Otoshiana (Pitfall), a Teshigahara movie from 1962.

A number wouldn't make any sense.

This one mixes in some footage from Teshigahara's coal mining documentary. Lovely Ford-type panoramas of coal mining wastelands. (This is quite a contrast to Teshigahara's next film, which unfolds in a hole in the ground.) Wacko plot that hinges on ghosts, doppelgangers, and a 2nd union. It's also quite violent: all but a couple of the main characters are killed, and the 2 that live on are a bit wierd. The Takemitsu Toru score is very minimal.

Not a feel good movie, but i liked it. What's more, i liked it better than the Ozu movie (Higanbana -- Equinox flower) i saw last week.

I Am Legend - 2/5
It gets 2 because the first hour or so was actually really good. The final act ruins the movie for me though. Really why couldn't they adapt the ending from the book instead of the generic Hollywood ending?

Yes, I did see the alternate ending too, it was just less bad.

Fido (2006) - A witty take on what happens after the zombie attacks are finished with. Zombies become common servants of man-kind, but only with the help of ZomCom's control collar. Tale about the troubles an unpopular young lad has as he befriends his parent's new house-zombie. I thought it was kind of clever, bizarre, and funny in most parts. 3/5

Fantastic Four, 7/10. Fun watch as long as you turn your brain off. I never read the comic so I don't know how authentic it was.

cloverfield.....ehhh...kinda cool....didn't like the ending....kind of abrupt...really short

Speed Racer - 8/10, and no that is not a typo.

I honestly feel bad for the Wachowskis. As much as their last two movies pissed me off (no, V for Vendetta doesn't count), this really made my nostalgia meter go off, plus it was the first time in my life that Spritle and Chim-Chim didn't piss me off. Plus, it was the first successful date for the Mormon and me (the last two ended in debate), so I'm just a Cheerful Charlie right now. Warner Bros. should feel ashamed for fudging the flick's chance at box office success by releasing it as a summer movie.

Fight Club - 10/10
Watched this movie for the billionth time. When I saw it in the theaters, it changed my life. It has always boggled me how movies like Crash can get a best picture award and this movie didn't even get a nomination.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly directed by Julian Schnabel. 8/10.
An interesting movie about the former editor of Elle Magazine Europe, Jean-Dominique Bauby (based on his book). He has a stroke and becomes paralyzed everywhere except his left eye ("locked-in syndrome"). The first 10 minutes or so were especially compelling. They were shot entirely from his perspective after waking up from a coma.

Snow Cake - 8/10

Sigourney Weaver was fairly convincing and there were a few laughs.

Iron Man - 8/10

A few moments where i thought 'like fuck could that happen!', but otherwise absoloute kickassery!

Thats a pretty high rating considering its a Uwe Boll movie! :paranoid:

I fucking loved Speed Racer. It's a shame that more people didn't see it.

Untraceable 6/10

Without the product placement, This movie would seem like it's really about how sick we are viewing the worst crap on the internet disregarding that it's a real person getting hurt on that video. With the product placements, I can't help but think this is a propaganda film about file sharing and how just trading 1 song or movie is contributing the destruction of movie studios... meh.. I'm a really big fan of Diane Lane though :)

Golden Compass 4/10

It had good special effects but what I saw of it - not the whole film but definitely enough - gave me no motivation to watch from beginning to end.

it did make me curious enough to want to read the actual book rather than watch what was likely a f**ked up watered down interpretation for the masses though. I always prefer to form my own opinions about things.

December Boys: 6/10

Summary (by imdb.com): In the late 1960's, four close-knit orphans in Australia, called the December Boys because they were all born in the same month, leave their orphanage for a holiday by the sea. Having all but given up hope of ever being adopted, the friends are on a seaside holiday one summer when they hear a rumor that a seaside couple are looking to adopt one of the orphans, friendships are tested and new alliances made as the four boys compete for the chance to gain a real family.


Comment: If you are a fan of Daniel Radcliffe then you may like his performance in this film. I was disappointed in his acting because he appeared to act like a whiny emo kid trying to figure out how to survive in the world, similar to his acting in Harry Potter 1-4, but his skills improved in the fifth Harry Potter film. The story was a bit slow and the ending was rather depressing, but Daniel Radcliffe does get it on with one of the characters during his holiday near the sea, so I guess something good came out of the film.

Network - 10/10
This is a classic. Amazing writing. Amazing speeches. Amazing plot. Really good stuff.

I've seen a lot of movies lately, but they've been very shitty or mediocre. I'll list them so you know to avoid them or watch them if we have opposite taste in movies. :)

In A Dark Place - even the masterbation and lesbian scene couldn't help this one.
If... - If I were 18, I might have really enjoyed this one.
The Psychic - potential, but it was a 70s thriller. I wish I had foreseen how bad this one was.
Fantastic Planet - Fantastic in it's time, but I couldn't take it now and turned it off after 20 grueling minutes of "Is it going to get better anytime soon?...um...nope' *click*


Then, as I was about to give up on movies for awhile, I hit 2 good ones.

Volver: Directed by Almodovar which is always a good sign. I didn't think I would like it much, but it was really good. It was interesting to watch the family interacting. It was funny, sad, and disturbing. 9/10

Sleuth: Jude Law is in it so I was sold although I was expecting a mediocre film. I was drawn in immediately. Only 2 actors in one amazing house. The visuals were very intriguing. It was one of the best character studies I have seen in awhile. Usually pretentious, this one was not. It kept twisting around, but not in a bad way. I really, really enjoyed this one. I will probably watch it again tomorrow when JJ gets home. 10/10

There Will Be Blood - I just watched this for the second time after its release, and the rating is the same: 11/10

Pulp Fiction - 9.5/10

Iron Man- 9/10. Fuckin' brilliant!! Loved it! Totally going to see it again!

Speed Racer - 8/10
I liken this movie to 300. It is mostly a string of great action sequences punctuated by motivational epithets. Once you realize that this is just the live-action version of a cheesy old cartoon, you will enjoy it. Despite the monkey.

I just watched P.S. I love You.

Very sweet movie. Defintely good dialogue. I'm not a fan of Hillary Swank, but Gerard Butler does a great job in this movie.

My favorite character from the movie is Harry Conick Jr., best lines in the movie.

8/10

From Dusk til Dawn 12/10

All I have to say is they had Cheech play THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.

Coincidentally,the same last two movies I've seen--excluding Iron Man, which I've already talked about elsewhere--are Juno and Sweeny Todd...two d's? Who cares?

I'm with you on Juno. It was kind of cute and I laughed a couple of times, but the majority of my time was spent deciphering the whipbangfastsnapdialog and wondering where I could find people who were comparably hip, trendy and or hipster cool to hang out with and discuss obscure horror movies, proper punk rock roots and wear trendy/indie clothing. I'm going lower though because Ellen Page was so very annoying....4/10

I didn't have any problem with the audio on Sweeny. It was a nice enough movie as far as Tim Burton movies go... I just wish they'd written more lyrics to some of the songs. The opening bit was fantastic, quick, witty and very catchy. Then to be followed by 15 minutes of some creepy looking guy singing "IIIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMMMMM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT YOOOOOUUUURRR WIIIIIIIIINNNNNNDOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!!" to some creepy looking girl was bit off putting. Pretty good despite that all that 7/10.

Iron Man - 8.5/10.

From a movie I had no expectations of when it first premiered this is a really good result. The character lacks the cachet of the big name superheros like Batman or Spider-Man, yet the writers built a really good story out of Iron Man's beginings with a lot of good, light hearted moments. Well played by the cast and director.

Charlie Wilson's War - 8/10
This was an enjoyable drama. The women made it more interesting than it should have been. I felt they improperly used a montage where the movie's climax should have been. Then again, what can you do if it is based off of real life?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5/10

It started off alright, but as the film went on it just became a looney tune version of National Treasure 2, with some War of the Worlds and The Mummy mixed in for just the right amount of suck. I took Lucas' advice and didn't compare it to the first three, but that just made it a stand-alone bad movie. The chase scenes were good and the actors did very well, but other than that there's nothing worth watching here. Quite possibly the second biggest letdown of all time, right under Spider-Man 3.

RGS, I disagree. Strongly.


What's more entertaining than Iron Man, more visually stimulating than Speed Racer, has a sense of nostalgia better than fifty Chronicles of Narnia? Dr. Henry Jones, Jr., of course. Indiana Jones 4 has everything I was hoping for and a lot more. I won't give away anything, but as a real die-hard Indiana Jones fan, I left the theater completely satisfied.

Except for one small, tiny, insignificant thing. A thing that goes by the name of Shia. Or Shiuh. Or Shiyuh. I'm not 100% sure. Spoiler: It's not that I didn't want to give him a chance. I did. But there comes a point when even legends like Spielberg and Lucas aren't able to see that a young actor can't shoulder the weight they expect. Shia was perfect in Transformers, where we needed a relatable character. The SON of Indiana Jones? No. I'm afraid that role, or rather that fedora, is far too big for Shia. Maybe in a few years, when he has developed more as an actor, but not yet. It may simply be that the person for this role doesn't exist, which would be sad, but I suspect there were better choices out there, among the 3ish billion males.

But seriously, aside from that it was everything. Sweeping cereal epic with John Williams taking us back to childhood, where we learned what it meant to be a hero.

