I watched ParaNorman last night, it was absolutely fantastic! Everyone should watch it :)
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I watched ParaNorman last night, it was absolutely fantastic! Everyone should watch it :)
Haywire
Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas
I just watched it a half-hour ago, but now I don't remember what I wanted to say about it. It was good. I like the idea of films that don't have a musical score, but I think the lonely battle sequences between Gina Carano and her always singular opponents is an emptiness that leaves me feeling sadly bored. I think battle sequences with more clutter onscreen should be unscored while battles between individuals should have awesome music.
Our Idiot Brother (2011) 8/10
Fantastic, all star cast including Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Zooey Deschanel Rashida Jones and Emily Mortimer. A pretty typical feel-good comedy along the lines of 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up writing styles.
I'm surprised this film isn't rated higher - the only thing I didn't like about it was that it really wasn't more creative, I suppose. Other than that, it's super cute and entertaining and definitely worth watching if you're in a feel-good comedy mood.
The Dark Knight Rises
Why the Hell is Gotham City suddenly New York? Explain that to me?!!
the last movie I watched was The 40 Year Old Virgin, with Steve Carell. I watched because I was really into The Office and he's the main character as well.
It's a really funny movie, exacly what you can expect from a Steve Carell's movie. It's not a masterpiece, but it's really worth watching.
Django Unchained
Excellent, great feel-good movie, but there were a few vagaries and missed opportunities at some excellent development in character and plot.... and a slightly weak ending.
Die Hard
Do I even need to say anything?
It was a joyride of explosions and one-liners.
Great way to end the winter break I say.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS FILM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
It's a combination of New York, Chicago and Tokyo or some trout. Probably LA, too.
Ha, it's just a minor irritation considering how awesome Gotham looked in the first film. The film itself is unbelievably good and I would happily allow myself to be violated by Tom Hardy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShortyTHAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS FILM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
It's a combination of New York, Chicago and Tokyo or some trout. Probably LA, too.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Keanu Reeves was fantastic in it, but aside of that it's a pretty unremarkable film with lousy CGI work.
i watched chocolate and would say it was just awesome movie to watch it at........
Zokkomon... why did I watch this?
The Secret World of Arrietty.
Its a Studio Ghibli movie with all the charm and sweetness of Totoro, but with a much better narrative.
8/10.
8/10 is pretty good! I wanted to see this so I think I'll get on it :love:
Just a heads up, a lot of people didn't like it as much as me. :p
It seems the general consensus is that it's enjoyable though. :p
the sims...
maybe its becaus i just started, but it doesnt seem to be that much fun on the ps3 as it was on the pc
Ah yes, Sims - The MovieQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaibana
Wasn't that directed by Martin Scorcese? It's his finest work in my opinion.
what the hell is that doing here at the movie topic?:oQuote:
Originally Posted by BubbaAh yes, Sims - The MovieQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaibana
Wasn't that directed by Martin Scorcese? It's his finest work in my opinion.
I didn't like it. I just didn't think that people burning alive while taking a bath next to a fireplace or people peeing themselves translated well to the big screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by BubbaAh yes, Sims - The MovieQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaibana
Wasn't that directed by Martin Scorcese? It's his finest work in my opinion.
I did, however, like the part where the social worker sim was taking their baby away, and walls randomly popped up around her so she couldn't leave.
Oh, that movie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaibana
The plot sucked, I could not understand what the people were saying.
But I loved the part where the whole family got killed and the death was watching TV in the living room.
I just saw Mama on Friday night. I went into the movie thinking I was going to leave terrified, but I honestly just left the movie feeling more sad than anything.
I can't really go into too much detail about my problems with the movie without spoiling it, but there are a few things I can mention. For one, I felt that most all of the characters were not that well-written except for the two little girls. The other characters either seemed like they would be cool but ultimately were left out of the movie or had potential and were poorly paced. As I said though, the girls had a really interesting story. Also, they were probably the best child actresses I have ever seen in a movie. They were phenomenal.
Without giving anything away, I will also just say that I think the director could not really decide what kind of movie he wanted to make. It kept trying to be a horror movie, but I think what he really wanted to make was more of a dark fairy tale.
That is my two cents on this movie. I wish I would have rented it instead of gone to the theater, and I was ultimately disappointed. The acting and story of the two girls made it more worthwhile, though. I'd rate it 6/10 frogs from Qu's Marsh
Dredd. It's terrible. The end.
silent hill: revelations
an enjoyable movie, for those who want to see a horror without too heavy scary moments.
i personaly would have liked to see more of Allesa herself
the plot was a bit shallow
Just saw Django Unchained. Pretty entertaining movie, but doesn't have any other value. Except maybe for relieving white guilt for those who are in need of that kinda thing.
Actually did some more thinking about and realized there's plenty that could be said about racist ideology in the film :monster:
Zero Dark Thirty
5/10
The whole entire film was pretty droll. The exciting part, which was the inevitable end of them killing Osama Bin Laden was a huge letdown. Without giving too much away, I will just say this: my friend and I thought a better ending to this troll of an ending would be for them to switch to stop motion animation or gameplay of Halo 3. If you're going to be a troll movie mine was well do it all the way!
Jessica Chastain's character was fairly emotionless up until the very end where she cried, and to be honest who the smurf cares? That wasn't even the most relieving cry I've seen in a film. She ain't gonna win. The torture scenes were not as shocking as everyone says they are. Watch Audition or something if you really want to be shocked by torture. This film was a film about a woman in a powerful position not seen as powerful; so basically it's a story sort of about Kathryn Bigelow in a not so subtle way. I only wish it were a lot more thrilling like The Hurt Locker was. Admittedly, that film had to grow of me, and maybe some day this one will too...nah.
