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Excellent taste sir I salute you. Since you have good taste you are also probably fond of Chalrise Theron, so there's a place for both of us in this world. But I'll duel you for either
I'll probably rue giving up Charlize Theron, but I'll settle for Bridget Moynahan :sweetheart:
In the interest of peace, for your perusal (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?43728-Babe-thread&p=2053383262#post2053383262).
Edit - Also BM looks very pretty in I, Robot. Good movie.
I'll probably rue giving up Charlize Theron, but I'll settle for Bridget Moynahan :sweetheart:
In the interest of peace, for your perusal (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?43728-Babe-thread&p=2053383262#post2053383262).
muha I win I SENSED YOUR TASTE
Thor - 8.5/10
The bad:
Horrible, horrible costumes and special effects at times.
Uninspired fairy look for Asgard.
Slightly stupid and disappointing ending.
The fighting was disappointing.
The good:
Good actors.
Excellent characters.
Excellent humor.
Decent story (until the end).
I generally do not like superhero movies, but Thor is an exception. My list of bad and good features makes it look as if I do not like the movie, but that is not so. More than anything, I think the movie is a comedy (sort of like the Green Hornet...another one I love). I found it to be hilarious, and I loved the main character. He is an obnoxious, arrogant, self obsessed son of a god. Despite that, he is a fairly likable character, and comes off as pretty cool in his own way.
I definitely would recommend it.
The Green Hornet - 10/10
The bad:
It ended...
The good:
Everything.
I heard a lot of negative reviews coming from critics about The Green Hornet, and was pretty prejudiced against it before I even saw it. I'm just glad that I did not listen to them and skip it. It is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. All the characters are excellent, the story is funny, the actors are superb. There is nothing I can honestly say that I did not like about the film. It is pure win.
Major Robert Dump
10-09-2011, 08:05
Killer Elite: This movie was not elite. Typical action, guys-last-job type of movie, nothing really cool. In fact, Jason Statham as a "preofessional" assassin made some really idiotic choices, like the one where he didn't ditch his disguise while in the hospital, but ditched it outside next to his car in plain view of everyone.
Smokin Aces 2: There was nothing good about this movie. At all. Terrible. Idiotic. Borrowed heavily from Usual Suspects.
PanzerJaeger
10-10-2011, 09:43
Drive
So freaking good. The elevator scene had me applauding while my friend was reeling in sheer disgust. Brilliant performance by Albert Brooks too.
Peasant Phill
10-10-2011, 11:56
Abduction
There's just one word: bland. It's a vehicle to show-off that twillight kid. They got him on board and that's the point they stopped puting any effort in.
Even my female companion (apparently a huge fan of twillight) had to admit that this movie was a waste of time.
Prussian to the Iron
10-10-2011, 13:54
Drive
So freaking good. The elevator scene had me applauding while my friend was reeling in sheer disgust. Brilliant performance by Albert Brooks too.
That scene was too badass man. Some of the parts of that movie...damn they were awesome!
Centurion1
10-10-2011, 21:28
transformers Dark side of the moon.
I love these movies and i love michael bay.
Prussian to the Iron
10-10-2011, 21:58
Real Steel
Awesome
i love michael bay.
Everytime you say that, a director from Hollywood's Golden Age dies.
Prussian to the Iron
10-11-2011, 00:30
Everytime you say that, a director from Hollywood's Golden Age dies.
Subtle Hint:
HE'S TROLLING
Regardless, it's not something that should ever be said, even in jest.
I kinda like his movies, you know you are going to be watching a loud dumb action-movie. Can be entertaining from time to time
Иди и смотри. A great war film. Harrowing in parts. Would recommend.
Major Robert Dump
10-23-2011, 11:17
Easy A: Kind of funny and amusing. The school christians were a hoot.
Terrible Bosses: Was actually very funny. A bit of a plot hole at the end, but some really LOL moments. Most people could probably identify with one of the 3 bosses in one manner or another.
Clash of the Titans, just great mindless fun. Perfect popcorn-movie.
Prussian to the Iron
10-23-2011, 15:53
I'm debating whether or not to see the new 3 Musketeers. Judging by the trailer it's totally different from the book, which is my favorite book ever, and if it deviates too much from it or just sucks so bad, I just might break down sobbing in the middle of the movie.
Crazed Rabbit
10-23-2011, 18:15
I'm debating whether or not to see the new 3 Musketeers. Judging by the trailer it's totally different from the book, which is my favorite book ever, and if it deviates too much from it or just sucks so bad, I just might break down sobbing in the middle of the movie.
It got a C- from the AV Club; http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-three-musketeers,63858/
I would not expect much fidelity to the book.
CR
Sasaki Kojiro
10-24-2011, 04:34
I usually love those kinds of movies but it wasn't any good. All of the dialog was cringe worthy. It was only good when they weren't talking.
It got a C- from the AV Club; http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-three-musketeers,63858/
I would not expect much fidelity to the book.
CR
This review is crap though. That website is no good.
I accidentally posted a music video here, and will now replace it with a review of a film I saw today:
Blair witch project II: 3/10: confusing, horrible, with a weird and disturbing (in how confusing it is) ending. it is just horrible. only reason I even gave it a number higher than 0 was the one cute looking girl :clown:
Crazed Rabbit
10-24-2011, 05:50
That website is no good.
:stare:
CR
Montmorency
10-24-2011, 05:56
Rare Exports: 7/10
Fun.
Sasaki Kojiro
10-24-2011, 06:04
:stare:
CR
As true genius in poets is but rare; true taste as seldom is the critics share.
Super 8 - This was pretty good. Gave me classic Spielberg vibes (kinda reminded me a little of both Close Encounters and E.T.) but not quite as good obviously. A solid 4/5 I guess.
Lust, Caution; excellent Chinese erotic thriller set in occupied China. Beautifully shot, awesome acting. The sex-scenes are real, you get to see everything including penetration but it's never vulgar. Highly recommended explicite sex-scenes don't bother you. It's a bit of a Chinese version of Blackbook in story, it's basicly a espionage-thriller.
a completely inoffensive name
11-01-2011, 08:48
I pretty much love everything Wes Anderson does. My favorite is The Darjeeling Limited. I give them all good marks.
Major Robert Dump
11-01-2011, 11:50
I think most Wes Anderson movies are pretty good, but I prefer his older ones, with Bottle Rocket being my favorite.
I really hate Owen Wilson now and wish Anderson would stop using him.
Drive. Jarring and awkward in parts. But, also tense, good acting, etc. When it gets it right, damn it gets it right.
TheLastDays
11-01-2011, 16:04
I had to watch Spy Kids today and have decided, should I ever have kids I will not let them watch children's movies.
a completely inoffensive name
11-01-2011, 21:50
I think most Wes Anderson movies are pretty good, but I prefer his older ones, with Bottle Rocket being my favorite.
I really hate Owen Wilson now and wish Anderson would stop using him.
What's wrong with Owen Wilson? He is the only one that has been in every Wes Anderson film.
What's wrong with Owen Wilson? He is the only one that has been in every Wes Anderson film.
Owen Wilson is a little too metro for my liking. I prefer my actors to act a little bit more like men. :P
Owen Wilson is a little too metro for my liking. I prefer my actors to act a little bit more like men. :P
This is for YOU http://artofmanliness.com/
This is for YOU http://artofmanliness.com/
lol, I already wrote the manly guide to picking up chicks, or do you forget? :P
Nah, I am not the macho type, I just don't have a lot of respect for people who deliberately act like wimps.
'Adam's Apples' Danish black comedy. Very cruel, very good. It's about a neo-nazi who is baking an apple-pie, roughly
PanzerJaeger
11-03-2011, 06:21
Hey Frag - have you seen Winter in Wartime yet?
Yeah, not a good movie, it annoyed me. It's a movie after a well (well here) known children's book, I'd skip it
PanzerJaeger
11-03-2011, 09:22
Yeah, not a good movie, it annoyed me. It's a movie after a well (well here) known children's book, I'd skip it
Ahh, good to know. I'm a sucker for anything with Germans in it, but I'll wait until it's super cheap on amazon or something...
Yeah, not a good movie, it annoyed me. It's a movie after a well (well here) known children's book, I'd skip it
Really? I thought it was really enjoyable. What didn't you like about it?
Not sure really, thought it was a bit forced and overly melodramatic. Main character is also very punchable
Not sure really, thought it was a bit forced and overly melodramatic. Main character is also very punchable
lol Frags, you and my bro would get along well. He hated the main character.
Major Robert Dump
11-04-2011, 16:07
Human Centipede 2 was everything I epected yet so much more. Do not watch if you are a pansy.
Ironclad. Decent action flick as long as you can forget every single thing you ever learned in history class for two hours. Because well....heathen vikings fighting for King John in England and the Pope blessing them....I think my head will explode.
Peasant Phill
11-07-2011, 12:35
GI Joe: Rise of the cobra
I can't believe someone makes a living writing such a script. It' can't keep being consistent for more than 10 minutes. NeoVipers are supersoldiers without fear, without the drive for self preservation (is that desireable?). And in the next action scene a NeoViper fails to take a major supporting role out because he frantically wants to save himself. My scripts were just as good when I played with GI Joes.
Is The Artist actually good. It's getting rave reviews, but IMHO it sounds like a pretentious concept. Example: Citizen Kane is "good", Gone With the Wind is "good", but are boring/pretentious movies. This concept (a modern day silent feature) just sounds like a critics wet dream and not something for your average punter.