To those of you who have already seen IJ4 -- was there really as much CGI in the movie as it appeared in the previews? To me, the IJ series is about good (albeit cheesy) LIVE action stunts and special effects. A CGI-filled Jones movie is just... wrong.

There was really only one part, the climax, and it seemed just fine.

Don't worry, Speilberg knows how to keep Lucas in line.

I saw "Stranger than fiction". Wierd movie. It seemed to want to challenge Hollywood convention, but then backed out. I think it's OK to go further, even in Hollywood. I liked that the director had Dustin Hoffman under control. He does well in these sorts of roles. And i agreed with the prof that Will Ferrel had to die.

Speaking of characters dying and Hollywood convention, why can't we have a Hollywood dogma that has the Robin Williams character die a painful death somewhere early in the film?

the Three Burials of Melquiades Estradas

Great movie!! I'm surprised I never heard of it before last week. it starts off in a weird way where you have no idea what is happening but it's later explained in a ton of flash backs. which is something I like in movies.

If you enjoyed or like the movie style of No Country For Old Men, then you should like this movie. just make sure you have subtitles on. it's half in english and the other half in spanish. The movie takes place from texas to mexico.

I won't say too much about the story but you pretty much see a couple of hunter find a dead guy(similar to no country) and it gets complcated and weird after that.

The acting is top notch from everyone and tommyleejones finally played a different role than a police officer!!

overall, I really liked the movie and rate it a solid: 8/10

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I would also like to point out that for anyone using Firefox, you should get this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2477 called the imdb preview. anywhere theres a link on any page linking to IMDB or even on there, you can see info on the movie or actor without clicking on their name. so as I did three times in my review, all you would have to do is do a mouse over to see what the links are. fun eh?!

Wow, I couldn't disagree more.

I saw IJ4 last night and was disappointed. I didn't hate it, but I did not particularly enjoy it, either.

It lacked the joy of the prior films (sorry George, if you don't want us to compare, then don't use the same characters), and required a suspension of disbelief even I found difficult to manage (come on - Spoiler: swinging on vines in the jungle, only to suddenly swing out through a hole EXACTLY into the car as it drives past?.

I've been trying to figure out what was wrong with the movie, and I think it comes down to a few things:

Spoiler:
The MacGuffin (Sp?) - It needed to be better, more compelling, and a bigger secret. I think what needed to happen was to have the skull itself be the object of the search, rather than a tool to get there. The final city was underwhelming. Think of the prior movies - the ark, the stones (weak, imo), the grail - they were objects you found at the end of the film, not some location.

The set pieces - the opening warehouse was pretty good, though I think went off the tracks (pun intended) when they got to the rocket sled. The motorcycle was good. The jungle was AWFUL - too contrived, too CGI. I agree with what someone said earlier - part of the appeal of the Indy movies
was the sense of realism and human scale. You lost both in this film

Cate Blanchett - unwatchable.

Script - lacked the punch and wry humor of the prior versions. There were some attempts to reignite that, but it came off as forced. Maybe that's the actors' faults, however.

Awake - 5/10

It could have been good, but when I figured it out within a half hour in, the movie lost all suspense and fun for me.

V For Vendetta:

I know, I know. I'm very late to the party. The thing is, hype makes me suspicious. When people tell me that a film is totally mind-bendingly awesome and changed their life and gave their girlfriend an orgasm she'll never forget I tend to disbelieve them because it has been my experience that most people are full of shit. I thought Fight Club was a giant wank-a-thon that shat all over the wonderfully written story by Chuck Palahniuk, I figured out the shocking twist of the Sixth Sense fifteen minutes in (he got shot in the opening scene and we're supposed to be surprised that he's dead?) and I thought The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was about half an hour longer than it needed to be.

So when the teeming masses began raving abo0ut V For Vendetta I said 'I'll take your word for it' and moved on with my life. I realize that taking this policy may cause me to occasionally miss out on a gem, but for the most part I'm okay with it.

When I stumbled across this DVD in the bargain bin for $5 however I figured I couldn't really go wrong. After all, you can't even rent a movie for that much these days and it's one of those lovely two disc deals, so I figured if I hated it at least I'd get a nice matching set of coasters out of the deal.

I've spent three paragraphs justifying my decision not to see V For Vendetta when it was originally released and part of that is because I feel like an idiot. Mostly, though, it's because I just have no words to describe this film. I want to say things like gripping, intense, and beautiful but these words are all cliched and essentially meaningless. Instead I will relate this anecdote.

