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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I remember watching this when I was fairly young and not getting into it, but after having watched it again I can honestly say that I don't know what was wrong with me. That was an absolutely fantastic movie, and I loved basically every second of it. The acting was great and I loved the way they portrayed the dreams and inner workings of Joel's head.
9/10
The Last Airbender.
... Mmyeah, I'm gonna say that it's probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Probably worse than Twilight because I actually had expectations of Shaymalan. The disappointment in combination with the horrible, horrible acting and the miriad of other things wrong with the movie definitely puts it lower on the scale than Twilight.
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Also called Dek hor.
It's a movie from Thailand. It's marketed as a horror film, but it was more of a drama and surprisingly sweet, in its own way. I give it 4 sprinkles out of 5.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas - So good.
Why don't you ever mention the movies we watch together!? Are you embarrassed of Arnold's and volcano movies!?
Expired
6/10
Saw this Saturday I believe and forgot to make a post about it. I think more people should see it. :)
Jason Patric is really good at playing a complete jerk. Samantha Morton makes you feel for her. She is great at playing a demure, off-beat, insecure woman who gets into a chaotic relationship with a hot-headed and brash parking cop. It's not the typical "romcom".
Jennifer's Body
Never saw the whole thing till now. Ending was funny. THE LESBIAN SCENE WAS smurfING HOT THOUGH!
Inception.
Amazing. 'Nuff said.
inglorious b******s
I loved it! It had its funny bits at times, and it was quite smart. It could of been better, but it's one of the best films i've seen in a while.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Never watched the series before but I started watching this movie on TV like halfway through because the action scene at that moment was really interesting. I never thought I'd see something that's related to LOST so randomly! Freakin fantastic movie. Loved it. Definitely not a typical anime movie.
9/10
I finally sucked it up and watched Ponyo. I LOVE PONYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hard to go wrong with Miyazaki. :D
What was there to suck up? Was there ever any doubt that Ponyo would be as awesome as it is?Quote:
Originally Posted by ShlupQuack
They're making a live action Cowboy Bebop movie with Keanu Reeves.Quote:
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Thanks. I looked up some articles about it. I hope the fans of the show won't be let down lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyThey're making a live action Cowboy Bebop movie with Keanu Reeves.Quote:
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Inglorious Bastards
I'm a fan of Tarantino, but at times it was unnecessarily brutal. It was like he wanted to make a bit of controversy for the film. Aside from all that, the greatest bits of the movie was as always the dialogue. The conversations between Frederick and the French girl I found very enjoyable. Cutting the skin off the the temple of a Nazi head, not so much.
7/10
Inception
I thought it was very good, but not the masterpiece I was lead to believe. I felt the same way as I did when leaving the cinema after The Dark Knight, a fraction of me felt disappointed. Maybe I'm just not into Christopher Nolans style of directing, but I don't see why people put this guy on such a pedestal. That said, I thought the idea was fascinating, and the acting was really top-notch.
8/10
Inception
Awesome. The sacrifice of character development in favour of full-on mindsmurf was a good move. Don't know what to make of the ending - predictable or genius? In any case, it's a solid film.
8.5/10
Fanboys - Meh. I didn't really have high hopes and it managed to reach about that level. Nothing special.
Inception - Christopher Nolan painstakingly toils for ten years creating this layered meticulous sticky web of a screenplay, then decides to tack on a bunch of cheap, trite ass melodramatic sentimental garbage that does absolutely nothing for the spirit of the film and misses its own point. Inception is a life-sized Lego kingdom covered in cement for some reason.
The House of the Devil - The house part was great. The devil part was not so great.
Oh, so Inception is a mindsmurf? I haven't seen it yet, but I'd have a feeling it would be another Memento type of movie.
It is, but in a different way than Memento. The latter is structured to keep you as disoriented as the protagonist, and ends with a revelation that leads to a new clarity about what has transpired. The former is intricate but you can follow along and you're rarely confused, until the end, which can be taken in a myriad of ways. Both are worth watching.
Girls Rock - The camp that the documentary is about is awesome. The documentary could have been better.
Visioneers
Uh Zack Galifianakis can't do anything wrong, this movie is brilliant although kind of slow. It almost has a feel that there's some bigger message behind the people exploding and what not and being stressed out from work.
edit: although i heard the hangover really sucked.
Visioneers is great. The Hangover is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by skt
I wouldn't say Inception is always easy to follow. The first twenty or thirty minutes are pretty confusing if you haven't seen the film before, which is clearly a deliberate move on the part of the director - (SPOILER)it's pointed out several times in the film that it's impossible to remember how a dream began, so beginning in the middle without any real explanations for what's happening at first makes sense given the subject matter.
The first 30 minutes or so of Inception is like, pure exposition. It's all just explanations, set up, and laying down the rules for everything to follow. Pretty straightforward. It's only in the dream levels that things start getting a little confusing. And even then, it's not terribly hard to keep up.
Definitely not as confusing as Memento, which keeps you in a constant state of "wtf?" until you finally have that "ah ha!" moment at the end.
I thought The Hangover was awesome. Laughed myself silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by skt
See, I felt like the exposition didn't start until about twenty minutes into the film. It opens with Saito and Cobb's shared dream without explaining the logic of shared dreaming at all until later on in the film. It may not have been as confusing as Memento but I wouldn't say it's straightforward, at least until you've seen the film once. Of course, if you went in already understanding the film's mechanics of shared dreaming and had a bit more background on what the film was about, it would probably be easier to understand, but I went in having seen nothing but the trailer.
Maybe it wasn't the first twenty or thirty minutes that were confusing - I have a hard time keeping track of elapsed time in cinemas. But in the first several scenes I definitely got the impression that I didn't understand even half of what was going on. (Note: I have yet to see the film a second time, which I need to remedy).
Book of Eli
Pretty much like every other post-apocalyptic movie out there except with a religious theme. A bit cliched in a few other regards and most of the characters were pretty shallow but I still managed to enjoy it enough to not fall asleep during.
I've only watched the film once, and I had like a self-imposed ban on exposure to this film. I'd literally plug my ears when I heard anyone talk about it. :p I read awhile back that Nolan wanted people to go into the film without knowing too much about it, so I tried to stick to that. I avoided watching TV spots, trailers, interviews, etc. For the longest time I didn't even know the movie was about dreams. I knew who was in it, and who was directing. And that's pretty much it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
The fact that the film opens up on a scene with virtually no context wasn't confusing to me. It was a fairly common film and television device to do an opening like that and most audiences should be used to it. It's generally understood that what is happening in that first few scenes is something you aren't meant to understand immediately, but that you will come to understand it as the movie plays out.
I don't necessarily equate the lack of immediate answers from the very beginning to mean that the film is confusing. It's just part of the storytelling that the audience is meant to pick up the pieces as the story unfolds. I guess I would define a movie as confusing if I'm unable to keep up with what is happening and why. And things only really start getting jumbled toward the end of the film. Who is in who's dream, and how many kicks are there and etc etc.
I think that the film becomes MORE confusing, the more you think about it. But while you're sitting there watching it, and not analyzing it, it's not that hard to follow along. Suspension of disbelief takes care of quite a few elements which may cause ??? later on when you're analyzing what you saw. (SPOILER)Like the architect. While I was watching the movie, it seemed to make sense. But afterward I was like, "wait, how the smurf does someone build a dream in someone else dream? What?" But if you're not trying to go too deep into it, I honestly don't think Inception is confusing. Multi-layered for sure. But again, lots of explaining going on so that the audience is aware of what is happening.
Memento on the other hand left my brain feeling like it got all tangled up. NO freakin' exposition at all. Brilliant movie though.
I guess we just have different definitions of what makes a film confusing then
About what I expected with the exception of a non-annoying Gwyneth Paltrow. Could've used more Jeff Bridges though.
8/10
Visioneers: 8/10. Very, very good. Galifianakis role was almost exactly like his stand-up comedy and only a slight difference from his role in The Hangover (which was good). It possessed the amount of awkwardness that I expect out of Galifianakis.
Futurama: Bender's Game: 6/10. First time watching the entire thing and I was kind of disappointed in it. It lacked the feel of the earlier episodes and seemed more like they were trying to prove that they did not deserve to be cancelled. Had more in common with the more recent episodes (which aren't as good) than the "better", earlier ones. Still enjoyable, but meh.
