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PostPosted: 02-02-2012 09:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Enemy of the State

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You have no doubt seen it but I was surprised it was 13 years old :eek:

One word, and that is brilliant .. 9/10



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PostPosted: 02-03-2012 03:27 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Take Shelter
8/10

Quite a simple story really, dealing with mental illness, but tinged with a little mystery and paranoia. Very good acting, especially by Shannon. Well worth watching.

Moneyball
8/10

Good little biopic and even though I don't give a fuck about Baseball, I enjoyed it a lot.

Feels refreshing to actually watch 2 decent movies in a row.
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obsidian wrote:
and I think the best one is the "director's cut", or was it the "final cut"?


The most recent one is the final cut, which was in complete control of Ridley Scott. The director cut was approved by him but wasn't done by himself.



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Whiskey 7 wrote:
Enemy of the State


love this movie. voight and hackman are great and considering it being smith's first serious role, he nailed it down equally tight.
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Whiskey 7 wrote:
Timeline


oog. that movie was utter shit. the book was pretty good though.
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The Grey

It was pretty damn amazing and I loved the ending.
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menkent wrote:
Whiskey 7 wrote:
Timeline


oog. that movie was utter shit. the book was pretty good though.


Like I mentioned Billy Connolly earned my points.

@ Memphis. Was it really Smith's first serious role? I will look into that :confused:

Just got back from Tailor Tinker Solder Spy

I did think a bit disjointed initially but then realized it was actually adding to the suspense, and that helped.
Love the sub plots and relationship connections between the people.

I would call it a dark movie and well done. 8/10



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You know you're old when you enjoy TTSS



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You know you're old when you enjoy TTSS


Nice feedback. Really nice.

The movie I guess is probably a little complex for the Y generation :smirk:

btw I am not casting nasturtiums # your way as you could be older than I think :olo:

Comments appreciated all the same.


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It was just plodding and unsurprisingly undramatic.



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The Whisperer in Darkness - 7/10
Ultra low-budget, faithful HP Lovecraft adaption that succeeds where others have failed. Never really builds up any suspense, let alone the levels you'd expect (but never get) from a Lovecraft movie - but you can feel the enthusiasm of the cast/crew pouring out of the screen. If you're a Lovecraft fan then it's one to watch, if you're not then it's probably one of the better adaptions to have to sit through.

The Three Musketeers - 2/10
Paul Anderson just gets worse. The action scenes are mostly incoherent, which is a shame because most of the movie is action. The familiar elements of the story are all there, but the characters are all paper thin and you could write a better script by firing fridge magnets from a leaf blower.
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4days wrote:
The familiar elements of the story are all there, but the characters are all paper thin and you could write a better script by firing fridge magnets from a leaf blower.


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Watched Life Aquatic again. I really like it's charm. Although i still don't quite get the point sometimes, but then i'm guessing that's the point. 7/10

Network. 8/10
Loved this. Razor sharp dialogue and some surprisingly explosive arguments, wonderfully performed. Finch and Dunaway completely had me sold on their characters throughout. Not a happy movie, but well worth a watch.
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Chronicle: 8/10

I generally dislike found footage films, but this one was really well done. An unexplained MacGuffin, supernatural powers with a dollop of teenage angst. Relatively small budget and mostly unknown actors, who actually did a great a job. Not bad at all.
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final destination 5 - 7/10

final destination is the most enduring and likeable franchise to have come out of that early 2000s mainstream horror revival (struggling to think of another one tbh). the only thing they could do to stop it being perfect popcorn material is to somehow kill one of the characters with popcorn. the 5th one falters a little by including a couple of unnecessary scenes with tony todd as some sort of oracle character with mystical knowledge - i preferred the way they explained the villain to viewers in the previous movies by having the main characters work it out for themselves. the soundtrack is also a little overpowering and messes up the fast-paced action scenes by being far too pompous and dramatic.

that said, the 3d is hilarious and a big improvement on part 4. unlike a lot of other folks in hollywood who just make movies in 3d to make them harder to pirate or because they've been drinking the kool-aid TV manufacturers are handing out, the final destination folks understand that it's a gimmick to be abused. there's simple and subtle separation for the most part, but then it's interrupted by lashings of gore and sharp objects flying out of the screen from every angle.

if you've bought a 3d tv because it was 3d, you're a fucking idiot - but if you're visiting someone's who got one and don't want to watch bloody avatar (again, fucking idiot) then grab this from the supermarket on your way over there.


the rum diary - 5/10
felt like there was a character missing, disappointed.
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4days wrote:
final destination 5 - 7/10
final destination is the most enduring and likeable franchise

this is where I wish I'd stopped reading.

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the 5th one falters a little by including a couple of unnecessary scenes

like the entire movie?
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Drive - fair. A lot of style, but not enough substance.

Moneyball - awesome.

