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I now pronounce you chuck and larry
the first half hours is good, but then it goes downhill. but i will say the BEST part of that movie was when jessica biel stripped to her bra and panties.
8/10 only because of jessica stripping.
Blatant clone of a 2004 aussie movie Strange Bedfellows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Bedfellows_(2004_film)). The worst thing not being the obvious clone, because hollywood always does crappy remakes, no the worst thing is that they are just downright rude and don't even have the good grace to admit that they've cut and paste the plot. Unlike Chuck and Larry, Strange Bedfellows is actually a very funny and interesting movie and I would recomend it to anyone who likes a good laugh.
Hooahguy
08-11-2009, 14:46
Blatant clone of a 2004 aussie movie Strange Bedfellows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Bedfellows_(2004_film)). The worst thing not being the obvious clone, because hollywood always does crappy remakes, no the worst thing is that they are just downright rude and don't even have the good grace to admit that they've cut and paste the plot. Unlike Chuck and Larry, Strange Bedfellows is actually a very funny and interesting movie and I would recomend it to anyone who likes a good laugh.
does it have Jessica biel in it too?
Ah no. We prefer actors who can act, comedy that's funny, and we don't appreciate blantant rip-offs. Look familiar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxzBYzONL2I
EDIT
Sandler getting very nervous and stammering alot when asked about the cut and paste plot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MgG3vGcQiQ&NR=1
Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
Excellent Movie, yet horribly sad... It really does show the cruelty of the Nazi Germany.
Hooahguy
08-13-2009, 06:00
Epic Movie
more like Epic Fail Movie.
3/10
Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
Excellent Movie, yet horribly sad... It really does show the cruelty of the Nazi Germany.
Is that the movie with the boy in de deserted ghetto? The name rings a bell and I have been looking for that movie forever.
seireikhaan
08-15-2009, 04:47
Evolution: 8/10
This movie makes me :beam:
Evolution: 8/10
This movie makes me :beam:
Lol fun movie!
Battlestar Galactica Razor:
Like a really loooong episode...
7/10
Watchmen, it's....... dunno what to make of it. It's certainly stylish I think I'm gonna pick up te comic book to see what all the fuzz is about.
Kralizec
08-19-2009, 17:50
Breach
A great spy movie about an FBI employee tasked to spy as an undercover clerk on a senior agent. I won't tell you more than that as it would spoil a mid-early twist in the plot. It's based on a true story that happened fairly recently.
9/10
"Good day, pusscake"
Gran Torino. Awesome film. :thumbsup:
Mouzafphaerre
08-20-2009, 21:49
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Der Untergang
One of the best movies ever made and I mean it! :bow: Bruno Ganz (Adolf Hitler) deserves every praise and more for his monumental character composition. Ulrich Matthes (Joseph Göbbels) should be credited too. Cinematographically the film is a tad better than perfect. :2thumbsup:
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Treevenge
This is one of the most disturbing shorts I've ever seen, I won't even link it. It was screened at Sundance and won some awards. Recommended for more mature audiences who enjoy dark humor, this movie is definitely not for kids though.
And don't send me any hate mail if you were offended by this masterpiece.
WTF/10
Kralizec
08-22-2009, 22:32
The band's visit
(Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
This is a film about an Egyptian police orchestra wich is invited to perform in Israel. Because of some trouble on the way, they're forced to spend the night in a small Israeli town somewhere in the desert but fortunately a few Israeli's offer them a place to stay.
It's an interesting premise and the acting is good enough but there's one flaw: it's rather slow paced.
6.5/10
District 9. Good, impressive visuals.
District 9 (2009) is a sci-fi film, but not a good one. It's highly derivative of other films which wouldn't be so bad if the cinematography, acting, plot, characters and music were of decent quality which they are not. The science is also implausible and illogical. This studio has a lot of nerve releasing this film at a full price admission. It's more like a direct to DVD release. My friend, who I went with to see this headache inducing movie, walked out half way through it. I stayed to see if it would get better, and it didn't. Not Recommended unless all you are looking for is an excessively gory action film with many scenes shot with a very jerky camera.
Ponyo. (Animated) Done by the same guy who did Spirited Away.
Spirited Away was a masterpiece, but Ponyo, according to my kids, was cute, but was geared towards five-year olds. Not in the same league as Swept Away at all.
Don't Mess With the Zohan - Stupid funny with some good jokes here and there that had me laughing pretty good. Not to mention the supporting "Palestinian" actress was really hot!
6/10 <- Tho I wouldn't watch it again :yes:... well maybe to just see that actress again ;)
Just saw it. Pretty bad movie. Unbearable in parts. But oh my is Emmanuelle Chriqui hawt! :balloon2:
Sasaki Kojiro
08-26-2009, 07:39
GI Joe--great
Inglourious Basterds--great
ok so I suck at movie reviews. Well if you liked the trailers for these two you'll like the movie.
Hooahguy
08-26-2009, 18:25
Inglorious Basterds
an overall good movie but i felt detached from it due to some scenes were too laughable. but overall it was good.
8/10
seireikhaan
08-26-2009, 21:54
Inglorious Bastards: 9/10.
Was a bit dull for awhile, and I didn't care for some of the minor characters. However, some truly great scenes, Pitt was excellent, and the German commander played his role brilliantly.
Also, the end was fairly unexpected, for which I congratulate Tarantino on his creativity.
Defiance, excellent raw war-movie. You will not like the nazi's.
Just saw it. Pretty bad movie. Unbearable in parts. But oh my is Emmanuelle Chriqui hawt! :balloon2:
Almost unbearable but that girl was hawt indeed :yes: And thanks for the name!
Mouzafphaerre
09-03-2009, 19:38
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Zwartboek :2thumbsup:
Thanks to Fragony et al who had recommended it years ago. It has been in my archive since then but I hadn't had the chance to watch it until my friend, at whose I was a guest yesternight, happened to have it ready. :jumping:
Blessed is our generation. :yes: Carise van Houten was born in 1976. We never gets old my precious, we dont! ~D
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Che
Finished part two yesterday. Che is a decent biopic of one of the most influential figures in history. However, the movie is way too long, but Benicio Del Toro's stunning performance somehow makes it less boring. I think a movie about the icon of pop culture could've been more exciting and emotional.
8/10 for a biopic.
Blessed is our generation. :yes: Carise van Houten was born in 1976. We never gets old my precious, we dont! ~D
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Want her number?
Want her number?
Knowing you Frag. You aren't joking. :laugh4:
Mouzafphaerre
09-04-2009, 13:48
Want her number?
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Sometime! ~D
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Knowing you Frag. You aren't joking. :laugh4:
Well I am not joking I know her
edit: and no
Owen Glyndwr
09-09-2009, 06:25
Well, to alleviate the massive boredom of the interim summer between High School and University, I've been putting the Netflix "watch instantly" feature to good use. I've been going through their collection of Foreign films. I've started trying to watch one a day. I find it really fun to watch films from countries that aren't the US, particularly in foreign languages! So, what the hey? I'll give you my thoughts on the films I've seen thus far.
Jodhaa Akbar
I gotta be honest, this is the first Bollywood movie I've ever seen, so I have no idea what to compare it to. That said, overall I liked it. The story was compelling. The CGI work was quite impressive (certainly more impressive than what I was expecting). The action scenes were great! Three very cool Kung-fu movie-esque dueling scenes! Plus I always have a sort of wow factor when I'm watching a film in a language I've never heard before.
Now, for some of my gripes. I'm really not sure whether to put this in the like or gripes category, but it was LONG. 3 1/2 hours long. I like that it's long because I like long movies, especially adaptations of novels or history. I feel they can be more specific, which is always a good thing for me. The thing that annoyed me was the random song and dance sequences. I counted about 2 or 3 extended song and dance sequences which ranged from 15-25 minutes in length. And maybe 6 or 7 shorter ones (usually just singing) that lasted about 5 mins each. I have no problem with musicals. I love musicals, but these were totally random (note: I have no idea if this kind of thing is the norm for Bollywood), and just went on and on.
One thing I found entertaining was that, because the story revolves around a Muslim marrying a Hindi, the filmmakers really pushed a sort of religious tolerance. I didn't say it was necessarily a good thing. I just said it was entertaining how shamelessly they seemed to weave it into the story line.
What I really liked, however, was how well they interwove the two elements of the story. The first is the Male lead: Akbar the Great's mission to unify Rajputana. This arc consists of a few battles, with a lot of Politics, that I found interesting. The second is the romance between Akbar and Jodhaa, and this follows a slightly cliché kind of story where the girl finds him repulsive at first, but then slowly realizes that there is more to the man than meets the eye, and she soon finds herself falling for him against her will (cue eye rolling). I thought they played the two story arcs really well. Usually when you have two arcs like that, you tend to get one being decidedly better than the other, to the extent that one arc bores you, and you spend the whole time wanting to get back to the other. I didn't think this film had that. I found both elements to the story equally engaging, and both arcs came to a (in my mind) satisfying conclusion.
Overall I really liked it, though it did have it's faults. I think I'd give it a 7.5/10 or maybe an 8/10. Although, if you do watch it, but don't know the actual history, I highly recommend that you don't look up the real story, unless you like being disappointed. Hehe.
I'll do some other write-ups tomorrow if anyone is interested.
Hooahguy
09-09-2009, 11:58
Knowing
a few parts that try to be creepy, and a few actually great disaster scenes, but the rest is corny.
6/10
Is that the movie with the boy in de deserted ghetto? The name rings a bell and I have been looking for that movie forever.
No that's a different movie.
Mouzafphaerre
09-10-2009, 22:10
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Margaret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_(2009_film))
Lindsay Duncan (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242026/) is a marvel. :2thumbsup:
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Alexander the Pretty Good
09-12-2009, 16:48
Che
Finished part two yesterday. Che is a decent biopic of one of the most influential figures in history. However, the movie is way too long, but Benicio Del Toro's stunning performance somehow makes it less boring. I think a movie about the icon of pop culture could've been more exciting and emotional.
8/10 for a biopic.
Couldn't resist commenting on this since it's at the top of the page but "most influential figures in history" is a real stretch. At most he was an influential figure in Cold War, mostly in South America. There are plenty of much more influential people just from that time period though. Simply because they aren't on t-shirts doesn't make them inconsequential, and the reverse is also true.
He was influential for some people alright, nobody could murder whole family's like Che.
SwordsMaster
09-13-2009, 21:30
Want her number?
Do you have to ask?
Sounds like the makings of an interesting backroom thread. :yes:
Inglorious Basterds was out-freaking-standing. I can some it up in one sentance...
"Let me introduce you to my friend, The Bear Jew!"
what about...
"Well I speak the most Italian, so I'll be your escort."
followed by:
"Bon Giorno!" :laugh4:
what about...
"Well I speak the most Italian, so I'll be your escort."
followed by:
"Bon Giorno!" :laugh4:
"But I don't speak Italian"
"Like I said, third best."
Intimite Enemies, french warmovie about the war in Algeria. They are bastards but they aren't glorious, truly outstanding war-movie
I want to review "Alone in the dark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(2005_film))" made a a certain uwe boll (I probably mispelled it). Its supposed to be based off a video game, but it looks nothing like it. the story is inconsistant, it has a convoluted plot that is no plot, a paradox that actually defies the laws of physics. It has a scene where all the action is shot in the dark (making us miss the action), then a ridiculous scene where a bullet flies 10 ft away from a zombie woman and yet somehow kills her dead, and a woman who slaps a guy after hugging him, then goes to his house and bungs with him-I mean WTH?!! a woman who supposedly died rears her head up as the protagonists leave her(?!), and there is this nervously shocked man who can survive bullets, broken glass, car accidents, and falling, but can't survive a rusty spike to the belly, and the protagonist makes this wierd street fighter style kick. and the worst part is, they ripped off the most sacred movie to me: the evil dead:furious3:
rating: FB, (i.e -oo/10) those oo are supposed to be the infinity sign :wall:
ask these (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/11343-alone) three if you don't believe me! (warning: may be coarse and explicit in insulting both the director and the movie)
they ripped off the most sacred movie to me: the evil dead:furious3:
Evil Dead is so bad it's hilarious! :beam:
Evil Dead is so bad it's hilarious! :beam:
had a change of mind? But yeah
Hooahguy
09-18-2009, 16:44
Gamer
excellent movie, a must-see.
10/10
I just saw Gamer myself and I'd have to say a 10 outta 10 is to much for a movie such as gamer. Interesting premise and all but the whole movie fell flat. It was one of those movies that needed to be longer and flesh out some more characters and story arcs. All-in-all.... pretty lame from my point of view for a movie that could have had a lot more potential.
4-5/10
Evil Dead is so bad it's hilarious! :beam:
BLASPHEMER!!! *stones Psychonaut to death*
Intimite Enemies, french warmovie about the war in Algeria. They are bastards but they aren't glorious, truly outstanding war-movie
Watched it again, needs more hyperbole, this is the best war-movie. Very realistic characters, very convincing battles (almost never see any enemies), but the big star of the show is Algeria, so foreign and hostile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEoPpPNHdWI
Saw The Dark Knight again recently. I have to say I really like it, especially compared to other super hero movies (recently saw both the Watchmen and Wolverine...).
