A few films recently watched.

  On 9/27/2010 at 8:13 PM, The Overlook said:

  On 9/27/2010 at 2:51 PM, keltoi said:

a straight story - some might say mind numbingly boring but i thought charmingly romantic and sweet. 7/10

It's impossible for me to watch it without thinking of Farnsworth's life, career, and imminent suicide. As a result, I cry every time I watch it. It doesn't hurt that it's beautifully made.

yeah man he's got (had) such a beautiful, old, story-filled face. when he was tearfully reminiscing with the old war-vet in the bar it reminded me of a very similar conversation i had with my late grandad about his war-dead friends and how they are (edit - were) eternally young in his mind.

Predators 4/10 (should be lower, but gets an extra point for having predators in it)

Overall an underwhelming experience. Tried to emulate the first film, even with blatant remakes of certain scenes, but fails miserably. Cast lacked the charisma and general badassness of the first movies characters. Too little of the predators and they were all offed quite easily in the end. Didn't like the design of the new predator, looked too different. Alice Braga is cute.

The Secret in Their Eyes

pretty cool, good and not very average

A Serbian Film: 2/10 or 7/10, can't really say.

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An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.

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  On 9/25/2010 at 5:47 AM, Fishtank said:

REC2 - 6/10

Better than the first but it still felt generic, like it was just going through the motions

Leaves of Grass - 8/10

Ed Norton playing a double role, as an east coast philosophy professor and his weed growing Oklahoma twin brother. The weedlord coaxes his identical twin back to his hometown so he can scheme himself out from a sticky situation he's gotten into with the local drug dealer, played by Richard Dreyfuss. All in all an enjoyable little movie, with Norton playing both roles very well and comes off as two completely different characters. Reminded me somehow of the Coen bros movies.

Watched 300 the other day. Liked the settings/backgrounds or whatever what you wanna call them.

Not bad but not amazing.

6/10

babies - a cute, beautifully shot doc for your anthropological bone, it would be more accurate to call it "an observation" rather than "a movie" though.

6/10 - The A-Team

Mindless action with ridiculous set pieces. Have not seen the original show, so can't say how true to the spirit of the show the movie was. Good hangover movie.

  On 9/28/2010 at 6:19 PM, azatoth said:

Leaves of Grass - 8/10

 

Ed Norton playing a double role, as an east coast philosophy professor and his weed growing Oklahoma twin brother. The weedlord coaxes his identical twin back to his hometown so he can scheme himself out from a sticky situation he's gotten into with the local drug dealer, played by Richard Dreyfuss. All in all an enjoyable little movie, with Norton playing both roles very well and comes off as two completely different characters. Reminded me somehow of the Coen bros movies.

I liked this flick quite a bit as well. I would give it a 7.8/10 though myself. On hindsight I can't believe I didn't realize how much of a coen bros vibe it had. I did notice something about the tone of the life lesson kinda shit (besides being centered around Norton) reminded me of that Spike Lee flick 25th Hour.

martyrs - 7/10

  On 9/29/2010 at 3:46 PM, eugene said:

martyrs - 7/10

 

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very uneven with its two parts which i can't connect organically in my mind, the first seemed like a very well produced and well acted revenge flick + a semi supernatural, jumpy, screaming freak right from your favorite survival horror video game which brings the movie down by a few notches imo. the second part is the one that makes the film stand out really, it's completely captivating despite the predictability, and truly horrible and hopeless.( it's a bit fucked up asking for it, but i wish that part would be longer, for film's sake.) goldmund track game me goosebumps and the ending was simply perfect.

 

I love Martrys. And I agree with the screaming freak points. Second hardest film to recommend (knocked down a place since A Serbian Film.

slight off topic

did anyone notice that the "art house" and "international" are merged on rottentomatoes ? every time you're watching a foreign film you're watching art house

Iron Man 2 - 7.5/10 (better then the first)

Trash Humpers - 8/10 (twisted brilliance)

I spit on your grave - -1/10 (shite)

Tekken - 3/10 (3 for the 3 hot birds)

Predators 7/10 (wasn't as good 2nd time round)

Shutter Island - 9/10 (excellent)

BTW they're currently filming Captain America near Picadilly Station in Manchester

watched up the other day, it was fine till it started annoying me. what happened to pixar !!

shutter island was too up itself. what happened to scorsese !!

Up! really pushed that emotional BS to make it seem much more profound than it was. I want Pixar to go back to funny and original stories.

Yeah, it's like they milked the one idea (probably stolen), and just padded it out with emotional claptrap for like you said.

  On 9/29/2010 at 9:58 PM, soundwave said:

Trash Humpers - 8/10 (twisted brilliance)

 

Three little devils jump over the wall, La dee La da da dee! America at its worst and most honest...film of the decade

 

I spit on your grave - -1/10 (shite)

 

Watch the original! Fucking remake bullshit American cheese fest shit factory! Watch the original!!!

The emotional claptrap was just about the only thing I enjoyed in Up!

I didn't think Up was as good at being an emotional tearjerker as everyone said it was. 6/10 for me. I liked some parts but as a whole it didn't pull me in.

  On 9/30/2010 at 12:18 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

I liked some parts but as a whole it didn't pull me in.

no, it pulled you up.

(soz)

  On 9/30/2010 at 10:20 AM, Atop said:

  On 9/29/2010 at 9:58 PM, soundwave said:

Trash Humpers - 8/10 (twisted brilliance)

 

Three little devils jump over the wall, La dee La da da dee! America at its worst and most honest...film of the decade

 

I spit on your grave - -1/10 (shite)

 

Watch the original! Fucking remake bullshit American cheese fest shit factory! Watch the original!!!

it was the original dude! As classic video nasties go this one wasn't even 'so bad its good' like SS Hellcamp or Bloodsucking Freaks, a tedious waste of time.

Gentlemen Broncos - Kind of a mess of a story, and lots of under developed elements, but I got a kick out of the nerdy sci fi satire. 6/10

Trash Humpers -10/10

Must be about 3 people who've given Trash Humpers a good score... its going in my "to watch" list...