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Title: Movie Reviews thread =D
Post by: Turbo D on December 07, 2007, 02:54:33 PM
THis thread is for movie reviewing. Here you dudes can tell of good and bad experiences. I guess I'll start.
So I bought the Doom movie at walmart last night for $7.50. THis movie sux; don't buy it. It has nothing to do with any of the games in the series, especially doom3; which is supposed to be based on. Ya, I want my $7.50 back, lol. Anyways they twisted around the story so bad that it just seems like some lame movie. Oh well. :x
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Post by: nat on December 07, 2007, 04:12:04 PM
I saw Doom in the theatre and I think I am one of the 2 people in the world that actually liked it. It's tough making a movie out of a video game because there are all sorts of expectations of what it should be like, and everyone's got their own ideas.
I didn't regret paying the 8 bucks or whatever to see it on the bigscreen, and it entertained me for the hour and a half I was there. I'll probably buy the DVD some day. Yeah, it's no Oscar winner, but it's "fun."
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Post by: Keranu on December 07, 2007, 05:19:56 PM
House Guest (1995, starring Sinbad and Phil Hartman) - A cheesy mid-90's comedy flick where the vibrant and goofy Sinbad pretends to be someone else in order to stay with Phil Hartman's rich, yet psychologically disfunctional, family to avoid getting killed by the mafia because of a money scandle. Lots of funny ghetto moments and a bizarre fascination with cheese burgers.
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Post by: nodtveidt on December 07, 2007, 06:46:54 PM
I have the DOOM movie and I could give a rat's ass whether or not it follows any of the existing DOOM storylines. The movie is bloody and violent, with lots of neat weapons and a really cute female co-lead. What's not to like? :D
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Post by: Turbo D on December 07, 2007, 06:51:07 PM
I enjoyed all the violence and sexy ladies 8)
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 07, 2007, 06:57:40 PM
Army Of Darkness sucks. The end.
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Post by: TR0N on December 07, 2007, 08:40:13 PM
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Post by: nat on December 07, 2007, 09:23:42 PM
I like the Evil Dead series. Even the first two movies have a kind of cheesy humor about them, but Army of Darkness is just over the top. I mean, they went way too far. It's like a self-parody. I still like the movie to a certain extent, but I enjoy the first two to a much greater degree.
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Post by: Joe Redifer on December 07, 2007, 09:37:19 PM
The Day After Tomorrow
It is an awful movie! I was hoping everyone would die quickly so the movie would just end. But nooooooo.....
First off am I the only one who has a hard time telling the difference between Toby McGuire and Jake Gyllenhaal? They both suck.
Spoilers: First of all, the CGI in this movie was unwiped-ass quality. They definitely farmed a lot of the effects work out to the lowest bidder. The people who did the tornadoes (probably an effects house in India) have obviously never seen a tornado before. The fact is that The Wizard of Oz has a more realistic looking tornado BY FAR, and that movie is older than the projection equipment generally used at film festivals (ie: older than the planet Earth). The tornadoes here seem fatter at the bottom, have little or no debris clouds, and move exceedingly slow. My guess is that German director Ronald Emmerich told the people in India "We need you to make computer tornadoes for us! Tornadoes are basically funnels of wind or something. Achtung!"
Then there are the wolves who just happen to be wandering around a frozen New York City. How they survived the massive tidal wave that went through the city is beyond me. Obviously they enter a huge Russian tanker which has somehow floated down the narrow streets of NYC to chase Spider Man and his amazing super-friends. What the group doesn't realize is that these wolves can't actually hurt them because they are incredibly fake-looking CGI. Maybe they are running away because they hate bad graphics? That must be it. Why don't the wolves freeze? They've obviously been outside for a very long time. Also where did the huge tanker go at the end of the movie? It's not by the library. It's just gone! And as you look at the wide shot above the library at the end, you see that there was no way the tanker could have ever have gotten there in the first place. That makes me gaseous.
Then there are the sappy side stories which amount to nothing at all. I don't care if Toby McGuire/Jake Gyllenhaal has feelings for the smart chick. She's actually not very smart at all. She knows enough to heat Toby/Jake/Spider-Man up when he comes out of the water, but she's too much of a dip shit to do anything about a giant gash on her leg. She is a stupid whore and she deserves to die. And while I think the 30-something asian lady in the movie is indeed desirable material, the way the young guy looked back at her as he was leaving and the way she looked at him almost made me puke up pizza bits. And what is up with the homeless guy's dog? SHUT UP ALREADY! Ronald Emmerich loves having barking dogs in his movies, and they never die like they should. The scene in Independence Day where the dog narrowly escaped the explosion made me go diarrhea on my seat. Also, am I supposed to feel sad when the old guy cuts his own rope and falls down to save the other two a$$holes? My reaction was "Good riddance! You should have died 10 years ago you old fart!" I would have killed myself too if I were in this crappy movie. Oh! And the 3 idiots in England drinking 12 year old scotch worrying about the loo was just retarded. Am I supposed to care about them? Their contribution to the story is about as essential as picking the lint out of my belly-button before I shoot myself for having to watch this P.O.S. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!!! There are so many side stories in this movie that you may think that some of them are commercials in a TV show. Spider Man's mom is caring for this dippy kid in a hospital bed. We are supposed to be worried and/or concerned for the kid who needs transport to some place. For some reason he can only be moved with an ambulance even though the only thing hooked up to the little bastard is an oxygen tank which could be carried by hand. Sela Ward should be frozen and thawed out when they find a cure for lousy acting. End Spoilers
Sucks.
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Post by: Turbo D on December 07, 2007, 10:14:13 PM
:o apparently if you put the doom movie in your xbox, you can play a demo of doom3. THats pretty cool, I never heard of such a cool feature!!! 8) Too bad I don't have an xbox :( Good news though, I have doom3 on pc :)
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Post by: termis on December 07, 2007, 10:56:04 PM
They Live. A pretty good late 80s B sci-fi movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. That alone will raise some interest with some folks.
Anywayy, it came recommended to me by my dad of all people. It's basically about roddy stumbling across a pair of shades that allows him to all these subliminal messages everywhere (such as consume, buy, marry and reproduce, do not question authority, etc), not to mention alien creatures that are all over earth.
After seeing it, I can see why my dad recommended it -- he's a socialist at heart (him and I have our differences in thought :-s), and this movie basically criticizes capitalism, after all.