Dutch_guy
09-20-2009, 15:21
Anyone seen 9 yet? Looks pretty interesting for a cartoon.
The animations and general idea behind the movie are great, but in my opinion the plot was a tad too simplistic - it left a lot to be desired. It could have been better, but I wouldn't say it was a waste of money.
:balloon2:
Watched it again, needs more hyperbole, this is the best war-movie. Very realistic characters, very convincing battles (almost never see any enemies), but the big star of the show is Algeria, so foreign and hostile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEoPpPNHdWI
Oooh, great preview, gonna have to see if that's available in the U.S.A.
Hmm. Hard to tell if it was properly released (http://www.amazon.com/Na-Mira-Do-Inimigo-Intimate/dp/B00169FVOE/) here. Only available used ... which could mean a few different things ...
Tried the French title? 'L'ennemi intime'
Looks like it was never released (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825248/releaseinfo) in the U.S., either theatrically or on disc, which suggests that the "used" DVDs on Amazon are of uncertain provenance (cough cough Hong Kong cough cough).
All of which means there is no iron-clad fool-proof legal way to see the movie here. Which sucks.
"IT'S A BIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Is that how you Americans say?"
Guess... great movie, little slow, but good all the same. Hot French lass as well.
"IT'S A BIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Is that how you Americans say?"
Guess... great movie, little slow, but good all the same. Hot French lass as well.
Not to mention the even hotter German one :2thumbsup:
Hooahguy
09-21-2009, 17:34
read somewhere that Megan Fox is actually a guy. thoughts?
i dont believe it though.
Saw Jennifer's Body. Was actually not bad at all. They don't skimp on the sexyness of Megan Fox, but at the same time it doesn't feel like that's all the movie is about. It was very funny, parts of it were suspensful, and it was overall an enjoyable experience.
Plus Megan Fox is hawt.
That movie is full of false advertising!!
We were promissed boobage!!!....:furious3: there is no boobage....:embarassed:
That movie is full of false advertising!!
We were promissed boobage!!!....:furious3: there is no boobage....:embarassed:
Which is just plain ridiculous. It's rated R here in the States, if you are going to go R, you may as well throw in the gratuitous topless scene. :no:
Hooahguy
09-21-2009, 20:27
Which is just plain ridiculous. It's rated R here in the States, if you are going to go R, you may as well throw in the gratuitous topless scene. :no:
i dont get it either. what is Ms Fox afraid of?
i dont get it either. what is Ms Fox afraid of?
Doing a nude photoshoot for Transformers 3: Rise of the Cleavagites :sweatdrop:
Tratorix
09-22-2009, 04:40
That movie is full of false advertising!!
We were promissed boobage!!!....:furious3: there is no boobage....:embarassed:
Well, its a good thing I heard about this, now I don't have to bother seeing it.
read somewhere that Megan Fox is actually a guy. thoughts?
i dont believe it though.
If so he definately fooled me, and I would do him.
I was looking for something to watch over lunch and happened to switch on The Thin Red Line partway on TV. It's over 10 years old and although I like good war movies, something about this one had put me off seeking it out. But wow - it made an impression. Let's just say I had a long lunch break.
I probably missed the first hour and so made a cold entry into the stunning combat scenes in the middle. At one level, they seemed to depict amazing heroics by the US soldiers - neutralising an MG nest with stunning efficiency. It reminded me a lot of Band of Brothers, although it was clear this was not an elite outfit like the airborne. But at another, they also brilliantly captured the emotions of the men on both sides. The Americans were terrified, confused, at times hysterical. It seemed almost serendipitous that they gradually seemed to step up a gear and press their attack with textbook proficiency.
Subsequently, the depiction of storming a Japanese camp was strangely the first war film I have seen where I thought war was murder. Although the Japanese were armed and Americans were dying in the assault, it was a depiction of slaughter much like you would imagine a US cavalry charge rampaging through a native American camp. I later read on the net that the Japanese were supposed to have been weakened by hunger and disease. Many did seem enfeebled and traumatised, although many did fight bravely if rather ineffectively. There was something terrible about the killing that justified the anti-war voice over and tilt of the film. Anti-war movies are two a penny and the idea of war as murder sounds like a cliche, but somehow no other film made me think it those terms. Typically, they shy away from it, focusing on "fair" combat as kill or be killed or otherwise depict tragic deaths as "collateral" accidental damage. This was the first film that made me think I would have a problem killing a man with a gun who was trained and ordered to kill me. It's not murder, but it is taking a young life and as such hard to contemplate.
The ending of the film was more slow burning than the intense almost pure combat of the middle, but it made me want to see the whole thing from the start. It was beautiful to look at and the acting was impressive.
I really don't know why it took me over 10 years to find it.
Ramses II CP
09-26-2009, 00:53
On The Thin Red Line; of course what we take from a movie is always colored by our own bias and perspective, but I didn't see this film as anti-war. Instead I felt that it captured the sense that war is not about good guys and bad guys, or about two equal opponents contesting with each other. More often, for those on the ground, it's about miscommunication, misguided ambition, and overwhelming force brought to bear against hopeless resistance. Though there was really nothing good about what happened to the fighting men their own quality, positive and negative, still carried through in life and death.
Then we're treated to a rather foolish speech in the end which, despite being naive, still manages, in context, to convey that although war may not in any sense be noble it is still an unavoidable necessity and even a worthwhile endeavor. All the pomposity, the false ideals, even the deaths of questionable necessity (murder) serve a larger goal that is essential and inescapable.
In other words, war cannot be conducted perfectly, but it cannot always be prevented either. The stories we tell ourselves to make it acceptable aren't true, but they're still an important part of the process that make it possible to fight at all.
I felt that the story itself was overly complex and needlessly long, but the characters still carried it to be a successful war film in the end. Not my favorite, but enjoyable.
:egypt:
Banquo's Ghost
10-03-2009, 09:09
Creation.
A gentle, thoughtful film very well acted and written. It tells the story of Charles Darwin as he comes towards the moment where "Origin of Species" is finally finished, but doesn't dwell much on the science or the theory itself. The story rather, examines the internal struggle of the man and the strain his ideas place on his marriage with Emma, a deeply religious woman who feels her world collapsing at her own husband's hand. In this, the script is an allegory of the greater cataclysm in thought to come once the book is published.
This storm of emotion centres around Darwin's most beloved child, Annie, and his guilt about her fate. Is it connected with his own struggle with God and loss of faith, or worse still, his understanding now developed that marriage with his first cousin may have created risks for their offspring? I found it a deeply religious story, exploring the eternal themes of faith and loss - and how one faces the challenge of the reality of the world and tragedy.
It's a very human film, bringing gargantuan themes down to a family in crisis. Subtle, beautifully filmed - perhaps slow if you don't like lengthy character development and understated dialogue about ideas (remember, this is a Victorian family setting). It relies on unannounced flashbacks, with only small visual clues to define the new frame, which is mildly confusing at first but brings great power to the themes as they develop.
Darwin is my great hero, and I was afraid of the usual historical aberrations - but the film is pretty faithful, with just one or two minor manipulations. Paul Bettany holds the film very well indeed as the tortured Darwin, without allowing sentimentality to take over - except at the two moments it was necessary, which had me in tears.
I can greatly recommend this film - I understand it is not going to be distributed everywhere (hopefully that will change) but see it if you can.
Cool as Ice (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/11980-coolice)
another typical promotional video, this time of Vanilla ice (do such people really exist?). The man is a bad actor, is way too corny, and the story is stilted and senseless, with no imagination, no wit, no reason. I am still suffering a headache from all the falcepalms I did regarding the movie, and am suffering from the "hanger to the face" feeling from the sheer stupidity of it, as well as the last move I reviewed (Alone in the dark). I recommend that all people avoid the movie, so as not to suffer from its ill effects.
I seem to get into the habit of seeing :daisy: movies. and of course the nostalgia critic (see above) usually turns out to agree with me.
rating: 0/10
Gabriel (2007, Australia; Religious Sci-Fi/Horror)
+ Some interesting martial action
+ Very nice special effects for their budget
- Incredibly lame plot
- Overall bad acting
- Plain characters
- Unoriginal
- Did I mention the plot was bad?
Okay, let's get this out of the way first. I might be biased, because I don't follow the Christian faith. However, the movie on its own was horrible. Gabriel is about the epic battle between Angels and Demons (sorry) over control of purgatory. But seriously, why the hell did they choose this incredibly lame idea. I have to be honest, the special effects and fighting scenes had some pretty good moments (although the latter resembled The Matrix a lot on several occasions).
The movie is about the Arch-Angel Gabriel (called Arcs in the movie, for some reason) who was sent by God (who isn't even mention by name in the entire movie, to regain control over Purgatory which has been lost to the Fallen Angels! Oh no! Those Arcs that are still alive have gone into hiding and are laying low at the moment, with the lady (there has to be a lady ;-;) being forced to work as a prostitute after she decided to go after the main bad guy (and lost). Of course, he saves her, they have sex, same old same old. The movie ends with this horrible plot twist (horrible being incredibly lame, not gasp-provoking horrible. Well, perhaps for the incredible lameness) and of course, good wins. End good all good, whatever.
The only thing that was somewhat likeable was the fact that Gabriel (after seeing his allies die) flips out and goes on a killing spree. That was slightly interesting, but for the love of God, the rest of the movie was so unoriginal. The plot-twist is visible from about 15 minutes into the movie, and it gets quite a drag seeing Gabriel talk to his allies, proceed to mate with his girly-girlfriend (did I mention they're angels), killing the baddies. After 30 minutes, I started to do something else, because I got the general message.
If you like good action scenes with some gore and a plot that could have been created by a retarted monkey, this movie is for you. I recommend watching it with your girlfriend, you've got enough time to make out and cover her eyes not to despoil her innocence by the foul images that will inevitably flood the screen after some thirty minutes.
For some reason, film-makers see this as a formula that is bound to work:
1) Hero goes to a place
2) Place is in a bad shape, hero inquires with allies (and possibly girlfriend)
3) Hero starts to kill/destroy/demolish the evil people
4) Things are looking up, movie speeds up
5) Out of revenge, the main evil guy kills the hero's allies, which...
6) Make things seem bad, but...
7) In the end, hero kills villain, hero and girlfriend live, everything works out happily ever after.
That's my first review of the horror movies I saw.
Next up: Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call, Japanese version)
Zombieland - It was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I laughed pretty much through most if not all of the movie. It also did a very good job at getting a very packed theater to jump and scream despite being a comdey, it also had some moment of in your face... gore (ala Ingoreous Basterds) which was done well but also made you laugh at the same time. And I'll have to say that I have become even more disgusted with twinkies after watching that movie :no: There were only two things that really had me scratching my head. One was that there were quite a few times where they wasted a decent amount of ammunition when they found it... but again it was a comedy and did not really emphasize on serious survival.
9/10
I watched La Vie en Rose (2007) last night, a movie about the life and work of Edith Piaf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Piaf). Brilliant movie and great performance by Marion Cotillard (she was rewarded with a well deserved Academy award for it).
The movie tells the story of Piaf's life in a non-linear way and it constantly jumps back and forth between her childhood and life as a young woman, the period when she was at the height of her succes, her last years and her last days. The film is so good that you stay focused, so it's not at all difficult to follow and to get the entire story. Some moments deeply touched me and sometimes Marion Cotillard manages to give you a good image of what a strong woman and great artist Edith Piaf must have been. Sometimes, you can almost feel the power, the passion, the fire that must have been burning inside that woman.
Great movie and I highly recommend it, even if you don't know her music (which you should, really, even if you don't understand French, you'll still understand alot because of the way she performed. I believe it was one of the greatest artists ever and probably the greatest French artist ever.)
Hooahguy
10-08-2009, 20:20
X Men-Origins: Wolverine
a pretty good movie, but i didnt understand the beginning.
8.5/10
Hellboy 2, destroys the first. Hollywood a it's finest, it's funny, it's genuinly moving, and the action, man what a ride. Doesn't get much better than thisseems rather lacking in content
Chakushin Ari / One Missed Call (2004, Japan; supernatural horror)
+ Interesting plot development
+ Frightening moments
+ A realistic portrayal of supernatural events*
+ Good acting
- A bit goofy at times
- Same old, same old...
- A strange ending
Chakushin Ari was directed by Takashi Miike, the guy responsible for the incredibly good and sickening movie "The Audition", and instead of the realistic plot behind that movie, he has chosen to pick up the series of what I call the "Ju-on" legacy, focusing on the Japanese tradition of "yuurei", female spirits that have come back from the dead to haunt the living.
Now, the plot revolves around this cell phone, and this ghost is bound to these cellphones. It starts out with two girls during this dinner with friends, and they go to the bathroom. One of the girls gets a phone call, but when she looks at her cell phone, she notices something weird; it's her own number calling her. Then who was phone?! In any case, she did not answer the phone in time and a message is left: "One Missed Call". She then listens to the voicemail, which is the sound of herself talking on the phone and suddenly screaming.
