Yeah, I never read the Golden Compass. But... that movie was terrible. Pan's Labyrinth, on the other hand, probably the best movie I've seen since Gladiator.
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Yeah, I never read the Golden Compass. But... that movie was terrible. Pan's Labyrinth, on the other hand, probably the best movie I've seen since Gladiator.
Pan's Labyrinth was truly great.
The "His Dark Materials" books are actually really great. I didn't like them so much at first because I thought the author was trying to do too many "fantasy" things at once - pseudo-medievalism, animal familiars, alternate universes, witches, etc. But as the story goes on, you can see what he's trying to get at: that the world is a marvelously complicated place, children are capable of amazing things that we as adults cannot do, and indoctrinating children into a religion from a young age is a terrible thing to do.
I saw Burn After Reading yesterday...
Extremely well cast and well written. None of the movie really makes any rigorous sense, but it's got some sharp humor.
I finally watched the Dark Knight. Pretty good, 8.8/10
Hellboy II: A fun flick, very predictable though and not much to it. 7/10
The Chronicles of Narnia 1: I knew what was going to happen throughout, but it was still a great movie. 8.5/10
I saw that last night too. I was like "what the fuck, where is this story going" but then the conversations at the CIA were hilarious. Waiting for the punchline was so worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilfredo Ledezma
Saw "Choke" over the weekend.
Hmmm. Not entirely sure what to make of it. If you like Chuck Palahniuk, a LOT, you're likely to enjoy the movie. If you've ever read anything by that guy, you know he writes about a lot of fucked up stuff. Age-related dementia, public masturbation, kidnapping, fraud, depravity, desecration of holy relics, you know the drill.
Palahniuk always writes about the same thing - a person is managing to get by perfectly fine living a terribly disturbed life but somehow is suddenly shaken to the core by something very simple and pure. Then he or she has to try to make sense out of their senseless existence.
"Choke" is about the perfect example of the Palahniuk storyline, and I think it may be the best possible movie you could make from one of his novels. However, I don't think it's very likely that anyone will ever try it again. It's a good enough movie, and Sam Rockwell is ... well, not totally believable, because the story is so insane, but he certainly is a good actor.
Most of the supporting cast is kind of "meh" but it's a decent movie. Definitely not one for squeamish people, older folks, or dates.
I was strung along to see "Eagle Eye" over the weekend. Not a bad flick if you don't mind having your intelligence insulted time after time. Action? Check (and lots of it). Plot? I guess you could call it that. Believability? Absolutely not. The first scene was the only scene that I believed, whereas the rest of the movie was plot hole after plot hole.
I thought of it as "I, Robot" for dummies. Still, if you want to turn your brain off and watch explosions and car chases (which every guy needs to see every once in a while), go for it.
4 out of 10.
Sorry, but Shia LeBeef is on my list.
* Robin Williams
* Shia LeBooof
* Nicholas Cage
* Vin Diesel
* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
* Keanu Reeves
* Renee Zellweger
* Will Smiff
... and my list is growing all the time.
He seems slightly out of place on that list. Any specific reason for the hate?
I can't stand the kid either. I think I posted as much a few months ago.
Very Keanu-ish.
Because he has no personality, acts in truly terrible movies, and is only a "star" because Spielberg likes him. And I really dislike Spielberg.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoTown
Fair enough. I guess I haven't seen him in many movies outside of Transformers, Holes and Eagle Eye.
I actually think he does well as an actor. But if he has one foot in the grave from you on Spieldberg's blessing, I dare not try to make a case against that level of loathe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Swami
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is an enjoyable movie -- Lethal Weapon, Canada style. The movie is half in French and half in English, because the two cops are from Montreal and Toronto and clash in amusing ways. It follows the "buddy cop" formula faithfully enough where it's not that distracting. Thumbs up!
Just watched Silent Hill.... pretty true to the series, I guess, but it could have been made a better movie if it didn't try to stay so true to the video game, IMO...
Enough to probably make me have nightmares tonight, regardless. 7/10
DRay, did you like the part when that broad got her skin ripped off outside the church?
I saw Lakeview Terrace last night, Samuel L. Jackson had the lead, kind of a weird thriller flick. It was easy to follow, but had a meaningless plot.