Got to up one as well. The Battle for Passendaele. It isn't the worst war-movie I ever saw. I think. Can it be the worst war-movie I ever saw, I mean it's Canadian, Canada is cool. If you saw the trailer and it wetted your appetite, well you saw all action already. So what remains, well nothing, a love story between a extremely punchable soldier who looks like a Dutch collumnist that I'll kill on sight, or at least a wedgie, and a nurse. After 1.5 hours of love story I was starting to feel cheated. But then YAY WAR finally! 10 minutes of it. Avoid at all cost
Saw the first movie of back to the future in class today over all i think it was a good movie
Classics all 3 of them
Flickering Lights, fun Danish crime movie from the same guy who made (the superior) 'Adam's Apples'. Matt Mickelson is turning into one of my favorite actors, he can play absolutely everything, you probably know him as the main villain in Casino Royale. You wouldn't expect he can be hilarious as a crazy priest, scary as white trash small criminal, pathetic as a loser, or absolutely badass as a warrior. He does it all, and he deserves a bigger stage as Denmark is too small
InsaneApache
12-03-2011, 12:54
Saw a couple of good movies this week. Right at Your Door; I didn't know the plot but it was enjoyable, if that's the right word. I love movies with a twist. T'other was Beneath Hill 60; good strong storyline and good characterisation.
Don't bother with Bad Teacher you will regret it despite Cameron Diaz.
Mad Max Trilogy. Movies themselves are decent (standard B movies). But, seeing how much they influenced Fallout is absolutely awesome.
Mad Max Trilogy. Movies themselves are decent (standard B movies). But, seeing how much they influenced Fallout is absolutely awesome.
:stare:
Mad Max = 10/10.
:stare:
Mad Max = 10/10.
HAHAH. The first is pretty hilarious, in a "what the hell is this?!" way. The second is a great B movie. The third is ok, some of the dialogue is incredibly bad... but the overall setting, etc is good.
HAHAH. The first is pretty hilarious, in a "what the hell is this?!" way. The second is a great B movie. The third is ok, some of the dialogue is incredibly bad... but the overall setting, etc is good.
Shouldn't judge them with today's standards LIKE YOU DID WITH ALIENS. They are genre classics. Agree the second is the best
Next he's going to say that Rambo: First Blood was a bad movie. :wall:
It's just 'First Blood' :wall:
Watch 'Doomsday' btw a loving ode to Mad Max. With medieval knights yay
Prussian to the Iron
12-28-2011, 23:51
I heard that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is pretty explicit and messed up, but good
I watched the Swedish one around an year back but found it just OK.
Still got to watch this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG-Mg9_DIRU
Fear and Loathing. Without a doubt one of my favourites. I never fail to enjoy watching it. Depp is brilliant, the dialogue genius. Not to everyone's taste, but I love it.
a completely inoffensive name
12-30-2011, 09:55
So I saw two movies this week. Both sequels. Both surprisingly tied together by a single characteristic. That they were better than their predecessors.
I speak of the latest Sherlock Holmes movie and the latest Mission Impossible. Now I walked into Sherlock Holmes knowing that Downey would put up a performance that was worth the cost of admission, so I wasn't judgmental as I sat down. Luckily though, that was the more clear cut of the two as I felt that Game of Shadows was most definitely on top of the first one in terms of plot, pacing and the general puzzle solving theme.
However I was very, very critical of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when I walked in. First of all, the title just screamed "lame" to me and the plot in the trailer seemed to be one of those movies where the plot has potential but the execution of how it turns out in the movie has it all ****** up to the point where you don't understand what the writers were trying to do. But! Holy ****, the movie was over 2 hours and it went by quickly. That was a fast paced movie that did not seemed stretched at until the very, very, very end. The plot was for once a standard but well executed nuclear thriller where the motivations of the bad guy is given just enough time to be plausible but not dwelled upon or elaborated so you can see the ridiculousness of it all. Tom Cruise is funny in it, not creepy in any way unlike some movies where a female character....completes....him.....
But yeah, too tired to elaborate but I recommend both movies if you want decent entertainment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG-Mg9_DIRU
Fear and Loathing. Without a doubt one of my favourites. I never fail to enjoy watching it. Depp is brilliant, the dialogue genius. Not to everyone's taste, but I love it.
Suffers from Kid-syndrome, been there done that, but did it worse. Yet no movie about me
Peasant Phill
12-30-2011, 15:18
Just watched Fast times at Ridgemont High a movie from '82. Basically this is a slice of life movie about American teenagers. The multiple protagonists and their own stories gave a nice complete, although short, view on their lives.
The positive thing I found about this movie was that it touched on sex, abortion, drugs, ... without getting politically correct or getting preachy. Sure, the movie is somewhat outdated (It's even older than me) but you can still easily relate to/recognize some to all the characters. A classic teen movie if I ever seen one.
The Warrior - 5/5
Despite having a slightly unlikely and disappointing ending, this movie was excellent. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not an MMA fan (in fact, I cannot stand MMA), but liked just about everything about this movie. The fighting was excellent, the story, character development, etc. was excellent, and overall it was a very satisfying movie experience.
InsaneApache
01-02-2012, 12:17
Sophies' Choice.
Despite being 30 years old, I'd never seen it. Streep was brilliant, well deserving winner of that years Oscar. I'd seen bits of the film but not the end. What an ending!
Now I know what Sophies' choice was I wish I didn't. It made me cry.
17 Again.
Fun film if you're drinking. I rented it because I was expecting to see more of Mathew Perry, but still...it wasn't a disappointment.
I also got a question for anyone else who's seen the film. When Ned is at the restaurant and speak elvish, a sort of song plays in the background. Does anyone know what song that is? A quick google search brought up an unsatisfactory yahoo questions link but nothing else.
Prussian to the Iron
01-09-2012, 23:17
I was coaxed into seeing The Devil Inside.
Laughed. The entire time. It was so bad it was hilarious, kinda like those crappy sci-fi channel movies that you watch just to laugh at for how crappy they are
The Art of Getting By.
Terrible terrible movie. I rented it because it featured Emma Roberts and I found her good in the Nancy Drew film. Plus I like dramas like 500 Days of Summer, and I thought this was going to be in the same vein.
I could not have been more wrong. This is a coming of age film but it's made for 11 year olds.
I had no illusions about the story. I knew it would be the regular run of the mill stuff. But sometimes run of the mill stories shine.
It started well. The question they asked had a lot of potential. But then it went downhill and fast. The main character was mind numbingly obnoxious and unrealistic. Freddie Highmoor's acting was terrible. Maybe he was trying to portray a weird, angsty teen who does not fit in, but it just came across as juvenile.
The Wackness which is a similar film I'd seen a while back, was tons better.
Saw 'The Expendables' again. Geez. The good: loud gory action with lots of stuff blowin up. The bad: really stupid story, truly... WE GOT TO SAVE HER. Now that's ok I guess but here comes the ugly: It completely fails in being a hommage to the genre. There are no wiity oneliners and worse, it fails at being a buddy-movie. there is no chemistry between the characters, whatsoever. When it tries it will make you cringe or lol depending on what kind of person you are.
Where 'Machette' nails it 'The Expendables' fails miserably.
Black Swan, mixed feelings. Bit overacted in the beginning, and underacted near the end. White swan or black swan, Nathaly Portman doesn't convince as either, she is neither. When it's good it's good though, right up there with Dario Argento's 'Opera', it's quite creepy. What it does particularly well is actually making ballet interesting
Peasant Phill
01-16-2012, 12:47
I watched 'In time' this weekend. It has a very interesting concept, namely that time (until your death) is currency. This means that the rich have centuries and the poor literaly live day by day. The conequences are very noticable throughout the movie and are all believable. The story and characters are however subpar and one dimensional and bordering cliché. With the right writer and director this could've become a truly great movie, now it's just good.
Saw 'The Expendables' again. Geez. The good: loud gory action with lots of stuff blowin up. The bad: really stupid story, truly... WE GOT TO SAVE HER. Now that's ok I guess but here comes the ugly: It completely fails in being a hommage to the genre. There are no wiity oneliners and worse, it fails at being a buddy-movie. there is no chemistry between the characters, whatsoever. When it tries it will make you cringe or lol depending on what kind of person you are.
Where 'Machette' nails it 'The Expendables' fails miserably.
Do I know you? What do you mean no chemistry between the characters? Were you expecting Barney and Christmas to start making out or something?
Do I know you? What do you mean no chemistry between the characters? Were you expecting Barney and Christmas to start making out or something?
Take 'The A-Team', cast is perfect. It's hard not to laugh at the jokes and be moved when the movie wants you to be it has a self-consciously charm. Expendables tries that as well but these moments have no charm whatsoever, they are painfull because the characters don't convince in any way (only Lundgren plays a good role). No chemistry.
Take 'The A-Team', cast is perfect. It's hard not to laugh at the jokes and be moved when the movie wants you to be it has a self-consciously charm. Expendables tries that as well but these moments have no charm whatsoever, they are painfull because the characters don't convince in any way (only Lundgren plays a good role). No chemistry.
I agree that the A-Team was excellent, but Expendables was a different type of excellent.
I agree that the A-Team was excellent, but Expendables was a different type of excellent.
Can't complain about the action, awesome. But it suffers from really poor writing and bland acting, the actors just don't seem to be having a good time
Can't complain about the action, awesome. But it suffers from really poor writing and bland acting, the actors just don't seem to be having a good time
Bah Humbug, sir!
Bah Humbug, sir!
NO
Having all these actors in one movie should be fun but it is a mere gimmick. Worst is the scene with Swarzenneger as it's so blatantly intended to be fan-service 'he likes to crawl in the jungle' 'he wants to be president' (and of course rivalry itself). Meh
Watched 3 cult classic animated features:
Heavy Traffic. Ok. I don't even. I do not understand one iota. It was pretty funny, absurd, but I don't mind that.
Wizards. Astounding. I'm amazed that it took so long for me to watch this. The art style is fantastic and the imagination driving it brilliant.
Akira. Has all the right elements. Must see.
Peasant Phill
01-18-2012, 19:32
Akira. Has all the right elements. Must see.
Just a tad to much body horror at the end for my taste but the opening scenes with the motorcycles and the trailing tail lights was amazing.
Tokyo Story. Has some moving moments, but for the most part is deathly boring.
Some recent films I watched, partly since I got Netflix:
Dead Leaves: Saw this on DVD - I don't think I've ever been so baffled by an animé film. Technically gorgeous, incredibly funny, brilliantly imaginative and all-round awesome.