..two days later, the girl who has received this mysterious cellphone is walking on a bridge overlooking a railway track, and she's talking to one of her friends on the phone (the one we saw in the beginning of the movie). Suddenly, she is picked up by this massive force and thrown on the tracks, in front of an uncoming train...
This is generally what Chakushin Ari is about. If you receive a call on your cellphone in a ringtone that is not yours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYjuaaKBfU) you will die the day after tomorrow, and you will witness the sound of you being killed.
This is interesting, nay? In any case, what I really liked about this movie is the fact that in the movie, rumours have spread about this cellphone, and it gets media attention. In the end, one of the victims is dragged into a reality show and a Buddhist exorcist makes his appearance (yes, of course I'm biased ;p) and tries to exorcise the ghost, failing hard.
Anyways, it's a pretty good plot, good characters, pretty realistic acting, save a bit of cliché acting during the first ending (there are several, as is common in J-Horror). The only bad things I can think of is that it could be perhaps too detailed for people who don't really want to pay attention to the plot, but are rather waiting for gore and stuff, and the ending is really weird and strange, and it's left to the viewer to think what eventually happened with the ghost.
Well, this movie gets an 8/10.
Next up: Shutter, Thai version.
*What I meant by "realistic portrayal" is the fact that if such a thing would occur, it would attract massive media attraction.
Obviously a very late review, but what the hey....
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
What complete and utter rubbish. Michael Bay took just about everything that was good from the first movie (pacing, humor, an at least marginal semblance of storyline and character development) and threw it out the proverbial window. The only new character to be even mildly amusing and/or interesting was Jetfire, and even he was completely nullified by the highly offensive (not to mention *unbelievably* irritating) "gangster" Autobots Mudflap and Skids. I was pleasantly surprised to see Frank Welker reprise his original series role as the voice of Soundwave, but that's one of the very few positive things I can say about this "movie".
This was far and away one of the worst films I've ever seen. I'm very glad I waited for it to come out in the dollar theater.
Final score: 1/10.
Ibn-Khaldun
10-11-2009, 09:04
Anyone seen the movie called "Surrogates"? Is it good? I saw it's trailer and found it quite interesting.
Hooahguy
10-12-2009, 15:42
i saw it. it was "eh"
Crazed Rabbit
10-12-2009, 16:34
Zombieland is awesome. Very funny, good characters, great gratuitous violence. Well paced, keeps your interest throughout. Also, pleasantly has sensible characters who follow sensible rules for staying alive.
CR
If I may Hax, I'll do a corollary to your review, which I more than agree with.
Gabriel (2007, Australia; Religious Sci-Fi/Horror)
+ Some interesting martial action
+ Very nice special effects for their budget
- Incredibly lame plot
- Overall bad acting
- Plain characters
- Unoriginal
- Did I mention the plot was bad?
Okay, let's get this out of the way first. I might be biased, because I don't follow the Christian faith.
well, cruddy movies are all over the place. I'm not surprised you dug this piece of **** up in Sci-Fi. was it directed by Uwe Boll?
as to the bias part: in a nutshell: you aren't really biased.
However, the movie on its own was horrible. Gabriel is about the epic battle between Angels and Demons (sorry) over control of purgatory. But seriously, why the hell did they choose this incredibly lame idea. I have to be honest, the special effects and fighting scenes had some pretty good moments (although the latter resembled The Matrix a lot on several occasions).
you should see alone in the dark-a lame reared culture that leaves behind a bunch of zool style monsters, and a crazy paranormal investigator, played by christian slater, who is about as good an actor in this one as that monotone voice on my Windows XP is a good Opera singer.
The movie is about the Arch-Angel Gabriel (called Arcs in the movie, for some reason) who was sent by God (who isn't even mention by name in the entire movie, to regain control over Purgatory which has been lost to the Fallen Angels! Oh no! Those Arcs that are still alive have gone into hiding and are laying low at the moment, with the lady (there has to be a lady ;-;) being forced to work as a prostitute after she decided to go after the main bad guy (and lost). Of course, he saves her, they have sex, same old same old. The movie ends with this horrible plot twist (horrible being incredibly lame, not gasp-provoking horrible. Well, perhaps for the incredible lameness) and of course, good wins. End good all good, whatever.
now I must question the sanity of the producer, the director, the writers, and anybody directly involved overall. Angels bunging with mortals?
The only thing that was somewhat likeable was the fact that Gabriel (after seeing his allies die) flips out and goes on a killing spree. That was slightly interesting, but for the love of God, the rest of the movie was so unoriginal. The plot-twist is visible from about 15 minutes into the movie, and it gets quite a drag seeing Gabriel talk to his allies, proceed to mate with his girly-girlfriend (did I mention they're angels), killing the baddies. After 30 minutes, I started to do something else, because I got the general message.
yeah, the anthropomorphic principle applied to beings that aren't even human-certain people are retarded that way.:clown:
If you like good action scenes with some gore and a plot that could have been created by a retarted monkey, this movie is for you. I recommend watching it with your girlfriend, you've got enough time to make out and cover her eyes not to despoil her innocence by the foul images that will inevitably flood the screen after some thirty minutes.
I agree about the girlfriend part, but at least it was written by a retarded monkey-hey, it could have been a crazy horse, a retarded donkey, or a mad cow.
For some reason, film-makers see this as a formula that is bound to work:
1) Hero goes to a place
2) Place is in a bad shape, hero inquires with allies (and possibly girlfriend)
3) Hero starts to kill/destroy/demolish the evil people
4) Things are looking up, movie speeds up
5) Out of revenge, the main evil guy kills the hero's allies, which...
6) Make things seem bad, but...
7) In the end, hero kills villain, hero and girlfriend live, everything works out happily ever after.
That's my first review of the horror movies I saw.
Next up: Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call, Japanese version)[/
because most directors are stupid and unimaginative. and to quote Kyle justin: "they want a quick-buck for this ****-load of **** "
so in short: the plot sucks, the producers have no brains, they are clearly out to make a quick buck, and I hate Christian Slater's acting.
Hooahguy
10-26-2009, 17:36
anyone see Law-abiding citizen?
Mouzafphaerre
10-28-2009, 12:02
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Malena :2thumbsup:
Ironically hilarious, not to mention Monica Belluci. :sweatdrop:
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Alexander the Pretty Good
11-01-2009, 03:09
Monsters vs. Aliens
Surprisingly good for a Dreamworks summer offering. Relies heavily on you appreciating the cast (who are excellent though maybe predictable - or as predictable as you could get with Hugh Laurie as a mad scientist who turns himself into a cockroach).
I went into this with low expectations, though.
8/10
I caught Oliver Stone's W on Sky Movies Premier last night. I greatly enjoyed it.
Josh Brolin did a very good impersonation of George W Bush and Richard Dreyfuss was just a freaky doppleganger for Dick Cheney. I gather it did not attract much interest on release, because GW was just seen as history at that point and, with awful popularity ratings, rather too easy a target. But as a Brit who is less familiar than US audiences with the subject, I found the material fascinating. (I've never understood the cause of the second Iraq war and even after the film still don't, but find it a compelling subject).
I guess there are two levels on which to judge the film - as accuracy and as drama. In terms of accuracy, with Oliver Stone, one must be cautious. I was bowled over by his film JFK, for example, but then deeply disappointed to discover that in terms of historical accuracy, it was an edifice built on sand. This film was far less dazzling as cinema than JFK and no doubt had many elements that loyal Republicans and the Bush family will find offensively concocted. The "dream" sequences and some of the father-son dynamic seemed crude and lacking credibility. Likewise, the Cheney figure seemed a little too Dr Strangeglove with the lust for oil and a permanent presence in Iraq. However, much of the other material seemed pretty accurate. For example, I remember watching Bush's cringingly embarassing end of term press conference.
As drama, I enjoyed it. I was sufficiently vague about Bush's background to find the pre-presidency events interesting, while the focus on Iraq appealed to my tilt. Inter-cutting the two elements made it more fun that a simple chronological ordering would have been. The central performances were good. Brolin's George W was sympathetic enough to be interesting - especially (and to me, surprisingly) after "being born again". The rest of the ensemble were strong, especially the actor playing his father.
I would give the film about an 8/10. Not nearly as good as his earliest stuff, but Stone's best picture for a long time.
You know what you are going to get, it´s also as always really good.
X-Men 3, weakest of the bunch, most of the best characters die. The chick who can see how powerfull a mutant is cute though.
Iron Man, another fun Marvel adoptation, what you would and should expect, lots of humour, fun characters, great over the top action. It might be by the numbers but by the numbers is a great formula.
Iron Man, another fun Marvel adoptation, what you would and should expect, lots of humour, fun characters, great over the top action. It might be by the numbers but by the numbers is a great formula.
It's decent. Very lame in parts. Paltrow is a classy lady.
Hooahguy
11-29-2009, 16:42
i saw Red Cliff last night.
one word:
epic.
The Darwin Awards. Quirky. Pretty funny.
Scienter
12-02-2009, 19:55
A Serious Man was very funny at parts. It may be confusing to people unfamiliar with Jewish culture/religion. Ending was meh and made me feel like the writers were super lazy. I would have liked it more if it weren't for the ending, though.
Taken. Okay. Seemed like a lesser version of Man on Fire.
Strike For The South
12-09-2009, 16:25
Taken. Okay. Seemed like a lesser version of Man on Fire.
A lesser version?
:brood:
Hooahguy
12-09-2009, 20:17
This is Spinal Tap
it goes to 11.
:2thumbsup:
A lesser version?
:brood:
Yes. Same sort of plot as Man on Fire, but nowhere near as good.
Strike For The South
12-10-2009, 03:19
Yes. Same sort of plot as Man on Fire, but nowhere near as good.
You're lucky you're cute
Finally saw Magnolia. :2thumbsup:
I can't let you go. Now, you... you listen to me now. You're a good person. You're a good and beautiful person and I won't let you walk out on me. And I won't let you say those things - those things about how stupid you are and this and that. I won't stand for that. You want to be with me... then you be with me. You see?
Finally saw Magnolia. :2thumbsup:
I can't let you go. Now, you... you listen to me now. You're a good person. You're a good and beautiful person and I won't let you walk out on me. And I won't let you say those things - those things about how stupid you are and this and that. I won't stand for that. You want to be with me... then you be with me. You see?
The many times people tried to copy that GUESS WHAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED would almost ruin that movie for ya, but it doesn't it is pure class.
Beefy187
12-11-2009, 09:17
Butterfly effect 3
Now that was a decent ending :2thumbsup:
Great plot, different from the previous movies. Great movie :yes:
Comorra insanely violent Italian mafia-flick, nice place
Rightious kill, what a letdown. A movie with de Niro and Pacino shouldn't be this bland. Silly twist at the end, meh
Let the right one in. Swedish vampires! Excellent movie, I think we can speak of 'Scandinavian style' by now. They have it.
The Spirit, uninspired and dumb. Stupid dialogue, uninteresting hero, stupid villain. A criminally miscasted whatshisname, the pulp fiction guy, can't save this movie. The attempts at comedy are just pathetic, so terribly unfunny. A huge faillure and absolute turd of a movie.
Obviously a very late review, but what the hey....
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
What complete and utter rubbish. Michael Bay took just about everything that was good from the first movie (pacing, humor, an at least marginal semblance of storyline and character development) and threw it out the proverbial window. The only new character to be even mildly amusing and/or interesting was Jetfire, and even he was completely nullified by the highly offensive (not to mention *unbelievably* irritating) "gangster" Autobots Mudflap and Skids. I was pleasantly surprised to see Frank Welker reprise his original series role as the voice of Soundwave, but that's one of the very few positive things I can say about this "movie".
This was far and away one of the worst films I've ever seen. I'm very glad I waited for it to come out in the dollar theater.
Final score: 1/10.
I pretty much agree with everything you said about the movie. However, personally going to watch it was a great fun experience for me as my two older boys, ages 4 and 5 are transformers fanatics. Taking them to see this film was the first time they had been to the cinema and was a brilliant experience for them. The looks on their faces was worth the £20 I paid for the family tickets.
Hooahguy
12-20-2009, 22:45
Avatar
personally, i liked it. very good visuals, and a story thats not completely new, but not old either.
i thought it was refreshing, and it really drew me into the story.
but i did think it could have gone a bit more into the beginning of the story, but then again, the amount of time that would have taken would have been too much.
9/10
Avatar
personally, i liked it. very good visuals, and a story thats not completely new, but not old either.
i thought it was refreshing, and it really drew me into the story.
but i did think it could have gone a bit more into the beginning of the story, but then again, the amount of time that would have taken would have been too much.
9/10
Meh. I give it 4/10.
