I just starting watching my Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone DVD for the first time on my widescreen TV, and I was horrified to learn that the
film is in full screen. What the hell! Granted, I did buy the DVD back in 2002 at which time I assume widescreen televisions weren't as widespread as they
are now but geez. This is kind of painful to watch. I may even have to buy a new copy, if they contain widescreen versions of the film.
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What movies have you seen lately?
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Posts: 34128 (17-Jul-09 02:58 AM) terminally chill
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Posts: 22033 (20-Jul-09 12:36 PM) Sweet as chocolate |
I hate it to. I still have so many people at work trying to avoid widescreen dvd's and I am like... you realize you lose half your picture and have odd
moments where things are completely cut out so you don't know whom someone is talking to. People need to be able to adapt to better times.
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Posts: 34141 (22-Jul-09 02:39 PM) terminally chill
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Yeah it blows.
The Black Balloon I enjoyed this. Retardation is a sensitive issue and I felt like it was dealt with very well. Luke Ford plays Charlie who is autistic and has ADD on top of that. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought he was actually retarded but no, he researched for his role for 6 months and it shows. It's a highly convincing performance and you can't help but feel sympathetic for him and for his family, despite the frustrations and problems the character creates. Toni Collette is really great as the mother and Rhys Wakefield does a fairly good job as Thomas, the younger brother who just wants to have a normal adolescence but his brother keeps thwarting that. I should also mention Gemma Ward who plays Thomas' girlfriend and does a great job. You can really sense the frustrations of the family and especially Thomas, even though they love Charlie, it's a difficult job looking after a boy with such problems. This film could've easily been melodramatic and unconvincing but it does a good job of feeling realistic. It also didn't attempt to manipulate your emotions which a lot of films of this genre tend to do, which is great as that's just a slap in the face. I only have a few criticisms of the film. Firstly, while Rhys Wakefield was great, he was supposed to be playing a 15 year old and he looked 18 or 19 at the youngest, and also he looked like he walked straight off the set of Home & Away, and according to wikipedia he actually did so that's unsurprising. I'm also wondering why this film was seemingly set in the 1990s. I mean, the time period doesn't seem to have any relevance to the story at all, I'm just wondering why that chose that. That's not a criticism really, moreso a question. The movie was well shot, well directed, etc. I liked this a lot. Your Signature ...
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Posts: 35204 (22-Jul-09 02:55 PM) An also-ran in
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I'm also wondering why this film was seemingly set in the 1990s. I mean, the time period doesn't seem to have any relevance to the story at all, I'm just wondering why that chose that.I understand that the writer/director had an autistic brother and the film was based very much on her own experiences. It clearly wasn't completely autobiographical as the Rhys Wakefield character was a male rather than a female, so they could certainly have set it in a different time, but the 1990s is the period during which the original events took place. 
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Posts: 34142 (22-Jul-09 04:51 PM) terminally chill
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That makes sense. I just found it odd as the story could have easily taken place in this decade and basically nothing would have changed.
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Posts: 22057 ( 1-Aug-09 02:43 PM) Sweet as chocolate |
I watched Ghost recently and what a good movie that one was. I had seen it 300 years ago but couldn't really remember it or appreciate it. Whoopi is
absolutely hilarious in such a serious movie. No wonder she got the oscar. I could not stop laughing. I think her performance in this was even better then the
sister act movies which were damn brilliant. I loved her outfits as well and her whole character background how she was the psychic but a fake one however her
ancestors always supposedly had a real gift and then suddenly she got it when Patrick's character came onto the scene.
Loved the Instrumental version of Unchained Melody used as the score as well. Had to go and get me some of that.
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Posts: 22058 ( 1-Aug-09 02:54 PM) Sweet as chocolate |
I watched Ghost recently and what a good movie that one was. I had seen it 300 years ago but couldn't really remember it or appreciate it. Whoopi is
absolutely hilarious in such a serious movie. No wonder she got the oscar. I could not stop laughing. I think her performance in this was even better then the
sister act movies which were damn brilliant. I loved her outfits as well and her whole character background how she was the psychic but a fake one however her
ancestors always supposedly had a real gift and then suddenly she got it when Patrick's character came onto the scene.
Loved the Instrumental version of Unchained Melody used as the score as well. Had to go and get me some of that.
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Posts: 29518 ( 2-Aug-09 08:56 PM)
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Heh. I recently rewatched Truly, Madly, Deeply once described as 'Ghost for people who do crosswords'.
 Mind you, it's still pretty crappy.