I'll be updating this with reviews of Argo and Silver Linings Playbook after I receive those FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION screeners.
Doomsday book.
i saw a review about it in a magazine, so i thought:lets give it a try
its a korean movie.
didnt like it that much :( its 1 movie but it is actually 3 movie's
the first one is about a zombie out-break. it took just way to long before anything relative started.
the 2nd is about a robot that has become a monk, and ppl want to shut him down becaus he is to human. the story didnt really interest me
the 3rd is about a girl accidently making contact with alien on her pc. i havent watched it (yet)
This is just not my type of movie 4/10
I recently watched:
Beasts of the Southern Wild - At first I was like, "what is this? what is going on?" and then I fell into the rhythm of the film and ended up enchanted. I really enjoyed it. And the little girl playing Hushpuppy, WOW. Seriously, wow.
Les Miserables - Oh lord what a disappointment. It just did not work. What was with all the super tight closeups? Why in gods name did they cast Russel Crowe in a role he clearly wasn't suited for? In general why was the singing so bad?! There were some moments here and there that were good, but overall it was so long an uninspired.
Silver Linings Playbook - I liked it. I've always liked Bradley Cooper, ever since Alias and he really did such a great job in this movie. I don't know why he's not getting more attention for it. And as much as I dislike Jennifer Lawrence in real life, she is ridiculously good in all the movies she's in. How is that possible? She has such a terrible ditzy blonde word vomit thing going on in real life and then in films she's just flawless. Overall though, I thought it was a nice film but not great and I don't get why people are falling all over themselves for it. I'm thinking it's pure Harvey Weinstein's doing.
Argo - Loved it. LOVED IT. I can't remember the last time a movie was so engaging and freaked me out so much (in a good way). The only bad parts were toward the end when the scenarios just got a little too ridiculous for believability. Other than that, ARGO smurf YOURSELF! YEAH!
Zero Dark Thirty - It was ok. First half was better than the 2nd. I was pretty engaged for a lot of it, and then after hour 2 I just started zoning out. This movie seriously needed to be shorter. It just dragged on and on, and the payoff at the end was not worth it.
Huh, I thought she was riveting. I know that her character was pretty stoic, but Jessica Chastain is magnetic even when she's just standing there. So I thought she was phenomenal. And her character was pretty fired up the more frustrated she got as the days kept piling up. She was the best part about the movie for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
Silent Hill: Revelation
2/10, and that is being outrageously generous.
So much potential. The worst piece of trout I've ever seen in my life. I would have rather watched Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People or Thankskilling 3. Could not take any of it seriously, especially Jon Snow's terrible lines and overall character in general.
Big steaming pile of disappointment.
Locked
4/10
Good Sci Fi, but not outstanding. Pretty middle-of-the-road movie, and not enough hotties. If you're going to make a mediocre movie, at least make sure that your cast is above that. :D
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. 8/10
it is what it is. Another Mission Inpossible film. It's definitely the best one I've seen though. Fantastic sequences and some beautiful locations. I loved the the whole scene with the infiltration of the Kremlin. Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner were reliable as always.
It really has put me in the mood for my trip to Dubai in April too. Though I'll probably admire the Burj Khalifa from the ground/inside as opposed to hanging off the outside of a 120th floor window.
Angels and Airwaves: Love
I didn't know it was done by Angels and Airwaves until after finishing it. I couldn't even begin to tell you what it was about. I think a second watch is needed in order to really understand it but I just don't think I can do it.
I watched Life of Pi but I still have no idea if I liked the movie or not. I also have no idea if I disliked it or not either. It is strange. Maybe that attribute is a thing that makes it good, though, who knows?
I also watched Jack Reacher a bit before that, and I thought it was a pretty all right action thriller. 7/10 I guess. Worth my money.
Bite your tongue sir! Dredd was probably one of the best action movies I saw last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by chionos
Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence :heart:
Life of Pi
Decent movie
Killing Them Softly
It was kinda boring movie without any kind of story in my opinion. Watched this since I didn't have anything else to do at that moment.
There will be blood: It was definitely something alright. It took me 2 days after watching the movie to find out if I actually liked it or not. In the end, I quite like the movie. It made me think, and it made me think a lot. It was definitely a slowpaced movie and as such can be quite exhausting to watch.... but the protagonists gradual descent into madness is so subtle. I still don't know how I felt about the ending though.
The invention of lying: So, this movie set a personal record for me. Never before have I given up on a movie 10minutes in. After hearing the same joke muttered 5000 times without even smirking once, I gave up.
It's a piece of trash, and not even in a fun way.
Finding Forrester: Fantastic movie. Both key characters have amazing chemistry, and while the main antagonist is a bit exaggerated it still made for a fun feel-good movie.
Into the wild: Yeah, I hadn't seen that movie into recently. Sue me. I didn't like it at first as it came off as a pretentious piece of crap, but it grew on me as it went on. All the characters were really colorful in their own way, and the protagonists story was definitely endearing until the end.
The wrestler: Even though it had little action in it, what little it had was hard to watch. This was a fantastic movie, with a great cast of characters. It was intense, and depressing as hell, but by god was it great.
Butterfly effect: Gave up on it 40 minutes in. It relied so much on shock value and exaggerated characters I was actually starting to argue with the movie as it went on. I don't watch movies that make me that frustrated and annoyed. Major disappointment.