Yes it's a spectacle, a visual marvel. But, if I want to have a 3-D world with corny, predictable characters and a tacky, stolen, unoriginal story I'll play a computer game. Actually, this movie really grinds me. It starts of ok, with a slight sense of awe, but as it progresses it wears off. The characters begin to irritate, their performances are haphazard and inconsistent. Having seen Dancing With Wolves probably skews my reception somewhat, because it was always in the back of my mind, and with that the narrative is lacking and by the ending (i.e. the last 40 minutes) the movie has dragged on too long and I lost interest, despite all the CGI. The dialogue was embarrassingly awkward and the characters are weak.
In summary: it's beautiful, banal, trite and over-hyped. And in the end it takes itself way to seriously, like its some grand social commentary --- there are no cute, funny or other endearing moments, and that, that is what killed it for me.
Le temps du Loup, excellent WORLD IS SCREWED in the same genre as 'The Day After' (no NOT the day after tomorow) and Threads. Very depressing as it should be.
Scienter
12-23-2009, 14:35
Let the right one in. Swedish vampires! Excellent movie, I think we can speak of 'Scandinavian style' by now. They have it.
I love this movie! I'm a little sad that Hollywood is making an American remake. I really hope they don't Twilightify it. :shame:
Scienter
12-23-2009, 14:37
Avatar. The story is nothing new. Think Dances with Wolves with Aliens and Military Bad Science Good. But, the special effects were revolutionary and the 3D was very well done. Overall I found it really enjoyable. I was worried because of the hype that it would be Dances with Jar Jar Binks, but was pleasantly surprised.
Avatar
Impressive 3D visuals, very good visual design for the planet and the fauna and flaura.
the plot is a copy of things we have all seen before, and you can guess everything before it happens, the characters are cliches and the dialog is wooded.
7/10 for the 3D version. (this is the version I saw)
I would say the 2D version will be worth 6/10 or maybe 5.5/10
the lesson here is...next time you invest 10 years in making a movie don't hurry off a script in a month.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-24-2009, 08:08
I don't know, criticizing the plot as unoriginal seems kind of short sighted. Guy meets girl, they have problems, they end up together could be the plot of a 1000 stories. There's a limited number of stories. The last samurai, dances with wolves, sign of the beaver, the emerald forest, have similar plots it's true. But if you are going to have a movie about a culture clash, which is a bit unavoidable if you are having an alien movie (unless you want everything to go smoothly no problem?) basically the coolest way to do it is to have the main character live as part of the other culture. It works really well, that's why the plot is often used. There are a ton of great movies with an unoriginal plot, knowing the basics of how stories work doesn't make you smart.
Avatar's version worked well because it didn't try and do a lot of social commentary, and they gave a solid reason for why the alien culture was worthwhile and not silly.
The name of the mineral is unobtanium. Or at least that's what I read in a review. I'm sorry, but how can anyone have a shred of respect for this film after hearing/seeing that?
I don't know, criticizing the plot as unoriginal seems kind of short sighted. Guy meets girl, they have problems, they end up together could be the plot of a 1000 stories. There's a limited number of stories. The last samurai, dances with wolves, sign of the beaver, the emerald forest, have similar plots it's true. But if you are going to have a movie about a culture clash, which is a bit unavoidable if you are having an alien movie (unless you want everything to go smoothly no problem?) basically the coolest way to do it is to have the main character live as part of the other culture. It works really well, that's why the plot is often used. There are a ton of great movies with an unoriginal plot, knowing the basics of how stories work doesn't make you smart.
Avatar's version worked well because it didn't try and do a lot of social commentary, and they gave a solid reason for why the alien culture was worthwhile and not silly.
you can tell the same story again if in the very least you have interesting characters and good dialog, this movie has none of the 2....hell...the main suit-an-tie bad guy is copied right out of Aliens for crying out loud!
and also...no social comentary???...where we watching the same movie?...this is nothing but social comentary....."we want what's under them and so we find a justification for why it´s just for us to take it!" I'm paraphrasing but still...it´s pretty obvious social commentary......
not that I don´t agree with the gist of what is being said...but that alone does not make this a good movie.
I love this movie! I'm a little sad that Hollywood is making an American remake. I really hope they don't Twilightify it. :shame:
Won't make the original suddenly disappear, remakes of 'foreign' (well to you) movies have been pretty good really, pleased to see the USA market is opening up for stuff like that. USA cinema really took a nosedive in the eighty's and the nineties but it has recovered brilliantly, Euro elitists can shove it up.
Sasaki Kojiro
12-24-2009, 17:56
you can tell the same story again if in the very least you have interesting characters and good dialog, this movie has none of the 2....hell...the main suit-an-tie bad guy is copied right out of Aliens for crying out loud!
Read a book. :book:
Movies are a different medium, and most of them aren't character studies. You can't try and shove a square peg into a round hole, fail, and then disparage the square peg.
and also...no social comentary???...where we watching the same movie?...this is nothing but social comentary....."we want what's under them and so we find a justification for why it´s just for us to take it!" I'm paraphrasing but still...it´s pretty obvious social commentary......
not that I don´t agree with the gist of what is being said...but that alone does not make this a good movie.
That's like saying "live free or die hard" was social commentary about how the US is vulnerable to hackers. The closest it came was "they don't understand, they killed their mother" which seemed really out of place.
seireikhaan
12-25-2009, 05:23
GI Joe: Rise of Cobra 3/10
:furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
1) I yawned through the first 2/3 of the movie.
2) Excessive CGI and inconsistent physics.
3) Utter defiance of reality for the last 1/3 of the movie. Where the heck were the French Natty Guard/police/SOMETHING during the whole Paris scene? And beneath the arctic ice is NOT the perfect place for a secret military base! Gah!
Hmmmm watched it (Let the right one in) again to make sure this is the greatest love story ever and the best movie of the decade. It is I love it, my new all time favorite makes me cry like a baby.
'oskar, I am not a girl'
poor thing, so very dangerous, so very scared. He needs her to be strong, but she needs him much more to pretend she's a normal girl and does she try, even tries to buy his friendship when he starts to realize what she is, she's so very vulnerable, but she's a predator and can't help it she needs to kill to survive. How very tragic. When she hugs him has to one of the most heartfelt scenes ever. Wait it is.
11/10
Hooahguy
12-27-2009, 17:25
saw 3 films:
The Great Raid
this was a "meh" film. the actual raid was very well done, but there was an element of cheesiness throughout, as well as some parts not corresponding to the book, which was excellent. well, thats hollywood for ya.
7/10, only because the actual raid was done so well.
Full Metal Jacket
currently my favorite film, so many amazing quotes from Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, not to mention a few others!
"Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: How tall are you, private?
Private Cowboy: Sir, five-foot-nine, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked :daisy: that high. "
:laugh4:
10/10
Love, Actually
pretty much a british porno with so many twisting storylines in between i was pretty much just looking forwards to more nudity about a half hour in.
pity the girls i watched it with didnt agree. :sweatdrop:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Great movie. Love the stilted old-fashioned acting. Excellent moral value to this movie as well. It rings true on every level. Some good battle scenes as well. I was surprised at that.
10/10 A classic.
currently my favorite film, so many amazing quotes from Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, not to mention a few others!
He is actually really a drilling whatsitcalled, he was only supposed to be involved in giving advice to the actors but what can be better than the real thing?
Sasaki Kojiro
12-28-2009, 21:22
Sherlock Holmes: excellent, a modern sherlock holmes story.
Surviving Evil, deliverance with supernatural baddies, They do a great job at making the baddies really scary and evil. A fun watch, not great, but fun.
seireikhaan
01-02-2010, 09:59
Avatar- 9/10. Granted, I'm not really hard to please as a critic(see below), but I thought the movie was quite enjoyable. My only real gripe would be:
The Ultra-Mega Chicken plot device, mainly for being so transparent and not showing the actual wraslin'. In a near three hour movie, what would another 5 minutes have been?
Other than that, visually spectacular, and the plot was delivered in a satisfactory manner for the most part. I tend to grade movie plots for how hell they deliver it and its plausibility, rather than how much I like it, and Avatar did pretty well, I thought.
Komodo vs Cobra- 8.5/10. Pretty enjoyable B movie. Effects are suitably terrible, the women are suitably attractive(especially the scientist in low-rider jeans and a tank top), the ex-military man is suitably manly, and the military complex is suitably incompetent. Overall, its everything I expect from a B movie, and a bit more. :yes:
Snake Island- 8/10. Not quite as highly rated as Komodo V Cobra, because the first half of the movie is a drag to get through. Honestly, its a bit of a miracle I made it through that first half. Glad I did, though, because the last half is pure, B movie brilliance. Horror/comedy movie about tourists and their guides on (you guessed it) Snake Island, which turns out, funnily enough, to be occupied by a horde of venomous snakes. Lots of good humor in the 2nd half, including snakes dancing to bad techno music, snakes copping a feel on one of the lasses in the movie, and general rubber snake hilarity. Plus, of course, the familiar run of a good B movie, complete with all the usual cast. If you can bear through the first drag of the movie, its good fun.
Crazed Rabbit
01-02-2010, 19:25
I liked Avatar - mainly because it was simply amazing visually. Every scene seemed to show something new and wonderful. Well, directed too, with good acting.
The plot - well that was the weak point. The alien natives (Heehee) were more stereotypically native American than actual, you know, Indians. And the theme was anvilicious - that is, delivered with the subtlety of a half ton anvil dropped on your head.
Most of the characters didn't have much depth, either.
CR
Major Robert Dump
01-04-2010, 22:29
In re4sponse to Econ21 and the film W.
The movie was mildly amusing, but the part with the 1% chance and the lettuce on the ham sandwich is one of the funniest things I have ever seen, especially since I could totally envision GWB doing that.
Tokyo Zombie is probably one of the funniest movies I have seen lately. Basically, 2 blue collar guys who practice jujiitsu all the time end up caught in a zombie apocolypse. The hypochondriac master tries to teach the finer points to the dimwitted student, and the practice scenes are hilarious along with the music choice.
Then rich people eventually set up a fortress and kidnap humans to pit them in death matches vs zombies to entertain the rich. The student has to battle vs multiple zombies, and eventually has to fight one that is a jujistsu master
The last 10 minutes of the movie, especially with the mute little girl, had me laughing so hard I cried.
As for The Watchman, I watched the directors cut last night and thought it was very well done. I had a problem with the ending (not the problem u might think) but I disagree that the acting was bad (I know real people who talk and act the same way Miss Jupiter does, its a regional dialect-jaw structure thing) I thought the music was very well placed in most cases and there were some highly memorable scenes, like the old withered man having his last stand vs the thugs and hallucinating he was fighting his old enemies, and nixons comments about the harvard establishment when told that we would lose the entire east coast on a pre-emptive strike vs the russians.
My problem with the ending is that, based on what the badguy did to Manhattan (manipulated him from the beginning, tried to kill him) and the fact that Manhattan was all-knowing, it made absolutely no sense to let the badguy live and to kill Rorshauch. No sense at all.
The Damned United. Pretty interesting, fun movie.
My problem with the ending is that, based on what the badguy did to Manhattan (manipulated him from the beginning, tried to kill him) and the fact that Manhattan was all-knowing, it made absolutely no sense to let the badguy live and to kill Rorshauch. No sense at all.
It does, Manhattan agrees it should be kept secret, and Rorshauch wants to tell the world, ruining the peace. My gripe is that it's too clean, shouldn't be bloodless in the book it's mayhem.
Scienter
01-05-2010, 14:46
Sherlock Holmes. Very enjoyable, RDJ was perfect in the role. Hopefully they'll make another one.
Major Robert Dump
01-06-2010, 06:48
It does, Manhattan agrees it should be kept secret, and Rorshauch wants to tell the world, ruining the peace. My gripe is that it's too clean, shouldn't be bloodless in the book it's mayhem.
Well I understood him killing R. to keep it quiet, but why didn't he kill the homo badguy as well? HE tried to kill Dr. M., he manipulated Dr. M for over a decade and killed people he loved all while blocking Dr. M's view of the true future . The badguy (sorry cant remember his name) is a billionaire building a new utopia and has a god complex, Dr. M should have at least killed him out of principle (sacrafice, right?)
anyway, makes me want to check out the book to see the real story. Still liked the movie, though. God, the comedian was a real dirtbag
The book is fun, some things play out differently but they did a pretty good job with the movie. Ozymandias is a much more sinister character in the book, and the Comedian is much better developed.
anyway, makes me want to check out the book to see the real story. Still liked the movie, though. God, the comedian was a real dirtbag
Yes he is...but the Comedian is my favorite character in the movie because he is the only one in the movie that admits he is a dirtbag...he is a monster...all the other characters are just as flawed in their own way....they are just too full of themselfs to admit it.
Dr Manhattan is the real monster, he is completely devoid of compassion. For the Comedian being a monster is a shield against the horrors of the world but inside he is suffering, he's the most tragic figure of them all.
