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What movies have you seen lately? Now with reviews!Movies
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Multi-review, in a Tom Servo stylee...
The Last King Of Scotland (2006)
Excellent drama, brilliantly played by Forest Whitaker (who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin) and James McAvoy (who plays a fictional character). The movie is "inspired by true events" but is largely fictional, which is a bit of a shame for anyone looking for historical accuracy. However, the screenplay succeeds brilliantly in "revealing" to the audience the truth about Amin's regime gradually throughout the film. 8/10
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
True story of Paul Rusesabagina and his efforts to save the lives of people caught up in the ethnic cleansing of Rwanda in the 1990's, an "African Schindler's List" according to Wikipedia. More historically accurate (and hence more disturbing) portrayal of the horrors of civil war and the impotence of UN peacekeeping missions (and by extension, the failure of the "outside world" to help protect civilians in war zones), but lacking somewhat in believability for me, for some odd reason. Supporting case were not as good as the lead actor (Don Cheadle), and the film as a whole is less powerful (if also less cliched) than the aforementioned 'Schindler's List'. 7/10
This Is England (2006)
Great movie about a boy who gets in with the wrong crowd and finds himself involved with the National Front. After losing his father to the Falklands War, the lad finds himself in a new town and is being bullied at school. He is befriended by some local "yoofs", but things go wrong when their gang is split up by an old friend when he returns from jail, and seeks to recruit the gang into the National Front. It's maybe a bit cliched in the way that it uses old news footage, music, dress etc. in order to "set the scene" as 1980's England, but the young cast deliver great performances which are genuinely affecting and realistic. 8/10
Trainspotting (1996)
An older movie which I recently watched again, having not been a huge fan of it before. It ages well, however, and has gone up in my estimation. Based on the grimly fantastic novel by Irvine Welsh, the film is an oddly unrealistic/fantastical portrayal of life as a heroin addict, with certain aspects grossly exaggerated for effect. The film is perhaps most famous for it's uber-cool soundtrack, which initially I didn't like, but now come to appreciate as a bit of a bonus. The acting, it has to be said, is pretty dire, save for Robert Carlyle as Begbie, but it is forgivable since few films portray the subject of heroin addiction is such an original and memorable way. Great example of UK cinema from the time, and a decent-sized feather in Danny Boyle's cap. 7/10
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The Last King Of Scotland (2006)
Excellent drama, brilliantly played by Forest Whitaker (who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin) and James McAvoy (who plays a fictional character). The movie is "inspired by true events" but is largely fictional, which is a bit of a shame for anyone looking for historical accuracy. However, the screenplay succeeds brilliantly in "revealing" to the audience the truth about Amin's regime gradually throughout the film. 8/10
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
True story of Paul Rusesabagina and his efforts to save the lives of people caught up in the ethnic cleansing of Rwanda in the 1990's, an "African Schindler's List" according to Wikipedia. More historically accurate (and hence more disturbing) portrayal of the horrors of civil war and the impotence of UN peacekeeping missions (and by extension, the failure of the "outside world" to help protect civilians in war zones), but lacking somewhat in believability for me, for some odd reason. Supporting case were not as good as the lead actor (Don Cheadle), and the film as a whole is less powerful (if also less cliched) than the aforementioned 'Schindler's List'. 7/10
This Is England (2006)
Great movie about a boy who gets in with the wrong crowd and finds himself involved with the National Front. After losing his father to the Falklands War, the lad finds himself in a new town and is being bullied at school. He is befriended by some local "yoofs", but things go wrong when their gang is split up by an old friend when he returns from jail, and seeks to recruit the gang into the National Front. It's maybe a bit cliched in the way that it uses old news footage, music, dress etc. in order to "set the scene" as 1980's England, but the young cast deliver great performances which are genuinely affecting and realistic. 8/10
Trainspotting (1996)
An older movie which I recently watched again, having not been a huge fan of it before. It ages well, however, and has gone up in my estimation. Based on the grimly fantastic novel by Irvine Welsh, the film is an oddly unrealistic/fantastical portrayal of life as a heroin addict, with certain aspects grossly exaggerated for effect. The film is perhaps most famous for it's uber-cool soundtrack, which initially I didn't like, but now come to appreciate as a bit of a bonus. The acting, it has to be said, is pretty dire, save for Robert Carlyle as Begbie, but it is forgivable since few films portray the subject of heroin addiction is such an original and memorable way. Great example of UK cinema from the time, and a decent-sized feather in Danny Boyle's cap. 7/10
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Disagree with the "boring for the most part" bit, but it does get better toward the end, no doubt!
