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SpankMe
2nd July 2003, 16:03
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">I love a good movie, and I especially love festival movies. Hollywood trash is ok if you just want to vegetate in front of the telly, but you can’t beat a good story.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2"><img src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/94/50/80m.jpg" align="left" alt="cover" border="0" width="96" height="140">Watched <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0235060">The Road Home</a> by <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Zhang,%20Yimou">Yimou Zhang</a> the other day. It stars <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Zhang,%20Ziyi">Ziyi Zhang</a> who is that cute Chinese girlie that kicks butt after complaing the food is too salty in that visa ad. <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Zhang,%20Yimou">Yimou Zhang</a> has made some excellent movies like <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0101640">Raise the Red Lantern</a> which I think is one of his beast and <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0209189">Not One Less</a> which I enjoyed so much I brought the DVD.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Video Ezy in Ponsonby has these on DVD. In fact they have a really large collection of rare movies on DVD. So does Videon on Dominion Rd.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">One Hollywood movie that I did enjoy recently was <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120804">Resident Evil</a> staring <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Name?Jovovich,%20Milla">Milla Jovovich</a>. If you have played the game on Playstation like I have you will appreciate it even more.</font></td> </tr> </table>

Coldkiwi
2nd July 2003, 17:52
watched 'the princess bride' again the other day. That is a classic. Even if the rest of the movie wasn't as funny as it is, I could listen to the line ".. and as everyone KNOWS, Iocaine powder comes from Australia and everyone knows that Australia is full of criminals...'

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wari
2nd July 2003, 18:30
Blazing Saddles ... full of un-pc-ness

Dave
2nd July 2003, 18:58
If you want un-PC, try the Adventures Of Ford Fairlane-unfukenbelievable.

Antallica
2nd July 2003, 20:02
The 'Fast Bikes' Series ... hell it 'aint no movie but it's mint cycles, speed (160km/h wheelies) and stupidity dammit! Makes me want to move to France... no cops and straight Highways :D

Hoon
2nd July 2003, 23:01
HULK SMASH PUNY VIDEOS!!!

georgedubyabush
2nd July 2003, 23:37
i watch both kinds of movies, Arnie AND Stallone :p

Duke of Rogan
3rd July 2003, 09:07
not sure about your taste in movies SpankMe, what made you pick one up that has the word "Road" and an asian woman together on the cover?
:D :D

I was in Mt Eden motorcycles once and Mike was playing a bike movie of a guy doing >150miles/hr on american motorways (filmed on the bike of course). I was told the guy ended up roadkill in the end...

georgedubyabush
3rd July 2003, 16:20
tell me you HAVE seen crouching tiger, hidden dragon spankme. It's what makes the Visa ad make sense.

Coldkiwi
3rd July 2003, 19:32
I caught the end of that last night... its kinda odd they way they fly around but awesome sword fighting!!

Stormer
3rd July 2003, 21:30
One of my favs. is the Vietnam classic Apocalypse Now.... awesome movie, cool soundtrack.:rockon:

Gixxer
4th July 2003, 09:46
'Brain Smasher...a love story.' Has the dude from the Adventures Of Ford Fairlane. very funny, very un-PC

Spankme try 'A man called hero' China town film.

For the Manga fans, 'fist of the north star'&nbsp;and &nbsp;'Ninja Scroll'&nbsp;&nbsp;

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SPman
4th July 2003, 22:29
"Braindead" by Peter Jackson - particularly Bill Ralston getting bitten by a rabid monkey and the scene at the end, with&nbsp;a man,&nbsp;a woman, 500 zombies and a motor mower............&nbsp;:eek:

Marmoot
4th July 2003, 22:36
I just watched er.....er.....2Fast2Furious :o
(I know....embarassing):o :o :o

bikerboy
5th July 2003, 14:27
Shame on you, watching such a blatant excuse for car crashes, boy racing and other anti social behavior so obviously aimed at hooligans and the enticement of such activities by said groups!:(







