Rate the film(s) you saw recently

[Two-twenty]

Pretty much like the "Rate teh aniem" thread except with movies, but in my thread you have to put some form of justification, whether that be a sentence, paragraph or an entire review.

I'll get the ball rolling:

Kung Fu Hustle - 9/10
The cinematography, the humour, the wit, the absurdity, SHEER BRILLIANCE! I've never seen a film rate so high on the WTF factor.

Reality Bites - 8/10
Yeah, a nice little romance and a slice of life from an era I know little about inspite of being alive during the time it was set. Great characterization, especially the Tray, whom I love to hate. He's just such a pretentious wanker!

Buena Vista Social Club - 9.6/10
For these Cubans their music industry isn't about contracts, ego or competition, it's just as normal as sleeping, breathing and making love. Their music is as rich and colourful as the people that play them and the culture that raised them. Total Film was right on the mark when they called it "Sunshine for the soul".

[jiffyjimbothe3]

The Cave - 8.0

Just your typical horror movie, its not bad if your a fan of that kind of thing.

[fugupinkeye]

Most movies suck. But, I've been on a lucky streak this week.

A Very Long Engagement 9/10
Wonderful. Dark and sorrowful in every way that Amelie (it's predecessor) was light and faerytale-ish, but with just as much quirkiness and heart.

Sin City 8/10
Marv.. brilliant. Bruce Willis.. powerful. Bendicio...uh, kinda barely interesting. But the overall film was visually amazing. I especially live how they kept the film noir tone.

Old Boy 10/10
My god, how much damage (emotional, physical) can one man be put through? Genius. Gritty, at times painful to watch, but riteous rage and revenge like you've never seen. Move over Lee Marvin. Choi Min Sik has arrived... with a hammer.

[Major Tom]

Cross of Iron: 7

I have yet to read the book to compare, but this is a rather disturbing look at the Eastern Front in '43. There are many many themes to be had out of this one, such as abuse of power, pride (the bad kind), comradery.......A good film, but it does tend to be difficult to follow at times, and it would be so much better if it were actually in German.

The next 2 I only had running on a DVD player I had on test at work, so I didn't actually pay complete attention to them, but they didn't need all that much anyway.

Evil Dead 2: 6

Horrors films don't normally float my boat, but this one is just so......B grade it's funny.

Army of Darkness: 7 The sequel to Evil Dead 2, this one got a higher score cause it's even more outrageously crap than the other one, thus it makes it utterly hilarious.

[soundchazer]

40 year old virgin 9/10

[Liegenschonheit]

The Skeleton Key - 6/10 - Interesting story, not "scary" or "frightening" at all.

[Akimichi Choji]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: 8/10, first one was better.

[Tamanegi Sensei]

Recently huh?

Nicholas Nickleby 9.5 out of 10
Dicken's at it's best. If you haven't seen or read the story then thee must live under thy rock.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 3 out of 10
Redeeming value is the fandom only. Otherwise it's about as tasteless as imitation chocolate or eating a Hershey's Kiss made of poi.

Supercross... no comment. too vulgar for this forum.

Good Morning Vietnam 8.5 out of 10.
A powerful comedy/drama set during the Vietnam war, a war where we weren't supposed to be involved in. Best quote in the movie, "You are in more of a dire need of a job blowjob than every white man in america." You may get your ass kicked, but saying that takes guts.

[Kaikyaku]

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - 9/10

Ok, so not a new movie, but I just finished watching it! Gotta love the classic Star Wars. I was listening for Luke's "Nooooo!!" so I could compare it to episode III.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 7/10

Very entertaining and visual. Johnny Depp was hilarious. I enjoyed it but I didn't feel like I needed to see it again, and the songs were a little lacking. Good but not great.

[hayama22]

Dancer in the Dark- 10

Wow. I'm not sure if I can put in words how great this movie was. Although it may be a bit overly harsh at times, almost to the point of becoming unrealistic, it still hits hard and left me in awe by the end. I don't think I'd ever be able to watch this movie again though, it was very hard to take, and would be even more depressing the second time through. Bjork was a great lead, and should star in another movie sometime soon.

[Veraca]

Sky High - 9/10. A great comic book classic storyline turned into a movie. I think this is a great escape to remember that you can enjoy a movie even though you can predict almost everything that happens in it.

Ice Princess 7/10. Yeah I don't get out much -.- Well, I finally got to see this and thought it was a great sort of underdog movie. It even pulled some tears from me mid through it. It just is a great movie that makes me want to try harder at being me. :yes:

[Lavi]

Kung Fu Hustle - 6/10.
Overrated and boring. I like the concept and the idea put forth behind the movie, but the general execution was lame and didn't interest me at all.

[sohryu]

Star Wars - 10/10
Not a new movie, but I just saw it for the first time. Honestly didn't think I'd like it this much, though. Episode III had me itching for more Star Wars goodness, so I decided to check out the originals. Yeah, now I have a lot of questions I need answered. :/

[C0MPL3X]

Wedding crashers - 6/10

My friends dragged me to the cinema to watch this. Opening was ok, but it got repetitive very quickly. I don't like that. Although the humour was absolutely hilarious at several occasions, I was literally doing 'waAhahaha', u know, one that distorts your facial expression out of proportion and make u sound like a retard. But after that, it never got funny for another 30 min or so and the film finishes with another 'oooo happy ever after'. Jesus.

So it was entertaining, worth a stupid good laugh, but nothing special nor rewatchable. But that maybe so because this type of movies are not the ones I'd prefer to watch.

[genki sakura]

Must Love Dogs- 5/10...meh, typical chick flick...a few teenagers who were sitting in front of my friends and I left partway through the film..can't blame them much though...though the whole part where they(Diane Lane and John Cusack) were driving through the town in search for a condom was entertaining...not exactly rewatchable or anything...

[UZ_white]

Batman Begins was my last movie... Haven't been to the theater in a while.

I'll give it a 8/10. The movie itself was cool, but the way it was resolved at the end of the movie lacked excitement, was horribly predictable (Omg, the train will crash into the building if the batman can't stop it in time i wonder if batman will be able to stop it about 2 seconds from hitting in movie cliche #502?!)

Plus, they didn't even have any battles between BM and Scarecrow. Darn it.

But it was pretty damned cool.

[Javer]

Secret Window: 6/10. I expected better from Johnny Depp; his performance was okay, and that's all. The use of a double-Depp to imitate Rainey's internal struggle with his own subconscious was cliched, and took away from the effect of that particular scene, as it was carried out in the actual novella. However, it did stay remarkably true to King's original work and many of the added scenes were satisfying and fit well into the picture.

[Linuts]

War Of The Worlds

4.0/10.0

Had some disturbing moments, but the movie really went no where... And the ending sucked even if it is based on the original. Oh and Tom Cruise also looked like he's possessed by aliens in the movie as much as he does in realy life :p.

[JOJO]

Kung Fu Hustle:9. I'm a big fan of weird movies, and this one is no exception. When i saw those crazy martial arts battles i knew that it would soon be added to my DVD collection. :thumbup:
Now i'm gonna wait for this other weird yet cool looking movie called Cashern.

[Miaka Lee]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy= 2.5

It stared out ok but then it got weird. Filled with meaningless graphics and pots that just don't make sense. Even the characters I couldn't follow and the narrator got really annoying. I don't think I ever wat to see it again. The reason they get a 2.5 was for effort.

Are We There Yet?=5

A lot of cursing for a Disney movie; but it was all right. The kids were cute and funny; Ice Cube had his charm; Nia Long wasn't to bad.They were just going from Portland,OR to Vancover, B.C. The writer and the people responsible for the movie didn't know much about their setting and that disturbed me; Like when Ice Cube says "a black man from Oregon*shakes head* no I'm from Philly"; I mean have they even visited Oregon especially Portland thats mostly all you see and thats where they shot it. A 5 because one of the first movies I saw with my dad and the scenes were set in Portland, OR my fav city.

[Zero]

Blues Brothers 10/10 - As a celebratory mark for the 25th anniversary of the film and the release of the special edition DVD tomorrow, select theaters across the country played this great movie. To say the least, this was a dream come true for me, having seen this film God knows how many times in my life. :D Great actors, incredible music, witty, and well written. As a friend of mine puts it, "I've never seen such a random film that made such complete sense."

[Philip]

Constantine.

It was pretty good, alot better than the reviews gave it credit for, not as much action as it could/should have, but I liked the story and the few action scenes it did have. They made the angels out to be wimps though, kinda stupid, but they did a good job on the demons and the possesed. I liked the scene with the excorcism best, and when he takes that shotgun fashioned out of a crusifix and cleans house. All in all I'd rate it about 8 1/2 out of 10

I mean have they even visited Oregon especially Portland thats mostly all you see and thats where they shot it. A 5 because one of the first movies I saw with my dad and the scenes were set in Portland, OR my fav city.
I LOVE portland! I visit there from Virginia once a year. Have you ever been to Omsi? :thewave:

[Naota]

Kicking & Screaming

For the Aussies out there, I'm the result of a single night of passion between Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. They put me up for adoption and don't talk about me. :sweat:

This was honestly the worst movie I've seen all year. I went with low expectation and a want to like this film, but my already low expectations were shot to shit. The first 20 minutes of this film were bearable, 1/2 an hour into the film I wanted to leave. I've never walked out of a movie, but this made me come damn close (if it wern't for my mate shouting me, I probably would of).

99% of the lines were crap, characters were crap, story was crap, this movie was just, well, crap. Crapitty, crap, crap. I know this movie was meant to be stupid, and done well this kind of movie can be highly entertaining, but this misses the mark by a mile. The movies only saving grace was Duvall, and why he signed on to do this shitfest, eludes me (must of needed a new pool or something).

I'm a harsh critic, so bite me.

1/10

[M.Baka]

Last life in the Universe 9/10

It was good that is all i can say, i couldnt follow all the language but it was between English, Japanese, and Thai. I liked though

[UZ_white]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy= 2.5

It stared out ok but then it got weird. Filled with meaningless graphics and pots that just don't make sense. Even the characters I couldn't follow and the narrator got really annoying. I don't think I ever wat to see it again. The reason they get a 2.5 was for effort.



You didn't read the book, did you? What kind of weirdo
a. Hasn't read that book, and
b. Would go see a movie based on a great book that you never read and expect to follow the plotline?

The only reason that movie was even half bad is because they took out some of my favorite jokes and they completly obliterated the Resterant at the end of the universe, from my favorite of his books.

