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           danbrusca
             from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:33 [#01299435]
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...and liking Britney Spears doesn't make people stupid.
 
  
         
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:33 [#01299437]
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"they (hollywood) think thats what people want, they must  think we are stupid or something"
 
  exactly, they do, which is a 'big' problem with their movies  recently, they dumb down the best of stories to get the  biggest audience. Then again aren't the majority of people  stupid anyway? Isn't that why films like Titanic, American  Pie and music like Britney and Westlife are popular?
 
  I've heard Collateral, promising at first has a predictable  plot and hollywood ending. Shame, but doesn't surprise me.  Nor does your comments about irobot, the trailer is full of  stupid lines.
 
  As for Batman and Robin being more entertaining than  Amelie... well maybe when you reach 20 and watch both again  you might think differently.  
 
  
         
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             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:34 [#01299438]
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either stupid or under 14.
 
  
         
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           danbrusca
             from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:36 [#01299440]
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heh, you're such a cultural snob ;)
 
  
         
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           nacmat
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of course not
  just makes me think that many people will like whatever they  are given
 
  cos everybody like a good hitchcok movie... everybody
  so if holywood did good movies people would like those good  movies, but as holiwood sees people will like anything they  make they just do average movies (not like in the 40s and  50s when a great % of what was done in holiwood was really  top quality)
 
  I think people will just like whatever you throw at them,   cos notrmally people dont have the  time or will to look for  themeselves what they want... they just dont give importance  to it
 
  I am just like all those people but not with music... but  probably I am like that with other aspects of life 
 
  
         
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:39 [#01299442]
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i know :)
  but come on, everyone hates batman and robbin...
  anyway lets leave it at that.
 
  
         
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             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:45 [#01299447]
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i went with about 4 people to see 'Eternal Sunshine of the  Spotless Mind'... I think i was the only one that really  liked it, all the girls that went with me hated it. 
 
  
         
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             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:48 [#01299450]
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i think the majority of people are so used to dumb stories  and fast action thats all they seem to accept these days.  People even walked out half way through 'Lost in  Translation' because of the slow pacing.
 
  Thats generalising a lot, but thats how I see the majority  of cinema goers. When the trailer was on for Big Fish people  at the back of the cinema were sarcastically shouting 'that  looks good'. 
 
  
         
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           danbrusca
             from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-09 02:49 [#01299451]
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Actually no, I'm no fan of Hitchcock. So far I've found most  of his films very boring. Suspense taken to the point where  I completely lose interest. 
 
  
         
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           nacmat
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ok
  you dont agree with me
 
  
         
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           danbrusca
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It may be what they accept, but they enjoy it as well. It  doesn't explain someone like me though, I like Britney  Spears and Christina Aguilera, but I also like Autechre and  Zoviet France. My favourite movies include Notting Hill and  Armageddon, but they also include Hana-Bi and Three Colours:  Red. People just aren't that black and white. 
 
  
         
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           timtom
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Stepford's Wives - 2.5/5
 
  
         
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           Schika
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Dobermann (UnCut Version) - 9/10
 
  
         
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           nacmat
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I agree about not being all black and white
  but most of the itme it is
 
  
         
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-09 03:24 [#01299469]
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Naked Lunch - 6/10
 
  
         
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           Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-09 03:27 [#01299474]
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i give it about a 6 or 7 too. 
  strange...
 
  
         
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-09 03:28 [#01299475]
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Hey, the book it was based off might be good, eh?  Seems  like it would make a good book. 
 
  
         
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           Laserbeak
             from Netherlands, The on 2004-08-09 03:52 [#01299489]
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Requiem for a dream
  I finally got to see it last night. I thought the story was  a bit too forced near the end as if the writer desperately  needed to make things even worse than it already was. Also,  even though they acted great, some of the characters looked  a bit too polished for their role. On the other hand the  movie has great music and lots of spectacular visual effects  to more than make up for it.
 
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           Matvey
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IЯREVEЯSIBLE - 4.5/5 I, Robot - 2/5
 
  
         
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           zero-cool
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           optimus prime
             on 2004-08-10 04:32 [#01300101]
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hellboy 2/5
 
  
         
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           danbrusca
             from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-11 13:23 [#01301382]
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The Cell - 3/5
 
  
         
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           Hetzel
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F/911  = 3.5/5
 
  
         
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           Aesthetics
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           Ophecks
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The Village... I downloaded it because I've heard so many  AWFUL things about it. I like to watch bad movies. But I  liked it... I knew the ''twist'' going in, so maybe I was  focusing on all the wrong things, in order to truly hate it.  
 
  Dumb movie, but I enjoyed it. I like Shyamamalalanan's  directing style, it should be unintentionally funny  sometimes, but I don't laugh. 
 
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           pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2004-08-11 15:43 [#01301597]
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I, Robot - 4/5
  I saw it last Sunday evening. There were some  inconsistencies, such as robots initially being  indestructable but then getting wasted by Spooner's bullets.  The audience burst in laughter at some of Smith's  one-liners, but I only found them mildly amusing.
 
  On the bright side, it potrayed a believable model of the  human race's potential, and presented plenty of delicious  eye candy to accompany it. 
 
  
         
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           hkewell
             from United Kingdom on 2004-08-11 16:17 [#01301642]
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           010101
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-11 16:48 [#01301664]
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Alien - Directors Cut 9/10
  It makes me depressed seeing how great sci-fi films can be  and looking at all the shitty special effects films we get  these days. I hope they don't ruin Rendevous with Ramma, if  it ever gets made. 
 
  
         
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-11 16:56 [#01301673]
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this puts me at ease a bit:
  Morgan Freeman has revealed that he is still actively  looking to develop Rendezvous With Rama as a movie."The  bugaboo there is the script. A picture like this, that is  written by Arthur C. Clarke, the problem is trying to get  someone to understand what it is. These things, they always  want to make it into an action film, so you've got to cowboy  it up a little bit. You can't
  do it with this. And we've been having trouble getting  someone to see the science aspect of this, the exploratory  aspects of it, rather than the blood and guts and stuff.  It's not in limbo. We're pushing hard at it constantly" 
 
  
         
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           optimus prime
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           pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2004-08-11 18:39 [#01301716]
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<-- Schizopolis - 5/5
  Very bizarre dialogue in this Soderberg film, yet hilarious.  
 
  "If you don't understand this film, it's your fault, not  ours." 
 
  
         
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           cie jiks mawp
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Elephant- gus van sant.
  this is lush and spacious and seems to impart no agenda to  an horrific event. Aesthetically it is amazing. Beautifully  shot and with long trailing scenes, so much real time in  this movie it is agonizing, deliscious and jolting. 
 
  
         
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           zero-cool
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EYES WIDE SHUT 5/5
 
  
         
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           danbrusca
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Christy Malry's Own Double Entry - 3/5 
 
  
         
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           optimus prime
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           Raz0rBlade_uk
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I, robot
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i just saw The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King  and it sucked it was not an interesting movie and me and who watched it just talked about other things or  just about how bad the movie was just for the technical  effects i give it
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           danbrusca
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           pantalaimon
             from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-13 17:47 [#01303939]
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I liked it a lot at the cinema, the Lotr films seem to lose  a lot of impact on the small screen. I watched it on dvd the  other day and I noticed how much I can't the acting by  Elijah Wood (frodo) and the guy who plays Samwise. Still, i  think its the best out of the 3 films. I really liked  Miranda Otto (Eowny), definately an actress to look out for  in the future.
 
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           axion
             from planet rock (Sweden) on 2004-08-13 18:12 [#01303986]
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           mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-13 18:14 [#01303989]
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 9/10
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             from so long, xlt on 2004-08-13 21:27 [#01304154]
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dead man
  maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't...
 
  
         
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           pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2004-08-13 21:29 [#01304156]
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The Bourne Supremacy - 3/5
  I guess it was alright, but there was too much goin' on and  the plot was obscure. 
 
  
         
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           optimus prime
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collateral 3/5
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           rogu rarebit
             from beggin' for leggings on 2004-08-14 06:11 [#01304363]
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Lost In La Mancha - 3/5
 
  
         
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           hevquip
             from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2004-08-14 06:12 [#01304366]
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Aliens Vs. Predator - 7/10
  but i was also on coke, so i don't know how accurate that  really comes out to be. 
 
  
         
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           tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2004-08-14 20:25 [#01304915]
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men on fire
  dunno why i watched it...i've been told it's good, but i  guess it just isn't my thing.
 
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           rogu rarebit
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one thousand!
 
  
         
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