How appropriate!
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Rock N Rolla - Not as good as Snatch or Lock, Stock, but still a great little "gangster" flick.
8/10
21 - Predictable, cliche'd, but somehow pleasently watchable. I think mainly down to Spacey and Fishburne's support roles. The lead guy is, well not bad, just not believable (is that the same thing?). Kate Bosworth is ok, but i could think of much better (looking) actresses.
6/10
Touring Mars your going back a long way quoting me there! About 2 years ain't it.
Agree with you on This Is England. Good film that.
8/10
21 - Predictable, cliche'd, but somehow pleasently watchable. I think mainly down to Spacey and Fishburne's support roles. The lead guy is, well not bad, just not believable (is that the same thing?). Kate Bosworth is ok, but i could think of much better (looking) actresses.
6/10
Touring Mars your going back a long way quoting me there! About 2 years ain't it.
Agree with you on This Is England. Good film that.
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Yep, good movie. I especially liked the whole loneliness of the kid and how the gang provides as some sort of 'home' to him. I felt very identified with it.
No End in Sight (2007) -- A comprehensive documentary which takes a look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country. I thought it was a very informative and analytical view on the whole deal. Though as all documentaries, especially political, I'm sure it's fairly biased, it rarely ventured into making assumptions. Certainly one of the main exhibits in the world opinion court that damned the Bush name. 8.5/10
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) -- An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. This one tells the story of an Afghani taxi driver that is mistakenly picked up as a Taliban supporter, but before they find out he was innocent, he has been beaten to death by his American torturers. It won the Oscar for Best Documentary, over Sicko and No End in Sight. I know the burnout rate is high on these, which is probably why I almost didn't bother... but since it was there. Again, to blame are all the Bush and Ashcroft and Cheney and Rice and Powell and Rumsfeld, and it's another nail in the Bush Administration coffin. 8.5/10
Steep (2007) -- Thsi documentary traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the daredevils of today. The cinematography is amazing, and the clips are all backed up with current commentary from the (surviving) pioneers that are depicted in them. There's a distinct (and I'm very thankful for it) lack of hardcore metal. These guys go straight down 50+º slopes, and it's amazing how they all pushed the envelope for themselves and showed the rest of the world how incredible humans can be. Very beautiful movie you definitely want to watch on the largest screen available. 9/10
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I can't rate this movie, because it is probably the one movie that mirrors my family the most, save the fact none of us were ever rich nor famous nor lost a finger. It's probably best enjoyed once you've been out of the house for at least 5 or 10 years, have divorced parents that actually still talk to each other, a slightly-insane friend who latches onto the family, and realize you all have personality disorders up the ying-yang.
Great flick, though. Had it been another 2 hours longer, I still wouldn't have called it "slow".
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Watched Beerfest, last night. Funny movie.
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One of my favorites. I own two boots myself.
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Do you have to twist it at the end?
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That does work, but it is technically an illegal move.
Rules are:
Toes to heaven (no tilting)
No drop can touch the ground.
My boots are only 1 liter (official boots the movie ones are designed from are 2 liters) so the effect is not as strong, but when you hit that air pocket I have found that bouncing the end a bit so it just releases a little at a time works well.
But they do have their own official site now where they sell official Beerfest boots if you are interested.
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What are you supposed to do? Be a beast and swallow the bubble? Haha.
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Take it easy or get a bigger mouth.
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That's right.
Moving on:
Hulk Vs. (8/10)
These are good and fun, but they focused too much on not the Hulk. I learned all about Asgard and even had Wolverine flashbacks. I thought Hulk was the titular character. My only other complaint was that they went with an odd design style in the art. Sabretooth looked anorexic.
But the stories were fun and the voice acting was done fairly well. They did not hold bnack on the violence like they would for Saturday morning. No, there was blood, particularly when Wolverine used his claws. And Nolan North (Nathan Drake) did a great job voicing Deadpool. He nearly stole the show with his humor and delivery.