And while on the subject of crappy, I was trying to watch Eragon but it's so bloody dull and derivative. Reminds me of a review I read of it ages ago, something along the lines of 'ask for not whom the bell tolls, but for whom the toll keens'. Quite. |
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Posts: 35301 ( 3-Aug-09 10:41 AM) An also-ran in
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Yeah, I had that on in the background last night. You could pretty much pick what would happen next in most scenes. Poor John Malkovich and Jeremy Irons, they
must have been a bit short on the rent. And I assume it is a "continuing saga" given that there was no comeuppance for Malkovich and it all ended up
in the air.
Very clever that the dragon talked using telepathy, meant that they didn't have to waste money on tricky mouth-movement CGI effects.
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Posts: 22062 ( 3-Aug-09 11:25 PM) Sweet as chocolate |
AirPrang wrote: Yes, not that great. I don't know if they will make anymore because I heard it ended quite differently then the book does though I have no idea.
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Posts: 29527 ( 4-Aug-09 12:02 AM)
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For my sins I have read books 1 and 2. It was meant to be a trilogy, but the writing's so bloated and the series doing so well that it's now a quartet.
Quite a bit of what I saw didn't quite match up to my memories of the novel, but I can remember the film tanking so I suppose there won't be parts 2, 3
and 4. Probably a mercy!
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Posts: 35314 ( 4-Aug-09 12:27 PM) An also-ran in
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I remember a mate of mine saying at the time that he quite liked the book but the film was crap and they had just made it a cheesy "blond spunk saves the
day" story, so your memory is probably quite correct.
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Posts: 29644 (17-Aug-09 01:26 AM)
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Cheesy blonde spunk saves the day? Yup, that's what it looked like.
Had a bit of a western fest and finally saw Unforgiven and saw 3.10 to Yuma, although I got interrupted in the middle of it and still have some vague idea Rusty ran off with Clint Eastwood and they lived happily ever after in an old time saloon complete with honky tonk piano. What I did see of both did at least looked beautifully filmed. Cinematography! Hurrah! I'll try to watch them again next weekend. |
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Posts: 22123 (17-Aug-09 10:51 AM) No Talk All Action |
'My Sisters' Keeper' fuck it was depressing...
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Posts: 23021 ( 3-Sep-09 01:57 AM) Possum magic! |
I finally got around to watching Million Dollar Baby the other night, I've had it sitting in the cupboard for years. Good movie, but the ending was nothing
like what I was expecting
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Posts: 22225 (24-Sep-09 06:52 PM) No Talk All Action |
Observe and Report... fuck it was shit!
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Dead Snow. Nazi Zombies play hide and seek with a bunch of students high in the norwegian mountains.
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Posts: 35808 ( 7-Oct-09 01:10 PM) An also-ran in
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Slacker Uprising - Michael Moore's doco about his tour across US college campuses in 2004 trying to mobilise young voters for John Kerry during the
presidential campaign.
It's a lazy film, with little in it other than long excerpts from the rallies. At around 100 minutes long it could have done with some decent editing, or interspersing some more analysis about the presidential campaign in general. Features appearances by (amongst others) REM, Steve Earle, Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, Viggo Mortensen. On the other hand, the absence of those things made it the least objectionable Michael Moore film I've seen. I find his absurd leaps of logic and intellectual dishonesty in other films (Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Farenheit 911) so outrageous at times that I go in with some sympathy for his cause, but come out really annoyed. At least when he's standing on the stage at a pep rally I can forgive him for being emotive.
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Posts: 6067 ( 7-Oct-09 01:23 PM) Cows on a plane! |
(500) Days Of Summer - truly adorkable. Gosh I love Zooey.
Fame. Terrible. Self indulgent crap. 
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Posts: 22289 (11-Oct-09 12:08 PM) No Talk All Action |
Boyz n The Hood - bit of a classic now, its nearing the 20 year mark since it was made. Stars Cuba Gooding Jnr and Laurence Fishburne. Had never seen it
before, but watched it yesterday and really enjoyed it. Was really sad towards the ending.
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- Survivor 10: Palau & Survivor 11: Guatemala
- Survivor 8: All Stars & Survivor 9: Vanuatu
- Survivor 7: The Pearl Islands
- Survivor 6: The Amazon
- Survivor 4: Marquesas & Survivor 5: Thailand
- Aussie Survivor Sucks Pool: S12
- JurASSic Park
- JurASSic Park II
- JurASSic Park III
- Survivor 14: Fiji
