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[Off-topic] s8freak:
Ahhh off to see Interstellar this afternoon with my wife??

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[Off-topic] superbarnie:
I watched the movie yesterday. It was good, but not the best movie ever lol.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Pretty bold statement LOL I've got at least 20 best movie ever movies

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[Off-topic] superbarnie:
My favorite movie is Forrest Gump, then probably Shawshank Redemption.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Just walked out of the theater after Interstellar. Good movie indeed great movie? No but good

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[Off-topic] roofrider:
Anyone watched John Wick yet?

I'm looking forward to watching it. Seems to be kinda similar to The Man From Nowhere, not sure if its better though.

Oh, I watched Maleficent and Mountain Patrol today. Both were good!
[Off-topic] samuel2706:
Worst film I ever watched was that Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the story was something a 10 year old kid who is high on frosties would dream up, honestly releasing every box with no DVD inside would have been a larger success and better on the eyes than that "thing" they released, still though there is a video of me dancing online somewhere so it isn't as bad as that.
[Off-topic] superbarnie:
I'm finally going to watch Guardians of the Galaxy now the the HDrip is out.
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
I just did, it's awesome. Can't wait for 2017.
[Off-topic] M4M1K:
Anybody watched 12 angry men? That one is THE classic

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Ditto. 1080p BRRIP, yay! :victory:
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Dec.17 The Battle of the Five Army's oh yeah

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[Off-topic] superbarnie:
I wished they had kept the movie canon.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
:D

Let's see if we can manage to sit out the entire film this time. Last year all six of us got thrown out of the cinema within the first 20 minutes. :laugh::laugh::laugh: :highfive:

(We should probably not have done that Sherlock marathon the day before. Really bad plan. :laugh:)

If any of you had your showing disrupted by six idiots laughing hysterically throughout most of the first part of the film before they got thrown out by security, that was probably us. I do apologize. It really was hilarious though. :laugh:

Well, about half the other trilogy isn't in the books, and over half the books isn't in the films... "Artistic License" they call it. :rolleyes:

I'm still wondering how they managed to make three films out of a book that barely had enough content for one. I still think they should've done the Silmarillion instead.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Watched Guardians of the Galaxy last night decent movie

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[Off-topic] Android_Monsters:
Watching Walk of Shame. Very funny.
[Off-topic] dianestory2:
I think I went into Interstellar with too high expectations... I was kinda disappointed. It certainly wasn't bad, but I just think that there were a good many plot holes (that existed to serve the purpose of creating a plot). Idk. Not best movie ever; Inception was much better.
[Off-topic] dagger:
Agreed.
[Off-topic] icebreathg4:
I agree too. It was certainly not bad but far from great and the praise it gets. I enjoy it for the most part. Only the ending i found little disappointing.
[Off-topic] –NigthFury–:
anyone here who saw cannibal Holocaust....... the most controversial movie
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Did, and regretted it. #CollegeDays

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Park Chan-wook's next English language film is a sci-fi thriller Second Born. Looks like we'll be seeing him do another Korean flick before Second Born though.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42746

http://www.avclub.com/article/park-chan-wook-helm-sci-fi-thriller-second-born-211883

Also,

*A Most Wanted Man - 7/10

*Guardians of the Galaxy - Entertaining 7.5/10

*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 7/10
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Wadup film club a short list for this past week.

TPB AFK

Wreck It Ralph *Currently Watching*
[Off-topic] Archer:
I watched Predestination last night. After seeing the trailer I honestly thought it would be good, but that I'd already seen enough to spoil any type of "clever" story. I was wrong.

This thing just went wild on my head. It's an awesome film and I would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone that likes anything to do with time travel or existentialism. I'd also recommend it to everyone else! It's definitely one that will sit in your head for a long time after.
[Off-topic] dianestory2:
Mod edit: Spoiler alert. It spoilt it for me, at least.

The black hole was slightly preposterous. I've personally never gone through a black hole, but I cannot expect that I would magically appear at various crucial moments of my life with a chance to communicate via binary to try and convince myself to not do something.

I would expect to go through a black hole and be (destroyed) in a very strange place very distant from my reality. I mean, seriously, what is the likelihood of the bookcase scene being what is behind a black hole? Sorry if I'm just being naive; I know that I am slightly biased because I know that my suspension of disbelief is a little sub-par.
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
I've watched The Guard twice in the last three days, I enjoyed the second time even more. Brilliant black humor, not unlike In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Not sure about In Bruges but by 'not unlike', are you saying Seven Psychopaths was good or bad?

Personally I think it was fantastic! Crazy, but fantastic!
[Off-topic] kreatonn:
Nasi Tangas the best, watch it yeall !
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
With not unlike I meant that it was a bit like those movies, they're both great!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Thank you Archer!