About forty-five minutes in I felt an unfamiliar sensation, a sort of tightness in my chest. I thought briefly that it might be a heart attack but decided to wait it out because I really didn't want to have to miss any of the action. That's when I realized what it was; I was actually wholly absorbed in the story. It's been so long since a film has had that effect on me that I'd forgotten what it feels like, but V For Vendetta did it.

10/10

The Hulk

Hoo boy. I found this one in the same bargain bin, and I thought how bad can it be? Bruce Banner gets angry, gives someone an intense look and then Hulk Smash. It's pretty hard to stuff this up. Or so I thought.

The problem with The Hulk is that it tries to be more than it is. Ang Lee has attempted to flesh out the story with explorations of humanity and fathers and sons and daughters and all that happy horse shit. That's all well and good and many a great film has been made using these premises, but the problem here is that an intellectual journey runs counter to everything Hulk is about.

The result is... well, painful would probably be the most accurate way to describe it. The characters are all completely one dimensional and not at all developed and the story meanders aimlessly and stops in a meadow to pick wildflowers from time to time with seemingly no urgency to reach any sort of identifiable climax. This is exacerbated by the cinematography and editing, which I think is intended to evoke a comic book feel but really ends up just confusing the viewer and pulling him out of the experience. I spent more time trying to figure out what was going on than I did enjoying the film; the last time that happened was Memento, but at least that one had a good mystery to it. The result was that, in stark contrast to V, I found myself completely uninterested in The Hulk and had to struggle to even sit through it and pay attention, and I read the comic books. I shudder to think what somebody who doesn't read comics would think of this.

Also speaking as a reader of comic books, I found some of the deviations from the source to be completely unnecessary and contrary to the original tone. I'm not a source material purist and I'm not going to get upset if his skin is the wrong shade of green, but I also believe that if you're going to adapt material from another medium you should attempt to keep in line with the original material stylistically. Changing a few plot points to modernize your story or to suit it better to your new medium and audience is one thing, but arbitrarily changing a character's origin or other details just doesn't jive. It strikes me that Mr Lee seemed hell-bent on including certain films in whatever project he happened to be working on at the time and decided to shoe-horn them into The Hulk regardless of whether they fit or not, and the result is just a great big shoehorn-compressed mess.

I'm going to stop here, not because I have nothing more to say but because I could easily spend pages ranting about how terrible this film is and I imagine we all have better things to do. Suffice to say that I'm being generous when I give this big pile of slop
3/10

Amores Perros - 7/10
The first storyline that this movie follows was intriguing, but then it went on to a rather boring one. The final story picked it up and it was satisfying again. Two and a half hours though.. damn.

Indiana Jones 4 8.5

I agree with Will, and I don't think THAT has ever happened.

I enjoyed this film. It was fun. Sure, parts of it were a little cheesy, but it's Indiana Jones people. What did you really expect? The kid behind me who walked out saying, "This really sucked", was too young to have seen the first films in a theatre. He probably never saw them at all.

I had a blast. This was great.

Indiana Jones 4: 7/10

I really had a feeling this was just not going to be as good as 1 and 3 (I thought 2 really bit), and I really prepared myself for it to blow. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised when it didn't. It was weaker than all three of the first movies, but considering that Harrison Ford has qualified for Social Security for closing in on a decade, and George Lucas apparently vacated this world to go live in the Magical Kingdom of Suck nigh on twenty years ago, I was not at all displeased.

It was amusing, diverting, and a relatively fun way to waste two hours. I feel like it was money well spent.

And for the record, I actually like Shia LeBeouf. Maybe I just have a soft spot for spunky young Jewish actors...having once been one myself....

You mean as they were chasing a psychic communist and trying to discover [SPOILER]the truth behind psychic alien skulls[SPOILER]? If you were looking for believable, you were in the wrong movie.

I don't think Shia was too jewy for the part, either. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is really jewish and he could have carried this part like a champ. The problem is that he doesn't look anything like Harrison Ford.

BTW, Robert Downey Jr. is jewish. And he's fucking Iron Man.

He's just not Iron Man... he's The Fucking Iron Man.

Also you might want to fix those spoiler tags.

Indiana Jones 4 - 6/10

Harrison Ford was awesome. The oodles of CGI was not awesome. The fact that the movie opened with a CGI scene made me want to just walk out of the theater, but I stayed. And the entire movie was filled with it.

But despite that I thought it was pretty good, even Shia was decent. The ending was a little too cheesy for me though.

Overall a pretty decent popcorn flick, but I dont know if I would recommend paying the full theater price for it.

Robert Downey Jr. is Jewish?!!

YES!!!

Score one for our side!

Indiana Jones 4 - 1/10
Before I went to see it, I was hanging out at a bar. One random patron decided to tell everyone how bad it was and how stupid the ending was. He described what happened, much to my dismay. He was saying such preposterous things that I naturally assumed he was just joking around. So, I proceeded to go to the theater and watch the movie. And now I know he wasn't joking.