[Two-twenty]

For the Aussies out there, I'm the result of a single night of passion between Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. They put me up for adoption and don't talk about me.
*shudders

Remind me to kick your arse when I get down to Melbourne for giving me the mental picture of those two having sex. :trin:

[jetfire]

The 40 year old Virgin (9/10): Absolutely hilarious. I laughed throughout the whole movie. It never got boring once. I guess my only complaint would be that it seemed a bit too long.

War of the Worlds (7/10): I disagree with Linuts. Sure, the story didn't really go anywhere, but it was very entertaining nonetheless. I found this to be Tom Cruise's best performance (you gotta love when he snaps and chucks the peanut butter sandwich at the window), and the girl (Dakota) always does an amazing job acting. I also liked how it was psychologically disturbing, and had a lot of intense moments. I don't need movies to be intellectually stimulating or have oscar winning performances all the time to enjoy them. I just enjoy movies for the good things that they have in them. Now if you want to be bored, try watching Punch Drunk Love, Cop Land, or Ali.

Team America: World Police (8/10): This was an incredibly funny movie. I didnt think it was gonna be that good, because I thought the whole puppet thing looked pretty stupid. But I laughed the whole way though. You gotta love the theme song.

[fugupinkeye]

Layer Cake 7/10
A solid gangster film. Think Guy Ritchie with much less humor. The pacing was a bit slow, which may lose some american viewers along the way, and there are a few too many plots going on by the middle, though by the end I must admit they tied it up well.

[sohryu]

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior - 8/10

Okay, first off, the story sucks. It's good if you want to watch an "action" movie. Lots of fight sequences, most of them are very appealing to the eye. Um, watch the sub, because the dub really sucks. I can usually watch the dub of foreign movies and not notice/care, but this one really sucked. Yeah, that's about it.

Don't forget the first thing I said. The story sucks. Really, really bad.

[Risen Hell Fire]

March of the penguins: 11/10 Yep I love that movie more then any other movie this year so far, but you already knew that.

Sin city: 9/10 Great movie and I was really surprised by it, I didn't really think I enjoy it as much as I did.

Batman Begins: 8.5/10 Very good batman movie but the love scenes, *Yawn*.

Star Wars 3: 7.5 or 8/10 Same reaction with the love scenes but I loved the fighting scenes. But I miss Mace Windu and General Grievous.

[Major Tom]

Princess Blade: 7 Stock standard revenge flick, but with a little twist at the end I wasn't expecting. Acting seemed a little wooden at times, and the swordfights occasionally looked a little clumsy. Overall, a decent flick.

[Javer]

The Ring: 8. Since I'm not ordinarily a fan of horror movies, I'm not quite sure how to grade them. The Ring scared me so much I left the light on that night in my room, and in the hall, with the door open. I guess that counts for something.

[Two-twenty]

Hotel Rwanda: 9.7/10
Why this didn't win best picture is truely beyond me. Nothing I can say can really do it much justice, so just go out and see it.

Spellbound: 8/10
(That doco about kids in the American national spelling bee)
Not as "nail-biting" as it was made out to be but still incredibly engaging

The Grudge (Japan): 8/10
At times, a little hard to follow, but it actually managed to scare me, rather then just startle me (as in "BOO"-"AHHH!").

[silan]

Hotel Rwanda: 9.7/10
Why this didn't win best picture is truely beyond me. Nothing I can say can really do it much justice, so just go out and see it.
For the simple fact that the Oscars (and any other awards show) is about popularity, not merit.

Premonition (Japan) 8.5/10 A pretty eerie movie about a man who can see the future through the headlines of a newspaper. And no, it's not cheesy like that one TV show about roughly the same thing. This newspaper is definitely not designed to help people prevent bad things from happening. The movie's scary (not startling scary, as 2-20 said above, but leaves-you-feeling-chilled kind of scary), and very sad, and weird as only Japanese horror stories can be. Recommended.

[sohryu]

Moscow on the Hudson - 4.0/10

I've been staying up through the night lately, since I'm on vacay from work and all, so I've been able to catch the AMC morning movies. This stars Robin Williams, and some chick who reminds me of the girl from Total Recall. But anyways, about the movie. A Russian guy defects in Bloomingdale's in NYC. It follows his life in NYC, with the movie beginning when he's still in Moscow. It was an alright movie, but I didn't know anything about it beforehand, so I was expecting more.

If you're ever up at 6AM after staying up all night, and have nothing to do, watch the movie. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Two-twenty]

For the simple fact that the Oscars (and any other awards show) is about popularity, not merit.
Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, it's just that every year I still have some glimer of hope in me that says "maybe they'll pull their heads out of their arse this time?" and every year it's dashed.

Anyways, it should have won best picture.

[Major Tom]

Volcano High: 7.5 I'll have to watch this one again (maybe when I'm not sick, so it doesn't hurt so much when I laugh). Nice action, very amusing, and Kim Syoong's actor has the greatest goofy smile face. Problem is that there's alot crammed into....2 hours? and it moves very quickly. It's very easy to get lost (which is why I have to watch it again).

[Dtortot]

The 40 Year Old Virgin.

9/10

A bit too bulgar at times, yet so simple it turns something that shouldn't be but very well could be and makes the ride be one of the most fun you have had in a while.

/me sings "The Age Of Acquarious" by ASIA

"You know how I know you are gay? You listen to ASIA."

[etane]

Dancer in the Dark- 10

Wow. I'm not sure if I can put in words how great this movie was. Although it may be a bit overly harsh at times, almost to the point of becoming unrealistic, it still hits hard and left me in awe by the end. I don't think I'd ever be able to watch this movie again though, it was very hard to take, and would be even more depressing the second time through. Bjork was a great lead, and should star in another movie sometime soon.

My friends and I started saying "I will take the big one" after watching this movie.

[Ghostmaster]

Lost in Translation 6.0 rented it on dvd from my library. I have to say that there is basically nothing happening in this movie and nothing happens in the end. So congradulations Bill Murry on a lousy movie. He can do better.

[AnimeOutlaw]

Movie Theater:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 8/10. So much fun!

Batman Begins: 8/10. Much better than the others. I hope the rest of the Batman movies are this good.

Bewitched: 4/10. Terrible movie.

40 Year Old Virgin: 7/10. Picks up at middle and ends quite nicely. I loved the ending credits musical.

Rented:
Kill Bill: Vol.1 and 2: So much fun to watch. Loved all the fight scenes. Loaded with interesting characters and David Carridine as Bill and Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii were both AWESOME! Same for Uma Thurman; she worked her butt off on the project.

Batman Returns: TERRIBLE.

Porky's II: I was never interested in watching it before, but my roomate left it out when he went on vacation; it's a very funny and good movie, I thought.

[Major Tom]

The Big Red 1: 7.5 Directed by Sam Fuller, a semi-autobiographical look at his experiences in the European theatre in WWII. Not a shabby movie, I do think he concentrated far too much on the four horsemen, but the atmosphere this film creates is superb. I suppose you get that from a director and main lead that was actually there. Another detail I noticed, although it is rather morbid, is that the way the extras fell after being shot was rather more believable than most Hollywood films. If you look at footage from the war where a soldier catches a bullet, they just drop, none of this fancy failing and 'ahhhh!'

[Finnf00]

Tokyo Story - 10/10
Ozu's masterpiece from 1953 is without a doubt the most benevolent description of life ever captured on film.

Go - 7/10
Yukisada Isao's coming-of-age film is nicely done and lacks any real flaws. Contains nothing extravagant either.

Ararat - 8/10
Typical back and fourth jumping from Atom Egoyan. Well written and executed. Too much dialogue at times.

[JOJO]

Flightplan-7
Not bad, its very suspenful and might even made you start to believe that the mother is crazy, but i found the ending to be very cliche.

The Transporter 2 - 8
Lots of over the top action, lots of guns and hand to hand combat, but not much of anything else, and you dont really need to watch the first movie to undestand this one.

[Ghostmaster]

I just saw Flightplan and A History of Violence this weekend.
Flightplan 8.0- good plot, has a twist, and jodie foster's performance is good.
A History of Violence Brutal, but satisfyingly great and suspenseful throughtout the whole film. Everyone's performance is superb- 9.0

[Naota]

Wolf Creek

If you are interested in travelling to the harsh Australian outback, this is a movie you may want to watch first. Based on true events, Wolf Creek tells the story of an Australian backpacker, Ben, travelling with two female British backpackers. After meeting up at a hostel, the three decide, on Ben's recommendation, to visit Wolf Creek National Park, the site of a huge meteor impact. Upon returning to their car, after exploring the site, the trio realise that their watches have stopped and that their car wont start.

Enter Mick (played by Australia's all round nice guy home improvement specialist, John Jarret), a jovial Aussie larrikin who reminds you of every foreigners idea of an Australian male, a mix between Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin. He tinkers with their car, only to tell them that he'll need to replace the parts, and that they're welcome to return to his camp, one of hundreds of abandoned mining operation in the Australian outback, to stay the night. This is where the fun ends.

Wolf Creek is a new generation Australian slasher film. The violence in the film is so realistic that it garners an R18+ (High Level Realistic Violence) rating. I went in to the cinemas for the advanced screening of Wold Creek with high expectations and I was mildly disappointed with the violence, but was overall happy with the film itself.

While the violence is very realistic, IMO there just isn't enough of it. Wolf Creek will make you squeamish enough to possibly leave the cinema (as people did at the screening I went to) knowing that there are people who actually do this kind of thing in the Australian outback, and that the events in this movie are based on actual events. However, that's only if you aren't de-sensitised to violence through years of watching Japanese horror films, or from watching the Nightmare on Elm Street movies as a 7 year old, etc, like me.

The performances from the main cast are realistic and brilliant, and the voyeuristic approach to the filming throughout Wolf Creek almost make you feel as if you are watching a snuff film in wide screen. For me, John Jarret's performance made the film, but I think you'd only get enjoyment out of it if you watch Australia's Better Homes and Gardens. Jarret's character is brutal and takes pride in his "work", laughing and joking all the way. You almost feel like a sick and twisted individual yourself, by sitting and watching it.

If you can, check it out. :p

6/10

[Major Tom]

I actually saw this a couple weeks back, but things got int eh way and I forgot to mention it......

