Rate the last movie that you saw for the first time. [Archive] - Page 17

mitch_h

09-12-2010, 09:22 PM

127 Hours - New Danny Boyle film; I usually find his stuff kind of hit or miss, but this was really enjoyable. James Franco stars as this outdoorsy guy who gets his arm trapped by a boulder while (who betta than) canyoning and then cuts his own arm off to escape. It's based on a true story and 90% of the movie is just Franco by himself and he does a great job carrying the film. Feels like a Boyle film with lots of gimmicky shots and plenty of energy. Intense film (apparently two people had panic attacks at Telluride) and the arm cutting scene is insane.

D Mac

09-13-2010, 03:53 AM

From Paris with Love - 8/10

Travolta was badass in this.

DaveWadding

09-13-2010, 06:18 AM

The Runaways - 5/10 - Fucking lame. Edgeplay was a way better movie.

Johnny McNasty

09-14-2010, 04:38 AM

Thirst- 8/10

Nice twist on an old story. Best vampire flick I've seen in ages.

dronepool

09-14-2010, 05:50 AM

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

8.5/10

Awesome.

PorkSoda

09-14-2010, 02:46 PM

Stand By Me - 8/10. This was a movie that I watched today. It was film. I watched it.

Schlomey

09-14-2010, 02:49 PM

Great review!

PorkSoda

09-14-2010, 05:08 PM

See No Evil - 1?/10

I give it a 1? because I fast forwarded throughout it, only wanting to see the good parts. Too bad, there were no good parts besides a shower scene. I got halfway through on fast forward and I thought "This sucks" so I shut it off. I am now posting on TPWW and telling you this. I sleepwalk

mitch_h

09-15-2010, 02:58 PM

Second day at the Toronto Film Festival

Black Swan - Pretty much what I wanted it to be. It was similar to the Wrestler in many ways but also very different. Resembled the Wrestler in style and the way it observes an artists dedication to their craft, however this one play out more like a Polanski thriller with a bit of Cronenberg thrown in for good measure. I've never really been convinced by Portman as an actress but she was perfect as a frigid and neurotic ballerina, Kunis and Cassell were really good too. Can't wait to see this again.

Rabbit Hole - Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play a married couple dealing with grief after their four year old son died. I was surprised to see a movie with such big actors play out so subtly, so it was different than I expected. Not entirely sure how I feel about it yet but for such sombre material it was surprisingly hilarious.

The Sleeping Beauty - Some shit Catherine Breillat film, saw it to kill time.

Meek's Cutoff- Loved this, plays out like a movie from Gus Van Sant's death trilogy, I even felt this was more successful. Despite being thin on plot, Reichart does a great job of conveying some big ideas about the frauds we put our faith in, and the silenced voice of the oppressed. Not a film for most.

Normally I don't see many famous people when I go to the festival but I saw a whole bunch of dumbass celebrities this time. Going again Saturday to see Never Let Me Go, and to hopefully get tickets to a 3D Werner Herzog documentary.

Droford

09-15-2010, 04:58 PM

Steve Austin is The Stranger - 5/10

Boring and not exactly a lot of "Action"

AKin3D

09-17-2010, 02:13 AM

Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D 5/10

The story was boring. Just the next part. Not much more I can say about that. Music was ok. Action was fair. For my first 3D movie it was ok. Nothing wowing really dirt, bullets, blood, glass, and explosion in 3D. So if you are like should I go see it in 3D, I say you can pass and it want kill you.

On 3D I can honestly that when they previewed movies that are coming out. Tron was the only one that I think you'd be missing out if you don't see it in 3D.

El Fangel

09-17-2010, 05:53 AM

Waynes World - 7/10 - Very funny, but kinda annoying at times.

El Vaquero de Infierno

09-17-2010, 06:40 AM

Waynes World - 7/10 - Very funny, but kinda annoying at times.

It has taken you all these years to watch Wayne's World?

I can't fathom that.

Schlomey

09-17-2010, 02:21 PM

Iron Man 2

6/10

DaveWadding

09-18-2010, 01:34 AM

Boogie Nights - 8.4/10

El Fangel

09-18-2010, 01:46 AM

It has taken you all these years to watch Wayne's World?

I can't fathom that.

Check my most recent thread in the movie forum.

thedamndest

09-18-2010, 01:38 PM

We've discussed this in here before, but you really can't watch an early 90's movie that you were supposed to see when you were 12 in your early 20's right now. It just doesn't work.

Droford

09-18-2010, 10:01 PM

Black Dynamite 8/10

Kung Fu Richard Nixon!

Can't wait for the Adult Swim Cartoon.

mitch_h

09-19-2010, 07:25 PM

Never Let Me Go - Huge fan of the book so take my mini review with a grain of salt. I thought the third act was perfect, it managed to be both very moving and horribly depressing. But I don't think the sullenness was required for the whole film, I would have liked more levity during the Hailsham and even some of the cottage sequences. I also found the relationships a little thin, not just between the three leads but between Kathy and Hailsham, I was scratching my head as to why they left out certain scenes that would have helped flesh out these relationships, it seemed like the melancholy of story was a greater priority to Romanek. Reminded me of the Road in some ways, faithful to book, directed with vision but still came up somewhat short. Probably give it a 7/10

The Promise. The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town - Damn, I like Springsteen but I did not know he had such a clear artistic vision. This was exceptional, very entertaining and even intimate as most of the documentary was old footage of the band recording in Bruce's farm house. Really enjoyed this. Saw this by myself and I felt like a bit of weirdo as 90% of the people at the screening were over 40.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams -The 3d was pretty hit or miss to me. It gave a nice depth to caves and it did feel like you were actually there, but it felt weird seeing 3D interviews and some of the handycam stuff gave me a headache. Even the exterior shots looked kinda weird to me, I dunno I just prefer watching films the "traditional" way I guess. The doc was good though, beautiful... even soothing at time and of course, full of hilarious Herzogian quirks. Wouldn't mind seeing it again in 2D.

D Mac

09-19-2010, 09:58 PM

Resident Evil Afterlife 9/10

It was badass.

09-20-2010, 11:13 AM

Jumper - 7/10
It was enjoyable enough. Hayden Christiansen's voice was annoying, but Rachael Bilson = yum.

Shelter - 7.5/10
An odd one this. Started out like a psychological thriller then veered off into the horror genre, I guess. Convinced me that Jonathan Rhys Meyers would make an awesome Riddler in the next Batman fim.

RoXer

09-20-2010, 09:21 PM

Disney's Earth - 79 Rented it to show off the visuals on my badass tv and my tv is indeed badass
Crips and Bloods - 53

Triple A

09-21-2010, 03:28 AM

Bad Boy Bubby - 7/10
About a guy whose mother keeps locked in a house for his entire life and tells him he can never leave or he will die of inhaling poison outside.

Mad ridiculous movie. Was incredible until halfway through then just got completely ridiculous. Really fucked movie though.

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Paris, Texas - 4/10
So disappointing. Was recommended this movie by like 5 different people. Kinda feel like I "don't have the patience" for these types of movies anymore. Was really "meticulous" aka insanely slow but never got into it at all. Last scene was pretty good but other than that was just like "damn, don't feel like watching this right now" for most of the movie.

mitch_h

09-21-2010, 05:27 PM

Yeah Paris Texas is probably my second favourite movie of all time, but if you are not sucked into it's atmosphere or whatever then it's probably just boring and pointless.

09-22-2010, 11:37 AM

Devil - 8.5/10

My first instinct was 9/10 but that's to high. But 8 is too low compared to how I rated the last 2 films I watched (which maybe I rated too high). So we'll call this an "adjusted" score.

Razzamajazz

09-22-2010, 05:48 PM

how is devil? is there a decent story or is it just a bunch of that sudden shock horror crap?

09-22-2010, 06:05 PM

There's plenty of "scares" in there (or at least my g/f was jumping) but also a lot of suspense. My g/f gave it a 4/10 at first as she though the ending was "cliche" but then she ammended to an 8/10 after reconsideration.

I'd give it a go. Mind you I went on "cheap night" so it only cost £4.60 or something.

Sixx

09-22-2010, 10:08 PM

Iron Man 2 - 8/10

Cool action movie and I loved Downey Jr in this.

RoXer

09-23-2010, 12:57 AM

The Cove - 83

Interesting, depressing, riviting, "visually stunning"

RoXer

09-23-2010, 02:15 AM

The King of Kong 125

Possibly the greatest documentary ever

DaveWadding

09-23-2010, 03:12 AM

Fight Club - 7.7/10 - I understand how this movie could be the best thing ever when you're 16 and trying to rebel and be cool, and it was a good enough movie, but I didn't think it was as great as I'd heard.

PorkSoda

09-25-2010, 12:51 AM

Easy A - 9.9/10.

This movie is easily a 10. Emma Stone had to carry the whole thing, and it was great because of that. Emma is the real deal, she can hold her own. Her and Clint Eastwood would make a great pair. I think I'll have to write it because if I don't make it happen, nobody will.

Johnny McNasty

09-25-2010, 06:32 AM

Get Him To the Greek - 10/10

One part in the movie had me in stitches for ten mins straight. I haven't laughed that hard at one scene in a movie, since the naked fight scene in Borat. For that alone it gets a 10/10.

McLegend

09-26-2010, 01:17 AM

Prince of Persia 7.5/10

Some of it I loved. I thought Jake Gynneal(yeah I know) and Gemma Aretona were good. The action scenes and the scenary were great. Some of the stuff was straight from the games and they were cool to see.

The story though was rather weak. The games story was way better. I won't even bring up the ending to the movie..

I'm probably being generous with my rating.

Triple Naitch

09-26-2010, 02:41 PM

The King of Kong 125

Possibly the greatest documentary ever

It really is incredible. Probably the best documentary ever. Billy Mitchell is such an amazing character of a person.

Triple Naitch

09-26-2010, 02:43 PM

Easy A - 8/10
Pretty funny for a chick flick. Stanley Tucci was probably my favorite part of the movie. That and Emma Stone's friend had amazing tits.

Youth in Revolt - 7/10
Kinda disappointed by this movie considering how popular the book was. Nothing really stood out for me in the movie and the ending was kinda meh.

Triple Naitch

09-26-2010, 02:45 PM

Emma is the real deal, she can hold her own. Her and Clint Eastwood would make a great pair. I think I'll have to write it because if I don't make it happen, nobody will.

I hope you mentioned this to your blind date.

DaveWadding

09-26-2010, 03:14 PM

Easy A - 9.9/10.

This movie is easily a 10.

oooookay?

mitch_h

09-26-2010, 03:15 PM

J'ai tué ma mère - The guy (Xavier Dolan) who wrote, starred and directed this is only 21 so I hate his guts. But it was pretty good, it was about a gay kid who has an awful relationship with his bourgeois mother. Dolan wears his influences on his sleeve specifically, Wong Kar Wai and Jean Luc Godard and sometimes it felt like he was just mimicking these guys. He still has his own voice though and I enjoyed this. 8/10

Les amours imaginaires - The same dude's follow up film. Bit of a sophomore slump wit this one, it's about a gay guy and a straight woman who fall in love with the same dickhead. More stylish than his previous film and it was somewhat entertaining but it all felt kinda pointless.

PorkSoda

09-26-2010, 07:35 PM

oooookay?

It doesn't make sense :lol:

I hope you mentioned this to your blind date.

I didn't. She's not dumb, but she doesn't love movies as much as I do for me to tell her.

Romeo Must Die - 7/10.

DaveWadding

09-27-2010, 04:16 AM

Cop Out - 8.4/10 - I liked it.

D Mac

09-27-2010, 05:21 AM

Emma Stone needs to get naked in a movie soon.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: 8/10 I really enjoyed it.

Schlomey

09-27-2010, 10:35 PM

Russel Brandt Live In New York City - 4/10

Resident Evil 4: 3D - 5/10 - movie kinda sucked but the 3d was amazing

Get Him To the Greek - 5/10

The Genius

09-28-2010, 12:38 AM

easy a 7/10

Schlomey

09-28-2010, 12:05 PM

Carriers 7/10

Paranormal Entity 8/10

King of Kong 10/10

FakeLaser

09-28-2010, 10:16 PM

Howl - 8/10

James Franco is unreal and this is an incredible movie. I would have rated it a 9 or maybe even a 10 because I love Allen Ginsberg but the animation pissed me off a lot.

Droford

09-29-2010, 10:00 AM

Wolfman - 4/10

Benico Del Toro is an Englishman! STRIKE 1! The Wolfman is more vicious than Freddy Krueger (in the unrated version anyway)! STRIKE 2! Emily Blunt doesn't even remotely get undressed! STRIKE 3!

Honestly it was just a lot more gory and gruesome than I was expecting. The special effects weren't that bad though and I liked Anthony Hopkins. But honestly I couldnt for 5 seconds take Del Toro seriously in it even though if I take that bias out, he did an ok job I guess. The music is classic Danny Elfman though, which was good.

Cabin Fever 2 1/10 - worst movie Ive seen this year. Aside from having to see the fat naked girl, the one dude's super pus infected junk, I have a hard time understanding why they even bothered making this piece of shit after like 7 years. The original was like a solid 7..and its like they took everything that was good about it and shit all over it. The fact that the director wanted his name off the project (but didnt get his wish) after it was finished says a lot. Id go as far as to say that it was worse than the Donnie Darko sequel and thats coming from someone who has Donnie Darko as a top 5 movie and I was close to chucking things at the TV during it. Im trying to think about positives but there aren't any. In the original it took at least 2 days for them to get to the point to where they were throwing up blood and stuff like that and in this its less than a day since the contaminated water was delivered that same day.

About the only laugh I did get is that the guy in the Rabbit Suit from the original showed up again and got killed...

