What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

FETCHER. · 05-30-2011, 05:15 PM

NSW · 05-30-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

awww why can't you have a little fun with some of that stuff? I guess you just don't like the series overall.

As someone that likes the series , I went into it thinking well I'm in for some fast cars, ass and titties and I was shocked and appalled when it actually had a deeper plot and they decided to dig into the characters history a little bit to show you some of their past and how it relates to how they are today.

Hmmm...really? I didn't see them bringing out that much "history" in this movie. And I actually did somewhat enjoy the rest of the series for what it was...mindless action. This one was just so far above preposterous that I couldn't even enjoy it. I mean, the whole sequence at the beginning with Paul Walker's car and the bus...really? I mean, REALLY?

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I have yet to watch that but I'd like to one day. What other Hitchcock movies did you watch in this marathon?

I also watched "The Lady Vanishes" (good, but not as good as "Dial M for Murder"), and then the first half of "The Man Who Knew Too Much", which I couldn't get into. I was streaming it on Netflix though and the quality was just terrible.

Bulldog · 05-31-2011, 11:37 AM

Loved it. Certainly has much loftier ambitions to it the film Bruce Robinson wrote and directed just before this (the mighty Withnail & I). A superb film virtually from top to bottom, even if the film arrives at its climax via a rather stupid, inconsistent little scene.

Pretty good, I guess. Very interesting premise, but there's a very peculiar style to the cinematography which I found often distracts from the actual story at hand. The ending was probably a bit of a cop-out too.

djchameleon · 05-31-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife

Hmmm...really? I didn't see them bringing out that much "history" in this movie. And I actually did somewhat enjoy the rest of the series for what it was...mindless action. This one was just so far above preposterous that I couldn't even enjoy it. I mean, the whole sequence at the beginning with Paul Walker's car and the bus...really? I mean, REALLY?

Spoiler for Fast Five Spoiler:

oh come on the bus scene was pretty fun even if it wasn't that realistic. I don't know maybe you were expecting too much from a Fast and the Furious movie or something.

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Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife

I also watched "The Lady Vanishes" (good, but not as good as "Dial M for Murder"), and then the first half of "The Man Who Knew Too Much", which I couldn't get into. I was streaming it on Netflix though and the quality was just terrible.

I haven't seen those yet hmmm.

The only ones I have seen is Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window and this other one where she kills her husband I think with a frozen ham and then ends up cooking it and feeding it to the cops that come to question her.

jackhammer · 05-31-2011, 07:06 PM

Nowhere as good as the first film but proof that action films can be made outside of the U.S and Asia.

Howard the Duck · 05-31-2011, 07:28 PM

It goes back to the darker world of piracy as in the first film, but doesn't really forsake the high seas adventure of the last two movies. A lot of the recurring characters in the first trilogy are gone, which may or may not be a good thing. Sure, the root story of the first three movies (the Orlando Bloom-Keira Knightley romance) is finished, but I'm not so sure whether the new romantic subplot is as interesting. Johnny is as godly as ever, and a few scenes had me chuckling out hard. All in all, not bad at all. 7.5/10

Insane Guest · 05-31-2011, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Aurora

What did you think of it?

I saw this over the weekend, very stale, the (first) Hangover is the type of story that if replicated, it's not going to be near as good. A couple funny moments, but I was disappointed.

djchameleon · 05-31-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Nowhere as good as the first film but proof that action films can be made outside of the U.S and Asia.

oh no way!

that's the sequel? I liked the first one

I'm going to have to scrounge around to find that.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-31-2011, 09:06 PM

Best Disney Movie EVER.

**Janszoon** · 05-31-2011, 09:09 PM

That's a funny coincidence, I'm watching this old TV show at this very moment:

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	That's a funny coincidence, I'm watching this old TV show at this very moment: __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	Loved it. Certainly has much loftier ambitions to it the film Bruce Robinson wrote and directed just before this (the mighty Withnail & I). A superb film virtually from top to bottom, even if the film arrives at its climax via a rather stupid, inconsistent little scene. Pretty good, I guess. Very interesting premise, but there's a very peculiar style to the cinematography which I found often distracts from the actual story at hand. The ending was probably a bit of a cop-out too.