Wolverine

I don't care what the critics say, I liked it. Plus, I got to see Hugh Jackman naked......what more could I ask? :D

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine"


Good solid action movie. I enjoyed it.

S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (2009)

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Other than the 2 pretty chicks in the lead, I couldn't find anything worth to see in this pointless sequel...same weird time travel crap was quite repetitive. But the effects and the making were alright.

>>: C


Phantasm (1979)

>>: B

The Man From Laramie.

Great Western with Jimmy Stewart. Beautiful photography.

Writing that wasn't near vomit inducing?

Plot Structure?

It wasn't the worst movie in history, at times it's amusing and fun and I can switch off for an action movie and just go along for the ride still when so many elements are just B grade your really letting yourselves down. Jackman pulled a good turn as always as Logan and Schreiber was a MUCH better Creed then I ever expected and Gavin Hood clearly knows how to shoot a film.

There is just not much to work with, contrived love stories and unnecessary arch villians plots and a forced sense of pace. There is no real connection to the allegory, which is simply not on for an X-men movie, and the dialogue is a generally to weak to carry any emotion.

When it's just shooting punchy one line zingers and reveling in the action it passes, but movies can do that and still not have to suck at everything else.

Nevertheless I am glad that some people liked it, I have a great fondness for the X-men and while the films can continue to succeed enough financially there is always a chance they will improve.

Doubt

This powerhouse drama of baseless accusations and inferences is alternately fascinating and annoying. The entire story exists within the minds of the viewers as nothing is ever clearly stated and nothing is ever fully resolved. The film plays out differently for each viewer which is a triumph of sorts, but the characters are all so unlikable that I had a hard time enjoying the supurb craftmanship going on. The acting is top notch. The directing is a bit heavy-handed, butnever obtrusive and the location & period (a Catholic school in the Bronx, 1964) is lovingly rendered.

Guess my own experience with the nuns who taught me makes me despise the needy, cranky and life-hating evil bitches in this film.

not for everyone.

6/10

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Sensationally entertaining escapist sci-fi. This is a clear-cut example of how to correctly invent and use "cine-fact" (no, that's not a real word- but humor me). The film comes up with halfway-bogus explanations about how things work on Mars, but it does so in a way which is completely logical for the space in which the story takes place- that is, diegetically there are no plot-holes. This is only after a little bit of belief suspension, but if you're not doing that when you watch this kind of stuff anyway then you don't know how to watch it and I don't know why you picked up a film called 'Robinson Cruse in Mars' in the first place. The lush Technicolor brings forth a rich mise-en-scene; Death Valley is transformed uniquely into the planet's barren surface, and volcanic infernos rise around every corner, isolating our hero on a planet which has little oxygen, little food and water, and no one to talk to...and it's hot as hell. As far as sheer entertainment, this film is top-notch; refreshingly, the special effects are on the backburner, while the study of a brave man and his struggles and successes on the planet Mars are explored mezmerisingly. A character study of a HUMAN on MARS? Where are the ALIENS?! It makes one long for the sci-fi of yesteryear.

been enjoying this one since i was a kid.

not crazy about the visual and sound effects that were also in Pal's War of the Worlds (i really hate that movie) but there is still a lot to like about this one.

Really fine 60s sci-fi. Glad you liked it Alky. Adam West as not-Batman!

Yeah, that was wild! I had no idea he was in it until I saw him there, it was a pleasant surprise.

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. Great story with incredible action scenes.

Blood Simple (1984). Suspenseful murder-gone-wrong and poor communication leads to incorrect assumptions flick by the Coen Brothers, their first i think. Ashe.
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Indeed. I just wrote a presentation on that film.
I'm taking a Film Authors class which concentrates on the "auterism" of the careers of Howard Hawks and The Coen Brothers. I must say that after all they've done, Blood Simple remains one of my favorites in their body of work.

Thats on my chopping list!

Pretty interesting (and only) take on fantasy by Fulci. The plot is slightly disjointed and the dubbing is a bit outlandish (as usual), but its a enjoyable flick.

I've been meaning to catch Conquest for a while myself, looks pretty sweet.
has anyone seen this by any chance? seems pretty similar.
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Doomsday

This film is 28 Days Later meets Mad Max meets Robin Hood. Its really shit, some decent set pieces and FX apart, dont waste you're time.
Cant believe the same man, Neil Marshall, did the brilliant Dog Soldiers and Descent. Not his finest hour.

Stuck - Pretty good, it depended on everybody acting in a pretty unrealistic way but I like that sometimes. A pretty straight forward story without a lot of deviation, just told from beginning to end.

JCVD - Not bad, the backtracking got a little annoying and seemed to drag to movie down and I didn't like the "prayer" scene but all in all I enjoyed it.

Noise (Tim Robbins) - I really liked this one. Thoughtful, amusing, and entertaining throughout the entire thing. I expected a Falling Down type movie but in the end I was pleasantly surprised.

(Lots of housework to do today, another thing sucking my time away but at least I can catch movies during them haha.)

I thought this one was pretty good. I'm surprised you didn't like it, considering your taste seem to be on par with mine.

The Day The Earth Stood Still- not as bad as I thought it would be

Bedtime Stories- very cute

My Bloody Valentine (remake)

I enjoyed the first quarter or so of this one but it really turns into a shitfest. The Friday The 13th remake totally kills this one. Predictable, classless and disappointing with a really ratshit cast of washed up teen soap opera stars. The big studios really need to pick up their game when it comes to horror because this crap doesn't cut it.

On a positive not it was cool to see Tom Atkins in a film again.


Agree with you totally on that one awful flick that I expected a lot more from. Gimme the 80s Italian knockoffs anyday over shit like that and the Death Race remake.

Star Trek - *spoilers*

There are a few major problems with this movie completely excluding the continuity errors from the series (which I looked past because it's a "re envisioning," but more on that later). The first and most glaring is the black hole logic that is essential to the story line. It makes absolutely no sense. I won't go into to detail but it bugged me. The "red matter." That's it really, I mean what is it and how can a drop form a black hole that engulfs a planet but not engulf the Enterprise and that Romulan mining vessel when the gigantic ball is released? The last thing is the mining vessel, everything about it. The interior design makes no sense and why do that have that slug? Does every Romulan mining crew have them on hand just in case? I could go on and on... There is one good thing though, I thought the casting was pretty good. All that being said they do offer an explanation as to the the many many many continuity errors from the series that being that it's supposed to be an alternate reality which old Spock states when they are in the cave. Which includes Vulcan being destroyed, Romulis? being destroyed, and the Spock and Uhura love interest(which I hated) Oh one thing I forgot to mention is the Spock and Kirk(what was with the Beastie Boys?) as kids segments sucked. Thanks for reading my incoherent ramble.
*End Spoliers*
After all my bitching though there was a part of me that enjoyed it so I give it a 2.5 out of 5. Worth a watch I suppose just for the visuals but don't get your hopes up.

Star Trek

fucking great. awesome. sweet. loved it.

Seriously the most entertained I have been at the theater in ages. So much fun. It was an alternate time line but the time travel was well thought out and well explained. It stuck to canon. I had the best time because the whole theater was full of Trekkies (except for one girl who exclaimed too loudly on her way out that she had just wasted 2 hours being bored and it was all her bf's fault. I turned around and told her to stop being such a bitch. :D) People clapped whenever there was a catch phrase from the series, and especially when Leonard Nimoy showed up.

The sound effects were same or similar to the ones in the series, and the soundtrack was very similar to the original music. The opening dialog from the series "to boldly go etc." at the end was perfect.

The characters were all pretty great too. I thought they would screw up Kirk but they didn't. This new guy is no Shatner, but the way they wrote his dialog made him out to still be a badass who sleep with alien women. Spock was great but I thought he showed a bit too much emotion. Sulu wasn't really in it too much, but he had a pretty kick ass fight scene. Chekov was amazing! This kid had quite the accent but did great, and Bones had his speech patterns down pat. Then there's Scottie. Simon Pegg was sooo good.

I loved it so much. Go see it, Trekkie or not. You won't be bored.

I think they fixed the continuity errors just fine. This is Trek, where impossible things happen every day because they haven't happened yet. And as far as red matter: goes, I suppose if it is contained and not touching anything, then it is cool. Agreed about Spock/Uhura though.

Might have to make a trip to the cinema to check out Star Trek. Loved the original films so I'm looking forward to seeing a modern take on it all.

"Fright night"
"House"


Revisited.

appalloosa

i liked it witha few exceptions :

1) the need to spell out the significance of the ending with a voiceover
i hate it when a decent film needs to pander to stupid people.

2) what the hell is wrong with rene zwelliger ? from the first frame to the last it looked like her face was going to explode .. like she ate a barrel full of whatever it is she's the most allergic to.

seriously - is there something wrong with her ?


