Movie review thread...

Virgil

[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Kirwan'][quote name='MN5'][quote name='Kirwan']Just back from seeing the awesomeness of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Only he could get away with playing just a bastard and be so damn likable. 
 
A very clever film that plays with your expectations of what a Clint movie will be. If that's his final performance, it's a tour de bloody force. 
 
Get Off My Lawn indeed.[/quote] 
 
VERY pissed off that I still haven't seen this. I need to persuade the wife that she'll want to see it.[/quote] 
 
I took my wife and she loved it. Sounds weird but it's actually kind of sweet and in that grey area of chick/guy flick. Very funny too.[/quote] 
 
Well I'm trying to persuade her to go tomorrow night for valentines day but so far a forlorn exercise, she says "go with your mates" but everyone knows how dodgy a group of guys at the movies is !! She loved Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and Million Dollar Baby, not so keen on the Dollars trilogy or Dirty Harry series.[/quote] 
 
The Mrs and i watched Gran Torino lastnight, great movie with a wonderful performance from the great man. As previously mentioned some great lines from Clint, but more often its his expressions on that wrinkled old face of his that said more then words could. 
A great story, a must for a Clint fan like you MN5.

taniwharugby

Seven Pounds; more evidence of the acting talent that is Wil; Smith - 7.8/10 
 
The Day the Earth Stood Still; more evidence of the lack of acting talent that is Keanu Reeves (mind you, shit script TBF) 4.5/10 
 
Gran Torino; Thoroughly enjoyed it, some of his one liners were brilliant, but yeah the husky voice, wrinkled face telling the Chinese gang about when he piled dead gooks 5 high in the Korean War - 8.1/10

Rembrandt

Have been sick for a week so caught up on some movies 
 
Incredible Hulk (2008) - kinda dull, am a big fan of Ed Norton but he just seemed whiney in this 4/10 
Iron Man - Better than the hulk..in that I didn't get sleepy till at least half way through, I think Robert Downey Jr probably kept this one going, some actual funny scenes but still pretty mediocre 6/10 
The Bank Job - Outstanding! Actually thought it was another Guy Ritchie/Jason Statham attempt on recreating 'Lock Stock', its actually based on the true story of the Baker street bank robbery in London 1971, gripping storyline and made to seem that much more plausible as its based on true events..with a little bit of creative license. 9/10 
Rainman - Been meaning to watch this probably most my life, good movie, nothing outstanding but kept me entertained, Hoffman & Cruise both good 7/10

Scorz

[quote name='taniwharugby'] 
Gran Torino; Thoroughly enjoyed it, some of his one liners were brilliant, but yeah the husky voice, wrinkled face telling the Chinese gang about when he piled dead gooks 5 high in the Korean War - 8.1/10[/quote] 
That is one of my favourite movies now, I hope it is Eastwood's glorious exit, what a great story, brilliantly told. 
 
Green Street Hooligans: Frodo gets booted out of his Uni and goes to England and falls in with a bunch of West Ham thugs. Very enjoyable, I'd say 8/10. 
 
Street Kings: I think they potential is still sitting on the reel of film somewhere, went too far with the same old boring twist of the bosses being the bad guys. 6/10. 
 
I watched Tombstone again. Val Kilmer' makes that movie into a classic, his Doc Holliday is just superb, and one-liners like "I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear" and "I have not yet begun to defile myself" are delivered so well. Another all-time favourite. 
 
Then I watched "Appaloosa" which is the remake by Ed what ever his name is/Harris and Vigo Mortensson, this movie would have been so much better without the complete fail that is the cheeseball inappropriate music. That and the hard man (Ed Harris) is too much of a lovey-dovey pussy, needed to be more Eastwood circa "Unforgiven" and less Costner circa "Open Range". Leading "lady" Renee Zellweger is feral and has a face like a kicked in bedpan - and in this film, they rewarded this by giving her red hair. 6.5/10, would have been a 7.0 without the fucktard composer. 
 
Actually he's so bad, I found his name, so we can avoid him like Ebola: Jeff Beal [url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063618/"]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063618/[/url]

MN5

[quote name='Virgil'][quote name='MN5'][quote name='Kirwan'][quote name='MN5'][quote name='Kirwan']Just back from seeing the awesomeness of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Only he could get away with playing just a bastard and be so damn likable. 
 
A very clever film that plays with your expectations of what a Clint movie will be. If that's his final performance, it's a tour de bloody force. 
 
