Quote from: Franklin T. Onion;747880I liked Dicaprio's character in the Departed.  He was a mean bitch but he was doing the right thing.  I also liked Martin Sheen's character, he was totally a good guy.  Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin were dicks but enjoyable dicks, and Jack Nicholson was bad but entertaining.

I agree. And you can understand Leo being mean, too, I mean with the position he's forced into and all.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - 5/10

I was kind of disappointed by this movie. It wasn't bad, but from all of the hype and history surrounding it I expected it to be better. Most of the acting was pretty good, but I just felt like I had seen the story before. It was all very predictable. That, unfortunately, made it very boring in parts.

The Ninth Gate - 7.5/10

If they hadn't left so many unanswered questions in this movie, it would have been an 8.5 or a 9. But, really, who was the French chick? Why was Johnny Depp "chosen"? And what the fuck was up with the ending? Other than that, I liked the overall storyline, and Depp was awesome as usual. I think I want that tattoo that the bad chick had on her thigh. And a witchy French girl who has color changing eyes. I want that, too.

Quote from: Franklin T. Onion;748291Oh my God, who gives a shit what it's called?

I wasn't tryying to be a know-it-all. I was just thought some might think it was interesting. You're always to mean to me.

Just because you don't intend to sound like one doesn't mean you don't come off as one.  it just seemed irrelevant, all right?

Quote from: Losperman;748296Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - 5/10

Why you dirty no good



Have you seen Snatch? I liked Snatch better.

Quote from: Katz;748415Why you dirty no good

Have you seen Snatch? I liked Snatch better.

Exactly. I think I saw them out of order, since LSaTSB was released first, right? I saw Snatch first, which was much better and had a ton of similar elements. So I think I was expecting something as good as Snatch, when Snatch is basically the same movie done better.

Snatch was definitely "cooler" than Lock Stock, but I think the story/writing were a little smarter in Lock Stock.

Snatch is lame compared to Lock Stock.

Quote from: Franklin T. Onion;748432Snatch was definitely "cooler" than Lock Stock, but I think the story/writing were a little smarter in Lock Stock.

Eh, I can see where originality points would go toward Lock Stock, but I didn't think the characters were very well written at all. A few were cool, but why did it seem like most were bumbling idiots in one way or another? And, like I said, it's probably hard for me to judge the story/writing very fairly because I saw Snatch first. So it seemed like I saw every plot point coming.

Quote from: Key;747664300-
Half hour of shit
Sex scene with bouncing tits
Half hour of shit
Tons of extremely awesome violence and gore
Weird thing (Hunchback of Notre Dame meets Gollum) in a tent with a whole bunch of half naked asian dancers, one girl on girl kiss.
Tons of extremely awesome violence and gore
Something happened at the end... dunno what it was. Not violence/sex.

10/10

That was a pretty stupid review. I know you're probably only 12 but jeez.

I thought 300 was a very good film. It was guaranteed to be entertaining because it had lots of angry burly men hitting eachother and stuff but putting that aside it was still just a really well done film. The fights were awesome but I'd say it was more because of the POWER and EMOTION and stuff in them than the lame OMG BLOOD WOOT stuff that you get in every action film at the moment. What was really great about it was that a million billion characters died but all of them died in a way that was right and a way they diserved.

Also I really liked King Xerxces because he was a huge black transvestite.

Yes, it was quite cool when Xerxes stood in front of Leonidas in profile and you could see just how huge he was.

Quote from: Losperman;748438Eh, I can see where originality points would go toward Lock Stock, but I didn't think the characters were very well written at all. A few were cool, but why did it seem like most were bumbling idiots in one way or another? And, like I said, it's probably hard for me to judge the story/writing very fairly because I saw Snatch first. So it seemed like I saw every plot point coming.

The characters were SUPPOSED to be idiots.  It was basically a comedy with cockney gangsters.

Quote from: Franklin T. Onion;749519The characters were SUPPOSED to be idiots.  It was basically a comedy with cockney gangsters.

I guess maybe it's just not my thing then. I'm not saying it can't be funny, but I think I was just looking for idiots that were more likeable than bumbling.

[imdb]The Edukators[/imdb] - German film about a trio of young anti-capitalists who see it as their duty to educate the rich as to their ill ways. It's as preachy and juvenile as it sounds, but there are some cool scenes, and overall it's pretty entertaining.

The dialogue is rather didactic and sounds like something from the cc debate forum a lot of the time, in it's blind naivety and it's recycled
dead-end opinions. But other than finding its motives and sympathies somewhat disagreeable, I found the film enjoyable. It was pretty well acted.

[imdb]True Romance[/imdb] - exciting and entertainingly written. Clearly from the pen of Tarantino, in a lot of ways. Recommended if you like Tarantino's sense of humour and his creatively violent scenes.

This film is full of big names, and there is an hilarious and very well acted scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper. The film is full of memorable scenes.

[IMDB]the 40-year old virgin[/IMDB]
Great comedy! I'd expected it to rely on more gross-out jokes. The co-worker interaction was really recognizable and funny, kind of a primitive dog pack thing. I think a big musical number is the best way to end most comedies.

