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I have a number of films I have seen lately. Some I may not see again. However, it's due in large part to not having a blockbuster store nearby anymore. However, their website is good. I need to shorten my queue on there by a lot, so I'm watching movies almost as fast as they come in. However, I digress from the topic point.

 

The Mechanic, good movie, I thought, and saw Jason Stratham in a good role.

 

Drive Angry, great movie of Nicolas Cage. Kind of reminded me of like Ghost Rider and Spawn without the extra abilities they have. I won't say it's his best, but I do like plot of the movie, and also the acting. Good movie to see.

 

I know this one is still in the theaters, but if you go see it, I promise it's worth the money to go. Green Lantern. I thought that Ryan Reynolds really grew to the character in this one, and actually made Hal Jordan. It does depart some from the comics, but I chalk up to the screenwriters, and timing. (What is missing is that when the "alien" crashed and called Hal Jordan, he was in a flight simulator, and was flown out in that. In the movie, he was in the middle of the street. Not a bad change, just something a little different.) I may buy it when it comes to dvd. All depends on things.

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Super - I really enjoyed this. Looks like it was made on dinner money, but a good film anyway, with some uneven performances but a good script. It had a different point to make than similar recent films like Defendor and Kick Ass. Managed to subvert my expectations.
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Since they've been showing the Kung Fu Panda 2 ads and commercial tie-ins (like the (clipped?) McDonalds ad with the girl that goes "hnyip!"), I picked up the first film on DVD at 1/3rd the normal price - a real bargain.

 

I really enjoyed it.

 

It wasn't the slapstick laugh-a-minute comedy that the tv ads seemed to make it out to be when it was new. Had a nice mix of light heartedness and drama that adults can enjoy but also not bog down the story for children. Quite looking forward to adding the second one to my library one day.

 

- NKF

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Zach and Miri Make a Porno - actually quite funny, a sort of romantic comedy but for men.

 

That's stretching the category slightly but I get what you mean.

 

Watched Scott Pilgrim vs the World last night. Whilst he didn't actually fight the world as such, it was a very good, unpredictable film. Well, there was one bit that was predictable toward the end if I'm honest, but the rest was thoroughly unpredictable. And bonkers. Don't forget bonkers. Daft as a brush. But good.

 

Loved the little parts people had as evil ex's - Chris Evans (Fantastic 4/Captain America etc) and Brandon Routh (Superman) as well as Thomas Jane as the Vegan Police :P

 

(I just looked up Thomas Jane because I always forget the guy's name and was susprised to find a Punisher sequel on IMDB - he's not in it but it looks a bit more like comic book action than the first one. I was equally surprised to find that Dolph Lundgren also had a go at being Frank Castle way back in 1989: https://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=punisher - you learn something new every day!)

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Wow, that film will be soooo claustrophobic even though it's on the moon just because of the space suits. But then I guess that's the point otherwise it's the same as a hundred other horror films of recent years :P
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The plot 'teaser' I've just read has given away the entire story. Nice.

 

In other news, The Tunnel is a decent Australian attempt at shaky cam horror, quite competent, not exceptional though.

 

Submarine is pure genius, the cruelty, hilarity and mental instability of the teenager.

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There's a new Miyazaki film out in Japan, looking forward to that getting to Europe in a while. Premiere was while I was in Tokyo, but couldn't get tickets.

 

Written by the elder Miyazaki and directed by the younger. Kokuriko-Zaka Kara (From Kokuriko Hill).

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The Specialist. Sharon Stone plays a magnificent slut, Stallone is as full of steroids as ever and James Woods, while not quite on the sort of manic form that elevated Vampires, still gives a good performance with plenty of energy and venom (the bit where he holds up a funeral procession with a gun is a great laugh). Good 90s action film nonsense.

 

Have to be careful, though, as Stallone gets his arse out in it.

 

Assassins. Another 90s action flick, notable for Stallone's surprisingly serious performance and Antonio Banderas in lunatic mode (whenever I say "Chit chat." I say it in his accent, even to this day). A bit more mature than your average action film, and a decent flick. Don't think much of Julianne Moore, though.

 

Return of the Living Dead. Still one of the best horror comedies around. Zombies and laughs in equal measure, with the intensity rising in pitch as the film goes on. Does have some dodgy acting, and time has not been kind to 80s punk fashions, but some surprisingly good special effects and the consistent funnies make it very watchable. Plus the chap who plays Burt looks like a young Lloyd Bridges.

 

Skyline. This is the most pathetic thing I've seen since I caught two men in the same cubicle in the toilets at work, and it turned out they weren't gay men having sex, but some idiots who had shoplifted some biscuits and decided to consume the evidence.

 

I hear they're making a sequel. Please, don't make a sequel.

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Tsk, tsk - it's merely the concept I find interesting (and worrying).

 

We're otherwise already starting to see the onset of this in genetics. If you could make sure your son had certain traits, better health, or an edge in intelligence through genetical improvement wouldn't you want to make sure he got the best he could?

 

Ageing is just a derivative of this (with other implications as well, naturally).

 

All in all, Huxley territory (namely "Brave New World"), and a troubling trend indeed. The game is fixed, and the reality is: there may be no rebelling past a certain threshold...

 

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Luckily, likely not in our lifetime... :P

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We're otherwise already starting to see the onset of this in genetics. If you could make sure your son had certain traits, better health, or an edge in intelligence through genetical improvement wouldn't you want to make sure he got the best he could?

 

Oooh, oooh, oooh! Gattaca!

 

The Good, The Bad, The Weird.

 

An Eastern Western, taking the bare bones of TGTBATU and reimagining it in 1930s Manchuria. With competing gangs, Koreans, and the Japanese army running around looking for a buried treasure, three men come into conflict over a map. Song Kang-ho is wet-yourself-funny in nearly every scene, and the action is almost constant but never gets boring. Flat-out entertaining all the way through. Even an over-used tune from Kill Bill is put to good work. Absolutely wonderful.

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The Good, The Bad, The Weird.

 

An Eastern Western, taking the bare bones of TGTBATU and reimagining it in 1930s Manchuria. With competing gangs, Koreans, and the Japanese army running around looking for a buried treasure, three men come into conflict over a map. Song Kang-ho is wet-yourself-funny in nearly every scene, and the action is almost constant but never gets boring. Flat-out entertaining all the way through. Even an over-used tune from Kill Bill is put to good work. Absolutely wonderful.

 

Agreed! Saw this in a nearly empty cinema last summer. Three people around, and we laughed our ass off. Best thing since bread fresh from the oven.

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Apollo 18. Not awful, but not good, merely sub-par.

 

Far more entertaining were the antics of a nearby couple. The girl was not best pleased at it being a scary film, and insisted upon A) covering her face with a jacket and B) pulling her legs up onto her seat, which did no harm thanks to her short sundress.

 

They had a whispered argument for the last hour of the film, and she didn't even deign to bollock him on the way out. Good luck climbing out of that hole, mate.

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