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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I've not seen Ray either. I'd love to see DiCaprio get an Oscar soon but i'm not sure it'll be this year. As good a performance as it was, the hedonism in WOWS may upset Academy members, particularly those who are too old to indulge themselves any more!

Brazil is good. Have you seen or read 1984? If you're going on a futuristic dystopia kick, you'd have to throw that in for comparison. Logan's Run, V for Vendetta, Equilibrium, Strange Days, 12 Monkeys, Children Of Men... there's so many! Mad Max would count too, right? I might watch them again soon!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
How is cloud atlas? Worth a watch or too complex?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
It's awful!

inb4 LordManhattan :laugh:

We have a slight difference of opinion on that one. We both agree that Mr Nobody is a great movie though. It's a similar thing, playing with the concept of timelines and intersecting stories. The Fountain is another one with that theme too.
[Off-topic] veeman:
When am I wrong? I called Brooklyn Nine-Nine too. :)

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Hmmm, does veeman work for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?
[Off-topic] :
No you didn't ?

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[Off-topic] veeman:
:D

I did :|
[Off-topic] :
Umm, nope, definitely don't remember that ?

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[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Off-Topic Movie Club - Vote for your favourite movies of 2013.

One more film I came across is About Time. I suspect it's a British film so it should be your area of expertise Dirk. :) have u seen it?

Also tell me about simon pegg's A fantastic fear of everything. Any good ? It has only 5 stars out of 10 on imdb but I have come to be doubtful of those ratings. :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I usually find the IMDb ratings usually reflect my own opinions quite accurately. I wouldn't consider watching anything rated 5/10 on there and i haven't seen A Fantastic Fear Of Everything. I did however watch About Time not long ago and enjoyed it. There's nothing particularly groundbreaking or challenging about it, but it's a sweet story with a few good laughs. They do use the time travel ability to comic effect at times! I enjoyed Bill Nighy's performance, and it's nice to imagine being married to Rachel McAdams while watching it!
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Of course! Rachel mcadams is quite the bomb :D by the way midnight in Paris is one of my favorite films. Have u seen it? Rachel is in there too :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I've considered it but i don't really like Owen Wilson, or Woody Allen movies particularly. I quite enjoyed Blue Jasmine but i find most of his movies are too middle of the road.

Here's another British movie from 2006 that i quite liked. Cashback is about a guy who takes a night shift job after suffering insomnia. There's some nice dialogue and interesting characters in it. It's on par with About Time and worthy of a watch.
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I can't comment on woody Allen films because midnight is the only film of his that I have seen. It's a good one. I think u ll like it…
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I did see Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask a couple of times. It's pretty funny. Gene Wilder puts in an appearance as a man who is in love with his sheep, and Allen himself plays a sperm in the last segment! It's silly but fun.
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Dirk have you seen Frankenstien (w. Gene wilder) ? Id recommend it highly to anyone who hasnt already seen it and even then its worth a rewatch, I can never stop laughing when im watching it
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Young Frankenstein. Yeah, i think we spoke about it before. Gene Wilder is always good. I remember watching Silver Streak at school, which had Richard Pryor as an added bonus. Seriously though, Blazing Saddles. Funniest Gene Wilder movie ever?

How have you been mate? Have you watched any of the recent crop of movies yet?
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Speaking of Frankenstein, are you guys looking forward to I,Frankenstein ?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I was going to say no, but then i saw that Yvonne Strahovski is in it so i was going to say yes, but then i realised i could just see Yvonne Strahovski in Chuck if i wanted to so i decided the answer is no. Definitely no.

Also,

Probably my #1 favourite hottie of all time!
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Indeed.
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Lol :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I was extremely happy to see her turn up in Dexter. It's just a shame that the last season was such a POS that i'd rather die than watch it again! :mad:
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Would like to continue academic research. I f*cking love Science! :D

Even though Pacino has a better screen presence than De Niro, I feel De Niro is more versatile of the two. Versatility is a very important criterion for being one of all time greats. So I rate De Niro better than Pacino. When I say this, in no way I mean that Pacino is not versatile, but he is surely behind De Niro. That being said I feel that as Micheal Corleone, Pacino has given an all time best performance. His close up scenes look menacing in Part 1 & 2.

