We had a good one of these a while back, I think it specified to list the last three you watched but feel free to do as many or as few as you like. And of course feel free to grade or rate or review or comment on them as you wish.

Raging Bull - A+
Pan's Labyrinth - B+
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds :blush: - B-

American Pimp (http://imdb.com/title/tt0179074/): B
Conversation(s) With Other Women (http://imdb.com/title/tt0435623/): A

the pick of destiny - B+
pan's labyrinth - A
children of men - A

mulholland drive - B
the deer hunter - A
rolling thunder - B-

lean on me - a+
starship troopers - a+

how is starship troopers an a+

The Pentagon Papers - C+
Breathless - A+
Ferpect Crime - B+
Come and See - A

beijing bubbles - c+
happy feet - a-

how is starship troopers an a+i was being sarcastic. lean on me really is an a+ though

my list is best because i got linxxx

Dogma - B
Battle Royal - A+
Waking Life - A+

my list is best because i got linxxx

amazon made my link for me

clever amazon

titanic - C
scarface - E-
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - F
my little pony the movie - B+
once upon a time in the west - E-

why did you give that one an f? (it wasn't a great movie or anythiung, just curious)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - B+
The Party - B
Best in Show - A

once upon a time in the west - E-
have you no shame

marie antoinette - C
a scanner darkly - C+
zodiac - B+

the bridge - B

why does everybody hate marie antoinette? i haven't seen it, but if i'm the kind to enjoy movies with no real story but are just sweet and pretty and do you think i'd like it?

i thought it would be perfect

I don't hate marie antoinette. I enjoyed it, I just don't think a 2:30 hour music video deserves a better rating.

i thought the trailer was about the best thing ever so that sounds good

how is starship troopers an a+

tits, dude.

why does everybody hate marie antoinette? i haven't seen it, but if i'm the kind to enjoy movies with no real story but are just sweet and pretty and do you think i'd like it?

i thought it would be perfect

well i haven't seen it and i hate it because i've read about marie antoinette and even i want to kill her

the only good movie with marie antoinette in it involves the gillotine.

moobies I seen recently

The Depahted = A+
Thank You For Smoking = A
Sleepy Hollow = B+
Bringing Out the Dead = A

I only fuck wit quality

team america - B+
valley of the dolls - F quintuple minus
Ichi the killer - A-

Clerks II - B-

oh i forgot about TEAM AMERICA = B

Ghost Rider = C
Knocked Up = A
Harsh Times = B-

children of men - A<plusonelolz>

Perfume: Story of a Murderer - Found this pretty unique, it became a weird fairytale for me towards the end, but I can understand why people think it falls apart. <img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_4.gif">
Pick of Destiny - I thought this looked awful and was shocked that the wife had rented it, but it actually turned out ok. <img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_3.gif">
The Hitcher (original) - I just had to rewatch this to remind myself why I was never going to watch the Sean Bean one. Hauer is awesome. <img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_4.gif">
Blade Runner - Hadn't seen this in years, damn fine movie. <img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif">
Split Second - I'm on a Rutger Hauer kick ok? Hadn't seen this. Some cheesy awful 80s fun but it really loses focus and gets a bit shit towards the end.<img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_2.gif"> Salute of the jugger is next, not seen it since i had a vhs copy ages ago.

Shaun of the Dead - A+, really just a well-balanced movie. Didn't expect to care about the characters, but it had me by the end

Pan's Labyrinth - C, was expecting more of the fantasy stuff, and not a WWII drama...felt like they needed to pick one and go with it. The captain guy was an excellent actor, though.

Ju-on: The Grudge - C, way better than the American version, but still not great, IMO

I just watched Playing By Heart again last night and it's a solid B

pan's labrynth has ww2 drama elements? wow. now i will never see it.

i am sick to fucking death of world war two.

The war is mentioned a grand total of one time in the movie. It's about the Spanish Civil War, not WWII, ya numbnuts.

good cop bon cop - should just come with a disclaimer saying "warning, contains embarrasing parts that cram canadiana in your face, cringe and forget they happen"... otherwise good and worth seeing
paradise now - great acting, reallllly slow paced though
shortbus - gets props for actually testing taste/porn limits and then not completley sucking. thought it at least had a good original story in there but was lost in bad/overly arty directing/acting... turned my gf on so thats good... still might as well get porn
knocked up - classic, wayyyyy better than 40 yr old virgin... not convincing enough that she would give him the time of day though
talladega nights - awesome, pretty much impossible to walk away from without at least 10 quotes you will repeat later on

Knocked Up- A-
Mr Brooks- B
Sicko- C+ (moore has gone batshit crazy)

Knocked Up -- A
SiCKO -- A+
Apocalypto -- B-
Anchorman (second viewing) -- B+

moobies I seen recently
This is weird-- I always talk like this when I'm trying to be goofy! I replace v's with b's. Does everyone do this? I always ask Chris if he wants to go rent some "dee-bee-deez," heh.

i do the same thing :blush:

I love you guys.

The war is mentioned a grand total of one time in the movie. It's about the Spanish Civil War, not WWII, ya numbnuts.

Well, I really meant more the time period...I'm not up on my Spanish history and when I heard them make reference to Normandy, I just assumed. My bad. Anyhow, it's still a war-drama more than it is a fantasy movie, and not really what I expected

waitress - B (cute but could have been a little shorter)
pirates of the caribbean - C- (johnny couldn't even save this debacle. sorry johnny)
last of the mohicans - C+ (it seemed to be a movie about daniel day lewis running. hotly running)
the queen - C yawnsville

freedom writers - the idea of it was great. it was a little hollywood cheese though, as i expected.

but i'm a idealistic social worker and damn what that teacher did was cool.

Jenni Lee - Amateur Creampies - B+

Waking Life - A+


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pirates of the caribbean - C- (johnny couldn't even save this debacle. sorry johnny)

thank you... I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this movie was shit

Oh yeah, I forgot about the new turdtastic Pirates movie. I'd give it a C, for sure. All I wanted was it to fucking end, already.

