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PostSun Jul 24, 2005 2:55 am    The Island

I just got back from this movie.

Generally, I liked it. Pretty cool action film and storyline. A new touch on the cloning issue, I suppose. I really liked the casting. Love Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor is my favorite actor, and Ethan Philliips had a pretty big role in it. So that was pretty cool.


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PostMon Jul 25, 2005 2:54 pm    

I like scarlett a lot. But I doubt I'll go see this movie. I recieved premier tickets a week or so ago, but I gave em away... Maybe I'll rent it when it comes out on dvd.

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PostMon Jul 25, 2005 9:58 pm    

I saw it with my friends yesterday. It was a pretty cool movie, and I loved that Ethan Philips was in it. That is definatly a movie worth seeing again. Ewan McGregor was pretty cool in it too... and I'll admit that I was paying more attention when there was two of him on screen...

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PostTue Jul 26, 2005 2:26 am    

. Yeah, the girl I went with was the same way. She's a Ewan girl and the whole time Tom and Lincoln were on together, she had this huge silly grin on her face. It was priceless.

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PostTue Jul 26, 2005 11:52 am    

Yeah, my friend, Lauren, was like "....wow....... he's really ...... wow...."

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PostTue Jul 26, 2005 3:19 pm    

I'll probably see the movie when it comes to DVD. I will say this. Here in England, the movie hasn't been hyped as much as it should have. I know most tabloids and magazines have devoted space to movies like Fantastic Four, War of the Worlds and Batman Begins, but The Island hasn't got the space it deserved, which I think is a shame.

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PostTue Jul 26, 2005 3:52 pm    

I hated Batman Begins. I was like "I actually paid to go see this?" and then I went back and made Chris give me my money back. lol

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PostTue Jul 26, 2005 4:33 pm    

I thought batman begins was ok. It was too long at first. All that B/S with him being trained! I wanted to see him in his batman suit and get it ova with!




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PostWed Jul 27, 2005 1:18 pm    

WTF? Batman Begins was the best movie this summer. No question.

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PostWed Jul 27, 2005 1:24 pm    

I just did not like that movie. It was like..... I don't know. The best movie I've seen this summer is The Island.

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PostWed Jul 27, 2005 1:39 pm    

Because Ewan McGregor is so hot!!! Ahhhhh!!!!

(that was my Teen Girl Squad impression)

I'd give The Island... second. Tied with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.


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PostWed Jul 27, 2005 3:21 pm    

LOL I love teen girl sqaud....

Charlie and the Chocolate factory was pretty good too.


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PostTue Aug 02, 2005 11:38 pm    

Finally got around to seeing this. I thought it was okay, but.... It took place sometime after 2050, but all the cars were this year's models. You'd think they'd change them around a little bit at least, but whatever, it was still good. I didn't get that part where the woman had the baby, and they gave it away to the parents. Was the mother a clone of the other mother? I didn't notice if so.


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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 12:59 am    

IntrepidIsMe wrote:
Finally got around to seeing this. I thought it was okay, but.... It took place sometime after 2050, but all the cars were this year's models. You'd think they'd change them around a little bit at least, but whatever, it was still good. I didn't get that part where the woman had the baby, and they gave it away to the parents. Was the mother a clone of the other mother? I didn't notice if so.


It took place 2019 actually.

The mother was a clone of the women who got the baby.

I saw the movie a few days back. It was fantastic. Great acting by Ewan as usual.


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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:01 am    

Oh, I didn't notice.


I thought he mentioned the "eugenics laws of 2050" I guess it was actually 2015, No excuse for the cars, though. Dodge? Come on.



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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:02 am    

I noticed that about the cars too. Lame.

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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:03 am    

IntrepidIsMe wrote:
Oh, I didn't notice.


I thought he mentioned the "eugenics laws of 2050" I guess it was actually 2015, No excuse for the cars, though. Dodge? Come on.


He said the eugenics law of 2015. I thought he said 2050 too. Its just the way he speaks.


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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:04 am    

Phew, I wasn't the only one. We'll blame the acting.


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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:05 am    



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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 1:06 am    

Haha, that guy wasn't a bad actor. Just looking for a way out.


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PostWed Aug 03, 2005 4:22 pm    

Did anybody else notice all the brands? I thought that was kinda neat. XBOX, Amtrack, MSN Search, etc. As if amtrack will still be in business then, anyway.... But yeah, def spiffy.

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PostThu Aug 04, 2005 2:28 pm    

Sam Kenobi wrote:
Because Ewan McGregor is so hot!!! Ahhhhh!!!!


Out of all my teenage girl friends, I'm the only one that likes Ewan McGregor. He's hot, because in real life he's actually a really nice average guy. All my friends like bollywood actors I've never heard of.


I hadn't heard of this film, didn't even know it existed.


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PostThu Aug 04, 2005 2:30 pm    

That's because you're lost in Britain. HIdden from the rest of the world.

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PostThu Aug 04, 2005 2:36 pm    

No, it's because so many of the English are complete uneducated scum who wouldn't appreciate good film if it danced infront of them naked apart from a sweatband around the thigh. So, there's very little advertisement for a lot of good movies, and they don't pull in enough money and don't run for long enough. In my town, Spirited Away ran for 1 week and wasn't advertised anywhere, which is why I didn't get to see it at the cinema. If you want to find out about worthwhile, intellectual pieces of cinema, you have to watch a program called "Talking Movies", but I can't remember when it's on, so I rarely see it.

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PostThu Aug 04, 2005 4:13 pm    

I saw the previews of this movie and it looks good. Does the previews give u ideas about the movie is really about?

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