Movie Thread

[bombrepeatbomb]

i just watched moon great movie

[Codex]

I just saw Shutter Island and it was great! Very interesting story, and there were a few bits that actually reminded me of BioShock :p I definitely recommend going to see it.

I want to see it, but I am such a wuss. I'm probably going to wait until it is on DVD.

I just got done watching The Brother's Bloom. Weird as hell movie, but it was so sad... Argh...

[PureNukage]

Anyone see the cube movies? The first ones amazing

[brendensavi]

I want to see it, but I am such a wuss. I'm probably going to wait until it is on DVD.

I just got done watching The Brother's Bloom. Weird as hell movie, but it was so sad... Argh...

Regardless of weirdness, was The Brothers Bloom any good? I remember seeing it on Rotten Tomatoes and being interested. It reminded me a bit of a Wes Anderson film.

[Codex]

Regardless of weirdness, was The Brothers Bloom any good? I remember seeing it on Rotten Tomatoes and being interested. It reminded me a bit of a Wes Anderson film.

It was rather good. I was in the mood for a quirky film and it definitely satisfied that. Its definitely not the best film ever/the worst film ever, but you could do a darned sight worse. I enjoyed it.

[thesuperjman]

im gonna go see shutter island tonight :)

[Nastadon]

Just saw Shutter Island, wasn't bad. Was expecting a little more from Scorsese, but still was watchable.

[Mr. Bubbles~]

It's like, 3 in the morning, and I just finished watching Zombieland and Coraline. I've seen Coraline before, but I loved it and decided to watch it again :)

[GeneTraitor]

Anyone see the cube movies? The first ones amazing

It is indeed, nice to meet a fellow fan:)

I always thought the game Portal must have been inspired by that movie, consciously or not.

[Sinclair Saucer]

Got round to watching The Dirty Dozen; thought it was pretty good

[Target]

I watched The Omen (original!) last night - just got the rest of the Omen films to watch now!

[Mr. Bubbles~]

I'm watching the Dante's Inferno animated movie.

[Codex]

I just got back from Shutter Island.

Go see it.

That is all.

[sophia in the nude]

Anyone excited for the oscars?

[Cagney89]

Watched "Music Within" on TV last night. I thouhgt that it was a little heavy handed, but I enjoyed it overall. Pretty good film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422783/#comment

[laikalappie]

Voted for Action/Adventure, Animation (both options) and Horror.

I've been catching up with movies lately and especially the animation ones were really enjoyable, such as Madagascar 2, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E. I'm going to see Sherlock Holmes in the cinemas this evening, can't wait!

[Target]

Just finished watching Moon - was actually pretty good!

[IllusionOfLife]

Congratulations to The Hurt Locker for winning Best Picture. I still would have preferred Up winning (even though I knew it wouldn't happen) and Inglourious Basterds would have been good too, but The Hurt Locker's win was well deserved none-the-less.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were hilarious too. Did anyone else watch?

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Congratulations to The Hurt Locker for winning Best Picture. I still would have preferred Up winning (even though I knew it wouldn't happen) and Inglourious Basterds would have been good too, but The Hurt Locker's win was well deserved none-the-less.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were hilarious too. Did anyone else watch?

District 9 all the way -it gets best picture in my mind and that's all that matters to me :D- it was good to see common sense prevailed and the judges were able to see past all the FX of Avatar.

[IllusionOfLife]

District 9 all the way -it gets best picture in my mind and that's all that matters to me :D- it was good to see common sense prevailed and the judges were able to see past all the FX of Avatar.

Yes, I'm very happy that Visual Effects: The Movie didn't win best picture. :p

[Codex]

That was quite possibly the most boring Oscar's I've ever watched. I am very glad that Dances With Wolves: A Space Oddity didn't win any of the big awards (it should have never even been voted for, imo, D9 did it better), but I have to admit the evening was made for me simply by Christoph Waltz' classy speech and how badly he was trembling afterward. He totally deserved his award, and I hope it brings him more work over here as well as more recognition in Europe (not that he needs much more over there, but whatever).

[Venom Wolf]

I just got back from Shutter Island.

Go see it.

That is all.

That's a movie I really want to watch. It looked good from the trailers I've seen of it.

[Codex]

That's a movie I really want to watch. It looked good from the trailers I've seen of it.

It totally is. You have to be in a good mood when you do though...

[IllusionOfLife]

That was quite possibly the most boring Oscar's I've ever watched. I am very glad that Dances With Wolves: A Space Oddity didn't win any of the big awards (it should have never even been voted for, imo, D9 did it better), but I have to admit the evening was made for me simply by Christoph Waltz' classy speech and how badly he was trembling afterward. He totally deserved his award, and I hope it brings him more work over here as well as more recognition in Europe (not that he needs much more over there, but whatever).

I don't know, I thought Martin and Baldwin were funny. It was pretty predictable though, but I'm glad that Avatar didn't win (and it is a wonderful irony that Cameron's ex-wife won the award) :p

[sophia in the nude]

That was quite possibly the most boring Oscar's I've ever watched. I am very glad that Dances With Wolves: A Space Oddity didn't win any of the big awards (it should have never even been voted for, imo, D9 did it better), but I have to admit the evening was made for me simply by Christoph Waltz' classy speech and how badly he was trembling afterward. He totally deserved his award, and I hope it brings him more work over here as well as more recognition in Europe (not that he needs much more over there, but whatever).

I like to thing of it as Pocahontas Atlantis 2

Hurt locker was really good but it won too many awards. I'm glad ava**** didn't win the big ones but still, inglorious was better by a long shot.

Christoph Waltz was awesome. I cant wait to see whats in store for that son of a gun, and hopefully he'll bring something to the west.

[DeliciousCake]

I love animated movies!! I almost never watch anything else. I think live action movies are boring, animation is where its at!
:D

[Codex]

I don't know, I thought Martin and Baldwin were funny. It was pretty predictable though, but I'm glad that Avatar didn't win (and it is a wonderful irony that Cameron's ex-wife won the award) :p

Even after the producers trashed Avatar quite rudely to the council a few days ago... I dunno. I would have preferred neither of them win. Hurt Locker did nothing for me. I was really hoping D9 or Inglorious Basterds would do more than they did.

And I didn't find them funny at all.

EDIT: On a side note, have the new Iron Man trailer, and love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQowwwwYa0

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

EDIT: On a side note, have the new Iron Man trailer, and love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQowwwwYa0

That movie should be quite awesome - portable iron man suit, I want one :D - although I'm slightly dissappointed with a different actor for Rhodey, same thing that annoys me watching the Dark Knight with a different actress as Racheal.

[sophia in the nude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQowwwwYa0
It looks so bad, honestly I would have to be paid to watch that 14 year old commercial crap

[Target]

Sat and watched Passchendaele last night - a film about the WW1 battle, it was actually pretty good!

[sophia in the nude]

Sat and watched Passchendaele last night - a film about the WW1 battle, it was actually pretty good!

Great movie

[Doctor Tivilon]

That movie should be quite awesome - portable iron man suit, I want one :D - although I'm slightly dissappointed with a different actor for Rhodey, same thing that annoys me watching the Dark Knight with a different actress as Racheal.

Actually, Don Cheadle is a wonderful actor. Terrance Howard is... well, he's not as great as Cheadle, that's for for sure. I'm really looking forward to what he brings to the movie.

Also: I thought Maggie Gyllenhall was a better Rachel over Katie Holmes.

[Whitey_347]

Actually, Don Cheadle is a wonderful actor. Terrance Howard is... well, he's not as great as Cheadle, that's for for sure. I'm really looking forward to what he brings to the movie.

Also: I thought Maggie Gyllenhall was a better Rachel over Katie Holmes.

Don Cheadle is a great actor, I enjoyed Hotel Rwonda and Crash, but i never like it when they change people between movies, thats why i think that Tim Burtons Batman Series and the new dark Knight series are the best ones, even though they changed Rachel in the latest movie, atleast they didnt change Batman:o

[big man with a drill]

there's no option for suspense or thriller :(
Anyways my favorite movies include the prestige, fight club, and kill bill volume 1 and 2

Edit: I would also like to add Seven, The matrix, and Inglorious Basterds, and The Dark Knight lol

[CafeDelKevin]

Science fiction.

[Cagney89]

Saw Alice in Wonderland last night -- far better than I expected. Great stuff.

[Whitey_347]

I gotta ask, has anyone else seen the movie Equilibrium, great movie IMO, but im just wondering if i truly am the lone wolf on this one:o

[Target]

I gotta ask, has anyone else seen the movie Equilibrium, great movie IMO, but im just wondering if i truly am the lone wolf on this one:o

You arent the only one! i love that film :D

The Omen remake however....like the omen IV....is not worth watching imo, just stick with the original!

[dinge]

I'm watching The Godfather Trilogy at the moment, so drama I guess. Never seen it on BD so I though I'd buy it and it's totally worth it!

[H. L. Mencken]

I like old foreign movies like M, Metropolis, La Strada, Det Sjunde Inseglet, etc. Or horror or psychedelic movies. My favorite is probably Paper Moon or M.

Pierre Le Fou was really good also, also one of my favorites.

[Zvriel Chkies]

Just watched District 9.
Awesome film!
The aliens are awesome!
So original!
It deserved more Oscars than it got I am sure.

[Doctor Tivilon]

Just watched District 9.
Awesome film!
The aliens are awesome!
So original!
It deserved more Oscars than I am sure.

That was a great fookin' movie!:D


Has anyone else managed to make their way through Bruno? It really makes you wonder how many death threats Sacha Baron Cohen gets in a day.

[Target]

I got 15 minutes into Bruno.....then put a new dvd in. that was a while ago though, but i dont think i will even bother watching it again.

One film i will watch again, and watched last night, was......Blues Brothers!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Quite awhile a go I watched the film Qurantine, well today I watched the spanish Film [REC], which is the film Quarantine was adapted from. It was so much better then Quarantine, Hollywood just can't do horrors anymore.

[Dr. Locke]

Watched 2012 last night... the CGI and cinematography were fantastic! I also thought that the biblical twist was pretty neat... but by far, this was not the greatest movie I have ever seen. It's an awesome movie to rent though!


***

[Doctor Tivilon]

Predators trailer. Watch it.

http://io9.com/5496929/learn-the-rules-of-predator+fighting-from-the-first-predators-trailer

[Venom Wolf]

Just watched Shutter Island.

It was a great film, but I was a bit disappointed with how it ended. Near the beginning of the film I began to wonder that he was a mental patient and making it up in his head. I was hoping to be proven wrong.

I still enjoyed it though.

[Whitey_347]

You arent the only one! i love that film :D

The Omen remake however....like the omen IV....is not worth watching imo, just stick with the original!

god i seriously thought that i was the only one to see Equilibrium, i picked it up for like 5 bucks at best buy and was amazed with how awesome of a movie it was, The storyline closely resembles another movie from the 60's Farenheit 451, except its books that are outlawed instead of art and literature

The omen, i gotta agree with ya, I didnt see how anything from that movie was scary and the entire thing was just... questionable

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Just watched Shutter Island.

It was a great film, but I was a bit disappointed with how it ended. Near the beginning of the film I began to wonder that he was a mental patient and making it up in his head. I was hoping to be proven wrong.

I still enjoyed it though.

I found Shutter Island extremely boring, walked out about halfway through. Extremely disappointed.

[Target]

The omen, i gotta agree with ya, I didnt see how anything from that movie was scary and the entire thing was just... questionable

I think the original was more scary, although it wasnt particularly scary either - it was however better than the remake.

And....i watched Shaun of the Dead last night :D

[Eleanorgirl]

I love..
action
adventure
comedy
some drama
but now I love horror more than anything now!!!

[Target]

I just watched Harry Brown....wasnt what i was expecting, but was still pretty damn good!

[Doctor Tivilon]

Wow, Kill Bill is pretty amazing. Uma Thurman is my new celebrity crush!!!

[Sinclair Saucer]

Pulp Fiction





'nuff said

[Target]

Pulp Fiction





'nuff said

Awesome.

I watched Shawshank Redemption yesterday - i love that film!

[Doctor Tivilon]

"The Blind Side" was a lot better then I thought it was going to be.

I also just finished "Where the Wild Things Are". It got pretty depressing near the end, but I still enjoyed it.

[Doctor Tivilon]

The Hurt Locker is really freakin' amazing. If you've not seen it, then do so.

[Target]

hurt locker is indeed awesome - i may watch that tonight!

i watched Sinking of Japan yesterday - its all in japanese (with subtitles), but i thought it was quite a good film, even if some of the scientific ideas are a bit dodgy to say the least!

[Zvriel Chkies]

2012

Ok film.

Annoying how they killed off interesting characters though.

Good film though, good effects.

[Doctor Tivilon]

Clash of the Titans... Don't waste your money on this one, folks.

[Target]

Clash of the Titans... Don't waste your money on this one, folks.

I wasnt planning to :D

I got bored and watched "I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer" last night - a very, very, very odd cricket-based Australian horror film...

[Codex]

I just got back from Repo Men, and I have to say I enjoyed it. A question though, and it's spoiler ridden so if you plan on seeing the movie don't click it, what is it with all the movies at the moment wanting a depressing ending?

[PureNukage]

I just got back from Repo Men, and I have to say I enjoyed it. A question though, and it's spoiler ridden so if you plan on seeing the movie don't click it, what is it with all the movies at the moment wanting a depressing ending?

The Mist was the WORST! Unsettled me all day!

[Codex]

The Mist was the WORST! Unsettled me all day!

The book is better, and its also not a recent movie. I mean movies that have come out this year/december.

[PureNukage]

The book is better, and its also not a recent movie. I mean movies that have come out this year/december.

Maybe it started the trend?

[Codex]

Maybe it started the trend?

Erm. No. It was a b-movie from what, three years ago? No.

[PureNukage]

Erm. No. It was a b-movie from what, three years ago? No.

FINE! Be that way....
Still the worst ending I've ever seen... He was so close.

[PureNukage]

Anyone heard anything about the fallout movie?

[John Galt.]

Anyone heard anything about the fallout movie?

.....errr. No.

I just rented Shirlock Holmes. I absolutely loved it! A really clever movie (never read the books, heard they're really good)

[Cagney89]

What are some of our most hated films?

For me, they would be Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Beginning, Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Next Generation, and Troll 2.

[Zvriel Chkies]

Howls Moving Castle.

Good.
Not as good as other Studio Ghibli films.

Too much time spent with the old thing.
And too much forgiveness.

Howl is handsome. :)

[Eloeo]

My opinion? Good movies ended in the 80's(music too).There are some newer movies i like,but nothing i could call my favourite...

[PureNukage]

I want a fallout movie!!!!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

I want a fallout movie!!!!

It would suck, look at the Super Mario Bros, Hitman, DOOM. The list goes on, the moral of the story, Video game movies suck.

[Target]

Just finished watching Wilderness - thought it was quite a good film, with a few deaths!


SPOILER: cant help but feel sorry for one of the actors - Sean Pertwee, as i dont think i have ever seen a movie with him in where he DOESNT die!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

All right, I'm about to watch Avatar. I'm not expecting much more then a live action pocahontas with hard core SFX. But first I must watch my weekly Supernatural, much better then any SFX riddled movie.

EDIT: So I'm about 15mins into Avatar and half the vehicles look like something out of Halo.

EDIT AGAIN: So does every creature in this movie make the same sounds as Dinosaurs from Jurassic Park? Quite a boring movie so far.

LAST EDIT: So apart from all those SFX Avatar was quite boring, thank god it's over.

[Target]

a friend lent me 9 to watch - its a bit confusing in places (well, not necessarily confusing, just odd), but it looks really good and seemed to have quite a good story!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie. It's so randomly hilarious I just can't watch it enough.

[Target]

just finished watching The Fourth Kind....it was....odd. and a bit crap (imo).it seemed to be copying the blair witch project with the whole "this crappy camera recording is apparently real"

[Eloeo]

I find it sad,that only 6 people voted for musicals so far.Sure if you watch "Sweeney Todd",you may hate musicals,but watch some classics,like "Cabaret" with Liza Minelli.

I'm gonna go see "Alice in Wonderland" tomorrow.

Why does he put John Depp in every film?

EDIT:I didn't see "Alice" in the end,i went to a different movie.

[Target]

Im watching.....Scary Movie tonight :D (and possibly scary movie 2) as i havent seen either of them in ages

[Sinclair Saucer]

Resivior Dogs: A stunner. Quetin Tarantino; If I was not in love with Sinclair I would want you.

Plus the fact I'm not homosexual:D

[Muskel]

Resivior Dogs: A stunner. Quetin Tarantino; If I was not in love with Sinclair I would want you.

Plus the fact I'm not homosexual:D

You'd be Mr. Pink then.

[Target]

all this talk of Resevoir Dogs makes me want to watch it....although i wouldnt be able to keep a straight face due to the "inappropriate soundtracks" thing for it on youtube :D

Oh what the hell, i'll watch it after scary movie 2, or tomorrow!

[Doctor Tivilon]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was really good. I didn't expect that little twist at the end, though. 'Twas very sad.:(

Yeah, I know it was only a short film, but I still think it worthy to be in here.

[Sinclair Saucer]

You'd be Mr. Pink then.

Mr. Pink is the best one of the six in my opinion.

[Sinclair Saucer]

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was really good. I didn't expect that little twist at the end, though. 'Twas very sad.:(

Yeah, I know it was only a short film, but I still think it worthy to be in here.

I watched that only two days ago! A dorm mate showed it to me. It was all right. Not stella though.

Sorry for Double Post

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Inglorious Basterds, great movie. One thing bugs me though. When they are speaking French I think, half the subtitles for oui say oui, the other half say yes.

[Mr. Bubbles~]

I don't think you could consider it a movie, but I am currently watching a season of Invader Zim...Though I don't remember exactly what season it is. I used to love this show so much, so I decided to go out and buy it. :D

[Sinclair Saucer]

Inglorious Basterds, great movie. One thing bugs me though. When they are speaking French I think, half the subtitles for oui say oui, the other half say yes.

Is what Tarantino does; its his style to have intentional errors

[PureNukage]

I don't think you could consider it a movie, but I am currently watching a season of Invader Zim...Though I don't remember exactly what season it is. I used to love this show so much, so I decided to go out and buy it. :D

Man, I miss that show. Weirdest thing on TV

[vitiis]

I saw 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and it's one of my favourites now. Loved it.

Saw 'Ab-normal Beauty' and 'Cure', both Asian horrors and they were both mediocre.

[BioShock Freak]

I saw this really good French movie on TCM (my favourite channel!) called 'Tous les matins du monde' with Gerard Depardieu. Think it translates to 'All the Mornings in the World'. Great movie, yet very depressing.

~Mari.

[Target]

i watched two films with my flatmates last night - Airplane 2 (still funny after seeing it loads!) and The Hangover (i love it!)

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

I'm dieing to see Iron Man 2, 2 more weeks, just 2 more weeks. :D

[vitiis]

Watched:

- 'The Hurt Locker' which is now one of my very favourites.
- 'Katyn' (Polish) which was about the Katyn Forest Massacre in Poland. Good movie.
- 'Inhabited Island' (Russian) which sucked.

[Sinclair Saucer]

Quentin Tarantino is a film genius.

[Doctor Tivilon]

Quentin Tarantino is a film genius.

You know, I think that's the smartest thing I've heard all day.

[vitiis]

Saw 'The Crazies' and it sucked. Way too cliche. The beginning gave me hope but then it plummeted.

[FernandoV]

I hated Pineapple Express. The idiotic misconception that pot is funny and 'okay' to smoke is influencing tons of kids (who shouldn't be watching the movie anyway) daily. Of course, you're mature enough to know that and aprreciate a movie like that, right, Circus? :D

I enjoyed Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, though. That was a funny movie! :D

That movie made me never want to do drugs.

Yea because pot makes us into murderers.

[Cagney89]

The Room -- unintentionally hilarious, great to watch with some friends. It is godawful, you have to know, it's seems to me that Wiseau was purposely trying to create a cult film, like the new "Birdemic" film that's been made.

Blade Runner -- Very good film, not even sure if I saw the "best" cut.

Somebody Up There Likes Me -- Easily my favorite of the 3. A surprise addition to my list of favorites.

[Sinclair Saucer]

I am open to controversy but I do not think that Inglorious Basterds is the magnum opis of Taratino; in fact it doesn't look that he even done it.

[Codex]

I am open to controversy but I do not think that Inglorious Basterds is the magnum opis of Taratino; in fact it doesn't look that he even done it.

*splutters... gets self under control...*

And why is that, good sir? Nothing he's made has topped Pulp Fiction yet, but I dare say that for a forray into something that was very NOT Tarrantino's era of movie, Inglorious was excellent. I thought it showed his reach, and Landa is by and large the best character to actor match that he's ever come up with.

[Sinclair Saucer]

*splutters... gets self under control...*

And why is that, good sir? Nothing he's made has topped Pulp Fiction yet, but I dare say that for a forray into something that was very NOT Tarrantino's era of movie, Inglorious was excellent. I thought it showed his reach, and Landa is by and large the best character to actor match that he's ever come up with.

I love Landa; do not get me wrong. He drove that movie.

Pulp Fiction is his best movie to date. No question. Reservior Dogs would be second; all the actors in that played their part well (I wish their was some expansion on Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown but thats another rabble). Kill Bill Vol 1. and Kill Bill 2. and amazing; different tones in both movies but they are meant to be watched back to back. I admit that I have no yet watched Jackie Brown and Death Proof, though I am watching the latter later and I will give my analyis.

Inglorious Basterds was an era that Tarantion should have stayed out of. All his movies are in an era that compliment each other; with the stye of 70's B-movies. I am not saying it is bad; not at all, but it lacks Tarantino's style we have grown to love. Where is the non-linear storyline?

The movie was only 30% English!

Pulp Fiction is his magnum opis, Reservior Dogs is a close second, though this is my opinion.

"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead."

[Codex]

I love Landa; do not get me wrong. He drove that movie.

Pulp Fiction is his best movie to date. No question. Reservior Dogs would be second; all the actors in that played their part well (I wish their was some expansion on Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown but thats another rabble). Kill Bill Vol 1. and Kill Bill 2. and amazing; different tones in both movies but they are meant to be watched back to back. I admit that I have no yet watched Jackie Brown and Death Proof, though I am watching the latter later and I will give my analyis.

Inglorious Basterds was an era that Tarantion should have stayed out of. All his movies are in an era that compliment each other; with the stye of 70's B-movies. I am not saying it is bad; not at all, but it lacks Tarantino's style we have grown to love. Where is the non-linear storyline?

The movie was only 30% English!

Pulp Fiction is his magnum opis, Reservior Dogs is a close second, though this is my opinion.

"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead."

I guess I was at an advantage when I watched because I speak German and French almost fluently, but why does the 30% English matter? Its much more realistic (and a move I really respected from T) to have everyone speaking their own language... *shrugs* I liked it a lot because I felt it was so much less mainstream than his other films, and this is coming from the gal who raged when she realized that EVERYONE in Reservoir Dogs ends up dead (even Mr. Pink!) and swore off of Tarrantino movies for a year. But, that is, as you said in regards to your post, my opinion ;)

Death Proof is a cheesy horror film. Its wonderful in a 70's b-movie slasher film kind of way. As for Jackie Brown... You only start to notice that it's a Tarrantino movie right at the end. It's by far one of his worst.

[Sinclair Saucer]

I guess I was at an advantage when I watched because I speak German and French almost fluently, but why does the 30% English matter? Its much more realistic (and a move I really respected from T) to have everyone speaking their own language... *shrugs* I liked it a lot because I felt it was so much less mainstream than his other films, and this is coming from the gal who raged when she realized that EVERYONE in Reservoir Dogs ends up dead (even Mr. Pink!) and swore off of Tarrantino movies for a year. But, that is, as you said in regards to your post, my opinion ;)

Death Proof is a cheesy horror film. Its wonderful in a 70's b-movie slasher film kind of way. As for Jackie Brown... You only start to notice that it's a Tarrantino movie right at the end. It's by far one of his worst.

Lies! Mr. Pink lives!

[Zvriel Chkies]

Avatar.

Better than I thought.

But weak.
And shallow.


For film that looks that good, they should have made the story better.

Something has gone wrong when you start liking the Commander who is evil.

The actor who plays Jake is good.
But the actress who plays Neytiri, is not good.

I had these thoughts.

I wanted to stab Neytiri through the head.

I wanted to shoot Grace in the face with a shotgun.
Grace is annoying.

After a point I started to want a firefight and mechas, and big machinery.

[dinge]

Lies! Mr. Pink lives!
Sure, he's just being arrested in the end.

[brendensavi]

*splutters... gets self under control...*

And why is that, good sir? Nothing he's made has topped Pulp Fiction yet, but I dare say that for a forray into something that was very NOT Tarrantino's era of movie, Inglorious was excellent. I thought it showed his reach, and Landa is by and large the best character to actor match that he's ever come up with.

I agree with this. I loved Inglourious Basterds, it's the only Tarantino film I've seen in theaters, and it's the only film of his that I own. I remember leaving the theater with chills as Rabbia E Tarantella played in the background. Yes Mr. Tarantino, it just might be your masterpiece.

[Sinclair Saucer]

I agree with this. I loved Inglourious Basterds, it's the only Tarantino film I've seen in theaters, and it's the only film of his that I own. I remember leaving the theater with chills as Rabbia E Tarantella played in the background. Yes Mr. Tarantino, it just might be your masterpiece.

Sorry, but Pulp Fiction is.

[brendensavi]

Sorry, but Pulp Fiction is.

I was quoting the final line of Inglourious Basterds. I know Pulp Fiction is, and most likely always will be known as his best work.

[Codex]

Lies! Mr. Pink lives!

Nope, even Mr. Tarrantino says everyone dies. If you pay attention to the background just before White shoots Orange you can hear him shouting outside and some gunshots.


I agree with this. I loved Inglourious Basterds, it's the only Tarantino film I've seen in theaters, and it's the only film of his that I own. I remember leaving the theater with chills as Rabbia E Tarantella played in the background. Yes Mr. Tarantino, it just might be your masterpiece.

I have the soundtrack for all of his movies and I'll often sit around with Rabbia on repeat just because it is an amazing piece of music and, in my opinion, it sums up the whole movie. He is so good at putting music to a setting.

[brendensavi]

Nope, even Mr. Tarrantino says everyone dies. If you pay attention to the background just before White shoots Orange you can hear him shouting outside and some gunshots.



I have the soundtrack for all of his movies and I'll often sit around with Rabbia on repeat just because it is an amazing piece of music and, in my opinion, it sums up the whole movie. He is so good at putting music to a setting.

It is a wonderful song, and as you said fits the movie perfectly. I'm not fond of most of his soundtracks, but I will admit that he's very good with his song choices.

I much prefer the soundtracks to Tim Burtons films, Danny Elfman's a wonderful composer. The recent Alice in Wonderland soundtrack is by far one of his best, Sleepy Hollow being a close second. I've had it on repeat for the last few weeks.

[Sinclair Saucer]

[QUOTE=Codex;798070]Nope, even Mr. Tarrantino says everyone dies. If you pay attention to the background just before White shoots Orange you can hear him shouting outside and some gunshots.
[\QUOTE]

Actually, after the gun shots you do hear faintly Mr. Pink yell that he has been shot so he is alive.

I actually belive that Mr. Pink is the 'Buddy Holly' waiter from Pulp Fiction (ironic due to his hatred of waiters!)

I also belive Jules Winfrey is Rufus from Kill Bill Vol 2.

[Rybow73]

[QUOTE=Codex;798070]Nope, even Mr. Tarrantino says everyone dies. If you pay attention to the background just before White shoots Orange you can hear him shouting outside and some gunshots.
[\QUOTE]

Actually, after the gun shots you do hear faintly Mr. Pink yell that he has been shot so he is alive.

I actually belive that Mr. Pink is the 'Buddy Holly' waiter from Pulp Fiction (ironic due to his hatred of waiters!)

I also belive Jules Winfrey is Rufus from Kill Bill Vol 2.

He is...I remember reading triva about Pulp Fiction, and Mr. Pink is indeed the waiter.

I'm also a fan of Tarantino's work. Not like an uber fan or anything, but I own Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, and Kill Bill Vol. 1.

[Zvriel Chkies]

Personally I think Tarantino is overrated.

Most of his films are overhyped rubbish.
Less tributes to films, more like copying.

He butchered the CSI episode he did.

His films are pretentious and self indulgant.

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

I watched Iron Man 2 today, the first one is better but I still enjoyed this. There are some genuine LOL moments throughout the film, I hate the fact Cheedle is Rhodey in the film, not that I think he is a bad actor I just like continuity in films, and after the credits role a teaser for the Avengers movie, long story short you see the "Mjilnor" AKA Thor's hammer on the ground near a large crater.

EDIT: Oh, and Scarlet Johansson, damn she was hot. :cool:

[PureNukage]

Saw Iron Man 2 and yes Impossible, she was. That car scene was hot
" Keep your eyes on the road "
" No Way lady!!! "

[Rybow73]

Saw Iron Man 2 also. It was entertaining. Not sure which one I like better, but they both had high points.

Somebody collapsed at the end of the movie though. I think he ended up being okay.

Also, the trailer for the upcoming film by JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg looks intriguing. Can't wait!

[venom11]

wathced kick-ass! awesome movie!

(800 post) :D

[IllusionOfLife]

I just saw The Social Network, and I must say I liked it. I wrote up a review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?movie=770857927

Has anyone else seen it yet?

[themaster]

Dark Comedy, no doubt about it!

[Peachy Wilkins]

Watching the 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre right now. Feels good man.

I just hate that horror flicks these days can't have the perfect balance of disturbing and dark comedy that it has.

[Sinclair Saucer]

Dark comedy! Comedy...though intelligent comedy

[Grathius22]

I wanna' see Machete...

Still waiting for the Gorillaz movie to go in the works.

[IllusionOfLife]

To anyone who is on the fence regarding TRON: Legacy, let me just tell you that it looks fantastic. I got to see 23 minutes of the film in IMAX 3D last night as part of TRON Night and I think Disney really has something special on their hands.

[Vito_Lucente]

A Clockwork Orange=epic:D

[Invader]

Zombieland PWNS ALL! :D

[themaster]

Y'all kidding? To Kill A Mckingbird is freaking EPIC!

[Vito_Lucente]

Pulp Fiction is AWESOME!!! Just saw it. I'm gonna get medieval on your ass.

[Vito_Lucente]

Saving Private Ryan. Watch it. Love it. Watch it again.

[Sinclair Saucer]

Pulp Fiction is AWESOME!!! Just saw it. I'm gonna get medieval on your ass.

Atta boy!!!

[Vito_Lucente]

Ooooooooh, The Shawshank Redemption! Awesome movie, that.

[the voice of rapture]

I saw SAW 6 a few days ago and i will show you how i felt during the movie throo emotions: :) :(:(:(


The movie was good but it sucked is what i'm trying say.:)

[Grathius22]

I saw Full Metal Jacket for my first time today.

I was amazed... and was really sad when Pvt. Piles(?) shot the drill sergeant

I lol'd so much when the sergeant would talk to the black recruits, he was so racist!

"Well, Snowballs, guess you'll be disappointed in the core, cuz' we DON'T SERVE CHICKEN AND WATERMELON EVERY DAY!!!"

My favorite line had to be...

"Who said that!? WHO THE ☺☺☺☺ SAID THAT!? I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL GOUGE YER' EYES OUT, AND SKULL☺☺☺☺ YOU!!!!!!"

Seconded by...

"Only two things come outta' Texas... steer, and queer. I don't see no horns on you, boy... so that narrows it pretty ☺☺☺☺ing down, right? I bet you could suck a golf ball, through a garden hose!"

[vitiis]

Have been watching a lot of movies from the 40's and early 50's like 'Spellbound', 'Dark Passage' and 'Suspicion'.They make me feel cozy and they're usually really good, even if they're sometimes cheesy.

[Vito_Lucente]

Never watch the movie Cannibal Holocaust. It is the most disturbing, offensive, graphic movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I will not sleep for about 17 years now... anywho, extremely disturbing. Has lots of rape with rocks and such, extremely graphic and real footage of animal cruelty, and extremely bloody violence all over the place. Don't see it if you are faint of heart or under the age of 30...

[Invader]

"Well, Snowballs, guess you'll be disappointed in the core, cuz' we DON'T SERVE CHICKEN AND WATERMELON EVERY DAY!!!"

Lawl.

"Who said that!? WHO THE ☺☺☺☺ SAID THAT!? I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL GOUGE YER' EYES OUT, AND SKULL☺☺☺☺ YOU!!!!!!"

Lawl.

"Only two things come outta' Texas... steer, and queer. I don't see no horns on you, boy... so that narrows it pretty ☺☺☺☺ing down, right? I bet you could suck a golf ball, through a garden hose!"

☺☺☺☺ you, sarge! :p


My commentary. That is all. :p

[IllusionOfLife]

Just saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Check out my review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770672991#reviews_main

[Doctor Tivilon]

Just saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Check out my review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770672991#reviews_main

A good film, overall, I think. I got the feeling, though, that it just didn't connect well within the continuity of the other movies. You're definitely going to want to read the books before going to see it, as it seems like they expect you to know everything there is to know going into it.

[Vito_Lucente]

A good film, overall, I think. I got the feeling, though, that it just didn't connect well within the continuity of the other movies. You're definitely going to want to read the books before going to see it, as it seems like they expect you to know everything there is to know going into it.

I don't find the Harry Potters very... good.

[Vito_Lucente]

Shutter Island and the Book of Eli... pretty good movies.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

Horror FTW!

[Vito_Lucente]

Horror FTW!

You are a good person indeed...

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

You are a good person indeed...

Very few are actually scary though haha

Like Train, not only was it stupid, but it was truly and evil movie, but the concept was pretty damn scary.

The concept is this: In Europe there are small, private (but this isn't known) train lines that pick up American tourists, kidnap them one by one, salvage their body parts, then transplant them into paying customers who are handicapped in some form. And they aren't nice about it either, they give no no pain killers. If you get knocked out, that's your pain killer and when you wake up to find them shifting through your organs, they cut your tongue out to stop you from screaming or cut your spinal cord to stop you from moving.

It's a ☺☺☺☺ing horrifying concept, but the movie relied on gore as it's main scare factor too much and on sex and nudity to make people want to watch it. I only finished watching it because I wanted to know what happened at the end

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Modern horror films rely too much on gore to try and scare people instead of coming up with situations that would truly freak out the people watching, I love horror movies but they constantly disappoint me with the lack of scary situations that are presented, its a shame really.

[IllusionOfLife]

Modern horror films rely too much on gore to try and scare people instead of coming up with situations that would truly freak out the people watching, I love horror movies but they constantly disappoint me with the lack of scary situations that are presented, its a shame really.

If you haven't yet, you should really check out MarbleHornets and TribeTwelve on YouTube. I've always been less than impressed by horror for the same reasons you just mentioned but those two series are doing everything right that modern horror is doing wrong.

[RaptureWillBeReborn]

If you haven't yet, you should really check out MarbleHornets and TribeTwelve on YouTube. I've always been less than impressed by horror for the same reasons you just mentioned but those two series are doing everything right that modern horror is doing wrong.

I love Marble Hornets. Slenderman is one of the scariest things ever made on the internet. Oh, and Entry 27 is up FYI. :p

[IllusionOfLife]

I saw Tangled over the weekend. Check out my review here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770678818#reviews_main

[Vito_Lucente]

Modern horror films rely too much on gore to try and scare people instead of coming up with situations that would truly freak out the people watching, I love horror movies but they constantly disappoint me with the lack of scary situations that are presented, its a shame really.

I know. 70's and 80's horror is the best. The Shining. Best horror movie ever made.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

I saw Tangled over the weekend. Check out my review here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770678818#reviews_main

You work for rottentomatoes?

[IllusionOfLife]

You work for rottentomatoes?

No, lol, I just have a profile there. Anyone can do it.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

No, lol, I just have a profile there. Anyone can do it.

Ahh ok haha I sorta figured it was something like that

[Vito_Lucente]

I just saw the Vincent Price movie Masque of the Red Death. Pretty good.

[IllusionOfLife]

Just got back from TRON: Legacy. Go see this movie… in IMAX 3D… right now.

Or, if you need more convincing, you can read my full review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770785471#reviews_main

[Vito_Lucente]

Just saw Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton. Tim Burton's a genius.

[IllusionOfLife]

Just saw Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton. Tim Burton's a genius.

See, I like Burton, but I've always thought Sleepy Hollow was one of his weaker films.

[Vito_Lucente]

See, I like Burton, but I've always thought Sleepy Hollow was one of his weaker films.

The blood looked really fake, and the acting wasn't the best, but Johnny Depp automatically made that better.

[vitiis]

I watched Beowulf for the first time last night and really liked it. Much better than I thought it would be. The realism just blew me away.

[Vito_Lucente]

I watched Beowulf for the first time last night and really liked it. Much better than I thought it would be. The realism just blew me away.

It almost looked like a live action movie.

[vitiis]

It almost looked like a live action movie.

Yeah I know :) And I actually thought it was al all ages movie so I was happily surprised to see that it wasn't.
(300 is one of my favourite movies)

[Vito_Lucente]

(300 is one of my favourite movies)

300 is a very good movie indeed. Not one of my favorites though. But its good.

[magicman4443]

Just got back from TRON: Legacy. Go see this movie… in IMAX 3D… right now.

Or, if you need more convincing, you can read my full review here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/704951/reviews/?id=770785471#reviews_main

I went to the midnight release too (I think you did, at least...) and I absolutely loved the movie. It's a must see, whether you liked the first or not.

Something that I find curious is the critic reviews. Looking on metacritic, Tron:Legacy currently has a 49. The critics are pretty mixed about it. A lot of them are giving it a mediocre score, some in the 80s, and some in the 30s. They all seem to agree though, the graphics and music are amazing, but the story sucks. How they react to it is what varies their score.

I can kind of see where they're coming from, but I actually enjoyed the story. It wasn't amazing, and I felt myself asking "Well, yeah, but so what?" a bit, but still, a 30? Really? If I had to give it my honest opinion, somewhere between an 80 and a 90%. Not the best thing ever made, probably, but definitely worth more than a 50 on metacritic.

[IllusionOfLife]

I went to the midnight release too (I think you did, at least...) and I absolutely loved the movie. It's a must see, whether you liked the first or not.

Something that I find curious is the critic reviews. Looking on metacritic, Tron:Legacy currently has a 49. The critics are pretty mixed about it. A lot of them are giving it a mediocre score, some in the 80s, and some in the 30s. They all seem to agree though, the graphics and music are amazing, but the story sucks. How they react to it is what varies their score.

I can kind of see where they're coming from, but I actually enjoyed the story. It wasn't amazing, and I felt myself asking "Well, yeah, but so what?" a bit, but still, a 30? Really? If I had to give it my honest opinion, somewhere between an 80 and a 90%. Not the best thing ever made, probably, but definitely worth more than a 50 on metacritic.

I agree 100%. It seems that critics tend to pick on new directors who have been given the reigns to major franchises. Apparently first timers are only allowed to do low-bugdet art house stuff, heaven forbid they actually make their mark on a major franchise from the start. I thought the movie was great, especially considering it's the first thing that Joseph Kosinski has directed outside of commercial work.

And as for the story, even with the most basic understanding of TRON, you already know that it's about a guy trapped in a computer for 20 years and in said computer there are motorcycles that appear out of nowhere and shoot walls of light out the back. People should know full well where to set their suspension of disbelief ;)

[Mlle_Blanche]

I went to see Black Swan today, and I can honestly say it was the best movie I've seen this year! Completely blew me away!

[Vito_Lucente]

Does anyone go to those showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at like midnight? That movie is a cult classic.

[Rybow73]

I agree with previous statements. Tron: Legacy was great!

[Vito_Lucente]

I agree with previous statements. Tron: Legacy was great!

Haven't seen it yet, but since you all say it was great, I will see it soon.

[IllusionOfLife]

I just went to the midnight showing of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie and here are my thoughts:

I really hate to say it, but Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is just boring. While the second and third films were derided for their muddled and overcomplicated plots, this film hardly has enough story to fill a napkin and a serious lack of solid direction. The characters are lifeless and hollow, and even in the midst of action scenes nothing terribly interesting ever happens.

The Curse of the Black Pearl is, of course, the best Pirates film to date, but after re-watching all three movies over the past couple of days, I've reaffirmed my opinion that Dead Man's Chest and At World's End are worthy, if flawed, followups to the original. Yes, the latter two films definitely suffered from the fact that they began production without a finished script; Dead Man's Chest tried to do too many different things without taking time to flesh any of them out all the way, and At World's End was left with the impossible task of properly tying up all these disparate plot threads. However, despite these flaws, they were still enjoyable movies from start to finish due to good characters, and great direction by Mr. Gore Verbinski. Verbinksi gave the series a solid direction and a life that this fourth installment is sorely lacking.

On Stranger Tides starts out loosely referencing the end of At World's End in which Jack had taken the map to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. We're quickly reintroduced to the only three returning cast members: Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and Mr. Gibbs; there's some fun stuff in the beginning, but after the Fountain of Youth is introduced as a MacGuffin it quickly devolves into monotony. Part of the problem lies in just the structure of the story this time around, in On Stranger Tides they broke away from the structures of the previous films in order to tell an Indiana Jones-esque adventure film however, the characters and settings of Pirates of the Caribbean do not lend themselves well to that kind of movie. And speaking of characters, with the exception of the returning cast, they are all just completely one-dimensional and uninteresting. Black Beard, who is supposedly "the pirate all pirates fear" is particularly bad. It seems like they were trying to go for a villain somewhere between that of a saturday morning cartoon and a silent psychopath, but in the end it just ended up feeling phoned in. There's also a half-baked side story between two characters seemingly trying to fill the role of Will and Elizabeth's characters from the previous films, but again, the acting is completely cardboard and it isn't effective.

As I said, this film is just tragically boring, you can't empathize with the characters, you don't feel compelled to ponder any of the mystery, and even the action sequences aren't enough to make you sit forward in your seats. It's a meandering, poorly directed, boring mess. Disney is apparently planning a fifth and sixth film for the series, and if that's the case, I beg, and I plead: please bring back Gore Verbinski. On Stranger Tides is proof that the heart of the series lies not in the action, the locations, or even Jack Sparrow himself; Verbinski was the heart and soul of Pirates of the Caribbean, and without him the franchise has been left hopelessly adrift.

Rating: Zzzzzzzz...

[Zvriel Chkies]

I just went to the midnight showing of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie and here are my thoughts:

I really hate to say it, but Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is just boring. While the second and third films were derided for their muddled and overcomplicated plots, this film hardly has enough story to fill a napkin and a serious lack of solid direction. The characters are lifeless and hollow, and even in the midst of action scenes nothing terribly interesting ever happens.

The Curse of the Black Pearl is, of course, the best Pirates film to date, but after re-watching all three movies over the past couple of days, I've reaffirmed my opinion that Dead Man's Chest and At World's End are worthy, if flawed, followups to the original. Yes, the latter two films definitely suffered from the fact that they began production without a finished script; Dead Man's Chest tried to do too many different things without taking time to flesh any of them out all the way, and At World's End was left with the impossible task of properly tying up all these disparate plot threads. However, despite these flaws, they were still enjoyable movies from start to finish due to good characters, and great direction by Mr. Gore Verbinski. Verbinksi gave the series a solid direction and a life that this fourth installment is sorely lacking.

On Stranger Tides starts out loosely referencing the end of At World's End in which Jack had taken the map to find the legendary Fountain of Youth. We're quickly reintroduced to the only three returning cast members: Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and Mr. Gibbs; there's some fun stuff in the beginning, but after the Fountain of Youth is introduced as a MacGuffin it quickly devolves into monotony. Part of the problem lies in just the structure of the story this time around, in On Stranger Tides they broke away from the structures of the previous films in order to tell an Indiana Jones-esque adventure film however, the characters and settings of Pirates of the Caribbean do not lend themselves well to that kind of movie. And speaking of characters, with the exception of the returning cast, they are all just completely one-dimensional and uninteresting. Black Beard, who is supposedly "the pirate all pirates fear" is particularly bad. It seems like they were trying to go for a villain somewhere between that of a saturday morning cartoon and a silent psychopath, but in the end it just ended up feeling phoned in. There's also a half-baked side story between two characters seemingly trying to fill the role of Will and Elizabeth's characters from the previous films, but again, the acting is completely cardboard and it isn't effective.

As I said, this film is just tragically boring, you can't empathize with the characters, you don't feel compelled to ponder any of the mystery, and even the action sequences aren't enough to make you sit forward in your seats. It's a meandering, poorly directed, boring mess. Disney is apparently planning a fifth and sixth film for the series, and if that's the case, I beg, and I plead: please bring back Gore Verbinski. On Stranger Tides is proof that the heart of the series lies not in the action, the locations, or even Jack Sparrow himself; Verbinski was the heart and soul of Pirates of the Caribbean, and without him the franchise has been left hopelessly adrift.

Rating: Zzzzzzzz...

That sounds bad. I did not think it would be very good anyway. The fact it has the useless and annoying Penelope Cruz in is a bad indicater. I cannot stand her.

Definately not watching this film.

[Fugue]

will be giving that one a miss then, another quick review I saw said pretty much the same.

did see 13 Assassins recently, that was very good, amazing final battle that takes up about half of the movie :D

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Pity, I was looking forward to On Stranger Tides, oh well, guess I'll give it a miss and just wait for Dark of the Moon.

[Vito_Lucente]

I was looking forward to it too. Oh well, what could you expect without Gore Verbinski?

[Fugue]

quite like the first film but it just went downhill, the last one was terrible.

[IllusionOfLife]

quite like the first film but it just went downhill, the last one was terrible.