But even without the political messages that the director John Carpenter intended, it's good as a B sci-fi movie gets. As a lot of you grew up in the 80s, I recommend it. :clap:
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Post by: nat on December 07, 2007, 11:35:57 PM
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Post by: GUTS on December 08, 2007, 11:00:38 AM
Bullit- Awesome. Movies now suck shit compared to the 40s through the 70s.
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Post by: m1savage on December 08, 2007, 02:48:48 PM
I watch a lot of movies but, like my taste in music, I'm sure few will enjoy what I do. Still I'll list some that I've seen recently that I enjoyed for one reason or another.
Angel-A - I like most Luc Besson films (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, etc.) so I figured I'd like this too. I did.
Paprika - nightmare of my dreams. great visuals
Inland Empire - David Lynch. Enter at your own risk.
Tekkonkinkreet - cool.
Ok, not exactly reviews, but I liked 'em.
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Post by: Tatsujin on December 08, 2007, 03:04:40 PM
They Live. A pretty good late 80s B sci-fi movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. That alone will raise some interest with some folks.
i love it and watch it periodicaly (as most of the greater carpenters > the fog, princes of darkness, the thing, snake plisken...). when i watched the movie the first time, i was kind of dissapointed that not russel could took over the main role. but that's now about 18 years ago, and in the meantime roddy became the best fitting actor for this specific movie just possible.
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Post by: rag-time4 on December 08, 2007, 03:46:49 PM
Bullit- Awesome. Movies now suck shit compared to the 40s through the 70s.
Great call! Bullitt was a great mystery. I was totally fooled the first time through!! Also, did you catch the part when the Congressman wanted the black doctor replaced because he was "too young and inexperienced"??
When I first saw it I thought that character was being a total racist, but the second time I saw it, it seemed like the Congressman was more concerned that the doctor was colluding with McQueen's character.
What are your thoughts, if you remember the part I'm talking about?
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Post by: rag-time4 on December 08, 2007, 03:55:13 PM
Robocop: Who is he, what is he, where does he come from? :lol:
What many people see as a special-effects showcase with little substance, to me, is one of the most politically explosive movies I've ever seen.
Robocop takes a major shot at the capitalist system and western society in general, by showing how big business and private enterprise do not ensure a healthy or safe society.
Totally my favorite movie as a kid. When I first rented it, I watched it over and over until it was time to return it. It's still up there as a favorite. (Steve McQueen original version): Very unique among McQueen's movies.. this is one of the few films where the "king of cool" really loses control of his emotions and laughs out loud!
This movie was really quite deep in a spiritual sense, and it was another politically subversive movie as well. McQueen's character was very wealthy are a result of his currency arbitrage activities.... but was spiritually unfulfilled. He organizes a bank robbery and ends up getting mixed up in a love affair with the female insurance investigator who is on his case!
I never thought there would be a movie I would enjoy as much as I enjoyed Robocop but this one is it. I've seen the remake as well but being a McQueen fan I have to go with the original!!! (Also, the ending was very different)
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Post by: Necromancer on December 08, 2007, 05:15:10 PM
The last three movies I sat through:
300 - shit with annoying narration, junk CGI, and half of it's in slow-mo Transformers - shit with decent CGI American Pie Naked Mile - shit, but funny shit with boobies
All in all, about six hours of my life that I ain't getting back.
Title: Re: Movie Reviews thread =D
Post by: Turbo D on December 08, 2007, 05:31:03 PM
at least there were boobies :)
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Post by: Sinistron on December 10, 2007, 02:12:49 AM
Inland Empire - David Lynch. Enter at your own risk.
Tekkonkinkreet - cool.
Paprika is on my Christmas wish list. Been dying to see it.
Inland Empire I saw at the NY Film Festival- Lynch was there and answered questions. When I first saw him I turned my head and he was in this little balcony spot looking exactly like the lady with the weird hair in the Club Silencio balcony in Mullholland Dr. Anyway Lynch is my favorite director- I'm not an apologist- some of his stuff is trash but I feel that there's a handful of complete masterpieces there.
I saw Teekonkinkreet over the weekend and f*cking loved it.
Are these reviews only about DVDs? Last couple of movies I saw in the theatres was No Country for Old Men (similar in ways to Fargo- only much better and more hopeless) and The Mist. The Mist was enjoyable- but I couldn't help feeling that if it was on the Sci-fi network I would have thought it was incredible. Then again- I probably would have said "wow! this is good enough to be in theatres!" I would have been wrong. CGI is pretty bad. The first creature looks the worst - the cgi in Dreamcatcher was better. Not a big Thomas Jane fan either. There are however- some shout-outs (I counted five) to The Dark Tower series. Recommended only for King geeks.
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Post by: guyjin on December 10, 2007, 03:48:16 AM
Robocop is very populist considering it was made in the regan era.
However, the anti-japanese subtext bothers me a lot. (or was that the second movie?)
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Post by: Sinistron on December 10, 2007, 05:56:13 AM
Nothing sweeter though than Indy bringing it back home for '08. (http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/indyskullposter.jpg)
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Post by: Necromancer on December 10, 2007, 06:04:13 AM
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Post by: Joe Redifer on December 10, 2007, 10:27:00 AM
Indy's face in that poster looks like his dentures aren't in. Serious!
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Post by: GUTS on December 10, 2007, 11:31:24 AM
Yeah my feeling through all of Bullit was definitely that the Congressman was up to no good, but that's only because the actor that played him ALWAYS plays the corrupt a$$hole politician type character, hah. I really liked how they left the mystery partially unsolved at the end to keep the realism, it was great to see it end up like I assume most real detective work does.
You guys really liked Tekkonkonkrit or whatever its called? Man that was the worst animation I've seen in ages. f*cking awful character design, a story that made no sense whatsoever and never went anywhere, and everybody's motives were flimsy at best. The writing was horrible, the story was lame and boring (not to mention leaving TONS of unexplained occurrences), and if it wasn't for the really good CG backgrounds I'd say it had the worst animation since those old Hannah Barbera cartoons.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 10, 2007, 06:49:19 PM
RE: Tekkonkinkreet: I am scared at night that those characters will jump out and eat me. THEY'RE JUST TOO FREAKY!
Also, Escape From New York and Escape From L.A. are WONDERFULLY AWESOME movies, with the latter having a http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/downloads/Escape%20from%20LA.mp3 (http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/downloads/Escape from LA.mp3) of the former's theme song.
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Post by: m1savage on December 11, 2007, 02:03:45 AM
Should be interesting to hear what you guys think of Paprika after you've seen it. I have a feeling it's gonna be a real love it or hate it type of thing. I thought that the character designs in Tekkonkinkreet were at least interesting in that they were different than similar movies. I will agree that at first I thought the animation was a little weak though by the end of the movie I didn't care.
On a totally different note, watched Superbad the other day. Thought it was pretty funny.
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Post by: nat on December 11, 2007, 03:36:34 AM
Superbad is one of the funniest movies released in a long, long time. To be completely honest I thought it was going to be one of those stupid high school movies that relied on tits and ass and lame attempts at humor that, more often than not, failed.
What I found instead is a movie that actually has a hint of intelligence and some of the funniest character moments ever to grace movies as we know them. The humor was spot-on and hit the ball out of the park nearly 100% of the time which is more than you can say for it's contemporaries. I've seen it twice now and I bought the DVD the day it was released.
Superbad is like a Jenga tower. If you remove just one piece, the whole thing could fall apart.
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Post by: GUTS on December 11, 2007, 05:26:26 AM
Superbad was awesome. I also loved Hot Rod- the fight dance scene was the closest I've ever come to literally pissing myself laughing, I thought I was going to f*cking die. I think I'm wired to find fight dancing incredibly awesome, I just finished watching Flight of the Conchords and the episode where Bret fight dances out his anger had me in tears.
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Post by: nat on December 11, 2007, 05:34:41 AM
Funny that you mention that, because we just rented and watched Hot Rod last night. It had it's moments, but I liked Superbad better.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 11, 2007, 05:36:01 AM
Should be interesting to hear what you guys think of Paprika after you've seen it. I have a feeling it's gonna be a real love it or hate it type of thing.
From what I've seen on Youtube, I love it. I hope some company releases an English dub of it here.
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Post by: GUTS on December 12, 2007, 12:37:48 PM
Its out on Blu Ray this month, I have it on my netflix list, so I assume there's a DVD out too. Is it not dubbed or something? I always watch anime subtitled anyway, but I know some people like dubs too. I thought they did dual jap/english audio on all anime DVDs now.
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Post by: m1savage on December 12, 2007, 03:10:45 PM
Paprika is out on both Blu Ray and regular DVD here in the USA but I watched it subtitled so couldn't tell you about the dub. The special features are pretty interesting on the dvd too. I did find this list of features for the Blu Ray disc on the animeondvd website -
* Japanese 5.1 TrueHD Language * English 5.1 TrueHD Language * Chinese (Cantonese) 5.1 Language * Chinese (Mandarin -Taiwan) 5.1 Language * French (Parisian) 5.1 Language * Portuguese (Brazil) 5.1 Language * Spanish (Latin Am) 5.1 Language * Thai 5.1 Language * English Subtitles * Tsutsui and Kon's Paprika: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Paprika with novelist Yasutaka Tsutsui and director Satoshi Kon * A Conversation about The Dream: Director Satoshi Kon novelist Yasutaka Tsutsui and voice actors Megumi Hayashibara and Toru Furuya talk about production of Paprika * The Art of Fantasy: A look at the art direction with Art Director Nobutaka Ike * The Dream CG World; A look at the cinematography and computer-generated world of Paprika with cinematographer Michiya Kato
As for Superbad, I know a guy we've now nicknamed "McLovin" because he acts so much like the kid in the movie. :lol:
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 12, 2007, 06:23:33 PM
Paprika is out on both Blu Ray and regular DVD here in the USA
YES. I will find this.
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Post by: Sinistron on December 13, 2007, 02:37:06 AM
Just saw the 1973 Fantastic Planet for the first time last night. I highly recommend it - as long as you go in knowing that the ending is ludicrously abrupt and cheap. The animation is great- looks like Dali meets Gilliam meets the old Star Trek cartoons. It was funny- while watching it my girlfriend screamed out- "that guy has a penis slung over his shoulder!", replaying the scene- in which a bunch of humans (or Ohms) are standing around debating- sure enough one of the guys standing there had what appeared to be a big penis slung over his shoulder. Highly unusual to say the least.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 13, 2007, 07:35:58 AM
He's probably just like me, no pants will fit his enormity. 8)
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 20, 2007, 12:57:18 PM
Crank, was for lack of a better word, f*ckING AMAZINGLY AWESOME. I am so glad I bought that.
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within is actually pretty good too, even though it has NOTHING to do with Final Fantasy. I wonder if that's the only reason people dump on it so much, taken outside the Final Fantasy context it's a great movie, much like how the Mario Bros. movie is a great movie when you forget it's based on Mario. Also I forgot it had Steve Buscemi in it! HE RULES.
I haven't watched Advent Children yet, that's for tommorrow.
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Post by: GUTS on December 20, 2007, 02:05:29 PM
Just watched Paprika today on blu-ray (awesome transfer, looked incredible) and it was amazing, I didn't know it was by the guy who did Millennium Actress so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out. I need to rent Tokyo Godfathers next, I had no idea he did that one too until I saw the ad in Paprika.
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Post by: Turbo D on December 20, 2007, 02:13:04 PM
blu-ray kicks ass! Spiderman in 1080p is freaking lifelike dudes 8)
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 20, 2007, 04:01:36 PM
Just watched Paprika today on blu-ray (awesome transfer, looked incredible) and it was amazing, I didn't know it was by the guy who did Millennium Actress so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out. I need to rent Tokyo Godfathers next, I had no idea he did that one too until I saw the ad in Paprika.
Screw that dude, it's by the Cowboy Bebop/Trigun people, of course it's good!
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Post by: MissaFX on December 21, 2007, 04:42:53 PM
Quote from: m1savage
Should be interesting to hear what you guys think of Paprika after you've seen it.
I felt like I was watching a Ghost in the Shell story, but without the well written monologues. It's not that I dissliked it, but I just felt like the ground had already been covered. It's well animated though.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 21, 2007, 04:44:44 PM
I felt like I was watching a Ghost in the Shell story, but without the well written boring monologues.
Fixed.
GITS is good for cool gunplay and robot titties, and that's about it.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 21, 2007, 06:09:01 PM
OK, Final Fantasy Advent Children for the most part was a good movie, but the ending...
=SPOILERS=
OK, so they're in a church, Cloud wakes up in a lake inside the church (being born again) and then he baptizes a little kid while Barret says "PRAISE THE LORD!". After this, Cloud notes that he will no longer be alone.
