Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Great Rumbler]

Mad Max - this is so different from Thunderdome (the only MM movie I had seen.) It doesn't really feel post-apocalyptic, it just feels like they're in the Australian backcountry   Pretty entertaining so far. 

Yeah, Road Warrior and Thunderdome has a much different feel than the first movie. It's believed that in Mad Max the world was just in sharp decline, but that the actual oil war depicted at the beginning of the Road Warrior actually happened between the first and second movie, hence the big shift.

Also, make sure you check out Road Warrior sometime, it's really awesome and my favorite of the three.

[Eric P]

transporter 3 (my parents pick) - not as horrid as i feared.  jason stratham rode a bmx bike through a sweat shop to iggy and the stooges "i wanna be a dog"

escape from hong kong island.  lots of culture specific satire which i undestood but didn't really appreciate as i'm not really from there.

[Robo]

I finally saw I'm Not There over the weekend.  I thought it was a fantastic representation of Dylan's life and career, choosing to highlight legend rather than explicit fact, sequenced in a manner that befits his mid-60's songwriting.  In a way, it intentionally parallels a chief complaint of Dylan's work amongst laymans: it doesn't make any sense. 

Nitpicking, I only really had a problem with the way it handles documented reality, like some of the interactions that Cate Blanchett's characterization has with various reporters, and the "Royal Albert Hall" concert, footage of which is now widely available and far more interesting and entertaining in truth than in the fictional representation.  In an effort to stay far away from becoming a biopic, certain events are actually dulled down from reality simply to maintain fiction; the exact opposite procedure of nearly all reality-based biopics.

What I took away from it most: we desperately need an Allen Ginsberg biopic with David Cross.

[Phoenix Dark]

Tropic Thunder

Wow, all the best parts were in the trailer, and even they weren't particularly funny in the movie's context (little kid stabbing Stiller as he ran across the bridge for instance). I chuckled a couple times, never busted out laughing. I like Jack Black but I have no idea why he was in this movie. It's like they gave him no lines and said "just go crazy dude." Cruise was also...odd. I dunno, that angle just didn't work. Downy Jr was the only person in the movie who lit up the screen

5/10 very disappointing

[cool breeze]

Pineapple Express

Verdict: it sucked

[cool breeze]

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Verdict: it sucked

[WrikaWrek]

Kiss of the Dragon

Awesome, jet li kicking ass, no wire fu shit.

Zack and Miri make a Porno

It's a lite movie. Has some funny stuff.

Eagle Eye

Absolute dogshit. Shia Labeouf sucks.

Step up 2

Ok if you like dance movies. They should cut the romance shit, some of the dancing is pretty nuts. Main girl walks around with her belly uncovered for most of the movie, hot.

Resident Evil Degeneration

Better than Advent Children. Still dogshit.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Wanted. 9/10.

IT GREAT. I really enjoyed it, the action scenes are fucking crazy especially the finale.

[ch1nchilla]

The Last Kiss starring Zach Braff. Fucking miserable.

[Madrun Badrun]

tropic thunder 4/10

burn after reading 7/10  Pitt was fucking awesome in this. 

[Phoenix Dark]

good to see i'm not the only person who thought tropic thunder was overrated trash

[fistfulofmetal]

The Ruins

I liked the parts where the vines were fucking with the blonde chicks head. Was kind of silly but I was entertained by it. Ending sucked.

[CHOW CHOW]

watched the R5 rip of transporter 3 today and enjoyed it altho the ginger chick was terrible

[Enl]

Let the Right One In- Possibly the best vampire flick I've seen in years. Definitely in the top five for me in that genre.

The Strangers- Does a good job at building suspense and has a good eye for some creepy shots. Too bad I felt it went pretty limp in the end.

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer- Mildly amusing B-Grade flick with some fun makeup effects but with a dull main character. Worth it for Robert Englund's comic relief (which suprisingly there's a lot of)

Last House in the Woods- A modern Italian horror film in the style of 70's Italian explotation cinema mixed with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I personally had fun with it but the film's style is an acquired taste.