I'm waiting for my man to release Predestination, will be watching it in the next couple of days or so.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
^^^^^ Geez it was just a movie not a Science channel documentary. ?

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[Off-topic] s8freak:
Just watched St. Vincent and it certainly wasn't a science fiction movie nor one dripping in existentialism it was just a damn good movie.

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
As I said, they shouldn't have called it scientific then.

It's like saying 'This apple is 100% organic, but we made the shell out of plastic because it's shinier.'
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Nevertheless it's Hollywood not MIT

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
The executive producer, Professor Kip Thorne, is a renowned theoretical astrophysicist.

My gripe with this is that they spend several interviews telling viewers how they valued his input and used it to make the film as accurate as possible, when that is clearly a blatant lie.

I don't give a **** that it's not a scientific documentary. I've never had a gram of respect for Hollywood, and this only proves once more why that attitude is entirely right.

We will now have to deal with millions of morons who think you can safely fly a spaceshuttle into a black hole. Including the generation which will be our future scientists. Don't think this is bad? Go ask on any random college how many people think there's sound in space and that vacuum makes you explode, because that's how Hollywood portrayed it for decades.

Maybe others like to dumb down and turn off their brains. Me, I like to think and learn.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Probably not a good idea to go to a Hollywood production to learn. It's entertainment no matter who the producer is.

As far as asking any random college student questions about black holes I doubt most of them can answer a question about the Constitution much less can one send a shuttle through a black hole. I bet they can answer who was the last winner on American Idol though.

I'm not arguing the merits of science with you and it would be fantastic if many more shared your passion for knowledge. It's just tha the bottom line here is entertaining the people who go to the movies on a Saturday afternoon like I did with my wife.

The movie was better than Gravity by far it was torturous just trying to keep awake.

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[Off-topic] stepzor:
Have you ever seen "The Hurt Locker"?

It's a really intense movie that goes deep in the mind of an adrenaline-addicted army artificer
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
I don't think anyone here has even seen American Idol... ;) But indeed, most youths are incredibly dumb. But then, they always have been. It's just more obvious now that we can read all their inner thoughts on Facebook.

I really, really hope we'll one day get a proper SciFi film with both action and physics. It's possible, of that I have no doubt. All we need to do is wait for the antiquated studio bosses to die out. They're the ones who make the decisions to dumb down the films.

Now on that you are absolutely right. Gravity was dreadfully boring. The only film slower than that was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where half the cinema left during the break because they thought the film had ended...
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I'll tell you one that was even slower the Benjamin Button... 2001 A Space Odyssey.

I guess people go to movies like Gravity because of the beautiful cinematic experience but personally I'd rather laugh at Jim Carrey in Mr. Poppers Penguins.

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
A classic, but a slow one indeed. Both lasted 160 minutes. Also painfully slow: All chick fliks. How can people watch that mindless dribble without the irresistible urge to shoot one's brains out?

I think a lot of people go to films like Gravity and Benjamin Button because the critics and the media say they're 'good'. The people that consider them beautiful cinematics are usually not gamers, we have a much higher CGI standard than that.

Hm, I never found him funny. Not my type of humour, if I'm honest. But to each their own, at least there's variety!

Ever since I worked at the cinema I've vowed to never set a foot in there again. If people know what we know, they wouldn't, either. There are things you can't ever unsee and can never forget.
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
Guys, anti-intellectualism is very 2013.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I'm not a gamer actually so but as far as things seen in movie theaters well I guess I'm guilty in providing some for others to talk about LOL

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Ah, then I suppose the cinematic experiences are lovely, yes. :)

Nearly everyone is. People never realize how horrible society is until they have to manage them. Anyone in retail and the food and entertainment industry knows what I mean.

The things I've seen...

We considered it a miracle if people put their popcorn buckets and empty cups in the bins. People NEVER do that.

We don't clean under the seats until we're closed, so think about that next time you want to put your bag or coat there. We also don't clean between the seat cushions, so don't stick your hands in it. I'm serious. There are used needles, drugs, condoms, semen, blood, sauce and popcorn in there. Don't

The Fast & Furious films were the worst, along with Transformers and all other 'dude films', at least in terms of littering. Cleaning up after those took an hour per auditorium, and that was when we ignoted everything under the seats. We only get 10 minutes! You literally walked on a sea of popcorn and sauce. Disgusting.

We also went through 10 litres of liquid nitrogen a day just to deal with all the sperm. That's not counting all the condoms under the seats. 'It's milk' is a bloody mantra amongst cinema staff. Romance films were patricularly horrible. You know it's bad when health and safety forbids new employees from cleaning those without supervision.

