billy connelly live .... always funny ..

The Dead Next Door


Strange, fun little movie. It's really not very good, but it has a few perks that make it worth watching.

Im sure, as horror fans, we've all seen our share of bad actors. As far as Im concerned, some of these guys are pretty close to Dark Heritage levels of bad. Even Bruce Campbell, who did uncredited voice overs for a couple characters, doesnt seem as great as he should. Sure, he's a million times better than anyone else involved, but that really isnt saying a whole lot.

The strength of this film lies in it's plot. It actually has a really good zombie plot, J.R. Bookwalter actually came with a rare original concept for the sub-genre. Up until the ending it's pretty basic and straight-forward, but the whole deal with the serum was really cool. I wont spoil it by saying any more about it.

For a movie that was advertised, to me at least, as a no-holds-barred gorefest, the blood and guts were somewhat disapointing. They looked great of course, but we rarely got to see any.

When it comes down to it, this is a pretty bad movie. However the plot and a bit of gore make it worth seeing on a rainy night if you have nothing better to do.

6/10

duh... how could i have forgotten .. just got in the house from taking the lad to see Over the Hedge.

another animated film borrowing everything from all the others just like it. artistically and thematically..

(the hyper squirrel from hoodwinked, the possoms from ice age 2...)

shit they're all blending together now.

SPOILER ***************

they even ripped of Futerama witha 'too much caffein' sequence


a couple funny moments (Shatners character) but little else..

Couldn't have said it better myself. This is my favorite horror flick and I'm glad someone else actually liked it. This film gets WAY to much shit. I dare you to check out Maniac if you haven't already seen it.... #2 on my forever changing favorites list :)

Maybe it's just because I dont watch very many kids movies, but I quite enjoyed this one. Good characters, a few laughs, half-decent plot...I thought it was pretty fun.

Depends on which Maniac you mean...I've seen the really bizarre 1934 Bill Woods movie, but I havent been able to find a copy of the 80's slasher. I'll have to keep an eye out, as Im assuming thats the one you mean.

Yep the 80s slasher. I'd burn you a copy but I've only got it on VHS and can't dub shit at the moment. But let me know if you don't have any luck and I'll burn a friends DVD of it (R0 - so you should be able to play it?)

Finding Neverland

Johnny Depp is a good actor, but this movie was a snore. Evidently the guy that wrote Peter Pan wasn't very interesting. The special effects were alright, but this film just didn't do anything for me...


C-






Date Movie

This was basically one short spoof after another. Some were sort of funny, some weren't at all. In all, this movie was pretty lame with only a few laughs thrown in.

C

i'm very tough on kids movies ... i have to watch them all so i get pissed when i see a lazy effort.

most of them try to be too hip .. hollywood doesnt understand hip - or very few people there do.

my benchmark for recent kids films are as follows :

Monsters Inc
Toy Story 1
Toy Story 2
A Bugs Life
Shrek
Shrek 2
Ice Age (#1 only)

.. pretty much in that order.

if movies dont measure up to these films i have no time for them ...

very few kids movies make the grade. they're made thinking that kids dont give a shit about quality - just amp up the 'krazy-kooky' action and the kids will eat it up.
they forget that kids are smarter now, and they also forget about the $$$ to be made if the films are also smart enough for adults.
(i dont mean one or 2 'clever' references .. i mean the whole structure of the film)

so yeah ... maybe i unfairly compare everything with my favorites in mind - but it happens naturally - like in any other genre.


for the record .. Hoodwinked was pretty damn close to the class of these films ..

I'm surprised that you don't have The Incredibles or Finding Nemo on that list. Finding Nemo was pretty good, but The Incredibles was one of my favorite movies of last year, especially the Jax Attacks sequence on the special features. I also liked Antz more than A Bug's Life.
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I blind-bought this awhile ago and hated it to shit. I'd give it about a 3/10.

X3

It wasn't anything too special, the 1st is the best, but this is worth a theater view if you liked 1 and 2. The first is still the best of the three, and number 3 is 2nd best. I liked storm in this one a lot, but I wish Angel had a bigger part.

7.5/10

yep .. the incredibles should definately be on the list ..


i prefered bugs life to ants though ..

re. texas chainsaw 2 ... i love that movie .. great crazy shit

X-3: The Last Stand - 5/10

I went into this movie with the high expectations that the first two movies in the series established. Let me say that it disappointed on so many levels. The storylines and new characters were not fleshed out.

Angel had a total of four scenes in the whole movie, and two of thoses scenes lasted a few seconds. All the new villains were lame with the exception of Jaugernaut. I mean the porcupine dude had the lamest power I have scene. He has to hug his enemies to death. I didn't even know the androgynus villain's power until the last battle. I thought her, turned out to actually be a girl, powerwas to look pissed and look ambiguous. The third new villain of lamness was multiple man, he was only in the film for one plot point. Even the girl who was basically Dash from the Incredibles, had the amazing power to sense other mutants powers and locate them, something Professor X (supposedly one of the most powerful mutants) has to use Cerebro to do.

The build up to the last battle was too short. Maneto's army of mutants' major powers were to go into battle and swing away with there fists. I think he would have been better off with a group of Soccer Hooligans. Don't even get me started on the sudden hatred between Pyro and Bobby(Iceman). There was such a build up to their showdown, and boy did it suck when we got there.

There were a few positives in the movie. Kelsey Grammer was excellent as the Beast, and he was handled nicely. Kitty, who I thought was the worst X-Man, turned out to be actually pretty cool. Angel did look cool, but again his character was not fleshed out.

I would not go see a 4th X-Man unless Bryan Singer came back to the series. If Brent Rattner directs the new Wolverine Movie, I probably won't go see that either. If you are a fan of the comic book and the first two movies, stay away from this movie. Wait for it to come out on DVD. I wish I had.

P.S. - They totally wussified Wolverine in this movie.

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The biggest villain in the X-Men universe.

"I love you man. Give me a hug! By the way, do you have any Clearasil? I think I'm breaking out."

It Waits

I agree TCM 2 is fucking great and so's Maniac.

Cape Fear

Damn good movie by Scorcese. De Niro is excellent in this one. The rest are ok, but the movie belongs to De Niro.

08/10

firewall ...

another bad movie.

Love this film, thought Joe Spinell gave a fantastic performance and really is a must see.

It the sort of film where unspeakable acts of depravity are carried out and yet still allows room for sympathising with the perpetrator. Always difficult to do but excellently done here.



Watched Kelly's Heroes for the umpteenth time, great film!

I'm sure they've done quite a bit of ripping but wasn't the hyper squirrel established in the Sunday comic before Hoodwinked even came along? Anyway, I just watched Cats and Dogs... I don't know why.

A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Lady and the Tramp

10/10

oh geeze - it might have been .. didnt have that for a frame of reference as i saw hoodwinked 1st.

didnt even know there was a comic strip.


still feel the same way about the pacing and the general frow of the film though ...

i wish i could articulate better how something work - fit - feel natural in some movies where in others they feel forced - ripped off - desperate.

to use shrek as an example .there were in jokes for the adults - but it enhanced the story - like an afterthought ..it wasnt what the movie RELIED on for humor (i.e madagascar)

there's a subtle difference ....

a kids movie should be paced like any other movie ..let it build to the highs ..dont try to maintain the high for 100% of the film ...

I agree, I think the fact that CGI has become so accessible is hurting animated film. Now it's so cheap it doesn't have to be a good movie to get the greenlight. As for Over the Hedge, it's a Sunday comic strip that's sometimes funny but I never really got into it.

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The Sum Of all Fears 5 / 10 :confused:

Running Scared

Wow... I don't hate Paul Walker anymore. It's like he never even made The Fast and the Furious or 2 Fast 2 Furious or Into the Blue...

The Brothers Grimm

Although the special effects weren't too great it was a pretty entertaining movie. I give it a 3/5.

I toldja it was good....about six pages back.:D

the break up.... BOO!
multiple thumbs down

underworld: evolution


i liked it!

Fun with Dick and Jane,i liked it.But i would have enjoyed it alot more if i could have watched it with someone else.

I just saw a preview for this today & it looked pretty cool. Although, I highly doubt it "Makes Kill Bill look like Sesame Street" as it claims, it still looks cool. I bumped to the top of my queue so I should be able to check it out sometime in the next week or so...

Blood Beach
The Dark
Naked Lunch

looks like a bloom county ripoff :D

Cannibal Holocaust :eek:

Wolf Creek

I'll start off by saying: if you want to enjoy this movie, don't go in expecting anything more than a normal slasher. This is because THAT IS ALL IT IS!!! I'm not so sure why so many people thought this sucked so bad. Then again, I'm not sure where all the hype came from in the first place. The acting is good, the Australian scenery is breath-taking, and the storyline at least a step above your straight to vid slash-a-thon. There's some decent splatter, too.

Yes, the meat of the action does take about 45 minutes to get to, but so what? Not every movie needs to open with a kill. I, for one, like to at least care a little about the characters before they get horribly murdered.

*MILD SPOILERS AHEAD*
There are definately a few scenes that had me rolling my eyes about some of the choices one of the girls made when trying to get away. The main one was a stretch to get a little bit of extra story in, so I can forgive it.

All in all, I think the film has a nice, gritty feel to it. It's not the next coming of TCM, but it's definately a notch above all of the shitty remakes we've been getting. 6.5/10

Oh no they fucking did NOT:eek: