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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2007, 03:58:43 PM »
I saw The Simpsons Movie last night. It's ok to good - everything you'd expect from a Simpson movie.
But....
1.there is nothing in the movie you won't see in a normal episode (with two small and insignificant exceptions.) In fact the whole thing feels a bit watered down - Itchy and Scracthy are suprisingly tame. The whole show seems less edgy than the series.
2. no suprises. Homer screws up, Marge holds them together, Liza is righteous.... They do nothing out of the ordinary and the plot line would easily fit in with the sereies.
3. supporting caste. From what I remember only one character outside the family gets anything more than a cameo appearance, and it ain't Mr Burns (boooo).

Good, but maybe ten years too late.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2007, 04:03:01 PM »
I'd forgotten about this thread. I'll break the habit of a (recent) lifetime and actually go to the cinema to watch The Simpsons. I'll try to see it in the afternoon though. It doesn't sound that great though, from what I've read. The bit with Bart should be a laugh!
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2007, 04:10:59 PM »
I guess I was just expecting something a bit darker and subversive  - it was a chance for them to get a bit deeper than they could on TV. But maybe people don't want that. It seemed very well recieved by the audience.
I expected more, but at the end of the day it's The Simpsons, so they can't go too wrong. It will make you laugh.
ps do they dub it in Danish? It musd be wierd if they do
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2007, 04:26:44 PM »
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ps do they dub it in Danish? It musd be wierd if they do

I doubt it. Kids stuff, and things like Shrek get dubbed by famous (?) Danish actors, but they also show the original too. Even the Danes would rather see the original versions.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2007, 09:44:16 AM »
BBC is running a British Film series at the moment. Some classics I'd forgotten - especially Hayley Mills in Tiger Bay. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Rewatched La Gaan on the weekend - the first Bollywood movie i've enjoyed rather than endured - probably in my top ten list now. An Indian movie (obstentiously) about cricket but with a hollywood vision. Even the songs were good. BM - you would LOVE this.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2007, 12:44:27 PM »
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BBC is running a British Film series at the moment. Some classics I'd forgotten - especially Hayley Mills in Tiger Bay. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Yes, these are my kind of movies, i genrally hate movies made today.
too much special effects & nonsense in them i think :-/
I love all them 50's & 60's British movies like Billy Liar, Darling,
Helldrivers, Saturday Night & Sunday Morning.   :)
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2007, 02:01:33 PM »
I'm not a big fan of sixties cinema. I guess it parralled the music industry in that it was trying new ideas and playing with new technology. For me too many tricky camera angles and groovy nonsense.
Seems to go in ten year cycles. Fifties, seventies and nineties seem to have produced the bulk of classic cinema. Sixties and eighties and noughties (with the odd exception of course) doesn't appeal too much to me.
Mind - I highly regard the kids classics - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Great Race, Those Magnificent Men etc. (and all edwardian - just like the UK Pyschedelic music dandies!) And of course James Bond and AHDN. But things like Easyrider, 2001 and  Clockwork Orange all seem a bit to too selfconscious and "aware" for me.  They were trying to hard. The realism of the 70's (eg Scorcese) was a nice flashback to the fifties
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2007, 08:41:09 AM »
Saw High Fidelity last night. Excellent movie.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #28 on: August 09, 2007, 11:59:24 AM »
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Saw High Fidelity last night. Excellent movie.

I'm a big fan of this film. It's almost like a romantic comedy for men. Great soundtrack and superb performances from the entire cast.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2007, 01:23:51 PM »
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I'm a big fan of this film. It's almost like a romantic comedy for men. Great soundtrack and superb performances from the entire cast.

You're right - I never thought about that. It's all about "feelings," with that will-they won't-they (yay they do!) thing all romcoms have. I hate romcoms. I was had by the great soundtrack and obsesive collecting references. The swine.
And I just HAVE to check out the Beta Band
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« Reply #30 on: August 10, 2007, 06:52:24 AM »
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You're right - I never thought about that. It's all about "feelings," with that will-they won't-they (yay they do!) thing all romcoms have. I hate romcoms. I was had by the great soundtrack and obsesive collecting references. The swine.
And I just HAVE to check out the Beta Band

How much of it did you see your past self in? It scared the life out of me!
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #31 on: August 10, 2007, 09:27:11 PM »
I don't get to see movies in theatres very often, but I will be going to the city in a few weeks and I will get to see one then. What can everyone recommend? I already saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (it was great) and I also wanna see Hairspray.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2007, 11:48:59 AM »
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How much of it did you see your past self in? It scared the life out of me!


Totally. And it gave me one great epiphany - this scene so woke me up to what I am/was doing.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2007, 01:27:03 PM »
^ yeah, I think that is one of the best scenes ... the spin on what proposal signifies is pretty clever.

Some of my favoueite lines:

                         Some people never
                         got over 'Nam, or the night their
                         band opened for Nirvana.  I guess I
                         never really got over Charlie.

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And I lost it.  I lost it all.  
                         Dignity, faith, fifteen pounds...


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 I could've ended up having sex back
                         there.  And what better way to
                         exorcize rejection demons than to
                         screw the person who rejected you,
                         right?  But you wouldn't be sleeping
                         with a person.  You'd be sleeping
                         with a whole sad single-person
                         culture.  It'd be like sleeping with
                         Talia Shire in "Rocky" if you weren't
                         Rocky.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #34 on: April 21, 2008, 09:51:23 PM »
Ok so I just want to talk about There Will Be Blood/ Daniel Day Lewis.
WOW. he was great in that movie I loved it and I loved his voice.
and another movie Gangs of New York.
Good Movies.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2008, 10:45:46 PM »

Lewis' turn in 'Gangs of New York' is a masterpiece. Totally sold me on his brilliance as an actor. I caught 'Last of the Mohicans' for the first time on the toob last night. OK, but his later work really stands out.

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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2008, 12:42:54 AM »
I was really hoping to hear his british accent in Gangs of NY but I was let down. But not totally because he is a genius. I really admire his depth in his characters.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2008, 12:44:48 AM »
I was fairly creeped out by there will be blood. I seriously freaked out at the end. It must have taken quite a person to pull off that role.
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2008, 12:47:55 AM »
hmmmmmmmmmm......everyone on here has gotten me curious about this movie. ill have to netflix it
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Re: At The Movies
« Reply #39 on: April 22, 2008, 12:50:10 AM »
you will!
I thought the ending had a humorous twist to it.
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