I enjoyed all of them up until this one. The first one is obviously the best, but I think that despite the production troubles, Verbinski was able to pull out two really enjoyable movies with the sequels. They definitely have their flaws, but for every flaw you have a great character like Davy Jones, or a fantastic scene like the Maelstrom in At World's End.

[Vito_Lucente]

I enjoyed all of them up until this one. The first one is obviously the best, but I think that despite the production troubles, Verbinski was able to pull out two really enjoyable movies with the sequels. They definitely have their flaws, but for every flaw you have a great character like Davy Jones, or a fantastic scene like the Maelstrom in At World's End.

I loved the first one, liked the second one, and thought the third one was okay. But I will NOT be seeing this one.

[Opeth Of Epica]

I'm not exactly the biggest movie man but I love Audition. The only film that has generaliy scared me.

[Vito_Lucente]

I'm not exactly the biggest movie man but I love Audition. The only film that has generaliy scared me.

Never seen it. Whats it about?

[Opeth Of Epica]

Never seen it. Whats it about?

Easyer to look it up. If you like psychological horrors it's a must.

[Mr.Plum]

I enjoyed all of them up until this one.

I disagree. I thought the sequels were really, really bad. The first one was so enjoyable for me mainly because of Jack Sparrow's character. In the Curse Of the Black Pearl, Sparrow was witty, always had a plan up his sleeve, and was clumsy but intelligent. In the sequels he's just wacky, silly, and clumsy. The sequels butchered his character.

[IllusionOfLife]

In the Curse Of the Black Pearl, Sparrow was witty, always had a plan up his sleeve, and was clumsy but intelligent. In the sequels he's just wacky, silly, and clumsy. The sequels butchered his character.

I disagree, in the second two films Jack was scheming just as much as he was in the first film, if not more. He had an angle and he pursued that throughout both films. In On Stranger Tides, though, Jack had no real angle or purpose nothing was really driving him. From the beginning of the film, the fountain of youth was only sort of a fleeting interest, and it was actually Angelica who was actively pursuing it in his name. He was brought onboard the Queen Anne's Revenge against his will and forced to help Blackbeard find the Fountain or else be killed. When they finally find the fountain, Blackbeard dies not by scheme Jack has been planning for the whole film, but rather because the Spanish show up as a distraction at a convenient time. On Stranger Tides slaughters Jack's character and I don't think the same can be said for Dead Man's Chest and At World's End.

Despite their flaws, Pirates 2 and 3 I felt properly understood all the characters of the series and their place in the narrative. Pirates 4 tries to turn Jack Sparrow into the leading man and ruins the character because of it. the first three Pirates movies felt like films that were sincerely trying to be fun, interesting, and exciting, you can argue how well they accomplished those goals, but regardless it felt sincere. On Stranger Tides, though, was just a soulless cash in without any of the charm or excitement of the original trilogy.

[Mr.Plum]

I haven't seen On Stranger Tides so I can't really comment on that front.


I disagree, in the second two films Jack was scheming just as much as he was in the first film, if not more. He had an angle and he pursued that throughout both films....

Despite their flaws, Pirates 2 and 3 I felt properly understood all the characters of the series and their place in the narrative.

I don't know about that. In The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack seemed more in control and could actually pass as a leader of a ship. Sparrow mentored Will Turner, Jack could outwit Port Royal's guards, he schemed to commandeer the Interceptor, and his remarks were intelligent and witty. Jack was smart, focused, and always had a plan B. In the sequels, Jack Sparrow morphed into a clumsy slapstick character. THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GqrOYGbX8&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otMeC2PPXkM&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUkRatOSxaI) are good examples. Completely different character.

[IllusionOfLife]

In the sequels, Jack Sparrow morphed into a clumsy slapstick character. THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GqrOYGbX8&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otMeC2PPXkM&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUkRatOSxaI) are good examples. Completely different character.

But on the same token there's also: THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y98MMmexMo) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJkMbdBh0bw&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5uaib0br4). Also, given the context, the clips you gave as examples still fit Jack's character and that's the beauty of it. Jack Sparrow is a character where you almost can't tell whether the whole thing was planned out or if he's simply making it up as he goes. For instance, in the jar of dirt clip, he thinks he has the heart of Davy Jones which, as we see in At World's End, can be used effectively as a leash for Davy Jones. I won't make any arguments regarding the Cannibal Island stuff, though, because that whole sequence of the film was entirely unnecessary and should have been cut.

EDIT: I'm not sure how recently you've watched the last two films, but if it's been a while I'd recommend giving them another try. I remembered not liking them very much, but when I re-watched them last week I was pleasantly surprised to find they were much better than I remembered.

[Mr.Plum]

But on the same token there's also: THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y98MMmexMo) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJkMbdBh0bw&feature=related) and THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za5uaib0br4). Also, given the context, the clips you gave as examples still fit Jack's character and that's the beauty of it. Jack Sparrow is a character where you almost can't tell whether the whole thing was planned out or if he's simply making it up as he goes.

Sorry, I just can't see how Jack in Pearl is the same character as in Dead Man's Chest and at World's End. Granted, the first clip does present Sparrow in a more scheming and intelligent light, but Sparrow -to me- plays more of a comedic role here and in the rest of the sequels compared to the the original. Even the music in this scene depicts Jack as a lumbering oaf (0.00-1.20ish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9d1NzbNOY)). This was never the case in Pearl. Sparrow never had to scream that annoying scream present in the later two films nor did he have to exaggerate his clumsiness to make the audience laugh. Jack is handled very differently through Pirates one and two. In Pearl, I laughed because Jack was witty and a little clumsy and not because Jack was making funny faces/noises and getting hurt. It felt like Sparrow was further reduced to comedic role instead of his original witty, intelligent, and clumsy character. Jack was always clumsy, but this trait was heavily emphasized in the later films. I don't know, Jack was more...subtle in Curse of the Black Pearl. He didn't need to get thrown off a cliff getting hit by melons to make the audience laugh. Being a foolish oaf seemed to be Sparrow's main purpose in the sequels.

I disagree that my examples fit Jack's character. Rather, I think they're over exaggerations of his character (using Pearl as a reference). All of his "wacky" moments are so over the top in the sequels. These over embellishments shift his character dramatically.


EDIT: I'm not sure how recently you've watched the last two films, but if it's been a while I'd recommend giving them another try. I remembered not liking them very much, but when I re-watched them last week I was pleasantly surprised to find they were much better than I remembered.

I don't know, I'm pretty familiar with the Pirates movies. I think if you watch Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest back-to-back, you'll see a drastic difference in how Sparrow was handled.

[IllusionOfLife]

I don't know, I'm pretty familiar with the Pirates movies. I think if you watch Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest back-to-back, you'll see a drastic difference in how Sparrow was handled.

I almost never take this track, but I think in this case we'll just have to agree to disagree. I can see your points, but I don't think the character changed as dramatically as you do.

As for the films, I watched all three in over the course of about 24 hours last week. Not quite back to back, but pretty close, and I didn't have any major problem with Jack in the last two movies. On Stranger Tides on the other hand… :mad:

[Mr.Plum]

I almost never take this track, but I think in this case we'll just have to agree to disagree. I can see your points, but I don't think the character changed as dramatically as you do.

Yeah, I was a big fan of the first one so maybe my observations are borderline nitpicking I don't know...


On Stranger Tides on the other hand… :mad:

Note to self, don't see this movie :D

[IllusionOfLife]

Note to self, don't see this movie :D

A very wise choice ;)

[Mr.Plum]

Something that I find curious is the critic reviews. Looking on metacritic, Tron:Legacy currently has a 49. The critics are pretty mixed about it. A lot of them are giving it a mediocre score, some in the 80s, and some in the 30s. They all seem to agree though, the graphics and music are amazing, but the story sucks. How they react to it is what varies their score.

49/100 is a little harsh in my opinion as well but I wouldn't rate Tron: Legacy above a 60-65. I agree with their consensus though. I thought the story and the main character were dull and some of the dialogue was very cheesy. I was very impressed with Tron's world though. I thought the style and the concept of it was very cool. If a Tron 3 ever happens, I'd like to see the world explored in more detail.

Another thing I was absolutely blown away by was the soundtrack. I don't think I've heard a more impressive, more unique, and more diverse soundtrack (and I listen to a lot of orchestral scores in both film and video games). I really want a Tron 3 solely because that means more Daft Punk. It's kind of a shame that such a masterful soundtrack is in such a mediocre movie. (Here are some of my favorite tracks: "The Game Has Changed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx_N18TWjs)", "CLU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3F2pr2FbfQ)", "Derezzed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Pc-S5dl8g&list=PL84F124B7BDD0F9F6)")

So, for me, Tron was kind of a half experience; I loved the world and soundtrack, but I didn't care much for the story or characters.

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

Just watched The Hangover Part 2, it was hilarious, go watch it now!

[Vito_Lucente]

Just watched The Hangover Part 2, it was hilarious, go watch it now!

Oh god. I freaking love that movie.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

I really like Paranormal Activity 2. That pool cleaning robot was my favorite character haha

[Vito_Lucente]

I really like Paranormal Activity 2. That pool cleaning robot was my favorite character haha

I actually did not like that movie nearly as much as the first one.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

I actually did not like that movie nearly as much as the first one.

I think I liked it better. Maybe cause I watched it with a girl instead of a bunch of guys like I did with the first one? IDK prolly haha

[Vito_Lucente]

I think I liked it better. Maybe cause I watched it with a girl instead of a bunch of guys like I did with the first one? IDK prolly haha

Lol. Well, I just enjoyed the first one more.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

Lol. Well, I just enjoyed the first one more.
I was disappointed that neither of them were truly scary

[themaster]

Just watched Righteous Kill (lol, no idea how to spell that) for JOHN LEGUIZAMO.
That guy is the coolest actor ever....

.....also, I'mma go to see Green Lantern, X-Men: First Class, Super 8, and Captain America this summer.

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

I really like Paranormal Activity 2. That pool cleaning robot was my favorite character haha

Paranormal Activity 1 let me down so badly that I just skipped the second, people swore on their lives that that movie would scare me so badly I would never sleep again, I watched it and was like "meh, that was nothing."

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

Paranormal Activity 1 let me down so badly that I just skipped the second, people swore on their lives that that movie would scare me so badly I would never sleep again, I watched it and was like "meh, that was nothing."

EXACTLY! Major let down. I swear, most Americans must be wussies :P I also wasn't confused by Inception at all. It was so straight forward

[Vito_Lucente]

EXACTLY! Major let down. I swear, most Americans must be wussies :P I also wasn't confused by Inception at all. It was so straight forward

That's how things are for me. Inception wasn't confuzzling in the least!

[Opeth Of Epica]

EXACTLY! Major let down. I swear, most Americans must be wussies :P I also wasn't confused by Inception at all. It was so straight forward

PA was a joke. The whole film relyed on other people to hype it to make it big and I still say the only generally scary movie ever is Audition

[Vito_Lucente]

I just saw the movie "The Elephant Man". I've got to say, this movie may have just changed my life. And, quite possibly, could be my new favorite movie. It is an extremely emotional and depressing film about a hideously disfigured man who is constantly laughed at and jeered, and sometimes physically abused. Yet, inside is revealed a person of surprising innocence and intelligence. It also shows the detestable ways some people treat others. I felt at first pity for John Merrick (The disfigured man), but then my feelings changed to admiration, as the film went on. John, in the film starts as a severely deformed mute figure being badly mistreated, as the story progresses, he becomes the hero. A bold and courageous man, standing against the evils of modern society. To see someone so beautiful, dignified, and unique, hidden behind a body and face that society considers ugly, made me realize how the body is a decaying pile of dust, but the soul is a breath-taking and uniquely formed indestructible diamond.

