Movie Review Thread

**Marshal Murat** · 02-13-2009, 00:08

Watched In Bruges from the Library.

Hilarious and Americans aren't that fat.

**Ibrahim** · 02-13-2009, 00:30

Valkyrie: premise is the july 20th bombplot. recently watched. I had a hard time following the begining, and I find the transition between different times and places somewhat choppy. Actors were of good quality, but unremarkable. Historical accuracy is good, but not perfect. Stauffenburg is unconvincingly acted by Tom Cruise (attributed to him trying to act as a devout catholic?), and looks too much like a plank. many of the actors look too plankish IMO in fatc. and I find the length a little too long, though that is not really an issue for me..

I also think they should have just focus on the month of July 1944, without all the hassle from 1942 and early 1943, but the events shown from then are still useful for exposition and plot.

and the guy acting as Hitler looks ridiculous for Hitler-why couldn't they get Brno Ganz? he did an excellent rendition of that devil in der untergang (2005)

rating: 5/10: It was Ok. still leaves much to be desired.

**Decker** · 02-13-2009, 03:54

Originally Posted by Marshal Murat

Watched In Bruges from the Library.

Hilarious and Americans aren't that fat.

Nope just the people who made the stairs are small... we're not THAT fat of a nation

Funny movie nonetheless...

Shanghai Noon- Good all around fun action/comedy film...
8.5/10

**desert** · 02-14-2009, 05:01

The Magnificent Seven

A good successor to Seven Samurai, although at times it seemed like they tried to fit as many references to Kurosawa's film in it as possible. It should have been a half-hour longer.

Also, did people really talk like that in the West? Their accents, were, like, Eastern European or something. I think the Mexicans had clearer English, lol. And the way the last two died was silly. There were about 5 bandits left, for Christ's sake! The genius gunsman died while under cover and after having shot 4 guys in 3 seconds and the woodcutter was shot while shoving away his fanboys, after which the battle promptly ended.

The acting was a bit too much for me in the beginning.

Mexican 1: We've got to GET rid of those BANDITS!

Sotero: BUT HOOOOOOWWW?

Mexican:

I don't KNOW.

8.5/10

**naut** · 02-14-2009, 05:56

Comme Une Image. Virginie Desarnauts is HAWT!

**Ronin** · 02-14-2009, 15:49

Friday the 13th (2009) -

Very good, worthy of it´s name, full of blood, guts and sex......and more topless scenes than you can shake a stick at....

9/10 (grading in the special universe of a Friday movie)....it is now my second favorite Friday movie...only losing out to Friday 6.

**Kralizec** · 02-14-2009, 20:19

American Psycho
I expected hardcore horror...I thought it was kind of tame in that respect, actually. I loved how the main character freaks out and kills people because they can get reservations at restaurants wich he can't, or when it turns out they have nicer business cards then him

The ending just left me scratching my head.
7.5/10

Nixon
Anthony Hopkins doesn't really look like Nixon, but I forgot that after a couple of minutes- his acting is as great as usual. Nixon is portrayed as a tragic, yet morally flawed and manipulative character. The only bad thing about this movie is that it's 3 hours long.
7/10

**Ronin** · 02-16-2009, 19:18

Originally Posted by Fenring

American Psycho
I expected hardcore horror...I thought it was kind of tame in that respect, actually. I loved how the main character freaks out and kills people because they can get reservations at restaurants wich he can't, or when it turns out they have nicer business cards then him

The ending just left me scratching my head.
7.5/10

It would be a true horror movie...with gore above the "saw" level if they have filmed everything Bateman does in the book....there are some trully distrubing ******-up things that are left out of the movie.

as for the ending

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Ice** · 02-17-2009, 04:39

Originally Posted by Ronin

Friday the 13th (2009) -

Very good, worthy of it´s name, full of blood, guts and sex......and more topless scenes than you can shake a stick at....

9/10 (grading in the special universe of a Friday movie)....it is now my second favorite Friday movie...only losing out to Friday 6.

What an utterly perfect date movie. I'm going to capitalize on this one.

**Puzz3D** · 02-17-2009, 14:57

Coraline by Henry Selick is the first stop motion animated feature in 3D. It's a very well done fantasy with excellent 3D effect, voice acting, music and visuals. It has a good message for kids who may feel that they aren't getting enough attention from their parents. The message should have meaning to adults who see the film as well. It's not an action picture, and is not suitable for very young children due to some scary elements.