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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 23, 2008 13:32:59 GMT -5
I instinctively watch Begins anytime I see it on TV. The best comic to movie translation ever imho Of the modern-day comic book superheroes....YES. But the best superhero myth cinema ever? Close, but nothing beats CONAN THE BARBARIAN. I don't ever know when you're being serious. I had one HUGE problem with Batman Begins though... It's the voice that Christian Bale uses while in the Bat-suit, but I think that might have had more to do with the suit than Bale himself... Speaking of Christian Bale... THE MACHINISTOh man, this movie irked me hard. Watching Bale as Trevor Reznik wasting away at 120 lbs. was more uncomfortable that the grossest scenes in the Saw series. The movie kept me guessing the entire time, wondering what the hell was actually happening, but I'm so happy that the ending wasn't a complete let-down, as a lot of these movies tend to do. Big props to Bale and the rest of the supporting cast (Especially Jennifer Jason Leigh's boobs, they deserved a Best Supporting Actress nomination)... But seriously, it was good, but I don't know if I'd ever watch it again. *** out of *****
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Post by rra on Jan 23, 2008 13:42:13 GMT -5
Of the modern-day comic book superheroes....YES. But the best superhero myth cinema ever? Close, but nothing beats CONAN THE BARBARIAN. I don't ever know when you're being serious. I had one HUGE problem with Batman Begins though... It's the voice that Christian Bale uses while in the Bat-suit, but I think that might have had more to do with the suit than Bale himself... Speaking of Christian Bale... THE MACHINISTOh man, this movie irked me hard. Watching Bale as Trevor Reznik wasting away at 120 lbs. was more uncomfortable that the grossest scenes in the Saw series. The movie kept me guessing the entire time, wondering what the hell was actually happening, but I'm so happy that the ending wasn't a complete let-down, as a lot of these movies tend to do. Big props to Bale and the rest of the supporting cast (Especially Jennifer Jason Leigh's boobs, they deserved a Best Supporting Actress nomination)... But seriously, it was good, but I don't know if I'd ever watch it again. *** out of ***** The bat-voice makes total sense to me. Why use the same voice that you have in real life? Besides, that gravel-voice made that interrogation sequence totally work. The difference between CONAN THE BARBAIRAN and BATMAN BEGINS is that while BATMAN is mythic up to its obligatory action-finale of a third act....and it works on that level. But John Milius' CONAN is full-on myth from beginning to its climax.... What other Hollywood movie besides STAR WARS has pulled that off from start to end? Anyway, THE MACHINIST's highlight to watch for is Bale's insane as hell performance and Holocaust skeleton. How he went from that to bulked up for BEGINS..... how???The twist is interesting, I must say. Not really the sort that audiences expect these days to "make" a movie (ala THE USUAL SUSPECTS), but THE MACHINIST's twist is one that's intriging in a moralistic tradition.
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Post by Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture on Jan 23, 2008 13:51:57 GMT -5
I'll do one for The Bucket List - ***/***** (3/5)
It's a more sentimental (and slightly geriatric) version of the buddy formula that stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill patients who decide to concoct a list of things to do before they die.
For starters, Nicholson and Freeman have wonderful chemistry together, and I hope that they have the opportunity to star in another film together. Jack does well as smug, cynical billionaire Edward Cole, and it's great to see how more of his character is fleshed out before the film's end. While somewhat familiar to some of his other wise, fatherly roles, Freeman's simple husband and father figure in Carter Chambers is pleasant to watch, and you sense the friendship these two men develop over time as they cross off entries on their bucket list.
But, I was hoping there would be a lot more "laugh-out-loud" moments than there were, and I wish they had included some proper closure on the somewhat strained, chaotic relationship between Cole and his assistant (Sean Hayes).
Overall, a good film that could've done a bit more. Unfortunately, since I received some terrible news right after leaving the film (see my thread), I probably won't be watching this again anytime soon.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 23, 2008 13:54:53 GMT -5
The bat-voice makes total sense to me. Why use the same voice that you have in real life? Besides, that gravel-voice made that interrogation sequence totally work. The difference between CONAN THE BARBAIRAN and BATMAN BEGINS is that while BATMAN is mythic up to its obligatory action-finale of a third act....and it works on that level. But John Milius' CONAN is full-on myth from beginning to its climax.... What other Hollywood movie besides STAR WARS has pulled that off from start to end? Anyway, THE MACHINIST's highlight to watch for is Bale's insane as hell performance and Holocaust skeleton. How he went from that to bulked up for BEGINS..... how???The twist is interesting, I must say. Not really the sort that audiences expect these days to "make" a movie (ala THE USUAL SUSPECTS), but THE MACHINIST's twist is one that's intriging in a moralistic tradition. I guess I can see where you're coming from with the voice, but it sounded like he was impersonating Batman rather than being Batman. It didn't ruin the movie for me or anything, but it's one of those things that irks me still. I can also see what you're getting at about Conan but still... Then again, I haven't seen it since I was a kid... Yeah, the twist didn't make the movie, but it definitely surprised me a lot more than so many other twists in so many other movies.
