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The Warrior - 5/5
Despite having a slightly unlikely and disappointing ending, this movie was excellent. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not an MMA fan (in fact, I cannot stand MMA), but liked just about everything about this movie. The fighting was excellent, the story, character development, etc. was excellent, and overall it was a very satisfying movie experience.
Sophies' Choice.
Despite being 30 years old, I'd never seen it. Streep was brilliant, well deserving winner of that years Oscar. I'd seen bits of the film but not the end. What an ending!
Now I know what Sophies' choice was I wish I didn't. It made me cry.
17 Again.
Fun film if you're drinking. I rented it because I was expecting to see more of Mathew Perry, but still...it wasn't a disappointment.
I also got a question for anyone else who's seen the film. When Ned is at the restaurant and speak elvish, a sort of song plays in the background. Does anyone know what song that is? A quick google search brought up an unsatisfactory yahoo questions link but nothing else.
I was coaxed into seeing The Devil Inside.
Laughed. The entire time. It was so bad it was hilarious, kinda like those crappy sci-fi channel movies that you watch just to laugh at for how crappy they are
The Art of Getting By.
Terrible terrible movie. I rented it because it featured Emma Roberts and I found her good in the Nancy Drew film. Plus I like dramas like 500 Days of Summer, and I thought this was going to be in the same vein.
I could not have been more wrong. This is a coming of age film but it's made for 11 year olds.
I had no illusions about the story. I knew it would be the regular run of the mill stuff. But sometimes run of the mill stories shine.
It started well. The question they asked had a lot of potential. But then it went downhill and fast. The main character was mind numbingly obnoxious and unrealistic. Freddie Highmoor's acting was terrible. Maybe he was trying to portray a weird, angsty teen who does not fit in, but it just came across as juvenile.
The Wackness which is a similar film I'd seen a while back, was tons better.
Saw 'The Expendables' again. Geez. The good: loud gory action with lots of stuff blowin up. The bad: really stupid story, truly... WE GOT TO SAVE HER. Now that's ok I guess but here comes the ugly: It completely fails in being a hommage to the genre. There are no wiity oneliners and worse, it fails at being a buddy-movie. there is no chemistry between the characters, whatsoever. When it tries it will make you cringe or lol depending on what kind of person you are.
Where 'Machette' nails it 'The Expendables' fails miserably.
Black Swan, mixed feelings. Bit overacted in the beginning, and underacted near the end. White swan or black swan, Nathaly Portman doesn't convince as either, she is neither. When it's good it's good though, right up there with Dario Argento's 'Opera', it's quite creepy. What it does particularly well is actually making ballet interesting
I watched 'In time' this weekend. It has a very interesting concept, namely that time (until your death) is currency. This means that the rich have centuries and the poor literaly live day by day. The conequences are very noticable throughout the movie and are all believable. The story and characters are however subpar and one dimensional and bordering cliché. With the right writer and director this could've become a truly great movie, now it's just good.
Do I know you? What do you mean no chemistry between the characters? Were you expecting Barney and Christmas to start making out or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Take 'The A-Team', cast is perfect. It's hard not to laugh at the jokes and be moved when the movie wants you to be it has a self-consciously charm. Expendables tries that as well but these moments have no charm whatsoever, they are painfull because the characters don't convince in any way (only Lundgren plays a good role). No chemistry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vuk
I agree that the A-Team was excellent, but Expendables was a different type of excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Can't complain about the action, awesome. But it suffers from really poor writing and bland acting, the actors just don't seem to be having a good timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Vuk
Bah Humbug, sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
NOQuote:
Originally Posted by Vuk
Having all these actors in one movie should be fun but it is a mere gimmick. Worst is the scene with Swarzenneger as it's so blatantly intended to be fan-service 'he likes to crawl in the jungle' 'he wants to be president' (and of course rivalry itself). Meh
Watched 3 cult classic animated features:
Heavy Traffic. Ok. I don't even. I do not understand one iota. It was pretty funny, absurd, but I don't mind that.
Wizards. Astounding. I'm amazed that it took so long for me to watch this. The art style is fantastic and the imagination driving it brilliant.
Akira. Has all the right elements. Must see.
Just a tad to much body horror at the end for my taste but the opening scenes with the motorcycles and the trailing tail lights was amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychonaut
Tokyo Story. Has some moving moments, but for the most part is deathly boring.
Some recent films I watched, partly since I got Netflix:
Dead Leaves: Saw this on DVD - I don't think I've ever been so baffled by an animé film. Technically gorgeous, incredibly funny, brilliantly imaginative and all-round awesome.
Page One - Inside the New York Times: I really enjoyed this documentary, and not just because I'm an NYT junkie. It was interesting looking inside the firm in the 11th Hour of the newspaper business, but although the film quickly concluded that the newspaper going out of business would be a bad thing, it didn't have anything to say on how the paper would survive. I don't think that bodes well.
Fargo: I giggled like a demon watching this, and haven't had so much fun from watching a very understated and deadpan comedy for years, yah. Very, very good film.
Enter the dragon: it is a Bruce Lee movie. the mere fact that it is a Bruce Lee movie, and inspired Mortal Kombat, deserves 10/10. but objectively, the acting is pretty good (not perfect though), and I was expecting a more bad-a ending to the lead boss, like the chef-killer.
Subotan, I'm not sure I would call Fargo a comedy, although it is one of my favorite films. For me, it's one part comedy, one part tragedy, one part police procedural and one part horror.
Just watched the 2010 True Grit on TV. Made by the same people (Coen brothers), in many ways similar to Fargo (albeit only PG-13). It was every thing I hoped and expected it to be. It was very funny - the archaic language and characterful exchanges between the gritty but debauched Marshal, the aggressively negotiating 14 year old and the high falutingly boastful Texas Ranger were a delight. Reading up afterwards, I was surprised how closely the plot stuck to the original John Wayne film, but where it deviated, it was typically for the better. I'm not sure whether it or the The Social Network were the best films of last year, but it was superlative.
Fargo is a comedy in my book, it's all tragic of course but it's packed with hilarity. I adore the soundtrack, soooooo tragic it's perfect. The Coen brothers are masters of small touches, they have yet to make a movie I didn't REALLY like
Killer Elite
The action was good, the plot was confusing, and Yvonne Strahovski's role was extremely disappointing.
6/10
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. HB was awesome!
RIP Angelopoulos. :shame:
I'm listening to Fortunate son, Along the watchtower, paint it black, ...
Any good Vietnam war movies other than platoon, full metal jacket and apocalypse now?
I really like "We were soldiers once, and young".Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant Phill
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...=1#post1687569
It's not as arty or frankly as good as the three you quote, but being based on the battle of Ira Drang as told by a US colonel commanding a battalion there, it is more historically accurate. The end is pure Hollywood, but you can't have everything. I caught it again recently and was as moved as ever. The scenes with the Colonel's wife delivering the telegrams are hard to watch, while the battle scenes are thrilling.
Hamburger Hill is pretty good, not as good as these thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Peasant Phill
I've seen We were soldiers, or more accuratly, I've come across it whenn I was channel surfing. I'm afraid Mel Gibson ruined it for me.
I'll look for Hamburger Hill (or for the Tour of duty series).
Thanks everyone.
Going to watch The Grey tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiR1...er_profilepage
With those two big actors it should be epic.
Igor, another great animation-movie from the post-Shrek era. It's a formula that will never bore me. It has all the charm, all the laughs, and the wonderful characters are gloriously animated