I would rate WALL-E as the all time best animated film, followed by Up, Kung Fu Panda and Finding Nemo and Haven't seen many animated flicks though. Ice Age 1 is another favourite of mine, made me teary eyed towards the end :crying: .... and I watch films like Casino, Saw, The Exorcist without blinking an eye.

The drill instructor's dialogues are definitely the height of funny trash talking, love that character. But as someone already said, I also found the two halves a bit disconnected. That's the only reason I gave it 7/10.

Hope Leo wins the Oscar. I am saying this as I just want to watch him win for a change. Poor fellow didn't even get nominations for Shutter Island and The Departed . There is an internet meme in which they say that one should make a film about Leo how he never won the Oscar and the academy should award the Oscar to the guy playing Leo in the film... evilest thing to do!

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Holy mother of God! I'll be back in a couple of minutes ;)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Me too. Physics is also my thing although i threw away my academic chances many years ago. I was looking for a Degree in Physics to go towards something in Cosmology though. What research would you want to do? Head to Antarctica to look for Neutrinos..?

I'm watching Casino again at the moment and i think it's one of De Niro's best performances. You hit the nail on the head about Pacino in Godfather though. Watching the first two over the weekend i was always thinking to myself how impassive and menacing he looked the whole time. He looked fantastic. His best performances ever i would say, even though you don't see much of the exuberant Pacino that came out in his more recent films. The Devils Advocate for example he just turns it on with that great speech near the end!

I didn't see that but yes, that would be incredibly evil! He could have picked up a win for either of those two films. They were both great parts. I feel Shutter Island is a little under-rated and not so well known though.
[Off-topic] the_helix:
For my thesis, the field of research is ionosphere, but Astronomy is my 1st love. I would like to work on star formation or supernovae someday. I am also doing some work on cosmic rays side by side.

Yeah I liked De Niro in Casino more than in Goodfellas. I am yet to see Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, so I wouldn't comment on his best performance yet. Excluding the super villains, creature, aliens etc. like Darth Vader, the Terminator and others, I would keep Pacino's Corleone on 2nd spot, 1st being Hopkin's Hannibal. 3rd would be a tie between Ledger's Joker (as his part is more of acting & less of being super) and Bardeem's Anton Chigurh.

What do you call? :p

Totally agree! I rate Shutter Island higher than The Departed. Yet to see the Aviator and the Wolf Of Wall Street. So for now, Shutter Island is my favourite Dicaprio or Scorsese movie.

By the way I didn't get any feedback on one of my previous comments about Dicaprio + Scorsese being among the top 5 Actor - Director pair. Another one is obviously Di Niro + Scorsese. Your thoughts?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I assume you're too young to remember SN 1987A? It was exciting stuff at the time. I stayed up late to watch the Sky At Night special! :)

1) Darth Vader

2) The Joker

3) Hannibal Lecter

4) Anton Chigurh

5) Hans Gruber

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48087535&highlight=anton#post48087535

If Vader is ruled out, everyone else gets bumped one place. Chigurh is one evil mofo though so i think he gets moved up from my original list above Gruber now!

Scorsese/Dicaprio would be my favourite although Scorsese/De Niro, George Lucas/Harrison Ford, Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg and Jeff Nichols/Michael Shannon, also deserve honourable mentions. Can you think of any others?

Also, thanks to your valuable contributions your membership status is hereby bumped to Senior Member. Congratulations!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Anyone else seen this weeks Sherlock yet? I thought it was a bloody brilliant episode! Best one i've seen so far.
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
The last one I watched was the wedding and it was an awful mish mash, did you hear that cumberbatch might be in the Next star wars movie
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah, that wedding one was utter tripe. This was a huge improvement!

