Movie Review Thread

**Dooz** · 10-14-2006, 08:11

I vouch for The Departed and The Illusionist, excellent stuff.

**Beirut** · 10-14-2006, 12:05

Yep, The Departed was first rate.

Two Thumps Up.

**The Spartan (Returns)** · 10-15-2006, 20:43

saw Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
liked it a bit but the choice of main character is a bit funny. acting is okay.
good races but didnt like the last ones location.

HOT girls were a big +

overall: the story goes in weird loops

**De' Medici** · 10-16-2006, 11:22

Ninja Scroll, first class anime (I'm not a fan of this genre though).

Running scarred - a very good thriller with Paul Walker.

Barry Lyndon - State of the art, directed by Stanley Kubrick, a drama set in the 18th century. This movie is a living painting. I haven't seen such images in a movie.

I'm planning to see Lawrence of Arabia, with Peter O' Toole (shame on me for not seeing this movie yet

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**Gawain of Orkeny** · 10-17-2006, 00:53

, and was itself remade as The Grudge in 2004, which I haven't seen

Dont bother to watch the Grudge. I just got free tickets for a sneak preview of Grudge 2 and did it suck.

Beowulf and Grendel (has this been spoken of here already ? I forget...): pretty good for those who enjoy movies in "historical" settings. The movie is obviously based on the anonymous "Beowulf" saga.

I enjoyed it also. Some nice costumes as well.

You want to see a good movie get Lucky # Slevin

If you like stuff like Pulp Fiction and Usual Suspects this is for you.

**Blodrast** · 10-17-2006, 19:37

Agree about Lucky Number Slevin. And on the same note, DO check out The Way Of The Gun - one of the best crime/thrillers with a plot (and what a plot!) I've seen in a long time. It's at the very least on par with The Usual Suspects and such. Benicio del Toro and James Caan have great parts, imo.

**Puzz3D** · 10-18-2006, 18:43

Dust Devil (1992) The Final Cut (2006) by writer/director Richard Stanley is a visually striking and interesting but sometines confusing melding of South African myth with a spagetti western type noname character who could be the physical embodiment of an ancient evil spirit. The music score added to the hypnotic and omminous mood of the film. The acting is understated which could be due to limitations of the actors. The full symbolic meaning in the visuals, including the choice of colors, is probably lost on most viewers not familiar with the African myths. Voiceovers help explain things at certain points, but are also intrusive. Slow moving by Hollywood standards it was originally cut down to 87 min by Miramax for the US release. Stanley has reconstructed the film back to a length between the European version (125 min) and the US version (87 min) at his own expense, and it was recently released in a Limited Edition DVD set which also contains a 130 min working print and 3 documentaries one of which is the search for the Holy Grail by SS officer Otto Rahn during WWII who was possibly the inspiration for the Indiana Jones movies.