U571: 5 Not a good war film in my opinion, all that 'Yay! America!' jazz. There were actual events involving the capture of the Enigma machine, so why did they have to make one up? So many convient plot happenings, it just didn't come off as realistic. Props for the brilliant underwater visuals, though.

[Ghostmaster]

I actually just saw The Fly on TV with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. It was really weird, but interesting. The transformation from human bug is disturbing at points, but the movie as a whole is interesting and you want to keep watching. So I give it a 7.5.

[Kagome654]

Saw II 7.5/10. One word 'Meh.' It really lacked the dynamics of the first movie where you had two people in a room, with a corpse and a tape recorder...and basically watched them play with each others heads. Here you just threw a bunch of young(ish) people into a house and watched them kill each other. Yay, you know that's original.... I preferred when Jigsaw was a disembodied voice on a recorder, not an old man doing his best Dr. Lector impression. The majority of the characters were far too shallow and..well..stupid.

That being said, there were some really chilling moments, and like the first film the twist is pretty good. Not to mention the ways of killing people are still creative, albeit a little unfair in some cases if you're trying to 'test' your victims.

[Finnf00]

Young Thugs: Nostalgia - 7
Supposedly Miike's favourite film out of his own work. It's not as edgy as some of his more notorious flicks, but it does feature some very nice acting by a few kid actors. The story is also a bit more humane than in most other Miike "spectacles".

Happy Together - 9
Best gay themed movie ever, hands down. Wong Kar-Wai knwos exactly how to build a scene and how to make each shot perfectly imperfect. Typical dialogue with great acting and a timeless feel to it. Take it from a non-gay. Brill flick, even for the straights.

[Dirty Harry]

Saw II: 7.5
I liked the way it connected itself to the first movie, the plot itself, and the ending except for one part, even though that part was a big part.

Things that bugged me were some of the characters. The characters and the acting. That's the only thing.

It was a good movie to go see on Halloween instead of Trick or Treating.

The Sting: 9.0
Awesome movie, had very old fashioned feel. Not much to beyond the fact that it has both Robert Redford and Paul Newman in great roles, that almost seem built for them by the end of the film.

The Deer Hunter: 9.0
A powerful movie if any, so close to life you almost don't realize it's a movie by the end. An odd choice of scenes that they lead you through that almost leave the details hidden. Walken is really good, but the main focus of the film is definitely DeNiro after the first half. I didn't cry, but by the end I wasn't laughing anymore. :(

[Zero]

A History of Violence - 8.0/10
In terms of theme and action, this film was where it needed to be. It's questioning of identity and what makes a personality the "real" or "true" one. The story was considerably interesting for the first half, though much of it became a little farfetched and disjointed in the second half. The script fell into cliche moments, especially involving Tom Stall's son. Still, Viggo surprised me, and Ed Harris...he's always a nice addition to a film. Although it avoided a cliche ending, it still left the audience with almost nothing to take from the film. It simply ended. If anything, this film was worth spending the theater-viewing price over the other crap hollywood produces and psuhes into theaters.

American History X 9.8/10
Finally came around to obtaining a copy of this film. One word: Provocative. Having seen this, Edward Norton officially makes it onto my top/favorite actors list. Words can't express how well this film approached the subject of the evils and hypocracies of racism, as well as its effects on both a societal and familial scale. The only flaw I could find that somewhat bothered me was the introduction of the father figure late in the film and his impact on Norton's character, which came out as having slightly muddled the flow of that particular point in the film. That, however, is quickly ignorable. One of the best damn movies I've seen in quite a while.

[Two-twenty]

The Machinist: 9/10

If there are any budding film writers here who want a really good example of how to do a thriller, this is room 101. It spirals down in a jig-sawed mind-f*** of mystery and deja-vu as agaonising as insomnia itself leading to one of the most satisfying endings I have seen in a very, very, long time. Chritian Bale is almost unrecognisable and disturbingly believable. Hats off also go to John Sharian (Ivan, bald guy with the retarded hand) coming across as delightfully sinister. See this film, it's fantastic.

[Miaka Lee]

Unleashed:The Unrated Version-8.5/10
From Rouge Pictures, Stars: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman and Bob Hoskins.
Master Yuen Wo Ping(Matrix 1-3, Kill Bill Vol.1-2,+more)-Legendary Fight Choreographer, is like royalty and choreographs eveything to the last inch(hes so coolXD), he did a ver nice job in this film.

This is not your normal action film or your normal Jet Li movie. Usually Jet plays the tough guy that saves the family, the city and kills the bad guy. Here he plays basically a dog; his master using a collar controls him. When the collars on he is a normal dog, collar off he a killing machine and fights and kills whomever his master says to. He doesn't understand life, partially a man with no soul. Until he remembers a piano and his mother playing it. He meets a man that plays the piano on one of is masters "meetings". In the end he is saved by music.

[Two-twenty]

Seven Years in Tibet - 9/10
And the winner for character development goes to...!
Wow! Seldom do you get a film where a physical/spiritual/emotional journey is told in such an epic proportion yet still comes off with sublety and beauty. I'm well aware that not all of the Tibet/China stroy is being told here, but in this case, it's besides the point, as the movie is meant to focus on the growth of Heinrich Harrer as a character, and it does so brilliantly. My only complaint is that Brad Pitt's "Austrian" accent is far from perfect and distracts sometimes, but really, this is just nit-picking. A very good film.

Ladder 49 - 8/10
I was really aprehensive about watching this film as the last thing I wanted was to witness post 9/11 shmaltz, luckily there is very little of it (bar the firefighting montage at the end). The story is very textbook in it's execution and as such it's predictable, but when the characters are as engaging as they are, and when the comedy and tragedy are at all the right moments, it doesn't really matter. Probably the best film I've seen John Travolta in for a while.

The Safety of Objects - 6/10
I wanted to like this film, I really did, but the situations each of the characters find themselves in I found to be just too mundane and weak for a feature film and the I think the overall meaning, or message was too obscured in the process. You know something is wrong with a character-based movie when you can't connect with the characters.

Oceans Twelve - 5/10
Gone is the wit and chemistry of the first film, instead I'm given a convoluted and absolutly stupid storyline, with humour that falls flat on it's face, with bad pacing to boot (For the first 25 minutes, nothing happens). While the ending does wrap things up nicely, it's just too much of a chore to get to. This movie is a classic example of why story is king and that a big cast does not a good movie make.

[Ghostmaster]

I saw a lot of movies lately.
Good Night and Good Luck - 8.4
co-written by George Clooney who also stars in the film about the Joseph Mcarthy trials. Very interesting and enjoyable.
Annie Hall - 7.5
It was pretty funny. The funniest out of the Woody Allen movies I've seen.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- 8.0
I liked it better than the last one. The characters develop throughout the story and become more mature as the story progresses but I felt like nothing was accomplished from the movie.
Rent - 8.7
pretty much stays in tact with the show except for the scenary obviously. But it was very enjoyable and the songs were great.

[Phate]

Der Untergang (aka Downfall) - 9/10
Great film. Great acting all around, but I felt that Bruno Ganz's portrayal as Adolf Hitler was especially grand. I'm not too great on history as some others here, but I know the basics of what happened, and I thought that this was an excellent piece portraying the final days of Hitler. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in history, especially World War II. Alexandra Maria Lara is hot, too.

[Major Tom]

Doom: 5 Overall a mediocre action flick, with disappointly little to do with the game we've all come to love. Dumped straight into the middle of the story, with little or no background on the events surrounding the film doesn't help either. It seemed to me, that for a elite special forces outfit they were pretty sloppy.....maybe I just look into such things too much.

Our characters changed a lot during the course of the movie, often without much of a reason as to why. For example, the sergeant dude went from a firm but fair commander, to a hardarse, to a stubborn hardarse, finally to a total nutjob, but I didn't see any reason as to why

Good points about the film; Although it's not used much, the BFG has been rendered into one jaw droppingly cool weapon, and the FPS part of the film is worth the wait.

[Neo-Hunter]

movies

King Kong7/10

40 year old virgin 9/10

Batman begins(8/10)

rent(10/10)

[Finnf00]

King Kong - 6
3 hours of well, revamped cinematic history. Quite boring and offered very little new ideas to the old story. Naomi Watts was gorgeous and I give a 6 simply to her on-screen precence.

[Shadowmage]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- 7

You know, I do realize that this movie is based on the books (thus there is no obligation to follow the novels verbatim); however, there is a point when you realize that a lot of the meat has been cut out. The movie is pretty much the Triwizard Tournament with flair, but the novel was about more than just the competition. While the angst was portrayed realistically, they cut out far too many important points in the novel. The movie effectively turned all the antagonists into walking, talking cliches despite the fact that they were fleshed out well in the novel. Alas, this flick had a good deal of entertainment value hence the 7.

[Jedinator]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind 10 out of 10

GREAT MOVIE made me cry, I dont cry easily.

[Ghostmaster]

Transamerica- 8.0

Felicty Huffman gives a great performance portraying a transexual, but the movie I didn't love. It had a good story and everything, but I thikn her performance really won me over.
Brotherhood of the Wolf- 7.8

For those of you who don't know it's a French action film, kinda. There is a whole story to it about two travler's coming to a village to get rid of a monster that ravages over a small town. Interesting story and characters. A fun film to watch because there are some cool fight scenes, but does have a real story.

[Emeraldas]

Me and You and Everyone We Know - 8/10.
I'm caught between finding it really refreshing and endearing in some places, really pretentious and annoying in others. Miranda July kind of personifies my reaction-- shy, subtle and vulnerable but trying too hard, at times, to be weird and unique.

Saw 2 - 6/10
Mindless horror indulgence yay! It was at least as good, if not better than, the first one.

[aeroshadow]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- 7

You know, I do realize that this movie is based on the books (thus there is no obligation to follow the novels verbatim); however, there is a point when you realize that a lot of the meat has been cut out. The movie is pretty much the Triwizard Tournament with flair, but the novel was about more than just the competition. While the angst was portrayed realistically, they cut out far too many important points in the novel. The movie effectively turned all the antagonists into walking, talking cliches despite the fact that they were fleshed out well in the novel. Alas, this flick had a good deal of entertainment value hence the 7.I was more upset seeing the rather leisurely paced book turn into an abomination so frantic. I could so hear Voldemort going, "Harry, let's have a duel, no HURRY! QUICK - let's have a duel! Speed it up Harry, I don't have much time!"

