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[Brett]

Spirited Away - Mr. Miyazaki's work in this film is just amazing. The film was an absolute adventure. Not once did I feel like I was not in the world in which the movie was set in. The artwork and animation are top notch and wonderfully executed. The story is a bunch of fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[livemusic]

My Name Ain't Johnny - The true story of João Guilherme Estrella, a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

I hardly watch Brazilian movies but my girlfriend wanted to watch this one. It's not a bad movie though. It differs from the usual drug dealer movie because although João had a lot of customers he wasn't getting rich. In fact it was laughable how broke he was all the time because he spent all his money throwing parties for friends.

7/10.

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

Rougue Assassin. Wasn't what I was expecting but loved it anyway I think Jason Statham and Jet Li make a good team. better than Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan lol

Mean Machine - A British remake of "the Longest Yard" Football/soccer version, starring Vinie Jones, Jason Statham. Apart from being a basic copy, still thoroughly enjoyed it. Awesome veiwing after a long nights work

 

[Diego440]

Shadows and Fog (1992) -- I've always liked Woody Allen movies, though I haven't seen that many, and I'll admit some are just plain dumb. This one is very expressionistic and has a kind of Nosferatu air... very well filmed and the dialogues are very well done; though not one for the uninitiated. Still, the movie didn't deliver as well as Allen's best. 6/10

 

[tait]

Spirited Away - Mr. Miyazaki's work in this film is just amazing. The film was an absolute adventure. Not once did I feel like I was not in the world in which the movie was set in. The artwork and animation are top notch and wonderfully executed. The story is a bunch of fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Miyazaki has a new one coming out which I'm excited for, 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea'. Should be good.

 

[Brett]

Miyazaki has a new one coming out which I'm excited for, 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea'. Should be good.

I have only seen one other of Mr. Miyazaki's movie and it was Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Another very good movie! 👍 I have also seen most of Porco Rosso, but not quite all of it and what I have seen was great. Along with Spirited Away, I also own Howl's Moving Castle and need to watch it soon. Maybe this weekend.

 

[Diego440]

The Good German (2006) -- Hmmm... how to best describe this movie. Firs of all, this movie is made as kind of a "homage" to pre-1950 movies. It was actually filmed using 1940s cameras and technique, which made it a must-see for me. Camera angles and scenes are also of the time. It stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchet and Toby McGuire; this last one I don't think was cast right, but then again, I've never liked his acting. The movie's plot itself is a bit weak, and not easy to follow, so that's one point it doesn't relate to with the older movies; the other is the swearing. In the days before the MPAA and rating systems, movies had to undergo federal revision, where all the swear words would be deleted or asked to be refilmed. This movie has tons of post-1990 swear words. 7/10



Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) -- I was always curious about this film. Being 13 when it came out, I hardly expected a movie to advertise its contents like that, and having lived in a country where the rating wouldn't allow you to see the movie for another 5 years, I was a bit frustrated. Time went by and I forgot about the movie, until I had nothing else to watch and glanced at it by. Now I'm a bit older and the movie isn't all that much... this isn't a movie about sex! It has lies and a wee bit of videotape. It's, rather, about intimacy, and that part is very well done. Funny how at the time all the actors weren't very well known (James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher, Andie McDowell) and this was the director's first movie (Steven Soderbergh), yet the movie caused such turmoil in the conservative society, it was almost banned... making it almost an instant success because of it. 7.5/10

 

[DKX]

I watched two movies that have the best cars chases of all time, Bullitt which is a must see if your a car person and the original Gone In 60 Seconds. Not that crappy Nicholas Cage remake. I'd give both 10/10.

Edit: I ain't saying much about the movie cause I want people to go out there and watch it for themselves. I hate spoiling movies by telling people what its like

 

[Diego440]

I highly doubt the average GTP member will watch a movie made before 1990, hence I tell them what it's about.

 

[Brett]

I actually would like to watch both of them and plan to do so sometime in the future.

 

[AntonioDaFly]

No Country For Old Men

 

[TheCracker]

No Country For Old Men

.....Care to elaborate?

 

[FoolKiller]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - (7.5/10)
I liked the first Hellboy. I liked it better than this one. The first movie focused on characters and relationships in what felt like a normal way. Some of the instances here felt forced. And then the whole situation had a very Harry Potter feeling to it.

Then, Guillermo del Torro is an incredible director when it comes to crazy creatures and making them believable. Except this felt like a lot got copied. The main villain looked like a vampire from Underworld, the villain's bodyguard looked like one of the violent aliens from The Fifth Element, and everything else looked just like a second go through on Pan's Labyrinth with some Silent Hill thrown in. They looked good, but I kept getting reminded of other movies.

That said, the humor was well done and it was fun.

