Movie Review Thread

[Prussian to the Iron]

Transformers: Rise of the Fallen, what you expect; loud, dumb & entertaing. The coward guy is funny as a running joke

Robot fighting will always be cool, regardless of the bad plots. Especially when he killed Megatron.

no ive known staff sergeants in for 20 years even combat decorated ones. it does happen.

Considering how much they wanted to hold on to the guy, and how they kept him even though he turned in his paperwork to retire, I'm assuming he's real high quality. So he probably shouldn't be an E6 after 20 years. Maybe it does happen, but I wouldn't call it common.

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She died a fairly horrible death in Star Trek Deepspace Nine, although between the actress does seem to have been criminally underutilised between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and STDS9.

Does this forum have spoiler tags?

I'm in the process of watching DS9 and...I want to use foul language, but I'll just say: thanks for that.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Does this forum have spoiler tags?

I'm in the process of watching DS9 and...I want to use foul language, but I'll just say: thanks for that.

Just saying, I don't think that saying that an actress was underutilized is really a spoiler. It has nothing to do with plot or anything that could potentially ruin a movie.

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Just saying, I don't think that saying that an actress was underutilized is really a spoiler. It has nothing to do with plot or anything that could potentially ruin a movie.

...?

I was obviously referring to the "She died a fairly horrible death in Star Trek Deepspace Nine" part.

[Kralizec]

Lawrence of Arabia, waste of time. Poor character development and hidiously overacted

Don't know if I agree about the acting, but I didn't like it either. It's way to long, and as you say, it doesn't do a good job of fleshing out the characters. I don't understand why this movie is so famous.

Now I understand why 'Letters from Iwo Jima' got only 8/10, you are hard to impress. But when you think about it that's good, a movie that you didn't dislike but will hardly remember should be a 5/10 at best.

Yeah, my ratings basicly mean that everything from 6 and higher isn't a waste of time. 4-5 means highly forgettable, might be worth renting once with a couple of friends. 8.5 - 9 means that it's probably one of the best movies ever made (IMO, of course)
So while Leon is an excellent film, it's not quite on the same level as, say, Schindler's List or whatever.
I just searched for some old reviews I did in this thread; some were probably to generous now that I think of it...

[naut]

Hurt Locker. Can't be bothered to finish.

[econ21]

Does this forum have spoiler tags?

I'm in the process of watching DS9 and...I want to use foul language, but I'll just say: thanks for that.

Oh, so sorry!

As the series ending is 12 years old and she was just a recurring character, I did not think I would be spoiling anyone's viewing. I've put the offending line in spoiler tags now - you might want to do the same in what you've quoted from me.

[naut]

Machete. Typical B movie. Idiotic story. Over-the-top violence and gore. Bad acting. But still very enjoyable once you let it all wash over you and you laugh at how ridiculous the whole thing is.

[Fragony]

Machete. Typical B movie. Idiotic story. Over-the-top violence and gore. Bad acting. But still very enjoyable once you let it all wash over you and you laugh at how ridiculous the whole thing is.

It's supposed to be rediculous, it lovingly mocks cinema from the eighties. Funny about is that was only supposed to be 'advert' in the rediculously funny 'Planet Terror'. He later decided to really make it.

The Duelists, epic. Keitel plays one terrifying psychopath. Having a mortal enemy sucks

[Major Robert Dump]

no ive known staff sergeants in for 20 years even combat decorated ones. it does happen.

With rank comes pay but also responsibility and more pain in the ***. I know 20 year E-5s and 20 year CPTs, because thats what they like to do and they are okay with the pay. Promotion is also based on "slots" to fill with the rank you are trying to get promoted to, and its not uncommon to have to change branches/jobs/locations in order to take a promotion to the next rank. None of my drill sgts at medic school were medics, they were various other branches who transferred in to get promoted and be drills. My 2 current PSGs are infantry, they transferred in in order to get E-7 because there weren't any slots for them in infantry.

This gets even worse in fields where your senior enlisted and field grades never retire or change jobs because of cake gigs.

