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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

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

7/10

It was really really really really long. And funny in places. Could have been better.

The Omen (the old one)

6/10

It wasnt very scary and the young lad who was the son of the devil didnt feature as much as I thought he should.
I'm actually expecting the remake to be better than this original version.

Behind Enemy Lines

9/10

Saw it on tv, right after Starsky & Hutch, another Owen Wilson flim. I think the agents are infusing the main circuit with the guy to somehow promote his new film coming out, "You, Me, and Dupree."

Anyhoo, this film was just as intriguing as the first time I saw it. Gene Hackman plays the shady, commanding officer of a Navy ship, conflicted between his duty and his word to keep peace to a foreign authority (who eventually turns-out to be corrupt), leaving his fighter pilot (Owen Wilson) out-on-the-lamb after being shot down by enemy forces in Bosnia.

I found this role for Gene almost identical to the character he played in Crimson Tide. He plays the jerky power-trippin' old fella with too much pride in his rankage and all the minions it allots to retire..really well.

(That's kind of reminding me of Freeola somehow..)

The focus on detail, like condensation on trip wire and soldiers taken in the waft of exploding mines, really engages the mind. I kinda tripped out with how a Bosnian village was taken out into the middle of nowhere and executed point blank (yeah, just a biiit too shockingly graphic of the truth)..and how Owen fell into the pit of dead bodies and covered himself with them to hide from the enemy soldiers. Ew. Kinda reminded me of a Rambo film..

Overall, an awesome flick of survival that you walk away from really glad you saw ..and, realizing that Owen is quite the diverse actor (who looks mighty fine in a flight suit..heh). Thumbs up. :)

16 Blocks

8/10

Latest Bruce Willis film in which he plays a drunk cop from New York (again) trying to get a witness to court without him being killed.

There were a few small twists but you could see them coming 15 blocks away (sorry, it had to be done). Nothing particularly original but it was nice to see an action film that didnt rely on huge explosions and and impossible stunts to keep me on the endge of my seat.

Yesterday I went to see the Lakehouse.

7/10

Nice idea, I like the timeshifting films that make you work a little, but still allow you to keep on top of everything. This was one of those films.

A couple of flaws in the plot (other than the time-portal mail box :^) ), that the film tried to gloss over, but in general it was very nicely done.


It must be odd for Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock - every few years getting together with someone to make a film in which you pretend to fall in love with each other.

In a way, that almost mirrors one of the themes of the plot. An interesting touch.

The Cat Returns

8/10 Another great Ghibli film, would be even greater watching it with kids. I'm a cat lover so I like it even more :D. A girl turning into a cat and traveling to a city of cats and being forced to marry the prince of cats. Woo!

Missions Impossible 3

7/10

Quite a poor film, theres a very slow and played out story and it seems to have lost that Mission Impossible style of everything stacked against ethan and him pulling off some nifty tricks. The best bit was the Lamborghini Gallardo, until they blew that up. The characters are ok in it. It might just be me, but I think there strecthing Mission Impossible films a bit too far now, it's probably the same way the new bond film will go, because the originals are always better.

Whisper of the Heart

8/10 I really enjoyed this film. it's a Ghibli film, the guys who created Spirited Away. It's a little slow paced and romantic compared to their other films but this still has the magic. I love Moon the cat who travels around on the train. :)

X-Men 3

9/10

Excellent follow up to the previous films with some great special effects. Ive not idea if it sticks to the comics because I dont read them but its another film that helps comic book nerds seem a little cooler.

House of Flying Daggers

8/10

Chineses martial arts love story; full of subtitles. I love this kind of thing. Its another Crouching Tiger or Hero and if that is your bag, then you'll love this. If you are not a fan of subtitled films then you should avoid.