Daviehaybhoy
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My only problem with Zero Dark Thirty was that it was boring. I like my torture filled enjoyment to be enjoyable.
Give me 24 any day of the week.
That's why I don't read your self-indulgent posts
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Aberdeen - Engaging and haunting road movie about a young woman hotshot London lawyer (Lara Headey) whose mother (Charlotte Rampling) who lives in Aberdeen contracts cancer. The lawyer; Kaisa; has a Norwegian father (Stellan Skarsgard) who's an alcoholic and she has to collect him en route and see her mother. Kaisa is a car crash and appears to have inherited her father's personality; casual sex and cocaine addiction mirror his alcoholism. Added to that the relationship with her mother is fragmented and involved lengthy separation early in Kaisa's life which she spent with Skargard and her Grandmother. The film is unrelentingly downbeat but all of the pain that occurs to the father and daughter are self-inflicted wounds. It's an emotional film without being sentimental and it is very subtle; we don't need to see what happened. The characters are superbly drawn and the acting is faultless.
9/10
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Property
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Wolf
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Bedlam
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YES! Roses in the hospital!!
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I'd go for La Tritessa Durera, Roses in the Hospital or From Despair to Where.
I liked that album
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I watched the 1998 Les Miserables the other day (stumbled upon it while channel hopping). It's not a musical but isn't particularly faithful to the novel. I didn't really enjoy it but the cast was impressive (Liam Neeson, Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush, and Claire Danes).
I loved it. Rush was superb.
The central theme of forgiveness and starting life again was a particularly Catholic Christian theme.
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Those two spanners from Blairgowrie were a pair of smug idiots. Good to see them lose
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magees utter bull***** stories , you kinda miss them after a while 
I read your posts and I see you. No need for any statements. I pray you remain veiled and get the place. Health care funding is a lot better now
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Lawless
7/10
Luggy thinks he's the man
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Typical of yoda to reject a film because of a hint of religious belief and the benefits that has for those of suitable faith. The narrow mindedness of some people astounds me
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For Greater Glory
Decent historical account of the Cristeros rebellion in Mexico which took place in the 1920's. The aggressively secular atheist government banned religion and in the light of the modern climate; i.e the hostility towards Catholicism in particular, I found the film particularly disturbing and chilling. The people protested against the federal government which led to the regime becoming more violent and executing clergy and shooting church goers. The armed response from the rebels includes hiring a general to try and defeat the federalists.
The editing was poor, as were parts of the screenplay but the emotional heart of the film is that sacrifice in non-violence and debate ultimately effects change and not violence.
6/10
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Zero Dark Thirty
On paper: not my thing, but the director's name and critical acclaim dragged me in.
For me, on the whole, this is a weak film. I don't think it's either entertaining or important, and I almost felt like it was made just because someone felt the need to make a Bin Laden film. Despite her second Academy Award nomination in as many years, and lots of close-ups and big moments to shine, I felt Jessica Chastain's acting wasn't as natural or emotive as I've seen it previously- she's certainly made up for lost time building a body of work recently, though. The script was full of clichéd lines and interactions, too.
The opening 9/11 black screen is shamelessly borrowed from Michael Moore, large parts of the interrogation and case-building just bored me, and lots of explosions make not a good movie, but when Kathryn Bigelow builds the tension in the final chapter, that's when this film touches the quality Bigelow has showed she's capable of with The Hurt Locker. The film's still nowhere near that quality though, and it largely disappointed me, but it's saved by some hints of mastery- not least that final act that's done very nicely, I couldn't help but feel paranoid that Osama was behind me.
6/10
Yep just above average imo
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The Sweeney
Average remake of the 70's cop show which lacks the "charm" and grittiness of the original. Ben Drew should forget acting imo; he just does a mockney wide boy act which is Plan B becomes a policeman. I like Ray Winstone and he's been excellent in "Sexy Beast" and "Edge of Darkness" but he swears and growls his way through what he thinks is a John Thaw imitation. He's sadly mistaken. Decent action scenes, especially a shoot out in Trafalgar Square save it from being bad.
5/10
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Lantern
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The sportsound guys are talking about the Scotland game, they haven't mentioned Rangers or Traynor.
^Selective hearing^
Future doesn't look good eh Bensta?
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I have my hopes for Cloud Atlas but I hope it doesn't follow the by now very predictable line taken with time travel or films where the same actor plays different characters at different times in history. What's done is that there are events that are very similar so that your mind works with the film and links things together. I enjoyed that aspect of "Twelve Monkeys" and the more obvious example of history repeating itself with "Back to the Future" but with "Looper" for example I was disappointed. Very stylish film but derivative.
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Celtic do it to teams up here all the time.
Nice to see them on the end of it for a change.The Celtic fans haven't taken it well, that makes it even sweeter
You have no idea what you're talking about
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What about people that were/are good at sports? Do they have a valid opinion because they have better athletic ability?
They do but the ones who complain about rugby irritate me because it's one of the most inclusive sports there is, for fans
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When people who were bad at sports at school complain about rugby. I can't sing but I appreciate there are people who can and they sing badly written songs imo
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Sometimes electrical appliances in the kitchen are on a circruit and connect via a power point and require the expertise of an electrician. God bless
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Largely unimpressed by Zero Dark Thirty contrary to widely held opinion. It was incredibly ponderous imo and the sight of people being tortured didn't endear me to it. I think the move towards making the woman the central character added to the exploitative nature of the venture. I really hated Hurt Locker but this was plausible and well acted but waaaay too long. However, like I say there will be a lot of people who will like it. I really don't know why. The other thing was it was so empty. I knew the ending as did everyone going in. Where's the tension? Nah. Major letdown
To the poster who red dotted me, you really are a big wain. Somebody disagrees.......ohhh baaad can't accept that
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SS last post was full of it so he deleted it. His youtube link is off topic and tedious; like most of his troll drivel
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
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