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The Man Chump · Popcorn Seller Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 91

Coffee coffee coffee coffee!!!!!!

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6701

Sounds like you're hyper already!

You'll be giving money advice double quick time tomorrow

The Man Chump · Popcorn Seller Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 91

I'm on holiday this week. Looking forward to doing very little this week!
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6701

Ooohh doing anything exciting this week Chump?!

lord vader · Site Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 3337 Location: scotland

right guys where is the review on the bone collector , i wanna know if you guys liked it .
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 10245

I still have to watch it yet mate...might do that tonight
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lord vader · Site Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 3337 Location: scotland

you mean you cheated and taped it .
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 10245

Thats not cheating mate

I record the film every week...I rarely get to see them when they are shown on telly
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6701

I taped it too......it was on too late for me to watch it all.......a woman's got to get her beauty sleep you know

The Man Chump · Popcorn Seller Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 91

The Bone Collector.

This is an interesting premise for a film, one cop with disability so bad that his mind is one of the only things that works properly, another cop, who used to work in a department so scorned that no-one seems to take her seriously, but she has a knack for crime scenes. They come together in the middle of a spate of really nasty and clinical crimes that seem to be linked by the fact the killer keeps part of the victim’s bones.

In theory I liked this film, It was reasonably acted, well cast, well filmed and decently directed (by Phillip Noyce, who has made some cracking films, like the quiet American and dead calm) In reality, I wanted more from the film! I wanted to get to know these people better, I wanted Angelina to be less attractive (I’m crazy, I know) I wanted Denzel to actually stretch himself rather than put out another decent Cop thriller.

This is what Denzel does best, just a quick look at his resume shows a number of these films. Deja Vous, Inside man, The Manchurian Candidate, Man on fire, Training day, The siege, Fallen, Courage under fire, The pelican Breif. Denzel does Cop/Lawyer/Military man, to a tee. This is not his most convincing role. He kind of strolls through it, Which is pretty hard considering he doesn’t move for the whole movie. The only time I felt that he was stretching his character past the uber angelic was when he was ridiculing himself following a seizure.

I also think that there were too many characters, one of which (Rooker) was so clichéd that it was at times really obvious that he wasn’t going to make it to the final credits.

To sum up, I found the film to be a decent film, well made with an interesting story. Sadly it could have been a great film that took a step away from the comfort zone of normal crime thrillers, sadly for us it didn’t.
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