King of Kong 10/10

You will probably be happy to hear this:

Steve Wiebe the King Again

By Joe Dodson, 9/24/2010 2:40 AM
Steve Wiebe, the once King of Kong, is king again, having surpassed the vile Billy Mitchell's record. This marks the third time the world record in Donkey Kong has been set - in a year.
If you've seen the documentary King of Kong, you know what we're talking about. Way back in like the 80s, the self-parodic Billy Mitchell set the world record for Donkey Kong. He parlayed that into small time fame, and a huge ass ego.

His record stood for a decade at least, and then Steve Wiebe emerged from his garage to challenge and ultimately surpass Mitchell's record. This was the subject of King of Kong. Since then, the record was captured by Hank Chien, which was then topped by Mitchell, who was just beaten by Wiebe (http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=2264) all over again.

Jeritron

09-29-2010, 08:56 PM

Since when were werewolves not supposed to be vicious and violent?

Jeritron

09-29-2010, 08:58 PM

Also, Benicio Del Toro is an American both in the film and real life. I don't get it? Is it a race thing? I don't think he really looks distinctly hispanic to any point where I can't see him as a dark-haired caucasian. Dunno

El Fangel

09-29-2010, 09:00 PM

Since when were werewolves not supposed to be vicious and violent?

Since they because muscle bound pretty boys in Twilight.

Jeritron

09-29-2010, 09:16 PM

Even still, they must still be partially vicious, right? Just because they're dreamboats by day doesn't mean they can't be vicious and delicious

Razzamajazz

09-30-2010, 04:16 PM

ninja assassin

stupid movie with too much cgi blood

RoXer

09-30-2010, 09:05 PM

More Than A Game - 68

Jeritron

09-30-2010, 11:06 PM

ninja assassin

stupid movie with too much cgi blood

CGI blood is probably the worst thing to ever happen to special effects. Overuse of CGI is awful in general but this specifically is probably the worst offense.
If you're going to abuse the tool, at least abuse it on stuff you can't do practically. You can make realistic looking fake blood and squibs in your goddamn kitchen. It's the easiest thing ever.
I don't see how animating it is cheaper than doing it the old fashioned way, but it must be since they do it. It certainly can't be a creative choice because I can't imagine a person on earth who is dumb enough to think it looks better.

CGI in car chases instead of real stunts is another big piece of shit.

Corndad

10-01-2010, 03:15 PM

Legendary 6/10

Like I said in the other thread...

The Girlfriend and I actually rented it last night. It wasn't as bad as I thought but it wasn't like Oscar material or anything.

Cena will never be Jack Nicholson, knowing that going in, he was alright.

Patricia Clarkson and the kid who played Cena's brother were actually pretty good I think.

It was your typical Sports Drama movie, and it was actually a nice change instead of the usual football, baseball, or basketball movies.

Schlomey

10-01-2010, 05:03 PM

Dance Flick - 2/10

Was made to watch this. I didn't laugh once granted the story was ok and some of the pulp culture references did keep my attention.

PorkSoda

10-01-2010, 06:13 PM

Legendary 6/10

Like I said in the other thread...

The Girlfriend and I actually rented it last night. It wasn't as bad as I thought but it wasn't like Oscar material or anything..

Does Danny Glover say anything else besides "Took alot of courage to come this far"?

Kalyx triaD

10-02-2010, 03:13 AM

Survival of the Dead - 3/5

Better than Diary.

Schlomey

10-02-2010, 10:07 AM

Paper Heart 7/10

Fox

10-02-2010, 12:32 PM

THE SOCIAL NETWORK: 8/10

Great script, great editing... Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake are both on as their respective characters, but something about the film just feels slightly too rushed and a bit pushy. It was fun to watch, but borders between a comedy and a drama without ever pulling hard enough in one direction or the other. I also found the on-going storyline between Eisenberg and his dumped ex-girlfriend to be weak, thinly plotted and without any kind of real emotional pay-off at the end. Still, definitely worth a watch as it was a really interesting story.

ClockShot

10-02-2010, 03:14 PM

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - 3.5/5

I dunno. I felt like it drifted away from it's original. Shia LeBeouf didn't do any favors. I liked it and hated it.

However,

Charlie Sheen coming back as Bud Fox for a quick cameo was pretty cool.

PapaGeorgio

10-02-2010, 09:05 PM

The Social Network - 8/10 Basically agree with what Fox said. I expected to really enjoy it based on the trailer, writer and director. Everything about it was a good movie, but it didn't greatly blow me away or anything. It's a fun film though, not for everyone though. It was definitely interesting to see how everything went down. But really the story of Facebook is still just beginning. So in that sense, the ride is fun but it's one of those movies where there is no major payoff because its a "true story." If you realize that going into the movie, you should enjoy it.

Droford

10-02-2010, 10:12 PM

Kick Ass - 9/10

Enjoyed it, especially the last 1/2 hour which was pretty much Kill Bill with a little girl.

FakeLaser

10-03-2010, 04:11 PM

High and Low - 10/10

Amazing

10-03-2010, 05:29 PM

http://www.empiremovies.com/_word_press/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/get-him-to-the-greek-poster-479x710.jpg

5.5/10

OssMan

10-04-2010, 01:18 AM

Ponyo - A

Very cute

Jeritron

10-04-2010, 01:29 AM

Woah. Saw you posted in this thread from the main page and Ponyo popped into my head and I came in here and it was what you reviewed. Kinda weird I guess. Maybe cuz you were talking about Spirited Away the other day. Dunno

D Mac

10-04-2010, 05:59 AM

Bitten 8/10

Starring Jason Mewes aka Jay of Jay and Silent Bob.

He's a Paramedic who finds a hot chick covered in blood in an alley and takes her home and it turns out she's a vampire.

Pretty funny and fucked up.

Blitz

10-04-2010, 08:43 AM

The Social Network: 8.5/10

Some damn good performances.

PorkSoda

10-04-2010, 03:38 PM

Raw Deal - 7/10.

Don't bake and drink? LOL! I thought it was funny. This movie is an underrated Arnold movie.

wwe2222

10-04-2010, 09:37 PM

Survival of the Dead: 5.5/10

It wasnt very good but I enjoyed watching it. Could have been better, but kept me entertained on my train ride.

danerden

10-06-2010, 03:28 AM

I have watched "The Expendables" movie first time.I have watched this movie online on 10starmovies.com it's found me while searching.My rating about this movie - 9/10.It's very interesting movie.I like it.

XCaliber

10-06-2010, 12:10 PM

Prince of Persia - 7.5/10

Easily the best video game movie to date even though it only took certain aspects of the source material as an action adventure flick it's good.

Clash of the Titans - 8/10

Another great popcorn movie which I really enjoyed in part due to the fact that I was into Greek mythology and I must admit the CGI was top notch.

Johnny McNasty

10-06-2010, 08:21 PM

Have you not seen Mortal Kombat?

