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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It must have run already in the theatres there.
It was ages ago that I saw it here on the cinema (in Sweden).
It's a really good movie in my opinion aswell.

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Went and saw AVP and Collateral recently. I already posted my comments on AVP on another thread, so I'll just post my thoughts on Collateral. Damn good movie. I highly recommend it, especially for those who like psychological thrillers and cat &amp; mouse movies. Unfortunately, since it's released in the summer, I don't think Tom Cruise will get the Oscar nomination he deserves for his role as a hitman. He was damn good, but I don't think he'll get a mention. Now, if the movie had been released in November or December, that might be a different story. Go check it out.

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I just saw Garden State. Maybe it's just the fact I can identify with moving from the East Coast USA to Los Angeles, then coming back to the town I grew up in later... but I loved the movie. It manages to be funny and serious at the same time, great dialogue, excellent soundtrack. It was a limited release to begin with, and it's been out for a while, so it's probably not playing in most places for a while, but I would recommend seeing it when it comes out on DVD, video, whatever.

Oh, and BUMP.

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I have seen Poparazi (sp)

Its not a great movie, but it is worth a DVD rental. I like how it subtly implies the turth that it was the Poparazi who caused the death of the Princes, but other wise it was just a political statement against the Poparazi and the tactics they use.

I agree, there should be limits and laws.

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I watched Cold Mountain, Hell Boy, The Last Samurai, and Get Shorty this weekend. All good movies that I'd rate 3 stars out of 4.

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I enjoyed Payback, too, Renegade 13.

As for Pearl Harbor, I agree with gregebowman that it had way too many pointless ahistorical screw-ups. I'd only disagree with the remark that it had good special effects. I thought those sucked too, for the most part, because they too were horribly, stupidly wrong.

PvK

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Well, thanks to Hurricane Frances, my Labor Day weekend plans got screwed up. Haven't seen anything since AVP. If I survive Ivan, I plan on seeing Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Looks pretty good.

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I haven't seen any recent films for ages.

The Only films I've seen in recent months are "Carlitos Way" which is pretty old but fantastic, "K-Pax" which is just intriguing and well done and then "From Hell" which was very intresting.

I really want to see "The Bourne Supremacy" as well, Hopefully i'll see it tomorrow

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When my wife worked in a bank, she attended a seminar where Frank Abignale (sp) taught them how to spot bad checks and embezzlements. She and I both enjoyed the movie (Catch me if you can) on HBO

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I saw Hellboy the other day. I thought it was pretty good. As a Catholic I found it entertaining that they had relics and rosaries to fight evil. possible spoiler:<font color="#CCC5B7"> Why the vatican allowed that statue in the museum I don't know</font> . A few months ago I saw a teaser for "Sky Captain" that didn't interest me, it was black and white and the CG background looked like a game from 10 years ago. Yesterday I saw some promotional material and it had British helicarriers so it might be interesting after all.

Edit: I'm trying to cover up the spoiler. Anyone know the code for this tan colour, I can't find it in the source.

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I might go see Resident Evil II: Apocalypse in the next while. I saw the first movie a couple of years ago and it was OK but nothing special. But a few days ago, I saw the preview for the second movie and there was a very beautiful girl in it - no I don't mean Milla Jovovich, I mean the other dark-haired girl whose name I don't know. So I'm thinking of seeing the movie just because she's in it... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Finally watched Equilibrium the other day. I think someone compared it to the Matrix. As far as the fighting scenes go, they might be right. Unfortunately, either because I watched it late at night or due to the plot, I fell asleep and missed about a third of the movie. So I had to go back and watch the part I missed. It's pretty good, but I think I'll stick to The Matrix.

