Jurassic Park III

Django

Franco Nero is no Clint Eastwood.


good cheesy fun

I m glad someone else liked it as much as I did.

December Boys and Breach - reviews in my Movie Review thread.

We're Back! - A Dinosaur's Story 9/10

The Man Without a Face

Tenebre

awesome

Wrong Turn 2

saw 4 at the theatre last night. i liked it better than 3. the twist was good. i really liked it.

I didn't even make it through NightWatch... Found it boring, pretentious and actually confusing (wasn't sure how the beginning "tale" related to the rest of the film)... I'm curious as to why they would even have a second one...

I thought the third one was pretty abysmal, though I'm not sure why I subject myself to those movies at all... Torture porn isn't really my thing... But, still, there is that macabre curiosity... I'll probably wind up renting it.

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Most recently watched films of moi:

Cinderella

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Korean film centering around a girl whose mom is a successful plastic surgeon. Meanwhile, her friends are haunted by a dead wet girl (why is it always dead wet girls??)...

Honestly, not that bad a ghost story. Pretty typical I think of Asian cinema; fairly slow build-up with some pretty poor editing choices at the beginning... The payoff is pretty ultimately horrific, however. I would recommend if you are a fan of Asian ghost stories.

C+/B-

Pecker

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Possibly my favorite John Waters film, this movie definitely has all the quirkiness that the director promises with a little bit of heartwarm... It's a film about an aspiring photographer, Edward Furlong (MAN! When was the last time you saw him?!) and his subjects, spanning from the gay bar down the street to his sugar-obsessed little sister, to Christina Ricci.

Fantastic film. B+/A-


Arang

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Another Asian ghost story, again from Korea. A female detective investigating the bizarre murders revolving around four male friends...

Honestly, I actually found it incredibly well directed and an interesting take on the feminist side of horror. Seriously. Director Sang-hoon Ahn creates a believable strong woman and challenges the patriarchal horror archetype by objectifying and haunting the male characters. That's not to say that this movie is devoid of sexism, but in the Asian Horror world of victimized girls, it's good to see that it's not only the Ghost fulfilling revenge, but the detective as well.

I really enjoyed it and would definitely see it again.

B/B+

Bad Boys.....

Live Free or Die Hard (Unrated) 7/10
McClane is in the wrong place at the wrong time....AGAIN!!!!
Action packed + sweet CGI = great popcorn flix.

Schindler's List

Best epic war movie of all time.

>>: A+

I think that would be where watching the rest of the movie comes in.
I didn't find it pretentious in any way...it was the first film in ages not to glamourise vampirism, and added their own philosophy and cultural beliefs into it...it was just a little...complex, not a style of direction the larger world is really used to.
Daywatch, I didn't like quite as much...but I liked both enough.

I just saw Fred Clause.
Not bad, for what it was...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In the unrated version, did he completely finish his sentence when he yelled "yippe-kiy-aye, motherfucker"?

Yep, there were a lot of classic McClane F-bombs. :D

Been in a superhero mood apparently lately. Have been exposing the child to the Incredibles a lot (Best family movie ever, simply screams for a sequel...)


Finally saw Batman Begins. I was intrigued to see it, but now I am in love. I have yet to see Christian Bale in anything I didnt love.

"The dread" 5-6/10

Pretty decent.

Solid! I bought it yesterday.

Pet Sematary
Zoolander


Angra, that sig is hilarious.

Hehe


Sure he could fight, but could he dance?... hmmm..

I am so watching that tonight, and playing it over, and over again.

Spiderman 3~ there's enough here to like, good special effects for sure, and I enjoyed it overall, I suppose....but there was WAY too much going on, and it hurt the movie. And some of it was just annoying (Peter Parker's bad side). Oh and Venom wasn't used enough. Just not nearly as good as the first two.

Trailer Park Boys The Big Dirty.

Fred Claus (2007)

Not as bad as I expected it to be, but still...not great.

Catacombs

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With the invitation from her sister, Victoria Flown to Paris from the States and then joined the party at night in a catacomb of 200-mile stretch of limestone tunnels lined with the remains of 7 million people. After getting lost there Victoria becomes convinced that someone monstrous or something mysterious is chasing her.
Well...it's an "Inspired by true events" movie and at the end of this film it seems quite alright. It could or should be happen to the people. Surprisingly I have read some reviews where someone tried to compared it with The Descent and I wonder what the hell wrong with him/her.

>>: C+

Grumpier Old Men - 7/10

Zombie Bloodbath
god awful.

Cannibal Holocaust
 

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Just saw it, my immediate reaction was.. bleah..:eek:
I was like wtf?? who made this piece of crap, like the story isn't even worth telling not to mention make a whole movie 'bout it, it's no surprise it was banned in almost 50 countries .. anyway some of the effects were pretty cool, i mean it's made in the 80' or so... the movie's tagline was sort of like this "Ripout! Barbeque! Devour! How long can you take it?" lame, just lame, anyway i watched it all, even watched it a second time to make sure the effects were in deed effects, i wasn't sure the first time :)).. my score will be i guess about a 6 on a 1 to 10 scale.. it's lame though but nice effects...:p

Woa i't almost coming to a new year from when i registered here.. time to get to posting baby, no joking around anymore, leave the sex for later we got some serious business here

TMNT

Maybe it could have been better, but I don't care, I love being a turtle!


6.5/10


Idiocracy

reminded me of Terry Gilliam a littlte to much...

6/10

Fallen Angels - 3/10

The Tripper... :)

Dude. In the last 30 minutes of the movie every single male lead was crying. Did anyone else have issue with that? I mean, we all knew that Peter Parker was a pussy, how can we possibly take anyone else seriously if they're weeping and trying to kick his ass at the same tine?! - Keep the eyes dry.

Bruce Campbell's 5 minutes - Best five minutes of the film hands down. Then again, I am thrilled to pieces with all of his Old Spice commercials.

That's it! If, instead of Spider Man 3, Sam Raimi made an hour and a half long Old Spice commercial... I wouldn't have left the theater grieving that I had lost 2 hours of my life.

[/SPIDERMANRANT]
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Anyway.

Last night I watched Ju-On for the first time.

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I had seen the American remake when it came out, and honestly at the time I was living in my own apartment, by myself, and was incredibly drunk. First, it scared me sober and then it kept me up all night (I eventually got to sleep by convincing myself that if there was a vengeful wraith in my apartment it would have already gotten me - no lie), so suffice to say, I was fairly impressed with its direction and acting (though I really hate Sarah Michelle Gellar).

I was really looking forward to the original, especially since I am completely intrigued by the fact that it's directed by the same guy - Takashi Shimizu.

As to be expected, the direction was incredible. Horror and suspense were built up well, and the physical manifestation of the ghost is still just as frightening (I even screamed a few times)...

HOWEVER...

I found the intermingling stories meandering, confusing, and relatively superfluous. I could see why he omitted a lot of them when remaking it. The film definitely drags out longer than it should have and the payoff (the "twist" if you will) is completely unnecessary and nonsensical.

Sorry, Shimizu, but I liked the remake better (and thought it was COMPLETELY underrated at the time).

I give Ju-On a B-/B (extra points for obviously being well directed and a novel representation of the ghost itself). I'd see it again, though.

The Incredibles (2004)

You give some of the best reviews........keep it going girl.

as far as this one....I don't agree 100%

I did see the original first....so that may sway my thoughts.

I loved the original and thought the remake was very good as well.

as far as the meandering, confusing, and relatively superfluous parts......I think that could be more of a cultural difference.

No Country for Old Men

Rating: Meh out of Huh?

Live Free or Die Hard (unrated) - 9/10

No, to be honest, I didn't really think about it....;) I was much more annoyed by the dancing Peter Parker bit, which was very lame, particularly when we supposed to be believing he was going a little bad. It was a disappointment, just because I thought the second one was pretty damn good. Of course I have always had a soft spot for Spidey.

Dodgeball.....

Yeah, how annoying was that? So inconsistent with the rest of the film!! But... Yet... So Sam Raimi. :rolleyes: