Last movie you watched and your critique of it

[Burtsplurt]

Resident Evil: Retribution
1/10

Truly terrible. The opening scene looked good with an action scene that played in reverse, and it actually offered some promise. Then there was a summary of what had happened in the previous films, but that was pretty much incomprehensible so didn't help at all. At this point I started to get very confused. What followed was a series of scenes (I hesitate to call it a film) that were linked by having the same characters, but apparently not by the same plot. The director had obviously spent all his time watching the Matrix series and trying to copy that slow-mo thing that was popular 10 years ago, but had forgotten to finish (or, more likely, start) a script.

Milla Jovovich was good, however. She's got the kind of physical presence that actually allows you to believe that she could pull off the action scenes.

[Mercen-X]

G.I. Joe Retaliation
"Great"

I was little irked by some of the turns, but this is a movie based on a long line of cartoons which were based on a longer line of Hasbro toys. As such, I loved the action scenes, the injected bits of comedy especially from Willis and, while one of the central plot-twists felt horribly forced, I appreciated the results. Obviously, there should be a third film and I would hope that some characters who were not present would return.

[Loony BoB]

Elite Squad - 5/5
A friend of mine from FFXIV bugged me to watch this movie ages ago, and I downloaded it but never got around to it. I have a day home alone, though, so I thought I may as well give it a watch. Definitely worth it. The subtitles I had on were kind of crap, but the storyline was all there and I just have to say that there is nothing that I found bad about this movie. At all. I can't think of a single thing I could fault. Not my favourite movie of all time by any means but it's definitely one I'd suggest other people see if they have a moment. If you liked City of God, you might like this.

I think I'll have to watch the second one, now, apparently it's just as good if not better.

[Unbreakable Will]

Finished watching The Prophecy. I liked it to an extent, as much as someone can like an old angel-horror movie from the 90's, and loved Christopher Walken as a bad guy. I'd watch the sequels and probably watch it again so;
3/5

[Bubba]

Django Unchained. 8/10.

Some cracking performances in this. Christoph Waltz is always worth a watch and Jamie Foxx is quite possibly the coolest human being on the planet. There were quite a few uncomfortable scenes to watch which is to be expected in a Tarantino film. I preferred this to Inglorious Basterds.

[Faris]

Olympus Has Fallen. It touches "so bad it's good" territory.

Harvey Dent is finally president but North Korean terrorists take over the White House with one war plane and less than 100 people with smoke grenades and guns. ALL the secret service and security in the White House is dead, and the president along with a few randoms and the other two people with the Cerberus codes are hostage. It is up to ex-secret service agent Gerald looksdamnfineinabluesuit Butler to rescue them and Speaker of the House God Morgan Freeman to buy time for him.

In this movie you will see several skulls get shanked and wonder "hey, don't you have a gun? Bad guy only has knives, pull an Indiana Jones!"
Best line: "I know you have a wife. She works at the hospital no?" "Hey how about we play a game of smurf off. You start"

[Unbreakable Will]

Rise of the Guardians
5/5
Really loved the characters and the storyline was awesome, I give it a five out of five instead of a four because it made a single manly tear slip down my cheek when Jack was hugged for the first time ever.

[Depression Moon]

Resident Evil: Retribution
1/10



You should know better than to watch a video game movie.
Watched Do the Right Thing in class yester, never fully saw the whole thing before. Spike had some weird camera choices and story progressions. Overall it was aiight. Robin Harris made it more enjoyable.

[Pheesh]

I Spit on Your Grave

Lol, it was what it was. The first half of the film was incredibly uncomfortable to sit through, and even though the acting wasn't particularly good the content was so foreign to me that I almost felt I had to just take the movie on its word, maybe some people are sick enough to do things like that. That did make the second half of the film very satisfying though. As violent as it all got the revenge was...imaginative at least, and if you're someone who can handle graphic violence in movies then this is quite passable.

5/10

[Sephiroth]

Dredd

It was brutal and yet entertaining. Dredd's coolness was probably my favourite element of the movie.

7/10

[kotora]

Elite Squad - 5/5
A friend of mine from FFXIV bugged me to watch this movie ages ago, and I downloaded it but never got around to it. I have a day home alone, though, so I thought I may as well give it a watch. Definitely worth it. The subtitles I had on were kind of crap, but the storyline was all there and I just have to say that there is nothing that I found bad about this movie. At all. I can't think of a single thing I could fault. Not my favourite movie of all time by any means but it's definitely one I'd suggest other people see if they have a moment. If you liked City of God, you might like this.

I think I'll have to watch the second one, now, apparently it's just as good if not better.

You mean Tropa de Elite? Yeah the second one is much better - it provides a closer look on how completely rotten the Brazilian state apparatuses are, and how the poverty and drug problems of the favelas are directly tied to it, rather than the played out "badass cops vs evil drug dealer" storyline.

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, I really enjoyed how it wasn't a simple case of good guy vs. bad guy in the first movie. If the second covers it in an even deeper way, sounds good to me. :)

[Slothy]

Evil Dead (the new one).

5 chainsaws out of 5.

Really not much I can say about this other than it is the best horror movie I've seen in years and don't see it if you aren't prepared for some amazingly gruesome and gory scenes.

[Shorty]

Seriously? Was it amazing because of the film entirely or because of the gore?

I would really love to see a good modern horror movie. I'm picky as shit.

[Gamblet]

John Carter (2012)

I was blown away..

10/10

[Slothy]

Seriously? Was it amazing because of the film entirely or because of the gore?

I would really love to see a good modern horror movie. I'm picky as trout.

Both if you ask me. It was a good horror movie, and it pulled no punches on the gore.

[Burtsplurt]

Trance (2013). 8/10.

Trance is a complex thriller about an art robbery that results in one of the protagonists having to undergo hypnotherapy in order to remember where he has hidden a valuable painting. Throw in a three-way love (?) triangle and Rosario Dawson's demure hypnotherapist, and it has the feel of a 90s erotic thriller (think Basic Instinct). Except it's not quite what it seems.

It's a Danny Boyle film (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, Sunshine, 28 Days Later) so it's visually stunning, pacy and also quite edgy. While he was filming this he was also preparing the Olympic Opening Ceremony, but this is a very different beast. There were no men getting shot in the penis in the Olympics.

It's hard to give away much information without spoiling it. I'd advise you go into the film without hearing much about it.

[Parker]

Watched The Hitcher (1986) on Innes' recommendation.

It was great. It had some really over-the-top action sequences and stunts but at the same time managed to be totally gripping the whole way through. Rutger Hauer owned his role. Watch it I guess.

[TrollHunter]

The Legend of Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)

Ohhhh yeah. This is a jackie chan movie if I have ever seen every single one in existence. Over-the-top acting, fun characters, and some amazing fight choreography are all to be expected. Jackie is truly a king at drunken, and it was cool to be able to recognize all the moves he did as I've seen a ton of drunken forms. Also, the final fight scene took months to film and it was a fight with Jackies own body-guard. Amazing final fight for sure.

The fight scenes weren't as hilariously awesome as say in... first strike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9DJZAoq3g), but they were very impressive none the less.
If you like martial arts movies, you will like this one. Simple as that.

6/10

[Unbreakable Will]

Two-Headed Shark Attack-
1/5

I'd give it a zero but there was boobs in it. Seriously it was the only good part in the movie because the actors couldn't screw it up by attempting to act and there wasn't any poorly made CGI. But what do you expect when you set out to laugh at a horror-movie crap reel?

[NeoCracker]

Dr. Horrible's Sing a long Blog - 9/10

This movie is hilarious, begining to end. Wonderful acting as well. Hell, the worse song is A Man's got to do, which even then serves as a good introduction to Captain Hammer. Though the dynamic between Horrible and Hammer doesn't translate well into song form.

Horrible and Penny, however, are amazing when performing On The Rise. Really the music is great all around, the previous mentioned song being the only low point. And damn is the ending to this depressing as all hell. :cry:

[Shaibana]

Seriously? Was it amazing because of the film entirely or because of the gore?

I would really love to see a good modern horror movie. I'm picky as trout.

well.. these days you only have 2 types of horrormovies: haunted house, and curious teenagers on a trip/vacation

[Yeargdribble]

Evil Dead (2013)

Just got back from it and I have to pretty much agree with Vivi22. I've seen a ridiculous amount of horror flicks. I pretty much just laugh at gore any more, but this movie really just went there. I was actually squirming and forcing myself not to look away and I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw a movie that did that.

My wife and I were discussing what made it so different than other stuff and I think it's the fact that it's not full of quick cuts. If something gory is happening, the camera isn't slipping away and only giving you a tiny glimpse. It's all up in the business of the gruesome action.

There were several times that what's going to happen is telegraphed heavily and you find yourself saying, "Oh god.. I don't want to see it when they finally reveal it. I can't look."


Outside of the gore, I think they actually did a great job on plot. They didn't just try to remake the original. While I'm sure some people are wondering "who will they get to play Ash?"... they just don't go there because you can't recreate what Ash was. That said, they do a decent amount of fan service and there are certainly some wink-and-nod moments for those who enjoyed stuff from the original trilogy, but they don't just try to remake it like so many other crappy rehashes of late.

It's just better written than the original in my opinion. They find clever ways of making thing work. I'm not giving much away to say that part of the conceit of them being in the cabin at all is to try to force one of the characters into a cold turkey detox from drugs. This works great as a plot device since the characters don't realize that something else is going on and just assume it's withdrawal symptoms.

The movie also takes some unexpected turns even for those who are expecting the unexpected. There was spots where I was expecting certain twists to the point that I was really questioning what was going on toward the end.

It was very satisfying and easily the most gruesome thing I've seen in longer than I can remember. If anyone can recommend something that trumps this in squeamish gore, please let me know... I'd like to see it. I've seen "A Serbian Film" and both "Human Centipede" movies, and while they might be more psychologically horrifying, neither of them touched this for me in the pure unsettling gore department and feel like those are probably the highest contenders for over-the-top gore.

[Slothy]

My wife and I were discussing what made it so different than other stuff and I think it's the fact that it's not full of quick cuts. If something gory is happening, the camera isn't slipping away and only giving you a tiny glimpse. It's all up in the business of the gruesome action.

I agree with everything you said Yearg, and I think this deserves special emphasis since part of the reason I wanted to see it at all was that it looked like it'd be gruesome. And to say it delights in making the audience uncomfortable with gore is an understatement. One of the bigger disappointments with a lot of horror movies these days is that they kind of shy away from going too far with the violence and gore. They'll show bits and pieces of it, but never really focus on it. But Evil Dead doesn't shy away from it, and it doesn't cut away or anything. It's really just right up close and in the thick of it all, refusing to look away when half the audience probably already has. And that they did it all with practical effects instead of CG makes it even more impressive to me since I'm sure the temptation is usually there to make the effects easier to pull off by cutting away quickly.

EDIT: I may as well add something a bit relevant to the topic so some quick reviews:

The Evil Dead: the original one this time. I'd meant to watch them all before seeing the remake but shit happens. It was all right, but not really amazing. It was almost good in spite of itself since the acting, was bad, the effects were bad, the writing was bad. But it was still better than 99% of horror movies at the time. Ash is pretty unremarkable in this movie leading me to believe that he's only in the other movies because Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are friends.

Evil Dead 2: Much better this time around. Absolutely hilarious, over the top camp/slapstick humour combined with some modest attempt at horror in there. The first half hour or so of the movie is just Ash being slowly driven insane in the cabin and having his hand possessed, try to kill him, then lopping it off with his chainsaw while laughing like a madman the whole time. It works so much better than it sounds when you try and explain the events to someone.

Army of Darkness: So hilarious that I watched it twice yesterday and laughed just as hard the second time. For some reference, when I've seen a movie once I'll rarely watch it a second time for at least a year because I tend to remember everything that happened and don't need to watch movies again. To say that watching a movie twice in one day is not something I normally do is an understatement. 'Nuff said.

[Night Fury]

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Omg, I really wanted to see this film when it was in the cinemas because it looked very similar to 'She's Just Not That Into You' and it just showed up on Netflix! I loved it, so funny and touching and all the nice things I like.

[Elly]

The Host

imma keep it simple... don't discount this movie because it's Stephanie Meyer's work...

i read the book when it first came out and it was great Science Fiction that was accesable to everyone, not just hardcore Sci-Fi fans... now the movie didn't dissapoint, of course there was a lot of voice over work for Melanie since she was mostly communicating internaly with Wanderer, the Alien Lifeform currently inhabiting her body, but it was handled well and wasn't cheesy as i expected it to be... all the actors nailed their parts and Uncle Jeb was as lovable as he was in the book...

the most impressive part was how true it stayed to the source material, you can easily take the movie script and have an abridged telling of the novel without losing anything important... there were a couple of scenes that did not make it to the movie that could have fleshed out the characters a bit more but i can see why they were dropped in the final cut due to time constraints... i hope there's a Directors Cut when it hits BluRay...

[Shorty]

Seriously? Was it amazing because of the film entirely or because of the gore?

I would really love to see a good modern horror movie. I'm picky as trout.

well.. these days you only have 2 types of horrormovies: haunted house, and curious teenagers on a trip/vacation

I am realizing this and it makes me very sad.


The Host

imma keep it simple... don't discount this movie because it's Stephanie Meyer's work...

i read the book when it first came out and it was great Science Fiction that was accesable to everyone, not just hardcore Sci-Fi fans... now the movie didn't dissapoint, of course there was a lot of voice over work for Melanie since she was mostly communicating internaly with Wanderer, the Alien Lifeform currently inhabiting her body, but it was handled well and wasn't cheesy as i expected it to be... all the actors nailed their parts and Uncle Jeb was as lovable as he was in the book...

the most impressive part was how true it stayed to the source material, you can easily take the movie script and have an abridged telling of the novel without losing anything important... there were a couple of scenes that did not make it to the movie that could have fleshed out the characters a bit more but i can see why they were dropped in the final cut due to time constraints... i hope there's a Directors Cut when it hits BluRay...

I got excited because I thought you were going to refer the 2006 Korean monster movie and then did not. :(

[Bubba]

I got excited because I thought you were going to refer the 2006 Korean monster movie and then did not. :(

This.

[Elly]

sorry but i've never heard of it... i don't care for horror movies and can't stand movies where gore is used for the sake of having gore (Saw franchise, Hostle, ect...)... i'm a Sci-Fi geek, i grew up in a home where the TV was always on Star Trek, Buck Rodgers, Battlestar Galactica (original), ect... so Sci-Fi is what i know...

sorry no one liked my review of sorts, guess i'm just bad at these things... kinda why i usually avoid posting in threads like these...

[Bubba]

sorry no one liked my review of sorts, guess i'm just bad at these things... kinda why i usually avoid posting in threads like these...

It wasn't that I didn't like the review, it was fine! I just love the 2006 The Host. I'm not a fan of Stephanie Meyer at all I'm afraid as her writing is awful. I might check it out when it comes out on DVD... anything that isn't Twilight is fine by me.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

The Evil Dead: the original one this time. I'd meant to watch them all before seeing the remake but trout happens. It was all right, but not really amazing. It was almost good in spite of itself since the acting, was bad, the effects were bad, the writing was bad. But it was still better than 99% of horror movies at the time. Ash is pretty unremarkable in this movie leading me to believe that he's only in the other movies because Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are friends.


One of my roommates was actually reading a book about the making of the original Evil Dead, and I think I can understand why Bruce Campbell was kept around. Everyone had to work on Evil Dead on a really low budget and in pretty bad conditions. As they filmed at this cabin, everyone had to stay there, but they did not really have anything set up for all of the cast and crew to sleep and such. Before the film was finished, everyone quit except for one camera man (I think), Bruce Campbell, and Sam Raimi. So they had to rework the film with the fact that they now only had one actor to work with and no one else. I think it would be interesting to see how the film would have turned out had everyone stuck around. It would still not be fantastic I'm sure as Sam Raimi was still pretty young and inexperienced, but I heard he still had some genuinely brilliant scenes in the movie all things considered.

[Marky Tee]

Primer. Really confusing and i'm gonna admit i'm not 100% on what went on
still good though

[Shorty]

Primer confused the trout out of me at first. I had to watch it like three or four times before I understood it. (if you want I can try to help clear up some confusion)

[TrollHunter]

Tai Chi Zero:

From the title alone I knew what to expect of this movie. I went in expecting cheesy over the top action... and by god did I get it.
What I didn't expect was an abundance of VERY impressive action sequences, a solid sense of humor, and creative cinematography.
Was it a good movie? I... I don't know how to answer that. I had a TON of fun watching the movie, and it was very entertaining.
I'm sure everyone had a blast making this movie and it really shows throughout. I definitely recommend checking it out if you like martial arts movies in general.

I won't rate this movie as I really don't think I can. Just know that I had a great time watching it.

[Night Fury]

When Harry Met Sally

Have never seen this movie before, but I absolutely loved it. It was funny and cute and all the awesome things I like in a romantic film, whilst not being overly girly. Would watch it again.

[Raistlin]

Recently, I finally got around to watching 12 Angry Men. I know, I know, I'm a failure as a lawyer. But I never had it as a priority because it's ancient (1950s black and white), and so, despite its hype, I didn't expect much out of it.

I freely admit I was wrong, and I was thoroughly entertained. It was relatively short (~90 minutes), and it was fascinating to slowly learn about the actual events through the lens of a jury deliberation room. There was a nice variety of characters in the room, and the movie did a good job with each character's personality, showing exactly why each character was making their arguments or votes. 12 Angry Men deserves its reputation.

EDIT: If I had to rate it... boy, I dunno. I guess a 7.5/10. The brevity limited its impact some, but that might be considered a plus by others.

[Rantz]

12 Angry Men is a great movie!

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, it's probably my favourite B&W movie, and I've seen a fair few of 'em now.

Blade Runner (Director's Cut) - 4/5
I'd seen Blade Runner a long, long time ago but I couldn't remember much of it whatsoever, so I've never had it listed as 'seen'. Got around to it yesterday, and was really pleased with it. It never had me on the edge of my seat at all, but it was really interesting and engaging all the same, sort of like an Isaac Asimov short story. I really loved the ending, and also really enjoyed the performance by the antagonist.

[Night Fury]

The Cabin in the Woods.

-If you haven't seen this film. Watch it. Also, do NOT read the spoilers, it will totally ruin your experience of this film!

I heard that a lot of people hated this movie. I saw people on my facebook writing "Cabin in the Woods was shit, not scary at all" well, they totally missed the point of the movie.

Wow. I LOVED this. This was so original, I loved the concept behind it, and I loved each of the characters. It had all the horror movie archetypes but there was an explanation for that which I really liked, and I connected with all of the characters, but my favourite was without a doubt, Marty (played by the excellent Fran Kranz) I was so annoyed when they killed him off but bloody ecstatic when he turned out to not be dead!

It has so many classic horror techniques, a few scary scenes here and there - but mostly this film is a bit of a thinker, and a really cool mystery flick. Also happy to see some Whedonverse appearances from Amy Acker, Tom Lenk and Fran Kranz!

I also loved the ending. In fact, I just loved everything about this film. I honestly don't know what else I could ask for in a film these days. 10/10

Please watch this!

[Del Murder]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Yes, I know. But I was folding laundry (a lot of laundry) so I decided to put this on to help pass the time. Yeesh, what a bad movie. It completely justifies the financial disaster it caused for Square.

Visuals. I actually thought the rendered environments were quite pretty, but the human characters were disturbing as hell and a great representation of the 'uncanny valley'. Aki's character in particular had a very odd design to her and I was put off whenever she was on screen (which was pretty much the whole time).

Characters. Man, what a bland bunch of trope characters. The soldiers in particular were pretty bad, and their dialogue could have easily been copied directly from several different action movies. Stoic captain, check. Wisecraker, check. Token black guy, check. Tomboy lady soldier, check. So cheesy and predictable. Not even the greatness of Steve Buschemi or Alec Baldwin could save them. I actually didn't mind the characterization of Aki and Cid. I mean, I didn't like Aki at all, but her characterization was ok. And Cid was a little bit crazy and I liked that. I actually thought the villain played by James Woods had more of an edge to him than any of the good guys and he was my favorite character.

Plot. This was the worst part of all, which made the movie the worst of all, since plot is usually pretty important. The plot made no sense! There are 8 spirits in random places? Why 8? Where did they come from? Gaia? The Earth itself is alive? Ok, I guess, but you would think all the drilling and deforestation we did to her before the aliens got there would have pissed her off already. Speaking of aliens, so you have phantom aliens coming from some random planet and sucking people's souls and once you find out they're ghosts that just magically explains everything? Ghosts is the explanation? And you're cool with that? And the Gaia earth spirit whatever stops them how? And how can any kind of weapon hurt ghosts anyway? And how can they suck souls? And grfjsdfhsdlfhsd

I don't know what Square was expecting when they made this movie. At most it would have been a cult favorite with their die-hard fans. No way this could have been a commercial hit. An adult computer animated movie is not the recipe for 'blockbuster'. So I'm not sure what they wanted, but they sure didn't achieve it with that.

[Unbreakable Will]

Evil Dead, the remake.

1/5

Smurfing horrible, not scary in any way, shape or form. Complete gorefest and an utter waste of time. 1/5 because I found some of the 'scary' moments comical at least. Oh, and watch out for the tree rape, if I wanted to watch tentacle rape porn I'd just watch hentai online and save myself the $20 thank you.

[Shiny]

SCARY MOVIE V

I wanted to see Evil Dead, but my bf wanted to see Scary Movie V instead, so we went to see that crap. I had low expectations, but my God was this horrible. No explanation even necessary.

2/10

THE NEW WORLD

5/10

I also finally got around to finishing The New World. Before even knowing that it was a Terrence Malick movie I said, "this seems very Terrence Malick". He loves people staring, internal monologue, and long yet beautiful shots of the wilderness. I tried watching this film when it was first released, but I was too immature and impatient to want to deal with. After watching it again in my 20s I have newfound respect for it, but I can't get past the fact that it really is just a 2+ hour long music video.

The music—primarily composed by Avatar composer, James Horner —was good, but you can tell it was put in so that people wouldn't become so bored by the pace of the film. It's no wonder why this film had 4 editors. Still, as a love story it was good. I'm not entirely sure why Colin Farrell didn't do a British accent as he was supposed to be playing the English Settler, John Smith, but Bale and the woman who plays Pochantas were good at least. Overall, I'm 50/50 on this. Terrence is definitely an acquired taste.

[Depression Moon]

42

8 out of 10

A great movie. It really portrayed the struggle with discrimination that Jackie Robinson had to deal with when he crossed over into the majors. The only thing I didn't really like was that it felt short. The movie might have actually been long, but when it was over I still wanted to see more. The movie didn't show much of him before he was being crossed over into the major leagues which I was a little disappointed with. Y'all should definitely go see it.

King's Speech

2 out of 10

Also saw this for my media studies class. Man what a ball of limburger cheese. That movie was straight bougie.

[McLovin']

Trance: Trance - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTW1JecmZo)

4/5

Totally blown away. A complete mindrape. Not a mindfuck. A freakin mindrape. First it gently fucked my mind taking its time and making it feel nice and then it just turned my mind around and put its whole fist up my bum until I cried amazing tears. Of what? I have no freakin idea.

[I Took the Red Pill]

If you enjoy being "mindraped", as you put it, check out Enter the Void. The movie would probably be more coherent if you ate some peyote first, too.

[thatkefka]

Evil Dead 'remake'

7/10
I enjoyed it as much as I did the original, it pretty much is what a remake should be

[Bunny]

Got around to watching The Hunger Games since it is on Netflix.

I found it enjoyable, if not a tad pointless. The storyline was good, the characters were fairly likeable (although some where unrealistic and served no purpose). For what it was, though, it was good.

It also wasn't Twilight, which is what I expected going in.

7/10

[Loony BoB]

Wreck It Ralph - 3/5

An enjoyable movie with a kind of standard moral theme for kids, although in the awesome setting of video games. I just found myself wishing they would have moved into other games a little more often as I found the final setting that they wound up spending over half the game in was kind of boring for me. I also wished that there was more time spent with major video game characters - only a few of them actually talked at all, and most of them were very, very short cameos. Perhaps it's just that the trailer misled me (Why I Don't Like Trailers, Part Two). Still, I really did enjoy the movie and the characters were all good. Not a bad movie by any means, but nothing I'd go running around telling people they gotta watch it, either.

[Shiny]

Total Recall


I barely remember the original and that's probably a good thing. This doesn't have Arnold in it so that's also good. I liked the fight sequences between Beckinsale and Farrell. Their last fight sequence was lame though. The environments are great and reminded me a lot of Blade Runner.

Looper

9/10

I thought it was great, but sometimes the characters were almost too trusting. They'd take risks and then backtrack and it made me think why would they be taking that risk in the first place? Case in point, why does the mother of the rainmaker hide Joseph's character in her home to begin with? She could have easily just given him up and been done with it knowing who he is and what he's capable of. The motives for things were a bit sloppy, but really good film. Side note, Joseph's makeup is really bad. You could see some of his prosthetics coming off in different scenes, like his ears coming a part a bit. It was a bit distracting. Ah well, I give it bonus points for originality at least.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Primer confused the trout out of me at first. I had to watch it like three or four times before I understood it. (if you want I can try to help clear up some confusion)I've never actually heard somebody claim to truly understand this movie. :freak: I really loved the film; the cinematography was awesome, but I don't think I'll ever understand it.

Especially considering, well, this: http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/1403/248887-primer_timeline.jpg

[Night Fury]

Scream

I've been watching way too many 90's flicks lately and I so love them. Why can't I be in that time again? I'd love to be an 18 year old in the 90's!

I loved this film though, I've only seen it once before and it was really good, lives up to its hype and is just enjoyable from start to finish!

