Movie Review Thread

Anyone seen Observe and Report yet?

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Chopper- A movie about an Australian who was a "Robin Hood" and it follows him during a period of his life. I must say I don't really know the history of the guy, but it was a funny movie and Eric Bana was hilarious, not to mention there was a time where I forgot it was him lol.
7/10

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Hardly robin hood, he's a violent thug and everyone knows it, but he'd kinda funny so we put up with him and sketch shows make funnies about him.

I just watched monsters vs aliens,
Its a good kids movie with excellent animations, and enough gags for it to be quite enjoyable for the grown ups. Perfect family movie.

Great, now I'm watching all the orsm vids on Chopper.

I know I am gonna get some flak for this but....

I thought Teen Wolf Too was better then the original Teen Wolf.

Zulu
my rating: 10/10
definitely one of the best war movies ever made

Red Cliff part I: 7/10

Amazing scale!! Beutiful battle scenes. Nice side plots going on. I had to take away two points, one for the fact that they had to cut the movie just before the epic battle started and also for the incredibly fast tempo between scene.. Maybe the directers cut might be amazing. Second for the fact that its bit hard to follow if the audience doesn't know all the characters in it. Finally the computer graphic looks a bit fake some times, due to the epic scale.

I will definitely go and watch Part II.

Watchmen.

Horrible.

I was shocked when I read the end in the book. In the movie...what? SPOILERS --> A rogue American bombs a ton of places in the world, and people make peace? Wouldn't everyone bomb American then? I didn't care about the characters despite liking them in the book, the acting was by and large atrocious(looking at that ditsy chick especially), and the songs were blasting at really stupid times. Good work, director, that song's lyrics are relevant to the plot. It doesn't mean you need it blasting louder than the dialogue.

3/10

Lambs and Lions. Wait, didn't I see this movie before? Just one page ago?? Well there we go again, several storylines, but guess what, drumroll, THEY ARE ALL CONNECTED!! Is it getting old? Yes, it is getting very old.

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Watchmen.

Horrible.

I was shocked when I read the end in the book. In the movie...what? SPOILERS --> A rogue American bombs a ton of places in the world, and people make peace? Wouldn't everyone bomb American then? I didn't care about the characters despite liking them in the book, the acting was by and large atrocious(looking at that ditsy chick especially), and the songs were blasting at really stupid times. Good work, director, that song's lyrics are relevant to the plot. It doesn't mean you need it blasting louder than the dialogue.

3/10

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Umm, I don't think you fully understood what happened....

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Wouldn't everyone bomb American then?

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No because they don't know who did it. America was hit as well, so everyone assumes the attack came from an alien source. I had a problem with the lack of radioactive fallout in the movie's ending which most likely is why the book's ending is non-nuclear, but it's even more far fetched so I had a problem with that as well. I was hoping for an ending that was, let's say, a little more profound in both the movie and the book. It's a bit of a cheap plot device, but it is a way to wrap up the story quickly. Watchmen askes the question, "Who makes the World?". It's something worth thinking about even if there is no ultimate answer.

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Watchmen.

Horrible.

I was shocked when I read the end in the book. In the movie...what? SPOILERS --> A rogue American bombs a ton of places in the world, and people make peace? Wouldn't everyone bomb American then? I didn't care about the characters despite liking them in the book, the acting was by and large atrocious(looking at that ditsy chick especially), and the songs were blasting at really stupid times. Good work, director, that song's lyrics are relevant to the plot. It doesn't mean you need it blasting louder than the dialogue.

3/10

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To clarify. The rogue American had placed these infinite energy sources based off of Dr. Manhattan (thats his name right?) He was trying to avert the end of the world by detonating these devices, causing the world to unite against the Dr. They don't think its a rogue American who has set these devices off, they think it is the main blue super hero.

And I just finished watching Cadillac Records. It is a definite 9/10 in my book. Great music, good acting, easy to follow story, and best of all good looking women. :P

Adventureland

Not as funny as I had expected, but an okay film for the genre. Yeah, I guess the chick is hot, but all the chicks in these are hot and this one is really not my type. Not worth seeing in the theater, but maybe a rental if you can get a woman who is into jurassic rock to watch it with you.

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Saw Get Smart.

A good movie! It was pretty darn funny, especially since I watched it with some friends, and the story held up well enough. A thumbs up for entertainment.

