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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For:

Check out more character posters, stills and trailer here:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41106

In other news:

The Ben Affleck Batman movie has been given a title: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Also, the Coen Brothers are writing a Cold War Thriller for Stephen Spielberg which will star Tom Hanks.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Inglorious Basterds was a great movie.

I watched Captain Phillips today now THAT was a fantastic movie. One more movie that I enjoyed but deeply disturbed me was The Book Thief. I love Geoffrey Rush and he was fantastic but as I said it was disturbing to watch.

Geoffrey Rush was also fantastic as the Marque De Sade in the movie Quills I highly recommend it.

"Get busy livin...or get busy dyin"

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[Off-topic] Archer:
I truly love that film. It's a shame you found some bits boring as I find the whole thing lovely to look at and don't actually care what's going on! The direction in that movie really does it for me.

Also, I'm a huge Beck fan, so there's this...

[YOUTUBE]dIuB56pbYMs[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Did you guys know that David Lynch was asked to direct Star Wars ROTJ by George Lucas?

That would have been a very different, effed up, movie! :eek:
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Who will go to the cinema for the amazing movie "Transformers 4" ?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm sure some people will. There's one born every minute as they say! I'm not wishing ill of Michael Bay, but if Tony Scott had lived and Michael Bay had died instead, i'd have been okay with that.
[Off-topic] Archer:
WTF???

That could have been awesome. It could just as equally been the worst thing ever for Star Wars.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the new Darth Sidious...

Alternate ending for The Empire Strikes Back - Darth Vader cuts off Luke's ear :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Why does Willem Defoe look like a meth addict? :eek:

Is that from one of Lynch's nausea inducing 'movies'?
[Off-topic] Archer:
It's from Wild at Heart, which is a definite roller coaster, and Willem Defoe was nasty in that film as you can see from that image. Very dark, and funny if you like that kind of thing.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Oh my gawd he is awesome

When i saw the name Tony Scott i didn't get i directly who he was but then i googled him and yeah he is thousand times better then Michael Bay but i'm not pretty sure if he could replace shia labeouf's role in this movie...
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I wouldn't want the corpse of Tony Scott to replace Shia Labeouf in any movie, although some would think it an improvement regardless. :)
[Off-topic] Archer:
:laugh:

Oh I do miss the thanks button sometimes
[Off-topic] Mephikun:
Sorry about that -whistles-
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Money saving lifehack for Movies...

Don't want to spend the equivalent of a week's rent on a trip to the Cinema? Don't want to be surrounded by noisy, smelly people ruining the theatre experience? Simply cut a 16:9 slot out of a cardboard box and put the box on your head. Now fire up a movie on your PC and sit close to the monitor. Adjust the box and seating position so the only thing you can see is the screen.

Without a frame of reference your brain no longer has any idea how big the screen is. Seriously, it works. If you tell yourself that it's a huge screen and that the character on screen is fifty feet tall your brain will believe it. Crank up the volume too and you have the cinema experience at home without the cost and annoyances. :cool:
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Not sure if you got around to it, watch Memories of Murder too.

Scott Pilgrim never really appealed to me, it reminds me of Green Hornet kinda movies, G Hornet was absolutely awful btw. But now that i know Lucy from Die Hard is in it, guess i'll be watching it. :D

Re-watched Pacific Rim recently and still found it quite enjoyable.
[Off-topic] Tangodown78:
So many good movies... I only read up to the first five pages of the Post.

But gimme some mind F**k movies. Though provoking like

Fight Club

Inspection

Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind

The Prestige

The Usual suspects

The Sixth sense

Deja Vu

Shutter Island

The Thirteenth Floor

Twelve Monkeys

Vanilla Sky

Arlington Road

Black Swan

Pan's Labyrinth

The Butterfly Effect

Identity

1408

The Mothman Prophecies

The Matrix
[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's a very good list! There's some great movies on there. Let me see...

Jacob's Ladder

Limitless

Identity

Donnie Darko

A Beautiful Mind

2001: A Space Odyssey

Primer

Pi

Life Of Pi

A Clockwork Orange

Primer

American History X

The Thin Red Line

Into The Wild

Melancholia

Oldboy

The Fountain

Should be enough to keep you going for a while!
[Off-topic] Tangodown78:
Forgot American History X, Well it wouldn't really fit into that "Mind F**K" themes but I like a movie that challenges my thinking. Movies that are predictable are Lame. But then I've seen so many movies its hard to see something that is original..

