Watched X Men First Class earlier. Was much better than the Wolverine film and my girlfriend reckons it's better than some of the original trilogy films although I can't remember them enough to comment. Either way, it was a good watch with decent special effects and whilst I found the guy playing the young Xavier slightly irritating at times it was nice to see some of the background to the characters.
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Well, I watched Fight For Your Life. It was not quite how I expected it to be, the framework felt similar but everything else was all skewiff.
What I initially knew about this film is that it was a very vicious, controversially racist mid-70s revenge flick about a group of convicts who invade the home of a God-loving black family and subject them to various misdeeds before the tables get turned and the convicts become mincemeat, ultimate justice gets served, the best type of revenge movie. What I never reckoned for was that the trio of murderous/rapey convicts are actually multiracial - one white, one hispanic, one oriental - and the white dude who 'leads' them is the guy who plays J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner(!)
It's a truly odd film. It came out in 1977, same year as Star Wars. It's one year younger than Taxi Driver, yet it feels much older, much more basic, *definitely* a b-movie, yet still has an edge to it.
Must've been a very hard film to make, especially as much of the dialogue is terribly racist, and a lot of the movie basically consists of the main white actor in the film shouting reams of horrible, racist slurs at a cast of five black actors. Must've been a very awkward shoot for all the cast (god knows what they chatted about between scenes!)
Anyway, not the best 'nasty', but still has its moments (which I'll spoiler tag), namely a
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I've EVER seen (I've never actually seen this before, btw!!!), and a dog
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Watched Universal Soldier this week, still love it! Such silly and fun action with a bit of gross out stuff in for good measure. It helps that I really like Van Damme anyway.
Also watched Fast and Furious which was massively entertaining, far better than the dreadful Tokyo Drift.Comment
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Tokyo drift is great, watched them all in a row recently and I feel it's actually my second favourite in the series after fast five now.Comment
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I agree the thing was terrible, although it did have several scenes that were so bad that they were actually funny. Whoever thought up the idea to replace the blood test scene from the first one with a sequence where they check people's teeth for fillings is most deffinitley a crazy person. Absolutely ridiculous scene.Originally posted by bash View PostComment
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I saw an ad at the cinema for that new The Thing film & thought to myself: "oh dear".
What is the point of trying to make a film related to such a classic horror that it is obviously gonna be crap & fail? You cannot & will NEVER beat Carpenters classic.
I watched:
Knowing - Thought it was a great film, apart from near the end. I didnt expect it to include
. Special effects were amazing tho! Very graphic in places & looked genuinely real. Its the best disaster movie I've seen so far & I normally hate them.
X Men Origins Wolverine - Really liked it. The opening sequence that runs the actors credits is pretty powerful. Liev Schreiber looked like he's really worked out for the role. Would love to see a sequel.
This Is England 88 - Again I loved it. Very dark. Actually mostly dark, with a few funny moments, but its meant to be considering what happened in 86. It shows that not everyone has a happy hollywood xmas.
Only Yesterday - Got it on DVD already but had to watch it on tv as it tells such a lovely story of growing up in 60's Japan as a child thru to adulthood.Comment
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Finally got round to seeing Spinal Tap for the first time yesterday. The Stone Henge bit had me in tears:
Can't believe it's taken this long. Had I seen it a few years earlier, I'd have got tickets to their Wembley gig
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Billy, how could it possibly takke you this long???
You HAVE to watch it again with the commentary, even if it's for the intro alone.
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Two really enjoyable action films. Always liked Van Damme and many of his films are enjoyable. As for Fast & The Furious i have it on DVD and have watched it many times and just really enjoy the cars, music and group camaraderie/conflict. Also the plot is a rough rip off of Point Break which i also loved. I thought the 2nd & 3rd were pretty boring at best.Originally posted by nakamura View PostComment
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It just... passed me by, I suppose.Originally posted by ikobo View PostBilly, how could it possibly takke you this long???
Will doYou HAVE to watch it again with the commentary, even if it's for the intro alone.
Have started watching Network but got sleepy 40 mins in so will finish it tomorrow. It's wicked so far.Comment
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Just watched Captain America for the first time.
I absolutely loved it.
Thought it was great...funny in places, tons of action & just great fun.
Everything I want in a film these days.
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A big thumbs up to the two posters before me Lumet's Network and Capt. America are both ace.
Just watched Moneyball, Brad Pitt's best in a while. Really enjoyable Rocky-style film-arguably what the U.S doea best :-)3DS FC (updated 2015): 0447-8108-3129Comment
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Just went old school this evening with Yippie Kay yay motherfother 4
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Ha, I love Point Break and TF&TF and have never put 2 and 2 together to notice thatOriginally posted by Sam The Man View Post
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