RoXer

10-06-2010, 11:12 PM

The Town - 80

Schlomey

10-07-2010, 05:19 PM

Zombies of Mass Destruction -9/10

Best zom-com since Shaun of the Dead

The Genius

10-08-2010, 03:04 AM

sleepaway camp 3- 6/10

Schlomey

10-08-2010, 02:11 PM

Jonah Hex - 10/10

Combined 3 of my favorite types of movies: Westerns/Graphic Novels/Superhero. Overall there was not a dull moment. Just an all around awesome fucking movie. Best popcorn flick of summer 2010 in my opinion.

wwe2222

10-09-2010, 07:03 PM

The Signal: 7.5/10

Enjoyed this movie alot...combined horror/zombie type film with some comedy and a little action and love story in between.

I thought the acting was pretty good, and I was generally rooting for some of the characters

mitch_h

10-09-2010, 08:37 PM

The Social Network - Entertaining as heck, this is the second movie i've seen with Andrew Garfield and he's been incredible in both movies. I might actually start getting excited for this Spider-Man reboot. 8/10.

Docks of New York - Pretty loose on plot but gorgeous to look at, in any other directors hands this probably would have been banal and stupid, but Von Sternberg made this both stylish and charming. 8/10

Uncle Boonmee Recalls his Past Lives - Won the Palm D'Or at this years Cannes film festival... I don't know this was really freaking weird. I knew what to expect because i've seen this dudes other films but i'm surprised there were not any walkouts. It's about a guy who is dying and there are weird shadowy monkey creatures with glowing red eyes, and at one point a fish performs cunnilingus on a woman. Slow and strange but the pretentious douchebag in me loved this.

The Pope

10-11-2010, 11:48 AM

Children of the Corn (on SyFy) 7 out of 10
King's book I liked a lot, but the SyFy movie like any other SyFy movie, had bad acting which lowered the quality of the movie. The kid sucked, I liked this one kid who said "He who walks behind the Wose" (Rose) better than the main evil kid.

Gonzo

10-11-2010, 12:54 PM

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen — 8/10

I take these for what they're worth, and I love them.

Kapoutman

10-11-2010, 08:33 PM

Let the Right One In - 9/10

Pretty amazing movie. Only reason I'm taking away a point is because some of the plot points in the movie were too ambiguous. Maybe I would understand better if I had read the book.

Kalyx triaD

10-11-2010, 08:43 PM

Jeritron

10-12-2010, 02:10 AM

How is "graphic novels" really a type of movie? It's just a form of medium from which it's based.

Bad Company

10-12-2010, 02:39 AM

Machete - 10/10. Awesome.

Triple A

10-12-2010, 06:21 AM

Funky Forest: The First Contact - 8/10
Pretty much just a bunch of loosely related "surrealist" segments. Amazing for the most part but with a couple of "misses" also.
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(Untitled) - 6/10
Some movie that "pokes fun at the art world" about a "brooding musician" who gets involved with some hot art gallerist chick. Was OK I guess. Kinda really good but kinda shitty also.

Deconstructing Harry - 10/10
Watched this again last night. Might be my favorite Woody Allen movie.

ClockShot

10-12-2010, 04:12 PM

Secretariat - 4/5

Schlomey

10-13-2010, 11:21 AM

How is "graphic novels" really a type of movie? It's just a form of medium from which it's based.

True. But so far I have enjoyed all the graphic novel based movies I have seen. It is quickly becoming a genre much like "video game based movies".

the definition of genre is : A type or class

So calling graphic novel based films a genre or video game based movies a genre is accurate.

MoFo

10-13-2010, 10:29 PM

Funny Games - 5/10

Was pretty fuckin amazing until the dumbass swerve where the guy rewinds time (with a remote control, no less), and the film goes back a few minutes.

The Genius

10-14-2010, 12:50 AM

shutter island 9/10

Jeritron

10-14-2010, 07:52 AM

Shitter Island

PapaGeorgio

10-14-2010, 06:23 PM

Funny Games - 5/10

Was pretty fuckin amazing until the dumbass swerve where the guy rewinds time (with a remote control, no less), and the film goes back a few minutes.

I loved that part. Did you see US version or Foreign Version, i've only seen the Foreign. Movie was such a blast, serious but hilarious for the hole ride.

Splaya

10-15-2010, 02:11 AM

Jackass 3D- 10/10

Jeritron

10-16-2010, 06:56 AM

Taken 8/10

Finally saw this. Great flick

Cool King

10-16-2010, 03:41 PM

The Social Network - 9/10

Droford

10-17-2010, 12:35 AM

Superman 2: Richard Donner Cut - 8/10

Id say its probably a point better than the orignal, I like the way it played out vs the original version. Was surprised that Encore was showing it but pissed off because the HD version was window boxed (black bars around all 4 sides making it extremely small picture, and I might need to rent the blu ray version for the extra stuff.

Sixx

10-17-2010, 04:08 AM

Red - 9/10.

Never read the comics, but this was great.

wwe2222

10-17-2010, 11:57 AM

Wall Street Money Never Sleeps: 4/10
Started off good, I thought tying it in with the recent market crash was cool, and I was genuinely interested to see what happened with Gekko's character....but

The rest of the movie became so convoluted with the family angle, the stuff with Brolin's character, and the end stunk.

Seems like they had too many ideas to fit into this movie. Also, every character was pretty much a scumbag so there was no rooting interest.

In the first Wall Street, even though Bud was a greedy business guy, I felt like it was because he got caught up in Gekko's world. In this, I felt like Shia is just an asshole (plus its Shia, i cant stand him as it is)

Sixx

10-17-2010, 06:36 PM

Machete - fuckin' 10/10

I hope the promise of sequels is for real.

Jon Kano

10-18-2010, 07:52 AM

Clash of the Titans (2009) - 6.5/10
Not as good as I had hoped or wanted it to be. The battles were pretty good, I liked the one esp against Medusa. But I didn't feel the epicness was there, and the ending was terrible. Both 'end bosses' battles were over in under 5 min, just felt rushed.

The Expendables - 7/10
Pretty good. I liked the stunts and fight scenes. The dialogue was better than most of the cheesy action bullshit than normal. Would've liked to have seen more of Lundgren and Arnie and Willis. And even though the battles at the end was good, there wasn't really an awesome action ending, but was still a decent film to watch.

Resident Evil: Afterlife - 7/10
Pretty good. But it took a while to get going. I was never actually bored and I do like the Resident Evil films. Was funny to see Wentworth Miller behind bars again. I am interested in the whole Umbrella thing and eager to see what they do with the next film. Where is Jill?

10-18-2010, 08:28 AM

Cloverfield - 7/10

PorkSoda

10-18-2010, 02:57 PM

A Serious Man - 7/10.

Damian Rey

10-18-2010, 03:08 PM

The Town-8/10.

Shutter Island-8/10.

JimmyMess

10-18-2010, 05:04 PM

RED

4/5

- Highly entertaining action/comedy
- Mega stars having fun
- Comic book movie to boot.

10-19-2010, 07:28 PM

The Social Network - 8/10

The Pope

10-20-2010, 12:13 PM

Jackass 8 out of 10

Jon Kano

10-20-2010, 07:28 PM

Despicable Me - 6/10

D Mac

10-21-2010, 03:45 AM

Jonah Hex 7/10 Some good action but nothing special. Would have been like 5 or something if it wasn't for John Malkovich.

D Mac

10-21-2010, 03:47 AM

Where is Jill?

If you stayed after the credits she was the blond chick leading the Umbrella "assault". She had one of those "mind control spiders" attached to her.

Sixx

10-21-2010, 04:14 AM

Seriously, Resident Evil Afterlife was terrible. Ain't gonna rate it cause I turned it off and deleted after about 40 minutes.

Jeritron

10-21-2010, 05:56 AM

I tried to watch the 3rd one once and did the same thing. I don't even remember 2 but I recall it sucked

Jon Kano

10-21-2010, 09:22 AM

If you stayed after the credits she was the blond chick leading the Umbrella "assault". She had one of those "mind control spiders" attached to her.

God damn it, I d/l it.

PorkSoda

10-21-2010, 03:50 PM

Red - 7/10.

I'm going to watch Universal Soldier later with Van Damme. I look forward to it.

Buzzkill

10-21-2010, 04:16 PM

Social Network: 9/10

Jackass 3D: 8/10

Machete: 8/10

JimmyMess

10-21-2010, 04:40 PM

Grown Ups - 7/10

McLegend

10-21-2010, 10:01 PM

Social Network 10/10

Best CGI in a movie ever, and I loved the ending.

El Fangel

10-21-2010, 11:54 PM

Jackass - 8/10

Triple Naitch

10-22-2010, 09:28 AM

She's Out of My League - 5/10

Never even finished it.

Sixx

10-22-2010, 09:46 AM

Perfect Stranger - 6/10

Was alright, nothing special.

10-22-2010, 11:16 AM

Social Network 10/10

Best CGI in a movie ever, and I loved the ending.
Y'know I had no idea that they CGI'd Armie Hammer as both twins. My girlfriend was watching the credits very intently and when I asked her what she was looking at she was looking to see if it was the same actor. I laughed at her for even thinking that...until I realised she was right!

JimmyMess

10-22-2010, 01:39 PM

Piranha - 1/100

wwe2222

10-23-2010, 09:10 AM

Jackass 8/10

Corporate CockSnogger

10-26-2010, 07:41 AM

Stay Cool - 7/10

El Fangel

10-26-2010, 08:02 AM

Jackass 7/10

wwe2222

10-26-2010, 08:17 AM

Identity: 5.5/10 I missed most of the beginning, but thought it was predictable just going by the name of the movie. However, it still managed to grab my interest and see how it all played out

El Fangel

10-26-2010, 08:41 AM

Dazed and Confused - 8/10

JimmyMess

10-26-2010, 09:54 AM

The Bounty Hunter - 7/10

- funny but predictable

The Jayman

10-27-2010, 10:26 AM

Law Abiding Citizen - 9/10

wwe2222

10-27-2010, 10:46 AM

The Happening: 2/10

I cant believe anyone signed on to be in this

ClockShot

10-27-2010, 09:12 PM

Pirate Radio - 4.5/5

Good stuff.

mitch_h

10-27-2010, 09:39 PM

Nobody Knows - This is one of the most depressing movies i've seen in a long time. Based on a true story about four children that were abandoned by their mother. Maybe a little long and despite the unusual circumstances it felt like an honest depiction of childhood. It gets more harrowing as it goes on but despite being grim this was excellent.

weather vane

10-27-2010, 11:23 PM

Jackass 3D - 8/10

Jeritron

10-28-2010, 07:23 AM

Clash of the Titans - 6/10. More or less what I expected. It actually started out much better than I thought it would, but it quickly went downhill.

The production value of it was the biggest strength. They tried to apply Lord of the Rings sized moviemaking to the original story, but it didn't really work out.

The action was okay, but with a weak story and characters, it doesn't have much behind it. The thing that made the original enjoyable was more the stop-animation work of Ray Harryhausen than anything, and obviously that has been traded in for abundant CGI. Good effects, but not the type of monsters I want to see.

10-28-2010, 07:17 PM

Paranormal Activity - 7/10

ClockShot

10-28-2010, 08:57 PM

Batman: Under the Red Hood - 3.5/5

McLegend

10-28-2010, 09:04 PM

Monsters- 8/10

Pretty interesting I must say.

Jon Kano

10-29-2010, 05:20 AM

ClockShot

10-29-2010, 05:07 PM

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - 5/5

Droford

10-29-2010, 09:06 PM

Saw3d - 6/10 the 3d added a little but mostly was unnecessary. Some good traps (the key in stomach/keep quiet was good for the "why wouldnt you shut the fuck up")...but hoffman channeling Jason at the end doesnt fit with the series (though his cunt punt was awesome) also the worst twist ever was obvious and leaves em an out for an 8th movie if they want...

Triple Naitch

10-30-2010, 10:11 PM

Saw 3D - 7/10

Pretty much what Droford said. The 3D was unnecessary. I'm already sick of 3D.

Razzamajazz

10-31-2010, 06:34 PM

super size me - some scary shit right there

i went to mcdonald's right after

Xero

10-31-2010, 06:40 PM

Groundhog Day - 8/10

Kinda pissed I never saw it before.

10-31-2010, 06:48 PM

Paranormal Activity 2 - 8/10

McLegend

10-31-2010, 08:46 PM

Iron Man 2- 7.5/10

I liked it, but I didn't love it.

DrA

11-01-2010, 01:58 AM

The Fright, Terror, and Thrill Movie Marathon:

Every Halloween my friends and I go over to my friend's place to watch some of our favorite horror movies on the big screen while snacking on food and drinking on drinks. They were all moves I've seen before so I cannot rate any of them in this thread.

DrA

11-01-2010, 02:04 AM

Fuck it, I am going to rate them anyway.

Nightmare on Elm Street: 7/10
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: 6/10

PorkSoda

11-01-2010, 10:31 AM

Universal Soldier - 3/10.
Hard Target - 8/10.
Social Network - 8/10
Delta Force - 7/10. chuck norris was in this movie. CHUCK NORriS

Johnny McNasty

11-02-2010, 02:58 AM

Seen a slew of good movies recently.

Inception - 9/10
Scott Pilgrim Vs the World - 9/10
Red - 8/10
Social Network - 8/10

Joey Slugs

11-02-2010, 09:32 AM

Social Network - 10/10

RoXer

11-02-2010, 02:56 PM

Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 68
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 77
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - 78

RoXer

11-02-2010, 02:59 PM

Capitilism: A Love Story - 70
Man on Wire - 73

RoXer

11-02-2010, 04:13 PM

Star Trek Travels Back in Time to Save Whales - 17

gtfo

RoXer

11-02-2010, 04:14 PM

Was funny that George Takei loved San Francisco though

JimmyMess

11-02-2010, 05:49 PM

Inception - 10/10

Corporate CockSnogger

11-02-2010, 07:03 PM

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - 6/10

Jeritron

11-02-2010, 09:10 PM

Star Trek Travels Back in Time to Save Whales - 17

gtfo

lol I honestly thought that was one of the best Star Trek movies. Didn't really care much about the humpback whales, but seeing them try to blend in to the 80s was hilarious.

