The Movie Review and Discussion Thread

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Great! Thanks for the rec. I can't bring myself to watch Beowulf the cartoon version.

If u mean Beowulf the animated movie that came out a year or so ago, u need to watch that man. Great great film. Especially if u like the story already u will love the animated version. Got Em!!

[CZAR]

Yes Man - This is sort of a new age Liar Liar but not quite as good. I enjoyed watching this film as I havnt really been a big Jim Carrey fan over the last 10 years or so. Not really lough out loud funny but it has its moments and it kept my attention. Overall I would say 3.5/5 Got Em!!

[surfdude12]

Contact

Film: 7.5/10
Good film, very well done. Overall, a pretty good discussion of faith and what faith really means. My only gripe was the filmmakers went WAAAAAY overboard on casting Rob Lowe and that other blonde guy as the religious kooks. Their scenes looked like an SNL skit, which really stuck out like a sore thumb, when surrounded by otherwise great drama scenes with Foster and McConaghey. A bit toned down would have been better IMO. McConaghey saved the day in that dept. Overall, very good film.

PQ = 4/5 (perhaps room for improvement; detail a bit lacking; a tad inconsistent, but otherwise very good)

AQ = 4/5 (very little use of surrounds, but when they were used, they were adequate, just not as good as they could have been for a film of this type)

[jdc115]

Hard to keep up with this thread on my hours. The last 2 weeks:

10.1.10 Code Unknown 2000 Michael Haneke
10.1.10 Bad Boy Bubby 1993 Rolf de Heer
11.1.10 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese
12.1.10 Paranormal Activity 2007 Oren Peli
13.1.10 Duplicity 2009 Tony Gilroy
14.1.10 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones
16.1.10 Snatch 2000 Guy Ritchie
16.1.10 The Hangover 2009 Todd Phillips
17.1.10 Public Enemies 2009 Michael Mann
23.1.10 Inland Empire 2006 David Lynch
23.1.10 Pusher 1996 Nicolas Winding Refn
24.1.10 Ploy 2007 Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
25.1.00 Che: The Argentine 2007 Steven Soderberg
26.1.00 The Fountain 2006 Darren Aronofsky

The better ones:

Moon: more movies need to be like this.

Bad Boy Bubby, a similar premise to Being There but a much more warped film of what happens to somebody that wonders out into the world for the first time after being sheltered, confined and abused for 30+ years

Pusher: follows a drug pusher around for 1 week where everything is going wrong.

Ploy: Not the typical Thai film that usually focus on Mauy Thai fighting or ghost stories. More a drama between a husband and wife that are forced to confront their feelings after their marriage has gone stale and the events that follow.


Snatch.. well, saw it before. stilll great

[Realist01]

The Pusher Trilogy is great. Parts I and III are the best ones and II is really good, but not as good as the 1st and 3rd.

Che I & II 9.5/10

An extremely well made and beautiful film and an outstanding performance by Benicio Del Toro. Sodebergh is on top of his game here. It's easily his best movie since Traffic and probably a little bit better. It's also one of the best biopics I have seen since Malcolm X.

I do have a major gripe though. There should have been three parts to this movie. I felt I watched the beginning and the end of a movie and the middle part was completely left out. Sodebergh should have made another movie following the events after taking over Havana. I would give Parts I and II a 10/10, but have to lower it due to the lack of an complete timeline. Sodebergh in the extras even admits that he thinks he should have done another several hours to Che. Hopefully he goes back and starts filming again. There is no reason he can't.

As always, Criterion has done it again with a knockout blu-ray. An excellent and somewhat incomplete biopic is definitely recommended not just to watch, but to also add to your ever growing blu ray collection.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by ajvdbg

the patriot
pq: 9/10
aq: 9/10
overall: 9/10

i don't understand why this movie isn't more popular. It is quite excellent and have seen it a number of times...

+1

[SquidPuppet]

Paranoid Park. Thought it was going to be a skater movie. Kinda heavy stuff in there.

Watched on DVD so I cant rate PQ/AQ.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

If u mean Beowulf the animated movie that came out a year or so ago, u need to watch that man. Great great film. Especially if u like the story already u will love the animated version. Got Em!!

I've seen most of it and thought it was pretty poor.

[thePhoenix]

Garden State (DVD) 9/10

I hadn't seen Garden State in a few years, so I decided to make it my Sunday night feature. It's just as good as I remembered it. Great story, good acting (especially Natalie Portman), an overall great indie movie. If you've not seen it, definitely check it out! Not available on blu-ray though.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I've seen most of it and thought it was pretty poor.

What didnt u like about it? The story? Got Em!!

[assydingo]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I've seen most of it and thought it was pretty poor.

Same. I read the original story in class and liked it way better.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

What didnt u like about it? The story? Got Em!!

No, I already said I like the story! I just didn't like how that film dealt with it and I wasn't big on the CGI.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

No, I already said I like the story! I just didn't like how that film dealt with it and I wasn't big on the CGI.

Hmmmm ok but u like animated films?? Yea I love it. The picture is gorgeous and yes the story is fabulous. Got Em!!

[CZAR]

Role Models - Decent comedy film with a grown up Stiffler! Not to funny but it has its moments! 3/5 Got Em!!

[Fighter]

Public Enemies

4/5

[dand]

Pandorum,
I like the genre,could have been much better.

6.5/10

DanD

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Hmmmm ok but u like animated films?? Yea I love it. The picture is gorgeous and yes the story is fabulous. Got Em!!

I have no issue with animated films. I just thought watching it in CG was kind of goofy, especially for such a dark subject matter.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

I have no issue with animated films. I just thought watching it in CG was kind of goofy, especially for such a dark subject matter.

Oh ok u just felt that peticualr story shouldnt have been animated. I got u. Yea I was surprised at how much I liked it. Got Em!!

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Oh ok u just felt that peticualr story shouldnt have been animated. I got u. Yea I was surprised at how much I liked it. Got Em!!

You just liked Angie Jolie coming out of the water

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

You just liked Angie Jolie coming out of the water

Hahaha tru dat man. Hey the King's wife wasnt to bad either. Got Em!!