The Movie/Film/DVD thread...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:14 pm

So, saw Mongol last night.

Good movie, enjoyed it.

Not usually a fan of subtitles TBH, as I find myself reading rather than watching - and that's what books are for.

I didn't mind the love story, as long as it's somewhat based on fact - which I haven't looked into yet.

Just a shame that the movie ended just when he became the Kahn and started his Empire. Would have loved to have seen that.

Got Street Kings at home now.

Robot Rod · Post by **Robot Rod** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:20 pm

Direkt wrote:So, saw Mongol last night.

Good movie, enjoyed it.

Not usually a fan of subtitles TBH, as I find myself reading rather than watching - and that's what books are for.

I didn't mind the love story, as long as it's somewhat based on fact - which I haven't looked into yet.

Just a shame that the movie ended just when he became the Kahn and started his Empire. Would have loved to have seen that.

Got Street Kings at home now.

Ghengis is da bomb mate.
Seen it at the movies when it came out and LOVED it, mad images.
And Direkt, i hear there are 3 movies in all. So it should continue with all the ass whoping me thinks.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:25 pm

Finally watched Shogun Assassin last night. Completely fucking enjoyable, some really interesting editing and cinematography. The bad bits just made the whole thing even better.

Watched a few episodes of The Samurai as well. Good stuff.

Would've preferred subtitles to the American voice overs, but they made me laugh.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:34 pm

Awesome news Rod, looking forward to the next couple of installments.

Beautifully shot, and the action scenes were great to watch too.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:45 pm

Robot Rod wrote:
Direkt wrote:So, saw Mongol last night.

Good movie, enjoyed it.

Not usually a fan of subtitles TBH, as I find myself reading rather than watching - and that's what books are for.

I didn't mind the love story, as long as it's somewhat based on fact - which I haven't looked into yet.

Just a shame that the movie ended just when he became the Kahn and started his Empire. Would have loved to have seen that.

Got Street Kings at home now.
Ghengis is da bomb mate.
Seen it at the movies when it came out and LOVED it, mad images.
And Direkt, i hear there are 3 movies in all. So it should continue with all the ass whoping me thinks.

The director wanted to make it as 3 movies but has only been given approval for 2.
I was really disappointed with this movie.. too much love story which was pretty lame and childish and not enough conquering!
Huge gaps in the story line.. maybe this had something to do with shortening it from 3 movies to 2.

Robot Rod · Post by **Robot Rod** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:55 pm

Stray wrote:
Robot Rod wrote:
Direkt wrote:So, saw Mongol last night.

Good movie, enjoyed it.

Not usually a fan of subtitles TBH, as I find myself reading rather than watching - and that's what books are for.

I didn't mind the love story, as long as it's somewhat based on fact - which I haven't looked into yet.

Just a shame that the movie ended just when he became the Kahn and started his Empire. Would have loved to have seen that.

Got Street Kings at home now.
Ghengis is da bomb mate.
Seen it at the movies when it came out and LOVED it, mad images.
And Direkt, i hear there are 3 movies in all. So it should continue with all the ass whoping me thinks.
The director wanted to make it as 3 movies but has only been given approval for 2.
I was really disappointed with this movie.. too much love story which was pretty lame and childish and not enough conquering!
Huge gaps in the story line.. maybe this had something to do with shortening it from 3 movies to 2.

Ahhh i see. Hopefully the next one will have a little less smoochie boochies and more sword to face action.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:57 pm

I don't mind the love story, as long as it's accurate.

If it's known that he wasn't that sort of bloke, and didn't have such a relationship - then I'm not such a fan.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:46 pm

I watched an awesome movie on Friday night on DVD, Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring his brother Casey Affleck and Ed Harris. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Tight script, good acting, concise drama.

Dave & Margret liked it too with 4 & 4.5 stars.

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2201400.htm

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:48 pm

What?

They actually agreed on a movie???

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:07 pm

Polecat wrote:I watched an awesome movie on Friday night on DVD, Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring his brother Casey Affleck and Ed Harris. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Tight script, good acting, concise drama.

Dave & Margret liked it too with 4 & 4.5 stars.

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2201400.htm

Yeah I love that movie.
I watched two movies on the weekend; Taken, with Liam Neeson which I thought was excellent.
The other was Hell boy 2.. so very very bad.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:49 pm

Stray wrote:
Polecat wrote:I watched an awesome movie on Friday night on DVD, Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring his brother Casey Affleck and Ed Harris. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Tight script, good acting, concise drama.

Dave & Margret liked it too with 4 & 4.5 stars.

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2201400.htm
Yeah I love that movie.
I watched two movies on the weekend; Taken, with Liam Neeson which I thought was excellent.
The other was Hell boy 2.. so very very bad.

