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The Dark Knight Rises 2012
You Mr. Nolan are the king of the bat shit.
Bane's asthma sometimes got the better of him and his dialogue but my hard-on for Hardy still remains intact.
Begins is still my favourite...only because it was so unique and refreshing like a nice bat shit shandy.
A toast to you Sir Nolan.
PS. Please do something like Momento again soon, please, cheers.
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Drive 2011
ARISE SIR NICHOLAS!
Expectations exceeded once again!
I loved the visuals (how sweet was the Blade Runner-esque crane across the city and the car interiors), I loved the melodramatic score and I loved the understated performances (even the kid was ace)
I'm thinking a candy pink 'NWR fo' life' would make a nice little ankle tat next to a 'Good Golly Gosling!' tramp stamp on my lower back.
Will see again at Rialto if anyone's keen for a NWR marathon followed by such classics as Fear X, Bronson, Vahalla Rising and of course, the Pusher Trilogy.
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The Hunger Games 2012
Pretty darn bummed Lenny Kravitz didn't break into 'American Woman' at all but being such a dashing African man I quickly forgave him.
I little more blood and I would have given it 4 Stars.
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Die Hard 1988
If Bruce Willis had stopped making movies after this magnum opus (with the exception of Pulp Fiction and Twelve Monkeys) he would have kept Demi, Ashton would be his rent boy and he'd have enough oscars to door stop his Hollywood mansion. I've seen this film more times than i've brushed my teeth and Rickman's turn as Hans Gruber gives you enough one liners to terrorize your neighbours kid for months.
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X-Men: First Class 2011
Easily the best X-men film so far, with top casting - McAvoy and Fassbender are inspired choices for Charles (Dr. X) and Erik (Magneto) and not since Hollow Man has Bacon played a more convincing villain. Only problem I had is that it's 5 years too late. The window for comic book franchises adopting the gritty realism route opened and closed with Chrisopher Nolan's 21st Century Batman and everything since seems comparatively lame.
In saying that the script was tight and very English which I loved. Will def see again on divid.
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Shaun of the Dead 2004
Have you tried taking off a zombie's head with a Blue Monday 45 original pressing? No? You should try it sometime.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
Not as complex as I feared and hoped, beautiful but a little bit of a let down. Oldman wasn't that engaging, just kind of a lovable old mute and my hard on for Hardy temporarily softened for a second. Still beautiful all the same.
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The Descendants 2011
Good film let down by a horrid Hawaiian jangly score. I would have given it 4 out 5 if the music didn't make me so racist.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
Slightly eclipses original but only because we see John Connor's conception and the birth/death of SKYNET all set to a killer industrial synth soundtrack.