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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 16:09 
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Hearthly, you are borderline obsessed with ratings.


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Hearthly, you are borderline obsessed with ratings. You're over 21, why does it matter?


Every write-up needs a score, as taught by the likes of Sinclair User and Crash and suchlike when my lifelong opinion of these matters was formed in the 80s.


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Age ratings, I assume he means.

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Age ratings, I assume he means.


I certainly did.


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Oh right sorry, yes I am a bit, it just took me by surprise though in a 15 rated film, although it wasn't gratuitous or anything and was 'contextually justified'.

I started taking a really keen interest in censorship around the start of the DVD era when the BBFC were notoriously scissor-happy, and indeed imported a bucketload of DVDs from the States because even mainstream films like The Matrix and Die Hard 3 were being censored by the BBFC, and even an 18 certificate didn't guarantee uncut (Fight Club).

I think it's partly because I worked as a VT Editor for a few years at the end of the 90s, and snipping for censorship reasons really stands out a mile to me, plus I just don't like the basic idea of watching a censored film.


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Age ratings, I assume he means.


I certainly did.

As did I.


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Milton Keynes is getting an IMAX in a few weeks, that's pretty snazzy.

And Xscape is getting 4DX: http://www.cineworld.co.uk/4dx

Looks like something I'd try once, at least.

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Milton Keynes is getting an IMAX in a few weeks, that's pretty snazzy.

And Xscape is getting 4DX: http://www.cineworld.co.uk/4dx

Looks like something I'd try once, at least.


"4DX is widely considered to be the biggest innovation in cinematic technology to date"
Yeah, fuck all that sound and colour nonsense!

I'll try it, I predict it to be thoroughly meh though.

The IMAX is at the MK Dons stadium, btw. There is a new Odeon there.


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I remember not being allowed to buy the original GTA in Smiths as it was an 18 and I was 14. I hadn't noticed the symbol on the box. So I went to the book section, gave it to my Dad, and he bought it.


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Into The Woods

At least 30 minutes too long, and some of the songs were a bit rubbish, but some of them are fantastic. Great cast, with Emily Blunt, Chris Pine, Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick and whoever played Little Red Riding Hood particularly good.

Best song was definitely Chris Pine's one about agony.

Very entertaining (but way too long).

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Saw Whiplash last night - IMMENSE. I have never been so on the edge of my seat in a film ever - I was so tensed up! The acting is brilliant, the energy high but without feeling like 'what the hell just happened I can't keep up', the music is /awesome/, and when it ended I thought WOA that was a really short film, max 90 mins - nope, was 110.

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Re: The Hobbit. Someone has re-cut the three films into a single 4 hour film. Available from below...for the moment.

https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/201 ... hour-film/

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500 days of Summer is tolerable.

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500 days of Summer is tolerable.

I enjoyed it.

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"Star Wars: George Lucas admits his ideas for new films abandoned by Disney"

Hurrah!

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ja ... lms-disney

(I know I've not seen them, shh).

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Good PR from Lucas there.

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Not really. Wait until the films come out. If they're bad, then you say that. Now all that's going to happen is that if they're good, it'll confirm everyone's opinion that Lucas lost the plot twenty five years ago.

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Not really. Wait until the films come out. If they're bad, then you say that. Now all that's going to happen is that if they're good, it'll confirm everyone's opinion that Lucas lost the plot twenty five years ago.

Good PR for the films, I mean.

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19 years ago he did Howard the Duck so maybe you're right!

He does have a strange filmography from the early days. I don't think I've seen many of the other works he was involved in apart from the obvious ones.


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19 years ago he did Howard the Duck so maybe you're right!

FACTIOD: Howard the Duck was the first Marvel film.

Also, it wasn't as bad as everyone says.

Also also, it had Lea Thomas in, and she's beauuuuutiful (watch Some Kind of Wonderful if you want to see her look even more beauuuuuuutiful).

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Not really. Wait until the films come out. If they're bad, then you say that. Now all that's going to happen is that if they're good, it'll confirm everyone's opinion that Lucas lost the plot twenty five years ago.

Good PR for the films, I mean.


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Future Warrior wrote:
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500 days of Summer is tolerable.

I enjoyed it.


Summer was a bitch.

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that was the whole point of the movie.


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EVERLY, starring Selma Hayek, is a dumb, violent, & fairly stylish action B-movie. Very silly & I rather enjoyed it ! 7/10

WHIPLASH - Probably my fave film of the past year. Brilliant acting (especially by J.K Simmons), extremely well made/edited and very intense. 9/10

CITIZENFOUR : Very good documentary about Edward Snowden and the NSA revelations. 8/10

BIG EYES : A surprisingly subtle, true-story film from Tim Burton about a female artist & her dodgy husband who took credit for her works. Best thing about it is the typically excellent acting from Christoph Waltz & Amy Adams. The story is reasonably interesting but not exactly gripping. 6.5/10

TAKEN 3 - Fucking shite just like the last one. 2/10


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Theory of Everything is excellent.

