Movie Review Thread

[A Nerd]

I don't like movies that rely to heavily on computer animation. In my opinion it takes away from the acting and perhaps the writing and/or inspiration that could be applied with the actors and 'real' sets and scenery. Anyone seen 'The Goonies'? An old-school classic! I love chunk!

[Scienter]

I watched The Brothers Bloom over the weekend, it was pretty amusing, I laughed out loud at several parts. It was next in my Netflix queue and I went into it not really knowing what it was about. Very enjoyable!

[Prussian to the Iron]

i swear i saw that several years ago....is there a scene where a horse swallows someone (or attempts to)?

EDIT: a quick qikipedia search shows that the movie i'm thinking of is the Brothers Grimm. my bad

[Fragony]

Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun

[Scienter]

Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun

I enjoyed Paranormal Activity. They want to make a sequel, I don't know how that can possibly be good. Part of the reason I thougth Paranormal Activity was good was because it was clearly shot on a low budget with unknown actors. Plus, the ending doesn't really leave room for a sequel, I liked it just as it was.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Finally saw Burn After Reading. Yawn. It read as a Coen Brothers try to do Tarrentino, and well fail. Had its moments sure, but all-in-all, very forgettable and incoherent.

Saw it today. For the first 45/60 minutes I thought it was great. Then the movie slipped. It failed dismally in its resolution. Pity. Somewhere buried beneath the mess-up, I'm sure there is a great movie. I'm surprised the Coen brothers couldn't pull it off.

[Myrddraal]

Has anybody seen The Ghost Writer (aka Ghost)? From the trailer it seems to be the best movie on at the cinemas in the UK at the moment.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139328/

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Has anybody seen The Ghost Writer (aka Ghost)? From the trailer it seems to be the best movie on at the cinemas in the UK at the moment.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139328/

Yeah, I liked it. Fun movie, nice bit of mystery.

[drone]

Paranormal Activity, overhyped but still good creepy fun

I thought it was more comedy than horror. Those fast-forward night scenes were hilarious. My significant other drug me to see it in the theater when it came out. Very disappointed, 20 bucks and 2 hours of my life I won't get back. The ending could have been better.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

They ruined it with the stutter-framing and the changed face on the girl in the last scene. Too cliche. It would have been better if she had just looked at the camera with a normal face, smiled evilly, and reached out to turn it off. More old-school suspense/mystery. I was also severely disappointed by the fact that it was rated R, but the girl (who was quite large upstairs) never got topless. I have no idea why it got rated R, no real violence or language. Highway robbery.

[Ronin]

Kick Ass

8.5/10

[Fragony]

I enjoyed Paranormal Activity. They want to make a sequel, I don't know how that can possibly be good. Part of the reason I thougth Paranormal Activity was good was because it was clearly shot on a low budget with unknown actors. Plus, the ending doesn't really leave room for a sequel, I liked it just as it was.

Oh I liked it, but the suits took some enjoyment from it with hyping it, these low-budget movies are made by movie-lovers for movie-lovers, the joy in making it shows in spades. Same with Blair witch, it got a sequel because it made a lot of money not because someone wanted to make a good movie.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The Losers: great, exactly what I want from an action movie. Good action, very funny, and the don't dwell on those "emotional moments" that some action movies have, they keep that stuff to a minimum.

[Prussian to the Iron]

The Losers: great, exactly what I want from an action movie. Good action, very funny, and the don't dwell on those "emotional moments" that some action movies have, they keep that stuff to a minimum.

total opposite. crappy, no real direction, and there are 2 characters who switch sides like.....4 or 5 times over the course of the movie. and nobody cares about it. admittedly, i only went because my dad wanted to see it and it was too windy for paintball.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Up.


A lovely movie. The first twenty minutes were a wonder of beauty and storytelling. So very sweet and touching. The rest of the movie was great too.

I love Pixar! What a great studio. Each movie of theirs is sheer moviemaking magic. The spiritual heir to Disney in its heyday. Who else would dare to make a high-profile, high-budget movie that has a very senior man on screen for most of the movie?