Jessica Chastain is nothing impressive. She cannot carry a film though granted the film was uninspiring anyway. I have no idea why film critics are lapping her up. The only scenes where she shows a depth of emotion is when she briefly yells at at an analyst and then the last scene. The only thing I did find interesting about her was her butt chin which I stared at for most of that boring film.
Speaking of boring: Lincoln and it was also melodramatic. I tried to force myself to like it because it's Spielberg and Daniel Day but I just could not.
Argo was't accurate but at least it was enjoyable.
I cannot say the same for Les Miserables which was awkward and cringeworthy. Anne did a good job but wtf at the direction. Ruined a good play.
I have yet to see Beasts of the Southern Wild but I will most likely like it going by clips I have seen.
I just watched The Princess Bride yesterday for the first time. It was quite cheesy, but enjoyable to watch.
The Princess Bride is never cheesy! It's probably one of my favourite scripts of all time. It doesn't take itself seriously at all. Glad you enjoyed it though, Proto!Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent Proto
It also has the best sword fight in any film of all time, ever, in the eternity of film, ever... of all time.
Westley: Give us the gate key.
Yellin: I have no gate key.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tear his arms off.
Yellin: Oh, you mean *this* gate key.
Django Unchained
It was fun to watch but it's sort of obvious that Tarantino cared less about pushing artistic boundaries with this and more about just doing something he'd have fun with. Which is A-OK in my book, because Tarantino just dicking around is still more creative and energetic than most films that you see hitting theaters. Still, the plot wasn't terribly strong and the dialog lacked the sort of intensity you'd expect from him; nothing terribly memorable here, aside from the KKK scene, which was totally unnecessary but had me almost rolling on the floor laughing.
I can't say I was disappointed, because I wanted a Tarantino film, and I certainly got one. But after the relatively challenging opuses (opii?) that were Inglorious Basterds and the Kill Bill saga in the 2000s, Django was lacking, never reaching the heights that his other films did. But I was still totally engaged for the entirety of the runtime, which was a lot longer than it felt while watching everything on screen. I'd give it an easy 7/10.
Yeah, the dialogues were great!Quote:
Originally Posted by BubbaThe Princess Bride is never cheesy! It's probably one of my favourite scripts of all time. It doesn't take itself seriously at all. Glad you enjoyed it though, Proto!Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent Proto
It also has the best sword fight in any film of all time, ever, in the eternity of film, ever... of all time.
Westley: Give us the gate key.
Yellin: I have no gate key.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tear his arms off.
Yellin: Oh, you mean *this* gate key.
Buttercup: You can die for all I care! *pushes Man in Black*
Man in Black: Assssss yoooouuu wiiiiiissssh!!!!! *tumbling downhill*
Buttercup: Oh my sweet Westley, what have I done?
Meh... there are much better lines than that.
But I'll let you off Proto as you enjoyed the film!
I laughed during that part though. :(
Did you know that Bob Anderson (master at fencing) choreographed The Princess Bride and... The Lord of the Rings!
There's a reason why both these films had awesome fight scenes. He died last year :(
What a legend.
Princess Bride fancheeseYep, absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
Inigo: That Vizzini, he can...fuss.
Fezzik: Fuss, fuss… I think he like to scream at...us.
Inigo: Probably he means no...harm.
Fezzik: He’s really very short on...charm.
Inigo: You have a great gift for rhyme.
Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
Vizzini: Enough of that.
Inigo: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we'll all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it!
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
Moon
Starring Sam Rockwell and well that's about it. So if you just don't like Sam Rockwell you should probably avoid the movie. If you do like him, well, there's a lot of just him in the movie. Him and Kevin Spacey's voice.
I don't want to give anything away, so it's hard to say anything specific about the movie, but it's very well acted, though not always well directed.
The background is that Sam is the lone human worker overseeing a massive mining operation on the far side of the moon. He's coming to the end of a three year contract, and he's excited to return to earth and his wife and young daughter.
There are some interesting themes (memory, identity, corporate greed) though none of them get fully articulated, not the way I would have liked. But then again, I don't think the movie intended to be that way and failed. I think it did what it set out to do, but it definitely left me wanting more.
I personally found it worth my time simply to see Rockwell in the role.
9/10
Movies like Moon that you should see:
Sunshine 9/10
Pandorum 8.5/10
I realize at this point that there is a depressing lack of GOOD space-themed psychological thrillers. Not enough for my taste anyway.
Silver Linings Playbook - 5/5
It's extremely rare that I watch a romance and really get sucked into it, this has to be right up there. It's also extremely rare I watch a modern movie with Robert De Niro in it without cringing, and I didn't cringe, so that's good, too. I found this enjoyable on pretty much all levels and while at times it was predictable, it wasn't something I was thinking about at the time. I just really enjoyed the movie, the characters, the writing. All round, thumbs up.
I have a buttload of movies to watch now, so hopefully I get through some more of them soon (Moonrise Kingdom, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas etc).
