Quote from: MenglaiYeah really really great directing, it's not that often that you see proper photographic type shots in films but Batman Begins did it quite a lot. The one thing I found annoying though was the fight scenes, the camera angle changed every second or two, which made it really really hard to tell what the hell was going on. When he was fighting thugs and stuff this kinda worked because it conveyed the confusion of the thugs and the speed and bla bla bla of Batman, but when he was fighting the main bad guy (whose name I can't remember now) it would have been a lot better if the camera had been mostly stationary. It was probably to disguise the crappiness of their fighting I guess. The best bit for me was when Bruce wakes up after his first Batman outing and Alfred is stirring a pill into some water and all you hear is the clink of the spoon against the glass really really loud - that's such a great portrayal of waking up with a headache/hangover.

Yeah, the fight scenes were really confusing.  The camera shots were too up-close, so it was impossible to tell what was really happening until the fights were over.  Other than that, it was great.

Caligula

Good lord   *monocle falls out*

Also Peter O'Toole is fucking scary.

Quote from: StrangeClockCaligula

Good lord   *monocle falls out*

Also Peter O'Toole is fucking scary.

Doesn't Caligula have sex with a horse in that movie?

Mean Girls - Surprisingly entertaining. Lindsay Lohan is still a bastard though.

little shop of horrors - 22/5
Childhood favourite of mine. Still very entertaining. Steve Martin, Bill Murray, John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Jim Belushi are great in it. As are the lesser known characters.
 
Capote - 4.5/5
Quality film: acting, writing, pacing, directing - all great.
 
RoboCop 4/5
Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite filmmakers. Entertaining film with some interesting themes. Lots of clever little nuances.

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (TIM BURTON) - 2.5/5
 
TOO SIMILAR TO THE OLD MOVIE, and yet lacking all the things that made the old one good.
 
Although Johnny Depp does experiment with the role of Wonka and create an interesting character, he doesn't have the same intensity or comic genius of Gene Wilder.

Quote from: LeekClockCharlie & The Chocolate Factory (TIM BURTON) - 2.5/5
 
TOO SIMILAR TO THE OLD MOVIE, and yet lacking all the things that made the old one good.
 
Although Johnny Depp does experiment with the role of Wonka and create an interesting character, he doesn't have the same intensity or comic genius of Gene Wilder.

Who cares it looked amazing.
a billion/10

Quote from: MenglaiWho cares it looked amazing.
a billion/10

No doubt it looked great, but that's not enough. Do a new tale instead of recycling old ones.

Quote from: LeekClockNo doubt it looked great, but that's not enough. Do a new tale instead of recycling old ones.

I could just watch a load of stuff happening in a row as long as it looked good. To be honest if I want a really good story then I'll read a book.

Howl's Moving Castle - 8.5/10

Great animation by the maker of sprited away. It's an adaptation from a book of the same name, but my sister (who's read the book) says it's fairly different. The story is great and has alot of great characters, brough to life greatly by Christian Bale and Billy Chrystal. The animation is fine, and in most parts top-notch.

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The movie lacks blue guitars but it suffices.

V for Vendetta - 10/10

I was expecting this movie to be good, but my expectations were still beat. This is one of those movies that I feel the need to go see in the theater again. As a comic book movie it's awesome, but even as a "regular" film it's amazing. Probably the most clever comic book movie I have ever seen, though. Sin City was visually amazing, but lacked a lot of depth as far as characters and storyline went (although, I think it had to be for the type of film it was). V is filled with characters that are unique and multi-sided, and Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving are perfect as the leads. Weaving's voice and subtle physical acting are superb, and the character V is incredibly strong. The story is also fantabulous. It manages to mix action, drama, romance, mystery and political issues together very smoothly. The political aspect is especially compelling, with tons of mirrors to today's society, both obvious and subtle.

Ok, I think I've jizzed over this movie enough. But I am curious to see what anyone from Britain thinks about it, mainly because it takes place in a futuristic Britain, yet uses parallels to both the U.S. and Britain. And the last scene in particular may stir different feelings for someone who was born and raised in Britain rather than America.

Quote from: LospermanV for Vendetta - 10/10
 
 
Ok, I think I've jizzed over this movie enough. But I am curious to see what anyone from Britain thinks about it, mainly because it takes place in a futuristic Britain, yet uses parallels to both the U.S. and Britain. And the last scene in particular may stir different feelings for someone who was born and raised in Britain rather than America.

I've only heard bad things about it, so I'm intrigued by a perfect rating.

Quote from: LeekClockI've only heard bad things about it, so I'm intrigued by a perfect rating.

Really? I've only read two reviews and they were pretty good. I will have to do some investigating...

Doom

Eh, so much potential and so little application. I admit I haven't played Doom 3 and so don't know to what length it's styled after that, but I found the monster designs fairly boring, and I hate hate HATE the whole explanation behind their appearance. Why do movies like this always necessitate a long and detailed explanation behind the origin of whatever's wrong? Let the demons just be demons, the teleporter have a side door to hell, and just go from there. Mutating humans just opens a huge can of clichés. At least the movie wasn't too predictable in that the girl didn't really get romantically involved with anyone (who came out alive, anyway), and that Sarge didn't end up being the good guy. I did chuckle at "I'm not supposed to die!" - though of course, he didn't. The gore wasn't too shabby. But ending the movie with a fistfight? Uuuuuuuuuuuugggggghhhhh niggard please. Plus the BFG never hit anything and that made it kind of redundant to be in the movie at all. If they'd had a bit enemy like the Cyberdemon in, they could've actually used it.

