What movies have you seen lately? Now with reviews!Movies
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What kind of movies have had the same story line?
Edit; nevermind. I can think of a few where the anti-hero is built up to be a success story only to be brought down by his own destructive nature. You have to admit though that There Will Be Blood was a lot better than most of the Hollywood that's being released lately. Deserving of something higher than a 6 imo.
Are you serious? I've never heard anyone talk any of the characters in that movie. All the dialogue was just so corny and cutesy. I thought it was far from real, it was just flat out annoying. That movie had plenty of cheesiness; the ending scene; the scene with her father, the scene with the soon to adopting father, etc.
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Absolutely, on both counts. I loved "There will be blood", and even though everyone is falling over themselves with praise for "Juno", I just didn't like it. I found the dialogue to be in the same vein as "90210", or "My so-called life". Over the top, and completely dissimilar to what kids that age are actually saying. They always seem to give teenagers the vocabulary of college English professors, which takes me out of the story really fast. It just isn't realistic.
I'm thinking of checking out "The Thin Red Line" tonight. It has always been in the back of my mind. I remember when it came out thinking The cast is like the Olympic acting team. All big stars in their own right, and even a big star from the town I live in (Jim Caviezel who is from Mt. Vernon, WA), who was also in "The Passion of The Christ"... You know..... Jesus.
Anyone here see it? Any thoughts?
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Juno was a 12A (PG13) there was no F words (or maybe one, i cant remember).
Eastern Promises - I wouldnt say i totally disagree with the above review. But i didnt think much of it at all. It only lasted 96 mins but seemed to take forever. It just wasnt very interesting. I gussed the bit u mentioned to Diego. I cannot beleive how much praise Viego Mortensen got for this role, he's just doing an accent.
6/10
Horton Hear's a who - better than alot of the animated crap that came out last year. But after an hour the laughs stop and it goes all sappy n crappy.
6/10
Jackass 2.5 - Not technically a movie, well not technically, just not a movie. It was OK, far to much pading in the main bit, i think they should've just made a really long version of Jackass Number 2 with all the extra stuff in it.
7/10
Eastern Promises - I wouldnt say i totally disagree with the above review. But i didnt think much of it at all. It only lasted 96 mins but seemed to take forever. It just wasnt very interesting. I gussed the bit u mentioned to Diego. I cannot beleive how much praise Viego Mortensen got for this role, he's just doing an accent.
6/10
Horton Hear's a who - better than alot of the animated crap that came out last year. But after an hour the laughs stop and it goes all sappy n crappy.
6/10
Jackass 2.5 - Not technically a movie, well not technically, just not a movie. It was OK, far to much pading in the main bit, i think they should've just made a really long version of Jackass Number 2 with all the extra stuff in it.
7/10
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Still ragging on Juno eh... At least Juno had a GROWN UP view of an adult situation unlike all the show's Delphic Reason listed... They all had Kids acting like stupid brainless kids wanting to stay in the high school popularity group. BTW, I never watched the shows DR mentioned because of the very reason I listed. Oh and I'd like to add SuperBad to DR's list and include it as my example as well.
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I've been on a bit of a roll lately with politically charged movies, and of course, this does little to change it. Describing the history and politics of the Iraq war from 2002-2006, the documentary digs into facts and opinion from people who were a part of the war effort. As I recall, it won an Oscar in 2006 for "Best Documentary," and it seems to show. It was put together pretty well, interviewing both sides fairly (well, those who wished to comment... Powell, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice, Cheney and Bush refused to be a part of the documentary).
Lets put it this way: I don't think this is something that comes off completely anti-war in the sense of "we never should have gone in, etc" but more or less discusses what the hell we did wrong while going in. I personally found it very interesting, expanding upon other things I've read in various books, not to mention discussions with classmates at school.
Its worth watching, no matter what your views are. I didn't agree with all points in it, but it did do a good job of laying things out fairly clearly. Sure, it didn't have all the pomp and circumstance of a Michael Moore movie, but the substance is worth noting. Although I don't find it to be something we should continue to do, we did go in for a fairly decent reason, and we obviously need to finish the job... You just have to [/facepalm] after some of the stuff in here.
8/10 - Check it if you have time, its interesting. Not perfect, but interesting.
I've been on a bit of a roll lately with politically charged movies, and of course, this does little to change it. Describing the history and politics of the Iraq war from 2002-2006, the documentary digs into facts and opinion from people who were a part of the war effort. As I recall, it won an Oscar in 2006 for "Best Documentary," and it seems to show. It was put together pretty well, interviewing both sides fairly (well, those who wished to comment... Powell, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice, Cheney and Bush refused to be a part of the documentary).
Lets put it this way: I don't think this is something that comes off completely anti-war in the sense of "we never should have gone in, etc" but more or less discusses what the hell we did wrong while going in. I personally found it very interesting, expanding upon other things I've read in various books, not to mention discussions with classmates at school.
Its worth watching, no matter what your views are. I didn't agree with all points in it, but it did do a good job of laying things out fairly clearly. Sure, it didn't have all the pomp and circumstance of a Michael Moore movie, but the substance is worth noting. Although I don't find it to be something we should continue to do, we did go in for a fairly decent reason, and we obviously need to finish the job... You just have to [/facepalm] after some of the stuff in here.
8/10 - Check it if you have time, its interesting. Not perfect, but interesting.
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The trailer we got here (don't know what was shown elsewhere) made it out to be a bit of an action, suspense flick. However I suspected they took all 1min30sec of action from the 3hr movie and packaged it into the trailer. Kind of like they did with Munich. Is this the case, or is it about as slow as you'd expect a legal drama to be?
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I thought Atonement was good... although I can see it being utterly boring to anyone under 30 
As for Juno, yeah there are loads of F-words... and what I liked best about it was that it was different... it treats a social issue that happens a lot, but doesn't get all moral on it, which is the way it should be. Someone I know went through a similar experience when she was about the same age and loved it (the movie)... she said she wished her parents would've behaved the same way and all that.
Besides that, I tried to keep an open mind about it and treat itjust like a movie, not like a big-money-enterprise-trying-to-look-indie, which pretty much helped it all.
About Michael Clayton, I can see the disappointment in the trailer vs. the movie. I've had similar experiences... the best I can remember was in About Schmidt (with Jack Nicholson), the trailer made it look like a dark comedy whereas the mvoie was some sort of existential drama that bored the hell out of me.
As for Juno, yeah there are loads of F-words... and what I liked best about it was that it was different... it treats a social issue that happens a lot, but doesn't get all moral on it, which is the way it should be. Someone I know went through a similar experience when she was about the same age and loved it (the movie)... she said she wished her parents would've behaved the same way and all that.
Besides that, I tried to keep an open mind about it and treat itjust like a movie, not like a big-money-enterprise-trying-to-look-indie, which pretty much helped it all.
About Michael Clayton, I can see the disappointment in the trailer vs. the movie. I've had similar experiences... the best I can remember was in About Schmidt (with Jack Nicholson), the trailer made it look like a dark comedy whereas the mvoie was some sort of existential drama that bored the hell out of me.
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I thought Atonement was good... although I can see it being utterly boring to anyone under 30
Indeed. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
See, to me the dialogue was so incredibly hackneyed, and as I previously stated completely unrealistic. I couldn't stay involved with the story with all the bad writing choices, overly extended dialogue, and yes.... Trying WAY too hard to be hip and indie. I couldn't ignore all that as easily.
I've been meaning to rent this, now it's out on DVD. I'm not usually a huge fan of political/legal dramas. I think it's getting a bit overused as a medium to tell a story, but then again, what isn't? What did you think of the story arc and character development, If I may ask? I'll probably rent it anyway, but it's nice to have the inside scoop before going into it.
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From the score I gave it you can't probably make out my answer, though you see a lot of Clooney's character (Michael Clayton), divorced, one kid, family man (to a point), the story tends to have all his family affairs as a side-story... despite politics and all that's happening to him, his family story is also part of it, although it doesn't depend on the story itself. There's a lot of rhetoric with him and his kid that can be translated to what he does in the rest of the movie.
The storyline is pretty good. Starts at a point, goes back four days, catches up and then moves further. So despite knowing what some things may end up in, you end up wondering how does it all fit in.
It's the kind of movie I'd enjoy watching again, despite my copy being a CAM Vid (it's legal to download movies in Spain, as long as it's personal use), so it had a filmed-in-1986 feel to it.
Saw a nice one today:
No Country for Old Men (2007) -- I'm a Coen Bros. buff... my favourite movie is The Big Lebowski... with that said, I missed the dark humor present in most Coen flicks. This one's quite suspenseful and stressful as times... it's one of maybe a handful of American movies that is essentially a chase, with no car chase sequence. Bardem was very good, although representing a psycho killer in the way he did doesn't seem that big of a deal... just had to express no emotions; should Schwarzenegger have received an Oscar for making not expressing emotions in Terminator? The cinematography was great... hotel rooms seemed as claustrophobic as all those roadside rooms still are. As I said before, I'm a Coen brothers fan, and this movie is very good, but not their best. 8.5/10
The storyline is pretty good. Starts at a point, goes back four days, catches up and then moves further. So despite knowing what some things may end up in, you end up wondering how does it all fit in.
It's the kind of movie I'd enjoy watching again, despite my copy being a CAM Vid (it's legal to download movies in Spain, as long as it's personal use), so it had a filmed-in-1986 feel to it.
Saw a nice one today:
No Country for Old Men (2007) -- I'm a Coen Bros. buff... my favourite movie is The Big Lebowski... with that said, I missed the dark humor present in most Coen flicks. This one's quite suspenseful and stressful as times... it's one of maybe a handful of American movies that is essentially a chase, with no car chase sequence. Bardem was very good, although representing a psycho killer in the way he did doesn't seem that big of a deal... just had to express no emotions; should Schwarzenegger have received an Oscar for making not expressing emotions in Terminator? The cinematography was great... hotel rooms seemed as claustrophobic as all those roadside rooms still are. As I said before, I'm a Coen brothers fan, and this movie is very good, but not their best. 8.5/10
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Most Coen Bros. movies are good at this. Off the top of my head I can recall Fargo and Raising Arizona conveying that ambient image that made the viewer feel like being there.
Chinatown (1974) -- I love the Film Noir genre, and this movie, despite being from the mid-70s, accurately represents that 30s-40s feel of the cool, chain-smoking, wisecrackin' detective who uncovers a bigger plot when investigating a simple case. The movie is recreated in the 30s, so it would make sense either way. Jack Nicholson is as amazing as the centre of attention... Roman Polanski has a funny cameo and the movie is a good all-around mystery. 8.5/10
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Agreed. This is something some other film makers should be paying attention to.
You must be reading my mind.
I rented Chinatown last night. I haven't watched it yet. Hoping to sit down and watch it Tuesday on my day off. Sounds like I'll enjoy it. I've been getting a lot of ideas on IMDB lately, and Chinatown came highly recommended.
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I've seen quite a handful today:
First Blood (1982) -- It's always great to see a movie that starts a franchise of movies, even if the others didn't have much to do with the original. Upon watching it I saw a 20-year-old David Caruso (or at least very young)... John Rambo is as bad ass as they come, and the cops started it! Granted, it's not the best action film ever made; the plot is predictable and formulaic, and often seen as a macho-like movie. But it's a great, fun classic too. 7/10
The Cannonball Run II (1984) -- Not even the handful of famous cameos could save this one... it was doomed from the start thanks to that über idiot called Dom DeLuise... this guy's always improving his lines and acting like a gay version of the village idiot. The movie also exploits every stereotype available, including the dumb Asian, dumb blondes, dumb Italians and everything else that doesn't have an American flag on it. 2/10, if only because there's some nice cars in it.
Nostalghia (1983) -- Yet another Tarkovsky movie... this one is perhaps the easiest to follow (between Solyaris and Stalker), and I dare say my favourite Tarkovsky film so far. The movie itself is very poetic and the photography is great. Then again, this movie doesn't really dave 'dead moments'... every shot is charged with symbolism, then again this is movie (as his previous ones) is, personally, to be considered art rather than just a flick. As Tarkovsky said: "if life were perfect, art would be pointless". May my life always be imperfect. 9.5/10
I've seen quite a handful today:
First Blood (1982) -- It's always great to see a movie that starts a franchise of movies, even if the others didn't have much to do with the original. Upon watching it I saw a 20-year-old David Caruso (or at least very young)... John Rambo is as bad ass as they come, and the cops started it! Granted, it's not the best action film ever made; the plot is predictable and formulaic, and often seen as a macho-like movie. But it's a great, fun classic too. 7/10
The Cannonball Run II (1984) -- Not even the handful of famous cameos could save this one... it was doomed from the start thanks to that über idiot called Dom DeLuise... this guy's always improving his lines and acting like a gay version of the village idiot. The movie also exploits every stereotype available, including the dumb Asian, dumb blondes, dumb Italians and everything else that doesn't have an American flag on it. 2/10, if only because there's some nice cars in it.
Nostalghia (1983) -- Yet another Tarkovsky movie... this one is perhaps the easiest to follow (between Solyaris and Stalker), and I dare say my favourite Tarkovsky film so far. The movie itself is very poetic and the photography is great. Then again, this movie doesn't really dave 'dead moments'... every shot is charged with symbolism, then again this is movie (as his previous ones) is, personally, to be considered art rather than just a flick. As Tarkovsky said: "if life were perfect, art would be pointless". May my life always be imperfect. 9.5/10
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Really? I liked Solyaris better than Stalker... Stalker was too slow for me. I'll have to watch it again sometime. Nostalghia is about 90% in Italian... despite being a Tarkovsky/USSR film, it's produced by RAI (Italian TV).
Oh, forgot to mention:
Friday After Next (2002) -- I liked the original Friday a lot, and was a bit let down by Next Friday. The first one seemed like a John Singleton comedy with all the seriousness of the 'hood and all the funny parts of Deebo, Smokey and Big Worm. Next Friday seemed to just be a failed attempt at funny. Friday After Next seemed to take on the 'hood life from the original Friday and, although not as good, still didn't fall the same way as Next Friday did. Sheesh, what a redundant paragraph. 6.5/10
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You know what? I used to like Solyaris better. After multiple viewings I started to really get into the art style and different approach of Stalker. Maybe I've just seen Solyaris too many times.
It is quite long, but it really needed to be. They probably could have tightened up the dialogue, and shortened some of the scenes, but then it wouldn't be a Tarkovsky film!
Quite.
The first film was a bit more raw and genuinely funny. I haven't seen the 3rd in the series, but I can attest to the fact that the 2nd was utter garbage.
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Again, as a demonstration of excellent cinematography and on the whole good acting, brilliant. But the whole mad-with-wealth thing was abit predictable.
Perhaps if I had a greater appreciation of the camera work involved (I can appreciate good acting) and didn't get so annoyed by some of the sound track, I may have given it a better rating.
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Watched Death Proof yesterday. The film kept me interested the whole time, I thought Kurt Russell was pretty good on it. The car chase scene was awesome too. My girlfriend didn't like it much, too graphic she said. I think she didn't get its style.
Now I have Planet Terror waiting but I guess I'll have to watch that one alone.
Now I have Planet Terror waiting but I guess I'll have to watch that one alone.
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I Am Legend - 5/10
Straight middle-of-the-road review for this one. It had a promising start, but didn't finish well. Parts of the plot were painfully predictable, and parts were just inferior to other options. Plus, the story changes rather abruptly 3/4ths of the way through or so, and that change is somewhat incompatible with previous facts (I hate when that happens).
Fun movie overall though. Interesting thought experiment, nice shots of new york with grass growing and antelopes running. Would have been better if it didn't feel like the plot was trumped up for the purpose of creating those shots.
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The introduction of new characters is really what bothered me. I was hoping that he would cure some of the infected people and start building civilization from them rather than simply finding other humans that are alive (especially since he knew that a certain number of humans were immune). I just got frustrated by the failure to seize an excellent opportunity.
Straight middle-of-the-road review for this one. It had a promising start, but didn't finish well. Parts of the plot were painfully predictable, and parts were just inferior to other options. Plus, the story changes rather abruptly 3/4ths of the way through or so, and that change is somewhat incompatible with previous facts (I hate when that happens).
Fun movie overall though. Interesting thought experiment, nice shots of new york with grass growing and antelopes running. Would have been better if it didn't feel like the plot was trumped up for the purpose of creating those shots.
Spoiler Alert Below
The introduction of new characters is really what bothered me. I was hoping that he would cure some of the infected people and start building civilization from them rather than simply finding other humans that are alive (especially since he knew that a certain number of humans were immune). I just got frustrated by the failure to seize an excellent opportunity.
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11:14 - Very clever film, with a brilliant sense of humour. Kind of a much better way of doing Vantage Point. 8/10
Dark Ride - Some STV film "from the producers of saw". Just terrible basically. No tension, no acting ability, story telling was appauling and i think a 2 yr old could guess the "twist". 2/10 (simply for the hot blonde)
Meet The Spartens - Not as bad as Epic or Date Movie. Actually quite a few funny bits. I get lots of people will slag this film off, but i don't care. People getting hit (in comedies like this) is funny. The "lookalikes" were mostly terrible, but i dont mind, it passed 80 mins. 6/10
Horton Heres A who - Better than every animated piece of cack that came out last year, but still not very good. Well for an hour its funny, then it goes all preachy n sappy. Booooo!!! 6/10
Dark Ride - Some STV film "from the producers of saw". Just terrible basically. No tension, no acting ability, story telling was appauling and i think a 2 yr old could guess the "twist". 2/10 (simply for the hot blonde)
Meet The Spartens - Not as bad as Epic or Date Movie. Actually quite a few funny bits. I get lots of people will slag this film off, but i don't care. People getting hit (in comedies like this) is funny. The "lookalikes" were mostly terrible, but i dont mind, it passed 80 mins. 6/10
Horton Heres A who - Better than every animated piece of cack that came out last year, but still not very good. Well for an hour its funny, then it goes all preachy n sappy. Booooo!!! 6/10
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I watched The Assassination of Richard Nixon a few nights ago, and was genuinely surprised by the film. Sean Penn plays a man who is struggling to make ends meet as a salesman and is separated from his wife and children. He grows increasingly bitter as he sees how people in positions of power (particularly his boss and his ex-wife's employers, and latterly the president himself) lie to get to where they are. Penn plays the role superbly, totally convincing and worryingly easy to identify with. The film follows him in a downward spiral - a vicious circle of personal failure that results in him attempting to hijack a plane with the intention of crashing it into the White House. Highly recommended! 8/10
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Better yet, how about sticking to the novel so that the title actually makes sense?
For reference (NOVEL SPOILER): In the novel the disease basically creates vampirism. Neville attempts to find a cure and deals with trying to figure out if humanity has now become the creature of legend. In the end Neville realizes that humanity has now changed, and he has been left behind. Instead of the nighttime creatures of legend terrorizing humans that live in the day the new human society now lives in the night and Neville has become daytime creature of legend that terrorizes humans in the day, hence the title I Am Legend.
And don't get me started on the monstrosity that is The Omega Man. Religious fanatic albinos? Really?
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