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watched Children of men last night. Apart from the slightly heavy Christian allegory and one awfae 'new age' character, I thought it was well weapon. It's about a future where all women are infertile, the world has gone to shit, yet Britain stoically 'soliders on', with the rounding up, torture, imprisonment and slaughter of foreigns being the pre-occupation of the State. Quite devastating, with one of the best sequences I've seen in recent times near the end, as a refugee camp in Bexhill breaks out into some incredibly realistic and intense warfare. Loads of people getting shot and blown up, with some amazing single takes. The jist of the film is super depressing, and the grim, end-of-days London of 2027 is created in such a way as to grind your nose in the state of the current grim, end-of-days London. I came out wondering if Ringo had a point about how awful the place is! Imagine! There's a good central performance from trusty old Clive Owen, and a nice support from Caine, who isn't quite as grating as usual. The only let down is the mother from Darling Buds of May, but to be fair, her character was pretty shonky to begin with.
Anyway, aside from the misery, there's plenty of wry jokes throughout, although these seem to dry up once we enter the refugee camp. Superb series of images as we enter the camp by coach, and out the window we can see a man standing in a cage, wearing a hood, with wires running into his hands, then a cage full of half naked men... It's a perfectly handled 'future as now' world throughout, and there's loads of little things that point towards the current state of affairs.
I wasn't expecting it to be quite as tense or as emotional as it was, so I was suprised and pleased. I did need a couple of drinks to recover, and that's got to be a good thing.
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I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's fucked up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government fucks in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshit I got two words for that: learn to fuckin' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big fuckin' surprise.
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Godd. I used to know practically the entire script to both Ghostbusters & Highlander by heart, and a fair old chunk of The Thing (80s Carpenter version) and First Blood, as these films were on permanent rotation in the room of the student to which we'd repair after the college bar shut, for after-hours drinking and 'smoking'.
It's true, this man has no penis.
Och Connor, you're all muck and muscle Aye blossom, the way ye like it.
And the flowers are still standing!
etc. etc.
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I could probably reel off Stand By Me verbatim, as well as The Philadelphia Story, Casablanca and Star Wars, but everyone knows the last two so they probably don't count.
quote:Brothers! Oh, brothers! We have all gathered here, to preserve our hallowed culture and heritage! We aim to pull evil up by the root, before it chokes out the flower of our culture and heritage! And our women, let's not forget those ladies, y'all. Looking to us for protection! From darkies, from Jews, from papists, and from all those smart-ass folks say we come descended from monkeys!
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thats not one line, you fuzzyfaced moron. its eight. i can type the entire judd nelson 'my impression of life at big brians house' monologue from the breakfast club word perfect from memory* but that doesnt mean im going to. and anyway, i bet you didnt even type that from memory, did you. i call google on you ralph.
quote:You stupid fucking **** . You, Williamson, I'm talking to you, shithead. You just cost me $6,000. Six thousand dollars, and one Cadillac. That's right. What are you going to do about it? What are you going to do about it, asshole? You're fucking shit. Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking **** , you idiot? Who ever told you that you could work with men? Oh, I'm gonna have your job, shithead.
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again! not a one- liner! did we agree this was a one- liner thread or not? where did we agree you could type chunks of dialogue? where? you people are idiots.
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there are one liners included within the chunk of dialogue you see. thats okay son, you can do it on the boat, that is a oneliner. because it is one line. but it is found within a 'chunk of dialogue'. thats a technical term im using there.
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Plus I've made it clear that quotes only officially count if they're from Robocop. This whole debacle is exactly like how the Edinburgh fringe overtook the original Edinburgh festival.
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the line 'i carried a watermelon', does that count as being from robocop? i know its actually from 'dirty dancing', but as robocop and dirty dancing actually perform the same function but for different genders i thought maybe you would make an exception.
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You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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This is anarchy. Darryn lock the thread.
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quote:Originally posted by dance margarita: the line 'i carried a watermelon', does that count as being from robocop? i know its actually from 'dirty dancing', but as robocop and dirty dancing actually perform the same function but for different genders i thought maybe you would make an exception.
sorry, damage. I'm not the ruler here. Just because I know the rules, doesn't mean I can change them any more than you can. You made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake.
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I cannot participate in this thread, as I have never seen Robocop.
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is that a robocop quote? i havent seen robocop since 1989. i have been too busy watching dirty dancing, as is right and proper and dictated by nature.
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dirty dancing was on the teevee on sunday night. i made the mistake of switching over to 'celebrities in spandex'. what a foolish schoolgirl error that was, as my mum then wanted to watch ruby wax prove that she should never. ever. ever. do live presenting.
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quote:Originally posted by dance margarita: is that a robocop quote? i havent seen robocop since 1989. i have been too busy watching dirty dancing, as is right and proper and dictated by nature.
are you going to watch the live show or have you seen it already?
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quote:Originally posted by dance margarita: is that a robocop quote? i havent seen robocop since 1989. i have been too busy watching dirty dancing, as is right and proper and dictated by nature.
For all your carping about 'chunks of dialogue' and all the rest of it, this quote isn't even from a film! Fuck a duck!
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quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: are you going to watch the live show or have you seen it already?
no, i am a purist and do not believe that any woman alive can mimic jennifer grey's portrayal of baby's Journey from gauche teen to sensual, erotically curious yet principled young woman. grey's iron- fisted grasp of baby's inner truth is, i would argue, inimitable.
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