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Oh yea feel the power of movies/anime/series!; What have you been watching?
Topic Started: Jan 15 2008, 07:53 PM (4,330 Views)
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I figured this would be a good thread to recommend each other films/tv series and such. And at the end you can rate it with our new up and down smilies or something (3 thumbs up = best, 3 thumbs down = worst).

I've just seen Equilibrium. It's a shame how much this movie (and its fans) compares itself to The Matrix. Yes, some elements are the same (awesome gun/kung-fu fights) but there are loads, loads of differences. It's got a quite good story line, some plot twists, plenty of action for the action fan (but by no means too much!) and the most badass fight I've seen in a long, long time. Probably ever.
While not as good as The Matrix it easily beats Reloaded and Revolutions, I highly recommend it. Also, it's got Christian Bale <3

2 thumbs up! :up: :up:

EDIT: suggestion for rating shows:
:up: = recommended
:up: :up: = highly recommended
:up: :up: :up: = must-watch

:down: = for fans of the genre/series only
:down: :down: = quite crap
:down: :down: :down: = one of the most awful things I've seen this year
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I've also finished watching Welcome to the NHK!. A very odd anime in retro-spect, it has everything from comedy (for a couple of episodes) to drama (actually made me a bit depressed). It makes fun of things in our youth culture, especially in Japan, such as World Of Warcraft, eroge (erotic games) and terrible Japanese music.
Recommended, but not a must-see. Graphically quite impresive (FLCL-style) with very good music.

1 thumb up :up:
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I need to download more good films, recommend me some you've seen lately, people!
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I would have to strongly recommend Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, "Manos" The Hands of Fate, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and Battlefield Earth.
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right now I'm in the process of watching Blue Sonnet, a 5 ep OVA from 1989...not only that, but I'm watching it on VHS sub, talk about old school motha fucka :ensam: :ensam: :ensam:

I've only seen the first couple eps so far but I like it. Nothing amazing, moreso "average", but average isn't a bad thing.

And it owns because one of the first scenes was a girl having her period in the shower. It was like, wait is that blood? holy shit THAT'S BLOOD OMG IT'S HER PEROID OH FUCK OH FUCK GROSSSS and I shivered out of grossness, it was awesome.

But yeah it got my attention because it said TEENAGE GIRL IS THE ULTIMATE WEAPON and I was like OMG SAIKANO RIPPED THIS ANIME OFF but it's not like Saikano outside of that...it's about a girl who's a cyborg that's "the ulimate weapon" who's hunting down a girl who has the esper Red Fang inside her, and the ultimate weapon girl isn't suppose to have emotions but she gets emotions! :-( :-( and the girl with Red Fang insider her has to deal with that thing :-( :-(

Doesn't seem like it's on DVD...wanted to Netflix it to get it in good quality, they didn't have it...so then I tried to search for any place with it and no one has it haha. I e-mailed the company with the license to see if they plan to do a future release. I eventually found a torrent with it, I assume VHS rip, but seeders are hard to come by. And ofcoarse, as said, it's licensed, so fansub groups won't touch it.

So then I tried to find information on the manga right? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. The only english website I can find dealing with the manga is this blog which has translations for the first 1 and a half volumes, but no scans. And the manga hasn't been licensed AFAIK so, yeah (The guy that translated them was translating off the korean version, haha).
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good thread idea btw
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Jan 16 2008, 10:46 PM
And it owns because one of the first scenes was a girl having her period in the shower. It was like, wait is that blood? holy shit THAT'S BLOOD OMG IT'S HER PEROID OH FUCK OH FUCK GROSSSS and I shivered out of grossness, it was awesome.

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Yeah, I don't know about that...

Saw Lost In Translation today. Okay film, definitely has its moments. I mostly watched it because of the beautiful scenes, as the whole movie plays in Japan (in fact, everything is in Tokyo, I think) :mellow: The love story is so-so, there are some interesting characters but it's mostly the japanese culture that you have to be interested in if you want to enjoy it.

I'll give it a thumb up :up:

Also saw some Scrubs today but I'm sure I don't need to elaborate. Very good comedy, probably in my top 5/10ish.

But since you all already know Scrubs you should just watch Arrested Development, the funniest show ever.

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Ensam have you seen Across The Universe yet? I'm downloading it now (finally out on bittorrent) and I might get it on DVD if it's good enough.
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I just watched the live webcast of the impromptu free concert Radiohead did tonight in some small London music store

MY MIND WAS BLOWN
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no but I plan to get a netflix account soon and I'll see it then
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(I don't see very many movies)
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Jan 16 2008, 06:25 PM
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Jan 16 2008, 10:46 PM
And it owns because one of the first scenes was a girl having her period in the shower.  It was like, wait is that blood?  holy shit THAT'S BLOOD OMG IT'S HER PEROID OH FUCK OH FUCK GROSSSS and I shivered out of grossness, it was awesome.

:weird:

Yeah, I don't know about that...

you just don't have the proper respect of a woman's menstrual cycle!







seriously is there anything grosser?
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Uchiha_Shadow
Jan 15 2008, 07:57 PM
I've also finished watching Welcome to the NHK!. A very odd anime in retro-spect, it has everything from comedy (for a couple of episodes) to drama (actually made me a bit depressed). It makes fun of things in our youth culture, especially in Japan, such as World Of Warcraft, eroge (erotic games) and terrible Japanese music.
Recommended, but not a must-see. Graphically quite impresive (FLCL-style) with very good music.

1 thumb up :up:

I'm watching NHK right now... Jon and I watched one episode of it when we were laying in bed with nothing to do.. and I ended up liking it and I've been watching an episode or two every night or other night.

I'm actually really enjoying it, I'd rate it a little higher than "1 Thumb Up", though... On far away scenes, the characters kinda turn into little blobs.. but it's not too bad.

I haven't finished it yet, but it's alright.

~MagicWings
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I find that I really enjoyed Bastard a while back. Truly an enjoyable short series....my only problem is that its' too short, only 13 eps! >:O

And so for that I give it 2 thumbs only. :up2: :up:
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Jan 17 2008, 03:28 AM
I'm actually really enjoying it, I'd rate it a little higher than "1 Thump Up", though... On far away scenes, the characters kinda turn into little blobs.. but it's not too bad.

Not the reason why I gave it 1 thumbs up :weird: Though the graphics of an anime help, I'm not bothered by small details like that >>

Well I'd say that a thumbs up is recommended, and two thumbs up is highly recommended... NHK isn't a much watch by any means, it's just enjoyable.

Some of the characters really pissed me off in the series (Misaki and class rep), some of the episodes get really boring at times and I saw the "plot twists" in the last 2 episodes coming from miles away. I also feel the anime is a bit too inconsistent, they could've done a better job mixing up different genres. The ending is satisfactory, the music is great and they do a good job of explaining everything, but by no means would you miss out on much if you don't watch it. It's just recommended.
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Speaking of Arrested Development: Has anyone seen Juno? I've heard such good things about it... it has 2 of the cast members of AD and it got very high ratings everywhere. Trailer here.
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Jan 17 2008, 04:31 AM
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Jan 17 2008, 03:28 AM
I'm actually really enjoying it, I'd rate it a little higher than "1 Thump Up", though... On far away scenes, the characters kinda turn into little blobs.. but it's not too bad.

Not the reason why I gave it 1 thumbs up :weird: Though the graphics of an anime help, I'm not bothered by small details like that >>

Well I'd say that a thumbs up is recommended, and two thumbs up is highly recommended... NHK isn't a much watch by any means, it's just enjoyable.

Some of the characters really pissed me off in the series (Misaki and class rep), some of the episodes get really boring at times and I saw the "plot twists" in the last 2 episodes coming from miles away. I also feel the anime is a bit too inconsistent, they could've done a better job mixing up different genres. The ending is satisfactory, the music is great and they do a good job of explaining everything, but by no means would you miss out on much if you don't watch it. It's just recommended.

The thumbs and the graphics comment were two different thoughts.

I haven't seen the ending, so watch what you're saying about it.

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Jan 17 2008, 05:28 AM
when we were laying in bed with nothing to do..

Call me a pervert all you want, but this sounded funny. :ohnoes:
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Just saw Across The Universe. Brilliant film, story and characters - though I have to complain about something: there's a few too many songs in the films and some of them feel completely forced in the film (mostly Blackbird and Helter Skelter).

The scenes where they get high are just plain stunning, especially an underwater one. The film brings a good message and is very, very recommended

Two thumbs up :up: :up:
Must-watch for any Beatles fans.

Other than that I saw Knocked Up and Superbad. Both were okay, if teen-films are your kind of thing you can do a lot worse than Superbad, but neither were my kind of thing. Michael Cera rocks, though, if you like Superbad you should see his other stuff.

Both get a thumbs down IMO :down:
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I love The Matrix and V For Vendetta, but seriously Wachowski brothers, What. The. Fuck.

That's the corniest thing I've seen in years.
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Speed Racer was the fucking shit back in the day!
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Maybe this won't save the world, but it's the only thing I know how to do and I gotto do something.

I'm so gonna say that with a seriously manly voice whenever talking about something stupid, like driving, from now on. Or making tea or something.
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That's awesome, haha! :haha:
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I saw Atonement yesterday. Beautiful film (based on a novel), easily one of the best of last year. The story's quite intelligent and the acting superb (I didn't know Keira Knightley could actually act, I didn't like her in PotC). I personally dislike pretty much every war film out there so when it focuses a bit more on the war (about 1/4 of the film) I didn't quite like it as much but the ending made up for it. Beautiful film score as well and you can tell the whole cast is very talented.

