Natz
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Post by Natz on Mar 9, 2004 15:48:08 GMT -5
I liked edward scissorhands although at first i thought it was going to be a horror movie. It was actually quite sad though.
I watched Finding Nemo on Saturday. it was a mixture of happy and sad.(not cry sad just felt sorry for him) Like when Nemo decided he would defey his father and go up to the surface and he got caught by a diver who put him in a tank where he made friends with the other creatures in the tank who helped him escape. With the help of a fish called doreen who helped his father find the eac she also found nemo and took him back to his father which was a very cheerful moment in the film. The really sad part was at the beginning where the mother had her eggs then a shark came and ate most of them.
All in all though it was quite funny in parts but also quite sad in parts. It was quite a good mixture and the animation was good.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 10, 2004 8:44:39 GMT -5
Natz, I cried SO much in the first 5 minutes of Finding Nemo it wasn't funny. However, I really did like the movie, partially because Nemo suceeded despite his "disability" and Crush was like, totally the coolest. How awesome was he? And I liked the Tank Gang when they did that initiation thing, and the Mission Impossible bit. Teehee. Especially that insane fish guy who was all like "Bubbles! Bubbles! Wheeee!" and stuff. ;D
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Post by Natz on Mar 11, 2004 14:49:13 GMT -5
Crash was awesome koneko and so was squirt. The little turtle who ended up going to school with nemo.
Yes the tank gang really helped nemo find his feet so to speak.
Doreen was quite funny as well at the end where she was schooling the sharks that fish weren't to eat.
Yes a lot of the film was sad though.
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Post by Simply Panda on Mar 12, 2004 13:37:32 GMT -5
"I shall call him squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my squishy!" I LOVE DORY!
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 13, 2004 9:27:00 GMT -5
Now I'm not a big fan of Ashton Kutcher, but have you guys seen The Butterfly Effect? "The Butterfly Effect" is a chaos theory idea- if a butterfly beats its wings then (through lots of little consequences of that action), it can create a hurricane on the other side of the world. So basically, that's the premise of the film. I saw it last night and I really liked it- basically Ashton is this guy who figures out how to sort of travel backwards in time through his past experiences, because when he was a kid he had all these blackouts, so he wants to know if he can remember what happened during all these blackouts that he had. So he goes back (well, his mind goes back, he's still a little kid and stuff), and he tries to change these bad things that happened in his past, only the effect on his "present" comes out to be so very different. But everytime he goes back and then forward again, something stuffs up and (well, that's about the whole plot, without giving things away, so I'll stop there. But otherwise, it's a really consistent account of personal time travel, from a metaphysical point of view.)
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Post by En on Mar 17, 2004 18:07:06 GMT -5
I heard a bit about that, and really it sounded a lot like that one X-Files ep where Mulder wakes up with a leaky waterbed and proceeds to get caught up in a bank robbery -- you know that one I mean? Where that blonde woman keeps having the same day over and over? But I do want to see it. Kutcher picks really doltish roles a lot, but like Jim Carrey, there's more to the boy than the dolt. _____________________________________________
Finally rented Finding Nemo so I could figure out what you lot were all on about. I was pleasantly surprised. Nemo wasn't a perfect little angel, Marlin was actually realistically mildly-neurotic, and Dory was the most complex comic relief character I've seen in a while -- and therefore the funniest, because even if her lines weren't always split-your-sides hilarious, she was such an earnest individual that her delivery cracked me up.
And I really loved the fact that Nemo had a bum fin, and that was what caused his fight with his da, and yet he succeeded -- I mean, here we have a story about a boy with a disability, but it's not your oh boo hoo look at the poor little boy bit, and it's also not your saccharine Boy Makes Good garbage. It's just part of life. A thing he fights. A thing he knows his da is good about, but a thing he wishes his da would forget, too. Not every disability tale has to be a tragedy or The Triumph of Helen Keller, you know?
And who were the bad guys? A violent, greedy little kid without respect for life -- good moral there -- and seagulls. Anyone who spends much time near seagulls probably lost a gut laughing about that. "Mine? Mine?" It was so damn ominous, but funny at the same time....
And I really sympathised with Gill, a lot. A lot a lot. Exactly zero of you should be surprised.
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Post by Isbister15 on Mar 20, 2004 20:52:03 GMT -5
I *llllooooovvvvveeee* Finding Nemo. ;D ;D Seriously, the first time I saw it was when we took our Pre-school class on a field trip to the movies, and I had no idea what it was supposed to be about. Boy, was I glad it wasn't one of those annoying, overly-violent, screaming character kiddie movies. I think one of my favourite things about it is that you get so wrapped up in the obvious storyline that you don't even realize the little things that En was talking about at first. But each one of the characters is so clever and the movie covers so many different personality types...even the other "kid" fish who point out their flaws so Nemo will feel better: "I'm H2O intolerant." "I'm obnoxious!" And Dory was just the best. Even now my kids and I walk up to each other in class and get our faces close to each other and just go, " Do ya? Do ya?! DO YA!" ;D ;D
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Post by Simply Panda on Mar 21, 2004 4:38:45 GMT -5
I saw 'Thirteen' yesterday... the movie is pretty intense. It's strange... seems kids are growin up a lot faster these days... and I'm not really old enough to be sayin that!!! Oh, I'm not sayin the movie is accurate for everyone that age... but I'm sure its pegged some. I mean, I did know people who were into that sorta thing at that age, but didn't exactly hang with that crowd. Another interesting point, it was written by one of the acresses in the movie (the bad influence) when she was 15 or 16...
