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JazzyJ
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if you were planning on paying 10 bucks to watch it in a movie theater, well maybe this is a better option.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v200034pMsdH7ht
Jan 8 2007 8:44PM
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.John.
Posts: 6943 - Karma: 14
I just got back from that movie... scary shit
Jan 8 2007 8:46PM
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MaineBiker
Posts: 44 - Karma: 10
i was wondering if it was ne good but guess not
Jan 8 2007 8:47PM
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hoodratz47
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what the fuck was that.... seemed like 28 days later.... it felt like i was in the rain with a shitty umbrella listing to coldplay
Jan 8 2007 8:49PM
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Notorious_BLT
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i thought it was amazing... a little confusing but really good. i loved the filming
Jan 8 2007 8:49PM
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skifree919
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i was highly dissapointed. Ending sucked ass. Good idea, poor execution in my opinion.
Jan 8 2007 9:13PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12023 - Karma: 9,524
fucking england... GET OVER YOURSELFS ENGLAND YOU GAVE AWAY CANADA AND AUSTRAILIA YOU FUCKED UP BAD!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 8 2007 9:29PM
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Crotch_Skier
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i thought the camera work filming was extreme when the action came it made it like 10X more intense but i thought it would be more of a shooter the main dude didn't even touch a gun! he did own with the car doors tho..
Jan 8 2007 10:44PM
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nickrdwd
Posts: 250 - Karma: 10
that movie was amazing the ending was confusing but hopefully they will be a sequel so i can fuckign see wat happens next
Jan 9 2007 1:05AM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
Posts: 1463 - Karma: 91
No way theres going to be a sequel. And Theo never picks up a gun because he is a christ figure.

1) He wears sandals like jesus.
2) He is peaceful. Never has or shoots a gun.
3) Sacrifices himself for the greater-good of mankind.
Jan 9 2007 1:11AM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
well i was about to go to bed but i guess il watch this.
Jan 9 2007 2:28AM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
it was alright.  snoozetown until the last 20 minutes though.

i wouldn't add it to the dvd collection
Jan 9 2007 4:23AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Went to the movies with some free passes I had laying around.

Complete utter waste of the passes IMO. I woulda been pissed if I had payed for that movie.

The plot was poorly developed, and the whole storyline was about as predictable as you could possibly get.
Jan 9 2007 9:03AM
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hendrik.
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goddamnit, it got taken down already.
Jan 9 2007 5:18PM
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dbstar
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 20
well movies that are made to tackle more intelligent subject matter with lots of room for analysis, great acting, great characters, excellent and very difficult to execute filming, and one of a kind story, are clearly not meant for the demographic that is newschoolers.
Jan 9 2007 5:39PM
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dr_jibb
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^ ha, well put, i thought it was decent.
Jan 9 2007 5:46PM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
just because someone doesn't like the film does not mean that they lack the analytical capacity to interpret this movie.  it seems to me that this is a common reply from left wingers when someone doesn't like this film.  this movie just rides on the wave of anti-facist hysteria created by extreme left wingers. same goes for v for vendetta.
Jan 9 2007 6:34PM
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hoodratz47
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yeah there was a lot of crist like idols used in the movie... but realy. its so goddam british its fuckin weird. its good and very creaitve... and are they all taking the same pills????
Jan 9 2007 6:40PM
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dbstar
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no not really. I am actually not left wing like you clearly think. As well i would have to highly disagree that this film is on the verge of fanatical left wing propaganda like you also seem to think it is. Why do you see a future similar to this so unlikely? Do you not see the world around you? I see events that are the beggining of a third world war. Those battle scenes in the film are already a reality for many around the world. I think your comment comes from someone to naive to realize the world really is collapsing.
Jan 9 2007 6:53PM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
nah, 

you're just a pessimist.
Jan 9 2007 6:58PM
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~Joe~
Posts: 2631 - Karma: 57
easily the best movie ive seen in a long time, like the reviews says, it makes you believe and think. Its extremely realistic and has a very well developed plot.
Jan 9 2007 7:36PM
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hoodratz47
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well from the point of a filmaker like making people pissed and thinking about what could happen.

but for reel britan would get fucked to
Jan 9 2007 7:57PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
So you're trying to say that I lack the analytical abilities to understand the movie?

Sure. I guess I must.

Nevermind the fact that there was not ONE unpredictable moment at any point in the movie.

Filming - Yes, it was very well filmed.

Frankly, I wasn't entertained though. It wasn't all that deep, and when a movie is that predictable, I find myself sitting there just wishing for the end so I can go home because I already know what the general outcome will be.

You want a good controversial movie, go watch Arlington Road.
Jan 9 2007 10:11PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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Sometimes you have to look deeper then the plot to find themes and meaning.
Jan 9 2007 10:34PM
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SkierX
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Yeah, understandable, and true. However, this movie was just lacking in my own opinion.

