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It_is_the_Darkness Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4000 in a ReTardis Gender:	Re: Movies you have seen lately Reply #30 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 1:06am Just watched "Good Will Hunting" starring Robin William, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver and Ben Afleck. Enjoyed it immensly and gives hope to all janitors like myself that we may make something of ourselves.
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Reply #31 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 8:48am

It's a few year's old - and I've had the DVD for almost as LONG - but a laid-back Sunday arvo was a perfect opportunity to pop on ...

An absolute

MUST SEE

( ... if you haven't done so, already)

BRILLIANT work, all round - by the two young leads, in particular

Summed up well, HERE ...

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Perfectly weighted film..., 13 September 2008
tomashaffenden-1 from London

I'm a man's man, and it takes something really exceptional to break my emotionless machine persona. This film ripped me apart and reminded me (and my partner) of humanity inside even the most hardened man.

Perfectly weighted film in every way, from pace to acting and all framed with a wonderful score. The subtlety of the looks passing between the actors and a finale that ensured silence until the final credit rolled, makes this one of the best films i've seen in a long time.

This is the first review I have never written and i cannot think of a better way to have opened my account.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Movies you have seen lately Reply #32 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 10:24am Should be seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel later this week.
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Reply #33 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 11:19am

It_is_the_Darkness wrote on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 1:06am:

Just watched "Good Will Hunting" starring Robin William, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver and Ben Afleck.
Enjoyed it immensly and gives hope to all janitors like myself that we may make something of ourselves.

I think you're being a bit harsh on yourself.

Janitors play a vital role in society.

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Reply #34 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 5:36pm

Annie, go see 'The Marigold movie' great script, great acting from, Judy Dench, Maggie Smith and your favourite Bill Nighy. Also in it was Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionares, great acting from him as well.

What a delightful movie full of life and colour about a bunch old fogies going to India to live 'in retirement' at the Marigold Hotel.

It was a cut above most of the movies I have seen this year and I have seen most of them.

It was anything but depressing, funny, ironic, wise, it ran the whole gammut of human emotions.

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Reply #35 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:27pm

red baron wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 5:36pm:

Annie, go see 'The Marigold movie' great script, great acting from, Judy Dench, Maggie Smith and your favourite Bill Nighy. Also in it was Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionares, great acting from him as well.

What a delightful movie full of life and colour about a bunch old fogies going to India to live 'in retirement' at the Marigold Hotel.

It was a cut above most of the movies I have seen this year and I have seen most of them.

It was anything but depressing, funny, ironic, wise, it ran the whole gammut of human emotions.

A cut above this?

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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: Movies you have seen lately Reply #36 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:58pm Uncle Meat...hey bro...Don't you think Adam peaked with The Water Boy? Has been a while since he put out anything like the early ones. Still.....there's always hope isn't there? I'm more of a Bill Murray fan, even though he's getting up there, he was great in Zombie Land in his cameo.
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Reply #38 - Mar 28^th, 2012 at 7:12pm

Tell you a little life story, in the 80's I completed an external diploma in script writing with the Australian Film Radio and Television School.

I had written a mini series called 'The Old Boys' It was based a lot on my early years experiences at Annandale, which was a tough town in thopse days, we lived next door to an S.P. Bookmaker who used to bounce his wife off the walls if he had a bad day. The rest came from what I learned in the Cops.

It was about 3 mates, one went on to be a big business success, the second a cricketer who played for Australia and the third a criminal.

Channel 7 optioned my work and even sent a script editor to work on it.

I picked up about 15K for the option. Channel 7's Louise Home took me out to Moroney's, one of the best restaurants in Sydney at the time.

I thought my time had come but Channel7 and the other stations changed direction and The Old Boys was not made. Stiff cheddar for me. I tried to climb the Mountain again and in fact wrote another mini series called, The Eastern Suburbs Barbecue Club. It was rejected by a major player (Can't say because of libel laws) but in any case, out came a mini series a couple of years later based around the Roger Rogerson and the Neddy Arthur Smiths of the day. Strangely...very much like my script...funny about that huh? By the same company I had submitted it to as well.

Tell you one thing, there are more thieves in TV land that I ever met in the cops!

Just a slice of life care of yours truly.

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Movies you have seen lately Reply #39 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 4:54pm Frances wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 10:24am: Should be seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel later this week. Going to see it this evening at Parramatta - in 1½ hours time…
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Reply #40 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 5:13pm

red baron wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:58pm:

Uncle Meat...hey bro...Don't you think Adam peaked with The Water Boy? Has been a while since he put out anything like the early ones. Still.....there's always hope isn't there?

I'm more of a Bill Murray fan, even though he's getting up there, he was great in Zombie Land in his cameo.

Adam Sandler is not funny at all in anything ever.

I loved Zombieland though - Woody Harrelson is great.

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Reply #41 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 5:13pm

red baron wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:58pm:

Uncle Meat...hey bro...Don't you think Adam peaked with The Water Boy? Has been a while since he put out anything like the early ones. Still.....there's always hope isn't there?

I'm more of a Bill Murray fan, even though he's getting up there, he was great in Zombie Land in his cameo.

Actually, I thought he peaked with Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore

Loved Bill Murray ever since Caddy Shack.

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Reply #42 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 5:16pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

red baron wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:58pm:

Uncle Meat...hey bro...Don't you think Adam peaked with The Water Boy? Has been a while since he put out anything like the early ones. Still.....there's always hope isn't there?

I'm more of a Bill Murray fan, even though he's getting up there, he was great in Zombie Land in his cameo.

Adam Sandler is not funny at all in anything ever.

I loved Zombieland though - Woody Harrelson is great.

Agreed.
Another "funny man" who is about as funny as cancer - Will Ferrell.

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Uncle Meat Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2434 Tasmania Gender:	Re: Movies you have seen lately Reply #43 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 5:20pm red baron wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 6:58pm: I'm more of a Bill Murray fan, even though he's getting up there, he was great in Zombie Land in his cameo. Yep, Bill's great. And of course, these two masters:
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