I mean, come on, you should have had Aeris nailed to a f*cking cross, for a movie that caters to the Buddhist idea of a "life-stream" for 95% of the flick, it's weird to see all these Christian overtones come out of the woodwork from nowhere.
Spirits Within was almost as bad with the Scientology shit, but it wasn't as obvious, only in hindsight do you realize what they were trying to say.
So what we have is two great movies marred by religious agendas. It doesn't have to be that way, you don't have to preach anything to make a good movie, hell Crank was a f*ckING FANTASTIC movie and all it preached was "LOOK THERE'S THIS GUY WHO WILL DIE IF HE DOESN'T STOP DOING CRAZY SHIT, SO LET'S MAKE HIM DO CRAZY SHIT!".
Theoretically, I could edit Advent Children to start from the scene when the three androgynous Sephrioth clones enter the city and end when he kills Sephrioth, and I'd have the best CGI movie ever made, and it would fit on a CD-R to boot. I think I might do that.
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Post by: rag-time4 on December 28, 2007, 04:47:59 PM
Just got done watching Rush Hour 3.
It was deliciously cheesy. At first, the cheesiness bothered me, but when I got used to it, I had a lot of fun. It's a fun movie.
When it was all over, I had a smile on my face, so for anyone who liked the first two and who likes cheesy movies and cheesy humor I would have to recommend it.
My favorite thing about the series is the Chinese/black dynamic... it's something that really should be explored more often, with other types of characters from each side.
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Post by: ceti alpha on December 28, 2007, 05:01:02 PM
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Just got done watching Rush Hour 3.
It was deliciously cheesy. At first, the cheesiness bothered me, but when I got used to it, I had a lot of fun. It's a fun movie.
I hear ya. I'm not generally into those kind of movies, but I'm a sucker for the Rush Hour series. I'm definitely going to check that one out.
I just watched AVP:R the other night. I had low expectations going in so I wasn't too disappointed. Some of the action/fight scenes were pretty cool, but the human characters just got in the way of the fight scenes. It would have been OK if the human character scenes actually helped to move the plot, but that wasn't the case.
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Post by: rag-time4 on December 28, 2007, 05:05:26 PM
I hear ya. I'm not generally into those kind of movies, but I'm a sucker for the Rush Hour series. I'm definitely going to check that one out.
I just watched AVP:R the other night. I had low expectations going in so I wasn't too disappointed. Some of the action/fight scenes were pretty cool, but the human characters just got in the way of the fight scenes. It would have been OK if the human character scenes actually helped to move the plot, but that wasn't the case.
The new AVP movie is one I want to see, but I agree with you about the human character aspect. It would probably be more interesting to just drop the humans and go with only subtitles, or maybe even dialogue free.
How would you feel about a dialogue free Predator movie? I think it could be interesting. It would be a fun challenge to make a movie like that.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 05:17:51 PM
I had never seen Blade Runner prior to buying The Final Cut DVD. Shocking, yes I know. I bought the Final Cut version because this is how Ridley Scott intended it to be, also some people on the net said that this version cleared up certain scenes involving the unicorn and shit.
So naturally when I saw this in Wal-Mart, I figured this would be a great way to get introduced to a great movie.
If you like this movie, please skip the rest of this post, as I am about to shit all over your dreams. I'm not going to skip over any spoilers either, you can't spoil something that already has curdles in it.
This movie f*cking SUCKED. SUCKED ASS. SUCKED ASS THROUGH A f*ckING STRAW. I can't believe I bought this shit, and what's more I can't believe this is a "sci-fi classic". It has an interesting story, sure, but the movie moves LIKE A f*ckING GLACIER. VERY................f*ckING......................SLOWLY. I just cannot get over the pace, it was like, EVERY DAILY ACTIVITY WAS REWARDED AMPLE SCREEN TIME. >_<
The acting was incredibly cheesy and very wooden, it made me not care for a single character in the film. In fact it hurts the story, as you figure out Rachel's a replicant LONG BEFORE the story decides to reveal it thanks to the shit acting.
The set design was alright, but I could have done without the Chinese girls eating shit on every f*cking wall or blimp. I f*ckING HATE THAT f*ckING BLIMP. You're supposed to feel sad after the evil robot dies just after sparing Deckard's life, but it's like, do you SEE any f*cking robots around today? WE HAVE NO f*ckING ROBOTS. THUS I DO NOT GET THE MESSAGE ABOUT ROBOT CRUELTY.
Also, explaining the unicorn? WTF, THAT DID NOTHING TO f*ckING EXPLAIN ANYTHING! I seriously thought that I had purchased the normal DVD by mistake, as you only see two five-second segments of a unicorn. But no, unless it was a mistake at the packaging/pressing plants, my DVD is the Final Cut.
So after watching the movie, scratching my head, and searching for the receipt (which as I unfortunately found out Wal-Mart does not accept returns on movies) I decided to watch the movie with the commentary of Ridley Scott.
OH. MY. f*ckING. GOLDFISH. If there is ANYONE so dry and pretentious enough that it will LITERALLY put you to sleep, it is Ridley Scott. I could not get past three scenes with his commentary. Thank goldfish Snatch is such a light-hearted movie, the dark/gritty images coupled with Ridley Scott's incessant droning about how he's a f*cking genuis just REALLY bored me.
The one thing done right in this movie, and I don't really think it's any surprise, is the AMAZING score by Vangelis. That dude can DO NO WRONG. Seriously, hats off to him.
So yeah, I really just don't get Blade Runner. No offense those who do, but I just regretted this purchase immediately after the opening credits.
Speaking of Snatch, btw, that's am OK movie, but I watched it once as it was originally presented, and then again with the deleted scenes re-inserted, but I don't think I'll be watching it again for a LONG time.
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Post by: ceti alpha on December 28, 2007, 05:20:42 PM
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How would you feel about a dialogue free Predator movie? I think it could be interesting. It would be a fun challenge to make a movie like that.
That would be difficult to pull of, to be sure, but it would be interesting to see. I personally would like to see another Predator movie or even another Alien movie. Resurrection blew chunks, except for that underwater chase scene; that was pretty intense, but the whole hybrid Alien creature thing at the end was terrible.
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Post by: ceti alpha on December 28, 2007, 05:23:56 PM
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This movie f*cking SUCKED. SUCKED ASS. SUCKED ASS THROUGH A f*ckING STRAW. I can't believe I bought this shit, and what's more I can't believe this is a "sci-fi classic". It has an interesting story, sure, but the movie moves LIKE A f*ckING GLACIER. VERY................f*ckING......................SLOWLY. I just cannot get over the pace, it was like, EVERY DAILY ACTIVITY WAS REWARDED AMPLE SCREEN TIME. >_<
haha. Wow...you really don't like this movie. I'm a big fan of it, but I also like 2001: A Space Odyssey and ST:TMP so... I don't mind slow paced movies.
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Post by: TR0N on December 28, 2007, 05:46:26 PM
I had never seen Blade Runner prior to buying The Final Cut DVD. Shocking, yes I know. I bought the Final Cut version because this is how Ridley Scott intended it to be, also some people on the net said that this version cleared up certain scenes involving the unicorn and shit.
So naturally when I saw this in Wal-Mart, I figured this would be a great way to get introduced to a great movie.
If you like this movie, please skip the rest of this post, as I am about to shit all over your dreams. I'm not going to skip over any spoilers either, you can't spoil something that already has curdles in it.
This movie f*cking SUCKED. SUCKED ASS. SUCKED ASS THROUGH A f*ckING STRAW. I can't believe I bought this shit, and what's more I can't believe this is a "sci-fi classic". It has an interesting story, sure, but the movie moves LIKE A f*ckING GLACIER. VERY................f*ckING......................SLOWLY. I just cannot get over the pace, it was like, EVERY DAILY ACTIVITY WAS REWARDED AMPLE SCREEN TIME. >_<
The acting was incredibly cheesy and very wooden, it made me not care for a single character in the film. In fact it hurts the story, as you figure out Rachel's a replicant LONG BEFORE the story decides to reveal it thanks to the shit acting.
The set design was alright, but I could have done without the Chinese girls eating shit on every f*cking wall or blimp. I f*ckING HATE THAT f*ckING BLIMP. You're supposed to feel sad after the evil robot dies just after sparing Deckard's life, but it's like, do you SEE any f*cking robots around today? WE HAVE NO f*ckING ROBOTS. THUS I DO NOT GET THE MESSAGE ABOUT ROBOT CRUELTY.
Also, explaining the unicorn? WTF, THAT DID NOTHING TO f*ckING EXPLAIN ANYTHING! I seriously thought that I had purchased the normal DVD by mistake, as you only see two five-second segments of a unicorn. But no, unless it was a mistake at the packaging/pressing plants, my DVD is the Final Cut.
So after watching the movie, scratching my head, and searching for the receipt (which as I unfortunately found out Wal-Mart does not accept returns on movies) I decided to watch the movie with the commentary of Ridley Scott.
OH. MY. f*ckING. GOLDFISH. If there is ANYONE so dry and pretentious enough that it will LITERALLY put you to sleep, it is Ridley Scott. I could not get past three scenes with his commentary. Thank goldfish Snatch is such a light-hearted movie, the dark/gritty images coupled with Ridley Scott's incessant droning about how he's a f*cking genuis just REALLY bored me.
The one thing done right in this movie, and I don't really think it's any surprise, is the AMAZING score by Vangelis. That dude can DO NO WRONG. Seriously, hats off to him.
So yeah, I really just don't get Blade Runner. No offense those who do, but I just regretted this purchase immediately after the opening credits.
Sounds like not the kind of movie if for you then if were hopeing for some action flick with scifi mixed in.I did wounder why you bought it in the "frist place afther,your reaction towards it.
I saw blade runner during the mid 90's so i know what i was getting into in the frist place.That's why i was glad to get the limited edition for xmas.
Since it's a slow paced movie that in some ways ask what it is to be human.
Beside,having a look that was ahead of it's time and having a great ost by vangelis.
Still maybe you should ask around here frist befor getting a copy of it.
Some love it others hate it you could put it in the category of not for every one.
Btw if i have watch this..when i was a kid i'm sure it would have bored me to tears.
How ever since i'm older now i can "appreicate it" and i can see why movie critics give it so much credit.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 28, 2007, 05:50:29 PM
You hit the nail on the head. I was hoping for something more like Total Recall/Fifth Element.
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Post by: ceti alpha on December 29, 2007, 02:35:16 AM
Blade Runner is a kick ass movie. It's definitely in my top 10 list.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 29, 2007, 06:50:16 PM
I just bought The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut. Expect a review shortly.
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Post by: nat on December 29, 2007, 08:42:04 PM
I will be seeing the new Alien vs. Predator movie tomorrow. Expect a review shortly.
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Post by: Michael Helgeson on December 29, 2007, 10:34:58 PM
I saw Blade Runner in the theater as a kid. Its been one of my fav movies since then,always will be.
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Post by: GUTS on December 30, 2007, 07:15:55 AM
The unicorn dream was there to give you a clue as to Deckard's true nature, I haven't seen the movie in ages but you should read up on it and rewatch it again sometime once you know what to look for. I didn't like it a whole lot either the first time I saw it way back in the early 90s, but after re-watching again a couple years later I absolutely loved it because I was able to catch a lot of the subtleties and subtext going on. Trying to figure out if Deckard was a replicant or not was awesome.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on December 30, 2007, 05:50:50 PM
The Warriors....welll, I expected a good movie, and yet again, as fate would have it...
THIS MOVIE WAS f*ckING AWESOME!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: That was one of the BEST movies ever, everything was PERFECT. Far surpassed the hype!
This easily worked itself into my top 5 favorites.
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Post by: nat on December 31, 2007, 12:26:58 PM
So I saw AVP:R yesterday.
It was OK. That's it. I'm glad I didn't go see it on Christmas like I was going to.
It is inferior to the first AVP and doesn't have a single name or face I've ever seen or heard of. By comparison, the first AVP was inferior to entire Alien quadrilogy but that's only because those movies rock extremely hard. The story, setting, plot progression, everything was better in the original AVP. That underground temple with the frozen alien queen just ruled. Plus it had nice tie-ins to the original Alien movies what with Lance Henriksen and the whole Weyland-Bishop thing.
AVP:R brings very little to the table beyond lots of blood & guts. If that's your thing, then this movie is for you. For fans of the original Alien movies, like me, AVP:R is a rental.
