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Offline Martinus

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Reply #20 on: August 30, 2004, 01:51:45 pm
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Johnny Depp and friend in a car. Boot of car is full of drugs. Depp and friend take the drugs. Awesome.

[color=66ff00]Heheh excellent movie. :yes:

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BTW anyone seen Princess Mononoke? What was all the hype about, pretty disappointing IMHO.
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Reply #21 on: August 30, 2004, 02:49:15 pm
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Spirited Away (Miyazaki) - pinnacle of Jap animation IMO. Stunning. Same goes for most Miyazaki stuff, but this is the only one I saw on the big screen, so the impact was bigger...


great film, i give it 8.5/10.
though for me it was kinda confusing at first. i mean god dam it? spirts world? huh?
but still great film.
 

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Reply #22 on: August 30, 2004, 02:58:28 pm
SpaceTruckers (or something similar - cant remember the name properly): Pretty funny take on trucks and space, what else? ;)

Edward Scissorhands: Ok, so you've heard about it - but watch it if you haven't, its an awesome movie, to say the least :)
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Reply #23 on: August 30, 2004, 03:26:07 pm
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[color=66ff00]Heheh excellent movie. :yes:

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Even better was the fact that it's almost identical to the book and one the only cases I've ever seen of a film and a book complementing each other so well.

Hunter S. Thompson is a great author. Made even better by the fact that Fear and Loathing is actually a true life experience.
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Reply #24 on: August 30, 2004, 03:34:05 pm
SPACE TRUCKERS?   How the mighty Dennis Hopper has fallen (could he have been massively in debt to the mob?) The dude jumped started a mechanical penis !!! (scary ****)...

  Anyway on my obscure "must see" list are the following:

  Voyage Into Space (the LIVE action release of giant robo late 60's)

  Hawk the Slayer (This is what D&D the movie should have been, plus Jack Palance is in it! WOOT!!!)

   Lightyears (From the mind of Issac Asimov an American inspired anime)...

   Sea Prince and the Fire child (A story about love and racial hatred between Fire and Water) BTW I immediately recognised Rick Hunter's voice as the same voice for Prince Sirious about 5 years before... Plus the ending (while sad) shows the princess evolve with ONE HUGE RACK (though I like her the way she was originally)!!! This was on prime time late 70's. Go family programming, WOOT!

   Galaxy of Terror. Cheesy sci-fi horror with Joanie from happy days, a dude with crystal shurikens, my favorite martian is the bad guy, and a woman gets raped by a giant worm (somehow?)... See it once to know what bad sci-fi really is :D

   Super Fuzz.  Trinity the coybow is back as a cop who gets super powers. Ernest Borgnine is his partner... About as entertaining as the Greatest American Hero was for teachers....

   Set the wayback machine Sherman cause we got to get the HELL outta here, it's getting too wierd.... :P
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Reply #25 on: August 31, 2004, 03:02:11 am
Gods Army: A really good Cristopher Walken movie. Also stars Viggo Mortensen as the devil. The sequels sucked tho.
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Reply #26 on: August 31, 2004, 03:42:24 am
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Gods Army: A really good Cristopher Walken movie. Also stars Viggo Mortensen as the devil. The sequels sucked tho.


The movie better known as The Prophecy in the UK and probably in the US.

Excellent movie but it makes me feel sorry for Christopher Walken somewhat. He's always playing the bad guy. I can imagine the conversation he had with his agent.  I bet he thought it would be different this time.

"Chrisy baby, I've got you a new gig. You're playing the Archangel Gabriel in this new flick"

"Great. I finally get to play the good guy. It's been years since The Dead Zone."

"ummm.  No. You're an angel but you're an evil angel."

"Figures!"

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Reply #27 on: August 31, 2004, 03:55:51 am
Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa's movie)
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Reply #28 on: August 31, 2004, 07:11:50 am
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Pi- Really surreal movie in black and white about a mathematician who is in pursuit of this perfect pattern.


Agreed - very disturbing but cool movie. That and Donnie Darko.

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Battlefield: Earth :D


:wtf: Yeah, if you want to be groaning in pain at the absolute stupidness of the thing - sure.

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Reply #29 on: August 31, 2004, 07:15:56 am
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Reply #30 on: August 31, 2004, 10:54:51 pm
[color=66ff00]K-PAX
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Reply #31 on: August 31, 2004, 10:59:13 pm
The Legend of 1900.

Ha! I bet none of you saw that, or if you did, you'll never admit to it.\
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Reply #32 on: August 31, 2004, 11:01:59 pm
K-PAX was a superb film.

Also, I'm going to add my favorite movie of all time, Amelie. It's the most beautifully uplifting film I've ever seen.
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Reply #33 on: August 31, 2004, 11:08:01 pm
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Reply #34 on: August 31, 2004, 11:10:04 pm
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Reply #35 on: August 31, 2004, 11:10:39 pm
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K-PAX was a superb film.

Also, I'm going to add my favorite movie of all time, Amelie. It's the most beautifully uplifting film I've ever seen.


meh, I didn't think Amelie was all that great. Not as original or coll as I imagined it would be.

also, now that someone brought up Kevin Spacey, despite the fact that I think he's an egotistical ass, he's done a bunch opf good movie. Ordinary Decent Criminals and Life of David Gale come to mind.

edit: hey, anyone seen Tigerland?
 

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Reply #36 on: August 31, 2004, 11:19:45 pm
Don't forget The Usual Suspects. Excellent film. But why is Kevin Spacey an egotistical ass?

Oh yeah, if you don't like Amelie you're going to hell. :D
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Reply #37 on: August 31, 2004, 11:27:43 pm
yeah, Usual Suspects ruled if only for the extrordinary amount of cool names present. Dude, Kaiser Soze. You can't beat that, thats like the ulimate name.

I think he's egotistical because in all of his movies, he always has to play the central and "I'm way smarter than everyone else" figure. I don't blame him, I'de do the same thing, but the fact is he always has to play a character who is so much smarter and better than everyone else. Though thats not to say that he's not a good actor,

...and in my defence, I was sort of playing compouter games and half watching Amelie over my shoulder, so maybe thats why.
 

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Reply #38 on: August 31, 2004, 11:33:18 pm
Yeah. I think he fits that part well, though. His voice has this great quiet precision that gives him the sound of someone whose wheels are really turning.
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