I just watched Playing By Heart again last night and it's a solid B

I saw this a few years ago and remember really liking it. How adorable is Jon Stewart in that? :blush:

shit i forgot i saw y tu mama tambien 2 days ago. wow. A+. but why the fuck can't they just call it 'and your mother too?'

Awesome movie, solid A- maybe A for me.

I need to watch it again, I've only seen it once.

Knocked Up: C

shooter - c- its marky mark and its very predictable but still ok if youre bored
black snake moan - c its meh
blood and chocolate - c good beat off material when in the vampy mood
breach - c entertaining
higher learning - b because it hasnt age well and is so bad its entertaining
notes on a scandal - b i enjoyed it
primal fear - c richard gere is so bad but edward nortypants is pretty good in it
stranger than fiction - b+

Awesome movie, solid A- maybe A for me.

I need to watch it again, I've only seen it once.
Same here, but I remember it being amazamazing.

stranger than fiction - b+
I thought this was pretty meh. The only scene that stands out to me is when he plays that Wreckless Eric song for the girl and then they do it. That part was tender. The rest of the movie was just okay.

But it reminds me that I saw Running With Scissors not too long ago, too. Wow, either I had too high of expectations or that movie really was as bad as I thought... It was competent but just... Not very good. Seemed like it tried too hard. C-

Running With Scissors was really bad.

Which is ashamed because the book was pretty good.

Running With Scissors was really bad.
Glad it wasn't just me.

Glad it wasn't just me.

Pretty sure everyone hated it.

deja vu - B
waitress - A

running with scissors wasnt too bad

taladega nights - B
Robin Hood (the disney animated one) - C

Robin Hood (the disney animated one) - C

we must not have watched the same movie

deja vu - B

Oh yeah! Man, what's with me? All I do these days is play video games, watch movies and go to the occasionall ball game. Why can't I do something as simple as remember what movies I've seen? I watched Deja Vu with a killer hangover and still managed to be enthralled, although I do have a serious problem with almost every use of time travel in a movie ever. But I liked this movie despite that. Denzel's character was great. I'd give it a B, too.

we must not have watched the same movie

i based my grade off of the fact that its not as good as i remember as a kid. its still a winner.

yeah the entire time travel thing in this movie was just soooo out there that it took me a bit to get passed it. but i liked how it ended with denzel's usual emotional speech to close the deal.

funny i couldnt get past the time travel thing in this movie but donnie darko is one of my favorite movies. maybe because in deja vu they spent like 10 minutes trying to explain it with like technical terms and whatnot.

by the way how was camping kimmy? we went up to tehatchapi and it was awesome, i have a few pics i might share later.

.45 - A-
factory girl - C+
the quiet - A
alpha dog - C
backwoods - C
candy - A
deja vu - B
freedom writers - C
shortbus - C-
snow cake - B

i saw the cover for pans labyrinth the other day. ive heard nothing but awesome things about that movie but the cover seemed pretty wacky.

i think ill end up seeing it though just to see what the fuss is about.

i saw the cover for pans labyrinth the other day. ive heard nothing but awesome things about that movie but the cover seemed pretty wacky.

i think ill end up seeing it though just to see what the fuss is about.

holy shit you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth? it was only one of the top 3 movies of 2006 along with Children of Men and Inland Empire

yeah the entire time travel thing in this movie was just soooo out there that it took me a bit to get passed it. but i liked how it ended with denzel's usual emotional speech to close the deal.

funny i couldnt get past the time travel thing in this movie but donnie darko is one of my favorite movies. maybe because in deja vu they spent like 10 minutes trying to explain it with like technical terms and whatnot.

by the way how was camping kimmy? we went up to tehatchapi and it was awesome, i have a few pics i might share later.Oh we haven't gone yet! We're leaving Friday and coming back Sunday, maybe Monday.

I've never seen Donnie Darko :x

holy shit you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth? it was only one of the top 3 movies of 2006 along with Children of Men and Inland Empire
:erm:

I thought Pan's was a serious disappointment.

Children of Men was <3 times a million, though. How dare you group a mediocre film like Pan's Lab and a mindblowing film like Children of Men together! How dare you, I say!

hey did you know radiohead and the kills were featured in children of men

:rolleyes:

oh and go see donnie darko kimmy, i love that movie. and you probably dont know much about the hype that surrounded the movie, so it'll make it an even better watch.

Featured? What do you mean. And why the rolley eyes that movie kicked dick. Also who are the Kills and surprisingly I have Donnie Darko on DVD but still have never seen it. Same fate has fallen on High Fidelity.

Tsosti. I was interrupted in the middle of it, though. :[

Featured? What do you mean. And why the rolley eyes that movie kicked dick. Also who are the Kills and surprisingly I have Donnie Darko on DVD but still have never seen it. Same fate has fallen on High Fidelity.

i liked the ending of that movie but i wasnt too enthralled by the entire thing. we talked about it before (i think) and i got happy the kills were in it and you had a hissy fit because you thought the movie itself was amazement.

but yeah the kills were being played right before all the violence started in the car and also radiohead's life in a glasshouse was playing when owen initially met the old dude. that was the most noteable part out of the first hour or so of that movie to me, i was pretty bored and tired.

Oh, you guys are grading them? Yeah. not doing that

I would watch High Fidelity fist kimmie, that movie is great

i liked the ending of that movie but i wasnt too enthralled by the entire thing. we talked about it before (i think) and i got happy the kills were in it and you had a hissy fit because you thought the movie itself was amazement.

but yeah the kills were being played right before all the violence started in the car and also radiohead's life in a glasshouse was playing when owen initially met the old dude. that was the most noteable part out of the first hour or so of that movie to me, i was pretty bored and tired.
Oh yeah. I remember now. Don't make me have another hissy fit.

I would watch High Fidelity fist kimmie, that movie is great
I've been meaning to for the last 3 years. Seriously. That DVD isn't even mine. I borrowed it from some big tittied broad that wanted me to watch it, and then she moved away. But since you guys reminded me that I have it, when I catch some spare time this week I'll have a long awaited viewing!

Fargo - A
Blue Velvet - A
Smokin' Aces - C

i based my grade off of the fact that its not as good as i remember as a kid. its still a winner.

