Movie Review Thread

**naut** · 06-09-2007, 15:17

V For Vendetta. Enjoyed it, but Natalie Portman was average at best. Good action scenes, and the plot was solid.

I really liked how in the credits, it played extracts from Malcolm X's and Glora Steinem's speeches.

**Lord Winter** · 06-10-2007, 07:04

The messengers A not so good horror movie, about a 3 year old that can see dead people. The plot was weak and it seemed like it was trying to hard to scare you from the begaining.

**Martok** · 06-12-2007, 00:04

Originally Posted by Rythmic

V For Vendetta. Enjoyed it, but Natalie Portman was average at best. Good action scenes, and the plot was solid.

I really liked how in the credits, it played extracts from Malcolm X's and Glora Steinem's speeches.

I second this. When my dad dragged me to the theater with him, I confess I was pretty much expecting little more than a plain old "rebel without a clue"-type flick. I was pleasantly surprised, however, by both its depth and intelligence.

It's one of the very few movies where I've purchased the DVD the same week in which it was released. In fact, I would actually go so far as to rank this as being somewhere in my top 10. I'm sure most people -- even those that liked it -- didn't think it was *that* great, but there's something about the movie that just grips me. It probably has something to do with Hugo Weaving's performance, which I found absolutely mesmerizing. Not to mention which, the movie had a pretty strong cast all around, including (and especially) the villians.

**nokhor** · 06-12-2007, 05:45

a movie i liked recently was the host. from the same clique that brought us the 3 vengeance movies including one of my all time favorite movies oldboy. remember that three eyed radioactive fish that used to pop up during the opening sequence of the simpsons? well in the host, the fish is all grown up and it means business. there is a sense in all these movies by this clique that reminds me of that line from that song. 'it's only funny until someone get hurt and then it just hilarious.'

**The Spartan (Returns)** · 06-12-2007, 15:32

Night At The Museum quite funny, but very little replay ability. It sometimes seems the director made up things along the way.

**Puzz3D** · 06-14-2007, 15:28

The Prestige (2006) is a fictional drama/thriller that will keep you guessing. It's about an intense rivalry between two turn-of-the-century London magicians. There is a single element of science fiction that you have to accept to make the story work. All aspects of the film are very well done, and the acting is very good, although I thought Scarlett Johansson's performance didn't fit the time and place.

**doc_bean** · 06-19-2007, 09:36

Thank You for smoking a satire on spin doctors and lobbyists, pretty funny black comedy though isn't quite as good in the middle section. They really did nail the lobbyist persona though (we once had a pretty infamous lobbyist explain the proces in an American politics class, he used virtually the same words). Recommended

**Puzz3D** · 06-22-2007, 20:17

Deja Vu (2006) is a crime/sci-fi/action movie directed by Tony Scott. The crime investigation in the beginning and action in the end are well done. The camera work and production values are very good. However, the science fiction element is improperly handled, and the resultant flow of events doesn't stand up to logical analysis. Also, some of the decisions made by the characters in the last half of the movie are questionable and seem to be there simply to create a particular climactic situation.

I wonder if Deja Vu, The Prestige and The Forgotten herald a trend where a sci-fi element is introduced into an otherwise different gendre of movie. None of these films were advertised as sci-fi films.