Mithrandir
01-06-2010, 13:26
Avatar 3D
After seeing Honey I shrunk the Kids in Disney Land, I had very high hopes for this movie and especially it's 3D attributes.In Disneyland, you really see things coming into the theater and believe that if you reach out your hand, you can actually touch some of the characters. I had that maybe once or twice during Avatar. It could've been the size of the screen which was about 2 times as big in DL.
As for the movie itself: in combination with the 3d novelty it kept me entertained all the way through. Yes, I saw some things coming from miles away Him getting the body transfusion, him riding the big bird, The chopper girl rescuiing them from jail and some more stuff I can't recall right away) but I liked it. I'm a sucker for "rally the troops" movies :shrug:
Avatar 3D: Though I'd like to have seem more of the actual 3D (spears coming into the theater was something I really expected) I'll still give it a 8/10
Avatar 2d: Probably a 6,5/10
Dr Manhattan is the real monster, he is completely devoid of compassion. For the Comedian being a monster is a shield against the horrors of the world but inside he is suffering, he's the most tragic figure of them all.
exactly...
He saw the true face of the 20th century and chose to become a reflection, a parody of it. No one else saw the joke, that's why he was lonely. Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says "But, doctor...I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.
That also happens to be my favorite scene.
edit hmmmmm maybe Dr Manhattan's transformation
L.C. SVLLA
01-09-2010, 06:04
daybreakers:
It was an awesome movie, it will make you jump at times, and it's very original, i didn't expect at all what happened in the movie, go see it right away. /review
Bladerunner. Pretty epic, if a little slow. Would have been pretty out there back in the day. The crazy Japanese guy with his origami is awesome.
Owen Glyndwr
01-09-2010, 18:31
My thoughts copy/pasted from the movie thread on Civfanatics:
Saw Daybreakers tonight. I haven't laughed that hard in a long, long time. You know a movie is bad when you can tell down to the scene when the director stopped caring about the movie. Seriously, the movie spends the first hour establishing that you catch on fire when exposed to the sun, and vampires will do anything possible to stay away from sunlight, and yet there are scenes in the end when vampires are clearly standing directly in the sunlight but nothing happens.
Definitely a check in the so bad it's good category, and as such will probably result in a cult classic.
The Hurt Locker.
Great war movie.
9/10
Hooahguy
01-11-2010, 20:07
Avatar is the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time. wow.
pevergreen
01-12-2010, 00:11
I prefer the version where its adjusted due to time.
Rank Title
1 Gone with the Wind
2 Star Wars
3 The Sound of Music
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
5 The Ten Commandments
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
I prefer the version where its adjusted due to time.
Rank Title
1 Gone with the Wind
2 Star Wars
3 The Sound of Music
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
5 The Ten Commandments
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
That's a cool list. :2thumbsup:
Sasaki Kojiro
01-12-2010, 02:10
You can't exactly adjust due to time, because so many more movies come out now. It'd be like saying that the ford model-t is the best selling car, adjusted.
L.C. SVLLA
01-12-2010, 03:02
Avatar is the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time. wow.
Unfortunate, I know:no:
The Hurt Locker.
Great war movie.
9/10
??? I'm sorry, Ijust don't see how anyone can take that movie seriously. One HMMWV running around on it's own does not survive Iraq, nor do it's occupants. You don't have to be military to know that it would be suicide.
And something civilians don't know: EOD are seriously the laziest pieces of :daisy: in the Army. Which is sad cuz I worked security detail for a Navy EOD team and they were highspeed, highly motivated, ready-to-go dudes. I have literally waited 3 hours just for Army EOD to get into their vehicles and roll out the gate after calling in a suspected EFP.
You can't exactly adjust due to time, because so many more movies come out now. It'd be like saying that the ford model-t is the best selling car, adjusted.
Actually. Divide each movie's gross by number of movies in the release year then that'd resolve that issue.
??? I'm sorry, Ijust don't see how anyone can take that movie seriously. One HMMWV running around on it's own does not survive Iraq, nor do it's occupants. You don't have to be military to know that it would be suicide.
And something civilians don't know: EOD are seriously the laziest pieces of :daisy: in the Army. Which is sad cuz I worked security detail for a Navy EOD team and they were highspeed, highly motivated, ready-to-go dudes. I have literally waited 3 hours just for Army EOD to get into their vehicles and roll out the gate after calling in a suspected EFP.
I said I thought it was a good movie....not an army procedural video.
A lesser version?
:brood:
Its one of those movies where you already know everything its going to happen from its 1 minute trailer.
I got a friend who said "OMG OMG OMG, Taken is like teh best movie ever, none other can compare to it, you must see it! You'll love it, CMON DO IT!"
So I went and saw the one minute trailer. That's a trailer basically like to any average suspense movie trailer I ever saw. And so I proceeded to tell (more or less) the entire story based on the trailer, which went something like this: "There's this daughter who happens to be the daughter of a ninja, and while travelling in Paris, his daughter is kidnapped by some stupid Russian or Ukrainian East European gang for women's trafficking, and when that happens, the ninja snaps out goes to Paris and basically kills everyone in his way, rescuing his daughter in the end."
The only thing he said in the end: "...Ninja?"
Me: "Isn't he some American agent?"
Friend: "Yeah, ex-CIA."
Me: "See? Predictable."
Then he went on to rant at me as I didn't like movies. Eventually I went to see it and I smirked as 98% what I predicted was correct, minus the Eastern European group, which was Albanian. Other than the fight scenes, the plot has holes the size of the ozone and is significantly rushed and curiously everything happens in the right time to fit the purpose of the desperate father. Just another average suspense movie with good fight scenes.
i saw Red Cliff last night.
one word:
epic.
I saw the Asian version (Both movies totalling 4 hours or so)
And as a RTK fan, I was overwhelmingly disapointed. While the plot build was pretty good (The part in the second movie where Zhuge Liang steals the arrows and Cao Cao kills Cai Mao and Zhang Yun was indeed epic), the fighting was SO ridiculous I was switching between laughing out loud and opening my mouth in bewilderment. In the first movie the whole formation was ridiculous beyond measure. What the hell is wrong with those horses? If they went against the shields, it'd be a :daisy: rout. Instead their just running in circles like they are in some track. (:O) And then the shield ranks mysteriously reform to have some ad-hoc duels between Shu Generals and random Cao Cao's soldiers. I was facepalming so heavily.
Then battlescenes in the second movie like the disembark in the attack against Cao Cao. I was with my mouth opened in amazement on how the film basically ripped off "Saving Private Ryan's" Omaha Beach scene and pasted it in Ancient Chinese settings with flaming catapults (OMG ROFL) to do the work of artillery.
Then things like Xiao Qiao doing something to Cao Cao which nobody could very well figure out what it was, but which made Cao Cao unable to simply tell his Generals to sally out and attack without him (Quite honestly I'm still trying to figure how what happened to Cao Cao there).
Things like Sun Quan and Zhou Yu being in the middle of the battle (And actually killing dozens of soldiers!). That's like seeing Roosevelt and Patton grabbing a Thompson SMG and disembarking with the troops in Omaha Beach and single-handedly wiping out half a platoon of Germans.
Things like Wu troops doing Roman formations (Omg...)
Things like Zhao Yun being the all-time world champion of pole vault. Using a spear to go over the large wall of the fort.
Worst of all is the fate they give to Cao Cao in the end. That is SO UNREALISTIC I wanted to roundhouse kick John Wu and toss him into a pool of acid and lava. NEVER in any alternate dimension would Cao Cao be captured by Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei and happen what it did. I would have broken the DVD to a thousand pieces if I had just a DVD.
Though, to be fair, I do understand that people who are not familliar with the time period like it. They are pretty epic battle scenes. They are just so unrealistic and over the top for a person that takes interest in the time period and was expecting to see a realistic portrayal of the battles that, it ruined the entire movie.
Hooahguy
01-12-2010, 16:31
Though, to be fair, I do understand that people who are not familliar with the time period like it.
yup, thats me. :yes:
I seen Sherlock Holmes and thought it was brilliant. The story was mediocre and the ending was predictable, what redeemed this movie and made it really good was the portrayal of Holmes and Watson. Holmes is an arrogant, egotistical, anti-social, substance abusing, adventurous genius with many traits making him seem borderline, if not completely, insane. In other words, he is Holmes, just with less controversial drugs than cocaine or morphine. Watson has an interesting personality, and Jude Law plays the long suffering friend perfectly, but most importantly, he's actually quite smart, not just a bumbling idiot to act as a foil to Holmes' genius. Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law also work together really well and makes the friendship between Holmes and Watson seem real. Hopefully the obvious sequel provides a better story for these two brilliantly portrayed characters to act in.
I said I thought it was a good movie....not an army procedural video.
I didn't say it should be. I said it's ridiculous. I'm also just on principle against any idolatry of EOD.
Baise Moi, forgot all about it, raunchy as only the French can and will make it. Incredibly violent and cynical. I didn't expect to see (forced) penetration forgot about that as well. This movie is kinda evil, there is no comic relieve just a rampage of loveless sex and mindless violence. It is strangely fascinating and not a bad movie at all, but I got my limits and I can't watch rape especially when it's so graphic, much worse then the rape scene in Irreversible which was horrible enough as it is. I watch movies for fun not to be tortured.
Owen Glyndwr
01-13-2010, 18:02
I saw the Asian version (Both movies totalling 4 hours or so)
And as a RTK fan, I was overwhelmingly disapointed. While the plot build was pretty good (The part in the second movie where Zhuge Liang steals the arrows and Cao Cao kills Cai Mao and Zhang Yun was indeed epic), the fighting was SO ridiculous I was switching between laughing out loud and opening my mouth in bewilderment. In the first movie the whole formation was ridiculous beyond measure. What the hell is wrong with those horses? If they went against the shields, it'd be a :daisy: rout. Instead their just running in circles like they are in some track. (:O) And then the shield ranks mysteriously reform to have some ad-hoc duels between Shu Generals and random Cao Cao's soldiers. I was facepalming so heavily.
Then battlescenes in the second movie like the disembark in the attack against Cao Cao. I was with my mouth opened in amazement on how the film basically ripped off "Saving Private Ryan's" Omaha Beach scene and pasted it in Ancient Chinese settings with flaming catapults (OMG ROFL) to do the work of artillery.
Then things like Xiao Qiao doing something to Cao Cao which nobody could very well figure out what it was, but which made Cao Cao unable to simply tell his Generals to sally out and attack without him (Quite honestly I'm still trying to figure how what happened to Cao Cao there).
Things like Sun Quan and Zhou Yu being in the middle of the battle (And actually killing dozens of soldiers!). That's like seeing Roosevelt and Patton grabbing a Thompson SMG and disembarking with the troops in Omaha Beach and single-handedly wiping out half a platoon of Germans.
Things like Wu troops doing Roman formations (Omg...)
Things like Zhao Yun being the all-time world champion of pole vault. Using a spear to go over the large wall of the fort.
Worst of all is the fate they give to Cao Cao in the end. That is SO UNREALISTIC I wanted to roundhouse kick John Wu and toss him into a pool of acid and lava. NEVER in any alternate dimension would Cao Cao be captured by Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei and happen what it did. I would have broken the DVD to a thousand pieces if I had just a DVD.
Though, to be fair, I do understand that people who are not familliar with the time period like it. They are pretty epic battle scenes. They are just so unrealistic and over the top for a person that takes interest in the time period and was expecting to see a realistic portrayal of the battles that, it ruined the entire movie.
That is...disappointing. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is my all-time favorite book, and when I first saw the movie poster in a London undergroud station I was, to put it lightly, super excited (we almost missed our train because I absolutely had to stop and look at the poster. I'll probably see it anyways but...come on! From you description it sounds a lot more like Dynasty Warriors than Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
I seen Sherlock Holmes and thought it was brilliant. The story was mediocre and the ending was predictable, what redeemed this movie and made it really good was the portrayal of Holmes and Watson. Holmes is an arrogant, egotistical, anti-social, substance abusing, adventurous genius with many traits making him seem borderline, if not completely, insane. In other words, he is Holmes, just with less controversial drugs than cocaine or morphine. Watson has an interesting personality, and Jude Law plays the long suffering friend perfectly, but most importantly, he's actually quite smart, not just a bumbling idiot to act as a foil to Holmes' genius. Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law also work together really well and makes the friendship between Holmes and Watson seem real. Hopefully the obvious sequel provides a better story for these two brilliantly portrayed characters to act in.
I thought the movie was pretty good, I just couldn't stand the unnecessary violence, particularly the boxing scene. I know Holmes is supposed to be an accomplished boxer, but truly, how did that scene advance the plot in any way? Also don't recall the American from A Scandal in Bohemia (can't remember her name) ever showing up in another Holmes tale, let alone being some sort of criminal mastermind thief (or Holmes's love life, for that matter). From what I hear though, the unnecessary violence is really just the directors style, and so I'm hoping they can him for the almost certainly inevitable sequel :2thumbsup:.
Swallow Grave, now that is how you do it, from the time Danny Boyle still made good movies.
9/10
Ok, now I know for sure, watched it again to make sure, 'Let the right one in' is an absolute masterpiece and my latest all time favorite. The girl playing the vampire is more than a little bit good, in the last scene she goes from feral rage to affection with just a look of her eyes, just as she was sad and scared, best developed character ever you feel so sorry for her, I absolutely love this movie.
still 11/10
Scienter
01-16-2010, 16:43
I saw Up in the Air yesterday. When I first saw the previews I thought was going to be a romantic comedy and didn't want to see it. But, after reading up on it, I realized it was anything but. George Clooney is a great actor and the plot isn't what I thought it was going to be. I hear rumors about it being an Oscar contender, and I don't know if it was good enough to warrant a best picture nomination, though I wouldn't be upset if Clooney got a nod for best actor.
Ok, now I know for sure, watched it again to make sure, 'Let the right one in' is an absolute masterpiece and my latest all time favorite. The girl playing the vampire is more than a little bit good, in the last scene she goes from feral rage to affection with just a look of her eyes, just as she was sad and scared, best developed character ever you feel so sorry for her, I absolutely love this movie.
still 11/10
Oh wow. Astonishing. Astonishing. Words do not explain this movie. The ending, on the train. I was thinking, what she can't be on the train it's light outside, she'll die. But then the suitcase taps "kiss" in Morse code. And he taps back the same. Stunning.
Oh wow. Astonishing. Astonishing. Words do not explain this movie.
Glad you liked it as much as I did. From the fury of the Norsemen please deliver us some more.
also watch 'Wrong in translation' and 'In the mood for love' if you like love story's done right.
I thought the movie was pretty good, I just couldn't stand the unnecessary violence, particularly the boxing scene. I know Holmes is supposed to be an accomplished boxer, but truly, how did that scene advance the plot in any way?
Yeah, and that scene where they start a fight in the house and end up destroying a dock and sinking a ship does not belong in a Sherlock Holmes story.
Also don't recall the American from A Scandal in Bohemia (can't remember her name) ever showing up in another Holmes tale, let alone being some sort of criminal mastermind thief (or Holmes's love life, for that matter).
Well apparently people have been writing fan fictions for Sherlock Holmes since early last century, but I don't think Holmes having a love life fits the story, even if Holmes did have feelings for a woman he would never let them show, he's too cold and logical for that.
From what I hear though, the unnecessary violence is really just the directors style, and so I'm hoping they can him for the almost certainly inevitable sequel :2thumbsup:.
Fingers crossed.
Alexander the Pretty Good
01-18-2010, 05:01
I saw A Matter of Loaf and Death the other day. It's the latest Wallace and Gromit short (though a good 35 minutes long) from Nick Park. It was a wonderful return to form after the disappointing full-length Curse of the Wererabbit. The sad thing is watching the "how it was made" feature on the DVD and seeing how old Nick Park looks these days. :(
Avatar
is a silly silly movie. Nothing made sense, even down to those spinny lizards. I liked the concept of the planet being one big nueral network that the natives could plug into - and with animals as well - but that was it. Everything else was.... silly.
This one is for you Lemur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOrcIyvW5Rk
No actual children were harmed.
Seconded on canning the director, since violence and loads of action does not make a good Sherlock Holmes movie.
I watched it today and maybe I'd just gone with the wrong mindset, expecting a true to the book movie for once....I had heard that this was more like an action flick...but come on, I mean anyone remember the Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett? Those more or less stuck to the books and were pretty nice.
This movie was fine....I mean nice action flick and all, but it certainly did not seem like I was watching Sherlock Holmes....more like some standard modern day detective movie....
Jude Law was good as Watson though......better than RD Jr. was as Holmes.
Strike For The South
01-19-2010, 23:24
The Book of Eli
I need a machate, KFC wet naps, and an ol' beat up ipod.
9/10
Kralizec
01-20-2010, 12:15
Slumdog millionaire
8/10
Major Robert Dump
01-23-2010, 05:39
Bored in a motel I just watched Watchmen again, on one of the pay channels. It was the theatrical version. It didn't have the Death of Hollis Mason scene........it was in directors cut.....beautiful, bittersweet scene.....what do film editors think? How did cutting these 4 minutes make the movie better? I said in a previous thread it was my fave scene of the movie, seeing an old dog go down fighting, and I watch in in this motel and the film is butchered.....many other scenes gone, no wonder people didnt like....Here, Mason (night owl I) is mistaken for night owl 2 and some gang bangers go to kill him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVeg78Yfp7g
Also, they cut a scene where the night owl II sees that the Knot Tie gang killed Mason and he beats the tar out of a Knot-Tie gang member and Rorschauch has to pull him off
Scienter
01-23-2010, 16:15
The Book of Eli
I need a machate, KFC wet naps, and an ol' beat up ipod.
9/10
I saw it last week and thought it was a fun movie. I was a little wary because the reviews on rottentomatoes were so poor. I wasn't expecting something intellectually profound, I just wanted to watch Denzel Washington kill people with a machete. :yes:
Crazed Rabbit
01-23-2010, 19:21
Saw 500 Days of Summer recently - an enjoyable movie, definitely not a standard rom-com chick flick.
Then I watched Transformers 2. And the whole thing can be summed up by a robot humping Megan Fox's leg; great special effect set pieces strung together with the flimsiest plot, terrible dialogue, and numerous stupid attempts at humor that failed to make me laugh once throughout the whole movie.
CR
There, that's better. Finally done with The Killing, see it as a Danish 24, but it walks all over it much more focussed. Part family drama, part murder investigation, part political thriller, and it all comes together fantastically, every aspect of the story, every little sidetrack is interesting. This is how you make a great series, and I hear they are working on a follow-up which I cannot wait for. 1,5 to 3 hours isn't enough to really tell a story, but keeping a rather straightforward story interesting for 20 hours, with each episode being better then the last, is quite the achievement.
Precious.
Read a review and had to see it. It was excellent but hard to watch at times. The story is about a (very) overweight girl living in the ghetto in Harlem who is physically and psychologically abused by her mother and sexually abused by her father. Its focus on her in school and how she finds a way to have a better life.
Top notch acting from start to finish and all very true to life. Not a happy movie but a very good one.
Wow, now that is a good recommendation. 'Nobody loves me' it breaks your heart, poor thing.
Got one for you, very different but the same in a way. Be a good boy, run to the shop, bring a sleeping-bag in case it's closed, rob a granny if you are low on funds, and buy 'Let the right one in', watch it, and thank me for bringing it you your attention.
Oh wow. Astonishing. Astonishing. Words do not explain this movie. The ending, on the train. I was thinking, what she can't be on the train it's light outside, she'll die. But then the suitcase taps "kiss" in Morse code. And he taps back the same. Stunning.
^- second opinion from Psychonaut for urgency
The Road
Ok but if I hear that kid shout "Papa!" one more time I'm going to burn to the ground eveything that existed ever.
6/10
PanzerJaeger
02-13-2010, 02:05
Precious.
Read a review and had to see it. It was excellent but hard to watch at times. The story is about a (very) overweight girl living in the ghetto in Harlem who is physically and psychologically abused by her mother and sexually abused by her father. Its focus on her in school and how she finds a way to have a better life.
Top notch acting from start to finish and all very true to life. Not a happy movie but a very good one.
Agreed. I particularly liked that it wasn't your typical "strong black character overcomes racist white society" movie.
The Blind Side... on the other hand... could not be more eloquently described than through the words of Peter Griffin - shallow and pedantic.
Strike For The South
02-13-2010, 02:15
The Blind Side... on the other hand... could not be more eloquently described than through the words of Peter Griffin - shallow and pedantic.
It seems like me and you are the only two people in the world who saw through that movie, Rich ol'Miss boosters take large black child in out of the goodness of there heart....lol.
Oher isn't nearly as stupid as they portray him.
The whole thing is a crock for the left coast to feel better about the south, buncha crap.
If people knew how SEC football worked, they would realize they Tuhoys were saving an investment.
Irreversible. Tried again, turned it off again, I can't watch that. I am sure it is a good movie and every art-form needs it's extremes, but such ugliness makes me sick.
Hooahguy
02-14-2010, 16:11
Angels & Demons
i thought it was ok. since im not catholic i couldnt tell if any of that was true, but i did look into it afterwards and found it to be false.
Prussian to the Iron
02-14-2010, 23:11
The Wolfman
meh. there wasnt really a plot, but the gore was pretty cool. watching werewolves go on bloody rampages is always cool.
i found the leading actor to be sort of.....blank. he never expressed any sort of emotion other than sad it seemed, and he didnt seem like the character i wanted: a bad guy who just mauled random people as a werewolf throughout.
thats one thing about using actors: known actors its always "oh we've seen it before" and unknown actors its always a hit or miss. in this case it was a miss, though Hugo Weaving certainly impressed, as always.
Centurion1
02-15-2010, 02:15
Angels & Demons
i thought it was ok. since im not catholic i couldnt tell if any of that was true, but i did look into it afterwards and found it to be false.
Thank God, you checked.
Beefy187
02-17-2010, 07:13
Invictus 8/10
Watching the All Blacks perform Haka was probably the best part...
But all in all, the movie was fairly moving.
Only problem was the tempo of the movie, but I'll still give it a 8.
L'empire des loups, way too many plot turns. First you think it's a supernatural thriller, than it's about the grey wolves (what cop has never heard of the grey wolves they aren't that mysterious), and than the lead actress who lost her memory turns out to be a Turkish terrorist deus ex machina with insane combat skills.
Crazed Rabbit
02-21-2010, 08:52
L'empire des loups, way too many plot turns. First you think it's a supernatural thriller, than it's about the grey wolves (what cop has never heard of the grey wolves they aren't that mysterious), and than the lead actress who lost her memory turns out to be a Turkish terrorist deus ex machina with insane combat skills.
Well thanks for giving away the whole plot Frag. :stare:
Recently I've seen The Hurt Locker, which was great, Serpico, which was also great, The Insider, yet another great film, and Charlie Wilson's War, which was quite good. The war scenes weren't that good, though luckily they were few in number. Charlie's first visit to the camp was much more effective at conveying emotion.
And finally, I also saw GI Joe Rise of Cobra. Good grief, awful. Barely better than transformers 2. Barely.
CR
Well thanks for giving away the whole plot Frag. :stare:
Yeah right even if you wanted to see a French movie it wouldn't be released anywhere near your trailer. And if it would you would shoot it.
Anyway, 'They', one of the best horror-movies since, well a while. Some obvious love for Jacob's Ladder and Lovecraft.
Scienter
02-22-2010, 23:09
Up. The first 15 mins or so were surprisingly sad for a Pixar film, but overall I really enjoyed it. I think it had a good message to it as well. A friend at work said it was better than Ratatouille, but I've got to disagree, Ratatouille is still my all time favorite Pixar film.
but I've got to disagree, Ratatouille is still my all time favorite Pixar film.
As a bit of a culinary enthusiast I enjoyed Ratatouille. Very cute.
Scienter
02-24-2010, 15:22
As a bit of a culinary enthusiast I enjoyed Ratatouille. Very cute.
That's part of the reason I love it so much. France, cooking, and rats are among my favorite things. :grin:
Louis VI the Fat
02-24-2010, 18:43
Up. The first 15 mins or so were surprisingly sad for a Pixar film, but overall I really enjoyed it. I think it had a good message to it as well. A friend at work said it was better than Ratatouille, but I've got to disagree, Ratatouille is still my all time favorite Pixar film.I have never cried so hard at a movie as *spoiler* as when Anton Ego got his plate of Ratatouille and was transported back to his mother's cooking. They had to mob me up. http://matousmileys.free.fr/tr35.gif
In fact, tears are running down my cheeks as I write this, simply thinking about it. I cry like a baby every time I see the movie. http://matousmileys.free.fr/tr35.gif
Not immediately apparant, but so much of the movie is based on actual persons, events and places! Genius.
Ratatouille is underrated. Such a great movie!
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Scienter
02-24-2010, 19:59
Not immediately apparant, but so much of the movie is based on actual persons, events and places! Genius.
I had no idea that place was real! Thanks for sharing these pics! :beam:
Hooahguy
02-24-2010, 20:02
Gamer
as a guy movie, it was good. full of violence and boobs, and not much else.
but for us more intelligent folks, its was "meh."
Prussian to the Iron
02-25-2010, 01:38
anybody got any good "new couple" movies? asking out a girl tomorrow, not sure what movies are out though.
Centurion1
02-25-2010, 02:50
why the hell doesnt this have its own thread PI.
by the to answer your question take her to Dear John
Cent's Reasons to go to Dear John with a woman
1. It has channing tautm
2. It is by nicholas Sparks
3. It is about love, i think
4. It has channing tatum (who is an atrocious actor)
And as a bonus for you and me....... its all about like some marine deployed so for military areas like ours the girl you ask is probably military or used to be so another bonus.
Centurion1
02-25-2010, 02:54
oh and hurt locker was trash so unrealistic. Good action flick occasionally but seriously random eod humvee in middle of desert meets british special ops and then saved all their butts with their natural sniping abilites and some capri sun.