Big Fan: 8/10. I really like Patton Oswalt's comedy and his turn as an incredibly pathetic New York Giants fan didn't really disappoint. The movie fell short in few scenes but ended on a pretty strong note. It continues to amaze me how well the majority of comedians do in incredibly dramatic roles.
I broke down and decided to get Netflix finally. Been streaming movies all day.
Kind of a disaster really. It further ruins the mythology behind these two franchises and is just a badly directed mess anyway. Ill happily sacrifice the Predator series to these abominations but the Alien series has far more class (excluding Resurrection of course) and deserves better. Hopefully Ridley Scott can get this series back on track with his prequel.
Barry Lyndon
Finally managed to watch this movie which now means I have seen every Kubrick film. First and foremost I would like to say that this movie is way too long. Once your stretching past 3 hours your really numbing my ass. I found the film mostly dull to be honest. Wish the plot would just snap to it rather than dragging on and on and on. Did find some parts quite amusing and some of the shots used in the film were enjoyable to look at. I can appreciate the film but it wasn't for me.
It was two hours of angst, cheesy dialogue, and awkward, long staring.
Stephanie Meyer should be lynched for letting this slimy abomination slither out of her mind and onto paper. :|
World's Greatest Dad: 7/10. Good movie, albeit slow and occasionally filled with incredibly tedious and annoying dialogue. The son in which the majority of the storyline revolves around is an annoying little :bou::bou::bou::bou: who deserved everything that occurred within the film. Robin Williams' performance was, as in the majority of his more serious roles, incredible.
The Holy Grail of bad movies and yet, I highly recommend it. I haven't laughed that hard at a bad movie in my entire life. The acting in this piece of :bou::bou::bou::bou: makes porn acting seem oscar-worthy. It's so amazingly awful, it must be seen to be believed.
And you can still find the review on Youtube,
6/10
There were scratches in the film. Just goes to show you why digital may be better. Regardless I thought it was good. You can't go wrong with Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep together in the film; although Meryl Streep is not in the movie for long. Some of the cinematography was a little weird. Like first it would go to a close-up of Meryl and a black background and then it would cut to a medium and it would be Meryl and a blue wall. Wtf?
The story was great. Not the cliche dead beat dad leaving the family, but instead the mother walking out. My biggest pet peeve was that it was never fully explained why the mother left. The little boy was also great. Child actors should probably take a cue from him and not be another annoying-child-in-a-movie.
Life as a House
4/10
Meh.
Really funny movie. Steve Carrol is hilarious.
7/10
I like it a lot!
Originally Posted by Vermachtnis
6/10
Some people think this is George Romero's best film. I still prefer his zombie movies, but I liked this a lot. It had the right level of creepy and comedic. The actor, John Amplas, was pretty good in his role. I didn't really get the reference to the toy babies or why the blood was a ridiculous bright red, but still good for low budget. Romero probably should have explained the relationship withe uncle a little better. We don't really know why the guy goes to live with his uncle or why his uncle believes in vampires. It's weird, but yeah.
Secretary
7/10
Wow. What the hell was that
I've seen bits and pieces of it before but have never watched it from start to finish and I have to say, it's a pretty good film. Leonardo Dicaprio has gotten better with age and the supporting cast do well in there roles. It has a thick atmosphere to it with lots of gloomy music and it never got boring.
The ending kind of blind sided me a bit, it might require a second viewing to understand it fully.
8/10
Straight-Jacket
One of Joan Crawford's later movies, somewhere between What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Trog in quality. She plays a woman who commits a crime of passion and is committed. Twenty years later she gets released and comes to live with her grown daughter. It came out the same time as Psycho and has the same writer. Both are lurid tales of murderous insanity, but Hitchcock's was able to transcend the genre while this movie just wallows in it. Nevertheless, Crawford gives a good performance of such a melodramatic and overwrought character.
Meant to be shocking and scary, this has instead aged into good cheesy fun. But no Percepto or Emergo in this one.
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Saw another movie in the collection.
Homicidal
Made about the same time as Psycho it also borrows heavily from that much better movie, too much as it turns out. Remember how an otherwise great suspense thriller is ruined at the end by a psychiatrist explaining exactly what's wrong with the killer in a courtroom scene? The same sort of thing happens here. What's worse it's just reiterating stuff that we learned at the 'shocking' climax.
And boy are the characters idiots in this movie! My favorite example is two characters piece together that someone they know committed a horrible murder:
Person 1: I'm calling the police!
Person 2: No wait! We have to make sure first!
I'm not sure if it's comforting or depressing that almost fifty years later there are suspense movies being made that feature characters this stupid. And not one but two scenes where a character wanders into an empty house calling another person's name over and over again.
This is one movie that begs to have the audience talk back to it. Anyways I figured out half of the twist ending, although having seen (SPOILER)The Color of Night may have helped. The gimmick in this was was the Fright Break, where the movie stops right before the climax and gives the audience who are too chicken to finish the movie a chance to make their way to the Coward's Corner to get a refund.
***/*****
Funny comedy.......
Classic screwball farce, meant in a good way. The premise is simple, to get a big promotion, a stockbroker has to bring the most entertaining fool he can find to a dinner. And of course he runs into Barry, who makes (SPOILER)dioramas out of stuffed mice. Classic misunderstandings ensure, complicated by the fact that Barry is a true innocent. One of Steve Carrell's best roles, but the whole cast has excellent comic timing. The moral is easy to guess: who are the real fools in this story?
As a big fan of the video game series, I approached this film expecting to be disappointed. I wanted to see every character and every signature move, but I knew that for the sake of making it watchable, they'd have to cut back, focus on Jin and try and build a decent story out of the pretty dry plot of the video games. As a martial arts movie, it's decent with a lot of good fight scenes throughout, but as a martial arts movie based on the Tekken games and characters, it misses the mark. Only the Raven vs. Eddie Gordo fight seemed to replicate the way the characters fight in the games. The rest of the characters, particularly Jin and Christie, didn't fight at all like their game counterparts. Steve Fox even kicked a few times.
Jin's hairstyle is awesome though. Exactly what I wish my hair looked like. xD
In the end, it was a good film, differences from the games aside.
3/5
7/10
Absolutely fantastic! It surpassed my expectations. I thought it was going to be a cornball movie about a group of people with no powers pretending to be super heroes, and it was that a bit, but then the little girl came on the screen. She was the best thing about this movie, and now I can see why so many people were all, "omg dgsdjg the little girl sdsh". Her fight scenes were beastly. The main character's voice was annoying as hell, but other than that, really entertaining.
The Runaways
6/10
I don't really know too much about The Runaways since I only liked and listened to Joan Jett's stuff she did with The Blackhearts, but I knew there was some sort of homoerotic undertones gonna be all up in here. It's just kinda weird because Dakota Fanning is still jailbait, but whatevs. Decent film though I think it would have been better if it had more of a direction. It may have been a biopic, but it could have had more of a focus and a point than merely depicting the band. Oh, and Fanning is extremely good as a drunk and stoned Cheri.
Dahmer
7/10
This shows that Jeremy Renner (from The Hurt Locker) is a phenomenal actor. He was so creepy in this film even when he was just sitting in a chair. I liked how they showed the relationship he had with his family and actual events that occurred. The casting was all really great. Each person they showed looked so much like the actual victims. Though if you're looking to see him kill up a bunch of people, it's not that type of film. It doesn't show anything incredibly graphic -- except with his first victim.
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New York, I Love You
8/10
Didn't expect to see this, but New York, I Love You was just on. Very impressive storytelling by multiple writer/directors one of which includes a segment directed by Natalie Portman. All the directors hail from New York so you really get the best out of the New York lights on the camera. The short stories were great. Some funny, some sad, all of them very clever. And all of them about the different types of love.
I was surprised by this one. I wasn't expecting anything that interesting but it kept me watching the whole thing. Normally if I get bored I mill around my house while a movie is playing but with this I was interested in figuring out the dark secret. It had a surprising amount of witty lines. I liked it. GO EWAN!
8/10
Ended up seeing this with my girlfriend because it was the only thing showing right then, without waiting over an hour for something else.
Overall was very average. Tom Cruise's character was a loser, and Diaz was a bore. The item they were after was lame.
The ending was so bad and predictable I nearly had it word for word.
Didn't enjoy it, though it was over quite quickly for a 2hr movie, which was ok.
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
Originally Posted by asukaevaunit02
Ponyo
7/10
Very cute! The animation was fantastical as usual with Miyazaki stuff. Not as good as some of his earlier stuff, but has a few amusing moments. Plus it has Tina Fey so that's always a good thing.
Youth in Revolt
4/10
I think I laughed only once and it was sort of half-assed laugh. When I watch a comedy I expect to have tears of laughter, so this was very subpar imo. Zach Galifianakis was also only in it for a few minutes which is not acceptable.
Brooding detective drama based on South Korea's first recorded case of a serial killer. Basically women are being murdered in this rural area where they aren't used to dealing with stuff like that, so this young smart detective from Seoul gets paired up with the lead detective from the rural area, their methods clash, and drama ensues as they try to figure out the case and prevent more murders.
I thought it was pretty good. Great pacing and atmosphere and good performances all around. Having seen several movies before with a similar theme (talented young cop detests attitude/methods of other guy, but the tension of the case causes both to see eachother's POV, kind of deal), I have to say this one was handled very well so as to play out in a way that didn't feel hackneyed at all.
The ending was pretty dismaying and emotionally unsatisfying (as many "serious" movies tend to be lately), but I always bash happy endings anyways, so I guess I shouldn't complain. My girlfriend was really pissed off by the ending though.
13 Ghosts
No, not the remake. The original features a family right out of a 1950's sitcom: an absentminded dad, a sensible mom, a plunky teenage daughter and a precocious kid brother. They inherit a haunted house with a sinister housekeeper (Margaret Hamilton) and 12 ghosts. A friendly lawyer explains the rules of the house and the ghosts. Special glasses allow you to see them, if you chose.
The gimmick this time is Illusion-O, where you get a piece of cardboard with two cellophane panes, one blue and one red. Whenever the ghosts appear the movie switches from B&W to red colored ghosts on a blue background. Depending on which pane you look through you can either see the ghosts or not.
Interesting difference between this movie and the remake: In the original the uncle is (SPOILER)murdered by the lawyer, who turns out to be the main villain. In the remake, the uncle (SPOILER)is the evil mastermind, while the laywer character is just a stooge who gets offed fairly early on.
13 Frightened Girls (Alternate Title: Candy Web)
This is one of Castle's later films, made at the height of the cold war. It's a cross between a spy caper, Nancy Drew and at times Scooby Doo. An American diplomat's daughter goes to a school for the daughters of various diplomats, and while on vacation gets embroiled in espionage.
The tone of this film wildly shifts between romantic, silly, and suspenseful. Fairly progressive for it times as the heroine's best friend is from China, before Nixon's visit.
The gimmick in this one is the actresses playing the schoolgirls were hired from about 12 different countries in international auditions. There are different opening narrations in different languages depending on where the movie was being shown. These characters are hardly developed and are mainly a chorus to the leads. In fact, most of them are identified in by their countries of origin instead of their characters' names!
That was hilarious. That scene with the cab was the greatest. But they took someones reservations! Can you believe that? I mean who does that!? xD
8/10
If you understand it is impossible to make a 100% real life copy of the cartoon and that it is very difficult to put one whole season in a movie then you will like it more likely than many other people do.
I have enjoyed it. I am a fan of the cartoon and I have been waiting for this movie for nine months. And I do not regret it. I hope there will be a sequel.
I've read the short story this movie is based on and it's effective. A man commits a ghoulish crime and gets an appropriate karmic punishment: (SPOILER)his face gets locked into a hideous demonic grin. This Willaim Castle movie is a well done Victorian morality play. The gimmick for this one is the Punishment Poll, where the audience is given cards with a hand in a fist with a thumb sticking out. Near the end, the audience is supposed to vote on what happens to the villain: thumbs up for mercy, thumbs down to see him get his comeuppance. Turns out there's only one ending, so the whole voting things is a sham.
The Old Dark House
This can be best described as being like Clue; a large ensemble cast of character actors meet in a old mansion and they get murdered one by one in a comic rather than horrifying fashion. The main character is an American businessman who visited a British friend, and finds the mansion filled with stereotypical eccentrics. One spends her entire waking moments knittting, while another is building an ark like Noah. I have to say the murder's reveal comes completely out of left field and is defeated in the most arbitrary and random way possible: (SPOILER)the hero throws a bomb away to save someone else and it lands at the murderer's feet nearby.
Next up: the Tingler and Zotz!
This movie was very entertaining. I laughed quite often throughout. Mark Walhberg and Ferrell are a great match. It's very quotable too!
8/10
I know the movie is flawed, but I still love it. The opposition against the Nineteen-Eighty-Four style government is brilliant, but I think the way they portray the humanity of those struggling against wrong is brilliant. (SPOILER)When V gives Evey the decision to blow up Parliament is brilliant, because it shows the abandonment of arrogance of a belief in a greater good. He realised that his view of what should be done had been so skewed that someone new needed to take his place in that decision is something I wish more people realised.
An absent minded professor discovers a magical pendant that gives him the power to slow time, cause pain, and even to kill. He tries to notify the military but is dismissed as a kook. Eventually he gets drawn into espionage intrigue.
A couple of noteworthy things:
1) The professor does some clearly scatterbrained things like reading a book while bicycling but is also an avid health nut and vegetarian, which seem silly and dated ways to portray someone as eccentric.
2) This movie features perhaps the most preposterous meet-cute in film history. After accidently activating the pendant's power for the first time it somehow (SPOILER)teleports a random woman naked on his doorstep. Ever the gentleman, he lends her some clothes and sends her on her way. Guess who he gets introduced to at a fancy cocktail party later on?
The Tingler
Arguably Castle's masterpiece. Vincent Price plays a coroner who theorizes that everyone plays host to a parasite that lives off of fear, but can be disabled through screaming. Needless to say, he's right and manages to capture a live specimen that later escapes.
The masterstroke was Percepto, where (SPOILER)some of theater seats in each audience were rigged to vibrate and buzz at the film's climax, as if the Tingler was actually loose.
I remember taking in Honey I Shrunk the Audience at EPCOT Center, which used a lot of the same sort of gimmicks. William Castle would have approved.
I'm off to watch the volume 1 of the Last Airbender animated series. The live action movie whetted my appetite for the original source.
Loved it.
both rubbish.
The Man with No Name Trilogy
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rubbish
edit: oh you're banned already. I guess we'll never know
Seen it before a few times, watched it again. I'm one of those people who really loved the direction this was done in, I thought all the actors were really good and it definitely did the story justice. Claire Danes looks gorgeous in this movie as well; like... omigod.
When I had watched this last, I was quite a bit younger and a lot of the biblical references went straight over my head. After seeing it again, I can see why it has such a strong cult-like following. Pretty good film, though a bit unnecessarily random at times.
7/10
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oh and later that night I used the whole lion in the ocean speech....gah that was funny
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Originally Posted by eternal essence
Eh, it was ok. 5/10. It had an ok plot and the graphics were terrific, but the title bugged me; I realize that they were using "Legion" as more of a reference towards the hordes of enemies rather than anything demonic (I'm referring to the demon in several different movies/books/legends that refers to itself as Legion, you know that famous line "We are Legion, for we are many." and what not.) Sorry, rambling.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated series)
So I saw the movie and thought it was okay; intriguing characters mired in a plot that feels rushed and overeliant on narration when the characters should be speaking for themselves. It made me want to go back and see the original source of inspiration.
I've seen all 20 episodes of Book 1 and now I can see that:
1) Some of the problems in the movie stem from the animation. The best example is the rushed introduction and unmasking of the Blue Spirit. It was from a 25 minute episode where exactly the same thing happened. Blue Spirit should have been a recurring character.
2) The tone of the animation is alternating lighthearted and serious. The movie gets the grim parts right but misses on the fun. We never get much of sense that Aang is mischiveous in the movie. Iroh is more laid back in the animation.
3) The animators have great taste: both Miyazaki and Gainax as inspiration? Check. In particular you can see a lot of My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke in the designs. And the latter is also present as a theme; it's not a simple case of good versus evil, but a lot of self-interested people who make moral compromises to survive.
4) I would have liked to see some of the voice actors used in the live action movie. Especially Jason Isaacs and Mark Hamill.
5) Iroh is my favorite character in both versions but the difference in the animation he looks harmless and is anything but and in the live action movie he looks like a cross between Saruman and T.G. Cid, so he looks as tough as he is.
