Seen it many times. A true classic of the times. The sequel is great too!

:D :D :D ... I know your reply wasn't about my post but as my post is at the top of the page now so it seems for a sec that you were talking about Rest Stop and I believe you have no interest about this horror or its poor sequel either. hehehehe.

when i saw the audience - i excpected far worse :)


it wasnt great - no to ways about that ...but it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be.

(it was better than madagascar 2 - lets put it like that :) )

Warlords Of The 21st Century

I watched this as a kid a bunch of time under the name Battletruck. A totally underated flick that was just as great as I remembered it. A really straight up vision of the post apocalyptic world compared to a lot of the Mad Max knock offs. This ranks right up there in my favorite films released from NZ.

It really sucks Neil Marshall didn't see the sublties of this and 2019: After The Fall Of New York. Doomsday effectively killed a revival of this genre dumbing it down instead of making it though provoking and relevant.

Had a Kubrick double feature last night.

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 10/10.

Probably my favorite war film. Vincent D'Onfrio was great in this film.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) - 10/10.

My favorite Kubrick film and definately in my top five films as well.

House of Voices – Endlessly slow and boring French haunted orphanage movie. I fell asleep, woke up, and turned it off.

Sam

Quantum of Solace- 8/10

Incredible action, and fantastic mysterious characters. A worthy sequel to an epic new beginning to Bond, and I loved the climax. However, I still felt like something was missing. That might have been the point though.

They went thataway and thataway ... some tim conway film ... pretty bad

Beowulf - beautiful animation - but it left me depressed

who was that lady ? - dean martin/tony curtis .. weak but amusing in parts.

Saw and Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon

Sukiyaki western Django
Ive found my new favorite Miike film. fabulous, bizzare, tons of fun, stuffed full of homages, yet somehow remains pretty damn original. great visuals, great action, great entertainment, fans of westerns should dig it. Loved how it ended with a Japanese version of the Django theme song.

Live Free or Die Hard
pleasantly surprised. script was a little weak in certain parts, especially a couple of Justin Long's lines, but the action was completely ridiculous and unrealistic, yet exciting as hell, and Willis still kept his signature hardass attitude despite the PG-13 rating. My favorite Die hard film after the original.

"Let the right one in" 7/10

Cute.

More of a drama than a horror movie.

Missed some answers here and there, especially about the ending. But all in all a pretty good movie.

Did you think (my small complaint here) that it would have been better in Japanese with subtitles than done in "Engrish"?

Kung Fu Panda...

Role Models

Generic story, with quite a few good laughs. Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch are really good, and the rest of the cast carries their weight as well. 6.9/10


Zack and Miri Make A Porno

Not on par with Smith's best, but still pretty funny and well done. 7/10


Let The Right One In

The best and most beautifully done vampire story(which as angra said, is more drama than horror)I've seen in years. That's honestly all I can find to say about it, you just have to see it. 8.9/10

haha!
Im not really sure about that one. i couldn't understand much of anything, watched it with English subtitles, but it did sort of add to the strangeness of it.

I love Miike. I'm pretty psyched for this one, even though I've never seen a true Western.

I'm also pretty psyched about seeing Let The Right One In. Good to see that you guys are enjoying it.

...

Been trying to get in the mindless comedies...

Friday night I watched

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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I don't know... Admittedly, I was kinda trashed, but, well, the movie just didn't really DO it for me. It had some parts that made me smile (all of the fake songs from "We've Got To Do Something" to "Inside Of You" to "Dracula's Lament" and especially the parody of CSI with Stephen Baldwin doing a fantastic David Caruso impression were all HILARIOUS), Paul Rudd was his usual AMAZING self and Mila Kunis is ridiculously smoking hot... But I felt as though, as a whole it was kinda weak. I don't know. The BIG JOKE seemed to be that the main male character (Jason Segel) was just pathetic (naked, crying, blathering...)... I think that some people find it funny. I just find it... meh.

2.5/5



Tonight we watched

Tropic Thunder

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Another meh. Some funny parts. Some fantastic cameos. And it pretty much seals the deal on me wanting to completely DO Robert Downey Jr (as the blonde Australian).

3/5

Am I MISSING something here? Did other people find these films amazingly funny?? I've heard that these movies were pretty fucking hilarious... But I just felt... meh with some occasional smiles and nods. Bored. Disassociated.

I don't know. It's been a really shitty week and particularly a shitty day... I was kinda expecting these movies to really lift my spirits. Maybe I just had too high hopes. That or maybe I don't feel feelings. meh.

You're not alone.

I thought forgetting sarah marshall was easily that crowds worst film...it's like about 4 really funny lines put into an otherwise shitty, boring movie - the lead plays a better bit part, the bit part guy plays a better lead...I can happily not see this film ever again. That I've heard some people talking about buying it on dvd on release day, honestly confuses me.

I'm also with you on Tropic Thunder, although I at least remotely liked this one. RDJ made the film, Ben Stiller felt oddly empty for his first "adult-ish" comedy in some time, and Jack Black was just annoying. The Tom Cruise character was a bit of a laugh, but overall this just wasn't the film I was hoping it would be.

You know we can't see these IMDB pix...

Tom Cruise was hilarious. Everything else pretty much sucked about TT.

Haven't seen FSM.

Dance of the Dead (2008)

Kudos to this low budget effort! It was a great fun ride with quite a fine & simple plot. The kids were good with the roles & delivered some pretty hilarious dialogs, scenes and technique to control the dead;) . Overall, a good Zombie comedy indeed. Definitely Worth a watch.

>>: B+


Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

>>: C

i laughed a lot during tropic thunder..
downey was the highlight but i though stiller was better than usual and jack black is always funny to me. Nick Nolte was a hoot...

i enjoyed the war movie cliches, the opening ads (not sure if they are also on the DVD)

there were a couple of things that could have been changed - but overall it provided a lot of laughs.




my last seen : The Jerk.

i was in the mood for a sure fire comedy - and this movie never fails.

the puppet masters

Ok, so I'm NOT crazy then. It's weird... FSM just got HUGE buzz (not that I generally listen to buzz, but I find that with comedies generally the "buzz" is fairly reliable). Talk about ridiculously overrated.

And I completely agree with you on TT - Downey Jr. was HILARIOUS (though I sometimes had a difficult time understanding him, which just made me feel LAME)... Ben Stiller was completely disappointing (I know that some people downright hate him, but I'm generally a Ben Stiller fan)... And Jack Black was a waste of space (could and SHOULD have been a show stopper).

Well, if I really KNEW that, I wouldn't have posted them that way, would I? :p

That's weird... I can see them (seriously - Why would I be able to see them but you can't? - Bizarre). :( I guess I'll stop being lazy and actually throw these pics into photobucket moving forward as opposed to just copying the source link and plugging it into image tags.

I wouldn't bother with it, to tell you the truth.

The opening ads were HYSTERICAL and definitely set a fantastic tone (which, unfortunately the movie didn't live up to). They had me rolling. And I agree - The war movie cliches were really well done, but the outcome is making me want to see Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket for old time's sake... Not watching it again.

Also

*POSSIBLE SPOILER*













The part where the director turns around, steps on a mine and blows up - AMAZING. I ran it back and had to watch it a second time. Wish there were more gags like that.














*[/POSSIBLE SPOILER]*

Maybe I'll go watch The Jerk now. It's been a while.

OH I'm picking out a thermos for you.
Not an ordinary thermos for you.
But the extra best thermos that you can buy,
With vinyl and stripes and a cup built right in!
I'm picking out a thermos for you,
And maybe a barometer too,
And what else can I buy so on me you'll rely,
A rear end thermometer too!

You can see them because they're in your cache. IMDB blocks hotlinking. Just do a google image search.

I did laugh a bit at this one but overall found it a little uneven.

The Bone Collector.


I really dont get why people hang an axe over Denzel. Not only is the guy pretty amazing in his roles, you can actually feel his presence as that character. Right from the opening frame till the last (when he murmurs "Merry Christmas" back at Angelina), he is Lincoln. Thats what makes the guy a pole apart from many of the rest, and puts him right in the leagues of a Daniel Day Lewis or a Al Pacino.

As for the movie, its a pretty decent whodunnit. Jolie plays her part well but looks a bit out of place, and Rooker is always a treat to watch. The major disappointment for me was the climax, which looked too hurried and just didnt feel right with the tone of the flick. Of course, it could have been worse...but in terms of impact, this one falls down several notches just cuz of it. Too bad, because this is a wonderful first 80 minutes + really disappointing last 25 minutes combo.



Rating - * * *

Last house on dead end street.

This was on at the cinema last night. I thought it was going to be a bit more nasty, it ended up being pretty damn funy.


7/10

Critters 2.

One word: Brilliant.

Posher, can you keep your alter ego confined to the general forum, and stop cluttering up the more specific threads with bullshit?

Rovdyr [Backwoods] (2008)

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A Norwegian survival horror that pretty much influenced by TCM (both the original & remake)...specially at the beginning of the movie (the van & the hitchhiker!). Though there was no chainsaw & Leatherface like maniac but there were decent amount of gore & killing scenes. I'm quite surprised with its poor imdb reviews & rating...it wasn't that bad actually.

>>: B-


Battle in Seattle (2008)

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>>: B

Evil (To Kako) - I'm really starting to think that the Europeans are going to be a horror powerhouse. This Greek zombie movie really impressed me. There was a good amount of tension and the gore scenes were outstanding. Still, the acting could have been much better. 6.5/10.

ah HA - Didn't know that about IMDB. Good to know. Thanks, NE.

And the only reason why I avoid Google Image Searching for movie posters (again, me being lazy) is that I'm usually already on IMDB and most of the time I have to resize the posters when I find them elsewhere. heh. :o

The Hound of the Baskervilles

holy shit it's true - i actually watched a classic !!

wanted to show my kid a sherlock holmes movie.
not a lot of action (for him) but he seemed to remain interested for the majority of the film.

No shit? I'd love to see that on the big screen, one of my favorites.

Last watched:

Sudden Impact

This one is the strongest of the sequels IMO. I do really like Magnum Force but I like the dark nasty mindedness of this one after the comic book styled flicks before it... its a return to the style of the original A really decent rape/revenge flick.

Just watched Get Smart.

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Surprisingly refreshing and a lot of fun. Steve Carell can really do no wrong in my eyes, from ridiculous yelling to fantastic slapstick.

Lots of nods to the original series ("Missed it by that much!") which I definitely appreciate.

And Bill Murray had a great little cameo playing... Well, classic Bill Murray.

The movie went a little long and I got kinda bored half way through, but all in all it was just plain fun.

3.25/5

Hey- I can see the pic!

LOL

See what I do for you, NE? ;)

Was it anything like the original series?

Everything except ZEBRAMAN!!!:mad:

The plot didn't exactly play out like something you'd expect from the show.
I was pretty apprehensive, but it was actually a pretty decent re-imagining.

Just watched Diary of the Dead again for the first time in a while...love the gore effects in this one, but the overall film not all that great. Amish guy is awesome.

Also Harold and Kumar 2 again. Still prefer the first, but this one's cool too, not too much bad to say about it.