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I watched Disney's "Camp Rock" today. Pretty much the biggest let down in the world for an Original Disney Movie. I don't know how it drew the 2nd biggest cable audience ever back in June, the acting was brutal. The Jonas Brothers are a total disgrace to rock music. And it wasn't hard to tell that Demi Lovato (who, as an added caveat, is actually my cousin, twice-removed) was playing her first headline role in a film. Her acting was spotty and unexciting.

The fact that they are currently making a sequel, is depressing. When your a kid, Disney can make you more popular than God, but then the second you turn 21, they want no part of you.

We couldn't make this stuff up, could we?

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Originally Posted by Wilfredo Ledezma

I watched Disney's "Camp Rock" today. Pretty much the biggest let down in the world for an Original Disney Movie. I don't know how it drew the 2nd biggest cable audience ever back in June, the acting was brutal. The Jonas Brothers are a total disgrace to rock music. And it wasn't hard to tell that Demi Lovato (who, as an added caveat, is actually my cousin, twice-removed) was playing her first headline role in a film. Her acting was spotty and unexciting.

The fact that they are currently making a sequel, is depressing. When your a kid, Disney can make you more popular than God, but then the second you turn 21, they want no part of you.

I came home early from work and caught my wife watching this movie. I have been making fun of her for it ever since.

cloverfield.
holy fuck this was the WORST movie i have ever seen hands down. motherfucking hands down i am so pissed right now

Cloverfield was terrible if you were expecting anything more than a terrible monster movie.

Two Champions Of Shaolin starts off slow and is a little long, but there's some good fight scenes as the movie goes on. The dub is a little garbly, but who cares about words when you're seeing someone's balls get ripped off.

Psycho Kickboxer is a low-budget movie made in the late 90s that feels like it could have been made in the 80s. It's so bad (especially the acting) that it's quite entertaining, and there's not much plot to spoil the action. Kickboxer's fiancee and father is killed by big baddies in front of his face, so he becomes a Dark Angel (sometimes wearing a ninja costume, even) to get revenge.

I finally saw Black Book, which is a masterpiece! Normally, I have a problem with movies with just subtitles and no dub, an inability to pay attention and do casual tippety-typing on a computer at the same time. But Carice Van Houten is just... WOW. Verhoeven's commentary is worthwhile for anyone who really wants to know the history, too. Thumbs up!

Pan's Labyrinth. Fucking awesome. 9.5/10.

The Golden Compass: notsomuch. I thought it sucked. 5.5/10

I read Golden Compass and saw the movie too. The book was way better. That book has two sequels that are much better even than the first book.

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Originally Posted by DrRay11

Pan's Labyrinth. Fucking awesome. 9.5/10.

The Golden Compass: notsomuch. I thought it sucked. 5.5/10

Agreed. Pan's Labyrinth is probably the greatest foreign drama i've ever seen. Golden Compass as an idea movie and book never moved me. Though I can't say the book is bad writing, it just didnt keep me interested.