It is good fun for a comic geek who doesn't want to get caught up in the canon of the characters.
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It's probably on the disc, and as such you've probably already watched it but for anyone else interested, grab the Making of Hulk Vs. videos on the PS3.
Bonus - they're both free.
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Awesome!! Sorry for the big image... But I think Rob Zombie did an excellent job on making these people seriously scary... And you know they did a even better job when you want the bad guys to get away!
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Lone Wolf McQuade - 1983 Action/Drama Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Robert Beltran, Barbara Carrera
What could be better than a two hour long Walker Texas Ranger episode that has more blood, death, foul language, crappy story plots, bad acting, cheesy gun battle scenes, a bra-less Hispanic hottie and just about every other action/drama movie cliché from the mid 1980's? Nothing!
So, what is wrong with this movie? Too much to list. What is wright about this movie? Chuck Norris KICKING ASS!
The Plot: Doesn't really matter, but Chuck's character (guess his name) goes after a man running a gun smuggling cartel. Lone gets some friends killed, kidnapped, hospitalized, etc. by poking his stupid nose around where it didn't belong and breaking about every common sense rule of executing an investigation and therefor goes gunning for him.
But who cares about plot when we have Chuck Norris KICKING ASS! What I liked most about this movie was Walker's, um... I mean Lone's, engraved 629 .44mag S&W revolver and the button-activated engine blower in his Dodge Ram (Watch below clip.)
WARNING! Walker Texas Ranger has a 'potty-mouth' in this clip.
Sometimes, you're just in the mood for this sort of crap. I guess Today was the day. The family and I had fun watching this while we ate dinner, which is something we don't normally do, but what the hell? It's Chuck Norris KICKING ASS! Yeee-Haw!
5/10 (8.5/10 for Chuck fans.)
What could be better than a two hour long Walker Texas Ranger episode that has more blood, death, foul language, crappy story plots, bad acting, cheesy gun battle scenes, a bra-less Hispanic hottie and just about every other action/drama movie cliché from the mid 1980's? Nothing!
So, what is wrong with this movie? Too much to list. What is wright about this movie? Chuck Norris KICKING ASS!
The Plot: Doesn't really matter, but Chuck's character (guess his name) goes after a man running a gun smuggling cartel. Lone gets some friends killed, kidnapped, hospitalized, etc. by poking his stupid nose around where it didn't belong and breaking about every common sense rule of executing an investigation and therefor goes gunning for him.
But who cares about plot when we have Chuck Norris KICKING ASS! What I liked most about this movie was Walker's, um... I mean Lone's, engraved 629 .44mag S&W revolver and the button-activated engine blower in his Dodge Ram (Watch below clip.)
WARNING! Walker Texas Ranger has a 'potty-mouth' in this clip.
Sometimes, you're just in the mood for this sort of crap. I guess Today was the day. The family and I had fun watching this while we ate dinner, which is something we don't normally do, but what the hell? It's Chuck Norris KICKING ASS! Yeee-Haw!
5/10 (8.5/10 for Chuck fans.)
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Not really a Movie but I guess it fits here best.
Micheal McIntyre - Live and Laughing
Micheal McIntyre - Live and Laughing
Moving on:
Hulk Vs. (8/10)
These are good and fun, but they focused too much on not the Hulk. I learned all about Asgard and even had Wolverine flashbacks. I thought Hulk was the titular character. My only other complaint was that they went with an odd design style in the art. Sabretooth looked anorexic.
But the stories were fun and the voice acting was done fairly well. They did not hold bnack on the violence like they would for Saturday morning. No, there was blood, particularly when Wolverine used his claws. And Nolan North (Nathan Drake) did a great job voicing Deadpool. He nearly stole the show with his humor and delivery.
It is good fun for a comic geek who doesn't want to get caught up in the canon of the characters.
Hulk vs. Wolverine was actually really good although its short only like 40 minutes, its nonestop action from start to end, specially at the end it just leaves you wanting for more.
Hulk vs. thor, i didnt see this one completely yet i felt to sleep in the middle of it HA!
