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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah, i can't think of one thing that's as well crafted as AToTS. The Shining is the closest i can come up with and that doesn't have the same emotional response for me.

I'm seriously running out of good things to watch roofers. It's becoming a bit of an issue! I need more movies and TV shows. At this rate i might have to consider doing something healthy like having a life, and to be honest i would rather be dead than endure that indignity! I guess i could go back to gaming but it seems too much like hard work now. All of my favourite sports are off season now too, which isn't helping either. :(

So what do we think is the ultimate Xmas movie? I'm going to throw out Die Hard, In Bruges and Gremlins as my picks.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I've been playing with the idea of seeing this since it came out. I was a fan of Rob Morrow from his Northern Exposure days and he didn't really get many big movie roles. You've made my mind up to watch it now. :good:
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Loved Quiz Show. It's been years, but I recall it having a similar sense of tension to Frost/Nixon, which I also enjoyed.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's pretty much what i hear about it too.

It wasn't that long ago that i watched Frost Nixon. It was much better than i was expecting! Good Night, And Good Luck is another of that ilk that was really good too.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Lol! Go clean for a while. :D

Interested in old Jackie Chan movies (pre-Rumble in the Bronx)?

Drunken Master

The Young Master

Project A

Wheels on Meals

Police Story

Armour of God

Project A 2

Police Story 2

Operation Condor/Armour of God II

City Hunter

Drunken Master II/The Legend of Drunken Master

You know how his movies are, it all has plenty of action and is entertaining at the same time. I might have missed a couple of good ones from the list.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Interesting! I've never really been into Jackie Chan, old or new, but that does give me something to get my teeth into. Good thinking roofers!

Correct me if i'm wrong, but Jackie Chan is doing for movies what Sonny Chiba was doing a generation earlier, right? The only reason i know that name of course is from watching True Romance, but it did pique my curiosity enough for me to watch some Sonny Chiba clips on YouTube. The fight scenes looked pretty primitive by today's standards!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I had to google Sonny Chiba, lol. Jackie's fight scenes hold up really well today, can't think of any new movie that has the same level of intuitive innovative and improvised fight sequences you get to see in his movies. These days it's realistic (in some movies), hard-hitting and brutal but not as unique as Jackie's fights, and he does (or at least did before he got old) all his movie stunts too, no matter how outrageous they are (yeah, you'll find quite a few these). He has been seriously injured more than a few times as a result; and the best part is you get to see his bloopers during the end credits.

But his movies are not everyone's cup of tea, might be too goofy for some. From that list, Armour of God 2, Drunken Master 2 and Project A (both) should be good for starters.
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Fully agree on Jackie Chan. From a martial arts perspective, it's not particularly good, but very entertaining and amazing.

The Wife and I ended up watching The Cabin in the Woods last night. I have mixed feelings, but it was overall enjoyable.

I think that at points it went WAY TOO FAR, but the premise is good. It's delightfully twisted. The acting inside the cabin left room for improvement, but on the other side I think it was well played.

Enjoyable, worth seeing once for sure, but a little more effort and polish would have helped.

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[Off-topic] xaccers:
I find thinking of it as an un-aired episode of Angel sets the mood of the Cabin in the Woods.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Yes, i'm back with a new video. I haven't really watched any movies this week (or the week before), so this is what i do now :p Enjoy.

[YOUTUBE]PnHKv2G0wCw[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
The official The Grand Budapest Hotel poster.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
:D

Only four lives? Not bad!

This looks great! Wes Anderson Directing, and a star studded cast including Saoirse Ronan. Count me in! :good:

I watched Don Jon last night. Written and Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, it's not bad for a first attempt. He plays the main character, a man with a porn addiction who struggles with real intimacy. It's fairly amusing at times and worth a watch. 7/10
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Show off your library...

