Films Recently Watched [Archive] - /access_rdia|log

Cavadus

Tue, 17 Jun 2008, 20:07

So here's a necro.

In Bruges

This film is amazingly witty and the laughs are hilarious. It's pretty graphic though and definitely pure dark humor. It's basically about a hitman (Collin Ferrel) who accidentally kills a little kid on a job. His boss sends him and a fellow hitman to a little town called "Bruges" in Belgium and that's where the story picks up. Just watch it, you won't regret. If nothing else you'll get to see racist midget and then watch Ferrel karate chop him.

It also has Ralph Feinnes and some other Irish actor who don't the know name of but you'll probably recognize him. He plays the other hitman sent to Bruges with Ferrel's character. One of the best movies I've seen in the past three or four months so definitely check it out.

Washburne

Thu, 19 Jun 2008, 10:55

American Psycho

I had never seen this movie and a friend of mine suggested it. Christian Bale is brutal. The 80's theme was funny as hell and the line "I need to return a video tape" was hilarious. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars and would recommend it.

Wash

Cavadus

Thu, 19 Jun 2008, 11:28

OMG, you just popped your American Psycho cherry? One of my favorite lines to say in real life when someone asks me where I'm going is, "I have to return some video tapes."

But yeah, American Psycho is my favorite horror movie. Pure brilliance. And y'know what? It's better than the book.

Take that, "The books are always better than movies," crowd.

Campbell

Tue, 24 Jun 2008, 20:42

The Orphanage. The same guy who did Pan's Labrinth was associated with the orphanage. Very good movie. It might be classified as horror in the US, but it really goes beyond being a scary movie, its almost as if one of their goals was to make a scary movie and then explain why it isn't in fact scary by means of the story. It could also be seen as an interpretation of Peter Pan, but very dramatic.

I have also seen the New Hulk movie, it was very good, in the same sense that Iron Man was good, they are obviously trying to make these recent movies fit in the marvel universe and have it all make sense, same cast, even leading to a SHIELD movie to tie it all together, this one as you've seen from that one trailer even has Tony Stark in it, (Robert Downy Jr.) recruiting for SHIELD. The captain Ahab aspect of the crazy general chasing hulk (as in the not so good Ang Lee version) is also brought in line to fit into a future installment where Hulk is a hero and not some mindless green thing gone out of control. Oh and Stan Lee's cameo is even better than the one in Iron Man.

Bucket List is good too.

Cavadus

Wed, 25 Jun 2008, 00:18

Charlie Wilson's War

Fantastic movie. Bottom line: Philip Seymour Hoffman. Every line he has is hysterical. Every single one. Pretty damn good.

Cavadus

Wed, 15 Oct 2008, 16:27

Has anyone seen anything good lately? I haven't come across dick and I'm kind of jonesing for a decent film.

Campbell

Wed, 15 Oct 2008, 21:19

American Gangster was pretty good, and I went into it thinking it would be bad. Street Kings... was ok. There is this bizzare horror flick called The Signal that I enjoyed a bit, it has 3 directors (on purpose) who each did an act, so its all over the place, and one of em takes it in a humorous direction.

I watched The City of Ember last weekend and really enjoyed it despite its family rating. But I'm a sucker for end of the world scenarios.

Salvatore

Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 16:04

Death at a Funeral if you like british comedy.

Campbell

Thu, 16 Oct 2008, 20:54

Oh yeah, it has Alan Tudyk in it, I've been meaning to watch it.

Akechi

Wed, 22 Oct 2008, 17:38

Saw Max Payne and it actually kinda suprised me. Totally went in thinking it was going to suck, but it actually had some pretty good moments. There were times when the acting for the guy that played Max Payne... I forget who... but sometimes he didn't quite fit the voice that well when he was angry? or something like that.... In the end I kinda liked it.

Cavadus

Wed, 22 Oct 2008, 19:42

Markie Mark (Wahlberg)! I think Wahlberg is a great actor. I loved him as Lieutenant Digdum in "The Departed." That was the best supporting acting I've ever seen actually.

Cavadus

Sun, 02 Nov 2008, 03:36

Death Sentence
Starring: Kevin Bacon, John Goodman

This film is basically the product of The Punisher + Death Wish + Reality. The jist is that this unassuming corporate executive's son is killed. The police share their only lead with the father, Kevin Bacon, and he goes out and kills the guy not really thinking about the consequences of his actions.

I don't want to ruin it so that's really all I can say about the plot but wow, where the fuck did this movie even come from? It's pretty awesome and the whole time I was watching it I just kept asking myself over and over how I had never heard of this film until I saw it on HBO.

Anyways, highly recommended! I give it four out of five "Footlooses:"
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Cavadus

Sun, 23 Nov 2008, 00:49

Outpost
Starring: Ray Stevenson (Pullo from BBC/HBO's Rome and some other guy who I don't know the name of but is recognizable (he plays the former Marine from Texas with the awesome moustache)

Well, when I first heard about it all I knew was that it was Ray Stevenson's first lead role and that it had zombie Nazis in it. That's all I needed.

Now, you might think it's going to suck and how could any movie with zombie Nazis possibly be taken seriously, et cetera. I thought for sure the whole thing was going to be Sam Raimi style camp but somehow... they managed to make a serious movie here. And a good one. I recommend it. It's a lot better than you'll give it credit for at first.

Indiana Jones & The Crystal Skull
Starring: Harrison Ford, Shia Whatshisfuck, the first chick from Raiders, William Hurt (unfortunately no aliens pop out of him this time), and the ever sexy as hell Cate Blanchett though the leisure suit one-sy she wears make it look like she has a pair of depends on (gunt, anyone?)

Oy, where to even begin. Well, George has a penchant for destroying his earlier work and he pretty much managed to ruin the memory of the existing Indy movies with this one. Plus it has Shia Lebashgdfshsdhiuyasdf in it (I have no idea how to spell his last name) and he fucking sucks.

I think Lucas might actually have Alzheimer's or something because that could be the only explanation for Shia Lebsdfsjdfhsdfuf's character seemingly parading around the entire film pulling off prequel trilogy jedi acrobatics every five seconds. You might think that's an exaggeration but at one point in the movie Shia is swinging from vine to vine with monkeys like a hundred feet above the ground moving at the speed of two vehicles chasing each other. WTF? Oh, and of course there's a sword fight between Cate and Shia. For a second I saw a fifties era flash light that kind of looked like a light saber hilt and the movie was so ridiculous anyways that I half expected Shia to pick it up, turn it on, and have a light saber blade op out followed by a light saber duel and Blanchett muttering, "If only you knew the power of the dark side," right when she had the blade against Shia's neck while she clenches her black leather gloved fist.

One thing I did like, but also completely worked against the movie after a little more contemplation, were the nods to the previous flicks. The Marcus Brody statue, the picture of Sean Connery on Indy's desk, bringing back Indy's love interest from Raiders as a main character, and the the glimpse of the Ark during the opening action sequence, but then I started to think... ummm, didn't Indy like drink from the Holy Grail in the last movie? And his dad too, right?

Yet his dad, as played by Sir Sean Connery is dead, and Indy... looks like Harrison Ford circa 2007. WTF? That Templar Knight manages to live 800 years protecting the cup yet Indy's dad can't make it a decade and a half and Indy himself has aged twenty years? Hmmm, plot hole. I guess George will have to go back and edit The Last Crusade and like CGI in Sean Connery and younger versions and change a million scenes to make it fit.

Overall, it's a stinker. Don't bother. And the ending "secret/surprise/et cetera" made me LOL pretty hardcore. Fucking inter-dimensional aliens? Jesus Titty Fucking Christ.The only saving grace is that Harrison Ford is thankfully earring free. And FFS, Indy got married. What kind of message is that to all of the bachelors like myself? Well, I don't know exactly, but it's a terrible one.

Campbell

Sun, 23 Nov 2008, 10:30

You forgot to mention surviving a nuclear blast while inside a refrigerator. (not a spoiler, happens in the first 5 minutes of film)

Cavadus

Sun, 23 Nov 2008, 17:14

You forgot to mention surviving a nuclear blast while inside a refrigerator. (not a spoiler, happens in the first 5 minutes of film)

Oh dear lord, yeah. I did forget that.

To set it up a little more, Indy is being chased by the Ruskies through the southwest and sees a town. So he goes to it and it turns out it's a hydrogen bomb testing ground and whaddya know, they be testing one in less than a minute. So how does Indy survive? He jumps inside of a refrigerator. But it's okay because the camera made sure to pay extra special attention the "LEAD LINED" sticker on the side of the fridge.

So the whole town is vaporized but not the fridge. It manages to fly three or four miles while riding the "sonic" wave of the explosion until it finally comes to rest and Indy pops out completely unscathed.

Fucking ridiculous. What a terrible movie.

Campbell

Sun, 23 Nov 2008, 19:11

On other topics, Dexter season 2 is awesome. Had me guessing what would happen right up to the end. Obviously they weren't about to catch him but a bunch of other stuff might have gone down.

Benders Game is of course worth watching (futurama).

Hands off the dodecalicious!

Campbell

Mon, 01 Dec 2008, 12:33

The Love Guru is pretty funny. During the credits there's a blooper of Verne Troyer, hes the primary focus of the shot but there are a lot of normal size folk standing behind him. One of the camera men asks if he can get a wider shot because all he sees is asses, Verne responds with "Now you know what its like."

Salvatore

Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 21:39

I watched Outpost, Kav's right, it is pretty good. Foreign film recommendation: Night Watch and it's sequel Day Watch (It's in Russian)

Campbell

Thu, 11 Dec 2008, 22:15

Starship Troopers 3 had a good thing going except for the blatant religion that was force fed into the plot. Much better than #2. Primeval the tv series has been ok so far.

Sejanus

Fri, 12 Dec 2008, 06:02

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People,
Run Fat Boy Run.

Yeah, Simon Pegg fan xD
I really want to see Valkyrie and The Spirit.

Cavadus

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 01:01

Babylon A.D.
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu, The Frenchman from The Matrix sequels, Some Random French Anorexic Model

Well, I would have never seen this film if it weren't for the fact that I caught it's rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Now, the rating wasn't good. At all. But I also looked at the Hellboy 2 rating and it was surprisingly rated fresh which made me think to myself, "This site is fucked."

You see, Hellboy 2 was the only movie which has ever been so terribly bad that I've had to publically exclaim it's wretchedness with foul language and then walk out while the movie was still in progress (the movie is sooooooooo fucking terrible).

So with that dynamic in mind I decided to give Babylon A.D. a shot and I'm glad I did. I can see why they cast Vin Diesel as the lead. It's like whoever wrote the screen play decided to just write in the most stereotypical Vin Diesel role ever before anything even got underway so he doesn't really stand in the way of the quality of the film.

It's very Children of Men-ish except the disparate third world is more disparate and the nice civilization is far more nice. My only real complaint is that there is a scene with some snowmobiles and Vin and... it's just retarded.

Overall, I think I actually liked it more than I liked Children of Men. Vin obviously isn't the actor Clive Owen is though if Vin were to read a script like Shoot'em Up I'm inclined to believe even he would think it was pretty fucking retarded.

But yeah, overall I recommend it. It's enjoyable.

Celestiae

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 11:49

Overall, I think I actually liked it more than I liked Children of Men.
That is some high praise right there. Dayum.

Campbell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 14:51

As far as A.D is concerned they kept the whole thing waaay to vague for my tastes. And no there weren't even implied resolutions, the plot elements just stopped dead when they stopped being useful. A little back story would have helped that movie quite a bit. But I still liked it. Especially when she nukes the guy with the armored stretch limo tank.

I enjoyed Hellboy 3. Its Del Toro, that guy cant do anything wrong. That ghost character was the best. The locker room fight with Hellboy where Hellboy was apathetic to the ghost throwing stuff at him and slamming him in the face with the locker doors was hilarious. Then the ghost walks off, naked around the corner whistling that old German tune. Classic. Plus he got to posses the golden warrior. if I was him I would keep the damn thing as my main body. Screw that old diving suit lol.

Cavadus

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 16:12

That is some high praise right there. Dayum.

Not really; I didn't like Children of Men very much. In fact, just watched the remake of Death Race 2000 last night with Statham.

Yeah...

Statham + Death Race > Owen + Children of Men

And Campbell, you can't honestly tell me that Hellboy 2 didn't have hands down the shittiest dialogue in the history of cinema in it. Seriously, The Toxic Avenger's dialogue was better than that shit-fest.

Campbell

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 17:02

Hey! You're hellboy!

Yeah, I know, I'm ugly.

Del Toro fleshed out the hellboy universe in a very well done way. I liked 2 a lot more than 1. Its like comparing Pitch Black with Chronicles of Riddick.

Cavadus

Fri, 19 Dec 2008, 19:47

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Sam Shepard, and Kailin See who is crazy hot

It's pretty good serious movie but make sure you have some time because it's pretty long. Afflect plays a gawky teenager as no matter how old he actually gets he is a perennial 13 year old (hmmm, it must suck to be him actually).

It's basically a pretty historically accurate account of how Ford, played by Affleck, eventually finds himself crossing paths with his childhood idol who he basically worships. No one ever takes him seriously, they're always picking on him, and you guessed it; the movie culminates with Ford shooting James.

The tension at the end is amazing though. It's a fantastic film and everything is just executed perfectly. One of the best films I've seen in months.

Recommended if you can handle serious subject matter for a really, really long time. It's sort of "No Country For Old Men" -ish. At least it reminded of that film the entire time I was watching it.

Oh, and there's also this really nifty camera lens trick that surfaces throughout the movie where there will be kind of a large panoramic shot but it's shot a through a lead glass window. Makes for an interesting theme with that type of distortion. I don't know, one of those small things I pick up on and appreciate from time to time.

Edit: Oh, and the entire musical score is composed by Nick Cave. Figured Nova might find that intriguing. I'm a Cave fan myself (well, Cave & The Bad Seeds that is. Once he went of on that weird lounge music tangent I lost interest).

Death Race
Starring: Jason Statham, "Al Swearinger" from HBO's Deadwood who is a total fucking badass, some random ultra hot latina chick, Tyrese Gibson (lol, does he even count?)

Let's just say that some time ago I was treated to the original Death Race 2000 and thought it was fucking tits. Just an awesome cult movie and completely over-the-top absurd in that 70s exploitation film kind of way.

Well, in this remake they kind of took the basic premise of Death Race and just basically reworked to... make a lot more sense. I found the opening introduction text to be really ironic because of how it seemed to dovetail so seamlessly with our current "economic crisis."

Plut it's Statham! WTF more do you need? He's like the 21st century's J.C. Van Dammer as far as I'm concerned.

Anyways, it's just pure non-stop awesome sauce. Watch it. Watch it twice. Watch it sixteen times. The only thing this film was missing a cameo by Sly Stallone in some ultra bad ass capacity (Sly had a supporting role in the original, a hilarious one at that, which was actually his first movie appearance ever).

Cavadus

Sun, 21 Dec 2008, 03:27

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Starring: David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Eric Balfour, Dennis Hopper, Larry Bishop, Like a thousand ultra fucking hot chicks

Holy. Fucking. Shit. This is hands down the best movie I have seen in... ages. I'm fucking in love with Quentin Tarantino and everything the guy does and this is a "Quentin Tarantino Presents..." film but as with all things Tarantino it simply defines "cool" even though Larry Bishop directed it.

The basic premise is extremely simple. A biker gang known as "The Victors" used to be at war with another biker gang, the "The 666ers." In the seventies "The Victors" won the war but they apparently forget to clean up a loose end or two.

Thirty years later "The 666ers" re-emerge and restart their war with "The Victors." This is just a fucking classic retro-pulp-exploitation film straight out of the 70s. Everything about it is totally fucking rad.

The movie doesn't even pretend to be serious and that's why it's pure win. Do not miss this film.

In fact, this film is fucking awesome that I bought the poster you see in this post probably a minute after the film ended.

Stay Away From: Hamlet 2

P.S. Can you tell I've been catching up movies this weekend? I must have had like thirty downloaded and ready to go. It's been great! Next up is Transsiberian.

Campbell

Sun, 18 Jan 2009, 22:32

Dark City. Watch it. One of the best scifi movies I've seen in a while.

Campbell

Mon, 09 Feb 2009, 16:33

See Coraline in 3D (or 2D, don't suppose it matters). Best movie I've seen in a long time. Delightfully creepy story disguised as a kids movie. This the same sort of theme that El Orphanto had. (The Orphanage, by Guillermo Del Toro)

Cooke

Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 11:20

Robocop 3. Yeah...

Not having cable anymore is really limiting my movie watching possibilities...

Payton

Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 23:15

Just saw TAKEN --- pretty decent story and some defininte heart pounding action scenes. I recommend it.

Campbell

Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 20:54

Yeah this one is religiously charged so read at own risk. If you feel the need to respond with an opposite view, please do so with a movie recommendation that espouses said view and why, rather than a rant or exclamation about why you hate so and so.

I watched a documentary called "For the bible tells me so" it is a look at gay children of evangelical type Christians, and how the bible passages are used to discriminate against gay's. What surprised me was the various insightful interpretation of what the various verses really mean when taken into the context of the culture that wrote them. I knew a lot of this stuff already but to hear actual christian ministers repeating it was quite astonishing.

Shallis

Mon, 02 Mar 2009, 14:53

Taken is a must see!

Campbell

Mon, 02 Mar 2009, 15:17

Weeds and The Riches are good TV series.

Campbell

Fri, 06 Mar 2009, 18:07

Watchmen was awesome.

Payton

Tue, 10 Mar 2009, 00:01

Watched Changeling on weekend. The gf loved it but I thought the LAPD were portrayed too simplistically and Malkovich didn't show much range. Angelina was perfect like always :) The fact the story is based on real life makes up for the issues I had with it.

Gangrenous

Tue, 10 Mar 2009, 17:22

Watchmen.......good other then having to look at Dr. M's prosthetic member every other seen he was in.:smokin:

Campbell

Tue, 10 Mar 2009, 17:42

Watchmen.......good other then having to look at Dr. M's prosthetic member every other seen he was in.:smokin:

Fortunately it doesn't flop around much. Looked like it was air brushed on. The softcore porn makes up for it.

Campbell

Sat, 21 Mar 2009, 11:11

Purgatory, a western about well purgatory for famous wild west historical figures. It was pretty good.

Nim's Island. Also enjoyed this one. It has this fantastic home alone sequence where she fights off bad guys, and the whole story with the agoraphobic author is hilarious.

Cooke

Sun, 22 Mar 2009, 20:22

I'd heard Purgatory was pretty good. Netflix here I come! I do enjoy a good western.

Campbell

Sun, 22 Mar 2009, 20:48

Seen the HBO series Deadwood? Ive started the first season, its very good so far. Disc 3 was cracked in half though...

Cooke

Mon, 23 Mar 2009, 13:11

Seen the HBO series Deadwood? Ive started the first season, its very good so far. Disc 3 was cracked in half though...

I've heard a lot of mixed things about this. I'll try out the first season.

Campbell

Wed, 25 Mar 2009, 20:08

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder is every bit as good as its predecessors. On my scale it's only a little less perfect than Benders Big Score.

Into the breach, meatbags.

Payton

Fri, 10 Apr 2009, 01:20

Suppose to see Watchmen this weekend - and I'll look for Purgatory.

Saw Miracle at Saint Anna's on dvd. Skip it!

Also watched Slumdog on dvd with gf. It was a pretty good movie. Definitely a decent Academy Award nominee and I can live with it winning. Had seen MILK last week on dvd and Slumdog was better than it I thought. Sean Penn was NOT more deserving than Mickey Rourke for best actor. I never belived Penn's role as a gay activist. I couldn't not think I was watching Sean Penn. Rourke was fantastic in The Wrestler, and Marisa Tomei is smoking hot. I could really believe I was watching an eroding professional wrestler that was finding his humanity and coming to terms with the honesty of his existence and vulnerability of his relationships.

I still personally like Gran Torino better than either of Slumdog or Milk for movie of the year though.

Revoco

Sun, 14 Jun 2009, 13:57

I saw the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, its like the new forest gump, but really was pretty good. Also I saw the Spirit... dont do that.

Cavadus

Mon, 15 Jun 2009, 11:52

I saw the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, its like the new forest gump, but really was pretty good. Also I saw the Spirit... dont do that.

I didn't like either tbh. Nothing happens in Benjamin Button and The Spirit is just plain awful.

For pure cinematic brilliance, and my nominee for Picture of the Year 2009, I recommend Crank 2: High Voltage.

It's everything you think it will be and more.

Salvatore

Wed, 17 Jun 2009, 23:05

Taken with Liam Neeson.

Cavadus

Wed, 08 Jul 2009, 14:57

Transformers 2

It's as bad as you think it is. I loved me some Transformers as a kid but... it just isn't very good. They turned Optimus into a blood thirsty soldier which seems pretty odd. The Fallen is lame as hell. Soundwave never even transforms or joins in any fight. The Twins are worst part of the movie. They're basically Jar-Jar Binks... and equally as annoying.

There is no character development sans a bit between Starscream and Megatron. Devastator is a complete joke. The SR-71 Blackbird transformer is ridiculously stupid in every way.

