Movies You Just Saw (200+ Reviews! See Pg. 24!)

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4real said:

Seen three films this week and this is how i would rank em.....

Semi-Pro

Why o why did i let myself get dragged into this? Sure it has it's moments, but i still can't stand Will Ferrell.

*

Juno

What can i say? The trailer makes this look like one of the most boring and unfunniest films you've ever seen. But it's amazing. The dialogue is stunning. The music is crap mind, but everything else is great.

****

Untraceable

Horror movie featuring Diane Lane who is investigating a killer who kills via his own website. The more hits he gets the faster his victim dies. Cool idea, shame the acting is wooden as anything.

Diane Lane (better in this than her short appearence in the apalling Jumper) holds the film together. The killer is convincing though. Not bad even if there is a touch of Saw about it.

***

So, you already know you don't like Will Ferrell but willingly go to see a movie that pretty much tells you in the Preview that it's a "WILL FERRELL MOVIE!!!!" I really don't know about the movie itself, considering I dont' know anybody who's seen it and I've only really read one semi-good review for it.

And it seems like, day by day, I'm the only person who found anything redeeming in Jumper.

[4real]

I was bored, thats my accuse for seeing Semi-Pro. And that my friend didn't wanna see Be Kind Rewind.

[Arturo Classico]

Bad Tate (1987)
Directed by: Peter Jackson

Long before the academy award winning director made box office smashes like The Lords of the Ring and King Kong he made a bunch of ultra low budget gore movies like Meet the Feebles, Dead Alive and Bad Taste. His first movie was Bad Taste and it is remarkable in it's own way.

The plot is simple yet interesting. A group of aliens come down to Earth to murder and sell humans as the newest cuisine fad on their planet, to combat them are a secret group called "The Boys" which actually includes Peter Jackson in a scene stealing role as Derek. I don't want to give that much away but be assured like all Peter Jackson's early movies massive gore and bloodshed are very much included.

****

[bigHEADinc]

SEMI-PRO
It's official, I have nothing in common with the general audience of my age group. While I've heard nothing but bad-to-mediocre reviews for this movie, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. I think the big problem is that a lot of the really good humor in this movie is derived from the little conversations between characters, specifically Andrew Daly and Will Arnett as the announcers who stole so many scenes. The movie operates on a bunch of layers that don't work so well together, but I laughed a lot. Like other Will Ferrell movies, there's not too much substance under the flash, but the flash is so bright you just might not notice.

I also liked this better than Talladega Nights, if that means anything to any of you.

Also, Maura Tierney is still so hot and she's got a great "sex moan".

***1/2 out of *****

For Comparison:
Talladega Nights - *** out of *****
Kicking & Screaming - *1/2 out of *****
Blades Of Glory - ** out of *****
Stranger Than Fiction - **** out of *****

[Millie D]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

I enjoyed the cat and mouse game that bardem and Brolin played and it would have ruled if it was that way the whole movie played but introduce Tommy Lee Jones ( who i have no idea WHY he was in it in the 1st place) and it gets confusing way fast. I guess I should have read the book to maybe understand it better but the whole movie was a dissapointment to me and the ending...DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE HORRID ENDING! I do not know why this movie won the Oscars and The Coens should redeem themselves with the next movie I hope...

[bigHEADinc]

I just finally finished compiling all the reviews after roughly 2 hours of working on it... Enjoy!

MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.
27 Dresses - paperstreetjesus
3:10 to Yuma - Grendel, Doctor Doom
30 Days of Night - ellisdee, Grendel
Across The Universe - Widow's Peak
Airheads - bigHEADinc
Alien Hunter - Rube
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - bigHEADinc, Doctor Doom, mrrotton
Alvin & The Chipmunks - bigHEADinc
American Dreamz - Tyler Perry's redunbeck
American Gangster - lucaspunkari
Amistad - texaswhopper
Angus - bigHEADinc
Atonement - bigHEADinc, Doctor Doom
Audition - Steelers4life87
Bad Tate - KOW
BASEketball - bigHEADinc
Basketball Diaries - bigHEADinc
Batman Begins - lucaspunkari, Virt
Be Kind, Rewind - bigHEADinc, jobberjoe
Bee Movie - bigHEADinc
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - bigHEADinc, thepaywindah
Belleville Rendez Vous - Joker
Benchwarmers - Libertine
Bend It Like Beckham - bigHEADinc
Beowulf - Millie D
Beowulf & Grendel - Millie D
The Black Hole - wildojinx
Black Sheep (2007) - bigHEADinc
Black Snake Moan - bigHEADinc
Blood Feast - KOW
Breaking The Rules - Tyler Perry's redunbeck
Bubba Ho-Tep - bigHEADinc
The Bucket List - bigHEADinc, Tull
But I'm A Cheerleader - bigHEADinc
Cannibal Holocaust - Gojira
Chaos - Grendel
Charlie Bartlett - bigHEADinc
Charlie Wilson's War - bigHEADinc, comahan, Gojira
Children of Men - comahan
Cloverfield - lucaspunkari, The Solomonster, 4real
Cobra Verde - Joker
Commando - Joker
The Covenant - MiLo

