The Movie Review and Discussion Thread

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

I watched it today to see if my opinion on it from two years ago or so still stood.

It does, I still don't like it (except for Han). In fact, I think I dislike it more now than I did before.


2/5

Before I ever watched this film I didnt think I would like it either but its my 2nd favorite film in the series after part two. That Tokyo atmosphere was cool and I was just pleasantly surprised by the film. I know most dont like it because it doesnt have any of the original actors but that didnt bother me. Got Em!!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Before I ever watched this film I didnt think I would like it either but its my 2nd favorite film in the series after part two. That Tokyo atmosphere was cool and I was just pleasantly surprised by the film. I know most dont like it because it doesnt have any of the original actors but that didnt bother me. Got Em!!

I felt the opposite about the Tokyo setting; I didn't like it. Or the music used for the film. Or the characters (again, besides Han). Lucas Black makes Paul Walker look much better

I don't like that it was a Fast and Furious movie without the main characters of the franchise (besides the cameo), but as its own stand alone movie I still don't like it.

The 2/5 is as its own film, as a Fast & Furious movie I'd give it a 1/5.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I felt the opposite about the Tokyo setting; I didn't like it. Or the music used for the film. Or the characters (again, besides Han). Lucas Black makes Paul Walker look much better

I don't like that it was a Fast and Furious movie without the main characters of the franchise (besides the cameo), but as its own stand alone movie I still don't like it.

The 2/5 is as its own film, as a Fast & Furious movie I'd give it a 1/5.

Yea man I loved that Tokyo atmosphere and it almost makes me wanna go there.Loved the soundtrack also. The lead chick was beyond gorgeous. It fit well with me my man. I do agree Han was great also. Got Em!!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea man I loved that Tokyo atmosphere and it almost makes me wanna go there.Loved the soundtrack also. The lead chick was beyond gorgeous. It fit well with me my man. I do agree Han was great also. Got Em!!

I have to disagree with you about the lead girl too.

She was definitely nice to look at but not "beyond gorgeous"

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If anyone in the series gets that its Brewster in Fast & Furious

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I have to disagree with you about the lead girl too.

She was definitely nice to look at but not "beyond gorgeous"

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If anyone in the series gets that its Brewster in Fast & Furious

Oh I wasnt comparing her to Jordana but u are right Jordana is a dime piece. I do think it is very close though. Regardless I can look at both of them all day long lol. But lets take it further......the best chick in the Fast and Furious franchise is Eva Mendes in part two. She trumps both Nathlie & Jordana. Do u agree? Got Em!!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Oh I wasnt comparing her to Jordana but u are right Jordana is a dime piece. I do think it is very close though. Regardless I can look at both of them all day long lol.

But lets take it further......the best chick in the Fast and Furious franchise is Eva Mendes in part two. She trumps both Nathlie & Jordana. Do u agree? Got Em!!

Depends.

Jordana FF1 < Mendes < Jordana FF4

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Depends.

Jordana FF1 < Mendes < Jordana FF4

Naw man Eva owns Jordana. Eva is in my top 5 overall period actually. Got Em!!

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Naw man Eva owns Jordana. Eva is in my top 5 overall period actually. Got Em!!

I've never thought out a top 5. I know there's a thread for it in the Celebrities section though

I do have a #1

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And now I want to watch that movie

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I've never thought out a top 5. I know there's a thread for it in the Celebrities section though

I do have a #1

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Yea it seems the 2 popular women on this site is her and Diane Lane. They are both great but there are others I prefer though. I think my number one now is

[Show spoiler]Olivia Munn

Got Em!!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I've never thought out a top 5. I know there's a thread for it in the Celebrities section though

I do have a #1

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And now I want to watch that movie

That broad is a SKANK.

[Show spoiler]She doesnt even SPARKLE

[Show spoiler]Kates hot

[Show spoiler]Kate or Evangeline. One night. Anything goes. Who is your pick?

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea it seems the 2 popular women on this site is her and Diane Lane. They are both great but there are others I prefer though. I think my number one now is

[Show spoiler]Olivia Munn

Got Em!!