I'll throw up some quick reviews of some Oscar movies I watched
Life of Pi - Really enjoyed it. Cinematography was excellent. Also THE only movie where the 3D really made the experience way way better for me (Avatar can suck my balls). Never read the book. Probably my 2nd favorite of the batch I've seen here 8/10
Lincoln - Better than I expected. TLJ was pretty great as Thaddeus Stevens. It made me sad to be reminded of how politicians in the US used to stand up for what they believed in regardless of bulltrout party loyalties. Melodramatic, sure, and nothing breathtaking, but good cinema. Which sums up about 95% of Spielberg's oeuvre. 7/10
Zero Dark Thirty - Mostly a steaming pile of crap. I felt no connection to the story or the characters. The main actress was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role...right? How in the smurf did that happen? Only interesting from a historical standpoint. 4/10
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Great movie with a lot of heart. The young actress is so talented and so believable. Fell in love with her from the start. Also an excellent performance from the guy playing the father. Ending was a bit disappointing in my opinion but that doesn't stop it from being a great movie8/10
Argo - Picture of the year for me. I was so impressed not only with the way the historical context was handled, but also with how real the dialogue seemed. When all the diplomats were holed up in the Canadian ambassador's house, frustrated with each other and their situation, and bickering at each others' throats, I was so impressed with how the conversations were acted out. People butting into others' arguments, people being petty and being called out for it; I haven't seen it done so well in a film since I can remember. Also John Goodman is always a class act. Only gripe is the ending got a bit too riduculous, but hey, Hollywood 9/10
Silver Linings Playbook - Wholly unimpressed. Good concept, and I was intrigued by it from the beginning, but it just ended up a gigantic mess. Jennifer Lawrence was good because her voice is sexy, but that's about it. Bradley Cooper gives the best performance I've seen him give, but that is not saying much at all. The relationships between the various characters are stupid as hell (the perpetual presence of the policeman and the psychologist in particular irked the hell out of me), and the only part that moved me in any way was Cooper's monologue in the beginning at the mental ward. Huge disappointment. 5/10
If you're not a Wes Anderson fan, you may not like Moonrise Kingdom. Some people called it weird, which stung my little heart. I found it adorable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Babe and I are watching Beasts of the Southern Wild tomorrow! I had never even head of it before until I was looking around on some movie trivia website and found that it had received awards and stuff. I'm kindof excited based on the hype it's received.
THANK YOU. Finally someone with some good taste up in here.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill
I just saw Beasts of the Southern Wild yesterday and about to watch Argo in a few minutes so reviews pending.
For whatever it's worth, I find the premise of the film too revolting to even watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyTHANK YOU. Finally someone with some good taste up in here.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill
Okay I finished Argo and I will say this...there are many times through the years where mediocre films like Dances with Wolves or Shakespeare in love beating out films that were more deserving of Best Picture.
I don't feel that way with Argo because I feel that the films this year weren't up to par with some of the films from last year or even as far ago as 2007. Out of the choices of all the films that were nominated this was the least mediocre.
Lincoln, while I am bias of Daniel Day Lewis, not even he could make me love this melodramatic, wordy, droll of a movie. To me it was Spielberg trying too hard to win Best Picture so everything in is so obviously deliberate it's almost nauseating.
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Yeah the little girl was terrific and so was the dad, but apart from enjoying their scenes together, and being really emotionally connected to the girl, this film is just meh. The ending is meh, the middle is meh, the beginning is interesting. If anything I'd say I enjoyed the little girl's performance more than Jennifer Lawrence's and I actually wished she would've won.
Speaking of Jennifer Lawrence, yeah her performance was really good and it made Silver Linings Playbook much more endearing. I will even go as far to say Bradley Cooper's performance was also good and I liked how he veered away from being a douchebag in a comedy to a douchebag in a dramatic rom com. However, like most rom coms it was predictable and the end speech is just cringe-worthy. Call me cynical, but hey, I haven't liked a romantic drama/comedy since Annie Hall, or The Notebook. I'm not starting again now.
Now back to Argo - Best Picture. I think it's a good film by comparison to a lot of the other films of this year, but the whole thing is like an analogy for Hollywood jerking themselves. It was done purely for drama and not so much to be historically accurate which is fine, but my miff about everything is that if you're going to do that then do it all the way and go deeper in to the drama of it. There were a lot of parts where there could have been more back story in to why Ben Affleck's character (who by the way was Hispanic so why the hell was was wooden Ben Affleck playing him) was an alcholic and struggling with his family. I couldn't help but want more from his performance aside from the woodenness. In fact every time he picked up his brandy I thought, you know who did this better and was even subtle about it? Paul Newman in The Verdict. Maybe he should take a cue.
If you're going in to this film thinking it's going to be a movie about the Americans held captive in the Middle East, you're going to be dissappointed because that's only about twenty percent of what the film is truly about. The film is almost entirely about Hollywood.
All in all, enjoyable film, but unimpressive compared to the likes of films like The Departed, No Country for Old Men, or There Will be Blood. The editor saved this film which was otherwise flawed most likely due to Ben Affleck's mediocre acting and direction.
The final Oscar films I have yet to see is Amour, but it's French so I don't care. If it's not Amelie idgaf. Half joking there. Also haven't seen Life of Pi yet. I hate Ang Lee for ruining The Hulk and making Brokeback Mountain...actually just in general I hate Ang Lee's work, so that's why I put off seeing that film for so long. When I found out that beloved VFX company, Rhythm and Hues worked on it I was like "oh I have to see this now". They're my saving grace.
Sinister;
Excellent movie, great scares and interesting storyline. They were sensible with the gore and artful with the paranormal introductions to the movie. 10/10 Best horror flick in a long line of smurf ups imo.
Brave;
Watched this with little bit today, not too shabby.
7/10
Brave - 3/5
I mean, it's not bad in any way, but it never blew me away and it never had me rolling in fits of laughter. Just seemed a bit too serious for it's own good. The accents amused Danielle and myself, though, and it was a decent story, good animation, etc.
Megamind - 4/5
So funny I didn't mind watching it a second (third?) time. Drags at times near the end, but I just love Megamind. He's hilarious.