And I wish I could say the action is good but the problem is that the action itself is too fast, the cuts are too fast, and with everything moving so fast and the Transformers' designs being so complex it's often difficult to even figure out what just happened in a fight.

But it's Transformers... I guess.

Terminator Salvation

Fucking awesome. Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ, I can't even explain how ridiculously badass this movie is. Everything about it is awesome. Well, except the last five minutes but near the end when you see that door come flying off the hinges and the brand new Model 101 T-800 walks out in all his Nude Ah-nold glory... it's game on. I loved how they took the original terminator and made him badass as shit again. Sam Worthington is pretty awesome too. Where the fuck did that limey come from anyways?

The last five minutes... eh. Maybe I'm nitpicky but it didn't make a lot of sense to me. A heart transplant? And Mark's? Ummm, what if he has a different blood type? Also... I didn't understand why Marcus needed to have his actual heart anyways. To fool the humans... I guess? Still, I don't see why giving up his heart to Connor would lead to his death. All it's doing is circulating blood to his brain. I'm pretty sure a mechanical pump could do that.

The Hangover

Zach Gilafanakis (sp?) is fucking hilarious. All around funny movie except for the Chinese dude. Or was he Japanese... I don't remember. But whatever, he wasn't funny at all. In fact, his boot was more humorous than he was. If you see or have seen the movie you'll understand.

Campbell

Wed, 08 Jul 2009, 20:59

The transformer twins were indeed a retarded addition to the movie, the dual wrecking ball testicle joke was spot on. I liked the geezer-cepticon even though his role and back story were downright stupid. My great great great grandfather was a wheel! And you know what he transformed into!?! NOTHING!.

Jaredson

Thu, 09 Jul 2009, 01:18

gonna disagree with you guys, that "It's cus your a p---y." line was the funniest line in Transformers and it was said by one of the twins. I expected what I got so I was not disappointed. Its all about where you put the bar.

Terminator- again I enjoyed the movie, but when we start to question the plotline through the lens of reality we will ruin it. example- the heart thing was a bit rediculous, I am expecting the next movie is going to be about john conner dieing as his body rejects the transplant and they have no steady access to transplant drugs (I think they are called immuno suppressants).

Warning everyone right now, Year One was the biggest steaming pile of dog doo I have seen all year. Not funny, nothing redeems it.

Going to see GI Joe when it comes out but I won't hold my breath. With their supersuits it looks like they are going for the early 90s rendition of the show, where Hasbro or Mattel was trying to sell more sets so it became all about the weapons and not the Joes themselves. You can tell looking at the 80s vs the 90s version of the show. there was a point when it went from how elite they were to how many guns and special vehicals they had.

Campbell

Sun, 12 Jul 2009, 10:05

I watched The Knowing last night. The one where Cage finds a letter predicting the end of the world... Throughout the movie I was joking to my room mate about aliens coming to save people and whatnot, but I was joking. Then Aliens came to save people and whatnot, and the Earth actually got blown up! Actually following through with an extinction level event in a movie is almost never done these days so this movie gets 4 out of 5 stars from me.

Unlike that TV miniseries Impact, where the premise of how Earth is supposed to get destroyed is pretty damn clever, but the execution was terrible. Oh! Lets invent a new technology that reverses gravity! Lets do it in a day! On the moon! They go out of their way to say the moon's gravity is greater than Earth's yet they fly that stupid decent vehicle into a fissure with some expectation that it will get them out again.

I've finally been able to watch the first season of Breaking Bad, and its most excellent.

Weeds is awesome too, just finished season 4.

Cooke

Wed, 15 Jul 2009, 13:04

Transformers 2

Pretty much as unimpressed as Kav was. It was ok, but yeah, the Twins gave off that Jar-Jar vibe and they just made me feel uncomfortable every time they were on screen.

There always seemed to be too much going on or too little. No happy medium of action and witty dialog. Just lame jokes and insane action.

I'll go see G.I. Joe, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

But Harry Potter will be awesome. Harry Potter, fuck yeah!

Revoco

Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 00:22

Avoid "Public Enemies"

it starts off on the right foot, but trips and falls shortly after. I watched Death Race though... and in a lot of ways it sucked, but I think I just liked Twisted Metal games so much when I was a kid I ended liking it anyway. It really is just Twisted Metal the movie. They have a car that looks like Roadkill, another that looks like Spectre, and a Darkside. One of the characters is even called Mr. Grimm. And they race around killing each other and getting power ups by driving over these illuminated circle things.

Revoco

Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 00:25

I didn't like either tbh. Nothing happens in Benjamin Button and The Spirit is just plain awful.

For pure cinematic brilliance, and my nominee for Picture of the Year 2009, I recommend Crank 2: High Voltage.

It's everything you think it will be and more.

I heard he humps a grandma's leg in that one.

Cavadus

Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 00:38

The best part about Crank 2 is a gunfight in this strip club. One of the stray bullets passes through a (naked) strippers breasts and all of the saline starts leaking out of the bullet holes as they her tits starts to deflate.

Oh man, you have to be pretty fucking sick to think shit like that up.

Campbell

Tue, 21 Jul 2009, 17:56

So I saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince this weekend. It was an adequate addition to the franchise. Rather than reviewing it I would like to go in depth on the HUGE LOTR INTELLECTUAL THEFT that was a large moment of the movie.

At one point Harry and Dumbledore head into a large cavern filled with water and a large island in the middle. Some stuff happens, a bit of jewlery is acquired and suddenly hundreds of Gollum's pop up out of the water and start trying to get the jewlery back. I'm dead serious, hundreds of Gollum's. Not only was the cave the mirror image of Gollum's cave in The Hobbit, but this one actually had some Gollum's in it too! Dumbledore even uses a fire attack to ward off the Gollum's, in a sequence thematically similar to the scene in Moria where Gandalf is fighting off the Balrog, to save the others. Not that its a bad scene, in fact its one of only two action scenes in the whole movie.

I didn't read the Potter books, and since this is mostly cinematic imitation I suspect it was done by the movie's creators and not as much the book's author.

Cooke

Wed, 22 Jul 2009, 09:53

Campbell

Wed, 22 Jul 2009, 16:43

I suspect the Gollum's have to do with Industrial Light & Magic. The actual cave and scene is very similar to the book and plays out almost word for word. It's well done, but I'm guessing that someone over there at Lucas' San Fran studio has LOTR on the brain.

Video effects guy A: "Think anyone will notice if we populate the cave with a hundred or so Gollum's and save our selves several days creating our own zombie?
Video effects guy B: "Nah, these are Harry Potter fans, they'll never notice."

Campbell

Fri, 24 Jul 2009, 21:48

Torchwood: Children of Earth. This mini series based on Torchwood was nothing short of groundbreaking. You get so used to television series having episodes that end happy, that when one comes along and it's whole point is to show how bad things can get, its always spectacular. The series creator has been killing off his cast members a few at a time, starting at the end of last season, in this season he continues the trend to a spectacular conclusion. I don't expect that Torchwood will be back for another series (that's what they call it in Brittan) but hopefully the new Doctor Who series will have a lot of Jack Harkness in it.

Campbell

Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 17:49

I watched District 9 this afternoon. I enjoyed it. Rather than being a violent pro human vs alien frag fest ala independence day, it was a thoughtful quasi documentary about aliens who for reasons unexplained are marooned on Earth. I totally want that mech Vinkus was using to appear in ER. That was one badass mech.

Cooke

Tue, 18 Aug 2009, 08:46

Was it too preachy though? It just seems like one of those movies that someone would use as a soapbox. Hopefully it didn't get bogged down in preachyness. I still want to go see it though since no movie will ever make me angrier than Spiderman 3.

Campbell

Tue, 18 Aug 2009, 19:19

It's not even a little preachy. Really the only cliche part is the MNU government which is cast as just a little too evil. It mostly takes the form of raw footage of events happening, interspersed with interviews of family and friends speculating on why he did what he did.

And that mech is kick ass.

Cavadus

Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 05:05

Got a pic of the mech?

Campbell

Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 17:30

I have discovered that there are ZERO full body pictures of this mech, or even its legs on the entire internet. Here is a partial of its upper body, but this picture really does this mech no justice. It is designed to look like a beefy prawn. ( prawn is a racial slur used against the aliens because they resemble shrimp). It has a pointy belly where the feet go, like its slouching on its own legs, as if a human were bent over backwards but standing, and another human was reclining on the first human's stomach. The legs are like dog/classic alien legs, with the reverse knee thing going on.
http://47th.info/comms/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=199
The operator sits inside it, arms and legs don't do anything. Prawn technology uses mental interface for control, only prawns (or those with prawn retrovirus infection) can use prawn technology. The user has a nice HUD inside the fully armored belly. The suit is fairly bullet proof, properly used it doesn't need to be bullet proof because it can generate a field that stops bullets, ala Neo from the Matrix when he kills agent Smith in the first movie. At one point he jumps up and catches a live RPG that was fired at a retreating alien shuttle craft.

It has an electric sort of human exploding machine gun in one arm, and rockets at least, probably some other weaponry, but the weapon that makes people pop in an energetic manner is used most.

Cavadus

Sun, 23 Aug 2009, 09:07

The Last House on the Left
Starring: The guy who killed Patrick Swayze in Ghost, Cromartie from Sarah Connor Chronicles, Some Blonde (the mom) who looks really familar.

I was blown away by the depth of this film. I thought it would just be another generic thriller but it was pretty amazing. It had the most brutal rape scene I've ever witnessed in a movie... and it's long.

There is no main character to the movie, just a group of characters. The role reversals at the very end are highly entertaining. I was just completely shocked this movie was actually good. I thought it was going to be generic as hell. And at the end of the movie I find out it's by Wes Craven!

I Love You, Man
Starring: Paul Rudd, the main dude from Forgetting Sarah Marshal, Jon Favreau, Jaime Pressly (yum), from the office Jim's old girlfriend (who looks super cute in it), ummmm... oh, and Lou Ferrigno, lol.

Classic buddy movie. Has some pretty funny moments though it's not up to par with Sarah Marshall. Still though, it's similar and the Sarah Marshall guy is pretty hilarious. I think I liked the movie more than I should simply because it was like watching myself on screen.

Salvatore

Mon, 24 Aug 2009, 14:14

Inglorious Basterds a lil long but overall great.

Campbell

Sat, 29 Aug 2009, 16:53

I also enjoyed Inglorious Basterds. The Jew Hunter is hopefully going to get a best actor/supporting actor award. His character is just awesome.

Cavadus

Mon, 31 Aug 2009, 19:22

I saw District 9 and thought it was pretty good. The battle armor at the end was pretty sweet and whoever played Vickus was awesome. Nailed that role perfectly.

And obvious sequel on the way.

Draconis

Mon, 31 Aug 2009, 22:25

@ District 9:

The producer apparently decided to do it after the major studios got cold feet on a 'Halo" adaptation.

And obvious sequel on the way. I wonder if the 'prawns' are considered sub-sapient by whatever sent the ship out in the first place. If so, they will definitely be more than humanity can cope with, we may end up in camps on our own world.

Campbell

Tue, 01 Sep 2009, 18:27

The prawns showed that they can reason and be civil, they just don't care to be that way most of the time. They are an analogy of homeless people in that way. A few of em are smarter than others though, as evidenced by the one who spent 20 years fixing the control module.

Cavadus

Fri, 04 Sep 2009, 19:39

Antichrist
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Some Chick
I'm not sure where to begin. It's a horror film... of sorts. I didn't think much of it before I watched it. Now I'm just recovering from laying in the fetal position clutching my groin for about an hour.

If you're going to watch it prepare to be disturbed; man or woman. The movie is truly terrifying.

Campbell

Mon, 14 Sep 2009, 23:34

I finally got around to watching Crank 2. That movie is awesome. I want to define it as a film because it is truly a work of art.

Campbell

Sun, 27 Sep 2009, 23:40

Surrogates is very good. "For all I know your a fat bald guy with his dick hanging out!"

That season premiere of Family Guy was one of its best episodes ever.

Cavadus

Sat, 17 Oct 2009, 18:49

Crank 2 really is amazing and I later found out that Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas) scored the entire film. I still love that scene where the stripper gets shot in the tits and the silicon from her implants is oozing out of the bullet holes while he breasts deflate; fucking brilliant.

Point Break
Starring: Gary Busey, Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze

I had totally forgotten how great this movie was! I recently picked it up on Blu-ray and it had been ages since I watched but it really is excellent. Swayze is pretty amazing and his character is very well written. Plus one of the greatest moments in cinema history is in the movie. There's a scene where Swayze and Reeves are onboard an airplane and Swayze is about to jump, leaving Keanu with no parachute to chase him. Swayze is standing in front of the door, back to it, and looking right at Keanu. He says something and then just falls out of the airplane backwards and skydives down.

But the amazing part is that Swayze actually did that. The scene is entirely real, no cuts at all! Awesome.

Dammit, Patrick... we all know it was you deserved the Nobel Peace Prize this year!

Campbell

Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 18:38

I watched Capitalism: A love story, on Sunday. Man, the state of affairs in this country are so effed up that he doesn't even have to make jokes about this shit anymore. The documentary is probably his most documentary like documentary yet, his main target is the financial corruption prevalent in government, starting with Regan. (you pro deregulation types might find this offensive). Overall he presents a clear picture of what is wrong, and he does it with out pressing any really nasty or obvious buttons. The most partisan thing he does is call Bush a dipstick once, and show a pic of Cheney when referring to monsters. He even lets Obama have it, though to a lot lesser degree because Obama had only been in office a few months when this was filmed. The documentary is quite slow in the middle, no getting around that part.

1% of the population owns 99% of the wealth. We control 99% of the vote and we don't do a damned thing with it.

Campbell

Mon, 02 Nov 2009, 00:08

BSG: The Plan. Very good movie, BSG events as seen from the perspective of the various Cavel models from 15 hours before the colonies were nuked to the time the two of em were airlocked after Starbuck rescued Anders and co. from Caprica.

Land of the Lost (Will Ferrel version) Funny but not special.

Cavadus

Mon, 09 Nov 2009, 18:27

http://47th.info/images/dashgold.pngThe Objective
Starring: Random People

This is a fairly interesting film and I have to give it's director major props for the extremely high degree of military accuracy pictured in the film. As far as Army shit goes it's the real deal down to the shitty beards they force SF guys to grow in Afghaniland.

It's about an SF team being led on a mission into the mountains of Afghanistan by a CIA operative. It takes place two months after 9/11.

It's pretty suspenseful and there are number of significant events that pass by very surprisingly and abruptly (in a good way). It's definitely one of those movies where nearly anything could happen at any time (and often does).

It'll keep you glued until the last few minutes where it just seems to abruptly end in a vaguely unsatisfying way.

http://47th.info/images/dashgold.pngThe Return of the Living Dead
Starring: More Random People

Where to begin... this movie is just an absurd 80s zombie romp. Nothing in it makes even the remotest sense whether it's the crazy Suicide character, the chick who is naked throughout the entire film (even when she becomes a zombie), to zombies with no lips, tongues, lungs, or throats who can speak with perfect clarity and have no problem telling people about their lust for human brains which acts as some sort of alleviate for their rigor mortis.

But goddam is it hilarious and bonus points for the body-scaping visionary at the helm of this production (our naked woman is completely hair free in the crotchal region, pretty avant garde for 1985 IMO).

Cooke

Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 19:44

Ran (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/): Directed by Akira Kurosawa (Guy who did Seven Samurai)

Kurosawa basically takes Shakespeare's King Lear and sets it in Feudal Japan. This is a cinematic epic. The cinematography is amazing and uses a lot of actual castles and settings in Japan. There is a battle scene that will blow you away.

It is a little depressing, as all Shakespearean tragedies are, but this is offset by the fact that you read subtitles and get distracted by the setting.

Campbell

Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 21:38

All of Kurosawa's work is great. Lucas even stole Star Wars from him.

Zorky

Sat, 21 Nov 2009, 06:08

I just watched Pandorum great movie about people on spaceship that wake up not knowing what is going on and have to figure out where they are in space the plot is weary good and I recommend this picture if you liked event horizon you will like this one

Ironfield

Tue, 02 Mar 2010, 23:06

watched a number of pretty good movies recently.

As Zorky mentioned Pandorum was a really good movie with fantastic story line in my opinion.

The Hurt locker: one of the best gulf war movies I've seen that didn't harp on about politics but rather the daily events of the individual soldier working as a bomb disposal tech.

Sherlock Holmes: What can i say loved it. every latest film of Robert Downy Jr is in is pure gold. What I liked most about the film was the fact it was a more true adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books. with Jude laws portrayal of Watson as the more capable, slim side kick, rather than the bumbling portly oaf we usually expect.

And of course the required viewing of Avatar. The grapejam graph for this movie is pretty accurate: $150 script and a $300 million CGI budget.
I had a good time, the movie was enjoyable while it lasted and i wasn't board at any stage of the film. I'd probably get the Blueray for this as well just to watch the amazing world of Pandora come back to life again.

-Ironfield

Jaredson

Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 10:37

Campbell

Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 17:42

A few things from pandora reminded me of the shadowlands in AO. almost made me resub just to get my fix.

Definitely not the giant dangling testicle in Scheol. Avatar was perfect on so many levels it can be forgiven it's few inconsistencies. It was one of the few movies I went to see twice in the theatre because I liked it so much.

Draconis

Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 18:08

Campbell

Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 18:12

I agree that Avatar was worth the admission price to see, and it's inconsistencies can be easily forgiven. I disagree that they were few. :)

And I liked how Pandorum was able to develop a psychological theme in what could easily have been a straight up zombie movie.

Few compared to most of the cinematic drivel that has been spewed at us lately. I'm looking at you, Transformers 2.

I enjoyed Pandorum too. The whole time frame it takes place in from the launch of the ship to the end of the movie was a great touch.

Cavadus

Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 20:21

...and it's inconsistencies can be easily forgiven. I disagree that they were few. :)

Really? I thought it was cool and all but the absurdly cliche stereotypes destroyed the movie for me.

Case in point the herculean scarred up colonel who... yeah, not really sure what motivated his blood-thirst at all. 'Cuz he's a bad guy? Yeah, bad guys have scars I guess... ask Disney.

And then the evil corporate guy who was magically in charge of everything?

And let's not forget unobtainium. That made me giggle.

Special effects were great and I was pretty blown away by the 3D (my first 3D movie) but I give the storyline 4/10, or 2/5 if you will :p

Pretty much Dances With Wolves in space.

The director's cut of Aliens still blows it away though it was a lot fun of noticing the aesthetic similarity between the USCM and RDA.

Jaredson

Sat, 06 Mar 2010, 14:06

Really? I thought it was cool and all but the absurdly cliche stereotypes destroyed the movie for me.

Case in point the herculean scarred up colonel who... yeah, not really sure what motivated his blood-thirst at all. 'Cuz he's a bad guy? Yeah, bad guys have scars I guess... ask Disney.

And then the evil corporate guy who was magically in charge of everything?

And let's not forget unobtainium. That made me giggle.

Special effects were great and I was pretty blown away by the 3D (my first 3D movie) but I give the storyline 4/10, or 2/5 if you will :p

Pretty much Dances With Wolves in space.

The director's cut of Aliens still blows it away though it was a lot fun of noticing the aesthetic similarity between the USCM and RDA.
didn't find the colonel evil. man had a mission to fulfill and natives that killed his soldiers. story was typical. nothing new there, it was the graphics that made the movie for me.

comedy that I suggest- "I love you man", "zombieland", and "The invention of lieing."

Draconis

Sat, 06 Mar 2010, 14:57

Really? I thought it was cool and all but the absurdly cliche stereotypes destroyed the movie for me.

Well, I guess I'm more forgiving, since the movie had a great 'sense of place' to it. And saying you can forgive something its many inconsistencies is not very high praise. :)

Would you recommend people save their money and not see it in the theater?

Case in point the herculean scarred up colonel who... yeah, not really sure what motivated his blood-thirst at all. 'Cuz he's a bad guy? Yeah, bad guys have scars I guess... ask Disney.

True, but until it got personal near the end, I thought he was more annoyed by what he saw as needless restraints and "wanted to end it nice and tidy before dinner." Ruthless, but not knee-jerk evil.

Cavadus

Sat, 06 Mar 2010, 16:42

Would you recommend people save their money and not see it in the theater?

Well, as a 3D IMAX movie you kinda have to see it in theaters :p

Ironfield

Sat, 06 Mar 2010, 21:28

didn't find the colonel evil. man had a mission to fulfill and natives that killed his soldiers. story was typical. nothing new there, it was the graphics that made the movie for me.

comedy that I suggest- "I love you man", "zombieland", and "The invention of lieing."

Aye Zombieland was a brilliantly hilarious I enjoyed it immensely, and the invention of lying was also very clever and interesting scenario. what exactly would you do in a world where no one but yourself had the ability to tell a lie?

-Ironfield

Campbell

Sat, 06 Mar 2010, 22:39

I just watched hurt locker, very good movie. How does it stack up to the real thing kav?

2012 Was crap, but very pretty crap.

I'm going to see Alice tomorrow.

Wolfe

Sun, 07 Mar 2010, 09:20

Just saw Brooklyn's Finest. It was funny, but really awful. A lot of sex scenes didn't make up for the lack of story, or combining the stories of the three main characters (their stories crossed maybe once in the whole movie, and it was a minor cross).