Get Off My Lawn indeed.[/quote] 
 
VERY pissed off that I still haven't seen this. I need to persuade the wife that she'll want to see it.[/quote] 
 
I took my wife and she loved it. Sounds weird but it's actually kind of sweet and in that grey area of chick/guy flick. Very funny too.[/quote] 
 
Well I'm trying to persuade her to go tomorrow night for valentines day but so far a forlorn exercise, she says "go with your mates" but everyone knows how dodgy a group of guys at the movies is !! She loved Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and Million Dollar Baby, not so keen on the Dollars trilogy or Dirty Harry series.[/quote] 
 
The Mrs and i watched Gran Torino lastnight, great movie with a wonderful performance from the great man. As previously mentioned some great lines from Clint, but more often its his expressions on that wrinkled old face of his that said more then words could. 
A great story, a must for a Clint fan like you MN5.[/quote] 
 
Due to a lack of babysitters I STILL haven't got to see the farkin movie ! not happy, especially hearing all these good things about it. How long does it have to run in the theatres ?

MN5

[quote name='red terror'][quote name='MN5']She still hasn't bought me my dirty harry box set on DVD she promised me yet either !!!!!!!!!!! xzxmad[/quote] 
 
Did you see that David Fincher film from last year called "Zodiac"? Pretty cool film, purportedly based on the real Zodiac killer near San Francisco. The "Scorpio" psychopath that "Dirty Harry" Callahan tracks is based on the real Zodiac-killer. They still haven't solved that one. I've seen a number of documentaries about Zodiac and have been fascinated since a kid because of the Dirty Harry storyline. Clint Eastwood (westerns and Harry) and James Bond were the first "adult" films I saw as a kid and those stories and characters are hardwired into my brain.[/quote] 
 
Yeah I saw that Zodiac movie and to be honest I thought it dragged a bit. I do however agree it is a fascinating storyline and Dirty Harry liberally lifted elements from it. DH to me is one of the best films of all time from the locations, clints performance, the jazzy music, the killers performance...its just awesome on so many levels but as always spawned a few inferior sequels. 
 
I guess the real life Zodiac killer was a bit more careful with his parking tickets than Summer of Sam killer David Berkowitz <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

red terror

[img]http://raptor.golden.net/~tekapo/redterror/shatner_intruder.jpg[/img] 
 
I could have sworn I saw a William Shatner thread somewhere on the forums (his performance of "Rocket Man" - genius), but it seems to have vanished. Anyhow, this is worth checking out: 
 
[quote]Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he's produced to lose money. Shatner plays Adam Cramer, a racist white man who goes to a Southern town to incite violent resistance to school integration. As Corman surrounded his leads with real racist townspeople, the movie cackles with disturbingly authentic energy. The movie also features very ugly language, from vile, racist slurs to white-supremacy propagandizing. 
 
[url]http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/the_intruder_corman.htm[/url] 
 
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[i]Yes, he can really act.[/i][/quote]

red terror

Also check out the creepy Incubus (1965): 
 
[quote][b][color=#FF0000]Incubus[/color][/b] (Esperanto: Inkubo) is a black and white horror film originally released in 1965 and later restored in 2001. Incubus was directed by Leslie Stevens, creator of The Outer Limits, and stars a pre-Star Trek William Shatner. Its striking black and white cinematography was by Conrad Hall, who went on to win three Academy Awards for his work on the films Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Road to Perdition, and American Beauty. The film was performed entirely in the constructed language Esperanto. This was done to create an eerie, other-worldly feeling, and the director has prohibited dubbing into other languages. 
 
The film was lost for many years because the original print of the film burned in a fire and all copies reported lost, destroyed, or worn away. A copy of the film was found in France where it played with French subtitles in the permanent collection of the CinÃ©mathÃ¨que FranÃ§aise in Paris. The Sci Fi Channel funded the restoration from the found print and released a DVD in 2001 that included subtitles in English and French. 
 
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(1965_film)[/url][/quote] 
 
Two-minute Sci Fi Channel "Incubus" trailer: 
 
[youtube:2tqy2la3]AW7AuyIwN2A[/youtube:2tqy2la3]

Kirwan

Yeah, his background is surprising. He's a Broadway theatre actor, with lots of great reviews and Shakespeare performances in his history, not to mention live TV performances. His autobiography is bloody interesting.

red terror

[quote name='Kirwan']Yeah, his background is surprising. He's a Broadway theatre actor, with lots of great reviews and [b]Shakespeare performances[/b] in his history, not to mention live TV performances. His autobiography is bloody interesting.[/quote] 
 
I was never a big Star Trek junkie like my brother, but have a perverse fascination with Shatner. I live very close to a small town (Stratford, Ontario) that has an annual Shakespeare Festival where Shatner performed a couple seasons in the 1950s before heading south to the Howdy Doody Show on American TV (!!). I go to local flea markets and yard sales and am always coming across vintage Festival programs and promotional material with young Shatner photographed and marqueed. I should start collecting the stuff.