Add Shaw Shank Redemption?

I went and saw Neighbors with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron not a fan of ether of them.. But the movie was Hilarious... HILARIOUS I say... worth the view.
[Off-topic] husam666:
The new X-Men is awesome 8/10 even though it's not my type of movies..

Don't go anywhere near: "The other girl", just because the actress has nice breasts and bottom doesn't mean it's worth watching, especially in the cinema..
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
This is an epic quote. Belongs in the op, or a guide to choosing good films.

Excreted from my Nexus 5

[Guide] Headphone/Earphone Buying
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Nice bottom and breasts is really my only criteria when choosing an actress to watch. Especially in the cinema!

In other news:

...because when Eric eats a Banana.....
[Off-topic] Sleepy!:
This is why you chauvinist dinosaurs are going extinct. ?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
This is why bottoms and breasts are improving. Darwinian sexual selection.
[Off-topic] Sleepy!:
Alright. Carry on the good work, then.

I'm off to have some... Meaningful conversation. ?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You don't want to discuss Darwinian evolution? I find it fascinating. You might try 'On The Origin Of Species'. It's a great read.
[Off-topic] Sleepy!:
I actually have a copy of it gathering dust somewhere at home... And you forgot to add 'By Means of Natural Selection'.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
No, i didn't forget. I just went with the more commonly used title. So if you've read it you'll understand why it's important for actresses to have attractive bottoms and boobs, right?
[Off-topic] Sleepy!:
Boobs are always important, regardless of Darwin.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I don't think anyone here would disagree with that statement, although if Darwin had seen Scarlett Johansson on the big screen it may have given him enough material for at least one more chapter in his great tome!
[Off-topic] husam666:
Lmao, touché

Oh btw, sounds more like Freudian evolution :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah, Freud had a thing or two to say about the subject! :laugh:

A lot of people say he got women completely wrong and didn't understand them. I say men have been getting women wrong for a long, long time and not one of us men can honestly say we yet understand them! :p

In movie news:

Fans of X-Men who have already seen the new movie may want to check out the latest Empire Podcast special. It features an interview with writer, Simon Kinberg and is very interesting.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41130
[Off-topic] Archer:
I watched Non-Stop last night. The adverts made it look very exciting and, with Liam Neeson in charge you expect it to be good.

It was "meh". Confined in a plane there's not much room for great action scenes, and the story was lacking something called "a story". I wouldn't tell anyone not to watch it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either. If you have interest from the trailers, as I did, then get it done so you can move on with other films.

I also watched Oculus, which I'd not heard of till last night. It stars the lovely Karen Gillan (Amy Pond, for the Doctor Who fans) and is a story about a Brother and Sister who go back to their old family home to "exorcise some demons" from their past. Again, it's not a brilliant story, but it was very well put together. With this it's worth watching not for the story, but how they tell it. Direction appears disjointed at first, but comes together and blends with the story, and is very well done.

If you plan on watching it, don't read this beforehand.

My only beef with horror movies is that they *have* to have a bad ending. I'm a realist and love films with a realistic ending, rather than a beautiful couple skipping through flowers into the sunset to live happily ever after, but come on. Horror films are this...

Bad thing kills people. People try to kill bad thing. All but 1 (maybe 2) gets killed. Bad thing is defeated and they continue with their lives. Oh no! Bad thing wasn't really defeated and now it's killed them.... roll credits and yawn.

BORING!
[Off-topic] husam666:
Anyway, just don't watch the other girl, it's a waste of everything, and the actress with the nice luggage doesn't appear a lot. I forgot the name, I think it was Kate or something
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I actively stay away from Liam Neeson movies. It's not that he can't act but he's just not getting good acting roles any more. It's a shame because movies like Schindler's List make everything he's done since completely irrelevant.

I agree about Horror movies. They all follow the same formulaic framework. That's why i liked Cabin In The Woods. The ending is unconventional and goes some way to confound expectations. I like to be surprised!

I'd like to hear what you think of How I Live Now if you ever see it. It stars one of my favourite up and coming British acting talents, Saoirse Ronan. (Pronounced Sir-Cher). I thought it was a good, solid story that didn't try too hard and maintains a nice, realistic feel throughout. Essentially the antithesis of a Hollywood movie!

The Other Boleyn Girl? Took me a minute to get up to speed then. Nice luggage...? :laugh: Best euphemism i've heard yet! :good:

Also, that picture deserves a...
[Off-topic] Archer:
I'll definitely give that a watch. She's one of those people that makes me want to watch a film. I find it remarkable how she acts so well for her age - not being patronising in any way, but she has an apparent level of maturity that I wouldn't expect to see in someone so young.

Thanks - that's tonight's TV sorted :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
You hit the nail on the head. That's exactly why she played the Hannah character so well i think. A character who herself had pretty much skipped childhood in favour of surviving the realities of life. I've heard her in a couple of interviews and she makes a good impression, and has that lovely Irish lilt to her voice. I think she's sick of people asking how to pronounce her name though! :laugh:

Come to think of it, How I Live Now is largely about survival, as is Byzantium, where she's trying to survive as a Vampire!

One to watch out for later this year is Lost River, Ryan Gosling's Directorial debut in which she stars alongside Christina Hendricks, (who briefly appeared in Drive), and Eva Mendes. Now call me cynical, (or whatever you like), but those two ladies.....? Boobs and bottoms.

I rest my case. :D
[Off-topic] the_helix:
I feel Into The Wild & American History X are not mind f**k movies at all, although they are definitely thought provoking.

... and you for got to mention Shutter Island :P Its surely the most underrated movie of the Leo-Scorsese partnership.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Didn't forget it. Tangodown78 had it on his list already. :) The other two i mentioned just for the thought provoking side of things.

I agree about Shutter Island being underrated though. I think i had it near the very top of my list when i ranked all the Scorsese movies.

Although it's not a DiCaprio/Scorsese movie, i also think After Hours is a largely underrated Scorsese movie too. It stars the chappie from American Werewolf In London and is pretty damn good!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Oops! I missed that... my apologies!

Shutter Island is my favourite Leo-Scorsese flick, but I haven't watched The Wolf Of Wall Street yet.

Man you are a gem! Are you sure that you are not taking some of "that" Limitless stuff? So may awesome statements back to back... :victory:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
:D

I wish i could get my hands on that stuff! Not sure i could trust myself to use it for the betterment of mankind though. I'd probably be frivolous with it...maybe create a H.G Wells style time machine and go back through time, f*****g with things to see what effect it has on the present.

I'd also want to find out if it were possible to throw a saddle on a T-Rex and ride it like the worlds most awesome horse! :cowboy:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Any of you guys watching Fargo, the TV series? Martin Freeman is putting in the performances of his life, Billy-Bob Thornton and Bob Odenkirk are both great, and newbie Allison Tolman is terrific. The show is at least as good as the movie it's based on and for those who like comedy-of-errors style material, this is an absolute gem. Currently 9.2 on IMDb and looking like stiff competition for Breaking Bad and True Detective come award season.
[Off-topic] Archer:
Yes! I am all over that. I was a bit reluctant at first, thinking it would be simply a TV version of the film, but I eventually caved and watched it.

If it wasn't against my moral code I would have taken the persona of Billy Bob Thornton in the programme in a shot. I agree that Martin Freeman is acting his little socks off, but he's getting better and better on a daily basis (the *only* person I could think of to play Arthur Dent after Simon Jones from the original TV show). For me though, Lorne Malvo is the character that I want to see more of. I've always really liked characters that are cold as ice, but just plain brutally honest about it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Like Javier Bardem playing Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men? Coen Brothers movies the both come to think of it! Chigurh didn't have Malvo's sense of humour though, did he? :)

I've always liked Billy Bob Thornton and the many varied characters that he's played. He was great in U-Turn and Pushing Tin, and like you i love his portrayal of the ruthless Malvo. I was indifferent to Martin Freeman before now though, even having watched him in Sherlock and earlier works, (i'd forgotten that he was in THGTTG), but i'm just so impressed with what he's doing in Fargo. He's made a fan of me!
[Off-topic] Archer:
I very nearly mentioned Javier Bardem in No Country For Old men, yes.

