The Movie Review and Discussion Thread

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

The Girl Who Played With Fire (theater)

I hope I appear unbiased, because I can assure you I am.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by tbizzle

The Wrestler - 4.25/5

I liked it a lot. I loved Rourke's portrayal as a wrestler and I think he did an amazing job. I love Marisa Tomei so I'll see anything with her in it. Btw if you're a fan of her, go see this movie immediately!

[Show spoiler]Lots of nudity

It was kinda sad the way Rourke's character basically lived for the sport and for his fans. In the end, be basically

[Show spoiler]lost his daughter for good (although never say never) and then he had to make a decision between his new found love and his passion.

Very good movie, I definitely recommend it

Aint much to smile about in that one. I liked it a lot too. You cant help but feel sorry for the guy, even though he makes one bad choice after another.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Videodrome - What the hell was this?? This was an absolutely crazy arse film! I have to admit the special effects were very good for 1983. Also Deborah Harry was gorgeous. The movie however was just way out there. Whoever came up with that concept must have been super high on some strong acid haha. I am a huge horror fan and I like some original ideas but this one was to out there for me. I hear they may do a remake to this film to. Watch out! Haha.

Film Rating - 1 star (out of 5)

Got Em!!

Blonde

[Show spoiler]

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by tbizzle

Very raw, I really liked it. I'll be picking this up someday. Man Aronofsky makes a wide variety of films, I need to rent Pi soon

That one is a good little trip into koo-koo land.

[snowball_iv]

Pan's Labyrinth
4/5

I watched Pan's Labyrinth last night on my Instant netflix. The movie was brillant. It was surprisingly pretty guesome in some parts, but i liked it. I loved the dark tone of the movie and the creepy creatures. I love the movies that give you a choice of how to interpet the movie. I definitly give this a solid
4/5. It's a must see.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Film: 3/5
Picture: 3.5/5
Sound: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Overall: 3/5

* Last comment: A fun ride.

3.5 for sound

3/5 for film

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by JLant19

Dan In Real Life(Blu Ray)

Director: Peter Hedges

Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook

PQ:4/5
Dan In Real Life looks really well on blu ray. The colors are nice and stand out nicely. Nothing to really complain about.
AQ:4/5
Very good for a film in this nature, which is 90% dialogue. The music that was in this sounded great and very well mixed. nothing to complain about except that the back speakers were not used that much.

Film:4/5
I knew I was going to love this film within the first eight minutes. Watching this film, I gained this feeling of that I knew these people and I knew who they were. The cast did a real good job of feeling as one family. They had that down perfectly. I actually felt that many of the characters were based out of my family. This film was pretty funny but imo it was more of a drama, which is what I think was intended. So do not go into this thinking you will be laughing the whole time.

Steve does a great job being something other than his typical funny guy in his role. He gave a heartfelt performance and he made you feel for him.
Dane Cook was actually really good in this as well. I will admit I have been put off by this film because of him and I wish now that I wouldn't have been. I like Dane as a standup but I wasn't sure about him bc I've seen his other roles and I wasn't thrilled by them, but he was legit in this.

The point of the film was really well thought and it was nice to see how everything unfolded. Def a great film. I would of gave it a 4.5 but I just didn't think it deserved it. I will say that I could watch this over and over and it will be just as good the next time. I def recommend this to everyone!

I liked enough to buy it. It's just so darn real, like you said.

If you havent seen it, The Family Stone is a very similar "feeling" movie. Its just very real as well and a great mix of Drama, comedy, heartbreak, tension and hope. Very real, like life. I think you would really like it based on your enjoyment of Dan in Real Life.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I def don't fault you for feeling that way. For me, it depends on the film. Some use it very well, like Children of Men, and some don't. The absolutely epitome of this is the film I saw the other day, The Return. It's abrupt and doesn't answer any of the main questions and doesn't resolve anything. But it's an absolutely brilliant ending because it really makes you think about what the film means to you. I reallly, really hope you and the other Club Loop members give it a shot because it would def lead to some great discussion.

Its in my queue. And I agree that there have been many movies that have an abrupt answerless ending, and are better for it. Moon is another example. There are so many. When we are left to ponder heavy themes, especially when they are brewing under the surface, thats good.

Where is The White Ribbon in your Queue? I'd be interested to see what you think.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by snowball_iv

Pan's Labyrinth
4/5

I watched Pan's Labyrinth last night on my Instant netflix. The movie was brillant. It was surprisingly pretty guesome in some parts, but i liked it. I loved the dark tone of the movie and the creepy creatures. I love the movies that give you a choice of how to interpet the movie. I definitly give this a solid
4/5. It's a must see.

Yeah this is a great movie, i gave it a 5/5

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

Wow!! 2/5, huh?

I honestly can't figure out a palatable way for Haneke to end the movie. It obviously didn't bother me as much as it did you though.
Oh well, we'll always have Club Loop.

So many stories building and merging to...

[Show spoiler]Midwife and son, dead, alive ???????
Schoolteacher and Eva wed????????
Barons wife bail???
Doctor bailed????
The culprit of all the crimes????

At the 2 hour 20 minute mark the narrator (schoolteacher) Says...

"On August XX Germany declared war on France. The following Monday Germany declared war on Russia. I was drafted. After the war I never saw any of the Villagers ever again." The End

And just because you couldnt see a way to end it doesnt mean we should cut Haneke any slack. Personally, another 30 minutes and there could have been quite a few differnt and satisfying ending.

WWWWWWW TTTTTTTTT FFFFFFFF????

[lDlisturb3d]

Braveheart

Excellent film, very inspiring and full of drama, ohh of course gory battle scenes. My favorite is still Gladiator but Mel Gibson's Braveheart is a treat worth Owning.

Movie 5/5

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Dont be mad, i was joking.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Its in my queue. And I agree that there have been many movies that have an abrupt answerless ending, and are better for it. Moon is another example. There are so many. When we are left to ponder heavy themes, especially when they are brewing under the surface, thats good.

Where is The White Ribbon in your Queue? I'd be interested to see what you think.

Exactly, I completely agree. I may very well feel the same as you about White Ribbon's ending. Some films utilize it well, as you point out. Especially when the point is to ponder heavey themes.

I think it's near the bottom of my queue simply because when I added it it wasn't released yet, so when it was released it went to the bottom. That doesn't matter though, I alter the top 10-15 of my queue all the time and I'm sure I'll be adding this up there. The next 2 weeks will be all about the Criterions I haven't seen, then I'm going to use the two I get a week on Before Sunset/Sunrise. Then Shutter Island and Road. Then Rope. Then probably White Ribbon.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Dont be mad, i was joking.

haha I know.

[Chaotic]

Predator 2 0/10

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Predator 2 0/10

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

worst sequel ive ever seen

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

worst sequel ive ever seen

Why is that? I think it was pretty clever to change the setting and Glover was a bad ass. Not to mention Paxton haha. He was so funny lol.

[Lepidopterous]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

And Tobey McQuire, while he's great in Spiderman and Seabiscuit as the goofy, dorky guy he plays, that's all the can play and it really limited him here, IMO.

That's what I thought. You need to see Brothers.