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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 25, 2008 0:16:44 GMT -5
V FOR VENDETTA
I gotta say, this movie surprised the hell out of me. I really enjoyed it. Hugo Weaving made such a character without ever seeing his face and Natalie Portman did a fine job as Evy. It was a bit long and some portions seemed to be a bit too convoluted, but I enjoyed it as a whole.
**** out of *****
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Post by Grendel on Jan 25, 2008 0:29:23 GMT -5
I'm watching Clerks 2 as we speak. Funny, funny shit.
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Post by Grendel on Jan 25, 2008 2:01:55 GMT -5
Just watched My Breakfast With Blassie. Fun movie if you like Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie and more or less unscripted dialogue. I thought I was the only on who had seen that movie ...
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Post by rra on Jan 25, 2008 7:11:34 GMT -5
V FOR VENDETTAI gotta say, this movie surprised the hell out of me. I really enjoyed it. Hugo Weaving made such a character without ever seeing his face and Natalie Portman did a fine job as Evy. It was a bit long and some portions seemed to be a bit too convoluted, but I enjoyed it as a whole. **** out of ***** Check out my review sometime, but anyway I enjoyed VENDETTA too, but what nearly wrecked everything good about that film was the 3rd act. I mean Goddamn, that montage nonsense was as if the filmmakers, like kids taking a test, realized that they're running out of time for their movie and had to "scribble quick" the rest of the story. Nevermind the whole logistics I have with the thousands of masks and costume sent around. And really, considering how Hugo Weaving* makes a point in his finale of how the people must make the final cut with the old world, blah blah.....ever notice how practically the people themselves have no involvement with the finale besides playing Halloween? A good movie though, but damn imagine a better film we could have gotten without that rushed 3rd act. V FOR VENDETTA (2006) - ****=Weaving's a great actor, considering all that emotion without...us...ever...seeing...his...face. Hey Hollywood, we know you want to typecast him and all, but he's the real deal. HIRE HIM.
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Post by rra on Jan 25, 2008 7:13:21 GMT -5
I'm watching Clerks 2 as we speak. Funny, funny crap. Yeah it is. "Porch Monkey 4 Life" I do wonder if some people really enjoyed it more because of its continuation from CLERKS...and making the sequel's conclusion satisfying for those fans. At least alot more than that "fan movie" JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK was, at least for me.
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Post by Grendel on Jan 25, 2008 10:18:01 GMT -5
I'm watching Clerks 2 as we speak. Funny, funny crap. Yeah it is. "Porch Monkey 4 Life" I do wonder if some people really enjoyed it more because of its continuation from CLERKS...and making the sequel's conclusion satisfying for those fans. At least alot more than that "fan movie" JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK was, at least for me. Jay and Silent Bob strike back was enjoyable fare, but it centered around Jay and Silent Bob. Clerks 2 was centered around Dante and Randal, and the things that Randal says and does are hilarious.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 25, 2008 10:28:32 GMT -5
V FOR VENDETTAI gotta say, this movie surprised the hell out of me. I really enjoyed it. Hugo Weaving made such a character without ever seeing his face and Natalie Portman did a fine job as Evy. It was a bit long and some portions seemed to be a bit too convoluted, but I enjoyed it as a whole. **** out of ***** Check out my review sometime, but anyway I enjoyed VENDETTA too, but what nearly wrecked everything good about that film was the 3rd act. I mean Goddamn, that montage nonsense was as if the filmmakers, like kids taking a test, realized that they're running out of time for their movie and had to "scribble quick" the rest of the story. Nevermind the whole logistics I have with the thousands of masks and costume sent around. And really, considering how Hugo Weaving* makes a point in his finale of how the people must make the final cut with the old world, blah blah.....ever notice how practically the people themselves have no involvement with the finale besides playing Halloween? A good movie though, but damn imagine a better film we could have gotten without that rushed 3rd act. V FOR VENDETTA (2006) - ****=Weaving's a great actor, considering all that emotion without...us...ever...seeing...his...face. Hey Hollywood, we know you want to typecast him and all, but he's the real deal. HIRE HIM. I can agree that the 3rd act was rushed, but the whole movie was about suspension in disbelief, like any super hero movie is... And, as much as there was a message behind it, it totally was a super hero movie. We talked earlier about movies like Conan embracing the myth and just going full fledge with it and I feel it's the same way with V for Vendetta... I mean, if you really wanna talk about logistics, how does one man sneak all those paintings, fertilizer, food, fireworks, etc. into an underground station without the British government, which was all seeing and all knowing, to never take notice that this guy is doing it? Then again, maybe the end of the 3rd act was like the end of The Punisher (with Thomas Jane) where you're just supposed to go "Wow, that's neat" and then laugh at how implausible the whole thing was. But I really loved The Punisher. THE PUNISHER***1/2 out of *****
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 25, 2008 14:10:56 GMT -5
HITMAN Based on the game of the same name, Hitman stars Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, a man bred to be a hitman since he was a child. Caught in a web of conspiracy, he's gotta find his way out while still getting his target.
