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The BirdsHundreds of birds begin to attack after Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) pursues a man to a small town. The plot may appear to be quite thin, but The Birds is actually more intricate than one would immediately assume. There are a few different elements to the story, which are mainly created through the relationship formed between Melanie, her love interest and his family.The beauty of this film is that everything builds gradually. Unlike most modern slasher flicks, in which a group of generic teenagers die to little effect, it takes the time to make you care about the characters in one way or another. Similarly, the birds become increasingly violent. The way that they're used as legitimate threat truly reflects how brilliant Alfred Hitchcock was at his craft.I suppose the only major negative with The Birds is that it seems very dated. However, that's pretty much to be expected and doesn't warrant a remake or anything.Psycho (1960)Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is trusted with a large amount of money, but decides to run away with it. Upon her journey away from the city, she checks into the Bates hotel, run by Norman and his mother.Psycho is one the best films that I've ever seen. At its core, it's a dark and twisted story, which is perfectly complimented by the wonderfully creepy and suspenseful direction, terrific soundtrack and array unforgettable moments. As superb as Hitchcock's other films are, this is his true masterpiece.Psycho was actually nominated for four Oscars, but didn't win any, which is a travesty. Now, films of this nature/genre aren't even acknowledged at the Oscars as it's become the most pretentious, stuck-up awards ceremony of the year. They need to realize that drama is not the be all and end all of the movie industry. Anyway, it's amazing just how well Psycho stands up today. I cannot name a single film of about the same age that is still this entertaining. So, there is absolutely no reason for you to watch the remake instead.

Wow, the first time I watched Fight Club I instantly watched it again. It's almost one of the points of the film, watch it once, watch it again.

There are only a select few films that I've wanted to instantly watch again after they'd finished and Fight Club is definitely one of them...

If you have a bittorrent client open, with that torrent loaded, close it and try again. If it still fails, try the same method in VLC Player with the second subtitles file available on this page:http://subtitrari.alege.net/movies/2842/Oldboy-2003.html

Is there nothing other than the AVI and sub file in that folder?

I'd tell you what I think of it if I could get the damn subtitles to work! Does anyone know what program to use for a .sub file?

VLC Player. In that, go to File > Open File and a dialogue box will appear with a few options. Use the first field under the main tab to locate the video. Below, tick the 'Subtitles options' box and click on 'Settings.' Then, click 'browse' and select the .sub/.srt file.

The plots dont seem to be connected, so will it matter if I watch OldBoy before Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance?

Not at all. OldBoy, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance and Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance are separate films that are grouped under Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy due to their shared theme.Don't read too much into OldBoy, though. I really think it's the type of film that you should watch with no or little prior knowledge about. Anyway, it ranks in my top 5 and, hopefully, you'll enjoy it, too.

I've never walked out on a movie, but was damn close to doing so during The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Scent Of A Woman

Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell), A prep school student needing money, agrees to look after a blind man, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino). However, the job is not at all what he anticipated.

Scent Of A Woman is a solid film. At its core, it's the story of two individuals who need to put their lives into perspective in order to make life-changing decisions. In some respects, a lot of it is akin to your standard drama in terms of execution and the sense that it's a typical heartwarming, uplifting affair. Nonetheless, it is beautiful at times and does feature a number of outstanding scenes.The true highlight of Scent Of A Woman is, undeniably, Al Pacino's superb performance. He won an Oscar for his role as a blind, retired ex-militant and he totally deserves it. In fact, this film confirms my belief that he is the greatest actor of all time. Pacino portrays the complexities of his character perfectly, enabling the viewer to see different sides of Frank Slade. He may be a stern and, sometimes, obnoxious man, but he can be funny and thoughtful, too. One moment, he's friendly towards Charlie, his temporary caretaker, and within a second, he can snap. The character development is great in regards to both Frank Slade and Charlie Simms, though. As the film progresses, they gradually reveal more elements of their personality. As such, Scent Of A Woman has a lot of key points and great lines throughout. In short, it's a decent drama with a magnificent performance from Al Pacino. Hoo-ha!

There's a Ghibli season on Film 4 at the moment, so I took the opportunity to watch 'My Neighbour Tortoro' again. Fuck you, Disney, that's how you make a children's film. The scene at the bus stop > All of Snow White.

Agreed. Studio Ghibli can make very simple scenes feel like the most magical thing you've seen in your whole life.

Studio Ghibli made Spirited Away, didn't they? It's one of my favourite films and, in my opinion, is much better than anything Disney have ever done. So, I'll definitely try to catch My Neighbour Totoro whenever it's on.Reservoir Dogs

Five total strangers teamed up for the perfect crime. But something went wrong. Something got f---ed up. One of the men is the rat, an infiltrator working for the cops. But who?

I enjoyed every minute of this film. It's just incredibly entertaining from beginning to end. Reservoir Dogs is stylishly directly, filled with terrific dialogue and features an array of great characters and memorable scenes. At times, it's very violent, but occaisonally delves into comedy, too. Top stuff.I'm officially a Quentin Tarantino fanboy now.

Jim Carrey and John Candy are two of the best comedic actors ever. Steve Martin is shit in it though.

I think Martin is good in Planes, Trains And Automobiles, as he is in most of his early films, especially The Jerk.I agree with your comment on Jim Carrey, though; he's a tremendous comedic actor. It's a shame that people don't often acknowledge or realize that he's an great dramatic actor, too.

The GuyverJust so you know which version of The Guyver I'm talking about, this is the original animated series from Japan. It was a 12-part OVA, produced in the late 80s. I first saw it as a kid, when it was broadcast in the UK during the mid-90s, and The Guyver truly made an impression on me. Watching the series again after a number years, I've grown to love it even more.The story combines a variety of elements from anime/manga (obviously), sci-fi and a classic superhero tale. First, it introduces Chronos, an evil organisation that have altered human beings into bio-mutants in order to use them as living weapons. After a severe mishap, one of their Guyver units is found by Sho Fucamachi, a high school student. He unwillingly merges with it to become one of the three Guyvers in the world as Chronos frantically try to capture him and retrieve their weapon.The really gripping and intriguing part of this is, surprisingly, the characters themselves. Many factors that directly affect Sho are totally beyond his control. The people that he cares about are subjected to his horrific situation and he's unable to offer them complete security. The genetically-engineered monsters that he has to combat are strange creations and, quite possibly, the most memorable aspect of the series. There is a considerable amount of violence as The Guyver takes on his adversaries. It's not necessarily gory or disturbing, but extremely bloody. Either way, the fight scenes are very well-structured and always visually pleasing. Overall, every episode still looks relatively good by today's standards, while the animation is akin to your typical anime.It's a travesty that this version of The Guyver isn't widely known. To me, it's undoubtedly the definitive adaption; it shames the dire live action films and is better its Out Of Control predecessor. Plus, it's everything that Casshern wishes it was and more. Anyway, if you're a fan of anime, get this any way you can because it's excellent.

Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat This stand-up is awful. I watched it because I assumed that Martin Lawrence would be much better in that environment, like quite a few comedians are, but he really isn't funny.

Hackers

A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius (Fisher Stevens) behind the virus.

The protagonist in Hackers, Dade Murphy, is played by Jonny Lee Miller, who has little on-screen presence or charisma. His character is pretty much a misfit; he's not necessarily a geek, but he's not exactly the popular kind either. After transferring to a new school, he befriends a group of fellow hackers, which when the film really becomes entertaining. They're complete outcasts and totally fun to watch, whether they're acting silly or spurting random nerdy dialogue. The luscious Angelina Jolie sports a short hairstyle in her role as Kate Libby, a girl at the school who soon becomes involved the hackers' affairs.So, the film relatively begins well and has the potential to be great, but there are many negatives. Most notably, the dialogue ranges from great to downright cheesy. Similarly, any time the actors have to talk about computers, they seem very unconvincing, as if they have no idea of what they're actually saying. Quite frankly, I don't blame them because whoever wrote Hackers obviously knows fuck all about computers. I remember when I first saw this film at the age of 10. At the time, I thought that the hacking depicted on screen was unrealistic. 8 years later, it seems so inaccurate that it's laughable. Combined with a villain who likes to skateboards, Hackers is a movie that definitely has its weaknesses.However, it is rather entertaining. The chemistry between Angelina Jolie, who is undoubtedly the saving grace of the film, and Jonny Lee Miller is quite good, despite Miller's lackluster performance. The unconventional characters are also enjoyable and will certainly interest the cyberpunk audience. To some extent, the story is even engaging enough to forgive it for being so flawed.Taking everything into consideration, Hackers is an extremely average film at best, but is absolutely terrible at times. It's still strangely likeable, though. In a nutshell, it's a cult movie that's nothing special, yet is bizarrely appealing.

Dead Man's Shoes

A disaffected soldier, Richard, (Paddy Considine) returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother, Anthony (Toby Kebbell), years ago.

Dead Man's Shoes is an intense revenge movie. Nearly every aspect of it is so well executed that you desperately want to see Richard avenge the mistreatment of his brother, Anthony, from the very beginning. One of the reasons is that Anthony is a very sympathetic character as he was essentially bullied and you can see that he has a good heart whenever he's with his brother. I think it's easy to support Richard as a protagonist, too. Obviously, his actions are justified and the character is just great. He's a ruthless individual, but he's also methodical in his approach. There's an immense amount of rage in his eyes, but he has self-control and, as a result, seems like a legitimate threat who could, if he pleased, calmly disembowel those who tormented his brother and enjoy every minute of it.There is a decent balance, though, as the film also depicts a fair amount of activity of the opposing side. Basically, they're a bunch of thugs. Initially, their character development is pretty concise, but more is uncovered about them as the back story slowly unravels. Interestingly, Dead Man's Shoes features a few moments of high comedy, which come directly from the thugs.Nonetheless, it's a revenge film. As one would expect, there is a degree of violence, but I don't think it's particularly extreme, although it is occasionally rather graphic. The drugs scene, about an hour into the film, exemplifies this. In other respects, Dead Man's Shoes is considerably explicit and does present some strong themes at times.All-in-all, this is a very good movie. In my opinion, if done right, revenge stories are incredible. The likes of Oldboy, Thriller: A Cruel Picture, Kill Bill, V For Vendetta, Lady Snowblood and Shinku - Deep Red are fine testaments to the genre. I don't think Dead Man's Shoes is on the same level as those films. However, it is a really solid, excellently directed film that is definitely worth watching.

What happened to Mamma Benjamin?

Carlito has nothing on Razor Ramon:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKj-1HIXtQM

In my opinion, Kerry is far more attractive and, generally, appealing than Bridget...

I think Anne Hathaway, from The Devil Wears Prada, qualifies for this thread. She looked very nice on The Late Show with Dave Letterman last night, but can vary greatly...

Yes, you would be right, G, that's the one.They Live was on The Sci-Fi Channel recently, wasn't it? I actually missed it when it was on, so I downloaded it...

They Live

A homeless laborer, Nada (Roddy Piper), falls in with a group of shantytown rebels. He discovers that they have invented special dark glasses that enable the wearer to see past the fa

Beverly Hills Cop

A freewheeling Detroit cop, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), pursues a murder investigation and finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Beverly Hills Cop has a really simple plot and is loaded with cliches. The dialogue, action and, to some degree, characters are conventional, but still done rather well. Essentially, the action elements of it are secondary, though, as this is plays out like an original comedy more so than a cop movie. For instance, Beverly Hills Cop seems to provide a succession of situations for Eddie Murphy to simply be funny.I'm biased when it comes to old comedies starring Eddie Murphy. During his prime, he was fast, edgey and extremely funny. In films, he obviously couldn't be as explicit and raw as he could during his stand-ups, but his performances were always great. In Beverly Hills Cop, I think Murphy is perfect in his role. Alex F is sharp, cunning, two steps ahead of everyone else, but also very humourous.In overview, Beverly Hills Cop is an entertaining film that showcases Eddie Murphy on top form.

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Strange movie.Not actually very good. The critical acclaim came from somwhere, but I'm not sure WHERE it came from. Not a bad movie, but nothing special.

I liked it, but I'll agree that it's overrated. Dr. Strangelove is currently ranked as the number one comedy on the IMDB, which it shouldn't be.

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, is very topical as it satires Cold War paranoia. It's actually quite unique in the sense that it's somewhat more intricate than your average comedy and doesn't play out in the same way as older ones, like Young Frankenstein and Airplane. Instead of a non-stop laughs, Dr. Strangelove provides jokes that are nicely built-up through its plot and is considerably darker, too.From what I've heard about it, I was expecting a great amount of slapstick from this film. That wasn't the case, however. Fundamentally, everything is played rather straight, with a combination of sometimes silly dialogue, absurd situations and irony, which works well. The scene in which President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) is on the phone to a drunken Kissoff exemplifies this and is one of the funniest parts of the film.Peter Sellers is nothing short of great throughout, though. He plays three different characters and does so flawlessly. Each of them are funny in their own way and he always appears to have exceptional chemistry with his co-stars. Unfortunately, Dr. Strangelove is very dated now. It's not only because of the subject matter; the pacing seems far to slow at times, especially during the beginning. I'm assuming that audiences were a lot easier to entertain in the 1960s.Nevertheless, this is a good comedy that is certainly worthwhile.

Thank you very much, G.

2. Why the FUCK does Cena keep saluting?

I'm assuming that it has something to do with his upcoming movie, The Marine.Does anyone know of any good, frequently updated PSD sites? Once again, my sources have died.