Robin Hood is incredible since it promotes communist values and that fascist Disney didn't even notice. Hilarious!

i'll never see children of men. looks like a cheeseball factory with a pretentious moral at the end.

I would watch High Fidelity fist kimmie, that movie is great

i concur. easily one of my favorite movies. very quotable.

i'll never see children of men. looks like a cheeseball factory with a pretentious moral at the end.i don't even understand how you could get this impression

the trailer

i'll never see children of men. looks like a cheeseball factory with a pretentious moral at the end.

oh man, you're full of shit up to your molars. It's not cheesy in the least. very dark tone troughout with excellent, realistic acting and dialogue. you really, really need to see this movie.

and trust me, there's no cheesy moral at the end. It does, however, have one of the best, most haunting endings i've ever seen.

i wasnt in love with children of men like turdmaster, but the ending was excellent.

the bridge - B
just downloaded this, gonna watch it on my days off.

I just rewatched Scoop, which I would classify as A material - really fun to watch with a group of friends.

I watched Ghost Rider, I Think I Love My Wife, and Anna Karenina on the plane.

Ghost Rider: wtf, who the hell was in charge of the cast in that movie?! everybody was disgusting and inappropriate. and why didn't ghost rider kill all those guys? and fuck eva mendez and all these stupid bitches who hang out with cameron diaz.

I Think I Love My Wife: aww, it was cute. it made me want to throw some money out the window.

Anna Karenina: no one was hott in that movie and the editing was bad. i think i remember a dissolve in there.

scoop was okay but i guess i was expecting something on par with match point, which was excellent.

and fuck eva mendez and all these stupid bitches who hang out with cameron diaz.

excellent criticism.

oh man, you're full of shit up to your molars. It's not cheesy in the least. very dark tone troughout with excellent, realistic acting and dialogue. you really, really need to see this movie.

Children of Men looked supspiciously like a Very Special Movie that tries to teach us something by being obvious about it, and I don't know if I trust you. I read this about INLAND EMPIRE:

Justin Theroux also stated that he "couldn't possibly tell you what the film's about, and at this point I don't know that David Lynch could. It's become sort of a pastime - Laura [Dern] and I sit around on set trying to figure out what's going on."

Woooow.

i tend not to listen to people who bash on movies without watching them

maybe it's just a bad tendency

i know what i won't like, so i avoid it.

sounds like you're avoiding what you think is a pretentious movie by being pretentious.

well pretentious people don't like being preached to

i was a bit skeptical about children of men myself, though. thats probably why i waited out so long on watching it. it's pretty much what i expected, a decent movie. but it didnt go out of its way to make some huge statement or anything, it was just a pretty straightforward movie. good idea, but, to me, it dragged a bit.

yeah that's actually worse. nothing is more boring than mediocrity. I hated almost every minute of Forrest Gump because it exceeded at being mauldin. Not sure that's really better than mediocrity because I <I>really</I> hated that movie.

Children of Men is one of the great movies of the decade.

Knocked Up - A
Reign Over Me - B
Grindhouse - A- (for that type of movie)

lately i watched

Ocean's 13 - ok, but no one seems like they're really putting out any effort
Downfall - a truly fantastic film...
Knocked Up - very good and hilarious
Rules of the Game - the first time i've seen a Renoir movie i think, it is 70 years old and while it's pretty amazing for its time period the story dragged a bit for me.. the camerawork and photography was amazing, however, and the little details of arrangement are impressive
Delicatessen - good movie, not my favorite Jeunet movie but he did great with his budget
Little Children - was ok, didn't dig the narration and it was uneven but had its moments

Solo Con Tu Pareja - very colorful, good cinematography, entertaining, but not great
Volver - really think this is one of Almodovar's best movies, maybe his best, though i haven't seen any before Sobre Todo Mi Madre

downfall is that german movie about hitler? pretty great, although the part where hitler kisses eva braun is a historical liberty that they didn't need to take.

that bit where the woman kills all her children is <i>crazy</i> and absolutely true

knocked up was pretty awesome . but what was with that last like 45 min that could have been reduced to 10 really. how about that crowning!? yum

Hahahaha...I liked the collective gasping and groaning at that point.

Children of Men looked supspiciously like a Very Special Movie that tries to teach us something by being obvious about it, and I don't know if I trust you. I read this about INLAND EMPIRE:



Woooow.

Children of Men and Inland Empire are extremely different movies, and I'm a big david lynch fan.

Whatever man, don't see it, your loss, it's one of the best movies I've ever seen, sounds like a lot of other people loved it as well.

For what it's worth, I thoght downfall was a masterpiece.

. good idea, but, to me, it dragged a bit.
radiohead

For what it's worth, I thoght downfall was a masterpiece.

Yeah but you're like my roommate, you seem to like everything that you sit down in front of since you're sort of in the business and you know how hard it is to make a movie.

Yeah but you're like my roommate, you seem to like everything that you sit down in front of since you're sort of in the business and you know how hard it is to make a movie.

I think most of the movies in this thread are shit. I'm just CAREFUL WHAT I WATCH, as I'm sure you are too. Time is precious.

however, children of men is well worth your time.

didn't you give spider man 3 a thumbs up

barely. it was an above-average comic book movie, which is not saying much. in retrospect i probably would have wanted to see it on DVD instead of spending 8 bucks.

barely. it was an above-average comic book movie, which is not saying much. in retrospect i probably would have wanted to see it on DVD instead of spending 8 bucks.
I liked Spiderman 3, the corny Venom shit was cute- in a comic book way.

most comic book movies blow so an above average one would only be mediocre

and i like comics

I love comics. I rated spiderman 3 as a comic movie. compared to shit like fantastic four and daredevil and (shudder) catwoman it's not that bad.

yeah but compared to good Batman, Sin City and 300 what is it? Dog shit. So why bother reccomending it?

The only comics movies that have been really good are Batman Begins and Sin City. One could argue stuff like Road to Perdition and History of Violence of well but that's getting into graphic novels that don't feature superheroes.

yeah I forgot 300 which was awesome

i thought 300 was a fucking masterpiece, or is that one of them "graphic novels" i keep hearing about?

road to perdition was ok, long.

all it boils down to is you should FUCKING See Children of Men if you like great movies. Hell, if you don't like it I will pay for your movie ticket. I believe in in that much.

