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    Ashes of Time Redux by Wong Kar-Wai

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

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

    Roger Ebert's review is a little ignorant of the martial arts genre, but I think he gets the essence of the movie right. I just disagree with his 2/4 rating.

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    Finally watched Man of Steel

    so much fail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Araciel View Post
    Finally watched Man of Steel

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

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    I watched Akira last night.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    American Pie: The Reunion

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


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    Double post mother pluckers.

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

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


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    Quote Originally Posted by Locky View Post
    Double post mother pluckers.

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

    It was good though, 7/10. Pretty scary. I hate the Mama noises. And then when it finished Phil was making the Mama noises and he freaked me out and made me really uncomfortable because he went to get my neck and I momentarily panicked and thought he was going to start being the Mama ghost again and it made me scared and I nearly shat myself. >.< He is anASS.
    I actually saw the short film before the movie. The movie was okay ('cept for the fact I keep on calling the main character Jaime Lannister haha). The short film had a better ambience, I think. I remember screaming at the hallway scene )

    Last Movie Watched: Pacific Rim

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaibana View Post
    if you expect the old superman type of movie.. then yes it is a fail..
    thats why i loved it so much
    Even objectively.

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    The Maltese Falcon - 9/10


    These words first appear onscreen:

    The 1539, the Knight Templars of Malta paid tribute to Charles V of Spain by sending him a golden falcon encrusted from beak to claw with the rarest jewels -- but pirates seized the galley carrying thie priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day.
    I loved the feeling of this film. I love the story, how it's complicated and how it twists and turns and how new characters emerge well into the running. I love that it's such a typcial LA PI film noir (even though it's set in SF); it fits the stereotype so perfectly. And Sam Spade is such a typical PI character - always with his wits about him, always concerned about the case, even when he appears to not be.

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

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

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

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

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


    I wrote up a review with a bit more depth to it here. No major spoilers, but there's quite a bit of a re-cap about the first twenty or thirty minutes.

    God bless Humphrey Bogart.

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    Pariah

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

    The Wolverine

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

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

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