The film takes anything remotely cool from the two franchises, and flushes them down the crapper. But then again I wouldn't expect anything less from Paul "Wretched Shit" Anderson. 

if you go in expecting shit stacked high, you'll come out disappointed.

If you go in expecting anything else, you'll pull all your hair out and then proceed to pull the hair off anyone else in the vicinity.

Yes, it's that bad. And even in the hands of Paul W Anderson, it couldnt have been worse. 

*very* short anime title.

Visually its bloody fantastic, I've never seen animation this good. But its all style, all of it. Luckily it runs for only about 45 mins but its worth a look for the eye candy anyway.

Also finally finished 24 season 2. Silly, preposterous stuff but after about a dozen episodes, it's really fun and interesting.

Season 1 was far more compelling though. 

I've watched the movie yesterday and after reading up on it a bit, I can say this: If you live in the US, wait for the Director's Cut unrated version. The word on the street is that if you live in Europe, you will get to see the extended Director's Cut version in the theaters as well. The difference between the versions is about 20 minutes and is supposed to add a lot of good material.

Paul Anderson himself was furious when the studio informed him 3 weeks before the movie release date that they will be cutting the movie in the US to fit PG-13 guidelines, thus cutting out several important scenes altogether and ripping out a lot of gore.

That being said, I saw the "cut" version that is being shown in the US theaters and thought the movie was OK. I wasn't good, it wasn't bad, just... average. It had some really good moments (like the final battle) and some truly horrible ones (360 degree camera rotation around a flying facehugger a la Matrix). I will definately be getting the DVD version. 

Good to know. It'll at least be worth a rent/dl then. 

...yes Blood was very classy. Have you caught a look at Voices of a Distant Star yet?

And, I should've pimped this earlier but anyways... today at 14:00 AEST myself and two collegues will be running a 2 hour radio show on Philosophy and Film on SubFM Melbourne. It's streaming on http://subfm.org so why not tune in and shoot through some insults. 

saw the original because I was sort of interested in seeing the remake when it's released here in Oz.

Liked what I saw, some very clever scenes and memorable set pieces but I didnt really get into it all that much. 

I'll try and get a copy of voices of a distant star. 

Interesting at first but then cheese. Always thought it was about guy-in-wheel-chair, and then when I started to watch it, Elijah getting some kind of strength breakthrough for his illness. But no. 

I saw this again recently, and it really is pretty entertaining. The only thing i really thought was weak was the frank sinatra/janet leigh relationship, which seemed tacked-on.

The remake is playing at a local cinema; i'm really curious to see how they updated it, considering the obvious parallels between the political situation then and the one now. It's by the same director who made that terrible remake of Charade, but he also directed Silence of the Lambs so maybe it'll be good. 

I thought that was one of the more interesting aspects. The conversation on the train (which is apparently word for word from the book) was so strange that IMHO it hints at janet leigh being frank's handler. I watched that scene twice and that's the only explanation I could come up with for the bizarre dialogue there. 

Interesting, i hadn't thought of it being any more than just the obligatory romantic interest plotline. I'd have to watch it again to see how your angle works. 

given how tight the script is, it just seems strange that the dialogue between those two (especially in the train scene, but also in the scene in the car later on) was so bizarre for no reason whatsoever. 

I'd heard good things about this but apart from 1 or 2 decent fight scenes, IMHO this movie represents everything that's wrong with Hollywood when it tries to make a serious film. 

bah I can't even begin to remember all the films i've seen recently, but some that spring to mind...

Eternal Sunshine yada yada:
Really liked this, I felt the central relationship was very convincing and well portrayed, the other two minor relationships (not spoiling anything) could have used a little more detail. Also the whole 'escape' process was great, but it didn't seem to have much depth as far that the plot goes, although it might improve with repeated viewings.

Bourne Identity/Supremacy
Bourne is the new Bond. I say this with authority because all recent Bond films are HORSESHIT. Actually the old ones suck pretty bad too if you ignore the hotties. Hmm, maybe bourne isnt the new bond then, as he's quite good. I hadn't seen either film until recently, and I found the first better than the second, but if you've seen the Bourne Identity, you'll probably want to see the sequel anyway... there are loads more books in the series I believe (from staring at a book jacket), and if the hand-to-hand fighting was a little better it'll make a nice little franchise.

Frida
Film about a mexican painter who gets her tits out a lot. Nice boobs. Film also features Dr. Octavius and some communists.

13 going on 30
I saw this on a plane so I have an excuse. I tried to take my mind off the movie by stabbing my balls with my fork, but unfortunately the fork was made of plastic so I only caused minor chaffage and had to go on watching. I'm tempted to go easy on this piece of work because it was clearly made by children with special needs, and sporting a cast of actors all recovering from addiction to prescription drugs. Seriously, 13 year old girls would come out of the theatre saying "dude, that was so fucking bad it gave me cancer", even if they went to catholic schools and didnt know words like that.

It appears to center around a girl who is 13, ugly, unpopular, untalented, ugly, and desperate to conform with popular kids and fit in. She then goes in a closet and wishes she was 30 and slightly manly looking, and VOILA she wakes up and she's Jenifer Garner.

Hilarity ensues as she acts like a 13 year old, in a 30 year old's body!! LOL!! She also has to work in her dream job of being the editor of a fictional fashion mag, called Ponce, or <g>Girth or something.

But conformity is bad, ok? So its time for some moral lessons. Seriously, I could take the lecturing from Lion-o of the thundercats, even He-Man, or Captain Planet, but this is a new low. We then get to see how her life would have been better if she didnt act like a shit her whole life. Wow, now being a dickhead pays off, eh? Better try it! I'm off to remove the landmines I hid outside the local retirement home. 

you could take the moral lessons from captain planet?? Dude you have high tolerance levels. 

She then goes in a closet and wishes she was 30 and slightly manly looking, and VOILA she wakes up and she's Jenifer Garner.


So that explains her attractive qualities. Grrrowwllll.

Seriously, your reviews should come with a tag line warning that they may cause in pants shittage from laughing so hard (I just tinkled myself a little). 

I was tempted to go see that movie only because Jennifer Garner looks insanely cute in all the trailers for it, but was put off by the fact that the audience would be full of teeny boppers.

How does the movie end, does she return to being 13 ala Tom Hanks in Big? 

She makes another giant leap forward in age and becomes an 87-year-old who recounts the tale of how her true love Jack Dawson died when the Titanic sank at sea. 

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you could just watch alias. 

I saw 'I Shot Andy Warhol' tonight. It was pretty good -- I thought Lily Taylor was really good in it. It wasn't innovative in too many ways, but it told a good story about the life of a crazed woman and the events leading up to one of 20th century art's biggest names being shot. Not bad if you have an hour and a half to kill. 

massive spoilage!

she goes back to 13 again (going back in time) so she can live her life differently this time, and then they show you the happy ending, that she marries her childhood friend (mark?) when she grows up. 

i saw that recently, too. Good performance by the main actress, but overall i didn't find the story or the themes very enlightening. 

Personally, I found the postscript to be rather enlightening.