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Apparently great films you think are shit and why.GO!
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:07,
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i didn't like youjust kidding. you were very good fun really.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:08,
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I'M NOT A FILM!Or apparently great. You should have started a who wasn't as shit as you thought they would be thread.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:10,
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TrainspottingFucking skag cunts
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:09,
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Oh definitely. Just saw it for the first time within the last year and was totally disappointed.I think many films that are considered to be classics might have been good films at the time but really don't necessarily stand the test of time.
Hence my aversion to Hitchcock.
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What was that film with JLo and Clooney in?That was fucking gash
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:18,
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I dispute that.Taxi Driver is a masterpiece and entirely deserving of the praise it gets.
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you seem to have very pedestrian and lowbrow tastes so I'm not surprised that you find a subtle and nuanced character-led film 'boring'(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:24, Reply)
I want to be entertainedIt was not entertaining
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:27,
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No ninjas or spaceships?I'm out
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:32,
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Casino was shit as wellNot enough going on
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:28,
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you have very plebeian tastesCasino is superb. Do you think Goodfellas is shit as well?
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it's one of Scorcese's best.Up there with Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.
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Did he do Gangs of New York?If so, its just his films I dont like
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:36,
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Oh Fuck off Gangs of New York was great tooGet out of my thread!
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:41,
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:41,
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No, Goodfellas is excellent(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:31,
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Not as good as Papa Johns, mind(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:32,
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Casino and Goodfellas are both excellent.Taxi driver - disappointing.
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I take it back Casino was "ok"
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:59,
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2001BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRINNNNGGGGG
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:15,
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Poor Monty. RIP foreva ina r hartz.
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Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:16,
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Rear Window was very boring, I found.Again, a different time blah blah
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:15,
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I thought you'd be a fan of the rear window(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:21,
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he is seeing that like a beachballand knocked it to the fence for 4
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About SchmidtCritics loved it. I barely understood what the fuck was going on and didn't like what I did understand. It could be that I'm just thick. Except that I'm quite bright.
I have a sneaking suspicion that critics just say shit like that to look clever to other critics.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:13,
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The Godfather films.I didn't watch them until a couple years ago and they weren't *that great*
I enjoyed them, but not as amazing as people say.
Suppose they would have been groundbreaking for the time.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:14,
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I quite like the Godfather films but they aren't brilliant(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:18,
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yes, it isIt also retrospectively improves the first one, no mean feat.
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My opinion on 3 is that if it were a standalone film people would think its goodbut because 1 and 2 were so good it seems bad in comparison.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:24,
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I don't have any strong opinons, positive or negative, about films.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:15,
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Requiem for a DreamIt was dreadful. I found it difficult to believe that Hubert Selby Jnr had anything to do with it.
Atonement. Missed the point of the novel, was totes hamfisted and was excruciatingly loud. I was actually angry when I left the cinema it was that bad.
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On the plus side, everybody died in Atonement.I was pretty happy about that.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:18,
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She got her boobs out in Domino,therefore I have no motivation to ever watch another one of her films.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:20,
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she gets spanked on all fours with her 'tits' out in A Dangerous Method.(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:22, Reply)
LiesI watched that shit film and I saw her take her top off but there were definitely no boobs.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:22,
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But you're a man, so you have moobs. The M at the front signifies "male", right?They're called "boobs", because they're on a bitch.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:27,
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You're on the internet, of course you fucking do.Denial ain't a river in Egypt, baby *snaps fingers*
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:28,
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also requiem for a dream uses the same tension music as the x factorWhich ruined it for me
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:37,
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Serves you fucking right for watching the Xfactoryou deserve everything you get, up to including anal rape from a bear.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:22,
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The Godfather.Christ it's dull.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:17,
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MementoWhenever I tell people that not only did I not like it but that it made no sense they claim I just didn't get it. But it definitely did not make sense.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:19,
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I liked that film and I'm pretty sure you just didn't get it.(
Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:20,
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It definitely does make sense.So I shall have to call you a muppet.
If you buy it on DVD there is a version with all the scence in chronological order. It makes the film shit, and totally removes the point, but it will prove that it makes sense.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:15,
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That whole genre of films brings out my killing hammer(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:20,
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the big lebowskiLA confidential
the usual suspects
actually I think the last one was probably quite good; I just fell asleep and had to pretend I hadn't.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:31,
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Big Lebowski is a bit shit, yesLA Confidential is rather good and the Usual Suspects is fucking brilliant
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:33,
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Big Lebowski was OK, nowt specialUsual Suspects is my favourite film I think
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:35,
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\o/*takes home speedboat*
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:55,
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The Usual Suspects is nowhere near as clever a film as it thinks it is.(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:54, Reply)
I dont want cleverI want interesting
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:56,
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Jesus fuckyou're nearly as much of a filmwrong as you are a foodwrong.
I don't quite have the obsessive love for the big lebowski that seems to be required, but it's still a good film.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:17,
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Star Wars.I cannot stand science fiction.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:32,
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The one about the fucking hairdresserThe space hairdresser and the cowboy. The guy he's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin. His father's a robot and he's fucking fucked his sister. Lego. They're all made of fucking lego.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:37,
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Nothing for this, Star Wars fans?*shoots first*
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:45,
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:( :(I can't believe I'm having to disagree with the sportscow, here.