Edit: Avatar. Waste of my life. It was beautiful visually but let me just explain the story.
Military Evil
Business Evil
Science Good
Nature Good
At the end i expected some sort of collage showing all the atrocities white captialsits have had and a dedication to native guerillas.
The evil marines and their evil colonel. the oh so good scientist BS the scientist is the one who would want to cut em up and dissect them.
And there was not a single joke in the entire movie which i heartily disapprove of.
Whicked Lake, bizarre! 4 beautifull girls get a surprise visit frrom some inbred redneck family, who abuse them. Then one escapes, there is a chase, and then she starts laughing 'it's getting late'. Well they came to the wrong house.
'the big question, why shouldn't we kill you :daisy:'
'you are wrong, the big question is how you are going to taste'
heh (these aren't spoilers don't worry)
District 9, what a complete letdown. Everybody was raving about what a smart movie it is but it doesn't even know what it wants to be. Have to give it to them, plot can go in several directions. And all of them are predictable in their own predictable way.
Scienter
02-25-2010, 21:19
anybody got any good "new couple" movies? asking out a girl tomorrow, not sure what movies are out though.
Depends on the girl. Ask her what she wants to see if you can't guess her taste in movies. Some girls aren't into "date movies" and might really want to go see a movie where things get blown up or shot.
Stuff that's out around me: Shutter Island, Dear John, Cop Out (looks dreadful, Tooth Fairy (kid movie?), Up in the Air (was awesome! Maybe not good date material?), From Paris with Love (Travolta), Valentine's Day, and I think the Princess and the Frog is still in a few places. Hrm. Not very many good things to choose from.
Kralizec
02-26-2010, 12:39
Avatar
Dumbt story (seriously, even Star Wars isn't as black and white as far as morality goes), but I knew that in advance so I still managed to enjoy it. Some good action scenes, and the 3D is of course pretty.
6.5/10
The Book of Eli
Not the best post-apocalypse movie I've ever seen, not the worst either. I'm not a relious type, and allthought that didn't ruin it for me, I probably would have liked it better if I was...
7/10
PanzerJaeger
02-28-2010, 06:55
The Crazies - 9/10
This could be l4d 3. Seriously. Same storyline, just a different location and cast of characters.
Surprisingly decent acting though... I actually loved it, except for a final scene at the very end. It was stupid in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and it was stupid in this one as well. Didn't ruin the experience, though.
Hooahguy
02-28-2010, 07:18
Fight Club
cant talk about it. sorry.
Azathoth
02-28-2010, 18:45
Major League
7/10
Decent comedy; extremely American.
Prussian to the Iron
02-28-2010, 21:57
Just saw Shutter Island. great movie, completely unexpected plot twists. about half an hour prior to the end, i had already formulated my own theories as to the mystery characters and what was going on, totally wrong there.
movie makes you think alot. 9/10, only because i was dissapointed at the lack of massacre at the hands of Dicaprio and a Springfield rifle.
ajaxfetish
03-06-2010, 03:30
Just got back from a date with the wife to see Avatar, first time going to the movies in months. I'll agree with several others here that the story was not particularly original, but I think the artistry of the telling made up for that. It was visually gorgeous, and I was particularly impressed by the pacing. It was a long show, but it never felt like it was dragging, or like the material onscreen was unnecessary.
On a sidenote, I really liked the civilian in charge of the operation. Sure he was callous and motivated only by money, but he was believable and most importantly he was hilarious, in spite of limited screen time. I have no idea if they meant him to be at all sympathetic, but I for one can't hate the guy.
Ajax
Centurion1
03-06-2010, 03:40
On a sidenote, I really liked the civilian in charge of the operation. Sure he was callous and motivated only by money, but he was believable and most importantly he was hilarious, in spite of limited screen time. I have no idea if they meant him to be at all sympathetic, but I for one can't hate the guy.
yeah i thought he was funny too he felt regret at the end so i think he is allowed to be 'liked". I for one didnt find the one female doctor funny at all.
oh and hurt locker was trash so unrealistic. Good action flick occasionally but seriously random eod humvee in middle of desert meets british special ops and then saved all their butts with their natural sniping abilites and some capri sun.
I guess it might be seen as weird... but I loved The Hurt Locker. Recently watched it on Blu-Ray and was simply astounded. Sure, it's essentially just a film about Iraq or Afghanistan or I-can't-really-remember-istan, and subsequently there's lots of gunfire and explosions, but I found the film to be really emotive. Several parts genuinely had me moved close to tears.
The part I 'enjoyed' the most was when the man staggers into the US's cordoned off part of town wearing a suit that covers tonnes of explosives literally caged upon his body. The sheer terror in his eyes, the high-charged emotion of the bomb disposal guy as he realises he cannot save him... it was really moving.
My least favourite part was pretty much where the audience and characters meet the British Spec-Ops/mercenary types, who're promptly sniped to pieces; because some of the most well-trained soldiers in the world really need help from a few army grunts, right? I wouldn't expect any less from an American film though. ¬_¬
The Hurt Locker is a definite 9/10 for me.
Avatar. Waste of my life. It was beautiful visually but let me just explain the story.
I think I'm in the minority of people who have still not seen this film, and I'm genuinely unsure if I even want to. Everytime I hear about aspects of the plot, the only thing that comes to mind is Pocahontas.
An indigenous tribe (Indians in Pocahontas, Na'vi in Avatar) possess something of great economic/technological use (gold, 'Unobtanium'), which a bunch of greedy/nasty people are interested in (European settlers, humans).
The greedy/nasty people send in a single person (John Smith, Jake Sully) to integrate with the 'savages' in order to acquire the gold/Unobtanium, but the person falls in love with one of the tribe (Pocahontas, Neytiri). They learn about each other and begin to see beyond the conflict of their respective factions.
Eventually the greedy/nasty people get angry and decide to attack for the gold/Unobtanium, but are soundly defeated. Everyone rejoices, happy times, the end.
I've already seen Pocahontas more times than I would care to, so why would I pay to see it again just because it's got a different title and looks better? ¬_¬
Fight Club
cant talk about it. sorry.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think "+1 Internets" is the phrase to describe this? :P
Saw Avatar, very well made, but very lazy and straightforward story-wise. It's a visual delight it is truly spectacular, but the patronizing is a bit too obvious to not annoy.
Sasaki Kojiro
03-06-2010, 17:42
I think I'm in the minority of people who have still not seen this film, and I'm genuinely unsure if I even want to. Everytime I hear about aspects of the plot, the only thing that comes to mind is Pocahontas.
That's what I thought when I saw the preview, but that part of the story is done legitimately.
The Europeans didn't support what was done to the native americans. But the people who went over their had no oversight, and were of the "make my fortune" type. That's how it's presented in avatar, except they are light years of space away from any authority instead of miles of ocean. And, not to spoil the movie if you do see it, but what the corporation thinks are just superstitious tribal customs actually aren't, unlike the native american ones.
But then, I think the "lacks a story" criticism shows a huge lack of perspective. Your mileage may vary.
****
Saw, Ghost Writer, fun movie.
Prussian to the Iron
03-06-2010, 22:31
I think I'm in the minority of people who have still not seen this film, and I'm genuinely unsure if I even want to. Everytime I hear about aspects of the plot, the only thing that comes to mind is Pocahontas.
An indigenous tribe (Indians in Pocahontas, Na'vi in Avatar) possess something of great economic/technological use (gold, 'Unobtanium'), which a bunch of greedy/nasty people are interested in (European settlers, humans).
The greedy/nasty people send in a single person (John Smith, Jake Sully) to integrate with the 'savages' in order to acquire the gold/Unobtanium, but the person falls in love with one of the tribe (Pocahontas, Neytiri). They learn about each other and begin to see beyond the conflict of their respective factions.
Eventually the greedy/nasty people get angry and decide to attack for the gold/Unobtanium, but are soundly defeated. Everyone rejoices, happy times, the end.
I've already seen Pocahontas more times than I would care to, so why would I pay to see it again just because it's got a different title and looks better? ¬_¬
thats the point. i mean, not much originality, but still it makes it relatable to us yanks. not like the evil brits, trying to kill us americans....
Crazed Rabbit
03-06-2010, 23:39
I think I'm in the minority of people who have still not seen this film, and I'm genuinely unsure if I even want to. Everytime I hear about aspects of the plot, the only thing that comes to mind is Pocahontas.
An indigenous tribe (Indians in Pocahontas, Na'vi in Avatar) possess something of great economic/technological use (gold, 'Unobtanium'), which a bunch of greedy/nasty people are interested in (European settlers, humans).
The greedy/nasty people send in a single person (John Smith, Jake Sully) to integrate with the 'savages' in order to acquire the gold/Unobtanium, but the person falls in love with one of the tribe (Pocahontas, Neytiri). They learn about each other and begin to see beyond the conflict of their respective factions.
Eventually the greedy/nasty people get angry and decide to attack for the gold/Unobtanium, but are soundly defeated. Everyone rejoices, happy times, the end.
I've already seen Pocahontas more times than I would care to, so why would I pay to see it again just because it's got a different title and looks better? ¬_¬
Well you've got most of the story. It's not really original, and the natives of pandora are more stereotypically Indian than actual Indians were.
I knew most of that going into the movie, and that's how I feel having seen it.
Still, it has amazing visuals the likes of which have never been seen on screen before. The film doesn't just look better - it was awe inspiring to watch. And James Cameron is a great director as well, so that made the movie more enjoyable. The movie never got boring, and the action is intense. I'm glad I saw it.
CR
Azathoth
03-07-2010, 05:50
I saw Avatar when it came out in December. I gave it 7/10 just for the special effects, but because the entire audience clapped once the credits rolled I have to give it a 2.
Do audiences usually clap in theaters? I've only gone out to see a movie a dozen times in the last 5 years.
Hooahguy
03-07-2010, 06:17
only twice: lord of the rings: return of the king, and avatar.
ajaxfetish
03-07-2010, 06:27
Do audiences usually clap in theaters? I've only gone out to see a movie a dozen times in the last 5 years.
I usually see movies once they've gone on to the discount theater, if not even later on video. Never seen an audience clap after a film. The one time I went to a midnight showing on release day (think it was one of the Harry Potter flicks), the audience clapped. Not enough for anything more than anecdotal evidence, but I suspect newness has an effect, along with anticipation and what the show actually delivers.
Ajax
Centurion1
03-07-2010, 19:24
That's what I thought when I saw the preview, but that part of the story is done legitimately.
The Europeans didn't support what was done to the native americans. But the people who went over their had no oversight, and were of the "make my fortune" type. That's how it's presented in avatar, except they are light years of space away from any authority instead of miles of ocean. And, not to spoil the movie if you do see it, but what the corporation thinks are just superstitious tribal customs actually aren't, unlike the native american ones.
But then, I think the "lacks a story" criticism shows a huge lack of perspective. Your mileage may vary.
this isnt a political thread or even a historical thread so im going to ignore the europeans didnt know about indian killing.
It really want a very good story and i dont think the acting was top of the line either so many lines felt forced. Like hwne that female doctor says jarhead, i cringed not just because its insulting but also because she sounded so stupid saying it.
Azathoth
03-07-2010, 22:34
It really want a very good story and i dont think the acting was top of the line either so many lines felt forced. Like hwne that female doctor says jarhead, i cringed not just because its insulting but also because she sounded so stupid saying it.
She is Sigourney Weaver, though.
War, inc, pretty damn funny if you are in the mood, lovingly politically incorrect and Joe Cussack is always win.
Alice in Wonderland: Not great, but definitely good.
It's got all of Burton's usual style and visual flare (which for me is a good thing). Stunning cinematography, beautiful CGI, wonderfully wacky/hammy character portrayals -- Depp and Carter clearly had a grand old time playing the Hatter and the Red Queen, respectively -- and excellent voice acting for the animated characters (Alan Rickman as the Blue Caterpillar and Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat were particularly delightful) all combine to provide a solid film-viewing experience.
Cons: Uneven pacing. A storyline that....well, I wouldn't say it was "weak" so much as it was poorly executed; the movie's basic premise was solid enough, but sometimes it felt like the plot didn't know where to go next. Also, Anne Hathaway's performance as the White Queen fell flat (although to be fair, I don't think she had that much to work with).
Verdict: If you generally like Tim Burton's movies, enjoy(ed) Alice in Wonderland in any of its previous incarnations, and/or desire a fun-but-not-too-deep fantasy outing, odds are very good you'll like this one. A solid 8 out of 10.
Kralizec
03-08-2010, 11:35
The Visitor
8/10
Short summary: a widowed economics professor, by coincidence, meets two illegal immigrants (from Senegal and Syria) and becomes friends with them. The guy from Syria is mistakenly arrested when two cops suspect him of trying to use the subway without a ticket, and is faced with deportation. Sad story, all in all.
Banquo's Ghost
03-08-2010, 13:52
Alice in Wonderland: Not great, but definitely good.