There is a very real liklihood that, since I plan to get out at 2016 when my contract is up -- that I will not take the promotion to Captain, based on the reasons mentioned above.

[Major Robert Dump]

The Infidel.

Good stuff. Second time I watched it. A not-so-extreme Pakistani Muslim living in UK finds out he is an adopted Jew and hilarity ensues.

[Montmorency]

Trainspotting
8/10

Enjoyable sex scene. Also, Begbie is a very watchable dangerous psychopath.

[Peasant Phill]

Mongol
7/10

Some great camera work. It gives a decent view into the live of Mongol(ian)s of that time (as far as I can tell). It reminds me of the comic Pema Ling by Georges Bess.
The movie does fail to provide a nuanced characterization of the protagonist and goes straight to the veneration of the Timudjin.
I also would have liked to see more battles but that may not have fit the pace of the movie.

[edyzmedieval]

I'm eagerly awaiting an Org review of the latest Harry Potter movie...

[Prussian to the Iron]

I'm eagerly awaiting an Org review of the latest Harry Potter movie...

'twas better than the first half. More action. pretty cool actually. I'm no plot critic however, I'll leave that to someone else.

apparently though, I'm not the only one who found it really sad about the whole

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Snape and Lily thing

[Fragony]

Centurion, teh awesome. Directed by the same guy who gave us Dog Soldiers, The Descent and Doomsday, all cool movies. Centurion is different, it's not a horror. It's about a group of Roman survivors from an ambush by the Picts who are hunted down. Incredible action, if you like your battlescenes bloody with a lot of chopped of limbs you will love it.

'Some great camera work. It gives a decent view into the live of Mongol(ian)s of that time (as far as I can tell). It reminds me of the comic Pema Ling by Georges Bess.The movie does fail to provide a nuanced characterization of the protagonist and goes straight to the veneration of the Timudjin.I also would have liked to see more battles but that may not have fit the pace of the movie. '

Cool scenes but it leaps as it pleases, without any explanation he is suddenly leading thousands

[Major Robert Dump]

I'm eagerly awaiting an Org review of the latest Harry Potter movie...

IT'S SAD IN THE END WHEN THE DOLPHINS DIE

[TheLastDays]

I kinda liked Transformers 3 - that's to say that I didn't go in, expecting a marvelous plot but robots blowing up other robots and I was not disappointed
6/10

[Fragony]

Sucker Punch, HAWT DAMN. I loved it, incredible action with a 'rock&roll' attitude. It doesn't hurt that ALL actresses are incredibly hot. This movie reminds me of the game 'Bayonetta', it's groovy, it's sexy and totally awesome

[Peasant Phill]

Just watched kick-ass. I always like movies that try to go for realism in their superheroes/vigilantes. The action may have been over the top and the antagonists a bit cartoonish but at least it all happened in the 'real world'. To bad they had to throw all that away in the end by dismissing all consequences of the heroes' actions.
Loved the action scenes of hitgirl though, great use of music.

[Fragony]

Just watched kick-ass. I always like movies that try to go for realism in their superheroes/vigilantes. The action may have been over the top and the antagonists a bit cartoonish but at least it all happened in the 'real world'. To bad they had to throw all that away in the end by dismissing all consequences of the heroes' actions.
Loved the action scenes of hitgirl though, great use of music.

Consequence is that he sets a precedent. Loved that movie, part highschool comedy, part ultra-violent action flick, all completely awesome. Hitgirl is the coolest of everything that's cool

[naut]

La Jeteé. Hauntingly beautiful and simple. Magnifique.

[Peasant Phill]

Consequence is that he sets a precedent. Loved that movie, part highschool comedy, part ultra-violent action flick, all completely awesome. Hitgirl is the coolest of everything that's cool

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The actions I alluded to was the murder of 3 gangster by weaponised jetpack and later the murder of the mob boss himself. There were absolutely no consequences what so ever. Kick-ass really had no trouble killing for the first time while he was greatly shocked a few days before when he stumbled upon a few bodies in the burning warehouse.

