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Captain Mazda wrote:Daybreakers. Crap.

i saw that when it was in theaters here - agreed, fucking awful.

That's a shame. I always thought the premise for Daybreakers was interesting.

premise was great - sort of gataca/matrix for vampires. and then they gave that premise a shit plot. and then they decided to turn it into a horror movie instead of sci-fi (because it has vampires?). and then in editing they realized it still wasn't a horror movie so they added in cgi bats flashing across the cameras in the cuts between scenes to make people jump. and then they shelved it for over a year hoping to find an empty weekend to drop it with no competition.

Tron Legacy - 7 / 10

Pretty damn awesome. Also, Olivia Wilde was hot. Ending kind of sucked though so it lost a point there.

Quantum of Solace - 3/10 - soulless, pointless movie; lots of noise, no heart

DRuM wrote:Rotten tomatoes gave it 48% and I've seen mixed reviews on other forums, from 5 to 7.5 out of 10. Everyone says weak pointless story, but amazing visuals and soundtrack. One person said he could count on one hand the amount of 3D effects. He said he felt robbed since the theatres charge much more for 3D movies. Still, I may go and see it.

I'd heard the same reviews and was skeptical of going to see it, but did so anyway because I loved the original as a kid. It was awesome, plot was more than enough for what it was and fitting as a sequel, great action and pacing, stylish as all hell, great acting, music and sound effects. The 3D isn't gimmicky at all and there were a few shots at the end where I was visually quite blown away. I rewatched the original the day before I went to see it which definitely added to the experience - there is a lot of stuff you won't notice/understand/appreciate if the original isn't fresh in your mind. Go see it, seriously.

Splice.

3/10

what a disappointment. Adrien Brody seems to be quite a good actor but he keeps starring in extremely sub par films. I had high hopes for splice because it's by the guy that did Cube and the effects looked good. Trouble was that the characters kept making really stupid decisions which made no real sense. When it got to the bit where Brody starts having sex with Dren I was just

GONNAFISTYA wrote:Tron Legacy = 8/10 - A very entertaining film that's worth going to the theatre to see. The thing I liked most about this movie was that they didn't use the 3D effect as a gimmick. Sure there were a couple of shots of stuff coming right at you but, like Avatar, it was mostly to help the immersion of the film. I thought it was cool that the first part of the movie was only in 2D and didn't make the switch to 3D until he entered "the grid".

Hell...the 3 minute trailer for the next "3D" Pirates Of The Caribbean movie had more "coming right at you" shots in it than the entire Tron movie.

Ok I saw it in 3d but not iMax, my thoughts after watching it were 7.5 or 8 out of 10. But the longer I'm separated from the visual and audio impact of the film, the more I'm just disappointed. First, I think the 3d gimmick is shit, it's just shit and makes things less immersive, a bunch of 2-d cutouts. Outside of that, the visuals and soundtrack were top notch, just brilliant. Outside of those two things though, you have a retarded plot with more holes than the pope protected child molesters. And he protected a lot of child molesters. So, it's just better that you don't think about the plot much at all, because there are no answers anywhere to the questions you'd have about it. Next, the acting is a mixed bag of 6/10 and 8/10 scenes. Some of them, like Flynn's earlier scenes, are just laugh out loud corny. The final and biggest problem I had with Tron is that the characters are so 2d and undeveloped. In the board-room scene at the start, it was laughable how 2d they seem to be making characters in 3d movies these days. My girlfriend commented "Are they really board members or fashion designers?". The most interesting characters are the ones with the least dialogue because they're not ruined by the ham-fisted writing. There's just no effort to flesh out characters and it's a pity, because the world they create on screen has so much personality you want to see them do more with it.

Bottom line: The world could have a lot of depth to it if they wanted to make it a great movie, it could have been Matrix good, but it seemed like nobody could be fucked to make it good when it could just be passable and get people's money.

Fighter 7/10
the story was told well, problem is the story isn't all that interesting.

Devil

M. Night Shyamalan, please refrain from involving yourself with movies.
Apparently you've shot your entire load with The Sixth Sense, and now you'd be more useful being "Steve" at an outsourced Indian callcenter.


Last Exorcism

Expected good horror in the vein of The Exorcist.
Got slow, boring fare with zero scares.

Plan B wrote:Last Exorcism

Expected good horror in the vein of The Exorcist.
Got slow, boring fare with zero scares.

And the worst ending I've seen since Cage's version of the Wicker Man. The Last Exorcism would have been bad, but at least tolerable, if I'd turned it off 10 minutes or so before the end but it just became a shit show after that.

i speded some newer blurays over the break

a team
expendables
grown ups

yea they ate upalot o my time now once again i am reminded why i only mostly like older movies

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - 9/10

I fucking loved this film. It appealed to every geek fibre in my body and Ramona was hot as fuck, despite the steampunk goggles. Much win!

Fuck the haters

The A Team
The Z Film

LawL wrote:

DRuM wrote:Rotten tomatoes gave it 48% and I've seen mixed reviews on other forums, from 5 to 7.5 out of 10. Everyone says weak pointless story, but amazing visuals and soundtrack. One person said he could count on one hand the amount of 3D effects. He said he felt robbed since the theatres charge much more for 3D movies. Still, I may go and see it.

I'd heard the same reviews and was skeptical of going to see it, but did so anyway because I loved the original as a kid. It was awesome, plot was more than enough for what it was and fitting as a sequel, great action and pacing, stylish as all hell, great acting, music and sound effects. The 3D isn't gimmicky at all and there were a few shots at the end where I was visually quite blown away. I rewatched the original the day before I went to see it which definitely added to the experience - there is a lot of stuff you won't notice/understand/appreciate if the original isn't fresh in your mind. Go see it, seriously.

Ok done, I'm gonna go see it with my nephew this week or next week.

Tooth Fairy - lol rock/lol dwayne, was a pretty decent family flick, the kids enjoyed it.

How to Train Your Dragon - same as above, but I'll give it 8/10 since I also rather liked it by default since it involved Mother Fucking Vikings.

bam! wrote: How to Train Your Dragon - same as above, but I'll give it 8/10 since I also rather liked it by default since it involved Mother Fucking Vikings.

Same rating here. My kids loved it and anything with vikings is good by me.

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan 9/10

An incredible documentary about the Lost Boys of South Sudan who fled their homes in the '80s during the civil war. The film follows their story from a UN camp in East Africa to the USA and the struggles they faced in adapting to a completely different culture.

The Town 9/10
The Joneses 7/10
Fanboys 6/10 This is a must-see for Star Wars fans
The Other Guys 5/10
The Expendables 2/10 The dialogue was awful, even by 80s action standards
Yogi Bear 3D - 5/10 Kids liked it and it wasn't the worst I've seen this year
Survival of the Dead 1/10 Romero wtf happened to you?!
Due Date 4/10 The few funny scenes were in the previews
Salt 6/10
Despicable Me 7/10
Scott Pilgrim vs the World 9/10
Mirrors 2 - 5/10
The Last Airbender 2/10
Machete 8/10
Warlords 9/10
Resident Evil: Afterlife 4/10
Splice 5/10
Furry Vengeance 0.5/10
30 Days of Night: Dark Days 1/10
War Photographer 10/10 Awesome documentary about James Nachtwey's work.

You rated "Fanboys" higher than "The Other Guys"?

You, sir, are a homosexual.

GONNAFISTYA wrote:You rated "Fanboys" higher than "The Other Guys"?

You, sir, are a homosexual.

I'm not really a Will Ferrell fan. Fanboys was hilarious for the extreme nerdiness of the characters.

Defiance - 7/10 - good stuff, even with Daniel Craig's fake generic east european accent
The International - 4/10 - weak shit. clive owen can't carry a movie by himself. fact

Black Swan - 9/10 - quite good. was a nice combination of creepy and hot. probably not for everyone though... i mean, it's about ballet.

X-Files: I Want To Believe - 6/10

It's like a long X-Files episode. Not exceptionally good, but not terrible either.

Invictus

9/10

Only got a nine 'cuase aint nobody gonna pay attention tuh the lesson.. or the words... or the sentiment....

Yer all a bunch of slaves!!!!!!