Page One - Inside the New York Times: I really enjoyed this documentary, and not just because I'm an NYT junkie. It was interesting looking inside the firm in the 11th Hour of the newspaper business, but although the film quickly concluded that the newspaper going out of business would be a bad thing, it didn't have anything to say on how the paper would survive. I don't think that bodes well.
Fargo: I giggled like a demon watching this, and haven't had so much fun from watching a very understated and deadpan comedy for years, yah. Very, very good film.
Enter the dragon: it is a Bruce Lee movie. the mere fact that it is a Bruce Lee movie, and inspired Mortal Kombat, deserves 10/10. but objectively, the acting is pretty good (not perfect though), and I was expecting a more bad-a ending to the lead boss, like the chef-killer. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyrd2L0zt3w)
Subotan, I'm not sure I would call Fargo a comedy, although it is one of my favorite films. For me, it's one part comedy, one part tragedy, one part police procedural and one part horror.
Just watched the 2010 True Grit on TV. Made by the same people (Coen brothers), in many ways similar to Fargo (albeit only PG-13). It was every thing I hoped and expected it to be. It was very funny - the archaic language and characterful exchanges between the gritty but debauched Marshal, the aggressively negotiating 14 year old and the high falutingly boastful Texas Ranger were a delight. Reading up afterwards, I was surprised how closely the plot stuck to the original John Wayne film, but where it deviated, it was typically for the better. I'm not sure whether it or the The Social Network were the best films of last year, but it was superlative.
Fargo is a comedy in my book, it's all tragic of course but it's packed with hilarity. I adore the soundtrack, soooooo tragic it's perfect. The Coen brothers are masters of small touches, they have yet to make a movie I didn't REALLY like
Hooahguy
01-22-2012, 12:41
Killer Elite
The action was good, the plot was confusing, and Yvonne Strahovski's role was extremely disappointing.
6/10
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. HB was awesome!
Mouzafphaerre
01-26-2012, 16:30
RIP Angelopoulos. :shame:
Peasant Phill
01-26-2012, 21:58
I'm listening to Fortunate son, Along the watchtower, paint it black, ...
Any good Vietnam war movies other than platoon, full metal jacket and apocalypse now?
I'm listening to Fortunate son, Along the watchtower, paint it black, ...
Any good Vietnam war movies other than platoon, full metal jacket and apocalypse now?
I really like "We were soldiers once, and young".
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?61304-Movie-Review-Thread&p=1687569&viewfull=1#post1687569
It's not as arty or frankly as good as the three you quote, but being based on the battle of Ira Drang as told by a US colonel commanding a battalion there, it is more historically accurate. The end is pure Hollywood, but you can't have everything. I caught it again recently and was as moved as ever. The scenes with the Colonel's wife delivering the telegrams are hard to watch, while the battle scenes are thrilling.
I'm listening to Fortunate son, Along the watchtower, paint it black, ...
Any good Vietnam war movies other than platoon, full metal jacket and apocalypse now?
Hamburger Hill is pretty good, not as good as these though
Peasant Phill
01-27-2012, 12:54
I've seen We were soldiers, or more accuratly, I've come across it whenn I was channel surfing. I'm afraid Mel Gibson ruined it for me.
I'll look for Hamburger Hill (or for the Tour of duty series).
Thanks everyone.
Vladimir
01-27-2012, 13:54
Going to watch The Grey tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiR1cGlAafY&feature=player_profilepage
With those two big actors it should be epic.
Igor, another great animation-movie from the post-Shrek era. It's a formula that will never bore me. It has all the charm, all the laughs, and the wonderful characters are gloriously animated
Watched War Horse last Monday, after watching the play last year. Absolutely dire film, sentimental to the point of getting in the way of actual emotional connection to the audience. Adding in the lazy historical generalisations (I.e. the implication that all of the British were "good" whilst some of the Germans were "villains"), a ridiculous plot and a lack of awesome puppetry and you're left with a resounding disappointment. Not sure why the New Yorker raved about it.
Roger Dodger
It's not a coming of age film....it's not a comedy exactly, or a drama. But...it's an awesome film.
I mean you sit down and watch it with your friends and you feel like going back to those teenage years when everything felt so much more magical. We guys were all laughing a lot reminiscing our own antics in college.
Act of Valor: 4/5
Script: 1/5
Action: 100/5
That basically sums it up. Cheesy script, the Seals aren't the best actors, but the action is absolutely perfect! It is definitely worth seeing for that alone.
a completely inoffensive name
02-26-2012, 07:58
Watch Tunnel Rats for the awesome intro song, then quickly turn it off before you realize its a bad movie (and that the song is a cover).
I love that song.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=t1kApnsayeQ)
Chronicle was surprisingly good. Like a low-fi white-boy version of Akira (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQnw35kR6Pw).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-M5Qx57_UU
Hooahguy
02-27-2012, 12:24
Empire of the Sun
Nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. Acting was ok, but all I saw the movie as was one very long coming of age film that was oftentimes boring.
6/10
Con Air
While Nicholas Cage's southern accent is laughable, the rest of the film was superb. Some really funny scenes and some really sombering scenes.
9/10
Empire of the Sun
Nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. Acting was ok, but all I saw the movie as was one very long coming of age film that was oftentimes boring.
6/10
It doesn't help that the main character is so punchable
It's a shame Hugo didn't win Best Picture. I haven't seen everything from 2011 yet (including The Artist) but of what I have, Hugo was easily the best.
It was good for the first half, but when it turned into a movie about the early movie business it became awesome.
Fargo is a comedy in my book, it's all tragic of course but it's packed with hilarity. I adore the soundtrack, soooooo tragic it's perfect. The Coen brothers are masters of small touches, they have yet to make a movie I didn't REALLY like
Yeah, Fargo is definitely a black comedy. Agreed on the soundtrack too, it reminds me of Taxi Driver in parts which is high praise.
Con Air
While Nicholas Cage's southern accent is laughable, the rest of the film was superb. Some really funny scenes and some really sombering scenes.
9/10
Put. Then bunny. Down.
Yeah, Fargo is definitely a black comedy. Agreed on the soundtrack too, it reminds me of Taxi Driver in parts which is high praise.
If you haven't seen it already 'No country for old man' is just as good. How they come up with the sitational comedy I don't know, but it's brlliant, yay for being lovily mocked
If you haven't seen it already 'No country for old man' is just as good. How they come up with the sitational comedy I don't know, but it's brlliant, yay for being lovily mocked
No Country is one of my three favorite movies from 2007 (other two being Zodiac and There Will Be Blood).
Empire of the Sun
Nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. Acting was ok, but all I saw the movie as was one very long coming of age film that was oftentimes boring.
6/10
It may grow on you. When I first saw it in my twenties, I was underwhelmed. I caught it again quite recently at about double that age and thought it was a tour de force.
I am not sure what changed - maybe I was looking at the "punchable" main character from the perspective of a parent rather than of a young man. It makes you view the boy's losing his parents, and later losing his innocence, quite differently. And I think Christian Bale did a jaw dropping job - I am not sure he has done anything better since - with a powerful cast of supporting characters.
Partly, I guess I was no longer looking for an action film. The film's plot has the messiness that comes with a real life story (yes, it's fiction but based heavily on the author's own war time experiences, IIRC). Watching it in the same way as you would watch Schindler's List, it is very moving.
It may grow on you. When I first saw it in my twenties, I was underwhelmed. I caught it again quite recently at about double that age and thought it was a tour de force.
I am not sure what changed - maybe I was looking at the "punchable" main character from the perspective of a parent rather than of a young man. It makes you view the boy's losing his parents, and later losing his innocence, quite differently. And I think Christian Bale did a jaw dropping job - I am not sure he has done anything better since - with a powerful cast of supporting characters.
Partly, I guess I was no longer looking for an action film. The film's plot has the messiness that comes with a real life story (yes, it's fiction but based heavily on the author's own war time experiences, IIRC). Watching it in the same way as you would watch Schindler's List, it is very moving.
Christian Bale's best work to me will always be American Psycho.
http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/12/american-psycho.jpg
Red Tails
Terrence Howard's inspiring speeches got old fast.
The dialogue for white pilots was like something a 12 year old would write, because they pretty much just said out loud what was happening on screen or expressed their feelings in short, simplistic sentences. Like "Those black pilots did OK. I NOW LIKE BLACK PEOPLE AND AM NO LONGER RACIST." Its almost like something out of a Family Guy sketch. Black dialogue wasn't much better with them joking and having a good old time like they were hanging out in a bar...but during a life-and-death dog fight. I half expected one of them to go YIPEE!!! like young Anakin in Phantom Menace.
Action was decent but not great. Climax was over in a flash and there was no tension during it. They cut down jet planes like they were Wright brothers planes.
Love scenes were pretty bad but not as bad as Attack of the Clones because at least here they couldn't speak to each other.
I don't normally harp on technical inaccuracies in war movies because its nearly completely beside the point (thats right, Org war buffs!), but seeing a particular maneuver done twice that looked like something only an X-wing could do was a bit much. It was cartoonish.
It just came off as much more corny, simple and overly reverent than it needed to be. Now that I've seen it I agree with the criticisms I heard. It needed to be more serious and darker. Miracle at St. Anna was better in every way (St. Anna is highly underrated IMO), and even Windtalkers (which was basically Hard Boiled dressed up as a WW2 movie) handled this kind of thing better. The tone of the movie is akin to propaganda (it actually ends with a patriotic speech with the "star-spangled banner" playing in the background) which doesn't ever really sit right with me. War is a dark thing and therefore I like my war movies to be dark.
I don't regret seeing it the one time, but that'll be it.
TL;DR - It's exactly what you imagine a George Lucas affiliated war movie to be: a ball of corn covered in cheese.
PanzerJaeger
03-04-2012, 22:29
St. Anna is highly underrated IMO
:shame:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American version) - Wasn't sure how I'd feel about it but I ended up liking it quite a bit.
