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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 10, 2008 11:11:35 GMT -5
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.
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Post by 4real on Mar 10, 2008 11:32:01 GMT -5
I was bored, thats my accuse for seeing Semi-Pro. And that my friend didn't wanna see Be Kind Rewind.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Mar 10, 2008 11:45:30 GMT -5
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.
****
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 13, 2008 10:29:02 GMT -5
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 *****
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Post by Millie D on Mar 13, 2008 13:22:11 GMT -5
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...
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 13, 2008 15:56:16 GMT -5
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 - paperstreetjesus3:10 to Yuma - Grendel, Doctor Doom30 Days of Night - ellisdee, GrendelAcross The Universe - Widow's PeakAirheads - bigHEADincAlien Hunter - RubeAliens vs. Predator: Requiem - bigHEADinc, Doctor Doom, mrrottonAlvin & The Chipmunks - bigHEADincAmerican Dreamz - Tyler Perry's redunbeckAmerican Gangster - lucaspunkariAmistad - texaswhopperAngus - bigHEADincAtonement - bigHEADinc, Doctor DoomAudition - Steelers4life87Bad Tate - KOWBASEketball - bigHEADincBasketball Diaries - bigHEADincBatman Begins - lucaspunkari, VirtBe Kind, Rewind - bigHEADinc, jobberjoeBee Movie - bigHEADincBefore The Devil Knows You're Dead - bigHEADinc, thepaywindahBelleville Rendez Vous - JokerBenchwarmers - LibertineBend It Like Beckham - bigHEADincBeowulf - Millie DBeowulf & Grendel - Millie DThe Black Hole - wildojinxBlack Sheep (2007) - bigHEADincBlack Snake Moan - bigHEADincBlood Feast - KOWBreaking The Rules - Tyler Perry's redunbeckBubba Ho-Tep - bigHEADincThe Bucket List - bigHEADinc, TullBut I'm A Cheerleader - bigHEADincCannibal Holocaust - GojiraChaos - GrendelCharlie Bartlett - bigHEADincCharlie Wilson's War - bigHEADinc, comahan, GojiraChildren of Men - comahanCloverfield - lucaspunkari, The Solomonster, 4realCobra Verde - JokerCommando - JokerThe Covenant - MiLo
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 13, 2008 15:56:56 GMT -5
MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.Daft Punk's Electroma - The Sam08Dark City - Valentine Michael Smith, Millie DThe Darjeeling Limited - Widow's PeakDan In Real Life - bigHEADincDeath Race 2000 - irontygerDedication - bigHEADincDefinitely, Maybe - EvilMasterBettyThe Descent - wolfmoon103100The Devil's Rejects - El Pollo GuerreraDevour - DeadpoolDon't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood - The Sam08Dragon Tiger Gate - El Pollo GuerreraDukes Of Hazard - bigHEADincDumbo - GojiraEastern Promises - bigHEADincEd Wood - Doctor DoomEnchanted - bigHEADincThe End - The Sam08Enemy of the State - ChibiDiabloEquilibrium - bigHEADincEscape From New York - GojiraExtreme Ops - Tyler Perry's redunbeckThe Eye - BradleyFantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Adam ClarkFargo - bigHEADincFido - bigHEADincFlash Gordon - Doctor DoomFuturama: Bender's Big Score - bigHEADincThe Game Plan - bigHEADincGlengarry Glen Ross - bigHEADincGo - W.RThe Golden Compass - 4realGone Baby Gone - bigHEADincGummo - I'm The Cool OneThe Guyver 2: Dark Hero - Avalanche AlvarezHalloween (2007) - tapyaout33, MNM's Official "Fixer", El Pollo GuerreraHeat - bigHEADincHeathers - KOWHindenburg - GojiraHitman - bigHEADinc, GrendelHostel - DeadpoolHot Fuzz - IndigoHot Rod - 4realHouse Of 1000 Corpses - El Pollo GuerreraHouse of Wax - LithiumHoward The Dunk - Doctor DoomHustle & Flow - bigHEADincI Am Legend - cart, Near Fantastica, mrrotton, MuskratI Know Who Killed Me - MNM's Official "Fixer"I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry - dazzIn The Name Of The King - Millie DJackass 2.5 - Bradley
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 13, 2008 15:57:27 GMT -5
MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.Jumper - bigHEADinc, Doctor Doom, 4realJuno - bigHEADinc, KingPopper, Vanilla Gorilla, drthv8r, Woody, DJ Peapod, A Dubya, dsr, Virt, 4realKite Runner - bigHEADinc, Andy DukeThe Kung Fu Master - El Pollo GuerreraThe Lawnmower Man - Tyler Perry's redunbeckLife Aquatic With Steve Zissou - bigHEADincLittle Children - jzbadbloodLive Free or Die Hard - drthv8r, GojiraThe Machinist - bigHEADincMargot At The Wedding - bigHEADincMelinda & Melinda - Some Ben GuyMichael Clayton - bigHEADinc, comahan, PaxMidnight Run - DiGMr. & Mrs. Smith - bigHEADinc, ringrustMr. Woodcock - Millie DThe Namesake - bigHEADincNational Treasure 2 - Doctor DoomNetwork - bigHEADincThe Nines - bigHEADincNo Country For Old Men - bigHEADinc, comahan, Doctor Doom, imisswwf, Millie D, GrendelOcean's Thirteen - bigHEADinc, Millie DOldboy - bigHEADincOnce - The Widow's PeakOnce Upon A Time In Mexico - Doctor DoomOne Last Thing... - bigHEADincOrdinary People - Radio ClashThe Orphanage - Bob SchlapowitzPatch Adams - Radio ClashPitch Black - GrendelPlatoon - paulbearerPowder - Flying Leg KicksThe Prowler - renzinoRambo - bigHEADinc, lucaspunkariResident Evil: Extinction - GrendelReturn of the Jedi - bigHEADincReturn To The House On Haunted Hill - RubeRocky Balboa - Joe Freakin' Perry, Paul ServoRumor Has It - VirtRun, Fatboy, Run - bigHEADincSave The Last Dance - bigHEADincSaw IV - MNM's Official "Fixer"Semi-Pro - bigHEADinc, lucaspunkari, 4realSeven Samurai - dsr, uwf circa 1986Shawshank Redemption - bigHEADincShoot 'Em Up - Bob SchlapowitzSling Blade - JMontoya9189Slugs - Golden SpikeSmiley Face - bigHEADinc, Millie DA Sound Of Thunder - Tyler Perry's redunbeckStar Trek: First Contact - Doctor Doom
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 13, 2008 15:57:50 GMT -5
MOVIE NAME - REVIEWER 1, REVIEWER 2, ETC.Strange Wilderness - bigHEADincStreet Trash - Golden SpikeSunshine - personman01Superbad - dazzSuperman 3 - General ZodSuperman 4 - General ZodSuperman: Doomsday - Doctor DoomSweeney Todd - bigHEADinc, comahan, Doctor DoomTerminator 2 - Sunny4LifeTexas Chainsaw Massacre - GrendelThere Will Be Blood - bigHEADinc, cliffordTrantasia - Millie DUltimate Avengers (2006 Cartoon) - JokerUntraceable - 4realV For Vendetta - bigHEADinc, rraWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - Virt, shaman90Wallstreet - bigHEADinc, rraWar = Paul ServoWar Of the Worlds (1953) - GojiraThe Water Horse - dazzWaterworld - GrendelWe Own The Night - bigHEADinc, rra, Bob SchlapowitzThe Wizard - bigHEADincWizard of Gore - KOWZeitgeist - Joe Freakin' Perry
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Post by -Lithium- on Mar 13, 2008 16:06:05 GMT -5
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...
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Post by Grendel on Mar 15, 2008 23:38:15 GMT -5
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.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 17, 2008 1:33:32 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Mar 17, 2008 2:02:30 GMT -5
Whoa, good work archiving all the reveiws Big Head.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 17, 2008 9:59:42 GMT -5
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...
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Mar 17, 2008 18:27:02 GMT -5
Whoa, good work archiving all the reveiws Big Head. Seconded. Now for a review... Rambo (2008) ----------------- 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
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Post by 4real on Mar 18, 2008 18:30:58 GMT -5
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.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 19, 2008 10:07:15 GMT -5
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 *****
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Post by Joker on Mar 19, 2008 12:30:05 GMT -5
200+ movie reviews ... Crikey!
Which one got the lowest score?
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Post by bigHEADinc on Mar 19, 2008 12:55:49 GMT -5
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...
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Post by Joker on Mar 19, 2008 12:58:38 GMT -5
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.
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