Entertaining wank at least :)

Perhaps a bit over the top (okay, way over) but I liked it!

I watched that one yesterday for the third time now. I never get bored of it, seems always fresh. I was even laughing out loud at some of the situations tho I knew how exactly they were going to happen. Plus the OST is great, composed by the director himself (Tom Tykwer). A cult movie from modern Germany.

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I never quite got the adulation thrown at Run Lola Run. Sure it's a fun watch but I see it as a kind of one trick pony and I couldn't really care for the characters either so no matter how innovative it seems it defeated it's purpose.

Which is ?

I'm watching The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen right now, it's just starting. Any good? :)

Presenting a story from three different perspectives which has been done to death unfortunately.

Yeah that's the thing, I didn't find that was the point. i just didn't find any grain of seriousness in this whole movie. Of course it's about the importance of time, of random facts, of destiny etc ... but no one is making it a theological/philosophical subject. It even seems that Lola can return in time, and try to re-do everything again, but with a light difference, until it works. Which shows some huge flaws in the plot.

But it just a movie you'll really enjoy, and is a bit able to stick with you.

Actually the whole hype about this movie is cause the German cinema had been in some kind of depression since the Sound was introduced to cinema, and that was the movie that seemed to rise the German scene from the ashes.

I can see what you are saying but directors like Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog were flying the flag for German cinema long before but I agree that the 80's were a lean time for Germany.

They were great German directors, but it stayed a bit individual fame. It wasn't like a strong German movement (Like in the 20s). They did eventually become famous outside Germany, and that's where they stayed mostly.

It's like when Fritz Lang went to the US, at the time of the Nazis. He then filmed M which can be considered one of his best, but that didn't do any good to the German scene.

Now in Germany, there's some kind of a Boom since the late 90s. At least that's what they themselves have found, and that's what they're hoping for.

anyone? I'm not watching it if it's shite.

depends if you like effects-filled, superhero action adventure-type thingies with not alot else to recommend them?

ed: best place to get the gist of a film at a glance is imdb.com

i heard its bad

Kind of like.. (dont hate me but..) Fantastic 4 type thing super powers? except not as childish?

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really? Ive had some good feeback but I trust the people on musicbanter's opinions much more. probably. So I was curious as to what you's all think before I watch it.

you'll probably get something out of it then, but you couldnt pay me to watch it at this hour

Nooooo, not tonight. I wasn't tired at my first post and now I'm almost falling asleep, I'll face it tomorrow. I might like it. If its boring I'll hate it. Anything that keeps my attention is worth watching though :)

I was never able to watch more than 5 minutes. But that's just me.

Edit: Thought I save myself a double post.

They're showing right now on TV The Truman Show. I love that movie, I haven't watched it since I was 8 years-old!!
Such a blast from the past that one.

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This movie is one of my favorite movies ever.
If you didn't like it I'd suggest giving it a second viewing.

If someone didn't like "Science of Sleep" from the first time, I think that's a lost cause.

Well it is a very complex film. I hated it the first time I saw it.

Than I take that back.

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Although I like most of Cusack's stuff, including High Fidelity, after my viewing of this I feel Grosse Pointe Blank is probably the best thing he's ever starred in - romance, dark humor, violence, casting choice...only Tarantino's "True Romance" has ever blended these elements so darn well together in comparison.

I agree, though I liked the first one better. Just a pure adrenalin rush. The second had more slow parts, and wasn't really necessary after the first. But it was still entertaining, even if stupid.

And a great soundtrack by Mike Patton! :thumb:

I agree with you 100%, it also has a wicked sound track.

It was so obvious they were just having fun with the script taking it in all sorts of silly directions - like they did with the first. The public sex at the race track, the weird Godzilla fight in the powerplant, the *** club gang, the damned head in the tank .. :p:

it is great, the girl in that is the spitting image of my first crush so i always end up in a crumpled heap watching that movie. despite jim carrey's obnoxious teeth (which are appropriate in this setting anyway)


RE Grosse Point Blank: he even gets into a shoot-out with an overweight-but-still-threatening Dan Ackroyd! what's not to like? apart from Minnie f*ckin Driver?

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any Jim Jarmusch fans around? i can't get enough of this movie. great soundtrack too :D

yes. that's still probably my favorite work of his.

Aww sh*t, I'm sorry I didn't warn you earlier but no, it's freaking awful.

They weren't different perspectives, they were different scenarios. Which I always thought was a really awesome concept, if you changed one little thing it would lead to a new chain of events and a different outcome, I always thought that was vert cool and I thought overall the film was successful at making that concept work.

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This was recommended to me by a friend of mine after a discussion about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and I found that it's similar in it's abstract themes and playful romantic-ish tones. I thought it was fantastic; I'll definitely be watching it again.

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just saw this one. captivating! it's been a while since i was this moved by a film.

" ... together we will live forever"

I think that is the only movie that captivated me as much. The first time I saw it, I started to clap alone when it ended (I was watching it at home alone in the kitchen ... it was pretty weird). So I watched it again an hour later.

What's even more surprising is, Hugh Jackman doesn't look like an asshole in that one.

Saw The Men Who Stare At Goats last night. It was great, I'd highly recommend it.

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I bought this film in a 10 disc set for the princely sum of a pound, so that's ten pence a film and god damn it wasn't half bad. Low budget but well acted and shot. A pleasant surprise.

yeah, im not saying it was a bad flick. but that guy's character was one of those anti-heroes that just kind of makes you want to scream at the screen, "Wake up!". i guess thats a good thing, actually.

I just watched these the other night

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Both of them were hilarious.

^ What's the first one? Can't see the picture.

And yeah, Burn After Reading is hilarious. My favorite performance by Brad Pitt, he was just so funny.

Zombieland - decent comedy featuring zombie theme.

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It's been a few years since I have seen this and I needed to watch something intense. A tale of domestic violence, cultural identity and social problems that is as difficult to watch as it is rewarding. A side of New Zealand that's not in the brochures.

Once were warriors is an old flick but brutal viewing

Wait a second, according to Vanilla New Zealand is a flawless land with no real problems, why would someone make a movie like this?