I guess as a Brit and not a very religious one at that I simply dont understand the offence taken to it. As far as I can tell theres little in the film that either wasnt already in the Bible or that hasnt been written/spoken before rather than come directly from the pen of Mel Gibson and it seems that a lot of the main protest was the effect that any inaccuracies and such a graphic storytelling of Jesus' torture by Jewish soldiers could have on attitudes towards Jews even now.

I understand some of the "concerns" but I fail to see how any of it was anti - Semitic. Maybe I'm overlooking a lot, I dont know.

Yeah, that's basically what I said. I didn't see anything anti-semitic about it.

Oh I know, i just quoted you because you were the last one to post anything :beer:

You don't quote the post above you n00bzorz....;)

It's just habit really.

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8.5/10

+10 for the first half
-2 for the last half
+.5 for the asian hooker scene

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Huge cast, great director, shite film. Still, it lead to a fascinating wikipedia trawl afterwards; the film accounts what was a failed but daring attempt to end the war and the biggest ever parachute drop behind enemy lines. It took place around the occupied Netherlands in late 1944 when Nazi forces were on the retreat.
It's always nice to see a WW2 movie where the British contribution, working alongside the US, is recognized without us being reduced to tea-drinking caricatures (that would be the British director then).

Lots of shots of Michael Caine driving around in a little tank. Ryan O'Neal is a good actor (for evidence of this see Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, just re-released infact) but was far too young to be cast as a general commanding thousands of American troops. Gene Hackman, for some reason, is cast as a Pole and his attempt at an accent was hard to watch.

aside from the fact they weren't polish, i thought it was pretty rad.

Polish? K....>.>

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The Fall (2006)

Beautiful film. And the little girl was great.

that's the only reason i went to see it, because i thought it would just be 2 hours of poles fucking **** up, and i'm polish.

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Documentary about paraplegics playing a game called murderball which is a sort of basketball for wheelchair bound players but with the added bonus of ramming into each other in customised wheelchairs. Some poignant scenes helped but it couldn't keep up the intensity of the opening 20 mins. Still worth a watch though.

Im watchin a movie on IFC called Stay. It's about a psychologist who tries to keep a patient from killing himself, it's pretty good so far, def worth checking out

How are we gonna check it out if you don't post relevant info like perhaps year it was released, director, actors or perhaps a title?

It was a generic subject, but it did it pretty well I think. And yeah, some of the acting was just rancid.

To be fair you did get a title, and a brief description.

Yeah, it's so good, he found himself posting on a message board in the midst of watching it...:|

OT:

Il divo - Paolo Sorrentino

Better than Gomorra but perhaps too complicated for non-Italians. 8/10

I haven't seen The Passion, but I doubt it's better than Last Temptation of Christ.

Christians hated that movie because it didn't exactly cater to the Christian audience, because it was a little more honest.

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The Hurt Locker

Pretty stupid title for sure. Its an interesting film, that loses some steam towards the end, but overall is a pretty original War flick.

Great acting too

I hope you're not referring to Clint there.

Though Clint has showed himself to be more talented as a director than an actor.

I saw The Wrestler earlier today. Ooh.. hang tight I'll do this official like:

THE WRESTLER

It was mediocre. Very dark. Extremely depressing. Almost gets heart warming, and then kinda gets depressing again. There was one really funny scene, but it didn't make up for the 444 extremely depressing ones. Hollywood ending. Pretty wack overall... I have pretty high standards for movies these days though.... On the other hand I did also recently see:

WE OWN THE NIGHT

Eva Mendes is so beautiful that it hurts my heart every time I see her. This movie is also dark but in a much more plot filled way. The box sums it up as such: "Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Beyond their differences lies loyalty." That's pretty much it. It gets truly intense as the two brothers' worlds collide. On another note, the interaction between Joaquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes is believable and beautiful... right from the very first scene. Watch it.

Troy: Directors Cut.

For fuck sakes.

Eric Bana was excellent in that. The rest of it was a steaming pile of turd.

Speaking of him did you ever see Chopper? That was a pretty interesting movie.

Oh yeah- who hasn't?! to think that that was one of Banas first performances and he was a stand up before that- astonishing.

uncle chop chop

I didn't think so. Although I do have a major crush on Bana (who's part Croatian btw! <3) so my judgment may have been clouded by his stunning good looks...*swoons* I also liked Hulk...:D

Yeah, I didn't really see where the complaints of anti-semitism were coming from either. The movie was no more or less anti-semitic than christianity in general.

That said, I still thought it was a pretty awful movie. It was basically a two hour exercise in torture with really no sense of context or character. As a result there was nothing about it that engaged me on any level. And the overuse of slow-motion was so absurd that it actually got kind of funny after a while.

Maybe Chopper is bigger over where you are. I had never heard of it until pretty recently and I don't know anyone else who has seen it. It was quite a movie though, his performance especially was the real standout for me and I liked the cinematography quite a bit.

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Its not really the most hilarious comedy of the year, incase you were wondering.

It's not bad but its probably mediocre at best.

As a fan of Simon Pegg I was a little disappointed to see him playing this kind of role, the quirky, odd Englishman because he is English so thats the law but I guess he did quite well with it and he was funny.

Quite a predicatble film, as romcoms can tend to be. If it wasnt for Pegg I wouldnt have bothered. Also, there are a few charaters, mainly Gillian Andersons that may as well not be there as I cant think of a single thing she contributed to the film.

Worth it for a laugh or two, probably not for much else.

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I'm torn when it comes to this movie. The religious aspect became very annoying after a while, and I didn't care for how the monsters looked. The story was typical Stephen King...at one point at the beginning I felt like I was watching "The Langoliers" again. But I thought Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden (as annoying as her character was) did a pretty good job and the ending really got to me. (I'd never read the story, so it was a surprise to me). I also loved Frances Sternhagen's character...she was one bad ass old lady.
Favorite line from the movie:
"Shut up, you miserable buzzard! Stoning people who piss you off is perfectly okay. They do it in the Bible, don't they? And I got lots of peas! "

6.5/10

I was especially impressed with Toby Jones, a highly underrated actor. :thumb:

I saw Gran Torino today... it would have been more enjoyable if the stupid bitch next to me would chew with her mouth closed and shut the fuck up.

mark kermode sang it's praises recently.

Maybe I should see this.
Been how I understand how easy it is to be popular and get people onside.

The ending was added on by the director with King's blessing. The story's ending was more upbeat. First time I watched it I was disappointed but second viewing was a lot better once you know what was going on.

Watched last night:

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Plus points:

Considering it cost £100,000 it looks excellent and is relatively well acted. It is has some great macabre moments

Minus points:

I am unclear as to the motivations of certain characters and certain ideas are only glimpsed at and never expanded upon.

Despite reviews calling this film sick, it really is not that bad. You only actually see one person being killed outright. I think if a little more black humour could have been added then it could very well attain cult status.

The ten.

Film that talks about 10 commandments. Each has its story. Pretty funny and interesting film. :)

BoogeyMan 3 :P

God! i couldn't even make it through the first one! I can't stand american horror films.
"well we could develop a plot that really ****s with people's heads, and really scares them?....Na, Lets just get crappy actors and over use gore and sudden loud noise instead. That's scary right?"
I did just watch "Hero" though. I have a soft spot for oriental films. Even if they are the americanized versions.

I absolutely love "Hero". I kind of have a crush on Jet Li though.

That film and "Fearless" I could watch over and over again and never get tired of them.