Post up pics of your VHS/DVD/Bluray collections! Best collection wins e-cookies for xmas.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Oh, i could've easily won this :p I could've taken a couple of pics of my brothers collection (thousands of VHS/DVDs/Blu-Rays), but it's pretty obvious that i won't do that, because that would be cheating :p I, LordManhattan have one movie. It's a VHS, and the movie is "Twister" :p I'm not the movie buying guy at all, and i just borrow movies from my brother :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Man, i used to have a VHS copy of Twister! My VHS collection was quite decent once upon a time but i passed on the lot to a friend. Got sick of moving boxes of cassettes from place to place!

All i have now is one DVD which is a collection of Smashing Pumpkins videos. Some people are avid collectors though so i'd expect a few people to have a nice library. I wonder if anyone here ever owned a LaserDisc? :p
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Nope, but I think I've seen one :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
12" discs that had to be flipped half-way through the movie. Hard to believe the format wasn't widely adopted! :p
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Hi guys :) I watched Sinister again a couple of days back and I didn't find it half as scary as the first Time. Turns out that Most of the scares were jump scares and since I had watched the movie already , I didn't find then scary.

Which are your favorite Christmas movies? I love those films even though I am not a Christian (but I absolutely love Christmas) :)

I plan to watch its a wonderful life tomorrow. I have it in black and white. Looking forward to it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Not the most obvious choices but definitely my favourites!
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Arlington Road.. Anybody watched it?
[Off-topic] roofrider:
It was on TV, wasn't it? :D Nope, have not seen it, but if someone here has something good to say about it, i'll catch it the next time they repeat it, which won't take very long. :rolleyes:

I missed Sleepers too, which looks to be good/ok.
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
It's a boring movie :mad:

Anyone watched the question mark?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
A couple of times. It's a great movie.
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
And the grave counter?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Never heard of it.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Wife does, has Star wars trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, and shed loads more.

At one point we even had HD-DVD's with the Xbox player connected up to an old laptop used as a media player. When the media reported BluRay had beaten HD-DVD (which I preferred to be honest) the local HMV cut the price of their discs so my wife being a bargain hunter bought a load before they then realised "Hang on a mo, people have HD DVD players so there's still a market!"
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You've gotta show us some pics of those LaserDisks! Especially the Star Wars and Indiana Jones ones so that we can nerd out on them! :D

So, i just watched Riddick and really liked it! That's not to say the movie doesn't have problems but the good outweighs the bad. I loved most of the visual effects, especially the world itself and it's inhabitants, but there are some things that didn't work well too. The lighting is great though and so is the score.

Most of the interactions between the characters are as dull as the characters themselves, with the exception of Katee Sackhoff who is pretty great at times. The story could have been better as it's almost exactly the same survival story that we had in Pitch Black, just with more mercenaries. 7/10
[Off-topic] xaccers:
I'll take some photos once we're settled in the new house. We should be completing tomorrow and moving stuff over until the end of Jan :)
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Christmas Vacation, Vacation, Die Hard, Gremlins, Jingle All The Way, Trading Places, Home Alone

Do you mean Grave Encounters? It sucks.
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Thanks for the info. :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Are you staying local or moving across the country?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Moving just up the road, well we're meant to, just heard from Barratts that their solicitors are still waiting for 7 forms to be sent from my crappy solicitors :(
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Surely the only work solicitors do over Christmas is sending out invoices and counting their monies?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Apparently they've counted the money but have forgotten my wife hasn't changed her name on her bank accounts so have just asked who the money came from.

They've got a copy of our wedding certificate, but I expect them to come back and ask for it.
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I Just finished watching Its a Wonderful Life. I have had it since the last two years but never got around to watching it. Finally I popped it in today and I am so glad I did. It is quite possibly one of the best films I have ever since. At the end, there were literally tears in my eyes and I am not ashamed to admit it. :) frank Capra and James Stewart outdid themselves in this film. I applaud them. Bravo. Everyone must watch this film.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
It's amazing that film is nearly 70 years old the but the acting and filmography is so modern compared with other films of the 40's.

