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For movies you see in 2017

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I had to Google that Bristol...you are a Trekkie!

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Certainly Star Trek was probably the first to use TNG, but others have too. There's even a Degrassi: The Next Generation.

So I nicked it for this thread. ;)

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TNG- Thats not good..?

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I watched a couple of films on netflix recently.

The Counseller
What I expected: An exciting film about drug deals gone wrong.
What I got: 2 hours of ridley scott wanking over cameran diaz.
Rating: Shit.

American Sniper
What I expected: Annoyingly shitty US military glorification.
What I got: Brilliantly shitty US military glorification and a plastic baby.
Rating: Great.

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A colleague said, the dramatic license notwithstanding, it was a reasonably accurate portrayal of the action. Apparently Kilo Two Bravo (I think is on Netflix) was even more so, but from a British perspective and in Afghanistan.

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Wasn't that one you recommended? With the mines?

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Yes. Did you like it?

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That was what I said at the time. From memory, like or enjoy don't seem appropriate expressions. :lol:

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I didn't think I was I going to to like it because all the talk last year was about how it was nothing but propaganda. Well, yeah it sort of is, but it's very engaging (this is the word you are looking for bristol) propaganda.

I'd already added kilo two bravo to my netflix list, but not got round to watching it yet. Will watch it this week.

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T2 Trainspotting, which is out in a few weeks. The original Trainspotting is still an all time favourite, even though I feel like I need a shower after watching it.

Life looks to be pretty decent too. Out in the summer.

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The Girl on the Train
So a few reviewers on the Maple Leaf didn't like it and it was the same in The Lounge.

Tonight I started to watch it. I half had a review in my head about how I was determined to like it but then, like everyone else, thought it was rubbish.

Well I thought it was really good. After about 20-30 minutes I thought I'd probably split it in two and finish tomorrow night but half way through I thought sod it, I'll stick with it and it and it flew by.

I did a bit of googling to see potential differences to the book and there appear to be quite a few.

So if Beckiwoo is still interested, see it. :thumbup:

Books are generally the better version of course.

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Not with porn. ;)

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moved to here


last weekend with a cineplex gift card from the kids we saw 'Split' & give it 9.5/10

We now take our own popcorn (3 bags for $1) to the movies, one bag microwave popped before we leave, then put the topping on it when we get there. Why pay $8 or so.

Later today we're going to see 'Gold'

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Still waiting for it to come out on Netflix *sigh

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Exactly - overpriced cinema food is terrible.

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Several of these work
Watch The Girl on the Train (2016) Online Free - PrimeWire | 1Channel

Some better than others. Vidzi looks okay to play right now, but not every vidzi link works. I see three vidzi links. The first one didn't work and the second one did. Vidto as well.

Just ignore and close any unrelated pop-ups, included that bluff about locking your computer :rofl:. Sometimes there's a bit of a delay, sometimes it needs a second or third click on the 'play' buttons. No signing up needed.

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I had that last week - but the voiceover didn't stop even after closing the pop under and browser.. in the end, I had to reboot the computer to get it to stop!

Back on topic..

I watched last week online, I felt like a bit of light entertainment. :p

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I have a deluxe new (to me) laptop with superior audio and video and a set of pro headphones and the news has driven me to Dr. Strangelove.

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I didn't like the book.

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Classic

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...but you liked the film??

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Haven't seen it. It takes a lot for me to put up with the popcorn munchers, seat kickers and additional annoying habits of 'other people', and on the film is never as good as the book principle I wasn't even remotely tempted.

I was tempted to add a further reason but am trying to avoid spoilers.

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You must love being on airplanes then.

The only book I hated where I didn't even bother watching the film was 'the lovely bones' - massively overrated

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IMDB says there are great differences between book and movie.

I saw it a few years ago. Don't recall much other than I watched all of it.

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I false started on the lovely bones (the book) a few times, thought it was OK in the end, but wasn't tempted to see the film.

Although many hated it I loved the book of 'we need to talk about Kevin', which may say much about my essential crapness as a parent (none of mine have killed anyone so far as I'm aware). I still didn't bother with the film. Mostly I don't see the point when you know what's going to happen anyway.

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Actually, I'm thinking General Custer as in Little Big Man.

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I have just finished watching 'Manchester by the Sea', my prediction is that Casey Affleck will win the Academy Award for best actor.

I enjoyed it, easily a 8/10 from me.

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I have a bit of a block when it comes to Australian movies. It's not only an accent thing, but also that so many of them seem rural and or in the past. And sometimes it comes across as in the past when it's not.

There are, of course, exceptions. The Killing of Angel Street. Muriel's Wedding (an all time great) and a few others with unmemorable titles. I found a new one tonight.

Imagine you're out and someone approaches you. You realise it's you. Then you realise they are telling you not to go to a particular place.

Quite disconcerting. Do you go?

41.

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I just watched "Arrival" - what a strange film.. and it left you hanging somewhat at the end. I enjoyed it (well, I like sci-fi) but felt there was potential for a more satisfying ending..

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I smuggle snacks in too

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Makes you wonder if an Australian in OZ or Brit that has never been outside the UK has the same reaction when watching a real Canadian movie (not made in Hollywood flick)?

'Goin' down the road' movie must same so strange :nod:

Have you ever watched that one Bristol?

Goin' Down the Road (1970) - IMDb

A few years ago on late TV there was Nicole Kidman early 1980's movie, now that could have been a 'Canadian east coast' or New England movie.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Watched Hidden Figures. Good acting and entertaining. A true story. Another slant on racism in USA.
Watched Fences. Great acting from Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Perhaps an Oscar for Washington.
Watched Manchester by the Sea. Good stuff and Affleck a solid candidate for the Oscar. It's about a broken man.
Watched Hacksaw Ridge. An inspiring movie (at least for me), somewhat brutal in warring scenes but overall a good watch.

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I liked it too, watched Hacksaw Ridge last night too. Another 8/10 well put together film.

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Or sequel? :sneaky:

I have it lined up. Not the sequel...watching it. :lol:

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This is very Canadian:

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There was also Pricilla, Queen of the Desert. I also watched Bangkok Hilton, which was a late 1980s movie with Nicole Kidman and Hugo Weaving about a women who gets framed with smuggling drugs and her time in a jail in Thailand (I don't think it was Bangkang - the real Bangkok Hilton as that's a male jail).

It was a good movie if very dated.

Big fan of these locked up abroad, prisons abroad stuff. Might explain why I visited 5 different old jails when I went to Australia in 2010 lol.

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I saw the trailer for that and really wanted to see it.... now you have told me about the ending leaving you hanging.... not interested now....i REALLY hate movies with inconclusive endings!! lol I find them very annoying.....you sit there for over 2 hours....and then.....nothing.... hanging..... arrrrrrggggghhhh!!!! :thumbdown:

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It's concluded to a degree.. I just found it an unsatisfying ending when it had the potential for more. I did enjoy the majority of it though!

Go and see it - it has rave reviews..

:)

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I remember watching something from Newfoundland and it was all a bit grim - overly strict father - but it had a novelty value.

I'm fond of Jesus of Montreal and I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is another good one.

I either downloaded it but didn't see it yet or started it but didn't finish

Yes, BH was very good. As was the Aussie TV series Vietnam, also with Nicole Kidman.

The black comedy Carry Me Back was also very good, but was New Zealand.

So Midnight Express then :thumbsup::thumbsup:
I remember watching a clip on local TV (the regionalised news slot just after 6.00pm - HTV) of the prison visit with the glass partition between Billy and girlfriend. I don't think whoever was responsible quite realised what was going on. :rofl: