Miscellaneous movie thread

[Blitzkrieg]

Very good movie. Not sure about Heath Ledger being cast as The Joker in the next installment though.

 

[Wrathchild]

I'm even less sure about Ryan Phillippe as Two-Face. This overabundance of villains is precisely what killed off the Batman films last time. That and the fact that Joel Schumacher couldn't direct his way out of a wet paper bag .

W

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I hadn't theard that one actually. You are right about the over use of characters last time, so this does seem risky, but Batman Begins had more than one villain, and it was great, so I am willing to give it a go.

After thinking about it, Ryan Phillippe as Two-Face doesn't seem as bad to me as Heath Ledger as The Joker. Phillippe is a good actor.

 

[Wrathchild]

Even if The Dark Knight is only half as good as Batman Begins, it'll still kick a fair amount of arse. We'll find out in 2008.

For anyone else without a multizone DVD player , you'll be pleased to know that the 2 disc director's cut of Sin City will be out in Australia in November. I'm still kicking myself because I missed it at the cinema, so I look forward to buying this version .

W

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Directors Cut you say? Will be interested in seeing that before I catch the sequel. I didn't think Sin City was that great as a film, but it was brilliant to look at, and the individual stories were cool as stand alone stories.

 

[Wrathchild]

The second disc is more or less the same film (so I've heard), but with all the overlapping stories re-edited into individual sequences of about 40 minutes each. I don't know how well this will work because I'm yet to see any version of the film, but I'm a huge fan of Frank Miller's original comics.

W

 

[Blitzkrieg]

As a film version of the comic, it is damn awesome, but as a film in itself, I found the stories too seperate to warrant joining them together and calling it a film.

 

[Winmar]

I've hardly seen any films at all in recent times, as I've been working long hours and am often too tired to concentrate on them.

I did watch both Underworld films though. They were ok, but I'm pretty bored of the whole vampire thing.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I fell asleep during the first one, but I actually really enjoyed what I saw, was just really tired! Will watch it again sometime, along with the sequel.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Top Secret! was on late last night and I got hooked into watching most of it. Hilarious stuff, still one of the best spoofs ever made.

 

[Winmar]

What's it a spoof of?

 

[Goreripper]

Spy films

 

[Priest of Evil]

I watched Rivers Edge the other night with Keanu. I'm very surprised I hadn't heard of it before, great 80s movie about a bunch of delinquent metal heads, and lots of old school Slayer in the soundtrack.

everytime they were in the car it was Show No Mercy Time

 

[Winmar]

Spy films

That would make sense.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I watched Zathura today, it was a pretty cool film for what it was.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Watched Equilibrium last night, fantastic. Best film of it's kind I have seen since The Matrix. Christian Bale was excellent in it. I really questioned why they picked him as the new Batman (despite him filling the role really well), and this film will show you why. Seemed to be a few plot holes around the main theme, but it was good enough to overlook those and enjoy it for what it was. Good stuff.

Speaking of Batman again, Seeing this photoshop interpretation of Heath Ledger as The Joker has me welcome the idea a little more.

 

[Spiff]

I saw The Departed yesterday. Excellent film.

 

[Sydo]

I watched Zathura today, it was a pretty cool film for what it was.

Saw it last week. It was ok, but Jumanji it is not.

I saw The Departed yesterday. Excellent film.

That looks great. Hope to see it this week.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I can't remember Jumanji as well since it was a long time since I last saw it, but from what I remember, Zathura stacked up rather well, especially in the effects department. The film looked great.

 

[Wrathchild]

I hadn't heard of Equilibrium before I read about it here. Sounds mighty interesting. I hate The Matrix with a passion, but other films that tread similar ground are often more entertaining (Dark City and eXistenZ to name but two).

Children Of Men doesnae look bad, even though it's based on a book by an author I don't particularly like.

W