It is an extremely amazing film, and brought me nearly to tears at some points, which is rare for a movie to do that to me. I DEFINITELY recommend it. 10/10

[Opeth Of Epica]

I just saw the movie "The Elephant Man". I've got to say, this movie may have just changed my life. And, quite possibly, could be my new favorite movie. It is an extremely emotional and depressing film about a hideously disfigured man who is constantly laughed at and jeered, and sometimes physically abused. Yet, inside is revealed a person of surprising innocence and intelligence. It also shows the detestable ways some people treat others. I felt at first pity for John Merrick (The disfigured man), but then my feelings changed to admiration, as the film went on. John, in the film starts as a severely deformed mute figure being badly mistreated, as the story progresses, he becomes the hero. A bold and courageous man, standing against the evils of modern society. To see someone so beautiful, dignified, and unique, hidden behind a body and face that society considers ugly, made me realize how the body is a decaying pile of dust, but the soul is a breath-taking and uniquely formed indestructible diamond.

It is an extremely amazing film, and brought me nearly to tears at some points, which is rare for a movie to do that to me. I DEFINITELY recommend it. 10/10

I watched a documentary about him. He was a great man torn apart by society and I will see the movie if I ever get the chance.

[IllusionOfLife]

I just saw Green Lantern and here are my thoughts:

Green Lantern rides that fine line between just good enough to call it decent and bad. On one hand it sets up the characters really well and lays the ground work for what could be a really great movie, but on the other hand the story goes off in too many different directions and doesn't allow enough time to give any of them a proper telling. It feels all at once reluctant to show you too much of Oa and the Green Lantern Corps lest your average non-nerd movie goer get confused, but at the same time asks you to accept a bizarre non-traditional villain without a lot of clear set up or focus.

There are a lot of things to like about Green Lantern; there's some good action, cool set pieces, and Ryan Reynolds does a wonderful job as Hal Jordan, but there are just as many, if not more, issues with the movie that hold it back from being good. The biggest of these issues is a story that doesn't feel coherent or intuitive. You can almost see each of the film's four writers fighting for their personal favorite character to have screen time in the film at the expense of a consistent story.

Green Lantern can essentially be summed up as wasted potential. There's enough good elements in this that I hope they continue the series rather than starting over from the ground up with a reboot, however, if this series is going to succeed in the same genre as The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Spider-Man 2, and The Incredibles; Green Lantern 2 really needs to step up its game and take this series to its full potential.

Rating: C-

In other news I saw Super 8 last week and really enjoyed it. It's certainly not as great as the films that inspired it (E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Jurassic Park, Jaws) but it's still a good film with really great characters and a strong emotional core. One critic put it nicely by saying "The worst thing you can say about Super 8 is that its characters are more interesting than the mystery they're trying to solve [paraphrasing]."

[Vito_Lucente]

In other news I saw Super 8 last week and really enjoyed it. It's certainly not as great as the films that inspired it (E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Jurassic Park, Jaws) but it's still a good film with really great characters and a strong emotional core. One critic put it nicely by saying "The worst thing you can say about Super 8 is that its characters are more interesting than the mystery they're trying to solve [paraphrasing]."
Yeah, I saw it too, and I agree with the critic. The whole character development and their parental issues and all that were far more interesting than all the alien crap. Though that stuff was good too.

[Zvriel Chkies]

Kung Fu Panda 1
TV

Not a good film. Wierd motivation, no prize at the end.
Everyone except for Oonang the tortoise leader was a d**head. I kept wanting Tai Lung to massacre the people, if only to get away from Dusitn Hoffmans overacting.
If Tai Lung had carved his way to the scroll, then pounded Po to a bloody pulp, it would have been a improvement.
And if there had actualy been a scroll it would have been much, much beter.

[Vito_Lucente]

Heyyy, I liked Kung Fu Panda!

[IllusionOfLife]

So this is a hard review to write. On one hand, Cars 2 is better than 95% of what any other animation studio is putting out (that five percent is home to the odd DreamWorks movie that is actually great like How to Train Your Dragon, and one-off successes from great filmmakers like Henry Selick's "Coraline" and Gore Verbinski's "Rango"), but on the other hand it's a significant step down from the excellence bordering on perfection we've come to expect from Pixar. True, a step down from excellence is still good, but considering the pedigree it's somewhat disappointing; therein lies my quandary.

Cars 2 tells a broader story than the original Cars, taking place in many locales across four different countries. In Cars 2 Lightning McQueen has just come back from a Piston Cup race and is getting ready to settle down after the end of Racing Season, but all the while invitations are being sent for a World Grand Prix, a tournament across three different countries featuring the world's best racers and McQueen is invited. He takes Mater along for the ride and through a series of coincidences Mater eventually gets mistaken for an American Spy by British Intelligence Agent Finn McMissile (think James Bond voiced by Michael Caine). High speed races and spy movie action set pieces ensue, and there are many fun moments and good laughs along the way. The visuals are stunning, as are to be expected with Pixar, and the voice work is just as wonderful as it always is in a Pixar film (Michael Caine absolutely steals the show). However, there are elements that hold it back from greatness.

The whole affair feels very safe and almost unambitious, there's nothing in the film that really wowed me and while I enjoyed myself the movie never really gripped me like other Pixar films do. As a member of the audience, I felt like I was just watching a movie rather than being caught up in a story, the characters were fun, but I never connected with them in the same way I've connected with Woody, Marlin, Flik, Carl Fredricksen, or WALLE; I didn't even connect with Lightning McQueen or Mater in the same way I did in the first film. They were entertaining characters, but they just didn't have that same spark of life that makes them feel real. It didn't have the same magic that I've come to expect from Pixar.

Again, this is my problem. Looking at what I've written, I keep comparing it to other Pixar films and not looking at it on its own merit. It doesn't necessarily seem right to hold Cars 2 accountable for Toy Story 2, Ratatouille, and WALLE; completely on its own merit Cars 2 is a fun, entertaining film with great visuals and good characters. I can think of much worse ways to spend a Friday night, and I would definitely be willing to see it again. However, that comparison is inevitable due to the fact that Pixar has established such a strong precedent of not just quality, but excellence over the past 25 years. As a follow up to 11 of the best films of the past decade and a half, it's a bit of a letdown. It is by no means a bad film, and the current Tomatometer rating it has is an absolute travesty. Pixar's reputation has not been tarnished and they're still, by far, the best studio in Hollywood.

Even though Cars 2 is a bit of a disappointment, I think it's probably healthy for the studio. I was discussing it with my dad and he brought up the point that working under the pressure of your audience expecting a masterpiece every single year must be a nightmare, and while Cars 2 is disappointing, the fact that Pixar released a film that's just good instead of great gives them some more room to breathe. The critics have had their chance to give Pixar hell (and I'm sure there were many who were eagerly awaiting such an opportunity) and Pixar was able to make a film that didn't need to be a masterpiece to be entertaining.

So now I've got to put an actual score on this thing. Ergh- I was dreading this moment... I'm going to cheat a little bit here and give this film two scores, one accounting for Pixar's history and the expectations that brings with it, and one that does not. So treating Cars 2 as the followup to Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALLE, Up, and Toy Story 3, Cars 2 gets a:

C+

Now, judging Cars 2 completely by itself, without the legacy of Pixar as a factor it earns a:

B

[robert32]

I like comedy movies (http://www.watchfreefilms.org/category/comedy).

[Vito_Lucente]

I saw Cars 2 last night, and it was NOT as good as the first one. I thought the whole spy thing was just stupid...

[Vito_Lucente]

Alfred Hitchcock is amazing. Just rented a ton of his movies. Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, and quite a bit more. It's gonna be a loooong night.

[IllusionOfLife]

To say my expectations going into Transformers: Dark of the Moon were low would be a tremendous understatement. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was so embarrassingly bad I could hardly fathom it; but I ended up going to the new movie against my better judgement, primarily because I wanted to see the trailer for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol up on the big screen (which did not disappoint by the way, Brad Bird's live action debut looks amazing). To my surprise, though, Dark of the Moon was not terrible, and all things considered was actually pretty good.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon picks up roughly where Revenge of the Fallen left off and Sam Witwicky is living in Washington, D.C. with his unrealistically gorgeous girlfriend (who thankfully is not nearly as grating as Megan Fox) looking for a job and frustrated that the Autobots are out on missions around the world while he's stuck begging for office jobs. As I mentioned, the Autobots are working with the American government helping with military missions, all the while searching for any sign of a Decepticon uprising. Their search leads them to Chernobyl where they find some form of power supply taken from an Autobot ship. After the first big action sequence of the film, we arrive back at base to see a very displeased Optimus Prime demanding to know why he was not told of this until now. Apparently the entire space race between the United States and the U.S.S.R. was in response to an Autobot ship crash landing on the moon, a ship that carried some form of technology that was vital to the war on Cybertron, as well as Sentinel Prime, Optimus' mentor. A team of Autobots go to the moon to recover both and through a series of events I won't spoil the technology gets into the wrong hands and all hell breaks loose.

So when it comes to critiquing a Michael Bay film, you can't really treat it like anything else. There's a certain level of expectation that comes with one of his movies, and that involves a lot of explosions, and not a lot of plot. And when it comes to explosions, giant robots, and epic action sequences, this movie does not disappoint, however, for a Michael Bay film, Dark of the Moon is surprisingly talky and I'm still not sure whether or not that's a good thing. The first two acts of the film contain relatively few big action set pieces, and mostly attempts to set the stage for everything that happens in the film's final act. On one hand I appreciate that this film actually attempts to tell a story rather than Revenge of the Fallen's method of "look, here's robots fighting in China for no reason! Ooh, and now they're fighting in Egypt for no reason!" but on the other hand the film kind of drags at times in the first two acts because none of the characters are particularly compelling. Normally I would not criticize a film for spending more time on story and characters than on eye candy, and I do commend the filmmakers for telling a coherent story this time around, but they could have easily trimmed some time from the first two acts and focussed more on the battle for Earth between the Autobots and Decepticons.

When we finally do get to the good stuff in the final act, the action and the scale is certainly epic, but parts of it feel hollow. What we're seeing is cool, but none of it carries any weight; what should be a rousing finale to a series rings a bit flat because there was not a proper build up to it. Yes, this movie spent a long time setting up the finale, and they did it as well as they could, but for the kind of impact they were clearly going for the series needs to build up to it from the get go. This is my biggest problem with the film, it's not the shallow characters, the massive plot holes, or the annoying comic relief characters; those are all par for the course with a movie like this. My biggest complaint is that Transformers did not have the ambition or the foresight to build any sort of arc into the trilogy. Almost nothing from the first two films has any impact on the events of this film (the second film is particularly overlooked). This does not feel like Transformers 3, it feels like Transformers: Yeah, We Did Another One. When you make a trilogy like this, it's essential to have a narrative that ties them together. The reason Return of the King is so powerful as a conclusion because the rest of The Lord of the Rings builds up to it, the same goes for the Star Wars trilogy, even the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy creates an arc for its story and its characters so that the ending feels like the culmination of everything, not just another ending of another movie. In my opinion, that is the biggest area where Transformers: Dark of the Moon fails, that it does not build on any established narrative, but instead goes in an entirely new direction and therefore feels less satisfying than it could have. Again, though, this is Michael Bay's Transformers, so to expect that kind of foresight to go into it is a bit silly. So let's shift gears and focus on some things I did like.

