Movie Review Thread

You didn't like the Great Gatsby movie? Sam Waterston (McCoy from Law & Order) as Nick Carraway = epic. To Kill A Mockingbird is awesome though, both the book and movie.

It has Robert Redford. How could she possibly like that film?

And Bruce Dern as Tom Buchanan. At least he sort of got the accent.

indeed you should!

I watched Braveheart the other day... I hadn't seen it before and i did quite like it... is that something i shouldn't admit in public?

Because Mel Gibson doesn't like Jews? Braveheart is considered an action classic, so it's not something you should feel guilty about. It had one of the best monologues of it's kind in the 90's, even if it was just a case of Hollywood throwing a classic tale into a grinder to make it more bad ass.

i will not watch it because i know it will make me upset... i don't mind stylised violence but films that deal in the gritty realities of it are ones i tend to make an effort to miss... i know that my squeamishness is probably meaning i don't see a lot of really great films... but i still can't bring myself to watch...

You should watch it based on the fact it was one of Edward Norton's last good performances and one of his best. Watching his new films is like watching a fish die as it asphyxiates on land.

I thought he was quite solid in The Illusionist though.
I just finished watching American History X. Very good movie, except Edward Nortons crying scenes weren't terribly convincing. It was how the movie was set up which made it sad.

i can't even think of what he's been in recently... fight club keeps coming to mind and that's not recent lol...

and lol... poor Mel... throwing more shit at peeps who've had it for thousands of years doesn't stand him in very good stead does it?

Death to Smoochy, The Incredible Hulk, The Italian Job trilogy, all movies that waste the man's talent.

Death to Smoochy was funny though.
Hopefully Leaves of Grass will be a good movie

My favourite reviewers - The Nostalgia Critic from That Guy With the Glasses, Spoony from The Spoony Experiment and Linkara from Atop the Fourth Wall - came together to review Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark. This is a hilarious review, and everyone should go watch it and then visit the three websites I just mentioned.

See it here.

Uwe Boll deserves the time of day for one of his films to be reviewed?

That is what I was thinking Carl. I am so over people giving Uwe Boll and his movies shit. We get it already, he makes crappy movies and he is a giant douche.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

Shutter Island looks fairly decent. Can't wait for Sherlock Holmes. And Avatarrr *fapfapfap* (the James Cameron one, not the anime-made-into-real-life one)

After reviewing about 500 different bad pieces of media between them I think reviewing one Uwe Boll film is justified. Besides, these guys get paid to do this, and the quicker they appeased the fans by reviewing this shit the quicker they could move on.

awwww.

Can't remember if I posted this one already, but oh well...

Explicit Ills [2008]

* * *

Despite being well acted by a great cast and containing some excellent scenes, Explicit Ills ultimately falls short of being better than average because it tries to do too much. The film explores issues affecting the poverty afflicted people living in Philadelphia, from the drug dealer/artist (Lou Taylor Pucci) who gets on a drug-addled downward spiral with his new lover to the single mother (Rosario Dawson) who tries to get by with her asthmatic son despite the fact that she cannot afford his medication. Other characters include the struggling actor (Paul Dano) who forms a friendship with a young boy (son of the single mother), the health obsessed parents of young boy who is working towards being in strongest man competitions when he is older and two young teenagers on the path to falling in love while everything around them looks grim. Poverty ties these characters together and although depressing, the film conveys a feeling of hope.

It is quite accomplished for a directorial debut, however there are times, especially during the beginning of the film that it falls flat, and other times where the film feels like it is being arty for the sake of it. There were also times when the film felt overly preachy with various messages, for instance the scene in the chemist, although well acted, the message was laid on too thick, but overall, it was tolerable.

Frailty [2001]

* * *

Entertaining thriller with a supernatural twist. One of the only times Matthew McConaughey has actually acted (haha). Bill Paxton was amazing, as were the child actors, especially Matt O'Leary who later went to act as The Brain in my favourite movie of all time, Brick.

Human Contract [2008]

* * 1/2

A fairly average drama. I only saw it a few days ago but I have already forgotten so much about it. So I guess you could say it was forgettable.

Lost Signal [2007]

* 1/2

I didn't actually mean to download this film, I meant to download Killer Movie, however both movies had alternate titles 'Dead of Winter' and obviously the person who uploaded this piece of shit, thought it was Killer Movie. I still haven't seen Killer Movie, but I am pretty sure it will be better than this junk.

Smash Cut [2009]

*

Terrible film. The acting, the crappy plot, the poor direction and the actresses all made this feel like a porno without any sex. Sure, Sasha Grey was really hot, but everything about this was way too overdone, unbelievable and revoltingly executed. Avoid at all costs.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

Oh christ, not Sasha Grey. I'm having a real hard time deciding whether I want to watch The Girlfriend Experience or not. I mean she's interested me since I saw her make Tara Banks look like a moron on her own show, but no matter how intelligent she is it doesn't mean she can act.