2 thumbs up :up: :up:
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I've been meaning to watch Atonement for ages. :cry:
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PS I Love You. I was sort of forced to see this film after my flatmates and I decided to see a film (our internet wasn't working and we were bored) - Sweeney Todd to be exact. But as it turned out that doesn't come out till tomorrow here so we went to see the only film that was playing at 10 PM: PS I Love You.

This film fucking sucks. Nothing about is good, and I literally mean that. The characters annoyed me to no end and it's not just cause it's a chick flick, I actually enjoyed a few of those. The story is about as coherent as your average porn movie, there are supposed to be Irish people in there but they sound like bloody pirates (I'm serious) and the whole message they tried to send you at the end was "you can get over someone even if it's your husband dying" but the woman ended with a guy that was a carbon copy of her late husband. Way to get over someone: find a replacement that does the exact same things.

I shouted out "what the fuck, that would never happen!" and "yeah right" like 20 times during the film but let's face it: this is what girls want. They want some stupid distortion from the truth about relationships.

I'd give it 2 thumbs down but I've only started to hate it more typing about it

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irish people DO sound like pirates :mellow:
Conan says so.
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Oh. Alright.


Fuck Conan then. :o
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:rolleyes: you must not have met real irish people then.
He is irish! he know swhat he's talking about :seduce:
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Yes, I live in Great Britain and I've never met Irish people.

Believe what you hear on TV, Jacob. Especially when a comedian says it.
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I do. :gai:
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I need to see Juno. It has really good reviews.
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Saw Sweeney Todd in the cinema today. What a masterpiece, very beautiful and definitely one of Tim Burton's finest creations so far. Johnny Depp is as impressive as ever. But be warned: this is a musical. You'll be drowned in songs, especially in the first half. Speaking of which, the second half is much better because the story finally picks a faster pace. I'm not gonna spoil much about it, you probably already know if you want to watch it or not; if you're a Tim Burton or Johnny Depp fan this is a no-brainer. Same if you're in for a good horror-rific (it's 18+) musical.

Highly recommended :up: :up:
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I watched Ninja Scroll last night

better than I thought it would be

1 up from me

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which is better, the serie or the film?
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I saw the film, I had never seen the series but heard bad things.
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Everyone should see Sunshine. Probably the best movie of 2007, imo.
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Jan 16 2008, 05:46 PM
So then I tried to find information on the manga right? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. The only english website I can find dealing with the manga is this blog which has translations for the first 1 and a half volumes, but no scans. And the manga hasn't been licensed AFAIK so, yeah (The guy that translated them was translating off the korean version, haha).

So the guy responded and I might be able to try to scanlate this haha :omg:

Depends if he'd actually send me his volumes

now to do some major convincing :grr:
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Uchiha_Shadow
Jan 24 2008, 08:03 PM
which is better, the serie or the film?

Film is AMAZING.. it was one of my first anime (DBZ was first) and oh man is it great..

I only heard horrible things about the series, so I've never watched it..
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Jan 25 2008, 03:09 AM
Everyone should see Sunshine. Probably the best movie of 2007, imo.

Not the best one but I agree it was very good. It got a bit too weird near the ending :mellow: But a shame I didn't catch it in cinema, would've loved to see it there.

Also, it's got creepy-eyed guy from Batman Begins in it <3
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Sunshine wasn't that good. Too much drama, and the second half was really just a horror movie.
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Nope. Sunshine rules. No Country For Old Men also rules. And so does There Will Be Blood.
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There will be blood looks awesome and so does No country for old men.

I wanna see both badly D:
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After seeing Juno I can wholeheartedly recommend it to, well, everyone =] it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be (don't get me wrong, it has its funny moments, especially with Jason Bateman and Michael Cera) but the story was really good and the message it tried to send out as well. I don't want to repeat myself too often but this cast was amazing as well, I liked everyone - except for the rich woman, you'll see who I mean.

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Yeah I might go see it tonight with some people.
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I saw it a little while back with friends.

...I only realized that I had no idea of what the movie was about when I was entering the theater with them.
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In the middle of watching Fight Club. Easily one of the best films I've ever seen (not the first time I'm watching it), so if you haven't seen it yet: do so now.
The title scared me off at first as I thought it would just be another action flick, but the way this film presents a whole new way of life and makes you ponder about what really matters in life is impressive.

Also, am I the only one who is strangely attracted to the crazy girl? Not like "omg she's so hawt" attractive but there's just something about her... eventhough she's totally fucked up.
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Jan 26 2008, 07:09 PM
In the middle of watching Fight Club. Easily one of the best films I've ever seen (not the first time I'm watching it), so if you haven't seen it yet: do so now.
The title scared me off at first as I thought it would just be another action flick, but the way this film presents a whole new way of life and makes you ponder about what really matters in life is impressive.

Also, am I the only one who is strangely attracted to the crazy girl? Not like "omg she's so hawt" attractive but there's just something about her... eventhough she's totally fucked up.

Read the book...
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