The last movie you saw
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 7/10
Actually surprised it was that good. The second one was pretty meh, but I liked the first one, and At World's End was more in line with Curse of the Black Pearl. No unnessecary action sequences, and just about the right amount of comedy put it in the good end of the easily digestable summer blockbuster spectrum.
Actually surprised it was that good. The second one was pretty meh, but I liked the first one, and At World's End was more in line with Curse of the Black Pearl. No unnessecary action sequences, and just about the right amount of comedy put it in the good end of the easily digestable summer blockbuster spectrum.
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The Chamber = 1/10 - I was expecting more from this (although I knew nothing about it before it started). The lawyer's motives were completely stupid, the plot was completely predictable and it seemed to me that the point of the film was to say "the KKK isn't so bad".
Hell...it sucked so bad I immediately deleted the IFO files...I didn't even rip it into a 800 MB avi.
The internet is awesome for watching films you're glad you didn't pay to see.
Hell...it sucked so bad I immediately deleted the IFO files...I didn't even rip it into a 800 MB avi.
The internet is awesome for watching films you're glad you didn't pay to see.
I guess i am. Wasn't bad or anything, but not good either, i thought. A bit cliche if you will. And that's an interesting bit of film triviafeedback wrote: Are you talking about Taeguki/The Flag? The one where one brother joins the NKA after he believes his brother died? That movie was really good and so so sad, especially since the girl who dies in the movie actually committed suicide later.
Tampopo - 8/10
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.
it is really funny, a good movie made in japan.
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.
it is really funny, a good movie made in japan.
Zimbabwe
new die hard 6/10
it was entertaining....
when he jumped on the back of the Jet...I just laughed.
it was entertaining....
when he jumped on the back of the Jet...I just laughed.
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good movie. i think i liked the first half a lot more than the second half though.Zimbo wrote:Tampopo - 8/10
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.
it is really funny, a good movie made in japan.
What's the other one? I liked Big Fish, but nothing to write home about. Actually, in comparison to most films these days it was pretty excellent, but I wouldn't give it more than 7.5 or 8 out of 10.
I finally saw Eyes Wide Shut, and I'm going to give it an 8.5/10. Seeing it at the end of a chronological survey of Kubrick's films, one by one, starting with Killer's Kiss, might have made all the difference, but I think even without all of the biographical and thematic context that my course lent it, it still would have been enjoyable.
It was cool to see Tom Cruise opposite Rade Serbedzija again (they were together in Mission Impossible 2 as well, which I liked as a pure popcorn movie despite the fact that it seems to be almost universally reviled -- I will add at this point that MI3 was god-awful in comparison, despite the participation of Capote and Morpheus). I thought he had pretty good chemistry with Kidman, and when you throw in Leelee Sobieski, Sydney Pollack, et al, the combination is IMO a winner. I fucking LOVED the score. The piano parts (that's Gyorgy Ligeti, which kubrick also used in 2001 and the shining) were repetitive, sure, but meaningful, and the music I really loved was the main theme and the ritual/orgy scene score, both by Jocelyn Pook iirc.
Basically, it functions as a recap of the themes kubrick explored throughout his career -- the collision between design and disorder, obsession with control, the problematization of patriarchy and the concept of the masculine, etc. etc. -- and it's almost fitting if tragic that Kubrick died a week after presenting Kidman, Cruise and the studio heads with the finished product. I fully agree with a critic on Rotten Tomatoes who called EWS "a coherent summary of Kubrick's longtime themes and a worthy capstone to his long, distinguished career."
There were only two things that pissed me off about the film: Nicole Kidman clearly doesn't know what being high feels like -- although I question whether she knows what being drunk feels like, because she acts both by simply talking realllllyyyy slooowwwwwllllyyyyyyy with a big pause after every word. That got annoying. (That said, her confession of adulterous fantasies was really well done, even though I felt hard-pressed to believe any wife would keep on going with a story like that one -- or the orgy/"laughing at you" dream -- despite the obviously vicious effects on her husband, and by extension their marriage. But since it's necessary to the whole plot, I find it easy to overlook.) The other thing that pissed me off was the Hungarian guy at the beginning; such horrid Eurotrash, a shmancy Doctor's wife would have laughed him off the dancefloor, so they should have gotten someone with actual charisma and actual good looks who wasn't 60 years old to play the part or rewritten it so Alice doesn't look so easy.
A very solid film overall.
And my projected score for the Bourne Ultimatum is -2/10. I saw the first one and it was shit, I think there was a second one somewhere along the line which I carefully avoided, and if the trailers for this new one show any part of the "exciting" scenes, I pity anyone who pays to see such trite trash.
I finally saw Eyes Wide Shut, and I'm going to give it an 8.5/10. Seeing it at the end of a chronological survey of Kubrick's films, one by one, starting with Killer's Kiss, might have made all the difference, but I think even without all of the biographical and thematic context that my course lent it, it still would have been enjoyable.
It was cool to see Tom Cruise opposite Rade Serbedzija again (they were together in Mission Impossible 2 as well, which I liked as a pure popcorn movie despite the fact that it seems to be almost universally reviled -- I will add at this point that MI3 was god-awful in comparison, despite the participation of Capote and Morpheus). I thought he had pretty good chemistry with Kidman, and when you throw in Leelee Sobieski, Sydney Pollack, et al, the combination is IMO a winner. I fucking LOVED the score. The piano parts (that's Gyorgy Ligeti, which kubrick also used in 2001 and the shining) were repetitive, sure, but meaningful, and the music I really loved was the main theme and the ritual/orgy scene score, both by Jocelyn Pook iirc.
Basically, it functions as a recap of the themes kubrick explored throughout his career -- the collision between design and disorder, obsession with control, the problematization of patriarchy and the concept of the masculine, etc. etc. -- and it's almost fitting if tragic that Kubrick died a week after presenting Kidman, Cruise and the studio heads with the finished product. I fully agree with a critic on Rotten Tomatoes who called EWS "a coherent summary of Kubrick's longtime themes and a worthy capstone to his long, distinguished career."
There were only two things that pissed me off about the film: Nicole Kidman clearly doesn't know what being high feels like -- although I question whether she knows what being drunk feels like, because she acts both by simply talking realllllyyyy slooowwwwwllllyyyyyyy with a big pause after every word. That got annoying. (That said, her confession of adulterous fantasies was really well done, even though I felt hard-pressed to believe any wife would keep on going with a story like that one -- or the orgy/"laughing at you" dream -- despite the obviously vicious effects on her husband, and by extension their marriage. But since it's necessary to the whole plot, I find it easy to overlook.) The other thing that pissed me off was the Hungarian guy at the beginning; such horrid Eurotrash, a shmancy Doctor's wife would have laughed him off the dancefloor, so they should have gotten someone with actual charisma and actual good looks who wasn't 60 years old to play the part or rewritten it so Alice doesn't look so easy.
A very solid film overall.
And my projected score for the Bourne Ultimatum is -2/10. I saw the first one and it was shit, I think there was a second one somewhere along the line which I carefully avoided, and if the trailers for this new one show any part of the "exciting" scenes, I pity anyone who pays to see such trite trash.
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lol. Why exactly would you pity me for enjoying the Bourne films?sliver wrote:
And my projected score for the Bourne Ultimatum is -2/10. I saw the first one and it was shit, I think there was a second one somewhere along the line which I carefully avoided, and if the trailers for this new one show any part of the "exciting" scenes, I pity anyone who pays to see such trite trash.
[emo]Its what you get when you discover a film that perfectly intersects with a point in your life[/emo]sliver wrote:What's the other one? I liked Big Fish, but nothing to write home about. Actually, in comparison to most films these days it was pretty excellent, but I wouldn't give it more than 7.5 or 8 out of 10.
Taken in the context of a lot of films--not only in comparison to the crap we get today--the story, plot and acting were genuine, but with a perfect touch of the hokey to keep it light.
And the best reason of all: The critics hated it.
Transformers: 9.9/10
This movie was done absolutely perfectly. I don't think there is a single thing I would've changed about it. They weren't afraid to show the autobots or decepticons on screen and beyond that the robots weren't just giant, hulking mechs. They were actually very agile and looked absolutely convincing moving on screen.
Also, the humor was tweaked just right for the film. Shia Laboeuf was excellent and had great timing in his lines. I absolutely loved it.
This movie was done absolutely perfectly. I don't think there is a single thing I would've changed about it. They weren't afraid to show the autobots or decepticons on screen and beyond that the robots weren't just giant, hulking mechs. They were actually very agile and looked absolutely convincing moving on screen.
Also, the humor was tweaked just right for the film. Shia Laboeuf was excellent and had great timing in his lines. I absolutely loved it.
same.Jackal wrote:Transformers: 9.9/10
This movie was done absolutely perfectly. I don't think there is a single thing I would've changed about it. They weren't afraid to show the autobots or decepticons on screen and beyond that the robots weren't just giant, hulking mechs. They were actually very agile and looked absolutely convincing moving on screen.
Also, the humor was tweaked just right for the film. Shia Laboeuf was excellent and had great timing in his lines. I absolutely loved it.
The autobots were too humanized. For instance the gansta bot. But that has to do with my age and not the movie. 9/10 for me too.
Yep, I give it a 9/10.Jackal wrote:Transformers: 9.9/10
This movie was done absolutely perfectly. I don't think there is a single thing I would've changed about it. They weren't afraid to show the autobots or decepticons on screen and beyond that the robots weren't just giant, hulking mechs. They were actually very agile and looked absolutely convincing moving on screen.
Also, the humor was tweaked just right for the film. Shia Laboeuf was excellent and had great timing in his lines. I absolutely loved it.
I gotta say, I was pretty surprised when I saw John Turturro walk on set.
Transformers
The story was... 5/10
The visuals. 11/10
The story was... 5/10
The visuals. 11/10
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Die Hard 4.
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some flaws, obviously, and lack of profanity makes it feel slightly less than a die hard movie. but some great action scenes and some surprisingly good shots in there.
also, I was afraid the daughter would be too big a part of the film. but luckily this is not the case.
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some flaws, obviously, and lack of profanity makes it feel slightly less than a die hard movie. but some great action scenes and some surprisingly good shots in there.
also, I was afraid the daughter would be too big a part of the film. but luckily this is not the case.
oh and kevin smith
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D-D-D-DADDYMKJ wrote:Die Hard 4.
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some flaws, obviously, and lack of profanity makes it feel slightly less than a die hard movie. but some great action scenes and some surprisingly good shots in there.
also, I was afraid the daughter would be too big a part of the film. but luckily this is not the case.
oh and kevin smith