Such a beautiful film. Did you watch the original monochrome version or the colourised one? They've done a fantasticly sympathetic job with the colourised version, it really suits the film.
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I watched the monochrome version. I will get the colorized one too. Definitely worth watching every year , I'd say. :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You should see Michael Shannon in Boardwalk Empire! The character he has had to play, the things that character has had to do, and how that character has evolved over time... it's amazing!

I liked The Iceman too, but Take Shelter is his best movie performance so far for me. It was masterful. (We''ll pretend that the whole Zod thing didn't happen though, if that's ok?)
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Those were bro tears and they are perfectly legal. I.. I should probably watch a movie soon so I have something interesting to say/share :p
[Off-topic] Android Pizza:
That thumbnail....OH!

[MENTION=1537358]John McClane[/MENTION]!

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[Off-topic] boborone:
Got a review for Red State.

(trailer)

{

I thought about putting a trailer here for you to watch. But if you decide to watch the movie, I HIGHLY suggest not watching the trailer. Go into it like I did, not knowing anything about it. It came up as something NetFlix said I would like, so I watched it. And so the entire movie was a twister. I would have known too much if I would have watched the trailer. So don't if you plan to watch it. Don't read the description and if you like suspense and horror, then just watch it. Might not make too much sense if you are outside America, but if you are, and keep with politics of today and past, then you just might like it like I did. NetFlix did a good job picking this one for me.

}

Ok this movie isn't like most of Kevin Smith's movies. But I've been on a Comic Book Men kick lately and enjoying his story telling. This movie has lots of references from the Waco, Tx Branch Dividian compound vs ATF to present day Phelps family and God hates f@gs funeral protests and the post 9-11 world of the living under The Patriot Act. The family portrayed in the film takes on a persona like the Phelps family, but Smith makes a distinction between the two in the movie with a clever quip from the ATF agent played by John Goodman. He does a great job convincing you of his character as an aging head of his office. In fact most of the characters do a great job of convincing you authenticity of themselves.

Man this is hard talking about the movie without giving plot lines away.

Let me know if you have seen it and I'll talk about my thoughts of it.

I'll watch his follow to it Burn In Hell tomorrow.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I really liked it. Great performances all round! 9/10

Did you notice the Martin Scorsese cameo?

I'm not really a fan of Kevin Smith movies but i'll give this a watch!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - A brilliant documentary covering the characters, rivalries, and conspiracies surrounding Arcade games and the world record holding players at the top level. I loved every minute of this amazing story, the main thread of which is an attempt to beat the official Donkey Kong record held by Billy Mitchell for 25 years. 9/10

Fruitvale Station - The movie tells the true story of the final day in the life of Oscar Grant, a man killed by police officers at the Fruitvale BART station during New Year celebrations. 8/10

The Butler - The evolution of the American Civil Rights movement as seen through the eyes of one man who served as a White House Butler over several administrations. Forest Whitaker does a sterling job playing Cecil Gaines, but it's not his best performance and it's not the best movie. 7/10

I watched Catch Me If You Can again too and liked it even more second time around. Spielberg knows how to tell a story and both Hanks and DiCaprio can act! 9/10
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I just watched the hobbit desolation of smaug in 3D. I'd say its a 6.9 out of 10. Visuals are amazing , 3D is well done. But it drags on for far too long. I suspect that turning two films into a trilogy was a money motivated. It should have ended with this one. Those who have read the Hobbit (as I have) will find many inconsistencies. Many incidents are created out of whole cloth for no good reason. I'd say its worth watching once. But I am certain that the entire story of Hobbit could have been told in 5 hours. It doesn't need a trilogy.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I think people are liking it more that An Unexpected Journey from what i hear so far. Still, i agree that trying to wring three movies out of The Hobbit was a terrible idea. One three hour epic would have been more suitable.
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
QFT. :) personally, I feel that the background score was better in the first film.
[Off-topic] Zephyr!:
Hey how is Source code?
[Off-topic] boborone:
It may not make a lot if sense being outside America, but if you want to diverge for a bit, give it a try.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
It's pretty good. It's directed by Duncan Jones who also created "Moon" (one of my favorites), and he's also David Bowie's son.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Anime isn't a genre.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Alright, let's get this party started! Wally World, here we come!
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Q&A is still a valid place to ask that, or pm the thread's OP.

Don't ask which ROM is better, it's all a matter of subjective opinion and it's frowned upon.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
:laugh:

Which Vacation movie were you watching. The first one?
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Is it necessary to have watched pitch black and chronicles of riddick to understand Riddick?
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Just got back from Saving Mr. Banks.

Superb. I can't find any areas to fault it on, myself. Very engaging, funny, sad, cinematography was well done, cast did a great job.

I expect it to get Oscar nomination.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
There's a call back to Pitch Black in Riddick and some story continuation from Chronicles. I'd watch Pitch Black first as it's a good movie, skip Chronicles and then watch Riddick.

Thanks, it's made my list. Tom Hanks is looking good for at least one nomination for Captain Philips. There's some serious competition for Best Movie though. Hard to pick a winner at this point.

So, just finished my second gaming documentary this weekend. Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters is similar to King Of Kong, only this time it's all about the Tetris. A new World Championship is organised and the best players past and present are all gathered together to play off against each other. For some it has been decades since their teen days of being Nintendo champion and it's a chance to revive old rivalries. For others it's a chance to test their mettle in competition for the first time and see if years of practice can pay off on the greatest stage of all.

It's amazing to see the legends of the game all together. Even the games creator makes an appearance to speak to the gathered hopefuls. Watching the action unfold is nail biting stuff, and just like King Of Kong, the characters are interesting and diverse. Even more so in this as we see people from all walks of life involved in the game, each with their own techniques and abilities. It's impossible not to be drawn into the action watching this and i was cheering and clapping along as the tension and competition heated up.

Can the organisers persuade the biggest name in the game, Thor, to step back into the limelight and join the competition? Can he even still play twenty years on? Just like in Donkey Kong there are two almost impossible to reach goals in the game of Tetris. One being a perfect score of 999,999, and the other is to reach Level 30. Only the best can do it, but can they do it live? Will someone set a new world record? Watch and find out! 9/10
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The Kingdom - Tense, compelling thriller in which an F.B.I team fly to Saudi Arabia to investigate a bombing at a U.S facility. Jamie Foxx heads up a great cast in what is an overlooked and under-rated movie. Expect some good drama and some great action. 8/10
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Has Jeremy Piven done as good a role as Ari Gold in any movie or TV show?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Grosse Pointe Blank and Very Bad Things. There's just more Piven in Entourage! I am a fan though. He's a real character!
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I think it's the second one where they are going to Wally World. The first one is when they go to Europe, second to Wally World, third is the Christmas Vacation and the forth is when they go to Vegas. There are more, but it stops for me there :p

I'll watch Christmas Vacation later today.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
First is Vacation to Wally World. Second is Europe. I've seen both more times than i can count!

[MENTION=2180828]boborone[/MENTION]

So i watched Red State. Thought it was pretty good action and drama until the end when it suddenly became a comedy. I understand there was a full on rapture ending originally until he changed it. I'm not sure i'd have liked that at all either. I'm a fan of John Goodman and he added something to the movie at least. It was weird seeing him and Melissa Leo together in something that wasn't Treme though! 6/10
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I'll be damned, you're right. I always thought European Vacation was older than Vacation! It looks older! :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Lol, that's just Europe. Everything is old! :D

I'm lining up some Christmas Vacation for later in the week. Seems appropriate! I've already re-watched In Bruges and i might even go for some Gremlins again. We'll see.

