What film did you watch last night?

Gustov said:
By Stereophonics?

If you're not referring to that then I don't see your point, the ending was the point of the whole movie.
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No, the predictable little car-shunt at the end. It completely took the edge off an otherwise good ending for me.
 
Kamikaze Girls

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It lost its way towards the end but I enjoyed it.
 
jp_bl_68 said:
Haggis or Cronenberg?
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Haggis

Nix said:
No, the predictable little car-shunt at the end. It completely took the edge off an otherwise good ending for me.
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That was the whole point of the film where the black woman gets out of the car and says

'If you're not American don't bother speaking to me'

She had been stereotyped all film and then she goes and stereotypes someone else.

Point of the film was race doesn't matter, there are idiots everywhere in life, you've just got to deal with it.

Perfect ending if you ask me
 
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Saw Terminator Salvation, can honestly say I thought it did the genre proud, well much better than Terminator 3 anyway which doesnt exist in my house... along with Red Dwarf series 7+8.

*Fingers in the ears* la la la la la la
 
Watched Funny People last night.

Not knowing anything about it beforehand, except it starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, I was disappointed as it wasn't actually very funny :(

It was also incredibly long!
 
Disagree with T4 comments. I watched it last night and yes it was a top notch action movie. But as for a Terminator movie it pretty much sucked.

One question about this though to those who have watched it:

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The big ATTACK/DO NOT ATTACK drama - they believed they had a signal to shut down skynet. Why did they not attempt to shut down Skynet, THEN go in and rescue the humand and THEN bomb/nuke the place.

Why did it have to be one or the other which resulted in command getting sunk?
 
Merry Madagascar - If you like Madagascar, Penguins, and Santa, then you will like this 20 min short film :D Packed full of hillariousness, well worth a quick watch :D


Looney Tunes - Back in Action - A la Space Jam this is a live action movie with animated Looney Tunes (Bugs, Daffy et al) integrated into the storyline. Personally I loved it :D Cheesy kids movie that doesn't take itself seriously, and it does it so well. Some truly funny stuff. Pretty good cast as well, Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, etc etc. Great easy watching fun film :D
 
Watched Twilight: New Moon last night - pretty good I thought - although the middle section seemed to happen a bit quickly for me! (and thats saying something coz its quite a long film!)

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Gustov said:
Haggis



That was the whole point of the film where the black woman gets out of the car and says

'If you're not American don't bother speaking to me'

She had been stereotyped all film and then she goes and stereotypes someone else.

Point of the film was race doesn't matter, there are idiots everywhere in life, you've just got to deal with it.

Perfect ending if you ask me
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I understood the whole point of the film as it wasn't that subtle if truth be told - I saw it coming a mile off. The ending was just a predictable reinforcement of a point only a moron would've missed. It is quite simply bromide which removes any and all ambiguity from the ending, and considering the race-point was so drilled into us throughout the film that it became tedious, there was no need for it to be conclusively repeated. A film like crash has so many tangents along a central theme, it's not right to destroy other focal points for the viewer. I know films often have to cater to the audience - because let's face it: people are stupid - but what about those who did not need catering to? You can either watch a film in one of two ways: that as a passive observer, or one where your old gray-matter becomes engaged and lost in your own thoughts - the latter would be a sign of a good story. Let's take The Fountain for example - you will get far more out of it if you sit and think about anything that it provokes than simply trying to ascertain the plot on first viewing. This is my point, films - as an art - are better when they reflect and make you think. Films today will hold your hands instead of letting you explore and it's wrong.

The reinforcement of the infact clichéd point within Crash is why the ending loses its edge. What's more such an ending was too clean and 'neat' for an ambigious film like Crash. I'd have prefered if they'd left that little pathetic car-shunt out as rather than feeling like a nice, clean little ending like we've found all the answers, we've be left to ponder any abstract notions which we managed to bring with us to the credits. That shunt at the end was like a bad-joke (especially if you consider its incongruous nature) that's been told over and over again. I remember watching the film with a friend and saying "[...] bet this happens." and groaning with disappointment when it did.

It was a predictable trashy ending to an otherwise interesting exploration. So what if the film was primarily about race? That doesn't mean that's all that the viewer should be allowed to garner from their viewing. It is very far removed from the 'perfect' ending. But then, that's the beauty of subjectivity - something which this film obviously didn't have time for.
 
pride and glory with ed norton and colin farrell, quite dull and the actors were in cruise mode and hardly tested their skills at all, a pointless movie
 
Disney's A Christmas Carol

What an odd experience.
Firstly, its one of my favorite stories so it had some work to do.
On the whole I wouldn't say it was bad, but neither would I say it was great.
Think mediocre would about sum it up, which is a shame considering; a) who we're dealing with (come on Disney this is what your renowned for) and b) for a big xmas release it just feels lacklustre.
The handling of the story was somewhat crude in places and overly drawn out. Plus aside for the ghost of xmas future the other 2 were highly questionable to say the least.
(Me and my boy were getting a right laugh emulating the ghost of xmas past all the way home)
Have to say though that the detail in some of the animation was amazing.
Warning! For those with young children some of this film is quite freaky. A boy around 9/10 behind us got really scared and moved to sit next to his dad bless him. So beware.
Would I sit through it again if it was on at crimbo? Yes I would.
Does it give the Alastair Sim version (or Scrooged) a run for its money? Hell no!

Probably what made the whole experience memorable was the woman sat next to my son snoring (and I'm talking LOUD) through most of the film, which both us and the family behind were having a right laugh about. :D
 
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