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n aces film poorly acted jingoistic piece of 80s sabre rattling shite.
Regarding your question- the best films I have watched recently would be Eastern Promises and No Country For Old Men.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:47,
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epic strikethrough fail.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:48,
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What?
You post too slowly ;-)
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:50,
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er, no
you ninja too slowly ;)
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:51,
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I had it corrected
And another post added before your post appeared.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:54,
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Oh no you didn't
although this is a pointless debate, as neither of us can prove it ...
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:01,
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I can
It was this post.
www.b3ta.com/talk/5369116
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:03,
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Eastern Promises was good
No Country For Old Men was a directorial wank off. Good cinematography, poor story and mumbling actors.
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Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:50,
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You didn't like it because it actually has a story.
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Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:51,
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And yet Red Dawn is "aces?"
I thought No Country for Old Men was an excellent story. I was particularly taken by the unexpected plot twist towards the end. It made a refreshing change from following the formula that most films of that nature follow.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:53,
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I personally think it's the best film of the last ten years.
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Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:55,
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I'd go along with that
Or at the very least near the top of that list.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:56,
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It was also a story lacking in much substance.
And the plot twist as you call it was in fact just a bog standard hollywood ending really
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Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:58,
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Awww. You're just the sweetest little thing when you try to talk like a grown up.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:00,
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I think the film confused him, because there were no dragons, elves or bare chested bodybuilders.
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Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:08,
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I can't think of any standard hollywood films with the same ending
is standard hollywood diehard and the like?
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:02,
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I was writing a reply here, but then dritfted off.
So I've forgotten what I was going to say. Something about English blokes always being the bad guy.
Edit: Er, I was just talking in generic terms, not actually about No Country...
Sorry.
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gone, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:04,
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was chigurh was supposed to be english?
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:05,
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To the majority of the audience it's all European
Or at least non-American, so it makes little difference.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:18,
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either English or German/Austrian
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:20,
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he looked and sounded more mediterranean to me
but I don't think he's supposed to be from anywhere
edit: oh right, you're talking about generic hollywood baddies
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:27,
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I haven't seen it,
I'm just commenting on the general trend of Hollywood bad guys.
Russians as well, obviously.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:31,
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My guess would be that he's supposed to be Mexican
However I don't remember his nationality ever being explicitly stated in the film.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:32,
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yeah you do get a few Hispanic bad guys as well,
usually with enormous Spanish villa style mansions, featuring a swimming pool and drugged up prostitutes.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:38,
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The plot of the film basically involves a drug deal gone terribly wrong
It was organised by Mexican gangsters, a lot of the action takes place in Mexico and the character is definitely not American. The actor is Spanish too, so that's what I'm basing my guess on.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:45,
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A bog standard Hollywood ending
Would have seen it with the same ending as Jackie Brown. As for stories lacking much substance, all I have to say is
this.
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Lord Gnome, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:02,
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Well, I'm sure a man of your influence can convince all the people that thought it was worthy of an Oscar to reconsider.
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Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:06,
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