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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 12, 2004 12:48:32 GMT
Been to the movies lately? Anything you want to recommend to Bloody Spikers - or WARN US OFF?! Tell us what you've seen, what you thought of it etc. And if you had anyone thrown out for chattering or eating too loudly and messily.... or is that just me?! Because I'm anal, I would personally like to know how much everyone pays at their local cinema(s) too!
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Post by SpikesToy on Jan 12, 2004 13:13:10 GMT
I haven't been to the cinema in ages but I think it's about $12.50 for an adult (5.50 UK and 10.00 US) but cheaper on Tuesday nights.
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 12, 2004 13:19:24 GMT
LOST IN TRANSLATION - starring Bill Murray and Scarlet Johanson, (and Phoebe's brother from Friends ;D) Bill Murray plays Bob Harris, a middle aged, well know actor, currently in Japan to shoot a commercial for a brand of whiskey. There are lots of gags on misunderstanding language and pronunciation, the best bit being when Bob's host sends over a prostitute one evening, she tells him to "lip my stockings" he clearly doesn't have a clue, she ends up rolling around on the floor on her own faking an orgasm, very funny scene. Bob's having a mid-life crisis, which isn't helped by his wife constantly faxing him about the colour scheme for the new carpet in his study at home. Enter Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), bored young wife of Phoebe's brother (Giovani Ribisi [sp]), he's a busy photographer, she's just along for the ride. I personally didn't see the chemistry between Bob and Charlotte, I couldn't see what he would have seen in her (apart from youth and beauty of course ;D). I found the film a little slow moving in parts, but very funny in others, Bill Murray was perfect as the jaded and dazed Bob and Scarlett was pretty to look at Well saw that on Saturday afternoon so it was £5.50, but seeing anything of an evening would probably be more like £8-10 I haven't had anyone actually thrown out recently, but had a screaming match with some kids a while back, and had to tell peeps to shut up during LotR-Return of the King
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 12, 2004 13:46:04 GMT
Yikes, London prices are scary! When we saw "Kill Bill" (fabulous, amazing, marvellous. Roll on February for Part Two!) the Warner's Citiplex price had just gone up to £5-80, full price, but they used to do a pre 5-30 price, assume they still do, which would be a fair bit cheaper. The Odeon was always a bit cheaper, and full of character, but of course, i can't get in the sodding building these days! Hmmm, doesn't really sound like my kinda film, although I have always liked Bill Murray. But D is keen so I should show willing, as he does so much for me If and when we catch it, I'll drop my opinion by, too ;D
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 12, 2004 20:10:00 GMT
Because I'm anal, I would personally like to know how much everyone pays at their local cinema(s) too! Prices here: $5.00 for before 5 p.m. shows; $7.50 after that; the snack bar is another story and I'm not going to touch that!
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 12, 2004 23:38:18 GMT
Your ticket prices seem very reasonable, Cy. Cinema food and snacks are notoriously pricey the world over and just proves that *drags out * [shadow=red,left,300]people shoudn't eat at the cinema!!![/shadow] That's what homes and restaurants etc are for.
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 12, 2004 23:52:03 GMT
Hate to post a one-liner, but...
AGREED! ;D
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Post by Ditto on Jan 17, 2004 17:52:19 GMT
I don't see anything wrong with one liners, if that's all you have to say. I hate reading through a mound of waffle just 'cos peeps are scared to say all they have to precis style. It's £5.50 at the Trafford Centre but it's a about a pound cheaper at our local fleapit the Curzon, Urmston, Manchester (locals please support)! A nice man keeps it open at a loss and comes all the way from his home in Ormskirk to open up. Selfless I call it. It's the last of the little picture houses around our way. Last film I saw (at the Curzon plug plug) was LotR and it was a packed house. Loads of kids an'all, but they were all quite well behaved. The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd...you can't beat a bit of local colour and atmos.
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Post by nightnurse on Jan 17, 2004 18:01:11 GMT
ur local fleapit closed recently which was a pain....cos they were cheap and nearby...we have to travel to Bracknell, Reading or Wokingham, and pay more for the privilege..think its about £5.50 *cough rip off cough* Yep LoTR 3 was mega brilliant...despite annoying man with 'flu' sat next to me who wanted us to swap seats so he could be on the end...why...I don't know..'Have to sit on the end I may just have to rush out for an emergency hanky'...dipstick!!
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 20, 2004 15:28:54 GMT
'A Mighty Wind' - a tongue in cheek look (mockumentary) at the Folk Music craze of the 1960/70's, 3 bands are re-grouped to pay tribute to their Promoter/Manager (whatever!) I had high hopes for this film but it just wasn't funny or clever enough, there were a few good gags and some of the songs were a riot, but not something I'd really recommend
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 25, 2004 10:18:50 GMT
'Big Fish' this hasn't had the best reviews but I really enjoyed it, Albert Finney was excellent as the older Ed Bloom. The story is all about Ed's seemingly fantastical re-telling of his life, Ewan McGregor plays the young Ed, and his relationship with his son (Billy Crudup [sp.]). Jessica Lange played Ed's wife, though was woefully underused (as oft the case with female actors), Helena Bonham Carter has a cameo, as do Steve Buscemi and Danny Devito.
