THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on February 14, 2007, 01:52:49 AM
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We have a big movie community brewing here. We need an official movie review thread and it needs to be stickied. The days where we post 10 million movie review threads in a day are over! If you think the movie definitely warrants it's own thread (like The Departed dvd, or 300, or Hot Fuzz) go ahead, but this thread is the general movie discussion dammit. Hell, we have a big enough movie community to have a movie forum replace the gaming forum.
As for reviews:
Vertigo - My second Hitch movie in the past few weeks. I found the story to be simply enthralling. The other Hitchcock movie I saw recently was North by Northwest, and that movie simply does not stand on the same foot as Vertigo in my eyes. I felt the whole "possessed" take was corny but I figured it fit Hitchcock's style. When the plot twist appeared, I was simply amazed at the execution of it all. Characters (namely Scottie's artist pal) could have used some more development, but I think that's forgivable given the rest of the film's quality. I actively anticipate seeing more from Hitchcock soon. 9/10
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I watched Borat tonight. It was really funny but I felt bad for some of it. what did the jews family think? what ever happened with that big bottemed hooker? hes an ass hat.
7.7/10
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Another movie thread? My god Garret stfu. At least you picked a good movie to fap over this time..
My reviews will go in my thread, as I stated earlier. You could have put this in any of the 20 movie threads you've created this week >:(
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That's why I made it the official movie thread you dumb ass.
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I deem this to be the best movie ever:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GIXCL0.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Look at that cover quote. Can you really resist buying it?
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It gives me the urge to take a shit.
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I wouldn't lead you astray. Get those wallets out.
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*points to Once Upon A Time in America, a shrinkwrapped copy of Casino, and Gangs of New York*
I might use this thread soon.
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I deem this to be the best movie ever:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000GIXCL0.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Look at that cover quote. Can you really resist buying it?
Heck no. Based on cover blurbs, this is the greatest movie ever:
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HC2LTE.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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Moulin Rouge - I tried this movie out upon suggestion by some certain people and I really did not come out favoring it one bit. The pacing was off, it was too silly and random for me, and the songs weren't even that great because they mostly were well known songs already - just randomly placed for the crowd's enjoyment. It seemed to be like the Shrek or silly cg computer animation movie equivalent that uses random pop culture nods to tell a story, and quite frankly, it didn't help the movie at all. From a cinematography and visual perspective, the movie is glorious, but other than that it left to be desired. 5/10
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Moulin Rouge is worse than an anal fissure.
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A Clockwork Orange - I like Clockwork Orange. A lot. The movie has it's flaws, mainly in it's way of positioning it's themes so it doesn't come off as a movie that's too full of itself, but the good far outweighs the bad here.
Things I love about Clockwork: The script, by golly, is astounding. The way Alex and his peers communicate could single handedly make me want to quote them all damn day. There are many scenes in the movie that are absolutely insane -- such as the scene where Alex harasses the yoga chick with a giant cock statue -- and yet they totally fit the movie. The majority of the film feels almost dream like due to the costume design and other assets. I kept trying to connect the movie to a 1970's Britain but it always came off as creative as possible, Alex and his gang's costumes for a main example. This type of creativity, whether through the script or costumes, made Clockwork feel very much ahead of it's time in some ways.
Alex, the main character, despite his immature musings in the first half was an extremely likable character. I thought I'd end up hating him, but I felt sorry for him. I thought the ending could have been done better, but it certainly wasn't bad. I plan on importing the UK edition of the book eventually. Finally, the narration from Alex added to the movie's quality a lot. Unlike Full Metal Jacket, which used a pretty dull narrated voice over that didn't add anything to the film, Clockwork's narration was quite beautiful.
Things I didn't like about Clockwork: The reconditioning themes, and the sort of anti-government tidbits. I felt they could have been presented better, and that the final part of the movie where it shows Alex suffer for his decisions in the past, should have been much longer. I don't know if the movie is an exact adaptation of the book, so I'm not going to fault the source material.
All in all, I felt that A Clockwork Orange was a simply astounding movie, and while I'm not going to bust anyone's balls and claim it as the great moving picture achievement of all time, it's certainly earned it's place and deserves some respect as a high quality film. 8.5/10
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Himuro is too sensitive about being perceived as gay to admit liking MR.
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I totally dig cocks in butts, and I still hated MR. :-*
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Same here. That movie is too gay.
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lolz, Himu digs cocks... in butts! :elephant
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Who cares? Enough with Moulin Rouge talk. It sucks. I'm going to rewatch Clockwork Orange right now.
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Who cares? Enough with Moulin Rouge talk. It sucks. I'm going to rewatch Clockwork Orange right now.
Cheers!