Brief reviews of movies you saw recently

[Joey 56465468]

The New World 2/10 (I believe thats the name)

Incase you forgot about this movie, it was that new Pocahontas with Colin Farrel.  This movie was as awful as they come, Avoid at all costs.  The story didn't make any sense, the cammera was seisureiffic throughtout the whole thing and people in the movie said maybe 5 lines total.  And the acting, jesus that was bad.  You could tell that Colin Farrel did not want to be there filming this, that or he was extreamly drunk the entire time.  Never ever go near this movie for any reason at all.

[Randy Pearson]

Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit

While many people may think this is a "just-for-kids-movie," others may be pleasently surprised to find that This Wallace and Grommit film can appeal to people of alll ages. The characters are funny and well developed, as are the jokes (which at no point become corney). The clay-mation work in this film is outstanding, even better then some CGI graphics I've seen.

Horror film lovers will be happy to find that this film makes it's own share of references and spoofs of the werewolf mythos.

Unlike many family films, the story and premise never runs thin, which means we can thoroughly enjoy the middle and end of the film as we have enjoyed the beginning. It stays clean but never becomes cutesy. Also, unlike many so-called "family-films," The Curse of the Were-Rabbit doesn't leave the adult audience in boredom for the simple perpous of keeping children entertained.

The best aspect of this movie is that it's the first film in a long time that I came out of feeling very good and perfectly content with the story. The film was heart-warming and funny, yet still serious. It truly is a feel-good picture that I'm sure all who see it will enjoy.

I give Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit a perfect 10/10.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Dream Catcher: 7/10
not nearly as bad as I had expected. Some of the plot didn't add up in the end. Kind of surreal at some points. A fun thing to watch on a lazy sunday afternoon.

[Arctic]

Beerfest 10/10

Thumbs up to Broken Lizard once again.

[VanillaPepsiClock]

Fight Club (Yes I just watched it.)- 10/10
Amazing cinematography, Brad Pitt is great, thought provoking concept. I don't know why I haven't watched this earlier.

Millenium Actress- 8/10
Anime can make good movie material and this one is a jewel. Highly emotional with a very unique narrative. If you've watched Perfect Blue or Paranoia Agent, then you're in for a treat since it's the same director.

[chocolatechipclock]

Bad Education - ?/10

All I have to say is what the fuck.  It's basicly a movie within a movie about transexuals blackmailing a preist who molested them as kids... or something like that?  This movie really confused the hell out of me.  It was definently interesting, but I don't know what to say about it.  Check it out if you have an open mind.

[VanillaPepsiClock]

V for Vendetta- 9/10
Hugo Weaving is amazing. It blows the mind how much emotion he can put into a constantly masked character. V's dialogue is some of the best I've ever heard in a movie providing thought yet being completely badass at the same time. Cinematography is powerful, especially the montage cutting back and forth between the dominoes near the end of the movie. My only complaint is how the backstory was changed to fit the present day Iraq war.

[chocolatechipclock]

Dream Catcher: 7/10
not nearly as bad as I had expected. Some of the plot didn't add up in the end. Kind of surreal at some points. A fun thing to watch on a lazy sunday afternoon.

Yesterday my friend put that movie on top of his car while we went into a mall and to target for about 1-2 hours to see if anyone would steal it.  Suprisingly, nobody did.  I bet someone went up to it and was like "Dreamcatcher, why would I want to watch this piece of shit?"  Keep in mind that I live in southern California.

[ChickenClock]

Zwartboek (Blackbook) 8/10

I don't care what the reviews say, I really enjoyed this movie.

[DigitalLemonClock]

That's probably the best way to see a movie!

Funny enough I first saw Dog Soldiers at Lowlands, though it was an inside showing.

seriously though Blade Trinity why would a police sergeant use an Alienware laptop? Does he play Elder Scrolls: Oblivion when he's not hunting tasteless actors? I could write a book about this movie.

yeah there was a cinema tent aswell but you aren't allowed to smoke there and it was pretty crowded

[chocolatechipclock]

Evil Dead II - 10/10

God I love this movie.  It is a great gore fest with lots of scares.  My favorite scene was probably where everything in the room was lauthing at Ash.  I wanna watch this movie on shrooms.

