisma. Days of Thunder too.

Ridley clearly wins this fictional face-off.

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 10:56 PM

I would probably have to say Ridley wins my vote on account that I didn't even know he had a brother until this thread. To be honest.

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 03:22 PM

polishgenius, on 23 August 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

... Whereas Tony Scott has made True Romance...

Really, the debate ends with this statement.

polishgenius, on 23 August 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

... I didn't much get into Blade Runner though I may have have been cold and dead inside and likely a communist infected by a cerebral parasite removing all sense from my thinkymeatz ...

Fixed.

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 03:42 PM

This looks good...it's been too long since we had a good shoot-em-up western.

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