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A brilliant film about nothing, another reason why Austin is great.

the woman my father married after divorcing my mother was in that movie.

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had that dude from cheers in it, awesome movie.

Thumbs up for Layer Cake up above, great movie. I need to either rewatch it soon, or pick up the book. I don't read enough. Or at all.

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Last night I watched Repo! The Genetic Opera.

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I hate musicals but I enjoyed watching this. It's not without cheese, of course, but I enjoyed the story and visuals. I guess it's more of a rock opera than a musical. It could have undoubtedly been better as a regular movie.

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Best comedy Ive seen in a long time.

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Watched it again...always insightful

I laughed at that from a minute or so in all the way to the end. Very good film.

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Good, stylized von Trier. Way different from his more recent, Dogme influenced work.

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Last 30 minutes could have been better.

The last 30 minutes are pretty much as faithful to the book as most movies can get. The only real difference was that there was a character in the book named Rab who didn't appear in the movie and instead was kind of fused into Spud's character. I'm still hold out hope that Danny Boyle will make a movie version of the book Porno using the same actors.

It's good isn't it? And it works well when you want to watch a short comedy with some mates since it clocks in at only 90 min. I saw it at the International film festival before it came out at the cinema. I love how much chaos there is on every front - quite an enjoyable film.

Did it resolve things with Diane in the book? That's the main thing that peeved me, along with how the whole drug deal was kind of irrelevant to Ewan's (can't remember his character's name) battle against addiction. It seemed he was completely over it by the time he got to London.

That's because he was for the most part. He did have a slight relapse when he was forced to test the purity of the stuff they bought of Mikey Forrester, but it was nothing more than a hiccup really. The drug deal was a major turning point in the story because Renton (Ewan) realized that as long as he lived in the U.K. he'd never be free of Begbie, that he would eventually track him down. He saw the money as his one chance to fully escape the life that had been keeping him down his adult life. Him stealing the money was his way of burning the bridges between all of his friends, especially Begbie because he would never forgive him and thus he could never really return to Scotland. With the money he buys a one way ticket to Amsterdam and starts up a night club there and becomes moderately successful. The only thing about the ending that I didn't like was that he didn't bring Spud with him, but that was a decision that forever haunted Renton and does come up a bit in the sequel to Transpotting, Porno. He does, however, leave him his share of the money, which Spud promptly spends on his drug habit. As far as Diane is concerned, she shows up and becomes a very prominent character in Porno, which takes place about 10 years after Trainspotting.

Renton was still into heroin when they were in London. And it wasn't irrelevant it gave him the opportunity to start fresh which he does. Also there some irony in there about him, Spud, & Sick Boy selling the very thing they were addicted to.

It was really great, the guy tripping on acid knocking over the coffin then climbing on the roof naked threatening suicide, that one guy who was a hypochondriac who get shit on by the old uncle, the midget who was a lover of their father and who is accidentally force fed acid, the brother who lives in the others shadow, great characters.

I really hope they don't make Porno, that book was pretty awful.

Probably one of my favourite movies. I think it's just really moving and fantastic.

Anyway, I saw this the other night:

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I've been an avid reader of the Harry Potter books since I was about 11 or so... kind-of grew with them as they did. I think they are one of the best book-to-film adaptations I've come across, and this film wasn't any exception. There were a few discrepancies between the book vs. film but it would be impossible to adapt it identically. The only thing that annoys me is little kids in the cinema who clearly wouldn't understand it and is completely inappropriate seeing as the films are getting quite dark. Can't wait for the next two though :D

^what she watched. Horrible movie adaptation of the second best book in the series.

Why do you think it was horrible? I thought it was a pretty good adaptation. Seeing as that book was basically a 'connector' book between plots... a lead-up to the final events.

It sacrificed all the of the interesting backplot on Tom Riddle's history... for quirky teenage romance. If I want that sort of entertainment, I could watch TV.

Okay one thing that I was unhappy about was indeed the interesting backplot on Tim Riddle's history. One of the things I missed in the movie was the memory where Tom Riddle has killed 7 people and comes back to Hogwarts and asks Dumbledore for a job. But it has been said that the final 2 movies (because they're splitting the rest into 2 movies) will focus more on the backstories to Voldemort and also Snape.

Plus, the book also has its fair share of quirky teenage romance. And the movies are working off the books. So I don't seem anything wrong with it. The quirky humour lightened the mood from all the dark stuff going on. Since there were no lighthearted whimsical elements in this one such as flying cars or naughty pet owls or misbehaving broomsticks, they had to balance out the darkness with some kind of lightness. I'm a huge, huge fan of books and personally I really enjoyed the movie.

