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Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:46 am Post subject: The Movie Topic

Hate to start on a negative, but couldn't keep this one hidden - Alexander is a steaming heep of dog excrement!

Too long, melodramatic, overwought, pretentious, grim, lazily directed (by Oliver Stone!) and pathetically written.

Despite everything however, Angelina Jolie somehow manages to be superb. Unfortunately, the twenty minutes she's on screen fail to make up for the other two-and-a-half hours of... Alas, soldiers are yet to invent a suitable expletive.
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Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:53 am Post subject:

And now a positive. House of Flying Daggers

Beautifully shot, beautifully choreographed and with some truly original ideas in the set-pieces.

If (like me) you're a fan of this type of balletic hokum, the story is a little predictable, but the whole thing is such a joy to the eyeballs it doesn't matter.
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Carol · Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 917 Location: Burton on Trent

Took the kids to see National Treasure.

Enjoyable rubbish with Nicholas Cage and Sean Bean

Carol

Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:14 am Post subject:

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Watched 'The Hours' on DVD yesterday afternoon and found it fascinating. The story intertwines Virginia Woolf's battle against insanity as she begins to write her first novel, with the dramatic effect the book has on the life of one of her readers and weaves the characters of the book in their present day lives. It's hard to do justice to the film by trying to explain the intricacies on here, but suffice it to say it's intelligent, beautifully acted and well worth watching.

Rosie · Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 49 Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:

Carol · Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 917 Location: Burton on Trent

Conversation overheard at the pictures

Girl1 - War of the Worlds is coming out in the summer
Girl2 - Oh yes, I read the book. But I don't know whether I can stand Tom Cruise saving the world again

Does this mean that Tom Cruise plays a bacteria??

Carol

Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

GaryH · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject:

Can't see War of the Worlds remake being up to much. What's the betting it'll be a ragtag bunch of heroes who come to the rescue led by Cruise and I bet there all American Rolling Eyes

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Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject:

Just found a still from the movie - Tom, sat with a group of haggered refugees, holding a crying child. Already things don't bode well
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Bebbet · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject:

Missy · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

Anyone seen The Incredibles? Stayed awake all the way through, which is a first for me when taking my kids to the pictures.

WelshPixie · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

The Incredibles is goooooooooooood.

Iain bought Amelie for me the first time we met, insisting that I simply HAD to own it, and I love it.

Just finished watching The Chronicles of Riddick and now I'm watching Pitch Black. Reasonably good - Vin Diesel gets better with every movie he makes.
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