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Soul Surfer

#1 Post by a_person » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:04 am

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Directed by Sean McNamara
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt

Plot: A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.

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#2 Post by raj101 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:07 am

this sounds awesome. How a child can summon the courage to start going out again let alone compete in championships is beyond me. Some people are just incredible.
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#3 Post by SocialFlutterBy » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:46 pm

looking forward to seeing this too, big bonus i can take my 13yr old son along too :-D
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Re: Soul Surfer

#4 Post by funthing29 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:23 pm

I'm more looking forward to seeing the newly refurbished Swiss Cottage cinema than the actual film, LOL.

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#5 Post by hopeprince » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:20 pm

Nope going to the O2
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Re: Soul Surfer

#6 Post by Celini » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:21 pm

funthing29 wrote:I'm more looking forward to seeing the newly refurbished Swiss Cottage cinema than the actual film, LOL.

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#7 Post by David » Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:52 pm

Me too. What's all this about Swiss Cottage having an imax screen? Wonder if it will be shown there.
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Re: Soul Surfer

#8 Post by Celini » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:22 am

Going back to bed or being brave and making my way to Swiss Cottage...
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Re: Soul Surfer

#9 Post by Celini » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:25 pm

Being based on a true story is not an excuse for a bad screenplay, a bad script, a bad direction and a bad acting!!!!
By the way was the lead a real life surfer or a real life actress :blink: ?

This was just a succession of over cheesy scenes very poorly acted (I was ok with the parents and the doc though).
Ok, with just one arm you can't cut a tomato, you can't open a bag of bread, you can't hold your brother's hand over diner blessing, you can't tie your hair, you can't dress yourself so easily... right I guess we got the point, thank you!

I wished they had decided to make a good documentary out of the story rather than a low_key_Baywatch_kinda_movie!

I will generously give it a 3/10 (for this big blue sea and nicely toned and tanned bodies!)


I almost forgot! We stayed till after the credits and we had the pleasure to read this:
"The end.... is just the beginning" :shifty: Really... is she going to become the most talented neurosurgeon now????
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Re: Soul Surfer

#10 Post by Celini » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:36 pm

And now my feelings about the newly refurbished Odeon Swiss Cottage.
The print out mentioned a 10am arrival for a 10.30am start; by 10.15 they still did not know which screen to use for the movie!
It was finally screen 2; rather small screen, not much leg room and almost no incline!
We made our way to the "Club seats" on the back, very comfy and lots of leg room there o/

At 10.30am they started rolling up advertisements and trailer (reminder: It was a Sky preview screening!) :roll:
Nice touch for a PG screening, we had 4 boozie ads and 1 Durex ad :mrgreen:
The air conditioning works: I was freezing during the entire movie...

After this morning experience I would say "Put your s*it together Odeon!"
That said, I am sure they will improve with time :D
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