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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:56 am

Guardians of the Galaxy. Star Wars with better jokes and none of the psuedo-religious bollocks! :biggrin:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:06 am

Lucy. A total acid-trip of a film. The science is complete and utter bollocks - you can visualise Neil DGT facepalming every time Morgan Freeman opens his mouth! But it is visually stunning, full of Luc Besson style, and Scarlett is... well, just fucking Scarlett!11! :drool:
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Post by tattuchu » Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:37 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Guardians of the Galaxy. Star Wars with better jokes and none of the psuedo-religious bollocks! :biggrin:
And Zoe Saldana :drool:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:51 pm

Going to watch Paddington tomorrow. He's like Chewbacca after finishing school.
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Post by Seth » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:56 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Lucy. A total acid-trip of a film. The science is complete and utter bollocks - you can visualise Neil DGT facepalming every time Morgan Freeman opens his mouth! But it is visually stunning, full of Luc Besson style, and Scarlett is... well, just fucking Scarlett!11! :drool:
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Post by Seth » Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:07 pm

Scumple wrote:Went to see The Hunger Games 2.0 or whatever it's called Mockingjay? Not sure it's the best way to take out a dam and surely attacking the transmission compound would be more astute if you wanted the lights back on after the revolution? Taking out jets with arrows? Could have been made ten times as sophisticated and realistic...characters typical cardboard and stereotype....for the unimaginative sci-fi genre of today. How it ends...
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I agree that the final shot was sub-par for any number of reasons beyond cliche, such as, by way of example, why would the rebels straitjacket Peta (not Peter) to a bed in an agonizingly bright completely sterile room that looks more like a psychological torture room than a hospital room for a psych patient. And haven't the rebels heard of Thorazine?

As for arrows, one might take note of the substantial basis for this shot (pun intended) expounded upon earlier in the movie. It is perfectly plausible for an explosive-tipped arrow entering the air intake of a turbine engine to do exactly as depicted.

On the other hand the major goof of the entire plot (unless they just didn't get there yet) is why they let the hostages go to begin with. Yes, I know, Peta was supposed to kill Katniss, but were I the arch-villain I'd have simply infected the hostages with a fatal communicable disease and let them spread it among the rebels, or at least given Peta a hollow tooth a la Duke Leto.

Even if the bioweapon was not to be used, the fact that the rebels didn't even think to quarantine the hostages really jarred me out of my willing suspension of disbelief.
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Post by tattuchu » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:41 pm

Is there any reason to watch Mockingjay besides Jennifer Lawrence's pretty face? Because I saw the last one based on my nephew's promise that it was actually kinda good (he lied), but I really have no desire to suffer through another of these shite movies based on shite books :?
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:46 pm

I read about half of the first Hunger Games book. Obv, I'm not the target audience. But it was rubbish.
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Post by tattuchu » Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:48 pm

p.s. Peeta? Katniss? Jesus H Christ. Why is it that our gun-toting friends (Seth?!) never shoot the right people?! Please, for the love of God, somebody please rid society of this shite author Stephenie Meyer :cry:

edit: Suzanne Collins. Same fucking difference.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:08 pm

Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Like a really bad episode of Dr. Who with a £100 million budget. Was either that or Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Think I made the wrong choice.
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Post by tattuchu » Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:10 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Like a really bad episode of Dr. Who with a £100 million budget. Was either that or Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Think I made the wrong choice.
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Clinton Huxley wrote:Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Like a really bad episode of Dr. Who with a £100 million budget. Was either that or Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Think I made the wrong choice.
What? No! Was awesome! :cry:
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Post by klr » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:55 pm

Watched the director's cut of Alien last night.

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Post by tattuchu » Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:14 am

Under the Skin. Gorgeous film. It's got Scarlett Johansson nude! It's got Scotland! What more could you possibly want :dunno:
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Post by tattuchu » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:16 pm

The Guard, with Brendan Gleesan and Don Cheadle. Really liked this one a lot.
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