6) Related to that I love that there are several factions within the Fire Nation. It's not all vicious rulers and their sheep. It's amazingly complex for a family program.
So I'm a convert now, I enjoyed this almost as much as Batman the Animated Series, for many of the same reasons. I just hope the live action sequel avoids the show-don't-tell pitfalls.
EDIT: I thought the animated series did a better job of resolving the Fire Nation's seige. In the series, (SPOILER)Aang joins forces with the Ocean Spirit similar to the Night Stalker from Mononoke and repels the enemy. In the movie (SPOILER)he simply upends the ocean on the fleet.
Related to this again I thought the death of (SPOILER)Admiral Zhao was handled better in the animation. (SPOILER)He's dueling Zuko and the Ocean Spirit comes along and grabs Zhao. Zuku actually tries to save the man who tried to have him assassinated, but it's in Zhao's nature to prefer death over accepting help from a hated enemy. In the movie he starts off dueling Zuko, but Iroh convinces him to bow out, and the good Admiral meets his end at the hands of several waterbenders. The first ending is much more poetic and character-driven.
1. The Other Guys - Funnier than expected. I enjoyed both main characters and laughed a lot.
2. Nearing Grace - Lots of boobs. Pretty generic story but done well enough to thoroughly enjoy.
3. The Ramen Girl - Greatest movie of all time, except for the ending, which I didn't really get. I want to live this movie.
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - If you don't love this movie, you're not the kind of person I'd enjoy spending time with.
5. Seven - Kind of okay but mostly boring. Good cast, at least. I really hated the conclusion but have to admit it was clever.
freaking epic. i loved it i loved it i loved it. who said aussies can't make good movies? plus caitlin stasey = <3
I thought it was preeeeetttty good. :p Leonardo Di Caprio was fantastic and I didn't even find myself sidetracked and wishing he still looked like he did in the Titanic era. I must admit, my brain did hurt a little at the conclusion but atleast the film wasn't predictable! Much.
I've seen it a lot... it's boring to me. As I put on my facebook:
(frodo is at rivendale meeting the elves for the first time in the first movie)
Frodo: I am ready to go home
Me: HA HA-HA sucks to be you huh!?
I need the extended editions cause I feel there are important things left out. OH WELL.
7/10 it's epic but I get hella bored with this one.
First half and a bit more were freakin hilarious. If you liked Will Ferrel in Anchorman you'll like him in this movie. But the second half got a bit boring but still a few laughs.
6 or 7/10
Good, but it was dragging on a little too much. I liked the first movie, but this one felt exceptionally long, and the "final battle", was disappointing to say the least.
Rating: 6/10
4 skips out of 5.
9/10
I've seen this before, but I saw it was free on Comcast so had to watch it again. I'm so impressed with the screenplay. The dialogue and situations are melodramatic, but authentic. I find the character played by Natalie very engaging. The characters aren't really likable, but not horrible enough to be loathed. They are flawed, but in a way where you can't really hate them for their flaws because you can sympathize, or even empathize with why they react the way they do. I think we've all known someone who was an Alice, Dan, Larry, or Anna...or maybe we were one of those characters.
It is what any movie with Sly is in this day and age - a nostalgic view of the hey day of action flicks. It lacked in certain key plot areas but overall I wasn't let down. 7/10.
5/10
It seemed like it was dragging on, but that could be because it was about a half and hour longer than the theatrical release. Al though Carrel, Fey, and Wahlberg are all funny I found that there wasn't really anything that warranted a lot of laughs in this film. Disappointing to say the least. The part I liked the most was with when they were having dinner and started mocking other couples having dinner. It was okay, but as a comedy it was lacking.
The Corporation
7/10
Not at all objective; which is usually what I look for in a documentary. It was very informative though and I agreed with some of the points about how capitalist and the people within large corporations work. While a lot of the information being shoved down the throat is serious in content it had a few moments where it was pretty amusing as well.
Cloverfield
5/10
Finally decided to give this film a full run-through. I still don't like the hand-held gimmick, but at least it wasn't as nauseating as when it was done in the Bourne movies. The only time it seemed to really work was in Rec.
Critical Mass
5/10
A rare experimental short film where a man and a woman from New York have an agruement against a white wall. The entire time we see just their profiles. In some parts the screen becomes completely black and then fades back. The sounds are repetitious and annoying; much like an actual argument. At the end the screen becomes black again and we begin to hear sexual noises. It was weird, simplistic, and pretentious, but the acting was good.
Synthesia?
3/10
I can't remember the exact name right now. Like the Critical Mass, it's also a rare experimental film shot in black in white. This one includes a variety of different shorts featuring models and actresses from the 60s...naked models and actresses. One of the ones included a shoot with Marylin Monroe in a 13 minute thing of her doing weird :bou::bou::bou::bou:. "Through With Love" plays on repeat, but the exact same part plays over and over so the actual song never actually finishes. Then what appears to be grain that actually looks like sperm covers the whole video. In the movie, she squeezes her breasts and then rolls an apple off of her stomach. I dunno wtf. Every time I thought it was over it would start up again. At first I thought this was funny, then I wanted it to be over. >=( Hated it!
Beautiful. Beautiful in every way; story, cinematics, acting. I highly recommend this to anyone who can endure subtitled/foreign movies (even if you can't you should probably suck it up and watch this anyway).
9/10 (teetering on the edge of 10 out of 10)
On a related note I saw the trailer for Let Me In. It manages to create a moody atmosphere but it remains to be seen if the remake can capture the essence of the original.
Battlefield Earth
What can I say? It's one of my favorite guilty pleasures, up there with Death to Smoochy for enjoyable awfulness. There's not much to say that hasn't already been said, but you should check out Nostalgia Critic's review along with the book Fiasco, which details how this abomination came to be.
Definately listen to Roger Christian's commentary. He seems to be one of the few people who still believes that this was a great classic sci-fi film. He matchs the prolific Uwe Boll in terms of self-delusion.
A 1973 movie that's about a cop in the future living in an overpopulated era in 2022. I didn't realize this until I wiki'd it. The movie's visual and clothing of it's characters doesn't seem to represent that this is set in the future. I mistook the setting to be movie's date of release.
The movie was a bit strange I was mainly watching it for research on movies and culture of that time. I give it a 5.
Boooooooriiiiiiiiiiing. But Nicholas Cage is hilarious with his one liners!
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I watched Magnolia today - never seen it before. I really enjoyed it. Great cast, great plotlines. I have to say that it's one of my more favorable Tom Cruise movies. I love Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore in just about anything they do.
I give it an 8/10.
It kinda tried a liiiittle too hard for my taste with the dialogue and stuff, but I love Emma Stone, she's really cute and I think she did an okay job. It kinda feels like Saved! had a baby with a John Hughes movie.
Overall decent movie.
It wasn't too bad overall. It didn't captivate me from start to finish, nor was it as funny as I thought it was going to be, but I don't think it really tried to be a comedy at all. It had some very good acting in it and a lot of the editing and transitions were very clever, but I can't help but feel the whole thing was incredibly forgettable. Though I'm open to the idea that maybe it was more of a case of me thinking that it was going to be a different movie than what it was.
6/10
Just got back from seeing it, and was pretty much exactly what I expected. Very faithful to the original (Let the Right One In, a foreign film from a couple of years ago). Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick Ass) plays the lead girl and is a really incredible actress for being like 13. A couple of minor scenes were taken out, but were replaced by new ones and what I consider to be better development between Owen and Abby (Oskar and Eli in the original). Overall, definitely worth seeing, regardless of whether you've seen the original. This is not your typical vampire film.
The only thing "missing" from the remake that was in the original movie is (SPOILER)the more explicit hint that Abby/Eli is really a boy, though the "I'm not a girl" lines are still there. Either Abby is a girl or the producers just thought crotch-shots were too much for American audiences.
Today I watched:
- Crash. The other Crash - not the Sandra Bullock/Matt Dillon Crash. The weirdest-smurfing-:bou::bou::bou::bou:-I've-ever-seen Crash. Before I watched the film I knew a small bit of what it's about: people who are aroused by car crashes. The movie didn't really seem to have a firm storyline, and it seemed to subtley repeat itself over and over every twenty minutes or so minutes for two hours. Almost a little too weird for me, including one horrific scene - (SPOILER)vagina substitute. I don't have a problem with weirdness, though - the lack of a firm and progressing story is what disappointed me in this film.
