Monopolyman
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I dunno. I go with my emotions when I'm watching a film, and apart from the scene where Joker is helping Pile with his shirt, it offered very little. Especially the second half. The characters were one-dimensional. Did they want to go home? Were they scared? Do they want anything apart from a fuck?
To be fair though, in an attempt to gather as men as possible to fight in Vietnam, the US government tried to portray an image of being part of the US Army as rather laid back and even somewhat fun. The knock on affect to this was an army which was rather laid back and had a 'couldn't give a fuck' attitude which you described. Kubrick was merely portraying this in FMJ.
And while were on the subject of Full Metal Jacket. Why do people care about the first half, but not so much about the second. In my humble opinion, it was every bit as engrossing as the boot camp sequences. The last scene was chilling.
The Wire Season 2
Technically not a film, but screw it. It's like a 12 hour movie anyway. But anyway, in one word, brilliant. It amazes me how far the characters developed in just two seasons, and how deep some of the themes dwell. For example, after a decline in sales due to, along with other factors, a poor stash, Stringer starts to incorporate some business-style marketing, which is quite an intriguing move from mere black gangsters, and actually has an effect on the overall story. If your'e not watching The Wire yet, at least check it out. You owe it to yourself. Season 2, although I slightly prefer the first season, is one of the best things on TV in this decade.
9.5/10
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So, shall we start comparing sizes?
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I was in the shake-zone, and I slept right through it. It wasn't too long after I hit-the-hay either.
Go me!
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I'd go with Short Cuts then.
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Which should I watch first? Collateral, Short Cuts or Stand By Me?
What exactly are you in the mood for?
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Well, I guessed all of the competitive oscar winners correctly. I fucked up on the techncals. I don't know how the fuck The Golden Compass got visual effects, but still.
Glad that No Country won BP, my favourite of the nominees, though I did love There Will Be Blood.
I'm still pissed Zodiac didn't even get a nomination. Not even Original Screenplay.
EDIT: Out of interest, how are people seeing '12'? I really want to see it, but don't think it's even going to get a release.
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The thing about euthanasia is that it's open to abuse. For example, an ill patient has never really thought about euthanasia, but was suggested by relatives to consider it, then manipulated into it.
I'm not saying that I'm against it, but I don't think it's as clear-cut as allowing anyone who wants to die to be put out of there misery. I mean, you got to think about it, especially if you are dealing with life & death.
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- I like my coffee with milk, and maybe a sugar, but not always
- Biscuit-wise, I love Hobnobs, but I never have a biscuit with my coffee
- Favourite mug would have to be this fuck off black mug I bought in Chicago Airport. I has 'Chicago' on the side of it and a outline of the Chicago skyline Very Nice.
- Milk in before sugar. Hell, I put the milk in before the water. Gives the coffee extra taste, I thuik
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There Will Be Blood, hopefully I'll get around to seeing it next week if I have enough money. I've seen bits here and there, though.
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Richard Pryor
Bill Hicks
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Demitri Martin
I actually bought Richard Pryor: Live in Concert the over Christmas. I completely forgot about it though. This thread just reminded me to watch it soon, maybe even.
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Looks quite funky. Made me want to check out the film now (I wasn't that bothered before).
Oh, and another thing. Is this film going to be Nazi era like the other films, or is this going to be a few years ahead of it? During the Cold War prehaps.
EDIT: Oh wait, the trailer had Nazi's. Just ignore that last sentence.
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It doesnt go on full release until Friday, Some cinemas got advance screenings this week.
Oh. That's good then. All I need now is the money.
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There Will Be Blood
Just stunning. I loved every second of it. It actually lived up to my hype.
10/10
Man, this isn't playing in any theatre in Merseyside, or even, as far as I can tell, The whole North West. I really want to see TWBB, but I might have to end up watching it by illegal means.
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I know he said that way back in August last year, but I'm sure he recently stated military action would be by far the last resort to resolve anything.
Actually, he says pretty much the opposite.
Good afternoon. Let begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil.
I don’t oppose all wars.
My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and he did not fight in vain.
I don’t oppose all wars.
After September 11th, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported this Administration’s pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such tragedy from happening again.
I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism.What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perles and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.
What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Roves to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone thru the worst month since the Great Depression.
That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.
Now let me be clear – I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity.
He’s a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.
But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.
I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the middle east, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of Al Queda.
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.
So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president today.You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s finish the fight with Bin Laden and Al Queda, thru effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure that the UN inspectors can do their work, and that we vigorously enforce a non-proliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of nuclear material, and that nations like Pakistan and India never use the terrible weapons in already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.
Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.
The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not – we will not – travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain.
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But, I think Obama has already lost, It's pretty obvious who the next President will be (Unless Clinton royally fucks up that is).Trust me, Clinton will not be president.