I hope B.C make it into Star Wars, i really liked him in Star Trek. I wonder what role he might be considered for?
[Off-topic] Will_Xda:
Might haveto gice it a watch then, I thought for a moment Sherlock had gone weird like Doctor Who did for a bit, yeah their were a few moments when I expected Heroes related jokes in some cumberbatch and quinto scenes but unfortunately not :(

Have you watched "the fifth estate" I DL for a family member earlier bit haven't watched it yet, any thoughts ?
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
I think Pacino's best performance was in Scent of a Woman. I watched Sherlock episode 2 as well and I get the feeling that the first two episodes are very unfocused, almost meandering. Quite a contrast to the first two seasons which were amazing. Hoping that the 3rd one is better. :)
[Off-topic] roofrider:
It has bad reviews, if someone here has something nice to say about i might give it a watch sometime.

And Cumberbatch is rumored to play George Mallory replacing Tom Hardy in the Everest flick. And to my surprise the other Everest flick now has a pretty impressive cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Jason Clarke. But Bale seems to have pulled out of it.

Damn! Is there any chance i might get to see another one of these in this lifetime? Any interesting event on the cards?
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
The Last Vow?

If so, my god do I agree with you.

Start to end, awesome stuff.

And crazy revelations xD

Not much to discuss because everything I have to say will need a spoiler tag.. :p

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[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Saw Lone Survivor tonight. Easy 8/10.

I'll start with complaints: some of the dialog was a little far fetched (unrealistic reaction upon being shot like "Ow, ****! Are you kidding me?"), and some of the medical treatments not used which would have been.

Otherwise, very good, I think. Acting was good (aside from dialog issue above), overall sound, cinematography and presence was both realistic and engaging. Moreover, the story is messed up because it's true, and I like that.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm skipping it. Like roofrider said, it's not well rated and every review i've heard has been bad.

I'll reserve judgement until i see them but i like how the second one is shaping up. I'll watch anything with Jake G. in it!

Supernovae happen all the time but mostly in other Galaxies. For a brief while the light they give out is equivalent to the light output of all the other stars in that Galaxy combined. If one happened in our own Galactic neighbourhood you'd see it shining even in daylight.

SN1987A went supernova 168,000 years before we saw it, as even travelling at 300,000 km/s it took that long for the light to reach us.

A few stuntmen got some work on that movie too i imagine. I was wincing watching some of those falls!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I was wondering why it felt like a season finale. It's because it was the season finale! Doh.

Three episodes in a season, one was awight, one was terrible and one was awesome! Not very consistent! :p
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Lol. Three episodes per season is really torture. Left craving for an year and then it's all over in 3 or so hours.

Very cruel indeed!

Anyhow, my big question today is, has anyone seen Now You See Me?

I loved that movie, start to end, didn't even need a popcorn. I was spell bound to what the hell was going on every single second.

I understood the plot and the story but I will not rate this movie any higher than 8, till I get another movie named "How the hell did we do, what we did, in Now You See Me"!

If you've seen it, do reply, I am bubbling with questions!!!!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
The movie was a little too far-fetched to me. I'd give it a 7/10 at best, whereas LordManhattan's rating would be 2/10 :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
:D

I liked it quite a bit and it's one of LordManhattan's favourite movies of all time. He's always saying how much he loves it. On reflection i'm not sure i liked it enough to ever want to re-watch it though. It's almost as if the movie itself is a something of a glamour; an illusion that makes it seem better at the time than it really is, but later you question whether it really was any good. The casting was decent and i'm always happy when Woody Harrelson turns up in a movie. It's a 7/10 movie for me though, which is a recommendation, but i think LordManhattan would go higher on the rating.

Anyway, i'm not sure i remember much but fire away with any questions you have. Someone will have the answers.