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Her name is Sienna Guillory.
You probably remember her from Last year TV flick Helen of Troy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif
Oh, and she was in Time Machine, if I recall correctly.
Does she look better with blonde or dark hair? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

http://www.tccandler.com/images/actr...E2_Promo_1.jpg

http://www.tccandler.com/images/actr...E2_Promo_4.jpg

http://www.tccandler.com/images/actr...llory_WALL.jpg

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Please for give the male pig of me..... YUMMMIE!!!!!!!!!!

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Don't feel bad about your pigginess.

Embrace it!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif



(I hope my other significant one never see what I'm posting here) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Dark, definately dark. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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I would accept her as either or. Just so long as she loved me for who I am.... right.

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Have you seen Helen of Troy?
It might change your opinion. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Thanks for posting the pictures, Yef. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Yeah! That's her!! Absolutely gorgeous! I like her better with dark hair, but she's incredibly beautiful with either color hair. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Dark Hair, much better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I never liked Resident Evil to be honest, it was a bad film, although I can see an incetive about going to see it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

And thats what I love about being single http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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As long as she has hair, I don't care about the color. I just can't stand girls with either butch hair cuts or bald-shaven. I think I found an incentive to go see this movie before it comes out on dvd. I actually liked Resident Evil the movie. Never have played the games, though.

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After seeing those pictures of beautiful Sienna Guillory, I could resist no longer. So today I went and saw Resident Evil: Apocalypse. I just got home from watching it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

**** WARNING: SPOILERS! ***
Well, there really couldn't be much spoilers, as this is a completely mindless movie [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]. The story goes like this: The guys in Umbrella Corporation [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] decide to open the doors to the Hive to see if it's safe to go in there now. When they open the doors the T-virus gets out and infects the entire city of Raccoon [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Racoon.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif. Everybody starts turning into zombies. The corporation quarantines the city and lets nobody out. Alice, Jill Valentine (Sierra Guillory http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif), along with a couple of other guys fight their way out. Then Umbrella nukes the whole city. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Poison.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img] ...that's it.

The only reason to see this movie is to see Sienna. She is so beautiful... [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Rose.gif[/img] I thought she is exceptionally attractive in the black uniform at the end of the movie http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif. She can fight, too! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
[b]*** END OF SPOILERS ***[b]

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They also blow up my City Hall (Toronto City Hall) in the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse, which represents the bad corporate guys headquarters just like in real life! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

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Try "Big Fish" if you haven't seen it. Quirky father-son pic from Tim Burton. It's like a different movie... every ten minutes! Good for the short attention span in all of us.

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I have to agree though I suspect it's not everyone's "cup of tea". I thought it had a good ending (that I'll not give away).

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Just picked up THX-1138. Hope to see it in the next couple of days. I saw it once years ago, but this is the Version that George Lucas originally came out with before the studios cut it. Can't wait until next week until the original Star Wars trilogy comes out.

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Napoleon Dynamite.

Laughed my a** off...

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Just saw the Shogun TV miniseries on DVD. A little grainy for a few seconds here and there, but overall a decent transfer if nothing spectacular. One of the few cases that a story is one of my favorite books and one of my favorite miniseries.

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Went and saw Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow and Resident Evil: Apocalypse this weekend. You HAVE to see Sky Captain. It is a great movie, and most reviews I read compared it to Raiders of the Lost Ark. It does have that kind of feel to it. And what's really amazing is that all of the backgrounds and most of the environments you see on teh screen are all computer generated. The only distracting thing for me is that the actors's faces looked kind of faded sometimes, like something you'd see in a black &amp; white film that's been colorized. Just something I noticed and kind of bugged me, but didn't really distract from enjoying this film. The only really annoying thing in the film is Gwyneth Paltrow's acting. Most of it was wooden and forced, as if she's saying I'm just doing this for a paycheck. It wouldn't be so sad, but you know she's an Oscar winner, and expect better from her.

Resident Evil was ok, and kind of expounded on the events in the first movie. Won't give out any spoilers, but you find out why she was awoken from her "coma" at the end of the film, and why the city looked like a war zone. It's an ok film, but not up to the quality of Sky Captain.

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That kinda black&amp;white look is intentional, according to something I read in the newspaper.

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Last night I finally got a chance to watch "Shaun of the Dead" on DVD. I tell you, it's one of the funniest films I have ever seen- it's good as a horror flick as well, but mainly it's a comedy . It's described as a rom-zom-com on the box, and I can't think of a better description myself. Some of the DVD extras are excellent as well.

It might not be widely available outside the UK, but if you have access to a multi-rigion DVD player and internet shopping anything is possible...

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I just received a DVD player, and it has a button to choose between NTSC and PAL. I know these are different TV types. Does my DVD player have a Multi-Region function?.

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You just witnessed the difference between an 'Actor' and a 'Reactor' Gwyneth is a 'people person' she works well with people to interact with. Acting in front of a blue or green screen for the whole movie takes an actor with great imagination. One of these days 'Hollywood' is going to realise that it takes a whole lot of acting talent to act and react to nothing but a blue screen. No matter how good the director is, it's still a reflection of the actors imagination. I think that the actors in big SPFX movies are always underrated. I also think that 'Big Movie Sets' are fast becomming a thing of the past. So the actors better get good at acting in a blue room becase they won't have the splendor of a grand set design to lean on and draw inspiration. Yes indeed, you can see the difference when you place an 'unimaginative' actor into a FX movie.

Anyway, nuf said, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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If I'm not mistaken, PAL is how the Europeans view their television signals. Not really sure of the difference between the two, but I don't think it has anything to do with a multi-region viewer. I know back about 7 years ago when I first got my Playstation, you could either buy an adapter or buy a multi-region machine to play the Japanese games. I haven't really checked since I got a PS2. There may be something similar out there for those who have one that will let you play dvd's from the different regions.

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Maybe they just designed one unit for sale in both the US and Europe.

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NTSC and PAL are just two different display outputs. It doesn't necessarily mean your machine is multi-region, but it doens't mean it isn't either.

A lot of DVD players are multi-region these days, and a lot of those that aren't can be made multi-region very easily. Sometimes it requires a little hardware work (opening it up and doing some light modding, or maybe flicking a switch or something) and sometimes it is as easy as getting a "secret" key-sequence off the internet to access a hidden menu or type in a special code.

Do some research on the internet for your own particular model of DVD player. Just go to google and type in the exact model of your DVD player and the words "region hack", for example http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&a...07+region+hack

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While I was in Europe a few years ago our housesitter stuck something in my playstation (without asking) that he said would let me use games from anywhere. I've never used it though. I played Wipeout2097 twice when i got back, finished it and gave my games to someone for christmas.

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Just for the sake of argument, let's say I could modify my dvd player. Where the heck do you get the other region dvd's? I know you're going to say E-bay or some other internet service. Since I don't have a credit card to use or want to participate in Pay-Pal, how would I get my hands on these discs?

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I saw hero and spider-man 2 today.

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I think it is illegal to sell DVDs in the "wrong" reason... or if not illegal, then very highly discouraged.

No need to modify your DVD player at all. Just get a DVD-ROM drive for your computer and get good software that can decrypt any format DVD. I posted some links in the DragonCon thread if you are interested... A video card with TV Out options can help, as you can then ouptut the movie to a TV (maybe use an RGB converter if necessary) and not have to watch it on the computer monitor.

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Maybe in the states, but not over here. That is a serious case of corporations writing the laws if that's true- I mean why should that be a crime?

I've yet to use a out-region DVD myself, but my brother has a friend in Australia who frequently sends him wierd stuff. Has anyone here ever seen "Strangers with Candy"? Wierd wierd wierd funny wierd wierd.

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Well, I got a dvd-rom on my pc. I'll have to check out that thread you mentioned, Fyron. But I still have no idea where to get the discs. Probably do a Google search one of these days.

