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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Oh yes!
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Leaving Las Vegas

    Yes, it was the first time I've ever watched it and it is just something that will stay with me forever. Such an amazing film and it's a shame that this was the only truly great film by Nicolas Cage. The alcoholism, the prostitution, the love that formed between Cage and Elisabeth Shue was just truly haunting yet amazing.
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    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
    Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy. Directed by Stanley Kramer. A very topical movie at the time - interracial marriage was still illegal in many states in the US until a few months before the film's release. Apparently the screenplay was original, but the movie looks like a stage play. A good movie, even if a bit dated.

    Far From Heaven (2002)
    Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis. Written and directed by Todd Haynes. A well acted drama set in the late 1950s, made in the style of melodramas of hat time, visually old-fashioned from opening credits to the style of the end credits. Visually very pretty, almost too much so at times, with extra-vibrant colours, perfect wardropes, perfect home... and the characters in their perfect settings try and keep up appearances and are made miserable by the social norms they are required to obey.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Firefox (1982)

    Great thriller set in the early 80's starring Clint Eastwood as Mitchell Gant, a retired US Airforce crack pilot who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder on account of his time as a POW in Vietnam. He's called upon by the US & British Govts to go to the Soviet Union to steal Firefox, aka MiG 31. This is the latest Soviet miltary plane, capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar due to stealth technology & which carries weapons that can be used by the pilot's thought.

    In order to carry out his mission, Gant must impersonate a businessman and connect with dissidents in the Soviet Union, who assist him in carrying out his mission. He steals the plane, and then has to contend with a second MiG prototype coming after him as he attempts to manoeuvre and get back home.

    The special effects are a bit dated, but the film is still tense and very well made for its time. Also stars Freddie Jones & Nigel Hawthorne

    American Psycho (2000)

    Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman in this thriller based on Brett Easton Ellis's novel. Set in the late 80's Bateman is a successful New York investment banker & a yuppie of the first order, whose life is as shallow as it comes. He's obsessed with the material trappings, including looking good, eating in the best restaurants and basically one upping his co-workers, but his life is otherwise essentially empty. While he is engaged, he really has no feelings for his fiance & exhibits sociopathic tendencies. Bateman also increasingly is losing his sanity, and engages in horrific murders of coworkers, prostitutes, and friends in an escalating addictive spree, while hiding it from others around him. He realizes what is happening to him, and feels the need to confess, but will it happen, and will it help?

    This is a disturbing film to watch, with graphic violence. It's also uncomfortable to see a man lose himself to an obsessive need for violence. It reminds me a little of the tv series Dexter, which I also enjoyed very much. It boasts an excellent cast, including Willen Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, Chloë Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Jared Leto & Samantha Mathis
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Firefox (1982)
    The special effects are a bit dated
    WHAT??? They're the best part of the entire film!!!
    B-)
  • 001001
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Yes. That's how I find all Nolan films.

    I am not a fan of nolan films either but his best is batman begins.

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Firefox (1982)
    The special effects are a bit dated
    WHAT??? They're the best part of the entire film!!!
    B-)
    I have to say, for their time they were excellent.
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    Finished up the Batman movie marathon with Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) - both extremely good Batman movies. Just have to watch some of BTAS and wait until The Killing Joke.
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    A double bill on root beer of A View to A Kill ( killer final scene! ) and Zoolander 2. :)
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    Ok I will Birdlson should I update it for A View to A Kill or all my Bond films since I last put a post up? Because I ask as it has been a while
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    FindingDory-poster.jpg

    Took Mrs. Benny and the kids to see Finding Dory yesterday.
    Other than the Toy Story sequels I've found the other Disney/Pixar follow up movies to be a bit of a let down. (Monsters University, Cars2)
    But I was pleasantly surprised to find Finding Dory to be equally as good as the original movie, Finding Nemo.
    Well liked established characters are joined by a host of new characters in a great family movie. We all really enjoyed it. Certainly worth going to see if you like the Disney/Pixar films.
    9/10
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    That will take a very long time to add up but luckily I have a rotating schedule of Bond films from on that I can reverse enginger and if I am crafty with a calculaltor, will take no time at all Not all the time in the world... But for me, it is a matter of pride that the MI6 community has been chosen for this test.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Specifically, FAR FROM HEAVEN was made as an homage to the work of the great Douglas Sirk. I certainly enjoyed it, but I advise everyone to go check out the original; particularly ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and WRITTEN ON THE WIND, such lush melodrama.