[Strike For The South]

Up.


A lovely movie. The first twenty minutes were a wonder of beauty and storytelling. So very sweet and touching. The rest of the movie was great too.

I love Pixar! What a great studio. Each movie of theirs is sheer moviemaking magic. The spiritual heir to Disney in its heyday. Who else would dare to make a high-profile, high-budget movie that has a very senior man on screen for most of the movie?

One of the few movies that brought me to tears

[Louis VI the Fat]

One of the few movies that brought me to tears

I got a little teary-eyed myself.


They did had to mop me up the first time I saw Ratatouille. I cried like a baby. Throughout most of Ratatouille I was just enjoying it as a fun little movie. Then Anton Ego - the cynical critic, got his meal, and I instantly bursted out in tears, it was Niagara Falls all the way to the end. I was in a complete state, a wreck for hours afterwards.

[Strike For The South]

I got a little teary-eyed myself.


They did had to mop me up the first time I saw Ratatouille. I cried like a baby. Throughout most of Ratatouille I was just enjoying it as a fun little movie. Then Anton Ego - the cynical critic, got his meal, and I instantly bursted out in tears, it was Niagara Falls all the way to the end. I was in a complete state, a wreck for hours afterwards.

How did you feel about the furriners takin your wimmenz?

[Prussian to the Iron]

Iron Man 2. great movie, like the first one with a little more insight into Stark.

if you watch it, stay until after the credits. if you dont have time, then this is what happens:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The agent from S.H.I.E.L.D. who went to New Mexico is shown getting out, observing a large crater, and calling someone. He says that they've "Found it". Right before the screen cuts to black, Thor's Hammer is shown lodged in a rock in the crater.

[Fragony]

Loved the first.

Anyway 'Pin', deliciously absurd black comedy. If you like twisted gogogo

[Fragony]

Zack & Miri make a porno, loved it, funny and genuinly moving. Best buddy movie since Sideways.

[naut]

Zwartboek. Intense.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i hated Zack and Miri. like one sex scene. then again, me and my buddys basically skipped over anything until we saw it, then kept fast forwarding, to our dissapointment.

[Snite]

So... you didn't watch the movie, but you have an opinion on it?

[Fragony]

i hated Zack and Miri. like one sex scene. then again, me and my buddys basically skipped over anything until we saw it, then kept fast forwarding, to our dissapointment.

Rent a porno-if you want to see porn, Z&M is more like Woody Allen, bizarre situations.

[naut]

Leon: The Professional. Pretty damn intense. A bit creepy with the little girl who falls in love with him though.

[drone]

Leon: The Professional. Pretty damn intense. A bit creepy with the little girl who falls in love with him though.

Oldman was fantastic, and Besson did a great job with little Natalie Portman, only 12-13 at the time. It's a pity she decided to do Star Wars...

[naut]

Oldman was fantastic, and Besson did a great job with little Natalie Portman, only 12-13 at the time. It's a pity she decided to do Star Wars...

I was really impressed by it. I love the scene where she is ringing and ringing the door bell hoping Leon answers and I found I saying to myself: "Just open the damn door!!!".The acting was superb. But, I found it really unnerving that she was flirting with a man 20 years older than her...

Dazed and Confused. Most pointless movie ever.

[Peasant Phill]

I also loved Leon. It's been a while now since I've seen it but it'll always stay in my collection.

I saw Marie-Antoinette by Sofia Coppola. I enjoyed watching this portrait of a historical figure in a historical interesting time. I did find the modern music preventing the immersion at times while at other times it worked quite well. Although I think that a more authentic depiction of the queen would make a better movie but it wouldn't have been as lighthearted.

[Fragony]

Oldman was fantastic, and Besson did a great job with little Natalie Portman, only 12-13 at the time. It's a pity she decided to do Star Wars...

Yeah she really went downhill from there

[insert pedobear smiley]

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

All you jive turkeys should see Black Dynamite (if you're into satirical blaxploitation films, of course).

Kung-fu treachery!