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Just found out today Ray Harryhausen died last week http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...gebit/sad2.gif Probably the first "modern" special effects exponent without the aid of CGI.
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Thanks for all the movie memories Ray :thumbup:
The Athlete
Ethiopian made film about Abebe Bikila, the first Ethiopian to win Olympic Gold and the first athlete to win back to back Olympic marathon titles. The film focuses on his later life after he failed to finish the 1968 Olympic marathon in Mexico and the car crash that left him partially paralyzed. Much of the early part of the film features the Volkswagen Beetle in which he crashed, presented to him by Emperor Haile Selassie after his second Olympic victory.
I watched 'Premium Rush' at the weekend. If you ride a "fixie" with no brakes then this is the film for you. Speaking as a single speeder who has never considered taking the extra fixie step (though with brakes!) I am still not going to take it :rolleyes:
I didn't know when I started watching it what the bike types were till Joseph Gordon-Levitt started to pedal the bike backwards and the penny dropped but it was still later when I noticed he didn't have any brakes either. He obviously did the general riding himself and the outtake at the end showing a smashed rear window of a car and Joseph with blood on him hinted at a few mishaps making the film.
Not much of a story but good bike chase action round the streets of New York :thumbup:
I watched Argo last night. The Ben Afleck pic on the rescue attempt on 6 Americans in Iran.
I remember the other hostages that the Iranians took prisoner but I didn't know about these
six who were separate. Fantastic plot made all the more so because it was true!
think I'll be watching Argo soon - Lady Slugge's seen it, raved about it and now wants to watch it again on DVD...
I watched Somewhere last night on Film 4 - "slow" and "minimal" don't even come close to describing it - makes Lost In Translation look like Kung Fu Panda - I was transfixed by it :thumbup:
Midnight in Paris for me. Charming and humourous. 7 out of 10.
Decided to push my intellectual boundaries by watching 'Despicable Me'
Thoroughly enjoyable.
Despicable Me is superb. Also in the same vein Up is completely brilliant, How to Train your Dragon superbly brilliant and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs brilliantly superb. All of these films are real favourites of my 24 year old daughter who is a film expert (of sorts), although I draw the line at Gnomeo and Juliet another of her top tips :)Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Up is a cracking movie.
Made my folks watch it a while back, my Mum was all confused as to why I wanted to watch a kids cartoon.
She was wiping tears from her eyes within 5 minutes and loved the film by then end.
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A Field In England
what's that all about?