Blech.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 6 or 7

[mistress #9]

starwars revenge of the sith... 9/10 oh my god i loved this movie....ankin was awsome in this one ..it give me chills...it was awsome awsome for me its right up there with eppy 4, a new hope.

Jurrassic park 8.5/10 okay this is an old one....and they do detour from the book a little but i just rewatched them last weekend and oh my god, i am still blown away by the special effects....i am taking a dino class in school right now so i am very into them at this moment and this movie rocked..

Jurassic park 2 the lost world 7/10 i liked this one as well, the whole scences with the three t rexs was sooo cool but i was a little ticked off because they deteried from the story and then they were dumb and took the dino's of the planet.

Jurassic park 3 4/10 this one was soo disappointing where was the story...i know i shouldnt be suprized micheal chreighton only wrote two books but still they could have been more crative...though the thing with the raptors was cool and check out the pterdons...cool cool..

:smash:

[Major Tom]

Saw this a couple weeks ago:

Jarhead: 8.5 Wow. Not your typical American war movie, in fact, not typical of any war movie I can remember. Focusing entirely on the part of war nobody wants to talk about. The boredom. What do you do when your not fighting?

The only real problem I had with the film was I didn't feel that the relationship between the sniper and his spotter (damn, I've forgotten their names) was really enlarged. Bar this, if you don't mind lots of swearing, d!ck jokes and marines in general, this is one fine film.

[Finnf00]

Me and You and Everyone We Know - 8/10.
I'm caught between finding it really refreshing and endearing in some places, really pretentious and annoying in others. Miranda July kind of personifies my reaction-- shy, subtle and vulnerable but trying too hard, at times, to be weird and unique.Hmm, I was thinking about seeing this one in the theaters, but now I'm not too sure anymore. I'll probably rent it later.

Laitakaupungin Valot - 8

Aki Kaurismaki's final episode in his Helsinki trilogy is a mixed bag. On one hand the plot is more intriguing than in many of his earlier movies, but it's just not explored enough, and leaves the movie feeling a bit shallow. Of course it's rock solid Kaurismaki stuff once again, dealing with tragic loneliness and the fate of the working class in a harsh capitalistic world. All done in a stylish, near theatrical way. So yeah, usually I'd give all Kaurismaki movies at least a nine, but this one didn't feel as complete as his previous ones. Can't wait to see what he'll come up with after this trilogy.

[Pachinko]

I rewatched Evita last night; it's been years.
I'll give it a solid 9.5, because I'm a sucker for musicals.
X3

[Emeraldas]

Hmm, I was thinking about seeing this one in the theaters, but now I'm not too sure anymore. I'll probably rent it later.

It's definitely worth a rental, if just for this one hilarious scene involving two kids chatting to an unsuspecting pervert on the Internet.

[Phate]

The Matador

I honestly thought that this was going to be another mediocre comedy-drama when I heard about it. After hearing positive reviews and a recommendation from Heimdal, I decided to watch it.

To be frank, this was a very good movie. Pierce Brosnan gave a surprisingly good performance as Julian Noble, and was the best part of the movie, but Kinnear's character was good as well. The plot was very good at being both funny and touching throughout the film, especially towards the end.

8-9/10

[Tremolo]

9 Souls - 10
Having seen and loved writer/director Toshiaki Toyoda's previous film Aoi Haru (Blue Spring), I was really looking forward to this follow-up and quite simply wasn't disappointed. 9 Souls is even better.

Brilliantly acted and directed with a simply amazing soundtrack and a wonderful mixture of tones (comedy, drama...even a dash of extreme violence) that never seem forced, this is truly Japanese film-making at its very best.

Now to check out his other films Kûchû teien and Pornostar :D

[Ghostmaster]

Hmm, I was thinking about seeing this one in the theaters, but now I'm not too sure anymore. I'll probably rent it later.

Laitakaupungin Valot - 8

Aki Kaurismaki's final episode in his Helsinki trilogy is a mixed bag. On one hand the plot is more intriguing than in many of his earlier movies, but it's just not explored enough, and leaves the movie feeling a bit shallow. Of course it's rock solid Kaurismaki stuff once again, dealing with tragic loneliness and the fate of the working class in a harsh capitalistic world. All done in a stylish, near theatrical way. So yeah, usually I'd give all Kaurismaki movies at least a nine, but this one didn't feel as complete as his previous ones. Can't wait to see what he'll come up with after this trilogy.
Well it's out of theaters now and I believe its on dvd. I've read some things about this movie it was playing at a local theater where i was over the summer, I was gonna go see it, but never got the chance. Tell me how it is if you see it.

[Two-twenty]

Festival Express- 5/10

Cramming a whole bunch of musicians (the likes of Jannis Joplin, The Greatful Dead, et. al) on a train instead of flying them around seemed like a great way to portray the creative process of that time in a very pure way. I was expecting Lord of the Flies, except with musicians and no death. However, the grand majority of the movie was spent just watching them perform on stage at the actual venues. While I do absolutly love the music from that era this is a movie, not filler on a music channel. In the interviews, the people involved said the train trip was such a hive of activity, and we barely got to see any of it. How bitterly dissapointing.

[Major Tom]

Normally I wait until the next day to put up reviews, but this deserved an instant opinion.

Stealth: 2

O.M.F.G. Just about everything was wrong with this film, from the 'AMERICA, F**K YEAH!' tone that screamed louder than Team America ever did, to the forced sexual tension, to the very dodgy flight models they used (Now I'm no pilot, but I know a bit about flying and I can say with certainty that most of those 'cool' moves would have sent those crates into a stall, and at the altitudes they were flying at, right into the ground).

The acting was wooden, and each character fit into a stereotype; the lovable rogue, the token black man, the token love interest, the responsible commander, the grubbing politican......The way alliances were made and broken between the characters were schizophrenic at best, and there were many 'hang on, how did that happen?' moments.

The complete and utter lack of political machinations really hurt this film. I mean, you can't just go around dropping bombs on other peoples countries and not have them care. It just added utter confusion to the whole scenario, why are they doing that? To what end?

And the ordinance.......when oh when is Hollywood going to learn that air to air missiles, in fact air to ground missiles are not loaded with napalm? Or that f**king powerful for that matter? There were perhaps maybe 2 of those big firey explosions that were actually possible (discounting the air to air stuff, those things are loaded with fuel, so they burn).

For a details person like me, this was one cringeworthy film, and even those who don't particularly care about details, it's still a terrible film. I'm very glad I didn't actually pay for it.

[Nicotine]

Capote - 7.5/10
Once I got used to Capote's annoying voice, I began to enjoy this movie XD.

I liked how Capote's relationship with the murderer Perry Smith evolved throughout the years (though I guess it wasn't really a friendship since Capote just wanted to finish his book >_>). At the end you kind of get a "sympathy for the devil" feeling when you know Smith's story.

All in all, I'd recommend this movie only if you want to learn about the Clutter family murders. You won't learn much about Truman Capote himself by watching this, so I think the title is quite misleading.

Paradise Now - 9.5/10
I'd really like it if someone could explain to me why this didn't win the Oscar for best foreign film?! (Probably because Jews didn't like it).

It was a truely powerful film and was really informative about what a suicide bomber is thinking. I like how the end catches you off guard.

[kLaUS]

memoirs of a geisha:9/10,, i really enjoy this movie,, maybe the plot is not for everybody,, but is just as good as the book !!

saw= 8/10,, wow,, i cant believe wait so long to see this movie,, it was great,, of course everything just fit rigth in position to the killer... but the deaths are discusting... so i enjoy a lot

[Ghostmaster]

Capote - 7.5/10
Once I got used to Capote's annoying voice, I began to enjoy this movie XD.

I liked how Capote's relationship with the murder Perry Smith evolved throughout the years (though I guess it wasn't really a friendship since Capote just wanted to finish his book >_>). At the end you kind of get a "sympathy for the devil" feeling when you know Smith's story.

All in all, I'd recommend this movie only if you want to learn about the Clutter family murders. You won't learn much about Truman Capote himself by watching this, so I think the title is quite misleading.

Paradise Now - 9.5/10
I'd really like it if someone could explain to me why this didn't win the Oscar for best foreign film?! (Probably because Jews didn't like it).

It was a truely powerful film and was really informative about what a suicide bomber is thinking. I like how the end catches you off guard.
You're exaclty right I am sure the acedemy didn't want to give Paradise Now the award because the antisimetic views. I haven't seen the movie, but it got gerat reviews and I'm sure it would have won otherwise.

[Finnf00]

Paradise now didn't win probably for all the same reasons Tsotsi did. It wasn't American enough. Gang violence is somehow easier to swallow than suicide bombers.

[sohryu]

Flightplan - 6/10

This movie kept me guessing, which is good, but eventually I got tired of being yanked around by which way I thought the movie would go. It wasn't a bad way to spend my Thursday night, so meh.

High Tension - 8.5/10

I enjoyed it immensely up until the ending. I can't say I didn't see it coming, because I was warned about it, but still... they really tried too hard to make it something other than a fun slasher kinda movie.

H (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304120/) - 3/10

I fell asleep at least five times during this movie. That might have been because it was the third movie of the night and I was tired as hell, or because it wasn't dubbed and I despise reading subtitles, or because it was just a weird f*cking movie. At any rate, two things stand out in my head about this movie. One, some members of the cast were total eye candy. (<3 azns) Two, at the very end of the movie, before the credits, they show something about the title that'll make you go "Ohhhhhhhhhhh."

[Phate]

Crash - 7.75/10

I liked it overall. The scenes that involved Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Ludacris, and Michael Pena were good to great in quality. In these scenes I felt that the overall theme of racial/social tensions in Los Angeles was portrayed better. I can't say the same for Sandra Bullock's or Brendan Fraser's scenes, particularly Bullock's; I found them more stupid and melodramatic than entertaining. Also, the ending was somewhat lackluster.

Good film, but not without obvious flaws; I don't think it deserved the Oscar.

[JaQuais J.]

40 year old virgin-10 funny as hell!!!
Old boy -9 very original and interesting....also kinda sick and twisted you have to see it.

[Two-twenty]

The Warriors- 8/10

The fights, the array of gangs, the performances from the actors that played Cyrus, Swan, Ajax and Luther, everything about this movie just oozes http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/Twotwenty/kickinrad.gif.
If there had to be only one film that could be the ultimate cult movie, this is it. Yeah, the good ol' 70's synthesizer did grate on the nerves, but its biggest flaw is that there simple weren't enough fights! There were so many gangs and so many gimmicks, I would've loved to see more of them in action.

Twelve Monkeys- 9/10

This truely mind-bending sci-fi is worth all of its hype, moreso even. It's very stylized, but without seming unrealistic, very "out-there" but not within the realms of impossiblity. Brad Pitt is truely outstanding in his role as a complete schitz and it's definetly my favourite perfromance of his.

[PsychoSaiya-jin]

Fearless - 9/10
Best Jet Li film in years. Wushu > j00

[Ghostmaster]

The Consant Gardner- 7/10
thought it was interesting reminded me of Syriana a little bit. But it is kidna dull, but at some points the tension hightens and you do figure all the stuff thats going on, so it is good it that sense.

[JOJO]

Lords of War - 8
A very realistic movie about the "high demand" that firearms have in the world. It's about this guy that witnessed a gun shooting and gets into the gun business when he realized the high deamnd for them, it will give you an idea of just how big gun trafficing really is. Nicolas Cage always seems to play the villian more carismatically. One of the most amusing parts of the film is when he said that he never sold weapons to Saddam Hissein, not because of the threat he represented to the US, but because "his checks always bounced".

[soundchazer]

Elizabethtown 8/10

Not the best Cameron Crowe effort. Felt disjointed at parts (almost like 3 stories in 1) and became a little bit preachy at times, but in the end it won me over because it presented a very positive picture about life, death, love and the simplicity of small town values.

[RenZhe]

Chocolat- 9/10
A funny and original drama centered around one of the greatest foods ever created.

The Good Girl - 8.5/10
I'm a big fan of Jake Gyllenhaal; a great performance as always.

The English Patient - 5.5/10
I'm sorry, but I'm in the minority here. I absolutely dreaded this film.
Cons:
-uninteresting characters
-too long for its own good
-lackluster ending
Pro:
-Great Cinematography

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

Sideways--8.5/10
I thought this movie was excellent overall though it had a slow start. Eventually the comedy became more apparent and I think Paul Giamatti is a great actor that doesnt get as much credit as he should(he was also very good in Cinderella Man). The humor in the movie is very diverse, ranging from simple to wity/intelligent, mainly because the main character is a writer/middle school literature teacher. Thomas Haden Church played a very good "love idiot" who got into a whole lot of shinanigans. Only con I found was like I said, it starts a little slow.

[Ghostmaster]

Insomnia- 8.0
Very entertaining, but nothing special. It's your typical thriller. of course Robin Williams and Al Pacino do a great job. Hilary Swank doesn't have that great of a role, but plays her part out well. Director Chris Nolan, who directed Memento, does a good job of giving the audience suspense and mystery is this film. I expect we shall see much more of him in the future. I believe his most recent project was Batman Begins. I think's he's working on two new projects, you can check IMDB for more.

[Major Tom]

Midway: 7.5

Overall, one of the better war films I have seen. It looks at both sides of the conflict, and only takes a slightly more American side overall. It's pretty accurate to boot. You want a godo film about the battle of Midway, this is it.

The film did have some downsides, that lost it points, though. I wanted the Japanese to speak Japanese. At least they didn't bother with those bloody fake accents they always give the Germans.

Although I am more forgiving on this point, when there is file footage they could at least try to find the appropriate aircraft, not some that weren't even in production yet.

And finally, the little romance side story was rubbish. It was a waste of time, it didn't need to be done.

Aeon Flux: 7 Not a bad film. Not great, but not bad. I would assume that people that have seen other incarnations of Aeon Flux would probably say that this movie suXX0rs compares to such and such, but I am in the fortunate position of not having even heard of Aeon Flux......

Personally, I think this film would have done better animated. It would have given a little more freedom with the stunts and equipment. There were some stunts that were rather obviously wire jobs.

THis biggest failing of this film is that problem that most films based on something that has been running serially face: There is a lot going on in a short space of time. Several aspects of Aeon character were rushed through, and some plot lines were either dumbed down or ignored in order to get through to the end.

[Zirilan]

Pink Panther 8/10

Steve Martin is hilarious.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

White Noise 7.5/10
Not a bad movie, not an extremely good movie either. Has some interesting theories/insight and some pretty decent creepy moments. Overall a decent movie, worthy of renting or waiting to watch on HBO or w/e.

[Freya]

V for Vendetta

8 out of 10

Action was enjoyable, although some things about the movie confused me and V frankly creeped me out for a lot of the movie and confused me >.> I should probably see it again but overall it was enjoyable.

UltraViolet

2 out of 10

The roof sequence was kinda cool, where the Japanese gang shot everyone except Violet otherwise the moive was pridicable and retarded. My brother and my friend and I all laughed through the movie and talked about how pridictable it was.

Howls Moving Castle

10 our of 10

Need I say more?

[Yurika Star]

Hmm, I haven't been active in this thread (and I should've been) with the amount of DVDs I buy. In the last week:

Rent - Really enjoed it. Excelent music. Good acting and the issues raised in it are still relevant BUT, although the cast used was ace they show their experience in their appearance aswel as skill and that was a slight flaw. 8/10

Oldboy - This film was immence! Loved every minute of it and am shocked I only just watched it. It's a Korean film about a man who was imprisoned for 15 years by a company who imprisons people for rich clients. A few great twists in it and it's very gripping. One of the best films I've seen ion a long time and had me feeling like I did when I watched Fight Club for the first time. 10/10

Lost Memories 2009 - Another Korean film, this time a collaboration with Japan aswel. It has good action, an interesting plot idea and alternate reality inside it. But at times the plot, and most of all the acting lkets it down. 7/10

Patton - The winner of 7 Oscars in 1970 follows the WW2 career of 3 Star General Patton, his desicions, his flaws and his character. How they win the war for the Allies and destroy his career. Amazing film, probably my favourite war film as it's not as much about war as it is about the man involved. 9/10

The Mists of Avalon - Tells the tail of Avalon and Arthur (Ancient English Mythos). A friend bought this and I watched it with him (as the DVD player is in my flat I didn't have much choice really) and I wasn't as dissapointed as I expected to be. It has flaws definately, poor casting being the biggest of these and poor directing just behind that, but it over comes these to be atleast watchable. Although probably not worth 8 Yuan. 5/10

Capote - Winner of this years Oscar for Best Actor Capote follows Truman Capote (the versatile yet creepy Philip Seymour Hoffman) in the research for his non-fiction book In Cold Blood. He develops a relationship with one of the murderers who he is researching, and this film tells the tail of how this relationship affected him. Great acting in it, good story and interesting. Not amazing, but definately worth the watch. 8/10

I think this is all I've watched this week, though you sometimes forget.

I have a bunch of Korean and Chinese films back home (Wo ai Stepehn Chow) which I'll say stuff about another time.

[Tremolo]

The Wig - 7/10
Horrendously depressing Korean horror nonsense that makes up for its slow pace with some wonderful visuals, some good performances and a really interesting twist.

Ginger Snaps - 8/10
Yeah, I'm in a bit of a horror film mood at the moment (I have no idea why) and this is definitely one of the better ones I've seen. Gloriously f*cked up, brilliantly acted and with a decent werewolf to boot. Great stuff; I plan on seeking out the sequels.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

[B]UltraViolet

2 out of 10

The roof sequence was kinda cool, where the Japanese gang shot everyone except Violet otherwise the moive was pridicable and retarded. My brother and my friend and I all laughed through the movie and talked about how pridictable it was.

Yeah my brother saw this and told me it was the "worst movie ever." I never did see anything in the previews worth going to the theatres and paying good $$ to see. To me it looked like a cheap, and I mean really cheap, rip off of the Aeon Flux movie.

[Freya]

Yeah my brother saw this and told me it was the "worst movie ever." I never did see anything in the previews worth going to the theatres and paying good $$ to see. To me it looked like a cheap, and I mean really cheap, rip off of the Aeon Flux movie.


I'll put it this way:

I'm glad I paid $4 and not $8 (although it ended up being $50 because I bought chocolate covered raisons. Stupid expensive candy!)

[Akuhei]

Yeah my brother saw this and told me it was the "worst movie ever." I never did see anything in the previews worth going to the theatres and paying good $$ to see. To me it looked like a cheap, and I mean really cheap, rip off of the Aeon Flux movie.

We already have one Ghostmaster, we don't need two :\.

Anywho... I saw Thank You For Smoking on Saturday Night. Very funny movie, I'd give it an 8.5/10. The actors were hilarious and there were alot of really good lines (and a few really good one-liners, which I haven't seen in comedy movies very often recently). Obviously alot of the things in the movie are blown way out of proportion, but it is what it is, a very entertaining satire on lobbyists and how they can twist the truth.

[Ghostmaster]

We already have one Ghostmaster, we don't need two :\.

Anywho... I saw Thank You For Smoking on Saturday Night. Very funny movie, I'd give it an 8.5/10. The actors were hilarious and there were alot of really good lines (and a few really good one-liners, which I haven't seen in comedy movies very often recently). Obviously alot of the things in the movie are blown way out of proportion, but it is what it is, a very entertaining satire on lobbyists and how they can twist the truth.
Hey shutup :kissass:

[Finnf00]

Oldboy - This film was immence! Loved every minute of it and am shocked I only just watched it. It's a Korean film about a man who was imprisoned for 15 years by a company who imprisons people for rich clients. A few great twists in it and it's very gripping. One of the best films I've seen ion a long time and had me feeling like I did when I watched Fight Club for the first time. 10/10Good for a non-Kim Ki Duk Korean movie, unforgettable, but still not a 10/10 in my mind.
Patton - The winner of 7 Oscars in 1970 follows the WW2 career of 3 Star General Patton, his desicions, his flaws and his character. How they win the war for the Allies and destroy his career. Amazing film, probably my favourite war film as it's not as much about war as it is about the man involved. 9/10Far from a 9 in my opinion. Saved by some cool acting, but falls short on every other area. Poorly executed battle scenes IMO.

Aparajito - This Satyajit Ray flick is a classic (far from typical Bollywood), and concidered to be a similar landmark in Indian cinema as say Tokyo Story in Japanese cinema. A very humane film about a boy who experiences the death of his father and decides to pursue his studies, leaving his lonely mother behind. 9/10

Fantastic Four - Typical big budget Hollywood stuff with some very nice eye-candy in Jessica Alba. The DVD offered surprisingly crap extras (no "making of"). 2/10

Bullet Ballet - Tsukamoto Shinya's mammoth project is less confusing from his Tetsuo series, but contains much of the same repulsive and very distorted elements as the cyberpunk classics. This movie does offer better cinematography and is better written, so I'll award it with a 9/10.

[Tremolo]

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed - 9/10
And the Trem horror splurge continues with another superior slice of Canadian werewolf brilliance. Beautifully shot, with great performances (Emily Perkins <3) and special effects, this is even better than the first.

Capote - 8.5/10
Saw this some time ago and liked it quite a bit. Not the most uplifting of films, but Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance is amazing.

[Freya]

Pride and Prejudice (the newest one) 9/10

The mother was much more likeable in this one compared to others, although on the other side the father seemed more detached. It was a wonderful movie all around, but they talked to fast (stupid English! lol jk) but the actors and actresses were all very pretty (but not unrealistically) and likable... especially that stunning Mr. Darcy!!! *swoons* yeah GREAT movie!

(I only gave it a nine because they talked soooooo fast! I couldn't understand it!)

[Tamanegi Sensei]

Basic Instinct 2 3.5/10
How could a crazy Sharon Stone walkin around naked be borin? Oh theres a way. Stone slinks around like the perfect little sex kitten, but shes teasin us. Since the first one is out on DVD who's left to tease eh?

Adam & Steve 2.5 out of 10
This is proof that indie films can be lame as blockbusters. This movie contains more crap and vomit as any American Pie ripoff except without the clever insights on human behavior. You'd think a hot girl telling fat jokes about herself would be funny huh? Even she don't get it either.

[kLaUS]

ice age 2, 8/10... is so much funnier than the first. love the 2 animals that are with the mammut girl, i dont remember their names,, but they are the best.

[Yurika Star]

Far from a 9 in my opinion. Saved by some cool acting, but falls short on every other area. Poorly executed battle scenes IMO.
For me the film nwas all about the acting and the War was just a backdrop. Great interaction and acting made it very, very watchable D:

If I was doing a review it wouldn't be that high, with all that constructive stuff, but I aint D:

Good for a non-Kim Ki Duk Korean movie, unforgettable, but still not a 10/10 in my mind.
Again, in an actual review putting elements of the film against each other, nah not that high, but for watchability and unforgatability tis big D:

And I still get the same reaction at 'the end' every time I watch it.

[RenZhe]

Pride and Prejudice (the newest one) 9/10

The mother was much more likeable in this one compared to others, although on the other side the father seemed more detached. It was a wonderful movie all around, but they talked to fast (stupid English! lol jk) but the actors and actresses were all very pretty (but not unrealistically) and likable... especially that stunning Mr. Darcy!!! *swoons* yeah GREAT movie!

I agree pride and prejudice is a great movie that gets the formula for a romance down perfectly. I'd give it a 9/10 also.

Lately I've seen a string of really good films:

Finding Neverland - Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp star in this wonderful film about the power of imagination. 9.5/10

Good Night and Good Luck - A great achievement for director George Clooney. Clever usage of cinematography creates a very suitable environment for the movie. 9/10

Thank You for Smoking - An amazing cynical satire. I laughed from start to finish. This movie definitely has a place on my top 10 list. 9.8/10

[Scoot]

Just pushed "The Terminator" through my eyes for the fiftieth time. What can I say?

Amazing.

That any film can make a plot reminiscent of a Mystery Science Theatre episode believable is incredible in its own right - but this film actually basks in the sheer rawness of its script, takes absolutely no prisoners, and Jim Cameron delivers not one, not two, but three ending climaxes - a trick he is to repeat in the equally ferocious Aliens.

For the film which had more of our parents crossing their fingers on August 29, 1997 than they care to admit, I give the lofty score of 9/10.

Some trivia:
The model used in The Terminator was made from steel, and required four men to hold it when shooting the final scenes.

The Terminator is officially number 22 in the greatest screen heros and villians of all time as published by the American Film Institute.

[sohryu]

Walk the Line - 9/10

I really, really, really enjoyed this movie. The music wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but I didn't hate it. I don't think Reese Witherspoon deserved the Oscar for it. I couldn't stop staring at Joaquin's scar. >_<

Seeing the ending made me squeal (I didn't know jack squat about Johnny Cash), but I don't think I could ever see it again. Doesn't rate high on the rewatchability scale, you see. :/

[sakura_blossom]

The Rainmaker - 8/10

I never get time to really sit down and watch a movie much anymore, but the other day on TNT I believe, they had a showing of this movie. First off the acting was really well done, very believable, very realistic. The plot was saddening in most of the movie and the case that they portrayed can happen in the real world, no doubt, that's what made it somewhat frightening while watching this movie.

My problem with it is two things, first about how Rudy Baylor was interlocking almost two cases at the same time, when he was just a beginning lawyer, one with the insurance company and the other with the love interest he progressed with Kelly Riker. It was interlocking constantly and you had to pay close attention in some parts of the movie. Second is that I don't think I could watch the movie for a second time, at least not for a while, it's just not one of those movies in which you can watch it over and over again.

Other than that, I really found interest in this movie and would like to pick up the book in the near future. Matt Damon played a great role as Rudy and I always love Danny DeVito.

[RenZhe]

Walk the Line - 9/10

I really, really, really enjoyed this movie. The music wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but I didn't hate it. I don't think Reese Witherspoon deserved the Oscar for it. I couldn't stop staring at Joaquin's scar. >_<

Seeing the ending made me squeal (I didn't know jack squat about Johnny Cash), but I don't think I could ever see it again. Doesn't rate high on the rewatchability scale, you see. :/

I think Reese deserved it more than any of the other actresses in that category, seeing as how the nominees this year were quite weak. But I think Reese had a much better performance in Election than she did in Walk the Line and definitely should have won an oscar for her portrayal of Tracy Flick instead of June Carter.

A Chinese film I saw a couple days ago called In the Mood for Love had extremely peculiar yet fascinating usage of angles and shot placements creating a very artistic feel for the movie. Unfortunately, the plot itself was pretty dull and lacking of anything to keep the viewer interested. I had high expectations for this movie seeing as how the cast is very strong, but was kind of let down after the ending credits started rolling. [7.5/10]

[Tremolo]

V For Vendetta - 10
I feel like such a moron for being so late to see this, but there you go. I suck or something. I did however see it in the same cinema that the Mission Impossible III premiere was going to be held in an hour later. Didn't see Tom Cruise but he was apparently going to be there. Oooh, exciting!

Anyway, V. Easily one of the best films I've ever seen. Any film that can make me cry is usually amazing...or really bad. This was the former.

Valerie and Ruth ;_;

[Ghostmaster]

Thank You For Smoking - 6/10
I actually didn't like this movie. I thought it was gonna be a really funny movie with good political humor and smart and clever. However I didn't really find the story or anything about the characters interesting at all. I understand the message, but I don't think it was done in the right way.

Inside Man 8.5/10

Great movie. This just shows Spike Lee can do more than just Pootie Tang or however you spell it. Great plot and lots of twists. Casting was great, Denzel did a great job as well as Clive Owen, who I think is a really good actor. Jodie Foster I could do without I don't think she added that much to the movie, but props to you Spike Lee.

The Cooler - 8/10

Yeah I know this one is a little old, but I rented it and thought it was a interesting and unique film. William H. Macy stars as Bernie "the cooler" and falls in love with a waitress, played by Maria Bello at a casino. Alec Baldwin owns the joint as a stiff, no patient kind of man. Great acting from everyone and I don't want to give anything awa, but you'll enjoy this one.

Scary Movie 4 - 8/10

Yeah I knw this is the fourth one, but it was actually really funny. This movie has absolutely not plot whatsoever, however that does not ruin the movie at all. It's a hysterical movie. Spoofs on War of the Worlds, The Grudge, Saw, Brokeback Mountain and Million Dollar Baby? Didn't that one since that movies from 2004, but whatever. Anyway funny movie go see it.

[soundchazer]

An affair to remember - 8/10: A little too melodramatic towards the end, I liked the more comedic first part better.

Singin' in the rain - 10/10: THE best movie musical of the golden age of musicals, period. Isn't Debbie Reynolds cute on this one?

Gigi - 9/10: Another great musical. I wonder if we could clone Leslie Caron. She makes me drool.

[Finnf00]

A Chinese film I saw a couple days ago called In the Mood for Love had extremely peculiar yet fascinating usage of angles and shot placements creating a very artistic feel for the movie. Unfortunately, the plot itself was pretty dull and lacking of anything to keep the viewer interested. I had high expectations for this movie seeing as how the cast is very strong, but was kind of let down after the ending credits started rolling. [7.5/10] Wow. There are people who don't like Wong Kar-Wai? And to think this is one of his finest flicks.

Cha No Aji (Taste Of Tea) -
This is a strange little flick about a Japanese family where each family member have their own quirky sides. This flick features stars like Asano Tadanobu and Terajima Susumu as well as other strange characters like Hideaki Anno in a siderole! Even though the plot isn't strange per se, it is presented in a very fun and refreshing way (to say the least). Sometimes it even derails into downright psychedelia with stuff like a huge sunflower eating up the galaxy etc. These dreamlike scenes and the funny personalities make this flick stand out from other similar movies. - 8/10

[Tremolo]

Wow. There are people who don't like Wong Kar-Wai? And to think this is one of his finest flicks.

Funnily enough, I'm a massive Wong Kar-Wai fan, and I actually find In the Mood For Love to easily be my least favourite of his films. I'm not really sure why, but I found it all a bit detached for my taste. I know that's the point and all, but I just don't think it really appeals to me. I don't hate it or anything, though - it looks gorgeous, the music is lovely and the ending is fantastic.

My favourite is a throw-up between Fallen Angels and Happy Together.

[punkusa20_2001]

I recently had the great pleasure of watching luck number slevin. I found that it was a good film, not too predictable, with a great set of actors that just sold the movie for me. It has ben kingsley and morgan freeman as mob bosses, bruce willis as a hit man, and josh hartnett in the lead role in a case of mistaken identity.

I also watched a chinese filmed called 2046. It was a very insightfull, although slow, romantic film. Very down to earth movie. Plot was a little jumpy, but the narration helped carry it through.

[Risen Hell Fire]

American history X: 9.4/10 A dam good film, unexpecting ending, great cast and acting, and I like the guy that played Derek in the film he does such a great job you can actually believe him in the film, but it's a film not for kids or anyone whos easily offended by the N word popping up every 12 seconds (well okay not every 12 second).

[Finnf00]

Funnily enough, I'm a massive Wong Kar-Wai fan, and I actually find In the Mood For Love to easily be my least favourite of his films. I'm not really sure why, but I found it all a bit detached for my taste. I know that's the point and all, but I just don't think it really appeals to me. I don't hate it or anything, though - it looks gorgeous, the music is lovely and the ending is fantastic.

My favourite is a throw-up between Fallen Angels and Happy Together.Guess I'm too visually orientated. I follow one Tsukamoto in his opinion that movies should first and foremost look exciting, plot is an important but secondary aspect. You're right though. Both Fallen Angels and Happy Together have stong plots, although it could be argued that Happy Together is in fact very similar to In The Mood For Love. My favourite Wong Kar-Wai movie is ChungKing Express which neither has the most intricate plot nor is it the most visually appleasing of his movies. Go figure.

[Tremolo]

Guess I'm too visually orientated. I follow one Tsukamoto in his opinion that movies should first and foremost look exciting, plot is an important but secondary aspect. You're right though. Both Fallen Angels and Happy Together have stong plots, although it could be argued that Happy Together is in fact very similar to In The Mood For Love. My favourite Wong Kar-Wai movie is ChungKing Express which neither has the most intricate plot nor is it the most visually appleasing of his movies. Go figure.

I agree with you about Happy Together, I just found it a lot more involving. I mean, ITMFL looks gorgeous, but I felt so distant and detatched from the characters that it didn't really resonate with me like his other films. Fallen Angels and Chungking Express are very, very 90's films and a world away from ITMFL and 2046, but they're so brilliant and have so many memorable images, moments and characters that when they're made it doesn't really matter. There's a real infectious energy and feel to the films that I love.

It's funny, ITMFL is nothing like Chungking, but you can tell they're made by the same director, if that makes any sense. I'm rambling. But I think I maybe would've liked ITMFL just a bit more had it been a bit less restrained. I know it's supposed to be because of the time it's set in, and I'm probably missing the point of the film, but it didn't really work for me. Maybe I should watch it again sometime.

And I really need to see Days of Being Wild.

[Finnf00]

And I really need to see Days of Being Wild.Me too! This heavenly piece of sinful moneyholes has been lying around for way too long on the shelves of my local DVD dealer. I should take care of this injustice once and for all.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children--Dubbed version

Great CG and character recreation from the game. Great battle sequences and a good story spin-off of the game's story line. And as for the dubbing, halfway decent. Some of the voices I felt just didnt go well enough with what I think would have been good ones, which is why I feel the dubbed version gets a lower score than what I would give the subbed version. Overrall I feel it gets a 7.5/10

[Tremolo]

Hulk - 8
I didn't expect to enjoy this film at all considering the mauling it seems to get, but I in fact really did, leading me to the conclusion that the film is simply woefully underrated. The editing is absolutely incredible and the general visual style of the film is amazing and unique. Wonderful CG and music, too. And Jennifer Connelly. Mmm.

Yes it's a flawed work - Nick Nolte chews the scenery and we really could've done with a bit more Hulk, but it's nothing too major.

Worthy of re-evlaution somewhere down the line, I think.

[soundchazer]

No it doesn't. The whole "my dad is also a monster is just laughable." And the "hulk dogs"??? Please... The entire second half of the film is just laughable. That works for B movies, but not for a film with this amount of money in it.

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 feet pole.

3/10. Enjoy the CG... that is about the only good thing for the film.

[Tremolo]

No it doesn't.

I don't see why not. Ten years down the line people will be a lot kinder to the film, I gurantee.

The whole "my dad is also a monster is just laughable."

It is a comic book movie. There's been a lot worse.

And the "hulk dogs"??? Please...

It's only one scene. They're just mutants. It works pretty well in a kind of darkly funny, twisted sort of way.

The entire second half of the film is just laughable.

Hulk leaping about canyons owning tanks and helicopters?! NO WAI!

The ending...yeah, I can see that. That was kind of weird.

That works for B movies, but not for a film with this amount of money in it.

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 feet pole.

3/10. Enjoy the CG... that is about the only good thing for the film.

I just don't get the hate. I'm sorry.

Then again I've a) Never read a single Hulk comic and b) Seem to enjoy flawed films that everyone hates (AI: Artificial Intelligence, Batman Forever...) so yeah. I still don't think it's a bad film by any stretch of the imagination.

[Tamanegi Sensei]

Lou Ferigno over sleepy Nick Nolte anyday.

I just had the displeasure of watching Aeon Flux and Bloodrayne. Whoever took that franchise and just made it a fanservice movie should end their career. Aeon Flux, I'm not really impressed. It's got that style, but nothin really new. Bloodrayne, gets a 5.5 because I'm too nice and Aeon gets a 7.

[Major Tom]

Lord of War: 9

Wow. This is a very good film, looking at the rather amoral world of gunrunning. There is nearly nothing wrong with it, bar that there could have been a little more interplay between INTERPOL and Orlov.

And that's all I have to say about that.

[Freya]

No it doesn't. The whole "my dad is also a monster is just laughable." And the "hulk dogs"??? Please... The entire second half of the film is just laughable. That works for B movies, but not for a film with this amount of money in it.

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 feet pole.

3/10. Enjoy the CG... that is about the only good thing for the film.

I totally agree with you SC, I really disliked the movie too. I think they could have animated him better but the part that really ruined the movie for me, was when he was talking to the lady and he says something about "I could feel it in my heart.... boom.... boom... boom" and his eyes are like rolling around everywhere, I lost it. I laugh SO hard even just thinking about that scene (I haven't seen the movie for a long time so idk if I got the quote totally right) but yeah that ruined it for me... it was just stupid. The mutant dogs were outragous too, they just didn't belong. I think maybe the director wanted the Hulk to fight something of his size and strength? O.o

>.> I never liked the Hulk anyways though (its all about the X-men!)

[Zirilan]

The Sentinal - 8

A very well done and well performed movie. There wasn't really anything that I felt was wrong with the movie.

[Mana]

V for Vendetta - Roark and I went to see this on the IMAX during the weekend, and I must say, it was an incredible film. I have a feeling that things would be slightly more coherent in the graphic novel, but it worked fine as a film as well. It's very good at showing that saying too little is better than saying too much. And it had lesbians. Also definately worth seeing on the giganto screen. 9.5/10

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

As for this "Hulk" business, it wasnt a particularly good movie, but it wasnt all too bad either, at least not the way SC protrays it. Sure, some of the things in it were cheezy, but the actual Hulk action, especially with the military(which is really his main adversary), was enjoyable at best.

Then again I've a) Never read a single Hulk comic and b) Seem to enjoy flawed films that everyone hates (AI: Artificial Intelligence, Batman Forever...) so yeah. I still don't think it's a bad film by any stretch of the imagination.

As for this, yes maybe not reading a singel Hulk comic would change the experience a little. And as for liking AI and Batman Forever.... well, Ill leave it at that...

[Ghostmaster]

I agree with Soundchazer Hulk was probably the crappiest comic book movie i've ever seen. The CG is the only good thing like everyone said. The acting is terrible and there basically is no plot. It's just silly.

[Dirty Harry]

The Sentinal - 8

A very well done and well performed movie. There wasn't really anything that I felt was wrong with the movie.

If you're talking about The Sentinel starring Kiefer I'm going to have to disagree.

That film was just a bit too boring. That and the villain wasn't some cleverly hidden bad guy who we never would have guessed. It was some In-From-Nowhere entity that really was just a tad bit lame.

[Tremolo]

I agree with Soundchazer Hulk was probably the crappiest comic book movie i've ever seen.

Clearly you need to see more comic book movies. Punisher? Man Thing? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Daredevil? All worse than Hulk.

The CG is the only good thing like everyone said.

SC and Freya = two people, not everyone. :/

The acting is terrible and there basically is no plot. It's just silly.

Bana and Connelly both turned in great performances. It's not silly. If you want to get technical, both Spider-Man films have far more "silly" moments than this does.


The fact is, the film gets a bad rep from fanboys who expected non-stop action and Hulk Smash-ing. It's an Ang Lee film and therefore that's not what you're going to get. Maybe he was the wrong director, but I don't think so. Quite frankly, it's a textbook example of bad marketing and advertising - the trailers and posters made it look like something it wasn't.

It does a damn fine job of fleshing out the characters and weaves their stories together extremely well. The pyschological aspects are welcome and the visuals are frigging amazing. Like I said, I don't see what's to hate about it. Absolutely none of your arguments have convinced me at all, so far. It's not perfect, but nothing is.

So, whatever. I still think it's one of the better superheroes movies that's been made. It's a good, entertaining, solid film and can do without everyone ragging on it all the time for no real reason.

[Le Bread]

Eh, where's all this Hulk hatred coming from, I just don't see it really. If you ask me, it's a solid little film that does the concept of The Hulk justice. I won't speak on it as an adaptation of the comic, because to be honest up until The Ultimates I had little vested interest in the character, but I personally can't see where it failed to live up to the characters potential.

Bad acting? Really? I thought Eric Bana was a great Banner. He sold me on the anger within angle really easily.

And what's all this nonsense about Hulk Dogs being TOO outrageous? You're seeing a movie based on a comic book about a man who turns into a violent, fifteen foot tall green skinned marauder when he gets irritated, and you're still looking for true to life plausability?

Say what you will about the CGI, it was awesome where it really counted.

Ah well, at least you guys aren't in league with the dunces who hated this movie because The Hulk wasn't gray in it.

Oh, and Danny Elfman's score for the film was just lovely. I still haven't forgotten the sequence with the Hulk plummeting off of the jet miles above the earth, thanks in part to the Elfman's theme playiing eerily in the background.

[Yurika Star]

I don't understand the Hulk hate either. It was a solid film, above average definately. It had some good acting, good action, good CGI and wasn't the brainless beat 'em up Bash'em and Smash'em affair I was expecting when I saw it.

I'd go around 7/10 for it. Nothing spectacular, but solid where it counts.

Last film I watched was: The Legend of 1900.

What a great film, out standing idea, great acting, brilliant music and really nice to watch. It tells the tale of a man who was born, raised and has lived on a boat all his life. Not only that, but he is the greatest Jazz pianist of his age, featuring a Jazz battle with the legendary Jelly Roll Morton!

Great film, definately worth watching.

8.5/10

[Dirty Harry]

I'll agree with Trem and Bread-O.

But really Trem. Connelly blew. If that's what you call a "great performance" I'm scared to ask what you might find bad.

But really aside from that, I'm of the opinion that the film had Banner getting angry, Gamma radiation, and Hulk smashing.

Sounds like a success to me. And really? How can you bash "daddy being a monster" when daddy was such a BADASS monster?

That and the whole comic book layout thinger they did during some of the scenes, that was pretty badass.

Not as high as Trem's, but definitely a 7/10 at least.

[Freya]

Life Is Beautiful

11/10

Probably the best movie I've seen in a while... it was really sweet, really sad and really good :p It's in Italian so I watched the English dub but I went back and watched a little with subtitles, I liked the dub better.

Go watch it now XD

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

Clearly you need to see more comic book movies. Punisher? Man Thing? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Daredevil? All worse than Hulk.

OK, Man Thing--bad; Daredevil--horrible, horrible...; Punisher--OK. Not bad, Id prolly give it the same rating as Hulk, like a 5 or 6/10.

As for the CG and the comic book switching, it was pretty awsome considering they pulled it off quite well. As for bad acting...meh, it was OK, not the worst Ive seen, definitely not. And on the plus side, Jennifer Connely, yummy.

BTW, Spiderman has silly moments for a reason. I mean, the hero and many of the characters are teenagers, or at least they're suposed to be. This is why Spiderman is the most relatable Marvel hero, because he has the most faults as he is sort of coming-of-age.

[Lupinthe3rd]

OK, Man Thing--bad; Daredevil--horrible, horrible...; Punisher--OK. Not bad, Id prolly give it the same rating as Hulk, like a 5 or 6/10.

As for the CG and the comic book switching, it was pretty awsome considering they pulled it off quite well. As for bad acting...meh, it was OK, not the worst Ive seen, definitely not. And on the plus side, Jennifer Connely, yummy.

BTW, Spiderman has silly moments for a reason. I mean, the hero and many of the characters are teenagers, or at least they're suposed to be. This is why Spiderman is the most relatable Marvel hero, because he has the most faults as he is sort of coming-of-age.

You need to see DareDevil: Directors Cut before you actualy judge the DareDevil movie correctly. The Uncut version is alot better than the water downed version that was in theators.

[Tremolo]

You need to see DareDevil: Directors Cut before you actualy judge the DareDevil movie correctly. The Uncut version is alot better than the water downed version that was in theators.

It's an improvement, sure. The increased violence is a definite plus, but the newly added Coolio sub-plot? Not so much.

Hulk is still better. :D

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

I dont really care what version it is, the Daredevil movie I saw completely turned me off from watching it and all other Daredevil related movies/cuts. Im sorry, Ben Aflack duck just doesnt make a good super hero and Jennifer Garner cant act, though she is delicious.

[Jedinator]

V for Vendetta: 9.5 out of 10 great movie. I would give it a ten but its not as good as star wars.

Lucky Number Slevin: 9.5 out 0f 10 awesome movie but also just not as good as Star Wars.

The sentinel: 8 out of 10. Good movie over all but lacks in some key areas. Sutherland does not go jack Bauer enough.

[Major Tom]

Underworld: Evolution: 7 Not bad, I think it somewhat of an improvement over the original one. It brought a conclusion of sorts to that story.

I wasn't too impressed witht the character design for Markus, and I saw no real need for the sex scene.

Hero: 7 Another good movie. Beautifully choreographed fight sequences.

I didn't take to well to the editing, though, a bit choppy. The symbolism behind (if there was any) the coloured outfits went right over my head.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

I saw no real need for the sex scene.

Why would you NOT want a (heterosexual) sex scene in any movie barring it includes a relatively good looking chick lol?

[Ghostmaster]

Clearly you need to see more comic book movies. Punisher? Man Thing? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Daredevil? All worse than Hulk.



SC and Freya = two people, not everyone. :/



Bana and Connelly both turned in great performances. It's not silly. If you want to get technical, both Spider-Man films have far more "silly" moments than this does.


The fact is, the film gets a bad rep from fanboys who expected non-stop action and Hulk Smash-ing. It's an Ang Lee film and therefore that's not what you're going to get. Maybe he was the wrong director, but I don't think so. Quite frankly, it's a textbook example of bad marketing and advertising - the trailers and posters made it look like something it wasn't.

It does a damn fine job of fleshing out the characters and weaves their stories together extremely well. The pyschological aspects are welcome and the visuals are frigging amazing. Like I said, I don't see what's to hate about it. Absolutely none of your arguments have convinced me at all, so far. It's not perfect, but nothing is.

So, whatever. I still think it's one of the better superheroes movies that's been made. It's a good, entertaining, solid film and can do without everyone ragging on it all the time for no real reason.
Yeah I guess Daredevil would be up there. I forgot about it to tell you the truth and I haven't seen the Punisher or League of Extrodinary Gentleman and I don't plan to either.

[Tremolo]

Yeah I guess Daredevil would be up there. I forgot about it to tell you the truth and I haven't seen the Punisher or League of Extrodinary Gentleman and I don't plan to either.

They blow, you're not missing anything. League is especially terrible, ESPECIALLY considering how good the original source material is. Good to know they finally got an Alan Moore comic adaptation right with V For Vendetta, though.

[Akuhei]

Also good to know that Moore abhorred the movie adaptation of V For Vendetta :D

[Tremolo]

Also good to know that Moore abhorred the movie adaptation of V For Vendetta :D

Weeeell, you know what we eccentric Brits are like!

[Finnf00]

I don't really like any comic book adaptation besides the original Batman movie. Somehow they never stike me as interesting or particulary original. The recent movies have copied too much from Hype Williams and have more bling than balls.

[Major Tom]

Why would you NOT want a (heterosexual) sex scene in any movie barring it includes a relatively good looking chick lol?

Though I can see the sarcasm dripping from your post, I will explain.

I don't like gratuitousness. Whether is be violence, sex, whatever, I just don't like it when something is there just for the sake of it. Whilst there was some sort of relationship there, it wasn't the focus of the story, and wasn't even expanded upon. The sex scene just felt out of place, it didn't feel like a natural progression of the story. The amount of blood in the film was another piece of gratuitousness violence, I would expect vampires to be a little neater than that.

(I know I've spelt gratuitousness wrong, but the spellchecker doesn't seem to be working.)

[punkusa20_2001]

underworld evolution shouldn't even be discussed, that wasn't a movie *spit*

and the sex scene, you mean the generic faces of lust and him rubbing his crotch against her stomach, yeah that one.

I just saw MI3 and learn three things.

There shouldn't be a mi4
Tom Cruise is an alien being that doesn't age
And this year's oscar winner for best actor can play any part beautifully.

[Yurika Star]

Just saw "Chinjeolhan geumjassi" (Korean title) or "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (English title). This was another film released last year by the same director as Oldboy.

It's brilliant and the less said about the plot the better. But it's the story of a woman who at 19 was convicted for the murder of a 5 year old boy and sentenced to 13 years.

It comes in colour and black and white versions, I saw the colour, I'm hoping to see the B/W later, if it's on the DVD I bought :x Apparently the use of colour in the b/w version is really good and adds to the film alot.

It's beautifuly shot, has absoloutely perfect music and for some reason doesn't leave you with a bad taste in your stomach after wards.

9/10


Now to find "Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA" ("Joint Security Area") and "Boksuneun naui geot" ("Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance") by the same director, they're both supposed to be awesome. And if "Oldboy" and "Lady vengeance" were anything to go by I certainly won't be dissapointed.

Chan-wook Park is quickly becoming one of my favourite directors in the last few years.

And if you weren't won over by his previous films, look at the plot out-line for his next film "Saibogujiman kwenchana":

"A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls."

Genius!

___________________

"Basquiat" is the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a 19 year old grafiti artist who took the art scene by storm in the 1980's.

Set in New-York in the 1980's this movie slowly had me gripped, it has great acting through out, a very interesting subject matter, brilliant art and an interesting and moving story.

If you are not compelled by the films subject matter be compelled by the cast (who all put in superb performances), Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Torro, David Bowie, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken etc. etc.

Worth a few watches, if only for one of the many reasons to see it.

8/10

[Finnf00]

Now to find "Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA" ("Joint Security Area") and "Boksuneun naui geot" ("Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance") by the same director, they're both supposed to be awesome. And if "Oldboy" and "Lady vengeance" were anything to go by I certainly won't be dissapointed.[/b]JSA was bland in my opinion.It was too typical of its genre and it lacked substance. Crap compared to Oldboy if you ask me.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

Though I can see the sarcasm dripping from your post, I will explain.
Thanks for noticing.

Whilst there was some sort of relationship there, it wasn't the focus of the story, and wasn't even expanded upon. The sex scene just felt out of place, it didn't feel like a natural progression of the story.
So baisically it was like a scene right out of a '70s porno?

[Locke]

Fun with Dick and Jane 7.5/10

It was a good movie, poked fun of Bush here there, but the thing I liked the most was Jim Carey wasn't too over the top.

[Major Tom]

So baisically it was like a scene right out of a '70s porno?

Yeah! Right on the money. Although, that did remind me of a scene from The Enforcer, where Dirty Harry is chasing a suspect, crashes through a skylight and BOOM! right int he middle of a porn set....and keeps running after the suspect.

[Yurika Star]

JSA was bland in my opinion.It was too typical of its genre and it lacked substance. Crap compared to Oldboy if you ask me.
Have you seen 'Symapthy for....' ?

[Finnf00]

Have you seen 'Symapthy for....' ?Not yet. But based on your description of it, I might check this one out.

[Jedinator]

Mission Impossibl 3: 9.5 out of 10. Just not as good as star wars.

[kLaUS]

V for vendetta: 9/10 ,, wow, mind blowing,, its like matrix,, but makes so much more sence...

mision imposible 3: 5/10,, its so lame, the history doesn`t make any sence,, you really dont get to know any characters, or why the evil guy is evil... and now i kind of hate tom cruise,, dont really know why... the actions scenes are what save it from totally sucking....

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

Mission Impossibl 3: 9.5 out of 10. Just not as good as star wars.

Which Star Wars?

[Ghostmaster]

M:I:III 8/10
Fun movie, there are some twists. It was definately better than the second one. The second one sucked balls. Not the best movie, but its fun to watch.

[Freya]

Which Star Wars?

ALL of them.

(answered for you Jed!)

[Akimichi Choji]

Bride and Pre