2 out of 5 stars. 3 if you like your movies full of titties.

Campbell

Sun, 07 Mar 2010, 12:45

Dead Snow. Instant zombie nazi classic. Dont't mess with undead nazi's gold.

Campbell

Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 20:46

Ironfield

Tue, 09 Mar 2010, 22:44

Spartacus: Blood and Sand. 300 meets Gladiator meets porn. Lucy Lawless porn. Plus the battles are just spectacular. I liked the story because Spartacus is something of an antihero rather than instantly being the "good guy" right off the bat. It has the guy from The Mummy (evie's lazy brother) as the ludus owner and he is absolutely a monster in this series. The big trainer was in Avatar briefly.

So far I'm also really enjoying this series got to episode 6 and 7 is waiting on my hard drive to watch later tonight. I'm not too sure though about how long they can string the series along though seeing as most historians believe he perished in the final battle with Rome. All thought Starz may take some artistic license in that regards. So if we are lucky we may get 2 seasons out of this.

Also John Hannah who plays the character of Batiatus (the ludus owner) which was an eye opener for me, as it’s not a role I would have associated him with given his previous works, such as Four Weddings and a Funeral.

-Ironfield

Campbell

Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 12:26

They ordered a second season before he first aired. The slave rebellion lasted three years so they have a lot of time to work with, at the end of season one he is only just getting famous. I bet season two doesnt even deal with the rebellion, so much plot to resolve with Cryxus.

Cavadus

Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 14:18

Got about fifteen minutes into the first episode of Spartacus before I turned it off and deleted it. The dialogue was atrocious and I'm just not keen on the blatant 300 ripoffery.

I just finished watching "The Wire" though the other night. All five seasons. I generally hate crime dramas with a passion but "The Wire" was pretty damn good. A lot of amazing characters in it and each season adds a unique facet to the story which really gives it a lot of depth.

And it's pretty damn hilarious when it wants to be too.

Campbell

Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 20:06

That firs episode is slow and not as good as the rest. It had to set up the story of him being captured. Skip to episode two, it will be better.

Cooke

Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 19:41

"Dinner Rush" - 2001

This was actually a lot of fun to watch, didn't going in expecting anything. Some of the music is a bit off, but the acting is excellent (except for one hostess...), the story has a great climax, and it's all about old school mobsters. Great stuff.

Cavadus

Sat, 27 Mar 2010, 13:27

I'm half way through season two of HBO's Rome at the moment; fucking brilliant.

I've watched both seasons probably a dozen times already and just adore it.

And, for some great news, it seems Vorenus and Pullo will be returning in a few years in a full movie which will continue the series; awesome!

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/03/04/hbo-rome-movie/

Good to know Vorenus didn't die :)

Cooke

Sat, 01 May 2010, 01:14

Watched History of the World: Part 1 for about the 564th time today. Mel Brooks is a master.

Cavadus

Sat, 01 May 2010, 18:05

Saw Crazy Heart. Goddam, Jeffi Bridges.

Excellent movie, definitely recommend it. Country music makes me nauseus but it's not so bad when it's just him and an acoustic. It's the steel guitars that make me die a little inside.

Anyways, my only criticism is a terrible casting choice for Tommy Sweet. WTF were they thinking? Not only was that actor a terrible choice but his age fucked up my entire perception of the Bad Blake's career chronology.

Jaredson

Sun, 02 May 2010, 04:13

How to Train Your Dragon was hilarious and 3d was not bad.

Cavadus

Mon, 03 May 2010, 15:21

Well, I saw "Hot Tub Time Machine" last night after some high praise from a few friends.

Not nearly as funny as they made it out to be but it has its moments.

Overall, I'd give it like a 5/10, 10 being The Big Lebowski, 1 being Janeane Garofolo stand up.

Cooke

Wed, 05 May 2010, 11:06

Hot Tub Time Machine sounds like really bad soft porn on Skinemax... :o

Finally got around to watching District 9. I'm not sure how people thought the movie was preachy, it was too fucked up to be preachy.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The back and forth between the "Documentary" and the actual "movie" sequences was done very well. It annoys me though when people do stupid things that common sense would dictate that the things they are doing are stupid.

Cavadus

Wed, 05 May 2010, 17:27

Y'know Cooke, every time I look at your avatar I wish Jon Favreau would have also gone with the Hoff to play Fury in the Iron Mans :p

Cooke

Thu, 06 May 2010, 22:25

Y'know Cooke, every time I look at your avatar I wish Jon Favreau would have also gone with the Hoff to play Fury in the Iron Mans :p

How can you not when he's blessed with such UNHOLY ACTING TALENT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPB4AeD3z6Y)!

Cavadus

Wed, 19 May 2010, 01:00

So wtf, who's seen Iron Man 2? And is it any good? 75% on Rottentomatoes.com. Not bad...

Wolfe

Wed, 19 May 2010, 12:55

Very good, but the super science that they use is laughable.

However, The Losers was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC

Campbell

Tue, 01 Jun 2010, 21:19

Iron Man 2 was great. Though as a super villain I would perhaps wear some armor when attacking Tony the first time.

Prince of Persia - So so. Good violence, ridiculous story, lots of parkour.

Daybreakers- Loved this story, its about vampires who take over the earth only to kill off most of the humans and run out of food. Rather than die they go insane and turn into Nosferatu's. Some of em are looking for substitute blood, or even a cure. Its a good example of what a vampire world might look like.

Cavadus

Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 03:44

--> The Road
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Omar from HBO's "The Wire", Alma (The Widow) from HBO's "Deadwood", and Guy Pearce

So this was an adaptation of a book originally written by the dude who wrote the book "No Country For Old Men".

It's pretty good. The basic premise is that nuclear holocaust has ravaged the earth and the entire movie centers around the survival of a father and son duo. And by "son" I mean "kid" because he's like ten years old.

And wow, is it harsh. It's almost painful to watch at times and slightly exhausting. It's just one struggle after the next after the next and it goes on until the movie ends.

I liked it... quite a bit. I do recommend it but it's a heavy watch. Probably not "first date" material :p

YouTube- The Road - Official Trailer [HD]

Kolya

Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 03:57

--> The Road
I liked it... quite a bit. I do recommend it but it's a heavy watch. Probably not "first date" material :p

This made me lol because when this was still in theaters, some dude tried to take a girl I was sleeping with to this movie as what I can only assume he'd hoped would be a date.

Kolya

Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 04:00

Iron Man 2 was great. Though as a super villain I would perhaps wear some armor when attacking Tony the first time.

"Hey, aren't you Iron Man?"
"Yeah, fuck off!"
"I believe in you!"

Best movie of the year so far. I hope A-Team is good, but I honestly don't think it'll top Robert Downey Jr. as Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man.

Cavadus

Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 04:14

"Hey, aren't you Iron Man?"
"Yeah, fuck off!"
"I believe in you!"

Best movie of the year so far. I hope A-Team is good, but I honestly don't think it'll top Robert Downey Jr. as Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man.

Obviously the best movie of the millennium is going to be The Expendables.

YouTube- 'The Expendables' Trailer HD

Cavadus

Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 04:19

Obviously the best movie of the millennium is going to be The Expendables.

YouTube- 'The Expendables' Trailer HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6RU5y2fU6s)

Christ, and it's just gotta be like fucking Nickelback playing during the damn thing too.

<---embarassed

Was YouTube- Havok - Category of the Dead too much to ask for?

Campbell

Sun, 11 Jul 2010, 18:48

The Lovely Bones - So sad. I recommend it to anyone. Very rare for a movie these days to generate such a feeling.

Ninja Assassin - Average fight flick that relies on a silly gimmick and impossible physics.

Wolfman - So so. Pretty damn obvious how it plays out.

The Prisoner (2009) - It never clearly gives you a reason to give a damn. Ending is better than the 60's version (not by much).

From Paris with Love - Pretty darn funny. More of John Travolta in his bald bad-ass outfit.

The Road - It has nothing in the way of plot, its really just about survival in a really fucked up post apocalyptic New England, replete with cannibals. Humans appear to be the only thing to survive so they eat each other but in such a way that it isn't really important to the plot. That being said, it was a good movie.

Sherlock Holmes (2010) - Good action and comedy, the detective portion of this is terrible though, the audience isn't presented with facts that let them actually deduce anything for themselves. It is all done by Holmes in the last 5 minutes of the movie, very un Holmsian.

Cavadus

Mon, 12 Jul 2010, 17:12

--> The Crazies (2010)
Starring: Timothy Olyphant... yeah, that's it.

It's remake of a 1970s Romero flick.

I was really impressed with this movie, TBH. Figured it'd be a very typical movie but it kind of has a unique take on zombies. Pretty decent action, the acting is good, and other than the lead dude's wife's strange face (something about her is just weird and unpleasant) I really can't criticize it.

And the ending is pretty fucking awesome.

Cavadus

Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 14:19

--> Inception
Starring: Leo, Handsome Bob, the preggers chick from Juno, Michael Kane, Cillian Murphy, the kid from "3rd Rock from the Sun"

It's Nolan. I could pretty much end this post right there.

Simply amazing. It's a hard film to describe but it's masterfully done and brilliantly written. The entire concept is pretty amazing.

Ames, or "Handsome Bob" from Rocknrolla, is easily my favorite character in the film. Pretty much the best line in the film is when Joseph Gordon Levitt is trying to return fire on a guy behind cover and Ames walks up and says, "You mustn't be afraid to dream bigger, darling," as he promptly lifts up an M32 MGL and blows the guy to smithereens.

And there are some insanely choreographed fight scenes.

The fight scene with JGL in the hotel is fucking amazing. Just watching the gravity shift around the hallway as the van rolls down the embankment was awesome but then they go all zero-g on ya once the van drives off the bridge. FUCKING AWESOME!

JGL is a pretty amazing actor throughout. Great find with him and rumor has it that Nolan has dropped Johnny Depp from Batman 3 because he was so impressed with JGL while filming Inception (so JGL would be the Riddler).

If you don't see this movie you're fucking high.

YouTube- Inception - Official Trailer 3 [HD]

Kolya

Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 14:32

Cavadus

Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 16:02

At the end of the movie, when Leo spins the top to see if he's still in a dream, the entire audience had a collective "Ohhh, motherfuckers." moment when the shot cut out as it started to wobble.
Ha, yeah, it was the same where I watched it. But they had it showed falling it over previously in the film. I don't know, I kept decent track of the dream levels (the 3 planned and then Cobb's own "purgatory") and it had a very obvious wobble whereas when you see it spinning in dreams earlier it spins perfectly with no wobble at all so I never suspected any "end dream" shennigans.

