Just saw Quarantine exceeded my excpactations 8/10 FREAKY FREAKY.
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Just saw Quarantine exceeded my excpactations 8/10 FREAKY FREAKY.
Saw Body of Lies.
Good acting, but a poor plot. Disjointed, and the focus comes off finding the bad guy and focuses on fighting/struggle between the two main characters.
Superficially entertaining, but not a great movie.
Saw Redbelt as well. Not very good. About an inner struggle of a martial arts instructor who refuses to fight in competitions. Acting isn't great and the ending isn't much of a resolution. And for being a movie about a martial arts fighter, it doesn't have much fighting.
EDIT: Almost forgot, saw Seance because I went to rent a movie with people who love horror flicks and they couldn't find a good one they hadn't seen. That is the definition of a B movie - low budget, no name actors who did only decent acting at best, a predictable plot with large holes, absolutely no terrifying moments.
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The Patriot
Well.....what can I say? A Mel Gibson war/history movie. I didn't particularly like it due to it's innaccuracy and the whole "British=Bad" mentality that went behind it. I mean, sure, it's an American movie about the AMerican Revolution made by an American. I ould expect the antagonist to be the stuck up, egomaniacal British upperclass officer cavalier. But it just seemed to dull. The battles especially. I mean, the King's Army couldn't hit the barn side of a broad, but Mel Gibson has a silencer and a red dot scope and could probably take down Snake. The acting was...well, I seemed to like the British more than the American characters. The British cavalier played very true to what he was supposed to be, General Cornwallis was very nice. Mel Gibson's character overplayed the "I'm just looking after my family" role. I also found it laughable how he promised neutrality in the war, but when his son is tooken prisoner, he decides to take down the entire British Army. I understand if he were to save his son, but no, he eneds to invade London. The battles were dull, very much a rinse and repeat attitude. Gibson plans another cunning attack, the British are too dumb to see the lare blue coat in front of them, and drop like flies. Go America!
In short, if you expected Braveheart again, you're going to be dissapointed. The movie combines meh acting, repetative battle scenes, and "Us vs Them" attitudes to the point of me having to turn it off and sleep. If you really want to watch it, sure, I'm not stopping you. But if you're a sucker for accurate realistic war movies, you shoul go get Das Boot instead.
Overall: 7/10
Der Untergang
The new "Das Boot". Der Untergang, The Downfall, is a very realistic, somewhat neutral view of the last days of the Nazi leadership in the Fuhrerbunker. The plot revolves around the account of Hitler's secretary, Traudl Junge, who first hand witnesses the final weeks within Berlin. However, the movie also carries many nice, smooth, followable sub-plots. Hitler is gradually losing a grasp of reality, and it shows. From the clean, energetic leader in the beginning, to the shaky-handed, messy tired old man at his death. Peter, a Hitler Youth soldier, caught up in the beliefs of Party and Fatherland tries to survive the Battle raging in the capital. I will not go through all the sub-plots, but expect to see some very familiar characters in history make their appearence. The movie is entirely in native German, with provided subtitles in the English version. The acting is very well done, I will like to commemorate the actor who played Adolf Hitler, Bruno Ganz. His shaky, unpredictable nature keeps you interested in watching. The acting overall was very nice, with the general's discussing among themselves of surrendering or suicide. I will leave the rest for you to watch and find out.
In short, Der Untergang can very well be the new Das Boot. It's historical accuracy, great acting, and powerfully emotional seans keep you watching from start to end. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the last days of World War 2, the last days of the Nazi leadership, and any historian.
Overall: 10/10
Religulous was hilariulous. I was disappointed with the interview editing which often made it all too obvious the type of tactics Maher was employing, but there were numerous moments of true hilarity interspersed and some of the quick cuts were laugh out loud perfect. Those carried the movie easily right up to the end when the comedian attempts to adopt a more serious tone and message. Those last two minutes simply don't work, especially not for a guy who bills himself as selling doubt.
Still, all in all, I highly recommend it as light entertainment. There is simply nothing quite as funny as crackpots who truly, deeply take themselves seriously being repeatedly pincushioned by a sarcastic stoner. I think the Vatican sequences were some of the best, but the British (?) Muslim rapper's utter inability to articulate was also good for more than one laugh.
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Originally Posted by SwedishFish
I've different opinion for that film. It's quite decent really. The role play was good, the plot was good. It quite well depicts what happens during any war. Reapeative battles? I think it's because the warfare of the time (not specialist of the period, though). Neat squares, walking slowly under raining cannon-balls. There was a little propaganda but that was bearable. It's not waste of time, anyway. :bow:
P.S. And the British were not portrayed to be fools at all.
Babylon AD
The opening really got me hooked in. But the plot started to look more bizarre and video gamish. Then disappointing ending... Some of the special effects was excellent though. Filming it self was not bad at all. Its just the plot...
Overall:3/10
Phone booth
Quite good movie. I wasn't expecting it to be a good movie as 80 percent of the movie is set in one location. Very limited space to move in. But the director done it well to make the film worth it until the very end. Ending was pretty good as well.
Overall:8/10
The character not only is 'looking after his family' after his son was pressed into the army, but all the blacks were 'freed', the wounded were all shot, and his house was burned?Quote:
Mel Gibson's character overplayed the "I'm just looking after my family" role. I also found it laughable how he promised neutrality in the war, but when his son is tooken prisoner, he decides to take down the entire British Army.
