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Clash of the Titans, 3D. The acting was meh, the battle scenes with less significant enemies were too long, the battle scenes with (SPOILER)the Kraken and Hades were way, WAY too short, and there really weren't enough 3D special effects to make it worth the extra money. I was incredibly disappointed.
I think id rather watch the original, with shoddy special FX and all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mo' Meninges
Kame Hame-Ha!
Dragon Ball Evolution
I didn't expect too much of it. I knew it is hard to make a good movie about a manga or fighting story like Dragon Ball. The only really good fighting game movie is Mortal Kombat but now I have watched Dragon Ball and it is really entertaining. Of course they had to change some things for the story and so there are even plotholes. But that's not the point. The movie itself deserves more than people want to admit. Who really thinks this movie should be like the original manga/anime which means you have to watch Goku 30 minutes while he just stands there to get his Ki higher or wants super mega special effects should simply give them enough money to do so. The story itself is good enough. You cannot use exactly the same story the manga has. Not if you begin with the adult Goku. And the manga introduces the 18 years old adult Goku in the Budokai Tenkaichi. This would be boring for some people as well.
Not to forget I love the final attack of Piccolo and Goku.
I just got done watching Paprika, my first exposure to Satoshi Kon's work. I enjoyed it quite a bit, too. Beautiful and bizarre. I can't really say anything negative about it outside of the fact that it confused me a lot at a few parts, but I'm guessing that within the context of the film, that was sort of intentional.
Shutter Island
A good film. Not as twisty as the director thinks it is (every next step is pretty obvious), and you already know what the major twist will be about 10 minutes in. Nonetheless the journey there was good fun and very interesting. Whoever did the music, however, needs to be shot in the face. And I genuinely mean that. It was hideous and almost ruined the film.
Kickass (I watched this twice in two days)
Yeah. Watch this film. Watch it now. Stop reading these :bou::bou::bou::bou:ty little reviews and go out and watch the bloody film. It's smurfing perfect.
Those are movies that I paid to watch. My friends and I usually sneak into a second movie, however, to get back at the extortionate cinema. It's awesome. The films we snuck into are thus:
Clash of the Titans
THERE IS NO CLASHING OF ANY TITANS IN THIS FILM. The mythology is false, but they said that it wasn't based off the mythology and that they just took some names out and made whatever the hell they wanted, so you can't fault them that. The acting was bad. The action was average. The script and the entire plot was average. Anyone who can figure out what the smurf Perseus' accent was supposed to be actually wins the universe. Overall, it's an extremely average crappy action film. I wouldn't pay to watch it, but I didn't so it's cool and I could watch through the whole film.
The same cannot be said for The Bounty Hunter.
I honestly can't think of words to describe what an awful film this is. We walked out 20 minutes in because it was absolutely terrible in every way possible. It's so bad that I WOULDN'T WATCH IT FOR FREE. Seriously. Eurgh, it's just awful.
Donnie Darko.
Wow. This is an impressive film. Keeps you second guessing to the end, and even then, there are two possible ways to explain what the heck was going on. Thematically it most reminds me of Jacob's Ladder, although more ambivalent theologically.
Frank was one of the coolest characters I've ever seen.
2001: A space odyssey
not sure what to think of it. Visually a great movie, but the plot kind of went down the drain at the end.
There was a plot? :roll2Quote:
Originally Posted by kotora
Right now I'm in the middle of an 80s movie marathon evening. And watched The Monster Squad for the first time ever. Its kinda like if the Goonies had to face down Dracula and a horde of cliche but well-created movie monsters (a swamp monster, a werewolf, a mummy, and Frankenstein monster). Really good stuff, and the fact that I loved it leads me to believe there was just something about 80s cinema that did something right in my eyes, and my love of 80s movies isn't just nostalgia. I wonder what it is we lost over the years
well there was the thing with the whole mystery about the monoliths, and what happened after the computer was shut down etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowCaloriePieThere was a plot? :roll2Quote:
Originally Posted by kotora
Clash of the Titans: Remake of a cheesy 80's film loosely based on Greek Myth and featuring stop motion animation. The remake has full cgi and while the monsters are impressive (well, except Medusa) this movie actually cuts away more of the plot than the original did.
Why is Hades the bad guy? He actually enjoys being the ruler of the underworld specifically because he doesn't have to deal with Zeus and all the other idiots on Mt. Olympus. The bother who was pissy about getting screwed was Poseidon and he's easily the biggest asshole of the male gods in Greek Myth.
Outside of some witty puns and small jokes the dialogue and script for the film is just as cheesy as the original, even Liam can't save the script from how bad it was. Not to mention they changed the whole ending and created a bull:bou::bou::bou::bou: happy ending.
Watch it for the monsters and fight scenes. Not for the acting, plot, or love of Greek Myth. God of War is more accurate than this film.
:onoes: ventriloquist dummies scare the hell out of me, those do too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Banana
I smurfing LOVE Donnie Darko, I'm interested in watching S. Darko (a sequel) but Im afraid it might ruin the original for me. Anyone seen it?Quote:
Originally Posted by BG-57
Yeah, S. Darko is a sack of :bou::bou::bou::bou:e really. It's unnecessary for everything.
S. Darko is like the same exact movie, but done terribly.