Sir_Didier_Drogba's Film Thread (SG's Official Film Thread)

[Sir Calumn]

Kill Bill does have some good dialogues, not so much witty but very clever, such a Bill's 'Superman' speech and the 'Son number one' scene. It seems much more trademark Tarantino than JB did.

Has anyone here seen a film called 'Smokey and the Bandit'?, cos I recently, as I mentioned earlier, went to a film convention thing which was attended by Burt Reynolds, and Smokey and the Bandit was the film everyone seemed to talk about when they mentioned him, so I was just wondering if I should see it.

 

[Hakeem]

I havent seen it but Its all I hear about whenever anybody names Burt Reynolds

 

[Sir Calumn]

Originally posted by Hakeem
I havent seen it but Its all I hear about whenever anybody names Burt Reynolds

Yeah, exactly, it sounds really big but I dont know anything about it, hadnt even heard of it til I heard of Burt Reynolds.

 

[Callan]

I haven't seen it either but apparently its not to bad.

I have heard of it for ages just never got around to seeing it.

 

[Sir Calumn]

KK, I'll try to get hold of a copy and report back

 

[::shinji::]

Originally posted by Sir Didier*CFC


Has anyone here seen a film called 'Smokey and the Bandit'?, cos I recently, as I mentioned earlier, went to a film convention thing which was attended by Burt Reynolds, and Smokey and the Bandit was the film everyone seemed to talk about when they mentioned him, so I was just wondering if I should see it.

yeah, I seen it when I was a kid and it's garbage.. the only good movie & decent piece of acting Burt Reynolds ever did in his life was in "Deliverance"

 

[$teauA]

I saw The Incredibles tonight, absolutely brilliant Pixar never fails to impress with each new movie. Can't wait for Cars.

 

[Virgo]

OMG just came back from Fnac, I had a terrible shopping frenzy and bought 4 dvds. First I picked up High Fidelity because I wanted to see the movie long ago and it was selling cheap. Then I saw the new releases and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had just been released so I picked one up as well. I look into another shelf and I see one of my favourite movies when I was a kid, Big Trouble in Little China by John Carpenter. As I was leaving I saw Dr Strangelove selling cheap as well and I couldn't resist, these "old" movies are kinda hard to find in Portugal.

I spent just a little over €50 anyway so it wasn't that much cash but it was some.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Originally posted by ::shinji::
yeah, I seen it when I was a kid and it's garbage.. the only good movie & decent piece of acting Burt Reynolds ever did in his life was in "Deliverance"

Damn, is it just a badly made film, or was it that you thought the jokes (I'm assuming it's a comedy/spoof) were bad?

PS: Nice one getting Dr. Strangelove, Virgo. Even in Britain it's really hard to get for a reasonable price, the shop I bought it from is the only one I have ever seen selling it for less than £20.

 

[Virgo]

it was about 12€ £8 in pounds

 

[::shinji::]

Originally posted by Sir Didier*CFC
Damn, is it just a badly made film, or was it that you thought the jokes (I'm assuming it's a comedy/spoof) were bad?

it's just a generally stupid movie. Just my opinion though, I tend to be kinda narrow-minded when it comes to my taste in movies so I've been told, so who knows... Maybe I'm just being too hard on the film

 

[John_Arne_Riise]

I seen National Treasure tonight, piece of trash. */5

 

[Sir Calumn]

Damn, I was expecting that to be quite good.

I watched Once Upon a Time in the West on DVD the other day - been a while since I saw it last but still as incredible as ever. A brilliant storyline, awesome acting and the oh so great opening scene make it one of my favourite ever westerns.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Just watched Easy Rider on DVD. I havent seen it for years and had almost forgotten how good it is - magnificant film. The whole easy-going, chilled out plot is just great as are the awesome dialogues and crazy off-the-wall moments. Both Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were magnificant, but the cameo by Carlos Nicholson steals the show, an incredible piece of acting. Damn, this has got me itching to see The Motorcycle Diaries now, hopefully it will be out on DVD soon.

 

[Hakeem]

Originally posted by John_Arne_Riise
I seen National Treasure tonight, piece of trash. */5

I dont think so. It was in the same style as Armaggedon, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, etc. it was fun.

I love those 3 movies, and I liked NAtional Treasure. Id say its worth seeing cause its really fun. it doesnt matter that its all over the top.
they should've release this one over the summer though

 

[Sir Calumn]

Originally posted by Hakeem
I dont think so. It was in the same style as Armaggedon, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, etc. it was fun.

I love those 3 movies, and I liked NAtional Treasure. Id say its worth seeing cause its really fun. it doesnt matter that its all over the top.
they should've release this one over the summer though

Sorry Hakeem but I really cant think of many films I like less than those three

 

[Vagegast]

Originally posted by Sir Didier*CFC
Damn, this has got me itching to see The Motorcycle Diaries now, hopefully it will be out on DVD soon.

It's not a bad movie, but it was kinda boring. If Che's life was really all that what happened in the movie, well, than why did they make a movie about it?

He travels on his motorcycle, seems some injustice while traveling... but really, what he saw wasn't that bad (won't specify since you haven't seen it) compared to say, Sudan. And the movie actually had me liking Che even less. No wonder his legacy is reduced to a t-shirt.

 

[Virgo]

the social and political issues were not addressed properly and realistically in the movie. The movie would have been labeled pro-communist otherwise.

 

[Hakeem]

but the movie wasn't about that, it was not about political themes, it was about what first got him to think about it.
awesome movie.

and sorry but I have to say that maybe you felt it was boring because it had subtitles. its not for everybody

 

[Hakeem]

Originally posted by Sir Didier*CFC
Sorry Hakeem but I really cant think of many films I like less than those three

I know. they're in lots of people's list of worst movies ever, and I can understand that.

my problem (or maybe not a problem really), is that I dont dislike many movies and genres. I love almost all movies, and the ones I hate are not because they belong to a certain genre (like those who hate musical automatically, or those who hate teen comedies, or those who hate sci-fi, or those who hate war movies), but because specific reason's like acting, or editing, or pacing, etc.