*minor spoilers*
What I didn't like:
- The beginning was handled horribly.Iit was just a clusterfrack of one piece of information after the other in rapid succession, compounded by the difficulty in remembering who all the different Henrick Wancherstrom Lochbrach Dieterhaufenschlombergs were. I had to piece together what was going on while also trying to pay attention to current scenes. It was made even worse by the music being too loud and therefore difficult to hear some dialogue.
- The rape scene didnt need to go that far...im no prude but it just felt gratuitous after a while. I feel like an old fart saying this but I really wanted this scene to end ASAP. I think they could have cut that whole arc revolving around the rape and the movie would barely have suffered for it.
- The editing was so fast that you barely got to enjoy any individual scene. I cant think back to a specific scene I thought was really well done because no one stays in one spot for more than two minutes. Unfortunately one of the only scenes that was slow enough to take in was the rape scene.
What I did like:
everything else
Put. Then bunny. Down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NtMgUpnXeU
Incendiay, *sigh* another Magnolia-clone. Few stories, few events. And guess what EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED geddit?
So clever
Incendiay, *sigh* another Magnolia-clone. Few stories, few events. And guess what EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED geddit?
So clever
I hate every one of these kinds of movies.
There's also Crash, Traffic, Syriana, Babel. At least 2-3 more I cant recall
Yeah and many more even the type of music is the same, I actually meant Babel in the above, screwed up
a completely inoffensive name
03-07-2012, 10:44
Fun fact. The Rock and Con Air are actually Nic Cages 2nd and 3rd best movies ever.
Fun fact. The Rock and Con Air are actually Nic Cages 2nd and 3rd best movies ever.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans being his #1. That movie is too awesome for words.
"His soul is still dancing! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
His best movie is obviously 'Leaving Las Vegas', true romance for true men: booze, hookers & jazz
Watched the Secret of Kells again.
The movie is really good as far as animation goes. A distinct style. I specially liked the forest scenes and how they depicted the vikings, but the best part of the movie, even after the second viewing is Aisling's song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhd8RfCqVg&feature=player_embedded
Peasant Phill
03-13-2012, 23:57
Watched the Secret of Kells again.
The movie is really good as far as animation goes. A distinct style. I specially liked the forest scenes and how they depicted the vikings, but the best part of the movie, even after the second viewing is Aisling's song.
I forgot I've not watched this animation until the end. It's on my list again for this week.
Thanks rajpoot
The pleasure is all mine. :bow:
I forgot I've not watched this animation until the end. It's on my list again for this week.
Thanks rajpoot
How can you not....
Ah well. World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles. Starts out interestingly enough, first half is great. Kudo's for putting Michelle Rodriguez and Bridget Moynahan (gawd sooooooo pretty) in one movie
Peasant Phill
03-14-2012, 13:17
I've watched 'the twillight samurai' last night. It was a decent slow movie. It's more a portrait of the tragic protagonist than a story. "They said he was an unlucky man, but he would've disagreed"
War Horse
Having not paid much attention to the trailers and commercials about this because I thought it was just some stupid animal movie that was going to rob me of a chance to see a good WW1 movie (which are very rare), I expected this to be lame.
Well aside from spending too much time on the farm in the beginning, I have no complaints. As much as it's a story about a horse, its just as much a story about the hardships of war that the people who take possession of the horse face; people from both sides and civilians.
The combat scenes are very well done as well.
It was very refreshing to see a real war movie that covers the darkness and human cost of war, instead of just people fighting each other for 2 hours or it devolving into a modern propaganda piece glorifying war.
Highly recommended.
Dorian Gray, deliciously depraved. Never read a book from Oscar Wilde, maybe I should.
I've watched 'the twillight samurai' last night. It was a decent slow movie. It's more a portrait of the tragic protagonist than a story. "They said he was an unlucky man, but he would've disagreed"
Really enjoyed that film. If you're digging around in post-Kurosawa samurai flicks, I would also recommend Taboo (a.k.a Gohatto).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYRBJ_HrALQ&feature=related
The Abandonded, genre-lovers only. Very effective US/Russian horror-movie, genuinly scary. Great setting, please mom I don't want to go to an abandonded Russian farm do I really have to? Yikes. Old deserted buildings are always freaky
The Abandoned was pretty cool, yeah! :D
Got a tip for you btw Haxie, you should check out Ki-duk Kim's work. Budhist monk and film-director, can't imagine you not liking it; Budhist themes but modern movies
Sasaki Kojiro
03-20-2012, 04:50
Drive--Uh, I guess, think "The transporter" except with an uninteresting and incoherent and mostly silent and expressionless protagonist. A good car scene at the beginning but that's it. Very artistically filmed, which is I suppose one of the main reasons for the good reviews.
The main problem with the film is that it fails at the type of character it wants to have. The guy in the transporter is a likable guy who got into a life of crime, we're ok with it because we like him and because he sticks to his moral code, and the movie is about the line he won't cross, so he becomes a good guy part way through the movie. The guy in drive makes no sense as an actual person (and certainly not a likable one), he's just a stand in for a concept that the creators of the movie think is really cool. It's like having a movie about a rebellious teenager where the director cuts out completely what he's rebelling against and why and just has bunches of shots of him calmly doing rebellious stuff.
Lone Wolf & Club saga
Why did the Imperials go through the trouble of the Boshin War when all they needed was to get the Shogun's executioner on their side?
Fountains of blood, cool atmosphere, crazy villains. Its pretty insane at times but never sinking to anime levels...it maintains a tone somewhere between Kurosawa and Kill Bill.
They go in the following order:
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
An interesting note: the protagonist, Ogami Itto, has supposedly killed more people on screen than any other single character in cinematic history. He kills 150 people in just the last movie alone.
Sasaki Kojiro
03-21-2012, 05:39
Just watch the swedish "Girl with the dragon tattoo", liked it a lot. Is the english remake worth watching at some point or not? It seems like a huge change to cast daniel craig and that girl...
gaelic cowboy
03-21-2012, 10:47
Just watch the swedish "Girl with the dragon tattoo", liked it a lot. Is the english remake worth watching at some point or not? It seems like a huge change to cast daniel craig and that girl...
The english version has a more graphic feel to it and the ending is slighty changed but not that essential story or anything.
Sexual scenes are more in you face and maybe even a bit disturbing.
I aint read the book so of course the english language version might be more true to the book I dunno.
Drive, cool crime movie. Bit slow at first but good. Will have to inform a friend that he has a brother in America because it's scary how much he looks exactly like the main character. I hit him in the face 2 weeks ago maybe I shouldn't have.
A Dangerous Method
Very well written, one of those movies where you're happy to just listen to people talk. Very well acted by Fassbender. Mortensen acts the part of Freud but comes off a bit wooden, I think Christoph Waltz (first choice) would have added some depth and character to him. It's interesting but aimless, one of those "this is what happens to these people over a number of years" kind of movies. There's nothing wrong with that, it is what it is. Really though, Fassbender is great (in general, not just this).
Watch it.
PanzerJaeger
03-26-2012, 06:08
The Hunger Games - I was dragged to the movie only having heard that this was the latest Harry Potter-Twilight tween book-to-movie. I was pleasantly surprised to find a fairly well crafted dystopian future that was heavy on the violence and light on the angsty teen girl love fantasy and/or magic (ugh... magic). It was also pretty deep for the genre, with a seemingly equal balance of Left and Right wing slippery slope type messages. The most interesting thing about the movie for this politico was its ability to reflect the viewer's own subconcious ideological leanings (which is definitely not why people are flocking to the movie, don't get me wrong). I'm actually surprised the source content is popular with the teen set. It was a genuinely good movie, and could have been great if it weren't constrained with a PG-13 rating. It is a kid's movie, after all.
The Hunger Games - I was dragged to the movie only having heard that this was the latest Harry Potter-Twilight tween book-to-movie. I was pleasantly surprised to find a fairly well crafted dystopian future that was heavy on the violence and light on the angsty teen girl love fantasy and/or magic (ugh... magic). It was also pretty deep for the genre, with a seemingly equal balance of Left and Right wing slippery slope type messages. The most interesting thing about the movie for this politico was its ability to reflect the viewer's own subconcious ideological leanings (which is definitely not why people are flocking to the movie, don't get me wrong). I'm actually surprised the source content is popular with the teen set. It was a genuinely good movie, and could have been great if it weren't constrained with a PG-13 rating. It is a kid's movie, after all.
There's a movie owwwwww? Loved the books
PanzerJaeger
03-26-2012, 07:43
There's a movie owwwwww? Loved the books
Hehe, how could you miss it? It's apparently breaking box office records (http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/hunger-games-scores-huge-1-8m-in-australia/) around the world.
Peasant Phill
03-26-2012, 08:39
The Hunger Games - I was dragged to the movie only having heard that this was the latest Harry Potter-Twilight tween book-to-movie. I was pleasantly surprised to find a fairly well crafted dystopian future that was heavy on the violence and light on the angsty teen girl love fantasy and/or magic (ugh... magic). It was also pretty deep for the genre, with a seemingly equal balance of Left and Right wing slippery slope type messages. The most interesting thing about the movie for this politico was its ability to reflect the viewer's own subconcious ideological leanings (which is definitely not why people are flocking to the movie, don't get me wrong). I'm actually surprised the source content is popular with the teen set. It was a genuinely good movie, and could have been great if it weren't constrained with a PG-13 rating. It is a kid's movie, after all.
I thought this was under the impression this was going to be Battle Royal: the american remake. Damn my ignorance.
I thought this was under the impression this was going to be Battle Royal: the american remake. Damn my ignorance.
First two books kinda are just that really. Great fun I recommend them, but keep in mind that it are children-books despite the sometimes astonishingly brutal violence
A Dangerous Method
Very well written, one of those movies where you're happy to just listen to people talk. Very well acted by Fassbender. Mortensen acts the part of Freud but comes off a bit wooden, I think Christoph Waltz (first choice) would have added some depth and character to him. It's interesting but aimless, one of those "this is what happens to these people over a number of years" kind of movies. There's nothing wrong with that, it is what it is. Really though, Fassbender is great (in general, not just this).
Watch it.
Thanks for the mini-review Graphic.
