Agreed with Kastere on Cloudy

Last night saw 9 on a really crappy rip that had the audio shifting back and forward so that most of the time you'd hear things happen a second or two before you saw it. Even taking that in to account, we just felt it was missing something we couldn't put our collective metaphorical fingers on. The design was cool, but it just wasn't EPIC enough.

Also, after the point where The Scientist reveals that he put his soul in the 9 characters several of us thought that 9's ultimate goal was to force all the others to be sucked up by the evil HAL-imitator and thus give the mega robot a human soul. I just feel that would have been a much more satisfying ending. Especially given that the four left over would have to rebuilt... yet they were the four least technically capable.

Then we saw You Only Live Twice, which was absolutely terrible whilst being wonderfully cheesy and fantastic. It was the first time for all of us, and suddenly we realised where a lot of Austin Powers' jokes came from.

YOLT: "You know in Japan, men come first and women come second"
AP: "... Or not at all"

The ending of 9 made no sense to me at all, and even though the film was almost two hours long, it felt like it was less than one.
So the stitchpunks go all Star Wars ghosty and then turn into rain? What? Couldn't they have just rebuilt their bodies and put em back in?

Their life essence goes into the sky, resparking life in the form of those green bacteria on the camera.

I saw The Road. Epic.

Just saw Avatar in 3D the other day and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I'm a pretty big fan of James Cameron's previous work (Aliens anyone?), but I went in with somewhat low expectations because of all the over-hyping, etc. and the previews kind of made it look cheesy and childish. However, I have to say it was one of the best films overall I've seen in a while. Sure the love story had some cliche moments, but I will say that the film as a whole was beautiful especially seeing it in 3D gave the amazing immersion effect. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it normally, but this was definitely exponentially better 3D than I've ever seen before (e.g. anyone who's seen the movie, the opening scene felt like real life). I think most people can come away with something they enjoyed from this movie and I would definitely recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.

The CG in the movie was revolutionary for me... There's were parts where I even wondered to myself: "Is this made in CG or with puppets or what?"...

It's the most realistic CG, as the movements were not perfect like in most 3D movie. Most 3D movies, the animation is way too smooth and the characters way too animated like they have a seizure or something.

Beat me to it. But yeah, the ultimate goal of the scientist was left ambiguous.


So, I just saw the monumentally retarded turd that is Daybreakers. Daybreakers opens with a shot of a sunset, and then a really loud shitty looking CG bat flicks by the screen, which basically summarizes the movie: Loud shit. It was dumb. It was immensely dumb. It was unstoppably dumb.
See, ten years in the future, vampires have taken over. only 5% of a captured human blood supply is left. So the main character, Edward (Yes, they actually named him that. I wonder if it was a coincidence?) is trying to find an alternative. If you don't get blood, you turn into the scary monster thing from the trailers. Said Scary monster things don't actually do anything bad throughout the entire fucking movie, though, apart from be loud and scary looking.
With the help of some humans, Ed finds the cure for vampirism. It turns out that if you are exposed to sunlight briefly and then get covered in water, you are human again. .
Yeah, really.

That cure makes it shit.

I have just seen the new episode of Being Human. That one episode had more sex than the last series.

Since I moved to my own place, I've been playing QI more or less constantly as background noise. It's really not a healthy thing to do; most mental conversations I've had in the last week (say, when walking around or riding my bike) have been imagining myself as a contestant.

I'm also 4/6 the way through Blackpool, which is fantastic. Struggling a bit with the accents at times though, especially David Tennant's real Scottish twang. They've done something really brilliant with the characters; just when David Morrissey's character can't get any more revolting, he has a scene with one of his kids and shows what a caring, loving guy he is underneath it all. Similarly, when Tennant's character becomes too quirky and likeable, they make him do something unbelievably stupid and unethical.

I saw Gran Torino again yesterday. It was like Clint Eastwood pored almost every single action character he has acted as (predominatly Dirty Harry) and added cancer, oldness and a sprinkling of even more awesome.

10/10 film.

taped and watched Wyatt Earp. fucking brilliant film. underrated and better than Tombstone, which is the same story. also, Doc Holliday was portrayed better than i've ever seen else where in this film; he wasn't always smiling, he didn't look like a magician, he was dying of TB.

i love Westerns, so i'm biased, but its a brilliant portrayal of what happened and is very accurate. i have a soft spot for Doc Holliday anyway, even though he wasn't in the film until half way through, but he still fucking dominated it.

also; at the end, years later, when a lad comes up to Wyatt and tells him a heroic story his father told him about Wyatt saving his uncle from being lynched by an angry mob, then thanking Wyatt for what he did. when he leaves, Wyatt says to his wife "it's just a shame that's not what happened." nice twist to it.

By very accurate I hope you mean 'True to the legend', because Wyatt Earp was a murdering drunken coward.

he was. he also got rid of a lot of horrendous law-breakers, helped protect Dodge City from being completely ravaged by outlaws seeing as previous attempts had failed, and ultimately pulled himself out the gutter when he was to be hung. and also; i would like to see your reasoning behind the statement 'he was a coward'.

don't start thinking i believe all the 'he was a brilliant man' shit. i go with the facts, like the fact he had no bullet wounds by the time of his death. not even grazes.

Jesus Christ, WoF, why don't you try not shitting all over the guy?

