powerclown

Frogs (1972) - 8/10
Group of rich people stuck on an island in a mansion come under siege from just about every phylum, genus, species, family, class and order in the animal kingdom. Effective and well done. Pretty high gross factor. An eco-proletarian classic.

Night of the Demon (1957) - 9/10
Awesome horror flick...ridiculously scary, with not a drop of blood in the movie. It's a simple, solid ghost story, but with a ton of mojo sauce poured all over it. One of the scariest movies I've ever seen, one of my alltime favorite movies. This one's a lot of fun.

The Wasp Woman (1960) - 8/10
Solid 1960's Roger Corman "B" horror flick. Starts out innocuous and innocent. Turns intense and scary...the foreboding buzzing sounds are brutal. Some might find the makeup and special effects campy, I found them unnerving in the extreme. This flick haunted my childhood for years.

roachboy

until when... Dahna Abourahme

an excellent documentary about palestine that focuses on the situations of a sequence of families who live in refugee camps around bethlehem and hebron, who have been there since 1948. it does what a documentary can do well: blasting apart omissions in the dominant information streams simply by showing something of what is omitted.

marie antoinette: sofia coppola

any film about the middle 18th century that opens with a gang of four song playing is ok by me. like gang of four, the film provided entertainment. sofia coppola does baz luhrman on a smaller scale and in a less adventerous way.

to my surprise, i enjoyed the film. kirsten dunst is good in it. the costumes and sets are amazing. the music is interesting.

in the end, i almost didnt mind (a) the politics behind the antonia fraser book it's based on, which are kinda creepy in a royalist sorta way and (b) that the film tried to cover too much chronological ground and so ended up with sequences that seemed just tacked on. like the whole of the french revolution. but this was made up for by the film's portrayal of lous 16 and marie as something of what they are reputed to be: not terribly bright, not at all ready to be king and queen of france....interesting.

like most "making of..." docs, the one that is on this dvd made me want to drive tacks into my head. i watch them anyway. i do not know why.



hunger: Henning Carlsen (1966)

now this is an excellent film, shot in glorious black and white, about a writer who is starving to death.
just see it.
dont argue----just go out, find it and watch it.
it's great. .

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Lady Sage

Ghost Rider 7/10

Good for laughs and is (Pan says) very true to the comic book. The effects were fabulous and aside from having to verbally abuse some guy on his cell phone, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Does Nicholas Cage's voice remain the same when he transforms?!

Lady Sage

The Prestige 8/10

After a slow start the movie starts making you rethink what you have just seen. It was fabulously written to mess with your mind and spoon feed you bits of information that you dont even realize youre beeing fed. What you are being given causes you to marvelously jump to wrong conclusion after wrong conclusion and when you finally figure it out.....

When watching the closing scenes of the movie only one thought came to my mind... I really DO want to watch it all over again as soon as it is over.

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Lucifer

Saw Ghost Rider on Saturday night. 6/10. Even though we knew what it was going to be, it was still fun to watch Nick Cage on fire. I think for a comic book movie, the end battle scene could have been a little more exciting, and it would have been nice to have the gravedigger help out.

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Over the weekend I saw Factory Girl , and I went to see the Number 23 with my girlfriend. I was really looking forward to seeing this two films, and I was glad I saw them.

roachboy

rian johnson: brick

great little film--a kind of noir thing that happens at a high school---great fun as a film to watch when other folk are over for dinner, say, should your level of social dullness be compatible with mine such that this kind of thing would occur to you. the only caveat is that the sound is strangely mixed and the dialogue is always delivered at high filmnoir speed--i watched most of it with subtitles on, but felt somehow like that was cheating.

a ton of fun though: highly recommended (assign whatever number you like to that)

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Lucifer

Rented "The Prestige" last night. 8/10. quite the hook on the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it. I saw the ending coming but not the twist. Thoroughly fun and entertaining.

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alvinsate

The last movie I watched was the "Hot Fuzz" ^_^ I could rate it as 8/10
I watched it two times in cinemas and I just loved it mate!
And for now, I'm going to watch the film 300 now hehehe.. What could be my rate of that movie? hmm

And after that I'm looking forward for the movie Outlaw on March 09, 2007 so I have 2 days only to have a break in watching the film..