- Blue Velvet. Third movie of David Lynch's that I've seen, the others being Mulholland Drive and Dune. Mulholland Drive is one of my favorite movies, so I think I unfairly put this one up on a pedestal to compare it to. It didn't measure up to the "what the smurf is going on" feeling that Mulholland Drive gives you, but there was definitely a weirdness and eeriness about Blue Velvet. I was hoping for some more mystery, but I mostly got what I wanted out of it, except for an explanation on how bizarre and erratic Frank's behavior was and more details on what was going on with Dorothy's family. I think that I'd maybe be able to understand it better if I watched the fully uncut version. I quite enjoyed it this one, and it makes me want to watch more from Lynch.
I have no idea why I never watched this before now. It was really funny. Sam's mom was their boss. They tried to add too much drama near the end, but then they fixed by having him crash in the middle of the street. And that entire musical scene at the end was awesome.
4/5
Starz was free for the weekend and this was on so I watched it. i never expected the movie to be so good. I don't want to spoil it for others so I'll put this in (SPOILER) The first half of the movie seems like you're watching a documentary and a real one at that. They did a great job on making something fictional feel like something real. The way the aliens background was explained and treated made it seem really alive. I had felt emotion for these creatures trying to surmise if they were against, with us, or were neutral to us simply trying to survive. The last one was actually the answer to that. The movie advances from feeling like a documentary into a filmed story when the guy (forgot his name) who seemed to be the lead officer in moving the prawn, when he passed out at his birthday party and woke up in a hospital with a prawn arm. The movie did a well and believable interpretation of a world where the aliens are the ones at the disadvantage and how we ultimately won't to use them or more as their technology for power and fortune. During the main character's transformation into a prawn he starts to change his belief on the species. Early in the movie he burned down a nest of their infants and later became attached to a prawn father and his son. The ending felt powerful and left mystery behind what would happen afterwards. The ending also reattached the former documentary feeling that was present at the start of the movie
All in all I give it a 10/10.
Girlfriend and I wanted a movie that was entertaining despite any badness that would occur and we were unprepared for what we were getting ourselves into. We made it about halfway through before the "science" that they used started making us angry (her in particular) and we had to stop before we hurt our television or ourselves.
It was horrible beyond how horrible we were expecting it to be.
Splice
3/10
I didn't really see anything happen in this film. It was the same conflict over and over. The thing wanting to get out and them saying no no no. Everything that occurred in this film was predictable to say the least even at the end (SPOILER) when the girl becomes pregnant with the thing's baby. What probably intended on being a shocking horror film failed at being a predictable, slightly amusing and possibly subtle take on why we shouldn't create test tube babies. The make-up was good at least.
The Experiment
4/10
Essentially a film trying to mush together a plethora of ideas. It's about evolution of man, but also about survival of the fittest, and about human similarities to apes, AND about strength in numbers, AND about psychosis, AND prison guard immorality, AND...yeah, just too many ideas in one film. Forrest Whitaker did a good job at making you hate him as the prison guard who takes authority in his own hands. At the end it all gets resolved in a tight little bow; which is not believable especially when there's two people that end up possibly dead'. They don't explain what happened to those two or what happened to the organization that begin the experiment. Major plot hole to say the least.
Actually this was good, about as a good as a remake can be when translated from another culture. The leads were excellent and credible and the atmosphere was suitably sterile and creepy. My main problem with it is the CGI effects were distracting at best. Let the Right One In had a more limited budget, but its practical effects were more convincing.
It's a welcome antidote to all the Twillight silliness. This movie explores the real consequences of love and acceptance of those that are different.
The Social Network has alot of information at the beginning and can mean a whole lot of nothing to someone who doesn't understand computer science,but as it progessed and you saw more of the business aspect, there is a very interesting story about the global community in the digital age.
Devil was good for what it was, I kind of expected worse because of m. night shyamalan and the bad reviews but I think it did it's job fairly well.
Zombieland
Decided to watch it since Stars was free for the weekend and I remember it coming out last year. It looked a little cheesy, so I wasn't really wanting to spend my money on it. It was entertaining though and definitely had moments of lightness and darkness, but mostly it was comedic. The guy with the cowboy hat, was definitely a badass. It had a more lighter approach to the zombie apocalypse lore.
7/10
The Princess and the Frog
Disney's final 2-D theatrical animated film I've heard. It came out decent overall. It did retain that feel from the 90's generation of Disney movies, containing the songs, art style, and similar kind of humor. I was sort of watching this movie off and on since I couldn't pause it since it was on TV and I had some dishes to watch, so take that in mind. I felt that sometimes the songs in the movie didn't transition as well as they did in the older ones and I felt that maybe it had too many. I did like the girl named Lottie in the movie, she had cracking up a few times and I liked the inclusion of those pastry things even if they are just really ink. I didn't really like the villain of the movie, he didn't feel as real or believable compared to the other ones and I don't like his design either. I didn't really care much for the side characters like the flea and the gator. Overall I thought it was okay.
6.5/10
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I liked the movie quite a bit. It was pretty interesting even if a lot of it was fabricated, just a lot of feasible 'what ifs'. Good performances, good dialogue, hot psycho asian girls, all around good.
6/10
Probably not entirely popular yet, so I'll explain it a bit. It's a documentary about with interviews from the parents and a private investigator four or five years after the death of their nineteen year old daughter who was part of the Army. She was killed in a non-combat situation and the Army claimed that this was a suicide, however, all the evidence given throughout the entire film clearly points to her being murdered and raped most likely by a commanding office; which is why the Army is protecting him. I was pissed for about 2 hours after viewing this film. I guess it bothered me more because I know two women currently in the Army right now. I thought this film was effective at evoking emotion, and supplying information as any documentary should, but I tend to prefer more objective documentaries. Also, would have preferred more interviews -- not solely the one sided view of the parents and the private investigator they hired. It ended with a forethought; which was enough for me, but some people might prefer a more resolved ending.
Basketball Diaries
8/10
I fondly watched this film thinking back on how Mark Wahlberg used to be a pretty good actor and then I remembered The Happening. Leo was phenomenal. Best acting I've seen from him. He wasn't just scowling all the time. The message of don't do drugs is a very good moral to have for a film so yeah why not a high rating?
The Loved Ones
7/10
Who knew Australian filmmakers could pull off such a sadistic, cringe-inducing film? The soundtrack and overall the sound was really great with the film. I haven't jumped during a horror movie since I was like six, but the ending of this film definitely made me jump. The acting was superb. Didn't like the side story with the guy's friend and that girl as much. I felt they added it in so that people wouldn't be overwhelmed by the perverse and violent nature of what was happening to the main character, but it is a horror after all though. However, there were some elements that teetered on dark comedy. The editing jump cuts were a bit odd, but I will rate this a decent score since it did what very few horror films can do these days: scare me.
Finally got round to watching this and very glad I did. Christopher Nolan is definitely one the smartest, and among the best, directors around. Guy Pearce was awesome, and the supporting cast were great as well; most of all though, it was just amazingly refreshing to see a movie that literally kept me guessing until the very end.
9/10
Blue Velvet on the other hand was pretty intriguing from beginning to end and reaffirmed my love for this director.
Really good movie, had an excellent pacing throughout the whole thing and it was insanely intense. Ben Affleck can obviously still pull out the goods when he puts his mind to it.
Where to begin? First off, it was made roughly the same time as Ladyhawke for about 1/10th the budget. It tries to be a rousing sword-and-sorcery yarn, but it comes off like a skit at a renfair. Definately so-bad-its-awesome material.
The hero is a stony faced actor who dresses like Han Solo and wields a sword with a glowing marble on the end. The villain is played by Jack Palance and is even hammier than when he played Xeros. The rest of the cast is made of assorted oddballs (a tall man playing a gaint, a dwarf playing, well, a dwarf, an elven bow man, a blind witch). Look for Patricia Quinn, who played Magenta in RHPS.
The pitched battles are the highlight of hilarity, including rapid fire choppy editing, magic glowing bouncy balls and death by silly string.
Pretty damn good. My girlfriend and I went into the cinema 99% certain of how it'd turn out for Ryan Reynold's character and though we turned out to be right in our guess, the film does a good job of getting us in his head and (SPOILER)building up a sense of hope..
8/10
LOLS! Funny from beginning to end. A crowd of cinema-goers just makes it that much better.
