| Agora: It's the most meaningful movie I've seen in a long time. The dichotomy between religion and science, faith and wisdom is developed in a very simple and captivating way. And although the story takes place in the age of the Roman Empire, its subject couldn't be more contemporary. Great actors, great performances (Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac). It's a beautiful movie. I strongly recommend it. |
Poison_Ivy said: Agora: It's the most meaningful movie I've seen in a long time. The dichotomy between religion and science, faith and wisdom is developed in a very simple and captivating way. And although the story takes place in the age of the Roman Empire, its subject couldn't be more contemporary. Great actors, great performances (Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac). It's a beautiful movie. I strongly recommend it. I have heard alot of good things about this but no UK release date set yet |
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| I have watched a lot of movies since my last post, so I will just comment on the last few. The Princess and the Frog: It was really cute! I enjoyed the story and the music was alright. 4/5. Green Lantern: First Flight: It was good. Nicely done and very fun to watch. 4/5. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels: This is a rewatch and it was just as good when I first watched it. Made me laugh and noticed a few things that I didn't before. 4.5/5. Sherlock Holmes: I really liked it. It was fun to watch. I though Downey and Law worked good together on screen. Looking forward to them making a seqeul. 4.5/5. Superman Batman: Public Enemies: It was good. I don't remember the comic that well, so I can't remember if it followed it totally, but the story was fun. Daly and Conroy did a great job voicing Superman and Batman, as always. 4/5. |
| Finally saw Requienm for a Dream ... yeah ... not as good as I was expecting but still a damn good movie. And definately one of the first movies I've ever seen that was hailed as a Tour de Force and actually delivered the goods. Spot on direction, some spectacular performances (some bad ones too...), a fantastic score, good and dark plot, but something just wasn't quite there. I don't know what. Personally though, I like the director's other films Pi and The Fountain quite a bit better but I have to say that Requiem was well worth the watch, it just didn't quit live up to the hype that everyone gave me. 4 out of 5. Also saw the live action version of Devilman ... yeah ... not near as good as I thought it was going to be from the trailer. Pretty not good actually. Mediocoratity at its finest. First off the actors they picked for Akira and his friend didn't look at all like what they should've. The demon designs, how few of them there actually were, were good but the CG itself was dated and not good at all, you could definately tell that it was CG and in the age of movies like Avatar there is no excuse for that especially with the rather large budget the movie had backing it. The plot was good but it felt as though the crammed everything into two hours, they definately could've toned it down and made a sequel. (Or done what they OVAs did and make three of them) The acting was, in several cases, piss poor and Devilman's half demon/half human form makeup looked like crap. I was supremely disappointed. 2 out of 5. Saw the film version of MW, one of Tezuka's masterpieces, the film however is far from a masterpiece. It starts off excellent and the killings are badass but the rest of the film is slow and doesn't have the same feel as the manga. The parts were well cast but the direction was bad and the screenplay took the story in a whole different direction than the manga, a poorer direction in my opinion. Depressing to say the least. 2 out of 5. Also went to see Up In the Air. Let me put it this way, all those good reviews you've been hearing about it, well they are correct. You definately want to check this one out. 5 out of 5. One of the best dramas I've seen in a looong time. |
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| A Serious Man- Good film solely for its excellent humor, spot-on characters, and constant swerves and mindfucks, but wow, the Coen Brothers really overdid it here. Usually their films are a little inscrutable, but usually there's some underlying point. In this case, it raised a bunch of questions, and answered none of them, not even granting any type of resolution. (Which was also sadly predictable) And while the main actor did a fine job, at some point, the character just became too grating as the audience was relentlessly beaten over the head with how passive and pathetic he is. Anyways, check it out, but it's not worthy of some of they hype I've read. Definitely not among the Coen Brothers' best. |
| 44 Inch Chest A british film by the same people who did Sexy Beast - though this is very different. It is more of a play as 98% of the film is set in one room. All the performances are outstanding if you have seen Nil by Mouth you will be pleased to hear Ray Winstone's performance IMO is even better, ofcourse John Hurt is great as an old school homophobic old geezer and those familiar with the TV series Lovejoy, the film also stars Ian McShane. If you are expecting the usual British gangster flick then you maybe dissapointed, it is a film about a love lost and how a person copes. I would reccomend not so much for the story but for the excellent characters and performances 8/10 |
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Poison_Ivy said: Agora: It's the most meaningful movie I've seen in a long time. The dichotomy between religion and science, faith and wisdom is developed in a very simple and captivating way. And although the story takes place in the age of the Roman Empire, its subject couldn't be more contemporary. Great actors, great performances (Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac). It's a beautiful movie. I strongly recommend it. Having just watched this with a tear in my eye - have to agree with everything you wrote - a must see movie Also I surprised myself as I usually avoid most George Clooney films but Up In the Air was really entertaining and I enjoyed his performance |
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slenderfall said: 44 Inch Chest A british film by the same people who did Sexy Beast - though this is very different. It is more of a play as 98% of the film is set in one room. All the performances are outstanding if you have seen Nil by Mouth you will be pleased to hear Ray Winstone's performance IMO is even better, ofcourse John Hurt is great as an old school homophobic old geezer and those familiar with the TV series Lovejoy, the film also stars Ian McShane. If you are expecting the usual British gangster flick then you maybe dissapointed, it is a film about a love lost and how a person copes. I would reccomend not so much for the story but for the excellent characters and performances 8/10 This movie was absolutely crazy, recommended to all of you out there, I give it a 9 out of 10 only because sometimes the actors were hard to understand. |
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Batmanfreak said: Green Lantern: First Flight: It was good. Nicely done and very fun to watch. 4/5. Sherlock Holmes: I really liked it. It was fun to watch. I though Downey and Law worked good together on screen. Looking forward to them making a seqeul. 4.5/5 I agree with you on both of those. Green Lantern: First Flight was definitely enjoyable. Lots of action and a couple of nicely done twists throughout it. I was actually quite skeptical as to how well Downey and Law would portray their characters...pleasantly I was surprised that they did VERY well. I loved the music too. Excellent. |
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| I too was pleasently shocked how good Sherlock Holmes was, I was more convinced with Downey's performance but am actually looking forward to a sequel Just watched Ninja Assasin - dont you guys watch it unless you enjoy lots of blood and poor predictable plot A good film was Welcome - a french film about the plight of a illegal immigrant trying to enter the UK from Calais - it may not really tell the whole story of the plight of the people in that situation as at times it is quite optomistic, but I found the bond between the two main charcters quite beleivable The Fourth Kind - I fell asleep ;) |
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| These are the movies I can remember watching since my last post. Justice League: The New Frontier- It was really good. I enjoyed it a lot. I thought they adapted the comic quite well. 4.5/5. Iron Man (animated movie) and Doctor Strange- Doctor Strange was better than Iron Man, but I don't think most of the marvel animated films are as good as the dc ones. Iron Man really bore me. Hulk vs films- Hulk vs Wolverine was good, Deadpool was great in it. 4/5. Hulk vs Thor wasn't my cup of tea and I found it boring at parts. 3/5, so the whole thing got a 3.5/5. Toy Story 1 & 2- These are both re-watches but they are both still great. 5/5 for both. Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow- It was okay. It was definitely for the younger crowd. 3/5. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths- It was good. Not as good as many of the other DC animated movies, but I really enjoyed it. James Wood did a great job in it, but he always does. 4/5. The Fall- I liked it. The cast was good, the look of the film was pretty, and the story wasn't bad. 3.7/5. Dreamcatcher- It started out well, good characters and it was interesting, then becomes a generic sci-fi plot. It could have been so much better. 2/5. Trick 'r Treat- I enjoyed it. It wasn't scary, but all of the tales were really interesting. 4/5. |
| Invictus Being a big rugby fan and was part of the anti-aparthied movement I was going to like this film. Well not so sure about that, the rugby scenes were good but Ifelt that the players held back - watching an interview with Clint he said that was the hardest part to film - well duh there were no other scenes would have been challenging Morgan Freeman as Mandela I may be biased as I have met Mandela but though he probably is the most suitable actor to portray his role just did not convince me, because the script and direction made Nelson to be infallible which is not the case at al As for Matt Damon he is in films I never get round to watching - I was not convinced of his performance There were lots of secondary characters who I know who their real life counterparts were but had no signifcance If your slightly interested watch this 6/10 |
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| Green Zone I thought it was absolutely fantastic. I love war movies and this one was right up my ally. The plot was definitely well written. It gives you a very nice balance of suspense, drama, and action. Matt Damon once again gives a stupendous performance as well as all of the other actors, most of which I never knew beforehand. This movie made me want to cheer and cry during parts of it and I was hanging onto every word and action at the edge of my seat. It had an awesome ending which left me thinking, "Fuck yeah Damon! You get 'em.". Lol The only thing I thought it was lacking was music...but that's okay. 9.5/10 |
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| Finally managed to snag a copy of Three Kings and it is a must see for anyone who likes a good war movie. Reminescent of Kelly's Heroes but altogether more harrowing and just plain better. Great performances by all the actors in it, including Ice Cube which surprised me greatly, and it's also pretty damn funny. But it is certainly not a comedy, it's a war movie and a pretty violent one at that. It gets a 5/5 hands down. Also got my hands on The Girlfriend Experience, and I thought I was going to love it being a Steven Soderbergh affair and having the tagline of 'See it with someone you ****.' Well long story short, I didn't really love it. It's a love story about the loveless, two people trying to find happiness and failing because they already had it and didn't realize it. It's just plain sad really. It's beautifully shot and directed, the scenes out of sequence and broken like the characters themselves. Sasha Grey did a damn good job in it as well but it just really wasn't quite of the caliber that I expect from Steven Soderbergh. Good and recommended but not an absolutely must-see. 4/5. American Hardcore: If you are a punk rock fan and haven't seen this documentary, get off your ass and purchase it. It will blow your mind. If you're not a punk rock fan, watch it so you can see why people like me love the genre so damn much. Gritty, brutal, fast-paced, poignant, and violent the documentary is like the genre it sets out to discuss. Amazingly informative and with some of the greatest songs ever written in America making up the soundtrack, I highly recommend viewing several times. 4.5/5 |
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| "adam": brilliant! It was such an amazing movie. it broke the mold of rom-com cliches and gave us something few of them lack: a heart. One thing that must be mentioned is that it portrays aspergers syndrome so well! (This was the only reason i watched the movie since i myself have aspergers.) I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good romantic movie to watch, one that's well written and directed and shows a bit of originality. ^_^ |
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| @amscribbled - I won't even see the new Karate Kid just because I think it's ridiculous and the old school version was way better. I mean, I LOVE Jackie Chan and pretty much any movie he's in, but I'm just really against the new one for some reason. The Musketeer (2001) - I have seen so many musketeer movies from cartoon versions to real people that it's ridiculous. Lol My favorite is the one with Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt (what an awesome crew to have), so I was pretty iffy about this one. However, I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed it. The music was awesome, the fight/fencing scenes even better, a little bit of romance but not too mushy, and it had me at the edge of my seat. If you like to watch sword fights and whatnot, watch this movie. |
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ivorykeys said: The Musketeer (2001) - I have seen so many musketeer movies from cartoon versions to real people that it's ridiculous. Lol My favorite is the one with Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt (what an awesome crew to have), so I was pretty iffy about this one. Have you seen the one from 1973 with Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, etc? That's widely considered to be the best, and easily the favorite among the versions I've seen. |
YoungVagabond said: ivorykeys said: The Musketeer (2001) - I have seen so many musketeer movies from cartoon versions to real people that it's ridiculous. Lol My favorite is the one with Chris O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, and Oliver Platt (what an awesome crew to have), so I was pretty iffy about this one. Have you seen the one from 1973 with Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, etc? That's widely considered to be the best, and easily the favorite among the versions I've seen. I actually haven't seen that one yet. I'll definitely have to go out and rent it or something. Thanks so much for letting me know about it!! ^^ |
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| The Expendables (2010) - Honestly, with this movie I didn't give a crap about whether or not it had a plot...all I cared about was seeing pretty much every famous action star in it. It had pretty much every type of "action" in it, throwing knives, guns, explosions, martial arts, wrestling, car chases/fights, planes, a small army, etc...and seeing the new automatic shotgun in play was amazing. It was awesome seeing Jet Li, Jason Statham, Stallone, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and a bunch of others in a single movie. Plus there was still the "hot girl" and government corruption aspect to just about any action movie. Lol Basically, if you just want to sit down and see none stop action with things blowing up every 5 minutes and guys with huge muscles...this is your movie. I loved it. |
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| The Runaways - Alright so I watched this movie last night and I went in having high expectations. I had wanted to see this film since I had heard about, I'm a huge fan of The Runaways and an even bigger fan of Joan Jett so when I sat down in front of the TV to watch it, I was excited as hell. Within 30 minutes my excitement had dropped to 50%. Within the hour it was down to about 15% And by the hour and 30 minutes mark I was just praying the movie would hurry up and end. First off, the casting was piss poor. You would think that when casting for a movie that would mostly be about the music, they would at least choose actresses who could actually sing like the original group. And that's where you would be dead wrong. Kristen Stewart, who I hated already, was selected to be my childhood sex goddess Joan Jett. And she fails horribly. At the beginning she tries singing and it sounds a lot like babies dying as they are chopped into little pieces. I was literally wincing, as was everyone else in the room who liked Joan Jett. Also, I play guitar, the bitch who was pretending to be Joan Jett wasn't even doing it correctly for the majority of the movie. At least after about the halfway point they had the actresses lipsynch to the songs, making them wonderful if you closed your eyes. But then again maybe I'm being too harsh. Suffice to say that this movie could've been brilliant, absolutely brilliant, but bad casting, worse acting, horrific singing (listen to Kristen Stewart try and sing 'I Love Rock and Roll', which I think is the best showcase for how crappy of a voice she has) and multiple segments that just seemed completely pointless just ruined it. I mean honestly there are so many segments about drug usage but when Cherie Currie overdoses it's horribly downplayed. But during the many long pointless segments dealing with drug usage I found myself thinking, 'Yeah we get it, they're rock stars, they do drugs, let's move on...' And then after suffering through all that, there's really no payoff at all. The band breakup is also horribly downplayed and could've been made much better, I mean this is supposed to be the climax of the movie and half the people in the room didn't even realize that a breakup had happened. Seriously it was that bad. But I think I've bashed it enough. One good thing about the movie is Michael Shannon's role as Kim Fowley, seriously that is the only good thing at all about this movie. He is just so over the top, just like the real Kim Fowley, it's amazing. If it weren't for him I would've left the room after about the hour mark. However one good performance alone can't hold an entire movie together, and certainly not a movie like this one with so many flaws. I wanted to love it, I really did. 1 out of 5, and that's being generous. |
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| Tristan and Isolde (2006) - I've been wanting to see this movie since it came out, so I'm really pleased that I was finally able to. I'm honestly not a big fan of James Franco (especially after his movie "Annapolis"), but I really did like him in this one. I think it was cast really well and they didn't play up the romance and drama and make it cheesy, but it definitely wasn't on the back burner. The movie was exactly what I expected it to be...a little history, a good amount of fighting, drama, romance, and tragedy. It definitely had a Romeo and Juliet feel to it where a young man and woman from opposing families fall in love and have an affair. I enjoyed the ending and I was happy to see that it wasn't a fairy tale type where everything ends happily ever after (I won't say anymore as to not ruin it for others). The accents were touch and go and I think maybe those could have been done a little better or have more emphasis...more so with the Irish accent than British. I give this movie a 9 out of 10. |
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| Jumper (2008) - You know, a lot of people that saw this movie said that it wasn't very good, but I have to disagree. Sure it wasn't brilliant, but I think it was still quite decent. I especially enjoyed the ending because it leaves you to imagine what's going to happen to Hayden Christensen's character and his relationship with his mother and girlfriend. Speaking of Hayden, I'm not a huge fan of him especially after his performance in the three newest Star Wars Episodes, but I have to say he did an okay job in this movie. I kind of wish they didn't leave every character's ending a cliffhanger though. The music was somewhat lacking I thought and some of the fight scenes could have been better, but overall, I enjoyed it. I give this movie a 7 out of 10. |
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| Defiance (2008) - One word for all of you...EPIC! This movie was amazing. Based on a true story about three Jewish brothers who lead a resistance against the Germans during World War II. Absolutely touching and inspiring. Great cast of actors including Daniel Craig from "007: Quantum of Solace". Plot was incredible (a tad bit slow in the beginning but it builds up)...music is fantastic...has a very good amount of action and fight scenes...no sexual content...does contain some sad parts of course...and the ending was brilliant. I DEFINITELY suggest seeing this movie if you haven't already. I give it a 10 out of 10. |
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| Tron (2010) - Honestly I was disappointed with this movie. I mean, it wasn't terrible but it certainly wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be. It definitely had quite a few "slow" (boring) moments in which I found myself literally yawning in the theater but the cast wasn't bad. Jeff Bridges characters annoyed me in that he was speaking 70s and 80's lingo like "man", "far out", "radical" etc. but it was pretty cool to see him playing two different characters in the same movie. I wasn't thrilled with the ending either and I think they could have done a MUCH better job with it. The music was awesome though and they kept a lot of the music from the old Tron. The effects and graphics were amazing though and I especially enjoyed watching the scene where they were on the Light Cycles fighting. There were some flashbacks from the first Tron which were great...but all in all...I would've been fine waiting for it to come out on DVD. I give it a 6 out of 10. |
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| Speaking of the new Tron, this is already one of my favorite review of all time; http://www.bigempire.com/filthy/ |
| Speaking of the new Tron, this is already one of my favorite review of all time; http://www.bigempire.com/filthy/ |
| Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010): Compared to the last two Chronicles of Narnia movies, this one wasn't as good...or at least I thought. It was still a movie I don't regret paying to see in theaters but it was somewhat slow moving at times. The end was fantastic though and embarrassingly enough, I almost started to literally cry. There's a new character (a young boy) in this movie named Eustace and they got the perfect actor to portray him. I read the book a long time ago and from what I remember, they absolutely nailed it. Music was awesome of course, fight scenes still great, and this movie does keep you guessing from time to time. I definitely would see this in theaters if you're a Narnia fan. 8.5/10 |
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| Ink is a film I just watched last night because it was in my Netflix cue for the better part of the past two months and the more films I reviewed on that sight, the higher the site said my anticipated rating would be until it got to almost 5 stars. Finally I broke down and watched the thing because I couldn't find anything else that I particularly wanted to see and the plot sounded like something that Neil Gaiman might have come up with. Suffice to say: I was completely and utterly blown away by it. For the cheap budget that you can tell the movie had, the film quality is only slightly better than the average Youtube video, they managed to make a beautiful and engaging film. It takes about 30 minutes to see what exactly is going on in the movie but after you figure that out the film just grabs you. I couldn't look away until the credits rolled. It also has some of the best fight choreography I've seen in any independent movie. Lastly, the character of Jacob, a blind 'Pathfinder' who wears x's made of electrical tape over his eyes is one of the greatest character concepts in any film I have ever seen. I've been raving about the film now for a while so I figure to be fair I need to mention a couple of small problems I had with it, some of the acting is relatively weak and you can tell some of the actors are not the most experienced. The production was cheaply made and you can tell from some of the decisions they made, and the confusion at the beginning may put several people off. However none of these small nuances really affected the film as a whole for me, they almost added more heart to it I suppose. If you like dark fantasy at all, are a fan of stuff akin to Neil Gaiman, or just enjoy a fun independent film on occasion, definitely give this one a try. You may not think it's a 5 out of 5 like me, but I promise that you will not be disappointed. 5 out of 5. |
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| Julie & Julia (2009) - Two true stories in one movie. One story tells about how a middle-aged woman named Julia Childs became one of the most dominating cooks in America...an expert on French cooking, which she learned while in France. The second story tells about how the famous French cook's legacy influenced the life of a twenty-something year old modern NYC woman named Julie Powel,l who decided to challenge herself by cooking every single recipe in Julia Childs' cookbook in one year while keeping an online blog about it. I thought that this movie was brilliant. It wonderfully integrated the two very different together to create a unique telling of two true stories. The main actresses, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, were adorable and I couldn't help but love both of their characters. The way that Adams and Streep present their characters helps you to connect to them on some level, even if you're not a fan of cooking or food. The ending has a bit of a twist and finishes in a somewhat abrupt manner, but overall, it's a acceptable ending to a good story line. The music is lovely and fits each scene perfectly. "Julie & Julia" is a cute, humorous, spirited movie that could possibly teach you something about cooking and life (I know I learned some new things about food). 9 out of 10 |
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