Clerks is great. Although it helps if you watch it before you see any other film Kevin Smith made, though.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:18,
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I didIt just wasn't as clever as it thought it was, sorry
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:18,
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I never thought it was meant to be particulary cleverexcept for engineering a storyline that enabled to film almost the whole thing at night in the shop he worked in.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:21,
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The Shawshank RedemptionApart from the bumming etc which is ace
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:36,
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haha!I like the Shawshank Redemption
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:37,
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I thought I had DVT watching the 3rd one in the cinema(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:37,
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How can you be a dirty virgin?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:47,
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What I do in my spare time has nothing to do with you(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:54,
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can you not be happy for your brothers just ONCE?!(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:39,
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Slackville Baggins sounds like a medical term for a MASSIVE CUNT(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:54,
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As in "I went down on my wife the other night and dear god she has a Slackville Baggins"
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tggi^Flaps like naan breads
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:07,
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Forrest Gump.Does anyone really care about the little spack?
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:40,
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Apart from the "in the buttocks sir"(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:41,
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I always thought it was a really dry comedy.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:41,
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Have you read it?In the book he really is a total fucking idiot, he knows it and he's nasty with it too. The film made him too loveable.
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:44,
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Nope. Nothing about the concept appealed to me.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:10,
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I have never seen itand never will.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:20,
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Bob Dylan(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:40,
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Any films about stoners.I just don't find people being stupid because they're monged out funny. It makes me cross.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:41,
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Except that one scene in Idle Hands where the young Jessica Alba gets her clothes ripped off.(
Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:44,
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And Scandal:"Personally I'd rather have had a couple of stiff gin n' tonics ... "
"... pffft ... "
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:49,
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Over 250 posts spread over two threads started by me today. The highest post count of the day.I declare myself the saviour of OT!
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Peej, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:43,
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Les Amants du Pont-NeufAt Uni I got into European cinema and was recommended the above, it really was a French film too far.
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Coller votre film français dans le cul et de la merde sur un cinéma.(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:04, Reply)
Mon poisson a des mains énormes(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:15,
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Anything written by Richard Curtis.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:51,
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^^^^^^^^(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:52,
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his follow up to Nottinghill was particularly poor"Kilburn" starring craig charles and natalie cassidy just didn't have the same charrm.
+ too many blacks
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 15:55,
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I never know if you haha is lol haha or sarcastic haha(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:03,
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yeah once im done begging I go inside when its empty and claim squatters rights(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:17,
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AvatarWhat a fucking boring film, I know the hype was mostly about the 3d shit but dear god...
Also a controversial one:
The Rocky Films, there is only about 20 minutes of the film that you want to watch the rest is the tedious family drama shit.
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Gashtar is where my ancestors are from(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:08,
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I enjoyed it for the mindless popcorn fodder that it was, in 3D.It was blatantly Pocahontas/Dances with Wolves with blue people though.
Da ba de
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:12,
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If it involved Sam Worthington, then yes.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:23,
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I haven't seen any of these filmsWhich one would you recommend I start with?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:09,
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Actually that is one of the two and a half that I have seen.And I like it.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:15,
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+of adding an unwanted hour into an otherwise good film(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:19,
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I will disagree with you on this one.You're a bit like my other half. he doesn't see the point in films that last over an hour and a half.
"If you can't get your story across in that time, it's probably not worth telling"
He prefers books. Not sure if this is irony.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:24,
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Dozer - irony check in aisle three, please.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:26,
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Unless he can read books in under an hour and a half then this makes no sense at all.(
Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:27,
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He probably could. He goes through about three a week.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:28,
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I have no problem with long films but making them long and it adding nothing to the story is a pain(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:30,
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Depending on the film, it's more about character development and attachment so you feel something for them.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:32,
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Cool soundtrack and all(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:19,
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I've seen about half of that, I think(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:20,
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I see what you did there(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:21,
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everyone loved "something about mary" back in the dayI like their later mindless offensive stuff, esp "me, myself and Irene", but that one was pretty lame
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:17,
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Did they?I thought it was tedious wankguff of the worst order.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:19,
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Mongo punching out the horse is one of the funniest things EVAR(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:32,
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It fucking looked at me pint, reet?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:42,
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remember standards are lower in the northThis weekend the cow family are going to seaside to look at a dead dog.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:38,
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Look, I only come once a year so being a bit "premature" goes with the territory(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:43,
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Most of Monty Python's output is shit.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:36,
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The TV series hasnt aged well,and suffers from hipsters quoting it endlessly. However in general you couldn't be more wrong if you went into a playschool with your cock out and bummed the teacher shouting "Now Kids queue up and brace yourselves"
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Life Of Brian is good, Holy Grail is quite good, Meaning Of Life is actually quite shit.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:47,
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so 2/3 rd's of the output is goodI just don't think I can trust anything from you anymore
*does sadface*
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Oh - sorry - I thought we'd agreed that the TV stuff is cack.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 17:13,
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og has just informed me that I have been named and shamed in "IT are looking really fucking hairy" conversation up there. The other guy named has grown a handlebar for Movember and looks like the gayest Village Person. I just haven't trimmed for a couple of days.
Those guys in Syria would soon stop bitching if they walked a mile in my shoes.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:44,
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Vag, give Stunned his logon back please(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:42,
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From what I've gathered from Chompy's mentionsit's like somebody took the game Civilisation, dumbed it down to a shit board game and set it in space.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:46,
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ffs stunnerI thought you were better than these other losers
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:51,
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punishment!Neck a pint of guiness with a turd in it then vom over the nearest bird's tits!
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:59,
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Captain Blood with Errol Flynnbecause it's based on one of my ancestors and turns him from an awesome spy into a gay pirate.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:49,
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He was Irish, so no.By American rules of ancestry, that makes me Irish, too.
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Kroney, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:55,
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fuck off you are, yourn french through and throughYou have fois gras for blood
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 16:57,
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I like that really short film where them monkeys drink tea and wear clothes. It's on all the time though.(
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