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Less chat, more Craster scale.

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Watched 'Mr Brooks' on Netflix (UK) last night.

It stars Kevin Costner as a serial killer who hates killing and wants to stop but is addicted to it. His public persona is a highly respected businessman, philanthropist, and wonderful husband and father - who has just won 'man of the year'. Unfortunately, on his most recent killing, he has allowed someone to witness the crime.....

William Hurt plays the evil killer side of his psyche who wants him to kill more, and the two of them openly chat to each other all the way through the film, no one else but Costner's character can see Hurt's character.

Demi Moore plays a millionaire cop trying to track him down whilst going through a painful divorce.

Sounds awful and stupid, but it's actually really good - seriously, give it two hours of your time. Costner's on great form, Hurt is excellent and Moore isn't bad either. Rest of the cast are good too.

Cert 18 but a very 'soft' 18 IMO, it's only a couple of scenes toward the end that would have tipped it over to that IMO, so if you don't like gore and stuff don't worry, it's no Saw or Hostel.

I chose it as a deliberately leftfield choice as I was in the mood for something a bit off the beaten track, and it really delivered.

8/10 - A very pleasant surprise.


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Yeah, I liked Mr Brooks too. Great seeing awful comedian and hack actor Dane Cook getting a negative outcome.


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Grim... wrote:
Less chat, more Craster scale.

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Jamie Lee Curtis' body is fan-bloody-tastic in Trading Places.

I'm sure I've seen it at some point before but I'll be damned if I can remember it.

But, boy, Jamie Lee Curtis? Stunning. Pert, even.


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Saturnalian wrote:
Jamie Lee Curtis' body is fan-bloody-tastic in Trading Places.

I'm sure I've seen it at some point before but I'll be damned if I can remember it. (EDIT - I meant the film. Not Jamie Lee Curtis' body)

But, boy, Jamie Lee Curtis? Stunning. Pert, even.


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How'd I manage to quote while editing. Dick.

Oh, and have you seen JLC in Trading Places? Wow-wee-woo-waah. That's a woman. Natch.


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Are you talking around the Jamie Lee Curtis used to be a man/is a haemaphrodite rumours that circulated in the 80s? I dint know much of her (but I used to get her mixed up with Annie Lennix as I think they had similar hair). Not sure if I've ever seen any of her films, though.

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Watched Anaemic Sniper. Was a great film, though very difficult to watch. I thought the scenes in the weather were really well filmed to invoke the conditions.

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Backing up through the thread to read other recommendations I've just read Slightly Green's post about Anerican Sniper. Without knowing the back story and history the film was really good. But yes, reading that puts things in a whole different light. I'm kind of glad I watched the film before reading it so that I could enjoy the 'story', but the belief in All American Heroes and the like sits thin with me anyway. I always have some kind of hurdle in celebrating death, rather the removal of evil, but I'm not sure a lot of people see the difference. Anyhooo, Slightly Green's post kind of grounds it into a more complex (so realistic) reality, but with no backstory, still s good film.

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Mimi wrote:
Are you talking around the Jamie Lee Curtis used to be a man/is a haemaphrodite rumours that circulated in the 80s? I dint know much of her (but I used to get her mixed up with Annie Lennix as I think they had similar hair). Not sure if I've ever seen any of her films, though.


Yes.

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That was Jamie Lee Curtis, wasn't it? Or am I confused?

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A scene.

Not safe for work. Contains boobs.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x209wm ... -2_redband

Boob. Tee-hee. Boob is a funny word.


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That was Jamie Lee Curtis, wasn't it? Or am I confused?


I can't say. The Internet weren't around in the 80's. And her wiki doesn't say anything about it, which as much research as I'm doing. :)


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You want more boob?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x209y1 ... -1_redband

Not safe for work. More boob. A pair of boob.


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Tanga briefs. Cut high on the hip. Essence of 80s. Made no sense really as unless you had a waistband like Simon Cowell they'd show above the waist. I think they even made them for men, for all your sexy man pant needs.

Her hair does not look like Annie Lennox's hair there.

You'd have to find me a video of Annie Lennox's boobs if you want me to make further comparisons.

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That was Jamie Lee Curtis, wasn't it? Or am I confused?

I believe so.

I also understand that there was not much basis in fact.


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Watched Fox Catcher which was pretty good, Steve Carell does a very good job

Then watched St Vincent with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy, average for a comedy but ok


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I watched John Wick. It was pretty good.

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I watched John Wick. It was pretty good.


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Thoroughly enjoyable romp imo.

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I enjoyed John Wick too.
It was hyped as being "realistic", which it kinda was. Obviously the stamina and pain threshold of everyone was through the roof, but there was no wire work or anything like that in the martial arts, and the gunplay was less overblown. Nobody went flying off into the distance after being shot, the amount of bullets he shot matched the amount in the gun etc...


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Yeah, the shooting was just nicely choreographed as to be enjoyable, and still let you know exactly what was going on in any given scene.


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