Return to Oz. I frikin' love this movie, especially the cinematography and the sets. It all has that sick scream of the 80s and I love it.

Alien Resurrection [3/5]

I liked how Brad Dourif wanted to make out with the alien.

^ ............ I'm going to try to forget that you mentioned Brad Dourif........................ I'm gonna try real hard........ must resisit...



I watched Never Ending Story....

Return to Oz. I frikin' love this movie, especially the cinematography and the sets. It all has that sick scream of the 80s and I love it.

The Wheelers make me smile. :)

I love the junk tacked on to their coats. ^___^ CHICKEN!

I watched Repo! The Genetic Opera a couple days ago. It was neat and totally not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the story and the sets. The costumes were awesome too.

I watched Repo! The Genetic Opera a couple days ago. It was neat and totally not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the story and the sets. The costumes were awesome too.

I wasn't sure if I liked that on first viewing but I've since watched it 3 more times and I love it. :D

You get rep for that.

Troy longer cut. [4/5]

While not the greatest I did enjoy it. Kept most of the fantasy elements out or ambiguous so The Odyssey would be kinda hard but I still would like to see Sean Bean in his own sword & sorcery movie.
2 other things; it's an R movie with gore and nudity but there was only 1 chopped off head and no penis or vag shots.

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Troy longer cut. [4/5]

While not the greatest I did enjoy it. Kept most of the fantasy elements out or ambiguous so The Odyssey would be kinda hard but I still would like to see Sean Bean in his own sword & sorcery movie.
2 other things; it's an R movie with gore and nudity but there was only 1 chopped off head and no penis or vag shots.

Nanny McPhee Returns. Just as good as the first Nanny McPhee. 3.5/4

For Colored Girls [4/5]

Groundhog Day

Help!

Help!

I will, but first I need to know what's wrong!

Fantasia [4/5]

How did we get from going to G - Groundhog Day to H - Help! to F - Fantasia? Are we in a Groundhog Day loop? Or did you really think I was asking for help? I thought you were only joking when you said "first I need to know what's wrong!" Help! is a film based on the song by The Beatles.


I - Independence Day


Wait a second, I'm in the wrong thread, aren't I? I saw the For Colored Girls followed by Groundhog Day and thought I was in the A-Z thread. LOL. Well, either way, Help! is a real movie, but I haven't seen it.

Push

If I were to use Tom's rating system [2/5]

Push

If I were to use Tom's rating system [2/5]

5: Perfect, near perfect, favorite, and would buy
4: Great film and will watch again gladly but might have a few things that bugs me; other than that still recommended.
3: Had fun watching it but won't view again any time soon. Might have huge problems but still fun, your call if you want to try it.
2: really bad.
1: The worse avoid at all costs.

5: Perfect, near perfect, favorite, and would buy
4: Great film and will watch again gladly but might have a few things that bugs me; other than that still recommended.
3: Had fun watching it but won't view again any time soon. Might have huge problems but still fun, your call if you want to try it.
2: really bad.
1: The worse avoid at all costs.

Ah, good to know.

Ah, good to know.

I just dicided to use X-Play's ratings for the videa game.

I just dicided to use X-Play's ratings for the videa game.

That makes your rating system more awesome, Tom.

That makes your rating system more awesome, Tom.

It also gives me personal tastes wiggle room. Citizen Cane & For Colored Girls I gave 4 because they're great movies and I suggest seeing them but Cane is kinda slow and the super serious films with heavy real stuff like For Colored Girls I don't always like to watch all the time.

Monsters (2010)
Dir. Gareth Edwards

A British Monster movie. A lot more entertaining than that may sound. :D

Mad Max

I never realized how horrible a person Jessie was.... she deserved what she got.

Black Hawk Down [4/5]

Orlando Bloom doesn't have all that great fake accent range so it was a good thing he got dropped out of the chopper. Ewan McGregor is much better at being American and Eric Bana has a solid southern voice.

Mad Max

I never realized how horrible a person Jessie was.... she deserved what she got.

Wait what!? xD

All Star Superman
Dir. Sam Liu

Based on Grant Morrison's mini series. It kept a lot more that I thought it would from the comic. It didn't really work as a feature, though. Still, it was great fun. :D

Despite the original series being drawn by Frank Quitely, I'm sure there was a nod to Alex Ross near the end as Supes flew toward the sun.


Orlando Bloom doesn't have all that great fake accent range so it was a good thing he got dropped out of the chopper.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9103/rofldata.gifhttp://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9103/rofldata.gif Nice, Tom. :D

Finally, saw "Megamind" 2.5 / 5

It had it's funny moments and some great little blink and you'll miss 'em nods and references to the comic book genre. Sadly, it was lacking something of a central core element to the story.


The Kids In The Hall : Brain Candy 3 /5

I've seen it once or twice before in it's entirety, and since have watched bits and pieces on youtube countless times.

A Canadian cult classic. Heavily flawed and a little aimless. With some piss your pants hilarious moments, usually concerning deeply disturbed or sick individuals. It's not for everybody, but a must for any Kids In The Hall fan.

Wait what!? xD

Seriously. At the garage "Imma take the car and leave Max here with no way for him to get anywhere by himself so I can go get ice cream...oh ya, I guess I'll take the baby with me"..... And "Imma make out with Max and have fun with him beside the river........ oh ya baby's in the car.... I think".... And "Imma leave Max to fix the car and leave the baby unattended so I can go down to the beach so I can swim and get all tan..." How can she be that inattentive?! :notgood:

Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition (Diamond Edition Blu-ray) [4/4]

Slumber Party Massacre III (1990) - Surprisingly I found this to be the best of the three. It contains darker subject matter and plays a lot more violent and less campy and corny like the previous 2. 3 out of 5.

the rite.
another pro-religion pos where the "doubter" is proven wrong.
cant say i didnt like AH's acting here, he seemed like another person, me getting acostumed to his serious acting.

Fantasia 2000 [4/5]
I was surprised and kinda disappointed it was only little over an hour and not the 8 hour run time of the original. But with fewer it watches much tighter so each segment seams a bit more memorable; so much so I'm having a hard time picking a favorite. I'd say the Air Whales, Depression Era, & Mount St. Helen's are my favorites. The absolute best part is in the Noah's Ark bit with Donald Duck taking a pair real animal ducks aboard.

Taken [4/5]
This was fun. I wish Liam Neeson was my daddy. If they really are going to make a sequel and a TV show how are they gonna do it? Is she gonna get kidnapped again like Team Rocked and Pikachu?

Forbidden Planet (4 out of 5)
Dir. Fred M. Wilcox

Still amazes me as much today as it did the first time I watched it over 20 years ago. :D

I love J. Michael Straczynski's works but I really hope the planned remake gets canned.

Jennifer's Body [2/5]

Forbidden Planet (4 out of 5)
Dir. Fred M. Wilcox

Still amazes me as much today as it did the first time I watched it over 20 years ago. :D

I love J. Michael Straczynski's works but I really hope the planned remake gets canned.

Anne Francis stars in, Forbidden Planet wowwowow waaa wouuu....

See androids fighting... Brad and Janet.

Road Warrior


Ya know......... I still don't know how the Mad Max world got so effed up........ I wanna feel like I missed some info about this in the movies..... I dunno. Maybe I should try to read up on it...

Raggedy Ann & Andy Movie. [??/*]
The animation is almost like old 30s-50s but with a certain foreign feel to it. There's some trippy surreal shit in here. Sadly the tape I have it on had degraded so much that it's really hard to watch it without getting a headache form the tracking always skipping.

Me and Orson Welles
Dir. Richard Linklater

Road Warrior
Ya know......... I still don't know how the Mad Max world got so effed up........ I wanna feel like I missed some info about this in the movies..... I dunno. Maybe I should try to read up on it...

Yeah, I felt pretty lost too the first time. And mainly that's why I prefer the 1st movie over the rest.

The Original Mad Max originally opened "A Few Years From Now..." in the theaters back in the 70's I think. So that's why newcomers could feel pretty lost, when you see 2.