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Post by rra on Jan 23, 2008 13:55:14 GMT -5
I'll do one for The Bucket List - ***/***** (3/5) It's a more sentimental (and slightly geriatric) version of the buddy formula that stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill patients who decide to concoct a list of things to do before they die. For starters, Nicholson and Freeman have wonderful chemistry together, and I hope that they have the opportunity to star in another film together. Jack does well as smug, cynical billionaire Edward Cole, and it's great to see how more of his character is fleshed out before the film's end. While somewhat familiar to some of his other wise, fatherly roles, Freeman's simple husband and father figure in Carter Chambers is pleasant to watch, and you sense the friendship these two men develop over time as they cross off entries on their bucket list. But, I was hoping there would be a lot more "laugh-out-loud" moments than there were, and I wish they had included some proper closure on the somewhat strained, chaotic relationship between Cole and his assistant (Sean Hayes). Overall, a good film that could've done a bit more. Unfortunately, since I received some terrible news right after leaving the film (see my thread), I probably won't be watching this again anytime soon. I know that someone, either TIME or NEWSWEEK, called it "SUPERBAD for Old people." Is that really praise or a thrasing?
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 23, 2008 13:59:53 GMT -5
I'll do one for The Bucket List - ***/***** (3/5) It's a more sentimental (and slightly geriatric) version of the buddy formula that stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill patients who decide to concoct a list of things to do before they die. For starters, Nicholson and Freeman have wonderful chemistry together, and I hope that they have the opportunity to star in another film together. Jack does well as smug, cynical billionaire Edward Cole, and it's great to see how more of his character is fleshed out before the film's end. While somewhat familiar to some of his other wise, fatherly roles, Freeman's simple husband and father figure in Carter Chambers is pleasant to watch, and you sense the friendship these two men develop over time as they cross off entries on their bucket list. But, I was hoping there would be a lot more "laugh-out-loud" moments than there were, and I wish they had included some proper closure on the somewhat strained, chaotic relationship between Cole and his assistant (Sean Hayes). Overall, a good film that could've done a bit more. Unfortunately, since I received some terrible news right after leaving the film (see my thread), I probably won't be watching this again anytime soon. Sorry about the news, but I agree with your review. Nicholson and Freeman saved the movie. As for the Sean Hayes character, I saw it as Hayes was Nicholson's surrogate "son", and he was almost readying him to take over after he was gone. Especially once the ending happened it cemented that, while it was an employer/employee relationship, it went a little deeper than that as Hayes was one of the few people to actually understand Nicholson's character.
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Post by rra on Jan 23, 2008 14:04:28 GMT -5
The bat-voice makes total sense to me. Why use the same voice that you have in real life? Besides, that gravel-voice made that interrogation sequence totally work. The difference between CONAN THE BARBAIRAN and BATMAN BEGINS is that while BATMAN is mythic up to its obligatory action-finale of a third act....and it works on that level. But John Milius' CONAN is full-on myth from beginning to its climax.... What other Hollywood movie besides STAR WARS has pulled that off from start to end? Anyway, THE MACHINIST's highlight to watch for is Bale's insane as hell performance and Holocaust skeleton. How he went from that to bulked up for BEGINS..... how???The twist is interesting, I must say. Not really the sort that audiences expect these days to "make" a movie (ala THE USUAL SUSPECTS), but THE MACHINIST's twist is one that's intriging in a moralistic tradition. I guess I can see where you're coming from with the voice, but it sounded like he was impersonating Batman rather than being Batman. It didn't ruin the movie for me or anything, but it's one of those things that irks me still. I can also see what you're getting at about Conan but still... Then again, I haven't seen it since I was a kid... Yeah, the twist didn't make the movie, but it definitely surprised me a lot more than so many other twists in so many other movies. Thing is, I thought that voice worked for me in that Batman is supposed to be a scary goddamn mother f***er. As Bruce Wayne, Bale is inflective, broody, and the first cinematic Batman to be more interesting outside the suit. A great myth, I must say. As for CONAN, check it out again. Many folks say its a silly fantasy muscle movie, and instead watch it as a crazy-ass myth from a intelligent if insanely off-beat John Milius. Hell, the ending isn't another action finale where the hero cuts up more henchmen and finally the villain. No, its real APOCALYPSE NOW....and with James Earl Jones being goddamn awesome. "I created you. Without me, you're no one."
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Post by Millie D on Jan 23, 2008 14:11:55 GMT -5
I just saw Beowulf..i liked the animation 3-d style of the movie and i thought it should have been rated R but all in all not a bad flick..i haven't read the book in a while so i can't compare the movie to it but I did like plot...whether or not Grendel was a disfigured human again is up to the book..maybe there were some mistakes i don't know but i thought the movie was good
3 out of 5 stars for me
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Post by HRH The KING on Jan 23, 2008 14:20:42 GMT -5
I saw "Starman" this morning.
Pretty decent movie.
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Post by Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture on Jan 23, 2008 15:05:41 GMT -5
I'll do one for The Bucket List - ***/***** (3/5) It's a more sentimental (and slightly geriatric) version of the buddy formula that stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as two terminally ill patients who decide to concoct a list of things to do before they die. For starters, Nicholson and Freeman have wonderful chemistry together, and I hope that they have the opportunity to star in another film together. Jack does well as smug, cynical billionaire Edward Cole, and it's great to see how more of his character is fleshed out before the film's end. While somewhat familiar to some of his other wise, fatherly roles, Freeman's simple husband and father figure in Carter Chambers is pleasant to watch, and you sense the friendship these two men develop over time as they cross off entries on their bucket list. But, I was hoping there would be a lot more "laugh-out-loud" moments than there were, and I wish they had included some proper closure on the somewhat strained, chaotic relationship between Cole and his assistant (Sean Hayes). Overall, a good film that could've done a bit more. Unfortunately, since I received some terrible news right after leaving the film (see my thread), I probably won't be watching this again anytime soon. I know that someone, either TIME or NEWSWEEK, called it "SUPERBAD for Old people." Is that really praise or a thrasing? That's a head-scratcher if I ever heard one.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 23, 2008 17:03:27 GMT -5
DUKES OF HAZZARD Everything you heard about this movie is true... The performances from everyone are lackluster, the story is stupid and logic defying, and Johnny Knoxville and Sean William Scott as the Duke boys are as convincing as Bugs Bunny dressing up as a woman... But that's not to say the movie still isn't fun. It's fluff, through and through, but it was still a good time.
Props to Willie Nelson for still being completely Willie (The part with the moonshine bombs had me rolling for some reason), to the supporting cast (Including Dave Koechner) for still bringing the funny, and props to the car chases, as they were fun to watch still.
Biggest props go to Jessica Simpson who didn't completely annoy me and looked absolutely gorgeous the whole time. Seriously, that woman is stunning.
**1/2 out of *****
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jan 23, 2008 19:13:13 GMT -5
Okay so I finally was able to find two movies that I've been searching for a long time and both are by the same director. They are Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast and The Wizard of Gore.
Now let me start with Blood Feast. This movie has often been called the first "gore" movie and even for a movie made in 1963 it's pretty graphic. The plot in nil to none but still better than Saw IV. But the basic story is this rich socialite wants to plan a weird party for her daughter and goes to this strange shop owner, Fuhar Ramses to plan a "traditional" Egyptian Feast. However what he dosen't say is that it will be a blood fest for the goddess Ishtar which Ramses goes around killing people, in gruesome ways taking body parts for the blood feast.
Now with the small budget and even with the terrible cast(possibly the worst actors ever to be in a movie) it's actually pretty well done and the score was very good and fit the mood of the movie and with being slightly more than a hour the acting does not become abrasive and you could see where most movies from the seventies and Tromo got inspiration from so it should definately be seen so while I recommend it don't expect a horror masterpiece but a movie that could be enjoyable if you slasher flicks.
**/****
Now to the better movie, Lewis' Wizard of Gore. I really liked this movie, and yes it was cheesy and slightly ridiculous but I really loved it and just visually was incredible to me.
The story is that a magician Montang the great is having a show where he justs new twists of old magic tricks like sawing a girl in half, the spike through the head trick ect. but these tricks are for more graphic with Montang playing with their insides and than all of a sudden they seem fine. This girl who has a tv show is so impressed with him that she wants to interview him on TV. Except the problem is that people who "volunteered" have been found gruesomely murdered in the same way the "tricks" were in the show. This movie is so well done and the mood is amazing and it's really disturbing and unsettling. This is highly recommended for everybody ans yes the acting is kind of it dosen't matter since the visual side of the movie is so great so I think everyone should see this even if you don't like horror you'll still like this.
***1/2/****
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Post by tankmcquade on Jan 24, 2008 1:31:51 GMT -5
I finally got the chance to see Death Proof earlier tonight. Now I wish I had not put my hopes up so damn high.....
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 24, 2008 1:48:19 GMT -5
Today I watched:
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST uncut (1980).
Holy smurfing crap!!!! That is all. 5.5/10
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But seriously. I could go on and do a proper review of this film. But I won't. I never EVER want to see this film again. It was too much for this crapper.
Was the acting good? I dunno. The Story? I can't tell you.
The gore, the violence, the animal killings (which were real) and the other things I just could not do it.
I did not think I would ever see a film that would disgust me this much. Just horrible.
I'm just glad I did not watch it with my girlfriend or my little sister. I could not imagine what they would think if walked in just as the final few scenes were playing.
smurf this film!
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Post by default on Jan 24, 2008 2:51:50 GMT -5
Just watched My Breakfast With Blassie. Fun movie if you like Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie and more or less unscripted dialogue.
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Post by skiller on Jan 24, 2008 5:19:20 GMT -5
Today I watched: CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST uncut (1980).Holy smurfing crap!!!! That is all. 5.5/10 EDIT: But seriously. I could go on and do a proper review of this film. But I won't. I never EVER want to see this film again. It was too much for this crapper. Was the acting good? I dunno. The Story? I can't tell you. The gore, the violence, the animal killings (which were real) and the other things I just could not do it. I did not think I would ever see a film that would disgust me this much. Just horrible. I'm just glad I did not watch it with my girlfriend or my little sister. I could not imagine what they would think if walked in just as the final few scenes were playing. smurf this film! I don't disagree with you at all. I watched this with a friend out of curiosity once, and I really wish I hadn't. I've never been so emotionally and physically sick after a movie before and since. I can't believe what happened behind the scenes. If I'd known beforehand, I'd never have watched it.
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Post by Jiren on Jan 24, 2008 7:44:41 GMT -5
"Cannibal Holocaust" is great.
I love the bit when after the execs have finished watching it they each 1 by 1 stand silently and walk away, like the audience does.
I agree with what some people said "You don't watch it, you survive it" because it's a hard movie to watch.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 24, 2008 8:02:25 GMT -5
"Cannibal Holocaust" is great. I love the bit when after the execs have finished watching it they each 1 by 1 stand silently and walk away, like the audience does. I agree with what some people said "You don't watch it, you survive it" because it's a hard movie to watch. I do agree with one of the final lines of the the film: 'Take the film out and Burn it!'
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Post by Grendel on Jan 24, 2008 8:54:59 GMT -5
I just saw Beowulf..i liked the animation 3-d style of the movie and i thought it should have been rated R but all in all not a bad flick..i haven't read the book in a while so i can't compare the movie to it but I did like plot...whether or not Grendel was a disfigured human again is up to the book..maybe there were some mistakes i don't know but i thought the movie was good 3 out of 5 stars for me Talking about me behind my back, eh? Wondering whether or not I'm a disfigured human? I'm hurt. ;D Kidding. Okay, I guess it's my turn. Just saw Busty Cops 2 last night. The acting, if you can call it that, was laughable. The plot was non existent ... But it's still watchable fare. ;D
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 24, 2008 9:15:30 GMT -5
I just saw Beowulf..i liked the animation 3-d style of the movie and i thought it should have been rated R but all in all not a bad flick..i haven't read the book in a while so i can't compare the movie to it but I did like plot...whether or not Grendel was a disfigured human again is up to the book..maybe there were some mistakes i don't know but i thought the movie was good 3 out of 5 stars for me Talking about me behind my back, eh? Wondering whether or not I'm a disfigured human? I'm hurt. ;D Kidding. Okay, I guess it's my turn. Just saw Busty Cops 2 last night. The acting, if you can call it that, was laughable. The plot was non existent ... But it's still watchable fare. ;D Oh man, Busty Cops 2 was a masterpiece!
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