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| dj tek |
| quote: | Originally posted by zizack
oh, and Cate Blanchett was so damn hot as the evil Nazi lady. |
i thought she was a commie... i aint see the movie tho.. anyway, she was hot in notes on a scandal !
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| ReenTeenTeen |
I am actually really lookig forward to seeing, "The Wackness".
This should a really fun flick. :) |
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| Stassi |
| quote: | Originally posted by ReenTeenTeen
I am actually really lookig forward to seeing, "The Wackness".
This should a really fun flick. :) |
me too
has a great cast and seems to have a good story. |
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| ludawg23 |
| don't forget about X-Files, that will be a good one this summer. |
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| zizack |
| quote: | Originally posted by ludawg23
don't forget about X-Files, that will be a good one this summer. |
I loved the show, and the first movie was awsome as well. I saw the preview for the second one though and it looks just ok. |
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| zizack |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj tek
i thought she was a commie... i aint see the movie tho.. anyway, she was hot in notes on a scandal !
:D |
ah, you are indeed correct! Here is her character's bio as per wikipedia.
| quote: | Irina Spalko was born and raised in a small mountain village in the eastern regions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. When her apparent psychic powers began to manifest themselves, the superstitious villagers shunned her, called her witch, and worse. Her family was ostracized. Left to herself, she gradually became consumed by a determination to learn who she was, what she was, and most importantly, why she was; it was a personal quest that would fuel her from then to the last day of her life. Then, as she grew older and more curious, her dissecting of small animals - her innocent attempt to understand life and biology - caused even her own mother to fear her. As soon as she was old enough, she fled the village and mountains altogether, certain that the answers she sought could only be found in the wider world.
Her singular quest took her far and wide; she studied with master yogis, trained with the best parapsychologists. She learned techniques developed by Nepalese monks to control her heart rate, her breathing and her body temperature. She studied classical fencing and became expert with the rapier, the saber and the foil.
Eventually Spalko obtained a doctorate and joined the Soviet secret police. This security, intelligence and counterintelligence organization underwent multiple name changes since its inception in 1917 and - depending on the time she joined - would have been known by Spalko as the NKVD, the NKGB, the MGB and the MVD - and would become, in 1954, the Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti or KGB (Committee for State Security).
As part of the KGBs Science and Technology Directorate, she participated in numerous experiments in ESP, telepathy and telekinesis - potentialities that the Soviet Union generally took more seriously than the West. In one such experiment, a mother rabbits newborn litter was placed aboard a submarine, which was then submerged. The mother remained onshore, her EEG readings carefully monitored, while beneath the surface of the water, inside the submarine, the young rabbits were killed one by one. As each one was slain, the mothers readings registered a reaction at the exact instant of each death. The experiment verified what Spalko already instinctively knew: that there was a tangible psychic link between living beings.
Joseph Stalin himself was so impressed by her that he personally recruited her for his dream project: psychic warfare research. She was awarded the Order of Lenin, the highest decoration in the Soviet Union, three times for outstanding services rendered to the State, and the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor for exceptional achievements in the national economy and culture.
In 1957, she led a group of special forces in the search for the Crystal Skull of Akator. Competing with Indiana Jones, she went to Peru to retrieve it. Lusting for the knowledge the Crystal Skull contained she was overcome by it and her corporeal body disintegrated; her nonphysical essence was drawn into another dimension.
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| ludawg23 |
Oh yeah, I totally forgot...
The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Techincally not the summer but "Eagle Eye" in sept. should be good. |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj tek
i thought she was a commie... i aint see the movie tho.. anyway, she was hot in notes on a scandal !
:D |
yep she was a communist. before the release of the film in russia, the communist party protested the release of the movie because they thought that it made communists look bad... |
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| Blake |
doh! had to go back and edit what I said about Hulk. I'm not focused :stongue:
I'm looking forward to catching Wanted sometime soon. That movie looks too terrible to pass up! "curve the bullet" wtf! Are people really flailing their arms around instead of aiming while shooting through the entire movie!!? It's only been in recent years that I've learned to laugh at (rather than scoff at) cliche lines, plot holes, bad acting, and other aspects that make a movie suck. Just saw 'Jason X' for the first time a couple of weeks ago for example... LAUGH RIOT!
There's no point in taking a movie seriously if it looks poor from the get go. If you do that you'll end up just being disappointed. Only thing I worry about is the fact that Wanted got a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes which means it may not be good enough to be a GOOD movie, but it also may not be terrible enough to LMAO at :eek: . Enter alcohol :happy2: |
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| phoenixBEBE |
...alcohol...Khalil u crack me up :haha:
| quote: | Originally posted by ludawg23
Oh yeah, I totally forgot...
The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
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what? another Mummy AND X-Files are coming out??? hrms not sure how X-Files will do, its a few years too late for a sequel...i was a HUGE fan of the show tho and i liked the first movie a LOT but im not sure i would catch this second one...
I intially wanted to watch 'The Happening' but heard its not all that great and these days, the topic about end of the world events is getting oldddd. 'Hancock' intrigued me, altho that could fall prey to overhype since its the annual July 4th Will Smith blockbuster. but then again, most of his film have ended up really good (I totally loved "I AM LEGEND.". so who knows?
def want to watch DARK KNIGHT tho. LOOOVE BATMANNNNN, in particular the Christian Bale reinvention ;) |
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| trunks1022 |
i'm not sure if anyone else caught this, but on july 15, christian bale and christopher nolan will be talking at the new york times. i'm going to attend with my gf
| quote: | Tuesday | July 15, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan:
Re-Imagining Batman
Opening July 18, "The Dark Knight" reunites the star and the director/screenwriter of "Batman Begins," as Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham City for good. Hear Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan discuss their collaboration in re-imagining the legendary comic crime fighter and his saga. In conversation with former New York Times critic at large Caryn James.
SOLD OUT
Address: TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City
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| phoenixBEBE |
| ^^ oh man noo i didnt know about this, i would have def attended :( |
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