Hellboy 2 was awesome! Better than the first one too.
Just watched Gonzo. A documentary about Hunter S Thompson. Really good doco. Mostly narrated by Johnny Depp and he does a great job of it.
I rate it 4.5 stars

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:27 pm

andy_hoffman wrote: Hellboy 2 was awesome! Better than the first one too.
Just watched Gonzo. A documentary about Hunter S Thompson. Really good doco. Mostly narrated by Johnny Depp and he does a great job of it.
I rate it 4.5 stars

Fail. You think Hellboy 2 is good? And you told me before that Harold and Kumar is the worst movie you have ever seen!?

Do not listen to this man in regards to movies.

Having said that.. the Hunter S Thompson doco is really good.

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:51 pm

Lizkins wrote:now that is a movie i would watch, Predator v Australia

crazy fighting alien dudes vs bogans with pick up trucks, stubby shorts and VB

game fucking on

You should watch Bad Taste then, directed by Peter Jackson LONG before Hobbits and shit

It's not quite bad ass Aliens fighting Ausie bogans, but there is Kiwi bogans blowing up aliens with weird ass cheecks.

Stray - Harold & Kumar. .. .. ... Best film ever

I haven't seen Hellboy 2 yet but I have part 1 on Dvd, I think it's allright, I love that superhero stuff. Iron Man is fucking, top notch. But, I watched Batman Begins the other night for the first time, I was really suprised because I was never a fan of Batman.

Anyone into Anime films?

Robot Rod · Post by **Robot Rod** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:53 pm

Stray wrote:
andy_hoffman wrote: Hellboy 2 was awesome! Better than the first one too.
Just watched Gonzo. A documentary about Hunter S Thompson. Really good doco. Mostly narrated by Johnny Depp and he does a great job of it.
I rate it 4.5 stars
Fail. You think Hellboy 2 is good? And you told me before that Harold and Kumar is the worst movie you have ever seen!?

Do not listen to this man in regards to movies.

Having said that.. the Hunter S Thompson doco is really good.

I liked Hellboy 2, but im a comic dude so that might have a say in it.
AND i thought Harry and Kumar was shit as, but im a comic book dude so that might have a say in it...........

carry on.......................

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:04 pm

I sense a battle shits challenge

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:30 pm

The first Hellboy was great.. but the sequel is just a mess

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:04 pm

Harold and Kumar is shitty simpleton humour just the same as all the other shitty american teen movies. It's lame as. I felt dumber just watching it!!
The first hellboy was average i thought. 2nd one had a better story and better special effects!

Oh yeah and bad taste i a fucking classic! lol
Someone did another one about some crazy killer sheep recently. It's pretty awesome. Not as good as bad taste. Not sure if it was peter jackson tho.

quick · Post by **quick** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:14 pm

Stray wrote:
andy_hoffman wrote: Hellboy 2 was awesome! Better than the first one too.
Just watched Gonzo. A documentary about Hunter S Thompson. Really good doco. Mostly narrated by Johnny Depp and he does a great job of it.
I rate it 4.5 stars
Fail. You think Hellboy 2 is good? And you told me before that Harold and Kumar is the worst movie you have ever seen!?

Do not listen to this man in regards to movies.

WTF???

Andy is on the money, I haven't seen Hellboy 2 cos the first was pretty shit, and H&K was fucking AWFUL!!!

Don't listen to Wayne, he likes xbox and plays breaks...

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:25 pm

If you can't enjoy a stupid comedy that has Neil Patrick Harris in it then there is something wrong with you.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:30 pm

I love stupid comedy. Just stupid comedy that's funny and not the same gags movie after teen movie after teen movie

The people behind movies like these should be banned from making movies IMO!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:56 pm

AH, what's an example of a movie you find stupid funny?

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:00 pm

Well bad taste is one. Napoleon dynamite. Bargearse.

quick · Post by **quick** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:05 pm

andy_hoffman wrote: Bargearse.

Champagne comedy!!!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:20 am

Harold and Kumar suck an abundance of over-ripe testicals.

Shithouse.

Bargearse on the other hand, pure 24-carat stylee my friends.

Gold.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:27 am

Idiocracy would be right up your alley Andy.

Luke Wilson plays the character president 'Not Sure'

ha

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:38 am

Feigan wrote:Idiocracy would be right up your alley Andy.

Luke Wilson plays the character president 'Not Sure'

ha

Idiocracy is soooo stupidly funny. I loved it! Beef Supreme is the best name ever!

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:58 am

BEEF SUPREME!!

How good is the presidents name - something something something mountain due something.

hahahahaha

watched it again last night - I laughed so hard

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:03 am

"It's got electrolytes!"

How's about Office Space, though? Another Mike Judge film. I saw that on VHS when it was first release, I liked it so much I watched it twice 6 hours apart.

On the same topic as silly comedies, I've always liked Super Troopers. "What's going on here, meow?"

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:04 am

"I want a Litre of Cola"

"Does this look like spit in my burger?"

Super Troopers is Gold.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:18 pm

"Brought to you by Carls Junior" lol

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:23 pm

Watched Lords of Dogtown which I thought was ACE until my wife told me they made up the bit about the one kid having a brain tumour and he didn't really die.

