Review thread - Page 2

classicman · 05-12-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

There's one very brief sex scene, but it's nothing that isn't on tv every night anyway. Lotsa action, not much blood.

Typical Trek... thats good to hear. I'm excited to go see it.

ZenGum · 06-01-2009, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Nah, it should be okay for a reasonable 9yo. There's one very brief sex scene, but it's nothing that isn't on tv every night anyway. Lotsa action, not much blood.

I really shouldn't skim-read posts... WTF kind of sex scenes do you watch?

DanaC · 05-12-2009, 10:45 AM

I havent seen beowulf. What was it that wasn't suitable?

Beestie · 05-12-2009, 10:50 AM

The opening scene when Grendel dismembered about 20-30 Viking dudes complete with arms and heads getting torn off... Yikes - I was scrambling with that popcorn box I tell ya.

DanaC · 05-12-2009, 10:57 AM

Ouch. Yeah. That sounds pretty gruesome.

Undertoad · 06-01-2009, 11:15 AM

Up - Pixar's latest is not only a technical achievement, but an awesome story. It's funny, touching, beautiful, exciting, stunning. Everyone must see, preferably a late showing that doesn't have any kids in the audience. They have not marketed this thing well but it may be the best film of the year.

glatt · 06-01-2009, 11:17 AM

I haven't seen it (yet,) but my mom did and said she cried.

Pie · 06-01-2009, 07:01 PM

They're both in underpants. No nudity... That's on primetime on most networks.

ZenGum · 06-01-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

They're both in underpants. No nudity... That's on primetime on most networks.

Humour status: fail.

I was working on the angle, how much blood do you see in a regular sex scene?

Crimson Ghost · 06-02-2009, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

how much blood do you see in a regular sex scene?

Depends on the time of the month.

kerosene · 06-03-2009, 12:23 PM

I actually really liked Australia. It felt a bit like a guilty pleasure, though. Nicole Kidman looked stunning. Yeah, it was corny, but entertaining.

DanaC · 06-01-2009, 07:11 PM

I've recently got back into Ideal (BBC sitcom). I loved the first two series then fell off it (probably had essays to write) and somehow in the few minutes my head was turned away they've snuck up to series bloody 5!

Here's a clip if you're interested. The central character is a small time pot dealer (Moz). The action all takes place in and around Moz's flat in Salford (town of my birth, so I feel a particular affection). His main supplier is your friendly neighbourhood policeman (Moz's best friend who is, as it happens, shagging his bird on the sly). It's mainly fairly straight comedy...but occasionally gets a little surreal. Cartoon Head is a very strange character.

I like this programme because without ever giving in entirely to gritty realism, and containing as it does a very strange and heightened version of the world, it's nonetheless one I recognise. The nick-names are sooo typical of where I come from. Strange and exaggerated as they are, these people remind me an awful lot of the crowd I used to hang with back in Bolton: Nutty Paul and his girlfriend, Little Anji, Nervous Pete, Mad Sharon, Fingers, Maximillian. Happy (well, alright, not so much happy as bloody miserable and sinking down into a mire, but you get the point) and strange days. Playing with powders and pills.

Moz's flat is so much like the flats we'd loll about in. Nutty Paul's basement flat mainly. The comings and goings of it. I recognise this world.

This is from an early series, before it started to get really strange.

And this is also before it got really strange. Psycho Paul is ace in this. The one who looks a little like one of the Beatles.

Aliantha · 06-01-2009, 07:32 PM

Australia (the movie)

I was disappointed with this movie. I think the reason it wasn't the epic it was touted as is because there was too much humour and too much of the whole hollywood feel and not enough of the usual arthousey feel we find so much of in great Aussie flicks.

For my mind, if this movie had been made purely as a drama and the characters had been less corny it had the potential to be a great movie.

It was entertaining, but not one I'd bother watching over and over again.

eta: I also think it would have done better with lesser known lead actors.

DanaC · 06-01-2009, 07:41 PM

Oh that's a shame. I had high hopes for that film. I'll still give it a watch though.

Aliantha · 06-01-2009, 07:45 PM

The script was written by Baz Leurhman (sp?) and he also directed and produced it. I think old Baz has become too commercial since he started winning awards, and it is my belief that this is the crux of the problems for this movie. there's just really nothing unexpected in it, but it's a nice love story, and there's some beautiful cinematography in there.

05-12-2009, 10:50 AM	#4
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	The opening scene when Grendel dismembered about 20-30 Viking dudes complete with arms and heads getting torn off... Yikes - I was scrambling with that popcorn box I tell ya. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

06-01-2009, 07:01 PM	#8
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	They're both in underpants. No nudity... That's on primetime on most networks. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-01-2009, 07:32 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Australia (the movie) I was disappointed with this movie. I think the reason it wasn't the epic it was touted as is because there was too much humour and too much of the whole hollywood feel and not enough of the usual arthousey feel we find so much of in great Aussie flicks. For my mind, if this movie had been made purely as a drama and the characters had been less corny it had the potential to be a great movie. It was entertaining, but not one I'd bother watching over and over again. eta: I also think it would have done better with lesser known lead actors. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-01-2009, 07:45 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The script was written by Baz Leurhman (sp?) and he also directed and produced it. I think old Baz has become too commercial since he started winning awards, and it is my belief that this is the crux of the problems for this movie. there's just really nothing unexpected in it, but it's a nice love story, and there's some beautiful cinematography in there. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-01-2009, 11:15 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Up - Pixar's latest is not only a technical achievement, but an awesome story. It's funny, touching, beautiful, exciting, stunning. Everyone must see, preferably a late showing that doesn't have any kids in the audience. They have not marketed this thing well but it may be the best film of the year.

06-01-2009, 11:17 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I haven't seen it (yet,) but my mom did and said she cried.

06-03-2009, 12:23 PM	#11
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I actually really liked Australia. It felt a bit like a guilty pleasure, though. Nicole Kidman looked stunning. Yeah, it was corny, but entertaining.

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