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Anyway, discuss films...
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Devil's Backbone. 
Pretty good. 
Predators 
haha, it was pretty good I thought. Really got the 80's vibe just right, and there are so many references and plain rips from Predator that you just give up trying to take it too seriously after the first 30 minutes or so, which works out in its favour I think ;)

Lead guy wasn't terribly good as the "Arnie type" and his gravel voice sounded very forced, but the other cast members were pretty good.

Nice fighting, etc.

Basicly, its a gung-ho, 80's action film, don't watch it expecting anything more! 
Predators. 
Rubbish on many levels. Easily could have been good with an ounce of coherence. But wasn't. IMo. 
 
Heat

Amazing movie but gur raqvat ehvarq vg sbe zr. Gung jnf qrcerffvat. Vg phg unir orra phg jura gurl jrer qevivat qbja gur ebnq, orsber Arvy jnf fnlvat gung ur unq gb gnxr pner bs fbzrguvat. Gung jbhyq unir orra n avpr srry tbbq raqvat. Ohg abbbb, jr ner n zbeny zbivr, jr xvyy gur(?) onq(?) thl. Tnu! >:( 
That Made It Go From A 10/10 To 8/10 For Me. 
Nice music. 
Uhm 
is there a translator i can use for that? 
Rot13.com 
 
That Sort Of Ending 
would have ruined it for me. I think it ended as was hinted at throughout the movie. 
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 
Was great. 
North Face 
insane mountain climbing film set in pre-wwII germany. Crazy stuff and I'm amazed at how the pulled off the visuals, did not look like much CGI at all. 
North Face 
I thought it was very, very obvious that much of it is filmed in studio, and the outside shots looked rather disconnected from the movie, as if they'd just taken shots from documentaries that looked nice.

All in all it's a typical bad German movie, imho. The acting, the directing, the lighting, everything has that typical low-budget "we don't even try" German vibe to it :(

3-4/10 from me ;-) 
Nitin 
for me the movie hinted at "they will change, everything will work out" for me. Wishful thinking maybe. Neil would have quit before the job but was loyal to his partners so he was becoming "good". 
Megaman 
that's interesting because I saw it on blu ray and apart from a few matte shots, it didnt look like studio shooting.

And whilst the writing could have used work, I thought it was pretty good. 
Spirit 
i thought the fact chris got away played a large part in creating a positive ending.

i agree with nitin re: neil though, after the conversation in the restaurant it wouldn't have seemed right if they'd all changed their ways and lived happily ever after. whilst the end scene wasn't happy, i found it more poignant than depressing

excellent film in all, right up there with the best crime thrillers 
I've Also Realised.. 
...that i need more fun stupid brainless comedy type films for hangover viewing. do people have any favourites in this category? or at the very least recommend any that aren't completely shit? my favs from the past few years are probably superbad, the hangover & waiting 
Comedy Suggestions 
Over the past few years, I've vastly enjoyed both 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'I Heart Huckabees'. 
Could Try These 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910936/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/

They're similar to The Hangover and Superbad... at least from what I hear as I've never seen The Hangover or Superbad. 
Both Excellent 
Pinapple Express is a bit more slapstick, but not by much. Due date is actually quite touching.

I'd give 'em both 8. Maybe 9 and 8 respectively. 
 
have seen both of those. well, i saw the first 30 minutes of due date and turned off, didn't get what was supposed to be funny about it at all :S i remember pineapple being quite fun though, may watch again sometime

interesting huckabees got a mention as i only saw that a couple of nights ago. some interesting ideas but it all felt a bit pointless and directionless (maybe that was intentional given the theme) and it just seemed to forget to be funny amidst all the pseudo-intellectual psycho babble. i can see why people like it, but not for me. will check little miss sunshine out though as i've heard a few good reviews about that :) 
Pineapple Express 
is worth it for first half.

Hot Fuzz fits the hangover bill (not the movie, the condition). 
Sucker Punch Looks Pretty Fun... 
Shell Shock 
Colin Farrel. Excruciatingly well done. Bawled at end. 
Almost Any Wes Anderson Movie 
Haven't seen Bottle Rocket, but every other movie he's done. I think he's a pretty damn fine director, even though his movies all have eerily similar characters and settings, they feel pretty different from each other.

Love them all so far, probably tied for favorite are Fantastic Mr Fox and Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, both are top notch. 
Royal Tenenbaums 
Rushmore, and Darjeeling for me. The rest are ok too. 
I Was Pretty Let Down By Mr Fox 
I was so stoked for that but it was pretty meh, really. 
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