At least it wasn't as bad as Spider-Man 3.

you said what I wanted to say so I will just quote you. I think part of the reason I loved it was that I am sick to death of comic book/super hero movies...This may not have been Indy at his finest.....but it was great to me

I think the ants are gonna give me nightmares lol

I think it was Iron Man for me too.
Coming it at about an 8, or 8.5.

Really enjoyed it.

Indiana Jones hasn't been released yet, but I enjoyed the reviews :D

The Darjeeling Limited: 8.5/10

I watched The Darjeeling Limited. It's a nice movie, though there isn't much scope for any of the actors to really show off their skills. The movie is about 3 brothers who are on a spiritual journey to India (Starring Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody) Whether or not they did reach the spiritual destination is still obscure.

The movie is categorized as 'Comedy', but don't look for crude toilet jokes a la Epic Movie and the rest that seem to be the latest craze. The humor here is slight, and won't make you roll of your chair and crack up- it's got more to do with the events that take place around the actors and to them. Though the ending was a dampener, I still liked the movie a lot. All in all, a good watch~

Strange Wilderness - 2/10

One of the worst movies I have ever seen

Indy 4
 

7/10

Saw Indy 4 last night. After reading through some reviews here and other sources I had resolved to wait for the DVD release. But the heat and a failing A/C at home felt me looking for a night out. IJ4 was the only thing playing that was even remotely interested in seeing. I went in expecting REALLY bad. I didn't think it was that bad. You have to get past logical realistic issues. But all Indy Jones adventures are like this, most action adventure flicks are. I loved the first one but I don't think there's a realistic chance of finding an "ark" that contains the "power of God."

If I listed the Indy series in order of my favorites:

Raiders of the lost Ark 10/10
The last Crusade 9/10
Crystal Skull 7/10
Temple of Doom (now that one sucked, IMO) 3/10

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead 7/10

Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, and Albert Finney. Two brothers rob their parents jewelry store. Things go wrong. It wasn't a bad movie. It wasn't a great movie either.

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspien

1/5
I had read the books but not in years and years so I was going in fairly fresh.
Anyway, the first half of this movie I was bored as hell. There was a quick chase scene which was okay at best and a few quick action scenes but for the most part I found the dialog dull and the plot just plodding along.
Then all of a sudden it became a comedy. It wasn't supposed to but damn there was some funny stuff in that had me laughing (and about half of the people in the theatre too) out loud. Gets one star for unintentionally being one of the funniest movies I've seen in theatres in a long time.

War, Inc. - 4/10
I was only mildly entertained. It tried too hard to be Spaceballs and Dr Strangelove.

Meet The Feebles - 10/10
Pulled this from my DVD collection because I needed to see it again. This is one of Peter Jackson's first films and I think it is fucking brilliant. This is the most fucked up good movie you'll ever see. I strongly suggest it. Jackson's skill as a director is apparent, even with a shoestring budget.

Indy 4 6/10

Uneven movie who's extremes of suck and great land it somewhere in mediocre.

I agree with Tully Mars' list albeit with slightly different numbers.

Raiders of the lost Ark 10/10
The last Crusade 9/10
Crystal Skull 6/10
Temple of Doom 4/10

For a more in-depth review/commentary from me check out the Indy thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...=1#post2457475

Cloverfield: 6.5/10

It had its moments, but the sheer absurdity of certain scenes, coupled with irritating love story sub plots just "meh'd" the whole thing for me.

The last movie i saw was Ozu's 晩春, (Late spring, 1949). This is the first of the Noriko movies and the first of the season movies. I thought i'd seen this one previously -- because but i never had.

This one had an odd effect on me. I'm usually not a fan of Hara Setsuko, but i even thought she was sexy in this one. Ryu Chishu was very cute as the overly attached father. Even Sugimura Haruko was good. Sugimura usually gets too into her characters, but in this one, she delivers her lines precise diction, that delivers just the right effect. That i have this opinion of her may be because i've seen her in more Naruse films. Naruse was more willing to let actors be themselves. On the other hand, Ozu had an idea of how each particular performance should unfold. (Not that Naruse didn't have an idea -- he did. He just knew what he was going to get from each member of the cast, and let them do their thing -- within certain, very well-defined limits, of course.)

Immediately afterward, the film had me thinking about my daughter, my family, and left me feeling a bit nostalgic and sad. It was a bit of a downer, really, but i suppose the nuclear and sub-nuclear family is itself a bit of a downer.

The DVD came with Wenders' Tokyo-ga, which i'd seen before. Tokyo-ga is a film about watching film and the alieanation that entails. Wenders goes to Tokyo in search of the city he's seen in Ozu films. It's not there, of course, and Ozu and Werner Herzog rip on contemporary Tokyo because of that lack. Wenders and Herzog end up acting out their own alienation from the alienation they argue is at the core of Ozu's films in ridiculous ways. So where does that leave the viewers? I think it leaves them with an antidote against the Orientalist readings of the films given in Tokyo-ga.

Wenders' voiceovers are in English, but i swear i saw this in German once. My memory fails me. It was made for German TV.

American Gangster - Eh/10
I didn't get to finish it 'cause the DVD was damaged. What I did see was interesting, but not great.

Elizabethtown: great movie one of the best romances I have ever seen.... love the idea of the cross country trip and how it went along the way. 10/10 (The only bad part ..... and it isn't "bad" I just felt that Drew Barrymore would have done much better.... but Kirsten Dunst did the best job I have ever seen her do.)

I Am Legend..... good movie, a couple jumps..... pretty predictable.... sad when Sam dies..... 6.5/10

The Reaping..... interesting take on prophecy, not a bad movie.... 5/10

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull: 7/10 - The nostalgic factor alone makes this entertaining. They even use the old punching sound effects! But the story is really far out there (literally) and some scenes are just plain rediculous. George Lucas has lost his mind. Still a movie you should eventually watch though just b/c it's Indy!

i usually come here to see what others think of a movie before i waste cash on it. spoilers defeat that purpose, damn it. oh well, i guess i can cope.

i just say the made for tv movie "the Andromeda strain."

thats 4 hours of my life ill never get back... crap/10

Sorry to hear that. :( I thought it was going to be a series and had meant to watch that as I was fascinated by the movie when I was a kid.

Was it the story itself or the production that you didn't like?

I thought the remake of Andromeda Strain was okay. It was predictable, but that can be said of virtually all action dramas these days. It was certainly not a 10/10, but I'd give it maybe 6.5/10. Not great, but not a total wash.

National Treasure II: 7/10

Fairly entertaining, but it just felt like it was lacking something. It didn't seem as though there were many boring parts, but when you reflect on it, there wasn't a ton of action. Along those lines, I think it would have been better to have actually extended the movie by tossing in a couple clues that they actually had to do some thinking about, as opposed to pretty much nailing it spot on every time with virtually no guesswork.

something about it just couldnt keep my attention. it started out pretty good, but towards the end it just started to lose something. all the commercials A&E threw into the mix made this run for something like 4 hours.

:grumpy: commercials popped up what seemed like every 5 minuets.

I have to agree with you both.

I liked the start and most of the 2hrs that started. it was entertaining but nothing spectacular and in the last 2hrs, it just dragged. and people dying for no fucking reason, the special effects started to drop in quality, etc... overall, if it would have been crushed in 2hrs with no comercials, it would be fine.

I rate it 7/10 just because I think it would be ok without comercials. so download it/rent it and see for yourself!

I planned on downloading Andromeda Strain as I never watch anything on TV if i can get away with it.

I never saw the original but I did read the book. I loved the book right until the ending, what a cop out the ending was.

The Prestige: 8.5/10

I had an idea of how the movie was going to end, but they twisted it just enough that it threw me for a spin. Pretty good flick.

i would love to, except that im one of the very few people out there still on a dial-up modem.

as for the renting part, i now live so far in the middle of bum fuck that there is no video store.

thats right, no video store!!! how can i live you ask? i dont.

I dunno... will it play again? set your VCR to record. just make sure you have 2 tapes unless you record in SUPER CRAP MODE.

I think it will. That's one thing you can rely on with the cable channels. :D

EDIT: Yup, on again this weekend. I won't be around. *shrug*

The golden compass

wow. what a terrible movie!
i don't have much to say but after 45min of boredom, i just started FF into the rest and it never got better. i'm sick of these harrypotter-ish movies where 1 random kid is so fucking awesome and they don't even know. fucking boring.

oh and the storyline never picked up. I never cared about the characters or the CGI animals.

overall, one of my lowest reviews on this site yet: a 2/10

and i was about to buy that on ppv. thanks for the save MOAB. looks like its sweeny todd ,there will be blood, or juno for me.


The Crow:Wicked Prayer.
Ive shit better than this. When the movie first started i found myself thinking "edward furlong? neat!" reminiscing to memories of him whizzing around on a dirt bike, avoiding semis and metallic menaces. I was also thinking "Well, his acting was good in T2, American history x, and Detroit rock city why not now."

It turns out that he doesnt make a very good Crow character. Not only that, but this movie should have died out with brandon lee. i dont even know where to begin. Same plot as the original basically, only butchered. HORRIBLE wire flying/stunts and horrible actors.

just...just avoid this movie. if you ever see it on a shelf do EVERYONE a favor and smash it.

I can't say anything about the other two movies but "There will be blood" was a great movie. I guess I forgot to make a review. Comming up soon!

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"There will be Blood"

Great movie!! what really got me in this movie is the brutality of the time. and the music adds so much! I don't want to ruin it for anyone but it's pretty much the story of a guy and his business of drilling for oil on other people's property.

Don't stop watching it after the slow start because i almost did. just keep watching till you finish and you'll be glad you did.

The acting is great from everyone. And the visual really made me believe I was watching a movie in that time.

It's hard to say but I think this is a Hate it or Love it kinda movie.
My rating for the movie is: 8.5/10

The Strangers - 6/10

If it weren't for overall strong acting and great direction, I'd probably give this a 4/10. It's a painfully average, predictable film with a few minute surprises that act as novelties in a terribly lazy screenplay. It just didn't amount to a hill of beans, but I give it extra props for a good first time director and a few alright jump scares (which made up the entire movie, by the way). I don't recommend this movie, unless you can get in for free like I did.

Saved! - 7/10
It was good. Some parts are funny. In the end, it was another high school drama with everything turning out OK.

Sex and the City -- 5 or so...

Having never seen an episode of this program we were afraid that we would miss out on a lot. Perhaps we did, but we really don't know. It was okay. It was fun. My main complaint is the length. This movie is way too long.

I liked it a bit better than you. I give it a 7/10. I'd give it an 8/10 had I left the theater the moment I saw the two boys again towards the end.

That's not a spoiler either so don't go nuts yelling at me for not using spoiler tags if you haven't seen it yet.

I didn't find it that bad....but looking at the history, they kept changing directors and plotlines so it became the mess it was. I truly lacked any direction at all..... it was all over the place but again different directors had differing views of where the movie should go.

LS read the book and she said they cut so much and changed so much it was totally different.

Plus, it was written by an Atheist and the Catholic Church worked really hard to boycott it.... did well in other countries though.

Charlies Angels: Full Throttle.

Utterly ridiculous, but romping good fun nonetheless. 7/10

What Happens in Vegas...
 

5/10

And I might be being a little generous here. I have a soft spot for both Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Though I must admit it's hard for me to watch Diaz in anything and not compare it to "Something About Mary." And I don't think I've ever seen Kutcher in a movie I liked- ever. Basically "That's 70's Show" taints my impression of him. Any who this is a fairly predictable flick with a few good laughs, too few and far in between, IMO.

Also seems they could have put Rob Corddry's and Lake Bell's talents to use much, much better.

Overall... Meh. What Happens in Vegas probably should have stayed in Vegas.

The Strangers - 2/10

Awful. 70 mins long, totally pointless plot, flimsy character development, terrible acting. Just stay home.

A. I. Artificial Intelligence. 9/10 Awesome film! but very long for short attention spans

Older film... but we had just seen my niece in a ballet-school presentation of Pinocchio and thought my daughter might like the futuristic twist on the story. It's an awesome movie, but she reacted strongly during the scenes were the old robots were tortured and destroyed for amusement at the carnival. We had to turn it off ... bad judgment on my part letting her watch it in the first place.

My wife and I watched later. The ending where you see "teddy's" reaction after David passes always gets to me.

Most of the special effects still withstand the test of time. Great artistic vision and execution regarding the robot characters and their human-like qualities.

Porky's 9/10
One of my favorite "teen sex comedies." Sure it's older than I am but without it, American pie and others just wouldn't exist. From Kim Cattrell's "lassie" scene to the scene at Cherry Forever's house. It's funny every time I watch it.

A Better Tomorrow - 7/10

Nowhere near as good as John Woo's more well known shoot-em-ups, The Killer and Hard Boiled, this is still a very endearing, hear-warming film with some fantastic and memorable action sequences. I love gunplay, and gunplay with an involving story is just what I expect from '80s Woo, and just what I got here.

The Strangers, 5/10

It was a poor story, poorly constructed, and very predictable.

Juno

I'll keep this short. terrible movie. I didn't care about the story or the characters. I do not recommend it.

3.5/10

1408
- 3.5/5
It has John Cusack which is always a plus. It was actually kinda creepy too. Not great but it was worth a watch.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 9/10

God this is a good movie. Its some serious cheese, but thats what I love.

This was my all time favorite movie as a child, and I still love it. I picked up the 3 piece box set a while back for DVD and love em (admittedly, I have not watched the 3rd one yet, as I remember not ever liking this one, but I have watched 1 and 2 several times, 1 is far better).