Hellboy: "Have a beer."
Abe: "My body is a temple."
Hellboy: "Your body is an amusement park. Take one."
👍

 

[Diego440]

Stay (2005) -- A psychiatrist tries to keep one of his patients from commiting suicide, while trying to maintain his own grip on reality. Pretty weird at times, although very well filmed and acted. The movie is full of twists and turns, a-la Donnie Darko or A Spider's Web, with a bit of David Lynch added in. Overall good effort. Stars Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. 6.5/10

 

[Solid Fro]

I got to watch Hellboy II for free.

Ugh.

The whole movie looked like a bunch of WoW characters camping a spawn point. Look, a machine man! A blue guy and a red guy! Gasp, a girl! We all have to kill the dude with the ears! I really liked the product placement in the movie. You can't go wrong with Tecate.

Tecate!!!

 

[TopHat]

I liked it. Too bad the ending was so damn corny.

 

[Brett]

Just got back from The Dark Knight. It was absolutely fantastic! 👍

The acting was superb. Christian Bale does a wonderful job reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Heath Ledger does a beyond excellent job as The Joker and the character has such an evil personality; The Joker was finally given the proper display. Aaron Eckhart fits great in the role of Harvey Dent. Every actor fits the character they are portraying.

The sound/music throughout the movie was well done.

Really, everything was quality stuff! 👍 Go see it!

 

[V1P3R]

Freeway - 2/10

Ugh... a friend recommended I see it. That was a mistake especially since I'm not a Whitherspoon fan at all...

[IMAGE]

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006) -- A bit of an alarmist theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources and how humanity is apparently doing nothing against it or as an alternative. Some parts of it looked too absurd and exagerated, but overall it's pretty good... 7/10

I dunno dOOd... I guess you are looking at the glass half full, but what happens when that glass is empty? This is a serious problem and even if it's too much like a Micheal Moore film it still needs to be Drilled (pun intended) into people's heads.

I thought the end part was good and needs to be seen by ALL Americans.

(The end around 25:00) Democratizing Iraq to "secure the oil reserves". So funny...

Thank god that idiot will be out of office soon too. We can start repairing the damage he did.

I highly recommend after watching this watch Blood Car it will be hilarious.

 

[Diego440]

I dunno dOOd... I guess you are looking at the glass half full, but what happens when that glass is empty? This is a serious problem and even if it's too much like a Micheal Moore film it still needs to be Drilled (pun intended) into people's heads.

I thought the end part was good and needs to be seen by ALL Americans.

(The end around 25:00) Democratizing Iraq to "secure the oil reserves". So funny...

I actually agree with most of that, except for the part about the dwindling resources. The movie states that the world may have enough oil to (maybe) last 30-40 years, while in reality that number is much, much higher; somewhere around 80-100 years. On the point of the damage all of it is doing to the planet, I concede completely, although at times it looks like they're just trying to sell Prius.

Anywa, I just saw:



Scarface (1932) -- Yes, this is the original of the 1983 movie most of us like so much. Although it was filmed almost 70 years ago, it's amazing the amount of violence and death in this movie... it even has a real car chase! Also, it's easy to realise the 1983 Scarface was loosely based on several historical mob hits, which at the time of the 1970s and 1980s weren't that far fetched; but this movie has the same hits and the same brutal behaviour: Tony klilling his boss, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, drive by shootings... again, it's amazing how violent this movie is, especially when it was made in the days of high censoreship and before movie ratings. Funny how in the 1930s the illegal substance is beer, and in the 1980s it was cocaine. 8.5/10

 

[livemusic]

Charlie Wilson's War - Good movie. Not sure how much of it is true to reality but it was pretty impressive in showing how things worked during the cold war. 8.5/10

 

[V1P3R]

Shinobl - 8/10

I actually liked this movie some how. I think I saw it because someone posted it here, but I couldn't find who... Anyway, if you like this movie I definitely recommend Azumi although it is a bit more gory, chicks are pretty cute too (I made a review somewhere on here too). xD

I actually agree with most of that, except for the part about the dwindling resources. The movie states that the world may have enough oil to (maybe) last 30-40 years, while in reality that number is much, much higher; somewhere around 80-100 years. On the point of the damage all of it is doing to the planet, I concede completely, although at times it looks like they're just trying to sell Prius.

Well, it may be 80-100, but the bottom line is as they said we've found all the easy stuff now. It takes energy to find oil and the hard it is to find the more energy that's needed. Regardless of any calculations some how I'd still be worried considering how fast the world population is expanding. How many people can the world sustain...?

Yeah, after a while the Prius being "green" seems pretty retarded.