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Sup'.
I thought we should have a thread on this as it's quite a big deal. I think Hillary Clinton won California today which is a blow for Obama. I'm not sure what to write here so just...
Discuss.
But Obama won more states. I'm not too sure about the exact no. of delegates for each candidate, but I don't think the Democrat nomination has been won yet.
Give him 10 years, a seat on a decent committee and maybe even a place on Clinton's ticket (though that's probably going to Edwards) and he'll look better to me.Eh. I don't really buy the experience thing against Obama. Clinton didn't really have much experience, but he turned out to be OK.
Its a shame if Obama doesn't win, he's taking crap for having no experience when all Clinton has is a tainted marriage she endures for political reasons....she's a senator.
Anyway, I'm personally supporting Obama. I'm definitely hoping Clinton does not get the nomination; not because I don't like her (even though I don't like her), but Republicans have been training for 12 years on defeating Clinton if she runs for president. The Republican candidate would annihilate her, and I don't really want another Republican president in the US.
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Like Leone himself as hinted at many times, that was for illusionary purposes, who was he going to fool if he just made the future hollow?
Now that that's established, here we go for the pros:
The fact that Leone himself pretty much said that it was a dream;
The significance of the opium scenes, especially the smile;
The fact that Deborah had barely aged a single day in 30 years;
The fact that David Bailey looks EXACTLY like Max;
The fact that Max/Bailey betrayed Noodles too, indicating a transference of guilt.
And most importantly, the fact that the movie begins with a rendition of 'God Bless America' and in the corresponding end scene has people riding in 1930s-era cars singing the same song.
Then there's the garbage truck scene (with the 35 written ostentatiously on the truck), Noodles never having seen the well-known senator's face on the news or the paper in all those years.
Oh, and again, as for the foretelling of history by Noodles, I don't think his pipe dream came with a soundtrack. Or with visions of new car models. That stuff is incidental, it's supposed to enhance the illusion of reality.
Plus, there's always the fact that Deborah marrying Max makes no sense whatsoever. Or for that matter, the movie itself... If it indeed is not a dream, then I tell you this: this movie sucks.
But when the director himself pretty much confirms that it is, indeed, a pipe dream, I have no worries.
Oh, and also, "Yesterday", the song is for us, the audience, and not a part of reality within the movie.
Meh, I still don't buy it. Filmmakers often do things like what you listed in other films, and you could still drive 30's cars in 1968 if you wanted. But whatever.
Fight Club
Love this film. A voice of a generation. I get something from it everytime I watch it.
9/10
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amazingly, season 2 is on par, and sometimes even better. i need 3 like some kind of McNulty crack fiend.
I might pick up Season 2 today, as I found it relatively cheap on the high-street. Season 3 I think I can rent at my local Blockbuster. After that, I'm stuck.
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My guess is There Will Be Blood is gonna win.
Rewatched Once Upon A Time In America.
Remains brilliant. It still amazes me how the dream theory only came about in the 90s. The 80s viewers must've been quite dumb. It's quite obvious that it is a pipe dream.
10/10
How so? In fact, I pretty much doubt it was a dream, unless Noodles for-told televisual media, The Vietnam War and the melody of The Beatles's Yesterday
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No Country for Old Men
Fucking brilliant. Anyone who disagrees should have their right to vote taken away from them. IMO, the most suspenseful film since Seven, all performances were fantastic, the dialogue is the best I've heard in a film since Pulp Fiction and is also the best film I've seen from the Coen brothers (though, admittedly, I've only seen 4 others). It could've done with more Tommy Lee Jones, but it's still fantastic. This, Zodiac and This is England are all tied for my favourite film of last year.
9.5/10
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and also, THE WIRE! for good measure.
Seconded.
Best. Show. Ever. (Though I've only seen one season).
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Juno
Eh, it was pretty good. Horrible dialouge and I was sort of waiting for it to end during the last 10 or so minutes, but it is a cute film, and balances humour and the seriousness of the issue in hand as well. I stilldon't see why the Acadamy has a raging hard-on for it, though.
7/10
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'Holy shit!' seems to be the right phrase to use now. What does this mean to releas of The Dark Knight?
R.I.P
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No country for old men,
only one bit i didn't understand, may pm O_W asking about it (as he has seen it)
no spoilers but fuck me its AWESOME
10/10
I've really got to get my arse in gear and see this. Might do so on Tuesday, maybe double it with Sweent Todd.
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The Wire (Season 1)
Bloody hell. That was fantastic. Started off a little slowly but definitely pays off in the end. One of the best TV seasons I've ever seen. Can't wait to watch the other 4 seasons.
10/10
Dexter
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It would be quite interesting with a 'Hitman' design, but yeah, I don't have high hopes.