Laid to Rest

loved it. i'm not a fan of slashers - but this one was fun. crazy gore, it avoided a lot of the slasher cliches i hate, and i didnt particularily have the problem R. Usher had with the dialogue. I found it refreshingly realistic ... in real life people dont recite brilliant dialogue .. especially under stress .. they can be nonsensical and disjointed at times ... i thought the dialogue was pretty accurate. nothing jumped out at me as being groan worthy.

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Going to see Star Trek tonight.

last night just saw it too...:)

My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

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It was just another cheesy, time passing slasher flick (and I love those:D ) only with some decent kills. Not a complete bad remake though, but after watching the original I too disappointed with the ending.

>>: B-

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

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80's one of the finest Slasher gem.

>>: B+


Push (2009)

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>>: C+

The Hitcher (1986)

First time watching this one, and I loved it - a genre classic for sure. Hauer is perfect...scary son of a bitch.

I was surprised too, thought it would be right up my street but ended up really disappointed.



It could and should have been alot more. It just seemed like a three of four films had been hacked together and, Im not sure who decided post-apocolyptic society will always end up as some sort of punk utopia, but that didnt work either. Real shame.



Taken

Not sure what to make of this one. The action was relentless and entertaining and some of the choreography on the fight scenes was excellent. Liam Neesons character had a great ruthless streak also, however it was just so far fetched that even the usual suspension of disbelief needed for these films could not be suspended anywhere near enough. Good action but completely stupid

House on Haunted Hill (1999). Very fun movie with over the top twists. Even the Hollywood ending (which i usually cannot stand) worked for me . Ashe.
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Saw Star Trek and it was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! I am not a Trekkie nor did I really get into any of the movies or anything except for Khan but boy was this movie just amazing. The story was great and well written, the action and visuals were astounding, the acting was incredible, and it was just all around fun.

Highlights for me were:

Karl Urban as McCoy and Simon Pegg as Scotty.

9/10

The Virgin Spring (1960)

An extraordinary tale about error and faith. The powerful image of a man betrayed by his god, left alone and without comfort or redemption but still giving himself to what he knows must exist is a poignant statement, and even if God has given up on this father we are given the chance to forgive him. Bergman's use of such a confined space here is intruiging, and the film's tone has echoes of Kurosawa in it. Shadows can be warm blankets or cold rashes, and what is originally set up in the mise-en-scene as comfortably quaint evntually becomes suffocating. Max Von Sydow is spectacular in an extremely revealing role, and Birgitta Valberg is tragically innocent. A breathtaking achievment.

And I introduced a friend to one of my all-time favorites last night:

City Lights (1931)

One of the most beautiful motion pictures I have ever seen. There is a gorgeous simplicity in Chaplin's stories, and sometimes by engaging the most direct and sincere emotions he succeeds far more triumphantly than the heaviest human dramas. If casual viewers are only going to be exposed to one Chaplin film, this is it; the sheer delight found in scenes like the dance hall and boxing ring is indescribable, a kind of joy found exclusively in this film and never quite duplicated within this artist's career or any other. The Tramp here is a dependent character, a man who has been down far too long and finds himself degraded, abused, and falsely accused constantly. He gets up, though, time after time, a true testament to faith in oneself and to the rewards that follow endurance like this. If there was ever a more touching romance put on celluloid I am unaware of it; when the famous ending brings the picture to a close there can be no doubt that Chaplin was a genious and a humanist, a man who felt the work he did rather than just produce it. Deeply moving and impossible to resist.

Two of my all-time favorites. Good going, K!




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I ll say just one thing - for all the Trekkies here in HDC, go watch this A-S-A-P.

Hatchet


Extremely enjoyable and over the top with a healthy smattering of well executed humour. Standard set up of a boat tour stranded in the swamps where a deformed man, Victor Crowley, roams in a psychopathic rage. The performances are good, looks great and the gore is extreme. Well worth viewing.

"The Children" 6/10

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Evil murderous children. What more can you ask for?

Well, maybe a good director who knows about atmosphere, a bigger budget and a talented camera man who doesn't panic every time the pacing goes up.

Nothing wrong with the story, it just needed to be executed better horror-wise.

Star Trek ... loved it. good fun.

Star Trek--I had fun watching it, but I would've preferred a movie that didn't feature alternate universe stuff--since it's a reboot movie that "starts" the universe, I think it's annoying to have more than one universe. Aside from that, though, I thought it was fine...a good summer popcorn flick.