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Flibster · 18-08-2009, 11:40

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Just finished watching Slumdog Millionaire.

Staggering cinematography, really tight direction and gorgeous acting.

One of those films one will remember. Exceptional.

Another one thats in my 'to watch' stack
There's about 15 dvd's piled up, ranging from Bridge over the River Kwai to Clockwork Orange and all sorts of stuff inbetween.

Wossi · 20-08-2009, 10:44

Chaos.

It stars Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes and Ryan Phillipe. Story is about a grizzled veteran cop and his rookie partner trying to find the identities of a bunch of bank robbers. Acting isn't brilliant and the script is a bit cliched in places (well pretty much the whole film is) but the more I watched the better it got, the ending was quite frankly really good. Snipes still can't act and Phillipe is just annoying at times.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Apart from the origin of Wolverine being raped it was pretty damn good. Why do film makers insist on messing with things when they are fine they way they are? Wolverine and Sabretooth aren't brothers (as far as I can remember) and Gambit's part was woefully bad, his Cajun accent was almost non-existent at times and when it was there it wasn't as strong as really should have been.

Would still happily watch it again though.

Haly · 20-08-2009, 11:14

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Apart from the origin of Wolverine being raped it was pretty damn good. Why do film makers insist on messing with things when they are fine they way they are? Wolverine and Sabretooth aren't brothers (as far as I can remember) and Gambit's part was woefully bad, his Cajun accent was almost non-existent at times and when it was there it wasn't as strong as really should have been.

Would still happily watch it again though.

The origins thing annoyed me too. Saw it at the cinema and my Mum loved it but I could think of loads of things that I kept thinking 'I'm sure that didn't happen in the comic books'. I would easily watch it again though and probably will once it's out on DVD.

NokkonWud · 20-08-2009, 12:22

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Why do film makers insist on messing with things when they are fine they way they are?

I don't have a clue, but they do it all the time and it doesn't matter whether it's from a game, comic book or existing bestselling book, they'll change it. Harry Potter: AtHBP and My Sisters Keeper are two books I've read recently and the movies are massively different in both cases and you wonder why they felt they had to make changes to books that have sold over 65 million copies? Something must be right about those books in the first place, no?

Flibster · 20-08-2009, 17:23

The Departed

Lots of famous people in this one. It's kind of interesting and certainly well acted, but it just didn't draw me in. I did watch it to the end, but with a cast like that I expected more from it.

Story was ok, cinematography was ok, sound was ok... Sadly, thats all it is.

6.5/10

I did spot a hangover from Scarface though... Wherever there's going to be a death, there's several X's seen scattered around.

Now starting on V for Vendetta...

A Place of Light · 20-08-2009, 18:13

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The Departed
6.5/10

Personally, I think you're being extremely generous there.

Flibster · 20-08-2009, 18:23

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Personally, I think you're being extremely generous there.

It was Ok... Thats about as much as I can really say about it.

V for Vendetta is making me laugh a lot though, but I'm not sure that it should be....

A Place of Light · 20-08-2009, 18:31

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It was Ok... Thats about as much as I can really say about it.

V for Vendetta is making me laugh a lot though, but I'm not sure that it should be....

I'm going to give "Watchmen" another go this weekend, to see if I change my opinion.

Garp · 20-08-2009, 19:24

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Originally Posted by Haly

The origins thing annoyed me too. Saw it at the cinema and my Mum loved it but I could think of loads of things that I kept thinking 'I'm sure that didn't happen in the comic books'. I would easily watch it again though and probably will once it's out on DVD.

Given the comic book industries habit of constantly re-writing character back story, it rarely bothers me when they do it in the films too.

Remember, originally Superman was only super strong and able to leap tall buildings, mainly because he was raised on a world with much higher gravity.

Flibster · 20-08-2009, 19:58

V for Vendetta

Ummmm.... Right...

It's an interesting film. Very stylised and actually a very nice to look at film. It almost parallels history quite a bit, especially pre WWII Germany with the human experiments and the restrictions in place. Adam Sutler - close to Adolf Hitler? Add to that the 'rally' that looks an awful lot like Nuremberg and you can certainly see some of the influences that went into creating the Fascist police state.

What I did rather enjoy was that it did focus around the policemen who were investigating rather than focus entirely on V or Evey.

Best character in it for me was John Hurt. You don't see much of him, but what you do see is excellent. Stephen Fry just seems to almost play himself. Although the homage to Benny Hill did make me almost wet myself...

8.5/10

20-08-2009, 17:23	#1085
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	The Departed Lots of famous people in this one. It's kind of interesting and certainly well acted, but it just didn't draw me in. I did watch it to the end, but with a cast like that I expected more from it. Story was ok, cinematography was ok, sound was ok... Sadly, thats all it is. 6.5/10 I did spot a hangover from Scarface though... Wherever there's going to be a death, there's several X's seen scattered around. Now starting on V for Vendetta... __________________ Last edited by Flibster; 20-08-2009 at 17:26.

20-08-2009, 19:58	#1090
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	V for Vendetta Ummmm.... Right... It's an interesting film. Very stylised and actually a very nice to look at film. It almost parallels history quite a bit, especially pre WWII Germany with the human experiments and the restrictions in place. Adam Sutler - close to Adolf Hitler? Add to that the 'rally' that looks an awful lot like Nuremberg and you can certainly see some of the influences that went into creating the Fascist police state. What I did rather enjoy was that it did focus around the policemen who were investigating rather than focus entirely on V or Evey. Best character in it for me was John Hurt. You don't see much of him, but what you do see is excellent. Stephen Fry just seems to almost play himself. Although the homage to Benny Hill did make me almost wet myself... 8.5/10 __________________

20-08-2009, 10:44	#1082
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	Chaos. It stars Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes and Ryan Phillipe. Story is about a grizzled veteran cop and his rookie partner trying to find the identities of a bunch of bank robbers. Acting isn't brilliant and the script is a bit cliched in places (well pretty much the whole film is) but the more I watched the better it got, the ending was quite frankly really good. Snipes still can't act and Phillipe is just annoying at times. X-Men Origins: Wolverine Apart from the origin of Wolverine being raped it was pretty damn good. Why do film makers insist on messing with things when they are fine they way they are? Wolverine and Sabretooth aren't brothers (as far as I can remember) and Gambit's part was woefully bad, his Cajun accent was almost non-existent at times and when it was there it wasn't as strong as really should have been. Would still happily watch it again though.