This is a Tim Burton film, so I was thinking it might be more 'fantastical' but I was very pleased with the result.
I can recommend!
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 25, 2004 12:51:00 GMT
I caught Film 2004 on Saturday, with Jonathan Ross interviewing Ewan and talking about the film. Seemed quite appealing to me. They showed a couple of clips of HBC and I thought she did the accent well!
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 27, 2004 8:33:08 GMT
Churhill The Hollywood Years - this was a pre-screening to get feedback, the film's still in production and won't be out for some time. Evidence comes to light of the fact that Winston Churchill was in fact an American GI who saved England from invasion by the Germans, the Churchill we know from history was just a front. Christian Slater plays the real Churchill, Neve Campbell plays the young Princess Elizabeth, with Miranda Richardson, Lesley Phillips (who's very funny) Rik Mayall, Reeves and Mortimer and many others. The Eastend scene is very funny, the whole thing is done from a very stereotypical view of the Brits by your average American, and I'd say it worked. We had to fill out forms at the end and there was a discussion, which Yaz and I skipped out on in favour of the pub I'd recommend it for a laugh.
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 27, 2004 10:55:38 GMT
That sounds hysterical! I guess it is a response to all those US movies that rewrite history and have them saving the day when they were nowhere near, in reality..... sorry US Dirty Girls but it happens all the bleeding time. Very irritating!
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 27, 2004 11:06:36 GMT
that's more or less what I put on the forms they gave us to fill in PK, but on seeing the film you just know that some Americans will think it's at least partially historically correct ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 27, 2004 11:24:26 GMT
LMAO... Oops, oh dear!
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Post by slaybelle74 on Jan 28, 2004 18:13:49 GMT
last film i saw was Big Fish....and i loved it,i weeped at the end our ticket prices are 5.50 before 6pm,then it goes up to $8.50..and i never eat at the movies...tooooooo pricey
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Post by NLSpikette on Jan 28, 2004 18:28:24 GMT
yeah me too belle
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Post by NLSpikette on Mar 23, 2004 13:35:37 GMT
ok not a film review but a play, I thought this would be the nearest related thread: The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh I was really impressed with this play, though not what I'd iexpected. The opening scene is set in a police interrogation room (in some un-named totalitarian state) with a young man sitting at a desk with no idea why he is there. The man is Katurian Katurian (middle name Katurian , played by David Tennant. Katurian is a writer, most of his stories consist of tales about children being mistreated and/or murdered by adults. Jim Broadbent plays detective Tupolski, who together with his colleague Ariel, played by Nigel Lindsay, are investigating a series of gruesome child murders in the town, which (it transpires) are exact enactments of Kuturian's stories. Tupolski and Ariel play good cop/bad cop with Katurian, informing him that they are also holding his mentally disabled older brother Michal in an adjoining room, who has already confessed to the murders. Throughout the interrogation we are read Katurian's stories, some of which are played out in rooms which appear above their heads (extremely well done!), we also slowly discover why Michal is so damaged and the reason for Katurian's obsession with child abuse. One of Katurians stories is about a young boy whose parent parents are carrying out an 'experiment' in which their son (supposedly an only child) is encouraged to write stories, which start off fluffy and happy enough, however at night the boy hears awful sounds of torture and the screaming of a child from the room next to his, his parents convince him these are just dreams. These 'nightmares' result in darker and darker stories from the boy, until when he is about 14, his parents leave him at home alone one night. He breaks into the room next door and is confronted with a room full of torture instruments and the corpse of a child on a bed, The boy is stunned, but all of a sudden his parents pop up and reveal it's all been a hoax, part of their experiment, to see how these sounds would affect his psyche and reveal itself in his writing, they all laugh and hug and life goes on. Katurian explains to the police that the story is autobiographical. One of the murdered children's fingers are produced as evidence and Ariel says they were found at Katurian's home. Katurian and Michal are finally allowed to see each other at the police station, Katurian is relieved to find that Michal hasn't been tortured into a confession, in fact he seems absolutely fine, Katurian wonders why the police would be trying to frame them. They talk about Katurian's stories and how similiar they are to the actual murders, at some point Michal casualty mentions that he's surprised the police found the fingers as he'd hidden them so well, Katurian is stunned, he can't believe what he's hearing, but yes Michal is the murderer. He says what does Katurian expect when all he had experienced was torture and abuse as a child and then Katurian's stories were all about hurting children too! At this point we see (above their heads) the real events of Katurian and Michal's childhood, everything is the same until the point when Katurian breaks into the room and finds the emaciated child. who in fact is still alive and is his brother. Katurian smothers his parents with their pillows that night in their beds and buries them in the garden. (I'll finish this later, it's taking longer than I thought )
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Post by PokerKitten on Mar 23, 2004 14:15:13 GMT
OMG, sounds amazing! Shades of Major Major Major...
*hides behind the sofa waiting for the rest*
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