I'm watching The Spectacular Now at the moment. It's a high school, teen romance, drama. It's quite good... nice girl, guy's a douche..usual thing. Has some light comedy.
[Off-topic] Android Pizza:
Jim Carrey's Grinch is a guilty pleasure...

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[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
And don't forget Trading Places! Watching it as I type this.

Same :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I love Trading Places! Do you remember this from Coming To America...?

[YOUTUBE]9PiTi9ktVos[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Hahaha! Haven't noticed that one before, but i haven't seen Coming To America in a while (10 years+).
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Another one of that era that was really good was Brewster's Millions. Remember that?

The last movie i watched this weekend was Bronson. Made by Nicolas Winding Refn, it's done in his usual surreal style although this time it's laid on really thick. Tom Hardy does a great job playing Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious prisoner. There are times watching this when i thought it had gotten a little too artsy, but for the most part i was fascinated by the story. 7/10
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm still in the midst of a nerdgasm after watching the two game documentaries this weekend. I can't overstate how impactful they were and both are still rattling around in my head.

The Verge has this related video up at the moment:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5223404/donkey-kong-competition-video

And also this old report of Eminen's own ambitions to become a world class Donkey Kong player.

http://donkeykongblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/eminem-donkey-kong-scores.html

[MENTION=2979877]m1l4droid[/MENTION] Did you get round to watching Take Shelter yet? I watched it again this weekend and if anything liked it even more. It's an amazing film!
[Off-topic] boborone:
I guess I liked it cause I really enjoy thought provoking movies. It's one that if you know the history of the FBI and ATF here makes a lot of sense and gives an insight as to how things might be ran.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I know the history of several Federal agencies, have read many articles about the Branch Davidian's at Waco, Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma bombing, the Unabomber and how those cases were dealt with. The Beltway sniper attacks and how the FBI profilers completely got it wrong? The failings of US agencies are well publicised outside of American borders.

If anything Red State felt more like a parody of an agency dealing with a siege situation. If it were a siege movie made by anyone other than Kevin Smith it might have had some credibility, but it feels like a Kevin Smith movie where nothing can be taken seriously.

For the most part i thought it was entertaining, but i'm not going to learn any lessons from watching it. That would put me in the same league as the people who treat the x-files as if it's some sort of documentary. If i do take a lesson away from it at all, it's to stop watching Kevin Smith movies! :)
[Off-topic] niyas90:
Just watched the Korean film Memories of a murder..

One of the best thriller i ever seeing...

8.4/10
[Off-topic] Dixit patel:
Just watched dhoom 3....awesome movie...:thumbup:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Awesome movie! If you liked that you might want to try:

Oldboy

The Chaser

The Man From Nowhere

I Saw The Devil

All great Korean Thrillers!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah, i wouldn't recommend anyone watch Riddick unless they've already seen Pitch Black. You did miss seeing some Starbuck boob quitting when you did. Your loss! :p
[Off-topic] niyas90:
[MENTION=1763460]DirkGently[/MENTION]

Thanks bro...for ur suggestions i will definitely watch those films.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You're thinking of the bimbos near the beginning. I'd forgotten about them. No, what i was referring to was Katee Sackoff who played Starbuck in the remade Battlestar Galactica. Her character comes into Riddick later on in the movie.
[Off-topic] boborone:
Oh snap.

:thumbup:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The message was, get a girlfriend who likes pr0n as much as you do! :p
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
And a happy new year! :D
[Off-topic] nikosst:
It will be everyday like new year's day!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Watched Out of Time. Good movie. One of the better thrillers. :good:

But I felt it was 10 mins too short. The climax felt small and as if it arrived abruptly. But Denzel & Eva Mendes both did good. Mendes looked ravishing as always.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
To all Movie Club members..

[YOUTUBE]m9LJ4IrsQoI[/YOUTUBE]

Enjoy your Xmas entertainments!

I'm watching Gremlins again, but only because Phoebe Cates is awesome! :highfive: