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Couldn't agree more about 'Ong-Bak' either.

What a film!!

Also advise watching 'The Dark Knight' if any of you out there happen to be Bat fans.

Mr. Monkey Man wrote:Also advise watching 'The Dark Knight' if any of you out there happen to be Bat fans.

I love the original Batman movie, for me Jack Nicholsons Joker is spot on to how I imagined (big fan of the tv series as well), I also really enjoyed Batman Begins I thought everyone played their part brilliantly and had high hopes for The Dark Knight so I paid a small ransom to see it in an iMax cinema so I got the best experiance I could and I thought it was very average and quite boring, Heath Ledgers Joker was good but I found him more amusing than scary and the movie was probably about 20-30 minutes too long for me, a lot of people say it's the best movie of 2008 which I really can't agree with I thought Iron Man, Wall-E and Let The Right One In were all better.

Sorry about the rant.

The Dark Knight is VERY overrated & I agree it's def not the best film of 2008.

Heath's Joker however is more similar to Joker you'll find in the Graphic novels & I thought Two-Face was also quite accurate to the original source.

The main problems I had with the film though was firstly Christian Bales 'Bat' voice. Everytime he spoke I cringed.

I also thought the film felt a little too hurried (like Batman Begins), but besides that I didn't look at my watch once!

I can't list an all time top ten, its just too damn hard.
Instead I'll say the last flick I saw that Left me astounded was Apocalypto
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1521942809/

Not a word of English and no famous actors but one Hell of a movie.

This is the hardest topic to reply to yet but here goes in no particular order

Empire strikes back
Donnie Darko
Friday
We were soldiers
The lost battalion
Pulp fiction
Underworld Evolution
The Stand(tv series not sure if that counts)
The Wall
Romper Stomper

If you like foreign movies then I suggest you watch Let The Right One In http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/ - seriously one of the best movies I've seen all year (I watch loads tbh) and after watching it went straight into my top 10 favs.

Mr. Monkey Man wrote:'Withnail & I' is a cracking film!!

We want the finest wines known to humanity!

I intend to have you, boy, even if it must be burglary

Too many funny lines in that film and I've got a thing for film scores - Whiter Shade Of Pale. INCREDIBLE!!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wc0imHr5Mxc

Re The Dark Knight, I was too blown away by the actual IMAX sequences to even pay attention to what was happening half the time - the jumps between mega-high-resolution and 35mm were seamless... they're making a whole lot more IMAX movies with the actual IMAX cameras. I'm all for that, you can see the fucking pores on people's skin with those things. Mind blowing. I'll make a trip to the OMNI-MAX in Canada one day...

HL's Joker was a modern day Joker, grittier than JN's portrayal, I actually can't compare the two as it's a different take on The Joker and Ledger's is much closer to the novels like Monkey Man says... but I find comparing the two very difficult, if that makes sense?

Edit: Yeah, Bale's "Batman" voice... is he auditioning for Slip Knott or something? Fucking ridiculous. That must stop now before it ruins future Batflicks!

Oooh. Add Chopper to my list.

Why would I shoot a bloke BANG, then drive him to the bloody car and wizz him off to the hospital at a hundred miles an hour? It defeats the purpose of having shot him in the first place.

Aw, look. The bloke's been my best mate since 1975. We've had our fall-outs from time to time. It's no big deal. It's like... if your mum stabbed you.



Funny as fuck! In a dark & twisted way!!

Neldo wrote:I'll make a trip to the OMNI-MAX in Canada one day..

Turns out they're calling it IMAX DOME now and there's a whole lot more than when I last researched. I meant the 1st one in Vancouver...

They have the worlds biggest IMAX and IMAX DOME in India, apparently. Surprising, I would have thought Canada or America would have been the location for that, with IMAX being Canadian 'n' all...

My sense of shame at not having seen Withnail and I has egged me into putting it High on my Lovefilm list so it may well arrive before I come to A'dam on Weds. Prob best watched when Im back home, not enough days and loads on I want to see/do/schmoo

Heynubis wrote:My sense of shame at not having seen Withnail and I has egged me into putting it High on my Lovefilm list so it may well arrive before I come to A'dam on Weds. Prob best watched when Im back home, not enough days and loads on I want to see/do/schmoo

Get a smoke, pour a large glass of whatever yer poison is and settle in for a often hilarious film. The opening scene slays me everytime, Richard E Grant in top form!!!

The whole film feels like a speed comedown, without reaching for the razor blades.

/o

Payback
Bubbleboy
No Country for Old Men
Road Warrior
Supertroopers
Aliens
Saving Private Ryan
Matrix Reloaded
Robin Hood Men in Tights
There will be BLood

In no order and some may not be considered my all time favorites but will watch any of these anytime theyre on.

Thanx Neldo, will sort my smokes and a large vod or some cannabis-laced absinthe and watch the ride, Ive seen clips b4 and its a film long-awaited.

Some nice selections there Levi, There will be blood (I drink your milkshake!, lol) fab film, cant recall any other filom where no dialogue for 20 or so mins and yet its captivating. And Aliens, great choice (4got bout that 1, far superior to 1st in my opinion)