8/10

[McLovin']

Total Recall


I barely remember the original and that's probably a good thing. This doesn't have Arnold in it so that's also good. I liked the fight sequences between Beckinsale and Farrell. Their last fight sequence was lame though. The environments are great and reminded me a lot of Blade Runner.


I saw Kate Beckinsale when I saw Trance. She was absolutely god damn beautiful and I was completely star struck by seeing her.


If you enjoy being "mindraped", as you put it, check out Enter the Void. The movie would probably be more coherent if you ate some peyote first, too.

Saw it. I was intrigued by DMT which is why I watched it but after that it was the most boring movie I've ever seen.

[Loony BoB]

Oblivion - 4/5

Popped into the cinema last night and found this surprisingly enjoyable and not as predictable as I'd expect of a Tom Cruise action flick (which is what I was expecting). An interesting plot, interesting developments, good special effects. It felt a little poorly paced at times but in retrospect it was probably quite well done overall. I'd probably watch it again someday, which is more than I can say of many films.

[Shauna]

I think Oblivion was the last movie I saw, and I have the opposite opinion to BoB. xD I had no preconceptions to the movie, I pretty much found out I was going to see it on the day I saw it. x3 Didn't even know it was a Tom Cruise flick.

I found it so boring to the point that ~30 minutes into the film I was checking the time to see how long I'd been in the cinema for and trying to guess how much longer I had to watch it. I found it painfully predictable, I don't think there was a single twist that I didn't see coming. Predictability isn't always bad, but this film needed something to make it interesting.

I think my least favourite thing was how it had a pretty interesting concept behind it, but they just did nothing with it. :(

[Loony BoB]

I agree a lot more could have been done with it, and I did mention the pacing (the first 'act' in particular dragged). But I don't know how you predicted every twist! Actually, I'm gonna PM you to avoid spoilers. xD

[Gamblet]

Oblivion - 4/5

Popped into the cinema last night and found this surprisingly enjoyable and not as predictable as I'd expect of a Tom Cruise action flick (which is what I was expecting). An interesting plot, interesting developments, good special effects. It felt a little poorly paced at times but in retrospect it was probably quite well done overall. I'd probably watch it again someday, which is more than I can say of many films.

I thought I ended up in Last Game You Finished +Rating thread.

[Loony BoB]

xD

[Slothy]

Jurassic Park 3D: If I need to review the damn movie for anyone then you had a terrible childhood and I pity you. It still holds up as well as it ever has and is one of the highlights of my movie watching existence.

The 3D conversion though? Meh. I'm not a big fan of 3D in 99% of movies anyway.I think the only times that I thought 3D looked good was in Avatar and Dredd 3D, and Dredd was the only time I can actually say that 3D actually added anything to the movie. And conversions of older 2D movies are just fundamentally worse than movies filmed in 3D as far as pulling off the 3D effect. I don't think it detracted from the movie, and I really only wanted to see Jurassic Park on the big screen again so it didn't bother me too much, but there are a few parts in the movie where the conversion is laughably bad. Usually because an object will have depth in relation to other objects on screen, but not in relation to itself. The worst example is actually the first shot of Robert Muldoon in the movie where he's standing and holding a shotgun. The shotgun comes out a good two feet at least from his body, but its depth in the scene with the 3D is exactly the same as his body making him and the gun look completely two dimensional. Which they technically are, and I can't say I'm surprised since you can't really add detail where there is none to get a true 3D effect, but it just makes something you'd never notice in your standard 2D movie completely obvious and jarring.

If you want to see it, see it because it's Jurassic Park. Not because you hope it will look amazing in 3D. At best the effect is completely superfluous.

[Loony BoB]

Flipped - 5/5

Not your typical romance movie (more of a 'puppy love' movie). Very, very well done. :) I really hope both of the leads in this film go on to get some quality roles, because they were excellent.

[Sephiroth]

The Hobbit 9/10

Not as good as The Lord of the Rings for me but still great. I just wish some dwarves would look more like dwarves.

[Caledfwlch]

Also The Hobbit. 8/10. The tone was all over the place where they obviously had to make it a fun, kid's adventure film but at the same time they felt the need to remind us that it's also part of Lord of the Rings and made their flashback fight scenes with the dwarves just as brutal. Felt a bit jarring.

[Loony BoB]

Django Unchained - 4/5

A good movie partially ruined by Tarantino's apparent obligation to throw in extremities in the way of blood, body count and general over-the-top stuff. I loved the little random dialogue pieces scattered throughout the story, both for the purpose of comedy and otherwise, but Tarantino manages to marr an otherwise enjoyable film by constantly reminding me that I'm watching a movie. The guy is worse than Michael Bay at this kind of thing, and that's saying something. Still, I did enjoy the characters, the acting was good for the most part (shame on you, Samuel L. Jackson), there was fantastic humour, and the movie was overall enjoyable.

So, overall, a really good movie but you have to keep in mind that the film will regularly remind you that you're watching a film, and for me that sucks as I love to just get caught up in the movies I watch. I like Tarantino as a writer, I'm just not sold on his style of directing.

Full Metal Jacket - 4/5

A very interesting movie, and not what I thought it would be. Without question, the first 45 minutes is the standout part and matched what I thought it would be - I just wasn't aware it would actually carry on through to the Vietnam War, which was a pleasant surprise. I actually would have been happy just watching those 45 minutes and I can't believe that part was that short as it felt like a full movie! The characters and the acting were fantastic, I was never bored, I enjoyed the dialogue throughout... it's not one of my favourite movies (or even my favourite Vietnam War movie, hi Apocalypse Now). The film never really blew me away at any point, but I could probably have watched a movie twice as long and maybe more due to the general quality of everything.

[Croyles]

Django Unchained - 4/5

A good movie partially ruined by Tarantino's seeming obligations to throw in extremities in the way of blood, body count and general over-the-top stuff. I loved the little random dialogue pieces scattered throughout the story, both for the purpose of comedy and otherwise, but Tarantino manages to marr an otherwise enjoyable film by constantly reminding me that I'm watching a movie. The guy is worse than Michael Bay at this kind of thing, and that's saying something. Still, I did enjoy the characters, the acting was good for the most part (shame on you, Samuel L. Jackson), there was fantastic humour, and the movie was overall enjoyable.

So, overall, a really good movie but you have to keep in mind that the film will regularly remind you that you're watching a film, and for me that sucks as I love to just get caught up in the movies I watch.

Was enjoyable for me too. The worst thing about it though was Tarantino's cameo. That was just terrible...

[Shorty]

Tarantino manages to marr an otherwise enjoyable film by constantly reminding me that I'm watching a movie. The guy is worse than Michael Bay at this kind of thing, and that's saying something.

I haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?

[Loony BoB]

Tarantino manages to marr an otherwise enjoyable film by constantly reminding me that I'm watching a movie. The guy is worse than Michael Bay at this kind of thing, and that's saying something.

I haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?
In general, yeah, when it comes to breaking the immersion I find Tarantino to be one of the best/worst depending on how you view such things. It's the fact that when I'm watching the movie, there are those particular moments where I think "Oh, that's Tarantino." I should never be thinking of the director when I'm watching a movie, and it certainly shouldn't be the thing I mention most when I'm making a quick review of the thing. I think the best directors make movies that don't shout, megaphone-in-the-ear style, "THIS IS A [director name] MOVIE." I could have watched Django Unchained without knowing it was Tarantino directing and be able to guess the director in one guess. :p I still like most of his movies (of those I've seen), don't get me wrong, but mostly due to the writing rather than the "now let's have a Tarantino moment" bits.

Django Unchained is certainly far worse than other movies at it, though. I don't remember watching Pulp Fiction and thinking of Tarantino, nor Reservoir Dogs (although it's been probably a decade or so since I saw the latter). Kill Bill had moments where my immersion broke, but Django Unchained had it so very bad. It's weird - it may have had my favourite and least favourite scenes of any Tarantino movie, which I think sums it up... it was Tarantino to extremities on all levels. His best parts at his best, and for me (I'm assuming others loved it), his worst parts at their worst.

[The Man]

Tarantino is not worse than Michael Bay in any respect because Tarantino's movies are actually enjoyable to watch.

That said, I kind of agree that he does do a lot of things that make it pretty obvious you're watching a film. I would find it annoying if I cared about immersion, but since his films are as much commentaries on other films as they are commentaries on the real world, I don't really mind it.

[Shorty]

Tarantino manages to marr an otherwise enjoyable film by constantly reminding me that I'm watching a movie. The guy is worse than Michael Bay at this kind of thing, and that's saying something.

I haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?
In general, yeah, when it comes to breaking the immersion I find Tarantino to be one of the best/worst depending on how you view such things. It's the fact that when I'm watching the movie, there are those particular moments where I think "Oh, that's Tarantino." I should never be thinking of the director when I'm watching a movie, and it certainly shouldn't be the thing I mention most when I'm making a quick review of the thing. I think the best directors make movies that don't shout, megaphone-in-the-ear style, "THIS IS A [director name] MOVIE." I could have watched Django Unchained without knowing it was Tarantino directing and be able to guess the director in one guess. :p I still like most of his movies (of those I've seen), don't get me wrong, but mostly due to the writing rather than the "now let's have a Tarantino moment" bits.

Really? That's called personal style. I could watch a Wes Anderson film without knowing he was behind it and guess who the director was. Same for Joss Whedon. I can think of two films of Tarantino's where I wasn't 100% wholly convinced about what was going on or that I was committed to the reality of the film, and that's because those films were From Dusk Til Dawn and Planet Terror, and they're supposed to be campy anyway.

Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds. All of those completely sucked me in and made me believe, with zero distractions on Tarantino's part. Noticing key aspects of his directing style is one thing, it's another to say that he's blaring a megaphone in your ear about his personal style to the viewer.

[Loony BoB]

Different strokes for different folks. Watch it, though. If you're a Tarantino fan on every level then you'll absolutely love it. I'm not, and I still enjoyed it. Also will agree with something someone mentioned earlier in this thread (I think it was Hsuhu) in that despite it's obvious length, it never dragged.

I'll repeat what I said in that first bit of my last post, though (with italics for extra... italics): "In general, yeah, when it comes to breaking the immersion I find Tarantino to be one of the best/worst depending on how you view such things."

EDIT: I'll also point out what I said about this being more exaggerated than his previous films. When someone gets shot and pretty much explodes into a puddle of blood, it's most certainly megaphone material. :p Perhaps you'll understand more when you watch it.

[Shorty]

I purposefully ignored that so I could rip into you at my own pleasure.

[Loony BoB]

Points for honesty. xD Go watch it so you can do it more effectively. :monster:

[Shorty]

I will! I intend to.

[Slothy]

Tarantino is not worse than Michael Bay in any respect because Tarantino's movies are actually enjoyable to watch.

All of them except Death Proof anyway. God that was a terrible movie.

[Jinx]

Planet Terror was Rodriguez. Tarantino did Death Proof.

[Shorty]

Whatever, he was in Planet Terror. I loooved Death Proof.

[Jinx]

I loved all of Grindhouse. Every 3.5 hour bit of it.

[kotora]

Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0: You can (not) redo

Did I really wait more than three years for half a movie? The first half dropped all the character development made in 2.0 in favor of some space opera style post-apocalyptic action scenes that are vaguely reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (also made by the same studio). By the time the story gets more interesting, as the viewer you realize it's just too fucking late too care. There is no excuse for putting the audience through an hour of painfully weird and pointless scenes before showing us a bit of what the hell is going on! The ending was decent, but the movie could've just been so much more considered the time and effort put into it.

At least I'm everything but hyped for the last part in the series. Rebuild will never be able to live up to the original Neon Genesis Evangelion, despite all the time, money and technology they have available. You can not redo indeed, mr. director :monster:

[Shiny]

All directors have a personal style unless they're completely boring. Films are people's personal stamps of themselves so of course their stylistic choices are going to be a part of that as well. Some directors are more concerned with the narrative than the stylistic, but I think Tarantino is actually one of the few directors who have managed to mix both things nicely in some of his films. But yeah, T is not for everyone especially if you're someone who can't appreciate genre films.

[Shorty]

Saw Django Unchained last night. I quite enjoyed it, but it just didn't quite match up to how his films usually are. They generally deal with redemption/personal quests/revenge, etc, so that was fine. I feel like often Tarantino's films start in the middle and work their way back to tell the beginning of the story, so it was a bit strange to see it just go from start to finish without some crazy twist.

I am completely disappointed by the old-timey western songs and shit that could have been used in this film and that those opportunities were wasted on rap and shit instead :argh: It would have been such a perfect fit!

Best goddamn shootouts I've ever seen, though, tell you what. I really enjoyed watching them sharpshoot. Loved Christoph Waltz, loved Jamie Foxx. And Leonardo DiCaprio, holy shit. Perhaps the best role I've ever seen him in. This is probably old news, but I remember coming across this business about him cutting his hand (http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/2013-golden-globes/leonardo-dicaprio-real-blood-django-unchained-scene-201237591.html) when the film came out which made it so much more interesting to watch him remain completely and utterly in character during those scenes.

8/10. Well done.

[NeoCracker]

Haven't gotten it yet, but I still look forward to Eva 3.0. :p

I think the first two movies actually move along a lot nicer then the series, and fix some of the serious pacing issues. Though I guess I'll hold my breath for 3. :p

Anyway....

Secret of NIHM - 9/10

God this movie is great. It's been at least ten years since I last watched it, and it turns out Nostalgia didn't fail me. An absolutely beautiful movie in pretty much every way.

[Shorty]

oh my god, the Secret of NIHM is so good ;__________________;

[NeoCracker]

Inability to sleep and Netflix has brought me yet another movie!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 7.5/10

Really the only problem is how slow the first half of this movie goes, and a fairly bad handled couple subplots. I kind of liked the one where the second guy was using information he had to get with this chick. But the other plots were rather badly handled I felt, with the Doctor and the assistant and what not.

The main plot going on though was pretty awesome, and the visuals ranged from alright to astounding. I loved when he tried to turn the guy around, but only caught a blur of for the face. It's also bizzarely touching.

One of the odder movies I've seen as of late, but pretty good regardless.

[Loony BoB]

I am completely disappointed by the old-timey western songs and trout that could have been used in this film and that those opportunities were wasted on rap and trout instead :argh: It would have been such a perfect fit!
I totally forgot about this when writing my other post. It was a genuinely odd soundtrack. I'm not saying it was rubbish or good, but... odd. But then, Young Guns II is a great example of how you can get a rockstar to do a soundtrack for a Western and still end up with it working well.

And Leonardo DiCaprio, holy trout. Perhaps the best role I've ever seen him in.
Out of curiosity, which Leo movies have you seen? =o

And did you get what I mean when I said it reminds you that you're watching a film? xD Most of the film is rather 'realistic' to some degree and then suddenly they pull some exploding body into it and wait what? It probably wouldn't be so noticeable if it weren't for the really inconsistent deaths. Some explode, some just get a tiny red shot mark, some bleed profusely, some don't bleed at all.

Seems we gave it a similar rating in the end, though.

[Shorty]

Oh, I didn't notice inconsistent deaths. I didn't have any complaints about the exploding. In fact, all of the gore and business seems really realistic to me. See, this is me getting so into watching that I don't notice these things!

Tell you what reminded me that I was watching a smurfing movie, though, was yeah, that soundtrack. I would have been equally as upset if a rockstar had done the soundtrack. It needed an OST filled with classic old western tunes to have really completed it for me. Tarantino generally has such great music paired with his films, so I was a little surprised.

I don't know all whatever Leo films I've seen. I may have exaggerated a bit, because his best acting will always and forever be in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and I quite liked him in The Departed and Romeo + Juliet. Don't get me wrong, he has some great movies. It might have just been the part for him in this as well, but I just so loved him and thought he did it perfectly. Some of the most insanely passionate and believable acting I've seen come from him.

[Loony BoB]

Oh, I didn't notice inconsistent deaths. I didn't have any complaints about the exploding. In fact, all of the gore and business seems really realistic to me. See, this is me getting so into watching that I don't notice these things!
Realistic. xD I guess we have different ideas of realism. >=P


Tell you what reminded me that I was watching a smurfing movie, though, was yeah, that soundtrack. I would have been equally as upset if a rockstar had done the soundtrack. It needed an OST filled with classic old western tunes to have really completed it for me. Tarantino generally has such great music paired with his films, so I was a little surprised.
Bon Jovi in Young Guns II. Blaze of Glory and other such songs. Fitted the movie fantastically... they were all very highly influenced by Western themes, though, so that probably worked in their favour. I don't think you can get Wester-influenced rap working. xD

I don't know all whatever Leo films I've seen. I may have exaggerated a bit, because his best acting will always and forever be in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and I quite liked him in The Departed and Romeo + Juliet. Don't get me wrong, he has some great movies. It might have just been the part for him in this as well, but I just so loved him and thought he did it perfectly. Some of the most insanely passionate and believable acting I've seen come from him.
You should watch pretty much every Leo movie from 2002 onwards. :D Every one I've seen so far has been fantastic. So.. Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Inception. Obviously now Django Unchained too. I should probably check out the few I've missed... my favourite of that lot is probably Shutter Island, though, which if you have the time to watch is a must-see.

[Pheesh]

I definitely think he was better in Django than he was in Shutter Island, but I didn't really enjoy that movie, to each his own though.

[Gamblet]

The Rebound

Randomly watched it on TV. It was pretty good for a romantic comedy, I loved the ending.

7/10

[Jinx]

I can't wait for Great Gatsby to come out.

[chionos]

I can! I don't think it can possibly be anything but a disappointment. Here's to hoping though.

[NeoCracker]

Also got around to watching....

Tromeo and Juliet - 8/10

You know, I don't think so bad it's good applies to Troma films. They revel in how bad their movies are, and I think they are actually getting the intended reaction from you. And god the movie is hilarious.

[Loony BoB]

The Intouchables (Untouchable) - 5/5

I was grinning for what felt like 80% of this movie, and the other 20% was just a transition to another smile. Beautiful and hilarious. Watch it. If you're anything like I am, you'll be better off not having watched any trailer.

[Shorty]

Oh, I didn't notice inconsistent deaths. I didn't have any complaints about the exploding. In fact, all of the gore and business seems really realistic to me. See, this is me getting so into watching that I don't notice these things!
Realistic. xD I guess we have different ideas of realism. >=P


Tell you what reminded me that I was watching a smurfing movie, though, was yeah, that soundtrack. I would have been equally as upset if a rockstar had done the soundtrack. It needed an OST filled with classic old western tunes to have really completed it for me. Tarantino generally has such great music paired with his films, so I was a little surprised.
Bon Jovi in Young Guns II. Blaze of Glory and other such songs. Fitted the movie fantastically... they were all very highly influenced by Western themes, though, so that probably worked in their favour. I don't think you can get Wester-influenced rap working. xD

I don't know all whatever Leo films I've seen. I may have exaggerated a bit, because his best acting will always and forever be in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and I quite liked him in The Departed and Romeo + Juliet. Don't get me wrong, he has some great movies. It might have just been the part for him in this as well, but I just so loved him and thought he did it perfectly. Some of the most insanely passionate and believable acting I've seen come from him.
You should watch pretty much every Leo movie from 2002 onwards. :D Every one I've seen so far has been fantastic. So.. Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Inception. Obviously now Django Unchained too. I should probably check out the few I've missed... my favourite of that lot is probably Shutter Island, though, which if you have the time to watch is a must-see.

Catch Me If You Can was fun, but it wasn't his best acting. I can't think of Shutter Island as being anything other than droll based on the commercials. Revolutionary Road wasn't great acting on his part, either.

In any case, I'm not such a fan of his that I feel inclined to see all of his films for the past decade. Django Unchained is the best I've seen of him since Gilbert Grape and that's enough for me.

[Shiny]

Watched Life of Pi

So was the tiger there or not? :colbert:

[chionos]

Watched Life of Pi

So was the tiger there or not? :colbert:

The question you must ask yourself is,

Was Pi there or not?

[Jinx]

Watched Life of Pi

So was the tiger there or not? :colbert:

The question you must ask yourself is,

Was Pi there or not?

The question you must ask yourself is,

Why did the change the tiger to be Pi instead of someone else in the movie, as it was in the book?

EDIT: Oh wait, now I look like a tit. It's been a few years since I read the book. The cook was the HYENA.

But no, Shiny, Richard Parker wasn't actually there.


Also, Chionos--I think Great Gatsby is going to be fabulous.

[Loony BoB]

*marks all yo' spoilers*

[Rantz]

But no, Shiny, Richard Parker wasn't actually there.

It's up to interpretation. The way I see it, the ambiguity itself is the point.

[chionos]

But no, Shiny, Richard Parker wasn't actually there.

It's up to interpretation. The way I see it, the ambiguity itself is the point.

sees the thing as it is, not as it could be. Actually, I don't know so much ambiguity as a combination of faith and imagination. Pi's not just being intentionally obfuscatory.

[Biggs & Wedge]

X-Men Origins Wolverine

Avoided it for so long and wish I'd continued to to do so.

The plot was awful. The casting was awful. I'm all for stepping away from comic book canon to make a movie work but it was taken too far, I mean Deadpool as some kind of android ?! The only positive for me was Liev Schreiber's portrayal of Sabretooth and I hope he reprises the role in a future X-Men movie..

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Django Unchained - 4/5

This is actually the first Tarantino movie I have ever seen, surprisingly. I don't really have too much to say except that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of the blood and such was a little much for me, which I know is just something I should expect with his movies. That was the only real negative for me.

After watching it, I will say that I can understand where Loony Bob is coming from. The movie did have several moments that pulled me out of the immersion I felt and reminded me I was watching a movie. It never particularly bothered me, but it was very noticeable to me.

[NeoCracker]

Just got around to finally seeing Shaolin Soccer, and oh god that was glorious. Over the top, hilarious, and some very awesome action scenes. Yes, I call them action scenes, cause that sure as fuck isn't a soccer match.

8/10.

[Loony BoB]

Ahahahahaha, Shaolin Soccer is madness.

Rewatched Hot Fuzz last night, still a solid 4/5. It's a good rewatch for me as there were some jokes I missed or didn't get a few years back that I do now.

[Pheesh]

I watched Bully last night, and Breine was totally right, that was some depressing shit.

[Loony BoB]

I :<3: Megamind.

[Quindiana Jones]

I watched Bully last night, and Breine was totally right, that was some depressing shit.

Read that as Brienne. Couldn't understand where you'd heard her talk about films. :/

Megamind is an absolute credit to the film making industry and, along with Coraline, gives me hope for the future of 3D cinema.

[Pike]

I don't often watch movies, but I watched about half of "Jack Reacher" while on break at work and what I saw was great.

Now I'm dying to finish the whole movie xD

[Loony BoB]

Ooh, I downloaded that just the other day. I'm looking forward to watching it. =]

[Lonely Paper Star]

A Better Life (2011)

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It's about undocumented workers in the U.S., specifically, illegal immigrant workers from Mexico. It's sobering, sweet, and makes me appreciate my parents and my life comforts more. It gives a good picture of what a day in the life is like for undocumented workers. I was recommended this film by a friend who said he could really relate to the film at times... if anyone questioned the legitimacy of the film (I don't think anyone would, but just in case, I guess).

Also, it's about 1/3 in Spanish and 2/3 in English with some Spanglish thrown in, so make sure you have those subs turned on if you don't know Spanish.

[chionos]

Spirited Away 2/5

I don't understand why everyone likes this movie.

The acting was terrible. Haku was leaden in his portrayal of a river god. Lin was deadweight throughout the film. And ugh, Yubaba playing herself and her twin. Haven't we seen enough of that? That shit hasn't worked since Parent Trap. Might as well have had Eddie Murphy in the movie, sheesh.

The special effects were simply the worst I've ever seen. Crappy giant baby CGI? Check. Midget in a frog costume? Check. And what's this No-Face bullshit? Put a black sheet on a guy and give him an ugly mask and you've got a meaningful character? Kamajii's stilt arms were also just stupid and pointless.

The locations were a joke as well. The train scenes were clearly filmed in a bathtub.

The movie's also blatantly racist, and it openly insights violence against parental figures. I was surprised that Chihiro's parents never got turned into bacon and eaten by Chi and her cannibalistic friends. Soot sprites? I mean everyone knows that the Japanese don't like black people, but COME ON!

And what a shitty ending! I mean, what, was it all just a dream? She had her little adventure and now she's back to the real world and nothing ever really happened? BULLSHIT! I want my money back!

[Shorty]

husband WHAT

[NeoCracker]

The movie's also blatantly racist


I mean everyone knows that the Japanese don't like black people, but COME ON!

Thank you, thank you so much for making my day. XD

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I just watched Mr. Nobody for the first time, and I have to say that I loved it. I already want to watch it again just to try to catch some of the things I missed the first time and just because it was an enjoyable movie, albeit pretty depressing.

[Unbreakable Will]

Great Gatsby;
10/10
My suggestion to those of you who have not seen this is to get the fuck up, find ten bucks and go see this. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. The story was enthralling, the imagery was eloquent and the way everything was presented just clicked with me on an emotional level (a hard thing to do!). Go see it, now.


Also; I'm sad that I didn't read the book beforehand so I'm going to read it and go see it again.

[Loony BoB]

I think I missed the first twenty minutes or so, but we watched Prometheus on the weekend and it was distinctly average but not rubbish. 3/5.

[Shiny]

I don't often watch movies, but I watched about half of "Jack Reacher" while on break at work and what I saw was great.

Now I'm dying to finish the whole movie xD
...Your taste in things is now under severe scrutiny.

[Loony BoB]

But... Tom Cruise!

[chionos]

But... Tom Cruise!

Is no longer able to carry a movie by himself.