Admittedly the FPS scene was awesome, especially because it looked so great as a continuous shot. I would've gone to see it in a movie theater for that scene alone, to share it with other people. It did occasionally look like the monsters were holding back which I guess was necessary for technical reasons, but still a little obvious from time to time. Way too many zombified humans too. And you need an elaborate explanation for the monsters' presence, but there's a chainsaw just lying around on an alien teleportation device facility? Blah, at any rate hearing Karl Urban scream while fighting the Pinky was hilarious and it's cool beans for him that he got a leading role - I root for pretty much any LotR actor breaking into mainstream.

The whole FPS scene also made me think of an idea I've had before of a completey first person-perspective movie about a person with amnesia, about which I wonder if it would be possible to pull off / desirable to see in the first place.

edit: reading all that I guess I'm being a little harsh on an entertaining movie and a very good videogame movie. I just feel like it could've been a cult classic had they made it with today's technology, but more of the mentality of 15-20 years ago.

Quote from: LeekClockNo doubt it looked great, but that's not enough. Do a new tale instead of recycling old ones.

ALSO LEEKY LEEK-LEEK, it's very hard to get a film made these days unless it's based on something. Producers and film studios and the like are scared of taking risks so if you can say that your film is based on something popular then they will be more likely to fund it and stuff.

Then I will make a film company of my very own and fund only original films that make no money.

Quote from: LeekClockThen I will make a film company of my very own and fund only original films that make no money.

Ho ho. I too would like to see more films with original stories. I found it a little depressing that practically all the films nominated for BAFTAs and Oscars were based on books or bla bla bla. Still, I think Tim Burton is good at chosing intesting thing to make films of.

Quote from: LospermanV for Vendetta - 10/10

I was expecting this movie to be good, but my expectations were still beat. This is one of those movies that I feel the need to go see in the theater again. As a comic book movie it's awesome, but even as a "regular" film it's amazing. Probably the most clever comic book movie I have ever seen, though. Sin City was visually amazing, but lacked a lot of depth as far as characters and storyline went (although, I think it had to be for the type of film it was). V is filled with characters that are unique and multi-sided, and Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving are perfect as the leads. Weaving's voice and subtle physical acting are superb, and the character V is incredibly strong. The story is also fantabulous. It manages to mix action, drama, romance, mystery and political issues together very smoothly. The political aspect is especially compelling, with tons of mirrors to today's society, both obvious and subtle.

Ok, I think I've jizzed over this movie enough. But I am curious to see what anyone from Britain thinks about it, mainly because it takes place in a futuristic Britain, yet uses parallels to both the U.S. and Britain. And the last scene in particular may stir different feelings for someone who was born and raised in Britain rather than America.

I saw it last night at the rad new cinema that just opened. I thought it was incredibly successful at feeling like England; the only thing that let it down were the occasional poorly used england words like "I enjoy bla bla as much as the next bloke!" and "we don't want this getting any more bollocksed up than it already is!". I really liked that there were no american characters in the film and that one of the two big stars in it had his face covered the whole time. It was very very weirdly paced though; at points it was going at the speed of an action trailer and at other times it was long and drawn out and didn't seem to amount to anything (the bit in the cells). The funny thing was that it didn't really make the film bad at all, somehow they made it all blend together as if these pieces were just individual chapters or something. When I think back I remember all these pieces that I'd forgotten about because everything changed so much throughout it, the character of Evey for example of completely different at the end from at the beginning. CRACK.

V For Vendetta 9.5/10

A superb watch with lots of powerful scenes, great story, a message, great action, philosophy etc. I saw it earlier tonight in the cinema, and I think the use of it's soundtrack was really effective, the song used duting the explosions created great atmosphere. //spoilers// I think the most effective scenes were the marching of the "V"s past the army men, it could be anywhere, and if you've ever been in a protest, it makes you think back, and makes you want to be in another. The "God is in the rain scene" where portman comes out from captivity was great also, the one shot with the CG rain falling was nice and it had a good atmospheric soundtrack in the back. Good cast, good acting from the (northern)Irish actor Stephen Rea. It's kind of funny/coincidental, because his role in Michael collins was him working for the british government, but aiding irish rebellers. And props to portman for getting her hair shaved on camera. I haven't read the comic to compare, but I plan to. Aparently the main writer didn't seem to like some of the film. Favourite bits : November 5th 1 year later. "It's ANARCHY IN THE UK !!! WOO" scene. And the Rupert grvaes scene with the benny hill song would have been good without the benny hill song... And when portman gets black bagged by V it's a nice efect. Anyways. Great movie, nice anti-thatcher propaganda, pro IRA propaganda and it makes you think. moo

Quote from: EvilBerryClockHowl's Moving Castle - 8.5/10

Great animation by the maker of sprited away. It's an adaptation from a book of the same name, but my sister (who's read the book) says it's fairly different. The story is great and has alot of great characters, brough to life greatly by Christian Bale and Billy Chrystal. The animation is fine, and in most parts top-notch.

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The movie lacks blue guitars but it suffices.

I hated that movie. I think it pales in comparison to Miyazaki's other films.