Gran Torino - 5/5
So awesome I didn't mind watching it a second time. In fact, in a rare situation, I suggested watching a movie I'd already seen before. Which is really unusual because that kind of thing is normally reserved for Danielle in our flat.
A Perfect Host I watched the other night.
Dear god, I don't think I've ever been so unnerved while watching a movie, and it was glorious. The Premise is a guy who is guilty of armed robbery breaks into a guys house, but the guy in question is beyond smurfing nuts, and played by the guy who played Frasier's brother. :p
The movie isn't very gory or anything, all of the creepy comes from the villains mannerism and issues and it is smurfing wonderful. Also, did not see the end coming at all. This is really a damn good movie in pretty much every respect. And hey, not many movies are as funny as this is, as well as creepy. Go watch it, it's on Net flix.
9/10. (Really tempted to give it a 10/10.)
Oz
7/10. Pretty solid movie. Was entertaining all the way through. Nothing stood out really in the story or anything except that it was events prior to the Wizard of Oz. Wicked Witches were awesome tho.
Oz: The Great and Powerful
It was actually really good. Very solid acting and gorgeous visuals. Also had some of the best 3D work I've seen yet.
Update on Beasts of the Southern Wild: I liked it. I liked seeing the difference of the culture from the life most of us know. Hushpuppy was good, but she was no Tatum O'Neal. I liked the film as I was watching it, but after it was over I didn't feel like it left any significant impact on me. Rantz and I had kindof different feelings about the endings, though, and it was neat to compare those thoughts. 7/10
Which brings me to The Five Year Engagement. I liked this one a bit more than the film mentioned above. My indie film side is kicking my general romantic comedy side for saying that, but I just felt like I could relate more to this film and it made me squee and feel things and I just really liked it a lot. 8/10
When In Rome: Funny movie with Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel about a girl who picks out some coins from the fountain of love in Rome, and that makes those men fall in love with her. I like to watch easy-going films like this on a Friday night to help me get ready for bed, I was pleasantly surprised by this. I like Kristen Bell, and thought she was good in this, there were also some funny side characters played by Danny DeVito, Jon Heder and Dax Shepard (who is married to Kristen irl). What I didn't like about it was this stupid whole story based around the fact that Beth (Bell) is a career woman so needs a man who she loves more than her career. I think a lot of movies these days have that whole thing and I find it a bit tiresome and overdone. I'd give this movie a 6/10 and I'd probably watch it again.
You Again: Another Kristen Bell I film I watched a few weeks ago about a girl whose brother is marrying her high school bully. This had a great cast; Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Chenoweth and Betty White. I really liked it up until it just started getting a bit silly, I think the stars of the movie were Curtis and Weaver - they were just brilliant together :lol: I'd give this 7/10
Two movies this time, both of these are a first time seeing them.
Resevior Dogs - I'm surprised it's taken me so long to watch this movie, and man was it glorious. Mr. Pink was the best part, followed by Tim Roth's character. I really like to think that Mr. Pink managed to make it out with the money.
8/10
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead: Okay, this is smurfing horrible and Glorious. A fried chicken fast food joint is built atop an anctient indian burial ground, and the Indian spirits are possessing the chickens to reak thier revenge. And it's a musical. If this hasnt' convinced you to watch this movie, you are dead inside. Very gory and explicit, with some nudity.
8/10
This has potential to be the greatest crap film I will ever watch in my life. I must see this!Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
Morning Glory: Film starring Rachel MacAdams, Harrison Ford, Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Wilson. It's about a girl named Becky (MacAdams) who loses her job as the producer of a morning news show. So she gets a new one on a slowly failing show and is tasked with getting the ratings back up. She employs Mike (Ford) to be an anchor on her show, but he's a really grumpy, horrible journalist who is very 'pedigree' and hates everything to do with infotainment, but he has to take the job or he loses his contract with the network.
I really like this film, like REALLY liked it. I totally connected with Becky. Rachel MacAdams was brilliant in this role, and she was awesome alongside Harrison Ford. I kind of had this thought that Becky is me in my early 30's. It was pretty funny at times and quite heartfelt whilst not trying too hard to be either. There wasn't a whole lot of emphasis on Becky being such a hardworking career female that she can't have a boyfriend, in fact the love story was pretty secondary to her building a bond and helping Mike not be so grumpy. This was such an enjoyable movie though, maybe because it was about journalism and media, I really liked it.
8/10
Hitchcock
5/10
I liked the made for television movie better because the focus was on Hitchcock's unstable mental state and how he used his frustrations toward his leading ladies in his films. For this film, the focus was more so on his tumultuous relationship with his wife and how she was the driving force for many of his films. While the performances were good, I thought this was a lot less interesting. She was probably overlooked in this, but Scar Jo (horrible nickname by the way) did a good job playing a very convincing Janet Leigh. My favorite part of the film was the scene where Hitchcock is imagining the man he thinks his wife is having an affair with as he makes stabbing motions during the famous Psycho shower scene. A lot of the characters looked like the real people they were portraying which was nice, but overall, this didn't feel like a movie that can't be passed up. In fact, I can see why this wasn't nominated for an Oscar — it is at most — easily forgettable.
Ah, that movie. You were watching EPIX weren't you? :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
Nah, I was at a buddies and it was on Netflix. A lot of Troma films are actually. :p
Movie: Oz the great and powerful
Review: shut up Meg
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Took me a few watches cause I was putting it on at night and kept falling asleep (which is just a 'me' thing, nothing to do with the movie really), but once I got through the whole thing I loved it. I read the book so many times as a child and even though I haven't picked it up in years the movie brought back so many great memories. The second half of the film especially was amazing, the game of riddles gave me actual chills when I was watching it. 8/10
Les Mis : Awesome
Les Mis (19??) : Eh... at least it had Liam Neeson
Zookeeper : eh.
Wreck-it Ralph : Awesome
Pitch Perfect : I thought it was awesome.
Taken 2 : Awesome
End of Watch : depressing
Rampart : WTF? What the hell kind of ending is that? Where's my resolution? Woody Harrelson! Give me closure!
A Good Day to Die Hard
2/10
And one of those points is for McClane's vest. Ultimately, any Die Hard film is going to be compared to the original. The original has: a simple premise; flawed characters that you can relate to; a small number of bad guys who are fleshed out; Alan Rickman hamming it up; and very tight action sequences. The new film has... none of that. I didn't care about the characters, the plot (and that's using the word 'plot' in its loosest possible sense) is incomprehensible, and stupid action sequences which involve destroying half of Moscow.
Life of Pi. Great film, didn't particularly like the rather heavy-handed Aesop though. But from a technical standpoint it's flawless, and the story is quite entertaining indeed. Apparently the book was much more subtle about its Aesop which probably would've worked a lot better, but then it's a bit more difficult to be subtle on film. Film isn't a medium that lends itself well to subtlety, I don't think; if you're too subtle large numbers of people will miss it entirely. Of course they probably could've been subtler without people missing the intended message, but whatever :monster: The Best Soundtrack, Best Director, and special effects Oscars were certainly well earned, at least :monster:
I haven't seen some of the films on your list, but your first review discredits the rest of your list on account of how inaccurate it is.Quote:
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I need to get Netflix.Quote:
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Silver Linings Playbook
Looooved it. Definitely my kind of movie, and I had a feeling I was going to enjoy it basically from the first moment I heard about it. Great acting/cast, awesome story and I really enjoy movies that focus on mental health. It also didn't hurt that Jennifer Lawrence's boobies were bouncing all over the damn place. 9/10
Title: Sinister
Genre: Horror
Rating: 3/10
I found this movie to be boring. There were a few jumps, but nothing to keep me up at night, not even the ~scary~ visuals, much less the torture. Maybe I'm just desensitized, but either way, if the background music did more work in doing that than the actual movie, I find it a problem.
I did like the use of 8mm films, but.... everything else just bored me. Ethan Hawke's character went about the films' dark secrets in a typical way, resulting in an unsurprising and typical ending that left me unimpressed.
Carlito's Way - 4/5
A very predictable (for me, anyway - and I think in some cases it's supposed to be) but still really enjoyable film. I love watching Al Pacino movies, I don't think he's ever failed me. A solid 4/5.
Moonrise Kingdom - 4/5
Such a quirky wee film, but I loved it. Perhaps more suited to a lazy Sunday afternoon than the evening when I'm ill, but yeah. Great acting, great little story. Reminds me a bit of other 'awkward romance' films but with a very fresh take on it. Edward Norton should do more comedy because I loved his character (but then, Edward Norton should do more everything).
I'm so glad you liked Moonrise Kingdom <333
Outside of half of Tarantino's stuff, Citizen Kane, There Will Be Blood and Dr. Strangelove... there aren't too many movies that are widely considered to be great that I don't at the very least enjoy. :)
mama, its pretty freaky
grave of the fireflies 5/5
i didnt realise when i actually watched it its actually based on a true story. i never cry at films and this is actually an anime aswel but this got me its heartbreaking
A Good Day to Die Hard
I was a bit disappointed with this one because Live Free or Die Hard was pretty good. Bruce Willis certainly showed his age here and the plot and villains were pretty mediocre. Action movies are not known for their plots but the Die Hard series always provided interesting situations for McClain to get himself into and the villains always had a certain charm. I think because this one took place in Russia it didn't have the same connection that the others did. It did take a while to get going too, but once it did, the action sequences were pretty spectacular and I could tell they were trying to top what had been done before. I liked it, but it was pretty unbelieveable, moreso than usual.
Two movies with the same theme: dumb teenage girls with no direction in their lives.
Clip (2012, Serbia)
An entry in the film festival we had last year. A lot of penis sucking in this one, and the film end on quite an unresolved note. The protagonist is just as bad off as she was at the start of the film (or even worse), but we don't really see anything new developing in between. The whole thing feels like a gonzo style documentary on the depravities of bored lower-class Serbian youths.
Little Vera (1989, USSR)
Decent film. It's interesting in how it shows the typical lifestyle of working class people in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and apparently it's one of the best selling Soviet films ever made. Like with the previous film, not sure what to make of the ending, but it does feel like more development has taken place over the course of the film. Contrary to Clip, no actual onscreen cock being shown which was a bit of a relief, as the film had more interesting dialogue instead.
The Hunger Games - 3/5
It was very entertaining and all that, as you would expect of a movie of this nature. Just didn't score a 5/5 because it was clearly set up with sequels in mind. That's not a bad thing, but hey, if you cut a movie in half of course people aren't going to feel that it's been finished very well (unless it's really, really good). I gotta admit, I prefer Battle Royale and found myself thinking of it way too often. Actually, scratch the 4, I'm gonna make this one a 3 based on some of the many things I felt weren't done well (particularly the costume/culture/people in the "first world" of this creation). It's a harsh 3, but that's the nature of a rating out of 5 system that I prefer to follow.
Chinatown - 4/5
Was great until the ending, which I felt didn't resolve the story in a way that I would have liked it to. Sadly, an unsatisfying ending is rather unforgiveable in my perspective and that's the end of that, I suppose.