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I recently saw Barry Lyndon and Blazing Saddles in HD. As different as they may be, there's just something about those 70s films. You know the camera it just won't move. It just sits there, taking one long shot, the picture is just so rich of detail, and you know what? I'm not bored, I'm in complete awe. Then I look at the new Star Trek reboot and wonder what the fuck happened.
And it's not just in films, it's everywhere. I went back and rewatched the first season of Battlestar Galactica, which I love somewhat immensely, but the camerawork is just terrible. It's neat when they zoom in on the ships but god they completely overdid it during the live-action parts. They should've just called it "Earthquake in SPACE!".
I heard some professional editors talk about it and they said something like "everyone has gotten used to the language of film, we can push cinematography and editing even further, and people will still get it". That's the most bullshit excuse I've ever heard for shakey cams. I just don't get that flashy kind of editing, it doesn't come off as intense it's just distracting and amateurish. If you're gonna use it, use it when it's needed, not throughout the whole damn movie. It makes those shaking bridge scenes in Star Trek look completely redundant, because the richter scale is already over 10+ before they're attacked.

New series of Heroes. Woot.

I'm going to mention The Road again, because it gives a pretty accurate depiction of what happens after the apocalypse: Bugger all. Everyone left wanders around eating whatever they can find, then dies.

I read the book. You know what was a really bleak and semi-hopeless book? The Road.

I did read it in a day, though, while I was working, to boot. I'm some kind of literary badass.

....Whiiiich sounds pretty fucking retarded.

I bought PlayTV so I now actually have television in my new apartment. Celebrated by watching one of my least favourite movies; Austin Powers in Goldmember. There was nothing else on, you see, and I wanted something on whilst I was fiddling around with bamboo and twigs and stuff. I went in with low enough expectations that I at least managed to have a few laughs at the rare good bits.

Mamma mia.

I thought it was fucking great, before my mum put it on i was thinking "Great, this is gonna be shit." But i stand corrected, it's funny and i would totally recommend it.

Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor day.
It was really good, played out kind of like a self contained season of TPB, but it had the proper feel that the first movie didn't have.

Just watched the first two episodes of the "V" remake.

I wouldn't go as far as saying it is better then the original series however the CGI is better and the leader of the V's smile is really creepy looking at times.

Slumdog Millionair. Loved it. India is such a fascinating country.

District 9. Kind of like Oddworld. In the sense that what is a freedom fighter to one is a terroist to another, and what seems evil is really just a peon.

District 9 was Focking awesome. Anyone know if 'Witness' is any good?

god damn you for seeing it first. us cunts aren't gonna be able to get it for fucking ages.
YES LETO I KNOW

Pretty good, but it's an older film and most of the plot devices have been recycled a thousand times since it was made. Whatever edginess it once had is completely gone. But it has Harrison Ford dressed as an amish guy laying a beatdown on some arrogant punks.

Harrison Ford laying a beatdown on punks is just about a good enough reason to see any movie.

What lol, the Raymond Briggs Snowman? How's that an advert for grooming? I love English animated films: Watership Down, When the Wind Blows, The Snowman <3

Ah I saw Sherlock Holmes again, didn't have to pay attention to the story this time, shit was so cash. One thing i don't get is why they needed someone to navigate england's waterways, doesn't only one river run through england? Plus I still didn't catch what Adler stole from Sherlock's apartment.

Only one river? We aren't fucking St. Lucia. This is the ninth largest island in the world. We're covered in rivers. We need them to drain all the rainwater, or gills would become a rapid necessity.

District 9. It was as awesome as expected. Loved the style and atmosphere, and hope there's a sequel coming.

The Spy Next Door.
It...wasn't bad.

Well, it was bad, but Jackie Chan managed to make it watchable. I wouldn't recommend it to any of you since you could get more action out of pretty much any other Jackie Chan movie, but it certainly surprised me.

5/10

Bullet Magnet: lol my bad, American education system strikes again!

Used: I feel like a sequel would ruin the ambiguity, I liked how they left it up to you to decide what happens next, like Watchmen. Hurray for unhappy endings!

Why would you even want to see that?

The Book of Eli. I liked it quite a bit, the action was good, and Denzel does a perfect job in his role, Oldman as well. The movie could have lived without Mila Kunis though, one part at the end is cringe worthy because of her. Other than that really good movie. Warning though, a lot of Christian tones through out the movie as you might have guessed by the name.

I gave up on Jackie Chan after Jackie Chan Adventures.

Fuck you, that show was awesome.

Just saw Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Yes, I know it's old, but I love how the overall story is composed of various smaller, comical adventures.

It was okay.

That's too bad for you. The man still has it and the trailer for The Karate Kid remake was just extruding promise.

Wait... A Karate Kid remake?
H'oh boy.

Didn't they already do one of those? Wasn't it called Karate Kid IV?

Didn't it suck?

Jackie Chan Adventures was awesome.

@Hazel: But what wa something that worked for Watchmen. All of them had either departed or chosen new lives with no intentions of turning back. I think a sequel would be pretty bare. The cliff hanger was a good way to end it, IMO. In the case of District 9: That ending had a lot of loose ends. Wikus was now a full-bodied prawn probably living in hiding (how else could he deliver those metal flowers if he wasn't living under the tightened security of District 10?). Plus, Christopher vowed to return in three years with God-knows-what to emancipate his people. I would expect the sequel to follow directly after the ending of D9, and I would hope it be titled "District 10."