She's nice to look at but once she opens her mouth to speak, that's it.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

That broad is a SKANK.

[Show spoiler]She doesnt even SPARKLE

[Show spoiler]Kates hot

[Show spoiler]Kate or Evangeline. One night. Anything goes. Who is your pick?

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[Show spoiler]Kate, easily
Plus, British accent

Evangeline is great looking though

Also, I'll be watching RED on Wednesday. Any of you guys have opinions on it?

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by Diesel

She's nice to look at but once she opens her mouth to speak, that's it.

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[Show spoiler]Kate, easily
Plus, British accent

Evangeline is great looking though

Also, I'll be watching RED on Wednesday. Any of you guys have opinions on it?

Yea I prefer Kate to Lilly as well. I havnt seen Red yet but heard it was good. Got Em!!

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Also, I'll be watching RED on Wednesday. Any of you guys have opinions on it?

Entertaining film, but it's nomination at the Golden Globes was even more suspect than the ones dished out to The Tourist. Not that surprising that the only other nominations it received were from the Satellite Awards.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by Diesel

The Box

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• 2009 | PG-13 | 115 Minutes
  
  
• Director: Richard Kelly
  
  
• Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
  
  
• Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi
  
  
• First Time Viewing

I've seen a few people say they highly enjoyed this movie, some say they didn't like it and some say it was okay. Sign me u p for the third group.

I didn't dislike the film, but it wasn't that good.

I really liked the idea of the film. The basic premise of "Push the button, get $1 million, but someone in the world will die" could have made for some great morality exploration in the characters and possible division between the wife and the husband. But we didn't get that. I was hoping for half of the film or so to be devoted to deciding to push the button or not and then the rest to the consequences, but instead it was

[Show spoiler]much more heavy on the aftermath of them pushing the button.

Still, what we got wasn't really bad. It wasn't what I was expecting/hoping for and wasn't really that interesting though. There were some serious twists and turns there (not plot surprises but more like, "wait, what the hell?") that took the movie farther and farther "out there."


Frank Langella and James Marsden were fine in their roles, but nothing really noteworthy.

Diaz on the other hand, I was

[Show spoiler]SO HAPPY when she got shot.

I hated her in this movie so much. Her voice was incredibly annoying to me and her performance, I thought, was pretty bad.

I don't feel cheated out of my two hours, but I do feel underwhelmed with what I got.

Rating - 3.25/5

[Show spoiler]I think Bearcat said he sensed a 3.25/5 coming, good call

haha i think that's what i guessed as well. i'm good
i also hated the accent Diaz had. hell, everyone i know that's seen it says, as soon as it ends, "that accent was terrible" and it was. as well as incredibly pointless lol.

glad you enjoyed it to an extent and didn't hate it

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea it seems the 2 popular women on this site is her and Diane Lane. They are both great but there are others I prefer though.

Got Em!!

i thought this said Diane Keaton and i was about to lose all respect for you Czar

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by Diesel

She's nice to look at but once she opens her mouth to speak, that's it.

that's how i feel about Lilly

dumbest character ever! i will never let that go

Also, I'll be watching RED on Wednesday. Any of you guys have opinions on it?

my friends, who never buy blus, bought it day 1 because they loved it so much. so... yeah, they liked it a little but i haven't seen it yet. had no interest really, but will rent it when i lowers to a buck at the rental store.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i thought this said Diane Keaton and i was about to lose all respect for you Czar

Haha maybe 20 years ago lol. Got Em!!

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Diesel

It wouldn't be a first...though it definitely isn't that often it happens among movies I rent (which in itself is a small number of movies).

...but technically I didn't rent it, my friend rented it for the group of us to watch

It doesn't happen that often for me either, unless you count DVD's I rent to watch with the family. The majority of the Blu-rays I rent from Netflix rarely turn into purchases. I might end up buying Machete, but the last and only one I remember actually buying after renting it on Blu-ray from Netflix is Shoot 'Em Up.

Well, somebody rented it and you watched it. Close enough.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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2010 PG-13 113 minutes

Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Ellen Wong, Mae Whitman, Satya Bhabha

Director: Edgar Wright

What the hell did I just watch?

Really! What genre was that? Fantasy/Rom-Com/Video Game/Super hero/Martial Arts/Teen Angst/Action/Adventure?????

Who cares?!?!?!

Every aspect of this movie was ridiculous, odd, quirky and campy. And it worked for me.

Short and sweet. The (many) fight scenes alone are worth the price of admission. They are better choreographed, executed, filmed and EDITED than actual dedicated action movies. Great stuff.

Plenty of great humor. Probably need to see it a few times to catch all the gags.

Film 4/5
PQ 4.25/5
AQ 4.5/5

Lots of fun. Check it out.

While I would probably give the film and the AQ another half a point each, I completely agree with your review. It was one of the biggest surprises for me of last year, behind probably only Kick-Ass in that regard.

Originally Posted by Diesel

Also, I'll be watching RED on Wednesday. Any of you guys have opinions on it?

You already know my opinion on it, which is pretty positive.

[Hep]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

[Show spoiler]2010 PG-13 113 minutes

Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Mark Webber, Ellen Wong, Mae Whitman, Satya Bhabha

Director: Edgar Wright

What the hell did I just watch?

Really! What genre was that? Fantasy/Rom-Com/Video Game/Super hero/Martial Arts/Teen Angst/Action/Adventure?????

Who cares?!?!?!

Every aspect of this movie was ridiculous, odd, quirky and campy. And it worked for me.

Short and sweet. The (many) fight scenes alone are worth the price of admission. They are better choreographed, executed, filmed and EDITED than actual dedicated action movies. Great stuff.

Plenty of great humor. Probably need to see it a few times to catch all the gags.

Film 4/5
PQ 4.25/5
AQ 4.5/5

Lots of fun. Check it out.

Great, I was hoping you'd like that one. I was pretty sure you would given your appreciation for Leonard and the gang .

[Steve46]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Black Swan

I cant find words to match Riffs, so I'll just describe it as Requiem for a Nightmare. Yes, it was that intense, and an even more disturbing journey. To my surprise, I was fightened more frequently and more deeply than during the best horror films. I had my knees to my chest and covered myself with my coat like a child protects himself in bed when he is afraid. I felt like I was in danger. Aronofsky yo-yos between scenes of intensity and scenes where a viewer can recover and breath. As the story advances, the (needed) restful gaps between the intense scenes become briefer and less frequent. All culminating to a point where I almost couldnt handle the constant barage, the uninterupted onslaught of insanity being shoveled onto my emotional well being. I felt fragile and damaged by the end. I cried, yet I felt a sense of freedom and release. If only to have made my escape.

Technically, I noticed dozens of small and subtle things effectively employed simply to keep me disturbed.

The score was unreal. Imagine wading ankle deep in a river swollen to capacity by rains and melting snow. It's raging and violent. It's a living thing, a beast. Now wade in to your knees. Take a few more steps...and it takes you. It owns you. It engulfs you and makes you a part of it. You can paddle and kick all you want, but its futile. You are at the mercy of its rage, and it WILL abuse you. It will drag you and heave like a ragdoll. It will bring you to near death, and then allow you another moment of hope. Yes, that is what the score did to me. It is Ballet afterall.

Portman? During the final 15 minutes something happened. Something foriegn occupied Portmans body. Not the character, but Portman herself. When the character "Let go", Portman simultaneously became something beyond an actress in a role. She went beyond an actress portraying and actress. She became something so haunting that I cant even put my finger on it. She wasnt Natalie any longer.

I missed my off-ramp on the drive home. At the next off-ramp I turned the wrong way. I felt disoriented. I still do.

I shed a few more tears when I got home too. It makes me so happy that there are still people like Aronofsky who CARE so much about their final product. You just cant make a film like this without being monumentally passionate, and it shows.

5/5

I found it very moving. The music was a vital component. I loved the camera work, placing you in Portman's shoes.

It was disturbing in places, but I won't attempt to improve upon what you have already said.

I still rate The King's Speech slightly above it, but Portman should win best actress with ease this year. She looked like a ballet dancer and acted like a woman possessed.

Overall 4.5/5