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Hugo |OT| A Martin Scorsese (3D) Picture

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Dany

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I loved it. Hugo was great, the first and second half differ quite a lot in tone but I liked the 'change' in direction. Very informative and heartwarming film. . Chloe though, was not so great, she didn't have any subtly to her character.
The 3D is great, the use of color is just breathtaking.
 
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dimb

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ezekial45 said:
Will we get to see Martin Scorsese's tracking shots in 3D? He does them the best.
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Uh, he doesn't really have anything on Welles.

Saw this today because it seemed like the most appropriate family movie. Found it to be rather plodding, over-produced, and commercial. A lot of the moments that try to create tension seem to be grasping at straws, and feel like they miss completely on a technical level. It feels strange to have a movie that sets out to celebrate a very creative and innovative filmmaker be little more than a predictable blockbuster kid's movie (that is probably too boring for the intended audience). Once a valuable object flew up into the air at the camera in 3D and the slow motion kicked in I was ready to write the movie off entirely.

A pretty awkward addition to Scorsese's portfolio, but I can't say I'm surprised after the disaster that was Shutter Island. With Boardwalk Empire still soaring it's kind of hard to really feel too disappointed in him though.

Probably also worth mentioning that I thought the 3D was horrendous. The movie's complete lack of subtlety becomes impossible to ignore with the ham-fisted execution of 3D. Grates are opened into your face, wires, gears, and everything else imaginable hang and tick to produce a depth effect that shows every seam. Many scenes push eyes to multiple focal points to capture the scene rather than offering an easily digestible image.
 
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Dance In My Blood said:
Uh, he doesn't really have anything on Welles.

Saw this today because it seemed like the most appropriate family movie. Found it to be rather plodding, over-produced, and commercial. A lot of the moments that try to create tension seem to be grasping at straws, and feel like they miss completely on a technical level. It feels strange to have a movie that sets out to celebrate a very creative and innovative filmmaker be little more than a predictable blockbuster kid's movie (that is probably too boring for the intended audience). Once a valuable object flew up into the air at the camera in 3D and the slow motion kicked in I was ready to write the movie off entirely.

A pretty awkward addition to Scorsese's portfolio, but I can't say I'm surprised after the disaster that was Shutter Island. With Boardwalk Empire still soaring it's kind of hard to really feel too disappointed in him though.

Probably also worth mentioning that I thought the 3D was horrendous. The movie's complete lack of subtlety becomes impossible to ignore with the ham-fisted execution of 3D. Grates are opened into your face, wires, gears, and everything else imaginable hang and tick to produce a depth effect that shows every seam. Many scenes push eyes to multiple focal points to capture the scene rather than offering an easily digestible image.
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Armond White? Is that you?
 
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Zebra

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Loved the film, but I have a question.

In the credits, I saw two actors listed as playing Salvador Dali and James Joyce! Where were they? Did I miss something? Can anyone pinpoint to me when and where they appeared?
 
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Sovereign

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Zebra said:
Loved the film, but I have a question.

In the credits, I saw two actors listed as playing Salvador Dali and James Joyce! Where were they? Did I miss something? Can anyone pinpoint to me when and where they appeared?
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I think they were
in one of the Melies flashback scenes
 
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Doctor_20

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Stunning movie!

I normally have a distaste for 3D but Hugo pulls it off so well! You're so totally immersed in the world that you forget it's even in 3D.

Best visuals I've seen in a while. Definitely see this!
 
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Leeness

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Just came back from this and loved it. And I agree that the film was just stunning in 3D. It really added to the whole feel of the film.

I actually didn't know about Melies before this! I studied animation so we only briefly touched on the Lumieres and a couple of things before moving into animation, so it was great to see some more film history.
 
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Karish

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I was a film major in college. I had read little about this movie and had no idea it was basically a love letter to the silent film era, and to movies in general. What a treat.
 
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Robot 492

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It's great to see Scorsese spill out his love and admiration for film on screen. Every scene that focused on the history stuff and not on the actual plot was magical. It's was, like, inspirational to watch. There's one scene in particular - a flashblack where we see Melies creating his films - where I was just enamored. Every time a character talked about old movies or any time they showed clips from old movies, I had a huge smile on my face. I love that kind of stuff, and I love that Scorsese loves it, and I love that he loved it enough to create a movie about it.

That said, Hugo is essentially a brief film history lesson wrapped up in a predictable family story. Not one of Scorsese's best.
 
