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yeah, great movie

The Spirit. 3/10.

Absolute fucking garbage. Drivel. It gets three: one for the cinematography, one for costumes and one for the face muffin pulls before he gets disolved.

I hope this is the worst film I see this year, or it's going to be a bad one :scowl:

LawL wrote:

GONNAFISTYA wrote:You ever take a dump that made you feel like you slept for 12 hours?

wtf

It's a line from Glengarry Glen Ross

tnf wrote:About to watch Traitor right now.

Well?? I want to know if it's worth my time.

I watched Waltz With Bashir a few days ago. I'm going to give it 8.5/10, because the format was incredibly interesting: it is an animated documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian-Christian conflict of the 1982 Lebanese war, which culminated (or maybe climaxed would be a better term) with the Sabra and Shatila massacre. It combines rotoscoped (filmed) interviews with animated reconstructions of actual events, and narrative-wise follows the (re-)remembering of the massacre by a former Israeli soldier who repressed all recollection of the event and, after hearing about a friend's dream sparks one tiny memory, tracks down a number of other parties involved in order to piece together the exact nature of his participation that night. The animation approach allows them to recreate things that would be difficult -- logistically, financially, emotionally, and politically -- to portray otherwise. It's got some cool dream/memory sequences, amazing art direction, and a really nice, wide-ranging score which lays down everything from mournful lullaby music to throbbing dance beats.

My problem with the film is along the lines of "the lady doth protest too much." It is pretty well documented that the massacre of Palestinians in refugee camps was perpetrated by the Phalangi Christian group in retaliation for the assassination of the eponymous Bashir, a Phalangist leader who was likely about to become their president. Over and over the interviewees seem to whine about how it was the Christians, the Christians who did this thing! But we know that, the point is the Israeli defense forces allowed them into the camps where they committed the massacre, and the main character (SPOILER HERE) ultimately realizes that he was one of a group of Israeli soldiers firing flares into the sky, which gave the Phalangists the light by which to carry out their sordid mission. The film is all about guilt, and yet none of the characters can stop passing the buck. That struck me as awfully silly. (Maybe it's because it strikes too close to home in an Israeli production, or maybe it's because they don't want to be seen to confess to anything the Muslim Middle East could then take retribution for, I don't know; but Ariel Sharon was forced to resign as Defense Minister over the scandal of this massacre, and yet he later became their President, despite the recommendations of an inquiry that he never be allowed to hold public office again ... what does that say about the notions of punishment and penance?)

All in all, riveting in narrative and visual terms, but a little bit problematic -- that might even be too strong a word, what I mean to say is insufficiently transparent -- politically and ideologically.

It sounds interesting.

sliver wrote: Well?? I want to know if it's worth my time.

I didn't care too much for it. You can tell the director tried to go for some real deep and profound connections between the lead FBI agent and Don Cheadle's character and how there are these big parallels between his Christian life and Cheadle's Muslim one. The movie also tries to make a statement about how the US isn't always the honorable and good guy when it comes to things by including a character who says things like "YEA BUT WE DON'T KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH OUR WARS" and him being rebutted by someone saying "OH BUT THE US DOES YOU JUST HAVEN'T OPENED YOUR EYES MAN." (not exact quotes, but close enough). In short, the movie tries so hard to be profound and deep that in the end its all just ineffective. The storyline is OK in and of itself, but it wasn't what I expected. I rented this expecting a bit more action (along the lines of the Bourne series, not a movie attempting to be something like Syriana but not doing a great job of it).

I'd give it a 6/10 because Cheadle is a good actor and he does a nice enough job with his character.

Ronin - 7/10

Picked up The Godfather trilogy on Blu Ray, having never seen it before, and it's excellent.
Just watched Part II last night and was suitably impressed, particularly with De Niro's performance. Talk about a hard act to follow, but De Niro plays the young Vito Corleone with aplomb.
My only criticism is that Coppola uses music a bit too frequently in this movie compared to the previous chapter. Some scenes came off weaker because of added music, where the absence of it would have had a lot more impact.

The Blu Ray restoration itself is fantastic, and looks like it was shot yesterday.
Highly recommended.

Slumdog Millionaire - 7/10
Was pretty good - more of a romance than I'd expected. Worth watching until the end credits, at which point it becomes another faggy, stereotypical Indian movie.

Memphis wrote:

o'dium wrote:Resident Evil Degeneration

Ownage. Only negative thing I can say is Leon looks odd, but other than that it was fucking awesome. Best game to movie transition I've seen, easy. This is how all game>movies should be done from now on. If you have even of a sniff of liking for the RE games, watch this.

You're ripping the piss, no?

No, I'm not. RE: D was about 10x better than any previous game to film conversion, and it shat on Paul Cockersons efforts from about 8,000ft up.

The Mist - Generic but enjoyable
In Bruges - lol
Shooter - oh hey not half as bad as I was expecting and the action was great

'shoulder mounted pink-eye'

.. guess im one of those nerdy enough to get the joke there

JCVD-

see it

Memphis wrote: ....but to claim it tenfold superior to everything else is just blind gushing fanboyism.

That - in a nutshell - is the basis of every post o'dicunt has ever made: a polarized love/hate approach to nearly everything he sees, plays or jacks off to. It's basically like reading posts from a bipolar 6 year old.

Curious Case of Benjamin Button

8.5/10

Great movie, dragged on a bit near the end but still a must-see.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Wiki -Clicky

Look I know it is in black and white and made in 1957 on a budget that today might get a TV add but IMO still a classic sci-fi.

If you ever see it on late night TV record and watch it.

Classic ~ 8.5/10

agreed, great movie.

bangcock dangerous - rubbish
transporter 3 - rubbish but excusable and enjoyable rubbish.

Che Part One - 999999999999/10

Southland Tales 5/10

Just like the actors this movie tries to be something it is not, vaguely interesting.

Burn After Reading - dissapointing on first watch. I'll give it another watch at least because it's Coen stuff and therefore warrants a second try.

Foo wrote:Burn After Reading - dissapointing on first watch. I'll give it another watch at least because it's Coen stuff and therefore warrants a second try.

I agree, it was kinda meh. Brad Pitt was the only bright spot in that movie.

I agree BAR was a bit of a letdown, for a Coen flick that is, but still quite enjoyable.
I particularly enjoyed seeing Clooney and Pitt playing total douche bags for a change, instead of their usual 'cool' roles.

Saw Splinter yesterday.
Pretty much walking the beaten path of people locking in and protecting themselves against creepy aggressor.
But, unlike Alien Raiders, which I also watched recently, they got it right, with effective gory effects and good pace.
Still holds nothing on The Mist or The Thing, of course.

Tropic Thunder - lols pretty good

Foo wrote:Tropic Thunder - lols pretty good

yes, tropic thunder is hilarious. had to watch it 4 times to get all the jokes, there are so many..

o'dium wrote:
No, I'm not. RE: D was about 10x better than any previous game to film conversion, and it shat on Paul Cockersons efforts from about 8,000ft up.

You are completely blind. That fucking "movie" had the writing and production quality of a saturday morning children's anime on PBS. Holy fuck, how could you have liked that thing?