Kolya

Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 17:19

Ha, yeah, it was the same where I watched it. But they had it showed falling it over previously in the film. I don't know, I kept decent track of the dream levels (the 3 planned and then Cobb's own "purgatory") and it had a very obvious wobble whereas when you see it spinning in dreams earlier it spins perfectly with no wobble at all so I never suspected any "end dream" shennigans.

Yeah, it was pretty obvious that it was implied he was actually awake, I just thought it was a bit of a cocktease that they never actually showed Leo and Wantanabe actually shoot each other. Another thing that kinda confused me was that even though they were all the way down in dream limbo or whatever, wouldn't they have to work there way back up through the other level instead of going straight to conscious?

Ironfield

Wed, 21 Jul 2010, 01:51

Yeah, it was pretty obvious that it was implied he was actually awake, I just thought it was a bit of a cocktease that they never actually showed Leo and Wantanabe actually shoot each other.

Indeed, as you mentioned they needed their totems to tell if they were in the dream world or real world Leo(Cobb) mentioned that his totem, that which belonged to his wife previously, would spin perfectly for hours. The fact that it wobbled for me was the indication that Leo was in fact awake, the spinning top would have toppled over.

]Another thing that kinda confused me was that even though they were all the way down in dream limbo or whatever, wouldn't they have to work there way back up through the other level instead of going straight to conscious? From my understanding, because they were both stuck in limbo, the previous dream states/levels had collapsed and ceased to “exist.” Each level required an Architect and by the time limbo had kicked in they were all in a conscious state, thus the jump from limbo to reality.
-Ironfield

Campbell

Sun, 25 Jul 2010, 21:42

Book of Eli - I knew from the get go that it was a pro religion story, and wasn't wrong. The movie itself is not so great, a lot of inconsistencies, my favorite being the bad guys must all have been storm troopers because even with a mini gun and a RPG they can't hit Eli.

In a world where there is plentiful gasoline and bullets, there are no bibles left. At all. Not even in motels. The single most printed book in the world and they have to fight over this one.

Ma and Pa Cannibal were my favorite characters. "Oh look! Visitors!"

Campbell

Sat, 07 Aug 2010, 18:53

Kick Ass - One of the best movies of 2010. Its just fun to watch. Only one unreasonable bit where they violate Newtons third law with that minigun device.

Ironfield

Sat, 07 Aug 2010, 22:41

Saw kick ass was an enjoyable popcorn flick and one of Nicolas cage’s better movies in recent years. Apart from that nothing really memorable, I think that the younger girl who plays hit girls cursing was the main publicity buzz behind the movie.

-Ironfield

Kolya

Sun, 08 Aug 2010, 02:35

Kick Ass - One of the best movies of 2010. Its just fun to watch. Only one unreasonable bit where they violate Newtons third law with that minigun device.

Not to mention the whole jetpack scene at the end of the movie.

Campbell

Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 21:04

As fans of Eureka might know, the guy who played Gaius Baltar on BSG is now in the Eureka cast. In this weeks episode many of the Eureka characters are having hallucinations of people they once knew. When James Callis' character is asked what his hallucination is, he answers "Tall leggy blonde in a slinky red dress".

Best James Callis/BSG joke ever.

Campbell

Sat, 28 Aug 2010, 22:46

Dexter Season 4. The season where the Trinity Killer (John Lithgow) is the main bad guy for Dexter to hunt.

This was overall not bad. The series as a whole has kinda gone down hill; Dexter is more of a vigilante hero than a serial killer. There was a scene or two that really remind you what Dexter (the series) has lost compared to the first season. He has a lot fewer of those really neat monologues about being a serial killer, the whole emotionless thing just comes across as fake (you know the ones the RL kids quote when they kill their siblings). He was much more realistic when he had to fake emotions to get busy with Rita in the earlier seasons.

That ending where Rita gets it was obvious and quite fucked up. Honestly I never liked her character anyway, she detracts from Dexter's Dexterness.

Cavadus

Sun, 29 Aug 2010, 13:04

--> Centurion
Starring: MacNulty from "The Wire"

Kind of an interesting movie. The first ten or fifteen minutes sets it up to be a very lame and stereotypical plot. I had mentally pegged this movie by about five minutes into it but I kept watching out of sheer personal interest in all things ancient Roman.

And then, somehow, the movie completely turns around. The battle scenes are all very small scale, even the largest one which happens near the beginning. If you're expecting the first ten minutes of Gladiator stretched into a full-length movie, which is what we've all been waiting for since Gladiator, this isn't.

But the combat is pretty interesting and the movie makes it seem fresh and new. You'll understand once you see it.

I'd say the only downer, really, was the main character but he doesn't really play into the main plot more or less than anyone else so it's not so bad.

Overall, I'll give it like a 3.5/5 or something.

Campbell

Fri, 03 Sep 2010, 23:23

Repo Men. This film is not very special. The first half is great, with frequent evisceration performed nonchalantly by the main character and his buddy. That scene where he gets shocked is classic. He sits down with a celebrity, listens to music with him, and then gets down to business removing the dudes heart. The ending (last quarter of the movie) sucked. The film simply didn't know which direction it wanted to go, and didn't end up going anywhere.

Cavadus

Sat, 04 Sep 2010, 10:38

Repo Men...

I just watched it too.

Ironically enough, the film began to lose me at exactly the moment "reality" ended and the dream machine took over for the second half of the film.

I'm not sure if revealing that at the end of the movie made it better in any way.... maybe.

I'll say that it certainly wasn't as shitty as I thought. I was going over some movies to download with the GF and, for whatever reason, she picked it out.

Campbell

Sat, 04 Sep 2010, 21:21

Moon. Staring Sam Rockwell. An awesome bit of scifi/thriller. Sam is the sole operator of a moon base that collects h3 for fusion reactions. As he nears the end of his contract he goes to collect h3 from a harvester, but crashes. Waking up mysteriously back at his base he wonders how he got back. This is where the fun begins.

The movie has limited action, its awesomeness is carried by Sam and his interactions with Gertie, the HAL type assistant AI. The special effects are mostly limited to scenes of the rovers on the lunar surface. That's how good this movie is.

Seriously don't read this spoiler till you watch the movie.
I wonder if dying after 3 years is built into the clones or if its radiation exposure that causes their death. The original non clone Sam may have never been on the moon, but at some point those messages from his wife were sent, perhaps they were staged for the clones benefit. I also wonder if the rescue team was themselves clones, only recently activated for the purpose of cleaning up the multiple clone goof and fixing the harvesters when they break. The first Eve ( his daughter) was 3 when the video messages are finished, having not been born yet when Sam supposedly started his tour on the moon. She is 15 when the clone contacts her live, so there have been 5 clone cycles of 3 years.

Cavadus

Mon, 06 Sep 2010, 15:03

Moon was great.

My only criticism was the audio montage ending where the new clone was able to expose the mining company. I thought if it ended with him simply escaping it would have been better.

Campbell

Mon, 04 Oct 2010, 23:15

Drag me to hell - Ended up being pretty entertaining. It was directed by Sam Raimi so of course its not gonna suck. The ending is obvious, but the stuff in between is neat (like the demon possessed goat). Girl pisses off gypsy, gypsy curses girl, girl has a really bad 3 days.

Honestly though, as soon as she killed the kitten I was rooting for the dead gypsy.

Date night - adequate. Steve Carrell doing his shtick. Tina Fey along for the ride. Mark Whalberg takes his shirt off.

The Crazies (newer version) - Good all around horror flick.

Speed Racer - It got stuck between being a kids movie and something entertaining. It really needed to pick a category and chose. Wouldn't recommend it.

Cavadus

Mon, 04 Oct 2010, 23:40

I liked The Crazies a lot and thought ending was awesome.

I saw that Going the Distance movie with the GF. Stay away. It tries way too hard to seem cool though I really dug seeing Charlie Day (Charlie from It's Always Sunny) in a movie.

Cooke

Thu, 07 Oct 2010, 03:32

Randomly found an old copy of The Maltese Falcon in my video collection, I have no idea where it came from.

It's definitely something that should be seen. Bogey is the consummate private eye and 90% of all PI shows certainly borrowed from his caustic too smart for everyone (even himself) persona. Good flick, great acting, and a story that you really have to pay attention to. Even though it seems they're talking like this a lot.

Campbell

Sat, 09 Oct 2010, 10:54

Hot Tub Time Machine - This is a very funny movie. Totally recommend it. The bit with the mirror in the bathroom was genius. Crispin Glover was great in his minor role.

The Losers - A decent action movie who's silly plot and one sided villain does not detract from the action.

Clash of the Titans (newer version) - Just another retelling of the story. The old version is better. Really neat cgi on this one.

Cavadus

Mon, 11 Oct 2010, 14:47

--> Splice
Starring: Adrien Brody... that's it.

So it was hard to not begin Splice while thinking Species. It's about this couple who are geneticists working for some research corporation and they have their main experiment which is going well and decide to push their research a little further without the company, or anyone else, knowing.

So they create this creature and it rampages around the city killing peopl... oh wait, that's not what happens at all.

Oddly enough, the movie does nothing but prove to it's viewers that it's not a creature flick. I'd say all but the last five minutes of the movie deal with the moral and ethical dilemma of taking care of this creature, the couples' reactions to the creature's actions, what is or isn't human, et cetera.

It's a shockingly deep movie and it just kept going in directions tht broke my stereotypical preconceptions.

Overall, definitely worth a watch. It's not a horror movie at all but some pretty fucked up shit happens in it.

The worst part of this movie is easily Adrien Brody's weirdly androgynous brother who creeps me the fuck out every time I see him on the screen.

--> Predators
Starring: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, some other recognizable people.

Big letdown, TBH. The action just isn't there. The tension building sequences are alright but there's never the action-packed release they deserve. The final battle is lame as hell as well. And I was really confused about the predators because all of the sudden there are genetically different types and the original predator is the gimpy one? Or something? It's not really too plot related but it left me somewhat confused because there's absolutely no explanation or exposition about it and it kind of seems like a big deal.

I think if Predators proves anything it's that the original Predator wasn't about an alien landing in a jungle hunting U.S. Special Forces operatives, it was about an alien landing in a jungle being hunted by Arnold Fucking Schwarzeneggar.

Plus Adrien Brody as the action hero protagonist? WTF? Someone get John McTiernan back on this shit ASAP. Or maybe a proper Aliens sequel with a decent director.

In other Alien franchise related news, Ridley Scott is apparently in the works to make a prequel to Alien which revolves around the Space Jockey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Jockey_(Alien)). Also, Zach Snyder is set to begin work on a brand new Superman movie once he's finished with Sucker Punch.
YouTube - Sucker Punch - Official HD Trailer by Zack Snyder

Campbell

Mon, 11 Oct 2010, 17:13

Did you know that a religious group burned the original Space Jockey set piece when it was displayed in front of the theater in Hollywood? That thing was one of a kind. They had this wild setup where the set was recreated in front of the theater and you walked through it to get to the movie. I am eager to see the prequel if it ever gets made.

