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Owl of Minerva
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Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all
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Watched Donnie Brasco last night. Epic, awesome, amazing, great film, one of the best I've seen for a long time.
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all |
That's the one with Russel Crowe right? I was planning on seeing it this week, i've generally heard it's pretty good. |
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Owl of Minerva
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| Flipando wrote: | | Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all |
That's the one with Russel Crowe right? I was planning on seeing it this week, i've generally heard it's pretty good. |
Yes I saw a few god reviews but it's really no more than a 3/5. One of those films that people who aren't that smart will think is amazing, but that intelligent people like me realise is no more than average. |
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Flipando wrote: | | Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all |
That's the one with Russel Crowe right? I was planning on seeing it this week, i've generally heard it's pretty good. |
Yes I saw a few god reviews but it's really no more than a 3/5. One of those films that people who aren't that smart will think is amazing, but that intelligent people like me realise is no more than average. |
Even if you say so yourself! |
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Flipando wrote: | | Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all |
That's the one with Russel Crowe right? I was planning on seeing it this week, i've generally heard it's pretty good. |
Yes I saw a few god reviews but it's really no more than a 3/5. One of those films that people who aren't that smart will think is amazing, but that intelligent people like me realise is no more than average. |
Never mind intelligent people like you; what did he think of it?
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Machiavellian wrote: | | Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Flipando wrote: | | Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Went to see State of Play last night. Thought I'd like it but didn't. Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the characters on screen and it just didn't flow at all |
That's the one with Russel Crowe right? I was planning on seeing it this week, i've generally heard it's pretty good. |
Yes I saw a few god reviews but it's really no more than a 3/5. One of those films that people who aren't that smart will think is amazing, but that intelligent people like me realise is no more than average. |
Never mind intelligent people like you; what did he think of it? |
He asked me for my opinion first - he recognises that there can be only one true god
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| Just got back from Angels & Demons. I was actually rather impressed. Decent film, nothing special by any means, but enjoyable. Not too much has been changed/omitted/added from the book either and what has been changed arguably improves the coherence and believablity of the story! If only they could get a decent FULL cast of actors. McGregor, Hanks (although he seems to go through the motions these days) and Skasgard aside the rest were pretty poor. Even so, it was enjoyable. 6.5/10 |
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i watched the wrestler on dvd tonight.
has to be the most overrated film of the last 5 years. after an hour i thought "i have to turn this off" but persisted. very poor decision, ended up throwing good time after bad.
not one i can recommend. 3/10. |
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Saw the wrestler on the plane on the way back from 'nam and I'd say it was better than a 3/10 but def over-rated none the less... to think that it was being talked of major awards is well off the mark in my opinion... still watchable though so I'd say more like 7/10...
I also saw Defiance (very good), The Reader (pretty good but a bit predictable), Frost v Nixon (interesting) and something else on the plane (both directions!) so looking forward to next week's trip to America to get another 2 or 3 films in per flight!
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| accajacca wrote: | i watched the wrestler on dvd tonight.
has to be the most overrated film of the last 5 years. after an hour i thought "i have to turn this off" but persisted. very poor decision, ended up throwing good time after bad.
not one i can recommend. 3/10. |
Well I thought it was a cracking film. I really enjoyed it and couldn't pick a part of it that was done badly. |
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| Flipando wrote: | | accajacca wrote: | i watched the wrestler on dvd tonight.
has to be the most overrated film of the last 5 years. after an hour i thought "i have to turn this off" but persisted. very poor decision, ended up throwing good time after bad.
not one i can recommend. 3/10. |
Well I thought it was a cracking film. I really enjoyed it and couldn't pick a part of it that was done badly. |
i'm sure the purist would enjoy it, and couldn't moan about the acting, but for an idiot like me the plot moves slowly and predictably, and doesn't warrant the critical acclaim it's received.
3/10 was probably a knee-jerk but didn't enjoy it at all. |
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Cliffhanger's on ITV2 in an hour - Worth watching the first ten minutes
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| Watched Angels & Demons tonight, I'd have to agree with Flipando it's a decent enough film that stays relatively true to the book. They did a miles better job on this one than the Da Vinci Code which I came out of the cinema bitterly disappointed. |
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jezzareturns
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Thought the Da Vinci Code was quite good, but then read the book after (never sure if that's a good idea or not) and can see why some were disappointed.
Wanna go and see so many movies but have no life what with being a Nurse on the side.
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