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lacinius

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I found this to be an absolutely enchanting film, and loved every minute of it! It's easily the best film I have seen this year. A rare and oh so rich treat for the holidays. Will be seeing this at the theatre at least a couple more times for sure.

True what most are saying, the 3D is simply stunning, but the score and sound design are also really great...
loved being surrounded by the sounds of all the ticking clocks.
The kid and Ben Kingsley are amazing.
 
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Blader

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nskinnear said:
It's great to see Scorsese spill out his love and admiration for film on screen. Every scene that focused on the history stuff and not on the actual plot was magical. It's was, like, inspirational to watch. There's one scene in particular - a flashblack where we see Melies creating his films - where I was just enamored. Every time a character talked about old movies or any time they showed clips from old movies, I had a huge smile on my face. I love that kind of stuff, and I love that Scorsese loves it, and I love that he loved it enough to create a movie about it.

That said, Hugo is essentially a brief film history lesson wrapped up in a predictable family story. Not one of Scorsese's best.
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This is basically how I felt about it: loved the cinephile bits; the larger story, not so much.
 
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Broder Salsa

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According to Moretz's Twitter feed, she's had a giddy few weeks of Katy Perry concerts, Teen Vogue covers ("A Star is Born") and swanky dinners with Chanel in honour of Pedro Almodovar. According to Butterfield's, he's been suffering from double-maths homework and a week of "not talking to anyone" while he and his cousin played the newly released computer game Battlefield 3.

"Wait!" chips in Moretz on hearing this news. "I beat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day."

"That's because," opines Scorsese's new leading man, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is for pussies."
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Finally some actors weights in on the COD/BF war. Asa sounds like a very opinionated little guy also calling Americans retarded.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ars-of-scorseses-new-blockbuster-6267972.html
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

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A really good interview with Scorsese over at Deadline.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/osc...re-and-how-taxi-driver-would-have-benefitted/

AWARDSLINE: How did you feel after watching Avatar?

SCORSESE: There was extraordinary visual storytelling in that picture. Cameron is a great innovator and leader in cinema. It made it (3D) very welcoming. If you suggest 3D, from that point on, it was taken seriously. But I just think 3D is open to any kind of storytelling. It shouldn’t be limited to fantasy or sci-fi. Look at (Werner) Herzog’s use of it (in Cave of Forgotten Dreams), Wim Wenders with Pina. It should be considered a serious narrative element and tool, especially when telling a story with depth as narrative.

AWARDSLINE: Which of your movies might have most benefited from being shot in 3D?

SCORSESE: That’s an interesting question. Let’s see…Aviator, maybe? Maybe Taxi Driver… because of the intimidation of the main character , his presence is everywhere, a frightening kind of presence.
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AWARDSLINE: Recently, 3D has been knocked as an excuse for studios to charge higher ticket prices. Now we’re seeing more filmmakers like you, Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Ridley Scott shooting in it. Would you prefer to shoot all your movies in 3D going forward?

SCORSESE: Quite honestly, I would. I don’t think there’s a subject matter that can’t absorb 3D; that can’t tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique. We view everyday life with depth. I think certain subject matters aren’t meant for 3D but you have to go back to Technicolor; when it was used in 1935 with Becky Sharp. For about 10-15 years, Technicolor was relegated to musicals, comedies and westerns. It wasn’t intended for the serious genres, but now everything is in color. And so it’s just a different mindset. Granted once the technology advances and you can eliminates glasses that are hindrances to some moviegoers, so why not? It’s just a natural progression.
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On Silence:
AWARDSLINE: You’ve tried to adapt the Shusaku Endo novel Silence, about 17th Century Jesuits who risk their lives to bring Christianity to Japan. It isn’t commercial, it has been hard to finance, but it looks like you’ll finally get your chance to make it. Why has it been so important to you?

SCORSESE: My initial interests in life were very strongly formed by what I took seriously at that time, and 45-50 years ago I was steeped in the Roman Catholic religion. As you get older, ideas go and come. Questions, answers, loss of the answer again and more questions, and this is what really interests me. Yes, the Cinema and the people in my life and my family are most important, but ultimately as you get older, there’s got to be more. Much, much more. The very nature of secularism right now is really fascinating to me, but at the same time do you wipe away what could be more enriching in your life, which is an appreciation or some sort of search for that which is spiritual and transcends? That’s one of the reasons why I made the George Harrison documentary. Silence is just something that I’m drawn to in that way. It’s been an obsession, it has to be done and now is the time to do it. It’s a strong, wonderful true story, a thriller in a way, but it deals with those questions.

AWARDSLINE: Are the questions you’re asking here similar to the questions that drew you to Last Temptation of Christ?

SCORSESE: Yes, but this is a different line of questioning.

AWARDSLINE: We Catholics are always struggling for answers.

SCORSESE: There are no answers. We all know that. You try to live in the grace that you can. But there are no answers, but the point is, you keep looking. Because people tell you science tells us everything. Science doesn’t! They just have discovered these Neutrinos that go faster than the speed of light. And there is this idea that once we got to a point in the mid-20th century and now the 21st century where everything is known in a sense, right? Well, we don’t! We don’t really know everything. I mean, yes, we don’t know what happened in the Big Bang, but we understand the idea of progress. But have we really progressed? We’ve progressed on the outside, but what about inside? What about the soul and the heart? Without trying to sound pompous and ridiculous, I can tell you this is where my interest is.
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A lot more at the link.
 
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McLovin

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I really enjoyed this movie. Saw it in 3D(which was really good!). On a side note, I saw the trailer for Titanic 3D. Usually when a movie is converted to 3D it looks a bit off, but that looked like it was filmed in 3D! How did they pull that off?
 
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grim0451

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Just got back from a matinee, first time I've ever gone to a movie by myself but it was well worth it. Felt a little embarrassed as admittedly I teared up once or twice, such an engrossing movie. The parts paying homage to older films were great but everything else was enjoyable as well. 3D is definitely the way to go if your seeing this movie but the look of the film and all the little details should still look great either way.
 
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Technosteve

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I saw the film over the thanksgiving holiday. I have say I didn't love it. I can't say I like it either. I really don't know how i feel about it. Totally thought this was going to be like AI, or Scorsese was sending up Metropolis. Instead the film was a giant film wank about a very specific period of time. Sacha with English accent in a french period setting completely threw me off, was expecting more of a goofy Pink Panther character instead of a Wanker. This was in no way a childern's movie, childern have no clue about film history. It feels that he did this film to satisfy his film fetish. This would be a film a 13 year old Scorsese would lust over.

I hated the boy and girl, i hated the 3D during the close up dialog scenes. Loved the long cut action scenes but the 3D going in and out of focus made my eyes hurt. The 3D worked best when it was all flashback to a young director making his movies. I love the shallow depth of the set making all the 3D so damn GOOD.
 
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lacinius

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Just got back from watching this a second time, and I think I enjoyed the film even more!! The first time I was trying to keep up with all the stunning 3D visuals, but this time I could just settle in and let this enchanting story carry me away. Quite an experience and a wonderful film... easily a favourite for the year.
 
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Stallion Free

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How the hell is this thread so quiet?

I just got back from seeing it with my younger brother and it was an absolute masterpiece. Scorsese just killed it. Wonderful performances, wonderful visuals, wonderful sound design, wonderful script. It was a real pleasure.

I won't lie, the scene near the end got me really teary eyed.
 
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Expendable.

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Martin Scorsese's Hugo only dropped 56% from last Friday compared to Arthur Christmas plummeting 64% and The Muppets nose-diving 77%.

woot!
 
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~Kinggi~

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Stallion Free said:
How the hell is this thread so quiet?

I just got back from seeing it with my younger brother and it was an absolute masterpiece. Scorsese just killed it. Wonderful performances, wonderful visuals, wonderful sound design, wonderful script. It was a real pleasure.

I won't lie, the scene near the end got me really teary eyed.
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Alright i will be going now to the showing 40 minutes in 3d.

The reviews are too good. Been trying to save monies but its Martin making another wonderful movie.
 
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SpeedingUptoStop

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Just caught this today and wow, yeah, this film is kind of a tough sell. The last hour especially has a good portion of it transition from children's film to full on youth romanticism. I also didn't expect so many mysteries to load up the first half. But man, it works for me, especially the latter. I eat up that kind of feeling it was trying to portray, I eat it up wholesale, so I'd say the turn was for the better. The little girl was just amazing, so charming. I saw it in 2d and the angles where it was very obviously trying to be "3D" were mostly frontloaded and thankfully dissipated as the film went on. I must say, I was surprised and dug the dreamlike quality many of the scenes had, very engrossing. Just a very good film, you should try to see it while knowing as little as possible if you want the film's small mysteries to effect you properly. Check it out.
 
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~Kinggi~

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Damn that was fantastic. So many amazing scenes. I teared up so many times. It was so nice to see Ben Kingsley not suck. It was beautiful to look at and the 3d actually has an integration into the story most movies cant have. Probably best movie of the year so far for me.