But In the 1st one things were pretty fucked up, in the civilization part. Energy Resources got fucked up between 1 & 2. Why? Hell even I don't know, but that's not the point of the film I think. I believe it's mainly because, "We run out of Oil & nobody came up with a solution"

The Muppet Movie [5/5]

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This whole "don't whack the Muppets" thing is ridiculous. I don't buy for one second that if they cut federal funding that shows like Sesame Street or Arthur won't survive. They're just going to have to work harder and smarter. If Dora the Explorer, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Imagination Movers and umpteen other shows targeted at that age group can survive without federal funding, then there's no reason why the best PBS shows can't survive either. The emperor has no clothes. When funding was cut for Postcards from Buster, they found their own funding, made a second season, and put the whole show on DVD, all without federal funding.


"This program was made possible through the financial support of Viewers Like You." Time to step up, Viewers Like You! Time to stop raiding from the public coffer and let it be our choice! If they defund PBS and actually go through with these cuts, I will make a contribution.


Getting rid of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is something the Republicans have tried every time they've gained power. It's never worked before, I hope it works this time. It would be the best thing to happen because it would force them to end the stale mediocrity and actually compete in the free marketplace of ideas. And I'm not scared that they'd lose!

This whole "don't whack the Muppets" thing is ridiculous. I don't buy for one second that if they cut federal funding that shows like Sesame Street or Arthur won't survive. They're just going to have to work harder and smarter. If Dora the Explorer, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Imagination Movers and umpteen other shows targeted at that age group can survive without federal funding, then there's no reason why the best PBS shows can't survive either. The emperor has no clothes. When funding was cut for Postcards from Buster, they found their own funding, made a second season, and put the whole show on DVD, all without federal funding.


"This program was made possible through the financial support of Viewers Like You." Time to step up, Viewers Like You! Time to stop raiding from the public coffer and let it be our choice! If they defund PBS and actually go through with these cuts, I will make a contribution.

Buster was one show at a time when they didn't have to worry about the rest of the line up so much. This puts all the programing at greater risk and would PBS really pick to save every one of their children shows over the Nova stuff or Antiques Road Show? Donations only go so far and without federal add even if everyone gives who watches gives the top $500 dollar there will stiff be a great deal of costs and expenses which means cost cutting and downsizing.

Buster was one show at a time when they didn't have to worry about the rest of the line up so much. This puts all the programing at greater risk and would PBS really pick to save every one of their children shows over the Nova stuff or Antiques Road Show? Donations only go so far and without federal add even if everyone gives who watches gives the top $500 dollar there will stiff be a great deal of costs and expenses which means cost cutting and downsizing.
The powers-that-be would like you to believe that if funding were cut, Sesame Street would go off the air. This is wrong.

"After Sesame Street's initial success, its producers began to think about its survival beyond its development and first season and decided to explore other funding sources. From the first season, they understood that the source of their funding, which they considered "seed" money, would need to be replaced.[41] The 1970s were marked by conflicts between the CTW and the federal government; in 1978, the U.S. Department of Education refused to deliver a $2 million check until the last day of CTW's fiscal year. As a result, the CTW decided to depend upon licensing arrangements with toy companies and other manufacturers, publishing, and international sales for their funding.

In 1998, the CTW accepted corporate sponsorship to raise funds for Sesame Street and other projects. For the first time, they aired short ads of indoor playground manufacturer Discovery Zone, their first corporate sponsor, to air before and after each episode. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who had previously appeared on Sesame Street, called for a boycott of the show, saying that the CTW was "exploiting impressionable children."



So Sesame Street isn't even on the air because of federal funding. Wake up!


Some programs may have to move to other networks. If they did, it wouldn't be the end of the world. Nor would it be the end of the world if some of the shows were canceled. Programs get canceled all the time. It's part of the rules of television. Even PBS shows get canceled. Fetch! was canceled, and that's despite federal funding.

Those that are saying it shouldn't be ended would like to put you into panic mode and have you believe that without federal funding, PBS is going to be some crippled hobble that can't possibly survive. I don't believe it for one second. I say again - the emperor has no clothes.

The Shawshank Redemption, for the 30000000 time.

Batman Begins [5/5]

Angel Heart (1987) [4/5]

I totally spoiled this movie for myself by reading a little bit too much about it before seeing it. Think I'd seen too many movies with "plot twists" to have the ending surprise me (it did surprise me in a way though. Due to a certain "romance" that occurred before the end). I don't know, but the whole musician thing did not work for me either (not a bad-ass enough job I guess). I suppose part of it was also that the main character's personality made me not like him enough to really care what happened to him at the end. But I must say the story was very clever with some amazing acting towards the very end.
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The Innocents (1961) [4.5/5]

A very subtle and atmospheric film that uses the viewers' imagination to disturb. It is one of the few films that I'd actively try to watch again and feel like my second viewing can enhance my understanding and appreciation of the story (this says a lot in my world). The ending is very unusual and quite devastating. There are some truly artistic and stunning visuals in this movie that stays with you. Highly recommended for people who enjoy subtleties.

Street Fighter [1/5]

Raul Julia's hammy Bison was the best part of the movie, hands down.

Botched
Dir. Somebody or other, I don't recall. It was S**t.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dir. Tim Burton

Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)

A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life

Pretend it's a seed, okay?

I AM A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!!!

OHH FROM WAY UP HERE YOU ALL LOOK LIKE LITTLE ANTS!

CANDY CORN! Let me help you to finish it!

OH! So bein' a ladybug automatically makes me a GIRL, huh??

watched Mr. Vampire. Gotta love the comedy horror Asian movies.

The Christmas Toy

Confucius
Dir. Hu Mei

Chow Yun-fat played the Chinese philosopher. It looked stunning (cinematographer of Crouching Tiger...) but the film lacked something. It was all over the place with plot threads left hanging in the wind. Chow was good. :D

Lilo & Stitch [5/5]

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete

3/4 or better, and massive improvement over what I recall seeing when watching the film on DVD. Much better structured - doesn't feel like two different films like the original did-- where you get about half plot and then suddenly it's just all action and it's like the plot just dies. Still can't help hearing "Got it memorized?" or "We don't have time for a Q+A session!" every time that Reno speaks, though. :D


Anyway, let me just say this - if there's anyone here that still hasn't seen Advent Children and still plans to someday, don't just walk, run away from the DVD version. If you don't have a device that's capable of playing Blu-ray, find someone who does and watch Advent Children Complete, but do not touch the original DVD version.

Solomon Kane [5/5]

Based off a magazine character created by Robert E. Howard in 1928, this is a origin story for Solomon Kane. It follows his redemption starting with the fall of his Privateer ways, redeeming and the salvation of his soul by saving a Puritan girl and finally the beginning of his Puritan Avenger ways. I honestly didn't think I was going to like this movie when I read about it online, but after having seen it... Definitely a good movie.

Swordsman III (aka Dung Fong Bat Bai: Fung wan joi hei)
Dir. Siu-Tung Ching, Raymond Lee

Brigitte Lin reprises her role as Asia the Invincible but there is no Jet Li this time. The opening scene was amazing.
Produced by Tsui Hark who I suspect had an uncredited hand in the fight scenes as well.

The region 2 is only 83 mins and the Region 1 is 93 mins so I was missing 10 minutes somewhere. :mad:

I found a vhs of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. It's an 'anime' version from 1979. I made my bf watch it with me. Oh gawd, we were rollin'.... It was so bad..... It seems like whenever we go to one particular place and bring back food, we end up watching a bad tape while we eat XD Last time we got food from that place we watched Battletoads! XD

I remember sunglasses form that Mermaid form somewhere. Like I see them at a hospital or something. Weird memory that I'm sure is real but far to vague to pin down. Also remember an old motel for some reason.

the texas chainsaw massacre the original (1974) and the remake (2003) . the original is soooooo much better then the remake. the remake do have some scary scene but the story is kind of drag a bit .

Taken (2oo8) 3.5 out 5

Body count of 37. :)

35 of which Liam Neeson is personally responsible for. He makes Jack Bauer look like the gentle giant with some of his interrogation tactics.

Fairly good. Supsense and action held up at a steady pace. A few "yeah right" moments and plot points but all in all, it held my attention.

Ghost Town (2oo8) 3 out of 5

Ricky Gervais can see dead people.

Not quit the yukfest I originally thought it would be, so I think that may have disappointed me at first. However by the second act I was captivated by Gervais' character. He brings a new flavor to the tired rom-com formula and makes it his own. I get the feeling some of the script was cut short but it got it's point across and had a satisfying conclusion.

Apocalypse Now Redux [4/5]

Seeing Brando bald makes me wish he was Lex Luthor instead of Jor El.

My Date with Drew
Dir. Jon Gunn, Brian Herzlinger, Brett Winn

About one guy's quest to get a date with Drew Barrymore with only $1100 and 30 days to achieve it.
It was okay. The guy was a likeable kind of douche.

My Date with Drew
Dir. Jon Gunn, Brian Herzlinger, Brett Winn

About one guy's quest to get a date with Drew Barrymore with only $1100 and 30 days to achieve it.
It was okay. The guy was a likeable kind of douche.

She was with Tom Green. The only thing he'd have to worry about is finding her.

She was with Tom Green. The only thing he'd have to worry about is finding her.

It did mention she was with someone but didn't say who. :-P

The Sunset Limited (2011)

Directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, alongside Sammy L. Jackson, based upon Cormac McCarthy's (The Road, No Country For Old Men) play.

On the surface it's nothing but two men in a one room apartment debating their life beliefs for an hour and a half.

A cynical little debate of the qualities of life. While never taking sides it keeps you thinking and actually wondering which side you might actually take. Trapped in a single tightly jammed room, there is no room for grey areas with this debate.....only black and white. Where do you stand?

Emotionally drained by the end, I feel I might have to take this journey again just to gather up every thought and detail woven into the dialogue. It goes deep into what these men are thinking and sometimes a little too fast to be given time to think about what they've just said when they move onto a new argument.

Marco Beltrami's music is sparse yet cleverly stitched into the background only during brief moments signifying one man beginning to breakdown and lost the fight.

It's well acted, well written and beautifully paced.

4 out of 5

The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk.
Dir. Corey Yuen

The new Cine Asia dvd edition has 14 minutes cut! They should be dragged into the street and shat on by a large angry crowd. I'll join in. A fantastic film that deserved to be released as the director intended.

Willow [4/5]
Ya know something? There's a shortage of old ladies punching and tossing each other around in movies.

The Good The Bad and The Ugly. [5/5] Hands down, the best western imo. Even though I've seen it countless times, it never fails to please.

presunto culpable.
its astonishing, for a documentary

Top Gun [3/5]
I've always wondered why did the chick need a call sign when she didn't do anything that warranted having one.

Film Geek (2005)

A VERY independent comedy about a video store clerk who gets fired from his job for being too much of a movie nerd. He annoys the customers and other employees to no end with his useless knowledge of movie trivia babble and nitpicks.

The film has a few chuckles and if you're a movie nerd like myself you can probably relate to some of the things that the main character goes on about. Other than those few redeeming qualities it tends to drag after the first 30 minutes and falls into a dull predictability.

2 out 5


L'illusionniste (The Illusionist) 2010

From "Les triplettes de Belleville" writer/director Sylvain Chomet, comes another beautifully animated tale. With next to no dialogue and a few incoherent mumbles, The Illusionist can be enjoyed by anybody.

A charming, heartbreaking tale about an illusionist struggling to get by 1959, Paris. It's humorous, thoughtful and looks incredible. The attention to detail and the warmth of classical animation almost makes me want to watch it again right away. Had I seen this last year it would have made my top 10 list without a doubt.

....plus....there's a bunny. :)

4.5 out of 5

That was the Illusionest you was talkn' 'bout? I twat it was this one...
The Illusionist (2006) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443543/)

Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Dir. Mamoru Oshii

It's a redux version of the first film. They added some CGI, tweaked the colours to make it more like GitS 2 (changed the greens to a kind of muddy bronze) and cleaned up the picture.

The remaster looked amazing, as good as GitS:SAC at times, the colour changes were okay after I got used to them but the CGI was pointless, it even replaced a key scene towards the end with a blurry mess. :mad:
The score was re-recorded and was subtly different, nothing major changed.
I was expecting it to be much worse. The original cut is also on the disc.

The last movie I saw was "Goodfellas", directed by Martin Scorsese. After watching The Godfather trilogy, my brother said: if you loved The Godfather movies, you should watch Goodfellas. So I did, and I freaking loved the movie :D

5/5

My Blueberry Nights - Great Photography, lovely characters, amazing soundtrack...

My Blueberry Nights - Great Photography, lovely characters, amazing soundtrack...

Wong Kar Wai. His films are beautifully shot. His In the Mood for Love is astonishing.

Wong Kar Wai. His films are beautifully shot. His In the Mood for Love is astonishing.

Yeah, this is the 1st film that i watched from this director & it was amazing!. Thx for the reccomendation.

Yeah, this is the 1st film that i watched from this director & it was amazing!. Thx for the reccomendation.

My Blueberry Nights was his first English language film. Anything prior to that will be subtitled. In the Mood for Love is a very slow moving film but a rewarding one. At least, I thought so. :-P I was going to link you to the trailer but it's bursting with spoilers. :sad:

Ip Man
Dir. Wilson Yip

I think Donnie Yen is one of the finest film martial artists alive today but emotionally he is a block of wood in all his films. Ip Man is no different but the political aspect took centre stage. It was fantastic. This time the film itself was the star, not Donnie

It's the first film in a trilogy. :D Good news.

I hope Donnie continues to make films like this instead of crap like Dragon Tiger Gate and Flashppoint (both of which I bought without first seeing and quickly gave away :sad: )

Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Dir. Mamoru Oshii

It's a redux version of the first film. They added some CGI, tweaked the colours to make it more like GitS 2 (changed the greens to a kind of muddy bronze) and cleaned up the picture.

The remaster looked amazing, as good as GitS:SAC at times, the colour changes were okay after I got used to them but the CGI was pointless, it even replaced a key scene towards the end with a blurry mess. :mad:
The score was re-recorded and was subtly different, nothing major changed.
I was expecting it to be much worse. The original cut is also on the disc.

Damn Lucas for making things like this viable and for not doing the last thing you mentioned.

Disney's "Tangled"

Disney's take on "Rapunzel" only renamed "Tangled" to attract the boys too.

Mandy Moore is Mandy Moore.....

she even goes from blond to brunette too :shock:

Art does imitate life!!!!

Chuck is entertaining enough as the leading male. As usual the animals (the horse & chameleon) steal the show.

The animation is beautifully done by making the CG look like Disney's classical animated look. I even forgot it was CG.

The story and pacing? Ho-hum.

The songs? Typical Alan Menken Oscar bait.

All in all it was an average way to waste an afternoon.

2.5 out of 5


Iron Man

I saw it in the theaters and enjoyed it quite a bit. It was fun, well performed and a fresh upbeat change as opposed to the dreary Batman films and not as silly as the Spidey flicks either.

So I thought I'd revisit it for fun. Bad idea.

It was boring. Uninspired and flat. Jeff Brides and Terrence Howard are terribly wasted talent here.

If not for Robert Downey Jr's fun performance I'd probably give it 1/2 a star.

Some films are best kept as good memories I guess. :(

1 1/2 out of 5

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. This may be my favorite of the Harry Potter films and is the only one I actually consider to be a better experience than reading the book on which it was based.

really? why's that?

as for me, Hearts in Atlantis.

The Magic Christian [4/5]

Peter Sellers is a rich businessman who adopts the homeless Ringo Starr.
It's satire and commentary but half the time I have no idea what point they were trying to make. The best way to describe it is as kinda Monty Python like or a live action cartoon. Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough, Christopher Lee, & Raquel Welch make guess appearances. Overall, the the greatest thing ever but hella fun if you want something unusual.


Raising Arizona [4/5]
What do the Woody Woodpecker tattoos mean? I've read everything form white supremest gang, to a car parts mascot, to them being related some how.

Xx - the biggest reason - Gilderoy Lockhart. I thought Kenneth Branagh's performance as him was brilliant. My only regret is that they weren't able to include more of his scenes and that they weren't able to have him back for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Other reasons - I think that things such as the sequences with the flying car, the spiders and the basilisk all worked extremely well on-screen. Ron's performance and his facial expressions in particular with the spiders are priceless, perhaps because the actor that plays him really is extremely acrophobic in real-life, so it didn't take much for him to portray that fear. And then, the flying car sequence - there's a brilliant moment that isn't in the book but is absolutely hilarious in the film. They're flying along in the car and they decide that they need to find the train, so they fly lower down to the train tracks to try to locate it. So they're trundling along and suddenly you hear something coming up behind them. And again, their facial expressions - just priceless - as they realize, oh shit, the train is right behind them!