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Post by: GUTS on January 01, 2008, 07:31:24 AM
^^ I liked it way better than the original, I couldn't stand the first one because of the whole gay ass "buddy cop" feel to the movie after the predator and that black chick became best buds (what the f*ck?) Predators don't team up with humans, that was just way out of character and basically ruined the movie for me. Plus part 1 was PG13, that was just insulting.
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Post by: nat on January 01, 2008, 07:42:11 AM
Yeah I thought that part at the ending of the first one was a little odd. I was fully expecting the Predator to just kill her.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on January 02, 2008, 07:12:28 AM
War is a FANTASTIC movie, how could it not be? It has Jet Li and freaking JASON STATHAM, one of my favorite actors ever, you know when you pick up the box that it's going to be a good movie.
It also has the of "" (forgive the cheesy video) by Dr. Dre and Rakim in the credits.
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Post by: Turbo D on July 16, 2009, 12:08:32 PM
GunHed
Gunhed is a futuristic movie where machines have turned against humans and have taken over (*cough* Terminator theme *cough*.) Long story short, the movie is nothing like the PcEngine game. However, the movie is pretty decent by its on terms. The special effects are pretty bad by today's standards, but they have that cheesy 80's feel to it. There are also scenes that are comical. One aspect that was cool was that the movie was in Japanglish. Yup, you read that right! lol. Most of the characters, including the protagonist, speak Japanese. However, many characters also speak english; when this happens, Japanese subtitles are displayed on the right of the screen. Overall, I would recommend this movie based on its novelty factor. I'm going to display this laserdisc with my GunHed comic books and PcEngine game. :D
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Post by: CipLes on July 21, 2009, 05:05:14 PM
Benjamin Button. Its a pretty lengthy movie, but its unlike any other you will see. Its story is very creative. Its about a guy who starts aging backwards. Brad Pitt plays as Benjamin, great movie.
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Post by: Tatsujin on July 21, 2009, 06:09:08 PM
NEXT (2007, starring nicolas "dumbface" cage)
It wasn't so good.
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Post by: Sinistron on July 22, 2009, 02:02:27 AM
Haha- Nick "Droopy Dog" Cage- horrendous actor. Unfortunately this was based on a Phillip K Dick story- The Golden Man- which IS good.
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Post by: esteban on July 22, 2009, 04:12:17 AM
All right, fellas, it's time to recap the "Top 40" movies I watched recently. Only mainstream stuff here:
Doubt -- Fantastic. I saw this a week ago. I didn't know anything about it, and when it ended, I turned to my wife and said, "This was driven purely on characters' relationships and dialogue, like a play." She replied, "Duhhhhhh!"
You watch the film to see relationships, like any drama. Of course, "relationships" often are distant and disconnected. As long as you can appreciate that, then you're in good shape.
P.S. I guess I've been living under a rock, because everyone knew about this movie except for me. Last night I saw this , which was amusing for the first viewing but doesn't hold up for a second viewing this morning. Or maybe I'm just cranky in the morning.
SpongeBob SquarePants the Movie (200X) -- OK, I think it is fair to say that movies based on TV shows (animated shows in particular) flat out stink. They simply can't compare. I wish they had spent the money on a few episodes, instead of making this bloated piece of bloat of a movie. Sure, it had a few moments of fun, but even a mediocre batch of TV episodes outclass this movie.
CareBears Movie 2: A new Generation (198X) -- Pretty good, actually (you can watch this with a 5 year-old and not kill yourself). The "Lucifer" character in this is passable and adds an edge that I wasn't expecting. Would you sell your soul to the devil to be "Camp Champ"? I actually like a bunch of the songs in this (you guys would hate them, because they are dreck), but they were fun to blast on the stereo whilst watching this with my daughter. Of course, we choreographed our dances to the songs. The songs are softee 80's pop (easy listening) with a bit of weak synth (occasionally)... just barely enough to keep my interest (masochism). Of course, the lyrics are fun to sing along to (topics include "growing up" and stuff like that). I will re-watch* this film, which is pretty close to the tv show, in case you were wondering.
* Five-year-olds never watch a movie once. Multiple viewings are mandatory. This is the law.
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Post by: Necromancer on August 17, 2009, 06:14:18 AM
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Fail
What a piece of shit. I was expecting it to kinda suck, considering the universal panning by reviewers and Hollywood's unerring ability to piss on every franchise they try to resurrect, and man o' man did they ever deliver. Essentially, it's a two hour long chase scene / explosion interspersed with lame dialogue, piss poor acting (though Gordon Levitt wasn't half bad), and oodles of flashbacks. I found the latter most annoying - if you don't know the characters already, then you probably don't care about their back story; if you're familiar with the characters, then you'll be pissed at everything they got wrong. To top it off, this was one of the grainiest films I've ever seen on a big screen. I swear, this train wreck looked like it was shot on grandpa's Super 8.
P.S. - Did you know that ice sinks? :roll:
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Post by: esteban on August 17, 2009, 07:39:42 AM
I can't wait to see this film! Did Snowjob and Zarana make it to the big screen? I hope so.
I saw one trailer for this fine film and was immediately thrilled. I knew that it would be a delightful revisit to all the things I loved about GI Joe as a kid (cartoon, comics, toys).
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Post by: Necromancer on August 17, 2009, 08:28:31 AM
I saw one trailer for this fine film and was immediately thrilled. I knew that it would be a delightful revisit to all the things I loved about GI Joe as a kid (cartoon, comics, toys).
When I first saw previews, I thought "Yippee! G.I. Joe!" A few minutes into the movie, I thought "Poor Joes just got kicked in the pills", starting with the f*cking H2s (isn't there about a jillion Humvees from other movies?). The same sentiment applies if you exchange 'G.I. Joe' for 'Transformers'.
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Post by: DJLobo on August 17, 2009, 09:14:29 AM
What a piece of shit. I was expecting it to kinda suck, considering the universal panning by reviewers and Hollywood's unerring ability to piss on every franchise they try to resurrect, and man o' man did they ever deliver. Essentially, it's a two hour long chase scene / explosion interspersed with lame dialogue, piss poor acting (though Gordon Levitt wasn't half bad), and oodles of flashbacks. I found the latter most annoying - if you don't know the characters already, then you probably don't care about their back story; if you're familiar with the characters, then you'll be pissed at everything they got wrong. To top it off, this was one of the grainiest films I've ever seen on a big screen. I swear, this train wreck looked like it was shot on grandpa's Super 8.
P.S. - Did you know that ice sinks? :roll:
Yep, that's why I'm avoiding this film like the plague. Besides, there's a much better G.I. Joe film that came out earlier this year on Adult Swim.
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Post by: esteban on August 17, 2009, 04:25:54 PM
I saw one trailer for this fine film and was immediately thrilled. I knew that it would be a delightful revisit to all the things I loved about GI Joe as a kid (cartoon, comics, toys).
When I first saw previews, I thought "Yippee! G.I. Joe!" A few minutes into the movie, I thought "Poor Joes just got kicked in the pills", starting with the f*cking H2s (isn't there about a jillion Humvees from other movies?). The same sentiment applies if you exchange 'G.I. Joe' for 'Transformers'.
When I saw one of the trailers for GI Joe, I asked myself, "So, why are they even bothering to call this GI Joe?"
The "bionic" suits they were using... totally lame.
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 17, 2009, 07:20:33 PM
Actually, while I thought the suits were gonna be lame, once I saw the movie, I didn't think so, since it's not like every single Joe gets one! I enjoyed the movie, certainly more then the 2nd Tf's movie which I thought was mostly terrible other then Jetfire. They made Prime the Punisher, not to mention the dumb redneck homie bots Mudflad & Skids, plus the movie was riddled with filthy & dumb humor, the mom Witwicky needs to go away, I hated her in the first one, & she had a bigger role in this one, SHE's TERRIBLE! I don't want to some dumb mom hopped up on weeded brownee's telling chicks about her son popping his cherry & where his room is, not to mention her & the dad being plunged into the battlefield at the end of the movie?!? I'll see if the TPB of the movie is better, it certainly is probably cleaner #-o
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Post by: blueraven on August 17, 2009, 09:35:20 PM
What a piece of shit. I was expecting it to kinda suck, considering the universal panning by reviewers and Hollywood's unerring ability to piss on every franchise they try to resurrect, and man o' man did they ever deliver. Essentially, it's a two hour long chase scene / explosion interspersed with lame dialogue, piss poor acting (though Gordon Levitt wasn't half bad), and oodles of flashbacks. I found the latter most annoying - if you don't know the characters already, then you probably don't care about their back story; if you're familiar with the characters, then you'll be pissed at everything they got wrong. To top it off, this was one of the grainiest films I've ever seen on a big screen. I swear, this train wreck looked like it was shot on grandpa's Super 8.
P.S. - Did you know that ice sinks? :roll:
ROFLMAO. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap:
What about Dennis Quaid?
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Post by: Tom on August 17, 2009, 10:44:50 PM
District 9. Saw it without ever watching a preview or reading what it was about (all I knew was that it had some aliens in it). The first 20 minutes into it, I thought.....god, this it going to be one of those political awareness message movies. I immediately starting having uneasy flashbacks of m night shyamalan movies. As it turns out, I was wrong. Thank god. I really enjoyed it.
The Passengers: Meh. It's decent (it is a little bit slow). It's been done before, but didn't realize it until about halfway through. Worth a rental viewing.
Awake: I thought I had this movie figured out. What a cool flick. I'll not spoil it any further. I love the grit that shows through in this. Recommend.
After Dark: Autopsy. Classic style horror/gore flick. Not the best, but enjoyable. Best line in the movie (and a I paraphrase) "(guy1) ....I take you the f*cking Disney land of drugs and you ask for antibiotics!? (guy2) Ah man, I had this guy bleed into my mouth! Uhh! (guy1) Oh man, that'sf*cked up! ........did you ask him to???"
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Post by: ceti alpha on August 18, 2009, 02:32:07 AM
District 9. Saw it without ever watching a preview or reading what it was about (all I knew was that it had some aliens in it). The first 20 minutes into it, I thought.....god, this it going to be one of those political awareness message movies. I immediately starting having uneasy flashbacks of m night shyamalan movies. As it turns out, I was wrong. Thank god. I really enjoyed it.
The Passengers: Meh. It's decent (it is a little bit slow). It's been done before, but didn't realize it until about halfway through. Worth a rental viewing.
Awake: I thought I had this movie figured out. What a cool flick. I'll not spoil it any further. I love the grit that shows through in this. Recommend.
After Dark: Autopsy. Classic style horror/gore flick. Not the best, but enjoyable. Best line in the movie (and a I paraphrase) "(guy1) ....I take you the f*cking Disney land of drugs and you ask for antibiotics!? (guy2) Ah man, I had this guy bleed into my mouth! Uhh! (guy1) Oh man, that'sf*cked up! ........did you ask him to???"
I'm so excited to see District 9. I might have to head to that tonight actually. After Dark, well all those movies sound good.
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Post by: esteban on August 18, 2009, 02:37:50 AM
I don't know what this "District 9" film is you keep mentioning, but it sounds interesting.
In other news, I actually want to see the Julia Child film that is out now. Yeah, I do.
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Post by: Lord Thag on September 04, 2009, 03:51:26 PM
You actually liked District 9? Everyone who went and saw it with me thought it was as dry and boring as sourdough toast without butter, myself included. It wasn't horrible, but it sure wasn't great. Definately a rental, in my book.
And yeah, GI-Joe was one long chase scene with explosions. I found it more entertaining than transformers, in a dumb-but-fun summer blockbuster kinda way. I think there may have been a bit of story in sandwiched between all the ninjas and explosions, but it flashed by to quick for me to catch :)
Still, it had Ninjas.
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Post by: ceti alpha on September 10, 2009, 06:42:13 AM
I thought District 9 was pretty darn cool. When the movie first started I wasn't sure how they were going to pull it off, but they certainly did. I just love sci-fi movies that portray humans as the galactic trash we are. lol
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Post by: sunteam_paul on September 27, 2009, 09:43:17 PM
I saw Surrogates and it's a difficult one to decide on. It's sort of like a poor man’s I-Robot, with very little action. The central premise is interesting and it kept me entertained, but looking back on it showed a few flaws and some fairly predictable plot points. I liked it, but it's a movie I will easily forget and won't think about purchasing on DVD.
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Post by: blueraven on September 28, 2009, 05:31:29 PM
Inglorious Bastards.
A spaghetti-western WW2 Quentin Tarantino drama set to rock & roll with elements of 1960's blaxploitation and 1940's cinematography.
By no means historically accurate, but I haven't seen a better movie all year.
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Post by: ceti alpha on September 29, 2009, 01:45:39 AM
A spaghetti-western WW2 Quentin Tarantino drama set to rock & roll with elements of 1960's blaxploitation and 1940's cinematography.
By no means historically accurate, but I haven't seen a better movie all year.
haha. Sweet. I'm looking forward to this one.
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Post by: rainbow_bright on October 13, 2009, 02:10:37 AM
Did anyone see the wrestler ? What did you guys think? I liked it a lot, really good performance by Mickey, so I picked it up on dvd. Some good extras too, including an interview with Mr Rourke. I've seen this dude in a number of interviews and think he comes across really well. Glad to see him back in the big time.
Anyone heard of a film called Moon? Directed by David Bowies son, meant to be really good. But, it only had limited release in some cinemas in the uk/ireland so i never got to see it. I'll have to catch it on dvd.
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Post by: sunteam_paul on October 13, 2009, 03:02:50 AM
Anyone heard of a film called Moon? Directed by David Bowies son, meant to be really good. But, it only had limited release in some cinemas in the uk/ireland so i never got to see it. I'll have to catch it on dvd.
I've not seen it but heard generally good things about Moon. It's supposed to hark back to the older days of sci-fi which is a good thing.
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Post by: blueraven on October 13, 2009, 04:16:22 AM
Did anyone see the wrestler ? What did you guys think? I liked it a lot, really good performance by Mickey, so I picked it up on dvd. Some good extras too, including an interview with Mr Rourke. I've seen this dude in a number of interviews and think he comes across really well. Glad to see him back in the big time.
In the Theater. An epic WIN.
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Post by: ceti alpha on October 13, 2009, 08:36:15 PM
Anyone heard of a film called Moon? Directed by David Bowies son, meant to be really good. But, it only had limited release in some cinemas in the uk/ireland so i never got to see it. I'll have to catch it on dvd.
I've not seen it but heard generally good things about Moon. It's supposed to hark back to the older days of sci-fi which is a good thing.
Agreed. I still haven't seen this, but I've heard the same thing. It's been so long since there's been a true sci-fi flick.
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Post by: Sinistron on October 14, 2009, 03:25:16 AM
Trick 'R Treat was a direct to video horror movie with Brian Cox and Anna Paquin that finally was released- I suggest renting (or buying) the blu-ray as the cinematography is really lush for a dtv release- anyway it's like a mix of Creepshow, Halloween and Pulp Fiction- if you want a great Halloween themed movie to get you in the mood I'd say you can't go wrong- I don't really want to spoil anything further about it- it's a cool movie- not oh-my-god-I'm-gonna-shit-myself scary or anything- but fun- like Creepshow.
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Post by: rainbow_bright on October 14, 2009, 04:53:24 PM
Quite a few of us want to see Moon then, thats cool :) I'm going to look it up and see when it's out on dvd..
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Post by: esteban on October 14, 2009, 05:45:14 PM
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) -- I haven't seen this in years, but I just re-watched it and it still kicks ass. The fact that I knew the plot this time round did not diminish its impact. What a goddamn awesome, depressing, bittersweet movie. If you dig this, I suggest you see Fires on the Plain ("Nobi", 1959, Ichikawa). It's another kick-ass anti-war film, but, unlike "Grave...", it has a few moments of divine (morbid) humor that breaks up the intensity. I haven't seen "Fires" in a few years, but I'm pulling out my old VHS if I can't get it from Netflix.
Everyone should see these films, regardless of your political leanings, because they are masterpieces, and I never use that word to describe anything.
So, I'm sure that many of you folks are fans of Carpenter's The Thing (1982) and let me just say: it is totally worth watching this on Blue Ray. I just watched it with my brothers (and mom!) on a new 50" television.
Damn, it just looks gorgeous. I'm no expert in film transfers, but it certainly seems like they did a decent job on this BR release, because I didn't see any imperfections.
I saw this film when I was a kid (HBO at my grandma's house) and it scared the TurboChips out of me. It must have been 1983-84, and it was one of the best/frightening experiences I've ever had in my entire life. I was 8 years old.
I'm glad to report that it still packs a punch, all these years later.
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro, 1959) -- Holy crap, I've watched this movie so many times, and I just keep loving it. I suppose some of you will think some of the scenes are corny, but this movie is goddamn awesome. I could write an entire page about why you should see it, but, instead, I'll simply say this: you don't have to dig Greek mythology to appreciate this film. If you are familiar with the myth, though, you are in for a treat, because there are so many wonderful touches (the locations, especially at the film's conclusion, for instance) that just make you want to kiss every single goddamn person who was involved in the film.
Also, you can't help but love Orpheus' trademark song (especially with the kids). So. Goddamn. Awesome.
NEXT UP: Bladerunner. My brothers report that the details in the background that are visible on the Blue Ray are insane. Hopefully, I'll watch that this weekend.
NOTE: I decided that "awesome" and "goddamn" should be used liberally in all of my reviews.
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Post by: Sinistron on October 15, 2009, 02:13:08 AM
Yes Esteban the Blade Runner blu-ray is a must own- not only does it look stellar but it comes with all FIVE versions of the movie :)
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Post by: esteban on October 17, 2009, 04:09:20 PM
Yes Esteban the Blade Runner blu-ray is a must own- not only does it look stellar but it comes with all FIVE versions of the movie :)
:shock: :shock: Sounds like I need to get a Blu-Ray player.
Get a PS3 it does every thing :wink: :wink: Though the most convenient thing for blade runner on bluray it has all the different cuts on one disc.I have the limted edition on dvd the extras are nice but,each movie is on it's own disc.
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Post by: Sinistron on October 23, 2009, 04:49:37 AM
That's strange tron- the Blade Runner Blu ray I have is a 5 disc set.
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Post by: Joe Redifer on October 23, 2009, 11:36:45 AM
Maybe Warners finally figured out how to do seamless branching so they could put it on one disc. Close Encounters has all of the different versions on one disc via seamless branching. I have the 5-disc set, too. I have yet to watch anything other than the Final Cut, though I might watch one of the ones with narration because I have never heard that before.
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Post by: TR0N on October 23, 2009, 06:01:47 PM
Maybe Warners finally figured out how to do seamless branching so they could put it on one disc.
Just checked Amazon- Tron was mistaken. The only Blade Runner Bluray for sale is the five disc set- either with the suitcase and the goodies or without. There is a discontinued bluray shown for the Final Cut version- but even that version wouldn't have had all five versions of the movie- probably just the one.