People in my opinion tend to get too critical when it comes to film from book adaptations. When really, the Harry Potter films have been very loyal to the books. All of the characters, settings and scenes are pretty much exactly as I imagined them to happen in the novels. They're done a great job. The only thing I miss is John Williams directing the musical score.

Porno was a terrible book I thought. Ewan McGregor reportedly hates the book.

That's a relief, didn't know that.

The book had that romance in there because it had time to tell you everything. I expect the movies to cut to the chase and give people the information they need (if they haven't read the books).

Honestly, if I hadn't read the book I'd have left the theater feeling confused and unsatisfied. To quote my little sister, "Basically nothing happened in that movie!"

nothing was supposed to happen

Yeah, I do know what you mean. I went with my roommate who hasn't read the books and he needed to have some things explained. Of course the books are going to be more in-depth though, it would be possible to transfer the ALL the content and atmosphere to the movie completely.

But yeah as I said... as far as I know that movie was simply just a lead-up to the final two which hopefully won't be a let down.

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Yesterday for about the fifth time. What can I say? Utterly adorable and who doesn't fall for Amelie when watching this? One of the rare films that put a smile on my face.

At the climax my heart literally stops. I'm a big softy for that film.

^ Ditto. Amelie is definitely one of my favourite films. So quirky and clever.

I also didn't realise how passionate it is the first time that they kiss. They don't touch lips at all which makes it even more charged. I cannot find a single fault with it.

Yeah Amelie is a real charmer along with La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful).

The first time I watched La Vita e Bella was without subtitles (because I speak Italian, although not fluently). Even so, it took my breath away. Such an amazing film... it really touched me in both a sad and beautiful way.

I can thank my flatmate for showing it to me - I guess he does like some decent movies amongst the chick flicks. :laughing:

Did you have trouble understanding any of it? Some of those actors seem to speak so quickly!

I had A LOT of trouble understanding a lot of the dialogue the first time I watched it. They do talk extremely fast! (Although so do the Italian side of my family, I should be used to it...) But it's pretty amazing how much you can understand despite this. I think this is one of the reasons why I thought it was so good... despite not understanding 100% of what they were saying the first time around it was still somehow so incredibly touching.

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I liked it. Seemed kind of appropriate seeing as I'm reading Chariots of the Gods.

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Loved it. Best movie I've seen in a while.

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^ Werner Herzog's latest offering. Ending was a little on the corny side, but otherwise I loved it.

I felt so let down by Rescue Dawn. I was expecting something a lot more emotionally draining considering the talent involved. I should have checked out the original doc Little Dieter Needs To Fly before watching it considering I am a herzog fan.

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Possibly the worst movie I've actually sat down to watch seriously. I had been warned about the quality though :\

AND WHAT THE HELL I JUST NOTICED THAT SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE HUGE THUMBS ON THE POSTER. This production was so poor -_-

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I just saw the hurt locker. The first hour is great, however it starts falling during the second half. Momentarily the movie switches into a generic, black-hawk-down-ish shoot em up. Fortunately the ending is pretty good.

Just watched The Orphanage. I watched it thinking that Del Torro directed it but I just realised it was his production company involved in the process not specifically him. Still, great film and not at all your generic horror movie. Everything from the story to the direction was fantastic. Very similar in ways to Pan's Labyrinth, which is why I thought that Del Torro directed.

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It's certainly much more commercially-viable than every other Herzog film I've seen, but I thought the script and acting was strong to hold it up. I thought it was all nicely grounded in reality too, importantly so for something based on a true story.

Each to their own eh :)

A lesbian porn.. it was great.

Went to go and see the new Harry Potter last night. One of the most forgettable big-budget films I have ever seen. I'm not even saying it was bad, it just left absolutely no impression on me whatsoever.

And am I the only one that noticed a ton of *** innuendo...? 'I was admiring your hourglass'

'You haven't changed a bit since I first saw you in that cupboard'

chill out Dumbledore.

Haha I noticed the cupboard line as well! From the amount of focus on romance in this film I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional. I thought it was quite good and definitely enjoyable but as a major fanatic of the books I was a little let down by how much important content they left out [that relates to the upcoming movies] and how they included an additional scene that never appeared in the book [the Weasleys' house burning]. My point is, why leave out vital information if you're going to add unnecessary banter? Also, Dumbledore apparating within Hogwarts?!?! I mean, WTF? NO ONE can do that, not even The Big D :)

Ah but there I go again. Sorry, Harry Potter seems to arouse a lot of weird emotions in me.