I've long had my eye on this one; just haven't gotten around to actually watching it yet. A pity to hear Viggo's turn as Freud was less than stellar, but then he does seem to have a tendency to under-act at times (although I've enjoyed most of his roles that I've seen).
The Hunger Games - I was dragged to the movie only having heard that this was the latest Harry Potter-Twilight tween book-to-movie. I was pleasantly surprised to find a fairly well crafted dystopian future that was heavy on the violence and light on the angsty teen girl love fantasy and/or magic (ugh... magic). It was also pretty deep for the genre, with a seemingly equal balance of Left and Right wing slippery slope type messages. The most interesting thing about the movie for this politico was its ability to reflect the viewer's own subconcious ideological leanings (which is definitely not why people are flocking to the movie, don't get me wrong). I'm actually surprised the source content is popular with the teen set. It was a genuinely good movie, and could have been great if it weren't constrained with a PG-13 rating. It is a kid's movie, after all.
Thanks for the critique, PJ. I'm rather interested in seeing this one -- especially as I want to watch it before I read the books -- so that's good to hear.
I suspect the movie could potentially appeal to a wide range of audiences, as the books on which they're based (plans are already being made for filming the sequels) seem to enjoy similar mass appeal.
As an example, my (now) ex-girlfriend is 28 years old, a huge geek (like myself), and generally despises books written for teen girls; yet she thoroughly enjoyed the trilogy. Alongside that, my former roommate/landlady (who's your more "normal" 31-year-old woman) also liked the series quite a bit, even though she normally doesn't care for books with a sci-fi/dystopian setting.
gaelic cowboy
03-26-2012, 15:55
First two books kinda are just that really. Great fun I recommend them, but keep in mind that it are children-books despite the sometimes astonishingly brutal violence
Funnily enough you come out thinking you have seen a load of gore but it's nearly all implied or out of focus or so fast you dont see anything but get the idea.
Director did well to keep the feel of the violence which is obviously what the books about in essentially a 12s movie.
I had never heard of it till I seen the trailer for it went to cinema and found myself in a cinema full of exira and delira tweens.
Hobo with a shotgun, with a title like that you know it's going to be fun. And it's full of win. We all miss the consciously terrible movies from the 80's, just admit it. The makers obvious pleassure in making terrible movies is charming. (and that is why The Expendables fails so badly) Planet Terror was awesome. Machette was awesome. This one is also awesome. A loveletter to terrible movies.
Hobo with a shotgun, with a title like that you know it's going to be fun. And it's full of win. We all miss the consciously terrible movies from the 80's, just admit it. The makers obvious pleassure in making terrible movies is charming. (and that is why The Expendables fails so badly) Planet Terror was awesome. Machette was awesome. This one is also awesome. A loveletter to terrible movies.
This I got to see.
Thank you.
This I got to see.
Thank you.
He's delivering justice one shell at a time :yes:
I thought Hobo with a Shotgun was terrible, and I usually love stuff like that. It's terrible beyond its attempts to be terrible on purpose. It's really bad and all the strawberry syrup blood in the world couldn't have saved it.
I thought Hobo with a Shotgun was terrible, and I usually love stuff like that. It's terrible beyond its attempts to be terrible on purpose. It's really bad and all the strawberry syrup blood in the world couldn't have saved it.
Oh common,you are just grumpie. There's a wealth of awesome oneliners like 'time for skate-rape' and worse.
Hobo with a shotgun, with a title like that you know it's going to be fun. And it's full of win. We all miss the consciously terrible movies from the 80's, just admit it. The makers obvious pleassure in making terrible movies is charming. (and that is why The Expendables fails so badly) Planet Terror was awesome. Machette was awesome. This one is also awesome. A loveletter to terrible movies.
The Expendables fails at being terrible? I couldn't agree more. :) It does darned good at being awesome though.
Expendables was a huge letdown. Didn't have an 80s/early 90s feel at all, it felt like it was only 45 minutes long and the action was kind of tame. I blame this on them shooting while not being sure if it was going to be R or PG-13. Hopefully for Expendables 2 they'll know it'll be R so they can let the expletives and Rambo level gore loose.
It's not bad but after Rambo (2008) it just wasn't up to par.
Expendables was a huge letdown. Didn't have an 80s/early 90s feel at all, it felt like it was only 45 minutes long and the action was kind of tame. I blame this on them shooting while not being sure if it was going to be R or PG-13. Hopefully for Expendables 2 they'll know it'll be R so they can let the expletives and Rambo level gore loose.
It's not bad but after Rambo (2008) it just wasn't up to par.
I'll admit that the last Rambo was the definition of awesome (better than all the other Rambos before it IMHO), but you have to remember that Expendables was a different type of movie. It was not Rambo part 5. I personally think both were awesome, but in different ways.
It didn't need to be Rambo 5, but have violence and testosterone somewhere in the same league.
Rambo was surprisingly good. Sure is the goriest movie I ever saw
Its the only movie I know of that shows what 50 cal bullets really do to bodies. They don't get shot up, they come apart!
It didn't need to be Rambo 5, but have violence and testosterone somewhere in the same league.
It had great characters, and cool martial arts instead. And are you forgetting the beheading with a giant knife and the AA12 scene just to name a few?
Its the only movie I know of that shows what 50 cal bullets really do to bodies. They don't get shot up, they come apart!
lol, my brother said the same thing.
Play Misty For Me. Got this because, well, it's Eastwood.
Not like his usual fare, which I knew. What I did not know that the film is actually chilling. I was expecting it to be kind of cheesy like some of his other non-western movies, but it was actually kind of creepy. The actress who play Evelyn nails it IMO.
Silent Hill, not that bad really except for the ending, does a fair job of recreating the feeling of being half-awake in someone's nightmare. Fans hate it but fans tend to do that.
Peasant Phill
04-02-2012, 13:49
I've watched 'the twillight samurai' last night. It was a decent slow movie. It's more a portrait of the tragic protagonist than a story. "They said he was an unlucky man, but he would've disagreed"
Watched 'Hidden blade' by the same director, based on books by the same author as the Twillight samurai.
I wouldn't recommend watching one in a short period after the other as they're practically the same movie. The same theme, the same style, the same story telling, the same character of protagonist, ...
I just watched Wrath of the Titans, and it was pretty awesome. It has a lot more storyline and character depth than the first movie, and also has better action.
a completely inoffensive name
04-02-2012, 23:14
I can't accept the basic premise of The Hunger Games, so I kinda feel the whole thing is dumb. Odd that I can get involved in the magical world of Harry Potter but not some random dystopia.
The Eagle, pretty cool. But not enough battles. In a movie about Romans and Picts there should be many battles. Period.
The Eagle, pretty cool. But not enough battles. In a movie about Romans and Picts there should be many battles. Period.
Yeah I watched this one when it came out. Nice scenery. Love movies featuring open vistas, specially highlands. But not bloody enough. And the premise is a little silly.
Centurion is a lot better. TBH I found it at par with Gladiator.
Could also use more battles but it's bloody alright. And warrior-women are always awesome. Period.
Awesome movie indeed
gaelic cowboy
04-06-2012, 13:46
There was not enough half enough screen naughtiness with Olga Kurylenko in fact there was none.
There was not enough half enough screen naughtiness with Olga Kurylenko in fact there was none.
Agreed. She was also hot in Doomsday. Something about her. something savage, perfect casting for both movies.
Agreed. She was also hot in Doomsday. Something about her. something savage, perfect casting for both movies.
There was not enough half enough screen naughtiness with Olga Kurylenko in fact there was none.
Darn you guys are silly! I was rolling my eyes every time they showed her because of how unconvincing she looked. Seriously, would you have the same opinion if she was not Ukrainian?
Hooahguy
04-06-2012, 15:46
Transformers 3
I didnt really like the first two movies, but the 3rd was actually pretty good. Also the main character's LI in the 3rd is hotter than the first 2. Though there is still some annoying dialogue and cringe-worthy lines.
8.5/10
Darn you guys are silly! I was rolling my eyes every time they showed her because of how unconvincing she looked. Seriously, would you have the same opinion if she was not Ukrainian?
How could you not like the way she looks at the camara when she kills that slave, she is a wild one, she is half wolf you see.
IMO Olga Kurylenko just didn't take to that psychotic, vengeful character well. She looked way too......out of place amongst all the other Celts.
What I liked about the movie was that it was well balanced. Enough action, enough blood and decent enough story, without any silly scenes that might make a man cringe (the 'battle' scene at beginning of The Eagle for instance)
How could you not like the way she looks at the camara when she kills that slave, she is a wild one, she is half wolf you see.
lol Frags, that is so cheesy! I, personally, thought that was a bit of bad acting, but to each his own.
Want wild?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47w_pF8RBY
IMO Olga Kurylenko just didn't take to that psychotic, vengeful character well. She looked way too......out of place amongst all the other Celts.
What I liked about the movie was that it was well balanced. Enough action, enough blood and decent enough story, without any silly scenes that might make a man cringe (the 'battle' scene at beginning of The Eagle for instance)
She IS out of place, Romans killed her people and she was adopted by the Picts remember. Whoever her people were I don't know but we are still seeing the consequences it had to UK's women even today
Priest, pretty cool. Nice handdrawn intro sequence, I wish someone actually made an animated movie of a graphic novel.
The Brothers Grim, for a Terry Gilliam movie pretty unimpressive, brilliant people also have to pay the rent I guess, it has nothing of his trademark surrealism. Not bad though, had a few good laughs
Open Range.
I got this one over a year back, but had been waiting for the right mood to see it. Western movies are a treat now-a-days and good Westerns are rare. With a cast like Kevin Costner, Robert Duval and Michael Gambon, and all the good reviews I was pretty sure that it'll be worth it.
And it was. It's a good movie for our times.
The other recent movies (or relatively recent) which I remember ATM are Appaloosa and 3:10 to Yuma (I would've included Unforgiven but then that's Clint Eastwood and it's 1991, so it's an entirely different class).