[Loony BoB]

Man, you need to stop being wrong someday. :(

[The Man]

He's right, actually, but Jack Reacher is a p. good series of books. I haven't seen the film yet or read the particular book it's based on though, but if they did a competent job adapting it then it should be entertaining enough to make it worth watching.

[Vermachtnis]

Iron Man 3

That was fucking awesome! From the moment they landed at the rig til the end it was great! Tony kept his character development from the past movies too. 5/5

[The Man]

I wouldn't call it a 5/5, but it was damn good. Probably a 4/5, and definitely no lower than 3.5.

[Pheesh]

I swear, if people start arguing about individual ratings in this thread I'm going to head-desk until I don't feel anything anymore.

[chionos]

I wouldn't call it a 5/5, but it was damn good. Probably a 4/5, and definitely no lower than 3.5.

"Definitely no lower"? So you speak for everyone else, huh? So if I think it's a 2/5, my opinion isn't valid?

IM3 is a 3.25, and barely that.


I don't actually have an opinion on IM3, I haven't even seen it yet. I just want to see HNB beat the shit out of his desk. Or his head. Or both. Whatever.

[Night Fury]

Magic Mike

Really good talent in this movie. Although I didn't get the plot the first time, so I will have to watch it again more closely.

10/10

[Jowy]

Magic Mike

Really good talent in this movie. Although I didn't get the plot the first time, so I will have to watch it again more closely.

10/10

Too busy eyeballing Channing Tatum's Adonis-like physique?

I saw Star Trek Into Darkness 3D the other day. Benedict Cumberbatch makes a fantastic antagonist, 3D wasn't too over the top, and most importantly paid homage to <a href=http://khaaan.com/>this!</a> 8/10 would rent and watch again.

[NeoCracker]

The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie 4/10

I admit, I really like the first season of the Series. It's not clever, but it's not trying to be. And I was fine with that. It got old season 2 and 3, but I figured I may as well watch the movie, having Netflix now and what not. And god, it was unfunny. I found a couple jokes funny, though I gave it a higher score then I should of cause I think it had a pretty good message. Not everything needs to have a point, and sometimes it can be alright to do things just for the sake of doing it.

[Unbreakable Will]

Cloud Atlas; 9/10

Really enjoyed this movie, it moved me so much a single manly tear may or may not have slipped past my guard. :cry:
Go watch it.

[The Man]

Also saw Into Darkness. Agree with Jowy's review, although I didn't see it in 3D, and I'd also give it an 8/10.



I wouldn't call it a 5/5, but it was damn good. Probably a 4/5, and definitely no lower than 3.5.

"Definitely no lower"? So you speak for everyone else, huh? So if I think it's a 2/5, my opinion isn't valid?

IM3 is a 3.25, and barely that.


I don't actually have an opinion on IM3, I haven't even seen it yet. I just want to see HNB beat the trout out of his desk. Or his head. Or both. Whatever.My opinion is that it was definitely no lower than a 3.5; obviously other people can have different opinions.

[Parker]

I (finally) watched Withnail & I. It was brilliant. Great dialog and very funny. Watch it!

I also watched Videodrome. I don't want much horror or the like, but I quite enjoyed it. It was great 80's-style gore and watchable in a kinda cheesy way.

[Lonely Paper Star]

Magic Mike

Really good talent in this movie. Although I didn't get the plot the first time, so I will have to watch it again more closely.

10/10


More closely, huh?

[I Took the Red Pill]

I (finally) watched Withnail & I. It was brilliant. Great dialog and very funny. Watch it!Such a great movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObknmaH9po

And any scene with Monty making awkward advances is hilarious.

[Shorty]

The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie 4/10

I admit, I really like the first season of the Series. It's not clever, but it's not trying to be. And I was fine with that. It got old season 2 and 3, but I figured I may as well watch the movie, having Netflix now and what not. And god, it was unfunny. I found a couple jokes funny, though I gave it a higher score then I should of cause I think it had a pretty good message. Not everything needs to have a point, and sometimes it can be alright to do things just for the sake of doing it.

THERE'S A MOVIE?!

[Shiny]

Oh yeah I also watched Magic Mike -- the same day as Life of Pi actually.

Magic Mike definitely 10/10. :shiny:

Will have to watch again...alone.

Most recent movie I watched was Tommy Boy. Goddamn that movie is still funny to this day. I love Chris Farley and that animatronic deer.

[Election Booth]

Tommy Boy is so good. The M&Ms part is the best scene.

shup up Richard

[Pheesh]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Beautiful movie, I really loved it. One of the better coming of age movies I've ever seen and it handled topics that can often seem really over-dramatic in movies (especially when teens are involved) so well. The acting was awesome and I don't really know how to describe it but just the general atmosphere of the movie was perfect to me. I felt a bunch of different emotions at various points through the movie and a couple of man tears may have welled up in my eyes when the little plot twist thing is revealed at the end. Overall one of the better movies I've seen in a while and Emma Watson continues to give me reasons to like her for more than just being adorable.

9/10

[Araciel]

Iron Man 3

lolMandarin

[Pheesh]

Warm Bodies

The concept was really intriguing and the movie itself was pretty good. Definitely a cute idea that I think is just a little hard to execute, cause zombies are just not cute/romantic. Once the movie hit its stride toward the mid point it definitely got better and the dark comedy was done really well. I never did really laugh out loud at the comedy and I never found myself going "d'awww" at the romance side of the movie, but it was above average in both of those categories, and overall an enjoyable watch.

6.5/10

[Agent Proto]

Just finished watching The Great Gatsby. Pretty good adaptation from the book, but it really bothered me that they were playing modern music at the parties. Like, I'm pretty sure Jay-Z wasn't alive back in the 1920's.

[Jinx]

Just finished watching The Great Gatsby. Pretty good adaptation from the book, but it really bothered me that they were playing modern music at the parties. Like, I'm pretty sure Jay-Z wasn't alive back in the 1920's.

I haven't seen this yet...

They did? :|

[noxious.sunshine]

Fat & Furious 6

It wasn't as good as I thought it'd be, but it was decent. I'm glad they brought back Letty, disappointed that Eva Mendes was in the trailer at the end of 5 but not actually in the movie.

Also.. Power Rangers Movie. XD Bad Acting & Cheesy Storylines at their finest.

EDIT:

I'm already critiquing Transformers 4. Optimus Prime has been a Peterbilt 379 for the last 3 movies and now it's a freaking Western Star. He looks -ugly- (my dad has a Pete 379, but with a custom sleeper on it instead of factory). Same paint job, ugly truck. I'm not happy. I'm also disappointed that Shia LeBouf is axed out 'cuz I really do think he's a great actor. But maybe Mark Wahlberg will be a pleasant surprise.

[Shorty]

Seen a million times, but I felt an inclination to watch Snatch again tonight. 10/10, one of the best films ever created.

thanks quin :love:

[Parker]

I watched Kes and Le Samourai.

Kes just about broke my heart. A real kick-in-the-teeth fillum. Good though.

Le Samourai was real good, give it a watch.

[noxious.sunshine]

Thirteen - with Nikki Reed, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeremy Sisto, & Holly Hunter.

I've seen it a million times, but it kind of portrays how I was in my teenage years in a sense, though what I went through is nowhere close to the movie really.
I also have a huge crush on Nikki Reed. IDK why lol

[Agent Proto]

Oh, I forgot to mention that I last saw a couple movies last week.

First off, I saw Les Misérables. It was pretty neat and I enjoyed the music and singing.

Secondly, I saw Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. It was really funny as heck. xD

[McLovin']

This is the End

8/10

It was funny as fuck. Danny McBride is the funniest mofo alive.

[noxious.sunshine]

The Hangover Part 3..

It was funnier than I expected it to be... Mostly due to Zach Galifinakis & Ken Jeong, though John Goodman was a pleasant surprise. I'm so happy he's getting back into acting (yes, I still watch "Roseanne" and still love it lol) and doing well with the parts he's played... Even though it's only been a couple (Flight w/Denzel Washington & this one) that I know of...

I just read this, but did y'all know that Ken Jeong was a Doctor of Internal Medicine before he started acting? His wife was the one who pushed him into his acting career. Smart lady. Ken Jeong is hilarious.

[Jinx]

The Great Gatsby. I loved it as much as I thought I would.

[Shiny]

The Purge

2/10

Dumb as smurf.

Also John Goodman has been actively working for years now. Check out Red State.

[Hollycat]

Oz

It was poorly written, the CG was was pretty bad, and the whole thing just felt extremely childish.

Story and characters 5/10
Monkey cuteness 9001/10

[Denmark]

The Great Gatsby

Movie was really well-made. I don't know exactly how faithful it was to the original story but from what I can remember of the book it was pretty accurate. Soundtrack was 12/10 really really amazingly good.

[Mercen-X]

Oz

It was poorly written, the CG was pretty bad, and the whole thing just felt extremely childish.

Story and characters 5/10

...naw, naw, naw. That's what hypo said. I admit Oz was childish and I was at times irked by Kunis' performance as greenie meanie, but I still found the film highly enjoyable.

Also saw Hansel & Gretel. Was this movie directed by Tarantino, it feels like a Tarantino. I don't really approve of the "plot twist", admittedly it made the main characters seem unique but I would have accepted their being simply capable.

[noxious.sunshine]

I actually enjoyed Oz..

I wish they'd do a film production of "Wicked" though...

EDIT:

You're right about John Goodman actively working. I just meant that I'm glad he's doing well and is still in the game as an actor. I genuinely do think he's great at what he does. Same with Shia LeBouf. I've been a fan of his ever since he was on "Even Stevens".

[Mercen-X]

Predators.

Good movie with the exception of the presence of Topher Grace. Maybe if the character had been portrayed by Elijah Wood or with Wood's characterization that made Kevin from Sin City so memorable.

[Night Fury]

Much Ado About Nothing
I loved this. It was truly a Joss Whedon film, a load of his great actors in it just being brilliant. It was so subtle in its humour and I just adored it. Amy Acker was on fire, as was Fran Kranz(:heart:) and with a hilarious performance from Nathan Fillion and Tom Lenk too.

I just loved this, and I urge any of you Shakespeare fans to go see it too!

[Miriel]

Man, I'm surprised so many people actually saw Oz. Did you guys pay money for it?

[noxious.sunshine]

ROFLZ hell no, Miriel!

I downloaded that beesh.

I wanted to see it in the theater, but by the time I got the chance, it was no longer playing.

I rarely go to the movies. I fall asleep/get bored/really antsy. I like having the option of getting up and doing something else instead of sitting in the dark with loud speakers making me go deaf, surrounded by a million strangers I don't know laughing and talking loud and generally annoying me. Actually that's not entirely true. I'll wait like a month or two and go on a monday morning when I know the theater will be mostly empty.

[Tardar Sauce]

Old Yeller - it almost amused me.

[Unbreakable Will]

This is the End-
So funny, so very very goddamned funny! Please go see this or I might be forced to come abduct you to your nearest theater and force you to experience the joy that is this movie.
Infinity/10

[Shaibana]

Man of steel

i absolutely loved it!
i have never liked the superman films but when i saw this trailer i just had to see it becaus i knew this one wouldnt be the ´cheesy superman´.
i love it becaus its a more ´realistic´ story about superman


Django Unchained.
Nice nice nice.. gotta love that dry humour!

´are you sure?'
'yes im sure'
'are you really positive'
'im not sure'
'you are not sure this is him?'
'im not sure what positive is'

well.. u have to see that scene to laugh about it ^^

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I have now finally seen Moonrise Kingdom. I can't say how this compares to Wes Anderson's other films as it is the first one I have ever seen, but I enjoyed it a lot.

[Shorty]

You ought to check out Wes Anderson's other films! Moonrise Kingdom is great. Any of his other films will probably do it for you if you liked that one. The Royal Tenenbaums is my favorite movie :love:


Man, I'm surprised so many people actually saw Oz. Did you guys pay money for it?

Oh my god, Oz was such a fucking disappointment.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I'm actually watching Life Aquatic as we speak. Unfortunately, I don't have any other of his movies. I'm planning on buying some more of his films as soon as I start having an income. I've been wanting to build up my movie library.

[Shorty]

Life Aquatic is good shit!

[Unbreakable Will]

The Last Exorcism Part II Unrated;

5/10-
It was more of an, "I feel bad for this poor sheltered girl' movie, than a horror movie for me. I appreciated the unbeatable evil side of the latter part of the story but I was largely let down by the amount of build-up throughout the first half and lack of showmanship at the end.

[noxious.sunshine]

The 1st Last exorcism was the one where it ended up being all Blair Witch Project-y wasn't it?

Blair Witch Project...

Yes, it still flips me out. I love watching stuff like that during the fall around Halloween. Scariest Places on Earth, Ghost Hunters, yeah buddy.

Anywho.

Pain & Gain... I give it about a 7/10.. I thought it was gonna be funnier than it was. And was surprised that Rebel Wilson & Tyreeq (SP? .....'member!? Tamera's college boyfriend? Or whoever the smart one was?).. I also fell asleep, so I only remember bits and pieces of it.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I just watched Troll Hunter. It is probably one of my favorite found footage films now. It's so silly, but it's just really fun to watch.

[Pike]

Equestria Girls was better than I was expecting. Still would've preferred an actual "pony" movie, but y'know.

[Agent Proto]

Watched Independence Day last night.

Late for my July 4th tradition, but worth it! I still think it's a great movie, and I'm shocked to learn there's a sequel in the making!

[Shaibana]

World War Z

i loved the movie!! it really has a great story to it!!
but on the downside: the 'next move' is a bit predictable. i found myself always being 1 step ahead of the movie and already knowing what he would have to do!

and Brad Pitt looks verry well for his age in this movie ^^

[McLovin']

Despicable Me 2

Movie was legit funny. Those minion things were fucking hilarious. Good movie to see completely wasted.

7/10 normally. 8/10 on something.

[Pete for President]

Interstella 5555

It's the full animation made alongside Daft Punk's 'Discovery' album. You might remember the music videos with the blue characters;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L93-7vRfxNs

It's basically an hour long music video following the entire album, not a word is spoken in between. But surprisingly even without the use of words and with electronic beats in the background there are plenty of scenes evoking emotion. The animations are stunning, creative and a bit psychedelic. What surprised me most is the story; a very nifty balance between the fight against an evil record company, a love that is out of reach, and how music has both up and downsides keeps you interested the whole way.

The movie has a lot of creative, surprising twists and I really liked it.

8/10

[McLovin']

Dogtooth

1/10

Terrible movie not because its bad cinematography or anything. It actually has really impressive shots and used its low budget really well. IT's the fact that the subject matter ofthe movie is so god damn disturbing. I was tricked into watching this thinking it was some artistic film. It's not. It's about a father who keeps his 3 kids at home and makes them believe the outside world doesn't exist and so he raises them like dogs. Its messed up. Also incredibly disturbing just like the premise of the story.

[Miriel]

Cabin in the Woods! A+

I thought it was just fantastic. And I don't even like horror movies!

[Shaibana]

Cabin in the Woods! A+

I thought it was just fantastic. And I don't even like horror movies!

is that a movie from a view years back? i didnt like that one that much :o
But i think there was a remake? or just a different one? i dont know :3 wich one do you meen?

[Miriel]

It's the Josh Whedon satirical horror/comedy one.

[Iceglow]

Recently, in order?

This Is The End - caught a break and was invited to go watch a preview advance screening at Sony Pictures in London was a damn good film, best after a couple of bevvies!

Man Of Steel - I liked it's more Nolan Batman trilogy overtones however it lacked in some aspects. I appreciate that they chose to show the man of steel with some limits and fight through Metropolis City. I still never understood the need DC has to invent fictional cities though.

Silver Linings Playbook - I love this film, it's amazing I don't care how soft that makes me sound brings back memories of Garden State and a lot more. Stella performances all around and I like the moral behind it.

[Shaibana]

Man Of Steel - I liked it's more Nolan Batman trilogy overtones however it lacked in some aspects. I appreciate that they chose to show the man of steel with some limits and fight through Metropolis City. I still never understood the need DC has to invent fictional cities though.

they made superman very realistic in this movie.. he is not the silly 'undercover' clark kent who if i saw him would regicnise as superman :P

[Iceglow]

I should quantify my comments about Superman Man Of Steel more actually. I meant the destruction of Metropolis caused by his battle. I also liked that they did not ignore the cost in human life someone with Superman's strength and powers could cause in such an event. It made a lot more sense and was grittier and more realistic which is what was meant by the reference to Nolan's Batman Trilogy which did the exact same thing.

I'm not sure I feel that it lived up to the exceptionally high level Nolan delivered to us in the Batman movies, I suppose as it is an origin story we will be able to see this develop dramatically in subsequent films I just hope that they continue to ask Nolan (and that he is willing) to assist on their films as a producer to help with the atmospherics. If done right DC could finally take Marvel's crown in regards to quality superhero films. At the moment though Man of Steel was relatively underwhelming.

Considering they're attempting to mimic Marvel's excellent Ironman, Thor, and Avengers films and do the Justice League, other characters such as 'The Green Lantern' need a new reboot if the grittier Nolan created DC universe is the one they wish to pursue. The description I'd give to the most recent Green Lantern movie is not particularly pleasant but I feel we can all arguably appreciate the fact that it just won't mesh with the way Christopher Nolan has set the Justice League of America to follow through.

[Shorty]

Roger Rabbit - 10/10


http://thefyzz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/who_framed_roger_rabbit_bob_hoskins_1825ve5-1825ved.jpg

I always forget how much I love this movie until I watch it again. I have an absolute sore spot for private eye movies and I haven't seen nearly enough them. Everything from the slapstick comedy to the typical LA PI scene to the weasels to situations like Roger handcuffing himself to Eddie in a moment of crisis to the incredible revealing twist moment of Judge Doom as the killer of Eddie's brother it is all so, so perfect. Of course, Roger in himself is an amazing character, but it's everything about LA and Toon Town and all the additional characters that make this movie what it is. And Judge Doom and the weasels! Could you ask for a better villain and henchmen? Judge Doom absolutely smurfing terrified me as a small child. Absolutely petrifying.

I love this film because it's a Disney movie and there's a bunch of silly characters, many of whom are well-known, but also because of the serious adult tones in it. Otherwise a film noir of murder, lies and scandals in a big city and a man who's turned drunk since the death of his partner brother has to step up to solve it all in order to save the very toons he resents and inwardly blames as a whole for the death of his brother. Love it, love it.

Undoubtedly, my favorite scene is when Dolores says, "A toon killed his brother," and all the men at the bar turn around. "Dropped a piano on his head." And then they all turn back the other way.

"I'm through with taking falls and bouncing off the walls, without that gun I'd have some fun, I'd kick you in the-"
"NOSE"
"Nose?! That don't rhyme with 'walls!'"

10/10 for sure. Also one of the best rides at Disneyland, if you can make it through the screaming, crying, ungrateful masses of children after waiting in line for 45 minutes.

Going for Chinatown next now that I'm in an LA PI mood and might follow up with The Maltese Falcon after that!

[The Man]

oh man, it's been too long since I watched that film. Truly a classic.

[noxious.sunshine]

Cherry Crush w/Nikki Reed.

7/10 - It's pretty slow going at first, but she does wayyyy better in "lower budget" indie flicks instead of garb like Twilight.
But. I have a major crush on Nikki Reed, so. Yeah.

[comma]

Ashes of Time Redux by Wong Kar-Wai

I don't really like giving criticism, but this movie went from boring me to tears, to making me groan from how melodramatic it was, to blowing my face off of my face with how awesome the fight scenes were handled, and back again, and back again. It's a terribly inconsistent plot with no driving force or central question, but it's also beautifully shot and masterfully edited. It's a lot more like a poem or a painting than a novel. As long as you're expecting that (I wasn't, but in hindsight, I get it), there's no way you're not going to be moved by the film.

If you're a fan of martial arts movies, you may not like the lack of choreography. But the editing in the fight scenes was surprisingly experimental, and I think it was a gamble that paid off almost every time. The suspense during those moments was simply epic.

Roger Ebert's review (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ashes-of-time-redux-2008) is a little ignorant of the martial arts genre, but I think he gets the essence of the movie right. I just disagree with his 2/4 rating.

[Araciel]

Finally watched Man of Steel

so much fail.

[Shaibana]

Finally watched Man of Steel

so much fail.

if you expect the old superman type of movie.. then yes it is a fail..
thats why i loved it so much

[Pumpkin]

I watched Akira last night.

It was....interesting. It ran kind of long. It wasn't really my type of movie to be honest. I found some parts downright annoying. It kind of gave off the impression of trying too hard to get certain points across.

Overall it just wasn't my type of movie. Set in neo-tokyo with bike gangs and needless blood and gore and abuse and fights and some whiny kid who basically gets super powers. Needless destruction ever few minutes and stuff like things get blown up or crushed when they shouldn't. Like there was one scene where something fell on a tank and crushed it. Like right on it. When there was nothing for a good while on either sides. Its just destruction for the sake of destruction. The characters to me were not relateable or likeable. I honetly didn't care about what the outcome would be. I didn't care if any of them made it through or survived.

Just wasn't my thing. I can see it being enjoyable for some who like that type of genre more than I do.

[Shorty]

Oh man, Akira is a great movie. I haven't seen it since I was a teenager, but I remember loving it.

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, visually it's great and has some great aspects, but Akira doesnt' live up to all the hype around it. Really the plot is just a butchered mess, and when the movies over there really isn't an Idea of what exactly happened, or why any of it took place.

[comma]

I also watched Akira recently. Not sure if I finished it. Kind of boring and melodramatic. I didn't realize how much it influenced Kojima's Snatcher, though.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I obviously quite like it, and think it makes sense. It's just a lot going on. :kakapo:

[Night Fury]

American Pie: The Reunion

Really silly, but really American Pie - I loved it, Phil and I had a proper laugh watching it as the humour was right up our street! 6/10

[Night Fury]

Double post mother pluckers.

Mama: We watched this last night, and Phil was being an ass and kept slurping his stupid lime drink in my ear. And there were moths in it and I didn't like the moths because they were just like DEATH DEATH DEATH.

It was good though, 7/10. Pretty scary. I hate the Mama noises. And then when it finished Phil was making the Mama noises and he freaked me out and made me really uncomfortable because he went to get my neck and I momentarily panicked and thought he was going to start being the Mama ghost again and it made me scared and I nearly shat myself. >.< He is anASS.

[yukina]

Double post mother pluckers.

Mama: We watched this last night, and Phil was being an ass and kept slurping his stupid lime drink in my ear. And there were moths in it and I didn't like the moths because they were just like DEATH DEATH DEATH.

It was good though, 7/10. Pretty scary. I hate the Mama noises. And then when it finished Phil was making the Mama noises and he freaked me out and made me really uncomfortable because he went to get my neck and I momentarily panicked and thought he was going to start being the Mama ghost again and it made me scared and I nearly shat myself. >.< He is anASS.

I actually saw the short film before the movie. The movie was okay ('cept for the fact I keep on calling the main character Jaime Lannister haha). The short film had a better ambience, I think. I remember screaming at the hallway scene :))

Last Movie Watched: Pacific Rim

I actually liked the whole thing, mainly because it had Evangelion and Gundam vibes :))

[Araciel]

if you expect the old superman type of movie.. then yes it is a fail..
thats why i loved it so much

Even objectively.

[Shorty]

The Maltese Falcon - 9/10


http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii325/demosthynes/spadeandarcher_zps72d6d136.png

These words first appear onscreen:


The 1539, the Knight Templars of Malta paid tribute to Charles V of Spain by sending him a golden falcon encrusted from beak to claw with the rarest jewels -- but pirates seized the galley carrying thie priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day.

I loved the feeling of this film. I love the story, how it's complicated and how it twists and turns and how new characters emerge well into the running. I love that it's such a typcial LA PI film noir (even though it's set in SF); it fits the stereotype so perfectly. And Sam Spade is such a typical PI character - always with his wits about him, always concerned about the case, even when he appears to not be.

It was so interesting hearing the streetnames and cross-streets and cities, knowing I've been to all of those places. Also, I loved hearing things said in this film like "Let's get to a phonebooth." It offers a clear separation between that decade and our current one. Hell, with the internet, PI jobs aren't even needed. I wonder if they even still exist or if they've long been extinct.

The music was wonderful. It very much reminded me of Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments. I expected Charleton Heston to step into the shot at any moment.

Throughout the film, Sam is skeptical, unfeeling and seemingly fearless. He's slick. He wears double-breasted suits and fedoras. He doesn't talk about Miles dying, stops anyone who tries to bring it up and seems to generally be unaffected by the death of his partner. He's not afraid of guns pointed at him several times. In fact, he shows no fear throughout the entirety of the film at all. He always seems to have an ace up his sleeve, but he isn't coy about it. He's classy and cool, he's sharp as a tack, and he puts the case and his sense of honor before his own interests and desires.

There is something I've been wondering in the hours since I watched it earlier, though. I do wonder if he knew all along that Bridgid murdered Miles. If he did, why did he keep it going so long?

The absolute best moment in this film is at the end when he confronts her and she tries to deny it and then twist and turn words against him, but he's not having it. The reason it's just so goddamn good is because of how unfeeling he seemed to be about Miles the entire film - keeping her from saying words about Miles earlier, stopping others from speaking about him, telling Effie to immediately take down his name from the sign, etc. But it all boils back to Miles and his honor about how he was his partner. He kept a damn good poker face on the entire time and it surprised me.

I wrote up a review with a bit more depth to it here (http://cephalopodsyndrome.blogspot.com/2013/08/film-reviews-maltese-falcon-1941.html). No major spoilers, but there's quite a bit of a re-cap about the first twenty or thirty minutes.

God bless Humphrey Bogart.