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I saw Vampire Effect.

A silly and kind of stupid movie, but funny. It's like a Chinese Version of Blade, but the vampire hunters are a couple of pretty but rather immature Chinese girls who fight using their kung fu. Jackie Chan makes a small appearance and there is a silly fight scene between him and a vampire.

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Hey, give a warning next time. I went to that thread, and those pictures would definitely have gotten me into some sort of trouble if someone had seen me looking at them (either at work or at home. I can image the wife's reaction to the "man-eater" picture).

Just picked up The Alamo today. I didn't get the chance to see it when it came out. I know it bombed at the box-office, but I hope it's still pretty good.

Speaking of Jackie Chan, I read or saw on tv something about how he wants to be taken as a serious actor now, and is giving up on the types of roles that have made him famous. We'll see how long that Lasts. I know he's 50+, and his body may not be able to take all of the punishment it has in the past, but I don't think the world is ready for a serious, dramatic Jackie Chan.

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I saw Fist of the Red Dragon

The story is set in China during the Opium War. The bad guys are smuggling opium into China and there's a big problem with people getting addicted. The hero, Donnie Yen, beats up the bad guys with his kung fu. Some very good fight scenes, choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping who did the Matrix , Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, etc. There some boring parts which are supposed to be funny but aren't. The fight scenes are great though, just ignore the rest of the story. This movie is similar to Iron Monkey, with the same guy and the same sort of fighting, but not quite at the same level.

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Movies I've seen in theatres recently (we have a few interesting theatres in Seattle, and of course a bunch of crappy chain ones, like just about everywhere else):

The French Connection I was already having a hard time finding anything to like about most films. This film was so well done, it has made that even worse. So many films just stink in comparison, especially from a believability standpoint. So much fake unbelievable uninteresting nonsense for stupid people in most films.

The Warriors Heh. This was shown right after The French Connection, and well, I was tempted partly due to it having been mentioned here on the forums. Pretty funny! Pretty weird. Really 70's. Rather unbelievable, but gee... I think despite it being utterly laughable in many many ways, in some limited but worthwhile ways it was actually better than some recent high-budget drivel like Terminator 3 or the recent Star Wars fiascos. Ah well. Yet more reinforcement for my disdain of ... well some might say modern Hollywood style, but I think it's more like modern Hollywood dreck.

Hero A very good film, especially visually.

Alien versus Predator OMG what crap! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

PvK

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Went and saw Ladder 49 Friday night. It is a darn good movie. I liked it better than Backdraft, which was basically a murder mystery with firemen. Ladder 49 uses flashbacks to tell the story of Joaquin Pheonix's character over the past 10 years (ok, I know his real name is Leaf, but couldn't he have found a better first name to use besides Joaquin?). John Travolta has a much better role to act in, compared to what he did in Punisher. A great movie. I highly recommend it. I think Phoenix should be an Oscar nomination, but we'll see. There's still 2 more months of movies to go.

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This week I had a great time seeing two documentaries. The first was "Spellbound". This film follows several kids in their quest to win the nation spelling bee. Having a great interest in words and documentaries, this film was right up my ally. It is a very enjoyable movie. Just to see some parents say that knowing 4,000 words is not enough is funny. I would give it four of of five stars.


The next movie was "Super Size Me".
This guy must have something against fast food is all I have to say. Another interesting film. It really does make you think again about eating fast food. Three of five stars. Simply an okay movie. Nothing more.

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I saw Bourne Supremacy

It was pretty good. Matt Damon does a great job playing Jason Bourne... His secret agent character is very impressive: he is very highly skilled and his every action is so perfect and efficient, and he knows exactly what to do at every moment - he's like a machine. He's obviously good at hand-to-hand combat but it was hard to see what's going on in the fight scenes, it was too fast and close-up. Anyway, not a bad movie. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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Any one seen Sky Captain? From what I have seen, great looking movie, bad story.