Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
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Iron Sky - A science fiction/war movie that takes all the conspiracy theories about the Nazis, alien bases on the dark side of the moon, mining for Helium 3, UFO's and puts them all into a superb comedy. It's incredible the lengths the Moon Nazis will go just to obtain a smartphone and an iPad.
The film even has a spoof of one of the Hitler rant parodies you would normally find on the Internet. Clever send-ups of Star Trek and independence Day as the commander of the USS George W. Bush fights off an invasion but has her plans thwarted by the Australian Space Force.
The film even has a spoof of one of the Hitler rant parodies you would normally find on the Internet. Clever send-ups of Star Trek and independence Day as the commander of the USS George W. Bush fights off an invasion but has her plans thwarted by the Australian Space Force.
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Started watching this with Mrs phazed last night. We gave it 10 minutes and both of us thought this isn't for us. We may be wrong but you get an inkling from the beginning of a film. Frankly, I found it a little annoying.
Tell me that I'm wrong and I might give it another go.
Started watching this with Mrs phazed last night. We gave it 10 minutes and both of us thought this isn't for us. We may be wrong but you get an inkling from the beginning of a film. Frankly, I found it a little annoying.
Tell me that I'm wrong and I might give it another go.
jsf said:
toon10 said:
I'v never been cool enough for a Casio Digital.
I had the earlier LED watch, before the LCD's came on the market. Batteries didnt last very long. 
phazed said:
jsf said:
toon10 said:
I'v never been cool enough for a Casio Digital.
I had the earlier LED watch, before the LCD's came on the market. Batteries didnt last very long. Wish i still had it now, would be worth decent money.jsf said:
phazed said:
jsf said:
toon10 said:
I'v never been cool enough for a Casio Digital.
I had the earlier LED watch, before the LCD's came on the market. Batteries didnt last very long. Wish i still had it now, would be worth decent money.phazed said:
jsf said:
phazed said:
jsf said:
toon10 said:
I'v never been cool enough for a Casio Digital.
I had the earlier LED watch, before the LCD's came on the market. Batteries didnt last very long. Wish i still had it now, would be worth decent money. It was £50 back then, £400 in todays money. 
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Halb said:
Ghost in the Shell, waste of time. Another soulless, chop-socky borefest.
I'm really surprised by that, as you and I are so frequently in agreement. I thought it had a lot of flaws, not least that it dumbed down a lot of the source material into generic Hollywood cliche, but still managed to capture a lot of the feel and world-building of it. I also felt that they had genuine reverence and respect for the source material, despite the aforementioned dumbing down. Last night we went and watched Rocketman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0
Wasn't my choice, I'm not really an Elton fan. And would eschew musicals generally. So expected to be a bit bored or disinterested. But it's very good nonetheless. It's well filmed, it makes sense to a non-fan like myself. They use a lot of the tracks that I have heard before. Eggerton is brilliant, and seemingly did the singing himself. Jamie Bell is also good, as is Richard Madden who plays Johns manager and former lover (and is deeply unpleasant ) The kid they have playing Elton as a young boy is the SPIT of him at that age! (There's comparison pictures in the credits between the film scenes and the real events)
Yes, there's a guy on guy sex scene in there, but it's relevant and not sensationalist. Films only a 15 so don't expect any willies on screen
(Russian screenings apparently have this scene cut out)7.9/10
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