I have to say even knowing Scorsese was behind this that the trailer didnt do anything for me. I really didnt have much desire to see it but the positive reviews here got me to go.

I dont imagine this movie will make much money though, which is sad. Its like a hybrid Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie crossed with Cinema Paridiso crossed with Martin Scorsese making it blatantly known he is actively involved in film restoration. Oh yeah and then it felt like i was watching a movie version of the fucking game Syberia. Right down to the damn train station. Wasn't expecting that.

This will eat up come Oscars simply because of all the cinema love in it.
 
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BertramCooper

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I loved it. Absolutely loved it. I should have paid the extra four bucks to see it in 3D, but it was still awesome.

I'm encouraging all of my friends with kids to take them to see this. It's so rare these days to find films that don't treat children like idiots.
 
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Ken

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Going to the theaters Friday with a friend. For those who have seen this and the Muppets, which should I see?
 
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Stallion Free

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Ken said:
Going to the theaters Friday with a friend. For those who have seen this and the Muppets, which should I see?
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If you only have a shot to see one in the theater, this is probably the better option. The visuals and sound design demand that Hugo be watched on the big screen.
 
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Ken said:
Going to the theaters Friday with a friend. For those who have seen this and the Muppets, which should I see?
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If you're looking for laughs and something more lighthearted, Muppets easily. But Hugo gets the edge for me because it's just more mature and balances a lot more.
 
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Dabookerman

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Right.. so everyones impressions is convincing me to watch this now. The Trailer seemed like a completely different film where not much happens :\
 
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Excko

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I saw this movie on Saturday night. What an amazing experience. It was one of the best films I saw this year.
 
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TJ Bennett

TJ Hooker
Finally saw it yesterday in 3D and it was just ... ok.

The first half was a slow burn and I found myself often bored. Thelma could have trimmed at least 15 minutes. Once the kids went to the library to research movies I found myself really enjoying it. The recreations of Melies' films were a joy to see on the big screen. Scorsese has made a masterful tribute to the pioneers of motion pictures.

The marketing suggests Hugo to be a family film, but I can't imagine a kid being able to sit through it. Hugo is best suited for cinephiles. I'm not surprised that it's bombing at the box office.
 
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Ken

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Finally got to watch it in 3D today. Really enjoyed it. One thing that me and my friend noticed was that the 3D effects weren't very noticeable. Maybe I'll have to watch it in 2D to compare but yeah, the 3D didn't really stand out for us. Regardless, it's a great movie.
 
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Sir Hamish

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Saw this movie the other night and really, really loved it.

It started out a bit slow but once the story started to build up and the themes became apparent I was really enjoying it. My mates I was with weren't as impressed. I think it's one of those films that you'll really love if you 'get' the message behind it, or you can relate to Ben Kingsley's character. I'm not sure if they did, so I can understand any criticism of it being a slow, albeit visually impressive kids movie.
 
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Amir0x

Banned
What a fantastic surprise this film was. Thankfully was able to nab a non-3D showing and it was fantastic from start to finish.

The scene when they're
reading through the book of film history
was just near revelatory in showing how a love of movies develops, and gorgeous direction and constant references never failed to impress. Best kids film in years.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

Banned
Finally got to seeing this in official release (we had been in a test screening a few months back) and took my seven-year-old son with us. He loved it, though I don't think he got the sadness of the movie particularly.

It was nice to see the effects finished, and I think they tightened up the "purpose" speech which seemed to drag in the test viewing.

I also just checked out a more recent trailer, which seems to have actually gotten across the spirit of the movie more than the hi-jinxy ones.

Also, the damned movie made me cry again.
 
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shintoki

sparkle this bitch
Saw it after finales today, because I needed to be cheered up.

Loves it. By far the best movie of the year for me. It is definitely one of those films that use the ideas behind being a children's film to its advantage, but crafting something that is equally as gripping to adults. Its exactly why we love movies.

Highest Toki Praise.
 
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eudaemonic

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Blader5489 said:
This is basically how I felt about it: loved the cinephile bits; the larger story, not so much.
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Yeah. I think this covers my feelings on it too.

I had originally went into it thinking it had a Neverending Story vibe. Not really the case but the cinematic stuff made up for it.
 
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Gaaraz

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The local cinemas have stopped showing this now, meaning I have no way of seeing it in 3D.

The first time in years I really want to see a film at the cinema, and it gets pulled way quicker than usual. ;_;
 
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