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Wow!!! Wish you guys could see how wide open my mouth is. I must see this movie. Infact, that i haven't seen it yet is a shame. Lol.

I love simple stories well told. I'm sure I'll love this movie.

Thanks vesc. Nice one Sisi. . .

I'm waiting to read bout Momento. .

@Obinna
nah. . i havent seen it. shld soon.

@cindy200
you're very welcome here. we mos def need more girls in this club. .all the testosterone sometimes affects their movie reviews. .
nice reviews.

@semid4lyf
thank you for that review. Nice. .

and I must confess Helena Bonham Carter is one of the greatest actresses ever. No one would really agree cos she doesnt have the Angelina Jolie pizzaz, and the Halle Berry curves. . and all the Hollywood cliches, but that woman can act!!!

I saw her in all the Harry Potter movies she was in,
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber on Fleet Street
Fight Club
A series of Unfortunate Events
Alice in Wonderland
Corpse Bride
Enid Blyton. .

@obi
we'll do Machete. Lets see what people say about this movie.
You've seen it? Lets have your review.

The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama. It won Best Picture at the Oscars and the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award. It was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs, of which it won seven; twelve Academy Awards nominations, of which it won four; and seven Golden Globes, with Colin Firth winning for Best Actor.

Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth
Geoffrey Rush
Helena Bonham Carter
Guy Pearce
Timothy Spall
Derek Jacobi
Jennifer Ehle
Michael Gambon

Your unbiased reviews. . .

obi
you dont get movies like Die Hard anymore. .

Next movie on review. .The King's Speech

_{this is for you semid4lyf my friend}. .

jus my thots. . (<--------notice those words in bold letters?)
Shld we try to review the movies that got nods at the Oscars? Twould be nice to see what y'all think bout em. .
Some of the movies are on queue already.

we've done The social network
The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
. . and ofcourse the other movies already on queue

The Social Network

General Comments; Really nice biography. Well written, well thought out, well crafted, great cast, easy to follow, no surprises; just plain simple story well told.

Average rating; 61% (Based on 5 reviews)

see this movie if you haven't. And hey, it got 3 Oscar awards. .so why wont you see it?  

Next movie. .

@semid4lyf
noted. and yea. .like vesc said, we have that rule in place. and i think its a minimum of 3 reviews. .

that said, congratulations to all involved with the social network. the guys at the academy reckons its good enough.

shall we wrap this up and review Semid's King's Speech? He's been on about it for a while so lets have a go at it. .

Nice one you guys! Nice.

Nice review. .Semid4lyf

I'll rate the movie 60%.

Vesc. .
I've not seen Momento at all though I had a chance to sometime ago. I'll download and see it but lemme hear/read your thots on it. And here is your green light +-™

. . . Inception is really a beautiful movie. Hope those guys at the Academy agree.

The movie tends to go very deep into the real reason man is. Its beyond MPD, it goes more into explaining things about man himself.
(I hope im not going over board)
I think Brad created Norton, or the reverse, so that the latter can do what the former couldnt or was afraid to do.

I remember a scene where Brad/Norton went into a store with a gun and threatened to come back to shoot the store attendant if he didnt pursue his dreams of going to school and making something of his life.
Also, the scene where Norton/Brad was driving really fast on a rainy night (not sure if it was raining) and one was telling the other to slow down, and he told him to stop being afraid. That death was only a fear mechanism that slowed people down. .

So I think the movie was tryin to show a man who created another personality to live out his fantasies. :blowing buildings up, drawing blood from another man. .

Jus 2 cents tho.

I'm very very unfamiliar with Momento. But wld be glad to read what you've got on it.

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justkunmi:
@semid4lyf

thanks for the list.

I suggest Social Network.  So we have 4 movies to choose from.

Takers

The Town

From Paris With Love

The Social Network

Lets vote pls. .

then this happened

vescucci:
We can do all these films one after the other. It's not like they have to be mutually exclusive. I even thought we were taking turns. Whose turn is it?

then this happened

v3:
JK,
I've seen the movie. . I think JeSoul it's her turn to pick but as she ain't here. .Pick one

then this happened

justkunmi:
do we all agree I pick? 
#NoPDP

nobody replied. .  then this happened

justkunmi:
ok then. . I choose The Social Network

then this happened

semid4lyfe:
Ojoro. . .and you say you nor be PDP?

You add a movie you wanna review to the list and pick it instead of allowing peeps to choose the one they wanna review?

Anyhow sha, it's all good

my greatest fear. . 
neways. . .let's move on.

First. . calling the title 'The Social Network' a cliche would be an understatement. Really.?? Social Network

Ok, that being said, I actually thot I was goin to hate the movie after seeing it. . but actually, I didnt. and I didnt love it either.

I'll actually give all the credit of the movie's success to Aaron Sorkin who wrote the script because turning a story as popular and as well known as that into a movie and tryin to add twists here and there isnt an easy job.

The oustanding actors for me are Andy Garfield and Justin Timberlake. Very very good stuff.

But I doubt if this movie is good enough to win Best Picture. . Lets see tho.

The Social Network is a 2010 biographical drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits

Directed by David Fincher
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara.

Your reviews.

ok then. . I choose The Social Network

do we all agree I pick?
#NoPDP

@ogaga4luv
thank you for that review. .
12 angry men. .best law movie ever made. .
1 scene, 12 men, 1 very wonderful story.
and with just one scene, it delivered the thrill and suspense most movies with a million scenes couldn't.

i typed stu.pid. . . and seun's machine changed it to silly!!?
so we cant say stu.pid ni?

. . .and stupid most times.

vesc
I dunno who's turn it is. JeSoul was keepin tabs on that but she isn't here. .
and yea. .we can review all the movies.
I've actually seen all on the list. .except v3's 127 hours

v3
yup yup.
we can add that too to the list.
hope you've seen it and would review if/when chosen oh. .

@semid4lyf

thanks for the list.

I suggest Social Network. So we have 4 movies to choose from.

Takers

The Town

From Paris With Love

The Social Network

Lets vote pls. .

Fight Club. . .Let's roll.

I love and hate this movie. For the exact same reason. . .It confused me.
I'll try to write what I remember. Here goes.

Jack is a disturbed individual, who suffers from insomnia. he sees a doctor, who tells him to visit a support group to see what pain really was. he finds an ability to sleep after going to these support groups, often of which he ends up crying to relieve stress from a common office job, common apartment, and a dull, bland, life. A girl makes an appearance at one of the support groups for males only- so she is clearly what Jack calls a fake cos he's also a fake. He finds that he can not enjoy the support groups knowing that she's there faking along with him. Eventually, he confronts her and they work out a temporary solution- which ultimately ends up failing.

Then he meets some guy after his apartment burns. .they fought and the fight club was formed. Other disturbed men started to join.

Something in this movie threw me away. .and i cant place my finger on it. But it mos def isnt your regular movie cos its theme is dark.
It borders around real and unreal. Fake and truth. Like Jack had a multiple personality of some sort. The dude he fought with to start the fight club was actually himself.

I remember a scene towards the end where the other dude was ready to explode buildings while he watched. Jack realizes that the other guy was actually him and nothing more than an apparition or split personality. He ends up putting a gun inside his mouth and pulling the trigger, only to still live and realize that the other dude is gone. He then wakes up in a mental hospital.

I'm still confused as to what it all means tho. . The end didn't even try to make me any less confused. .

Your take. .

Evil. .
And remember a scene after Leo and his crew tried getting the info from some guy, Leo went to the bathroom, splashed some water on his face and brought out his totem to spin. . .to see if he was in a dream or not. . But sadly/happily, he was interrupted and he quickly hid the totem. .
My guess is, that was all a dream. .

Mad stuff I tell ya. .

Have you seen 12 Monkeys? I dont understand that movie till tomorrow. Only JeSoul does.
If you havent seen it, lets do Fight Club. .

I'm loving this thread. .(Y)

Thats the beauty of it all. . if its all a dream. And lemme say this, it is not compulsory to have a point!.

One thing I keep stressing is Nolan's deliberate attempt to confuse us and let our minds think in different directions. and he has succeded.
And i keep asking this question. . . what was our (the viewer) totem?
How do we keep track of what's real and what's a dream?

i agree with EVERYTHING!!! Spot on!
i'm printing that list right now. .

someone pls suggest a movie oooooh,
who's next sef?

vesc. .
finally! You agree with me. I told you Nolan deliberately ended the movie before we could see if the totem stopped spinning or not. My money is on the fact that the whole end was a dream.

If you also remember me saying that we only saw the children's backs when they're playing. and they wore the same clothes every time we saw them. It all goes to show that the children are not real.

As far as we know, the whole movie could have been a dream.

chei. . you just made me want to see the movie again.

v3:
Tom n Jerry

when nobody wants to suggest a movie nko?

spikedcylinder:
I need to watch The King's Speech.

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