Movie Review Thread

**Strike For The South** · 10-12-2008, 04:46

Just saw Quarantine exceeded my excpactations 8/10 FREAKY FREAKY.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-12-2008, 05:10

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.

CR

**KarlXII** · 10-12-2008, 05:49

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

**Ramses II CP** · 10-12-2008, 06:10

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.

**Prince Cobra** · 10-12-2008, 09:44

Originally Posted by SwedishFish

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

I disagree.

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.

P.S. And the British were not portrayed to be fools at all.

**Beefy187** · 10-12-2008, 10:13

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

**Marshal Murat** · 10-12-2008, 14:36

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.

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?

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'

Now I'll just go watch A Bridge Too Far

**KarlXII** · 10-12-2008, 21:04

Maybe I was too harsh. I just didn't like it, if you can bear it, go ahead.

**Koga No Goshi** · 10-12-2008, 23:13

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Just saw Quarantine exceeded my excpactations 8/10 FREAKY FREAKY.

Strike I need to ask a question about the movie, it's something I've been wondering about before I go to see it.

Warning, severe spoilers.