It's not that he's looking after his family, but he is fighting against the injustice that the British create. He's one of the classic loyalists who turn against the king after he realizes how evil the British troops really are, despite his loyalties.
I liked it simply because it was a fun romp against a bona fide evil British character. While it isn't "The Swamp Fox: A Documentary" it was a fun war against the Brits.
P.S. It's 'taken' not 'tooken' :2thumbsup:
Now I'll just go watch A Bridge Too Far
Maybe I was too harsh. I just didn't like it, if you can bear it, go ahead.
Strike I need to ask a question about the movie, it's something I've been wondering about before I go to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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Don't read! Except Strikey.
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Okay my apologies everyone, sorry for the spoiler chat.
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I'm thinking about taking this bird to the movies sometime in the next few days. We've agreed upon either Eagle Eye or Righteous Kill. We're leaning toward the latter as we're both Pacino fans and have heard good things about Robert De Niro's performance. Any suggestions?
go to righteous kill, had Eagle Eye spoiled for me, ending is absolute crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWFanatic
I give Red Dawn 10/10 for the absolutely perfect portrayal of a Russian Invasion of the U.S. in the eighties and how average Americans would band together to help push back the invasion. I suggest everyone to pick up a copy of it now and watch it, don't even read what's on the cover of the dvd just pop it in and play.
Shooting Dogs, makes it all the more clear what Hotel Rwana is: a well made product, does nothing wrong but zero inspiration. Shooting Dogs on the other hand will make you bleed.
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I give Red Dawn 10/10 for the absolutely perfect portrayal of a Russian Invasion of the U.S. in the eighties and how average Americans would band together to help push back the invasion. I suggest everyone to pick up a copy of it now and watch it, don't even read what's on the cover of the dvd just pop it in and play.
Not fools, just maniacal sadistics - and about as inaccurate as it is possible to be with a musket at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Asen
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Originally Posted by SwedishFish
It was really good... best bunker movie in a long time.. or ever. I would take away a point, though, for the SS Doctor subplot. It stood out as very Hollywood PC in a movie that otherwise characterized the German mindset pretty realistically.
I agree totally. The movie attracted some criticism for portraying certain characters as overly heroic and essentially good natured, especially the doctor - for wich the criticism seems entirely true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Panzerjaeger
Best WW2 film I've ever seen, 'nuff said.
Just saw Max Payne. I'd give it a 2/5. It has moderately good special effects and some exciting action scenes (if you like bullet time sequences) as well as a strong performance from Mark Wahlberg, but everything else is...is what you'd expect from another video game style film. If you liked Hitman, you'll probably like Max Payne. The two movies share a lot: illogical plot, lousy acting (minus Wahlberg), and unrealistic shoot-em up action. If that isn't your thing then your time might be best spent elsewhere.
Midnight meat train, horror goodness, kinda gory. :beam:
Pretty damn creepy I must say.
Max Payne would be one of the most :daisy: biggest desapointments I ever had. For a game which we always were shooting enemies, and it was one of those rare games where there was an actual coherent plot line, the first major action scene in the movie comes somewhere in the middle (In Aesir building with those security teams). I would give the film a 1/10.
I watched it again for the 10th time (or more!) last night and I just love it. It is a great summation of the time and I can't take too many things I'd change.Quote:
Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger
Mirrors, don't understand the bad press, this movie is ace, one of the scariest movies I have seen in a long time, and I have been in horror-goodness mode for quite some time. Thing with japanese movies and their american remakes is too many scares, every scene need one, this one is more restrained, smaller dose of scares makes them much more effective.
"Burn After Reading"
Very strange movie, some decent moments (Brad Pitt's character was great), others... not so decent (Very boring beginning... and middle... and end...)
I DON'T recomment this at all to anybody
I though it was brill, have not had such a laugh in ages. Pit was great as a gay gym instructor, Clooney was just straight out weird, what was up with that chair?Quote:
Originally Posted by shlin28
Malkovich was the character I liked the most, he just got dealt such a rough hand and became completley insane. Great movie!
Burn after reading is my favorite comedy this year.....amazing movie.
Religulous only opens here on December 4th...can´t wait to see that one.
Just caught the latest Mummy movie--Tomb of the Dragon Emperor--at the dollar theater. The idea behind the movie was good, and consistent with the previous two, and the effects were decent (seeing the terra cotta army come to life was pretty dang cool), but it didn't have enough good points to overcome its biggest problem. The writers couldn't write dialogue to save their lives. I remember the witty dialogue being one of the main selling points of the first and second Mummy films, but along with the lead actress, the old writer did not return for this installment, and they did a poor job replacing him. I don't think there was a single line that didn't make me wince. Cliched, unnatural, overblown, and boring throughout. I would not recommend this movie, particularly to those who enjoyed its predecessors.
Ajax
Bobby. I enjoyed. Had some very powerful scenes. I liked the way it was done, with real footage at certain points.
I agree, pretty good movie, though a bit wierd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar
Yeah, the chair was just kinda really digressive.....It was really funny how Clooney's char ended up freaking out so much at the end. I must say, I really really hated the gym lady whatever her name is by the end of the movie...