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I want to go and see Inside Out, looks funny and it's getting rave reviews, looks better than Frozen, although thats not that difficult tbh, but it will never reach the popularity that Frozen has. I

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I liked Let Me In before I saw the original Swedish version, after which I thought it was okay. Then I read the book and I've never wanted to see the remake again, ever. Have a go at the original vers

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I am going to see Captain America this Saturday also :D
I hope they give him a gun this time and teach Chris Evans not to spray like a 5-year-old with a hose. The USA itself isn't poorly armed, so why is its superhero representative?
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3D should be banned. It doesn't work at all and most people get also headaches from it. But they just push it through our throat' date=' so you only have a choice if you have a bigger cinema close to you.[/quote'] What, does the Dutch government subsidize 3D? If there weren't a demand there wouldn't be a supply, unless there's some protection for these companies.
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What' date=' does the Dutch government subsidize 3D? If there weren't a demand there wouldn't be a supply, unless there's some protection for these companies.[/quote'] I don't think it's subsidized, but the cinema's here in The Hague, are playing almost everything in 3D. Only if you're lucky, you can see the movie in 2D. I don't know how it is in smaller cinema's, but I it's mostly 3D there also.
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I don't think it's subsidized' date=' but the cinema's here in The Hague, are playing almost everything in 3D. Only if you're lucky, you can see the movie in 2D. I don't know how it is in smaller cinema's, but I it's mostly 3D there also.[/quote'] Well, it might be that the profits gained from 3D are a lot larger than the expenditure necessary to make them, I suppose - and if 2D and 3D are substitutes then there's an incentive for companies to make 3D. The main thing is that people would have to decide not to see 3D in order for there to be an impact. I think people dislike it but if their plan is to see a movie they probably won't scrap those plans simply because the film happens to be in 3D instead.
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Well' date=' it might be that the profits gained from 3D are a lot larger than the expenditure necessary to make them, I suppose - and if 2D and 3D are substitutes then there's an incentive for companies to make 3D. The main thing is that people would have to decide not to see 3D in order for there to be an impact. I think people dislike it but if their plan is to see a movie they probably won't scrap those plans simply because the film happens to be in 3D instead.[/quote'] Well, for some people it does. For example Atrocity, who can't watch the movie, because she wears glasses. But also for me, since I get headaches from 3D and I refuse to go to a movie in 3D. People should have at least the choice between 2 en 3D.
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My friend thinks Karl Urban's performance in Dredd should have qualified him for Batman. I think John Cusack could make an excellent Batman as well.
John Cusack? Really? He would be horrible, he has no sophistication with which to play Bruce Wayne, and no dark presence to portray Batman, I could see him being worse than George Clooney. I don't think anyone is topping Christian Bale, he's been the only one to play both sides of the persona with aplomb and believability. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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John Cusack? Really? He would be horrible' date=' he has no sophistication with which to play Bruce Wayne, and no dark presence to portray Batman, I could see him being worse than George Clooney. I don't think anyone is topping Christian Bale, he's been the only one to play both sides of the persona with aplomb and believability.[/quote'] That analysis might just have been a depiction of my general nonchalance toward Batman. In any case, I remember Cusack coming off as unassuming and direct in Numbers, so he didn't seem that bad.
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Recently watched a movie that was well received at Sundance and Cannes called "Blue is the Warmest Color". It's a lesbian love story, a very very long movie as well, and beautifully filmed and powerfully acted. Overall I really loved the movie, but the sex scenes were gratuitously long and graphic (even for a french film) and verged well into porn territory which, while I was pleasantly stimulated by the visuals, it detracted from the film. Still, I would really recommend it. It was a great story and I appreciated the fact that it didn't pan out like most lesbian love stories (the "confused" woman goes back to her man, lives happily ever after) which I found refreshing.

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Recently watched a movie that was well received at Sundance and Cannes called "Blue is the Warmest Color". It's a lesbian love story' date=' a very very long movie as well, and beautifully filmed and powerfully acted. Overall I really loved the movie, but the sex scenes were gratuitously long and graphic (even for a french film) and verged well into porn territory which, while I was pleasantly stimulated by the visuals, it detracted from the film. Still, I would really recommend it. It was a great story and I appreciated the fact that it didn't pan out like most lesbian love stories (the "confused" woman goes back to her man, lives happily ever after) which I found refreshing.[/quote'] Is it on Netflix? My wife digs those lesbian romance movies, but she might not like the subtitles. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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