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Thread #108718   Message #2986446
Posted By: GUEST,Patsy
14-Sep-10 - 06:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
I go through phases of choosing the type of film I watch depending on the mood but it still has to be a really good story.

The last DVDs that I've watched are:-

In The Name of the Father.
There will be Blood.
The Last King of Scotland.
The Grudge.
The (Digitally Re-mastered) Exorcist.
The Village
Cabaret
Pulp Fiction
Kill Bill 1 and 2
Slumdog Millionaire
Sean of the Dead

Jurassic Park the first one, I still enjoy no matter how often I see it.
Shrek 1 and 2 for the same reason. Recent animated films don't seem to quite come up to the quality of Shrek.

Ice-Age 1 and 2, didn't think I was going to like it but it's really enjoyable to watch along with some nibbles on a boring rainy Bank Holiday.

Bolt, about a stunt special effects dog. This was surprisingly good the story was original about a stunt dog who finds himself out of his staged environment and has to get by in the real world and he suddenly discovers that he can bleed and get hungry unlike his unreal life in the movies. A good lesson for children to learn that special effects are not true life.

The last time I saw a film of my choice at the cinema was 'Hot Fuzz' I'd seen Sean of the Dead and had been impressed by that so didn't mind so much paying the extortionate cost of the ticket. Likewise I take my own popcorn or pick n mix sweets which I get at a local supermarket and take it in my holdall or handbag. I've even smuggled in a small can of gin and tonic when watching an higher rating film. No-way will I buy an over priced carton of coke that is probably watered down anyway. Our cinema is in a complex surrounded by restaurants and bars so to my way of thinking it is no different than having one or two before I go in. On the whole though I rarely do go to the cinema now, it has to be really really darn good or I wait until the film is released on DVD. I have seen the odd turkey though and it seems such a waste of money, the film I am contemplating seeing is the 'Last Exorcism' and hoping it is not a disappointment but if anyone knows differently I would be grateful.