Do you guys know math? Here's an equation...
(Bourne Identity - acting/storyline) + (Transporter - action choreography) = Hitman
It's got tastes of two separate action series but it doesn't exactly hit many high marks. It was a competent action movie with a couple of surprisingly good scenes, but it wasn't good as a whole. I'd watch it if it were on TV, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.
**1/2 out of *****
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Post by Jiren on Jan 25, 2008 15:07:35 GMT -5
Sweeny Todd
Amazing, absolutely amazing
I can't beleave this gets ignored at the Oscars (Best Pic, Director) while overrated crap like "No Country for Old men" gets in.
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Post by Millie D on Jan 25, 2008 15:09:30 GMT -5
saw OCEAN'S 13 last night.....I loved it! As good as Oceans 11 and wayyy better then crappy twelve! I also loved that i did not see some plots twists coming....Man that was awesome! 5 stars
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 25, 2008 15:21:42 GMT -5
saw OCEAN'S 13 last night.....I loved it! As good as Oceans 11 and wayyy better then crappy twelve! I also loved that i did not see some plots twists coming....Man that was awesome! 5 stars I can agree with this... I also love the fact that you can spot so many people from the other movies, although I would've loved for Topher Grace to make one more cameo...
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 25, 2008 17:54:29 GMT -5
THE KITE RUNNER
As some of you may know, I am Chaldean. Chaldean is, essentially, a separate "tribe" of sorts in Northern Iraq. To make it way more simple, I am a Catholic Arab. While I've never been to Iraq, my father never seemed to want to talk about it much. As you know, Muslims and Catholics don't get along, especially in Iraq. While my mother's side of the family lived in northern Iraq, among the other Catholics, my father's side stayed doing business in downtown Baghdad. My father was ridiculed by his Muslim teachers and school mates, let alone the random ones on the street. It was just the way they lived and he understood that. When he started college, he was approached by the Baath Party and told, in no uncertain terms, that he either pledged allegiance to them or he would go nowhere in life. That's when he made his decision to move to America, but not before going to Mexico, paying off some guy who brought him and a dozen other Iraqis into America as a soccer team, and then getting caught by the American government trying to buy his way into a marriage for citizenship.
Why do I bring this all up? Because this movie helped me understand my father a little bit more. The Kite Runner is an absolutely phenomenal movie that is hard to watch at times. The message, the acting, the story, all brought together in this wonderful movie that has more than it's share of heart aches.
One of the biggest reasons I have such an appreciation of this movie is it's frankness and honesty while showing how the Arab people live, work, etc. In movies, Arabs get an accurate presentation as many times as Jessica Alba has shown promise in a movie... I think you get what I'm saying... But this movie showed them in a fair and balanced light that actually made sense. I know a lot of you might not get the little things, such as the General's problems with Amir and all of that, but it hit me at home.
I just hope that anybody who sees this gains a little better understanding of the Middle East and its people. Truly one an amazing piece of cinema.
****1/2 out of *****
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Post by rra on Jan 25, 2008 18:49:55 GMT -5
HITMANBased on the game of the same name, Hitman stars Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, a man bred to be a hitman since he was a child. Caught in a web of conspiracy, he's gotta find his way out while still getting his target. Do you guys know math? Here's an equation... (Bourne Identity - acting/storyline) + (Transporter - action choreography) = Hitman It's got tastes of two separate action series but it doesn't exactly hit many high marks. It was a competent action movie with a couple of surprisingly good scenes, but it wasn't good as a whole. I'd watch it if it were on TV, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it. **1/2 out of ***** You know, we're surprisingly becoming more and more aligned as critics. Almost............eerie. *cue TWILIGHT ZONE music* The way I saw HITMAN, which I gave the same grade as you, it was a direct-to-DVD action picture that somehow escaped into theatres. I even compared it to CHAIN REACTION, where despite uninteresting people, plot, and events, the action narrative keeps it just watchable enough in a passive entertaining sort of plane.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 26, 2008 11:55:17 GMT -5
I even compared it to CHAIN REACTION, where despite uninteresting people, plot, and events, the action narrative keeps it just watchable enough in a passive entertaining sort of plane. That would be the perfect quote to sum up the movie. FUTURAMA: BENDER'S BIG SCOREI just saw this for a second time last night. The story itself is awesome, but it's a bit hard to follow at times and they don't bring enough of the funny. I still can't wait for the rest of the movies to come out. ***1/2 out of *****
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Post by Jiren on Jan 26, 2008 12:42:48 GMT -5
Ed Wood
I'm a huge Tim Burton Mark and have loved nearly all of his films (I hate "Nightmare before Christmas") and i would put "Ed Wood" in a easy 3rd place (behind "Sweeny Todd" & "Edward Scissorhands") because it's just a fantastic film
The reason i (And many others) love this film is due to the fact that everything works, Comedy, Drama, Black & White setting & Acting.
The Acting is amazing, Depp is hillarious as the optimistic & Cross dressing Ed Wood, Martin Landau captures the essence of Bela Lugosi perfectly, the rest of the cast are very good too but Depp & Landau are the reason it works so well.
Alot of Ed Wood is pure sillyness from Ed's cross dressing to Bela's attitude one of my favorite examples is the filming of the Octopus scene
Bela Lugosi: GODDAMN, it's cold! Edward D. Wood, Jr.: It'll warm up once you're in it. Bela Lugosi: F*** YOU! You come out here!
Another entertaining aspect is Ed's inept attempt at film making from him allowing almost everything thing through no matter how bad it is from Tor not fitting through the door in "Bride of the Monster" to the gravestone falling over in "Plan 9". Despite his problems Ed is a very likable character although alot of that is due to Depp's performance.
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Post by imisswwf on Jan 26, 2008 17:20:19 GMT -5
No Country for Old Men
Easily the best movie I have seen in several years.
I'll give it 9/10 rating.
Javier Bardam is a lock for an Oscar
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 28, 2008 17:22:02 GMT -5
AIRHEADS
Here's a case of a movie being nowhere near as good as I remembered it. With the talent, I expected (and remembered) a lot more. Meh, just simply meh...
** out of *****
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Post by Bullhead on Jan 28, 2008 17:27:48 GMT -5
Watched Blade Runner: The Final Cut last night. It was pretty good, but I wonder if any of the other versions are better.
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Post by adamclark52 on Jan 28, 2008 19:44:36 GMT -5
f*** it, I LIKED THE CONDEMMED. There, I said it.
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Post by spiderlady on Jan 28, 2008 22:00:40 GMT -5
I just saw "The Departed" and "I am Legend". I like dystopia stories, so I enjoyed I am Legend. The Departed was good, but I believe that it was about 20 minutes too long. Other than that, these two movies were both exciting and worthwhile.
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