Campbell

Mon, 08 Nov 2010, 21:30

Robin Hood (2009 or 10?) I started this movie with very low expectations. But damn was I wrong. They took the traditional Robin Hood story and intentionally reversed every possible plot element and it worked. The beautiful part is that it isn't character drama driven. Crowe's character is kinda just his gladiator character, but it works. It is refreshing to see a movie where the character personalities are so normal. Take for instance the Sheriff. In the Costner version he is an awesome bad guy well played by Alan Rickman, in this new version the sheriff barely has a role and hes a moron. Its awesome. I recommend the movie.

Cavadus

Tue, 09 Nov 2010, 00:11

It ain't a movie but I just finished up the series premiere AMC's The Walking Dead and it's pure tits. I highly recommend it.

And if you're worried about the gore being all bullshittedly watered down don't, because it ain't. This series has a serious budget. Watch it!

Hulu - The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye - Watch the full episode now.@@AMEPARAM@@http://www.hulu.com/embed/0LbfNEWVaOtLicwqTXPQ4Q@@AMEPARAM@@0LbfNEWVaOtLicwq TXPQ4Q

Cooke

Tue, 09 Nov 2010, 11:02

It ain't a movie but I just finished up the series premiere AMC's The Walking Dead and it's pure tits. I highly recommend it.

And if you're worried about the gore being all bullshittedly watered down don't, because it ain't. This series has a serious budget. Watch it!

~video~

I've definitely enjoyed this show so far. The 2nd episode was last night and was pretty awesome. It's about as close to a L4D zombie show as you can get. People stuck in terrible places with gigantic hordes in their way.

Ironfield

Tue, 09 Nov 2010, 22:36

The walking dead is indeed an awesome series so far. I especially like episode one with Leenie James aka Robert Hawkins from Jericho making an appearance.

The TV series so far has followed close enough to the comics but with enough changes to make it new and interesting so far. My only complain though was with Comics and how the characters suffered from an extended perpetuity for stupidity, hence i lost interest. Hopefully the tv series will cure that.

we have 2 of the 6 episodes aired for the first season with the second already being picked up so will be interesting to see how far along the story goes compared to the comic's story line.

-Ironfield

Campbell

Wed, 10 Nov 2010, 23:14

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - I loved this movie. Its tied with Brazil imho. Its about this mystic who has a bit of a gambling with the devil problem, his schtick is that he can meditate and folks can enter his mind via a prop mirror, and are given a choice between enlightenment and self indulgence. The gambling comes from the devil being in the mirror world to convince the customers to come to the dark side so to speak.

They handled Heath Ledger dying pretty well too, he had shot the vast majority of his exterior scenes so they only had to reshoot/finish his scenes from inside the mirror, and I suspect they shortened his characters role so they wouldn't need any more exterior scenes. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrel replace him for each time he enters the mirror.

This is done by Terry Gillam of the Monty Python troup so if you aren't familiar with his work, its very wild and visually stimulating and the plots don't always make sense from a direct or literal point of view.

See also Brazil. Its not at all like Life of Brian.

Campbell

Sun, 05 Dec 2010, 19:26

The Pacific - Its like a sequel series to Band of Brothers. Its also very good. I find myself not getting as attached to these guys as I did with the BoB characters but its still very good series. The main character, Lenke(?) seems like he was cast as a Tom Hanks lookalike because Hanks (a producer(?) is obviously too damn old to pass as a soldier anymore, but I'm guessing Hanks wanted his persona attached to the show. I just finished the sixth episode, where they get slaughtered at the coral Palau island.

Jonah Hex - Pretty damn funny, could have used some more funny. Very Wild Wild West (Will Smith version) but without the stupid.

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows whatever sequel it is - Dramatic and dark. Didn't read the books but its obvious they are trying to follow em so there couldn't really be an ending, just an abrupt cut to black so to speak. It's funny that the lady wrote a kids book series that starts out all cutesy and for 10 year olds but turns dark and messed up by its end.

Campbell

Tue, 07 Dec 2010, 22:27

Cavadus

Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 00:46

--> Barry Munday

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Malcom McDowell, Chloe Sevigny, and the secretary chick from "Arrested Development"

This is just one of those charming comedies. I'm a big fan of Patrick Wilson in general and in this movie he plays this odd preppie psedu-ladies man who gets himself into some hot water and consequently loses both of his testicles.

One of his previous conquests is pregnant and comes back into his life claiming he's the father. The rest of the movie basically deals with that.

All in all it's pretty funny. I don't regret watching it like how I regretted watching "Dinner for Schmucks", at any rate.

Polmeni

Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 14:01

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, and it's not a movie but the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" is pretty engrossing. Great story and characters so far.

Also, if you haven't checked out Starz's "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" you owe it to yourself to do so. Testosterone overload.

Pymamin

Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 15:13

If you don't watch it the heavens themselves will open up and Jupiter himself will wave his cock at you mockingly!

I think they mention Jupiter's Cock at least once an episode.

Polmeni

Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 15:20

Haha, yes the certainly do. An entire new bevy of oaths and curses in that show.

Cavadus

Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 23:42

Boardwalk Empire is awesome. Easily the best thing HBO's done since Band of Brothers, IMO.

Pymamin

Mon, 10 Jan 2011, 12:05

Saw Black Swan this weekend. Quite good, and a bit of a mind screw. Natalie Portman was very good in it.

Pymamin

Mon, 10 Jan 2011, 12:18

I also wanted to mention that I recently saw Fantastic Mr. Fox on HBO. And it was hilarious. I recommend it to everyone, espcially if you like George Clooney or the works of the director Wes Anderson.

Here, put on this bandit hat.

Polmeni

Tue, 11 Jan 2011, 08:46

I'm not sure if anyone has seen or heard of this yet but he Star Wars Prequel trilogies as reviewed at redlettermedia.com are pretty awesome. The Episode III review is about and hour and 45 minutes long and its got some legitimate critiques as well as dark comedy. The episode I and II reviews are in youtube and are pretty excellent as well. Definitely check them out.

Pymamin

Tue, 11 Jan 2011, 09:32

Just so I understand you correctly, it's a 1.75 hour long review for a 2.33 hour long movie? Probably a better use of my time than the movie too...

Cavadus

Tue, 11 Jan 2011, 11:53

Just so I understand you correctly, it's a 1.75 hour long review for a 2.33 hour long movie? Probably a better use of my time than the movie too...

Ha :p

I just finished up the first season of FX's Sons of Anarchy and it's pretty enjoyable. A lot of actors from The Shield cropping up in it but the best part was when HBO's Deadwood's Charlie Utter was introduced as the police chief.

But yeah, pretty entertaining. My only criticism is that it's a bit outlandish. Nothing like Nip/Tuck or anything but there just seems to be a little bit too much serious crime for the motorcyle club to reasonably get away with.

Anyways, on to season two!

Campbell

Tue, 11 Jan 2011, 17:11

Knight and Day - Pretty funny story but elements from just about every action sequence have been busted by the Mythbusters already.

Also watched Predators. It ends as one would expect a story about a bunch of human predators being hunted by alien predators to end. See also every other movie where one group of bad guys is being hunted by another or each other.

Cavadus

Wed, 09 Feb 2011, 17:14

--> Monsters

Starring: No one

I had heard some great stuff about this movie and Ain'tItCool.com hyped the shit out of it.

Man, what a fucking disappointment. The premise is that some weird shit was going on in space, we sent a probe out to investigate, discovered life, and as the probe was returning to earth something went awry and it crashed in northern Mexico.

The movie takes place six years after that and there's now this "alien zone" which buffers the U.S. from Mexico. The giant alien monsters kinda run around and just fuck shit up.

The opening scene looked pretty badass. It was a bunch of soldiers in Texas just fighting one of these aliens and there's this sweet POV camera shot of a Cruise missile being guided (it's like nose cam POV) and it just wrecks this monster.

Anyways, the rest of the movie is some annoying photographer emo'ing out over his bitch ex-wife or GF or whatever that he had a kid with and then there's this random hot chick and of course there's this annoying romance between the two of them.

Overall, awful; just awful. There's almost no action. The monsters get very little face time. The two main characters are the least interesting people ever presented on film.

I'm also pretty sure there was some type of immigration allegory meant to demonize America as in the movie the U.S. built this mega-wall to keep the Mexican aliens (ROFL, awesome pun) out... but whatever. Maybe I'm inferring too much or something.

Stay away from this stinker. Do yourself a favor and get the director's cut of Aliens and watch a real damn movie.

Cavadus

Thu, 10 Mar 2011, 11:13

--> Daybreakers

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neil

Not terrible. The basic premise is that humans sort of evolved into vampires and almost the entire human population has converted but they still need humans for the blood.

Anyways, the human population being farmed for blood can no longer supply the world's demand and vampires start to to regress and mutate and go feral and it's anarchy, et cetera, enter the movie.

I feel like the movie would have been more interesting if the vampires weren't typecast as villains. If they're gonna be the common man then make them the common man.

They're fairly cliche, unfortunately. One of the more positive elements was the interesting theory into vampire day-to-day life, them dealing with sunlight, the technology they've invented to make their lives easier, et cetera. That was kind of neat.

Overall, I give this movie three out of five Ethan Hawk heads.

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Pymamin

Thu, 10 Mar 2011, 12:00

I vote that we use Ethan Hawk Heads to rate everything.

Campbell

Thu, 10 Mar 2011, 12:18

--> Daybreakers

Good movie.

Cavadus

Mon, 18 Apr 2011, 17:29

Draconis

Mon, 18 Apr 2011, 17:39

--> Get Low

Starring: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek
....
All in all quite good. One of the few movies I've seen lately where I didn't pause it now and again to surf the internet or something.

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep my eye out for this one. I'm kinda sweet on Sissy Spacek. :)

Campbell

Mon, 30 May 2011, 12:51

--> Get Low

Starring: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek

This was a cool little story about a hermit (Robert Duvall) who is nearing death. As he senses this approach he comes back into town for the first time in forty years to pay a funeral director and his apprentice to throw him a "living funeral".

The acting by Duvall and Murray is great and eventually we learn that Duvall's hermit character self imposed his exile because of a past act and how much he hates himself for it and regrets what he did. He hopes his funeral can be his platform for redemption.

All in all quite good. One of the few movies I've seen lately where I didn't pause it now and again to surf the internet or something.

I too enjoyed this movie.

I also recently watched "It's Kind of a Funny Story." Its about a teen under a great deal of stress who checks himself into a psych ward and gets placed with adult patients because the teen ward is under renovation. Zach Galifianakis has a role but he isn't as overdone as he is in the Hangover movies. The main character is even played by a real teen.

I also recommend "I Sell the Dead" starring Dominic Monaghan as a rather unrepentant grave robber facing the guillotine as he tells his story to an inquisitive priest. Its not a traditional zombie movie, they are more of a prop for the humor than the main story.

Oh and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is as good as the others, better even than the 2nd Pirates because it starts a new trilogy rather than being the middle child of the the first trilogy.

Last

Fri, 03 Jun 2011, 21:22

In theatres now and worth seeing:

Battle Los Angeles - Aliens attacking earth, the whole movie is based on a Marine squads point of view. Actually a very intense movie. Very awesome!

Priest - I found it to be a little more showy, lacking in a meaningful story. Well done, but lacking...

Stake Land - Excellent movie, very different take on a vampire infestation!

I Am Number Four - Aliens living among us, with a super-hero powers twist. All in all a great movie.

Carriers - Post-Apocalyptic movie.

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE - Badass revenge movie!

INK - Weirdly, trippy movie. If you're into the weird stuff, watch this.

Malice in Wonderland - A trippy spin on Alice in Wonderland. Good movie though.

Asian golden age movies like Three Kingdoms, Red Cliff, Ip Man and the Ong-Bak movies are also a good watch.

Plus I'm a sucker for any of the movies about the comic book heroes, so Thor, Green Hornet, Hulk, Iron-Man and the up-and-coming Green Lantern & Captain America top my lists... along with many many other recently made superhero movies. :)

For the TV show watcher:

You've all already mentioned two of my favorite shows, The Walking Dead and Dexter both very well written and amazing shows. Other shows like LOST, Battlestar Galactica and Friday Night Lights (TV Series) are among my favs. Also saw someone mention Sons of Anarchy - excellent show.

Life on Mars - Interestingly well written thinking Drama, I truely enjoyed this show, one of my favorites, from begining to end.

Flash Forward - Rated in my mind as a Time Warping "Lost", well written, good show.

Flashpoint - Really well written and enjoyable to watch special police unit show.

Stargate Universe - IMO the best of the Stargate line to date, sad as hell that they cancelled it, definitely worth watching up to it's conclusion though, if you're interested.

Lie To Me - Very good criminal investigation show with twists and turns... smart show.

Persons Unknown - Basic premise is that a group of people are abducted, thrown into a makeshift town, to figure things out. Well written...

A BBC Drama "Survivors" - Also very well done post-apocalyptic TV Series.

That's my short list! :)

Oh yeah... Hi Guys!

I'm....

-Last

Campbell

Sat, 04 Jun 2011, 15:19

"Dinner for Schmucks" With Steve Carell. Carell carries the movie and does a damn good job of it. Very funny and highly recommended.

"I Love You Phillip Morris" Jim Carrey and Ewan MacGreggor. Apparently based on the true story of a con man and his lover. Carrey doesn't quite pull off his role (too much comedy) but MacGreggor is great as the title character. The real Steven Russel is in prison for umpteen million years for escaping from Texas prisons numerous times to be with his one true love. The guy even faked having aids and his death by aids to escape. Then Governor George Bush really threw the book at Russel after that whole convincing the state of Texas that he was dead thing.

"Let me in" A vampire movie where the vampires aren't twampire pussies and there's no happy feeling at the end and yet it isn't all about brutal violence ala "Thirty Days of Night"

"The Tourist" Johny Depp. Can't say much with out spoiling it, its fairly obvious but still fun to watch. Yeah I figured who Depp really was as soon as the principle characters explained the plot.

Campbell

Thu, 09 Jun 2011, 17:26

"Red Faction: Origins" Surprisingly good for a made for TV syfy movie. Stars one of the better actors from SGU. Has very little to do with the games not that I know any of their lore anyway. Hell, only thing I remember about the games is from the first game where you could blow just about anything up with a RL, and I would bore holes through walls for fun and once dug a pit and successfully trapped someone in it in PVP. But I digress. Good movie.

Cavadus

Fri, 17 Jun 2011, 14:14

--> Hobo With a Shotgun

Starring: Rutger Hauer, Kevin Tremblay (briefly)

Where to start with the brilliance of this movie... this is easily the best movie I've seen since Inception. You see, the hobo just needs fifty bucks so he can buy a lawnmower, start his lawnmowing business, and raise himself up out of poverty.

Unfortunately the new town he's just homlessly moved into is run by a sadistic criminal named "The Drake" and his two miscreants sons who make this dream extremely hard to realize. In the end our hero hobo gets his fifty bucks but due to social pressures he decides a shotgun would be a much better investment.

In all seriousness this is an extreme exploitation film. If you liked the Grindhouse movies you'll like this. If you liked Machete you'll fucking love it because it's basically like that but one-hundreds times more. For an example, there's a scene where one of the crimelord's sons goes onto a schoolbus with a flamethrower and burns all the children onboard alive. You get to see them go up in flames and pound on the windows as they burn to death. These are small children.

Excessive violence, excessive gore, excessive nudity, exploding body parts... I fucking loved it. Hard.

Go see Hobo With a Shotgun, won't you?

Campbell

Mon, 11 Jul 2011, 18:05

"True Grit" - This movie was like a satire of western's. Jeff Bridge's Cogburn was terrible but the rest of the actors did their job well. I liked how all the dialog was polite and fairly realistic. Even the leader of the criminals was polite. The girl that plays the main character is a dead ringer for Judy Garland but with a hint of the little girl from Addams Family.

"Megamind" - Just another cartoon comedy. Voice acting is funny.

"I am Number Four" - Terrible plot, terrible acting (except Oliphant and the nerd kid that the main character befriends) and a really stupid plot full of idiotic unexplained and illogical holes. Oh and the story is stupid. This movie would have been better off on the Syfy channel's Saturday night lineup.

Eager

Tue, 12 Jul 2011, 03:35

Hmm it appears we have different tastes for movies :) I really liked this True Grit better than the original and I actually enjoyed Jeff Bridges' acting. I believe that he is at his best playing miserable assholes :) Also imho he gets better with age. The actress did look like Wednesday :) I really don't know why did they put her in the "Supporting Role" lineup at the Oscars.

I love cartoons so I enjoyed Megamind very much - it was a pleasant surprise. While it was overall very predictable it did fool me near the end - they didn't take the easy way out in the climax fight. I liked it a little bit better than Despicable Me.

Completely agree on I Am Number Four - haven't seen the ending actually, it felt a bit painful to watch it all.

To stay on topic - the latest films I've seen were Transformers 3, RED, Thor and Kung Fu Panda 2.

Transformers 3 was basically a slightly better version of 2 - which would make an OK movie if they cut about 50 minutes out. I see no major differences in the basic plot between the three films, particularly the last two. Shia LaBeouf played a mean asshole and I neither get nor like that. They didn't bother to rewrite Megan Fox' part for the new girl and you can easily tell - the whole "love of my life" part didn't make any sense. They could have made the Decepticons more colorful and distinct, I had difficulty telling them apart. I don't get the mechanical Shai Hulud, either. Overall I would say then when you make a Transformers movie give the fracking Transformers more screen time and don't bother us with the puny, uninteresting human characters. Oh and Michal Bay is totally in love with your army - the recruiters can use parts of any Transfirmers film as propaganda :) Not saying it is good or bad, it just leaves an impression. At least it wasn't as annoying as the other human characters. I can go on with the rant, I don;t even know why I keep watching these films. Nostalgia...

RED was an awesome old-style action - I regret not seeing it earlier :) THe ending did disappoint, and generally I liked the first half better, but it still was a pretty awesome brainless action flick :) I make the part with Bruce taking the grenade launcher out of the pig into an animated gif and use it as a signature for my Commando forum profiles :P

Thor was OK-ish, but nothing more. I will never ever watch it again. Tbh I'm disappointed - Spiderman, the puny stuttering college student gets to fight impossible foes such as the Sandman, and Thor, freaking God of Thunder, spends his time beating government agents? Really?

Kung Fu Panda was better plot-wise than the original, and overall quite pleasant, but I should have gone to IMAX to see it. I made the mistake of downloading a somewhat poor quality copy of it and it lost part of the magic. As if I don't know better, but what's done is done...

Cavadus

Thu, 28 Jul 2011, 12:05

--> Source Code

Starring: Jake Gyllenhal, the chick from "The Departed", Michelle Mogynahan(SP?), and some black dude with a goatee that I recognized

Overall I quite liked this film and there was an interesting twist at about the halfway mark which was quite memorable.

Basically, they hook a guy up to a computer simulation which culls the environment and "characters" from the short term memory of a dead person which they extract shortly after death.

Each time our hero jumps back into the memory, or "source code", he has eight minutes to deduce as many clues from the scene of the crime before an explosion goes off.

One of the better films I've seen lately. None of the actors bugged me which is rare though, as always, Jake Gyllenhal looks like he's on the verge of breaking into tears but I guess his face is just stuck like that after all these years or something.

I recommend it. You can already watch it on DirecTV or download high-res copies off torrents.

Buzinator

Mon, 01 Aug 2011, 17:31

the movie has good production quality, and i didn't dislike it entirely. the one thing i couldn't get passed is they never explained how what happened at the end was achievable, and it was just bullshit. =) it just stretched it a bit to far, i think.

Buzinator

Mon, 01 Aug 2011, 17:36

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A good crappy movie with some decent humor in it. A couple of rednecks just bought their dream home and believe they are living the dream. However, some city kids camp nearby and one girl hurts herself and the rednecks come to the rescue. The kids believe they kidnap her and then all evil breaks loose, as the kids attempt to rescue her.

Campbell

Tue, 06 Sep 2011, 21:57

Ive been watching quite a few of the recent Nicolas Cage bombs lately and I came across one that wasn't an exercise in WTF. "Drive Angry" about a guy on a mission to save his granddaughter from devil worshipers. Lots of explosions, gory deaths and really, really bad lines. The Accountant was by far the most entertaining character, having fun doing deadly things he knew wouldn't kill him in his pursuit of Cage's character.

The only bit that really ruined the flow was at the end where the main devil worshiper goes on about how he is "immortal" just minutes after the devils accountant pointed out how pissed the devil was going to be that this dick was going to sacrifice an innocent in his name. Furthermore it had been established that the only way to be "immortal" was to already be dead ala Cage's character and the Accountant, yet the main devil worshiper was clearly still alive. it was just a hokey way to get one more firing of that stupid god killing gun into the movie. That bit where he was drinking beer from the dudes skull was utterly retarded as well.

"Sanctum" was OK, It kinda sets the tone of the whole movie within a half hour as folks start dropping like flies. I wonder how much of the "based on real events" was actually true. As a spelunker myself I enjoyed the scenery at least.