Which had choked me at the end. Heath Ledger is awesome as Skip in it too, and I love the skating in it.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:32 pm

agree PC- gone baby gone was awesome. i love ed harris

thank god for that australia movie- with hugh jackman saturating the press. hottttttttttttness
baz can bite me otherwise though- he should have been tortured for strictly ballroom. diabolical movie imo, lasted about 11 mins in if that

on the topic of shit also- seriously mamma mia? come on- really? it looks so shit. i can't believe people are so excited by it. abba is imo unbelievably shit and so are musicals in general. again imo because people get testy oohh they get testy especially mrj lloyd webber lol carnage fall out gwarn but i digress!

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:36 pm

Feigan wrote:Idiocracy would be right up your alley Andy.

Luke Wilson plays the character president 'Not Sure'

ha

i remember watching that one. I love Luke Wilson though, so I had no trouble with this brainless and fun plot.

[I also like Harold & Kumar, it makes me laugh my head off and I was astounded when I found out White Castle does exist in the USA! I also love Will Ferrell movies, and clips. I could watch the Landlord until my sides split.]

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:16 pm

Will Ferrell is awesome.

Anchorman is a winner. Also a big fan of a lot of Ben Stiller flicks, particularly Zoolander; and Dodge Ball is underated IMO.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:58 pm

^

Hear Hear - Loud and clear on that one spiesy

Chuck Jack Black in there aswell - I'm going to watch be kind rewind tonight

although there was one movie that Stiller did with Black - something about revenge or jealousy. worst movie ever. absolute shite.

Old Skool - Luke Wilson & Will Ferrel - Gold. "You're my Boy Blue"

Tenacious D and the pick of destiny - one of my all time fave's

Kyle Gass - Legend!

Oh yeah!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:11 pm

Nice one Feigs.

There's been some mixed reviews on 'Be Kind Rewind' on here.

I thought it was okay. Nothing flash though.

Not a massive Jack Black fan myself.

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:32 pm

Watched 'The Wackness' last night and bloody adored it!!
Really ace movie - rate it highly. The soundtrack is phenomenal too - fantastic oldschool hiphop that had me bopping throughout.
What really caught my eye was the accuracy of the movie and the way it re-creates the early 90s in NY. It felt as tho everything was spot on - the music, the clothes, the way the kids acted and talked - everything down to the making of the mix tapes and the ghetto blaster Shapiro has set up on his ice cream trolley. Has such an authentic feel to it. The chemistry between the two main characters, Shapiro and Dr Jeoffery also helps to make the movie enjoyable. They work really well together and create some heart moving and hilarious moments.

Im such a huge sucker for these kind of lost soul movies tho, and this really caught my heart. But i spose you kind of have to relate to the story, or the way the characters feel, in order to enjoy it as much. Can defs see it going over a few heads, but worth making up your own mind for sure! Spesh if you were into your hiphop in the early 90s!

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:16 pm

Just saw The Zone in the Mexican film festival at ACMI. Bloody amazing film, and my Mexican friend said that it was a good portrayal of life in Mexico now. His other pick for must see of the festival is Blood of My Blood (sangre de mi sangre), which screens on Thurs & Fri nights.

The festival goes until Sunday so check it out!

http://www.acmi.net.au/hola_film_festival_2008.aspx

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:57 am

J0rdz wrote: 'The Wackness'

Sounds cool.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:33 am

yes it does...

i watched 'year of the dog' and 'cash back' on the weekend...among some other tripe...

REALLY liked these two films....

the cinematography in cash back was awesome, as was the concepts...

and year of the dog, was just plain cute. and there was a beagle in it. (biased kitty)

who here has seen 'superstar"?? same lead girl, molly shannon i think?

LOVE that movie too, classic...

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:37 am

Feigan wrote:^

Chuck Jack Black in there aswell - I'm going to watch be kind rewind tonight

SHITHOUSE!

I can highly recommend "Lars and The Real Girl"

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:15 am

^^

FUCK! Still haven't seen that

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:33 am

DBoy wrote:
Feigan wrote:^

Chuck Jack Black in there aswell - I'm going to watch be kind rewind tonight

SHITHOUSE!

I can highly recommend "Lars and The Real Girl"

Noted D - I was going to get it on the old Foxtel Box Office but never got aroun to it.

Lars & The Real girl - getting on that.

ta for the heads up buddy

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:41 am

Don't listen to 'em Feigan, Be Kind Rewind was awesome

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:42 am

Tres Awesome

or just

Awesome

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:44 am

I don't speak French

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:45 am

But I thought 'BreaksRbest' was French for 'I'm a mad cunt'

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:47 am

nah thats, chamapelle un mad oont.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:50 am

Am I the only one who disliked Be Kind Rewind?

I did not even watch the end of it, does it have a major twist or something?

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:50 am

Good to have you on board Captain Babel Fish

D - from what I have heard, Mos Def is able to see dead people.