I've seen the first 20 minutes of The Girlfriend Experience and it seems pretty average. Mostly because Sasha Grey can't act. I mean, it doesn't take much acting to do double penetration and do fart porn and all the sick things she does, so her transition into actual movies is... not going to be very smooth. I hope she does get better though and quits porn. It's kind of sad having someone that intelligent and pretty doing porn.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

I'm pretty sure she has. I mean I have no idea, it's not like I've been following her career, but to hear she worked with Soderbergh blew my mind.

I read a review that suggested it was either really badly acted or so realistically acted that she was just too busy being herself to act. The reviewer then suggested it was the first.

She still has some more pornos coming out, one with Ron Jeremy lol. Yeah I think that was the problem with casting someone in that line of work to play someone like that in the film. Too easy to stop acting and just play herself. Especially seeing as she was very inexperienced in real acting.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

Do I even need to tell you what I'm reviewing?

Breakfast at Tiffany's isn't a bad movie, it's a bad telling of a great story, and that's even worse. What was Capote's ultimate character piece became another mid-twentieth century romance when it had all the ingredients not to be: Henry Mancini's score, Franz Planer's cinematography, Katherine Hepburn as Holly Golightly and, above all, Edith Head's costuming.

Where it went wrong is simple to realise. Golightly's beauty is in her tragedy which in turn comes from her stubbornness. In this film she comes off as a sly, stupid slinger of what I like to call 'backseat Wildisms' and it's all down to Hepburn's confidence in the role. George Peppard only serves to make it worse: he is wooden, boring and simply unbelievable. Then there was Mickey Rooney as the cliched Asian manager of their apartment building, but that angered me so much that's all I will say on the fact.

If you like the idea of the plot read Capote's novella, don't see the film. It's dry, weighed down with too much fanciful story at points where the screenwriter has decided to indulge a little in unnecessary plot fodder, and it's predictable.

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In other news, I saw The Young Victoria today and I am sure that film was born in the belly of mediocrity. Don't waste your time, see The Queen instead.

Read in a review of The Girlfriend Experience that she'd been in >200 porn films by age 21. If that isn't a clear-cut sign of a girl severely lacking in self-respect, I don't know what is. Some people will do anything to get paid. Anyway, working in that business hardly serves as an acting apprenticeship.

Feel like watching this movie right now

timbzy... pretty sure i watch 6 out of 10 of the movies you review... you pick good ones (the ones you rate well i mean)

Haha, awesome. I have a list of about 20 films I have seen in the past month that I can't be assed writing reviews for that I should chuck in here.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

that'd be good. running low!

8.5/10

Interesting.

Because I can't be assed writing reviews for these...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

* * * *

Quite good, but certain integral characters were flawed.

Species (1995)

* * 1/2

Manages to be entertaining, while feeling cheap and B-grade.

Dirty Deeds (2005)

* * *

Fun little teen comedy that provides laughs up to the very end.

The Betrayed (2008)

* * *

A claustrophobic thriller with many twists and turns that will, by the end of the film, leave you feeling nauseous. Not as dangerous or entertaining as Senseless. Melissa George and Oded Fehr are a pleasure to watch though.

Middle of Nowhere (2008)

* * *

A quality black comedy/drama that has amazing highs, but quite a few dull and arduous sections that really brought the whole thing down for me. Anton Yelchin is amazing, as usual, and Eva Amurri also does quite a good job in her role as an innocent girl sucked into selling pot to pay for college. Also, Willa Holland is uber hawt.

In The Loop (2009)

* * *

A humorous British political comedy, quite good, but not exactly my cup of tea.

Adam and Steve (2005)

*

Offensively gay, trying to get laughs at the expense of gay stereotypes. Most of the film was painfully annoying. The only part I really laughed at and enjoyed was the final dancing scene. Parker Posey was also great in her role. This gay drama comedy was probably the worse gay film I have ever seen.

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

* * *

Another good DC animated film. Still, nowhere near as great as last year's Justice League: The New Frontier.

The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (2008)

1/2

Purely shit. Why does the Sci-Fi Channel even bother making movies?

American Splendor (2003)

* * * *

Dark, depressing, but at the same time, quite funny. Recommended for people who like slow paced, depressing drama/comedies.

patches wrote:

Timbzy wrote:

I work in a hospital and every time I walk the halls, I imagine my exit strategy for if a zombie outbreak occurs. Because we all know the hospital will be one of the first/hardest hit for a zombie attack.

this = why timbzy is the love of my life.

Courtwhip wrote:

You can be my 'Captian Love'

ahhh timbzy.. you've just provided me with enough movies for a few weeks =D

cheers!

Vicky Cristina Barcelona four stars? Jeez, I thought it was one of the most flaccid movies I've seen this year. Had so many chances to be good that it didn't take, and although I loved the central theme of the film I don't think I'd give it more than 6.5/7.