(Was it good and should I go see it? :D )

bluninja
5th July 2003, 15:05
&nbsp;Blade Runner rates with Bambi as one of my favourite movies. What about 70's movie Warriors&nbsp;or Rollerball.&nbsp;I was sad enough to go watch Silver Dream Racer at the cinema, but I guess you need a base line to compare otgher films with:rockon:

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TTFN

Marmoot
6th July 2003, 23:09
(Being on mental breakdown for the past 3 days with nothing to do, I went to see the new releases)

2Fast2Furious is alright....C for acting, C for storyline (but a bit better compared to the first one), A for special effects, B for the cars if you like them :o

Charlie's Angels is alright....B for acting, A for special effects, B for storyline, D for realism (total comical fiction). :)

Hulk is good. Ang Lee is The Man! :niceone:


Now.....Terminator 3....hmm.......can't wait :rockon:

What?
7th July 2003, 06:29
There is an Aussie film from around 1974 called Walkabout. Thin on story, no humour, but the photography (cinematography??) and imagery is utterly awesome.

Dave
7th July 2003, 09:55
Seen the trailer for the MotoGP based movie FASTER,
looking foward to seeing that when it comes out.

Coldkiwi
7th July 2003, 12:41
ahhh.. is this the long awaited motorcycle movie 'fast and the furious on bikes' that I heard about last year perhaps?&nbsp; Any sign of footage that shows MotoGP bikes chasing each other on roads ala. Charlies Angels (the first one) with the Indy cars?

200hp bikes on roads.... mmmmmmmmmmmmm *drools*

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Whens it due for release??

Dave
7th July 2003, 12:44
seems more like a documentry-check out the trailer on www.motogp.com
look under video,free content.
(ever wonder why a trailer is infront of the movie,sounds like something kk would do)

Coldkiwi
7th July 2003, 12:49
http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/Articles/motogp_movie_previews.htm

Oh well, so it's not a 'movie with plot' movie but it may well be worth it... probably a lot of awesome camera work not normally seen that will make it well worth while! nice if&nbsp; it was on Imax!

Duke of Rogan
7th July 2003, 14:10
Originally posted by Marmoot
Charlie's Angels is alright....B for acting, A for special effects, B for storyline, D for realism (total comical fiction). :)
Now.....Terminator 3....hmm.......can't wait

the missus made me take her to Charlies Angel's yesterday, and I aggree with your ratings, but you must add an A for tits and ass (without this its 100% cheese)

T3 will be the next to see, I wouldnt waste my money on 2F2F or any other shite thats currently on.

As for classic movies on video, has anyone else seen the Australian movie "Bad Boy Bubby"?
this is a must see, about a guy (about 30) whose Mum keeps him looked inside their 1-bedroom flat for his entire life by telling him it was poisonous outside, and wearing a gas mask everytime she leaves/enters the flat. He ends up getting out and joining a band.
farken funny, espically when he tells a copper directing traffic to "get out of the way you greedy bastard!" (he mimics what others have told him)

a couple of (US/Harley) motorcycle classics:
Harley Davidson and the Malboro Man
Easy Rider

:eek:

bluninja
7th July 2003, 14:44
Went to see Matrix reloaded and then The Hulk at the weekend. Enjoyed both, though the matrix looks as look it's taken a wild branch after the end of the last film (which I watched on video afterwards). It's got a few good twists, and some arty bits, but on the whole the fight scenes for me are overdone and too long.

The Hulk, was more like the comic book version than the Lou Ferrigno TV version. However the film was extremely slow in places and the ending reminded me of Highlander, where it just sort of fizzled out after a big special effects ending.

I'm looking forward to T3, though I doubt that it will compare with the original.....or with Terminator 3D at Universal Studios.

TTFN

georgedubyabush
7th July 2003, 18:51
that bad boy bubby still gives me nightmares, but then so does deliverence. you forgot to warn people about... incest with mother, cruelty to cats, murder by gladwrap, prison sex...

i'm worried about t3 as the first 2 were my all time favorites as a kid. James Cameron isnt doing it so who knowswhat style it'll be in.

anyone see lou ferrengo's cameo? with stan lee, comicbook creator of hulk, xmen, spiderman...?