Life of Pi - 5/5
Really glad I watched this, it was a fantastic journey from start to finish.
Oz the Great and Powerful - 2/5
I was hoping for a lot more from this, especially considering the source material they had to work with. Acting was bad, script was bad, visuals were bad (especially the make-up), and the story was lacking.
The Tall Man-
Really enjoyed this film. Jessica Biel usually does a terrible job, despite her stunning good looks, but she was excellent in this. Story-line was incredible with many twists and turns, the dying mining town was a believable example of many such towns around the world, dialogue was somewhat lacking at times but still decent, and the message of the movie was pretty hardcore. Excellent movie.
5/5
Rio-
Hated this movie, I love Jesse Eisenberg but this film was just godawful.
2/5 (I'm being generous because some of the scenes were gorgeous)
The Prophet-
I usually enjoy most movies that Christopher Walken is in but it didn't engage me in the first thirty minutes or so. Gave up but I've heard good things about it so I'll try again sometime.
?/5
Had to watch Annie Hall in class today... That was a basket of dry cornbread.
aww, I like Annie Hall :(
Zero Dark Thirty - 3/5
The first half hour or so of this movie was hard to watch with the torture scenes. I really thought the last act of the movie was well done. Even though I knew how it turned out, it still managed to be suspenseful.
Les Misérables - 1/5
I broke my no Russel Crowe rule by watching this movie... Actually, my wife and I are in the process of watching all the movies that were nominated for best picture this year.
This movie was 2 1/2 hours, it felt more like 5. Russel Crowe in extreme close up singing at me... It'll be a long time before I can get that out of my head.
Hey, what's wrong with dry cornbread?Quote:
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Hansel and gretel; witch hunters 6/10
im actually a bit annoyed that all the sudden ALL the fairy tales have to be 'pimped' into tough action movies (i still hate kirsten steward for raping Snow White, that was just horrible)
But Hansel and gretel isnt all to bad, but its not that good either.
a bit shallow movie wich seems to be more about the action and being bad-ass then anything else. but even though its an ok movie to watch. in did enjoy it
You know I wouldn't mind a gangsta version of little red riding hood, but it'll have to the Darkstalkers version of her, B.B. Hood (Bulleta). If Chloe from Kick-ass was still young enough to play the part I would choose her for the main role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaibana
there actually already is a pimped Red riding hood, with Amanda seyfried,, though its more of a romantic'ish thing
but its a pimped version ^^
Omg, that is the worst movie ever. xDQuote:
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it was... ok
Modern Times - 4/5
It dragged at times but was enjoyable overall for a silent film. Chaplin was Chaplin, but it was the girl's performance that caught my eye. Felt like I could hear all the words being spoken by the end of the film and that can only be a good thing.
That's really a great movie. I love it. I'm not a big fan of silent films, but that one's special.Quote:
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Dredd - Oh my, what a movie. So SO fun to watch. It knew exactly what it was and wanted to be, and it did it perfectly.
This was one of the most entertaining action movies I've seen in a long time, and the villain of the movie did a fantastic job making you hate her guts. Was it a bit cheesy at times? Well... YEAH, but that was part of the fun. It felt like an 80s action movie, and hell I'd even say it did it better than a ton of the movies back then. Heck, it did Die Hard better than the most recent Die Hard.
Fantastic popcorn flick, and I should also say it's extremely.... EXTREMELY violent in the most beautiful way.
Highly recommend it. Twa-twa-twenty/Dredd
(By the way, I'm referring to the most recent one. Not to the one with Stallone that never happened. )
"Inhabitants of Peach Trees, this is Judge Dredd. In case you have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma is not the law... I am the law."Quote:
Originally Posted by TrollHunter
I jizzed epicness.
That line... oh that line. MmmmmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by McLovin'"Inhabitants of Peach Trees, this is Judge Dredd. In case you have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma is not the law... I am the law."Quote:
Originally Posted by TrollHunter
I jizzed epicness.
This. The violence in that movie, hard as it may be to believe, really was a thing of beauty. And it was actually made better by the 3D when I saw it in theaters. I can't think of any other movie ever that was actually enhanced by the 3D.Quote:
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Moonrise Kingdom-4/5-She stabbed me with lefty scissors! Nuff said.
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That's really the point of the ending, though - there's no resolution, no happy-go-lucky feeling to walk away with. Just "That's Chinatown, Jake." Brilliantly executed noir in my opinion, totally caught the sense of hopelessness that it needed to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I rewatched Superbad yesterday for the first time in a while. I think when it came out I was amused at how much it reminded me of the interactions I had with my friends in high school. Now it's like... holy god I was that awkward? When I got past that, though, I saw it's still a really solid comedy, though it drags in the second act; no high school adventure-comedy needs to be a full two hours. Seth Rogen and Bill Hader are great in supporting roles, and as much as I like Rogen, I think I liked it more when he took the backseat and let an ensemble cast get more of the gags. Good movie, though - I'm home for surgery recovery right now and it made some great comfort food for a sick day.
