Movie opinions thread (what have you seen, what did you think?)
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You... You went to go see this...?Dragonball Evolution - this crap makes Michael Bay's Transformers look like a 100% perfect adaptation.
On purpose?
dullbuoy
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The Day the Earth Stood Still - Eeeeep. Um, yeah. Plot holes you could drive a truck through. Jaden Smith annoying the hell out of everyone. Keanu doing what Keanu does. Connelly in maybe her worst role that I can remember. Pretty terrible, really. 3/10.
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Kraftwerk & the Electronic revolution
I tried to make a copy of it, but something's fucked with my ripper that I can't figure out until I see a friend. I could send it for you at the earliest on the 27th. It's a good doc, albeit extremely long. Or you could look at torrents (I don't mess with those).
Role Models (2008?) - Dialogue was great, reminded me of Keviin smith. And an above poster is spot on - it actually made LARPing look fun. (I've only LARPed once years ago in Vampire - The Maskerade).
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Fast & Furious 4
~It delivered what it does best, and
Joanna Brewster still looks good enough
I'd rim job/toss her salad/tongue fuck her
butthole for half an hour before filling her
anus with my Pepperoni where my NOS
assisted jizz would cause a Super Nova.
...outside of that, I just finished the 1936
Cliff Hanger Movie Serial Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers
with Buster Crabbe. Awesome and entertaining in that old
school science fiction way. + Priscilla Lawson (Princess Aura)
was hot enough to jerk off to, but I didn't. Funny thing is I
see these broads from back in the day and I think to myself,
SHIT, the women of today are lacking a certain something
somehow. A Film Serial of 12 episodes at 4 hours and 45 min
long might not necessarily be a movie, but it's still there.
~It delivered what it does best, and
Joanna Brewster still looks good enough
I'd rim job/toss her salad/tongue fuck her
butthole for half an hour before filling her
anus with my Pepperoni where my NOS
assisted jizz would cause a Super Nova.
...outside of that, I just finished the 1936
Cliff Hanger Movie Serial Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers
with Buster Crabbe. Awesome and entertaining in that old
school science fiction way. + Priscilla Lawson (Princess Aura)
was hot enough to jerk off to, but I didn't. Funny thing is I
see these broads from back in the day and I think to myself,
SHIT, the women of today are lacking a certain something
somehow. A Film Serial of 12 episodes at 4 hours and 45 min
long might not necessarily be a movie, but it's still there.
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Dragonball Evolution -- this delivered all my expectations and then some, I was yelling and clapping and on the verge of tears when Goku did his kamehameha. Quite possibly the greatest B-movie I have, or ever will, see. Anyone who used to watch this shit back in the day needs to bring their friends with them and watch this, it's hilarious.
Figures that the one time I want to watch a movie with a crowd of people, though, that no one's there...just me and two co-workers and their friend. Still had a lot of fun, though, a totally fucking awesome movie. It has transcended the 'it's so bad, it's good' feeling and created its own emotion.
Figures that the one time I want to watch a movie with a crowd of people, though, that no one's there...just me and two co-workers and their friend. Still had a lot of fun, though, a totally fucking awesome movie. It has transcended the 'it's so bad, it's good' feeling and created its own emotion.
Midnight Movie
Got fooled by the intriguing box/premise and praise... just a ho-hum predictable slasher.
Seven Pounds
Really enjoyed this. Will Smith is one of my favorite actors. He's just so natural and talented. Many didn't like it, but I enjoyed I Am Legend and Hancock. Largely thanks to Will. Hitch was fun, too.
Got fooled by the intriguing box/premise and praise... just a ho-hum predictable slasher.
Seven Pounds
Really enjoyed this. Will Smith is one of my favorite actors. He's just so natural and talented. Many didn't like it, but I enjoyed I Am Legend and Hancock. Largely thanks to Will. Hitch was fun, too.
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Yeah, you didn't miss anything after that except Sam Jackson dressed as a nazi. Soooooooo boring.
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Son of Rambow- Did you grow up in the 80s and pretend to play war games on the playground or in the back yard? Are you a fan of First Blood? Did you enjoy doodling when you were in elementry school? If you answered yes to any of those questions you should check this shit out.