See yah mate for my rate for the two movies!!

Best regards!

hagatha

Watched The Thin Red Line last night. It was an excellent war film (Pacific Theatre, WWII) with an all star cast. Sean Penn and Nick Nolte did a fabulous job. I liked the fact that it had a constant narrative element overlaying the action, but to me it did not paint the American troops in a particularly sympathetic light. If I recall, that was part of the controversy when it first came out.
I don't think I was wrong in seeing a distinctive anti-war theme as well. 9/10

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i saw pedro almodovar's volver last saturday. if you like almadovar's films, you will like volver. he's kind of got a lock in quirky spanish films with lots of big themes.

i also saw letters from iwo jima early last week. solid film. very sad. but i didn't think it was great. interestingly my japanese assistant told me she cried through the whole film. it was just too much for her.

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roachboy

jan svankmajer: lunacy

first off, i am a hopeless devotee of svankmajer.
and there is alot of....um...meat in this
which is a perverse film: really bitter, really angry. a kind of riff on marat/sade complete with a black mass. and meat. lots of meat running around.
most curious. i would recommend it.

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Can't wait for the 300 mate.

I can recommend this movie below. It talks about putting the law into their own hands. Are you curious of what I'm talking about? hehehe
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OUTLAW

Directed by
Nick Love

Writing credits
Nick Love

Genre:
Action / Crime

Plot Outline:
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.

trickyy

i just watched Taxidermia directed by György Pálfi

it was excellent! a little out of the ordinary but entertaining. check it out if you are lucky enough to find it.

mirevolver

On Saturday I went to the theater and saw, "The lives of others." (Original Title: Die Leben der Anderen) The movie is in German, with English Subtitles.

This movie, set in East Germany in the mid 1980's, follows a writer and playwright as he comes under suspicion from the STASI (East German secret police). And portrays how two people who never meet (the writer and the STASI officer watching him), irreversibly impact the life of the other person and changing the course of both their lives.

And extremely interesting take on life in the Former German Democratic Republic. 4.5/5

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alvinsate

Finally!
It was last March 09 when I went to the cinema t wathced the movie Outlaw by Nick Love.
This movie set in Englandand it talks about vigilatism against the government.
Based on the story of the movie and the casts as well as the director, I could rate that movie 9 out of 10 (9/10)

I like movies that is having a high quality standard!

777

Saw 300.

Awesome action flick. It's loosely based on a Frank Miller comic. He's the guy who write Sin City, as well as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and wrote for the DareDevil comic.

Recommended

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Ch'i

Loosely? They went through hell (or rather dined there) to make the movie be an exact representation of the graphic novel. In fact, many of the slow-shots throughout, and during battle sequences are almost exact frames from the novel.

Examples:



This movie is not, however, a true retelling of the actual Battle of Thermopylae (which should go without saying). I agree with you though, great movie

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I've got four...

The Departed - Good, except for the ending, which was total and utter shit. Seemed like it was tacked on just to end the damn movie. Some of the dialogue seemed a bit too...I don't know...Gilmore Girl-ish? Especially, Wahlberg's character. It seemed sometimes other characters were put in the scene just so Wahlberg could say something snappy about fucking some guy's mother. 5/10

The Illusionist - Good movie. Biel was a bit stiff, but Norton, Giamatti and even Jude Law are more than make up for it. The story is pretty good as well and even though you know how the story's going to end, the "Usual Suspects" ending is still quite enjoyable. 7/10

Borat - I think this movie could have been really, really funny. Unfortunately, the constant stream of dick jokes and shit gags completely overshadowed the good stuff. 5/10

Casino Royale - Finally, the good stuff. This movie was awesome. It drug a bit near the end with the love story, which really slowed down the end of the film, but other than that...wow. Just a really great movie and nice change of pace from the Bond films. Good stuff. Really good stuff. 9/10

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Hills Have Eyes = The film starts out with the nuclear bomb test-radiation disclaimer.,This film is not for the squeamish, and it is my opinion that it will suppress the doubts of any skeptics who, upon seeing this film, may have badmouthed horror movie remakes in the past.

Now I'm looking forward of the horrro movie WAZ.. I got interested of this movie because of this synopsis..
Do you love someone enough to die for them?