First Contact and the JJ Abrams reboot were my favorites.
Wrath of Khan was good but not great. Maybe it was too hyped up for me. I too thought Search For Spock was equal to or better than it. Christopher Lloyd as a klingon was pretty mint, and so was that trick they pulled.

The rest kind of sucked.
Those were my assessments after seeing them all for the first time last year. I actually think I still need to see 6.

RoXer

11-03-2010, 12:27 AM

I'll be on 5 tomorrow. Maybe tonight

Jeritron

11-03-2010, 01:45 AM

I think that one was horrible. Not as bad as the last one before the reboot. Nemesis I believe. It was an abyssmal movie

RoXer

11-03-2010, 02:21 AM

Wonder what tb1's takes are. Hopefully he stumbles upon this post because I'm not going out of my way to talk to him because I hate him and his guts.

thedamndest

11-03-2010, 02:25 AM

I thought about getting all the Star Trek movies after I watched the remake. Maybe I will do that now.

Lara Emily

11-03-2010, 05:15 AM

From Within a decent little horror movie I'd say about 7/10

BigDaddyCool

11-04-2010, 10:18 AM

pervert! 5/5 stars

Joey Slugs

11-04-2010, 10:49 AM

Wall Street 2: 7/10

RoXer

11-04-2010, 04:59 PM

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 70
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 75

Even though 6 was slow, I enjoyed it. The "spy" plot was kind of predictable I felt. I liked the overall story arc coming to a close (I mean, I THINK. There's like 80 more movies and god knows what they'll encompass). If the Star Trek series ended at 6, it would feel appropriate.

5 was good too. I enjoyed the discovery of "god". I wished there would have been a little more of a conclusion on what it was, how it got there, etc. I'm tired of having blue balls from Lost. Just tell me what shit is, damnit. Also, it sounded like the smoke monster at one point. Maybe that's how Jacob and MIB really started. As Sybok.

Anyway, it was good too. 4 was utter trash.

Kalyx triaD

11-05-2010, 11:17 PM

Toy Story 3 - 5/5

God damn movie made me cry.

Fox

11-06-2010, 02:15 AM

SAW 3D: 7/10

Just fun. Great ending, great traps, the 3D filming was very cool, and I enjoyed the hell out of it as a pure guilty pleasure.

Droford

11-06-2010, 03:06 PM

Watched a ton of movies while being knocked out with pneumonia

Brainscan 4/10 - Edward Furlong post T2 gets sucked into a hynotizing game that makes you go kill people and then this wierd guy pops out and dances and does shit. Then you find out that none of it really happened cause it was all in the game...whatever.

The Natural 7/10 - Can't believe I never saw this before, but it wasn't nearly as great as all the "Best sports movie" hype Ive heard about it.

Where the Wild Things Are 2/10 - I never liked the book so I dont know how I ended up with this but holy crap is it just..bad. And its like 2 1/2 hours long which means I can't imagine even kids liking it.

Karate Kid Remake - 9/10 - flat out have to say I think that this was a lot better than I thought it would be, even maybe as far as being a tiny bit better than the original.

RoXer

11-06-2010, 04:37 PM

Star Trek Generations - 77
Star Trek: First Contact - 80

I really liked Generations. Even though it seemed like over half the movie took place in Nexus because it was real slow, I still enjoyed the story. I actually enjoyed the entire Nexus concept and didn't find it corny. Not a huge fan of the series but I could appreciate the dialogue between Piccard and Kirk and the wisdom they shared. I wonder how actual fans feel.

And I think First Contact is the best. Lots of action, lots or effects, an enjoyable story, and time-travel which has become a staple in this franchise. They just travel through time like it aint no thing.

I'll probably watch the last two on Monday.

RoXer

11-06-2010, 04:41 PM

I'm going to try and get Tb1's thoughts on the movies. But the thought of reading a Tb1 post makes my face contort into a wonderful variety of shapes. I wish there was a :shudder: smiley. It would be used when thinking about Fallen Angel doing sex to his wife and having conversations with Tb1. I'm just going to post a link to this thread in his user profile and try not to start up a dialogue with him. Hopefully he'll just post his thoughts in here and leave immediately without lingering. yeck

Here I go...

DrA

11-06-2010, 05:26 PM

Reading a Tb1 post isn't that bad RoXer. Get your knickers in balance.

Downunder

11-06-2010, 07:25 PM

Unthinkable - 9/10

Holy fucking shit!

VSG

11-06-2010, 08:23 PM

Cannibal Holocaust - 4/10

Definitely worthy of all the controversy it created, not for the faint of heart.

Nervous Ferret

11-07-2010, 04:58 AM

A tb1 post is really hard to get through in all fairness

Kalyx triaD

11-07-2010, 04:57 PM

Afro-Samurai (Series and Resurrection) - 4/5

This guy's a black samurai Batman. His whole life's a downer.

Corndad

11-07-2010, 08:52 PM

Due Date 7/10

Pretty Good. A good movie to keep those waiting for Hangover 2 preoccupied. Not to the Hangover level but decent. Some very funny spots.

JimmyMess

11-07-2010, 09:03 PM

Alice in Wonderland - 5/10

The Genius

11-07-2010, 09:35 PM

the blob (1988 version) 7/10

CSL

11-07-2010, 10:44 PM

The Social Network - 9/10 (Great film, what else can be said. Aaron Sorkin :heart:)

Red - 7/10 (No masterpiece and quite by the numbers but it's fun. Hotttt cast, John Malkovich is a glorious human being.)

Knight and Day - 6/10 (Love Peter Sarsgaard and Tom Cruise is basically Jerry Maguire with a gun for the first half of the film, which is entertaining enough. Again nothing groundbreaking but fun in a popcorn flick way)

Up In The Air - 8/10 (George Clooney is amazing)

Wild Target - 6/10 (Meh. I thought this would be better than it was with the cast but apparently not. All the roles are played nicely, especially Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt is mint but that's it. Would have rated it considerably lower with a worse cast.)

Remember Me - 4/10 (The acting/writing/direction etc is fine, Robert Pattinson is good when he's not trying to wet 14 year old panties but the ending is so ridiculous. "Hey, let's write a film about good looking people with some pretty tragic problems and then throw in an even more ridiculous/borderline insulting one completely out of nowhere for no reason whatsoever." Was laughing so hard by the end. Would have been maybe 6/10 until then because it's alright overall as far as these films go and Pattinson does well.)