It's got all of Burton's usual style and visual flare (which for me is a good thing). Stunning cinematography, beautiful CGI, wonderfully wacky/hammy character portrayals -- Depp and Carter clearly had a grand old time playing the Hatter and the Red Queen, respectively -- and excellent voice acting for the animated characters (Alan Rickman as the Blue Caterpillar and Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat were particularly delightful) all combine to provide a solid film-viewing experience.
Cons: Uneven pacing. A storyline that....well, I wouldn't say it was "weak" so much as it was poorly executed; the movie's basic premise was solid enough, but sometimes it felt like the plot didn't know where to go next. Also, Anne Hathaway's performance as the White Queen fell flat (although to be fair, I don't think she had that much to work with).
Verdict: If you generally like Tim Burton's movies, enjoy(ed) Alice in Wonderland in any of its previous incarnations, and/or desire a fun-but-not-too-deep fantasy outing, odds are very good you'll like this one. A solid 8 out of 10.
I'm afraid I must disagree. I am a great fan of Mr Burton, but this film struck me as Disneyfied rubbish of the first water.
The storyline was not simply weak, it was as if written for the console game rather than a film. No layering, no intelligent subversion of language, no paradox - just next level, please. The girl who played Alice looked completely ill and was vacuous in the extreme. One dimensional is not suffcient to describe the absence of any character depth in any character.
Johnny Depp was doing mad by numbers - a charmless reprise of his Jack Sparrow with make up by Willy Wonka. (With a brief appearance of a van Dyke-eque Braveheart accent, supremely climaxed with an actual kilt and broadsword at the "boss" level :dizzy2:). And whatever on earth the mindless dance of celebration was meant to do other than appeal to the "yoof" demographic, I cannot say. I trust Christopher Lee got handsomely paid for his two sentences as the Jabberwock. (Yes, Mr Disney - Jabberwock, not Jabberwock-y :whip:)
I expected the influence of Burton's Gothic imagination upon one of the great Victorian fairy tales to be immense. Sadly, the studio execs got at it - though he does, like any great director, come out with turkeys from time to time. I found it feeble and forgettable - though being the first modern 3D film I have seen, that was somewhat distracting. Even Danny Elfman came up with a score that was unworthy of a mall lift.
1/10
JCVD, very clever comedy, Jean Claud van Dam is great as himself. Poor guy has bad times, all his roles go to Steven Seagal and he is fighting over the custody of his daughter. To make it worse he gets caught in a holdup and he gets all the fault. From there it's madness everybody is against him.
Did I just see a movie with Jean Claude van Dam playing a memorable character? Yep I did.
Major Robert Dump
03-12-2010, 14:48
JCVD, very clever comedy, Jean Claud van Dam is great as himself. Poor guy has bad times, all his roles go to Steven Seagal and he is fighting over the custody of his daughter. To make it worse he gets caught in a holdup and he gets all the fault. From there it's madness everybody is against him.
Did I just see a movie with Jean Claude van Dam playing a memorable character? Yep I did.
I beat you to it :) I saw that film a while back and recommended it because I thought it was well done and interesting, especially how the whole ordeal turns out. And the main bad guy was so damned ugly
Centurion1
03-12-2010, 15:05
Juli and Julia 8/10.
Yeah i know i know Centurion1 what possesed you to watch that movie. well a girl i know and her sister made me watch it when i was at their house and i just have to say it was fantastic. Meryl Streep was simply superb in it and the storyline and supporting actors were excellent. Streep was spot on for Julia Child. The best part though? seeing all that ridiculously luscious food. i love cooking.
Kralizec
03-18-2010, 16:50
The Big Lebowski
7.5/10
Defiance
8/10
Hooahguy
03-18-2010, 18:46
The Big Lebowski
7.5/10
Defiance
8/10
mind telling us why?
The Big Lebowski
7.5/10
Dude.... that movie is briliant
Scienter
03-21-2010, 23:01
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I thought this movie was brilliant! I haven't read the books. I thought Lisbeth, the main character, was very interesting and I wanted to learn more about her. It was a very twisted mystery and it kept me on the edge of my seat, even after I figured out the 'twist.' There were some very uncomfortable moments in the movie such as a very graphic rape scene, but they helped to develop the main character and her motivations for actions later in the film. I definitely recommend it! It's in Swedish with subtitles, so if you see it in the theater make sure no one with big hair sits in front of you.
Also, why does the spoiler text button have a "B" on it? There is no B in spoiler. :inquisitive:
Bader Meinhof complex, very good. Really gives a feel for the turbulent times in Western Germany. Naturally a violent movie. The director doesn't make any heroes out of them he asks no sympathy, they are idealists who do horrible things and that's that.
Prussian to the Iron
03-29-2010, 02:37
just saw Hot Tub Time Machine. most hilarious movie i've seen sicne the Hangover, and possibly even surpasses it. certainly rose my spirits.
The Assasination of Jesse James. What the..... terrible movie. It's pointless, it wants to make a point but I am clueless what it is, all I know is that it's pretentious. Individual scenes are good and well acted, but they should have shot the editor instead.
Beefy187
03-29-2010, 10:33
Tekken (Iron Fist)
I do like action films and martial arts.
Tekken had a decent story line as well as decent martial arts.
But most of the characters was not developed enough.
Only one remained in my memory was Mishima sans hilarious hair style.... And the chick was pretty sexy.
It didn't have my favourite character. King in it and one of my favourite died.
So Its 4/10
Ip Man
Best martial arts movie ever IMHO, better even than Bruce Lee's. The acting is excellent, the story is captivating, and it is carried out superbly. The martial arts of course are the focus of the film, and they are absolutely fantastic. It is the first movie to realistically depict Wing Tsun coincidentally. It is a must see for anyone, even if you do not like martial arts.
I don't enjoy martial arts movies where the main character is invincible. He only got punched about 5 times the entire movie and they were all in the ending fight scene. Seriously? Seriously? He's just that good? No.
Saw Star-Trek yesterday, loved it and I am not a fan of Star-Trek, saw most of the movies though. It's fun to see the characters develop in their early years.
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford... it wants to make a point but I am clueless what it is
I believe the clue is in the title.
From what I caught of the film, the point it is trying to make is that, while killing a notorious outlaw in itself would be considered a courageous act, the manner in which it was executed drew the ire of those it was intended to 'impress'. There was a bounty for James alive or dead, yet Ford didn't recieve the money after the deed was done, from what I know. He was chastised no matter where he went up until the very day he was murdered in his own bar without anyone batting an eyelid.
Just search Wikipedia for Robert Ford or Jesse James, the premise of the entire film is laid out there and I think the director/screenwriters generally did a good job of adhering to the facts.
I know of the background, doesn't make the movie any less terrible. It's a disjointed collection off scenes it's utterly pointless it doesn't go anywhere. The use of music is the worst offender, you never know what the hell you are supposed to make out of it. Performances are good, can't go wrong with Brad Pitt really, he deserves a better director.
Prussian to the Iron
04-01-2010, 22:07
Clash of the Titans comes out tomorrow, can't wait!!!!!!!!
and yes, i did see the first one, albeit it was several years ago. maybe we'll rent it tomorrow and watch it before going to see the new one.
Ja'chyra
04-01-2010, 23:04
From what I caught of the film, the point it is trying to make is that, while killing a notorious outlaw in itself would be considered a courageous act, the manner in which it was executed drew the ire of those it was intended to 'impress'. There was a bounty for James alive or dead, yet Ford didn't recieve the money after the deed was done, from what I know. He was chastised no matter where he went up until the very day he was murdered in his own bar without anyone batting an eyelid.
Just search Wikipedia for Robert Ford or Jesse James, the premise of the entire film is laid out there and I think the director/screenwriters generally did a good job of adhering to the facts.
Wiki and facts don't necessarily go together
I saw How to Train Your Dragon today. Predictable, but it was executed well, and so was still likable. I rate it 7/10.
Prussian to the Iron
04-02-2010, 01:40
i think were going to see that this weekend, takin my lil sister.
Hooahguy
04-02-2010, 15:38
i saw sherlock holmes last night.
it was surprisingly good.
i give it an 8.5/10
Ja'chyra
04-02-2010, 16:07
Just been to see The Clash of the Titans and wasn't that impressed.
The story and characters don't draw you in as much as the original and the 3D isn't as good as Avatar's.
The whole film seemed to be missing something and wasn't as exciting as it could have been even the Kracken was too big for you to really grasp it's power, overall 6/10.
Prussian to the Iron
04-02-2010, 22:28
saw Clash of the Titans today.
it was good, though there wasn't enough action, and Andromeda and some of the other characters could have been far more developed. i personally liked the Medusa sequence of the first one better, not sure why.
the Kraken fight could have been soooooo much cooler, but just ended up being crap.
the people who made it cant grasp Greek mythology though; the prologue says that, instead of Zeus being hidden from Kronos and then returning to free his brothers and sisters, and proceeding to wage war ont he Titans, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades simply started a war, and Hades used a Kraken to kill the Titans. that bothered me throughout the whole movie. i just about walked out when they said that...
it was worth the 10 bucks though. i'd see it again with some of my friends or a girl.
going to watch History of the World, Part I this weekend, after just buying it today. loved it when I was 10, moving my grandmothers stuff into her house and watching the VHS on her video player, hopefully i'll love it more now that I can understand all the jokes!
PanzerJaeger
04-03-2010, 05:55
Finally got around to seeing Donnie Darko after everyone and their mother recommended it. There's so much going on, and I was left more than a little bit confused. It really makes you think, which is excellent; and I'm going to have to see it at least one more time to try and figure things out. 9.5/10.
I have made peace with me being too stupid to figure it all out, great movie though. Love the music.
edit: Last House on the Left, the remake. Surprisingly good. The original is a classic with good reason, this one isn't as morally edgy (why are movies so tame nowadays? Would a raw realistic movie like Taxi-Driver still be released today?) but it's much better acted and it benefits from a larger budget. Some scenes are really hard to watch, the silly girl that got stabbed I skipped, I can't watch that. It's like the violence in 'The Zodiac' it's just too realistic for me. 5 Minutes after she was stabbed she is still squirming on the ground in agony. Harsh. Can't say I enjoyed this movie but that's what it was made for.
Enduring Love, excellent psychological thriller that slowly but surely gets under your skin, must be horrible to have an obsessed stalker. Calm and intelligent with great performances 9/10
Finally saw Burn After Reading. Yawn. It read as a Coen Brothers try to do Tarrentino, and well fail. Had its moments sure, but all-in-all, very forgettable and incoherent.
I don't like movies that rely to heavily on computer animation. In my opinion it takes away from the acting and perhaps the writing and/or inspiration that could be applied with the actors and 'real' sets and scenery. Anyone seen 'The Goonies'? An old-school classic! I love chunk!
Scienter
04-20-2010, 21:49
I watched The Brothers Bloom over the weekend, it was pretty amusing, I laughed out loud at several parts. It was next in my Netflix queue and I went into it not really knowing what it was about. Very enjoyable!
Prussian to the Iron
04-21-2010, 03:02
i swear i saw that several years ago....is there a scene where a horse swallows someone (or attempts to)?
EDIT: a quick qikipedia search shows that the movie i'm thinking of is the Brothers Grimm. my bad
Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun
Scienter
04-22-2010, 23:04
Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun
I enjoyed Paranormal Activity. They want to make a sequel, I don't know how that can possibly be good. Part of the reason I thougth Paranormal Activity was good was because it was clearly shot on a low budget with unknown actors. Plus, the ending doesn't really leave room for a sequel, I liked it just as it was.
Louis VI the Fat
04-23-2010, 00:43
Finally saw Burn After Reading. Yawn. It read as a Coen Brothers try to do Tarrentino, and well fail. Had its moments sure, but all-in-all, very forgettable and incoherent.Saw it today. For the first 45/60 minutes I thought it was great. Then the movie slipped. It failed dismally in its resolution. Pity. Somewhere buried beneath the mess-up, I'm sure there is a great movie. I'm surprised the Coen brothers couldn't pull it off.
Myrddraal
04-23-2010, 00:57
Has anybody seen The Ghost Writer (aka Ghost)? From the trailer it seems to be the best movie on at the cinemas in the UK at the moment.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139328/
Sasaki Kojiro
04-23-2010, 01:00
Has anybody seen The Ghost Writer (aka Ghost)? From the trailer it seems to be the best movie on at the cinemas in the UK at the moment.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139328/
Yeah, I liked it. Fun movie, nice bit of mystery.
Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun
I thought it was more comedy than horror. Those fast-forward night scenes were hilarious. My significant other drug me to see it in the theater when it came out. Very disappointed, 20 bucks and 2 hours of my life I won't get back. The ending could have been better.
They ruined it with the stutter-framing and the changed face on the girl in the last scene. Too cliche. It would have been better if she had just looked at the camera with a normal face, smiled evilly, and reached out to turn it off. More old-school suspense/mystery. I was also severely disappointed by the fact that it was rated R, but the girl (who was quite large upstairs) never got topless. I have no idea why it got rated R, no real violence or language. Highway robbery. :no:
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