ooof. in case anyone was wondering, don't waste your time watching "vantage point".
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ooof. in case anyone was wondering, don't waste your time watching "vantage point".
ooof.
Horror goodness.
The descent, starts out harmless enough, a group of thirty-something female friends goes spelunking (I think that's what it's called you know enter caves), when a tunnel collapses they have to find a way out. Small passages you can hardly move trough, a consistantly close-up camara to emphasise the claustrophobiaand raised tensions between the friends could be enough for a 1,5 hour of terror. But that turns out to be the least of their worries. There is something there........ how original you think. It never gets silly though because of the believable characters, characters that are going to die in rather nasty ways, but never in a wouldn't-it-be-cool-way thought up by people with odd glasses. One nailbiting ride, you will need a strong stomach for this one because it's quite gory!
Is there any sex?
No sex in The Descent (2005), but there are relationships which are important to the character development in the story. Make sure you see the unedited version because the ending is different. The USA distributor, Lion's Gate, forced the director, Neil Marshall, to edit the ending for USA release. This greatly diminished the emotional impact of the ending, and changed the apparent fate of the main character.
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I don't like movies in which chicks are slain. :no:
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I thought that Cloverfield lacked the neccesary movie essential required to enthrall the modern audience. Namely the fact that it was obviously not an amateur camera.
Saw 10,000 BC. Weird movie all around. It was goofy in the way things happened which kinda gave it a realistic feel to it in more ways then one. And there is no real main bad guy from what I could tell or no anti-hero jibberish although at first it would appear so...that is not the case (thank god).
7/10
See it for yourself. I still don't know what to make of it
I'm quite fond of The Descent. I'm going on Saturday to see that director's latest outing, Doomsday. We'll see if it's any good ...Quote:
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Still not as bad as Meet the Spartans you would be embarrassed to make it.
you guys should check out the directors earlier movie...Quote:
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Dog Soldiers
one of my favorite horror movies of all time......the Descent is good...but I think "Soldiers" is better....
still have to check out Doomsday
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Arachnophobia
Not bad for a b-movie. Entertaining and not too stupid except a few necessary Holywood idiocies here and there.
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What did everyone think to http://www.american-gangster.net/? Personally I turned it off after 40 minutes, I just couldn't get interested. The plot and the fact that it was a true story was a huge plus point and Washington is one of my favourite actors, dissapointment.
You just like that one because the lead actor also did the voice work in Medieval: Total War. I gotta admit, Dog Soldiers didn't really do it for me. Just a little too silly.Quote:
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But The Descent was pretty hard-core, even if there were lapses of logic and sense. (I like my horror films to play tennis with the net up, if you don't mind.) I'll be heading out to see Doomsday with a bunch of guys on Saturday -- we'll see what we see. If nothing else, it's an excuse for all of us to get away from our wives and kids for two to three hours.
Oh boy. Threads, so a nuclair attack isn't fun after all. Even more ghastly then the excellent The day after. Still have nightmares of the scene where the rockets are being launched.
Arachnophobia was a blast. I'm not a huge fan of spiders myself, it didn't require much thinking, and the exterminator was hilarious.Quote:
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Ajax
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Saw Payback and the last half hour of Godzilla tonight on TV.
Mel Gibson should have stuck to making action/crime movies. :no: (Add: This means I liked Payback. He should be banished from making pseudo-historical trash.)
Godzilla was a fun, silly, entertaining nonsense.
Coincidentally, both movies feature pretty lasses named Maria (Bello and Pitillo respectively). ~D
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Gojira (1954) directed by Ishirô Honda is a sci-fi film which acts as social commentary on the danger of the atomic bomb and future technologies that governments would use for making war. Godzilla himself is clearly a metaphor for the atomic bomb, and he possesses a radioactive fire breath to incinerate people and buildings which he does indiscriminately. The ship which is incinerated at the beginning of the film has a life preserver with the number 5 on it. This is a reference to the Daigo Fukuryū Maru (Lucky Dragon 5) incident. In another scene which was removed from the USA version of the film, people on a train during the morning commute discuss the radioactive contamination of their food and water. Most of the anti-atomic bomb sentiment was removed in the bastardized USA version with stupid scenes featuring Raymond Burr added to make up for the 25 minutes that was removed from the original Japanese version.
This film was the basis for a long series of Godzilla films which deteriorated in quality and lacked the strong social commentary. The acting in this film is quite good, and there is also a sub theme concerning the social difficulty of a woman breaking an arranged marriage engagement, and another scene where a women's delegation has difficulty getting their collective voice seriously considered at a government meeting. The original Japanese version (98 minutes) has been released on a nicely restored DVD.
The Omen, pointless remake of one of the scariest movies ever made. Complete waste of time.
Got back from seeing Doomsday. It's a very silly movie. The exploding bunny near the beginning is a big tip-off. I lost count of the beheadings, but there were about four hands chopped off. I think a total of three people get squished, with guts flying everywhere. Only one person gets cooked alive and eaten, with gratuitous close-ups of the cannibals pulling flesh from the cooked body.
An enjoyable bloodbath, for all that. It also suffers from eight-films-in-one syndrome. It's a techno-thriller, no, it's a Mad Max homage, no, it's Robin Hood, no, it's Excalibur, no, it's Mad Max again. Reminded me of Brotherhood of the Wolf, which was by far the best French Language period martial arts werewolf buddy film I've ever seen.
I think I might have enjoyed it more if I were drunk. Still, not a bad way to spend an afternoon with some other dads.
Only Sith deal in absolutes. :no:Quote:
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Watched Philadelphia yesterday. I wouldn't rate it as a great movie as some critics have labeled it, but it's a solid, effective movie. Denzel Washington does a good job as Miller the homophobe lawyer, but the kudos belongs to Tom Hanks. His acting is low-key and understated, but undeniably effective. One reason for that is that Andy never comes across as an archetype, whether it's the sick dying man or the gay, but as a real, multi-faceted person. One big bonus for me is the lack of theatrics in the courtroom scenes. No juries applauding or the lawyer convincing the judge with an outrageous passionate speech here. The proceedings are dignified. A worthy investment of my time.
I recently rewatched two very different comedies, South Park (the movie) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. When I watched it alone, I considered the latter the best comedy ever made (or, at least, my favourite). I watched both with friends recently, and I found that South Park was pretty funny after all. I had found it to be merely okay before, watching it alone, but watching it with friends improves teh experience. In contrast, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was only okay when watched with friends-- while the jokes are still funny, they're not the sort of outrageous humour that makes South Park so fun to watch in groups. The point is that I think some movies simply work better in a group audience.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a classic, but now its very cliche, and not as humorous as it was before. You don't get the same laughs you could from it.
I personally enjoyed it. That black guy was a champion. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_John
The intro to the middle bits maintained really high energy and intensity. But the ending was a little rush. Couldved slowed it down a bit to give the full story including the terrorist fellows (And Enrique fellow.. My favourite dude)
Nice story line with a twist. I hope theres a directors cut coming out with more scenes
Saw John Carpenter's The Thing recently. A classic, full of terror and paranoia, that everyone should see, and the special effects have aged well.
You're a Sith! ~;pQuote:
Only Sith deal in absolutes.
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I enjoyed Drillbit taylor a lot.
You might want to look into 'Mayhem', it pulls the multiple-movies-in-one thingie of gloriously. You are never really sure what kind of a movie you are watching, it's full of surprises. And it has Kathy Bates, who does an even better job then she did in her oscarwinning performance in 'Misery'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Seen Sweeney Todd, enjoyed it very much:2thumbsup:
I had the pleasure to watch Life is beautiful last night, What an amazing film. Even in Italian and subtitled in English it is an emotive, funny and thought enhancing movie.
Right at the end when the American tank enters the camp, the little lads face lights up because he thinks he's won first prize for getting to a 1000 points, it's worth watching for that alone. Fantastic movie I heartily recommend. :2thumbsup:
Wait a cotton-pickin' minute -- you only now saw The Thing? What's the matter with you, son? That's a horror classic, a must-see for anyone interested in paranoia or snow.Quote:
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As for the effects, if I could do one thing to that film it would be to scale back on the gore a little bit. The best moments in it are psychological, and we don't need the full Grand Guignol treatment.
Oh, I saw it years ago, but recently I saw it again.
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