I get that it was intended that way, but it doesn't make for good entertainment in my books. This is the reason I don't like a lot of otherwise good movies. Different movies will give you different kinds of emotions at the end. A sense of hopelessness can indeed be one of them, and there are movies that do this well - unfortunately I can't reveal which ones they are without spoiling them by saying they have an ending that doesn't work out in favour of the good guys. But a sense of dissatisfaction? That's something I can never view as a good thing. I am not satisfied with the ending, therefore I am not satisfied with the movie. Speaking of which...Quote:
Originally Posted by ShoebertoThat's really the point of the ending, though - there's no resolution, no happy-go-lucky feeling to walk away with. Just "That's Chinatown, Jake." Brilliantly executed noir in my opinion, totally caught the sense of hopelessness that it needed to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Casino - 4/5
Okay, maybe that's harsh, the ending wasn't as unsatisfying as Chinatown by any means, it was a lot better (if not awesome). This film reminded me (for obvious reasons) of Goodfellas, but it really did feel like a poor man's Goodfellas the entire way through. I really enjoyed the whole thing, don't get me wrong, but it's just not a 5/5 movie. I think it was very interesting how it all played out, but in a lot of ways very predictable and at times I must concede it felt like the film was sitting in the same state for some time, repeating itself on occasion. Despite that, it was a very good movie. De Niro, Pesci, Stone, Vincent - all of them great. Scorcese, great. The plot, very good. The ending, satisfying. I don't know what would have pushed this movie into a 5/5, the kind of movie I would go around insisting people watch, but it just isn't Goodfellas. And that's not an insult - Goodfellas is just that bloody good.
I don't get the Dredd love, apart from a few pretty scenes. I just don't.
Maybe I'm just disappointed that there's no super-awesome Dredd+Bones pic-meme.
Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not the law.
My dear girl, I'm the law. When I peek, it's in the line of duty.
I dunno.
Just...something.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 HouseGodMorgan 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"
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 me cry, it made a single manly tear slip down my cheek when Jack was hugged for the first time ever.
You should know better than to watch a video game movie.Quote:
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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.
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
Dredd
It was brutal and yet entertaining. Dredd's coolness was probably my favourite element of the movie.
7/10
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.Quote:
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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. :)
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.
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.
John Carter (2012)
I was blown away..
10/10
Both if you ask me. It was a good horror movie, and it pulled no punches on the gore.Quote:
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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.
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.
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, but they were very impressive none the less.
If you like martial arts movies, you will like this one. Simple as that.
6/10
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?
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:
well.. these days you only have 2 types of horrormovies: haunted house, and curious teenagers on a trip/vacationQuote:
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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.
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.Quote:
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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 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.
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.
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.
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 am realizing this and it makes me very sad.Quote:
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I got excited because I thought you were going to refer the 2006 Korean monster movie and then did not. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Elly
This.Quote:
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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...
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.Quote:
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vivi22
Primer. Really confusing and i'm gonna admit i'm not 100% on what went on
still good though
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)
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.
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.
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.
12 Angry Men is a great movie!
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.
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 trout, 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) (SPOILER)I was so annoyed when they killed him off (SPOILER) 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!
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.
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. spoilerOh, 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.
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.
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.
Trance: Trance - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube
4/5
Totally blown away. A complete mindrape. Not a mindsmurf. A freakin mindrape. First it gently smurfed 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.
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.
Evil Dead 'remake'
7/10
I enjoyed it as much as I did the original, it pretty much is what a remake should be
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
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.
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? (SPOILER) 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'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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
Especially considering, well, this: http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/...r_timeline.jpg
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
I saw Kate Beckinsale when I saw Trance. She was absolutely god damn beautiful and I was completely star struck by seeing her.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_best_boob
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill
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 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. :(
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
I thought I ended up in Last Game You Finished +Rating thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
xD
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Was enjoyable for me too. The worst thing about it though was Tarantino's cameo. That was just terrible...Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShortyI haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBIn 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShortyI haven't seen this film, so I don't understand what you mean, really. Do you mean Tarantino in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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.
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.
I purposefully ignored that so I could rip into you at my own pleasure.
Points for honesty. xD Go watch it so you can do it more effectively. :monster:
I will! I intend to.
All of them except Death Proof anyway. God that was a terrible movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
Planet Terror was Rodriguez. Tarantino did Death Proof.
Whatever, he was in Planet Terror. I loooved Death Proof.
I loved all of Grindhouse. Every 3.5 hour bit of it.
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 smurfing 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:
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.
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 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!
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 trout. 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 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.
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.
oh my god, the Secret of NIHM is so good ;__________________;
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.
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.Quote:
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Out of curiosity, which Leo movies have you seen? =oQuote:
And Leonardo DiCaprio, holy trout. Perhaps the best role I've ever seen him in.
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.
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.
Realistic. xD I guess we have different ideas of realism. >=PQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
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. xDQuote:
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.
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.Quote:
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.
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.
The Rebound
Randomly watched it on TV. It was pretty good for a romantic comedy, I loved the ending.
7/10
I can't wait for Great Gatsby to come out.
I can! I don't think it can possibly be anything but a disappointment. Here's to hoping though.
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBRealistic. xD I guess we have different ideas of realism. >=PQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
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. xDQuote:
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.
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.Quote:
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.
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.
Watched Life of Pi
(SPOILER)So was the tiger there or not? :colbert:
The question you must ask yourself is,Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
(SPOILER)Was Pi there or not?
The question you must ask yourself is,Quote:
Originally Posted by chionosThe question you must ask yourself is,Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiny
Was Pi there or not?
(SPOILER)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.
*marks all yo' spoilers*
It's up to interpretation. The way I see it, the ambiguity itself is the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
sees the thing as it is, not as it could be. (SPOILER)Actually, I don't know so much ambiguity as a combination of faith and imagination. Pi's not just being intentionally obfuscatory.Quote:
Originally Posted by PantzIt's up to interpretation. The way I see it, the ambiguity itself is the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
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..
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.
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 smurf isn't a soccer match.
8/10.