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Btw Thursday and Ethan, they interviewed Looper's director on io9 and somebody asked your question. His answer is simplistic and clear.

 

 

I did think of that while I was writing, but just think logically about what would happen in the next 10 seconds if he did that. Old Joe (who is holding his pistol with both hands) re-grips/grabs his gun and fires away, and young Joe is now bleeding out in the field with no way of shooting his other hand off. Unless he uses his teeth I guess. Which I would in fact love to have seen.

 

 

Works for me.

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I saw Frankenweenie last night. While it's not quite Tim Burton's best film as a director (that would be either Edward Scissorhands or Pee-Wee's Big Adventure), it's still pretty enjoyable, especially if you have a fondness or at least an appreciation for old Universal monster movies.

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I wanna watch both Argo and Seven Psychopaths [alongside the Ethan Hawke horror film as well]. GAWD too many movies this weekend

 

edit: Just came back from watching Argo. Absolutely fantastic movie. I've noticed with Ben Affleck films that his role, while usually the starring role, never steals the spotlight. Everybody else in the movie is absolutely fantastic and brilliant. I'm not criticizing Affleck as an actor, he's a brilliant director and his character does his role... there's just no oomph.

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Sinister. Throughout most of it I was thinking it was just okay, but then the end really saved it. The end was almost perfect, but then it went on a little too long and lost some of it's effectiveness. Still good though.

My friend wants to know something about this film: Does it have anything to do with left-handedness?

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Might as well post a few...

 

Hanna.

This is an odd film, anchored by some great casting. It's got some very interesting direction and a unique score by The Chemical Brothers, combined with some (blunt) symbolism regarding fairy tales that just about lifts it above being an 'OK' film. Just don't expect a Hit Girl-type action film. Leon is a good comparison for tone, I guess.

 

Night Watch

Another film that is just above 'OK'. I had forgotten how much I liked the idea of supernatural elements mixed in with 'ordinary' stuff, and the film's setting and lore was really intriguing. There is an endearing quirkiness to it. However, it's a really uneven film that mixes inspired touches with melodrama and, ultimately, doesn't quite contain a 'complete' story (being the first part of a planned trilogy, and based on part of the first book in a series). A lot is spent on establishing the world and its rules without moving things forward at the same time. In its favour, it did pique my interest enough that I have already purchased the following film (which was cheap) and am disappointed to hear the third part's production is stalled.

 

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

I'm counting this here because, unlike most of show I've seen so far, I quite liked it. Working through the series, I actually followed a friend's advice and watched this at an appropriate time during season two rather than when it would have been seen originally. It anchors its story well with a new central character, who brings an interesting dynamic with existing ones, and keeps the drama at a decent level without straying into the show's usual contrived set-ups (due to a distinct lack of Baltar, thankfully). It built well on events that had only been talked about before and fleshed out certain characters' backstories satisfyingly enough. I am a bit worried about whatever was going on right near the end though...

Also, the Australian chick was smoking hot.

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Part of why I like Hanna and Night Watch is because they are very un-Hollywood. The tone, the visual style, the direction. It all feels really fresh. It's like the difference between a homemade burger and McDonalds. McDonalds has all the polish and marketing, it's chemically balanced to taste good, you know exactly what you're getting and it's all very shiny, but it lacks some of the flavour of homemade and feels somehow fake. Your homemade burger may be a bit misshapen and you never really know if it's going to be great all the way through or have bits of gristle in it, but every one is unique.

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Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. With Night Watch, I called it 'quirkiness', while Hanna's symbolic elements give it a bit of depth. Obviously, Night Watch is aping a lot of Hollywood films but with its own cultural twist. There is a definite charm or standout quality to both that makes up for their shortcomings.

 

It's also a shame that it seems the UK doesn't get the 'proper' English language release of Night Watch, with the fancy subtitles envisioned by the director. And that the director is now actually making shit Hollywood films like Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

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Akira. Which we found out that Netflix doesn't have. What sucks is it was the DVD version we watched, mainly cos it'd have been a PITA to set up my dodgy version that's in full HD with the original '80s dub. It's been interesting watching it this time around though cos...

 

*jumps to another thread*

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I'm doing a "one movie per day" sort of thing (where movie can be replaced with 90 minutes worth of TV episodes).

 

Watched the following:

 

Dr. Strangelove. Doubt something like that could be filmed right now. I'm actually surprised it was approved during the Cold War even.

 

Man of Vendetta. I expected something action-packed. Turns out it was pretty down to earth aside from the villain being Chaotic Evil to almost comical levels.

 

Drive. Quite awesome.

 

Brick. "Teen noir." Loved it.

 

Sword Devil. Samurai with a demonic sword slicing everyone up. Extremely epic final battle.

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Skyfall - I'm not usually a bond guy. I tend to find them fairly by-the-numbers action flicks, but Skyfall really did knock my socks off. Daniel Craig is my favourite bond. I love the grit, and subtle (and not so) subtle references to previous films. All in all, a highly enjoyable film.

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