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Post by Stuart on Jan 10, 2006 0:36:55 GMT
What a good film! Me and Sarah just watched it, she didn't want to cause I normally choose poo films! But this one is really good, a bit scary to think that one day something like that could happen, who knows maybe happening right now!  |
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Post by Sara on Jan 10, 2006 19:31:36 GMT
something like what...?
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Post by Stuart on Jan 11, 2006 23:38:49 GMT
Here's a review better than I can put it!  Based on Caspian Tredwell-Owen's story, The Island offers an intriguing premise, one that is all the more frightening because of its plausibility. The fact that this sci-fi thriller is set less than 15 years in the future is an indication of how close we are to actually offering personalized cloning for the privileged. The film begins with promise as it establishes a seemingly utopian society inhabited by well-ordered citizens who busy themselves like ants in their underground environment while awaiting the opportunity to move to the apparent tropical paradise of The Island. Every facet of their lives is closely monitored, from measuring the sodium content of their urine to their proximity to members of the opposite sex. Few question their situation, content to believe they are there for their own protection following the World's contamination. One however does. Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) challenges Merrick (Sean Bean) the head of the Merrick Biotech facility by asking why Tuesday night is tofu night and "Why is everyone wearing white? I want to know answers." With Merrick providing no response, Lincoln's curiosity takes him in search of explanations. What he discovers is that everything he'd been led to believe about his environment, himself, even the Island is a lie and his only hope is to escape. Taking his friend, the plucky Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson), Lincoln starts to run. Indeed, for the remainder of the film, the pair barely stop running, so much so they could have named it Marathon Man And Woman. CLICK HERE! |
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Post by Sighthound Fan on Jan 11, 2006 23:46:37 GMT
I've never heard of it. Though I am a fan of scary films...especially phsycological ones
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Post by Stuart on Jan 11, 2006 23:52:14 GMT
It's currently number 1 in the "Choices" rental chart! It only came out on DVD recently.
You should get it, we are gonna buy it on DVD now!
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Post by dad2paisley on Jan 17, 2006 16:26:24 GMT
Have to rent it.
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Post by Sara on Jan 17, 2006 23:38:03 GMT
More Julian's cup of tea than mine, we'll see if we can hold of a copy  |
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