Chidren of Men is like the "Araby" (James Joyce) for the 21st century LOL!1

I thought "Children of Men" was terrific.


I watched "Scent of a Woman" the other night on TV.

i actually think you will quite like children of men trotsky

based on the 15 minutes or so that i saw of it. set up a nice atmosphere, good characters, etc.

Hey Trots,

I had the exact same misgivings as you before I watched Children of Men. The best thing about it is a few skillfully executed action set pieces that are well worth seeing. I enjoyed the film but it is in no way the classic that some people are making it out to be in my opinion.

Little Children A-
Babel A
The Fountain A-
Children of Men A

tip of the day: Birth (2004)

El Topo B+

Found an hilarious customer review of this on amazon entitled pretentious twaddle:

"John Lennon loved this film, and he married Yoko Ono and allowed the Plastic Ono Band to roam the earth. Enough said. You'd have to have the brain of a seriously over-drugged teenager or to have grown mentally feeble reading Sight and Sound too much to find this fascinating. Leave it to the art house circuit. "

The Holy Mountain A

Spectacular visual accomplishment

The Fountain B -

Enjoyed this mostly but the strokes were a little too broad at times.

This is England A

Outstanding performance from the main kid. Beautiful story skillfully told. Manages
to be heartbreaking, funny violent and touching. Hey D. How come you didn't like this?

I watched Children of Men and immediately after I was somewhat blown-away.

Then after a few days of thinking about it and pondering it I realized there was a lot of stuff I didn't like about it.

Immediately after I would have given it like a A- but now thinking about it it's like a B.

i trust your opinion more than anyone's bud

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I'm not sure exactly what the point of this is, but this movie has a ceratin significance for me. One of the figures, Robert Soloman, was one of my lecturers last year. He made a huge impact and was very influential, and then I found out in January that he''d passed away. When I saw the film I realised that a big chunk of his monologue was actually the same as one of the lecturers he gave, so it was kind of special to be able to hear him saying that stuff again.

And yeah this is gay as hell, but fuck it.

was he that old guy talking about space because that was the only good thing about that pile of hippy claptrap

He was the one talking about existentialism and Jean-Paul Sartre

i don't remember that movie very well but i remember an older man in glasses that was saying interesting shit

i really hated the shit out of Waking Life though. The amount of tools who kept telling me that it would change my life was really astounding.

"HEY MAN HAVE YOU TRIED LUCID DREAMING"
"Yes I keep trying to direct my dreams to involve me kicking Richard Linklater in the nads for making such a crappy movie but it didn't work."

I can only say so much because as I've said, it's an important film to me and I do really like it. But I can see why others wouldn't.

keeping the faith - i was flipping channels and saw edward norton so i was like sure why not? i enjoyed it more than i thought i would - B
hostel 2 - it ended a little too abruptly i thought and i would've changed a few things in the script - C
ocean's thirteen - i never saw ocean's twlve and havent seen ocean's eleven in a long time so i didnt have much to compare it to. what i saw was a mildy funny, plotholey but still damn entertaining movie - B+

i trust your opinion more than anyone's bud

you should still see it, if only for the incredible stuff near the end.

I'm not going to spoil it but its one of the best action/war scenes i've ever seen.

you should still see it, if only for the incredible stuff near the end.

I'm not going to spoil it but its one of the best action/war scenes i've ever seen.


I watched that scene a couple of times to see if/where it was edited but it's mainly one extremely long and intense camera shot. Incredible.

i'll fucking watch it if you guys promise me there's no preaching about how the future is now and we need to save ourselves before this future becomes a reality

then don't watch it, thats pretty much what it is

but....the action scene at the end is pretty fucking cool, btw

i watched 'a streetcar named desire' again the other night- A+

yeah i am interested in a 10 minute no cuts war scene

i watched 'a streetcar named desire' again the other night- A+

i've always depended on the kindness of strangers...

i never met a dame yet that didn't know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and there's some of them that give themselves credit for more than they've got.


-i like when he says that to her- :[

Great film yo soy. Karl Malden rules.

yeah I forgot 300 which was awesome


i thought 300 was a fucking masterpiece


>_>

i went over to my brothers apartment and now i know where all my movies have gone. i wish i had an extensive collection. that would be cool even though i hardly take the time to sit down and watch a movie.

how is children of men anything like araby?

i just watched beverly hills ninja this morning. it was pretty funny

you should still see it, if only for the incredible stuff near the end.

I'm not going to spoil it but its one of the best action/war scenes i've ever seen.


In total agreement, the camera work in the last 20-30 minutes of the movie was beyond intense.

children of men wouldve still been the movie of the year with no sound.

beverly hills. what a thrill!

ive never seen beverly hills ninja. is that the movie with eddie murphy? i like troop beverly hills. i wonder what cause the influx of movies with beverly hills in the title during the 90's.



ive got to finish watching children of men. im glad everyone here seems to like it. i bet it's cool

I watched "Scent of a Woman" the other night on TV.

this is a great movie. pacino is such an amazing actor.

have you no shame
that post was just joking, eternal sunshine is my favourite movie ever

i'm a very good joker

: /

Transformers - D+
Bridge To Terabithia - C-

Sleepy Hollow A for the art direction if not the story. I love the feel of that movie.

plus it has miranda richardson and emperor palpatine in it too

Out of the last few movies I've seen, 28 Weeks Later might be the best of the lot. Transformers is defintely the worst.

Order of the Phoenix is next...hopefully it's as good as the previews make it look.

