The Movie Review and Discussion Thread

[azdw]

TRON (1982)

Kind of fun to watch. I can understand both the appeal and hate of this movie. It's truly ambitious and it does deliver if you want it to, but only if you're into this kind of stuff (or saw it as a kid when it was released).

7/10

I had to watch it before the sequel came out, which I'm going to see mainly because Olivia Wilde stars in it!

[ajgoodfella7]

The Book of Eli 8/10

[surfdude12]

PLEASE NOTE: this is a post-dated review for 2/15

Psycho 5/5
-second viewing, watched it for first time a few weeks ago
-can't wait for this to come out on blu
-looking forward to other hitchcock films soon...like birds, man who knew, rope, dial m, those kinds of films, all by 2/15

[CZAR]

The Meteor Man - A superhero spoof that is actually entertaining. I would call this a guilty pleasure type film. 3/5 Got Em!!

[Darkthrone]

Originally Posted by Realist01

An extremely overrated film IMO. Same with Bonnie and Clyde.

Triangle 4.5/10

A pretty bad movie. The acting, story, and premise. I don't know how this movie is rated an 81% on rotten. I found it very very cheap and boring. It has a premise very similar to Timecrimes, but Timecrimes is 1000X better.

I thought Triangle was very good, very good story. Timecrimes is a little better explained throughout the movie. While alot of what happens in Triangle the viewer has to interpret.

[casablanca3]

Couples Retreat 2/10
An Education 9.5/10

[A Tortured Duckling]

Pan's Labyrinth

First time for me, and man am i glad i finally pulled the plug on the BD. What an amazing film.

[JLant19]

Couple's Retreat

It was ok. It kept me entertained but I will prob never watch it again. One and Done for sure.

2.5/5

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by SBC28

Pan's Labyrinth

First time for me, and man am i glad i finally pulled the plug on the BD. What an amazing film.

yes it is!!! and if you get a chance, check out the Del Toro commentary (especially the last 15-20 minutes). definitely worth a listen!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

PLEASE NOTE: this is a post-dated review for 2/15

Psycho 5/5
-second viewing, watched it for first time a few weeks ago
-can't wait for this to come out on blu
-looking forward to other hitchcock films soon...like birds, man who knew, rope, dial m, those kinds of films, all by 2/15

Slippery, slimey, slithering little Weaselpuppet.

15th eh?

[SquidPuppet]

Mediocre would be too much praise.

Downey and Law had great chemistry. Great sets, effects and costumes.

But the story was zzzzzzzzzzzz. What a mess.

I bailed after approximately 90 minutes. I just never cared about any of it.

2/5

[agoofykindasuperman]

Frozen

9.5/10

Excellent film that is as realistic as they come. No ghostly happenings are necessary here to get you on the edge of your seat. The director really knows how to bring out the tension!

[TheZoof]

New Moon

5/10

Some nice set peices, a few neat ideas about vampires having special abilities really had me intrigued. The problem is the word love can only be used so many times in a few hours before I just tune out all the dialog.

Not worth watching more than once.

[ajvdbg]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

yes it is!!! and if you get a chance, check out the Del Toro commentary (especially the last 15-20 minutes). definitely worth a listen!

A lot of people will not watch this becasue of the subtitles...I just say "Your loss!"
One of my all time favorites...

[JLant19]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

Frozen

9.5/10

Excellent film that is as realistic as they come. No ghostly happenings are necessary here to get you on the edge of your seat. The director really knows how to bring out the tension!

That's awesome because I wanted to check this out. Now I will!

[jhiggy23]

Avatar in imax 3D.

Film: 3 stars (out of 4), although I'm tempted to give it 3 1/2.

Best picture nomination quality? Depends on the year. In a week one like last year and with 10 nominees, definitely. In a year like last year, with 15 solid films? Definitely not. A very good film but absolutely not best picture material.

Experience: Undoubtedly the best movie experience I've ever had. I consider watching great movies to be great experiences, and I consider watching high quality blu rays to be great experiences. However, seeing this film in this format was quite honestly mind-boggling. I sat next to a 60 year old man who said "wow" 5 seconds into the film, and then said it probably three dozen times more throughout the film. The depth, color, and picture clarity were astounding.

The film is a combination of Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, the Pocahontas myth, and even Ferngully. It's a very familiar plot. However, I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Character development and dialogue were weaker than other Cameron films, despite that not being a strength of his. However, I actually cared about the characters which is a major feat when there's a lack of character development.

The visual sights and creativity were astounding and immediately involving. There was such an evident beauty to the world that Cameron created, that for a split second I actually understood those crazy people who've sought therapy due to the realization that Pandora is not real.

I'm interested to see what I'll think of the film when I see it on blu (which I fully expect to be reference picture and sound). It's a very entertaining film and I'm sure I'll buy it and enjoy it. However, I highly doubt it'll have as much of a lasting impact on me as a film as Aliens, Titanic, or the Abyss (which is funny, since Duncan Jones [director of Moon] caught a lot of slack for saying that Avatar isn't even in Cameron's top 3--which I fully agree with). Those three films are each much better than Avatar. However, the experience of seeing this film in such a way as I did today is something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

[Q?]

Nice review Jhiggy^^

I just saw Inglorious Basterds yesterday
I would rate it this:

[Show spoiler]

Quentin is definitely an actors director, I really liked how QT spent a lot of time in the performances, long scenes and great dialogue.
Christoph Waltz definitely deserved that GG made me feel weird and uncomfortable enjoying such a sadistic character.
I have to say that this is his best movie yet, yes I prefer it over Pulp Fiction

[BladeRunner2007]

The Boondock Saints 5/5

One of the best movies ever!

[CZAR]

What Happens in Vegas - Not bad. Kind of run of the mill for me with most of these romantic comedies. I would rate it 3/5 Got Em!!

[J.Cornelius]

Fight Club 5/5

Had not seen this movie in a long time totally forgot how spectacular this movie is.