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"Recent films you've seen"

[B]Post any films you have seen recently (cinema, DVD or TV) along with a short review.[/B]

Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift

7/10

Its rubbish really. The story is pathetic and the set pieces are unbelievable (the Japanese Yakuza settling a problem with some punk kid by having a car race? I dont think so), but the only reason you would go to see this film is for the cars anyway and the races all look great. It was as fun to watch as the other two, possibly even better than #2 and there is a nice surprise at the end for fans of the series.

If you are wanting some great acting, a heart wrentching story and some brilliantly detailed drama, then this isnt for you. If you want Japanese girls in short skirts driving customised sports cars then I think you'll love it.

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10 Things I Hate About You
Ineedsleep 10/10

16 Blocks
Geffdof 8/10

51st State
Borat 8/10

Adaptation
Nin 8/10

Age of Innocence
Ladybird 7/10

Alexander
Seifer 5/10

Anchorman
Borat 6/10

Apocalypto
Borat 8/10
Nin 4/10
tnc 7/10

A Scanner Darkly
Borat 8/10
Bullett 6/10

A View From The Top
Hippyman 5/10

Back To The Future 2
Smedlos 9/10

Back To The Future 3
Smedlos 9/10

Battle Royale
Seifer 8/10

Batman Begins
Vampyr 9/10

Behind Enemy Lines
Ladybird 9/10

Blood Diamond
Timmargh 8/10

Body Count
Hedfix 2/10

Borat
Borat 7/10
Bullett 8/10

Brother Bear
Smedlos 8/10

Cars
Geffdof 8/10
Hedfix 4/10

Casino Royale
Borat 9/10
Nin 8/10

Charlie and The Chocalate Factory (Remake)
Smedlos 8/10

Children of Men
Chaos 9/10
Chr1s 9/10
Geffdof 8/10
Seifer 7/10

Click
Chaos 8/10
Hippyman 9/10

Crank
Reefer 7/10

Doom
tnc 6/10

Employee Of The Month
Geffdof 6/10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Nin 9/10

Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Bullett 7/10
Geffdof 7/10

Fight Club
Seifer 9/10

Flushed Away
Nin 7/10

Ghost
Seraphim 10/10

Girl Interrupted
Nin 8/10

Gladiator
Seifer 10/10

Gremlins 2
Smedlos 9/10

Hard Candy
Bullett 6/10
Geffdof 6/10
Reefer 9/10
Tiltawhirl 7/10

Home Alone
Seifer 9/10

Hoodwinked
Nin 7/10

Hostel
Borat 2/10

House of Flying Daggers
Geffdof 8/10

Innerspace
Borat 8/10

Irriversable
Mumbai Duck 8/10

Jackass 2
Bullett 9/10

Jeepers Creepers 2
Hedfix 5/10

John Tucker Must Die
Nin 6/10

Just My Luck
Sunflower 6/10

King of New York
Hedfix 7/10

Kinky Boots
Sunflower 8/10

Lilo and Stitch
Borat 8/10

Little Miss Sunshine
Nin 9/10
Seifer 10/10

Love Actually
Smedlos 8/10

Maniac Cop III
Hedfix 6/10

Miami Vice
Seifer 2/10

Mission Impossible 3
Boogeyman 7/10

Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Machie 9/10

Mr and Mrs Smith
Tiltawhirl 4/10

Music and Lyrics
Sunflower 8/10

Night At The Museum
Bullett 9/10
Sunflower 8/10

Open Season
Bullett 8/10

Over The Hedge
Nin 8/10
Seifer 8/10
Smedlos 9/10

Pans Labyrinth
Seifer 10/10

People Under The Stairs
Hedfix 7/10

Pirates of the Carribean 2
Chaos 7/10
Geffdof 7/10
Seifer 7/10

Pulse
Borat 7/10

Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Nin 3/10

Return of The Living Dead III
Hedfix 5/10

Right At Your Door
Borat 6/10

Rocky Balboa
sg_nl90 8/10

Saw III
Bullett 8/10

Scarface
Vampyr 10/10

Severance
Borat 8/10

Sin City
Geffdof 9/10
tnc 8/10

Smoking Aces
Borat 6/10

Spiderman 3
Nin 4/10

Spirited Away
Nin 7/10

Stay Alive
Sunflower 8/10

Stormbreaker
tnc 5/10

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut
Geffdof 7/10

Superman Returns
Geffdof 7/10
Orkeater 6/10

Talledega Nights
Bullett 7/10
Nin 7/10

Tenacious D
Machie 7/10

Terminator 3
Smedlos 8/10

The Black Dahlia
Nin 7/10

The Butterfly Effect
Borat 9/10

The Cat Returns
Machie 8/10

The Covenant
Geffdof 5/10

The Da Vinci Code
Alfonse 3/10
tnc 6/10

The Family Guy Movie
Hippyman 9/10

The Girl Next Door
Nin 7/10

The Great Escape
Geffdof 8/10

The Illusionist
Bullett 8/10

The Incredibles
Nin 8/10

The Island
Tiltawhirl 7/10

The Karen Carpenter Story
Seraphim 10/10

The Lakehouse
Mumbai Duck 7/10

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Tiltawhirl 9/10

The Machinist
Borat 8/10
Bullett 8/10

The Omen (Original)
Geffdof 6/10

The Omen (Remake)
Crucium Fixative 6/10

The Persuit Of Happyness
Bullett 8/10

The Punisher
Ineedsleep 7/10

The Ring 2 (Remake)
Tiltawhirl 6/10

The Shawshank Redemption
Geffdof 10/10

The Wedding Crashers
Nin 8/10

Top Gun
Seifer 10/10

Turistas
Sinnocent 2/10

Ultraviolet
Geffdof 4/10

V For Vendetta
Nin 8/10

Waynes World
Sunflower 7/10

When The Wind Blows
Borat 9/10

Whisper of The Heart
Machie 8/10

Wonder Boys
Hedfix 2/10

X-Men 3
Geffdof 9/10

I saw a film the other night on the TV called "The Girl with the Pearl Earring". I didn't watch the whole thing as I was tired but it was really good, so I might pick it up on DVD.

As far as "Hard Candy", I have seen it, and I personally found it quite good, though it's definately not for everybody!

Watched a film called B***h Slap last night on LoveFilm on my PS3. It really was a hark back to the old 80's B movies in that it was poorly acted, the sets were terrible and the film relied on it's buxom trio of leading ladies to get it through a poor script and terrible story.

Still, thanks to the last point, we have spent worse 90 minutes watching films recently (Inception, Karate Kid etc.) so was rather enjoyed by one and all.

Monkey Shines

I did not like it very much. I mean it was okay, but it was just boring and somewhat strange.

I have heard of Hard Candy and it sounds like a very strange movie. I have no intention of seeing it.

Went to see Despicable Me with the kids at the cinema last week on a 95p ticket. Was far better than I expected, some real laugh out loud moments, though we were the only ones to get the Burro joke.

Went to see Tron: Legacy last night. Had heard a few average reviews for it so my hopes weren't high, but it was very watchable and actually quite good. The 3D element did feel very 'tacked on' though (we even received a message informing us the film had several 2D scenes) but saying that, the 3D scenes in The Grid were really good.

The nods to both the original film and the era it was made in were also nice touches with many of the sounds and looks making their way into the film.

The main problem I had with the film was the fact that Clu was the only CG character and, while I appreciate he needed to be in order to have the young Flynn in the movie, it was a little distracting.

Still, a solid 7/10. Go see if it you enjoyed the first film, like looking at aesthetically pleasing women, or have always wanted an Avatar/Matrix mash-up.

I never finished Tokyo Drift but i would recommend the new Fast & Furious movie to anyone who loves action and/or street racing films, Even though there's only like one actual street race in the entire movie.

Nin,agree with you (for once !) regarding The Hurt Locker.I thought it was a good,well made film but not an outstanding one.Thought Jeremy Renner was very good in it as he was in Ben Affleck's The Town (where he played a similar type of character).That was a better film than The Hurt Locker IMO.But I would be surprised to see that nominated for a best picture Oscar next year TBH.

Gold Timbo wrote:
I saw The Hurt Locker recently. Excellent.

I saw that recently and while it's quite well made and tense, I couldn't for the life of me work out why it won Best Picture. It's OK but really nothing special. Precious would have been a more deserving winner or A Single Man, which I'm disgusted didn't even make the final 10 nominations.

I thought Harry Brown was watchable enough,didn't think it tried to portray a realistic and gritty view of Britain.I found it passable and mildly enjoyable nonsense.It was a bit like a British Death Wish with an OAP.Law Abiding Citizen on the other hand I just found so ridiculous it ended up annoying the hell out of me.That robot thing with missiles on it,what the hell ?!?!.

Anyone know where I can import a copy of this on Blu Ray ?