I do like mystery Thrillers generally. Limitless (with Bradley Cooper), The Usual Suspects and more recently Side Effects are good examples. Also Identity, starring John Cusack. Freaking love that movie! Have you seen any of them?
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
The unexplainable parts are definitely over the top for me too.

But overall I wasn't judging, I was enjoying.

Let's start with

why was the scene of the car in which Jack was supposed blown shown again in the end? Did that French officer know something?

Also why and possibly when did they plant those papers about the safe with that decoy?

Freeman had made a deal with let's say Alfred. What happened there?

The all powerful Alfred suddenly disappeared.

The after credits showed the four horsemen at a closed theme park sort of where certain boxes were to be opened by their respective cards. Is it a part 2 indication or just useless edit?

Also I've seen Limitless and Identity. Limitless was good but Identity was outstanding.

I think I have the usual suspects. Will check that out first.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I definitely don't remember it well enough to answer all those questions but..

The car scene wasn't shown again at the end. There was a 'version' of the movie with an editing mistake that repeated that scene. It wasn't intentional.

The post credit bit had me stumped too. I think it's supposed to be a metaphor about 'the eye' being finished with them, just like the other discarded junk. They'd served their purpose and were of no more use.

Edit: Can't talk about a movie like this without mentioning The Prestige. You've seen that right? If not it's the best of it's kind by a long way.
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Oh, I repeated that scene 7-8 times to see what it was meant for.. xD

And the post credit scene can't mean 'the eye' discarding them because they were not left there, they had actually found a purpose for the cards 'the eye' had given them. So I'm sensing a sequel.

And I did a quick GSearch, which showed this - Part 2

I hope they tie up the loose ends.

And I have the Prestige sitting for almost 6 years now, but I have no excuse why I haven't seen it yet..
[Off-topic] Dirk:
No time like the present. You'll be glad you finally got around to watching it!

So do you think they were all led to the Junk Yard to find out what their next job is? Sounds plausible if there's going to be a sequel.
[Off-topic] FearJrr:
We're the millers was funny :D
[Off-topic] the_helix:
I was born in 1988 an year after SN1978A happened. But I have read quite a bit about it.

Yup Chigurh is surely above Gruber.

I can't say much about the movies before 80s as most of the flicks that I have watched are made in 80s or later. Few pairs worth mentioning are: Spielberg - Harrison Ford, Spielberg - Hanks, Tim Burton - Johny Depp (haven't seen much of their work), Ridley Scott - Russel Crowe, Soderbergh - Clooney, Soderbergh - Damon.

But I would put David Fincher - Brad Pitt above all these. All 3 of their projects (Se7en, Fight Club and Curious Case of Benjamin Button) are awesome. Spielberg - Harrison Ford would have been even better if Ford would have agreed for Schindler's title role. I would also add Nolan - Bale if they do at least 1 good movie beside the Batman series.

Edit: Nolan - Christian Bale are as good as Fincher Pitt. Thanks to Dirk for reminding that.

Thanks! :laugh:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Nolan/Bale - The Prestige! Boom, one more good movie. :)

Yeah, some good suggestions there, Fincher/Pitt particularly. McQueen/Fassbender have a good run too with Hunger, Shame and 12 Years A Slave.
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Out of all great performances by Pacino I feel the one in Scent of a Woman is the most overrated. His portrayal as Serpico was better and way better as Micheal Corleone... performance of a lifetime. I was disappointed to find out that they gave Marlon Brando the Oscar & Pacino a nomination for best supporting actor.

A supernova is supposed to occur once every 30-40 years in our galaxy but astronomers haven't observed any after SN1604 with strong evidence. SN1604 was observed by Kepler. A black hole or a neutron star is formed after a massive star dies as supernova.

If you want to see one by naked eyes, than make sure you keep watching 3 stars known as Betelgeuse (in constellation Orion), Antares (in constellation Scorpius) and Eta Carinae (in constellation Carina). They can go supernova from right now to about a million or so years. :p

It is possible that any of these has already exploded, but the light from that supernova is yet to reach us.