 

[Touring Mars]

No Country For Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen (2007) Rating: 9.0/10

Had high expectations for this but they were easily surpassed. As a big fan of the Coen brothers films, "Barton Fink", "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski", I've also not particularly enjoyed some of their other films as much ("Blood Simple", "The Man Who Wasn't There", "The Hudsucker Proxy" and especially "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"), so it's been a long time since the Coens have impressed me. Suffice it to say, this film has put them right back in my good books!

Beautifully shot, brilliantly enigmatic and laden with the Coen's trademark attention to detail and subtle humour, I loved every minute of it. Bardem's performance as the psychopathic Chigurh was utterly superb, and richly deserving of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar which he won for this role.

The blurb on the back of the movie says "it will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond" and although it is a comically silly thing to say (what do they want us to do, end up sitting on the floor?) it turned out to be not far from the truth.

 

[Mr P]

I had high hopes for Lost Boys 2 - The Tribe

what a crock of sheesh!!!! don't waste your time anyone as this is probably the worst sequel in the history of sequels ... -100 👎 calling it a B movie would be an insult to B movies

 

[ferrari_chris]

No Country For Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen (2007) Rating: 9.0/10

Had high expectations for this but they were easily surpassed. As a big fan of the Coen brothers films, "Barton Fink", "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski", I've also not particularly enjoyed some of their other films as much ("Blood Simple", "The Man Who Wasn't There", "The Hudsucker Proxy" and especially "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"), so it's been a long time since the Coens have impressed me. Suffice it to say, this film has put them right back in my good books!

Beautifully shot, brilliantly enigmatic and laden with the Coen's trademark attention to detail and subtle humour, I loved every minute of it. Bardem's performance as the psychopathic Chigurh was utterly superb, and richly deserving of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar which he won for this role.

The blurb on the back of the movie says "it will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond" and although it is a comically silly thing to say (what do they want us to do, end up sitting on the floor?) it turned out to be not far from the truth.

An opinion on the ending?

Spoiler

Or lack of...

 

[Turbo Lag]

The Bank Job - Absolutely brilliant film, the story was greatly layed out, all the characters seemed very realistic, a few good fight scenes. Shame it was uncensored, it would be better to show in cinemas if it was 'clean'. A very solid 9.8/10. 👍

 

[Diego440]

Un Homme et une Femme (A Man and a Woman) (1966) -- A very lovable story, very nicely photographed and pretty much ahead of its time. Also, the man is a racecar driver, so although it's a love story, there's a high amount of racing around in a rally-spec Mustang, a Ford GT40 and some Ford F1 which name escapes me. 7.5/10

 

[Touring Mars]

An opinion on the ending?

Good question... I had to "rewind" my DVD as I wasn't paying attention during the final scene

 

[TheCracker]

The Bank Job - Absolutely brilliant film, the story was greatly layed out, all the characters seemed very realistic, a few good fight scenes. Shame it was uncensored, it would be better to show in cinemas if it was 'clean'. A very solid 9.8/10. 👍

I watched this too over the weekend. I didn't really fancy it being a Jason Statham film, but the missus had read some good reviews so i gave it a go.

i really enjoyed it in the end, it was a nice change to watch a heist film that was low-tech and set in the past, although i suppose Jason Stratham has done a few of those before. What made it for me was that it was based on a true story and looking through the special features it followed it pretty closely without embellishing things too much. Well worth a watch IMO, 8.5/10.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Hancock

I thought this movie was quite good.

The best part about it was the on take on the whole superhero thing. If you take Ironman for instance, the man himself is superhuman, without his superpowers. This however, make the character out to be almost sub-human. If it weren't for his superpowers, he would be a bum. I think, technically, he still is a bum.

Anyway, I thought it was good, and really good to see some character development and a (semi-)deep storyline in there too, rather than a "save-the-world-from-the-evil-baddies" type of thing.

While the storyline could have been better, I liked that it wasn't the usual.

And in some scenes Charlize was a 10/10.

I'd have preferred it if Hancock didn't fly though. I thought the same about Ironman too. There's just something about the flying that makes it really unbelievable to me. (It was beliveable before?)

 

[Diego440]

Touch of Evil (Director's Cut) (1958) -- Apparently Orson Welles submitted many cuts of this movie and they were all rejected by the studio for one reason or another. Then, in 1998, the director's cut came out, with all the rejected scenes spliced in; in fact, before his death, he left instructions on how he wanted the film to be edited, and in 1998 a version was made the way he intended, although being premiered initially as a B-movie and being a box-office failure.

This is a perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town, but done primarily by the Americans, trying to get into everything. The opening scene lasts around 15 minutes and it's all done in a single tracking shot.

Both Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut have said this movie was a great influence to their work. Stars Orson Welles (director as well), Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. #92 on IMDb's top 250, and a 8/10 from me.