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Old 06-28-2008, 08:47 PM   #1
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Great Weekend Releases

Just came back from seeing Wall E, the animated Pixar flick.

Best movie I've seen in years. Favorite animated movie ever.
Go see it.
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Old 06-28-2008, 08:48 PM   #2
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it looks cute! reminds me of Short Circuit

ETA: Just checked Rotten Tomatoes on this one--96%!!! with more than one reviewer saying it's "perfect." That's pretty unprecedented.
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Old 06-28-2008, 09:22 PM   #3
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Just back, it's not perfect but it's pretty damn good.
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Old 06-28-2008, 09:24 PM   #4
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Man, I'm jealous. We're thinking of taking the kids next week--which really means that Mr. Clod will take the kids and I'll stay home with the young'uns. Sigh. I might get to see it after Christmas, when someone inevitably gets one of them the DVD.
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Old 06-28-2008, 10:24 PM   #5
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release THESE
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Old 06-28-2008, 10:59 PM   #6
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I want to see Wanted, too.
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Old 06-29-2008, 06:46 AM   #7
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I want to see Wanted. McAvoy is a good actor.
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Old 06-29-2008, 02:48 PM   #8
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Went to see Wanted. Good. Violent, action-packed. A story type I always like (Everyman becomes not-so-Everyman. This guy has special assassin powers!)

Spent half the movie staring at Angelina's makeup, wondering how they get it so freakin perfect.

And just what up with Morgan Freeman's face? Are those freckles? It's almost like virtual scarification. Like Seal, only natural.
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Old 06-29-2008, 06:49 PM   #9
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Like Seal, only natural.
Erm... Lupus is natural.

I would quite like to see Wanted too. Will see what next week brings.
I still have 2 free tickets to my local independent cinema, but I don't want to use them on mainstream films - I'd rather see something there that I couldn't see elsewhere.

They've been a bit slack on foreign films recently.

Do you know what I want?
A really, really good horror. Or black comedy. Not fussed about the language - although pref English if it's comedy.

Good and short. 90 minutes is plenty (although I make an exception for Edgar Wright)
Noisy beginning - this helps me overcome other people's noise and suspend my disbelief so I can coast the rest of the film without hearing them.
Good clear dialogue or ideally subtitles (I watch all DVDs with subtitles)
Any scenes in the dark are still clear enough for me to work out what is happening.
Horror to have at least one gasp moment, and creepy enough to stay with me for days.
Comedy to have at least one belly laugh and other lines clever enough to make me grin inwardly for days.

Demanding, moi?

Tcha. I'd pay £20 to watch that film.
And buy the DVD.
And then buy it for other people (I distribute books & DVDs if I love them enough)

Anyway. As you were.
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Old 06-29-2008, 07:52 PM   #10
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(sticks out tongue); I mean as opposed to self-inflicted scarification.
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Old 06-29-2008, 07:57 PM   #11
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(sticks out tongue); I mean as opposed to self-inflicted scarification.
Seriously - Seal's scars are from lupus. A disease.
He's been a name here from the 80s onwards so it's been covered many times (sorry to be too slack to provide a link)
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:17 PM   #12
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how strange--I didn't know that. I withdraw the comparison. (looks at WikiP--ugh; seems really unpleasant)

But--Morgan Freeman?
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:19 PM   #13
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Oh Morgan Freeman I have no idea
He's one of yours
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:55 PM   #14
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:59 PM   #15
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well, whaddya know. thanks, clodfobble!
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