And certain other stylistic choices. For example, I agree that we probably really didn't need to see Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley give an exhibition of dueling - the scene worked well as it was in the movie, with Malfoy simply being sinister instead brawling with fisticuffs.

THAT was Kenneth Branagh?! I hadn't realized... he played a good part eh? he's one of my favorite actors and I wasn't even aware it was him... he was awesome in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. love that movie.

as for me, I'm watching Broken Lizards' Club Dread.

I watched one I haven't seen in over 20 years.

Clive Barker's "Night Breed".

Did it hold up well? Depends on what you thought of it originally, I suppose.

It's deeply flawed and rushed in many moments but it's still a great roller coaster of a ride if you like monsters.

I love monsters so I had no problem with the many, many flaws.

When this movie came out I felt I could really relate to it's themes. The whole "freaks ostracized and hated by society" seemed to be a favorite of mine back then. It was around this time my favorite movies dealt with the same themes. Edward Scissorhands, Darkman, Batman Returns and of course, Night Breed. There's another similarity these films all share but I'll let you figure it out. :rolleyes:

The creature effects are astounding even till this very day, however some of the other effects are quite hokey and distracting . The sets are beautifully put together and inviting. I love Midian and would love to visit one day. :D

Perhaps it's because I am a Clive Barker fanboy that I find myself so enthusiastic about a film that really isn't that great. But like any fanboy, I tend to ignore the flaws and make believe it's actually a work of art. I understand about 45 minutes were cut from the film and have been restored for independent screenings but it has yet to see a DVD/Blu-ray release. :( I'm hoping the extra 45 minutes will fix a lot of the poorly rushed scenes.

Director David Cronenberg's performance as the cold psychotherapist is delightfully sadistic and chilling. ....and why does Craig Sheffer look so much like David Boreanaz?

A scattered review, I know. :rolleyes:

It's quite obvious Nightbreed was a passion project for Barker but something went wrong along the way and it just never really had the heart I think it was meant to portray.

In the end, Night Breed brought me back to my younger days when imagination was my greatest strength. What a great way to revisit that feeling...so nostalgic. :)

I'll be nice and give it 3 out of 5 stars

You Don't Mess With The Zohan.

Why...??? ye gods, that movie sucks...

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terrible. one of Adam Sandler's worst films, IMO.

Megamind. 3/4 - nice story, a good bit of fun and enjoyable animation.

RED (2010) 5/5 Stars

Loved this film! I now own it on dvd. :)

Maybe not the last, but certainly memorable - Requiem for a Dream. Dark and may not be for all. Otherwise highly recommended and great OST too.

Battle: LA. It was decent. I love explosions and stuff, but by the end, it was like...enough already, things have been blowing up for the entire damn film, get to the meat of the plot.

Rudo y Cursi
Dir. Carlos Cuar�n

The first film from the production company founded by Alfonso Cuar�n (Children of Men), Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu (21 Grams, Babel) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone).

It was a Mexican 'comedy' about 2 brothers and their changing fortunes. Great performance from the two leads but overall it wasn't as interesting as I'd hoped. The ending was the best part.

Sucker Punch. It fucking sucked. So disappointing.

Emily Browning not hot enough for ya?

as for me, I don't remember the name, but it had Lance Henrikson in it, and these kids crashed their boat, floated to an island, amd were killed off bu these stupid simian creatures. I was disappointed.

The Sword in the Stone [4/5]

The Amityville Horror (2005)
Dir. Andrew Douglas

0 out of 5. Utter shit.

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Chakushin ari (aka One Missed Call)
Dir. Takashi Miike

Not Miike's best. He is usually much better than this. It gets a point for having a creepy Japanese girl walking upside down on the ceiling.

1 out of 5.

If anyone wants the creepy ringtone from the film you can D/L from here.

edit: It won't link for some reason. :mad: PM me if you want it.

Yes Man. Jim Carrey movie with Zoe "Doe Eyed" Deschanel in it. It was ok.

Misery [4/5]

Tangled. I'd already seen it before in the theater, but it was fun to watch it on Blu-ray. Looking forward to checking out the special features.

Source Cod (4/5)

Didn't realize I was watching the actor of Donnie Darko until well after the movie. :)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Dir. Mike Newell

Persian parkour with bad acting, bad script and bad editing. The game is a diamond in the dust. The film was a giant kitty litter.

Hot rod, it was a lot funnier than i thought

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight

A mixture of traditional animation with CG graphics for certain parts... Only good thing was Kiefer Sutherland voicing the mage Raistlin Majere.

Source Cod (4/5)



Well what do we have here? A cod fish on a hook!

LOL. I mean code. :p

Machete
Dir. Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis

A great film that will please Rodriguez fans. Might not appeal to everyone else because of the B-Movie styling. The first 3 minutes were brutally violent, in a comedy sort of OMFG way.

Danny Trejo was a little too believable with that machete. :shock:

3 out of 5

I watched 'Tangled' this weekend, with my brother & his girlfriend. They fell asleep, but I enjoyed the movie and thought it was a clever take on the old fairy tale.

The Warrior's Way
Dir. Sngmoo Lee

An eastern western. Green screen. Lots of green screen. Meh.

The Amityville Horror (2005)
Dir. Andrew Douglas

0 out of 5. Utter shit.

Is it even possible for a movie to be that bad?

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Just saw Revenge of the Fallen......in HD......still shit.......pretty explosions though. :p

Is it even possible for a movie to be that bad?

Sadly, it is. You can have my copy for free if you want to sample it. Don't blame me if you poke your eyes out with a fork.

Sadly, it is. You can have my copy for free if you want to sample it. Don't blame me if you poke your eyes out with a fork.

But, I still need my eyes for pornography. :(

Porn will likely have a better plot than Amityville, so stick with it. Leave the fork for love play. :erm:

Avatar, worst movie I ever saw in my life. It was so stupid.

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Dir. Kenneth Anger.

Surreal, colourful and experimental cinema with sexual overtones and much magick symbolism. The Pleasure dome seemed to both a place of joy and a kind of confinement. Bewildering. When Harry Met Sally it ain't. Liked it.

The Wolfman Remake, not a good remake to say the least. It started poorly, then it gets interesting in the middle and towards the end its meh.

dragonheart 1 and 2 1st one i like 2nd one not so much

hot fuzz 6/10 wasn't as funny as everyone told me it was

The Truman Show 4/5

The Fantastic Mr. Fox 4/5

Harry Brown 4/5

Stargate (1994)

Directed & co-written by Roland Emmerich of "2012" and "Independence Day" fame, starring James Spader and Kurt Russell.

I haven't seen this film since it was playing in theaters and never really watched the TV series as well (however it's been recommended to me on a few occasions), however I do remember kind of enjoying it.

After a rewatch, I did enjoy it to a certain extent. The first 2 acts were well paced, although I was distracted by some miscasting, some hokey dialogue and far too obvious foreshadowing techniques but the interesting idea and setting allowed me to dismiss the flaws.
It was until the 3 and final act that I found myself bored. It completely fell into the cliche-riddled Emmerich we've all grown to know over the past 15 years or so.

Had they shaved off 15 minutes and many pointless moments, it might have earned just a little more respect.

All in all, a fun, mindless ride until you hit the bumps.

2.5 out 5.

Stargate (1994)

Directed & co-written by Roland Emmerich of "2012" and "Independence Day" fame, starring James Spader and Kurt Russell.

I haven't seen this film since it was playing in theaters and never really watched the TV series as well (however it's been recommended to me on a few occasions), however I do remember kind of enjoying it.

After a rewatch, I did enjoy it to a certain extent. The first 2 acts were well paced, although I was distracted by some miscasting, some hokey dialogue and far too obvious foreshadowing techniques but the interesting idea and setting allowed me to dismiss the flaws.
It was until the 3 and final act that I found myself bored. It completely fell into the cliche-riddled Emmerich we've all grown to know over the past 15 years or so.

