Brief reviews of movies you saw recently

[Losperman]

I <3 Huckabees - 9/10

Wow, I surprised I liked this movie so much. It's one of those movies that seems fucked up just for the sake of being fucked up... but it works. I think a big part is the huge ensemble cast. The characters already seem strong, but the strong acting really brings them to life. Mark Wahlberg was great, which is making me think he's really turning into a good actor. The humor was... well, fucked up. But, again, it worked. I especially liked the family dinner scene.

[miracle fruit]

And to think the guy who directed that garbage made both Sin City, From Dusk Til' Dawn and The Mariachi Trilogy.

I know, I was like,

What the fuck Rodriguez?

Like, what the fuck?

[Robocop Clock]

Ghostrider 1/10
 
Pretty much sucked...No good fighting scenes and the storyline was I'm a edgy teen.
 
The # 23 7/10
 
Better then they say. I expected it to suck from what i've herd but it was actually decent. The guy was overly paranoid about a # but other than that it had good story.

[Randy Pearson]

I know, I was like,

What the fuck Rodriguez?

Like, what the fuck?

The fact is, those weren't even really serious movies. That (along with Spy Kids) were really just experiments to show people a film could be made really quickly under a really low budget. To this day he hasn't made a single film over 40 million dollars, which kind of makes some of his films a little more note-worthy in that respect, even the Spy Kids films.

[LeekClock]

The fact is, those weren't even really serious movies. That (along with Spy Kids) were really just experiments to show people a film could be made really quickly under a really low budget. To this day he hasn't made a single film over 40 million dollars, which kind of makes some of his films a little more note-worthy in that respect, even the Spy Kids films.

40 million dollars isn't exactly pocket change, y'know.

[kittyclock]

Good bye, Lenin!
 
9/10
 
A guy is protesting against the regime in 1989 when he gets arrested. His mother sees, has a heart attack and falls into a coma. When the mother awakens, the GDR is no longer in existence. In attempts to keep her from any type of excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat.
 
made in 2003, only in german

[Munglai]

The Departed - 10/10

I tried to talk myself into lowering the score, because I was paranoid that I was just going to like it because it was a new Scorsese mafia movie. But when I tried to find things to bring the points down, I couldn't. The story moved along at a better pace than his older movies, and the twists were great. The music selection was decent (although what was with that Comfortably Numb cover?) and the dialogue was well written. The acting was the highlight, though. Everyone was fucking awesome, and even Mark Wahlberg put on a pretty damn fine show. The Boston accents were all nice, with the surprising exception of Jack Nicholson, who sounded a little forced at times. Overall, it's up there with his best. I'll have to give it more time to settle before I say it's better than Casino or Goodfellas, though.

I'd knock it down a couple of points for having no likable characters and for the constant really bad swearing. It was a very very good film but I can't say I really liked it at all.

And to think the guy who directed that garbage made both Sin City, From Dusk Til' Dawn and The Mariachi Trilogy.

Wellll doesn't that show that he can make stuff that kids like and also stuff that adults like? It would be nice if the kids' films he made were the sort of things that anyone could like but I guess he achieves what he's trying to with his lame kiddy films and that's good.

[Losperman]

I'd knock it down a couple of points for having no likable characters and for the constant really bad swearing. It was a very very good film but I can't say I really liked it at all.

Does a film require you to like it's characters? Especially when the entire movie revolves around lying and backstabbing? I thought the characters were well written and even more well played, so I had no problem not having many likeable characters.

Also, I never find swearing in a movie to be a bad thing, unless it sounds too forced. When you're watching a movie filled with dumb mafia thugs who probably never made it through middle school, it's expected. I guess maybe that's because I swear a lot too. :/

[Randy Pearson]

40 million dollars isn't exactly pocket change, y'know.

I'm aware of that. But considering the types of movies he makes and the types of actors he gets, its kind of amazing he can do it on a considerably low budget. I mean, Rodriguez just sits firmly in my book as an A-League B-Movie maker (which is good).

[ChocolateCoffin]

300 is very very good.

[Arctic]

I <3 Huckabees - 9/10

Wow, I surprised I liked this movie so much. It's one of those movies that seems fucked up just for the sake of being fucked up... but it works. I think a big part is the huge ensemble cast. The characters already seem strong, but the strong acting really brings them to life. Mark Wahlberg was great, which is making me think he's really turning into a good actor. The humor was... well, fucked up. But, again, it worked. I especially liked the family dinner scene.

I bought the movie because I liked it so much.  Now I get shit from everyone.

[Munglai]

Does a film require you to like it's characters? Especially when the entire movie revolves around lying and backstabbing? I thought the characters were well written and even more well played, so I had no problem not having many likeable characters.

Also, I never find swearing in a movie to be a bad thing, unless it sounds too forced. When you're watching a movie filled with dumb mafia thugs who probably never made it through middle school, it's expected. I guess maybe that's because I swear a lot too. :/

I realised that the reason all the characters were dicks was because the reality of that kind of thing is that they are all dicks, but that doesn't really make for a fun watching experience. For most of the middle of the film I was just getting annoyed because absolutely no one would stop being a bastard. A film techincally doesn't need any likeable characters but without them who am I supposed to sympathise with? I didn't really care what happened to anyone. Whenever anybody died I didn't feel anything because I liked neither the person dying or the person benefiting from them dying. Without any characters I could like the film felt very closed off and when it got into bits that weren't very exciting I just kind of tuned out because I didn't really care what was going on.

The problem with the swearing wasn't the amount of it, they were just all really bad at it. I think that's a culture thing though; americans only really have about five swear words and none of them are very fun.

[AdrenalineClock]

I 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.

[AdrenalineClock]

300-
Something happened at the end... dunno what it was. Not violence/sex.

The final scene was a charge into a battle of mass violence.  We don't get to see it, but it's violence.

[Poltergeist]

The final scene was a charge into a battle of mass violence.  We don't get to see it, but it's violence.

How come none of the thousands of arrows fired hit his crotch?

[miracle fruit]

How come none of the thousands of arrows fired hit his crotch?

Balls of steel. The arrows ricocheted.

[SilverCherryClock]

I'd knock it down a couple of points for having no likable characters and for the constant really bad swearing.

None of Scorcese's crime films have truly likeable characters.

[AdrenalineClock]

How come none of the thousands of arrows fired hit his crotch?

That wasn't the last scene.

[Randy Pearson]

The final scene was a charge into a battle of mass violence.  We don't get to see it, but it's violence.

The final scene is supposed to be the Battle of Plataea.

[AdrenalineClock]

The final scene is supposed to be the Battle of Plataea.

Oh my God, who gives a shit what it's called?