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I know I could have started another thread about this movie but I'm afraid I'll get MEGA-flamed for even mentioning this, but did anybody see "Rachel Getting Married"? you know, the movie that got Anne Hathaway Nominated for a Oscar For Best Actress? Is the movie any good, or is it nothing else than Annie being nervous and Chain Smoking for 1:30, because I downloaded the Movie and I want to know if it really is worth my time? (other than the fact that Annie's character, Kym, Chain-smokes in the movie, which, to tell you the truth, I find Pretty hot)
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If she was nominated for best actress, chances are she does a bit more than chain smoke. I haven't seen it, though it's just an assumption.
Also, try not to mention how you got the movie, since piracy is framed upon by most users here (not to mention mods) and might even earn you a warning or something.
Frailty (2001) -- Directed by Bill Paxton, though he does a decent job as a director, he still acts like he's reading from a blackboard. However, the other actor's job is pretty good. It's about a man who confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons." The movie plays a bit with the viewer's choice in the matter, though in another sense it's very predictable. I liked it, but I didn't love it. 7/10
Ryû ga gotoku: gekijô-ban (a.k.a. Like a Dragon) (2007) -- I'm usually a Takeshi Miike defender, and I'll at least give a chance to most Asian movies. But this is utter crap. As a friend once put it: Japanese production methods (art direction, camera work, overall image quality, etc.) has improved greatly, but their creativity is still locked in. In the same way, this movie is very Japanese in the overall WTF-ness. I'm thinking this movie was based on a video-game or an energy drink, but seriously, his previous work is so much better. 4.5/10
Oldboy (2003) -- After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. Keeping that in mind, and that the plot itself has more twists and turns than the Nurburgring, this is one of the best Asian movies I've ever seen. Great production design and art direction, and especially, excellent acting. If you have a chance, watch the subtitled version, though I haven't tried a dubbed one, this one really got the point across. Previous to watching it, I expected a ton of violence and not much in the way of writing or acting. And although the violence is as you'd expect from an Asian movie (think Ichi the Killer) the sex is also a bit over the top; but the movie is top material. It's #118 in IMDb's Top 250. 9/10
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If you haven't yet seen them I would also strongly recommend the other two films in Park Chan-wook's vengeance trilogy. The first part being Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and the last part being Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Oldboy is the second part of the trilogy).
They are both excellent films, Mr Vengeance is a much lower budget film, but once you get past the lower production values its excellent. However Lady Vengeance is my pick of the three, its stunningly shot and acted and for me the lead character is actually the most interesting in the trilogy (and the one most people feel sympathy for).
Well worth a look if you haven't yet had the chance.
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I'll give it a search... thanks!
here's my weekend:
Seven Mummies (2006) -- First off, this is a bad movie. It's really, really, really, really bad. It's #98 in IMDb's Bottom 100. Knowing that, I watched it basically to know what a bad movie needs to have (or lack) to be worthy of the Bottom 100. Having watched it now, I have to say it's completely worthy of being there. The movie is about six escaped convicts and their female hostage make a desperate run for the Mexican border, where they stumble across a lost treasure of untold wealth, and find certain death instead on the Arizona desert. I don't even know where to begin. Just watching this movie all the way to the end was painful. The plot jumped around non-stop, and it was practically impossible to follow, even though it was incredibly simplistic. The lighting throughout the whole movie was horrible, so it was difficult to even see what was going on half the time. The music was poorly chosen and was played so loud that it drowned out the dialogue... which was so predictable and absurd that I was thankful for it. The movie could've been calld 2 Mummies, or 137 Mummies or No Mummies, because at no time do Mummies appear, and it's set in some sort of Old West, only it's in present day.
Other than that, there's the typical cliches of bad movies: all black and latinos are delinquents, women who are kidnapped and in danger of being gang raped by convicts will wear sexy outfits and not be fearful of their situation. And everything's solved with an appropiate F word. If you're thinking you might enjoy the absurdity that this movie is, think again. 1/10
Chûgoku no chôjin (a.k.a. The Bird People in China) (1998) -- A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected. This is perhaps the hardest Takashi Miike movie to find, though I have to say that having watched Like a Dragon and later this one, it's the two opposites of movie genres and I thought they were both equally bad. This is about a semi-fantasy and magical world, though the scenes are too long and clicking at 120 minutes, nothing really happens until the last 10 minutes or so. There's little to no violence (highly un-Miike-ly, though the subtitles are an F-word marathon. Sure, ti's a magical and beautifu movie about human relationship with nature and the magic and power that is in the untapped parts of nature... but this is Takashi Miike we're talking about. It's like Ridley Scott directing a romantic comedy; it's just not all there. 6/10
Deathtrap (1982) -- A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script. Starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve... Reeve did an amazing job in this movie, and he nails the gay boy (no pun intended) perfectly. Though Dyan Cannon plays the annoying wife because she's damn annoying to start with! This is one of the most witty and twisted who-dunnit I've ever seen. Still, it has a big made-for-tv feel and the quality is evident. Though it's a great saurday afternoon movie. 7/10
The Dark Knight (2008) -- yeah yeah, everyone's seen it and they say 'best movie ever'.... not quite, but it's alright. 8.5/10
here's my weekend:
Seven Mummies (2006) -- First off, this is a bad movie. It's really, really, really, really bad. It's #98 in IMDb's Bottom 100. Knowing that, I watched it basically to know what a bad movie needs to have (or lack) to be worthy of the Bottom 100. Having watched it now, I have to say it's completely worthy of being there. The movie is about six escaped convicts and their female hostage make a desperate run for the Mexican border, where they stumble across a lost treasure of untold wealth, and find certain death instead on the Arizona desert. I don't even know where to begin. Just watching this movie all the way to the end was painful. The plot jumped around non-stop, and it was practically impossible to follow, even though it was incredibly simplistic. The lighting throughout the whole movie was horrible, so it was difficult to even see what was going on half the time. The music was poorly chosen and was played so loud that it drowned out the dialogue... which was so predictable and absurd that I was thankful for it. The movie could've been calld 2 Mummies, or 137 Mummies or No Mummies, because at no time do Mummies appear, and it's set in some sort of Old West, only it's in present day.
Other than that, there's the typical cliches of bad movies: all black and latinos are delinquents, women who are kidnapped and in danger of being gang raped by convicts will wear sexy outfits and not be fearful of their situation. And everything's solved with an appropiate F word. If you're thinking you might enjoy the absurdity that this movie is, think again. 1/10
Chûgoku no chôjin (a.k.a. The Bird People in China) (1998) -- A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected. This is perhaps the hardest Takashi Miike movie to find, though I have to say that having watched Like a Dragon and later this one, it's the two opposites of movie genres and I thought they were both equally bad. This is about a semi-fantasy and magical world, though the scenes are too long and clicking at 120 minutes, nothing really happens until the last 10 minutes or so. There's little to no violence (highly un-Miike-ly, though the subtitles are an F-word marathon. Sure, ti's a magical and beautifu movie about human relationship with nature and the magic and power that is in the untapped parts of nature... but this is Takashi Miike we're talking about. It's like Ridley Scott directing a romantic comedy; it's just not all there. 6/10
Deathtrap (1982) -- A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script. Starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve... Reeve did an amazing job in this movie, and he nails the gay boy (no pun intended) perfectly. Though Dyan Cannon plays the annoying wife because she's damn annoying to start with! This is one of the most witty and twisted who-dunnit I've ever seen. Still, it has a big made-for-tv feel and the quality is evident. Though it's a great saurday afternoon movie. 7/10
The Dark Knight (2008) -- yeah yeah, everyone's seen it and they say 'best movie ever'.... not quite, but it's alright. 8.5/10
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Gran Torino, Fantastic, don't really need to say more.
Also I recently watched James Clavell's Shogun, not sure if any here know about it. It was actually a mini series in 1980 about a English/Dutch ship that landed in the 'Japans' in 1598 (loosely based on a true story). I have it all linked together so it is like a 8.5hour movie, very interesting drama and very educational on Japanese langauge and customs.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/
HIGHLY recommended
Also I recently watched James Clavell's Shogun, not sure if any here know about it. It was actually a mini series in 1980 about a English/Dutch ship that landed in the 'Japans' in 1598 (loosely based on a true story). I have it all linked together so it is like a 8.5hour movie, very interesting drama and very educational on Japanese langauge and customs.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/
HIGHLY recommended
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I don't. I actualy enjoyed Iron Man and Incredible Hulk more but that is because they actually felt like I was watching the characters I grew up loving on the screen, not some Hollywood version with the same name.
If it says anything, I even bought Hellboy 2 on Blu-Ray before I bought The Dark Knight.
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