I did not much like 3:10 to Yuma. Maybe because I never like Russel Crowe that much, and maybe because it deviated fromt he story and made the badguy seem like an antihero instead of a real badguy. Appaloosa I liked quite a bit, since for one I like Viggo Mortenson, and two, it had some really great gunfights and music that made up for all the duller scenes.
Now Open Range is good, but it's not as great as I was hoping it would be. Once again it's got too much talking and unecessary sceans. Furthermore, not enough gunfights.
It's a good movie, nice dialogue and everything. But it's only as Western as it can get when you put in a bunch of horses and cowboy hats. Lacks the feel.
I guess that's because maybe people today won't appriciate the kind of Westerns they made back then...maybe because .45s don't cut it for action movies these days, and so they had to make it into something else.
Get 'The Proposition' , I could argue that it's a better movie than Oncw upon a time in the Wext. Incredibly awesome movie
The Thing, a true classic, with 'Jacob's Ladder' THE horror-movie from the eighties. When an old movie is remastered as good as this I don't mind paying a little extra.
The Thing, it's not a remake it's a prequel. It naturally benefits from better special effects, the creature is suitably disgusting. A shame it lacks the tension of the original. It's pretty forgetable sadly.
Just saw Recoil. 2/5 Stars. It was a pretty bad movie.
Is there a movie Britons hate more than U-571?
Out of curiosity, has anyone seen Haywire? I heard that it was really poorly received, but looking at the trailer and the first 5 minutes, I am not entirely sure why people didn't like it. It looks like it is gonna be darned good to me. I missed it in the theatres, so I am going to have to see it when it comes to Redbox.
gaelic cowboy
04-15-2012, 00:35
Out of curiosity, has anyone seen Haywire? I heard that it was really poorly received, but looking at the trailer and the first 5 minutes, I am not entirely sure why people didn't like it. It looks like it is gonna be darned good to me. I missed it in the theatres, so I am going to have to see it when it comes to Redbox.
Seen it in the cinema over here.
If I had to guess I would have to say the jazz or blues music or whatever it was just feels wrong in an action movie. It sort of makes the screen action feel a bit restrained even though she is beating people around the whole shop. I would lay a hundred euro in Paddy Power people were turned off by the film score without even copping there is plenty action.
It's worth a look if nothing but for the fact there are plenty of top actors in it and it's an action movie with a woman in it.
On a side note there is a fair bit of it is set in Dublin and I know all the locations as there all in the city centre.
Seen it in the cinema over here.
If I had to guess I would have to say the jazz or blues music or whatever it was just feels wrong in an action movie. It sort of makes the screen action feel a bit restrained even though she is beating people around the whole shop. I would lay a hundred euro in Paddy Power people were turned off by the film score without even copping there is plenty action.
It's worth a look if nothing but for the fact there are plenty of top actors in it and it's an action movie with a woman in it.
On a side note there is a fair bit of it is set in Dublin and I know all the locations as there all in the city centre.
Yeah, I thought it looked really good.
gaelic cowboy
04-15-2012, 00:55
Yeah, I thought it looked really good.
It's not the best action movie I ever saw but it's not the worst movie I have seen either.
Peasant Phill
04-16-2012, 11:55
Last week I saw Tintin and The secret of Kells
Tintin
I liked Tintin very much. I was in awe with the CG work. Altough I would've prefered the ligne claire technique, I understand why they did it and it's simply breath taking. Secondly I thought they were true to the spirit of the comic and the characters. I'm sure most who worked on this were or became fans of Tintin.
The secret of Kells
I liked this one just for the fact that it was well made and different from the blockbuster animations. It has been praised a lot in this thread and I can see why but perhaps due to all this praise, I expected something more. In liked the humour, the drame, the stylization (5 monks drawn sometimes as 1 entity for example) but it wasn't on the same level as The triplet of Belle-Ville.
Mouzafphaerre
04-21-2012, 06:58
Saw The Twilight Samurai on TV last night. It was good. Liked the acting.
Zombieland.
Good horror comedy. Although not so much horror. Think along the lines of Shaun of the Dead.
I generally like Jesse Eisenberg's films and this one was no exception. Worth watching with a few beers and crisps on the side.
Zombieland.
Good horror comedy. Although not so much horror. Think along the lines of Shaun of the Dead.
I generally like Jesse Eisenberg's films and this one was no exception. Worth watching with a few beers and crisps on the side.
I second this. Better with friends as well.
PanzerJaeger
04-21-2012, 12:26
Is there a movie Britons hate more than U-571?
The Patriot, of course!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py2LZNb79Q&feature=relmfu
Never has there been a more anti-Brit movie. When they aren't bumbling idiots, they're sadistic madmen. It's glorious in a 'screw history, Amerrika: **** yeah!' kind of way. Amazingly, they cut a lot of the worst out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAQjJOkZ1qs&feature=related
gaelic cowboy
04-21-2012, 17:37
Wasn't the final battle lost by the Colonist forces in reality or something like that, I'm nearly sure I read that somewhere at the time.
The Patriot, of course!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py2LZNb79Q&feature=relmfu
Never has there been a more anti-Brit movie. When they aren't bumbling idiots, they're sadistic madmen. It's glorious in a 'screw history, Amerrika: **** yeah!' kind of way. Amazingly, they cut a lot of the worst out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAQjJOkZ1qs&feature=related
Braveheart isn't much better but it doesn't have the rep that The Patriot does for some reason.
gaelic cowboy
04-21-2012, 21:19
Braveheart isn't much better but it doesn't have the rep that The Patriot does for some reason.
Probably because we have actual firsthand verifiable accounts of multiple eyewitnesses for the Patriot unlike Braveheart which would only have a few not counting oral history of course.
Plus the whole "Yess masser I be happy in dem fields" was a bit much to be honest, I dont require full on historical accuracy but they coulda left that out.
Braveheart isn't much better but it doesn't have the rep that The Patriot does for some reason.
Maybe people are too busy looking for the bridge. It isn't there
Probably because we have actual firsthand verifiable accounts of multiple eyewitnesses for the Patriot unlike Braveheart which would only have a few not counting oral history of course.
Plus the whole "Yess masser I be happy in dem fields" was a bit much to be honest, I dont require full on historical accuracy but they coulda left that out.
None of those vague accounts of the period in Braveheart indicate that the English acted like SS in Poland, though.
I think Patirot is an easier target simply for the fact that it's an American movie about the American Revolution.
Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows.
Decent action adventure flick. But it's not Sherlock Holmes. They could've called it John Doe Game of Shadows. Wouldn't have sold as many tickets but the title would be less misleading. Really really hope they don't make a third one, and sully the name any further.
Just makes me wonder....where did all the old fashioned mystery films go....
Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows.
Decent action adventure flick. But it's not Sherlock Holmes. They could've called it John Doe Game of Shadows. Wouldn't have sold as many tickets but the title would be less misleading. Really really hope they don't make a third one, and sully the name any further.
Just makes me wonder....where did all the old fashioned mystery films go....
To hell, along with good video games and good hand-animated cartoons.
I just saw the Tom Cruise movie, Mission Impossible. Apart from me not being able to stand Tom Cruise and wanted to smash my TV to pieces every time I saw his ugly face, the movie was not that bad. Not that good, but considering that with a Mission Impossible movie you should expect horrible, cheesy action, I guess it was not that bad.
Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows.
Decent action adventure flick. But it's not Sherlock Holmes. They could've called it John Doe Game of Shadows. Wouldn't have sold as many tickets but the title would be less misleading. Really really hope they don't make a third one, and sully the name any further.
Just makes me wonder....where did all the old fashioned mystery films go....
Have yet to see it but the first was great fun. Downey jr was great as the sociopathic genius and Jude Law was a great sidekick. Big compliment to Jude Law for not getting played of the screen they made a great duo
gaelic cowboy
04-23-2012, 15:41
None of those vague accounts of the period in Braveheart indicate that the English acted like SS in Poland, though.
To be honest it would be inconceivable that English troops would not act beastly to people at that time seeing as it was the 13/14th century.
Raping, pillaging, scorched earth and general nastiness were just an accepted part of War, it's only later people put the morality tale on it.
Machete
When it was first released and I saw the lead actor I thought that this is the man who get's whupped by Antonio Banderas and I did not watch it.
Then after hearing a lot of good things about it I finally did watch it. And it's everything a guy can want in a film of the genre. Blood, gore and sex aplenty. And it's got some funny, outrageous moments too. The thermometer in the guy's neck. The bit where he kidnaps the daughter and the wife. Full of win.
All in all excellent film. Must watch for fans of the genre.
Machete
When it was first released and I saw the lead actor I thought that this is the man who get's whupped by Antonio Banderas and I did not watch it.
Then after hearing a lot of good things about it I finally did watch it. And it's everything a guy can want in a film of the genre. Blood, gore and sex aplenty. And it's got some funny, outrageous moments too. The thermometer in the guy's neck. The bit where he kidnaps the daughter and the wife. Full of win.
All in all excellent film. Must watch for fans of the genre.
Yep, Machete is awesome. Machete Kills is going to be filmed later this year.
Machete
When it was first released and I saw the lead actor I thought that this is the man who get's whupped by Antonio Banderas and I did not watch it.
Then after hearing a lot of good things about it I finally did watch it. And it's everything a guy can want in a film of the genre. Blood, gore and sex aplenty. And it's got some funny, outrageous moments too. The thermometer in the guy's neck. The bit where he kidnaps the daughter and the wife. Full of win.
All in all excellent film. Must watch for fans of the genre.
:yes:
gaelic cowboy
04-27-2012, 14:36
Machete he get's the wimmin
In hindsight, I realised one very clever thing they did in Machete was that Danny Trejo has no more than a dozen lines. I haven't seen many of his movies but I doubt that he would've been any good with a lot of dialogue.
Pretty amazing how a movie with a nearly silent protagonist worked so well.
In hindsight, I realised one very clever thing they did in Machete was that Danny Trejo has no more than a dozen lines. I haven't seen many of his movies but I doubt that he would've been any good with a lot of dialogue.
Pretty amazing how a movie with a nearly silent protagonist worked so well.
