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Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-05-08
Replies: 104
The best movies of 2008 so far
Posted By flickerboy
Re: The best movies of 2008 so far

I'm just surprised at how many people have said In Bruges - I loved it, but thought I was the only one! I'd like to throw Hellboy II: The Golden Army into the mix too - it's as good as either The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-05-08
Replies: 195
Recommend some Foreign Faves
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Recommend some Foreign Faves

Most of the ones I could think of at short notice have already been mentioned - Delicatessen and Man Bites Dog are particular favourites. Has anyone mentioned the Spanish movie Intacto? Above...
Replies: 1,805
What Is The Last DVD You WATCHED?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: What Is The Last DVD You WATCHED?

Dan In Real Life. Which is ironic, since my name IS Dan. In real life.

Before that it was Wild Hogs, but I have an excuse for that one - I write a daily movie blog, and this week's been all...
Forum: Movie Reviews 07-31-08
Replies: 154
The Dark Knight (possible spoilers)
Posted By flickerboy
Re: The Dark Knight (possible spoilers)

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict Christopher Nolan for a Best Director Oscar too. Great director, undoubtedly his best movie to date, probably the best superhero movie of all time - I...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-26-08
Replies: 546
THE DARK KNIGHT (Nolan's BATMAN sequel)
Posted By flickerboy
Re: THE DARK KNIGHT (Nolan's BATMAN sequel)

With The Dark Knight it looks like we're finally getting Batman as he should be - dark, disturbing, disturbed, and likely to crop up in your nightmares if you're not careful. There were hints at how...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-26-08
Replies: 148
Transformers 2
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Transformers 2

The first movie certainly hit most of the right spots... let's just hope that they don't make the usual mistake of trying to pack too many characters into the sequel. They always do this with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-08
Replies: 119
Best Anime Movie
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Best Anime Movie

I've already seen most of the big names mentioned here (Akira, Ghost In The Shell, etc). Anyone got any little-known gems they can recommend? I run my own daily movie reviw site, and we cover Anime...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-18-08
Replies: 126
Robbed of an Oscar
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Robbed of an Oscar

There should have been at least an Oscar nomination for the Iranian movie Offside (Foreign Language Film category, obviously). They got shafted because the Iranian government refused to give it a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-17-08
Replies: 122
Disappointing Movies
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Disappointing Movies

It seems that a lot of the movies mentioned on here are sequels - that's no coincidence, I'm sure. Why can't the Hollywood moguls get it into their heads that more doesn't necessarily mean better? ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-17-08
Replies: 32
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey all about?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: What is 2001: A Space Odyssey all about?

I always thought the ending implied that he'd passed outside of linear time - hence the fact that we see him as old man, young man and child, all within a few seconds of each other. The idea is that...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-05-08
Replies: 33
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Sedai's right - Fantastic Four sucked in the most major way possible. Hopefully this movie will keep up the good Hellboy name though - we generally seem to be agreed that the first movie was above...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-05-08
Replies: 4
Ridley Scott's untitled Sci-fi book adaptation
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Ridley Scott's untitled Sci-fi book adaptation

More to the point, why the hell is he making yet another Robin Hood movie? Surely 'the Hood' has to be the most overfilmed character in TV and movie history!
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-05-08
Replies: 34
Don't mess with The Zohan
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Don't mess with The Zohan

Did you guys see him in Punch-Drunk Love? I reckon we saw something close to the real Sandler there!
Forum: Movie Reviews 06-05-08
Replies: 19
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Posted By flickerboy
Re: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Does anyone have any idea why they're filming these Narnia movies out of sequence like this? I mean, there were originally 7 books... and they've filmed no.2 then no.4. Are they intending to make...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-05-08
Replies: 242
Who is the most overrated director?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Who is the most overrated director?

Gilliam falls into the underachiever bracket too actually - although again, I liked Brazil. Mind you, can you be overrated when not that many people actually rate any more anyway?
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-05-08
Replies: 242
Who is the most overrated director?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Who is the most overrated director?

Tarantino's a good call for the biggest underachiever in Hollywood actually - such a promising start, but he's vanished back into his own QT mythology. And those cameos? Try telling me that he'd...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-05-08
Replies: 41
Best Animated Disney movie of alltime?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Best Animated Disney movie of alltime?

Surely The Jungle Book trumps them all though? Great story, great songs - I can immediately remember at least five or six amazing scenes just off the top of my head.
Forum: Birthdays and Introductions 06-04-08
Replies: 27
Hey guys i'm new
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Hey guys i'm new

Strictly speaking, Batman has no powers - are we going to deny him superhero status too? I think if the guy has an outfit then he's a superhero in my books...
Forum: Birthdays and Introductions 06-04-08
Replies: 27
Hey guys i'm new
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Hey guys i'm new

Wow. Didn't think that one was profane enough to get edited out, but I guess I've still got a lot to learn...
Forum: Birthdays and Introductions 06-04-08
Replies: 27
Hey guys i'm new
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Hey guys i'm new

I'm new here too - all newbies together! I've never been a superhero, though, *********...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-04-08
Replies: 19,688
The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread
Posted By flickerboy
Re: The Baker's Dozen Movie Game Thread

13 Time Travel Flicks

1. 12 Monkeys
2. Back To The Future
3. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
4. The Time Machine (1960)
5. Kate & Leopold
6. Somewhere in Time
7. Time Bandits
8. The Terminator
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-04-08
Replies: 242
Who is the most overrated director?
Posted By flickerboy
Re: Who is the most overrated director?

Hitchcock may have been a child, but at least he made some great movies - he also made a hell of a lots of films, the guy worked hard!

My vote has to go with George Lucas. He's a household name,...