Dance of the Dead (2008 film not the Tobe Hooper Masters of Horror episode)- Decent little zombie flick that takes place during a school prom. Has some fun characters and nice gore effects. Kinda in the same vein as Return of the Living Dead on not as good.

Sukiyaki Western Django- It's exactly what you'd expect. Takashi Miike making a Western.

Twilight - Dear god this was even worse than I had expected.


Trailers:

Let the Right One In


Jack Brooks Monster Slayer


Last House in the Woods


Dance of the Dead


Sukiyaki Western Django

[Bildi]

The Orphanage - 7/10. Very cool flick, but it left gaps a bit too big for me.  I'm not the sort of person who likes to make up parts of the story in order to explain how things connect.  I noticed the deleted scenes explained everything, and I would have preferred them left in mostly.  And I don't want to spoil it so I'll keep it vague, but the end left me going "I understand where she is, but how did she get there?".  I'm really going to enjoy subsequent viewings though.

The Prestige - 10/10. This has jumped straight to one of my favourite flicks.  It's a stark contrast from The Orphanage in that when the last scene ends you have the answers to everything, and afterwards you think "oh, so that's why he did this".

[littlemathletics]

I found The Prestige to be a little too blatant in its answers, to be honest.

Finally watched Omen II and III last night. First one's a classic - really, a beautiful film, with a really brilliantly paced story. The other two miss the point, and go for gore instead. Not sure if I can even bring myself to watch the fourth one, which was made for TV.

[Bildi]

I found The Prestige to be a little too blatant in its answers, to be honest.

I can imagine some people would.  I like things to be wrapped up by the end as I don't really think much while watching a movie, I just kind of take them in.

If you haven't seen the Orphanage I reckon it would right up your alley as it is towards the other end of the spectrum.

[Enl]

I found The Prestige to be a little too blatant in its answers, to be honest.

Finally watched Omen II and III last night. First one's a classic - really, a beautiful film, with a really brilliantly paced story. The other two miss the point, and go for gore instead. Not sure if I can even bring myself to watch the fourth one, which was made for TV.

I thought 2 was ok but it had a lot of faults. I actually wouldn't mind a remake of that one a long as they get a decent director and script (but how often does that happen). The third one was pretty laughable. As for the forth, it's best left unseen.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Watched Step Brothers last night and I thought it was pretty awesome.  I don't know what it is about the combination of Will Farrell and John C. Reilly that I find so fucking funny but god help me they make me laugh my ass off.  I know it's dumb as hell and I probably shouldn't be watching it let alone enjoying it but I'm sucker for this kind of stuff.  I like the stupid.

So yeah, thumbs up.

[The Fake Shemp]

Finally caught Man on Wire, which is a terrific documentary and very breathtaking - even if it turns out Petit becomes an arrogant, sexually polygamous jerk afterwards due to the celebrity he attained with the awesome feat.

[AdmiralViscen]

Stepbrothers made me LOL too

[muckhole]

Watched Step Brothers last night and I thought it was pretty awesome.  I don't know what it is about the combination of Will Farrell and John C. Reilly that I find so fucking funny but god help me they make me laugh my ass off.  I know it's dumb as hell and I probably shouldn't be watching it let alone enjoying it but I'm sucker for this kind of stuff.  I like the stupid.

So yeah, thumbs up.

It was a good laugh. My friend, who was determined not to laugh, spit his beer out at the

"We're selling the house!"

"Why, is it haunted?"

line, which just made the whole experience even funnier for me. Caught him off guard, I guess.

And yeah, Tropic Thunder really, really disappointed me. As I've said before, I'll laugh at anything, but there just weren't that many actual jokes/funny moments in the film. Tom Cruise' parts came off a bit forced and creepy too, although that may just be saying more about my perception of him these days. And I always get a chuckle out of Danny McBride.

[The Fake Shemp]

Stepbrothers was good fun.

"Why are you so sweaty?"  "I was watching COPS."

"Fucking Catalina wine mixer" has become something of a saying around the house now.