Goddess of Goof
7th July 2003, 23:24
:(

Did anyone else get sucked into going to Russian Ark ?&nbsp; I thought it was really heavy going and disappointing.

Came out wanting to go see a movie.

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MikeL
8th July 2003, 09:27
Originally posted by BestFun

Did anyone else get sucked into going to Russian Ark

At the risk of being ridiculed as an arty-farty, pointy-headed intellectual w*nker, I would have to say that I found Russian Ark one of the most stunning films I have ever seen. Although there were some moments of tedium in the middle, the final ball-room sequence made up for it and left me speechless in amazement and admiration.

bluninja
8th July 2003, 09:54
Oh so Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno did a cameo in The Hulk ?? Let me guess....they were security guards:D

TTFN

Andrew
8th July 2003, 12:37
Anybody seen that old bike movie - 'Easy Rider' pretty hard case but well worth wactching :)

An old bike movie I've never seen but heard some good talk about, is Quadraphoenia (or something like that). Am I the only one whos heard of these movies!!!!

Duke of Rogan
8th July 2003, 15:58
yup, I seen Easy Rider.
2 guys (Peter Fonda and ??) in the '70s doing a road-trip across the US on Harley's. peace, love and drugs :p

I mentioned this earlier, as well as the more modern:
Harley Davidson and the Malboro Man

saw this once a few years ago, will watch it again if I see it on DVD for hire somewhere....

Goddess of Goof
8th July 2003, 22:52
Originally posted by MikeL
At the risk of being ridiculed as an arty-farty, pointy-headed intellectual w*nker, I would have to say that I found Russian Ark one of the most stunning films I have ever seen.

Bit strong. Hey, glad you enjoyed it......!

Did you see The Quiet American with Michael Caine in it ?

I thought that was really well done..... Did it float your boat ?

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SpankMe
8th July 2003, 23:18
The Quiet American (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0258068) was an excellent film. Well worth watching. Also really enjoyed watching Do Thi Hai Yen (http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501021028-366383,00.html), the really beautiful French-Vietnamese girl. She was a ballerina in Ho Chi Minh City when she accompanied her boyfriend, an actor, to an audition for The Quiet American where she caught the director’s eye.

SPman
9th July 2003, 07:20
On Any Sunday is a good bike movie - came out in 70-71, but encompasses all aspects of mbike activity - AMA circuit racing, Enduros, Trials, etc. More of a historic footage movie these days - Daytona in the Triumph Triple era - but still interesting viewing if you can find it.

I can see why people could like Russian Ark, but The Quiet American was far more enjoyable, IMHO.

Gixxer
9th July 2003, 10:06
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yeh I seen it, Dennis Hopper was the other dude, also had a very young Jack Nicolson in it riding around on the back of a chopper in a grid iron lid. very cool film.

Gixxer
9th July 2003, 10:11
"Good bye pork pie"

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"Came a hot Friday" with the late great Billy T James as "The Whakinga Kid"

SpankMe
20th July 2003, 16:52
<table><tr><td><img src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/05/00/12m.jpg" align="left"></td><td>Just watched <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0245429">Spirited Away</a>. Bloody excellent Japanese animation. Highly recommend it.</td></tr></table>

bikerboy
20th July 2003, 19:20
Hey Spankme,
While I share your views of art house movies I feel your choices are lost on some of the other readers. It's great to know not all bikers are into action flicks only.:niceone:

Marmoot
20th July 2003, 20:30
Spirited Away is good.

SPman
20th July 2003, 21:30
Run Lola Run is really good. Also my sons favourite.

What?
21st July 2003, 06:46
For a bit of ott comedy, Yellowbeard. Features half the Monty Python crew. Very funny, VERY un-pc.:niceone:

Marmoot
21st July 2003, 22:31
Life Of Brian is funny.
But then again, I love Monty Phyton and the holy grail better.