Jeritron

11-08-2010, 02:03 AM

Hurt Locker - 8.5/10

I finally got around to seeing this after my movie viewing slump last year. Pretty great movie. I don't understand how some people didn't like this. Triple A, I'm looking in your direction.
I suppose maybe some people didn't like it because it didn't have a plot. But I thought that worked since it was just an examination of a particular group of soldiers and life at war. The sequences were all top notch and the suspense was brilliant. I thought it was entertaining as hell.
Jeremy Renner is great.

I also marked for Evangeline Lilly. Making something as simple as grocery shopping sexy, as always.

RoXer

11-08-2010, 03:34 AM

And peeling carrots

wwe2222

11-08-2010, 05:52 PM

thedamndest

11-09-2010, 04:39 PM

I didn't think the main guy really worked. The tone suggested it was to be a realistic film about Iraq, but that guy would have been out the first time he jeopardized himself. I realize that if you take away that element of his character you're just left with a pretty boring movie about a by the book diffuser, but maybe the Iraq war just isn't "sexy" enough to make a good movie about.

Jeritron

11-09-2010, 04:54 PM

I guess he'd only be out if his superior cared about protocol and didn't jerk over him being a wildman. I have a hard time believing there aren't people like that in the Iraq war, or any war

Kalyx triaD

11-09-2010, 05:01 PM

Legion - 3/5

The actors are better than the shit script and aimless direction. Poor man's Terminator with a Constantine flavor. Eh.

11-10-2010, 03:43 PM

Taken - 9/10

Fuck off Bond/Bourne. Neeson is in the house!

Loose Cannon

11-10-2010, 05:21 PM

fuckin great movie.

Droford

11-10-2010, 06:44 PM

Human Centipede - 6/10

Not as..um..disturbing as I thought it would be given all the hype over it. The German Doctor was really creepy though, and the Japanese guy talking in Japanese like the others could understand him was interesting.

Fox

11-11-2010, 07:59 AM

Due Date: 6/10

A wash. Though it has a few memorable parts, the thick of the movie is far from laugh out loud funny, struggling for even a chuckle or two. Robert Downey Jr is utterly wasted here and acts as if he knows it throughout the entire movie. The film is more like a bunch of wacky situation strung together on a string than a series of unfortunate accidents that could realistically happen - this movie is all by the numbers. Galifinakis is great here, but the movie rests far too much of its successes on the idea that people will laugh continuously over a flamboyant man-child and his ugly dog to save this film. Don't watch it - wait for the DVD.

Triple A

11-11-2010, 04:25 PM

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - 8/10

New Woody Allen movie. Really liked. Didn't want it to end. The casting of Josh Brolin for his part seemed weird, but other than that, pretty sweet ass movie.

PapaGeorgio

11-12-2010, 01:13 AM

Dear Zachary - GO WATCH THIS NOW.

For a documentary like this, it's hard to truly give it a rating out of 10 in the same vein we all have rated movies in the past. This is an extremely powerful movie about a family whose son is murdered. The son, was a well liked man in his late 20's just beginning his career as a doctor. He comes off as the type of man who everyone loves and considers their best friend. He was murdered by his ex-girlfriend. It comes out that his ex was pregnant. She flees to her hometown in Canada. The parents of the victim move out there to begin the process of getting custody of their grandchild.

The film was made by the victims close friend as a way for Zachary, the child to have a sense of who his father was. He goes around the US interviewing everyone the victim has touched in is life, ending up with the Grandparents in Canada. The film is an emotional rollercoaster. It's almost guaranteed the toughest of toughest guys will cry. I really hope that if you read this, you check out this movie. It's the type of movie that will be on your mind for weeks and in some way impact your life.

Triple A

11-12-2010, 05:16 PM

That is what every1 says. I will watch it in the next few years def.

Razzamajazz

11-12-2010, 05:22 PM

bigger, stronger, faster 8/10

documentary on steroids and the public's perception on performance enhancement. one of the guys in it died fairly recently, and he used to be a jobber for the wwf

mitch_h

11-12-2010, 06:01 PM

Dear Zachary destroyed me, Bigger Stronger Faster is great as well :y:.

Razzamajazz

11-12-2010, 06:28 PM

considering watching dear zachary on netflix tonight, but i don't want to be all depressed when i go to bed.

Kalyx triaD

11-14-2010, 12:45 AM

DVDs yay!

Expendables - 5/5

As fucking as this is, a sequel where "Mr. Church" is the villain, and Van Damme finally joins, and they're trying to get Ray Park, Mr T, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne Johnson, and Vin Diesel involved sounds too good to be real. And if I can read Stallone's mind well enough; if this movie was a Justice League of action heroes, Expendables 2 will be JLA vs Avengers. A fuckin battle royal of action guys. I can't wait.

The Last Air Bender - 3/5

I can't detail what I dislike about the movie without sounding like a geeky child-boy again so on a positive note: the movie improves in the second half, the effects are stunning, and I like the cast for the most part. Rather not get into what I find to be negatives now. As expected, this movie isn't nearly the train wreck people made it out to be.

Splice - 5/5

Pretty insane mind-fuck of a movie.

Predators - 4/5

This one also makes me more excited for a future sequel. It certainly feels like Predator, but like Superman Returns it's a bit heavy on the original movie worship. Given the budget, this really should/could have been the second Predator movie. Now that it's honored with a proper sequel, I wonder where they can take this.

RoXer

11-14-2010, 01:49 PM

Star Trek: Insurrection - 67
Star Trek: Nemesis - 70

Not a memorable story in Insurrection. Plus some lame effects also. And camerawork. There was one scene where to get the effect to look like the ship was flipping around, they just rotated the camera over and over. Pretty "amerature" stuff. Nemesis was a big "meh". Kinda a bummer when blank dies but he blanked his blanks to blank so that he may live on.

Might rewatch the J.J. Abrams version now.

RoXer

11-14-2010, 01:53 PM

In Order:

Star Trek: First Contact - 80
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - 78
Star Trek Generations - 77
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - 77
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - 75
Star Trek: Nemesis - 70
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 70
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 68
Star Trek: Insurrection - 67
Star Trek Travels Back in Time to Save Whales - 17

mitch_h

11-14-2010, 06:40 PM

Winter's Bone - About a 17 year old girl who searches for her meth-dealing father in the Ozark mountains. This was great and for some reason I love movies set in desolate parts of America full of disgusting hicks. The main girl was really good too, I think she's playing Mystique in the X-Men prequel. 8/10

Revanche - Not following the rules of the thread title because this is a rewatch but this movie is incredible. A neo-noir about a guy who tries to rob a bank with his prostitute girlfriend, a cop kills her while they escape - he retreats to his grandfather's country house, that just so happens to be in the same village as the cop that killed his girlfriend. This is a one of a kind "revenge" flick, where aside from some hate fucking nothing really happens, but it still manages to be heavy on tension.

VSG

11-14-2010, 10:55 PM

Cloverfield - 4/5

I went the whole way here, browsing through those marketing websites. Loved the whole experience and then saw the "secrets" on youtube. Awesome stuff.

