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[LiveForTheLaunch]

Hixee, I'm surprised you liked that movie. I have heard really bad things about it, and looking at Rotten Tomatoes.com and IMDB, it has a 9% and a 5/10.

But, I guess you can't really trust the word of other people.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Just Add Water

I figured this would be half decent because Jonah Hill is in it, but sadly I was mistaken. It was seriously one of the dumbest and most pointless movies ever. The guy is in a stupid town, the town is run by little dweebs, and they get the dweebs back.

Talk about a fantastic plot right there.

5/10

 

[Ollie]

Over the weekend I watched a few films.


Run Fat Boy Run I love films with Simon Pegg in it. Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead are my two favourite films. But although this was great and he performed his role brilliantly, but as it's more down to earth and follows a more serious storyline it was obviously going to be different. I was expecting it to be better than it was but was quite let down and is the weakest of the three movies. Still a great watch though and provides some great laughs.
7/10

Wall-E Yes, I know I've already seen this and reviewed it, but I went to the cinema yesterday to take my girlfriend to see it. It was weird that it seemed better the second time (and that wasn't only to the antics in the back row ) I think knowing what was going to happen next made it more enjoyable as you could focus more on the bits you missed the first time.
I'll give it an 8/10 after a second viewing.

I-Robot Loved this movie when I first saw it in the cinema, and because the gaps in between each time I see this movie are so large it's still as good as the first viewing.
8/10.


I've also got a few more DVD's that I've yet to watch so will be reviewing Troy, Alien vs Predator and Donnie Darko soon.

 

[Hixee]

The Sixth Sense

This film is actually incredible. Truly awesome.

If you haven't seen it, you should... soon.

It's not the best film ever, but it must be bloody close.

10/10

 

[furie]

THREE OR FOUR OUT OF TEN?! Apocalypto was AMAZING!

Ooops! I meant out of 5. 3/5 for the film overall, 4/5 for how lovely it looked

I can't quite put my finger on why it wasn't an epic movie. Everything seemed right, but there was just something not working. I think it was that the story was actually very simple and weak. It was supposed to be though, as it was trying to be realistic, but then it hits realms of Hollywood fantasy, and it all started to fray a little at the edges. The lovely cinematography kept it all spellbinding though, but it was quite superficial.

Talking of superficial...

Seriously, I don't think that even this needs a debate. In my opinion he had the hardest part to play in the movie. If you think otherwise, that's fantastic, it's not like this needs an argument as well .

It does need debate, because you clearly don't understand much about acting

You're opinion, is quite wrong - Ledger had the BEST part to play. The over the top bad guy is ALWAYS the best part to play. You get to have a lot of fun with the character. You need a certain ability and talent to get away with it - which Ledger shows. Nobody is denying his talent, or that he was bad - just that he had a much easier time of pulling off the character than others in the film He had an easy part, and he excelled with it - much like your Geography work

 

[Ian]

I watched 300 on Saturday night.

Ok, so I was messy but it just seemed so drawn out and tedious.

And all the dark background stuff was ****e. Don't care if it was for atmosphere or whatever, I just found it unimpressive.

Even the fight scenes seems tedious.

Ok, so I was stoned and probably not the best frame of mind for watching such a film but meh.

The entire film seemed familiar and generic. Maybe I just dislike films.

4/10.

 

[thx]

A few movies, I've seen recently:

Innocence-French movie about a boarding school for girls. It was a bit surrealistic, innocent, beautiful and had some symbolic meanings, it was very good, but sort of lacked a 'punch' in my opinion. 8/10.

Oh and I saw Batman, I mean the Dark Knight. Won't get into much detail as much has already been said. It was good, had some surprising elements, in general good acting, I think it's interesting, yet good that Maggie Gyllenhaal, got to be 'the' women in the movie, considering her previous smaller roles.

SPOILER
I think that the vision-thing with the mobile/cell phones, was a bit too much. Also seeing as the movie was otherwise quite realistic. Also it didn't feel much like Batman, more like a big budget crime thriller, however I like crime thrillers in general, so it could've been worse for me.