Next- wasnt half bad.... i thought it'd be a C- tops ended up being a solid B

Reno 911: Miami- meh ok.... wasnt horrible wasnt great... only like 70 mins long but thats about as much as I could stand

Premonition: Fucking dumb.... stupid ending

Little Miss Sunshine- no idea what the hype was about this movie fucking sucked

ive seen quite a few movies recently in between weddings and awesome 4th of julyness

the fountain - B. well, i saw what was trying to be done with the entire 3 storylines, but i think it was a bit excessive. its creative, but not really necessarily. interesting, but a bit much.
evan almighty - B. fun movie. wasnt really as funny as bruce almighty, but moreso just fun. the effects with the animals were cool, and they better have been because i heard this movie cost a fortune.
ratatouille - A+. another pixar gem. just a great, awesome movie that i couldnt stop smiling to. maybe the funniest pixar movie yet.
transformers - A. the visual effects in this movie were so seamless and real that i have to give it a good grade. i hardly paid attention to any sort of storyline, but the last hour of action was just mindblowing. plus the chick is smoking and maybe a couple of kids will start listening to the strokes on their apple computers while rationalizing the war in iraq.
blood diamond - A. dicaprio is officially a badass. who knew that the titanic kid was such a great actor? the accent was silly at times but he was like from zimbabwe and white? some weird mix? so who knows how those people talk. connelly, as usual, was beautiful and brilliant, and the black dude was probably the best of the bunch. (maybe) this movie was great, loved it.
music and lyrics - C. seldomly funny mostly boring.

shapan don't call people older than you kid thanks

OK WHO KNEW WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND DID THE TITANIC ROLE THAT HE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE SUCH A GREAT ACTOR THERE ARE YOU HAPPY

who cares you're 18 or something

20

18 was an awesome year

who knew that the titanic kid was such a great actor?

everybody since about 1993

gangs of new york is sweeeeeeeeeeet

everybody since about 1993

i hadnt seen his awesome movies until around gangs of new york. then i saw this boy's life i think it was called, the movie opposite deniro. he was great in that movie. the aviator, the departed, blood diamond, catch me if you can convinced me that he was a badass actor, even though i wasnt overly impressed with the beach or romeo and juliet.

its still pretty crazy that i havent seen whats eating gilbert grape considering dicaprio and depp are two of my favorite actors

yeah, i haven't seen it in a long time

it's pretty good if i remember

yeah it's ok he's a bit much as a retard at times

and juliette lewis is in it too *puke*

but it's filmed in Lockhart, TX and the courthouse they used in the film is really cool. Barbecue is awesome in Lockhart.

hm. from the weekend til today.

accepted- 3. funny and wacky, could've been better with an r rating
you, me and dupree- 2.5. not as bad as the critics made it out to be. fun, but some boring bits.
bon cop, bad cop- 3. a nice, very funny, action packed movie. nice to see a canadian movie that isn't all "art-house". just a straight up buddy cop movie.
candy- 4.5. just absolutely heartbreaking. cried sooooo much. great depiction of additiction and codependence. heath ledger was brilliant.

gangs of new york is sweeeeeeeeeeet


aye

i recently saw "the two towers" for the 2nd time


1. long
2. sweet

i didn't like the two towers so much

I watched East of Eden last night, certainly deserves its masterpiece status. James Dean is not overrated. He might've been better in this than Rebel.

Amistad, and i highly recommend it. Hopkins is God

Transformers - entertaining but couldve used less slapstick comedy. i heard rumors of sequels which i won't be seeing in theaters. C

Snow Cake - the ending needed to be more concise. overall it made me laugh. good fun B+

1408 - A
Genuinely frightening movie with a PG-13 rating. First movie I've ever covered my eyes at, and I was practically raised on horror movies. Aesthetically, it's very beautiful. Cusack does a great job of going through the motions, from a disillusioned hack to a little spooked to straight-up terrified to "fuck this shit!"

Live Free or Die Hard - B
It seems I liked this movie for all the reasons everyone didn't. I didn't miss the cursing, thought Justin Long was fantastic and loved McClane's disposition throughout the whole film, especially the little cackles of victory he'd let out from time to time. It got a little corny at times with some of the one-liners but they didn't bother me, and I can't say I didn't expect them to be present.

Braveheart - A
I can't believe I saw this for the first time last night. What's wrong with me? This movie is everything every shitty epic war movie (300) has ever tried to be. I felt great love for many of the characters, and great hatred for the antagonists. When he was betrayed, I felt betrayed. Signs of a quality movie.

The New World - C (tentatively)
I couldn't finish watching this movie, I was getting super restless. It was beautiful, no doubt, but for the mood I was in it felt a bit boring. Maybe it is a boring film and I'll discover that when I go to watch the last half.

Zoolander - A+
We've been watching this movie a lot the past few months. Sometimes we just like to turn it on and watch the first/last half before going to bed. Seriously, one of the few flawless comedies, and I'm disgusted to be part of a family tree where certain nameless individuals not only haven't seen it, but also refuse to see it. :noway:


I think today I'm going to watch Jesus Camp. Anyone seen it?

man 1408 was some crazy shit. i didn't even realize it was PG-13 until later. the part when he goes out the window and hes counting his steps and theres just no window! blew my mind.

braveheart is on Bravo ALOT. its a goodie. it always makes me sad though. :(

Zoolander is easily one of my favorite movies. its just so quoteable.

"Blue steal? La Tigra? Its all one look for Christ's sake! I feel like Im taking crazy pills!"


I think the most recent movie Ive seen is Bulletproof. I had never seen the unedited version and its just so butchered on TV , so I downloaded it. Damon Waynes and Adam Sandler - has some silly parts but still kinda crap. just for the fact that ive been waiting to see this so long i would probably give it a B-.

so 1408 good? my bro cut it up bad made me go to transformers instead :S but atleast thought the transformers fx are the best ive seen thus far in any movie.

I recently saw Kingdom of Heaven, same dude that made Gladiator. Really really great movie and the ONLY movie that I can stand with that fruity orlando bloom in there. He actually does a kick ass job.

yes, go see 1408 and punch your brother.

i feel like watching braveheart again. mel gilbson's become such a freak that i forget how awesome he was in that movie. FREEEDOOOOOOOOM.

Really really great movie and the ONLY movie that I can stand with that fruity orlando bloom in there. He actually does a kick ass job.

how is this.... possible? i cant stand that fucker, but ive heard so many good things i might try it out.

same dude that made Gladiator.

and alien and bladerunner and legend and blackhawk down and thelma and louise and hannibal....

*sigh*

Transformers: C-
Notes on a Scandal: B+
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: B-
Knocked Up: B
Stranger Than Fiction: A-

and alien and bladerunner and legend and blackhawk down and thelma and louise and hannibal....


2 of these things are not like the others

alien and bladerunner are science fiction

hannibal and legend are the ones sticking out for me

legend is awesome. tim curry is fucking fantastic in that movie.

that movie is so tremendously gay

haha, probably. i just have fond memories as a child. it would probably be terrible if i watched it now.

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the second he starts talking brings the lols

i feel like watching braveheart again. mel gilbson's become such a freak that i forget how awesome he was in that movie. FREEEDOOOOOOOOM.



how is this.... possible? i cant stand that fucker, but ive heard so many good things i might try it out.
It's not possible. I couldn't stand this movie. Well, technically, when I first saw it it had English subtitles and was "La Crusada," and it was enjoyable, but when I saw it in English it was pretty bad, I thought.

naw that movie is seven shades of awesome

f u kimmy

It pains me to see us disagree, Trots. Usually, I'm with you 100% on movie reviews.

1408 gets my vote for best of the summer batch

The Pianist: loved it, A

Motel Hell A++++++
Night of the Demons A++++++
Street Trash A++++++
Search and Destroy A++++++
Breach B
The Queen C-
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End C-
Apocalypto A
Half Nelson B

i respect anyone who gives the queen the same low grade as pirates

modern movies suck

thanks for enlightening us, kiddo

wow, Trots at his condescending best

Transformers: B

Hannibal Rising : W-

that's pretty bad

its a warranted rating

i respect anyone who gives the queen the same low grade as pirates

It just made me hate that English cunt and "her" people even more.

But I like Stephen Frears so go figure.

It just made me hate that English cunt and "her" people even more.

But I like Stephen Frears so go figure.

The Stuff A+++++

hotel hell is awesome

heavenly creatures - B+
last 10 minutes were pretty cool

The Sentinel - ? [I passed out during].

Probably a C-.

Oh, and Hot Fuzz - fucking A.

i saw ratatouille in theatres and taxi driver on a computer most recently

madea's family reunion: 3.5/5, absolutely high-fucking-larious. a nice addition to the film noir genre.
jesus camp: 2/5, too political for me. it was an interesting watch but it was waayyyy too LOL CHRISTIANS ARE SURE CRAZY! GEORGE BUSH SUX!!! all religions have different fucked up aspects and it's not just evangelical christians. the kid with the rattail was pretty righteous.

Citizen Kane

that's a pretty good movie

transformers: D+

Garbage movie. Michael Bay is one of the worst directors of all time, with the story telling skills of a 12 year old. Anybody that truly likes this movie is way to easily amused. Once the novelty of the impressive special efx wore off I had trouble staying awake. I think actual episodes of the cartoon had a more coherent and believable storyline than this movie.

That SUCKS.. I wanted to see the movie.. maybe i should wait for DVD? I watched the cartoon when I was a little kid, so I kinda wanted to see what it was like. Weak plot line?

Weak plot line?

Yes, but it's a lot more than that. I mean...I can't really think of any element that goes into a making a good movie that Transformers succeeded at. The only high points were Shia was pretty good/likable and there was one scene that was truly warm and funny and entertaining (the one with the autobots tiptoeing around the house while shia's searching for the glasses - and even that was ruined by the stupid masturbation joke) but everything else I can think of was pretty much 100% fail.

1408: B
The Bourne Identity: A+
The Bourne Supremacy: A-

This review nails on the head the weaknesses of the movie:
http://fienprint.blogspot.com/2007/07/moviewatch-transformers.html

EXCERPTS:

As dazzled as I often was by the visual effects in "Transformers," I never cared if the heroes succeeded (and, since they were only facing CGI blobs that never felt real for a second, I never felt that any of them were in danger). What's worse is that I never cared if the Decepticons were defeated.

In order to root against a villain, at least so far as I understand it, the villain's opposition to good or moral action has to be clearly understood. If a villain is out to kill humanity, you have to both understand why the villain wants to do away with humanity and feel that the desire is based on an actual hatred. For my money, "Transformers" don't work in large part because the Decepticons don't really care about humans. They don't care about global destruction. They care about an inanimate cube. Humans are collateral damage, but they lack the requisite reason for destroying Earth and its inhabitants. They don't hate us, so we don't fear them. I know that they were going to bring all of our machines to life or enslave us, but the movie gives less than a minute's time to illustrating that potentiality.

Oh no! Our Mountain Dew machines would come to life?!?!? That's the last straw. Damn those Decepticons.

Damn Megatron! And damn... that other Decepticon. And the other one. And that little nasty one! If I hadn't played with Transformers a bit as a kid, I wouldn't have even remembered any of the names of the miscellaneous Decepticons, but even remembering their names is pointless, because few of them have any noticeable characteristics or individual personalities. The Autobots aren't much better, though it's made clearer which GMC automobiles they're affiliated with and they're given repeated names. When Optimus Prime introduces them, he also explains their individual roles within the Autobot army -- munitions, medic, etc -- and then none of them perform any of those specialized roles within the movie. That's annoying. Despite the Autobots each having jobs and voices, one of them died and I both didn't feel a thing at the time and then didn't remember his death when it was mentioned later. Again, zero impact.

[...]

Yes, the Transformers are a marvel to behold as realized by the various different effects houses. But when I played with Transformers, there was a connection between form and function -- different Autobots and Decepticons took different finite forms and the form they took impacted the powers they were able to utilize. In Michael Bay's "Transformers," the robots are much more malleable and the ones that don't transform into airplanes and helicopters seem perfectly capable of coming darned close to flying, etc. Also, with the original Transformers toys, it was always cool that that fighting robot fit perfectly into that sporty car, with no extra pieces and no additional size. In the movie, I didn't believe that Bumblebee had once been the size of a Camaro. He suddenly become vastly larger and more complicated when he went from car to fighting robot. That annoyed me.

I was also irked by how shiny the Transformers were, even at night when there were no light sources to create that reflection. They also seemed a bit weightless, like I never got a sense of how loud they were or how strong. They were able to wander around chatting on Shia TheBeef's lawn and not only did it take a while before they messed with the grass, but at no point did Shia TheBeef's parents hear them. That also annoyed me.

Perhaps the biggest way that the movie could have been fixed for me is if the humans had had any active agency in bringing about the climax of the plot.

[I'm going into spoilers here for the last act, so stop reading please if you haven't seen the movie or figure to see it some day.]

Our plucky and resourceful humans do, indeed, help bring about the end of the movie, but not through any learned behavior or particularly admirable skills or discoveries. At no point do the humans learn the weaknesses of the Decepticons, allowing them to take advantage of said weaknesses for victory. No, at some point Josh Duhamel's character hops on a motorcycle, rides under one and shoots it in the crotch and it goes down. Ummm... OK. I guess that's fine. It was dumb luck, but whatever. And Shia TheBeef brings about the final climax of the movie by jabbing the cube in Megatron's chest, an action that was never even suggested to him as a possibility (Optimus Prime volunteered his own sacrifice, but never explained anything about why it would work to the kid, much less that a similar course of action would work on a different Transformer... Again, dumb luck). And nearly 1/3rd of the movie's plot was built around Rachael Taylor and Anthony Anderson's techno-savvy characters, but descript their centrality to the narrative, they play no purpose in the plot. The characters meander around for a while, allow for exposition and then call in an air strike which, from what I recall, didn't lead to the demise of a single Decepticon. Then, in minimal aftermath to the excitement, those characters don't even appear. They just vanished. That's bad writing and a waste of time. Why couldn't those characters have been there for a reason?

[Spoilers done.]

that fucking anthony anderson thing riled me to no end when i got to the end of the movie and....well you know.

Also, what's up with calling older black women bitches for laughs? Once in a movie...ok whatever but when almost the same exact not funny joke is done twice, and all it involves is yelling at an older black woman "yah old bitch!" or whatever the exact quote is, it's a bit weird. Especially when your target audience is so largely 12 year old boys.

Memento - A-
Back to the Future Part II - B-

Salute of the Jugger - Better than I remembered. Post apocolyptic violent "sport" nonsense. Good fun. Ends a bit abruptly. I love movies like this, there's something cheesy about them, but they're just so easy to watch. A-
Deja Vu - I wasn't expecting much from this movie but it was pretty watchable as it turned out. At least they explained why it wasn't sattelites/heat signatures. That would have fucking bugged me as much as "computer, hypothesise what's on the other side" in enemy of the state. C+
Heavenly Creatures - Erm this was alright, a kooky weird movie that certainly has it's charms, but the folk over at Empire definitely built it up too much. C+
The Number 23 - I liked this, I didn't have any expectations for it and I didn't know too much about it. Thought Carrey was pretty good in it, liked the dreamy sequences. B+

memento rules.

The Bourne Identity: A+
The Bourne Supremacy: A-

i cant wait for the next one

also maybe ill check out number 23, ive been kinda skeptical about it because it seemed like it might just be a huge waste of time. i liked eternal sunshine, maybe carey can win me over with this performance too.

do check it out shapan, the movie has some weak points, but overall its quite fantastic.

enemy mine - B
the last starfighter - C
running scared - A

1408: d
transformers: b

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1408: d
transformers: b

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what didn't you like about 1408?

Thirteen - B

Past week-ish, in order of goodness:

Idiocracy>X-Men>Transformers>Rocky 3>>Live Free Or Die Hard>>>>>>>>>>>Bottoms Up (it had Jason Mewes in it, I watched it out of morbid curiosity)

Half of The Matrix and Half of Rock 2 as well.

has anyone seen "day night day night"?

The Parole Officer: i only saw it for the first time a few days ago (even though its gotta be about 5 years old now). Quality film, B+.

Dexter is seriously affecting my ability to watch movies right now, just finished ep 8 last night.

dexter is so awesome... do you know when the second season starts?

I have no idea :/ it only just started in the uk on sunday night, first episode. Someone had already told me about it though so i just downloaded all the avis. It's really good.

I loved the nod to american psycho (when he got a hold of the sedative under the pseudonym Patrick Bateman) ... I can tell I'm going to wish there were some more episodes to watch soon!

dexter apparently starts up again late september

i watched transformers last weekend, as mentioned in some other thread, i was drunk at the time. I also never really watched the cartoons often when i was younger, so I had little to no expectations for it. I thought it was brainless fun, had some funny bits in it as well.

I just finished watching 1408. I was expecting to really like it.. erm.. It was pretty decent, but it didn't blow me away. At one point just after the hour mark my interest was really taking a dive, but it picked up a bit, albeit in a kinda predictable way. I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it to folk.

Oh yeah, i also watched that evan almighty last night, it's a very feel good family movie as it goes on, my nephews probably would have liked it. There were very few (if any) funny bits in it though, and I seem to remember bruce almighty had a good few laughs in it. Not really that watchable. The funniest bit was the credits. But it's hard not to smile when morgan freeman laughs.

The Number 23 - I liked this, I didn't have any expectations for it and I didn't know too much about it. Thought Carrey was pretty good in it, liked the dreamy sequences. B+

he was good in it, yeah, but i really wish someone would write another good role for him. i found it kinda funny how the 'scary' scenes in this movie made me laugh.

Stranger Than Ficiton - B+. Definately the best Will Ferrell movie so far.
The Lives of Others - B. Pretty good, though in no way worth the Oscar.
Die Hard - B. Always a good one.

Transformers - D [LEFT CHEEK! LEFT CHEEK!)
Prisonder of Azkaban - B-
Harold And Kumar Go to White Castle - A
Bill Hicks Live - A+

saw a bunch of movies on a plane to london and back

the usual suspects - B (i liked the ending but it was getting more and more obvious, i preferred spacey in seven even though he had much less air time)
monsters inc - A- (pixar never lets me down)
hot fuzz - A
shrek 3 - B- (eh)
blades of glory - B

i <3 huckabees - B+ lily tomlin and dustin hoffman are fucking HI-larious together.
the dark crystal (for the first time since i was about 8) - A
the simpsons movie - B
the big lebowski (for the nth time) - A

just rented the first Poltergeist film this past weekend. I forgot it was a pg movie; i watched this when it came out and it scared the shit out of me, especially the part where the tree grabs the little boy through his window. I was about the same age as the little girl in the movie, way too young to be watching that scary shit. Of course, a few years later I was subscribing to fangoria...
anyway, it was a little cheesy, but surprisingly still entertaining.
Watched Zodiac after that, which was decent, but not as good as other david fincher movies. I'd give it a B.

Peter Pan (live action) - B
Hairspray (sing a long) - A-
Bourne Ultimatum - A
The Simpsons - B-

Little Britain: Live - B+
On The Beach: D+
Roving Mars - C

simpsons movie - C
children of men - B+
natural born killers - B

LAME HOUR AND A HALF
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Rush Hour 3 is pretty dangblasted meaningless. Its really about nothing, does nothing, contributes nothing, and barely entertains you. I guess we’re supposed to watch it and feel good that comedic actor Chris Tucker, former kung-fu gymnast/actor Jackie Chan, and Director Brett Ratner’s multi-million dollar cheques cleared. Uhm, yay? Ratner’s fairly workmanlike direction manages to deliver one or two cool action beats. And Tucker tries so hard to wring laughs from the audience you can practically see the flop sweat forming on his brow at every syllable. Unfortunately, the movie, as a whole, never rises above the level of mildly amusing / mostly lame. You may laugh, may enjoy an action sequence, and the film will completely filter out of your brain minutes after watching. However, there is one thing that Rush Hour 3 truly is - half-assed.

When there is an assassination attempt on a Chinese Ambassador (played Tzi Ma aka CHENG!! from “24”, the jerky jerk who beat up Jack Bauer for about 3 seasons straight) his bodyguard goes to hunt down the assassin. The bodyguard in question is Lee (Jackie Chan) and he inevitably runs into his old partner from the pervious Rush Hour movies, James Carter (Chris Tucker). They end up jumping on a plane to France because some nameless hired goon speaks French. (It’s a pretty dumb reason to get them across the pond and the film makes no apologies for it.) So they end up in the city of lights and many bad jokes and some fairly rote action sequences follow.

Whilst in France, the duo are attacked by many a hoodlum, even including a mysterious Asian female assassin. This character is a carbon copy of the mysterious Asian female assassin from Rush Hour 2. However, the pervious character worked a lot better because Zhang Ziyi, who only spoke two words of English, and made her character actually deadly and menacing. The mysterious Asian female assassin in Rush Hour 3 feels like a pale imitation of what made Ziyi so cool. Oh, and the august Max Von Sidow pops up as some upper-crust muckity-muck who is involved in all the conspiracy stuff somehow. Ever seen Minority Report, where Sidow played an upper-crust muckity-muck who is involved with all the conspiracy stuff somehow? If you haven’t seen it, go rent it. If you have, then you’ll be able to figure out what Sidow is doing in Rush Hour 3 in about 2 seconds. Maybe less. That’s not a spoiler, by the way. Its just common sense considering how uninspired and unoriginal Rush Hour 3 is.

The screenwriter is Jeff Nathanson, who penned the previous installment, but also wrote the awesome-as-hell Spielberg/DiCaprio/Hanks opus Catch Me If You Can. There’s much wit and cool plot twists in Catch, so one wonders how Nathanson has his name attached Rush Hour 3’s uninspired and paint-by-numbers antics. Good God, there’s a “Who’s On First” routine in this movie. Who’s-On-Freakin-First! Isn’t there an expiry date that bit by now?

Neither of the two main actors have had much successful mainstream work since the last Rush Hour installment. Chan has busied himself with way too many lame family-friendly action/comedies like The Tuxedo and Around The World In 80 Days. His antics this time seem too worn to be amusing. You know that move whenever Chan dodges something and he always whips his head back and forth with a mock-astonished look on his face? He does that about 900 times in this movie. Also, remember how cool it was when Jackie Chan was 1st introduced to North America with Rumble In the Bronx, with all the ads promoting how Chan does all of his own stunts? Chan doesn’t do that anymore. He now uses stuntmen and some pretty transparent CGI doubles. Some stunts are still him, but he’s not as crazy as it used to be. I realize Chan is in his 50s now, but if he can’t pull of the act that made him famous, its time to try something different.

Chris Tucker steadfastly refuses to do anything different, considering how for almost a decade he’s only made three movies and they’ve all been named Rush Hour. He’s crafty, demanding 20 million dollars a Rush Hour outing, but his lack of work has pretty much played havoc with his ability to be funny. Most of his jokes bomb, and he mugs so hard and screams so loud that you tune him out. Tucker has a few decent gags, his making a French cab driver sing The Star Spangled Banner at gunpoint is funnily insane, but there’s long spells in-between the chuckles which makes his act, well, kinda sad. At least for 20 million dollars, he manages to get a song-and-dance sequence in.

Ratner’s direction is nothing to admire, which is a shame because he has a few good outings with Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the “Prison Break” pilot episode. His flicks are somewhat pretty and generally move quickly (this one, thankfully, comes in at a trim hour and a half). But film feels so rote and uncaring that Ratner lives up the “hack” label he’s slandered with on the Internets. There’s entertainment value buried in Rush Hour 3, but its only worth viewing if you happen to stumble across it on TV for free in a few years. Even then, only watch Rush Hour 3 in between the commercial breaks of some other show.

just saw rush hour 3, it might have been the weakest of the three but was good for cheap laughs and a couple of good action scenes. fans of the first two should like it.

what about fans of the first one who are not fans of the second one. would they like the third?

i have a friend who liked the second but hated the first. would he like the third?

yes.

say, i'm a fan of the third but not the second or first. would you go out with me?

16 blocks
28 weeks later
1408
black snake moan
blood and chocolate
bordertown
cashback
disturbia
perfume the story of a murder
sicko sunshine
surf school
the beautiful somewhere
the bridge
the situation
the trials of darryl hunt
zidane

oh and they all get the thumbs up and were good in one way or another.