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MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.
Daft Punk's Electroma - The Sam08
Dark City - Valentine Michael Smith, Millie D
The Darjeeling Limited - Widow's Peak
Dan In Real Life - bigHEADinc
Death Race 2000 - irontyger
Dedication - bigHEADinc
Definitely, Maybe - EvilMasterBetty
The Descent - wolfmoon103100
The Devil's Rejects - El Pollo Guerrera
Devour - Deadpool
Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood - The Sam08
Dragon Tiger Gate - El Pollo Guerrera
Dukes Of Hazard - bigHEADinc
Dumbo - Gojira
Eastern Promises - bigHEADinc
Ed Wood - Doctor Doom
Enchanted - bigHEADinc
The End - The Sam08
Enemy of the State - ChibiDiablo
Equilibrium - bigHEADinc
Escape From New York - Gojira
Extreme Ops - Tyler Perry's redunbeck
The Eye - Bradley
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Adam Clark
Fargo - bigHEADinc
Fido - bigHEADinc
Flash Gordon - Doctor Doom
Futurama: Bender's Big Score - bigHEADinc
The Game Plan - bigHEADinc
Glengarry Glen Ross - bigHEADinc
Go - W.R
The Golden Compass - 4real
Gone Baby Gone - bigHEADinc
Gummo - I'm The Cool One
The Guyver 2: Dark Hero - Avalanche Alvarez
Halloween (2007) - tapyaout33, MNM's Official "Fixer", El Pollo Guerrera
Heat - bigHEADinc
Heathers - KOW
Hindenburg - Gojira
Hitman - bigHEADinc, Grendel
Hostel - Deadpool
Hot Fuzz - Indigo
Hot Rod - 4real
House Of 1000 Corpses - El Pollo Guerrera
House of Wax - Lithium
Howard The Dunk - Doctor Doom
Hustle & Flow - bigHEADinc
I Am Legend - cart, Near Fantastica, mrrotton, Muskrat
I Know Who Killed Me - MNM's Official "Fixer"
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry - dazz
In The Name Of The King - Millie D
Jackass 2.5 - Bradley

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MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.
Jumper - bigHEADinc, Doctor Doom, 4real
Juno - bigHEADinc, KingPopper, Vanilla Gorilla, drthv8r, Woody, DJ Peapod, A Dubya, dsr, Virt, 4real
Kite Runner - bigHEADinc, Andy Duke
The Kung Fu Master - El Pollo Guerrera
The Lawnmower Man - Tyler Perry's redunbeck
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - bigHEADinc
Little Children - jzbadblood
Live Free or Die Hard - drthv8r, Gojira
The Machinist - bigHEADinc
Margot At The Wedding - bigHEADinc
Melinda & Melinda - Some Ben Guy
Michael Clayton - bigHEADinc, comahan, Pax
Midnight Run - DiG
Mr. & Mrs. Smith - bigHEADinc, ringrust
Mr. Woodcock - Millie D
The Namesake - bigHEADinc
National Treasure 2 - Doctor Doom
Network - bigHEADinc
The Nines - bigHEADinc
No Country For Old Men - bigHEADinc, comahan, Doctor Doom, imisswwf, Millie D, Grendel
Ocean's Thirteen - bigHEADinc, Millie D
Oldboy - bigHEADinc
Once - The Widow's Peak
Once Upon A Time In Mexico - Doctor Doom
One Last Thing... - bigHEADinc
Ordinary People - Radio Clash
The Orphanage - Bob Schlapowitz
Patch Adams - Radio Clash
Pitch Black - Grendel
Platoon - paulbearer
Powder - Flying Leg Kicks
The Prowler - renzino
Rambo - bigHEADinc, lucaspunkari
Resident Evil: Extinction - Grendel
Return of the Jedi - bigHEADinc
Return To The House On Haunted Hill - Rube
Rocky Balboa - Joe Freakin' Perry, Paul Servo
Rumor Has It - Virt
Run, Fatboy, Run - bigHEADinc
Save The Last Dance - bigHEADinc
Saw IV - MNM's Official "Fixer"
Semi-Pro - bigHEADinc, lucaspunkari, 4real
Seven Samurai - dsr, uwf circa 1986
Shawshank Redemption - bigHEADinc
Shoot 'Em Up - Bob Schlapowitz
Sling Blade - JMontoya9189
Slugs - Golden Spike
Smiley Face - bigHEADinc, Millie D
A Sound Of Thunder - Tyler Perry's redunbeck
Star Trek: First Contact - Doctor Doom

