Movie Review Thread

**Fragony** · 07-03-2006, 12:08

Saw 'Panzerkruizer Potempkin' with full orchestra, awesome. Shame so much of the material was lost, it doesn't really show that the crew are treated so badly.

Glory to the revulotion, reminded me a bit of our state-television

**naut** · 07-05-2006, 13:48

Just watched Collateral. I must say I was suprised. I was expecting a really shoddy movie, but it was atually good. The plot held together nicely, the cinematography was good and not bad acting (except I hate the way Tom Cruise runs!). It was a bit cliche, but still a decent movie. Defenately worth my evening.

**Lemur** · 07-05-2006, 20:37

Finally saw Darwin's Nightmare on cable -- excellent documentary, although rather depressing. Good use of atmosphere. For a film about such touchy subjects it managed to be fairly apolitical.

28 Days Later is a silly movie. The zombies aren't zombies and they skitter around like chipmunks. And the idea that a squad of soldiers would revert to atavistic rape and pillage after one month strains credulity. I liked the film when I first saw it, but it didn't age well, and when I saw it again on cable every little plot hole was big and obvious.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 07-06-2006, 03:19

Oh, goodness. I just saw a most awesome movie;
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
I was expecting another generic martial arts movie, and was totally surprised. The fighting in this movie was probably the best I've ever seen in any movie, and the stunts were amazing, made even more so because there were no special effects or stunt doubles for the leading man (Tony Jaa).

Jaa is a villager in rural thailand who's buddha idol's head is stolen. He goes looking for it in Bangkok, and the fight scenes that result are like nothing I've ever seen. Also, since Jaa uses muay thai fighting, his style is very different from most martial arts movies.

Crazed Rabbit

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 07-06-2006, 03:27

Oi! National Treasure wasn't so bad!

Erm. Gotta think of a movie now.

The Princess Bride. Though that's been mentioned here before, I'd wager. But I won't go back and look.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 07-06-2006, 04:02

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

Oh, goodness. I just saw a most awesome movie;
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
I was expecting another generic martial arts movie, and was totally surprised. The fighting in this movie was probably the best I've ever seen in any movie, and the stunts were amazing, made even more so because there were no special effects or stunt doubles for the leading man (Tony Jaa).

Crazed Rabbit

Yes that was excellent

His other movie "tom yum goong has even better fight scenes.

I just watched Shanghai Knights, the sequel to SHanghai Noon. They managed to make it even funnier than the first. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.

stalin · 07-06-2006, 17:52

Bad boy Bubby: the best "Have sex with your mom and eat cockroaches" movie ever

**Fragony** · 07-07-2006, 10:36

'Les temps du loup'. Ok, now this is a good movie, yay to post-apocalyptic goodness. A woman slowly realises that something bad has happened, it is never explained what happened, but there are great food shortages and humanity is at it's finest in this not-so-feelgood movie. No relief, there is no hope, western civilisation has collapsed. In a brilliant endshot you glaze at the beautifull french landscape from a train, a farm here and there, it all feels dead. This is a kick in the face, just like 'Threads' and 'the day after'.