This movie, has far less embarrassingly juvenile humor than either of the previous films (THANK GOD!). Oh, there's still some in there, but we don't have anything as facepalm worthy as masturbation jokes, Bumblebee peeing on John Turturro, Mudflap and Skids, or "I'm underneath the enemy's...☺☺☺☺☺☺☺." Outside of the juvenile humor though, there are some things are actually legitimately funny John Malkovich has a fun, albeit brief, role in the film, and Shia LeBeouf has some great interaction with a character played by Patrick Dempsey. I was also impressed that there were one or two plot twists in this film that actually managed to surprise me. It was nothing super heady, but the script was at least intelligent enough to keep you on your toes, even if just a little bit. And of course the visual effects work by ILM was amazing, and is a shoe-in for the VFX Oscar this year.

I normally don't address this much in my reviews, but considering the widely publicized enhancements that Michael Bay made to the film to ensure that the 3D look as good as it could I think it's worth taking a minute to talk about that. The biggest thing that was talked about with all of this was addressing the infamous issue of 3D causing a dimmer picture, Bay reportedly printed the film in such a way to ensure that it was as bright and crisp as it could be and worked with theater owners to make sure that the projection was top quality. I saw the film at the local Cinemark XD theater and I did not notice any drastic difference in brightness. It was still a step above a regular theater's projection, but a step down from IMAX 3D, as has traditionally been the case. However, what I did notice was that the 3D really popped a lot more than it normally does. A lot of times when watching a 3D film you'll settle in and start to not even notice the 3D effect until an action scene comes up and grabs your attention; in this, though, the film was always very obviously 3D. It didn't resort to cheap 3D tricks, but it certainly had a very deep picture the entire time and often had elements extending into the audience space. I would not say that the 3D benefitted the film as much as it did on films like How to Train Your Dragon, TRON: Legacy, or even Avatar, but I'd say it's worth seeing it in 3D unless you're just really opposed to it.

So all in all Transformers: Dark of the Moon was an enjoyable film. It vastly exceeded my expectations based on what we got with the last film, and while not as satisfying as it could have been still had plenty of cool action sequences and fun moments. If you liked the first Transformers at all I would recommend it, if not, than this isn't going to change your opinion on the series at all.

B-

[themaster]

Look, I don't watch "Movies". I hate them. I only pick a few to watch. You cannot effectively tell a story in 90-120 minutes. You just can't!

But tonight for undisclosed reasons I rented the Diving Bell and the Butterfly and tbh I'm glad I rented it, as it's not a film I'd repeatedly watch. Look, I'm not gonna call it a "masterpiece" as others have. It was good, I'll say that much. It was interesting. I had to watch it at the lowest volume because I live with my uncle's family every 2nd week and guess what, erryone was sleeping.
Glad there were subs too. It would have been unfathomable otherwise.

Yeah, sometimes with tragedy movies like these I can get all ☺☺☺☺☺, but not this one. I knew all too well what was coming. I happen to have past knowledge of the topics and this is pretty much the epicentre of understanding of conditions such as locked-in syndrome, I had put off looking at this one long enough.

I knew what was coming. Tbh, I haven't read the book. I don't read! (Often. I make exceptions for Capote and other writers such as).

Was it good? You betcha it was good. Great I'd say, actually, but it, as I say, ain't for repeat viewings, I'll say that much. You can get the pic from watching it 1 time. It was darned depressing, though.

To cheer myself up, I had to listen to Weezer and dance around in front of my computer. (And I mean, like twirling my fingers around like a bad dancer). Air guitar also featured.

Look, if you want to watch a film that'll depress you, THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!! :D

But all joking aside, a good movie, a great movie, well acted/directed. Props to the studio.

But darned depressing!!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

To say my expectations going into Transformers: Dark of the Moon were low would be a tremendous understatement. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was so embarrassingly bad I could hardly fathom it; but I ended up going to the new movie against my better judgement, primarily because I wanted to see the trailer for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol up on the big screen (which did not disappoint by the way, Brad Bird's live action debut looks amazing). To my surprise, though, Dark of the Moon was not terrible, and all things considered was actually pretty good.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon picks up roughly where Revenge of the Fallen left off and Sam Witwicky is living in Washington, D.C. with his unrealistically gorgeous girlfriend (who thankfully is not nearly as grating as Megan Fox) looking for a job and frustrated that the Autobots are out on missions around the world while he's stuck begging for office jobs. As I mentioned, the Autobots are working with the American government helping with military missions, all the while searching for any sign of a Decepticon uprising. Their search leads them to Chernobyl where they find some form of power supply taken from an Autobot ship. After the first big action sequence of the film, we arrive back at base to see a very displeased Optimus Prime demanding to know why he was not told of this until now. Apparently the entire space race between the United States and the U.S.S.R. was in response to an Autobot ship crash landing on the moon, a ship that carried some form of technology that was vital to the war on Cybertron, as well as Sentinel Prime, Optimus' mentor. A team of Autobots go to the moon to recover both and through a series of events I won't spoil the technology gets into the wrong hands and all hell breaks loose.

So when it comes to critiquing a Michael Bay film, you can't really treat it like anything else. There's a certain level of expectation that comes with one of his movies, and that involves a lot of explosions, and not a lot of plot. And when it comes to explosions, giant robots, and epic action sequences, this movie does not disappoint, however, for a Michael Bay film, Dark of the Moon is surprisingly talky and I'm still not sure whether or not that's a good thing. The first two acts of the film contain relatively few big action set pieces, and mostly attempts to set the stage for everything that happens in the film's final act. On one hand I appreciate that this film actually attempts to tell a story rather than Revenge of the Fallen's method of "look, here's robots fighting in China for no reason! Ooh, and now they're fighting in Egypt for no reason!" but on the other hand the film kind of drags at times in the first two acts because none of the characters are particularly compelling. Normally I would not criticize a film for spending more time on story and characters than on eye candy, and I do commend the filmmakers for telling a coherent story this time around, but they could have easily trimmed some time from the first two acts and focussed more on the battle for Earth between the Autobots and Decepticons.

When we finally do get to the good stuff in the final act, the action and the scale is certainly epic, but parts of it feel hollow. What we're seeing is cool, but none of it carries any weight; what should be a rousing finale to a series rings a bit flat because there was not a proper build up to it. Yes, this movie spent a long time setting up the finale, and they did it as well as they could, but for the kind of impact they were clearly going for the series needs to build up to it from the get go. This is my biggest problem with the film, it's not the shallow characters, the massive plot holes, or the annoying comic relief characters; those are all par for the course with a movie like this. My biggest complaint is that Transformers did not have the ambition or the foresight to build any sort of arc into the trilogy. Almost nothing from the first two films has any impact on the events of this film (the second film is particularly overlooked). This does not feel like Transformers 3, it feels like Transformers: Yeah, We Did Another One. When you make a trilogy like this, it's essential to have a narrative that ties them together. The reason Return of the King is so powerful as a conclusion because the rest of The Lord of the Rings builds up to it, the same goes for the Star Wars trilogy, even the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy creates an arc for its story and its characters so that the ending feels like the culmination of everything, not just another ending of another movie. In my opinion, that is the biggest area where Transformers: Dark of the Moon fails, that it does not build on any established narrative, but instead goes in an entirely new direction and therefore feels less satisfying than it could have. Again, though, this is Michael Bay's Transformers, so to expect that kind of foresight to go into it is a bit silly. So let's shift gears and focus on some things I did like.

This movie, has far less embarrassingly juvenile humor than either of the previous films (THANK GOD!). Oh, there's still some in there, but we don't have anything as facepalm worthy as masturbation jokes, Bumblebee peeing on John Turturro, Mudflap and Skids, or "I'm underneath the enemy's...☺☺☺☺☺☺☺." Outside of the juvenile humor though, there are some things are actually legitimately funny John Malkovich has a fun, albeit brief, role in the film, and Shia LeBeouf has some great interaction with a character played by Patrick Dempsey. I was also impressed that there were one or two plot twists in this film that actually managed to surprise me. It was nothing super heady, but the script was at least intelligent enough to keep you on your toes, even if just a little bit. And of course the visual effects work by ILM was amazing, and is a shoe-in for the VFX Oscar this year.

I normally don't address this much in my reviews, but considering the widely publicized enhancements that Michael Bay made to the film to ensure that the 3D look as good as it could I think it's worth taking a minute to talk about that. The biggest thing that was talked about with all of this was addressing the infamous issue of 3D causing a dimmer picture, Bay reportedly printed the film in such a way to ensure that it was as bright and crisp as it could be and worked with theater owners to make sure that the projection was top quality. I saw the film at the local Cinemark XD theater and I did not notice any drastic difference in brightness. It was still a step above a regular theater's projection, but a step down from IMAX 3D, as has traditionally been the case. However, what I did notice was that the 3D really popped a lot more than it normally does. A lot of times when watching a 3D film you'll settle in and start to not even notice the 3D effect until an action scene comes up and grabs your attention; in this, though, the film was always very obviously 3D. It didn't resort to cheap 3D tricks, but it certainly had a very deep picture the entire time and often had elements extending into the audience space. I would not say that the 3D benefitted the film as much as it did on films like How to Train Your Dragon, TRON: Legacy, or even Avatar, but I'd say it's worth seeing it in 3D unless you're just really opposed to it.

So all in all Transformers: Dark of the Moon was an enjoyable film. It vastly exceeded my expectations based on what we got with the last film, and while not as satisfying as it could have been still had plenty of cool action sequences and fun moments. If you liked the first Transformers at all I would recommend it, if not, than this isn't going to change your opinion on the series at all.

B-

The biggest thing that disappointed me in Dark of the Moon was the climax of the finale battle, The Megatron Vs Optimus Vs Sentinel part to be exact was seemed like an extremely short way to end a film series, I was really hoping for some epic death match between Megatron and Optimus but no such luck.

Oh, and Sentinel killing Iron hide was so not cool he was one of my favourite Autobots.

[themaster]

....and as for Transformers, lol!
I wouldn't mind just watching them all. I heard Number 1 was good, Number 2 was like almost a comedy, and Number 3 is better than 2 and as good as 1?

I also hear the fantastic John Malkovich and Leonard Nimoy both appear in the film? If so, I might actually bother!

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

You should definitely watch them, the effects on the Transformers alone in all three films is enough of a reason to watch them.

[themaster]

I might watch one night if I'm really bored. I imagine my post about the Diving Bell and the Butterfly didn't make you want to watch the movie?
That's not what I intended to do, but if you liked Transformers for the effects, you'd hate DB+B. K? :P
What else did I see recently? Green Lantern, X-Men 1st Class and Thor. I like comic books.
They should make Brian Michael Bendis's "POWERS" into a movie.

[Mr.Plum]

B-
You're too kind Illusion. I recently saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon and X-Men: First Class and I thought both were pretty terrible. I scratch me head at First Class's 87% on rotten tomatoes. If I judged First Class from a kid's perspective, then yeah, it deserves that rating (Transformers deserves way higher than 37% using that logic). Why the discrepancy between Dark of the Moon and First Class on rotten tomatoes is so high is beyond me. It's like they reviewed Dark of the Moon seriously and First Class not. I agree that First Class is better than Transformers (albeit only slightly), but both films still had some major problems.

Rotten Tomatoes used to be my go-to site because they were very accurate in my opinion. As of late however, it's been the opposite. True Grit, The Adustment Bureau, Thor, and X-Men: First Class do not deserve such high ratings. What happened?

[Vito_Lucente]

Rotten Tomatoes used to be my go-to site because they were very accurate in my opinion. As of late however, it's been the opposite. True Grit, The Adustment Bureau, Thor, and X-Men: First Class do not deserve such high ratings. What happened?
I loved True Grit!! What was it's rating anyways?

[Aguayo-Castro]

You're too kind Illusion. I recently saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon and X-Men: First Class and I thought both were pretty terrible. I scratch me head at First Class's 87% on rotten tomatoes. If I judged First Class from a kid's perspective, then yeah, it deserves that rating (Transformers deserves way higher than 37% using that logic). Why the discrepancy between Dark of the Moon and First Class on rotten tomatoes is so high is beyond me. It's like they reviewed Dark of the Moon seriously and First Class not. I agree that First Class is better than Transformers (albeit only slightly), but both films still had some major problems.

Rotten Tomatoes used to be my go-to site because they were very accurate in my opinion. As of late however, it's been the opposite. True Grit, The Adustment Bureau, Thor, and X-Men: First Class do not deserve such high ratings. What happened?

I wanted to go watch Transformers, but too many people said it sucked. Now I''m being dragged to watch horrible bosses I think it was.

[Vito_Lucente]

I wanted to go watch Transformers, but too many people said it sucked. Now I''m being dragged to watch horrible bosses I think it was.

I don't think Horrible Bosses looks very good. But we'll see.

[Aguayo-Castro]

I don't think Horrible Bosses looks very good. But we'll see.

Yea I know. I'm not a big Colin Farrell or Jenifer Aniston fan.

[IllusionOfLife]

You're too kind Illusion.

Perhaps, but as I stated in the review, I was not judging it in the same way I would judge any other film. Michael Bay movies are, by their nature, nonsense and so I knew what I was getting into from the get go. I gave it such a high score because it exceeded my expectations for what I thought it would be. That's the thing, I tend to grade on a curve based on where my expectations are, it's not entirely fair, I admit, and if I'm honest, Cars 2 is a much better film that Dark of the Moon despite it's lower score, but I expected more out of Cars 2 and I expected nothing out of Dark of the Moon.

Also, it's interesting that you disliked X-Men: First Class as I have heard nothing but good things about it. I'm going with my dad this weekend so I'll let you know what my thoughts on the movie are.

[Mr.Plum]

Also, it's interesting that you disliked X-Men: First Class as I have heard nothing but good things about it. I'm going with my dad this weekend so I'll let you know what my thoughts on the movie are.

Yeah, I heard great things about it too. I honestly think I'm too cynical. Actually, I know I'm too cynical. Anyway, I'd like to hear your thoughts.

[IllusionOfLife]

I'm back with my abbreviated thoughts on X-Men: First Class

I have some mixed feelings about X-Men: First Class. Going into it I had heard a lot of great things, comments ranging from it being by far the best X-Men film to being on par with The Dark Knight. In the end, though, I found it to be kind of a mixed bag. As a character study between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr it's brilliant. While they never quite match the iconic performances of Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender do a wonderful job portraying these characters and really sell the friendship between them. This movie, on its own, establishes a stronger friendship and more poignant separation of two friends than all three Star Wars prequels did. The scenes between Charles and Erik are where this movie truly shines.

Unfortunately, the rest of the film is a bit weak and forgettable. None of the other characters were particularly strong or memorable (with perhaps the exception of Mystique) and the whole plot tied into the Cuban Missile Crisis felt contrived. I also never once bought Kevin Bacon as the villain. I was also somewhat annoyed by the ham-fistedness of the Mutants=Gay subtext. Yes, I understand that that has always been an element of the series, but it has always been inferred using broad strokes and could be applied to any number of minority issues from racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Using buzzword phrases like "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "Mutant Pride" felt very forced, and the signposting lacked the class of the original Brian Singer films.

So was this film the best of the X-Men series? No, that honor belongs to X2: X-Men United. Is it the best Marvel Comics film? Nope, that'd be Spider-Man 2. How about a film on the caliber of The Dark Knight? Not even close. However, it was an enjoyable movie, and the excellent character study between Charles and Erik is worth the price of admission alone.

B

[Vito_Lucente]

I'm just curious, what do you think of the Godfather, IllusionOfLife? Just curious :D

[IllusionOfLife]

I'm just curious, what do you think of the Godfather, IllusionOfLife? Just curious :D

To be honest (and I'm actually quite ashamed of this fact) I have never watched any of the Godfather movies all the way through. *Goes to hand in my nerd card*

It's definitely on my to-do list.

[Epstein_The_Swami]

To be honest (and I'm actually quite ashamed of this fact) I have never watched any of the Godfather movies all the way through. *Goes to hand in my nerd card*

It's definitely on my to-do list.

You aren't alone. It's the kind of thing that you never want to reveal, and when you do reveal it, you scrunch your shoulders and grit your teeth.

[Vito_Lucente]

To be honest (and I'm actually quite ashamed of this fact) I have never watched any of the Godfather movies all the way through. *Goes to hand in my nerd card*

It's definitely on my to-do list.

Watch the first one. NAOW!!!

It is a long movie, but AMAZING! Best movie evar, IMO.

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

To be honest (and I'm actually quite ashamed of this fact) I have never watched any of the Godfather movies all the way through. *Goes to hand in my nerd card*

It's definitely on my to-do list.


You aren't alone. It's the kind of thing that you never want to reveal, and when you do reveal it, you scrunch your shoulders and grit your teeth.

You're both joking, right? Please, dear god tell me your joking!

[Mr.Plum]

As a character study between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr it's brilliant... The scenes between Charles and Erik are where this movie truly shines.

I agree with you here. I wouldn't go as far to say their relationship was "brilliant" though. But yeah, they were the best part of the movie. Even though Charles and Erik were what made the film watchable, their relationship still felt half-backed to me (other characters were pretty flat also).

The main problem I had with First Class was that it tried to jam so much into one film. This movie could've easily been split up into 2 or perhaps 3 films. The plot moved so fast that particular emotionally-driven scenes didn't work as effectively as they should've. It also had its ridiculous moments. Like when Bacon's character broke into the X-Men facility and persuaded angel to join his cause. Really? That's all the persuasion you needed? You were friends with your team like 5 minutes ago and you just decided to turn on them and kill them? Just ridiculous.

[IllusionOfLife]

To be honest, I disliked just about every scene with Kevin Bacon in it. His character was just dumb.

[IllusionOfLife]

I'm just going to leave this here…

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/images/TheDarkKnightRises_TeaserPoster.jpg

Yes, by the way, that is official.

[RevanJJ]

Going to see Transformers tomorrow, Harry Potter on Wednesday. Only two I can afford to see this summer so hope I'm not totally let down. Luckily my expectations of any Michael Bay movie are very low.

[Mr.Plum]

I'm just going to leave this here…

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/images/TheDarkKnightRises_TeaserPoster.jpg

Yes, by the way, that is official.

Cool. Can't wait for the trailer to come out with Deathly Hallows Part 2.

[Grathius22]

I've watched The Crow again last night. Great movie. I'd suggest it to those who have not seen it yet.

[Vito_Lucente]

Cool. Can't wait for the trailer to come out with Deathly Hallows Part 2.

I'm going to see the midnight premier of Part 2 with a group of friends on thursday, so I'll see the trailer before any o' y'all.

[Vito_Lucente]

I'm currently watching Rain Man, and I've gotta say, Dustin Hoffman's acting in that is amazing. I can totally relate to Tom Cruise and his frustration with Raymond throughout the movie, as my brother has autism and is obsessive about little things and freaks out when anything is out of order or strays from the "routine" in any way. Anyways, great movie.

[Atlas-]

I wanted to go watch Transformers, but too many people said it sucked. Now I''m being dragged to watch horrible bosses I think it was.

I know other people have reviewed transformers badly but I loved it, it was excatly what I wanted: lots of big robots blowing the ☺☺☺☺ out of each other, a girl wearing very short skirts and a flimsy story line. As an avid follower of transformers I find that the new storys are quite an nice take and remain pretty loyal to the theme. Frankly I see nothing wrong with it, if your looking for a deep film with lots of twists then it's not for you but then again it can't be evrything can it.

[themaster]

Jason Sudeikis is a hilarious comedy actor.

Kevin Spacey is one of my favourite actors.

And I hate Colin Farrell. I'd see it for Sudeikis and Spacey, but it's not out in Ireland for AGES.

[themaster]

.....I hate to double post, but I just want to state that I saw The Matrix for the first time today. I loved it, how about you people?

I'm gonna be seeing The Fifth Element tomorrow. That film good?

[Codex]

Yes, the Fifth Element is amazing. I was also obsessed with the Matrix when I was younger. It was my first real "fandom."

I recently watched The Adjustment Bureau. It wasn't a terrible movie, but the parallels between religion bothered me a little. However, it was still enjoyable and well worth the time it took to watch it.

[themaster]

Yes, the Fifth Element is amazing. I was also obsessed with the Matrix when I was younger. It was my first real "fandom."

I recently watched The Adjustment Bureau. It wasn't a terrible movie, but the parallels between religion bothered me a little. However, it was still enjoyable and well worth the time it took to watch it.

The Adjustment Bureau and Inception..... if you put them together would you get The Matrix? (I haven't seen either, so...)

[Codex]

The Adjustment Bureau and Inception..... if you put them together would you get The Matrix? (I haven't seen either, so...)

Hurm... sort of? I'd say no. The three films have similar sorts of threads, however I would not say that any combination of to equals another.

[RevanJJ]

Just got home from seeing Transformers 3. I was and am so disappointed. Cost $9.50 to see the worst acting I have ever seen. I am a transformer fan boy saying this btw. UGh..so frustrated. On the good side..I went to this awesome Mom & Pap video game store and got a copy of Batman Arkham Asylum game of the year edition, w the 3D glasses for $12! In near mint condition! So that made up for it! :)

[Mr.Plum]

I'm currently watching Rain Man, and I've gotta say, Dustin Hoffman's acting in that is amazing. I can totally relate to Tom Hanks and his frustration with Raymond throughout the movie, as my brother has autism and is obsessive about little things and freaks out when anything is out of order or strays from the "routine" in any way. Anyways, great movie.

Tom Cruise


Yes, the Fifth Element is amazing. I was also obsessed with the Matrix when I was younger. It was my first real "fandom."

I recently watched The Adjustment Bureau. It wasn't a terrible movie, but the parallels between religion bothered me a little. However, it was still enjoyable and well worth the time it took to watch it.

I didn't think it was terrible, but it was pretty bad. I don't usually do this, but I actually laughed out loud in the theatre at how ridiculous it was. These agents are the equivalent of angels yet they use cell phones to communicate and can fall asleep on the job. It made the agents look like clumsy, ill prepared idiots. That hat concept was pretty silly too. I don't think I've enjoyed one movie this year.

[Vito_Lucente]

Tom Cruise

Ahahaha! Oops, I'll fix that. I confuse them sometimes. On an unrelated note, I recently watched Saving Private Ryan and Tom Cruise was awesome! xD

[RevanJJ]

I've watched The Crow again last night. Great movie. I'd suggest it to those who have not seen it yet.

I think it's one of the best movies ever made. Hard to believe some people haven't seen it. Good call!

[themaster]

Am going to see Harry Potter on Friday.

I brought my cousin to see Cars 2 today. I must admit, I sort of enjoyed it.... Cars 1 was better though.

[X1 BLACKOUT 1X]

Cowboys and Aliens is gunna be freakin' great. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford? Yes, please

[themaster]

Ye Gods... I have heard good things about Harry Potter Part 2....

....However, those actors will get nowhere. I've met Daniel Radcliffe (I actually have!) and the boy hasn't got an ounce of talent in him.

I met him while standing in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the crowd outside for the Today Show, he was doing some performance from his Broadway musical.... spare me, please.

I knew he was bad when his mic decided to abort.