Christopher said:

prb said:

are those 3 books out of cheerios packets the whole book?

I have a whole shelf for DVDs that I've bought for very little money every now and then but still not gotten around to watching. Last night I took American Movie off that shelf. It was good and interesting, although a little bit too focused on humour (since it had quite a bit of dramatic potential).

Here are a few other DVDs on that shelf:

Fear Of A Black Hat
The Most Terrible Time In My Life
Torsk På Tallinn
Darwin's Nightmare
Tokyo Noise
Dust Devil
Munich
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three
Vanishing Point
Princess Mononoke
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
Enemy Gold

retina said:

I've only seen those 2, actually only half of poisoners handbook, it was on so late I got too tired to watch the rest.

evenstar said:

DON'T DO IT!!!!!

I went christmas shopping this Saturday with my friend, but after 30 minutes of pointless wandering we ended up at the cinema. Golden Compass was the only thing that was on around that time.

The movie started off pretty well, especially with Nicole Kidman's stellar entrance. We were happy:



However, about 30 minutes into the movie, we realized that Golden Compass was more about computer graphics than anything else. We became sceptical about the rest of the picture:



An hour into the movie, we just couldn't bare it anymore.
Horrible lead, weak dialogues, predictable conclusion.
We were 'bleh':




Save that money for Christmas gifts.

omg, you are way too adorable

but i liked the book tons as a kid! i HAVE to see it.

evenstar said:

just don't come running back to me for comfort....





PS Because of that movie I'm also seriously fucked with my Christmas to-dos.
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DexMSR said:

his opening this weekend he made.. $76.5 Million .. im going to see it

http://www6.comcast.net/e...ox.Office/

ZombieKitten said:

books in cereal pkts

paul jennings did it with muffin pkts

not sure, havent seen them

the "golden compass" (northern lights here) is the 1st in a trilogy

evenstar said:

i only discovered the books about 3 yrs ago, and i love them i still have to see the movie 2

:prbblocksherearstoanymorenegativecommentsaboutgoldencompass:

I seen I am Legend and The Mist last night....I liked them both...and really enjoyed the human twist of fates at the end of The Mist...makes you think!

prb said:

I had a look at one, they are just books adapted from the film, with stills.

Atonement

heartbeatocean said:

did you see enduring love?

Byron said:

This movie was better than expected.

Byron said:

As for this one, I would like to compare this to the Broadway version which I've scene as well. It will be interesting to see what live Johnny brings to the character.

Cloverfield.

Mach said:

Hey Mach, what's up with some religious groups protesting the movie as being sinister? I've only kimmed some articles in passing, but I thought maybe it was some dark vehicle that people were afraid was being marketed to brainwash children

retina said:

these three are excellent, definitely worth a look

Ottensen said:

It portrays the church as a scheming, child abusing lot. In a way, that is not even far from trhe truth.

But in book two and three they take on the world of the death AND god, so they might be anticipating that.

I am Legend, Friday.
With a date.

There are some great movies out right now.

I will defintely be seeing:

The Kite Runner (amazing book)
The Great Debaters
Juno

I recently saw American Gangster and loves it and I rented The Bourne Ultimatum and it was excellent too.
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ZombieKitten said:

never heard of it

Lammastide said:

same here. i kinda wanna see 'juno', but i can wait for DVD. same with 'i am legend' and 'sweeney todd'. they all look interesting enough, but i'm not jumping out of my skin for anything coming to the big screen.





....welllll, i AM kinda excited about cloverfield....

heartbeatocean said:

another novel by the guy that wrote Atonement, and not a bad film, probably a better film than book.

sammij said:

Juno was good, funny Over-written in spots (every character has lightning fast wit, slang up the yang & killer metaphors - EVERY character shouldn't sound like the WRITER, lol) but it's so forgiveable being her first screenplay. I dug it

Juno

retina said:

Wow, I had forgotten about THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE. I watched that a very long time ago. I think I liked it, but I was very young.

I am planning on seeing National Treasure VERY soon...

Cloverfield!

Ummmmm..... that may be it for now....

40 films from 2007 I haven't seen, but wanna:
1.This Christmas
2.Why Did I Get Married?
3.Shrek the 3rd
4.Live Free or Die Hard
5.Rush Hour 3
6.Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
7.December Boys
8.The Simpsons Movie
9.Knocked Up
10.Hot Fuzz
11.The Nanny Diaries
12.Meet the Robinsons
13.Superbad
14.Hairspray
15.Cloverfield
16.Bee Movie
17.Stardust
18.The Mist
19.Once
20.The Golden Compass
21.Death at a Funeral
22.The Darjeeling Limited
23.Atonement
24.Run Fatboy Run
25.Alvin and the Chipmunks
26.The Heartbreak Kid
27.American Gangster
28.Ratatouille
29.La Vie En Rose
30.The Walker
31.Gone Baby Gone
32.88 Minutes
33.I am Legend
34.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
35.Juno
36.National Treasure 2
37.The Bucket List
38.Michael Clayton
39.Kickin' It Old Skool
40.The Great Debaters
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