Movie review thread...

taniwharugby

watched The Kings Speech. 
 
Thought it was fine, maybe 7/10, although Firth was superb in his role, as was his speech therapist/coach...? 
 
and Sneak, that is funny!!

Bones

The Collector - pile of shit, do not even entertain the thought of watching. I would be very happy if all the deaths in the movie were real.

Rembrandt

Watched 'The Fighter', really enjoyed it 9/10. Christian Bale was phenomonal, oscar well deserved, his best role yet

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Get Low is an interesting yarn well worth a watch. Old hermit has his funeral arranged for him while still alive, wont ruin the plot from there for you. 
Lovebirds, the new Rhys Darby romcom is reasonable with plenty of laughs and makes Auckland look far more appealing than it really is.

taniwharugby

The Fighter; as already mentioned, Christian Bale is pretty damned good in this! Wahlberg is pretty good too, although I had a very hard time believing he was 66kg! 
 
Wasn't as good of a movie as I thought expected it to be, enjoyable, easy to watch with some superb acting, but a little slow moving, if not predictable (which given based on a true story make it's tough to make it less I guess...) not to mention some of the fight scenes were poorly choreographed

Deepblue

I watched [I]Boy [/I]the other day, it was kind of depressing, could have been a really good drama, or a really good comedy but it fell somewhere inbetween and suffered for it I reckon.

Nepia

[quote name='Deepblue']I watched [I]Boy [/I]the other day, it was kind of depressing, could have been a really good drama, or a really good comedy but it fell somewhere inbetween and [B]suffered for it I reckon.[/B][/QUOTE] 
Going by the box office and DVD sales 99% of the country tends to disagree with you. 
 
I think it was ok, there were a few shifts in tone but I don't think they hurt the film. 
 
Saw 127 Hours last night. Good film. James franco does a good job as pretty much the focus of the whole film. A bit of a harrowing story though. I'm keen to read the book now.

Deepblue

According to the box office, Twilight, The Phantom Menace and Transformers ROTF are cinematic masterpieces.

taniwharugby

[quote name='Deepblue']According to the box office, Twilight, The Phantom Menace and Transformers ROTF are cinematic masterpieces.[/QUOTE] 
 
not to mention Boyzone (or whatever those artists of a generation were called) sit alongside The Beatles...<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

dK

American: The Bill Hicks story 
 
If you are a Hicks fan, this is a must see. Very well done biography of a stand-up comedian, other stand ups revere.

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Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter" is a really good yarn. Highly recommended viewing

dK

I'm having a bit of a doco season at the moment and here is another 
 
Wasteland - story of a Brazilian artist who goes to the largest refuse dump in Rio and engages the "trash pickers" in creating art from the recyclable waste. Great story, happy ending, and a few heart string pulling moments

Nepia

[quote name='Deepblue']According to the box office, Twilight, The Phantom Menace and Transformers ROTF are cinematic masterpieces.[/QUOTE] 
Except critics also loved Boy as well ... critics and box office v Deepblue <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />. 
 
[QUOTE] not to mention Boyzone (or whatever those artists of a generation were called) sit alongside The Beatles...[/QUOTE] 
Are you really equating Boy with Boyzone? At any rate see above.

taniwharugby

Tron Legacy = Pile of poo

Tim

[I]Paul[/I]. Entertaining and amusing. Light and fairly brisk. Worth a watch.

Virgil

[quote name='Tim'][I]Paul[/I]. Entertaining and amusing. Light and fairly brisk. Worth a watch.[/QUOTE] 
Went and saw (yes thats right i didnt actually download it) World Invasion: Battle LA lastnight, saw the preview for Paul. Looks a great watch. 
 
Battle LA by the way wasnt bad, basically a modern warfare movie that so happens to involve aliens rather than Terrorists/Chinese/Russians. 
7.2/10

Kirwan

Saw a few movies on my trip; 
 
Social Network: excellent, even if inaccurate 
127 Hours: more entertaining than the premise has a right to be. Very good 
Inception: mind bending sic fi, well made and this generations blade runner (or total recall, for the open to interpretation ending) 
Red: brained dead fun with a great cast, was fine 
Battle LA: better than I expected, awful dialogue but 100 times better than independence day.

Deepblue

[quote name='Nepia']Except critics also loved Boy as well ... critics and box office v Deepblue <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />.[/QUOTE] 
 
I'm not saying it's shit, just that with the talent (especially the kids) there it could have been something exceptional.

taniwharugby

The Resident - listed as a horror, but more a thriller, was moving along alright until the finale which seemed to slip into the stereotypical 'horror' ending; HIlary Swank, 6.5/10

Kirwan

Saw Zombieland the other night, was far more entertaining than I expected it to be. Definitely worth watching, pretty funny.

The Silver Fern

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