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Post by En on Mar 22, 2004 15:57:57 GMT -5
Yeah, back to Finding Nemo for a second -- the more I thought about it, the more I realised the whole film incorporates loads of different stories about selfishness. I mean, what gets Nemo into trouble in the first place? Deciding he wants to touch the boat for his own pride's sake. What upsets Gill after the first attempt to block the filter? He feels guilty that he put Nemo at risk for his own plan. Marlin's overprotectiveness is a kind of selfishness, too. And addiction, while a disease, manifests as a kind of selfishness -- and the sharks were all at a fish-eaters anonymous meeting, right?
And then you've got your spoiled kid, Darla, another example of selfishness; and the seagulls saying "Mine? Mine?" -- and they're the villains, if this film could be said to have villains. So yeah. It's about selfishness.
heh. selfishness. ...sorry. ____________________________________________
I haven't seen Thirteen and I'm kind of afraid to. It just seems like... there's so much intergenerational hatred out there already, and I'm afraid this film, while it was probably not meant that way, will just make it worse.... ____________________________________________
Watched Brazil this weekend. Bloody brilliant. If any of you liked Fight Club, Blade Runner or Being John Malkovich and you haven't seen Brazil yet, run, don't walk, to your nearest video shop.
Among the reasons to watch it:
1. Jonathan Pryce (Peron in Evita) is your standard un-hero, pushing paper by day and dreaming of a beautiful woman he chases on Icarus-wings by night; Robert de Niro (young Corleone in Godfather) plays a renegade heating repair man; Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins) plays a codependent ministry department head; and Michael Palin (of Monty Python) plays a nice family man whose day job involves torturing people to death.
2. This came out in 1985... and completely, utterly, accurately predicted the rise of terrorism, the US Patriot Act and the post-9/11 US government belief that we need more information about everyone and everything, and less freedoms for them too. We're talking past prophetic to downright spooky, guys.
3. Explosions! Beautiful heroine who drives a monster truck! Bizarre humour! Sophisticated literary references! Sarcastic slogans! Metric/English measurement system skefuffles! Villains in baby masks! Office jokes! And a catchy theme! Come on, what more do you want?
4. Quotability, on a scale of 1-10: 11.8. Any film that actually, successfully gets away with the line "Care for a little necrophilia?" is automatically immortal, and the bit where Sam asks the porter at Information Retrieval whether they need to check his ID is bloody fantastic, but almost everything that comes out of Robert de Niro's mouth in this film equals a perfect geek reference. I mean, "27b/6." Need I say more?
5. Script by Terry Gilliam (of Monty P), Charles McKeown and TOM STOPPARD (author of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead). If you're not drooling yet, wake up.
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Post by Calantha on Mar 22, 2004 16:18:27 GMT -5
Oooohhh...I want to see it. *puts it on her to-do list*
I watched Monster yesterday. It was, to say the least, a very intense movie. Charlize Theoron (spelling on both of those?) was...whoa. You couldn't even tell it was her and she did such an incredible job. Christina Ricci did a great job as well...technically and emotionally I was very invested in the movie. It took something so ugly and so awful and turned a whole new light on the subject and on the person. I walked out not knowing how to feel. I was torn between hating the serial killer and feeling pity for her. I hated the situation and her life but pitied the woman. It's a movie I wouldn't tell everyone to go see, but I think the good lot on TD might like it. Serious, not a lot of comedic relief, and a lot of big questions concerning criminal acts, morality, and love (or lack of love) came up in my mind. Good flick, can't believe it didn't win more awards.
Also on my to-do list is see Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind (right title?)
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 23, 2004 8:23:31 GMT -5
Hmmm, I've heard a lot of good things about Monster too, but I have to ask- is it scary? Like, do you see all the murders and stuff? Because that freaks me out.
Oh! Two films I want to see are Girl with a Pearl Earring and Secret Window. Has anyone seen these? Reviews? Opinions? Are they worth watching, or should I just spend my $12 on something else?
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Post by En on Mar 23, 2004 11:41:55 GMT -5
*checking it on IMDB* Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind looks great, and I have it on good information that I ought to watch Secret Window (thank you Tasia )... if Girl with a Pearl Earring is anywhere near as good as the book, it should be brilliant. I'll be back to review those if I can find $8 (Oo, the savings for us rural people.... )
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Post by Calantha on Mar 23, 2004 15:39:59 GMT -5
Hmmm, I've heard a lot of good things about Monster too, but I have to ask- is it scary? Like, do you see all the murders and stuff? Because that freaks me out. Um...yeah, you do see the murders for the most part, but...it isn't scary...just really disturbing at some points. But not horribly gory. 8 dollars to go to two movies, or even one is cheap! I live in a rural area and it's $9.50!
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 24, 2004 5:00:05 GMT -5
Bah. It's $10-12 if you're a student/concession, and full price is $15 here. Not sure of the exchange rate, but I remember when kids had like, insanely cheap movie prices... now I sound like an old fogey.
So, Cal, with Monster, if it's gory and stuff, are there sudden scary shots? Is the music freaky? I might get it on video when it comes out so that when I start screaming like a ditz I don't like, disturb other people.
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Post by Natz on Mar 24, 2004 15:09:51 GMT -5
Just thought it be of interest to you that over here going to the cinima is £5.00 and you get 00.80p off if you are a student They get you though with all the drinks which they charge nearly three pound for a small coke and four pound for a bottle of water.
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