Movie Review Thread

[Hooahguy]

Argo was fantastic, I highly recommend it. Really kept you on the edge of your seat, especially the last 20 minutes or so.

[Fragony]

Red Baron, nothing special but some awesome dogfights. The chivalry between pilots, it supposedly really was like that. The christmas truce is well-known, but it reminds me of another story, in WW2 German and US soldiers supposedly had a spontanious snowball-fight, how absurd can it get. I don't know if that really happened but I hope it did

[komnenos]

Yes Hooahguy , as I said it shows the true and real facts. You can see that how people of Iran in that time were foolish. (But now the new generation has been aware of the grubby goals of the government and they want to change the government system of Iran.)

[Fragony]

Hope they do, Iranians should be our best friends not our worst enemies. Such a shame the green wave failed.

[Hax]

Gentlemen, let's not talk about politics.

[Fragony]

Isn't the Frontroom the Kingdom of peace and love ;)

But you are right, apoligies

[The Lurker Below]

Les Miserables definitely worth seeing. Took 3 boys ages 11, 13, 15. Not exactly a musical crowd. Two out of three enjoyed it. The older boys were probably drooling over Samantha Barks as Eponine. She has a fantastic...voice. That role has one of the signature songs of the show and she did it justice.

[Ronin]

Dredd -

One of the best actions movies of the year, good straightforward "b-movie" style that reminds me of the best phase of Carpenter....and a good representation of the comic book source-material.

absolutely wipes the floor with the Stallone movie version of the mid-90's

7/10

[Lemur]

Dredd

Watched this yesterday, good fun. A very impressive look for a cheap film; the drug visuals were particularly well done. And yeah, much more true to Dredd than the nineties film, which was an exercise in pointless.

[Arjos]

Recently watched "Django Unchained" and it's really good, Walz is just amazing, definitely deserves to be casted in way more movies!

[Fragony]

The Road, watched it with half an eye last time but it's good, better than the book imho. Please don't hurt me I said imho.

[Fragony]

The Bunker, nice little horror movie. Exellent acting.

Full movie is on youtube

[Hooahguy]

The Boondock Saints

Loved this movie. Is the sequel any good?

[Hooahguy]

The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day

I was very disappointed by this movie. Nowhere near as good as the first. First off, I hated Agent Bloom. Terrible southern accent and cursed so often it felt incredibly forced. And the Mexican guy, Romeo, very annoying and not funny at all. At least the ending was half decent.

[Visor]

Saw Wreck it Ralph, really good, loved seeing all the references. Quality movie this one. 8/10

Watched the Rum Diary, it was interesting, but very lacklustre, not really that good to be honest. 5/10.

And finally, No Questions for Ben, which was a good movie, but was let down by the script a bit I felt. 6.75/10

[Hooahguy]

Django

Excellent movie, I highly recommend seeing it. Great plot twists and a plot that is absolutely fantastic, had me at the edge of my seat. Literally.

[Fragony]

Really enjoyed The Hobbit, never read the book so I had no expectations. It's basicly the real first chapter of Lord of the Rings

[Fragony]

Almost done with season 3 of Being Human, such an entertaining show. Fun characters, lots of humor and horror, awesome

[Fragony]

Lylja4ever. Good movie about a Russian girl falling for the trap and being forced into prostitution in Sweden. Pretty harrowing stuff.

[Fragony]

The best Bond-actor imho, he looks so incredibly dangerous. I like the more serious direction the series is taking.

[Fragony]

Solaris, pretty cool sci-fi movie. I don't really like sci-fi movies but this one is pretty good. It's more a psychological thriller in space.

[Fragony]

Three Kingdoms, excellent epic battles, fantastic orchestrated duals, and one hot Chinese chick. Can't go wrong if you like this kind of thing

[Lemur]

Solaris, pretty cool sci-fi movie.

This one:



Or this one?



IMHO, the book is better than either. Both the Polish and American versions tried to go off in their own directions, so I don't feel the book's really been filmed yet.

[Fragony]

American one, I'll check out the book if I see it laying around

[Jolt]

Three Kingdoms, excellent epic battles, fantastic orchestrated duals, and one hot Chinese chick. Can't go wrong if you like this kind of thing

You mean "Red Cliff"?

[Fragony]

You mean "Red Cliff"?

No, Red Cliff must be something similar.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6Ah_Mu8Sk

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Life of Pi

Can't be rated, can't be praised enough, can't be commented on... Just this:
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[Prussian to the Iron]

You mean "Red Cliff"?

Oh my god, that looks amazing. Please tell me there is a version where they speak English and where I can get it.

[Fragony]

Oh my god, that looks amazing. Please tell me there is a version where they speak English and where I can get it.

Three Kingdoms does have voiceovers at least, you will probably fancy it

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6Ah_Mu8Sk

[Kralizec]

Lincoln
7.5

A good movie overall, but I expected it to be better.

Some critiques:
- Abes' lines come across as incoherent rambling sometimes, rather than bits of wisdom
- some parts of the political intrigue are poorly explained and make little sense, at least to me
- it's not boring to watch. But neither is it intense, particulary dramatic or impressive in any way. Mostly, it's just slow.

Tommy Lee Jones's performace is good for a few chuckles, though.

Spoiler:

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What bothered me most was how they incorporated the Gettysburg adress. I've read this speech years ago and it struck me as very impressive. It's outside the timeframe of this movie so I figured that they wouldn't include it, but apparently they felt they should, as they have some minor characters recite the speech's lines when they mention to Lincoln that they saw/heard it and were impressed. This completely ruined the impact of the speech IMO.