Movie Review Thread

**Fragony** · 04-12-2007, 10:15

Borat. Switched it of first time, think I wasn't in the mood.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL that guy is nuts. I haven't laughed like this in a long time, the Kazachstan song at the rodeo, absolute genius, maybe not smart, but genius nonetheless. Bear in icekart, dear god, 5 minutes afterwards I was still out of breath. Who would do such a thing, hehe.

**sapi** · 04-13-2007, 05:49

Whenever I think about Borat I can't stop myself thinking about how much funnier it'd be if you didn't know it was a joke

**Beirut** · 04-13-2007, 11:21

The Good Shepherd

Not as good as I heard or as good as it could have been. Most of the movie is Matt Damon looking wide eyed, stone faced, and silent. If he got paid by the word, he would have made about $50 for the flic. Interesting at times, but way beneath the level that a movie with this much talent should be.

It's billed as the best spy movie ever made. Ummmm... not likely.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 04-13-2007, 17:18

The Ring: I had the impression it was some cheesy horror movie but it was quite well done. Really nice atmosphere and ending.

Deliverance: Great movie. I'm amazed that it was directed by the same guy who directed "emerald forest". Rednecks make really good villains.

**doc_bean** · 04-15-2007, 12:04

The Aviator: a biogrpahy about someone who doesn't turn out to be all that interesting after all, and worsethan that, rather unlikable. Rarely more than simply entertaining, it does have two great scenes (hitting on the waitress and meeting the parents). The senate hearings toward the end feel rather unrealisitc (commitee chairmans do have some control over a hearing, I presume) and the weak explanation for the main characters insanity is well, weak.

It's not a bad movie, but I wouldn't recommed it.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 04-16-2007, 06:42

Shooter: Fun action movie. Mark wahlberg does an excellent job. Ending was a bit tacked on but otherwise it was good.

Goodfellas: Saw this for the first time. Tremendous acting. I prefer movies where I can sympathize with the main characters a bit more, so I'd still say Donnie Brasco is a better mafia movie, but this was a good movie. I don't know why ray liotta didn't become a bigger star.

Zodiac: I don't think this worked well in movie form. There was nothing in the movie that couldn't have been done better in a book. Also, it followed real events which hurt it a lot in terms of keeping the story going.

Babel: Terrible. There's no point to this movie unless you can sympathize with the main characters, and how can you do that when almost all of them are retarded? I don't like movies where the main characters do stupid things.

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 04-16-2007, 07:20

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: an awesome introduction to a cult franchise. I'm going to watch all eleven (!!!) seasons of the TV shows now. Hi-freaking-larious.

**Soulforged** · 04-16-2007, 23:28

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Babel: Terrible. There's no point to this movie unless you can sympathize with the main characters, and how can you do that when almost all of them are retarded? I don't like movies where the main characters do stupid things.

I didn't see the movie, but the main subject of the director has always been real people'a life on a fiction. Real people do a lot of stupid things. Still you're perfectly on your rights to say that you didn't like it.

**Bijo** · 04-28-2007, 00:48

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

[B]Goodfellas: Saw this for the first time. Tremendous acting. I prefer movies where I can sympathize with the main characters a bit more, so I'd still say Donnie Brasco is a better mafia movie, but this was a good movie. I don't know why ray liotta didn't become a bigger star.

That's a very good movie. I'd say one of the best mafia films around. I'd even say that movie is flawless in its execution.

**scooter_the_shooter** · 04-28-2007, 23:24

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Babel: Terrible. There's no point to this movie unless you can sympathize with the main characters, and how can you do that when almost all of them are retarded? I don't like movies where the main characters do stupid things.

Gotta agree with ya here. The characters we are supposed to sympathize with are (SPOLIERS)

A creepy perverted arab kid who spies on his sister and has no concept of gun safety.

A slutty Japanese girl who is sad because she can't get laid. (she is the only one I would call retarded...I just wanted to punch her in the face the whole movie, it's a miracle she doesn't get raped)

Two parents who went to a crappy third world country for no reason....and left their kids with their Mexican nanny.

A Mexican nanny who takes her employers children to mexico without permission. And later on has them get into a car with a drunk driver....then to top it off she leaves them in the desert!

All the while the movie tries its best to make you like the characters who are just well...unlikeable. There were three good characters. Creepy arab kid's dad, and The children of the parents who went to a third world country.