Margin Call - pretty good.
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Moon - 8/10

Sam (Sam Rockwell) is two weeks from the end of his 3 year contract as the sole operator of a moon based energy harvesting facility. His only company is an emoticon-faced AI "GERTY" (Kevin Spacey). Though excited to be returning home to his wife and daughter, the emotional toll of 3 years of isolation causes Sam to start hallucinating, seeing other people, and causes an accident that sets off a series of unforeseen events and consequences. Sam finds that he is either going crazy or maybe he hasn't been as alone as he had thought. His difficulties are compounded by corporate greed and GERTY restricting his actions.

The "twist" isn't meant to be much of one as it reveals itself pretty early in the movie. The brilliance of this movie comes with Sam contrasting between being emotionally defiant and reaching the fragile breaking point. He struggles to keep himself sane, and to find a way back home requires personal sacrifice and bravery.



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Finally watched Blade Runner. 6/10

I dunno. Maybe it was over hyped for me. Maybe if I had seen it 30 years ago, it would have been a 9 or 10. But I just didn't think it was that impressive. And I really wanted it to be. But I did like the aesthetic appeal. Loved the colors and lighting. Just fell a bit flat for me...
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Chronicle 6/10

This movie could have been so much more...
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no it couldn't.
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Hey obsidian.

Did you see Apollo 18?
Is it of the same quality?


My thanks for the HD Trailer.
I'll be viewing for sure :D



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I have not seen Apollo 18 (probably not very good).



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This looks trippy as fuck and the soundtrack is AMAZING. It'll probably be a shit film, but visually and audio-wise, it ticks all my sweet spots.
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Ye gods, it's amazing how much Quake 3 has affected my mind, even after all these years. I initially saw that freeze frame and thought you'd posted a DeFrag video brisk :tard:
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Pandorum. Creepyish, horrorish, sci-fi thing on a spaceship in space with scaryish monsters. Can't really say much else without spoilers. Pretty good, manages some tension, if a little dry on the pacing. 6ish out of 10ish.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8/10
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50/50 ~8/10

surprisingly well played. it feels like it shouldn't be that good because of Seth Rogen's often callus humor and personality, but it actually gave a sense of reality to each scene.
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Avatar. Mostly animated, kid-angled Matrix-alike film about greed-fuelled corperate occupation over shamanistic cat people on the planet from Borderlands, complete with gargantuan saw-bladed digging machines and Skrags. Happy to pinch from Zelda and Warcraft one minute, then make up face-palmingly stupid shit of it's own 2 minutes later.
Didn't expect Sigourney tbh. Or Michelle Rodriguez (being Michelle Rodriguez - but fair play to her, does she even age?). Entertaining, but run-of-the-mill action fare where an epic planetary battle somehow condenses down to 2 guys fighting with sticks for the ultimate win. I lacked the subtites when people were talking in pussy, so that may be why i felt a lot of the more intruiging aspects of the plot seemed to spill into the gutter, in place of pure cooincidence to move the inexplicably racing pace of the plot along. Guess it needs the 3D for the wow-factor.

Can't say it was bad. Just way too much Hollywood for it's own good. Needed more arrogantly sarcastic Sigourney and less mind-controlled (with hair? what?) dragonhawk mounts and ED-209s. Enjoyable stuff, but missed entirely out on it's own possibilities to have the audience get involved with a bit of guessing. Everything you expect to happen just happens. 7.
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In Time.

Don't know what I was thinking.
Well, the premise sounded vaguely interesting: people stop aging at 25, and then have 1 year left on their "life clock".
(How this is biologically brought about is never explained. Nor is the "time-trading" by touching arms bullshit.)
I was hoping for some Children Of Men-like stuff, but seeing how it stars Justin Timberlake, that was a bit naive.
I have nothing against him as a popstar; he obviously has musical talent, but branching out into acting is a mistake. Poor guy can't act for shit.
Same goes for the chick, Amanda Seyfried. Not the musical talent bit, but the not being able to act for shit bit (although incredibly hot).
The whole thing turns into a fairytale, where they actually achieve to "beat the system", which is as unbelievable as said system.
Again, this premise could have been so much more, but now has been deduced to poppy mediocrity.
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Moon - 8/10

Sam (Sam Rockwell) is two weeks from the end of his 3 year contract as the sole operator of a moon based energy harvesting facility. His only company is an emoticon-faced AI "GERTY" (Kevin Spacey). Though excited to be returning home to his wife and daughter, the emotional toll of 3 years of isolation causes Sam to start hallucinating, seeing other people, and causes an accident that sets off a series of unforeseen events and consequences. Sam finds that he is either going crazy or maybe he hasn't been as alone as he had thought. His difficulties are compounded by corporate greed and GERTY restricting his actions.

The "twist" isn't meant to be much of one as it reveals itself pretty early in the movie. The brilliance of this movie comes with Sam contrasting between being emotionally defiant and reaching the fragile breaking point. He struggles to keep himself sane, and to find a way back home requires personal sacrifice and bravery.


my brother told me about this movie after he had seen it in the cinema. It sounded very interesting but I totally forgot about it until you made this post.
Watched it last night. Excellent movie, Sam Rockwell pulls this off very nicely.
I expected GERTY to be a bit more antagonistic though, they couldve almost made this movie without his presence.
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Moon is a pretty deep movie.
Gonna give it a rewatch tomorrow.
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