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MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.
Strange Wilderness - bigHEADinc
Street Trash - Golden Spike
Sunshine - personman01
Superbad - dazz
Superman 3 - General Zod
Superman 4 - General Zod
Superman: Doomsday - Doctor Doom
Sweeney Todd - bigHEADinc, comahan, Doctor Doom
Terminator 2 - Sunny4Life
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Grendel
There Will Be Blood - bigHEADinc, clifford
Trantasia - Millie D
Ultimate Avengers (2006 Cartoon) - Joker
Untraceable - 4real
V For Vendetta - bigHEADinc, rra
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - Virt, shaman90
Wallstreet - bigHEADinc, rra
War = Paul Servo
War Of the Worlds (1953) - Gojira
The Water Horse - dazz
Waterworld - Grendel
We Own The Night - bigHEADinc, rra, Bob Schlapowitz
The Wizard - bigHEADinc
Wizard of Gore - KOW
Zeitgeist - Joe Freakin' Perry

[-Lithium-]

House of Wax. Was way better then I thought it would be. I guess people were just too busy trying to make jokes about Paris Hilton. The character with the Wax face really reminded me of Leatherface and I like how the town was run on fake sounds and stuff like that. The thought of being encased in Wax is terrifying too...

[Grendel]

Okay, I just watched 2 movies today. Hitman wasn't as terrible as it could have been, and I think it would have been better with a different actor in the lead role. It was better than many movies I've seen based on a video game. It's worth a viewing. 6/10.

And then I saw No Country for Old Men. I know some on this forum were disappointed, but I liked it. I'd give it a 7.5/10.

I think tonight I'm going to watch The Assassination of Jesse James. I tried watching it earlier, but I had to shut it off to go to a wake. I'll give it a viewing tonight or tomorrow, because I love westerns.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I just got finished watching "Dragon Tiger Gate".



Donnie Yen (Iron Monkey) is Dragon, bodyguard for a gang lord and his daughter, who are being targeted by another gang run by Shibumi, a martial arts master in an iron mask. Nicholas Tse is Tiger, Dragon's half brother and good guy, staying at the Dragon Tiger Gate, a school for under-privileged kids to learn self-worth and kung fu. A chance encounter at a restaurant leads Tiger and traveling nun-chucks fighter named Turbo Shek to help fight against Shibumi.

The story is a little light in the details, but enough for you to give a darn about the characters. The fights are incredibly choreographed and very well shot. The rest of the film is also beautifully shot, from the CGI buildings to the backgrounds to the dream sequences. Yes, there are 'wire-works' involved in the fight scenes, but it added to the cool factor of the movie and it wasn't overdone.

Recommended if you're looking for a kick-ass fight movie.

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

Whoa, good work archiving all the reveiws Big Head.

[bigHEADinc]

agentdeadpool said:

Whoa, good work archiving all the reveiws Big Head.

I figured with the success of this thread and everybody's own contributions I had to catalog them all and not just my own... At least this way, if the thread is locked, I can still start a new one with the list from this one...

[The Thread Barbi]

agentdeadpool said:

Whoa, good work archiving all the reveiws Big Head.

Seconded.

Now for a review...

Rambo (2008)
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I was pumped to see this. Rocky Balboa gave had set my expectations high and the Youtube teaser last year had my adrenaline rushing.

The end result? A mixed bag, really. The action sequences and the brutality were high points, but the dialogue between the characters, especially between Rambo and the missionaries, was annoying, and seemed forced.

From the character build-up, or lack-of therefore, I really couldn't give a damn about their plight, and really didn't want them to be saved. I had no sympathy for the missionary girl about to be raped, nor for the tortured missionary male captives. They came across as holier-than-thou assholes rather than compassionate men of God, wanting to help a suffering populace. Maybe that was the point.

The mercenaries were a tad better, with great acting, as it seemed unscripted, as opposed to following a dialogue script, like the preachy missionaries.

In the end, there wasn't anything new to the franchise. The military camp in the middle of the jungle, with Rambo to the rescue was all too familiar. It didn't have a heart and soul, even with rehashed ideas, like with Rocky Balboa I'm sad to say the best action bits were already shown in the trailer. However, I was astonished, in a good way, at the amount of brutality they got in it, including the uncensored murders of small children.

Sorely missing was Jerry Goldsmith's legendary score for the franchise. Whereas Rocky Balboa was peppered with the great, yet, melancholy Rocky theme, Rambo had next to none.

I feel it was the worse than the three previous films, even with its realisitic approach to violence rather than 80s gung-ho action. The previous three films had a meaty or somewhat meaty story, and you could care for Rambo's mission and the characters. I couldn't for the fourth one.

Sad as it is for me to say this, as I had high hopes, I'd give it a 4/10

[4real]

10,000 BC

There should really be a rule against crap films that have amazing trailers. This film is a complete turd, full of silly names, cheap backgrounds, and the end which just reminds you of that crappy 30 Seconds To Mars video.

The girl is hot though.

[bigHEADinc]

Cloverfield

I've been interested in seeing Cloverfield for awhile, but not ever interested enough to get my ass off the couch to go see it. Well, thanks to an incredibly boring Tuesday night, I finally saw one of the more polarizing films in the last year.

And I really enjoyed it!

The movie completely sucked me in and had my heart racing right alongside Rob and Lilly and Hud. That anticipation, the fear, like coming to the top of a roller coaster. No other movie has made me feel that quite like this movie did. It might have had to do with the single, camcorder POV, but it forced this extremely isolated feeling that had me on the edge of my seat. Then the whole thing slowed down. While it picked back up after the subway, my heart wasn't pumping like it did in the beginning but the whole movie couldn't just be about me freaking out.

There was another movie that was shot uniquely that Cloverfield was compared to, and that was The Blair Witch Project. I know it's almost a joke now, but I still think that movie was genuinely interesting but it loses it's luster after the first viewing. That's the sad part about Cloverfield. No matter how much praise I give it, I can probably never watch it and be able to recreate my own personal feelings and anticipation ever again. Then there's the monster, with it's slow build over the course of the movie before they finally give you a truly detailed view of the thing, it was genius, but that full reveal will never have that same impact again.

But I can't fault the movie for that. It was the first time in my life where I can call a movie a "Roller coaster ride" and fully back that statement up. The problem (or genius of it?) is that when the movie was done, I just wanted more info on the monster, on what happened, on what the world thought, etc. There's so much information about the aftermath that I wish just magically appeared in front of me because, as an alternate reality, it was deeply fascinating. I hope for a World War Z-style movie for the second one, considering the gimmick would lose it's luster if it were rehashed. Just a faux-documentary style movie inter sped with other camcorder footage of the attack and maybe other attacks would be awesome.

At the end of the day, the best thing I can say about the movie truly is that I was completely entertained while sitting in that theater. I think that's a damn good compliment.

**** out of *****

[Joker]

200+ movie reviews ... Crikey!

Which one got the lowest score?

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joker said:

200+ movie reviews ... Crikey!

Which one got the lowest score?

Well, just looking through my own reviews it was Margot At The Wedding, which got * out of *****.

Then again, my review for Battlefield Earth isn't in this thread... That got a big fat goose egg from me... I should find that review...

[Joker]

bigheadinc said:

joker said:

200+ movie reviews ... Crikey!

Which one got the lowest score?

Well, just looking through my own reviews it was Margot At The Wedding, which got * out of *****.

Then again, my review for Battlefield Earth isn't in this thread... That got a big fat goose egg from me... I should find that review...

I need to watch that film again, just because I didn't think it was that bad first time round.