I didn't sit there saying wow, afterwards, and I most certainly would have been pissed if I had spent my hard earned money on it. I didn't sit there pondering any of the topics raised in the movie.

I love a good deep movie. I love a movie that makes you go "oh shit" and think about what is going on around you. And I have seen many that have done that for me.

And in my personal opinion, Children Of Men was not one of them.
Jan 10 2007 12:11AM
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dbstar
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 20
that was what this movie did and if you dont think that than you don lack the analytical ability to process a good film.
Jan 10 2007 10:11AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Haha, fine.

Whatever you want to believe. Just offering an alternate view of the movie.

You owe me this though, I stated my reasons for why I felt it was a poor movie.

State your reasons on why you find it to be such a great movie? What made it so analytical, and what did it make you think about?
Jan 10 2007 5:55PM
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ECfreeski3
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...because there's NO way he possibly could have simply not liked the movie right?

Jan 12 2007 1:02PM
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Dosh
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it wasnt one of my favorites
Jan 14 2007 9:56PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
o my god that movie broke my mind
i loved it.

def one of the most crazyest movies lately. most of the others are boring
Jan 15 2007 9:25PM
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twix_182
Posts: 9248 - Karma: 27
it was sick. somehow my friend got a copy of the dvd that is used for film critiques to look at for awards. good stuff
Jan 15 2007 9:55PM
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BobYohan
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i didnt think it was nearly as political as v for vendetta. sure there is critique of authoritarianism but i thought the themes were more genereal than political commentary. i wont describe it for those who havnt seen, but when he walks out of the building and everything stops was one of my favourite scenes in a movie.
Jan 16 2007 12:38AM
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J.D.
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Yeah, fucking left wingers railing against authoritarianism. They need to wise up, facism is quite obviously the way we need to be going.
Jan 16 2007 4:16PM
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whattheshit
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i don't have the energy to debate.  doesn't accomplish anything.
Jan 16 2007 6:17PM
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MLB
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I dunno...i hate movies where directors go:" Well i want to leave it for the audience to annalyse(sp?)." It just means that they are to damn lazy to write out a plot to tie up all the lose endings. Honestly, i want out of a film like that feeling seriously let down. When i go to see a film itsnot to go there and leave feeling confused dissatisfied. I want to come out of film feeling that i got a great story and a good expearence.
Jan 17 2007 12:03PM
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fappy
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so you can draw a couple parallels, so what? buddy, the movie is based on a book that was written by a british author BEFORE the bush administration. in fact, many considered it to be christian propaganda. there goes your argument.
Mar 10 2007 1:16AM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
hey pal, you're the only one who mentioned the word bush in this thread so there goes your argument.
Mar 10 2007 5:00PM
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fappy
Posts: 2960 - Karma: 15
semantics. it's kind of obvious you were implying a "hysteria" that has come about from the bush administration. the movie makes direct references to the iraq war, torture at abu gharib, and other bush policies. and while these references are certainly a looser, more political adaptation of the book, there's a much larger theme that sheds politics altogether.

but if you hate it, then it's your prerogative. at least we can agree that debating on here is so fucking pointless. i'm done.
Mar 10 2007 8:33PM
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Skier-Dan
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welllllll. i thought the movie was great. nothing really to argue about i dont think..........strawberry cough
Mar 11 2007 11:34PM
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bsuthjwu
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looks like a great film but i'm not 17 yet so i couldn't see it in theatres
Mar 23 2007 10:32AM
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PhilBenjamin
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Touche!

Cinematography was outstanding, sick, hard to film uber long sequence shots.  If you thought An Inconvinient truth was scary, watch the documentary in the bonus features....
Mar 29 2007 11:58AM
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skisher
Posts: 114 - Karma: 11
its kinda a simple plot but if u think about if that really happened
shit it would go down
Mar 29 2007 4:41PM
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Moses
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it was no pee wee's big adventure, but last part when they are in the refugee camp is intense
Mar 29 2007 9:03PM
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EastcoastAR5
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haha well said...i just saw movie and loved it.
filming was so good, acting was awesome, and the action scene at the end was superb.

A must see.
Jun 3 2007 5:35PM
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Fintendo
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This movie was super well done and I really liked it, mostly because I've studied Atwood's stuff and I like the idea of distopia novels for allegories. I think people that said stuff like "plot didn't develop well", "too predictable", and "held an agenda to preach" weren't viewing it in the right mindset. The plot was fine, it went along we enough I felt, it reflected the whole "society circling the drain" state well with the slow parts with Jespar. Also the ending is good too. Kind of like in A Handmaid's Tale where you don't know how it really ends. Just reflects living in an authoritarian society, nobody who was invovled with the girl probably found out what really happened. But the imagery i enjoyed the most was the Guernica tapestry in his brother's place. It really set commentary on the whole ironic/distopic world.
Jun 4 2007 2:05AM
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