I forgot about Pushing Tin. I really did enjoy that film, and it made me really want to stand on a runway and get blasted by a jet engine!

There are many websites and blogs in honour of Malvo's dark humor..
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Lol, i had no idea! That's awesome. :D

I'm glad i'm not the only fan of Pushing Tin. Everyone else seemed to hate it. You're the only other person i've spoken too who liked it. Me, i'm a fan of Thornton and Cusack, (Angelina Jolie too), so it's relevant to my interests, but it's also a fun and interesting story. The jet, back-wash scene had me in tears. Literally! I couldn't stop laughing at that.

Some relevant movie trivia...

Only four people in the history of the Academy Awards have won an Oscar for Writing and a nomination for best actor, starring in the movie they wrote. Orson Welles was one for Citizen Kane but did you know Billy Bob Thornton is another for Sling Blade, which he wrote, Directed and starred in! :good:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Have you seen Requiem For A Dream? It's another great Aronofsky flick!
[Off-topic] Tangodown78:
I'll have to find some where to "get" it

and Marlon Wayans Just makes it even more interesting....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Also, American Psycho should be on the list. I watched it again myself at the weekend and i still loved it as much as i did on every previous viewing. It's one of my favourite Christian Bale performances too! It's both f****d up and thought provoking.
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Less f****d up & more of a satire.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Are the two mutually exclusive?
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Nope... that's why I said "Less f****d up & more of a satire" instead of "Not f****d up, but a satire".

Another great example of a f****d up satire is The Great Dictator starring Sacha Baron Cohen. The "milking" scene was really funny.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I should watch his movies sometime. The only thing i've ever seen him in was Hugo!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
I have watched only The Great Dictator out of all his works. Its very very grossly funny which might make many to exclaim WTF is that! But I really liked it.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Just watched "Chronicles" that movie is awesome!!!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
New Stargate Trilogy planned...

"Warner Bros. is bringing back Roland Emmerich, the director of the original Stargate, who will be joined by producer Dean Devlin, who's worked on films like Independence Day, and 1998's Godzilla. No word yet on whether any of the original actors like Kurt Russell or James Spader will be involved, or when the films are set to go into production. Both Emmerich and Devlin are currently spinning up on other film projects."

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/29/5...m-trilogy-is-happening-with-original-director
[Off-topic] Tangodown78:
OMG I love Stargate... SG1 the origanl movie was good but SG1 Got me hooked hope its everything SG1 was and more!?!?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm quite intrigued to see what they can do with this too. Hopefully they'll pull together a good cast. I want Natalie Portman to have a role...
[Off-topic] sohebq:
Godzilla is worth watching in cinema? How are the 3d effects? I am just looking for entertainment.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For..

As if the anticipation wasn't enough already, here's Eva Green looking particularly alluring:

Apparently the MPAA have banned the poster for Promo use having deemed it "inappropriate".

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/...nned-by-the-mpaa-picture.html#~oFKZI7h0dnRamB

Having enjoyed her performance in 300: Rise Of An Empire, i can tell you that there is nothing inappropriate about Eva Green. As far as i'm concerned, she is completely appropriate! :good:
[Off-topic] nkay08:
The atmosphere is quite good, but it could be much more. It's not a Pacific Rim style thing and IMO 3d isn't worth it in this movie.

Overall a pretty decent movie.
[Off-topic] sohebq:
I just wanna watch because of Bryan. I hope his role is good enough. Tough to decide between X Men and godzilla in 3d for this weekend.
[Off-topic] xflori:
When u only want to watch it because of bryan u will get disappointed..
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Xmen > Godzilla anyday.

Also Bryan has like 30-35min screen timee only.

My recent, very boring very long train journey turned out to be awesome.

This is the end - When I saw the casting, I knew this was gonna be a bonkers movie, and I wasn't disappointed!

If someone isn't a fan of brainless comedies, I'd skip it.

World War z - The plot seemed too touche, but the execution was great.

I'd recommend this one, it doesn't bore a second.