I liked it, but it's certainly not the best movie ever, best Batman? Hmm.. maybe. 8.5 /10

Oh and I've seen some Police Academy movies, I'll just say that the first one is good. 2nd one is 'good' too, and the 5th is better than I expected, as they were getting worse, and the 5th is almost better than the 3rd or 4th since, only because there wasn't the whiny guy :lol: Overall, hmm... they (haven't seen 7th and only half of the 6th) provide some cheap laughs, don't let you use your brain too much, just ok to watch when you're bored (if they are on TV).

 

[furie]

I watched 300 on Saturday night.

Ok, so I was messy but it just seemed so drawn out and tedious.

And all the dark background stuff was <img>. Don't care if it was for atmosphere or whatever, I just found it unimpressive.

Even the fight scenes seems tedious.

Ok, so I was stoned and probably not the best frame of mind for watching such a film but meh.

The entire film seemed familiar and generic. Maybe I just dislike films.

4/10.

Nah, it was just a bit dull. Just the longest ever fight scene released as a film. The way it was filmed worked well for Sin City, but Sin City was a ****ing great film. 300 was just a dull story, with an attempt to gloss over it all with pretty visuals. I imagine it was breathtaking at times on the big screen, but on the small screen, it just fails.

 

[Ian]

And the fact the volume had to be down low as the baby was asleep didn't help.

Best bit was the Oracle dance. That was ****ing erotic.

UNDER 16 CAUTION - CONTAINS HARD NIPPLES
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDDMbswg5A0[/youtube]

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Everything seemed right, but there was just something not working.

The end kinda went on for a little bit too long, but I dunno, that was my only beef with the film. And, I'm glad you meant 3/5 and 4/5, because if it was out of 10, that would've been such an injustice to Jaguar Paw .

It does need debate, because you clearly don't understand much about acting

Good, because I hate acting and I don't want to have anything to do with it :lol:

You guys are probably right since you have more first hand experience, but Joker was still by far my favourite character in the whole movie.

UNDER 16 CAUTION - CONTAINS HARD NIPPLES

Under 16? I'm 15, I think I can handle hard nipples quite well.

But that made me laugh though, haha.

 

[Ollie]

Just got back from seeing The Dark Knight, (yes, I know I'm probably the last one here to see it).

It was quite good. Not as good as everyone made it out to be though. I actually found Heath to be a disappointing Joker towards the end. When he first came in on one of the early scenes and did that magic trick with the pencil I thought that he would make a great Joker, but thought that his performance lacked towards the end of the film.
The fight scenes were great to watch and were really well choreographed and filmed. But I also noticed quite a few dry bits in the film. Pointless things that didn't add to the film at all. Like the boat with the bombs on it. What was the point of it? Nothing happened. :lol:
Still it was a great film and I'm glad I went to see it, but I think it's own hype and people calling it the "best film ever" was it's downfall.

8.5/10

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

but thought that his performance lacked towards the end of the film.

I thought it was better towards the end, when he was being interrogated and everything.

But I also noticed quite a few dry bits in the film. Pointless things that didn't add to the film at all. Like the boat with the bombs on it

I think that was just showing the Joker causing chaos; I'm not sure though. That part confused me too.

 

[peep]

I think that was just showing the Joker causing chaos; I'm not sure though. That part confused me too.

I've really restrained myself about discussing TDK for a while but the boat scene confusing? How old are you....2?*

The boat scene is basically a psychological situation, who deserves to die? Most of the things the joker does within the film is to mess with peeps heads so they get all confused and make the wrong decision etc. So in a way in TDK he is more like a psychological version of the riddler. Everything he does there are two answers, two paths. A good peep then has to make a decision which will cause something bad to happen no matter what. I'm not good at explaining this but I hope your slightly understanding what I'm trying to say.


Oh, btw its cool to see other peeps noticing Aaron Eckhart for how awesome he is, I thought I might be the only one to really think that. Although I was probably the only one looking forward to seeing him in the film beforehand.





*By the way, thats a rhetorical question, no need to answer that

 

[Ollie]

I think that was just showing the Joker causing chaos; I'm not sure though. That part confused me too.

I've really restrained myself about discussing TDK for a while but the boat scene confusing? How old are you....2?*

I understood the boat scene. I just though it was in the wrong part of the film. It just seemed more of an excuse to make the length of the film longer, rather than using it to benefit the actual film and make it better.
It was still a good scene though. I just thought it was in the wrong place as there was too much going on at points and it was cutting to about 6 different events happening at the same time.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

I've really restrained myself about discussing TDK for a while but the boat scene confusing? How old are you....2?*

Ollie didn't get it either, so I don't see why I was the only one quoted?

And no, I'm not 2

So in a way in TDK he is more like a psychological version of the riddler.

All I know about the Riddler is that he has a coaster named after him and has to do with Batman. Never seen a Batman film before this one.

And yes, I understood the actual boat scene, but I didn't understand what it had to really add to the film, much like Ollie said. We already know that the Joker ****s with people's heads, so adding that was hardly necessary.

Dolores Claiborne

I read the book of this, and I have to say that the book was way better than the movie. The first hour of the movie was kind of dry and bothered me a little bit considering the scenery in the movie was hardly how I imagined it being while reading the book. The second half of the movie picked up a little bit, with Joe's death and Selena realizing that he molested her as a child, but overall I don't think it was a good idea to make the book into a movie.

Still, it was decent, but it gets a 6.9/10, whereas the book would get a 9/10

 

[Ollie]

Donnie Darko
What an odd film. It's weird how you understand what's going on but you still keep thinking WTF?.
It's kinda hard to explain and is one of those films that you have to watch to understand.

Great film though and worth watching.
8/10

 

[Johnny]

The Sixth Sense

This film is actually incredible. Truly awesome.

I've seen it before, and yes it was good, but I was expecting more scary scenes. But I saw the last half hour of it on t.v the other day, and it was better than when I saw it last time.

Anyway, I myself have seen five films recently, and all were brilliant. The reviews probably aren't the best, as I'm in a bit of a rush for a train .

Rain Man

The plot summary wasn't very detailed, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but when I saw it, I thought it was great. Dustin Hoffman is just AMAZING as the autistic brother of Tom Cruise's character. Cruise himself was also surprisingly good, as usually he's just average in some of the other, more recent films.

There were some scenes which were really enjoyable due to where they were exactly, and overall it was such an interesting film.

9/10.


I saw Saving Private Ryan not too long ago as well. I've no idea why I didn't see it sooner, it was excellent. The opening and the final scene in particular are some of the best scenes I've ever seen in a movie, sheer brilliance. But the entire movie was just so well made and visually stunning.

A great cast too, and arguably the best war film I've seen. The Pianist comes very close though.

10/10.


Star Wars IV: A New Hope

I'm pretty sure I'd seen it before, but I saw it again cos I just felt like it . Anyway, despite it being quite an old film for me (I haven't seen many pre-1990 films), I really enjoyed it, and was just great fun to watch! The costume's on all the characters were just amazing, and for its time, the whole film was probably mind-blowing.

9/10.

Then the other day, I saw The Matrix.

Loved it. Another new favourite of mine. The whole story was so unique and I'd never seen anything like it before. I loved everything about it, the character's and their image, the whole concept, the scenes. Although I thought that the whole Oracle thing wasn't really too necessary, as it wasn't explained too much. At least I don't think it was.

Anyway, I'd certainly like to see The Matrix Reloaded at some point, despite the fact that it's supposedly not as good. I'll probably see the original again before I do though lol.

10/10.


And finally, yesterday I saw WALL-E.

Great film, and very entertaining, but I think I'll need to watch it again because for a Pixar film, there was a lot of visuals to take in. That way I'd enjoy it more. I can see why it hasn't done as well in the box office as other Pixar films, nor has it had as much popularity among children. But either way, it was still unique, visually stunning, and I'd definitely see it again for the entertainment factor as well. The WALL-E character is certainly one of Pixar's most fun to watch.

The lack of dialogue worked quite effectively which was good.

9/10.

 

[Dave]

And yes, I understood the actual boat scene, but I didn't understand what it had to really add to the film, much like Ollie said. We already know that the Joker <img> with people's heads, so adding that was hardly necessary.

Because its a moral dilema and its good for building suspense.
If you were in that situation what would you do. I think the film has an excellent insight to the feeble human psyche

 

[Ollie]

Just finished seeing Alien Vs Predator.

I thought it was really good actually. Most people I know have said it was **** and was rubbish.
Well I enjoyed it and found it quite entertaining, although I was expecting the battle to be bigger instead of between something like 5 predators and 100 odd aliens.

Still I give it a 7.5/10

 

[kimahri]

*Face palms and shakes head*