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Has anyone seen Juno? I saw it this weekend and it's the best I've seen in a long while. The Juno character is the bomb.

Wynter

I saw it! I thought it was really quite funny and heart-warming, Ellen Page was awesome in the lead role. Michael Cera was good too, although he didn't have as big a role as I'd expected, which was a bit disappointing. Still definitely worth the watch, though!

beagle

Hey you guys across the sea. Have any of you seen the series Hex? Is it any good.

marvin21st

I have but I wouldnt buy it. Suggest watching a bit first if you can. The first few eps. were fairly good but it didnt seem to go anywhere. I will probably give it another go in the future but it will be a while.

Wynter

I haven't seen Hex - what's it about? Worth watching? Should I add it to my colossal list of TV I have to watch this summer?

beagle

I'm getting Hex on Netflix. It says it's about a teenage misfit who finds out she has magic powers and her friend. Well, that's how I remember it. It's from England. Don't think there are many episodes though.

Wynter

Ooh, sounds kinda intriguing. I may watch it eventually!

MysteryEND

HEX!
I love hex its an awesome series BUT it has a really bad ending... or lack of one.
I suggested watching it months ago

beagle

ildjarn

Just finished Bones season 2. What an utterly brilliant wedding! And what a great show!

beagle

ildjarn

Wynter

I just finished watching all of Pushing Daisies, which was quite fun. That's one thing that can be crossed off my list!

beagle

Just finished the Showtime original series "Dexter" about a serial killer with a "conscience" (if you will)
Interesting but brutal.

Wynter

I've heard of Dexter, and it's definitely one I want to watch. I'll add it to my list.

Ant4buffy

Saw Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull today. Its quite good. Better than the rest I think and there isn't too much of the "I'm too old for this" jokes.

Wynter

I saw that on opening day Very Happy

I thought it was awesome, and it still has the excitement, humour and magic of the previous Indy films, but they missed the boat with the twist. What the hell ever, that was ridiculous.

beagle

Am Loving HEX. Am up to like episode 8ish. It looks like there was a 2nd season also but the DVD release date hasn't been set.

Wynter

I've been watching Supernatural, and I absolutely flippin' LOVE it. I've been a fan of Jensen Ackles since Dark Angel, so it was inevitable I'd love this show, but it's ridiculous just how much I do already. I'd definitely recommend it, it's entertaining, creepy, funny (god, absolutely hilarious at times), witty, heartfelt, angsty and just brilliant. Seriously, watch!!!

Beckyxx

I couldnt really get into Supernatural or Bones. They are probably good I just have a bad attention span!

I adored Tru Calling but when I finished the boxset I needed something to fill the void. I tried everything....
Pushing Daisies is really good, Dead Like Me was odd but in a good way.
I've got a new huge obsession with How I Met Your Mother - just waiting for season 3 to be released.
And Freaks and Geeks, good god I love that show!

Spending quite a lot of time watching Jamie Oliver cooking shows and Long Way Down/ Round. Ewan rules!

BoreanazFan

Wynter

Becky, SHAME on you! :-O Seriously, I demand you sit down and force yourself through it. It won't take long to hook you XD And on a more shallow note, seriously, it has two of the hottest guys on the planet as its stars, and you got BORED?!

TwoToGo-Grave

Ebdim9th

I watched an entire episode of The Mighty Boosh on Youtube, instead of being all chopped up, but with the missing scenes reinserted... "The Legend of Old Gregg"

One of the funniest, weirdest things I've ever seen...

MysteryEND

Im Ol Greg.... lol
I love the Mighty Boosh! its just so weird and random you have to just love it

insaneinthebasement

Ebdim9th

Mys~~ it actually reminds me a little of an American cable comedy, called Mr. Show...

Wynter

Ebdim9th

Friend of mine from over in UK said he creeps her out though, but she likes everyone else on the show...

greengirl00

Ebdim9th

It has all three seasons linked...

greengirl00

yeah, I just meant that if you couldn't watch the two episodes on that site, then this one is an alternative. =)

Ebdim9th

Yeah, you can watch the whole thing through, all three, uninterrupted, with those two added back in...

Ant4buffy

Ok gonna mention it now. This is a movie thread guys. If you're gonna discuss programmes then go ahead and make a new thread for random tv stuff. I like the way it had one post about a movie before going to Hex. Hehe. But if we could talk about films on here that would be great. Thanks.

On that note - anyone seen The Incredible Hulk? Loved it. How about Wanted? I'm seeing that tonight.

beagle

NotFadeAway

Has anyone here seen Persepolis? It's an animated movie adapted from Marjane Satrapi's amazing graphic novels that is actually made by Satrapi herself. Persepolis is the (true) story of Satrapi's life from the late '70s to the early '90s: the experience growing up in Iran during the Revolution, the repression of the Islamic Republic, her experience in Vienna, her return to Iran, etc. If you haven't seen it, you really, really should. The movie is absolutely amazing in every way. I was already a huge fan of her books, so I figured that I'd really like the movie, but it was better than I could have expected. It really is an incredible movie, so I very much suggest watching it.

TwoToGo-Grave

Ebdim9th

I still wanna see The Happening, and Hancock too...

Ant4buffy

The Happening is very good. Didn't really like Night's other films as I knew the twist before I saw them. But this was a great film. Nicely acted apart from one line from Mark and pretty much everything that his female co-star said.

Ebdim9th

Was that the girl from Pushing Daisies, whose sister, it turns out, plays Bones?

Ant4buffy

Just looking it up on Wiki - She doesn't seem to be part of any programmes. her name is Zooey Deschanel.

Ebdim9th

Yeah thats her... she's on Pushing Daisies...

Ant4buffy

Ah right. Well she's bad in The Happening. Hope she's better in your programmes.

Ebdim9th

That's a shame, coz she's positively the beez kneez in Pushing Daisies...

BepperGirl

Anna Friel is Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on Pushing Daisies, not Zooey Deschanel.

Ebdim9th

You're right. Geez, where'd did I get the mix up from? I guess its been longer than I thought since I watched the show...

ildjarn

Does anyone know what the following movie is?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023127/

NotFadeAway

It's a 43 minute long fan film that will be released later this year (apparently.)

Here's some links to trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JGWrYVM7eA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBhSurHGK5g&feature=related

Ebdim9th

Fan films can be fun...

TwoToGo-Grave

cardboardy

http://www.emmapaigelangley.com/Buffy/home.htm

this film screened in 2006 in sydney around about the time amber and the troika came to australia for a for a convention, so they were at the screening too

i think thru this website you can link to watching the film but ive only got dialup so i dont know

fan films rule. there is a firefly fan film called Bellflower currently being made in melbourne at the moment which is just awesome. me and Q have been doing extras and were gonna be reavers at an upcoming shoot, RRRAOARRR!!!

TwoToGo-Grave

NotFadeAway

Very cool cardy. Eat some people for us. Smile

NotFadeAway

I just saw The Dark Knight today and...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just an amazing movie and (at least in my opinion) easily the best Batman movie made so far. And Heath Ledger's work as the Joker is absolutely wonderful. I could say more, but I certainly don't want to spoil anything.

Wynter

NFA, I completely agree. I saw the movie at a preview just today aswell, and these are my thoughts I just posted at another board:

"Why is everyone ragging on Bale's Batman's voice?! I LOVE it! To me, it's an important part of what makes him Batman - I mean like, the whole deep-voiced, intense, badass thing he has going on is what I personally imagine Batman to be like. Seriously, I love it.

I saw The Dark Knight today, and I'm still freaking out at the sheer awesomeness. Absolutely amazing. Again, I loved the morbid, darker tone that we first saw in Batman Begins (though it was amplified for this film), and even though it's all based on a comic-book and essentially the hero is a man who dresses up as a bat to fight crime, I loved the realistic element of a city corrupt and in chaos, and the whole representation of order vs. anarchy. Heath, it goes without saying, was frucking PHENOMENAL as the Joker. He legitimately scared the crap out of me, and I can agree with Sir Michael Caine when he says that his performance surpasses Nicholson's in the original. He was psychotic, unnerving, morbidly amusing, and just plain awesome.

And of course, Christian Bale was amazing!!! Did I mention how much I love his representation of Batman? Easily my favourite by far (sorry, George Clooney). I loved how despite the fact Bruce Wayne tried to seperate himself from his alter-ego, he accepted at the end that he can't let that side go, because the city needs him. But he's not a hero in the typical sense. Gah, brilliant!!! I also loved the juxtaposition of his "dark knight" to Eckhart's "white knight". Eckhart who was also amazing. I was actually a bit worried that the whole thing with Two Face and having two villains would overshadow the Joker, but it didn't, so that was a relief.

And some of the dialogue in the movie was just brilliant. Gah, it was all great!!! I need to go see it again."

Seriously, words cannot describe the epicness. Everyone needs to go see for themselves.

beagle

James Marsters is guest staring on "Without a Trace" tonight. 10EST

ildjarn

I haven't seen TDK yet, but heard it was based on 'The killing joke'. That one, together with Arkham Asylum, is my favourite Batman comic, so that's a good reference.

I hate cinemas so I'm gonna wait for the DVD release.

Ant4buffy

I saw Wall-E on Sunday. Twas good. Great pixar funnyness and the main message was nicely told.

Ild - I'm intrigued. Why do you not like cinemas? Is it the sticky floors or the amazingly overpriced popcorn?

ildjarn

beagle

I don't like Cinemas either.
Yes, mainly the people, and kids too, arrrghh.
But also, too loud, good gracious, I mean I like loud music but movies? A book is silent and just as interesting. I just don't really get in to all the surround sound, and high def. and big screens. To me, it's all about the story. If the story is good, 5 minutes into the movie I am so in to it that I could be watching on a 13" black and white and I wouldn't notice the difference.
And too much money, you gotta be kidding?
Oh, on a side note. I once did some work at a site that they were building a cinema and they actually had a fan and duct work that sucked up the popcorn smell and blew it outside where you stand in line to buy your tickets.

beagle

Oh, and most of todays movies I just can't watch.
Nearly any movie that is concieved as a series of special effects and stunts, then, is sent to someone to write a story that will put these people into these situations, well... When I learned that that is how most action movies where written I was like, makes sense.

insaneinthebasement

greengirl00

I saw The Dark Knight a couple of days ago, it was really good, but MY GOD THE JOKER IS SCARY....
Ugh... =C

Wynter, your avi freaked me out when I saw it, lol

ildjarn

Anyone else a Studio Ghibli fan? I got Earthsea in the mail today, so my Ghibli collection is complete once again (all 15 Ghibli full length movies, plus Cagliostro and little Norse Prince). My personal favourites are Kiki and Grave of fireflies.

insaneinthebasement

I'm a Ghibli fan, I love Miyazaki. Kiki is my favourite too. Grave of the Fireflies was good, but a bit too depressing to be a favourite. I love Spirited Away and Porco Rosso too.
Do you watch them in Japanese? I don't know if there's dubbed versions in Dutch, but Disney released some of Miyazaki's films in English and they were so bad. I started watching the dubbed version of Kiki's on TV once, and it was so painful I had to turn it off (it was Billy Crystal as Gigi).

ildjarn

I love Grave of fireflies because it's so depressing. Amazing how powerful an animated movie, despised by many as 'a children's thing', can be. And I completely forgot to mention 'Only yesterday', that's such a charming movie.

I used to love Spirited away (it was my first exposure to Ghibli movies). But compared to several other of their movies, it's not that good, I feel.

I watch them in Japanese with English subs. I'm used to subs (movies in NL are usually broadcasted in the original spoken language with subs, the major exception being children's movies). I usually dislike dubbing.

Another Japanese anime series that I loved: Haibane renmei.

greengirl00

Me and my sister both love Studio Ghibli, but we tend to watch them in English. Am I the only one who does this?? I don't mind dubbing on studio ghibli, but it really annoys me on anime shows like fruits basket.

My favourite is probably Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.

insaneinthebasement

I saw them in Japanese first (Spirited Away was my first Miyazaki exposure too) and I found that when they were dubbed it was like the American actors really changed the characters, so it felt wrong to me. Also it was like they really felt the need to explain things a lot more in the English version, so that whenever a character had their back turned they'd cram in extra lines of exposition, and it really spoilt the serene atmosphere of the films.
Have you watched them in Japanese before Greengirl? Because if not you probably wouldn't miss anything, and they're still great films either way.

Here's an experiment for you: next time you watch one (especially Kiki's, it's where I noticed it the most), watch it in English with subtitles as well. The subtitles should be the translation of the Japanese and the English is the reworked Disney script, they're really quite different.

I haven't seen Only Yesterday, Ildjarn, who does that? I haven't seen Haibane Renmei either, but it looks really good.

ildjarn

insaneinthebasement

I thought Steamboy looked really really good, and I bought it on dvd, and I tried to watch it so many times and just could not get through it without getting distracted or falling asleep. I was so disappointed. The animation was amazing, but I just couldn't get into the story.
And now I don't seem to have the dvd anymore, I must have 'lent' it to a friend.

ildjarn

Really? I spent 2 hours staring mesmerised to the screen. I absolutely love Steamboy.

insaneinthebasement

I really wish I had been able to get into it, because I was so looking forward to seeing it after I first heard about it.

greengirl00

ildjarn

insaneinthebasement

Greengirl it's probably just the distributer that's the Optimum Asia one, in Australia they're released by a company called Madman but their still Ghibli/Disney movies.
I just did some Wikipeding and according to that, they are Disney scripts, but they're approved by Ghibli.
Also turns out I was completely making that up about Billy Crystal playing the cat too, because he's wasn't in Kiki's Delivery Service at all (maybe only half making it up, I must have been confusing it with Howl's Moving Castle, which he really is in).
I'd read about Only Yesterday not being released in the US, strange policy that one. I didn't know about Grave of the Fireflies, but I am really not surprised.

ildjarn

insaneinthebasement

thousands of people dying because an american bomb not happy family viewing? really?

(that was sarcasm by the way)

Wynter

Saw Get Smart yesterday, which was genuinely hilarious. The script is a great mixture of slapstick and deadpan humour, the latter of which mostly works because of Steve Carrell's brilliant delivery. I love him. And in general, it was just a funny film. Go see!

NotFadeAway

I saw two movies today, and wanted to write a bit about them.
First off, I went with my brother and four of our friends to the movie theater to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I won't spoil anything about the movie (in case anyone wants to see it), but it was just horrible. The writing was atrocious and almost embarrassing to even listen to, the story was absolutely stupid and illogical, and the characterization was totally wrong (the characters in this movie were way off the way they acted in the Episode I-III.) Overall, I'd say that you should only watch this movie if you're drunk and want something to laugh at.

The second movie I saw today was To Kill a Mockingbird, the classic film for 1961. It was the first time I've seen it (me and my brother met our mom for dinner after we left the theater and she recommended it to us), and I was blown away. This is a very simple movie, but it's got amazing characters, writing, story, and performances, and message. It's a slow developing film, but it kept me enthralled the entire time. I'd suggest everyone watch this movie. It's just amazing.

dramagirl

I'm a Ghibli addict and am trying to complete my collection. I have about... hmm... ten? Including Little Norse Prince and Castle of Cagliostro, which I really loved, aven though it was pre-Ghibli. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was.

Favourites are Laputa, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away... I could go on.

Has anyone heard anything about the new Hayao Miyazaki film? I just know it has a li'l creature called Ponyo.

ildjarn

dramagirl

Yeah, it looks good. I haven't seen any of Earthsea, but I haven't read the books so maybe I'd be less put off by that. I've heard a few people say it wasn't as good as a lot of the others.

Wynter

I watched Eden Lake last week, which is a British thriller, but genuinely more scary than most horrors I've seen, because of its realism and social parallels. It's about a young couple who go away for a romantic weekend, and run into some trouble with a gang of kids (complete and utter chavs). The situation quickly escalates and deteriorates in anger and vicious violence, and at the end, more than one person is dead. I don't want to say more without spoiling it but it's a damn good film, disturbing and chilling but thought-provoking.

marvin21st

I have a free movie ticket. Any suggestions? No horror please I cant stomach it anymore after Chainsaw.

Wynter

Marv, Burn After Reading is brilliant, go see that!

beagle

Only three more weeks until Twilight! I am so excited. I've managed to infiltrate my friends and many have read it and are going with me!

dramagirl

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to Twilight! For us UK folk, the release is December. Hope you have a great time.

greengirl00

Waah! Twilight! Yayness.
I read the first three last Christmas, and then the last one the day it came out hehe. Two of my friends have recently read them (one of whom NEVER reads). They're becoming a real phenomenon, or have become...

Me and my other friend, who read them at about the same time as me are getting possessive over Edward now, lol. We got there first... ggrrr...

insaneinthebasement

Oh I'm just halfway through reading them now, i read Twilight yesterday and I just finished New Moon a couple of minutes ago. Have to go do some housework before I start on the third one though- might not get much sleep tonight.
I'm loving the books, but remain cautious about the movie.

Wynter

Bah to the Twilight movie, I'm not really happy with the casting. But I'll probably see it anyway.

beagle

greengirl00

insaneinthebasement

So I'm on to the fourth Twilight book. I liked the third one more than the second one.

Casting for a book-turned-movie must be the hardest thing to do, it can never possibly fit the images that millions of people have in their heads.

Usually it doesn't bother me too much while I'm watching the movie, what really gets me is if I read the books again after seeing the movie, and then I can only see the actor in my head. I feel it takes away from the writing a bit because the character can't quite get the originality they had before I saw the movie, like they're a bit limited or something.

I dunno, maybe it's just my imagination that's limited.

I always end up seeing the movies anyway.

beagle

beagle

OK, I'm excited now. Opens tomorrow. Have a chance to maybe go to a pre-screening tonight. The last movie I went to at the theater was Serenity so, it takes a lot to get me out.

Wynter

beagle

haha,, yes, but I can get past all that.

yes, I never go to the movies. The time line for me and movies, well, it's like they don't exist until they come out on dvd. and I'm getting that way with TV also. I don't like the crowds for one, secondly the cost is outragous, I can buy the dvd for what one visit to the cinema costs. And they always play them way too loud. OMG, I'm getting old. I just admitted that I am a fuddy duddy. oh well..

Still I am excited about going tomorrow night with a group of friends so...

insaneinthebasement

beagle

Saw "Sidney White" last night and thought it was cute. Plus, lots of BtVS references. and Danny Strong and I believe the girl that played Anne/Lilly/Chanterelle with a couple lines.

beagle

I liked the Twilight movie. Thought they did about all they could. Anyone else see it?