Movies That You Have Not Seen, But Would Like To See

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Wed, 2006-03-29 18:31

iceman

Movies That You Have Not Seen, But Would Like To See

This is just a short list:

King Kong 2005
Aeon Flux 2005
Serenity 2005

The above three all came out around December last eyar and I still haven't gotten around to seeing any of them. King Kong seems to be full of elaborate special effects. Aeon Flux's main saving grace is Charlise Thereon. From the trailers, Serenity seems to be very much like a SciFi Original Picture.

To the list I'll add:

Underworld Evolution
Ultraviolet

Wed, 2006-03-29 18:43

camus

Crash The Chronicles Of Narnia We have King Kong on dvd, definitely overhyped, even the kids weren't too impressed.

Wed, 2006-03-29 18:57

maddan

Movies I have seen, but would prefer not to have seen. Underworld Evolution

Wed, 2006-03-29 19:59

styx

I have never seen The Godfather. Every time it's been on the tele, I'm sober at the beginning but crash out way before the end. I've seen 2 and 3 a couple of times. I've asked in the library but they only have it on DVD, and as my DVD player is in Oxford still, that's no good. Anyway now that I'm getting sober, if it comes on again I'll be able to stay awake.

Wed, 2006-03-29 22:58

yan

The wizard of oz. Seriously. I tried once when I was stoned but couldn't get dark side to sync up.

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Thu, 2006-03-30 00:20

mikepyro

ice man please, for love of god don't see aeon flux, it was so bad I almost cried. King kong was great, too long, but great. And serenity is better then any of the junk you'll find on the Sci-fi channel. Great movie! I'd like to see Munich, Good night good luck. I just got to see two movies I've been dying to see, (Snatch and Lock,Stock,Two Smoking Barrels. I love em!)

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Thu, 2006-03-30 02:11

Tyler King

See Mr and Mrs Smith, if you can stand a reference to sex two minutes into the movie DO NOT SEE THE MOVIE SPANGLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyler King

Thu, 2006-03-30 07:53

iceman

Thanks for the tips. I haven't seen Aeon Flux on the rental shelves. I'll consider Serenity. Tonight we watched Domino. I liked Keira Knightly's haircut.

Fri, 2006-03-31 09:07

pepsoid

Keira Knightly's haircut is as good a reason as any to see a movie! Movies I'd like to get around to seeing, but will probably have to wait till my girlfriend is away for the evening and I can be bothered sitting round watching films on my own... The Godfather (all of 'em) Resident Evil (both of 'em) all the Kubricks I haven't seen yet The Blair Witch Project Kill BIll 1+2 Also wanna see Underworld Evolution! Thankfully so does my girlfriend. Say what you like, the first one, although cheesy as hell, was wonderfully entertaining. & well looking forward to the next X-Men! The Punisher, by the way, if anyone is wondering, was something of a disappointment... although it reminded me of the game 'Max Payne'... :-) * P * :-)

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Fri, 2006-03-31 22:26

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mississippi

Mr & Mrs Smith is absolute dogshit, Munich however is brilliant. Oh, and by the way Richard, it's only 'gotten' if you're an American, for the rest of us it's 'got'!

Sat, 2006-04-01 18:08

#11

styx

Sorry Missi but gotten is a Middle English word fallen out of favour over here, and I personally thank the Americans for bringing it back into use. And if the greatest TV critic in the history of television can use it - Nancy Banks-Smith in her column today - then I think it's okay.

Sat, 2006-04-01 19:56

#12

mississippi

Sorry? No need to apologise to me, and I don't give a dog's dick whether it's Middle English either, (there are many ME words not currently used and believe it or not, I AM aware of them), it ISN'T current English here, and it's just the kind of thing that expatriot Brits adopt to feel they are blending in with their new surroundings. Nancy Wanks-Smith is nobody where I stand, and she can use what the hell she likes, where she likes, with whomsoever she likes, it's STILL crap English. (Dogs dick by the way is 20ct English in East Anglia, and therefore perfectly acceptable)

Sun, 2006-04-02 00:35

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Radio Denver

Wot's gotten up your arse George?

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Sun, 2006-04-02 10:11

#14

mississippi

The last thing that got up my arse, was a doctor's finger during a prostate check. I ain't 'arsey', I just find it a bit embarrassing when people adopt foreign usages of my mother tongue when they KNOW perfectly well what the correct English word/usage is. I don't have a problem with Americans using whatever words/grammar they see fit, (so your usage is fine and correct, for YOU) but Richard knows full well that 'gotten' is an American word in present day English, and NO self-respecting Englishman would use it, unless trying to 'be' an American. I once saw an Alan Whicker programme where he was touring America meeting interesting characters. He met an ex-patriot Londoner that had lived in LA for 35yrs I believe, and you would have thought he had never left London. I admired the guy for not letting his identity be swallowed up by a need to feel American. We should all be happy with who we are.

Sun, 2006-04-02 12:42

#15

yan

Oftentimes

There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed -
Dennett

Sun, 2006-04-02 15:25

#16

Radio Denver

I have this problem in reverse. My hanging around Brits has resulted in my use of "Brit-speak" in my normal conversation. (I've taken to the word dodgy) When I do this, I get that crooked face confused dog look from friends... "What the hell's dodgy?...speak English mo-fo, you just ain't a talk'n rite"

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Sun, 2006-04-02 18:13

#17

iceman

Ok, fair comment. Maybe my usage of the word "gotten" is a form of blending in. Myself, I see it more as American English being a foreign language and I am learning to speak the American way. For example: American's say "yield" instead of "give way"; "line" instead of "queue", just to pick two instances. I have been told that if I use certain English words over here, nobody will understand what I am talking about. They have sufficient problems with my messed up accent --- London, Estuarine and Scottish. Fortunately the last is fading fast, and I can't remember the last time I used "wee" to describe something little. I think the main question is whether I am using the words to fake out a psuedo persona (like I did in Scotland much to my own chagrin) or just so that I may be understood. I don't want American's in general to look upon me as an oddity. I can use the word "icebox" without a hint of irony. --- I may dig up something I wrote on cultural differences later.

Sun, 2006-04-02 18:24

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josiedog

When I was about 7 my nice well-spoken middle-class family imploded and I ended up living in a "working class" part of the Essex/London border lands, where the rough kids were. First day at school i got the granny bashed out of me (do they say that in the States?) for speaking like a toff. And instead of "Hello" they would just say "Alright?" and like a fool i would tell them whether i was or not, and exactly why, to much laughter and throwing of punches. I now speak like a cockney barrow boy (apparently) and it wasn't a conscious decision, just a survival instinct I s'pose. Cor blimey guvnor. Good Night and Good Luck was a terrific film. I want to see "Hidden".

Sun, 2006-04-02 18:41

#19

iceman

JD.. that reminds me when I was in the UK with my fiancee, that we got a cab back from Westcliff and in the cab I chatted to the driver about the weather in the same way as the driver spoke (East End of London with Estuarine) and my fiancee said I may as well be talking a foreign language as she didn't understand a word of what either I or the driver were saying. A literary reference: check out the character of Coker in "Day Of The Triffids" by John Wyndham. Coker moderates his speech depending on who he is talking to: using a posh accent if talking to posh people and the reverse if talking to East Enders.

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