A serial killer is cutting an equation into the victims’ corpses: ‘wz = Cov (w.z)...’ And loved ones of the victims, who’ve been brutally tortured, are tormented and suicidal.

When cynical, unorthodox Detective Eddie Argo learns the killer’s identity, he understands the awful truth. He is responsible for what drives the murders. And he will be the next target.
He, and someone he loves.
Do you love someone enough to die for them?

dirtyrascal7

I completely agree with you about the ending... how Matt Damon's character reacts in the last scene is SOOO out of character and contradicts everything he did the entire movie. It really pissed me off. For that, I give it a 7/10.

15 Minutes - 8/10 - I didn't have very high expectations for this movie, but it was actually pretty decent. The characters were very well developed and each one was unique and interesting. They did a lot more with the storyline than I expected and wrapped it up nicely at the end.

Crank - 4/10 - The concept of this movie sounds like something that was thought up by some stoner... "Dude, wouldn't it be cool if we take the guy from The Transporter and blah blah blah." The acting was fairly lame, action was okay, and the ending was just awful... I was unaware that helicopters could ascend to roughly 40,000 feet in less than a minute. However, the cinemetography was actually pretty interesting during the action scenes... so I'll at least give it that.

The Perfect Crime - 2/10 - Some Spanish film... not really sure how it got on my Netflix queue. It was very, very weird.

300 - 9/10 - I enjoyed nearly everything about this movie, even the diplomatic scenes that weren't in the original comic. They weren't as great as the battle scenes, but I'm glad they included them so that the characters on that side of things could be developed fully.

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No kidding. I was kind of irritated the rest of the night. It was like reading a Dean Koontz book.

One more..

An Inconvenient Truth - I think this "movie" would have been better if they had just stuck with Gore and his presentation. Gore playing voiceover while being visually assaulted by hurky-jerky, black and white, odd angled shots of Gore's boyhood home and such made the whole thing seem like some high school art project. It reminded me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer makes the dating video for Flanders..."And star-wipe to Flanders..."

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300 8/10

Braveheart + Gladiator + a bit of Matrix Cinematography = Good Stuff

Guys will love the action, girls will enjoy the rock hard abs, both will enjoy the story, however little of it that there was.

alvinsate

Stellan Skarsgaard as Bootstrap Bill and Orlando Bloom as Will Turner in Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 2006

No movies can compare to my favourite movie POTC
I just watched the movie 300 and it was great one too.

Any new movie from Orlando Bloom? I wish you can share to me.
For Stellan Skarsgaard, I heard that he's making a new horror movie called WAZ.
Do you have any information about this movie?
Thanks ^_^

Philangicality

Unbreakable - (6/10)

Movie staring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson as the two main characters.

The ending was quite predictable. The "action sequences" were drawn out. The plot was was pretty simple and did not have many thrilling turns. The movie is supposed to leave the audience with a supernatural feel, but it does not really have the lasting impact the creator intended. However, for such a simple concept, it was portrayed well.

Laugh-O-Matic

Brotherhood of the Wolves. A French film, I saw it with English subs. Bet 'The Village' drew inspiration from this.

biznatch

I liked that movie a lot.
As for The Village, I think they got inspiration from Brotherhood of the Wolves, and also Sleepy Hollow (small village in the woods, with tons of secrets).

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I just posted about the Pirates of the Carribean but...............!!!!!!!
Ooops what is this? I can see again Johnny Deep as Jack Sparrow of the movie
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's end. I'm so excited on it.
Plus, Johnny Depp played himself on the documentary film called Joe Strummer:
The Future Is Unwritten. I'm wondering what Depp told about Joe Strummer's life.
Let me check that film.

Do you know the answer why Depp was on that documentary film?

MexicanOnABike

Blood Diamond:
great movie and story about the wars in africa and how the diamonds they mine help fund their wars. Even though it's not based on real life events, it's still very well done. I had the feeling this was like black hawk down: Diamonds. if you like action, check it out!
9/10 ps: Jennifer Connelly is extremely pretty in this movie!

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powerclown

300 - 9/10

Like wow man. Im afraid to see this movie twice because the first watching was such an overwhelming cinematic experience. The word "inspired" comes to mind, everything about this movie is "inspired", very ambitious, and worthy. I left not being able to hear very good for a while, I could barely walk, my mind and body was awash in sensory overload. See it while its still in theaters.

Pan's Labyrinth - 9/10

It is first of all a cool story with great acting. Some very memorable and fantastic scenes, my favorite was the food dude. LOL...just crazy.

(Good enough for me....*pencils in blood diamond*)

SecretMethod70

Rating dump!...

The Illusionist: 5/10 Could have been a lot better if they hadn't tried so hard to make it a love story. Once the focus shifted to the rivalry between the prince (who was *not* Jude Law by the way) and Ed Norton's character, it started to get decent. Before that, I was just waiting for the movie to end.

The Prestige: 9/10 Great movie. Superb cast and direction, and while it's not a "true" adaptation of the book, it seems to me that the choices made for the film were appropriate.

Underworld: Evolution: 2/10 And only because Kate Beckinsale is hot.

The Island: 4/10 Setting aside the fact it's essentially a loose re-imagining of Logan's Run, the movie just wasn't that great.

Equilibrium: 7/10 Not exactly the best movie, but it's a lot of fun to watch.

Little Miss Sunshine: 8/10 Funny, cute, generally good.

Now for a little David Cronenberg...

Scanners: 8/10 There's some shady computer stuff, but 1) the movie came out in 1981 and 2) it's Cronenberg, so when it comes down to it anything's possible. Nothing like exploding heads, bulging and popping veins, and self-immolation for the purpose of taking over another person's body!

eXistenZ: 7/10 Not quite as good as Scanners, but it makes up for it with its twisting of reality and transparent sexual symbolism. Came out the same year as The Matrix - the year of "what is reality?" films - but eXistenZ is unmistakably Cronenberg.

A History of Violence: 8/10 More mainstream than most of his other films, this one is still very good. An entertaining and captivating exploration of the darker capabilities in all of us.

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Casino Royale 9.5/10 - (in Blu-Ray on my 60" DLP screen) - kicks ass! On par with Sean Connery's Bond. It would have been 10/10 except when they changed Baccarat to "Texas Hold 'em" it was a huge disappointment. It may be a small issue for most but it smudged the elegant sheen of the picture when I wanted to suspend disbelief.

Poker has also been filmed more convincingly in other films. The elementary use of "the tell" as a plot device is a tired one and has been done better in "House of Games", "The Cincinnati Kid" and other movies where card games are depicted with more complexity, suspense and authenticity. It's not a completely trivial issue because the whole plot of Casino Royale revolves around a card game.

In a nutshell - exotic story, action, plot, women and drama revolving around a popular game that can be played online - OK that's being harsh.

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pmb145

Eragon. In my opinion, the book was way better than the movie. The movie just leaves out so much. If you watch the deleted scenes on the DVD, they actually cut out alot of the best parts.

hagatha

Just popped in to say I saw Das Boot, directors cut (4hrs) and it kicked ass.
What an absolutely amazing and absorbing piece of cinema.
I recommend it to anyone, war film buff or not, it is just a wonderfully crafted piece of work.

sweetcha0s

Breached


I enjoyed this movie but i thought there would be a bit more action in it then anticipated. I was originally planning on going to go see Pan's Labyrinth but my girlfriend wanted to see breached because she did not get ot finish it last time she went to the movies.

Any one see Pan's Labryinth yet? Give me a rating

Esoteric

The Prestige: good movie, kinda slow at the beginning and also a bit confusing but I understood once the movie was over. 3.5/5

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I will rate the last two movies I watched:

Fast Food Nation: Shitty movie, should have been called "How America's Immigration Policy is Broken" since it had only slightly to do with the fast food industry. The stuff it did have shouldn't be news to any human being, low quality meat, shitty "McJobs", profit over people, etc.

300: If you are a fan of violence, go see this movie.

Grasshopper Green

I just watched The Karate Kid for the first time since I was in grade school. It was a kick-ass movie then...it's not quite so kick ass 20 years later. In fact, a little wine would have gone along well with all of the cheese.

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hunnychile

Saw "BABEL" finally. I give it a 6 out of 10.
Apptly named for a movie that could have been great but just wasn't edited well enough to rise above 2 hours of babel.

SIDEBAR: Brad Pitt acts like he has started desintegrating right before our eyes, as if he's had the life and spark sucked out of his being. /Sad to see...

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