Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 It was always based on Maria Belon's story. It was not advertised as anything else. She even chose Naomi Watts to play her. Brilliantly. I didn't see any advertisements for the movie, didn't even know the movie existed until I happened to see it, so didn't know what to expect. As I say, it is not a bad story, just not the one I'd have hoped to see. I would have liked to have seen how communities responded in the wake of the disaster, not merely that "tsunamis are scary." We don't even get to learn how the tourist family was affected afterwards. It just kind of ends abruptly. That said, Naomi Watts did do a great job with what she was given. I usually skip Ewan McGregor films, but he turned out to be pretty good in this one. The boys were great too. I thought he was the weakest link, actually. The kid who played the oldest son was good, though. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sounds like you wanted a documentary, Metabo Oyaji, not a Hollywood movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sounds like you wanted a documentary, Metabo Oyaji, not a Hollywood movie. Probably. I generally do prefer documentaries to Hollywood movies. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Documentary type movies sorta don't engage or escape me for which I go to the movies. Fahrenheit 911, Supersize Me, Bowling for Columbine etc just winds me up more than when I enter the movie theatre. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Haven't seen those. Most of the documentaries I watch are NHK ones, I guess. Reconstruction of the waterworks civil engineering of Mohenjo-Daro, latest theories on the origins of life, that sort of thing. They generally do an excellent job. (Sometimes they will repackage a BBC documentary, which is also usually good.) When it comes to disasters, they also do an excellent job at looking into root causes of, and issues arising from, various events. Usually feel I've learned something valuable. Their "Historia" series is always worth a watch, as well. Their old "Project X" series was quite good, too. On commercial TV, "Gaia no Yoake" is sometimes worth a watch. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 I like that kind of thing too. Some of the Project X things were cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Seen some good docos on NHK. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 At least they don't usually have all the noisy celeb stuff going on.. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I watched all the Alien movies, including Prometheus, over the last week. 3 was better than I remembered. 4 was still rubbish as were the AvP ones. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Caught The Prestige again the other night. I had forgotten some of the main points. Really enjoyed it, a movie well worth a watch. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 That too, it was on one of the movie channels. First time for me. Really enjoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I watched Running with Scissors......not exactly a good movie but it was so bizarre that I watched it all thru just to see what happened next. The Gangster Squad was pretty good....even although it got a poor reaction from critics....I liked it tho Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Got to see Skyfall on BluRay last night. Very good. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Not actually a movie, but a series on HBO's movie channel. Season 3 of Game of Thrones. Watched the previous seasons and have come to the conclusion that dwarves can be quite eloquent and incest is not frowned upon if you're blonde Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Not seen that yet but 'everyone' seems to love it. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 The books are better Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 But then we can't lust after Daenerys Stormborn Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I didn't say that the TV series isn't good, I actually really like it, but the books are better. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Watched the Back To The Future movies this week. They were fun, I actually liked the second one a lot, never loved the third one Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I love all 3 of them Watched Donnie Brasco tonight....great movie Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I remember seeing Part 2 in the cinema and it coming up with the To Be Continued at the end and everyone was like WTF?!? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 They be good movies. Seen them all. Now Michael J can't even remember his name or something. Poor kid. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 He has a form of Parkinsons, and he still acts. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I wonder how he remembers his lines. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Perhaps you are mistaking Parkinson's for another condition... Link to post Share on other sites
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