R Soul on 19/9/2009 at 20:13
Then get round to seeing it. Someone described it as a popcorn flick, but I can't imagine how anyone could eat during this film.
thefonz on 20/9/2009 at 14:38
A nice big juicy tin of catfood is what you need.
quinch on 20/9/2009 at 20:02
That was a good film, worth a second viewing. I'm not sure about the Lethal Weapon comb-over though.
Best scene for me was when Wikus found the craft and despite everything, started throwing the book.
I'll be watching how the SA authorities deal with the England football fans next year with great interest.
SubJeff on 20/9/2009 at 22:49
Thoroughly enjoyed it despite the shaky cam (which I usually hate. I handled it just fine somehow).
Great setting and the effects were surprisingly good. The preview stuff I'd seen was nowhere near that level of quality. The end was... odd though. Not a let down but too much of an open end. I hope we don't get a sequel because I doubt they could follow it up with anything as good.
However, I totally get why the Nigerians are pissed off. The portrayal of the Nigerian gang was pretty bad, and not because they were a bunch of bonkers crims (which was fair enough) but because they were specifically labeled as Nigerian. And I know the boss was played by a Malawian but he's supposed to be Nigerian so what was up with the Chichewa? None of the Nigerian languages are bantu I don't think. :confused:
All in all 7.5/10. More than satisfactory.
PS. The only thing I missed was a really broad SA accent. And I don't remember anyone saying "Ach, men!". :(
Elusive Paladin on 21/9/2009 at 11:57
They probably thought if they made it too broad, foreign audiences might struggle to follow all of the dialogue. But that would indeed have been awesome.
SubJeff on 21/9/2009 at 17:19
Weirdly they subtitled a lot of the black dudes even when they were speaking in English! There were 1 or 2 sentences that had a word or two of other languages in them but even weirder those words were in the subtitles as they are, and not translated.
Eg. "I'll get you mzungu, you can count on it". Or whatever it was.
Queue on 22/9/2009 at 03:46
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
... despite the shaky cam (which I usually hate. I handled it just fine somehow).
Glad you mentioned that. My wife and I were going to see this for our anniversary, and she gets incredible motion sickness from those fucking shaky cam shots (just hack cinemaphotography IMO). It sucks because we couldn't really watch any of the Borne movies as they seemingly felt the only way to "heighten the tension" was by teleporting the audience to San Francisco, circa 1906. So thanks, since it wouldn't be very romantic to have her throwing up all over the theater.
That's for later. :ebil:
SubJeff on 22/9/2009 at 06:53
Yeah the gf hated it because she felt ill. We were both sick as anything in Blair Witch and I walked out of The Kingdom because it was so bad (didn't go with her) which'll learn me to see rubbish (saw the end on DVD, oh yawn).
I don't mind it if its used sensibly but certainly in the 3rd Bourne they had it shaky... at lunch! Whilst... reading a text message!
The worse was The Kingdom. PLAYING SCRABBLE IS RELAXING YOU IDIOTS! Shaky cam on Scrabble game. The slowest game on Earth.
Queue on 22/9/2009 at 12:38
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
... they had it shaky... at lunch! Whilst... reading a text message!
At breakfast time I can understand. You'd really get to
feel the scrambles eggs.
Matthew on 25/9/2009 at 10:54
I have just stumbled upon a site dedicated to photoshopping dozens of movie posters so that they star or include Wikus van der Merwe. I am not yet sure if this is hilariously bad or hilariously awesome.