CR

Some Kind of Monster
10/10
its a documentary about Metallica making the album St Anger. i thought it was good. it showed the huiman side of Metallica. loved it when James Ulrich started cursing at Hetfield. i laughed.

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Saw Get Smart.

A good movie! It was pretty darn funny, especially since I watched it with some friends, and the story held up well enough. A thumbs up for entertainment.

CR

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From my personal connections with the events surrounding the fall of communism, I found this absolutely hilarious.

EDIT: And true. ~;)

Pan's Labyrinth. 10/10

I don't give a "perfect" to too many films. Dark, but enjoyable fairytale, definitely not meant for children. Set during the Spanish Civil War, the film seamlessly binds together the worlds of magic and the real one. Top notch acting(granted, the film is in Spanish, which makes me a rather bad judge in this case). Blunt and provocative, yet without being overbearing or silly. Think of it as a bit of Tim Burton, a dash of Harry Potter, a cup of Miyazaki, all crossed with a healthy dose of R rating. I highly advise the film for anyone 13 and over.

Saw Lymelife the other day with my friend who's into arty movies. It's an arty movie. :P I thought it was pretty good but if you aren't into arty films with awkward adolescent years and beind depressed it probably isn't for you. If you don't get into it then it will probably feel rather long and dreary.

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Pan's Labyrinth. 10/10

I don't give a "perfect" to too many films. Dark, but enjoyable fairytale, definitely not meant for children. Set during the Spanish Civil War, the film seamlessly binds together the worlds of magic and the real one. Top notch acting(granted, the film is in Spanish, which makes me a rather bad judge in this case). Blunt and provocative, yet without being overbearing or silly. Think of it as a bit of Tim Burton, a dash of Harry Potter, a cup of Miyazaki, all crossed with a healthy dose of R rating. I highly advise the film for anyone 13 and over.

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The only part I didn't like was the portrayal of the Nationalists as completely cruel and evil and the Republicans as good and righteous and fighting for freedom, when neither of those was really true. Nonetheless, that's a Backroom or Monastary topic. Great movie though.

No Country For Old Men, solid film. Gripping in parts. Good acting all round. That guy has to be the creepiest, most off the wall guy I've ever seen in a film.

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 ;)

De Lift, old dutchie horror that scared the crap out of me when I was young, as it turns out it's still every bit as effective as it was 25 years ago. Is a renegade elevator scary? Damn straight a renegade elevator is scary. Contains one of the most chilling scenes in a horror-movie ever made even if it looks fake. It looked fake 25 years ago and now it looks rediculous but it's so very horrifying regardless. More then just nostalgia it's still a great movie that really gets under your skin.

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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 ;)

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meh i gave it a 2. disgraced one of the best fighting forces in the world.

Southland Tales. Terrible. -100/10

re: Watchmen

I was talking about the movie version, not the graphic novel. The graphic novel's ending makes sense. My feeling of the film's ending was that Nixon goes 'blah blah we're united in fighting Dr. M.'..but Dr. M, for all the people of the world know, is a rogue American. Everyone in the world, excepting the what, three, four people in Antarctica, think Dr. M. blew up a ton of the world. So wouldn't everyone unite against the US? That was my point.

Also, damn, I hate that 'American' rather than 'America' typo. I feel so dumb, lol :/

Anyway, Vanilla Sky.

Good film. It made me horribly depressed though. I forgot Tom Cruise was once a good actor. Also, Penelope Cruz! :D

Freedom Writers
10/10
such a powerful movie, and is very appropriate to watch, especially in our times.

Adventureland
7/10
seen stuff like it before, nothing special but it does have its funny parts.

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The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are two entertaining spy flicks to be watched in that order. The last of the series, The Bourne Ultimatum, I've yet to see -probably next week.
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The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are two entertaining spy flicks to be watched in that order. The last of the series, The Bourne Ultimatum, I've yet to see -probably next week.
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Movie series which stays successful is very rare as in most sequals, second one is pretty dissapointing.

Not only Bourne Supremacy was great, Bourne Ultimatum also kept the spirit going. Every minute was worth it. :yes:

Saw Wolverine yesterday. Glad I only paid matinee price.

Not bad, but not good either. The trailers show all the best action sequences, and the story wasn't that involving. I'm disappointed.

CR

Dark Water was on BBC one last night. Films like that seriously creep me out. ~:eek: