[Super Handybundle]

Slumdog Millionaire, awesome movie concept, very unique

[ThePinkFloydSound]

Gummo (1997) I'd give it 8/10

[Chunk]

QUOTE (ThePinkFloydSound @ Mar 1 2009, 19:47)

Gummo (1997) I'd give it 8/10

That looks like one freaky-ass movie.

I watched a movie called Mean Creek last night. It's about a bully who beats up a kid and the kid's friends plan revenge by going on a boat trip. But everything goes horribly wrong... I'll leave it there. It was a great film. I was suprised to see Josh from Drake and Josh full on swearing in the film. I'd give it 9/10 overall. I'd recommend it to you all.

[sethpenguin]

Godzilla vs Hedorah. Basicly Godzilla fights monster made out of pollution. Also this movie has one of the most funniest scenes I've seen in a Godzilla movie,

[Iminicus]

Pineapple Express: Better than Tropic Thunder

Zack and Miri Make a Porno: SO f*ckING FUNNY. I loved it. Just released into theatres in NZ. But damn, Imma own this sh*t.

[Slamman]

Gummo is on Criterion Ld and DVD I imagine as well.

I saw the Grimm Brothers by Terry Gillium as well as MI 3 and Miami Vice, the movie... I reserved on used DVD...

I liked Mission Impossible 3, have to admit, it wasn't bad at all.

[flicko]

Watched Phone Booth last night on C4. I've seen it a couple of times already, so I already knew what my stance was on it. I always enjoy it, it was very well made and kept me captivated throughout. The Caller was one hell of a character, planning extensively beforehand, all in a bid to change people's ways. Great film, decent cast and one that I'd recommend to people who have yet to see it.

[EricDraven_GTACrow]

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (or if you want A Nightmare On Elm Street 6.) I remembered watching this when I was young so I got it and its just how I remembered it cheesy as f*cking sh*t.The FX in this movie makes me remember growing up in the 90's. Not a movie for people who like serious movies or ones that are "scary" but great for people that like really cheesy "bad" movies like myself.

[Slamman]

...I'll always love DREAM WARRIORS simply for the song!!


I'm watching BACK DRAFT again, Ron Howard's classic movie...again with Clint Howard in a cameo. Been some time before watching this flick the last time

[Don Garcia aka NjNakedSnake]

Watched a few movies for the first time these past days.

Deep Cover (1992) starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. A pretty damn good movie with Larry, where he plays a cop who goes deep undercover as a drug dealer to take down an enterprise, but has things get way out of hand. Jeff Goldblum is the most hardcore I've ever seen him in a movie as a drug-pushing lawyer. He did well in this somewhat over-the-top drama, and made me more of a fan of his. Larry was good as always, dancing on the line between cop and criminal. The last hour of the movie really picks up and becomes pretty badass with Larry and Jeff partnering up. Shame he had to pop Jeff...

Last House on the Left (1972) the original, not the bound to be disappointing remake. I watched this with my brother out of sheer curiosity of the remake. And surprisingly, I really enjoyed it. Totally vintage 70s flick, with a soundtrack that seems so f*cking out of place and odd voice dubbing. But the story was enjoyable, and the violence pretty intense. There was rape, stabbing, shooting, forced urination, carving, chainsaws, knives, and the biting of a penis. So, overall, a good watch. I already know the remake will have bloody violence, but in a real cheap way that fails in comparison to the original. Murderous parents that can turn the kill switch instantaneously is always fun to see. Plus, it was directed by the man himself, Wes Craven.

Body of Lies (2008) starring Leo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. I don't give a f*ck about the negative reviews for this movie, it was very entertaining. Great acting by Leo and Russell, pretty much all around, an entertaining story, and good action. The plot never bored, and the progression was real good. This movie deserved to do so much better at the box-office. It is a solid espionage thriller with Leo sporting a scraggly beard and losing fingers at the end.

[arsenal_fan]

I recently watched there will be blood but the ending was very dissapointing for me, The ending was too much like A Clockwork Orange, you know an ironic ending, but it didn't suit There will be Blood as it was a serious drama. The director tried to be too much like Kubrick in the film, he used the music from The Shining way too much.

Apart from that it was a very good film, Daniel Day Lewis is incredible. Good film by Paul Thomas Anderson, but Boogie Nights was mcuh better.

[makeshyft]

I... don't know where to begin with that one. So, rather than start spewing venom:

I watched The Tango Lesson today. I like some art house, for lack of a better term, but this was one that didn't interest me at all. Towards the middle of the film, I couldn't help letting out an audible groan every time the characters began dancing. I understood the importance of it, but I simply didn't care. I couldn't connect with the characters in any way - actually, I found them irritating to the core (especially actor/director Sally Potter).

Those of you who have seen it may disagree, and that's cool. That's what art is all about. For me, though, it was tedious to the point of tears.

[Master of Pain.]

Just Finished watching Blade: Trinity, I love it, the verbal attacks in this film are funny as sh*t.

[QwertyAAA]

Go here:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/IAmN...sUpFilmExamples
Now search for 'mel brooks'.
Yep, Silent movie.

Look it up.

I'm speechless.

[Machida]

Stephen King's : The Mist.

My stomach has never churned so much as it did in the final scene of that movie. To be honest the majority of the film beforehand was pretty unremarkable but after just sitting through the ending all that's pretty much out the window. The movie was all about it's ending. It was bleak, chilling and I can still hear a certain scream in the pit of my stomach.

It was like receiving a boot to the groin but instead of scoffing the attacker, you wanted to applaud him. I loved it, but i don't want to do it again any time soon.

[Hart]

The Dark Knight for the first time, bought the DVD yesterday, yeah I know I'm late.

I have to say, wasn't as good as people had said. I know, I know, I shouldn't have believed the hype, but I truly thought Heath Ledger may have been that brilliant. But he wasn't. Not Oscar worthy, he was good in it but very, very repetitive. Each scene with him in felt like I'd seen it before and he was doing the same thing each time, the only scene I felt he was great in was the interrogation scene with Batman.

As a superhero film it was quite good, but focusing on the wrong people. Most of it was about turning Harvey Dent into a bad guy when it should have been about the Joker vs the Batman. Although by focusing on Dent, Nolan highlighted the adversarial aspect of Bale's and Ledger's relationship while also dealing with the film's main theme, that being the triumph of evil over good and the delicate balance of order and chaos and how order can be corrupted very easily.

When I watch these sort of films I usually expect a nice big climax with an epic fight (Blade films, Spiderman etc, although the Dark Knight is better than Spiderman) but it sort of fizzled out.

I'd give it a 7/10.

Also, I hate and love that spinny camera. You know, like the scenes where the Joker is telling Maggie Gyllenhaal how he got his scars. I found that pretty annoying, but there's an explanation for it - Throughout the film they used a lot of IMAX cameras which are very big, heavy and hard to maneuver, maybe putting it on this swivel was an easy way to try and mix up the directing of a scene.

Oh, and Batman is pretty rigid, but that's partly down to his outfit. Later on he gets a suit where he can move his neck around more, but doesn't really get the chance to properly fight again. It was incredibly choreographed, yes, but sometimes it looks too set up if you know what I mean. Fights which actually look real in films are the best fights, with struggles and dirty moves - sorta like the fight in Die Hard against Karl.

Apart from the fights, the chase scene was really good, especially because they omitted any music from most of the scene. In other films they go a bit OTT in the orchestral scores in action scenes, but this was done well - only being able to hear what was going on, the explosions, crashes, engines etc

[Illousion]

Duct Tape Forever

Funny as hell, it also helped loving The Red Green show.

[papanesta]

QUOTE (Machida @ Mar 7 2009, 21:26)

Stephen King's : The Mist. My stomach has never churned so much as it did in the final scene of that movie. To be honest the majority of the film beforehand was pretty unremarkable but after just sitting through the ending all that's pretty much out the window. The movie was all about it's ending. It was bleak, chilling and I can still hear a certain scream in the pit of my stomach. It was like receiving a boot to the groin but instead of scoffing the attacker, you wanted to applaud him. I loved it, but i don't want to do it again any time soon.

No, definitely not.

All the posts about it on here recently just made me watch my Blu-ray copy that I got for Christmas.

Despite what everybody said about the ending, I said to myself I wouldn't let it bother me... f*cking hell. It's 4.44am, and I'm sitting trying to find something to cheer me up.

[Machida]

QUOTE (papanesta @ Mar 8 2009, 04:44)

All the posts about it on here recently just made me watch my Blu-ray copy

Same.

I've heard that the ending has a lot of people split and a few angry over the social lessons they interpreted the movie to have. To be honest I didn't get any of that. I was aware it was there and some could interpret it as that, but for me, I just sat down and watched it as a story and ended up coming away thinking it was just so well done. There was no Funny Games ( ) esk bitterness on my part.

Slight spoilers below
And that's coming from someone who really fell hook line and sinker for the ending. Where the book ended with them simply driving off into the mist, for me this was what would have happened after that. When the realisation hit that this mist was just so vast that there wasn't a way out. In fact I actually felt like after all they'd been through, letting the creatures get them would have seemed more like a failing. So when it finally ended and just as I had though they had done the right thing.. I was kicked man, I was kicked hard.

Tough to watch. But a really great watch I thought.

[Master of Pain.]

I watched The Dark Crystal this weekend and absolutely loved it. Jim Henson and Frank Oz were gods. It really made me sad that CGI has taken over. What they did with puppetry was just amazing mixed with their ability to craft a really rich story, even for a kids movie, just makes for an extremely pleasant viewing experience.