Movie Review Thread

**sapi** · 01-02-2007, 11:30

I agree with Sasaki on Shawshank - it just wasn't that great, and it definitely doesn't deserve no2 spot on imdb

**Craterus** · 01-02-2007, 14:10

What's no. 1?

**Ser Clegane** · 01-02-2007, 14:30

Originally Posted by Sasaki

It's a decent movie, but I'm amazed that it's #2 movie of all time on imdb

An odd thing about this ranking is the rather high number of votes (highest number among the top 250 movies) ... this smells a bit ...

Originally Posted by Craterus

What's no. 1?

The Godfather

**Craterus** · 01-02-2007, 14:41

I'll check it out some other time. My internet can only really handle one window at a time at the moment.

Thanks Ser.

**Geoffrey S** · 01-02-2007, 14:53

Hoodwinked. Great start with som hilarious moments, but it trails off halfway through. Worth it for the first half though.

Layer Cake. Loved it. Brutal, stylish, along with The long good friday this is now at the top of my favourite British crime flicks. Daniel Craig shines as the nameless anti-hero.

Casino Royale. Way, way better than the previous attempt. Again with Daniel Craig, who portrays James Bond as I've always wanted to see him. The opening is very strong, as is the finale. And finally a Bond movie with a good script! Only real complaint is that after the torture sequence, and before the finale it loses the plot too much, it needed more direction at that point.

Originally Posted by sapi

I agree with Sasaki on Shawshank - it just wasn't that great, and it definitely doesn't deserve no2 spot on imdb

I was somewhat disappointed too, particularly so since I'd recently watched The Green Mile, a movie which I rank among my favourites of all time.

Originally Posted by Fragony

absolute genius, consider me your loyal fan Coen brothers. I haven't laughed like this since a Fish called Wanda, which untill now I considered to be the funniest comedy ever made. buhbuhbye. I just love their absurd style, no straight shooters but hilarious situations non-stop, sometimes I don't even understand why I am laughing.

They are good. Fargo is their classic, but a very close second for me is The man who wasn't there. Gripping, and with their trademark beautiful visual style.

Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on

The Departed, Martin Scorsese's newest movie, was excellent. Take an oldskool tragedy (i.e. everyone's dead at the end), add the Irish Mob (i.e. crazy white boys with guns) and Jack Nicholson (i.e. madness), and you're well on your way to exploring Boston's gritty underside. A wonderful tribute to the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, Scorsese managed not to make me yawn and whine "been there, done that." Great \o

No. No no no. If there's one movie I've seen recently that I absolutely loathed, that's the one. The only thing I enjoyed was the opening sequence, but apart from that I found the script banal, the direction sloppy, and the leads Damon and DiCaprio wasted and uninspired. Nicholson could have been good, but his performance really does make a case for overacting ruining a potentially stunning role; for me, only the supporting actors managed to introduce some subtlety to their parts, some kind of acting. I've tried to like Scorsese's work, but just like The Aviator I came away feeling rather disappointed.

At the risk of sounding like one of the many IMDB snobs, Infernal Affairs is better, though the two movies can't really be compared except on the basic premise.

**sapi** · 01-03-2007, 13:09

The departed would have been much better if it was an hour shorter.

**Puzz3D** · 01-04-2007, 21:37

The The Departed which I found to be very entertaining strikes me as a black comedy, although the somber situation it portrays does or did exist in Boston. Jack Nicholson's character is no less brutal and long lived than the real life person it parallels, and that person has never been aprehended precisley because he was an FBI informant and was tipped off when the jig was up and he went into hiding. Just about every scene is charged with emotional displays. Infernal Affairs is a serious crime drama with much more subdued and contemplative acting, but without the multiple police departments, coincidentally comic love interest or extra male character added in The Departed. I saw it after seeing The Departed, so the suspense in the story was lost which hurt.

**Fragony** · 01-05-2007, 12:57

Originally Posted by Geoffrey S

They are good. Fargo is their classic, but a very close second for me is The man who wasn't there. Gripping, and with their trademark beautiful visual style.

Thx for the tip, never heard of it