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Anyway, discuss films...
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Mwh 
Cool !! 
This Is The Correct Thread I'm Sure 
Not a film, but has anyone else watched American Horror Story? Thoughts on it?

Freaky weird show. 
 
Just randomly watched Get Carter (1971) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067128/

Had no idea what to expect and got a nice grim crime thriller drama in 1970's England. Parts sure felt dated and some even amateurish (the violence in particular) but overall I really liked it and was on the edge of my seat through the second half. Seriously thrilling and unpredictable. Calm and cool. As I said, it is quite grim and has a serious theme. I felt like I was missing a lot due to language and sound troubles at times but in the end I think that a) the movie is meant to let you guess/feel a lot and b) things being uncertain or not explained added a lot.

Definitely recommended if you think you might like it! 
Mark Your Calendars! 
Spirit liked a movie ;-) 
 
you missed how much I liked Hanna!

also rewatched Anchorman recently and enjoyed it. 
How Was The Smurfs Movie Btw 
 
Brit Crime Flicks 
there's quite a few good ones, I even enjoyed the recent Colin Farrell starrer London Boulevard, despite its many flaws.

Sexy Beast is still the one that sticks with me most out of the modern ones. 
 
Check out Long Good Friday. 
Oh Yeah 
that and Mona Lisa too, Bob Hoskins is great in both. 
4411 
actually laughed out loud. 
Three Musketeers 
Reasonably executed but completely mindless drivel. 
Xmen First Class 
err, how inert was this? I dont think I was ever really excited, thriller or generally gave a shit. Except maybe right towards the end when Magneto finally turned. 
Nitin 
Magneto was deffo the star. I liked the authenticity of its scenes, as a movie, on the whole. 
The Authenticity? 
lolwut? 
Battle Royale. 
Pointless. Could have been interesting if the characters had some depth that fed into the conflict. Once the general shock of the first 1/4 of it wore off, it was a headless chicken of a film. 
Kind Of 
like the book 
Yeah 
xmen first class was total crap, nearly everything in it was ripped from previous xmen movies (magneto turns the missles around like he does with bullets in xmen 1, mystique is angsty about her appearance and discrimination like in xmen 1, there is a "hot-headed" teen character with fire-powers like in xmen2, there is a cure for mutants like in xmen 3, and it's hilariously developed by beast, who later claims in xmen 3 that he's never before heard of the possibility of a cure), the plot made no sense whatsoever even in the context of mutant superpowers (lol and that takes some trying - lol a "cure" for mutant APPEARANCES that doesn't affect powers? wtf) and the one cool scene (magneto in south america) was a ripoff of a godfather II scene. nothing original whatsoever, and crap. what a mess. 
Tronyn 
I thought it was the best of the XMen movies to date. The acting and character development was better than any of the other movies. The casting (Magneto's actor actually does pass off as a young version of his older counterpart) was good.
Seeing Mystique lean towards the darker side is fun to watch. Kevin Bacon was good. Very good infact.
Magneto turning bullets around is nowhere near as cool as him turning all of those missiles round at once.

I'll give you the stuff about Beast and the cure.

But to really get into the symantics of it is a bit rediculous. It's XMen. There is'nt a single believeable super-power or mutant character in the whole series, it's not just the film. Atleast it didnt have Halle Berry in it. Worst actor ever. 
Well 
It had Jennifer Lawrence. 
 
whoa wait sleepwalkr, you watched this? why? 
I Actually Thought It Was The Worst Of Them 
even worse than X3 and Wolverine :)

Mainly because it tried so hard but failed. X3 might have been the dumbest of the lot but it also has bullet like pacing and is generally fun. As for Wolverine, it had 2-3 'cool' moments whereas I didnt find any in this. Well, apart from seeing January Jones, Rose Byrne and Jennifer Lawrence in skimpy clothing.

And dont get me started on how wasted Fassbender was in this, even though he was the best thing in it. 
X2 
only one that I gave a shit about, really. 
Spirit 
It had Jennifer Lawrence. 
Also 
January Jones, yes 
Columbiana 
Great film, bit of an anticlimax. The build up was good. The chick who stars in it is damn fine. The guy who plays the bad guy in Blow and Bad Boys 2, he always amuses me, but in this film he plays a straight role pretty well. 
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