brett_jackson 0 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Just caw 'Closer' by Mike Nichols on the weekend. Really great movie, but pretty full-on. Great performances, particularly Clive Owen & Natalie Portman (you'll never look at her in Star Wars movies the same again). ***1/2 out of ****** Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I watched Bourne Supremacy tonight. Better than Ocean 12 but doesn't compete with the first one. The director seemed to have a peculiar fetish with blurry scenes. I Wanna see Aviator and Ray. Anyone seen???? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Seem Aviator, I liked it. Would like to see Closer. Not too keen on the idea of Ray though, I think I'll give it a miss. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 "The Triplets of Belleville" was very funny and good. I'd love to have DVD at home. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 saw `The Machinist` last weekend. very deep movie. about a guy who hasn`t slept for a year! recomend Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Yeah, Christan Bale played lead in 'The Machinist'. As those who have seen it can attest, the guy ate practically nothing for nearly a month to lose the weight requried to play this insomniac character. He obviously put it back on pretty easily before 'Batman Begins' started shooting. What is it about 'Ray' that makes you not want to see it Rach? Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Oceans 12 = completely self-indulgent crud Open Water (OK I know its not so new anymore but I saw it last night on DVD) = total rubbish Sideways = half decent, if a bit of a steal of Swingers and The Big Lebowski (which makes it sound much better than it actually is). Watch it if you are over 35. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 'Pop'. Its a snowboarding film that will kick your ass then smoke your cigarettes when its finished. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Seed of Chucky http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18825 Sounds like a classic. Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Ocean12 wasn't that bad, just entertaining. Looking forward to War of the Worlds Link to post Share on other sites
sweets87 0 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 garden state! amazing movie. as well as man on fire but that wasnt from this year. hotel rwanda was intense i dont think i could watch it again but it was an eye opener and very well done. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Oooh don't get too excited about world of the worlds. Apparently it is not set in Victorian times, but rather is set in the modern day. That should guarentee a complete cock-up of the original story line. I mean what will the Thunderchild be now, the USS Abraham Lincon? Also the rumour is that none of the original soundtrack will be used either and that Tom Cruise will be playing a leading part. Now any of you who have had the distinct pleasure of listening to the original album (and looking at the great artwork) will agree with me that soundtrack is brilliant, and integral to the whole WotW experience. Spewburg needs a red-hot poker up the arse for those hair-brained decisions. lol de-do de-do de-do, beew beew, beew beew Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 hahaha team america by the guys that make southpark. very funny, very bizarely shot with puppets. a classic, up there with their last movie - baseketball Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 It's not a rumour that Tom Cruise is playing a leasing part (it's a well known fact), and - unless I am wrong of course - the 'original soundtrack' for the films is not the one many people probably think it is (complete with your 'artwork'). Perhaps we could give it a chance and just bash it once it's out. (Unless you've already made up your mind of course.) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Kintaro: I Wanna see Aviator USA 14 December 2004 (premiere) USA 17 December 2004 UK 19 December 2004 (London) (premiere) Canada 25 December 2004 USA 25 December 2004 UK 26 December 2004 (London) Malaysia 30 December 2004 South Korea 31 December 2004 UK 6 January 2005 Singapore 13 January 2005 Thailand 13 January 2005 Spain 14 January 2005 Bahrain 19 January 2005 Austria 20 January 2005 Germany 20 January 2005 Netherlands 20 January 2005 Switzerland 20 January 2005 Greece 21 January 2005 Sweden 21 January 2005 Belgium 26 January 2005 France 26 January 2005 Indonesia 26 January 2005 Kuwait 26 January 2005 United Arab Emirates 26 January 2005 Israel 27 January 2005 Denmark 28 January 2005 Finland 28 January 2005 Iceland 28 January 2005 Italy 28 January 2005 Mexico 28 January 2005 Norway 28 January 2005 Portugal 3 February 2005 Russia 3 February 2005 Argentina 9 February 2005 (Buenos Aires) Australia 10 February 2005 Czech Republic 10 February 2005 Brazil 11 February 2005 Bulgaria 11 February 2005 Chile 17 February 2005 Croatia 17 February 2005 (limited) Hong Kong 17 February 2005 India 18 February 2005 Panama 18 February 2005 Poland 18 February 2005 Turkey 18 February 2005 Venezuela 18 February 2005 Egypt 23 February 2005 Philippines 23 February 2005 Argentina 24 February 2005 Croatia 24 February 2005 Hungary 24 February 2005 Estonia 25 February 2005 Japan 26 March 2005 March 26!!!!!! WTF??! I cant really understand why Harry pothead and Spiderman 2 are are close to the release day of the States but something like the aviator is ONE FULL MONTH after the second to last country in the world to get the movie! Aswell as being the MOST expensive place in the world to watch movies (its official I read it National Geographic of all places) its also the worst place to see some excellent movies in a timely manner! ...shrug shoulders.... How did you see it Rach, bittorrent a copy? elcheapo DVD from Bali? or did you see it in another country? Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by scouser: It's not a rumour that Tom Cruise is playing a leasing part (it's a well known fact), and - unless I am wrong of course - the 'original soundtrack' for the films is not the one many people probably think it is (complete with your 'artwork'). Perhaps we could give it a chance and just bash it once it's out. (Unless you've already made up your mind of course.) What is your point Mr Nitpicker? What I was saying is that there was a brilliant (IMHO) soundtrack (70's one) already made for the story which should be the basis for the soundtrack for this movie, and as far as I know it isn't. HG wells great story has been dragged kicking and screaming into present day thereby trashing the majority of ambience the story had (i.e huge 100 foot machines with heat rays arriving when the best technology humans had were cannons and steamships seems a bit more intimidating when strategic nuclear weapons aren't an option yeah?). Do you see my point? Listening to the album and reading the book was a great childhood memory for me, and it seems the modern incarnation won't pay the original the respect it deserves, for the sake of making a few bucks. Add to this the fact that Tom Cruise is a shit actor and Speilburg directs with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer (again IMHO) then the rout is complete. That sound you are hearing is HG Wells turning in his grave. So yeah, I have made up my mind, righly or wrongly, and am giving it a bash and having fun doing it. I guess it's no big thing and this will be my last whinge on the matter otherwise I may be mistaken for a pom Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I agree Dims, after looking at the preview and reading a bit I think the only thing it has in common with the original is the title. Whether it is a good movie or not is another story, but why bastardize a good story? Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Thanks dude! Well said and a bit more consisely put than I managed to do. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 haha, just having a bit of a laugh. But anyway I think you answered the point with your next to last sentence. Then finished it off with a great last one, nice touch It will be interesting to see how it turns out though. I'm just going to avoid any hype and just go watch it - I'll let you know! Link to post Share on other sites
X Factor 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Well I'm holding out and hoping for something good. Just been reading this > On October 20, 1938, Orson Welles broadcasted a dramatic radio adaptation of H.G. Well's original War of the Worlds story. The adaptation was so convincing that hundreds of thousands of Americans were deceived by it. Announcements before, during and after the broadcast failed to shatter the illusion created by the drama--that Martian Invaders were upon the nation. Now, some 67 years later, Paramount Pictures is hoping to possibly capitalize on doing something a bit similar--on a much smaller scale (or so, they hope). Several Internet blogs (online journals) have posted accounts of weird and mysterious 'advertisements' that have been popping up around New York City's Subway system. The blogs, some written by passengers on the subway cars, have reported that these ads are turning up in very unconventional ways. The advertisements apparently portray a flock of crows silhouetted against a dark red sky, migrating as if sensing an impending invasion to our planet (one could draw parallels to the behaviors of animals hours before the first wave of Tsunamis hit Phuket two months ago). Just below the birds, we see a dark golden Latin caption “Omnium Finis Imminet” which translates to “The End of All Things Is Near” in English. For about a week, no one knew where these ads came from and why they were put there. They were flashed on NBC between shows like Law & Order and many people speculated that the ads were for an upcoming apocalyptic NBC series called Revelations starring Bill Pullman. The fad carried on and people began to find the “Omnium Finis Imminet” phrase scrawled in chalk on sidewalks, trashcan bins and cement walls. Finally, on the morning of March 5, the New York Times broke the story and mentioned the curious ads in one of their articles about a new form of guerrilla marketing that seems to be catching on with some film studios. Apparently HBO did something similar a few weeks earlier for their popular Deadwood series by covering the interior of three subway cars with plastic wrap promoting the series. The cost? A cool $100,000. Shortly after, Paramount decided to do the same by coughing up $50,000 to write “Omnium Finis Imminet” in various crevices throughout the terminal. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Well I'm hoping for something good as well, but I think I may be disappointed. I will try to keep an open mind though. However trick guerrilla ad campains do not a good movie make. Lets hope it is not a sign of desperation after the execs saw the final cut. Tell you what, if this movie turns out to be a cracker then I will do a naked Niseko Nighta run from the Hirafu gondola to the KFC, and everyone can laugh at my skinny legs and how small my willy becomes........and beat me on the arse with sasa grass. There I have said it, no going back now Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Does anyone know what the aliens and tripods (?) look like yet? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 I don't know when it was released but I really liked J-movie ONMYOOJI. The second one wasn't as good in my opinion. Anyone watched this?? Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 I think the only alien thing we've seen is on that poster in the other thread... the hand holding the earth. They're keeping the aliens secret for now. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 If you like the Ramones, check out "End of the Century: The Story of The Ramones". Live footage, interviews, etc - interesting story. Link to post Share on other sites
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