[muckhole]

"Fucking Catalina wine mixer" has become something of a saying around the house now.

  Here too.

[tiesto]

Role Models

Pretty funny, I loved the whole LARP aspect of it.

[Don Flamenco]

currently watching the Last Dragon.  omg i forgot how real this movie is

[Eric P]

winchester 73

everyone says how good this movie is.

so far it's pretty good but i'm not really a western fan.

hilariously, rock hudson with a tan is playing an indian

[WrikaWrek]

Just watched

Memories of Murder

Really awesome crime film. Ends on a downer though.

[drew]

movie of the fucking year



better than Quantum of Solace



so cheesy its french

[Cheebs]

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movie of the fucking year

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better than Quantum of Solace

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so cheesy its french

I am a huge Statham fan. I loved Transporter 1 Crank, The Bank Job...etc and I even enjoyed Transporter 2. But T3 was terrible. That girl was SOOOOOO annoying.

[fistfulofmetal]

there was barely any action in Transporter 3. Two fight scenes and some terrible chase sequences? Get the fuck outta here.

[littlemathletics]

I found The Prestige to be a little too blatant in its answers, to be honest.

Finally watched Omen II and III last night. First one's a classic - really, a beautiful film, with a really brilliantly paced story. The other two miss the point, and go for gore instead. Not sure if I can even bring myself to watch the fourth one, which was made for TV.

I thought 2 was ok but it had a lot of faults. I actually wouldn't mind a remake of that one a long as they get a decent director and script (but how often does that happen). The third one was pretty laughable. As for the forth, it's best left unseen.

Even the third one could work, in a way - I'd really like to see the emphasis on Damien as a businessman, rather than an ambassador. I don't think that came out too well. I really think, if you focused on him as a kind of demonic Patrick Bateman, that could be really interesting. The one sex scene in the third one has real promise in the way that it suggests he's weirdly deviant, or sees pain in sex as a representation of life, or something like that. But it really doesn't go far enough - I mean, not that I want anything graphic, but it really doesn't suggest enough of that kind of thing.

[demi]

You forgot to list WAR under horrible Statham movies

[drew]

for the record i was mashed when i saw it, and i dont mean alcohol

that probably had something to do with it.  still better than 007 tho

[fistfulofmetal]

Few days ago I watched Goya's Ghost

I don't know if it was supposed to be a comedy but I laughed quite a bit. Natalie playing an older decrepit senile woman was hilarious.
But she also played her own daughter in the movie. And she was quite fucking gorgeous in that role. She was wearing these strange fake teeth that kind of stuck out like vampire teeth. It was so hot.

Natalie as old decrepit senile woman:

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Natalie as hot younger daughter of herself with fake teeth

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[Vizzys]

88 minutes, al pacino

it wasnt bad, wasnt amazing either
but it kept my interest

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I saw The Dark Knight on Blu Ray last week.

Its an awesome movie that holds its own even after the third viewing (1st time was IMAX, 2nd time was regular theater) but the BRD adds a lot of detail that I never really saw in either theatrical release.  You could see the creases of Ledger's face paint and the texture of his teeth.  Maggie Gyllenhaal looks bad in HD.  Eckhart's face in the hospital was very detailed as well.  Very clean image.  I like it.

The movie is TDK though aka fuck awesome.  Most Blu Ray releases don't impress me but TDK's video quality was amazing.  Good job.  I should rent Iron Man for BRD before I move away (roommate has the Blu Ray player)

9/10

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Watched Primer on Netflix and now I think I need to attend a couple seminars to understand what the hell was going on.  I had to look the film up on Wiki just so I could figure out how the time device works and what their doubles do.   All those paradoxes....man this is one complicated little film.

[Cheebs]

for the record i was mashed when i saw it, and i dont mean alcohol

that probably had something to do with it.  still better than 007 tho

QoS was not a great movie but Transporter 3 was absolutely horrible. Second worst movie I saw in theaters this year (Speed Racer being the worst). The woman in T3 was one of the worst leading ladies in an action movie EVER while QoS had two extremely hot women. Thus QoS wins.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Speed Racer  I can't believe this didn't make more money, it's absolutely fantastic.