Word of advice. If there's a towel on the best seats in the auditorium, however great the temptation, don't sit there. 90% probability that the previous occupant was unaware of how to use a condom and spilled himself on the seat.

It wasn't an uncommon sight to walk in on people still going at it, either.

I've also had days of finding discarded needles, blood and whole bags of cocaine. (Weed bags is a daily occurance, but that's legal here. Cocaine is not.) They tend to stick those needles in the seat rims or under the seats, so again, don't go sticking fingers anywhere if you want to avoid contracting aids.

And yes, I've also had days of having to kick people out when I ran into them shooting up in the loo. Some are hilarious. Some get really violent.

After your twelfth ODer, that stops being terrifying. Which I suppose is useful experience.

So yea. Things seen and things experienced. And people wonder why I pirate? That's why.

And if I got a euro for every 'I lost it', 'You don't need to see my identification' and 'I'm 18 but he's not' joke, I'd be richer than Bill Gates.. . We hear those jokes literally 1100 times per evening.

And they all think they're original. Pffff :laugh:

I did get a ton of wonderfully terrifying anecdotes for parties. :laugh:

They always beg me to stop telling them xD.

(Wait till I start on the hooligans. Cinema was directly across from the football stadium. Fun... )
[Off-topic] s8freak:
It isn't like that where I'm from except for the sex which I must admit I was guilty of in my younger years. I'm just as adventurous at 52 just choose not to um have my fun in a theater.

Yes people are pigs for the most part as far as trash popcorn and such. Sounds like they didn't pay you enough.

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
It probably is, or at least somewhat, but the staff is very good at making sure you don't notice. Never turning on the big lights when customers can see it (you cant see the stains in the low light) was the most prominent rule.

They didn't, no. Bare minimum wage. But oh well, a job's a job in this economy... I'm sure there are worse jobs.

Let's get back to films before the mods get annoyed :p

Watched November Man last night. Entertaining film.
[Off-topic] Archer:
Okay - mod hat off as this has nothing to do with the site.

Guys, will you please stop posting plot details from films that are currently out. We get it - you've seen it. Some of us haven't and don't want to know that Bruce Willis was dead all along, okay?

Mod hat back on.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
The problem with that is that films usually air several months later in Europe, and even later in Asia.

For instance, Predestination. It came out in the US on 8 March 2014. The UK release? 5 December 2014. Yes, 9 months later. It has long since left the cinema in the US by then.

So, are all the Americans going to be nice enough to the rest of the world by not mentioning any plot points for almost a year?

Anyone who's been in the internet longer than an hour knows the answer to that is 'no'. They don't. They can barely manage half an hour.

So we'd have to shut up for almost a year before being allowed to discuss new films, in a topic dedicated to discussing films. :silly:

If we're not allowed to mention plot points of recent films that we enthusiastically want to talk to others about, we might as well stop this thread, because there will always be someone who hasn't seen the film yet. Better option would be to slap a [SPOILERS] tag onto the thread title. ;)
[Off-topic] Archer:
Sure, there's a difference in release dates which makes that difficult to keep track of. I get that could be an issue.

I'm not saying people aren't "allowed to mention plot points" - I was asking as an avid member of this thread, not a moderator. I wouldn't moderate this thread in that manner as that's not what I'm here for, and it's hardly breaking the forum rules to give away a film plot - it's just inconsiderate to other members.

Rather than put "spoilers" in the thread title, maybe people could just show a bit of consideration for other members and put that in their posts instead. The spoiler tags are there for that exact reason (amongst many others).

Does that sound fair?
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Primer? I could barely make the head or tail of it, but i've watched it only once. Would also suggest Mr. Nobody. Even though it isnt exactly what you are looking for, it is a very good movie.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Oh! I didn't mean 'not allowed' as in it being against the/any rules. :)

Yea, that's fair :)

Certainly an interesting film, but it wasn't really SciFi. The box was fictional science, but the film itself was about the two guys, their choices and their relationship, and how events affect them.

Serenity is a decent example, and a perfect example of how the studios don't want 'serious scifi'. (Firefly...)
[Off-topic] Archer:
Cool - glad we agree on that :)

What would you class as "serious sci-fi" then?
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Well, for me personally, if it features some form of non-terrestrial locations, technology or lifeforms. (Preferably all)

I know that's not the actual definition and I know SciFi stands for Science Fiction. But if just an advanced device is enough to count as SciFi, then Person of Interest is SciFi, James Bond was and is SciFi, and so is CSI and everything else that uses some form of currently non-existing technology.

So if we call all films with some form of fictional science SciFi, what do we call films like Star Wars, Serenity, The Matrix, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avatar, Star Trek and other 'space films'? Because they are nowhere near the same type of films as the ones that just feature some new form of technology invented by humans in today's day and age.

I hope that makes sense xD
[Off-topic] Archer:
Yeah, that makes sense - I can see where you're coming from. That actually muddies the water so much that I'm left wondering what sci-fi actually is! I suppose it's probably dictated by the amount of "science fiction" within the film, so something like I, Robot is sci-fi, but Dune isn't (even though I would call that sci-fi, personally).

We could debate the intricacies of this forever, and then move onto whether there is such a genre as "pop music" :p
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
It's made even worse by the fact that what was SciFi 20 years ago might very well be fact today. We're going to send people to live on Mars in a few years. There are robots in Japan. They're trying to build AI's. Siri, Google Now and Cortana? That would've been really futuristic in 1980. Today we don't think twice about it. And 20.000 leagues under the sea by Verne was SciFi once. Today nearly every natio has advanced submarines.. So what we call SciFi today might not be in 2030. Yea, that doesn't help xD

Well, Dune plays in the future, on another planet and involves spaceships. I'd call that pretty SciFi, myself. :)

Or Rock music. At least we won't get bored! :p
[Off-topic] Archer:
I thank the gods for ambiguity. When questioned at college once about what genre(s) Star Wars most fitted, my friend and his classmates came to the conclusion that it was a sci-fi western religious thriller. With me, Dune is more about the spiritual side of the story. The fact that they're in space ships and travelling the galaxy, through wormholes created by really baked smack heads, is incidental. We take it the way that suits us best, I guess.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I like to go to the movies to just enjoy the movie without really having to wonder if that death ray really exists.

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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
True. It would probably be more accurate to say the setting of Dune is SciFi, but the genre is Drama/Adventure.

And I like to enjoy a film by wondering if it is possible and how it would be done. :)

Thankfully there's plenty of choice for everyone, and nobody enforcing what to think or like. :)
[Off-topic] Archer:
I still can't get Predestination out of my head. It's not often a film sticks with me this much.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Time for Night at the Roxbury

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[Off-topic] husam666:
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an awesome film for the drama fans. 8/10 i recommend it.
[Off-topic] s8freak:
+1 agreed 100% one of Carreys best and so is The Majestic

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[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Just finished watching:

Wreck it Ralph

Zero Dark Thirty

Redline *Currently Watching*
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Got around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy.

Epic film! Felt like watching a classic videogame. (It actually reminded me quite a bit of SW KOTOR.) Stunning CGI artwork.

(And no, in films like this the science doesn't matter, because science has nothing to do with the film.)
[Off-topic] roofrider:
A couple of quick updates.

Predestination: Very good! 7.5/10

Lucy: Mostly laughable, but i was pleasantly surprised to see a familiar Korean face, so yay for that. 6/10

The Zero Theorem: 6/10
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Just watched the Star Wars teaser trailer. I think a little pee escaped.

In J.J we trust.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
We do? :confused:

I thought we all held on to our fan-hearts in sheer terror.. This is the man who made Star trek 1 and 2... The man who doesn't have a single hair's respect for Canon...

I know, I know, it's 'just a teaser', but it felt more like a fanfilm.
[Off-topic] DesireTrees:
Fight club is the best film :)

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The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an awesome film
[Off-topic] husam666:
Dirk! Long time no see, mate. How have you been?
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Blast from the past - Ali-G Indahouse.

Epic parody movie, my stomach hurt by the end of the movie.. XD

Also Let's Be Cops is a fun ride, definitely recommendable!
[Off-topic] Archer:
Dirk!!! Welcome back :D

I had the exact same reaction to that trailer. It's clearly a lot more serious than we're used to with the Star Wars series, but I sort of expected that with JJ Abrams behind the wheel. It's a double whammy for me as the film release is apparently going to coincide with the release of Battlefront III, which I've been waiting for for nearly 10 years. Finally, something that may stop me playing GTAV. *May* :p
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I gotta watch Let's be Cops maybe tonight I think

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I wasn't to interested in more Star Wars movies but reading both of your guys enthusiasm about it I'm going to have to check it out.

I loved the last two Star Trek movies I thought they were fantastic and added them to my every growing dvd collection.

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[Off-topic] Archer:
I was apprehensive about the new Star Wars films, being a massive fan of the original 3 *and* the 3 prequels (controversial, I know :p), but then I was sat watching Tron Legacy one day, for about the fifth time, and realised I was being silly. I love both Tron and Tron Legacy so how can I be put off a Sci-fi film purely because Disney are involved. I've also been a fan of J.J. Abrams's work for a long time, probably since I first watched Alias.

We obviously won't know for sure until we've seen it, but unless the script is as bad as some of the previous films then I expect great things.

"You're the Sith Lord we've been looking for?"

"Yes. Kill all the kids at the Jedi Temple and become my apprentice."

"Oh, okay then!"