Elysium - Great potential, but ends up revolving around a magic medical machine which everyone wants. No other scopes explored. Not bad, not great.

The Departed - I've been trying to watch this one for years now, but for some reason one thing or the other would come up. Finally did see it, and wow!

The climax was amazing.

bang bang bang, 70% cast dead xD

Stranger than fiction - This is the movie off the entire lot I'd urge everyone to watch. I never knew will ferrel could do anything other than senseless comedies like Anchorman. But oh so wrong. Loved the story, narration, cast, direction, everything!!

Do watch!

2 Guns - highly meh!

Me, myself and Irene - nice flick. Story and casting was great, comedy was great too. Easily watchable and recommended.

R.I.P.D - The concept was great, and casting was too. Jeff Bridges is a perfect old timer cop fit, but I really don't know, I watched it for the sake of it, it wasn't bad, but not so gripping.

+ a hall flick - xmen days of future past.

People are saying, it's the best one yet.

People aren't lying.

The concept of the sentinels is awe-f-some.

I've played Portal too, and hence I loved that girl. Great to see Ellen Page too <3

1 EPIC FAIL FLAW

In Xmen the last stand, Jean kills Charles. So how can he be alive in the future in the start of the movie.

He can be alive once the past has changed, but not from the start
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Pirates of the Silicon Valley....:cowboy:
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I concur with above^^^

World War Z was a smoker from start to finish great zombie movie.

Stranger than Fiction one of my favorite movies

Me myself and Irene in my opinion HILARIOUS

Let me add Captain Phillips another smoker from start to finish it's just a great movie plus it's based on true events.

I got chills when Seal Team 6 did what they do best.

"No soup for you! Come back one year!!"

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[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
I happen to have Cap. Philips, and since our movie taste seems to go along, I guess I'll watch it this weekend.

Hopefully maybe before!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Heads up!

Sc-Fi and Time Travel fans can add Predestination to their watchlists. It seems to be one to look forward to.

I'm also adding Boyhood to my list.
[Off-topic] A_Troll_:
Dirk, have you ever seen the movie Bunraku? All star cast with Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Ron Perlman, and Gackt it's very Sin City-ish, not as exciting as Sin City 2 promises to be, but maybe it'll tide you over for just a bit.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Looper is awesome !

It let me think back to inception's film style
[Off-topic] devito00:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

One of the best, i watch :cyclops:
[Off-topic] phonegetz:
Fight Club
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'm pretty sure the Timecop thing has been done before but i am looking forward to Boyhood. It'll be nice to see more Linklater work after the awesome conclusion of the 'Before' series.

I haven't even heard of it before now but thanks for the tip!

I watched The Grand Budapest Hotel and it's probably my favourite movie released so far this year. It has all the hallmarks and flourishes of a Wes Anderson movie but is better than the ones i've seen before, including Moonrise Kingdom which i loved. Great performances from the ensemble cast and beautifully shot. 9/10
[Off-topic] smuutje:
Have any of you guys seen Memento?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
A few times. Not the best Christopher Nolan movie but excellent nonetheless!
[Off-topic] the_helix:
OMFG... She is one hot-sexy-elegant-graceful beauty! :highfive:
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
ikr. In 300 Rise of an empire, her role as a cold blooded straight up w/b itch was suiting her so well.

In latest news,

Anyone seen the weaponized Source code a.k.a Edge of Tomorrow?
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Yeah she was amazing in it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
List time..

Christian Bale movies i've seen, best to worst:

American Psycho

The Prestige

American Hustle

The Dark Knight

The Fighter

3:10 to Yuma

The Dark Knight Rises

Batman Begins

Equilibrium

Reign of Fire

The New World

Terminator Salvation

Harsh Times

Out of the Furnace
[Off-topic] roofrider:
I don't see The Machinist in there.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Hello Roofers, how are you? :)

I haven't seen The Machinist. For some reason it's never appealed to me!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
It's on my list. The reviews i've heard so far have been pretty favourable!

I watched the 300 sequel for the second time at the weekend just to see Eva Green's performance again. It was well worth it! :)

Have you seen this new show, Penny Dreadful that she's in? I'm tempted, but some people are saying it's jumped the shark already!