The old movie thread: ratings and discussion' or some shiz

About a soldier who returns to his home town in northern England to get revenge on the group of thugs who abused his mentally challenged brother.

It's a very strange movie, it goes from kind of silly to very disturbing and tense. Some Brit guys here talked about it some time ago and one said it was better than No Country For Old Men, and while I disagree with that statement, it was certainly a very good movie.

 

Man, you guys find some good movies. I have to start writing down a list and start watching the ones you recommend.

 

pretty good movie! Alot better than the first one.

Alot more characters and better storyline.

Guillermo DelToro is an awesome director.

 

I stand by that statement, Sir!!

The two actors playing the brothers are superb.

 

Yes, the thugs were also entertaining, you almost felt bad for them, almost.

 

Yeah, that was an excellent movie. Only saw it the one time, but I should watch it again.

 

The Claim



A man sells his wife and child for a Gold claim and over the years builds a town upon the claim. The future existence of the town depends on whether the new cross country rail line will go through this town or not.

This is what a Western should look like. Cold, bleak, dirty! Great looking movie. The acting was a bit erratic though (some very good and some very bad) and the editing was a bit shaky.

Milla Jovavich as usual was awful and nearly ruined the movie with her attempts at over-acting.

Worth catching if you're up late at night watching IFC or Sundance.

6.5/10

 

6.5 is also it's rating on imdb.

 

Fitting I guess. With a couple different actors it would have rated higher.

 

do it.....just so everyone isn't wasting their time

 

The main bad guy fought Eubank* for the title.





* or Benn - i can't be arsed checking.

 

The Wrestler

I saw this last night. It's getting rave reviews and Mikey Rourke has already been nominated for best actor at the critic's choice awards. Marissa Tomei is also getting high praise for her role as well.

It's about a faded and old wrestler who is forced to come to terms with the fact that he neglected his family and himself while he was a featured attraction many years earlier.

Rourke plays one of the most sympathetic characters I've seen in a while. I'd recommend it to anyone....of age.

Youtube isn't loading for me, so if anyone else can get the trailer, that would be great.

 

Did you watch it online? The movie hasn't made it out here to Hawaii:bangh:

 

Eubank. Supposedly, he gave Eubank a tough fight, but the fight was stopped prematurely in the 7th round in Eubank's favour. Tthe guy only had one more fight before retiring.

 

at first i thought the movie was about jake the snake roberts except roberts' real life is story is much more awful.

i thought this was the second best movie of the year that i've seen (just behind slumdog millionaire). it was also good seeing old tomei topless.

rourke should definitely win the oscar this year.

 

A video of Springsteen's title track is also on youtube with clips from the movie.

 

when will you watch 13 Tzameti? When Brad Pitt does his stupid remake? :shit:



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475169/

 

The movie is actually all over the Net, opcorn:

 

I believe one of the dogs appeared in Marley & Me is the same dog in Gran Torino.

 

:laughing:

 

Link?

 

I love dramas, like Rourke, and am always interested in movies getting rave reviews. That said, I'm just not sure I can bring myself to watch this because of my extreme hatred of pro wrestling.

 

:flip:

 

2 parts, take your pick:

cd1
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=155c9fe
cd2
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=34e7d8a


cd1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9OS1ITV8

cd2

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YUOQ8RJ3




cd1
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730825/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730782/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730797/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730786/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730806/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730822/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730744/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/177730597/The.Wrestler.CD1.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.008
cd2
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727728/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727736/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727644/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727725/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727681/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727605/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/177727741/The.Wrestler.CD2.DVDSCR.XVID.avi.007

 

Sounds good. I'll look that one up tonight and report back.

Watched Assassination of Jesse James the other night. I enjoyed it.

Also picked up Rome Seasons 1+2 for £30 from Zavvi last night. CANNOT. WAIT.

 

Jesse James was a great movie. :bears:

 

Thanks for the links Andrew! I'll watch it this weekend!opcorn:

 

the back to the future movies are ... exquisite

new movies are overrated

 

Along with the Chargers being skinned by the Steelers, opcorn:

 

http://www.fightbeat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29749