It's very funny and nostalgic though a little predictable and sappy.
It's very funny and nostalgic though a little predictable and sappy.
Soul Men
Predictable and nothing ground breaking, but bloody hell if I didn't enjoy seeing Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac every second of the way. Reminds me of the buddy team up movie LIFE (Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence) just about ten years ago.
Some real laugh out loud moments (Bernie choking the corpse of Hooks in his piano coffin was priceless... oh and he did it TWICE -- nice!)
Bernie was a real talent. Cool to see Isaac Hayes on here too. Rest in peace, Soul Men.
Predictable and nothing ground breaking, but bloody hell if I didn't enjoy seeing Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac every second of the way. Reminds me of the buddy team up movie LIFE (Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence) just about ten years ago.
Some real laugh out loud moments (Bernie choking the corpse of Hooks in his piano coffin was priceless... oh and he did it TWICE -- nice!)
Bernie was a real talent. Cool to see Isaac Hayes on here too. Rest in peace, Soul Men.
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Observe and Report -- better than the trailers would lead you to believe. A semi-retarded, racist bipolar security guard with delusions of grandeur becomes involved with a flasher case, psychotically. Seth Rogen totally nailed the part with everything, even the look.
It's a nice dark comedy.
I like to think the ending never happened.
It's a nice dark comedy.
I like to think the ending never happened.
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Event Horizon- Alien+Hellraiser and maybe a little of The Shining. This may be the only actual good movie Paul Anderson ever makes at the rate he's going.
Heckler- Jamie Kennedy actually made something that made me lol.
Heckler- Jamie Kennedy actually made something that made me lol.
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event horizon is one of my faves.
Definitely not what you expect out of any space movie.
I just watched the directors cut of blade runner without the harrison narration.
gotta say. I kinda liked the noir feel with the narration that I'm used to seeing,
despite harrison's lack of enthusiasum about it.
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I've never actually seen the narrated version. I have it on the blu-ray multi-disc deal, but I've never gotten around to it yet.
Anyways, just watched Doubt the other day. Man, this is an amazing film. Absolutely awesome.
Also caught Quantum of Solace. Sure, it's not the greatest movie I've ever seen, but everyone carried on like it sucked or something. I thought it was a worthy successor to Casino Royale, even if it wasn't quite as good. Here's hoping Craig is Bond for years to come, he's fucking awesome at it.
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It's definitely not horrible (except the way the director frames action scenes), it's just that Casino Royale was so good and promised so much for a new, rejuvenated franchise... Then Quantum of Solace takes a giant step back towards what almost could have been another Brosnan Bond movie. Quantum of Solace makes fans like me worry that Casino Royale might have only been an fluke, rather than the intentional beginning of a promising new direction that we were all taking it for.
We'll see what happens in the third movie.
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Soldier is awesome.
Sex Drive
Better than I thought. Enjoyed the fresh faces, and felt like a movie from the late '90s/early '00s (mean that in a good way). Predictable, but fun
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The front desk girl is way hotter than Sarah. Really enjoyed this. Some good laughs and also not a bad film to watch if you have recently gone through a heartbreak
Better than I thought. Enjoyed the fresh faces, and felt like a movie from the late '90s/early '00s (mean that in a good way). Predictable, but fun
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The front desk girl is way hotter than Sarah. Really enjoyed this. Some good laughs and also not a bad film to watch if you have recently gone through a heartbreak
HeartlessNinny
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Mila Kunis is the name you're looking for there man, and she is indeed easy on the eyes. That movie was good stuff to boot.
@STK: I'm not sure I'd call Quantum a 'giant' step back. I thought that the action had a visceral feel that previous Bond films (other than Casino Royale, obviously) lacked. I admit it was a lot more by-the-numbers than Casino Royale, but it doesn't make me pessimistic for the third one either. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Saw two movies at the film festival last weekend:
Wrong Rosary -- A quiet, bittersweet love story about a man who moves to the cosmopolitan megalopolis Istanbul to work as a muezzin (they guy who does the call to prayer) in a neighborhood mosque. This is westernized Turkey, so he looks and acts as religious as a Pastor in Pennsylvania. He finds life in the big city a bit lonely, and soon takes a romantic interest in his neighbor, a shy introvert who happens to be taking care of a nun and has aspirations for the cloister herself. This plot sounds like it could be done wrong in a lot of ways (or done for slapstick comedy), but the movie keeps a very subtle pace and offers interesting views into some very lonely existences. Given all the potential, religious plays surprisingly little in the plot. My only complaint is that they went for about one incredible coincidence too far --and one that ultimately had very little to do with the plot of the movie, oddly enough. Not bad. In Turkish with English subtitles, made very well. 3.5/5
Il Divo -- I wish I had spend about 20 minutes reading about all the people portrayed in this sweeping Italian biopic before I saw it. It moves as fast as the Italian language in portraying Giulio Andreotti, one of Italy's most important politicians of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Luckily I went in with some understanding of how chaotic (until very recently, Italian governments tended to collapse faster than you'd think possible) and corrupt the Italian government was in this period. The movie is anchored by a very, very impressive performance by Toni Servillo, who takes a man who was a living caricature on the exterior, and shows the complex mind that had him dominate the Christian Democrats. This movie sweeps across his final time as Prime Minister (his 7th), and how it collapsed amidst the Bribesville scandal and legacy of the mafia Maxi Trial. This movie did well at Cannes, and its easy to see why: great performances, very slick production, excellent musical choices, the only knock I have is that I wish it were about an hour longer to fit in more information that might help the lay audience --but for Italians this must've all been second nature... it would've been like someone making a movie about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 4/5
Wrong Rosary -- A quiet, bittersweet love story about a man who moves to the cosmopolitan megalopolis Istanbul to work as a muezzin (they guy who does the call to prayer) in a neighborhood mosque. This is westernized Turkey, so he looks and acts as religious as a Pastor in Pennsylvania. He finds life in the big city a bit lonely, and soon takes a romantic interest in his neighbor, a shy introvert who happens to be taking care of a nun and has aspirations for the cloister herself. This plot sounds like it could be done wrong in a lot of ways (or done for slapstick comedy), but the movie keeps a very subtle pace and offers interesting views into some very lonely existences. Given all the potential, religious plays surprisingly little in the plot. My only complaint is that they went for about one incredible coincidence too far --and one that ultimately had very little to do with the plot of the movie, oddly enough. Not bad. In Turkish with English subtitles, made very well. 3.5/5
Il Divo -- I wish I had spend about 20 minutes reading about all the people portrayed in this sweeping Italian biopic before I saw it. It moves as fast as the Italian language in portraying Giulio Andreotti, one of Italy's most important politicians of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Luckily I went in with some understanding of how chaotic (until very recently, Italian governments tended to collapse faster than you'd think possible) and corrupt the Italian government was in this period. The movie is anchored by a very, very impressive performance by Toni Servillo, who takes a man who was a living caricature on the exterior, and shows the complex mind that had him dominate the Christian Democrats. This movie sweeps across his final time as Prime Minister (his 7th), and how it collapsed amidst the Bribesville scandal and legacy of the mafia Maxi Trial. This movie did well at Cannes, and its easy to see why: great performances, very slick production, excellent musical choices, the only knock I have is that I wish it were about an hour longer to fit in more information that might help the lay audience --but for Italians this must've all been second nature... it would've been like someone making a movie about the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 4/5
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Russell Brand, in particular, is fantastic in FSM. "It's time to sodomize discrimination." Spin off on his character, Get Him to the Greek, where he and Jonah Hill's little fawning idol-worshipper are the two leads, should be awesome.
As for me:
Sin City on BD - Love this movie, always have. PQ was very good on BD, though not reference, I didn't think. Two separate versions on two discs, lots of extras. Very nice, recommended package, though the full price at b and m stores is going to be a little pricey ($35.99 at Best Buy?!). No way not to go 10/10.
Mutant Chronicles - Rented this on XBL instead of paying to watch Anderson Silva and Thales Leites buttfuck each other on Saturday. It was a fun throwback to big action, classic sci-fi. Good cast (Malkovich, Tom Jane, Ron Perlman), very enjoyable. Opens in theaters this Friday, I think it's also staying on XBL and PSN. Solid 7/10, easy.
The Spirit - absolutely SCREAMS for an R-rating. So much potential if it was more violent. You have a villain who is just so fucked in the head, another villain who's only slightly more with it (witness their joy during the scene with the cat), goddamn it, bite the bullet and get an r-rating. Could have been decent. As it was, I was at least entertained by Samuel L., less so by Johannson, and Gabriel Macht was boring as hell. Oh, and the script was beyond bad and Frank Miller shouldn't EVER direct on his own. The inevitable sequel... ouch. 4/10 but only that high, even, for Jackson's massive chomping on the scenery.
Crank: High Voltage - fun in some ways, boring in many others. Amy Smart's role was too small, of all things. She actually added a lot to the first one, I think. This one sheds ALL precept that Chev is even slightly more human that he is a superhero, which is okay, I guess. 5/10.
Observe and Report - Liked it quite a lot. Rogen makes it work far, far better than anyone else would, no doubt. Much tighter script than Footfist Way, Hill is certainly improving. One of my favorite new movies that I've seen in a while. 8/10.
Splinter - Overrated. Bad monster, bad concept, characters that you don't care about, bad logic, um, yeah... bad in general, basically. Predictable as hell, also. 3/10.
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Saw another film fest movie, a pleasant surprise:
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World -- A documentary about the, well... title entity in Hunan Province, China. I found it to be much more interesting, and brutally honest at times, than I'd expected. You learn more nuanced aspects of Chinese culture and tradition involving banquets, but --more unexpectedly-- some bittersweet looks at the reality of how many Chinese sacrifice for their families. Oh, this movie also has some of the most spectacular animal butchering scenes I've seen in a while --all for the sake of traditional Chinese cooking. Lets just say: its the opposite of kosher/halal --people were leaving the packed theater I was in when some of the animals were being seemingly tortured alive for the sake of a cooking style (and I'm no member of PETA, but I found myself squirming and muttering "holy shit" a couple of times). 4/5
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World -- A documentary about the, well... title entity in Hunan Province, China. I found it to be much more interesting, and brutally honest at times, than I'd expected. You learn more nuanced aspects of Chinese culture and tradition involving banquets, but --more unexpectedly-- some bittersweet looks at the reality of how many Chinese sacrifice for their families. Oh, this movie also has some of the most spectacular animal butchering scenes I've seen in a while --all for the sake of traditional Chinese cooking. Lets just say: its the opposite of kosher/halal --people were leaving the packed theater I was in when some of the animals were being seemingly tortured alive for the sake of a cooking style (and I'm no member of PETA, but I found myself squirming and muttering "holy shit" a couple of times). 4/5
Horror GEM
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
Liked it. A bit slow in the beginning, but the last half or so of the movie was very nice.
College Road Trip
Disney's Martin Lawrence-Raven team-up. Predictable, but enjoyable. About a father who has to learn to let go of his little baby
CREEP
Wow. After having seen so many trashy cheap cliche horror films with lame jokes and punk kids, it's refreshing to find a horror film with mature good actors, a memorable villain and overall, excellent pacing in an 80 minute film. It cuts right to the chase... I like that.
Set in underground London, a girl (the one from Bourne Identity and Run Lola Run) falls asleep in the train station. Wakes up to find herself locked in for the night. Quickly, she realizes she's not alone and that something DERANGED is after her....
Horror fans owe it to themselves to see this!
The surgery room scene made me very uneasy. Unnerving!
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUzM_p6a1k
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
Liked it. A bit slow in the beginning, but the last half or so of the movie was very nice.
College Road Trip
Disney's Martin Lawrence-Raven team-up. Predictable, but enjoyable. About a father who has to learn to let go of his little baby
CREEP
Wow. After having seen so many trashy cheap cliche horror films with lame jokes and punk kids, it's refreshing to find a horror film with mature good actors, a memorable villain and overall, excellent pacing in an 80 minute film. It cuts right to the chase... I like that.
Set in underground London, a girl (the one from Bourne Identity and Run Lola Run) falls asleep in the train station. Wakes up to find herself locked in for the night. Quickly, she realizes she's not alone and that something DERANGED is after her....
Horror fans owe it to themselves to see this!
The surgery room scene made me very uneasy. Unnerving!
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUzM_p6a1k