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#5541 dktorode

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 11:33 AM

Gothos, on 20 September 2012 - 08:54 PM, said:

I've not even heard of it until about a week ago, nor the remake for that matterr... when I heard of it, I decided as usual to go after the original. I'm thinking it was a good move.

Wouldn't think watching movies older than from this year would be a faux pas.

heh...no i understand.
Was just giving a perspective, as the movie is considered "old news" by some already and your post made it sound like you have found something no one has seen :rolleyes:

Talking about Swedish films no one has seen... Has anyone watched HEADHUNTERS?
pretty good film, some good stuff coming from there.

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Why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 02:09 PM

dktorode, on 21 September 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

Talking about Swedish films no one has seen... Has anyone watched HEADHUNTERS?
pretty good film, some good stuff coming from there.

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 02:20 PM

Morgoth, on 21 September 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

dktorode, on 21 September 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

Talking about Swedish films no one has seen... Has anyone watched HEADHUNTERS?
pretty good film, some good stuff coming from there.

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 05:42 PM

Anyone heading out to the movies this weekend.....go see DREDD....just do it. SO GOOD!

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 08:44 PM

dktorode, on 21 September 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

heh...no i understand.
Was just giving a perspective, as the movie is considered "old news" by some already and your post made it sound like you have found something no one has seen :rolleyes:

Well, being out there again with "regular" people changed my point of view, really... these are folk I can't get to watch The Wire, let alone more obscure stuff, so I got quite used to nobody knowing wth am I talking about :twoguns:

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Posted 22 September 2012 - 07:53 PM

Saw DREDD again this afternoon.

Still great the 2nd time!

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Posted 22 September 2012 - 09:12 PM

Watched Cabin in the Woods last night.

I enjoyed it. Wasn't quite as great as I was hoping from reading people's excitement hear, but it was still pretty good. Might have set my expectations too high.

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Posted 22 September 2012 - 10:45 PM

I'm gonna rewatch it some time this week cuz my sisters didn't get to see it. It's probably my favorite movie of the year, it hit all the right buttons for me. My favorite scene in anything this year was:

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Posted 23 September 2012 - 07:07 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 22 September 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:

I just watched it too, lead to it by this thread. It was relatively good, to be honest. Nothing spectacular, but for old style action horror it does splendidly, I guess. Never was a fan of the genre, though.

Also, NIN in the soundtrack? Fuck yeah.

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 03:42 PM

Gothos, on 19 September 2012 - 10:03 PM, said:

So I just watched... "Let the Right One In". It's a swedish film, and as could be expected, it was grim and sad. Not exactly a horror film, despite being about vampires, but I recommend it nevertheless. A beautiful, heart-gripping (at least to me) story of friendship, neccesity, loyalty and, in fact, loneliness.

I was going to add to the ribbing by saying that I just watched some old 70s sci-fi flick called "Star Wars: A New Hope." But I've already reached my smartass quota for the month. Also, I've still got some 2009 movies in my to-be-watched pile, so you're not far enough behind me for me to legitimately make fun. If you lived in the U.S., you'd have seen the movie-promotion versions of the novel everywhere... But it's not your fault you're not afflicted with ubiquitous Walmarts.

Anyway, the Swedish version of the movie was better. As per usual, the American adaptation deletes stuff that explains character motivations (e.g. the d-bag dad scenes) and replaces them with police chases. We Americans do love our police chases. I'm convinced American television will one day consist entirely of reality TV and police/legal dramas.

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Posted 29 September 2012 - 10:17 PM

Morgoth, on 21 September 2012 - 02:09 PM, said:

dktorode, on 21 September 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

Talking about Swedish films no one has seen... Has anyone watched HEADHUNTERS?
pretty good film, some good stuff coming from there.

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Why dont they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff?

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Posted 01 October 2012 - 12:15 AM

I finally watched A Separation. It was as good as its reputation, entirely gripping from start to finish.

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Posted 07 October 2012 - 09:46 PM

Hotel Transylvania - 8.5 batwingin' vampires out of 10 (A minus for those you who need a letter grade).

This is destined to be a Halloween classic. Excellently realized monsters, passable story and it really did get laughs at regular intervals from everyone in the movie theater.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 07:49 AM

Kruppe, on 25 September 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

I'm convinced American television will one day consist entirely of reality TV and police/legal dramas.

couldnt be worse than the 20 hours of auction shows on bbc 1 and 2 we get in the uk.

have seen both let me in and let the right one in, and though the swedish one is better, the american one was better than i expected and had some very good cinematography in it.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 07:58 AM

NBC is banking on its new firefighter drama, Chicago Fire, and it looks absolutely awful. I'd prefer a 50th season of Law & Order.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 02:29 PM

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Watched Cabin in the Woods last night.

I enjoyed it. Wasn't quite as great as I was hoping from reading people's excitement hear, but it was still pretty good. Might have set my expectations too high.

All this.
By far the best part is what WW mentioned.
By far the worst part was the stoner guy. He was so f'ing annoying in the first half of the movie.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 11:22 PM

Slow Ben, on 08 October 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

By far the worst part was the stoner guy. He was so f'ing annoying in the first half of the movie.

Consistent with real life stoners, really...

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 04:09 AM

Saw ARGO tonight. REALLY excellent film! I only knew smatterings of stuff about the Iran hostages thing.

Oh and Affleck's direction is absolutely spot on perfect.

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 04:41 AM

I was enormously enjoyed by Seven Psychopaths. It's like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang meshed with Pulp Fiction. And they turned the Christopher Walken up to 11 without making him a caricature of himself.

McDonough is a force if he can keep the In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths form going. This movie is just something else.

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Posted 13 October 2012 - 10:52 AM

Awesome^

Must have missed both of those movies (In Bruges, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) but I'll definitely check them out. Pulp Fiction might be my top favorite movie ever, so I can't believe I missed these two. Plus the newest one looks sick, too.

Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, etc..
I like those type of movies best.

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