The Town
Pretty unexpected plot twist and solid directing by Affleck.
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Originally Posted by Shiny
Right now, I can't remember all the films I've seen, but today I saw two films: one was called Five (1951) about five people left on Earth. It sucked.
3/10
A few weeks ago I saw a documentary done during the 70s when there were tons of gang riots in New York City's slums. It's called 80 Blocks From Tiffany's. Very stereotypical. I mean there is a scene where there are two large watermelons in the bathtub. I thought it was great insight into the mentality of poor minorities during that time period who used gangs as a means of feeling like they belonged some where when the rest of society pushed them aside.
6/10
You can watch a crap version of it here.
You may have heard that some 30 minutes of lost footage that was edited out of the workprint was found recently. This version has it spliced back in. While rough looking and grainy, it makes the storyline and character motivation a lot more clear than in the already seminal and groundbreaking film. Dozens if not hundreds of movies owe a debt to this work, a melodramatic love story set across a background of a high technology city where the workers are almost literaly cogs in the wheels while the ruling class lives an idyllic life above.
One missing scene explains the motivation for the mad scientist Rotwang, who creates a Man-Machine (robot). It turns out, (SPOILER)he was in love with the same woman as the hero's father, but she spurned him and died giving birth to the hero Freder. Rotwang keeps a huge bust of the woman (named Hel in one of the film's many, many mythologigal references).
Another restored scene has the rampaging mob chasing the (SPOILER)heroine, the saintly Maria because an imposter has been strirring up violence. But the crowd loses her and runs into the imposter and capture her. The original version had them just running into the imposter without meeting Maria at all.
Unfortunately because it's a B&W silent film made in the 1920's a lot of people don't want to see it. If you can get past that, it's a very rewarding and inspirational film.
Going to go watch the new school Nightmare On Elm Street soon. I was told it was horrible. :bigsmile:
Black Dynamite
5/10
I'm impressed with how they managed to make it looks like it was from 70s. Great casting as well with some special appearances by Arsenio Hall and Brian McKnight. It took me a while to really get into, but I thought it did a good job at paroding all the absurd things that occured in many black exploitation films from that time period. Maybe not an extremely laugh out loud movie, but it will get a chuckle a few times. Most people probably won't get it and just write it off a silly comedy if they have never actually seen a black exploitation film before...which is a good thing unless Pam Grier is in it.
Um, I'll rate it 4/10
EndingDid you see the cheese ending where she hurled Micah's body at the camera and then demonfaced at it, or the one where she just rocked in place for a couple of days?
I'm not normally scared by horror movies, but this was completely unsettling. I actually had a nightmare based on it. Very well-executed and legitimately scary.
Seen it before, but it was awhile ago and it was on so I watched it again. Still great.
8/10
7/10
I had a hard time figuring out where this film was taking place and during what time period because they added very modern elements to it, but yeah thought it was really funny. Has some nice action in it. The "weird" one adds a great comedic aspect to the film. The "bad" guy adds a take on a psychopath who happens to be skilled with knives and the "good" guy is just pure badass. Reminds of the main guy in Red Dead Redemption. His costume is pretty cool too. <3 Korean films. The only bad part I can say is that it is a bit too long. Could have been condensed.
I have to say that Mae Whitman was my favorite part, even if she was only a secondary character.
9/10.
One of my favorite genres of horror is the sympathetic psychopath. It's moving to see a character like Mark Lewis or Francis Dollarhyde try to find normal relationships despite being imprisoned by their compulsions. May definately fits this type. She's introverted, needy, and strange.
The people she meets seem to value her unique twisted sense of the macabre, but they're merely dabblers while shes a full time resident. Even her best friend, (SPOILER)a toy doll, seems out to get her at times. Very creepy but facinating.
9/10
I was really impressed by this short and sweet film. It's a romance about two people with Down Syndrome. The thing that impressed me the most was that the primary focus wasn't on the fact that the two young people had Down Syndrome. I was also really impressed that despite this being a student film, it looked professional, and the direction of the two actors who actually had Down Syndrome was superb. Because they had Down Syndrome it made me believe their performances even more than the less authentic performances of actors without Down Syndrome in films like Yonkers Joe and The Other Sister. It was trying to be a tragic love story (and it succeeded) instead of trying to be a film that showcases the fact that retarded people can love to -- a fact that most people know by now anyway. Definitely recommend it.
6 / 10 ... boring
4.5/10
great action, but strange repetitive storyline, also the ending sucks
Carriers (2009)
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This movie is avarage at best. It works like a "28 Days Later" dublicate, but that is where the comparison ends. The story is meant to be focusing on the two brothers, but they barely get a real moment together, thus not allowing the watcher to give a damn about either one of them. It's a shame, as the movie looks great, and it has a great atmostphere, not if only they had work a little longer on it, it could have been a great movie.
Trick 'r Treat (2007) 4/10 (compared to other horror movies)
First half was kinda promising, better than I was expecting, but then it took an odd turn somewhere past halfway and then the end is just plain weird. Basically it pulled a The Descent. Starts out amazing, then gets weird around halfway. At least Descent had a decent ending.
Last House on the Left (2009) 7/10 (compared to other horror movies)
As far as horror movies go, this was a pretty good one! I haven't seen the original movie, so I'm not going to compare it to that. Very many enjoyable elements in this movie. I like the amount of time they spend on characters, as opposed to a billion other slashers where they get a big cast and kill them off a couple minutes after they've been introduced.
The Collector (2009) Movie: 6/10 Ending: 1/10 (both compared to other horror movies)
Good god. It could've been a good movie if only it wasn't so terrible. Ending SpoilerThe worst twist a horror movie can have is that there is no twist! Especially when they make a deal out of the killer wearing a mask and not showing us his face when the main guy pulls off his mask. I was sitting throughout the movie trying to figure out what the twist was going to be, so I had a big WTF on my face when the movie just ended.
Zombieland (2009) 6/10
Great! This is what a zombie movie should be like. I'm tired of all the zombie/vampire/ghost/alien/[insert creature] flicks, so it's very refreshing when they're at least centered around comedy.
I also watched two horrors last week so might as well do those too.
Haute Tension/Switchblade Romance 9/10 (compared to other horror movies)
Yikes! Very pleasantly surprised by this one. I was not expecting this at all! Great mood, great acting. The blood special effects were absolutely terrible at times, which took away from some moments, but other than that there's not much I can complain about here.
Black Christmas (1972 version)
One of the few highlights in this movie was the character Barb, other than that I don't think this one has aged too well. Not scary and with a very predictable twist. But hey, at least it had a twist, most old horror movies don't have any twists at all.
What? No, I don't like horror movies. :shifty:
Last House of the Left was one of the few movies where I could say the remake was definitely superior the original.
Anyway, I watched quite a bit movies in the past few weeks. For starters, I watched Battle Royale Director's Cut -- which was not at all superior to the original version. Way too much was kept in that I now see why they took it out in the theatrical release. I also watched a documentary about insects that was pretty good, but the name escapes me at the moment.
The movie I saw on Wednesday in class was amazing though. It's called Ms. 45. At first the feminist ideas demonstrated in the film can be a little nauseating, but the symbolism and the lead actress are fantastic. I won't spoil the ending, but there are a lot of little subtle symbolism thrown in the mix. Definitely worth a watch unless you're like McLovin' and only like to watch movies from the 2000s. :p
5/10
The effects were fantastic. Samuel L. Jackson was hilarious. (SPOILER)I was disappointed that he wasn't in the film for longer. The script was childish, and bit too absurd for my taste. I don't think Will Farrell has ever been funny nor will he ever be. Mark Wahlberg was okay, but the same tough angry guy act he pulls in all of his movies is getting boring. This movie was mediocre and as for a comedic film, it's not on the same level as other outrageous comedies like The Hangover and Superbad.
Easy A
4/10
Another mediocre film; although entertaining. Emma Stone is really an engaging actress. She has a way about her that says confidence without arrogance and she doesn't seem like a typical young Hollywood airhead. This comes off in the roles she plays. Like Mark, though she generally plays similar characters. In this one she continues to do comedic, slutty sort of geeky nice girl who can sing. I didn't believe that a public high school like this exists. Wasn't buying it and the end found resolution too quick. The other actors, for the most part, were pretty bad. Amanda Bynes in particular. I know her character was supposed to be annoying, but damn.
