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Kings of South Beach (2007) 3/10 To be honest I never expected much from this, and don’t normally watch such films. It is by the author of Casino, and is based on ‘the shocking true-life story’ as the gumph on the boxed puts it. It’s all about nightclub owner Chris Troiano and his attempts to be no.1 of Miami South Beach. Naturally he runs into all sorts of issues, drugs, money, the mob, undercover police.. There are a lot of girls in the film, the plastic American types, desperate to be in a film, being an extra being about all their qualified to do, just. Beyond the shallow plastic-ness of it all, the film manages one or two tense moments, and there’s a scene involving a Ferrari Testarossa. These cars never fail to impress, even to this day. That was worth the 75p I paid for the DVD alone. After watching the film, IMDb revealed it is a made for TV film. That explains a lot. Edited by blacksea at 09:59:19 31-12-2012 |
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Murbs 23,867 posts
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Registered 13 years agoMirror Mirror
One of those utterly charming films you know you'll find the time to watch if it's on in the future. Loved it.
Stardust
One of my favourites. Turned up at Christmas on BD \o/
Mission Impossible 3
Excellent film - spotted it was following showings of 1 and 2. Sat up and watched it with the wife last night and we were both surprised by how good it was. -
I saw Horrible Bosses over the weekend and it wasn't terrible like I expected. Mind you Charlie Day's voice is enough to make me laugh. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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Registered 13 years agoMurbal wrote:
It's generally just set piece after set piece. But they are fucking good set pieces so who cares? The rocket on the bridge scene always gets a smile from me.
Mission Impossible 3
Excellent film - spotted it was following showings of 1 and 2. Sat up and watched it with the wife last night and we were both surprised by how good it was. -
Daddy-Doom-Bar 2,924 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@LeoliansBro The Lord of the Rings wasn't 3 books to begin with. Tolkien never wrote it with three books in mind. The publisher split it. But all three have (mostly by accident) a rough beginning, middle and end. With Return of the King being the biggest payoff. They changed the order of events told to suit this.
All of the films you mentioned were meant as a trilogy from the start.
The Hobbit is one book; albeit a long one. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. It should never have been made into three 3 hour long films. Two at best. He should have made the two he planned on, then put all the extra stuff into the extended editions. So although you're wrong on the trilogy theory, you're right on the filler point.
Even Tolkien put all his filler in at the end as appendices. Which was very, very welcome, but putting it in throughout the books would have dragged the whole thing out. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDaddy-Doom-Bar wrote:
Wasn't it 250 pages or something? I think that's what is getting most peoples backs up, the fact it IS a short book.
The Hobbit is one book; albeit a long one. -
Daddy-Doom-Bar 2,924 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBack on track...
Blade Runner 10/10
One of the best films ever made, IMHO. The book was great, but they changed enough to make this stand out on it's own. The effects stand up today as better than most CGI films out. It all just looks so real. And that small speech by Roy Batty is just an awesome payoff for a great build up. For me, it's the perfect film. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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Registered 13 years agoLeoliansBro wrote:
I agree there, hence why the ones that DEFINITELY weren't meant as trilogies got a nice wrap up at the end of the first films.
Daddy-Doom-Bar wrote:
They really weren't. The Matrix? Godfather?
All of the films you mentioned were meant as a trilogy from the start. -
Daddy-Doom-Bar 2,924 posts
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Registered 7 years ago@LeoliansBro I agree, my point wasn't that well made. I should have said they were meant as separate films, but are in a trilogy. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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Registered 13 years agoOh and, Tangled/Ratatouille (no idea if I've spelt that right).
Ratatouille is thematically superior, but Repunzel is hot.
Collectively, 7/10. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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GuiltySpark wrote:
In that there isn't enough material or a narrative structure that supports 3 3 hour films, yes.
Daddy-Doom-Bar wrote:
Wasn't it 250 pages or something? I think that's what is getting most peoples backs up, the fact it IS a short book.
The Hobbit is one book; albeit a long one. -
GuiltySpark 6,757 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAargh. wrote:
I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise, to be honest.
GuiltySpark wrote:
In that there isn't enough material or a narrative structure that supports 3 3 hour films, yes.
Daddy-Doom-Bar wrote:
Wasn't it 250 pages or something? I think that's what is getting most peoples backs up, the fact it IS a short book.
The Hobbit is one book; albeit a long one. -
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Daddy-Doom-Bar 2,924 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI always remember it being quite long, but then the last time I read it I was about 8. -
mcmonkeyplc wrote:
Edited by mcmonkeyplc at 10:51:59 31-12-2012
Watched this last night in HFR 3D.
7/10
The first hour was extreme padding. Everything up to the title screen, but I suppose he needed that to add on to the LoTR trilogyOnce it got going it was good. Just didn't have the same sense of epicness as LoTR but I suppose it's not meant to.
HFR made it look extremely smooth but the first 5 minutes I thought everything was going in fast forward. I obviously adjusted to it as I didn't notice after awhile. -
LeoliansBro wrote:
Which should be one 30 hour film.
We're all looking forward to Peter Jackson's epic 9 film, 30 hour 'Velveteen Rabbit' cycle. -
Daddy-Doom-Bar 2,924 posts
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Registered 7 years ago...bit harsh... -
disusedgenius 9,068 posts
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Registered 11 years agoGuiltySpark wrote:
/raises hand
I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise, to be honest. -
Lukus 21,191 posts
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Registered 13 years agoIs The Hobbit the new Prometheus? -
Phantom Menace more like.
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