[PanzerJaeger]

This week I got talked into two movies that reminded me of why I stopped going to the movies.

Captain America - I've never been a fan of super hero movies and I think their propagation has really sucked the life and funding out of a lot of other genres, so take this for what its worth. The movie was awful, just patently terrible. The story was lame and full of plot holes, the acting was mediocre, and the action paled in comparison to some of the other mindless big budget flicks that have come out lately. And while the main character's body goes through some extreme changes, don't even bother looking for any real emotional development from him or any of the other characters. If we can agree that The Dark Knight was the peak of this genre, surely Captain America represents just how far its fallen. This is seriously bottom of the barrel material.

Harry Freaking Potter and the who the freak gives a ...- More awfulness. If there is one thing I hate more than super hero movies, its these ridiculous fantasy book chain movies. Combined with the former, they leave few dollars in Hollywood to devote to unique, interesting stories where good and evil aren't printed on the respective character's foreheads. Anyway, the movie was poorly acted, nonsensical, and every one of the 'kids' (they look about 30 now) seemed to be already looking beyond their hackneyed roles for a) their x million dollar checks and b) their next roles. There was no compelling drama, the action was not particularly riveting, and at the end I just wanted to go home and watch the trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The movie was so utterly and completely forgettable, I've already forgotten most of it - only to be left with the sensation of lost time that can never be retrieved.

[Hooahguy]

Finally saw Kick Ass.

Oh my gosh its awesome. Favorite superhero movie after The Dark Knight. And Lyndsy Fonseca is really hot. And Hit girl is my new favorite character.
10/10

[TheLastDays]

But the plot was
Like, not as in Transformers dull and predictable; rather completely loony and it made no sense at all

EDIT: This happens if you "go to first unread" and don't advance in pages before answering. This comment was directed at Fragony's post about Sucker Punch

[Snite]

Sucker Punch: I liked it. The plot makes perfect sense(It's stories whithin a story, that is itself within a story) the protagonist was using her imagination to deal with the whole thing and to go ahead with her plan for escape. The true story is the one we never see, it was too horrible for her to let us in, instead we see the make-believe world where she's forced to dance at a club, and she takes us even further down when she has to imagine day dreams within her daydream to take the risks needed to go ahead with everything.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Kick-Ass: And yeah, the guy does seem to completely change his moral viewpoint rather quickly and conveniently.

[Fragony]

YOU NAILED IT

Plot is actually pretty good. But the movie is just 'cool', the music helps a lot. The whole dancing and the dreams scenes, awesome. Shame we don't get to actualy see her dance

[Peasant Phill]

Recently I watched Apocalypto and Buffalo soldiers, one after the other.

Apocalypto:
The plot (and the characters) can be reduced to skinny Rambo and his friend plot shield against the Mayas. It also had a strong ecological moral (hunter/gatherers living in harmony against the decadent urban society). It was entertaining, no more no less.

Buffalo soldiers:
Joaquin Phoenix is a clerk in the army stationed somewhere in Germany during the cold war. He has a lucrative business selling embezzled army goods and cooking crack. It's a war movie in the same spirit as Jarhead.

[naut]

Since you guys watched Sucker Punch and liked it I thought I'd give it a go.

While it may be visually impressive, special effects do not a movie make. The plot is straight up retarded. Ugh, does Snyder know what the concept of a plot is? You know, like a story? Hell, I wouldn't have minded if it was a slightly original in any way or maybe had a proper script or made sense and was consistent with proper themes and concepts. But no, it was essentially every video game and anime splattered onto a screen. Watching aspergers girl "perform" with her friends in a 13 year old boy's fantasy world was quite literally brainless.

The butchering of good songs -- obnoxious cover-songs that are horrible versions of the originals. UGH, LAYERS UPON LAYERS OF TERRIBLE MUSIC. Ugh, they butchered Where is My Mind and Search and Destroy!!

Sucker Punch can be summed up as basically well produced soft-core pr0n.