I actually think Big Fish and Pan's Labyrinth are kind of similar in some ways. But yeah, Big Fish is unquestionably the best Burton film I've seen. I'm looking forward to Alice though.
I have The Devil's Backbone in my unwatched DVD pile. I really should remedy that given how much I loved Pan's Labyrinth.
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Make the Yuletide Gay - A romantic comedy set during the holiday season (no, eh?) that deals with what happens when the boyfriend suddenly arrives at the doorstep for the holidays and you're in the closet. It made laugh and left me with a feel-good feeling at the end. I guess why I liked this movie so much is that I can relate with Gunn's worries about coming out of the closet as well as Nate's parents' total "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards his sexuality. Oh, and there's a lot of sexual innuendos that are the large part of the humour. Such as in one scene where Nate enters the kitchen in the early morning while Gunn is out jogging with his dad. Gunn's mom's back is turned to Nate and she says she "Getting my beaver ready for Christmas", Nate's reaction is total shock followed by a confused "Excuse me?" In response she turns around holding what appears to be a stuffed beaver. It made me laugh. That and the whole play on bunkbeds and sexual positions. lol.
7/10 Not an amazing movie but one I really enjoyed.
BTW Pan's Labyrinth is totally amazing.
I watched Yuletide Gay today too :O The two leads were pretty bad actors and the jokes referring to sex that weren't actually sexual became old really fast, but a few of them did hit home. It was a cute movie, I guess, in that feel-good way, and it's nice to see a teh ghey movie that isn't all about taking clothes off hot people and sex montages at least. The parents were totally sadistic considering the ending if you really think about it, though. What a warp. I'll go 3/5
My parents and I watched Silence of the Lambs last night. I reaaaaaaally enjoyed it, even though it had some disgusting parts (and some of those weren't even the flesh eating parts).
The only thing that kept me from really really loving it was jodie foster's accent.
"dana scully doesn't talk like that!"
I just watched Sunshine, by Danny Boyle.
This movie did quite well when it came out but not THAT well. Its rated highly by most critics, but not too high.
Well I have to say this is probably now one of my favourite movies ever. If you need a movie to have a break in tension, then this probably isnt for you, but I just loved it. Im a sucker for movies that start of slow and just keep building tension from there with a very steady pace.
I found this film so eerie it brought goosebumps under my skin. Its not exactly a 'scary' film, well it IS scary but I would compare it to Silent Hill's (the game) disturbance factor rather than shock value.
The cinematography and soundtrack in this are so good I kept getting cold shivers throughout.
I think some people were put off by the (SPOILER)'God' aspect of the film, but I suggest not looking too much into that or trying to figure out what the filmmakers were intending to convey. I suggest to just make up your own mind about it and enjoy the incredible scenes this film has!
Also despite that it is apparently impossible for the sun to be infected with a Q-ball and a few other tidbits, you can still tell the enormous amount of research gone into physics and space they have done.
Amazing film! I dont care if other people found that last act stupid, I dont. I certainly found it better than Slumdog Millionaire.
Last edited by Croyles; 01-31-2010 at 01:03 AM.
The Shining.
This was actually the first time I'd ever seen it, so of course I had twenty years of pop culture references guiding me through it.
(SPOILER)Yet, nothing had prepared me for the wonderful relief of Wendy and Danny surviving!
I was on the edge of my seat for a while xD
Descent
5/10
Where to begin. Well, this film is about rape and revenge. It stars Rosario Dawson -- one of the only people I actually recognize in this film aside from people she's worked with on Rent. At first she's an intellectual who calls Jared, the other main character on his b.s. Jared is basically a dude who stalks and her, hits on her, and then rapes her. Don't worry, I'm not spoiling anything cuz the trailer reveals what he does. It shows Rosario's descent after that. She becomes hollow, solemn and goes on a journey to seek revenge. You can physically see her changes as well as how she responds to her environment.
With Jared, you see that he is extremely insecure and mocked by his fellow football players which is why seducing and dominating women appeals to him. I think the film did a good job at developing major characters, but a horrible job with editing. I watched the edited rated R version. The original was NC-17 and I'm told that it was much better than the piece of crap I watched. The editing for the version I saw was absurd. It would stay on shots too long. A person would be talking and you wouldn't see them so you'd rarely know wtf was going on. All in all, I would've probably liked the film more if it had been the original NC-17 version.
Just watched Coraline last night. Might fine film, I wish they made more children's movies like this cause it really felt like a modern day Grimm's Fairy Tale. The film is eerie and creepy throughout and funny enough I sometimes found the real world of Coraline to be just as disturbing as the fantasy one she visits. Overall, visuals were great, cast was fun, and the music was really good.
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
Moon
Really great film that was slightly hampered by my expectations going in. I wasn't aware it was going to be a character piece. I will have to watch it again and will probably enjoy it a lot more. It really is good, I just wasn't in the mood at the time.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
I'm not even very sure how I feel about it. It certainly wasn't a bad film, but I wouldn't say it was very good either. In any case, I did enjoy it.
Just watched this too. Thought it would be something like 2001 Space Odessey, but really wasn't - which was great. It was a fairly brilliant movie, to be honest.Originally Posted by Croyles
9/10
"... and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written."
Ong Bak 2
Note that this is not the other Tony Jaa film made straight after Ong Bak which had come to be casually known as Ong Bak 2 as it's actual name is Tom Yum Goong/The Protector/Warrior King.
I'm not sure if they used the same choreographer as the previous two films for this one, but the fighting style is notably different. Perhaps it is a reflection of the different setting of the film (in imperial Thailand as opposed to modern times) and that's why a lot more of the fighting is with weapons. But the fact that so little of the fighting contains Muay Thai is a bit of a let down because, in my opinion, that's what Tony Jaa does best. The fight's aren't bad though; Jaa is definitely proficient and believable with a katana, three sectioned staff, scimitars and everything else he picks up. He evens gives the drunken fist style a bit of a tribute.
I've jumped straight into reviewing the fighting because that's all this film is. Jaa has absolutely no dialgoue until about an hour into the film when he says something like "Release the slaves!" and it doesn't really pick up after that. And about three-quarters into the film, you look down at the remaining time showing on the bar and you realise that not even Jaa could fight fast enough to end the film. And so the film ends in a cliffhanger and you're made to wait for Ong Bak 3, in which, according to it's Wiki article "Tien's [Jaa's character's] legs and arms will be damaged by torture and require Jaa's character to fight with some sort of boneless action". Doesn't sound like a return to the hardcore elbowing and kneeing action from Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong. In fact, it sounds a little lame.
The only reason to watch these movies is for the fight scenes. And the one's in this film don't compare to those of Jaa's previous Thai blockbusters, but they're enjoyable enough.
6/10
edge of darkness
pretty good, solid movie. channels the fugitive a lot which is a good thing.
8
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WaD6Jl0zU">Raging Phoenix</a>. JeJaa is amazing, and the parts where she's kicking ass are awesome. The other guys were okay, but I watch JeJaa Yanin movies to see JaJaa Yanin. Boring melodramatic plot with the worst possible setting for the last act. Not as good as Chocolate, but Chocolate didn't have a scene with JeJaa wrapped in nothing but plastic wrap, so there's that.
Last edited by Necronopticous; 02-07-2010 at 10:19 PM.
She needs to get better writers because she deserves it.
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