[Phoenix Dark]

1984

Finally rented it from the library. Wow, what a waste of two hours. 1984 is one of my favorite books but I'm kinda shocked it was turned into such a shitty pedestrian movie. There are no redeeming qualities...well unless you're CajoleJuice. The chick who plays Julia looks very similar to Veronica Belmont, and she's fully nude for multiple scenes.   

John Hurt is a great actor but wtf @ him keeping the same vacant face throughout the entire movie. No interesting shots, meh visuals, wooden dialogue...eh

3/10

[Bebpo]

RE Degeneration 1/10

There wasn't even Wesker, wtf.

[demi]

RE Degeneration 1/10

There wasn't even Wesker, wtf.

well... duh. it's just a little short story that introduces the new chemical company for RE5 (Tricell)

[Bildi]

AVP2 - I'm not entirely sure if this is better or worse than AVP, but overall, it's pretty cruddy.  It's so dark and the camera angles are so confusing I really struggled to figure what was going on in a lot of the action sequences.

However, it gets points for some pretty cool deaths (which somehow were always shot in such a way that I thought "wow, that was cool, but it could have been so much cooler").

4/10

[TVC 15]

I watched Wanted last night.  That was pretty fun.  The dude from Shameless makes me want to watch Shameless.  Morgan Freeman really needs to quit acting.  He's like a caricature at this point.  

[cool breeze]

Hot Rod - worse than Step Brothers

Step Brothers - better than Hot Rod

 

[Diunx]

Watched Appaloosa yesterday, really enjoyed it, Ed Harris and Viggo where awesome as always and I really liked the ending which I bet a lot of people hated.

I hope we keep getting at least one western a year I love them.

[Tucah]

Saw Seven Pounds last night. Ending was , 4/10 movie.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

I saw TDK for the second time, pretty good but I noticed he never throws a batarang for the entire film.

[Mr. Gundam]

Saw Doubt last night, it was great.

Off to see Let the Right One In this afternoon in a nice warm theater while we get hit with another winter storm.

[Enl]

Return to Sleepaway Camp- In some ways this can be considered the real sequel to the original. It's done by the same director and some of the original actors make a comeback. It also has the same mean spirited feel of the original and weird wooden acting. But, the film is a bit too mean spirited for it's own good and the Gomer Pyle main character is quite possibly the most disgusting fat sack of flesh to every grace my TV. Watch the original sequel instead.

Lost Boys 2: The Tribe- Yeeaaahhhh, no.

[TVC 15]

You make me want to see Return to Sleepaway Camp.

I don't think I've seen the original sequel.  Should I snag that as well?

I watched Death Proof again last night and shot loads.

[AdmiralViscen]

Watched Appaloosa yesterday, really enjoyed it, Ed Harris and Viggo where awesome as always and I really liked the ending which I bet a lot of people hated.

I hope we keep getting at least one western a year I love them.

Movie definitely rocked.

[Enl]

The original sequel I thought was pretty fun in a typical cheesy 80's slasher flick sort of way. It doesn't take itself seriously and Pamela Springsteen looks like she has a lot of fun playing Angela. It's not great but good for one of those brain dead horror nights. The third film, Teenage Wasteland, is just dull and boring.

Warning, contains teh boobies:

[drew]

some girl snorts Ritalin less than 10 minutes into the movie.  5 out of 5 stars

[Flannel Boy]

The original sequel I thought was pretty fun in a typical cheesy 80's slasher flick sort of way. It doesn't take itself seriously and Pamela Springsteen looks like she has a lot of fun playing Angela. It's not great but good for one of those brain dead horror nights. The third film, Teenage Wasteland, is just dull and boring.

Warning, contains teh boobies:

 

[drew]

eh

[Flannel Boy]

U Mad?

[drew]

a bit

[TVC 15]

Man I would so rim Peter Greenaway.  Best director ever.