    Yes, I know about the Douglas Sirk thing, but haven't seen those two movies (yet... I have a huge list of movies I need to see...).
    bondjames wrote: »
    American Psycho (2000)

    Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman in this thriller based on Brett Easton Ellis's novel.

    For some reason your mention of the author's name reminded me of his account of meeting Bale prior to them making the movie, and I'm just laughing here; according to him Bale arrived as, and introduced himself as "Pat Bateman" and kept it up until Ellis couldn't take it anymore and asked him to stop. Freaked out the poor guy and I thought it was hilarious.

    Hmm... I gotta watch my blu-ray soon to check if it's the cut or the uncut version - hopefully the latter, so that I don't need to search for another blu-ray.
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    Alien resurrection - Ripley back as part Alien and messing up the Alien race once more, a great scifi actioner and perhaps the monster could have looked better but the idea behind it was pretty sound and the visual aspects of this movie are excellent. A very underrated Alien movie that deserves more credit than it actually gets.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Too bad it didn t get a proper sequel. Would love to see the aliens unleashed on Earth.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Rurouni Kenshin (2012)

    After '13 Assassins' two weeks ago, another samurai action film for me. And an excellent one at that. The action sequences here are absolutely fantastic, totally bonkers and hardcore stuff. And this was only the first film in this trilogy. I'll watch the sequels soon. God damn Asian cinema, these guys are awesome.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    The Conjuring 2

    Pretty scary follow-up film to the effective The Conjuring and the disappointing Annabelle. Good film in the "angry ghost" genre.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I was very let down by 'The Conjuring,' but I'll give the sequel a go once it's out on DVD/blu-ray.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    @Tuulia, re: American Psycho, I read on wikipedia that at some stage a decision was made by Lionsgate to go with Oliver Stone as director and Leonardo DiCaprio as star. DiCaprio bailed in favour of The Beach (big mistake on his part). Although I'm sure he could have done it, I'm glad we ended up with Bale, who did a superb job.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    'American Psycho' is my favorite role of Bale's, plays a psychotic serial killer quite well! Tons of rich dialogue and hilarious scenes within; I've meant to read the book for several years now, never got the chance.
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    Way back when it was first announced that he was cast as Batman, not knowing who he was, American Psycho was the movie I checked out.

    When it was over I knew we had something great!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    American Psycho convinced me he could replace Brosnan as Bond, but Nolan got him first.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @bondjames and @Creasy47 I love 'American Psycho', but have you guys seen 'Equilibrium' and 'The Machinist', also with Bale? I've never seen them, and I'm thinking of giving them a go one day.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I've seen Equilibrium @DaltonCraig007. It's a good film with Matrix-like elements but is a bit 'straight to video'. Still recommended (I've been meaning to purchase it on blu for some time).

    I haven't seen The Machinist, but I've heard he's brilliant in it (it's a bit on the serious side for my palette).
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I've seen both! 'Equilibrium' - which also has Sean Bean in it - is, to me, 'The Matrix' meets Orwell's '1984.' 'The Machinist' is an odd, creepy movie that'll keep you guessing throughout. Bale dropped to 110 pounds or so for that role, then built up muscle and weight immediately after shooting it so he could shoot 'Batman Begins.'
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    @bondjames and @Creasy47 I love 'American Psycho', but have you guys seen 'Equilibrium' and 'The Machinist', also with Bale? I've never seen them, and I'm thinking of giving them a go one day.
    I started The Machinist but lost interest fairly quickly. I felt bad because I know Bale practically starved himself. Maybe I'll give it another shot sometime.
    Equilibrium was decent- a bit Matrixy perhaps. Great acting from Bale & Sean Bean, and the concept was really cool. I feel this was a classic case of studios sticking their noses where it wasn't welcome. It was supposed to be called 'Librium' and I believe the intention was to shoot it in black and white. Not mainstream enough I guess...
    I'd love a directors cut of that now that I think about it
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    Delta Force my memory of the film was slightly different to the revisit, it's ok though Chuck has made better. Great cast though and Marvins last role, he did not look well.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I was very let down by 'The Conjuring,' but I'll give the sequel a go once it's out on DVD/blu-ray.