I'm Still Here
5/10
What the hell. I had to see this out of curiosity. Regardless of whether it's real or fake (which I don't really care either way) it had truth to it. I think this film demonstrates effectively how easy it is for stupid things like this to be spread all over the television, internet, etc. whereas more important things hardly get covered in the media. It also shows you how pompous Hollywood socialites can be and some how if you didn't know that already -- after watching this you definitely will. It takes a really egotistical personality to think a movie like this would sell based off a career of an actor alone. If you got someone like Johnny Depp to do this, perhaps it probably would have sold more, but would have still been just as distasteful, yet intellectual. Also, too much unnecessary penis. Kthanx
The premise of the movie was much scarier to me than the execution, because flies creep the smurf out of me (which is why I smurfing hate it when people go like "omg a spider kill it!!". Spiders are awesome for catching flies). So I was like "omg this guy is gonna turn into a huge fly". Instead he turns into some alien looking thing. I guess this movie was more impressive in the 80s, but nowadays it's just another body horror movie with outdated sfx.
I saw it a little over a week ago and I still haven't been able to get it out of my mind,lol.
The visuals are very jarring and the editing with the sound was really top-notch. My only beef with the movie was that it was a bit overblown standing at 2 hours and 35 minutes; for a movie with very minimal dialogue, it can start to grate your nerves.
It's definitely not for everyone,but if you are a visual person and aren't too concerned with the plot at hand,which is okay in it's own right even though it could've been executed a little better, I couldn't recommend it enough.
Acting ... 10/10
Wow.
Cinematography ... 10/10
Makes use of close-ups really well. You feel trapped at times and then when the long shots come they're good at showing the distance between the characters and the space which they reside. Every camera angle had a point. And the lighting and everything was beautiful.
Costume/Make-up ... 10/10
Fantastic ballerina outfits and makeup at the end especially considering they kept running out of movie to make this film.
Editing ... 5/10
It was lacking. Almost every scene transition was with an unnecessary dissolve. Dissolve transitions should be the last resort, or if you have similar shapes within the frame, but they didn't. The editor just dissolved because bad editors are taught that when you can't figure out to tie together or transition from scene to scene, just use a cheesy dissolve and it will fix everything.
Story ... 8/10
Brilliant tap into the mind an obsessive dancer. Very true to the life. Many dancers are consumed with their "art" and there's definitely a lot of envy, jealously, and pride involved especially within the ballerina community. Some of the symbolism, although sometimes obvious was effective. Some things, like the wings toward the end were too obvious. The director could have let the audience know less and still had it be an effective story. However, I didn't think it was entirely predictable as some people say. It did a great job and scaring, thrilling, and mindsmurfing me. There were a few parts, however, that should have been a bit more clear. (SPOILER)For instance, why is that no one realizes there was blood on her stomach when the dancers were only a few feet away from her? It was a pretty large stain by that point. And why does she say it was perfect if she fell during the beginning of the performance? Or was that the point? That even with the mistake she felt perfect? Most people will know that most things that are happening are all in her head, but it goes deeper into that. There were times when I was tricked to believing she was schizo and Mila's character wasn't even real, but she was. She was so envious of Mila's personality that she imagined herself as her and it became an obsession -- one that eventually became sexual and even hateful. Brilliant!
Overall ... Grade: A
With the inclusion of direction, special FX, and Tchaikovsky music.
10/10
Holy :bou::bou::bou::bou:, that movie was amazing. Darren Aronofsky has been one of my favourite directors ever since I saw Requiem and this has just cemented him up there for good. If Natalie Portman doesn't win whatever awards she gets nominated for then it'll be a crime, but basically every actor in this film did an amazing job (Winona Ryder's performance seemed a bit meh, but that may have been due to how little screen time she saw). The movie was shot amazingly and as much as I've always though ballet was a total bore-fest, this movie managed to make all the dances incredibly captivating; although I think this is in part to what was probably my equal favourite part of this film, Clint Mansell's OST. This guy is just the king of soundtracks and I grabbed it and have been listening to it basically ever since the movie finished, an awesome re-doing of Tchaikovsky's original ballet.
9/10 - A must see.
(This year has been absolutely awesome for movies)
7/10
It didn't seem realistic to me that people would be as dumb as the people were in this film. I mean really. People who rob banks and get away with it for long periods of time are obviously smart enough to cheat the system, so why is it that they were so dumb and remained there? I get the message of the film, but still don't buy it. Good acting though! Jeremy and Jon (John?) were great. And Ben Affleck and his enormous head weren't bad either. I have more to say, but I'll just leave it at that because I'll start going off on a tangent.
Black Swan
9/10
I rarely see movies twice. In fact, I hate watching movies more than twice and sometimes even more than once -- at least until years later. But, I had to see this again and it was great. Watched it with my dad. It was awkward sometimes...but my dad literally stood up during some parts and was like, "Godamn godamn what the smurf what the smurf". He fell asleep towards the beginning, but woke back up when Mila started putting roofies in her drink. It starts off slow, but gradually builds up. Becoming more and more intense...kinda like Swan Lake. ;D
And I'm not sure if I ever rated Requiem for a Dream (I don't think it's overrated like Nominus) or The Wrestler but...
9/10 & 8/10
I gotta go watch The Fountain.
I'm a fan of the comic books its based on and must say overall the film is okay. Its most lacking quality being in casting Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim. He was just not the right guy to choose for this role cause the kid is like John Wayne or Owen Wilson. He basically is the same character in every movie I've ever seen him in and he does whiny angst and awkward nerd in all of his films. Scott is suppose to be a hyperactive goofball with an out of control ego. So many of the great scenes of the book are just poorly handled by him. Not to mention the kid looks like he could get a nosebleed if you look at him hard enough let alone be a badass. About the only thing he has going for him in this role is that he happens to be Canadian, so kudos for being the right nationality.
The soundtrack was great and the rest of the casting was pretty good, even seeing Kieran Culkan do a pretty swell job of doing my fave character Wallace. He doesn't look the part but he definetly had the attitude going for him. Mary Elizabeth Winstead does a great job of being Romana but its a shame the movie couldn't have given her more of her development from the books cause the actress nailed the character imho.
Outside of the usual Hollywood inaccuracies and some poor casting for the lead role, the film is still a nice treat and it was great to actually hear the band perform. They also kept some of my favorite scenes from the book including the Vegan police! :love:
I give it four crazy ex-girlfriends out of sub space highway.
5/10
Extremely melodramatic complete with cynicism and out-of-place rhyming excerpts from the play. The acting was good at some parts -- particularly with Macy Gray. Her part; although short was really creepy, but in the end it was a bunch of melodrama fluff with no sort of resolution. Not that there had to be one. Yet, there definitely needed to be a less anti-climatic ending then, "all men are evil and us women have to stick together...now let's all hold hands".
Legacy
5/10
Plot holes galore. Despite the plot holes, and mundane setting, and unsurprising reveals, the main actor really stepped out of his comfort zone for this role. I was very impressed.
Originally Posted by Shiny
It took like every single melodramatic trope in the book and squished it into a movie. I was so worn out by the end of the movie that I didn't know what to think,lol.
I really liked Whoopi Goldberg's character though.
9/10
I thought this would be a bit cheesier then it actually was, but it was really quite amusing despite Michael Cera being the same person in all of his films. It's refreshing to see a comedy that's actually funny and especially one that's so stylistic.
Really when people get too riled up or nash out at someone think about how you felt when you watched a good and moving film, maybe how a character in it felt in such a situation, or just plainly feel and realize that it's frivolous to get so upset over such minor things.
made me feel kind of depressed
and i felt bad for the beer in my hand
I hate it for pulling a Trick 'r Treat and Descent on me (SPOILER)by having over half the movie being non-supernatural only to add some stupid weird creature in the second half, but there are many elements I like as well. Decent acting, good amount of time spent on building characters and quite creepy first half. The last 30 minutes were kinda crappy and the ending was very predictable.
Slumdog Millionaire
Not going to rate it since it's hard to be unbiased with movies who are praised as much as this one is. Good characters, exciting story. I'm generally not a fan of "It's my destiny" stories, so I found chunks of the movie to be very cheesy and unrealistic, but overall a good movie.
I really liked Black Swan. I hope Natalie wins something besides my thumbs up and jaunty wink for it. The trailer made me think it would be slightly different than it was, and for once that turned out to be a good thing.