[IMDB]300[/IMDB]
Big visual and aural spectacle keeps it entertaining despite the fact that there's very little substance to it - the little cutaways to home, while I know they're probably straight from the comic book, seemed there only to give the audience a breather inbetween fight after fight. You really felt the translation of comic book to movie in a lot of places, the whole idea of a long long battle probably works best as a comic anyway. But, the director probably realized this and so focused on making it as visually interesting as possible. Great work with color, contrast, choreography and costumes. Of course it's boiling over with machismo but you're not asked to take it seriously so it's not an issue. It's probably not a movie I'll bother to watch twice though, again because of the lack of substance. The treacherous Quasimodo was a bit lame.

Oh, and while I'm shit at estimating distances and numbers, the 300 warriors never really seemed like 300 to me. OK, you can probably never see them all in the same place, but they never seem like more than about 60 to me. Especially at the end when they've formed the shield turtle formation, though maybe they've just lost most of their numbers by then.
Come to think of it, they probably weren't legally allowed to have more than 20 of those guys in frame at the same time or their assembled abs would qualify as a nuclear weapon.

edit: oh also the soundtrack kicked ass, I must have it.

Quote from: Peppa Pig;749309That was a pretty stupid review. I know you're probably only 12 but jeez.

I thought 300 was a very good film. It was guaranteed to be entertaining because it had lots of angry burly men hitting eachother and stuff but putting that aside it was still just a really well done film. The fights were awesome but I'd say it was more because of the POWER and EMOTION and stuff in them than the lame OMG BLOOD WOOT stuff that you get in every action film at the moment. What was really great about it was that a million billion characters died but all of them died in a way that was right and a way they diserved.

Also I really liked King Xerxces because he was a huge black transvestite.

People like Zack Snyder are the type of people who can make a film super violent, but do it in a way where it... stops being so violent and more poetic. My father who saw the film with me said he really enjoyed, and while it was obvious he didn't think much of the acting or premise, he said it was very well written and edited.

Hot Fuzz 10/10

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL

Quote from: Barbapapa;752129Hot Fuzz 10/10

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL

Damn, I was going to talk about that movie but since you havent made
a review yet......

Hot Fuzz 15/10

In my opinion, THE BEST FREAKIN MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!
Seriously, great story, amazing comedy, powerful fight scenes, a few bloody moments and a full 2 hours of pure british gold!

All of you MUST watch this! Trust me you won't be disappointed.

Troll and Troll 2 - ¥/10

Hehehehehehe. I love the Troll movies. I had seen the second movie a few times, but I never remembered seeing the first movie. Watching it brought back some very vague memories, though, so I think I may have seen it as a very wee lad. Either way, both of the movies are fucking amazing. Why? Not because they're good, exactly. More because they manage to be both the best and worst movies ever. How many other movies can claim that? That's right. Not many.

Of note, also, is the fact that the first movie's hero is a young boy named Harry Potter who wants to learn magic from a witch in order to battle a troll... hmmm...

Quote from: Peppa Pig;749309That was a pretty stupid review. I know you're probably only 12 but jeez.

I thought 300 was a very good film. It was guaranteed to be entertaining because it had lots of angry burly men hitting eachother and stuff but putting that aside it was still just a really well done film. The fights were awesome but I'd say it was more because of the POWER and EMOTION and stuff in them than the lame OMG BLOOD WOOT stuff that you get in every action film at the moment. What was really great about it was that a million billion characters died but all of them died in a way that was right and a way they diserved.

Also I really liked King Xerxces because he was a huge black transvestite.

It was a very good movie, although I thought it didn't show much emotion. And really, a lot of the beginning of the movie wasn't up to par with the rest, mainly up until the 300 met the rest of the 'soldiers'. From then on it was great, although I didn't like the ending, it seemed that after all that work-to they could've made it seem more dramatic. Another reason that I thought it was weak at parts was that it was exactly the same as the comic, not much creativity was put into the plot or sequence. And it's not as if changing would've deterred the movie because it didn't really match the real battle anyway. I loved the topography, scenery, violence etc. don't get me wrong, but I'm just a stickler for certain little things in movies.  Like I didn't like the way it made the ancient persian army look, the spartans weren't wearing their traditional armor and so on and so forth. I thought it was a good movie it just had some trouble living up to all the hype.

And who are you to be calling me twelve? I'm young yes (14), but can you honestly tell me that this movie wasn't designed with a largely teenage/adolescent audience in mind? A twelve year old might have enjoyed it more. Hell I know he would've, he'd love the sex and wouldn't be looking for those tiny little things that drive some people IE me, crazy.

And shortly, Reign over me was absolutely wonderful. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Although I was a bit disappointed by the (although not totally) lack of humor from Sandler, this was one of his most extraoridinary performances.

[imdb]A Scanner Darkly[/imdb]

The impressive rotoscoped visuals really gel with the "trippy" plot centered around a near-future drug conspiracy. Keanu Reeves gives a surprisingly good performance as Bob Arctor [insert "animated" joke] along with Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson playing his eccentric flatmates. The film is rarely dull, especially with some magnificently executed plot-twists right near the end - demanding at least one rewatch. A very cool, very unique film, even if those aren't really Winona Ryder's tits.

4/5

[imdb]Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas[/imdb]

An emotionally devoid, tedious, chore of a film. Even Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro's highly memorable performances fail to stop this movie from being little more than a tiresome, inconsequential chain of events.

1/5