Go watch 'Hobo with a shotgun' alredady, it's full of hilarious quotes AND two badguys who carrie portable gallows that are fired of with a harpoon.
Watched Last Night, last night.
As such the film isn't anything special. Kiera Knightly and Guillaume Canet give decent performances. Sam Worthington is passable but then that's probably because his role demanded him to be the....'shallower' one.
What is remarkable about the movie is the question it raised, atleast for me.
Cheating is bad. Period. But clearly there's two kinds of cheating. Physical and emotional. And it's so much easier to cheat on someone emotionally (as shown in the film...I felt that things moved forward a lot more 'organically' for Joanna and Alex). It's so easy to falter, for the mind and heart to run wild. While one can to a great extent control oneself physically, what about emotions? They are harder to control IMO.
And the big question. Which is worst? To cheat on someone physically once and then get it out of your system? Or to cheat on someone emotionally?
Depends on the person in question I suppose.
I love them and they answer me with pain and torment. Be it sin or not sin, they betray me in their hearts and that's far sin enough.
Go watch 'Hobo with a shotgun' alredady, it's full of hilarious quotes AND two badguys who carrie portable gallows that are fired of with a harpoon.
I've been trying to find a copy!
My local video store has failed me again. Predictable TBH, considering the proprietor does not know what a 'hobo' is.
Haywire - 9/10 Stars
I really do not understand the criticism of this movie. It was the first action movie I have ever seen with a female protagonist who seemed cool or believable. My only big criticism of it (which is why I took a star away from the rating) was the sound. They muted the sound to the movie at some points and just had music, which really made it less immersive. Even when they didn't mute the other sounds to the movie, the music was too loud and in your face. Also, they electronically deepened her voice, which made it not sound right.
Other than the sound, I thought it was a really good movie. Not as good as Bourne Identity (which I would give 10/10), but not far behind.
The Green Lantern, gawd did they butcher the comics. Meh to the max
The Green Lantern, gawd did they butcher the comics. Meh to the max
Agreed, that was one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
Avengers
Caught it in the theater. Been months since I saw a movie on the big screen.
Really awesome. Many 'pump-your-fist-in-the-air' moments along with some laughs, and the bits with superheroes going up against each other are full of thrills.
Also RDJ is a lot better as Tony Stark/Ironman than he was as Sherlock Holmes. No question about it.
Worth every cent. Really hope they do another one.
gaelic cowboy
05-02-2012, 17:14
Agreed, that was one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
Only reason to watch that movie is Ryan Reynolds wisecracking just like he is the only reason to watch Blade Trinity too that film is a comedy when he is on screen.
gaelic cowboy
05-02-2012, 17:16
Avengers
Caught it in the theater. Been months since I saw a movie on the big screen.
Really awesome. Many 'pump-your-fist-in-the-air' moments along with some laughs, and the bits with superheroes going up against each other are full of thrills.
Also RDJ is a lot better as Tony Stark/Ironman than he was as Sherlock Holmes. No question about it.
Worth every cent. Really hope they do another one.
I was left feeling a bit cold watching this movie as were many of the cinema audience where I saw it too.
To be honest I sooner this had been Ironman 3
gaelic cowboy
05-02-2012, 17:17
Haywire - 9/10 Stars
I really do not understand the criticism of this movie. It was the first action movie I have ever seen with a female protagonist who seemed cool or believable. My only big criticism of it (which is why I took a star away from the rating) was the sound. They muted the sound to the movie at some points and just had music, which really made it less immersive. Even when they didn't mute the other sounds to the movie, the music was too loud and in your face. Also, they electronically deepened her voice, which made it not sound right.
Other than the sound, I thought it was a really good movie. Not as good as Bourne Identity (which I would give 10/10), but not far behind.
I told you the music was weird didnt I all jazzy and stuff still dont understand what they were trying for.
I told you the music was weird didnt I all jazzy and stuff still dont understand what they were trying for.
I didn't horribly mind the music actually, except that it was way too loud. It was not the best music, but if it was softer, it would not have been that bad.
I was left feeling a bit cold watching this movie as were many of the cinema audience where I saw it too.
To be honest I sooner this had been Ironman 3
Don't you mean that you felt a shiver run down your back when Thor hits Captain America's shield? :clown:
gaelic cowboy
05-03-2012, 16:39
Don't you mean that you felt a shiver run down your back when Thor hits Captain America's shield? :clown:
No I would have to say if your not American the excitement will not be so great at all at all.
Problems I see are
1:The plot could do with tightening up a bit as you have to have seen Thor to properly understand this movie.
2: There is too much going on cast wise chop half the cast and there is no appreciable differ in the plot.
3:Captain America is a big pile of :daisy: honestly yanks may get some shiver seeing him on screen but the rest of the world is more meh (they would have been better leaving him in WW2 to be honest)
4:The Black widow and useless Archery character could be completely be removed with little effort from the script
5 Just make Ironman 3 and get on with it(Not that Ironman isnt full of meh but the jokes are just better)
basically a middling to fairly decent enough summer action movie and nothing more.
Come on, one does not need to be American to enjoy a good comic book based film. I for one am not from America, at all.
Out of curiosity, what is your favourite superhero movie?
Come on, one does not need to be American to enjoy a good comic book based film. I for one am not from America, at all.
Out of curiosity, what is your favourite superhero movie?
I bet the Hulk because he's green
gaelic cowboy
05-03-2012, 17:34
Come on, one does not need to be American to enjoy a good comic book based film. I for one am not from America, at all.
You do to have any kind of gra for Captain America it's telling that people did go to see his film here but there was no audience reaction to him and there wasnt any this time either. If it wasnt for the few jokes they worked into then Cap is a lost cause, they should have played up the out of time factor for more laughs to be honest.
Out of curiosity, what is your favourite superhero movie?
Maybe Batman Begins or Kickass I havent really thought about it to be honest.
I will watch a Popcorntastic Michael Baysplosionfest as much as the next man but there are limits to my excitement.
This movie falls flat regular and mainly where there obviously trying to advance comicbook lore.
For example the scene with the aircraft carrier being turned into a helicarrier just did not have a wow factor at all thats criminal in my view.
There is a great movie in here somewhere but it's not this one, I suspect it will be Avengers 2 this was merely throwing up the sliotar for a puc out by the goalie or a soft throw to a baseball fella.
It is worthy of going seeing but to be honest it's only a small bit more exciting than Captain America or Green Lantern was and they pretty much fell flat.
Maybe it's me but I dont get the huge lovefest about the Avengers must be down to cartoons people watched as kids or summit.
If it was me I woulda scraped the whole Shield/Nick Fury idea and just make the Avengers something that Ironman came up with himself. Just because Fury blah blah is the comiclore reason is not reason enough to make it the movie reason for the Avengers to assemble together. Captain America, Thor and Ironman is enough you want the Black Widow character they could have kept her as Starks PA from Ironman2.
Not the best not and the worst I ever saw satisfactory student is the term I would use on a test paper.
Proletariat
05-04-2012, 02:47
Into the Abyss - I'm really liking this Werner Herzog guy. Excellent documentary on a triple homicide in Texas that left two convicted; one for life and one to die. It's a powerful and gruesome story and Herzog is upfront that he himself is quite against the death penalty, but he does an excellent job of creating empathy for either side of the debate. Not light fare at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uV1_Yc8OSw&feature=youtu.be
Proletariat
05-04-2012, 02:48
Outrage - Entertaining yarn about the struggles in a Yakuza operation. I doubt there went 60 seconds without someone getting beaten, disfigured, shot, tortured. The sets, style, dress and violence carry the convoluted and nearly ridiculous story. The following trailer seems stupid especially with the music and slow mo that isn't ever present in the movie. It does give a taste of the directing style which is superb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pWRU0A0TbM
Crazed Rabbit
05-07-2012, 05:42
I saw the Avengers. It's amazing.
Well written, well directed, well acted and good special effects.
Whedon managed to mix superheroes from 4 different franchises into one movie and make it work.
CR
Prussian to the Iron
05-11-2012, 03:32
Tucker and Dale vs Evil. On Netflix, really funny movie. Basically an anti-horror movie, and serves to send the message that people shouldn't be judged by what they look like, how they talk, or where they live. Only an hour and a half long, so if you have the time you should definitely watch it.
Hooahguy
05-11-2012, 04:46
Horrible Bosses
Totally overrated. Barely amusing.
6/10
Tucker and Dale vs Evil. On Netflix, really funny movie. Basically an anti-horror movie, and serves to send the message that people shouldn't be judged by what they look like, how they talk, or where they live. Only an hour and a half long, so if you have the time you should definitely watch it.
Yup. Saw this one a while back and laughed my jaws sore. Nice black comedy to watch if you're having a doozy of a day.
Predators - 2.5 of 5 Stars
It kind of sucked actually. The first Predator was much better. There was though, one part that was IMHO really epic.
The main character is examining the wound on one of his teammates, when the other one (who is, unbeknown to him, a crazy killer who just paralyzed his teammate) says "I thought you were a really asshole, but you came back. I guess you are a good person after all." As he comes behind the main character with a knife. The main character sees his paralyzed teammate hyper-ventilating though, and knows that the crazy guys is about to kill him. He spins around and sticks the knife into the crazy guy, and says "No, but I am fast."
I don't know, maybe I am just a little immature, but I thought that was pretty awesome.
I saw Insidious (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YbOMDI59k) recently. I think good, fun horror movies are hard to find, but this one left me satisfied. :yes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YbOMDI59k
Expendables: Director's Cut - 10/5 Stars
Yeah, that good. Honestly, it is 50 times better than the non-directors cut. I am not sure I will be able to watch the theatrical release after seeing this.
You could also just buy me a drink.
gaelic cowboy
05-17-2012, 16:24
Predators - 2.5 of 5 Stars
It kind of sucked actually. The first Predator was much better. There was though, one part that was IMHO really epic.