[Shiny]

Pariah

The director, Dee Rees came to talk to my Career Strategies class last year and mentioned this film. The concept seem interesting as there aren't that many acclaimed films about lesbians. I finally got around to watching it since it's now available On Demand. I will say that there wasn't much room for character development and I wish they explored her life and relationships a little more. I felt the relationship with the father could have also been delved in to more deeply, but I liked the conflict between the religious mother in denial that her daughter is a lesbian. All in all, it was just an okay film with pretty good up and coming actresses.

The Wolverine

Basically the same thing as every other X-Men film (except First Class) that I've seen before it, except now this time he's in Japan. The villain was dumb and they never really explained why he suddenly decided to want to be invincible and evil at the expense of everyone he supposedly loved. This isn't Breaking Bad wtf. As usual, remember to stay past the credits.

[Agent Proto]

Last movie I've seen was Ponyo. Eh, it's not bad. Great animation, and cute story. Would I watch again? Probably not, but it's still enjoyable to watch.

[Shaibana]

The Lone Ranger 6/10

every joke failed its punchline.
the story was cute though, but the movie was not cinema-worthy.
so for everyone who does want to see this movie i advise you: save your money and download it when its on piratebay or something

[Shorty]

It looks like Johnny Depp plays Jack Sparrow as a Native American.

I have a guilty crush on Armie Hammer, though. He looks like such a goddamned Disney prince.

[Araciel]

The Good The Bad And The Ugly

Will never stop being in my top five.

[Shaibana]

It looks like Johnny Depp plays Jack Sparrow as a Native American.

I have a guilty crush on Armie Hammer, though. He looks like such a goddamned Disney prince.

i swear i know Armie Hammer from something but i can find it on sites like wikipedia, he really has something familiar

[Araciel]

He was the twins in the Facebook movie, wasn't he?

[Shaibana]

He was the twins in the Facebook movie, wasn't he?

i have not seen that movie :o so it cant be that i regicnize him from that xD

[Vincent, Thunder God]

For Love or Money starring Michael J Fox. Snappy writing for a romantic comedy, it hit all the right notes for me.

[Araciel]

Pain and Gain.

Not sure how I'm supposed to feel about it - like it's obviously a comedy...but it's based on real life incompetence, idiocy, greed, torture, and murder.

...so yeah weird. Would not watch again.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Just saw The World's End, and it was fantastic.

[Pike]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

It went something like this:

First ten minutes: Music with no picture (yes this happened) and opening credits

Next thirty minutes: Production team shows off their special effects budget with hundreds of different shots of the Enterprise alternated with shots of Kirk looking emotional.

Next thirty minutes: Production team shows off their special effects budget when the ship takes off and runs into some sort of anomaly which it just so happens to take a really long time to explore.

Next thirty minutes: Cyborg chick shows up on board, nothing else really happens.

Final thirty minutes: The actual plot.

I give all the derping around at the beginning a 2/5 and the last half hour a 4/5 for a final score of 3/5.

Edit: Oh my god I just looked it up and it was originally the pilot episode for a new series. They just took the script and added in an hour's worth of special effects. I KNEW IT.

[The Man]

It's pretty much an accepted fact that odd Star Trek films are worthless and even Trek films are good until Nemesis came along. Abrams' Star Trek also bucked the trend.

Iirc, The Search for Spock was less worthless than some of the other odd Trek films, and Generations wasn't terrible, but I, V, and Insurrection were completely forgettable.

Interestingly there's a director's cut of the first film that apparently has a much faster pace. I haven't seen it though.

[Pike]

I agree with everything you said and also ugh Nemesis. Way to destroy that good trend, guys :zombert:

[The Man]

I'm still pissed off that that's how they chose to wrap up TNG. It was such a classic series and it deserved a better send-off than that :(

[magewarrior]

Last movie I saw was Epic (brought to us by the creators of Rio and Ice Age) my opinion, not bad not great either but I did enjoy watching it. The animation was simply breathtaking and the story was well done. If I had to give it a rating I'd give it a solid 8 :)

[comma]

You gave a movie a bad rating because it had music at the beginning? I guess you haven't seen a lot of old movies. It's the music that plays while everyone takes their seats.

[Pike]

You gave a movie a bad rating because it had music at the beginning?

Not sure where you got that idea. Firstly I gave the movie an average rating, and secondly the reason I did that is because of all the stuff that happened in the first hour of the thing, not the first five minutes. Sillyhead. :)


I guess you haven't seen a lot of old movies.

I love old movies and have seen a very great deal of them, my dear! Casablanca is one of my all time faves.

Anyways I'm still waiting for my DS9 movie.

[Madame Adequate]

Hahaha you're gonna try to teach Pike about old movies? You do know that she's got a degree in that stuff, right? :p

Also sorry but Star Trek: The Motion Picture is 5/5 breddy good all dose incredibly long special effects shots that lovingly show the Enterprise are so great. Random Klingons for no reason and have nothing to do with anything? Check. AI that can't comprehend flesh-based life? Check. Kirk is kind of a jerk? Check.

Only thing missing were Lts. Arex and M'ress. And it's not like they can't Caitian in live action, there's a Caitian Admiral in The Voyage Home. Arex would be more of a challenge though I grant you.

[Pike]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

ffffff you know I've seen this movie (and all the Trek movies) a million times but coming right off of TOS and TAS this just kicked me right in the feels. What a fantastic movie. One of the three best Treks for sure. Great pacing, great script, great characters, A++++ 5/5 bretty good

[Agent Proto]

I watched The Avengers last night on Netflix. Good movie, overall!

[comma]

You gave a movie a bad rating because it had music at the beginning?

Not sure where you got that idea.Because you complained about it and then later said the derping lowered the score, I figured you considered the musical intro a part of the derping.



I guess you haven't seen a lot of old movies.

I love old movies and have seen a very great deal of them, my dear! Casablanca is one of my all time faves.That's great. You seemed totally thrown for a loop by the music introduction. Ever seen Lawrence of Arabia? 2001: A Space Odyssey?


Hahaha you're gonna try to teach Pike about old movies? You do know that she's got a degree in that stuff, right? :pHey, me too!

[Pike]

Ever seen Lawrence of Arabia? 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Of course I have :p they made us watch all this shit for school.

[Spuuky]

The last movie I watched was The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

My wife (watching it for the first time) felt that it was so cliche-ridden (largely by the cliches it created in the first place) that it should have been called The Good, The Bad, and The Obvious.

I've also watched a Korean movie called The Good, The Bad, and the Weird, which was far less anti-war and serious, and a lot more ridiculous.

Anyway, obviously a great movie, I still don't actually enjoy it as much as a Fistful of Dollars, though.

[Shorty]

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly wasn't cliche for its time. If you can separate it from the rest of the cliches (that it created, as you say), it's great.

[Madame Adequate]

Star Trek: The Search for Spock

Of the three 'bad' TOS Trek movies this is the best one I'd say. The overall plot is pretty daft and features the usual array of Vulcan Superpowers but the thing is actually pretty well executed and Shatner and Kelley especially both had a good deal of screen time that let them show some acting chops.

I can never see Christopher Lloyd as anyone except Doc Brown though so that was a thing.

[Shorty]

I saw The Addams Family first so I only ever think of him as Lester.

[Agent Proto]

Christopher Lloyd was also Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but you couldn't really tell it's him just by appearance.

[The Man]

1.21 gigawatts?!

Christopher Lloyd has really had a lot of iconic roles when you think about it. But Doc Brown is definitely the most so.

[Pike]

Star Trek: The Search for Spock

Of the three 'bad' TOS Trek movies this is the best one I'd say. The overall plot is pretty daft and features the usual array of Vulcan Superpowers but the thing is actually pretty well executed and Shatner and Kelley especially both had a good deal of screen time that let them show some acting chops.

I can never see Christopher Lloyd as anyone except Doc Brown though so that was a thing.

Basically all of this. Gonna give it a 4/5. Also Vulcans please, all your crazy mysticism ritual stuff is not logical.

IV tonight :love: my favorite one!


Christopher Lloyd was also Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but you couldn't really tell it's him just by appearance.

Not really by appearance but damn he's got a distinctive voice.

[Shaibana]

71 into the fire .. 7/10

its a korean movie about 71 south-korean students that have to defend a school against the invading north-korean troops in 1950. the school is a strategic point.

a good movie :)

[Shorty]

Cabin in the Woods
7/10

A pretty good movie. Pretty hokey, but I expected that going in. I kept going "what the smurf" when weird trout kept happening that didn't make sense, but that is apparently what Joss Whedon wanted to happen. I really, really enjoyed getting to see the army of nightmares. All of that trout was so neat, and the graphics and animation was so well done. It wasn't the best movie, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the weird twist to it and I enjoyed the ending. I like it when directors break away from the fairytale ending where everything all goes the right way and it ends up smoothly and the guy gets the girl and everyone lives happily ever after. I like creative thinking, and I like alternate scenarios in which everything doesn't go right for once.

[Slothy]

Gravity - 10/10

Words really can't do it justice. And I mean that literally. This is the kind of movie which can not be adequately described in words and absolutely must be seen to understand just how utterly amazing it is.

[Ayen]

Mortal Inst.

The perfect example of what happens in a movie that isn't given the time to breathe. It just jumped from one scene to the next like it had ADD. All of the plot twists in the movie either came completely out of left field on account of lack of character development or you didn't care enough because of lack of character development. It was better than I thought it'd be given the premise, but it could have been LOADS better.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I've been on a movie kick the past few days. I'm gonna give some quick thoughts on the last few movies I watched.

1. Troll 2 Riff Trax - The movie itself has been one I've enjoyed since I first saw it a couple of years ago. This is probably one of my favorite movies when it comes to the so bad it's hilarious category. The Riff Trax doesn't really add too much to the movie, but it's still enjoyable for people who enjoyed Mystery Science Theater 3000. Rating based on my enjoyment: 4/5.

2. The Best Worst Movie - This is a documentary about Troll 2 by the main kid from the movie. The movie is both about the fandom and about where the cast was at the time of the filming of the documentary (I think it had been 18 years since Troll 2 was made? I can't remember for sure). It's extremely interesting, but also a bit depressing. If you are a fan of Troll 2 (or even if you just know about Troll 2), I'd say it's worth a look. If you don't know anything about Troll 2, though, then chances are you would get no enjoyment from this. I'd rate it at about 3/5.

3. Raising Arizona - This is the second Coen Brothers film I've seen (the first being True Grit). I knew nothing about this movie going into it except that Nicolas Cage was in it, and my friends have often said that it is the best movie he's ever been in. I have to say, his acting was excellent in this film, and that was a shock. The movie was extremely funny and I loved every minute of it. One of my new favorite films. 5/5

4. The Shining - I had seen this movie before and enjoyed it, but this is the first time I had ever seen it by myself without people talking and joking around throughout it. The first time I saw it, I just thought it was okay. But after seeing it again and getting immersed in the world, it's probably my favorite horror film next to Suspiria. I like the dream/nightmare like feel of this movie, and the setting is just so interesting to look at. I also really enjoy thinking about it after watching it, trying to piece together some of the mysteries within the movie. 5/5

5. INK - This is kind of a hard movie to discuss in the context of if others should watch it. It's very amateurish in a lot of ways (the acting can be spotty and it had a very low budget). The story can also be pretty confusing. That being said, I could personally look over all of those things and appreciate the bigger picture. I loved the story and themes within it. I enjoyed the characters. Also, few movies have touched me in a way that this movie has. For myself, I would say it's a 4/5 film. For other people, I should probably score it more at 3/5 because there are quite a few shortcomings to the film. Either way, it's a great low budget, scifi/fantasy film that I would highly recommend.

[Shaibana]

Pirates of the caribean: at strangers tide.

its been a long while since i have seen this movie.. problably when it was just released on dvd or something..

the fact that Elizebeth Swann and Wil Turner are Not in this movie makes the movie alot better in my opinion.
i just dont like those 2. they were good in the first movie but after that i stopped liking them. so i am glad that this movie is all about jack sparrow

[Shorty]

Safety Not Guaranteed
4/10

You can't make an indie flick out of a time travel storyline. You just can't.

I love Aubrey Plaza, but she has no variety in acting skills that I have seen thus far in the several shows/movies she has been involved in. I really love her, but she is best fit for April Ludgate type roles and not somewhat serious roles like ones in this movie.

[Rantz]

Pretty much what she said. I'd probably give it a 5/10 but with pretty much the same reasoning. It was mildly entertaining, but the script was a tad too unrealistic and the acting so-so.

[Shorty]

Nick Miller was the best part of it, and I thought about giving it a 5 but I reconsidered.

[Calliope]

World War Z:

As a movie - 4/10

As a pepsi commercial - 7/10

[Shaibana]

World War Z:

As a movie - 4/10

As a pepsi commercial - 7/10

reeeaalllllyyy? :O i love that movie

[Araciel]

I dug it - great disaster movie

okay zombie movie

great pepsi ad

Also I just watched Zero Charisma.. Aside from the Millennium Falcon vs Enterprise part, So brutally depressing, barely about gaming, and the hipster vs nerd thing was not engaging.. :(

[Shaibana]

Thor: The dark world.

i inmediatly felt sorry for Loki, i can never truly see him as a bad guy, he is to cute for it ^^
i love how they keep referring back to the avengers in every movie of them like Loki shapeshifting into captain America.. that made my day! (its a tiny spoiler, nothing important that will ruin the plot for you)

[Gamblet]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Hilarious!