This was on TV last night and I decided to watch it, commercials suck, but I was so hooked I didn't even bother to grab my DVD. Amazing sound track, MC Hammer can not be beat!

TURTLE POWER!

Enchanted - 7/10

a good disney film that brings some very nice touches to the screen. lots of look for similar or homage to other movies...

You Don't Mess With The Zohan - 6.5/10
I went to see this as part of a 'company outing' tonight. You see, half my company is Israeli and even my boss used to be in the Mossad (Israeli secret service). So we all went... company paid. The movie was funny in parts, ridiculous in others, sad in the rest. Over all, I admit to laughing a lot because there were many things that reminded me of the people who I worked with. On the other hand, all the Israelis were so embarrassed! They swore most of the stuff mentioned had nothing to do with them. Tomorrow at work, I am going to announce many Disco Breaks.

The seventh seal.

This was surprisingly cheerful. I didn't think old Mr. Death was all that scary. He knew very well what Max von Sydow was up to, but let him go anyway. Surely he could have nabbed the actors if had wanted to. And, as R. pointed out, just how downbeat can you be when you have a big guy in a black shroud and whiteface stalking the other actors around the set.

Much more upbeat than "Wild strawberries" or "Virgin spring". Considering that it was made at the height of the Cold War, not long after WWII, i'd say it's almost too cheerful.

The Beautiful Country - 8/10

Very little dialogue and though there is travelling involved, a very introspective, poignant movie about different cultures, human suffering and relationships, and one man's desire to know his father.

Hitch, 7/10.

Don't know how accurate it is as a manual for seduction, but it's entertaining nonetheless.

The Happening 8/10

I can see how critics would reduce a movie like this to shreds and as it just came out last night I'll try not to give too much away. But the only bad thing I can say about the movie is that it was a bit gory at times. Not perfectly plausible but you really can't expect it to be.

Mark Whalberg, John Leguizamo and all of the actors come across as believable and unlike Cloverfield - in the midst of their chaos you actually care for them.
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I need to catch up here, I've watched a lot of movies lately.

But did I mention that I saw There Will Be Blood?

And that it is quite possibly one of the best films I have seen ever?

I'm a little mystified as to how this film came out of PT Anderson. Not that I don't like him, I like him very much. But the film is a bit otherworldly. To me, it's as if residents of another planet observed us and then made this film for their planet. Eh, or I could be overdoing it. :p

At any rate, it is a fine, fine, fine, fine film and I recommend it highly.

10/10

Red Belt
Despite the presence of Tim the Tool Man Taylor, I actually liked this movie some. It was entertaining and a little twisted, but the fighting was less stagey looking than some others. I'll go with a 6/10.

Lars and the Real Girl
Let me first say that my SO does not laugh out loud at movies.
He fell off the couch with this one. It was predictible somewhat towards the end only becuase I have mental health training, but my SO didn't think so at all. I found it hilarious, sad, entertaining, and incredibly well acted. I actually think I'd watch it again just to catch some of the actors' facial expressions that I might have missed. I liked that it didn't rely on goofyness or stupid jokes to make you laugh. the story stood alone. 9.5/10

The Incredible Hulk - 9/10
This was just as good as Iron Man. The action and story are vast improvements over that Ang Lee pile of shit. I was thrilled and entertained throughout the whole movie and I really appreciated the serious tone. Good stuff!

last night I saw..

Jumpers...ehh...ok. not a bad rental if you can walk to the store and avoid payng for gas to get it along w/ the rental fee.

and...
Buckett List....boring... umm, very hard to maintain any attention to it.

Firstly, about time mixedmedia! There Will Be Blood is one film that's almost too awesome to exist.

Also,

The Incredible Hulk - 8/10

Amazing film with some great, A+ references (Leader, anyone?). I'm a DC nerd personally, but Marvel is really winning me over. Also, the film had Tim Roth going apeshit and action that could kill a whale with sheer awesome. Loved it.

The Happening - 0/10. Actually, can I give a film a negative rating?

I usually like M. Knight's movie, but COMMON. Gimme a break here man, step it up a little. Acting was atrocious, story was bunk, and people were actually laughing at certain parts during the movie because of how ridiculous it was. Bah.

The Happening-1/10

I agree with Church on this movie. The script needed work, acting was terrible (Mark Wahlberg does not fit into a nice science teacher) and the story was weak. I think they should have chosen different actors because Zooey Deschanel, Mark Wahlberg, and John Leguizamo do not work well in this movie.

Just got back from The Incredible Hulk.

9/10

I agree with Retrogunslinger, I *love* the references and there's plenty of them, too. Kick ass action and direction. I read on some website review that this movie lacks "heart." What is that bullshit? I see plenty of it. I get a little choked up. It's also so gritty...awesome movie!!!