    That's flexing, @Creasy47, I am planning on seeing 'The Conjuring 2' on wednesday, and for that I need to watch the original 2013 outing that I haven't seen yet.
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    bondjames wrote: »
    @Tuulia, re: American Psycho, I read on wikipedia that at some stage a decision was made by Lionsgate to go with Oliver Stone as director and Leonardo DiCaprio as star. DiCaprio bailed in favour of The Beach (big mistake on his part). Although I'm sure he could have done it, I'm glad we ended up with Bale, who did a superb job.

    I know. Stone would have been a terrible choice as a director, totally unsuitable for that movie. I shudder to think what he would have made of it, and what the script would have been like as well. It would have been an entirely different kind of a movie, that's for sure. For that reason I wouldn't say DiCaprio's choice to do The Beach instead was a bad one, even though The Beach was meh. Harron (with her script) refused to even meet DiCaprio since she felt he was wrong for the role and she wasn't willing to be told what kind of movie to make and who to cast.

    Poor Ewan McGregor, though - he was supposed to be doing The Beach, but Danny Boyle - or his financiers - went for DiCaprio for exactly the same reason Lionsgate courted him for American Psycho. (All basically down to Titanic's success.) And, McGregor was offered American Psycho, too. I don't know if he actually wanted it or not, but in any case he didn't pursue it after Bale personally asked him not to. And rightly so, Bale had - in theory - had the role for a long time, and turned down other offers waiting and waiting, and training for it anyway (the gym stuff which he hated). And it's not like he had money to spare at the time, he did another movie after just to be able to keep his home. It was the miserable experience of waiting in uncertainty for about a year with American Psycho, and dealing with delays (while not eating) with The Machinist and not being able to be cast in Harsh Times by David Ayer, because he wasn't on the list of actors Ayer was allowed to cast, (etc. I'm sure sure, but those are what I know of) that made him want a raise of profile (Nolan - who wanted to work with after seeing American Psycho - fixed that) despite his concerns about what it entailed (that side worked out fine in the end, too).

    Lionsgate weren't exactly acting honourably, but I guess that's movie business... Even if everything is in theory agreed - script, director, casting, budget - as long as filming is not on the way they can just dump people if they sniff potential for more money. I think the right people (when they eventually got it back, and could finally start) made that movie, but I'm sure many times wrong people end up making various movies because studios only care about (potentially) maximizing profits.

    As for Equilibrium and The Machinist, I really like them both. From what I can gather Bale himself wasn't happy with Equilibrium (and the marketing was idiotic), but I always have fun with it, and the puppy just rules! The Machinist is fascinating. You're better off if you don't know anything about it in advance.
    bondjames wrote: »
    I haven't seen The Machinist, but I've heard he's brilliant in it (it's a bit on the serious side for my palette).

    Oh? (I'm wondering what that means...)
    I felt bad because I know Bale practically starved himself.

    Aww, but you shouldn't, it's just not for everyone. It's one of his own faves, and one of mine, too, but different tastes and all that. Or, alternatively, just wrong day / state of mind - I happened to love that on first watch, but didn't really care for American Psycho the first time I saw it, but love it now.


  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Interesting information on American Psycho @Tuulia. I was not aware of any of that, including McGregor potentially getting the role, or Bale's having to wait to get it filmed.

    RE: The Machinist, my mistake - I haven't watched that, but I mistook it for The Fighter, which seems a little too serious and melodramatic for my liking (from the trailers anyway). The Machinist actually looks interesting based on the trailer I just watched.
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