Had they shaved off 15 minutes and many pointless moments, it might have earned just a little more respect.

All in all, a fun, mindless ride until you hit the bumps.

2.5 out 5.

I started watching Stargate SG1 (Stargate-1?) but it got kinda boring. It might get better due to the fact that there was an episode way late about the stargate project going public and a director wanting to make a movie based off the missions which leads the crew to imagine themselves in various parodies of the show from star trek, to romance, to animated, to a thunderbirds team America world police show.

SCRE4M

My bf wanted to see it. He really enjoys bad/cheesy horror flicks, but I don't =/ He made it up to me by getting me the best mac n cheese in the world though :p I never saw any of the other scream movies and didn't even know what it was about... I didn't care for the movie. It had a few jokes that did make me giggle but other than that I was bored the whole time...

Following in CM's footsteps :

SCRE4M

Director Wes Craven & 'Dawson's Creek' writer Kevin Williamson return to the Scream franchise after 12 years. Also returning are stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox & David Arquette. Throw in a bunch of fresh faces from TV's Heroes, 90210, Jericho, Community and one of the Culkin brothers and you've got a whole new cast to 'slice n' dice'.

Fortunately, Williamson returns to his 'baby' after 'The Ring' writer Ehren Kruger butchered the series with his "Scooby-Doo"-esque script for the 3rd installment. Sadly, it doesn't live up to the first 2 films and almost falls flat on it's face with a tired formula. While the trailers and commercials promise a "new decade, new rules" change, it doesn't really use that to it's advantage and comes off as more a rehash of the films we've already grown tired of 10 years ago.

Williamson & Craven could have had a lot of sick fun with the updates in technology we've had since the last film but instead tease us a little with the concept but never really put it to good use and you wonder why they even brought it up in the first place. They do however make use of the 'torture porn' films made recently and have some gruesome scenes we haven't really seen before. The new 'Ghostface' doesn't run away after his kill anymore...he stays and watches.

Many scenes seemed too rushed and instead of investing some time in them, we're left not really giving a shit. In a rare occurrence, this film could have benefited with an extra 5 or 7 minutes tagged onto it's running time to flesh out some scenes and characters a bit more.

All in all, it does have some great dialogue from the 'film geek' characters and the body count is the biggest the series has seen so far but it just doesn't live up to the hype or wait 'Scream' fans have been waiting for.

2.5 out 5

Toy Story 3

Loved it. :D

It even came with a Totoro cameo!

Toy Story 3

Loved it. :D

It even came with a Totoro cameo!

It made me so happy when he juggled the squeaky aliens, I thought he was just gonna be in the background. Why aren't there more Miyazaki toys?

It made me so happy when he juggled the squeaky aliens, I thought he was just gonna be in the background. Why aren't there more Miyazaki toys?

Because more Miyazaki toys would make Totoro's presence more noticeable. :p

Because more Miyazaki toys would make Totoro's presence more noticeable. :p

No I mean make more Miyazaki toys in general, not more of them in Toy Story. Like a Porko Rosso plane, or a Kiki doll with a ton of accessories, or Princess Mononoke figures, or Pom Poko happy meal toys with ball sack spinning action!

No I mean make more Miyazaki toys in general, not more of them in Toy Story. Like a Porko Rosso plane, or a Kiki doll with a ton of accessories, or Princess Mononoke figures, or Pom Poko happy meal toys with ball sack spinning action!

Tom, don't hurt me.

Tom, don't hurt me.

Don't worry the spring in the tanuki's scrotum will be much weaker in the US version to insure child safety.

Don't worry the spring in the tanuki's scrotum will be much weaker in the US version to insure child safety.

We really do bitch out for the sake of child safety.

It's why Masterpiece Optimus' smokestacks were neutered for his Hasbro release.

We really do bitch out for the sake of child safety.

It's why Masterpiece Optimus' smokestacks were neutered for his Hasbro release.

It's a $100 toy of a character version kids won't even recognize.

Inglourious Basterds 4/5

The opening and the basement bar scenes are ridiculously long. The film itself is 2 hours 33 minutes and those 2 scenes alone take up approximately 2 hours of it.

Spiderman 3

I've watched a few films over the past week.

Buffalo 66
Dir. Vincent Gallo

It's slow, plodding, full of continuity errors and hardly any likeable people. Nevertheless, it was fantastic. Loved it.
Best indie film I've seen in a while.
4 out 5.

The Bourne Identity (1988)
Dir. Roger Young

A two part made for TV movie version of the book. Starring the always reliable Richard Chamberlain. It was okay. Either the original book or the screenwriter or the director (or all 3?) had no idea how to write for a woman as the female roles were utterly useless. It had some duff moments, some good moments.
3 out of 5.

As soon as it finished I watched...

The Bourne Identity (2002)
Dir. Doug Liman

Matt Damon was no Richard Chamberlain. This was bull. Everyone said this was good. I borrowed all three of them.
1 out of 5 for effort.

Lucifer Rising
Dir. Kenneth Anger

Interesting. Weird. Boring. All at the same time. Soundtrack was something I will seek out.

Unknown
Dir. Simon Brand

Brand's first film. Jim Caviezel and some 'friends' wake up in a warehouse with no memory of how they got there, and no means to get out. Some nice editing. A kind of Usual Suspects plot device unfolds. It was okay.
It was only 85 minutes long.
2 out of 5.


....or Pom Poko happy meal toys with ball sack spinning action!

:rofldata: :rofldata: :rofldata:

Highway Hitcher - Terrible movie starring William Forsythe. Included in one of those 4 pack of movies out of a $5 bin. 1 out of 5.

It's slow, plodding, full of continuity errors and hardly any likeable people. Nevertheless, it was fantastic. Loved it.
So you felt the film was slow and plodding and you didn't consider the characters likeable? Yet, you thought it was fantastic, 4/5? Okay, I just gotta ask- what were its redeeming merits then that made you rate it that high?

He's Doc.

He's weird.

He's out to steal my crown.

King of the Castle in the Demon World

If you can accept the nerf-y nature of movie riders and just focus on the usual characters this is actually quite good. I probably only like Rey as much as I do because I sort of believe him to be a variant of Taiga's usual system (since the same actor plays both).

Gremlins [4/5]

I got lucky last night with 2 great films in a row.

The Straight Story
Dir. David Lynch.

Lynch proves he's not only the King of Weird but a heart string plucker extraordinaire. I almost shed a salty little Doc tear at the end. :rolleyes:
4 out of 5

Mother Night
Dir. Keith Gordon

An adaptation of a 1961 Kurt Vonnegut novel with Nick Nolte in the lead roll. Support from Sheryl Lee.
Nolte was great as an American spy behind enemy lines during WWII, and the consequences of his actions were tragic and comedic. There was a few unexpected twists and one hilarious scene where I LMAO.
4 out of 5


So you felt the film was slow and plodding and you didn't consider the characters likeable? Yet, you thought it was fantastic, 4/5? Okay, I just gotta ask- what were its redeeming merits then that made you rate it that high?

I was trying to see it objectively for the benefit of others, to show all sides rather than just saying how great I thought it was. It was slow and plodding but I was totally engaged by it, I don't know if other people would be (?). Stylistically it was amazing. It had a kind of dreamy road movie vibe, with a very muted and unusual colour pallate. The characters were well realised and even though I wouldn't want either of them as a friend irl I can appreciate their performance in the film. It was both heart-warming and full of sadness.
It was Vincent Gallo's baby; he wrote it, directed it, and scored much of it. A lot of writer/director projects have a little something special that appeals to me.

Plus...


He's Doc.
He's weird.

:D


Gremlins [4/5]

Love that film.

Love that film.

I wasn't allowed to watch that when I was younger. Probably the part with Phoebe Kates' learning there is no Santa because her father died in the chimney.
Spielberg got soft, he produced that along with Land Before Time & American Tale but 1 scene with shotguns is too terrorizing for the kiddies.

Neat. :) Was that the first time you've seen it then?

The 2nd one is silly, great fun. :D

Neat. :) Was that the first time you've seen it then?

The 2nd one is silly, great fun. :D

Yeah if I would have known it was so christmasy I would have watched it 5 months ago.

Dr. Faustus - thanks, I get a lot better why you enjoyed it. You know, it's okay to say both what you do and don't like, but when you say things like what you had said about it before, but then rate it a 4/5, one really wonders what's so good about it that you didn't mention.

:laugh: I'm a little odd when it comes to film but I wouldn't have it any other way. :D
I love it when I find things that got swept under the rug by the big studios. The little films that speak volumes.
Quite often the big films that give our ears a work out leave the heart empty.

Takers - I found nothing special about this movie. Great cast, but not enough! 6/10

Treeless Mountain [4/5]

Village of the Damned

Superhero Movie. Or something like that. It was better than other movies similar to like Epic Movie or whatever movies are still out there (I'm looking at you any Scary Movie ever). It had some decent movies but was still a disappointment just like most movies labeled "[Whatever] Movie".

Megamind, definitely was pretty good for a Dream Works produced animated 3D film.

Dreamworks can be hit or miss, but I've enjoyed a fair few of their films. And I definitely enjoyed Megamind - I saw it myself not all that long ago and found it quite entertaining.

With Shrek was great and is still one of their best works and while the 3 sequels aren't as good they still have some funny stuff and heart to them even they feel auto pilot at some points.

Kung Fu Panda, Megamind, & How to Train Your Dragon are super good and going by the mandatory Pixar/Dreamworks comparison I'd say I liked them better than cars and Bugs Life. Didn't Dreamworks also do the Aarman movies? Do we count those as dreamworks or is that like disney putting "disney presents" on all of Myazaki's movies?

Dragon Slayer [3/5]
Wasn't bad just nothing all that super. Watch it if you haven't seen it and need some 80s era fantasy.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I haven't seen Kung Fu Panda; I couldn't get into it. As for How to Train Your Dragon, I have read overwhelming praise for it. I started to watch it, but I couldn't get into it. As I understand it, the main character is supposed to be a kid, but his voice sounds like an adult to me. That's a dissonance for me - I just can't deal with it when the character is supposed to be a kid, but they have a voice that sounds like an adult.

The Last Exorcism
Dir. Daniel Stamm

A faux documentary style horror film. It sets up a scenario and then fails to deliver any real chills.
It brings in elements that couldn't possibly be in the docu format and the transition is really jarring.
The girl (Ashley Bell) that is 'possessed' gave a fantastic performance. It was her that kept me watching.

2 out of 5.

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The Secret of Kells
Dir. Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey

Wow. It took me a while to really warm to the animation, it was very stylised and the story was initially very slow. As it progressed however, from about 20 minutes in, I fell in love with it. After it won me over I was utterly transfixed.
Once he got into the forest I just fell in love with it, 100%
I loved the cat. :D
4 out of 5.

Kung Fu Hustle. 4.5 out of 5.

Over the top martial arts with Looney Tune-esque style humor and zany madcaps. I'm a fan of Asian cinema, and this is one of my favorites.

The Exorcist (1973)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Same here. I know some people were disappointed, but I actually thought it was a rather strong installment leading us into the final film and I also appreciated some of the stylistic choices, such as the silent moments with Harry and Hermione & the way that they presented The Tale of the Three Brothers.

Black Swan. Very good movie, I enjoyed every minute of it.

The Secret of Kells
Dir. Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey

Wow. It took me a while to really warm to the animation, it was very stylised and the story was initially very slow. As it progressed however, from about 20 minutes in, I fell in love with it. After it won me over I was utterly transfixed.
Once he got into the forest I just fell in love with it, 100%
I loved the cat. :D
4 out of 5.

That cat freaked me out, couldn't help but see the X face as like a monster mouth with 4 flaps instead of a triangle nose and "/\" kitty mouth.

That cat freaked me out, couldn't help but see the X face as like a monster mouth with 4 flaps instead of a triangle nose and "/\" kitty mouth.

That was a little odd looking. :-P I loved how it was animated, it's mannerisms etc.

That was a little odd looking. :-P I loved how it was animated, it's mannerisms etc.

Kinda reminded me of Samurai jack a bit.

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Oh yeah, the last movie I saw was Romeo Must Die 4/5

When the Avatar M. Knight Shamma Ilamma Ding Dong Do shit hit the fan with everyone being honkies I learned a bunch of other white casting and other stuff including the original ending had Jet Li & Aaliyah kiss but the test audience didn't like seeing and asian man with a black women so they just hugged. Sadly the dvd I have doesn't have any deleted scenes.

Also what's up with that store Aaliiyah ran? It was like a youth dance club but also a cafe but they had racks of clothes and stuff with a DJ in the back? Do retail-cafe-dance clubs exist?

Profondo Rosso

Dir. Dario Argento

123 min Italian version. Widescreen. I had the dogs but was missing the lizard. :rolleyes:

Some amazing set pieces that are as creepy today as they were in 1975. Argento is a great director.

In & Out. Kevin Kline did a great job in the movie, he was very funny.

Blood Into Wine (2010)

A documentary following the technique and passion, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan and business partner, Eric Glomski, put into their wine-making business.
While it is a legitimate documentary, it has it's fair share of "LOL" moments without sacrificing the educational and interesting element of the documented topic.
It's got some cameos from Breaking Bad & Mr. Show's Bob Odenkirk, comedian Patton Oswalt, Primus drummer Tim Alexander and Milla Jovovich.
You don't have to be a TOOL fan to enjoy this, as it has absolutely nothing to do with the music and solely about the passion of winemaking.

I liked it a lot.

3.5 out of 5


My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)

A rather odd little film directed by Werner Herzog and produced by David Lynch.
It stars Revolutionary Road & Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon as a mentally unstable grown man named Brad, who murders the mother he still lives with. He holes up in his house and with two “hostages”, in an inane attempt to avoid the army of police officers surrounding his house.
The film takes place after the murder and goes back and forth between the present with Brad in a hostage situation, going back to several flashback scenes to tell the tale leading up the mother’s murder.
Grace Zabriskie,Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier and Brad Dourif round out the rest of the bizarre cast.
With such a talented cast you would think it’d be at least entertaining enough to watch the performances and in a way it is. Shannon is wonderfully subtle considering the type of character he had to play . Brad Dourif, in his brief appearances, is always fun to watch. That’s it though. The rest of the actors add nothing to the characters or dialogue.
The movie has Lynch washed all over it with absurd conversations and long stretches of awkward silence, only to snap into Herzog style at other times with a completely different brand of in your face weird. Like actors all freezing spot, as if it’s a snapshot memory in Brad’s mind. This creates an uneven balance in the flow of the narrative, forcing the film to suffer greatly.
With a short running time of only an hour and a half, you would have figure that’d be okay, however I found there’s so many stretches of ‘who cares?’, it probably would have a much more effective short film cut in half that time.

2 out of 5

Planet Hulk 3/5
I thought there was a part with Hulk conquering planets and stuff but it all just the gladiator shenanigans. Also wasn't Silver Surfer in Planet Hulk?

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan. 5/5

It's a very quite, slow, and cold feeling movie. A lot of stuff on just the day to day life of a mongol. Being about the wonder years of Genghis Khan most of the battles are smaller in scale and don't go in forever but are satisfying with the exception of no parts getting chopped off. The blood spray was very satisfactory. The cast was great and looking at imbd most of them have only ever appeared in this film so they were most likely native Mongolians who got rounded up and filmed on location. The director is Russian but from what I saw took great care in depicting a culture not his own as accurately as possible.

Crying Fist
Dir/Wri. Seung-wan Ryoo

Starring the wonderful Choi Min-sik (Oldboy) and Ryu Seung-beom (the director's brother!) it's a story about the redemptive powers of boxing. It went from bleak to humourous to heart-warming. The ending was really good.

the last film i watched was monty python the meaning of life. not the best one but still decent

Saw Pirates 4 last night. The whole theater rose and applauded at the end of the movie. I personally found it better than the last two movies of the franchise. There's not much that can go wrong with a movie with Johnny Depp in it.

Little Fockers, not a bad movie, it was enjoyable.

I watched the third PotC since it was on tv today. I'll go see Stranger Tides with my bf next weekend.

Four Rooms. Stupid plot but the way they presented it was very good--it easily could've come across as batshit fucking retarded. Somehow they pulled off a decent one, much better than I expected. Worth seeing at least once. "It's Crystale...everything else is piss!"

The Happening 3/5

Funny unintentionally.
The dialogue is just stupid most of the time and I didn't care about any of the characters at all.

Well I saw a couple of new movies last weekend..!!
One is "The Next Three Days"and the other one is "The Mechanic"..!!

Vengeance
Dir. Johnnie To

I liked this even more than To's other great works. The opening scene is fantastic. The ending is great. Everything in between is solid. Johnny sometimes steps over the line of believability in his films and he does the same here but it's fun nevertheless. There are elements of Sergio Leone, and Luc Besson throughout.

I saw PotC Stranger Tides over the weekend. It was ok but I still don't think the writers know how to write women into their scripts. The music was very overbearing too, may have just been the speaker setup though.

And dear goodness why so much bad light transitioning?! T____T The night scenes needed to be just a little brighter........... and after you have me stare at the screen after a half hour of dark scenes don't slap me in the face with daylight with no transition. That friggin' hurt.

Just got back from seeing X-Men First Class. I braced myself for disappointment but was pleasantly surprised that it was actually a good movie. It had it's flaws but I'm willing to forgive it due to Azazel being so kickass.... even though his makeup looked a little too wonky... he was awesome.

And that hilariously awesome cameo......... I lold hard.

Hilariously awesome cameo? Stan Lee as Modok?

The History Boys 3/5
The History Boys (2006) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464049/)

Tales of EarthSea
Liked the books, movie only so-so.
I should know better by now.

Watched all three Smokey and the Bandit movies, back to back. Great fun... though I hope the remakes don't fuck them up (Knowing Hollyweird, they probably will...)

Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (aka. The Era of Vampires)
Dir. Wellson Chin

Written & Produced by Hark but not directed by him, the cover fooled me into thinking it was. :mad:
Similar in tone to Hark's own A Chinese Ghost Story but not quite as good. Although Wellson Chin did the action scenes well it didn't have the frenetic pace that Hark's own films do (maybe that's more the fault of the editors).

Zombies, crazy flying vampires and Kung Fu, and some very poor CGI. It'll appeal to fans of the genre.

IMDB says it's a remake of The Legend of Seven Golden Vampires . I didn't notice that while watching :erm: but thinking of it now, I can see the similarities.

Session 9 :love::swoon::love:

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

The Rescuers

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Dir. Dario Argento

The 98 mins original language version.
Argento's first film. First glimpse of a lot of the plot devices he would reuse later in his career.

Almost The Never Ending Story but the disc was very distressed with the widescreen side of the double disc almost snapped in half. The full screen side was fine for up to meeting Falcor but then it started to skip bad. So bad I it was skipping whole chapters so I just quit.

Finally saw Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

The Happening 3/5

Funny unintentionally.
The dialogue is just stupid most of the time and I didn't care about any of the characters at all.

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Ol' black water, keep on rolling~

Inception

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
GREAT!

Predators

Blade Runner Final Cut

Predator 2

quarantine 2.
it SUCKS.

The Thing - Awesomeness

Weird Al Yankovic's UHF (with commentary). Weird Al is hilarious when he is wacky. The movie is really good. I have watched the special features and the deleted scenes were good with Al of course being wacky when he talks about loads of scenes had to be cut off for many reasons and makes jokes about them. I recommend the movie for those who don't know who Weird Al Yankovic is.

In theater - Green Lantern............................

At home - Singin' in the Rain

Spoiler to preserve space, no actual spoilers here. :)

EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (directed by Liev Schreiber)

Actor Liev Schreiber’s directorial debut (and sadly his only film so far) is a touching, intimate little tale that is bittersweet, sad and funny all at the same time. It was written for the screen by Schreiber and adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2002 novel.
It follows Elijah Wood’s Jewish-American character travels through the Ukraine in search of a woman his grandfather knew during the Nazi invasion.
Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello’s frontman, Eugene H�tz steals the show, as Wood’s flamboyant tour guide, who is joined by his non-English speaking cranky grandfather and their “seeing eye-bitch” dog.
I laughed quite a bit, although not rolling on the floor laughter. It’s more of a familiar thoughtful laughter, not much different from the type of humor we were graced with in Little Miss Sunshine.
And with the laughter came the tears near the end of the film. I knew it was coming, but for some reason it still took me off guard.
All in all, a feel good film that leaves a smile on your face and the urge to travel and meet new people to shake off this jaded, boring personality we seem to dress in all too often.

4 out of 5.

WINTER’S BONE (directed by Debra Granik)
A dreary adaptation of the novel by “country noir” author Daniel Woodrell.
It follows the story of a teenage girl, Ree (brilliantly played by Jennifer Lawrence) who, after the mysterious disappearance of her useless father, has to take care of her siblings and catatonic mother in a poor rural, drug-addled area of Missouri. Their house is in danger of being taken away and nobody (even family members are ready to help them out).
A quiet little thriller that doesn’t resort to car chases or much violence but still manages to flourish with highly effective intensity and dread. Deadwood’s John Hawkes turns in a fantastic performance as well. Twin Peaks fans, keep an eye for an almost recognizable cameo from Sheryl Lee.
It captures the feeling of hopelessness, community and depression with perfection without trying to be flashy or overly stylish.
I don’t want to give too much away and will just highly recommend this film.

4 out of 5

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (directed by George Nolfi)
What could have been a potentially wonderful sci-fi romance, kind of based on a short story by sci-fi master, Philip K. Dick, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
A ballerina and a politician meet and it’s love at first sight. They feel as if they are soul mates but due to mysterious circumstances they are constantly being split apart.
The film explores the question of free will and the existence of higher beings moving amongst us.
It could of easily gone into some very interesting and/or unsettling roads less traveled, but for some reason it plays it way too safe and audience friendly, resulting in a lukewarm execution with an ending that is so fast you wonder if you missed something.
There’s some brilliant ideas and wonderful performances but the script is just so bland you feel cheated.
Oh well. Cheap light sci-fi fare for a Sunday afternoon, if you will.

2.5 out of 5

WALL-E
Dir. Andrew Stanton

Wow! I'm so full of joy right now after finishing watching this about 10 minutes ago. It was amazing.

Definite 5 out of 5.

WALL-E
Dir. Andrew Stanton

Wow! I'm so full of joy right now after finishing watching this about 10 minutes ago. It was amazing.

Definite 5 out of 5.

It's pretty much the best robot AND romantic comedy movie. 1st 3rd was like the droids on tatooine taken to the next level and we got the 2001 a space oddity theme playing while a fat guy tried to walk.


The 1st Fast and the Furious.

X-Men First Class: Aiight.
Dark of the Moon: My eyes are STILL bleeding. Don't even ask how my brain feels =/

X-Men First Class: Aiight.
Dark of the Moon: My eyes are STILL bleeding. Don't even ask how my brain feels =/

But how is your heart feeling?

Dark of the Moon: My eyes are STILL bleeding. Don't even ask how my brain feels =/

Tell me if I'm translating this right:
Magnificent visuals. Magnificently terrible story.

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So it even worth going to just as a brain-dead popcorn flick?

Tell me if I'm translating this right:
Magnificent visuals. Magnificently terrible story.

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So it even worth going to just as a brain-dead popcorn flick?

I probably wouldn't advise it. One of the big problems I have with the 1st 2 is the fact that there's so damn much on screen and the robots themselves are so busy and over detailed you can't tell what the hell is happening most of the time.

I don't like the idea of magnificent being used to refer to anything in the live-action TF movies.

Whatever

You're the one who asked :smrt:

The Bayformers movies are a abomination... speaking as a TF Gen 1 fan, I was dissappointed with them. At least they got Peter Cullen to voice Optimus, they got one thing right.

Just watched Smokey and the Bandit II (For the umpteenth time)... I love this movie trilogy ^^ car chases, car crashes... and Buford T. Justice still trying to get that sombitch Bandit lol.

Don Williams, ftw YouTube - ‪Don Williams - To be your man.wmv‬‏ (http://youtu.be/T2T4xb5G1Y0)

Smokey and the Bandit is just fantastical magical, in general.

Funny, you sound a lot taller on radio~

Slacker.
Dir. Richard Linklater.

It's less a film and more a collection of vignettes but it's amazing to watch and it flows almost perfectly. It made me nostalgic. :rolleyes:

The Warlords (aka Tau ming chong )
Dir. Peter Chan Ho-sun

Starring Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro. :shock:

It should have been amazing. The acting was. Jet used to be a poor actor but a great martial artist, in recent years he really has improved.
The editing was bad, very bad for much of it. Battle sequences were boring.
And then, as the relationships became more defined, the editing got better, much better. Like a different film. It got good.

It was good in the end but those three guys deserved a better film.

Date Night 4/5

The Social Network 3/5

Machete 4/5

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lol

Revisited a classic(?) a few nights ago:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The King's Speech. I absolutely love it, that is all I have to say.

Toy Story 3 5/5

I watched Mona Lisa Smile last time. and before that i watched Atonement.Both werent as great but were a good watch.

Alice in Wonderland 3/5

watchmen [4,5/5]

Hitcher in the Dark (1989) - Sleazy thriller from Umberto Lenzi about a psycho who travels cross country in his camper picking up young, unsuspecting hitchhikers to abuse and murder. Despite the title, most of the film takes place during the daytime. Even the poster art is of a woman's frame hitchhiking on a dark wet road. Not too many thrills and a serious lack of gore for one of Lenzi's films. The acting, poor and the ending even worse, though according to an interview with the director, it was changed by the producers. Even so, it would not have saved this boring movie. 2 out of 5.

The Comedians of Comedy (2005) - Nice little documentary detailing a comedy tour made up of Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, and Zack Galifianakis. On their travels we see snippets of their stand-up as well as their day-to-day hijinks as they experiment with their comedy. Hilarious if a fan of any of these comics. 4 out of 5.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) - The first one was okay but this one I find lackluster as I tire of the characters, especially Sacha Baron Cohen's Julien. The music gets in the way of the comedy as songs enter the action uninvited. Like most sequels, it contains more than the original as the characters find themselves surrounded by fields of fellow critters. Though I did enjoy Alec Baldwin's performance as Makunga. 2 out of 5.

Collateral (2004) - A good simple story without too many details as director Michael Mann wanted it, according to his commentary. I'm not a big fan of either main actors but Cruise is intriguing as the existentialist hitman Vincent. The story ends clean, leaving the viewer wanting more which I enjoyed. Still not sure of the significance of Jason Statham in the opening airport scene. The director doesn't even mention him in the commentary, as if he were simply an extra with an interesting accent. 3 out of 5.

Death Note
Dir. Shūsuke Kaneko

I haven't read the manga so I was comparing the film's story to the anime which was itself an adaptation. Based on that, I found the film lacking, not just in the amount of time it had to develop characters etc but in direction, and originality. Ryuk was very two dimensional. Light and L were okay, if a little older than I'd imagined they would be.

I've part 2 still to watch so maybe the films work better as a whole? I'm wondering how far they take it compared to the anime.

Hopefully part 2 will be better, Light V's L and with Misa doing her nutty bunny boiler gf thing it has the potential to be full of tension. :D

"SPOILER" tags to conserve space and contain no spoilers.

THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB (1993)

Weird. Weird. …and a little more weird.
Then throw in a couple of truckloads of creativity and amazing visuals and you have one hour of pure bliss.
Using traditional stop-motion puppets mixed with stop-motion live actors (pixilation) it tells the story of a weird little feller named Tom Thumb and his adventures through a bizarre world, reminiscent of something seen in German Expressionism and a Brothers Quay short.
While it is visually brilliant, this little UK film also manages to tell a wonderful tale with so much heart and delicacy while only using next to no dialogue.
Highly recommended.
4 out 5

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TRANSFORMERS : DARK OF THE MOON (2011)

I walked out of theater before the halfway point.

I’ve never done that before.

‘Nuff said.
Dog shit out of 5

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MARTYRS (2008)

Originating from France and directed by Pascal Laugier, who made the impressive action/fantasy period piece “Brotherhood Of The Wolf” a few years earlier.
This "lovely" example of absolute horror is a revenge tale at heart and the other half a mystery of sorts as it keeps you guessing just what the hell is going on.
I won’t tell you anything about it, to prevent any spoilage but I can tell you the first time I saw it I wondered why I was watching this gruesomely violent film that seemed to have no boundaries. After it was done, I was satisfied with what I had seen and experienced and made a note to watch it again sooner than later.
Beneath the extreme gore and violence, lay a compelling, albeit disturbing, tale that begged to be told.
It’s filled with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and preventing you from turning it off, just to see how it eventually unfolds.
With the second viewing it was just as good if not better, because the initial shock has worn off and I was given the chance to pay closer attention to the emotional story details and spellbinding performances by the two female leads4 out of 5

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That same night I indulged in some more French horror with:

� L'INTERIEUR (INSIDE) (2007)

A story about a pregnant woman who goes into a state of extreme depression after a bad car accident that’s left her widowed. Her home is invaded by a brutal stranger, while she is alone on Christmas Eve and things spiral out of control in the sickest of fashions.
This is just plain gruesome and overly disturbing. While I was sickly enthralled with it the first time, due to being kept on the edge of my seat, the second time around the suspense was gone and all I was left with was senseless violence.
The performances are absolutely wonderful and the setting is suffocatingly astounding, but the core story lacks anything to noteworthy and the characters aren’t really all that sympathetic.
Had it spent just a little more time with the protagonist before her accident and depression, I might have been inclined to feel more for her.
One scene near the beginning is quite frankly one of THE most frightening things I’ve ever seen in a film and makes me think twice about being alone.
Apart from all that, it does nothing for me but disgusts. And disgust it does well. The finale is almost too much to handle. Bring a barf bag or six and hide your scissors.
A weak 3 out of 5

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I SAW THE DEVIL (2010)

A brilliantly violent South Korean revenge flick that’s perfected the ‘game of cat & mouse’ thriller.
Directed by Kim Ji-woon, who brought us the wonderful “A Tale Of Two Sisters” and “A Bittersweet Life”.
Starring Ji-woon’s fresh-faced regular, Lee Byung-hun from “The Good, The Bad & The Weird” and the brilliant Choi Min-sik of “Oldboy” fame.
It follows the story of a secret agent who is on the hunt of the man who brutally butchered his fianc�e. On the way his own morals and character changes into something he probably didn’t know he was capable of.
It’s brutally unforgiving and completely disgusting but you just can’t hjelp but be completely enthralled with the wonderful storytelling, set-pieces and Choi Min-sik’s delightfully sadistic performance.
While it does run a little long in a few spots and could use about 10 minutes of nothing cut, it doesn’t cease to hypnotize the viewer.
I could watch it again really soon, if not just for the performances and different settings.
If you can stomach the violence, I would highly recommend this one.

4 out of 5

See, now I'm scared to watch movies because of cuckoo.

See, now I'm scared to watch movies because of cuckoo.

I'm scared to sleep naked because of cuckoo. :shock:

I'm scared to sleep naked because of cuckoo. :shock:

:rofldata::rofldata:

I'm scared to sleep naked because of cuckoo. :shock:

So am I.

:rofldata: :rofldata: :rofldata:

avatar, last air bender... 4 out of 10

eagle eye... 8 out of 10

Valhalla Rising... I am actually unable to rate this film. Depends on how you view it, it could be a 9/10 or a 5/10...

Gorky Park

The Tenant (7.5/10) - very slow in the beginning but somehow managed to not lose my attention. The last half hour was excellent. I was in awe with what happened at the very end of the movie - it was what I expected, but the intensity of it was impressive.

The Tenant (7.5/10) - very slow in the beginning but somehow managed to not lose my attention. The last half hour was excellent. I was in awe with what happened at the very end of the movie - it was what I expected, but the intensity of it was impressive.

The Polanski film, or the new one? Polanski one is wiggins.

300 4/5

Harry Potter 7.2 4,5/5

The Stormriders 4.5/5

The Polanski film of course. I loved how everyone insisted on the main character drinking, eating, and smoking what Simone Choule used to. Will never feel the same again when someone offers me Marlboro.

Mortal Kombat

The Polanski film of course.

Good, good. :D A great film that doesn't get the attention it deserves. Good choice. :D

Batman Forever 3 out of 10
Damn you Joel Shumacher, damn you to hell.

I was just looking at the beginning of Bourne Identity. I walked away.

The Usual Suspects. 5/5