Paul Wall had a cameo.
Also, the previews to Quarantine looks like the most retarded movie ever.
Bring on Saw V!
Saw V, what a joke
Saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time. Thought it was absolutely amazing.
I know, since Saw II, they've gone way downhill, but since I've seen the other 4, I feel obligated to get this last one out of the way...
Heaven forbid they make a sixth...
I thought so too. A lil' too much subtle humor all at once for the normal person to catch i noticed though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zekyl
Oh man... My sisters pulled me into watching "The Strangers" this weekend. That was just so bad in so many ways....4/10
Tell me about it. I saw that with my fiance and wanted to hit the people in the film. I hate "horror" films anyway, but this was especially bad. The trailer looked intriguing, but the film was awful.
The fucking couple had the only gun in the movie!!! The bad guys were two girls and a skinny dude! WHAT THE FUCK? HIT THEM WITH A BLUNT OBJECT!
Thanks for ruining the film for us, asshat!Quote:
Originally Posted by MoTown
You're an asshat if you want to go see the movie after my synopsis.
Zekyl = Admiral Asshat.
Pssst: Darth Vader cuts off Frodo's hand and jumps into Mt. Dumbledore DiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Zekyl
Hahaha. Thanks Swami.
Just watched "The Happening."
Haha! What shit! 5/10.
I can attest to this 5/10 score as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrRay11
I just watched a movie called "Zoo." Don't judge me after looking that up on imdb...lol. I watch any movie I can...especially if it sounds interesting. This was a horrid movie. 4/10 only because it had cool visuals.
If a 5 is shit, wtf is a 1?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrRay11
Battlefield Earth
Is it as good as the extended ShamWow infomercial?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesus Shuttlesworth
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Originally Posted by Fool
Contour isn't really a GOOD movie, but it has a LOT to recommend itself.
It's a movie made by San Francisco bay-area stunt people who aren't really full-time professionals. Think b-movie earnest labor-of-love quality, with ugly sound and music (where professional post-production would've helped).
All that being said, there's a LOT of interesting-looking fast-paced fighting scene. This is too low-tech for big wire work or CG or anything like that -- just well-done action sequences. The plot at its best is an excuse to get from one fight scene to another, watching them beat each other up with some great moves. There's cheesy-funny bits in the movie. One character is very much like Fez from That 70s Show. The extras on the DVD, particularly the extended Tae Pho scene (where the bad sound is actually an asset in a 70s chopsocky way) are worthwhile. Here's a taste of the movie:
I watched WALL-E this weekend. It is a great movie. It's creative, fun and exciting. The entire first half of the movie had zero dialogue, which made the movie incredible. Instead of being lazy and using words to describe what was happening, they used the actions and non-verbal communication of anthropomorphic robots to convey the plot. I thought it was very well done, one of the best movies I've seen all year.
10/10.
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Originally Posted by MoTown
Saw Wall-E in the theaters...lol. It was amazing.
Seen this past week: Australia & Synecdoche, New York
Got dragged to Australia...it was an excruciating 3 hours. Looked great...but obviously a painful painful chick flick.
Synecdoche is pretty crazy...a solid 8/10. Typical Kaufman screenplay, but his first as a director (you could tell). Also, anything with Seymour Hoffman is gonna be at least decent.
If you're looking for a well-done entertaining b-grade horror movie with schlock guts and real tits, you could do a lot worse than The Janitor. Bonus points for recording their commentary when they were drunk off their asses!
just got back from seeing Role Models.....very funny, good flick
I finally got around to seeing the live-action Death Note movie (the first part -- it was filmed as a two-part movie, with a logical cliffhanger in the middle).
It's pretty awesome -- definite thumbs-up! Two young geniuses duke it out over a magic book that lets its owner kill people just by writing their name in the book. There's some nicely fucked up twists and turns. Let's just say that if you like movies where the bad guy wins, you'll like this. That's not really a spolier, because it's not 100% clear who the bad guy really is, even at the end. If you've seen the anime, the same main voice actors do the live action movie voices most excellently.
The only drawback is that the DVD extras are fucked up. Only some extras are available at some times, and no way to "play all". Totally obnoxious!
I loved that show. My neighbor got me into it last year. We'd always have a few beers and watch it. Excellent stuff.