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I was recently surprised by how solid Dredd 3D was as a mindless actioner. In general I tend to stick to horror' date=' exploitation, martial arts and arthouse cinema though. Currently on rather a pinku kick and I've recently enjoyed Rope and Skin, Flower and Snake 3 + 4, Lesbian Rape: Sweet Honey Juice and A Pool Without Water.[/quote'] not a big fan of horror, best films for me: Muppets treasure island (kiddy i know) Bullit The Italian Job (original not bullshit new one) James bond series Von Ryan's Express Kung fu Panda Austin Powers - The Spy who shagged me Toy Story series The Man Who Would Be King

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Movies You've got to expand your movie taste just as much as your metal taste dude.

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Re: Movies agreed, I mean how can you have a best movies list and not mention Alien, Silence Of The Lambs, Lethal Weapon, Gone In Sixty Seconds or any Monty Python movies?

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agreed' date=' I mean how can you have a best movies list and not mention Alien, Silence Of The Lambs, Lethal Weapon, Gone In Sixty Seconds or any Monty Python movies?[/quote'] Gone in sixty is amazing, monty python is cool but havent seen much of it, (need to though) the rest i havent seen.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Re: Movies dude how have you never seen Silence Of The Lambs? seriously Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter gave me nightmares for months

[Iceni]

Re: Movies Saw a movie called Ip Man recently and it wasn't bad. Excellent fight scenes.

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Movies Was that the Chinese film about a Kung fu master?

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dude how have you never seen Silence Of The Lambs? seriously Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter gave me nightmares for months

I love Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins is awesome in that role. Has anybody subjected themselves to the punishment of The Human Centipede? That was a tough movie to watch, I liked it overall, but there are some things you just can't un-see, like some of the more cringe worthy scenes in Antichrist.

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Was that the Chinese film about a Kung fu master?

Yes, one who lived during the Japanese occupation of China.

Has anybody subjected themselves to the punishment of The Human Centipede? That was a tough movie to watch' date=' I liked it overall, but there are some things you just can't un-see, like some of the more cringe worthy scenes in Antichrist.[/quote'] No, and I hear the sequel is even worse. Part of the problem is that it just seems an excuse to put people thought pain rather than craft a good story.

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Re: Movies For the most part I agree, it was a bit senseless in the end, but the idea and the execution are still horrifying. One of the few movies recent movies I've seen with that level of gore and torture that actually had a good story was Martyrs, I really enjoyed that one. The aforementioned Antichrist did too, but it was really more about the story and atmosphere all along and just had a few really painful mutilation scenes.

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Re: Movies Recently saw Death Proof, which was atrocious, and Lawless, which was quite good, though utterly generic.

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Recently saw Death Proof' date=' which was atrocious, and Lawless, which was quite good, though utterly generic.[/quote'] awesome car + awesome girls by what i've heard about it, i love the old '68 chevy nova.

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Re: Movies The cars are pretty cool and the ladies are attractive enough, albeit in a sort of bland, production line fashion that I don't find especially memorable (apart from the way cute Mary Elizabeth Winstead). But the pacing is very poor, with only a small fraction of the film given over to excitement or interest, and most of the runtime is given over to excruciatingly bad dialogue that tries so hard to be hip and sassy that it completely omits to be witty or likeable. There are a few moments of agreeable vehicular mayhem and Kurt Russel shines whenever on screen but otherwise it's a washout, hard to believe it came from the usually reliable Tarantino.

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Re: Movies davey boy what good is a cool car and hot girls if the plot is rubbish and the acting is bad? that's why the fast and furious franchise is so inexcusably poor recently watched Prometheus and I have to say it was incredibly disappointing, for a movie that had such potential I can not believe it turned out to be worse then Alien three

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recently watched Prometheus and I have to say it was incredibly disappointing, for a movie that had such potential I can not believe it turned out to be worse then Alien three

Hah, I enjoyed Prometheus. Messy plotting, weak characterisation and some extremely silly moments, but as a devotee of B grade slimy sci fi horror schlock I thought it did the business pretty well. I liked it more than Aliens or Alien: Resurrection, but not as much as Alien or Alien 3.

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Re: Movies funny I'd put it on par with Resurrection or 3 as among the worst in the franchise but I like Alien and Aliens, hey at least it wasbetter then Aliens vs Predator Requiem

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Re: Movies I never liked Aliens much, although it did indirectly contribute to the greatness of Near Dark, which is one of my favorite films. But then outside of The Terminator I'm just not a fan of James Cameron as a director. Still better than whichever eejit made AvP: Requiem though, that really was an embarassing botch of a film. Poor lighting and ineptly constructed scenes of violence on a par with the dire Friday 13th rehash.

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Recently saw Death Proof' date=' which was atrocious, and Lawless, which was quite good, though utterly generic.[/quote'] It's easily my least favorite of Tarantino's movies, but it's not atrocious. I actually loved the first part of the movie, right up until the crash, and then the second half of the story just felt weak. The first part was a bit slow, but was building tension the entire time up until the crash, the second part was more cheesy, and not in a good way.

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Re: Movies I watched a bunch of movies over the weekend, the best of which being Hesher and Let the Right One In. Hesher was about a kid that loses his mother in a car accident, and the "metalhead" kid from his high school starts crashing at his place despite his objections. He does just as much to help them out as fuck them over, but it was really good throughout, sad in some parts and funny in others. Let the Right One In was about a 12 year old kid that makes a new friend his age that ends up being a vampire, and while I realize how stupid that sounds, there's much more to it than that. It's not the gothic vampire shit we're used to seeing from the Hot Topic crowd, but actually a pretty deep and intriguing story, one of the more original vampire movies I've seen in a while. Also watched Sweet Karma, which was a pretty good revenge movie, Doghouse, which was like Shaun of the Dead, but nowhere near as good, and re-watched Borat with my cousins that hadn't seen it. As always, it's nice.

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Re: Movies watched Pitch Black this past weekend, now that's a movie, shame they had to ruin Riddick with the woeful sequel

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Re: Movies It's not great, but it's definitely the best of the Riddick movies.

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Re: Movies really not expecting much from the new Resident Evil movie, shame the movie that revived zombie flicks has fallen so far from the mark in recent times

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Re: Movies I saw Snow White and the Huntsman recently, and I feel sorry for the armorers, CGI people and concept artists. They seem to have worked quite hard to make this a great-looking movie, but they're let down by a boring story with bland characters and dialogue that's mumbled throughout. One of the few good things about this movie was Charlize Theron as the Queen. She overacted hilariously, which helped to relieve the cloud of indifference that hung over me watching this ambitiously visualized yet apathetically written flick.

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Re: Movies she was also the lone figure of note in Prometheus and now I suddenly want t watch Aeon Flux

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she was also the lone figure of note in Prometheus and now I suddenly want t watch Aeon Flux

Nah, Michael Fassbender is usually good, loved him in Inglorious Basterds. Still haven't seen Prometheus, so can't comment on him there, but I've liked him in every roll I've seen him in.