[Losperman]

Stick It - 7/10

This was actually pretty good. Of course you have all of the cliche characters and relationships you would expect, and an ending taken from... well, every other movie like this. But the acting was good and there were some pretty funny parts in it. And who doesn't like watching chicks jump around in tight spandex?

The Tommyknockers - 5/10

I loved the story and the writing... but everything else was pretty crappy. The acting was hit or miss, with decent performances from the lead actors, but many of the minor characters were shit. Traci Lords was hot, as always. I think this movie would be great if they made it for the big screen rather than TV.

[Munglai]

I thought the pacing was just a little bit off, and he needed to do everything faster.  There were some parts where the action kind of slowed down and I wouldve liked the whole movie to just be this insane killing spree.  Also there werent enough straight up BRAWLS.

I think the general public likes car chases more than fights and Crank was supposed to be an all round action film so they had to cater to everyone in a very general way or something.

I went to see Talladega Nights yesterday. I was with my very anal friend who gets really worked up about product placement in films so he was making little pained noises all the way through, which was very funny. I don't really mind product placement and I'm not sure if they overdid it so much because they were mocking all the adverts in NASCAR or just because they wanted to make money but it got to the point where it was just ridiculous. Anyway besides the dodgy adverts throughout the film, it was pretty shit anyway. Most of the jokes just weren't very funny and most of them were very badly pased and predictable. I liked Sacha Baron Cohen's character for a while because he was so ridiculous but they couldn't really keep him funny. Also the joke of kids saying naughty things was really annoying and the kids were really awful actors.

What's weird is that the film seems to have been really well received with people comparing it to Anchorman and stuff. I don't know, what did everyone else think?

4/10

[chocolatechipclock]

Jackass Number 2 - 9.5/10

I never would have imagined giving this movie such a good rating, but it really exceeded my expectations.  Some of the stunts and pranks they did were just genius.  If you're squemish to male nudity or gross female nudity, don't see it.  Otherwise, enjoy.

[LeekClock]

"Click" starring adam sandler - 0/5
I'm happy to say that i haven't actually seen this movie. I just saw a trailer for it, and I wept.
 
Perfume - 1.5/5
That was really silly. And not in a good way. The plot was like something I would have written when I was 12 for a creative writing assignment. The only good thing, really, was the photography.
 
superman returns - 4/5
Really cool movie.. Works on many levels. I liked the plot. Quite an inventive McGuffin in there!
 
the girl from the water (or whatever...) by m night shyamalan - 0.5/5
tripe. the plot was dumb. the script was dumb. everything was.. dumb. unoriginal. pointless. unentertaining. and shyamalan gives himself a big fat cameo with which to display his wonderful range of "normal guy" to "normal guy is somewhat bemused".

[SnakeClock]

Trainspotting 9/10

I was expecting Requiem for a Dream with this, but I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained by it. It has a great energy and wit, hilarious writing, great characters, and really imaginative imagery (Renton's withdrawl hallucination was crazy). I should pick it up; I loved it.

Being John Malkovich 8/10

My first experience with Charlie Kaufman, and a new benchmark in cinematic storytelling. I've seen it before, but it's still very good the second time. On top of the innovative tale, the movie has a delightfully low-key aesthetic to it that makes the story seem more serious, and a wonderful cast (I particularly liked Craig; he's so devestatingly pathetic).

[Munglai]

the girl from the water (or whatever...) by m night shyamalan - 0.5/5
tripe. the plot was dumb. the script was dumb. everything was.. dumb. unoriginal. pointless. unentertaining. and shyamalan gives himself a big fat cameo with which to display his wonderful range of "normal guy" to "normal guy is somewhat bemused".

Did it have a really silly twist?

[LeekClock]

Did it have a really silly twist?

Naturally!

[ChocolateCoffin]

Clerks II

Quite good, some funny moments.

[LeekClock]

river of no return 4.5/5
 
pretty solid old film. cool story, cool dialogue & characters.
 

robert mitchum plays a kickass know-it-all cowboy daddy, and has some cool lines