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Gareth, do you know why she couldn't remember that she'd been on the boat?

I think it kind of reminded me too much of Time Crimes, although in many ways they are very different. Have you seen that?

It was a complex, well written script (I mean where would you start with such a subject) and Christopher Smith does a great job with it. I just didn't know whether I liked it or not.

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The way I saw it was...

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the taxi driver seemed to know more than a mere taxi driver would, so he must be some representation of the devil or Aeolus figure that is mentioned when they are reading about the history of the ship. So, if he is the one controlling her Sisyphus-esque loop, it could be that he makes her forget what has happened while she sleeps in the car on the way to the harbor. Before she get's in the taxi, she says to go to the harbor as if she plans to complete the loop again, albeit successfully this time. But, in the car she loses her memory, and can then only recall faint glimpses of previous loops (like her dream of the beach while she sleeps on the boat).

I think this is why I loved the film so much - the fact that once it finished there was so much to figure out, and that was half the fun. I'm still a little confused on some details, even after 2 viewings.

Never heard of Time Crimes though.

I loved Fantastic Mr Fox though

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Also Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I really couldn't get into. And it's most definitely a kid's film, especially when the characters talk about 'existentialism', and I thought the repeated use of the word 'cuss' was completely unnecessary.

the missus and I loved Fantastic Mr Fox, saw it at teh cinema, no kids in the showing we went to.

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Is Supernatural good Floyd?

I've watched through the first 4seasons last year and it's surprisingly alright even though it's probably aimed more at teenage girls.

It's mainly monster of the week kind of stuff for the first 2seasons, so is probably along the Buffy lines for best example, but it actually gets quite good from season 3 when it goes more to a running story with the occasional monster of the week episode, although there are some really poor ones.

If you've watched a lot of horrors, obviously a lot of it is homages to known stories, but in fairness you can't expect much more from something that does 24episodes a season, to be original that often.



Triangle- I was a bit in two minds afterwards aswell, but think overall opinion is I really liked it.

Although I had seen beforehand in reviews that didn't like it that it was very similar to Timecrimes, which I do have on my to watch list. Which at the moment is getting bigger and bigger somehow......

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Sorry, about Fantastic Fox I meant to say:
"most definitely NOT a kid's film"
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I thought what you said didn't quite make sense We also thought Where the Wild Things Are was more for adults, we were the only 2 in the cinema for that, and loved that to.

The Crazies - It was a fun horror movie, better than I expected, a lot of todays audiences will respond better to this than the original, which was basically a rehash of Night of the Living Dead, but instead of dead folk attacking living folk in a small town, it was insane people attacking normal folk in a small town.

Top marks for having a nihilistic ending though, and also plenty of jumpy moments.

floyd

Few brief points:

Really liked Triangle, the film that had me thinking about it all the way home. I like the way that his career is shaping up and Melissa George is becoming a great genre staple.

Fantastic Mr. Fox was not fantastic, being a bit to knowing for children and not consistently funny enough for adults. It’s definitely a Wes Anderson film rather than a Roald Dahl film with Anderson's fingerprints all over the dialogue and design.

Over the past few days I have watched:
The Horseman – Decent nuts and bolts revenge thriller – review on site.
Grizzly Man – Timothy Tredwell clearly had mental problems but Werner Herzog shapes his footage into a moving documentary.
Crazy Heart – Really enjoyable and involving drama with excellent performances from all, especially Jeff Bridges who thoroughly deserves his Oscar
Atlantis – sparse documentary by Luc Besson which is beautifully filmed and scored by Eric Serra; it looks stunning in HD
Encounters at the End of the World – Another fascinating documentary by Herzog who looks for religious and existential meanings in the most banal of things at the Antarctic wasteland

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Watched [Rec] 2 last night.

Really enjoyed it, I expected a rehash of the original, but in fairness it was done well as a continuation of the original film. It does a lot more explaining of what's going on in this one though, that I can see some people not preferring the direction it's gone in.

Few little nifty moments aswell in that in this one each of the SWAT team entering the building has their own cameras, aswell as a main person with a camera but it switches in to see the views on screen.

Also if anyone watches it, the police captain when he's got his helmet on is the spit of Vic Mackey (Michael Chikilis).


Otherwise finally got around to watching Kingdom of Heaven Directors Cut on Blu Ray, but just couldn't get into it and ended up turning off after 2hours.

Also watched 2001 for the first time and it's not for me It's probably not helped by the fact that all the films I've seen in the past have been influenced by it, but just didn't do it for me. I appreciate obviously the influence and everything from the film, but as entertainment, I don't envision me ever watching it again.

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