Damn! I just realized that we are going off-topic in an off-topic thread! :cyclops: LOL

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Holy Crap! How did I forget that! Nolan - Bale is definitely a pair which gives Fincher - Pitt a run for their money. :good: Gotta edit my previous post then. By the ratings it appears that McQueen - Fassbender they are definitely good, but I am yet to see any of these.

Sorry to sound like an ass, but have you gone mad that you have kept The Prestige for 6 years! :eek: I was an idiot myself to keep No Country For Old Men for almost an year and a half. The Usual Suspects and The Prestige, both are too good to skip.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Allowing it because BeetleJuice was a movie! :D

Love Neutron stars by the way. Those suckers are DENSE! People don't realise that atoms are mostly empty space. Remove all the space from all the atoms that make up the entire human population and we'd all fit in a tea-cup. Pretty cosy! A thimbleful of Neutron star is said to be what? A Billion tons? More?

Speaking of Physics/movie tie-ins, anyone remember the movie The Black Hole?
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Added both BeetleJuice and The Black Hole to my watchlist, though I don't have much expectations with the latter.

You are spot on with that analogy. I had the honour of listening to a popular talk by Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell live just 10 days ago. It was amazing! There were many non-astronomy background scientist too in the audience and people gave her a standing ovation after the lecture. She gave the exact same analogy.

Another one which I use in front of non science background people is that a teaspoon full of neutron star material would weigh more than Mount Everest.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Oh man, that's a good one! I saw a documentary about Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her work on Pulsars once. Pioneering stuff!

Have you seen Contact? How cool would it be to go to Arecibo.. or to any of those arrays in the Attacama desert, Chile for that matter? Hopefully you'll get the chance during your career huh? :good:
[Off-topic] the_helix:
That would be a dream come true! :highfive:

I have contact with me, but haven't seen it yet.

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Dirk have you seen Einstein and Eddington. If not, I urge you to watch it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I haven't but i will! It sounds good.

Here's something you might enjoy. It's a quick watch:

http://vimeo.com/36957362
[Off-topic] Dirk:
How do you think you did with your exams? Feeling confident?
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
The falls were brutal. My wife liked the movie, too, which isn't typically her genre. I think it says something when the one time I take my wife to a more "guy movie" she enjoys it.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Two words, Mark Wahlberg! :p

Did you get that the dance they made the young soldier do was from Napoleon Dynamite? I completely missed that, but apparently there was a 'vote for pedro' poster in there somewhere too!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
One thing i really liked about the movie Mr Nobody was that in one timeline, Jared Leto's character played a Professor who was giving a lecture about entropy and the arrow of time. He described the idea that in a contracting universe, the arrow could be reversed. What i liked was that it was used in the plot in a meaningful way. I totally nerded out on that one!

Pleased to hear it. So what comes next for you, are you having a break?
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
I WILL watch it today!

And yes, either that or maybe they were just being paid. But since all the cash was spent in framing Freeman, an actual job by the eye seems more likely. The movie was all about impressing the eye for the 4. They did it, so only makes sense that they will now work for him.

I'm not sure as to when I'll see the Suspects but as I said I WILL watch The Prestige today..!! xD

Congrats & all the best for the results, not that it matters now! :p

Also I can't resist saying this for this specific movie, but, didn't I tell you.. XD
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Here's something of interest to Sherlock fans. A 360° Panoramic Tour Around Sherlock's 221B Baker Street Set. Click on individual props to hear set design guru Arwel Wyn Jones talking about them.

http://www.empireonline.com/features/sherlock-apartment
[Off-topic] parag1dubey:
Just finished watching Sherlock His Last vow. And WOW! What a humdinger of an episode. More than makes up for the lazy episode 3. I am looking forward to season 4. I wish there were more than 3 episodes each season. Now we gotta wait another year or more for it. Damn!