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Did you know that Arther Conan Doyle (sp) was a believer in the paranormal etc. and invented the character of Holmes to take the p*ss out of what he considered to be the over rational modern state of mind.

Then the book got famous and he was stcuk with him despite hating Holmes and everything he stood for.

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And what's with the totally unneccessary and inappropriate to the storyline sex scenes?

Stu was going to give it 0/10 until he remembered the sex scenes

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Title: Adventureland
Genre: Teen coming of age type romcom thing
Good actors: Ryan Reynolds was brilliant, though I like him anyway. But he wasn't playing his typical role. Almost the bad guy of the movie. The rest were alright
Products Placements: Weed
Minutes too long: about 20. Can't think of anything that couldn't have been that bit shorter. Few too many pointless sub-plots that add little
Deaths: Nope
Attractive males: All pretty much nerds and geeks apart from Reynolds
Attractive females: Kristen Stewart is hot. I only found out after that she's the chick in the Twilight movies, yet she still seems attractive to me. How very curious
Best Quote: Tommy Frigo: James, don't get all drunk and fall asleep or anything.
James Brennan: Why not?
Tommy Frigo: Because I'll jack off on your face.
Highlight: Honestly, can't really think of any. There was nothing that really stood out to me as being anything better than average. The music throughout was pretty awesome though. Lou Reed, Crowded House... the music rocked
Lowlight: My own expectations ruined this. Saw the trailer and it looked hilarious. But everything was just so formulaic with nothing to make it memorable. Directed by the same guy who directed Superbad, but obviously not written by him. This film gives nothing that Superbad didn't give in a funnier way
Score: 4 Giant Panda teddys out of 10

I thought it was absolute dogsh*t as well, typical yank nerd written sh*te, where they're really clever and use big words and get the girl. Fuming I wasted my time with it, I could have watched Commando for the 100th time and enjoyed it more.

Yeah, this guy, a real nerd, not only gets the cute, kinda quirky girl, he also has the (supposedly) hottest girl there chasing after him, even though he did nothing remotely interesting.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE! AND I SHOULD KNOW!

I'm not saying that most of Commando could happen in real life either, but Arnie makes the bad guy let off some steam, so s'all good

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i watched The Devil Wears Prada as well. i wouldn't say that i <3 Anne Hathaway but i don't think she's plain; i just thought she looked cute and had cool hair.

Yeah that's part of the absurdity of the film, that she isn't particularly plain or 'fat' as she's constantly accused of being.

Yeah, it's mad about her being called fat because she says that she's a size 6 (which is a British size 10, i think). But i s'pose it's meant to show that fashion is daft. It was all right but i prefer Ugly Betty.

Ugh, Deb, as if your avatar isn't bad enough.

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Title: Up in the Air

Agree with that review totally. Especially poignant was the Ryan Bingham: I'm a parenthesis? bit. I loved the whole fit your life in backpack thing, because, well, that's me.



Anyway. I've got a mini review of Avatar. It's all been covered before, but I just want to add:

- Why the hell does everyone whoop all the time? Every five minutes someone is shouting "woooo, yeaah" or "that's what I'm talking about" for no apparent reason. People don't do this.
- The annoying look at how wonderful and breathtaking out world is wide-shots. As if we've not seen a magical world a million times before in film. It wastes a good hour on this.
- The zoom. You should never use zoom. Have these directors never been to film school? It's the same in Transformers, it just looks amateurish. I can understand using it for effect if you are going for an amateur documentary type of look, but it's utterly ridiculous in this otherwise beautiful, and professionally shot world.

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- The Na'vi, at some points I almost believed they were actually people in makeup, and not total CGI. This is actually a compliment, looks like we are on the upside of the uncanny valley now.
- I couldn't take the bad guy seriously, because the film I'd watched earlier that week was Men Who Stare At Goats. Where the same actor plays a military man with hippy-ish tendencies.
- Papyrus for the subtitles? F*ck off.


I heard it described as Dances With Wolves In Space, which is pretty apt. Apart from Avatar cops out with a happy ending

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It's Avatar on the ground

Damn man, you could've put spoilers or something in there

Title: The Crazies.
Genre: Horror.
Good actors: Timothy Olephant.
Products Placements: None (i think).
Minutes too long: None.
Deaths: Lots.
Attractive males: Timothy Olephant?
Attractive females:
Best Quote: Oh gosh - I am sorry I cannot remember any quotes at-all. It is really silly! All the quotes are not so important, I think - all the conversations are really serious and about the story.
Highlight: It is pretty good, I think - it is really pretty creepy and jumpy, and also lots of bits are really terrible and horrific. It is really silly lots of people and newspapers are really scared and panicky about lots of diseases really suddenly.
Also, we saw a tiny trailer about "Kick-A*s" too. Squee!
Lowlight: All the story it is pretty obvious, sometimes, I think. Also, it is really silly the first half is really slow and creepy and interesting, but the second half is like a chase movie. It is pretty fast and exciting, still, I think. I am not sure.
Score: 7 angle grinders out of 10.

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I saw a film!

Title: The Wolf Man.
Genre: Horror.
Good actors: Anthony Hopkins.
Minutes too long: 20, and it was a pretty short film.
Deaths: A few.
Lowlight: The woman: "NO!" *does a typical stupid woman thing*
Score: 2 or 3 out of 10.

Was actually quite enjoyable, I'd say I enjoyed it 9 out of 10, but that might give the impression that it was actually a good film (which it wasn't). I almost enjoyed it 10/10 actually but I was watching it with someone who wouldn't be quiet and commented on everything that happened despite being told to be quiet twice. He was worse than the doc at an Iron and Wine concert

Title: Downfall
Genre: War. The final days of Hitler
Good actors: Guy who plays Hitler (Bruno Ganz) is fantastic, as is Eva Braun and Magda Goebbels
Products Placements: The Nazi Party
Minutes too long: 15-20 minutes. I felt a lot of the end kinda dragged out. Necessary in a way, but dragged out nonetheless
Deaths: War movie without death would be like Titanic without an incident involving an iceberg
Attractive males: Not really, but the guy who plays Joseph Goebbels has really freaky eyes
Attractive females: Eva Braun is pretty hot in a Milf way.
Best Quote: Adolf Hitler: Tomorrow millions of people will curse me, but fate has taken its course.
Highlight: Tremedous acting throughout. Really great story (based on real events I hear). Ganz's portrayal of Hitler is chilling and terrifying, yet almost sympathetic when it needs to be. After 3 minutes the fact it was subtitled never even registered, so its not an issue at all
Lowlight: A bit too much time spent on a medic, who seems to have mostly been thrown in so he can witness the horrors of war and stuff. Interesting, but not as interesting as those closest to Hitler.
Score: World War 9 out of 10