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| Name | kim kim |
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| Gender | Female |
| I'm From | Robin Hood country, UK |
| Member For | 558 days |
| Last Login | Tue. Jul 22 |
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| Age | 19 |
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| Movie: | Into The Wild, Hot Fuzz, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Equilibrium, Sleepy Hollow, Shaun of the Dead, High Fidelity, Back to the Future, Stay, Moulin Rouge, Serenity, Reign Of Fire, Batman Begins, Van Helsing, Run Fat Boy Run, Pan's Labyrinth, The Last King of Scotland, V for Vendetta, The Science of Sleep, Mirrormask, Death at a Funeral |
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| Actor: | Emile Hirsch, Richard Coyle, Simon Pegg, James McAvoy, Christian Bale, Gael Garcia Bernal, Emile Hirsch, Dylan Moran, John Cusack, Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Gerard Butler, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Jack Davenport, Bret McKenzie & Jemaine Clement, Ed Byrne |
| Director: | Edgar Wright, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, Joss Whedon, Marc Foster |
| Quote: | Your troubles will cease and fortune will smile upon you. (stay, 2005)... Jar Jar Binks makes the Ewoks look like... fu*kin'... Shaft (spaced, 1999)... Well, you know how it is, Mr Fox. You're out at night, looking for kicks, someone's passing around a weaponized hallucinogen... (batman begins) |
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I love comedy...
Bill Bailey, Russell Howard, Ross Noble, Jon Richardson, Frankie Boyle, Dara O'Briain, Tim Minchin, Mark Watson, Dylan Moran, Ed Byrne, Demetri Martin. Look any of those guys up on youtube and you're guaranteed a few giggles. I love music and find my tastes becoming evermore diverse. i.e. all over the place. lol. I like anything from old school punk rock (the clash, Ramones, The Jam etc) to 90s indie (ben folds five, Green Day) to folk (Bob Dylan, Laura Marling, Flight of the Conchords!) all the way up to modern stuff by Arctic Monkeys, The Holloways, Muse, Regina Spektor, The Guillemots etc. Oh, and there's always time for a bit of Bowie. The artist I'm really into at the moment is Rufus Wainwright - depth, talent, ambition, Lederhosen. The man has it all.   
In my spare time, I like to make an effort to become slightly less crap at the environment...in a fun way! www.myspace.com/crapattheenvironment |
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The Girl Next Door
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Better than expected but I think that's mostly down to Emile Hirsch's comic dancing :-)
Alpha Dog
R
Has a bit of a tedious start but gets down into the grit of the situation and characters quite well.
Sharon Stone is overrated.
Wanted
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The best action movie I have seen in a good long while. Granted, I'm not exactly a conesseur but I was VERY VERY impressed.
Great visual effects...but they were to be expected given the previous effects work on Night Watch.
Great performances from a well-chosen cast round off this exciting, well executed (sorry, shameful pun) action thriller.
Children of Men
R
A lot of people I know said this was depressing because of the possibility of this being an accurate interpretation of the future. I really enjoyed it - particularly the acknowledgement of issues such as global warming, race and class inequalities. for a sociology nut like me, this was a really impressive piece of work.
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Into the Wild
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After Graduating from University, Christopher McCandless gives his life savings to charity and goes to live in the wild. It's a much more complex story than could be described here. You definately need to see this film because deep down, we all want to be Alex SuperTramp :-) Surprisingly good direction from Sean Penn and excellent performances all round but particularly from Emile Hirsch. Fantastic.
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Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
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Wonderfully quirky narrative. Visually stunning. Great performances...although it's difficult to think of them as perfomances once you've been drawn in to the film. I think a film that genuinely impresses you is more difficult to review but I will say this... everyone should watch it!!
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Wanted
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The best action movie I have seen in a good long while. Granted, I'm not exactly a conesseur but I was VERY VERY impressed. Great visual effects...but they were to be expected given the previous effects work on Night Watch. Great performances from a well-chosen cast round off this exciting, well executed (sorry, shameful pun) action thriller.
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In Bruges
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Two hitmen have to 'hide out' in Bruges after a job-gone-bad. Very dark and regularly 'un-PC' humour combines with some quite serious emotions in a perfect coupling. Excellent performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. If you're still not sold, there's a drug-tripping racist midget.
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Sleepy Hollow
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Spooky and beautifully shot. It has the perfect sleepy hollow 'tone' that you would want from a story of the headless horseman! This may just be my favourite Tim Burton movie.
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Wanted
by Bannanposted 28 days ago -
I recommend you see...
Harsh Times
by BannanTo be completely honest...the only thing that really drew me towards this movie is the premise that Christian Bale would be starring in it. And, when it started...it was unlike any character I've ever seen him play.
The story is about Jim Davis {Bale] who used to be an Army Ranger and was recently discharged. He's looking for work, gets turned down by the one occupation that he requires in order to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her into America.
However, he still has these recurring nightmares from his job as a Ranger...and these seem to keep him up at night at times. And, the only person who can understand him is his best friend Mike [Freddy Rodriguez].
To kill the time before he finds out about the LAPD position, they chill by getting drunk, smoking weed, seeing their buddies and just hanging out. Yet, Mike is finally thinking he may actually need to get a job as his girlfriend, Sylvia [Eva Longoria] keeps pushing him to. She finally gives him an ultimatum...and he does something really stupid just in order to hang out with his best friend.
Finally, Jim finds out that the LAPD reject his application...and becomes furious and from that is just a barrel into some reactions that most people usually wouldn't have. As Mike ignores his girlfriend's pleas, the both end up cruising along the streets of South Central Los Angeles...getting involved in petty crime, theft, drugs and eventually violence...as they did when they were young.
At first, I was surprised when I heard Spanish in the beginning of this movie...having no idea what it was about...and then seeing Jim go back to America and talk like some gangsta...and then again, when addressing authorties...putting on this completely different demeanour.
It seemed a little slow at first, just two guys having fun...ignoring their responsibilities...and being totally reckless until there's a key point in the film that has Jim acting out in ways he can't even control and it comes down to Mike to pacify things a little bit...however your best friend can't always help you out.
It's certainly different, the immense development of Jim's character is amazing to see and Rodriguez does a pretty fine job playing Mike. It's interesting to see the two of them get along and interact...see what they're going to do next.If you liked Training Day, odds are...you'll probably find something to like about this one too. Not for everyone, but hell give it a try...if even just for the interaction between Rodriguez and Bale's characters. It's amazing how strong the ties between friends can be.
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Disco Pigs
by BannanThere was just something about this story that was brought to my attention.
Darren aka Pig [Murphy] and Sinead aka Runt [Cassidy] are two of a kind, born on the same day in the same hospital...just several minutes apart. Since birth they become friends, first by reaching their tiny baby hands through the cradle bars to comfort each other and then 16 years old they do the same.
They almost seem to know what they other is thinking, just because of that very reason and because of this are nearly almost always together...in some way. Completely disregarding what society says, they rebel in various mischievous sometimes even malicious ways. 'Pig and Runt - against the world.'
Their idealistic world seems to shift when 17 days before their 17th birthday when Pig develops feelings for his other half and becomes jealous of anyone invading their private little world.
Their parents agree that their relationship is unhealthy and learn that although Pig can't be helped, Runt has a chance to be 'fixed'. They cart her off to some kind of special school while Pig slowly travels further into himself and their world not knowing what to do with the loss of her.
Finally, his mother informs him of where to find her and he sets off desperately in need of finding her for their 17th birthday to find that palace where they can be King and Queen. As he travels various roads to reach her, he becomes steadily more violent spreading his anxiousness through destruction and pain wherever he goes.
Then, when he finds her and they run off together to celebrate their birthday...Pig has a plan and Runt follows if not with a bit if apprehension. The events of their joint-birthday steadily grow more and more out of hand and that connection begins to waiver.
Cillian Murphy once again puts on a brilliant performance as Pig who grows wild with each passing moment without his Runt. Elaine Cassidy also puts on a rather convincing performance of his other half. Seeing that the film is centred on solely these two...they definitely capture your attention with the strang ways they spend their time together and the things which they do for fun and enjoyment.
It seems to be this dark, almost morbid version of a childhood that progresses slowly into adult-hood in a twist of emotions and events that show us what kind of people these two are.I know what you're thinking...the theme wasn't Murphy...but bloody hell he's an amazing actor! This is a story of two extreme best friends who as they grow older learn about what kind of relationship they really have. It becomes really dark at times, and that's what really catches your attention..or the fact that a person can come to these irrational decisions just so sporadically.
Really quite stunning, not for everyone...but kinda has a likabilty about it like Withnail and I did.posted 40 days ago
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