9/10

[Shorty]

Saw Ender's Game. Will spend the rest of my life wishing I hadn't.

I could go on for ages about everything that was wrong. In fact, everything was wrong with it. Everything. Somehow they managed to get the fact that it's about a boy and that it primarily takes place in space correct, and it's shocking that they actually got those two things right and didn't turn Ender into a girl like they did with Anderson. The only explanation for such an atrocity of a film would be perhaps if apes were behind the production. That's probably an insult to apes. I am almost certain they could have done a better job.

1/10. The 1 is for the irony of Harrison Ford's role and that fact that he was zipping around in space and blowing up ships as Han Solo thirty-five years earlier. Or a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, whichever you prefer.

Atleast I got the satisfaction of knowing I was right about my gut feeling!

[Scotty_ffgamer]

It's a shame it's not very good. I'll probably still see Ender's Game because my family wants us all to go watch it. I might enjoy it more just based on the fact that I don't remember the book very well aside from basic plot points. At the very least, I feel I can be certain that it won't be as bad as the movie adaptation they did of The Dark is Rising. That thing had everything wrong (setting, age of the main character, most every plot point, the gender of several people if I remember right).

Also, I just watched The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition. I'm one of the people who actually really enjoyed the movie when I saw it in theaters. Unfortunately, unlike The Lord of the Rings, the extended edition really didn't add anything to this movie. I think it actually threw off the pacing even more in some points. It's only about 15 more minutes or so, I think, so it's not too big of a deal. Still really enjoyable. The special features on it are just as good as The Lord of the Rings from what I've heard, though.

[Jinx]

I watched X-Men: First Class for the first time. It was fun enough, even if I'm not sure how canon it was. I wanted more Charles/Rave and less Eric (I thought his actor was very bland). I loved seeing The Beast's actor in a sympathetic role for once!

I didn't really like how they connected Charles and Raven to one-another, and cleared up the timing issue (if there was one, I haven't read the comics) of her being a little girl in the 1940s (her cells regenerate so fast she'll still have the appearance of a teenager in 30 years, etc).

I did find the overall plot a bit bland. I wanted less of Kevin Bacon and January Jones, and more just focusing on the young versions of the characters we know and love. I couldn't care less about the X-Men I didn't know about, though.

If anyone has extensive knowledge of the X-Men world, can you tell me if this fits in with the canon/continuity? Especially the Professor X/Mystique bits.

[Shorty]

It's a shame you didn't really like it. It's my favorite of any of the X-Men movies and I can't wait for the next one to come out.

[Jinx]

I think I'd like it if it better if it's its own reboot and not a continuity of the other X-Men films. Like I said, I didn't hate it! I just think they kind of wasted time on characters that weren't important, and the Cold War has never been a period of time that's been interesting to me. And I just really didn't like Magneto's actor. But I did think it was fun!

[Shorty]

But it is a reboot. :confused: It can't really be its own thing if it's building off of a story that it's preceding.

I'm normally not fond of prologue-type films, but I am excited to see where the next couple of films take it.

[Jinx]

I didn't think it was. Especially since Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn made cameo appearances, connecting the other movies to this one.

[Shorty]

Different strokes, I guess.

[Jinx]

I'll definitely watch the next one, though. :) I know that I'm in the minority on this forum, but I basically love anything Jennifer Lawrence is in.

[Hollycat]

Enders game. Oh boy, here we go.
Whole post contains spoilies from the movie


It wasn't awful. It felt really rushed. Also, it felt like they just randomly pushed relationships together for no reason. They used that kid from Hannah Montanna as Bonzo, which I felt was one of the worst castings possible. Ender's greatest battle and turning point is a fight with a midget. Which he cheats at. Seriously, the guy comes at him one on one and Ender makes himself slippery and gets away, then kills him. The biggest disappointment of the fight though was that Ender didn't just put his hand on Bonzos head and hold him away like that, with Bonzos arms flailing.
Also, why is it that by the end of the movie every black character is either saluting Ender or babying him, and none of the white guys do? I'm completely serious, at the end of the movie, Dap salutes Ender, who is now an Admiral, and then Colonel Graff has Ender sedated for no reason, and then makes Dap (played by a black guy) carry Ender around.

Ender's love(?) interest offers to give him private lessons out of the blue the first time she meets him.

Effects:
The special effects in the space battles and in the game were terrific. If there was a video game that looked that good out today, none of us would ever stop playing it. The Battle school design is pretty great. The caves that the Formics carved on the planet at the end look like a movie set from the days of bad science fiction. Santa vs the Martians anyone?

Music:
The movie literally never stops playing dramatic music. As if it knows that it has been reduced to key points of conflict in the movie and literally nothing else. It gets kind of annoying after a while.

Acting:
Petra go home. Whoever played Petra, please, you need a few more years of lessons, I felt like I was watching the Last Airbender movie again.
No one else except for Ender and Graff get enough time to warrant discussion, but I will say that I felt like the kid from Hannah Montanna was trying far to hard to get just the right amount of mean guy on his face.
Ender.... makes us feel nothing whatsoever. His emotional scenes don't make us feel anything since the only time in the movie he does anything other than disobey orders or kill teenagers is the first time he goes into the battle room.
Harrison Ford was Harrison Ford.


Pacing:
lol, next category.

Overall: I'll give it a 6/10. Pretty animation isn't enough to redeem the terrible pacing and the bad acting.






Oh god. This was the worst adaptation. Maybe literally.
Instead of a proper review, here is a list of wtf were they thinking.

Why the hell is everyone 14?
Why the hell is Anderson a woman now?
Why the hell is Bonzo a midget, he's supposed to tower over Ender.
Why the hell is there a relationship between Ender and Petra, Petra is supposed to be dating Dink at this point.
Why the hell is the small asteroid now an Earth sized planet.
Why the hell is Ender promoted from launchy to soldier to commander to captain after one victory each
Why the bloody rotting infested hell is Bean not a midget. Seriously, guys, when Bean shows up in the book, he is 6, 3 feet tall, and a giant asshole.
Why the bloody hell didn't they make this a two parter, Part one is from the time Ender enlists till he becomes commander, movie two could be from commander to the end of the book. Then the actor could age like he does in the book.
Why did they announce at the beginning of the movie on the news that the humans are invading, in the book this was top secret information not revealed till the very end.

adaptation points:
0/10
Bugger off.

[Shorty]

Enders game. Oh boy, here we go.
Whole post contains spoilies from the movie


It wasn't awful. It felt really rushed. Also, it felt like they just randomly pushed relationships together for no reason. They used that kid from Hannah Montanna as Bonzo, which I felt was one of the best castings possible. Ender's greatest battle and turning point is a fight with a midget. Which he cheats at. Seriously, the guy comes at him one on one and Ender makes himself slippery and gets away, then kills him. The biggest disappointment of the fight though was that Ender didn't just put his hand on Bonzos head and hold him away like that, with Bonzos arms flailing.
Also, why is it that by the end of the movie every black character is either saluting Ender or babying him, and none of the white guys do? I'm completely serious, at the end of the movie, Dap salutes Ender, who is now an Admiral, and then Colonel Graff has Ender sedated for no reason, and then makes Dap (played by a black guy) carry Ender around.

Ender's love(?) interest offers to give him private lessons out of the blue the first time she meets him.

Effects:
The special effects in the space battles and in the game were terrific. If there was a video game that looked that good out today, none of us would ever stop playing it. The Battle school design is pretty great. The caves that the Formics carved on the planet at the end look like a movie set from the days of bad science fiction. Santa vs the Martians anyone?

Music:
The movie literally never stops playing dramatic music. As if it knows that it has been reduced to key points of conflict in the movie and literally nothing else. It gets kind of annoying after a while.

Acting:
Petra go home. Whoever played Petra, please, you need a few more years of lessons, I felt like I was watching the Last Airbender movie again.
No one else except for Ender and Graff get enough time to warrant discussion, but I will say that I felt like the kid from Hannah Montanna was trying far to hard to get just the right amount of mean guy on his face.
Ender.... makes us feel nothing whatsoever. His emotional scenes don't make us feel anything since the only time in the movie he does anything other than disobey orders or kill teenagers is the first time he goes into the battle room.
Harrison Ford was Harrison Ford.


Pacing:
lol, next category.

Overall: I'll give it a 6/10. Pretty animation isn't enough to redeem the terrible pacing and the bad acting.






Oh god. This was the best adaptation. Maybe literally.
Instead of a proper review, here is a list of wtf were they thinking.

Why the hell is everyone 14?
Why the hell is Anderson a woman now?
Why the hell is Bonzo a midget, he's supposed to tower over Ender.
Why the hell is there a relationship between Ender and Petra, Petra is supposed to be dating Dink at this point.
Why the hell is the small asteroid now an Earth sized planet.
Why the hell is Ender promoted from launchy to soldier to commander to captain after one victory each
Why the bloody rotting infested hell is Bean not a midget. Seriously, guys, when Bean shows up in the book, he is 6, 3 feet tall, and a giant asshole.
Why the bloody hell didn't they make this a two parter, Part one is from the time Ender enlists till he becomes commander, movie two could be from commander to the end of the book. Then the actor could age like he does in the book.
Why did they announce at the beginning of the movie on the news that the humans are invading, in the book this was top secret information not revealed till the very end.

adaptation points:
0/10
Bugger off.



aaaah you have essentially pointed out everything that I found wrong with it. And I'm surprised you gave it such a high score! Well done articulating the complaints I had to make. I have a few in particular I'd like to add or elaborate on. I didn't feel like doing this originally because I felt it would take too much effort, but it's in my head now xD

- The fact that Anderson "goes soft" and tries to tell Graff that he's pushing Ender too hard and breaks down is appalling. Anderson is supposed to be such a great secondary character in the book, he's used as a means to show what a monster Graff really is, that he's a wolf in sheep's clothing with these kids. But this female Anderson! Why did they make her execute such a compassionate protest? Because she's a woman? That was all I could think about, and I found it pretty sexist. It was possible for her to behave the same way Anderson is written in the book, only as a woman. No, instead they had to make her compassionate toward the launchies and Ender. Why? It had to have been because she was a woman. The entire point of this school is to show no compassion and to not ever let Ender believe that help will come or that the pressure will ever let up. She violated all of that with her outburst.

- Which brings me to my next point. The fight with Bonzo. Supposed to be one of Ender's defining moments in Battle School, and a trademark of Ender that he finishes his enemies and he does it for good. a) Bonzo fell and broke his neck seeminly by accident and b) Ender rushed to him, sobbing over him and apologizing. Why the smurf would they make him do that? It takes away everything about Ender and his character.

- Petra is the best and I hate her. Hated her. There was no reason whatsoever for as much involvement in the story as she had. Can we also take a moment to piece our smurfing brains back together from the fact that Petra laid the final shot with the Little Doctor on the buggers? It wasn't Ender. Petra was the one who did it. Why. smurfing why. I'd like to know.

- Hated Dap. Next to Petra, he was the second worst. So awful.

- "buggers" is not used once and it freak me out. The term "formic" is referenced only in those paragraphs between chapters in which the IF are speaking, if I remember. No one actually calls them formics.

- Mazer Rackham. I so badly wanted to like Ben Kingsley, but I couldn't do it. Didn't like him one bit.

- Seconding the atrocious pacing. Additionally, the dialogue was not believable or natural.

- A two-part would probably be best, agreed.

- I thought the Freeplay was atrocious and the fact that they put the Hive Queen on smurfing Eros is a travesty. Honestly. How did any of that work? Answer: It doesn't. The whole point of Freeplay is that the buggers used it to analyze Ender and then to create a situation in which he was familiar with in order to communicate with them, and that they would do it far away from all of this on another unknown planet for Ender to find as an adult. How would they have been able to do that on Eros when it was wiped clean by marines decades before? There is no possibility that exists in which this was a logical move to make in the plot. Ridiculous.

I understand that the book is extremely internalized and many of it are writings about what's happening to Ender and what Ender is thinking. I understand it can be hard to write a script and a dialogue for situations like that. But come on. Come on.

[Slothy]

X-Men: First Class is canon with the other movies and not a reboot, though it does retcon some things (mostly from X3 and the first Wolverine movie so who the fuck care?), which is why the next one involves the cast of the original movies, the cast of First Class, and some time travel.

And I'm looking forward to the next one because what could be sexier than Patrick Stewart, James MacAvoy, and Jennifer Lawrence in one movie?

And to answer your earlier question Sam, the Xavier & Mystique stuff from First Class isn't canon in the comics. But it was cool in the movies so who really cares?

[Jinx]

I don't! I thought it was a unique take on things. I was just curious if it was from the comics or not. :)

I would have a threesome with James McAvoy and Jennifer Lawrence.