Sixx

11-15-2010, 07:54 AM

The Other Guys - 8/10.

Really enjoyed it.

The scene where The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson die was great. And Wahlberg's ballet.

PorkSoda

11-15-2010, 02:40 PM

Unstoppable - 7/10.

Great cast although I thought the man vs. train plot kinda sucked in a way.

RoXer

11-15-2010, 03:03 PM

In what way?

Kalyx triaD

11-15-2010, 08:05 PM

A-Team - 5/5

Solid action movie.

Kalyx triaD

11-15-2010, 08:24 PM

Kick-Ass - 5/5

A touch too long, and it's a Hit-Girl movie in the last act.

11-17-2010, 05:32 PM

Clash of the Titans - 8/10

Visually stunning, enjoyable enough story.

CSL

11-17-2010, 05:58 PM

Frost/Nixon - 9/10

Great film. I've still not seen Milk but Sean Penn had better be pretty special in it to have gotten the Oscar over Frank Langella in this. 'Beautifully shot' also.

Jeritron

11-17-2010, 06:19 PM

Frost/Nixon - 9/10

Great film. I've still not seen Milk but Sean Penn had better be pretty special in it to have gotten the Oscar over Frank Langella in this. 'Beautifully shot' also.

They're both great, but neither of them should have beaten Mickey Rourke that year.

CSL

11-17-2010, 06:45 PM

I never feel like I've been able to look at Mickey Rourke 'objectively' in The Wrestler just because I was pulling for him to win so hard strictly because he'd been in a film about a wrestler. I guess in my eyes nothing could top his performance but at the same time I never thought he'd win because it'd be 'too good to be true' or something.

Jeritron

11-17-2010, 06:47 PM

I'm pretty sure he put in the best performance that year though. In my opinion. I do have my built in interest in wrestling, but I viewed it pretty objectively.
I'm more of a movie fan than a wrestling fan anyways. I was excited about The Wrestler as a film more than anything. I don't think I was even on a wrestling kick at that time.

Skippord

11-17-2010, 09:01 PM

I maintain that Necro Butcher should have gotten a Best Supporting Actor nomination

Schlomey

11-19-2010, 04:00 PM

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows part 1

I have not read any of the books but I totally enjoyed EVERY one of the Potter movies. I understood going in that this movie was part 1 of a 2 part finale to the series so I didn't expect the exact same magic as we are used to. I also knew going in that the writer/director didn't want to piss off a bunch of fanboys by leaving out tons of details from this huge installment. Still...I didn't like the movie at all really. Tons of hiding. Tons of talking. The few action sequences were very well done but they were so few and far between and not a lot really happened in part 1. Easily the weakest in the series.

5/10

thedamndest

11-19-2010, 04:39 PM

Fucking knew before opening this thread that Schlomey would be talking about Harry Potter.

Splaya

11-19-2010, 05:21 PM

O- 8/10

Featured Julia Stiles Mekhi Phifer and Josh Hartnett. Based on Othello. Really good flick

D Mac

11-20-2010, 02:55 AM

Roxer Cocker it was Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home. And it was a good movie. :foc:

Grown Ups: 8/10

Fignuts

11-20-2010, 04:34 AM

Kalyx triaD

11-20-2010, 04:40 AM

That black chick was kinda cute.

Fignuts

11-20-2010, 04:42 AM

Juno was hotter.

Kalyx triaD

11-20-2010, 05:17 AM

Was that the crazy bitch?

Anyway I feel Descent 2 kinda 'missed the point'. I'd call it a rushed sequel. Not a rushed production, everything looked okay - but a rushed concept. I'm sure they could have made a better scenario.

Jeritron

11-20-2010, 06:13 AM

The Descent: Part 2

5/10

Yeah, nowhere near as good as the first. A little campy at times, plus, you already know about the creatures in this one, so the surprise, and in turn, the pacing is gone.

Seriously, Descent has probably one of the best slow builds of any horror movie I've ever seen. Second one throws it out the window for typical horror cliches. Still kind of a fun watch though.

I haven't seen it, but I have to wonder if they should have gone completely different rather than trying to duplicate the first.

Since the first was so much like Alien, maybe they could have just copied the Aliens approach for a sequel.

I loved the first Descent, but I really have had no interest to check this one out. Maybe I will eventually.

mitch_h

11-20-2010, 03:55 PM

Predators - It was alright I guess, I didn't expect anything as good as the original just something fun and somewhat competant. Thought the end was pretty much tensionless and predictable though. 6.5/10

Still Walking - Love this director, very much inspired by the films of Yasujiro Ozu. It's about a family getting together to commemorate the death of one of the family members. Really simple but beautiful story dealing with repressed resentments. 9/10

Downunder

11-20-2010, 07:30 PM

wwe2222

11-22-2010, 11:27 AM

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1: 7.5/10

I really enjoyed it, except for the setup ending. Looking forward to Part II

Triple Naitch

11-22-2010, 11:54 AM

Death at a Funeral (The black version) - 7/10

Not a lot of great lines, mostly physical comedy. Meh.

Kalyx triaD

11-22-2010, 06:13 PM

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - 5/5

Not sure what genre this goes under but it was pretty fucking awesome.

PorkSoda

11-23-2010, 04:49 PM

In what way?

How you can't charactically develop a train.

Face/Off - 8/10.
The Chase - 7/10.

I might go see Megamind later :D

Triple A

11-23-2010, 10:54 PM

127 Hours - 9/10

Mad good.

Felt very "inspirational."

Pretty much just James Franco trapped by a rock for 95% of the movie, amazing.

VSG

11-23-2010, 11:32 PM

Harry Potter 7 (a): 6/10

Better than I expected

Downunder

11-24-2010, 11:32 PM

AKin3D

11-26-2010, 03:54 AM

knucklehead - 2/5

It's something you'd watch in the waiting room. It's got a light small chuckle here and there, but I found myself wondering if anything really funny would happen. Then they kept tossing in all this feel good/love storyline stuff. Next thing I know the movie ended. The best thing I watched was The Big Show showing off his bus in the extras.

Droford

11-27-2010, 01:05 AM

Get Him to the Greek - 8/10

Way funnier than I thought it would be.

Droford

11-28-2010, 01:26 AM

Repo Men - 7/10

did not like the ending that much though I saw it coming..also thought that it would have been 10x better with Jason Statham in the lead.

wwe2222

11-28-2010, 10:18 AM

Morning Glory: 5.5/10 Better than I thought it would be, enjoyable, light hearted movie. I like Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams so Im not surprised I enjoyed watching it.

Nothing special, but there are alot worse movies out there

mitch_h

11-28-2010, 01:28 PM

Assault on Prescinct 13 - Talking about the 1976 John Carpenter version not the shit remake. Pretty incredible grindhouse type movie, loved the minimalist synth score and the political incorrectness. This scene is pretty insane and not safe for work.

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