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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

Prophecy 7/10
Not the horror movie with Christopher Walken. This is a horror movie about waste from a paper mill that mutilated woodland creatures including a bear. It was not that great of a movie and it is a bit surprising that it was rated PG because of the violence.

The Substitute 6/10

Blown Away 10/10

Machete 10/10
A great movie from the same company that made Death Proof and Planet Terror. The only time I have seen more over-the-top blood and violence in a movie that i can remember is in a horror movie.

The New Kids 8/10

Cut 9/10
A slasher movie and a fantasy (the fantasy part doesn't come till closer to the end).

The Long Weekend 6/10
Pretty bad, especially the ending.

Smokin' Aces 9/10
Anything but a bad movie but I couldn't tell half of what was going on most of the time

Garin wrote:
"Let the right one in" is a direct translation of the swedish title though. I suspect the changed title is a closer approximation of what was meant.

It was taken from a Morrisey song.

pete_21 wrote:
Let Me In is a remake of a 2008 Swedish movie called Let The Right One In. Apparently upon it's inital release in the US the book was renamed Let Me In as it's publishers thought it's title was a little too long?

I believe I have heard of Let The Right One In, I just didn't know it and Let Me In had anything to do with each other. On a different note, I watched The Substitute yesterday. Not the action movie, the 2007 horror film about the children who find out that their substitute teacher is an alien. A lot different from what I had imagined it and was not a very good movie.

:-)

All about marketing I guess. I must admit "let the right one in" doesnt sound right to me. It seems like some awkward translation.

Reminds me of The Ghost actually. Released in the US as a film called The Ghost Writer and released here as The Ghost. As though they had to be really explicit for the US market what the film was about.

According to the IMDB it was unbelievably renamed for the reason I stated :

''The first American edition of the book was called Let Me In (2007) as the publishers found the title too long, but it is now out in both the UK and the USA under the title, Let the Right One In.''

Makes you wonder how the publishers thought American's were going to be able to read the entire book if they presumed that they couldn't manage 5 words!

"Let the right one in" is a direct translation of the swedish title though. I suspect the changed title is a closer approximation of what was meant.

Let Me In is a remake of a 2008 Swedish movie called Let The Right One In. Apparently upon it's inital release in the US the book was renamed Let Me In as it's publishers thought it's title was a little too long?

pete_21 wrote:
Nin wrote:
[i]Let Me In 4/10

Inferior in every way to the original

“Let Me In is a dark and violent love story, a beautiful piece of cinema and a respectful rendering of my novel for which I am grateful.”

John Ajvide Lindqvist

I actually liked both versions of the film (own them both) as well as the book. For once I didn't think the US remake was massively inferior although it would have been better without the dodgy CGI. Both versions were well made and well acted IMO. Another similar film I enjoyed was The Devil's Backbone, worth a watch if you've not seen it.[/i]

I didn't know there was more than one version of Let Me In.

Nin wrote:
Let Me In 4/10

Inferior in every way to the original

“Let Me In is a dark and violent love story, a beautiful piece of cinema and a respectful rendering of my novel for which I am grateful.”

John Ajvide Lindqvist

I actually liked both versions of the film (own them both) as well as the book. For once I didn't think the US remake was massively inferior although it would have been better without the dodgy CGI. Both versions were well made and well acted IMO. Another similar film I enjoyed was The Devil's Backbone, worth a watch if you've not seen it.

Let Me In 4/10

Inferior in every way to the original