The main character is examining the wound on one of his teammates, when the other one (who is, unbeknown to him, a crazy killer who just paralyzed his teammate) says "I thought you were a really asshole, but you came back. I guess you are a good person after all." As he comes behind the main character with a knife. The main character sees his paralyzed teammate hyper-ventilating though, and knows that the crazy guys is about to kill him. He spins around and sticks the knife into the crazy guy, and says "No, but I am fast."
I don't know, maybe I am just a little immature, but I thought that was pretty awesome.
I would go to 3 out of 5 for Predators if were taking it that the original Predator is a 5 out of 5 movie.
The newer movie is the best since the original even with all it's flaws and is certainly better than Predator 2 and AVP 1 an 2 combined.
Finally managed to lay my hands on a copy of Hobo with a Shotgun.
It is insanely bloody. I mean it makes Machete look like Sunday morning cartoons for kids. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea. My friend went out of the room when they started sawing the girl's neck.
That said I found it OK. The it was fun watch the titular hobo with his shotgun, although I would've liked maybe a few more bad guys dying.
Also I felt the end was a little sad, although in hindsight I guess it sat well with the overall grim theme of the movie. And the greatest heroes always die.
Yeah it's very violent but also hilarious. Reminds me of classics like The 'Toxic Avenger' or 'Bad Taste', so rediculously violent that you can help but laugh. I loved the plague, can beat badguys who carry portable gallows. And the oneliners are awesome.
Hooahguy
05-20-2012, 20:17
The Dictator
Many funny scenes, a few amazingly hilarious scenes; overall, great movie, though not as great as Borat.
8/10
I saw Dark Shadows last night. It had some ok moments but then there were times when I really wished the movie was over, I got depressed about half way through the movie when I realized that the climax hadn't come yet and I still had to watch it. The acting was intentionally bad for comedic effect but it wasn't funny, just hard to watch. The humor was awful, I didn't laugh once and hardly anyone in the audience did either. Johnny Depp was a little bit entertaining to watch and the setting was interesting but not enough to save the movie. 3/10.
Peasant Phill
05-21-2012, 10:09
I saw Dark Shadows last night. It had some ok moments but then there were times when I really wished the movie was over, I got depressed about half way through the movie when I realized that the climax hadn't come yet and I still had to watch it. The acting was intentionally bad for comedic effect but it wasn't funny, just hard to watch. The humor was awful, I didn't laugh once and hardly anyone in the audience did either. Johnny Depp was a little bit entertaining to watch and the setting was interesting but not enough to save the movie. 3/10.
I also felt that it was more of the same. Burton and Depp should probably stop working with each other for quite a while.
Meh to hear, love Burton's movies
Watching The Crusader, awesome Swedish series with incredible production values. Especially the sound is simply fantastic, my trusty Beovision says I :sweetheart:
Peasant Phill
05-28-2012, 20:13
Watching The Pacific, a 10-part mini-series by the same people who did Band of Brothers. In short: Its not as good. I don't know how else to say it, I'm really dissapointed so far. Still have 7 episodes to go though, so maybe it'll get better. The Pacific War was unprecedented in every way, from the size of the theatre, to the composition of forces, to the methods of fighting, to the wholly unique way the war ended. It deserves more than the cheezy and cliche stuff i've seen in the first 3 episodes.
It's good but as you say it can't match Band of Brothers. To many uninteresting characters for starters.
Major Robert Dump
05-29-2012, 05:19
Machete
When it was first released and I saw the lead actor I thought that this is the man who get's whupped by Antonio Banderas and I did not watch it.
Then after hearing a lot of good things about it I finally did watch it. And it's everything a guy can want in a film of the genre. Blood, gore and sex aplenty. And it's got some funny, outrageous moments too. The thermometer in the guy's neck. The bit where he kidnaps the daughter and the wife. Full of win.
All in all excellent film. Must watch for fans of the genre.
Danny Trejo has made a career out of playing the badguy/biker-with-the-heart-of-gold in countless b-list moves (think van damme type stuff), and sometimes play a minor role in larger films like Heat, and Devils Rejects. He's actually a pretty decent actor and can carry his lines just fine if you consider that he is like 6'4" and is 60 years old
Major Robert Dump
05-29-2012, 05:30
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans being his #1. That movie is too awesome for words.
"His soul is still dancing! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Madness. Con Air was terrible, the whole premise was dumb, even him going to prison in the first place.
Moostruck, Raising Arizona and Leaving Las Vegas are Cage's finest work, and it is too bad he makes crap like National Treasure and Bad Lt these days.
What was the movie where he thought he was becoming a vampire and ran around the park with fake teeth chasing pigeons? That was a doozy as well
Hooahguy
05-29-2012, 13:42
Watching The Pacific, a 10-part mini-series by the same people who did Band of Brothers. In short: Its not as good. I don't know how else to say it, I'm really dissapointed so far. Still have 7 episodes to go though, so maybe it'll get better. The Pacific War was unprecedented in every way, from the size of the theatre, to the composition of forces, to the methods of fighting, to the wholly unique way the war ended. It deserves more than the cheezy and cliche stuff i've seen in the first 3 episodes.
Tell me about it.
What I hated the most about the series was how they introduced us to so many characters that by the end when they did the "what did they do afterwards" thing I had no idea who half of them were.
If they stuck to Sledge then it would have been better.
Hooahguy
05-31-2012, 02:11
Now that i've finished it, I have mixed feelings. Some of the episodes were fantastic, and some of the characters were too. John Basilone's entire story-arc was great, and so was Sledge's. The snarky cool-guy that sledge makes friends with is also a very memorable character. Compared to Band of Brothers, I felt the characters were (mostly) more believable and human.
What? The Pacific pales in every way when compared to Band of Brothers.
Gregoshi
05-31-2012, 04:59
My biggest beef with The Pacific was how hammy it got, though.
Wait...that's two different meats. :no:
Girl with the Dragon Tattoe, it's good but slightly annoying. If you do an American remake what's wrong with letting it take place in the US with American characters instead of with actors mimmicking a scandinavian accent, it wouldn't hurt the story in any way. It distracts from what is really the superior version imho.
Oh and,
Best intro whatsitcalled I have ever seen, beautiful
Crazed Rabbit
06-13-2012, 07:10
Saw Chronicle.
Enjoyed it, with one gripe; no high school kids in the pacific northwest would carry around umbrellas at school. Clearly the script was written by (dundunDUN) an out of stater!
CR
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, great fun. Awesome gadgets, great action and cheesy humor. Perfect entertainment.
Hooahguy
06-22-2012, 13:29
Saw Chronicle.
Enjoyed it, with one gripe; no high school kids in the pacific northwest would carry around umbrellas at school. Clearly the script was written by (dundunDUN) an out of stater!
CR
I was watching it with my friend from Seattle and he mentioned the same thing.
Otherwise the movie was great. Did a great job chronicling Andrew's decent into insanity.
Not to mention some really funny scenes.
Major Robert Dump
06-23-2012, 05:50
Hey guys the new Twilight Trailers are out.
Hey guys the new Twilight Trailers are out.
Time to get a bottle of rum then.
Time to get a bottle of rum then.
Don't mind if I join you?
Don't mind if I join you?
More the merrier :yes:
We should form a club.
Major Robert Dump
06-24-2012, 04:17
Um
Serbian Film.
Yeah. I would say as bad as, if not worse than, Human Caterpillar 2, although the violence seemed to be a bit more motivated and believable than HC2.
I actually thought it was a good movie, because over the top disgusting violence for the sake of violence does not disturb me, but I ca see how it would not appeal to the 99%
Hobo With A Shotgun - 0/5 Stars
I just saw HWaS since Frags recommended it. It sucks. That is honestly one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. Seriously Frags, you like that and not the Expendables? I just don't understand... :P
Major Robert Dump
06-27-2012, 20:59
HAHA
Hobo With A Shotgun - 0/5 Stars
I just saw HWaS since Frags recommended it. It sucks. That is honestly one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. Seriously Frags, you like that and not the Expendables? I just don't understand... :P
It's intentionally awful, and everybody is into the joke. Yeah it's a terrible movie but with a wink. It has a wealth of stupid oneliners, and let's not forget two villains who kill people with portable gallows. So it's a 5/5 by law. It's obvious that they were just having a great time making it, and that is where The Expendables failed so miserably, it's so joyless. Awesome action, but only Dolph Lundgren is a fun character. With such a cast it should have been a joy, but it's so sterile. Will of course be watching the sequel anyway.
Major Robert Dump
06-28-2012, 13:41
Machine Gun Preacher
9/10
I liked the topic. Funny how that whole issue gets ignored by the west for the past 20 years and picks up traction due to some hippie docudrama... yet the subject of this film has been boots on ground over there for the past decade fighting the good fight and it gets ignored by good hollywood
It's intentionally awful, and everybody is into the joke. Yeah it's a terrible movie but with a wink. It has a wealth of stupid oneliners, and let's not forget two villains who kill people with portable gallows. So it's a 5/5 by law. It's obvious that they were just having a great time making it, and that is where The Expendables failed so miserably, it's so joyless. Awesome action, but only Dolph Lundgren is a fun character. With such a cast it should have been a joy, but it's so sterile. Will of course be watching the sequel anyway.
I guess I just didn't see the charm. :P
Come now, Jet Li's character was funny as heck too. Statham's was pretty funny as well. Expendables wasn't a comedy. Despite being a cheesy action movie, it had a very dark, serious message and story line. They couldn't have had too much fun without devaluing that.
The Grey - 2/5
I heard excellent things about this movie, so I was excited to finally get it out at Redbox and see it. I gotta say, I was very disappointed. It was horribly unrealistic on so many levels. It was pulled off rather poorly, with way too much drama with him and his wife. I gotta say, it was very disappointing.
Hooahguy
06-29-2012, 21:58
The Grey - 2/5
I heard excellent things about this movie, so I was excited to finally get it out at Redbox and see it. I gotta say, I was very disappointed. It was horribly unrealistic on so many levels. It was pulled off rather poorly, with way too much drama with him and his wife. I gotta say, it was very disappointing.
I thought the ending monologue was amazing.
I thought the ending monologue was amazing.
eerr...to each his own I guess.
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