Exorcism was good until its end. I feel like it went for a final scare type of situation. Had it ended just about 10 minutes sooner and left what was left, I would have liked it better. The journey there was nice, though. I guess I'll never grow tired of contrived reasons to make people turn on a weak camera light and walk around dark places. It's like watching Hide-and-Seek the Movie, except with death.
Good Dick
6/10
I didn't know what to expect from this indie gem. Like many indie films the script was unique and quirky. There were really awkward parts in the film, but the characters themselves were awkward and deranged. The title is misleading though there is a lot of porn watching in the film. The one woman is a shut-in who goes to the video store where a clerk (who likes her for some reason) to buy soft-core porn which when then later find out why she doesn't like porn with penetration as if we couldn't guess from all the other obvious hints throughout the film as to what it could be. But yeah, I thought it was an interesting script. Well acted by the writer/director who stars in it. The soundtrack for the film is horrible though.
The Other Woman
5/10
Lisa Kudrow is really good a playing at bish lately like in Easy A and now this. You kinda eventually feel bad for her because Natalie Portman's character "steals" her man and basically walks around telling people her baby died every five seconds and then cursing them out. The little boy was annoying. The funniest moment in an otherwise unfunny film aside from him examining poop, is when he's talking and then Natalie's character is just like, "SHUT UP". She also feeds him ice cream despite him being lactose intolerant and then he :bou::bou::bou::bou:s himself. Yeah, it's a great film...
He takes a bullet and hardly flinches.
He walks 20 days through the worst kind of desert and comes out smiling.
He takes a whipping without the bat of an eyelash.
But when an older man touches his chest a little too intimately, he blows his cover. Anything but the gay.
I was actually surprised. I still think it was odd as ever but it was interesting. Held my attention at least. Very reminiscent of alice in wonderland. It was very stylish though. What an odd but interesting and very pretty movie. So odd.
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
Great movie, but much like Avatar I didn't think it lived up to it's hype. Great acting and intriguing storyline though, and kept me wondering what the hell was actually going on, and if there was going to be a mega twist in the end. Really beautiful movie too. I'm glad to see some of these actors Nolan snatched for his Batman 3 movie, and am a bit more excited seeing how well they portrayed their characters in Inception.
8/10
4/10 (too cutesy for me)
TGTLTT was a decent movie. It's similar in theme to many other movies that follow the idea of changing one or two things in the past can cause dramatic effects to the future timeline. It used that story line in the theme of a romantic comedy. It was story driven, and got a little slow here or there. The artwork was fair, and many backgrounds were very well done. If a friend had it and wanted to watch it I would again. I don't see me bothering to rent it again on my own.
7/10
Pan's Labyrinth was even more dark than I expected. I enjoyed the acting, and the special effects. The story line was a little murky, but nothing impossible to follow. I would definitely watch this movie again. It's not going to be in my favorites, but it's very enjoyable.
"Nice tits, bitch!"
Best line in the movie.
I could hardly make it through half of this movie. It's so awful. You all should watch it.
4/10
Really awkward campy acting mixed in with unibrow and cliche teen from the wrong tracks meets rich girl from the other side of tracks -- they get together. The only non-cliche thing about it was the fact that it happens to be two lesbians, but you can tell that it's just actresses trying to play lesbians. They don't seem comfortable with it. I'm not sure if that was the fault of the director and actors, or intentional.
Frankie and Alice
5/10
It was alright. I thought Sybil was better.
Originally Posted by Guardian XIII
"Gobble, gobble mothersmurfer!"
That movie is so terrible/awesome.
Rate: 8/10
6/10
Really well told documentary. Started off a bit slow in the beginning, but it actually begin to be told in a sort of narrative structure, but kept the raw realism of a documentary. Very hard to keep something interesting and new when it's essentially just about one guy and his issues. However, I think he managed to do it. The camera they used was :bou::bou::bou::bou:, like most cameras used on British films, but hey, if you can get passed that then you'll see a genuinely funny, deranged, and even at times sad portrait of a human being and their relationships with others. The ending was good. Most times when you do a documentary you won't know the ending until the very end, which was probably the case with this one, so it was good that everything seemed to have closure even if it was a bit predictable.
4/10
8/10
Finally finished this film. I thought it was great. I'm not sure if it was better than the original. In the original they weren't as obvious about things as in this one. I also liked the fact that it was more ambiguous to both character's genders. I do think the bully being more of a prick in this one is definitely good because you get a real sense of why the boy fears him. The pedo thing is still there. I felt very Chris Hanseny at some moments. It's still not as graphic as the book and perhaps that's a good thing. Like I said with The Lovely Bones, in film, you don't always have to go into huge detail for the audience to get what's going on.
7/10
I thought it was very well done, cute, but nothing we weren't expecting from the series.
Shake Hands With Danger
Technically not a movie, but a really amusing PSA done in the 1970s about safety precautions. It sounds like Johnny Cash is narrating it. It's very absurd. You can find it online on Spike and most likely Youtube also has it.
8/10
From what I understand, Waiting for Superman isn't an entirely accurate or unbiased documentary. Which kinda explains the Best Documentary snub at the Oscars. BUT, that doesn't change the fact that the film is really powerful and addresses real issues within the education system. The last 10 minutes or so of the movie were just gut wrenching. I mean, just really hard to watch. Wouldn't have expected that from a film about teachers unions, education bureaucracy, etc. Brutal.
First documentary I've ever seen that I enjoyed. I give it a 10/10. It was a humorous look at this dude's pathetic love life and his journey to fix all his problems. I really like how he had no problem poking fun at himself, and the crap he endures from interviewing all of his ex-girlfriends is commendable.
If you're thinking about checking it out be forewarned, he also has no problem showing his dong.
Originally Posted by Blues Agent
I just recently watched:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 8/10
My dad and I laughed our asses off and were quite hooked on the fight scenes.
Toy Story 3 7/10
It's another Toy Story. I loved Latin Lover Buzz.
Despicable Me 10/10
So... damn... funny. I love seeing that guy get hurt in the beginning.
Last Airbender 7/10
I read reviews of the movie before watching it just to even out my expectations. My mom loved it. She says it's because she's easily entertained and yet, she didn't like Scott Pilgrim.
The Expendables 9/10
When I saw Stallone, Statham, Li, Willis, and Austin on the cover, I didn't know what to expect. I hadn't read any reviews (although I had heard some disappointing reactions) and I hadn't even seen any previews, so I did have high expectations. Despite the fact that Stallone looks awkward during some of his action sequence, I generally loved this movie.
It was a nice movie, I really liked it. I liked toothless, it was a giant scaly cat.
It felt kind of short though.
Pretty boring. Had a hilarious scene in the middle but otherwise it was very slow and didn't build up to much at all. I really don't see why it won Best Picture or Best Director vs some of the other nominees. It had a great ending though.
8/10
127 Hours
Awesome. From beginning to end. Such coooool editing. At the beginning I was skeptical since it seemed to be trying to hard to be indie or something but it worked sooo well throughout the movie. Amazing original soundtrack too. The end was pure epic awesomeness.
9/10
****/*****
Haven't been watching movies lately but this was a good animated movie with some laughs.
Originally Posted by Mercen-X
I'm not sure if I ever seen the whole movie. Haven't seen it in years and it came on yesterday so I decided to watch it. Dull in some parts, but overall it was enjoyable. Can't rate this one, at least right now.
Critique: Mindsmurf
6/10
Heartbreaking, heartwarming, well-acted story of a working class, single mother and her adorable children. It's a simple story about racism, family, and poverty but with complex characters. Melissa Leo, who sometimes gets called a hammy actor, is great in this. Very subtle, but powerful.
I Spit in Your Grave
3/10
Wtf? Why do they keep remaking 70s horror flicks...this one had a lot of plot holes.
Wendigo
4/10
The special effects were pretty bad and there were some really boring moments, but decent for what it was. Well-acted for the most part.
*****/*****
Very suspenseful and great acting.
8/10
Yeah, some what predictable after a while, but also suspenseful at same the time. It brought on the edge, and then tugged at my heart strings. Very telling about human condition and about media often being another form of escapism.
2.5/10
do not watch unless you are 5 years old.
the funniest part of the movie is jack peeing. im not joking.
tron
7/10
remarkable soundtrack accompanying a somewhat lackluster story and an ending that made me want to get my money back
7/10
Really good story, J.F plays a great insane hobo/musical genius