taniwharugby

Slumdog Millionaire; quite enjoyed it, maybe suffered a little because of the rave reviews and expectation, but worth the watch - 7.5/10 
 
Outlander; James Caviezel (who I like as an actor) pretty average Sci-Fi film where Caviezel lands on Earth in the time of the Vikings and brings another alien being with him that starts killing villages. 5.4/10

red terror

Life imitates art: 
 
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Ricky Gervais is genius.

allblackfan

Am watching Zack and Miri Make A Porno. About half way though. It has some really funny moments but also some parts that drag abit. Oh yuck, bad scene...bad ! But hillarious xzxrofl Also some great lines in this movie, not quite like Clint's but pearls in their own right. 
 
Watched the Zodiac film for the second time the other evening, I really like that movie and the suspense that they came close to catching the guy but could never prove it.

taniwharugby

The Mist; average 'horror' film, had heard good things about it. 5.9/10 
 
Thick as Thieves - Morgan Freemen & Antonio Banderas, crime thriller/drama. Not too bad, twist at the end is reasonably easy to see coming. 6.4/10 
 
Wall-E - finally watched right through (son stops, starts it often) pretty good film, 7.4/10

Kirwan

AICN has news that they are remaking Total Recall, hopefully by using the Phillip K. Dick source material more closely but I doubt it. 
 
And in Arnold news, he's joined the cast of Sly's The Expendables as a cameo as governor. Jean Claude got asked as well but turned it down! What a moron, Sly almost had all the 80s action icons in one film. His reason was he wanted to see a script. A script?!? Has he not seen any of his OWN films???? 
 
The cast list for that film is getting incredible, for those keeping track; 
 
Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, Forest Whitaker and with Sandra Bullock and Ben Kingsley still rumoured.

Tim

[i]Demon Seed[/i]. Julie Christie gets imprisoned and raped by an intelligent super computer. Donald Cammell film. 7/10. 
 
[i]Colossus: The Forbin Project [/i]was better.

Virgil

[quote name='taniwharugby'][b]The Mist; average 'horror' film, had heard good things about it. 5.9/10[/b] 
 
Thick as Thieves - Morgan Freemen & Antonio Banderas, crime thriller/drama. Not too bad, twist at the end is reasonably easy to see coming. 6.4/10 
 
[b]Wall-E - finally watched right through (son stops, starts it often) pretty good film, 7.4/10[/b][/quote] 
 
 
Your a harsh critic, thought both were very good films especially Wall-E 
The Mist was enjoyable, have read Stephen Kings original story and it was right on except the ending. Which was Hollywooded.

allblackfan

[quote name='Virgil'][quote name='taniwharugby'][b]The Mist; average 'horror' film, had heard good things about it. 5.9/10[/b] 
 
Thick as Thieves - Morgan Freemen & Antonio Banderas, crime thriller/drama. Not too bad, twist at the end is reasonably easy to see coming. 6.4/10 
 
[b]Wall-E - finally watched right through (son stops, starts it often) pretty good film, 7.4/10[/b][/quote] 
 
 
Your a harsh critic, thought both were very good films especially Wall-E 
The Mist was enjoyable, have read Stephen Kings original story and it was right on except the ending. Which was Hollywooded.[/quote] 
 
I thought the Mist was alright, no great masterpiece though and wouldn't bother seeing it again. Couldn't quite understand why the AJ's suicided by the way.

taniwharugby

[quote name='Virgil'][quote name='taniwharugby'][b]The Mist; average 'horror' film, had heard good things about it. 5.9/10[/b] 
 
Thick as Thieves - Morgan Freemen & Antonio Banderas, crime thriller/drama. Not too bad, twist at the end is reasonably easy to see coming. 6.4/10 
 
[b]Wall-E - finally watched right through (son stops, starts it often) pretty good film, 7.4/10[/b][/quote] 
 
 
Your a harsh critic, thought both were very good films especially Wall-E 
The Mist was enjoyable, have read Stephen Kings original story and it was right on except the ending. Which was Hollywooded.[/quote] 
 
will clarify on The Mist, average HORROR, not sure how youd categorise it, but a horror it was not. So despite the pretty good story (loved the psycho religious woman) and the shite end, I did like it, just not a horror.

allblackfan

Watched Even Money, not bad but can't imagine any guy being so patient when his wife regularly stays out late at a 'coffee shop' to write and, doesnt check his bank balance until $65,000 is whittled away on the pokies. This is particulalry the case when the guy is played by Ray Liotta .I kept expecting him to go ballistic and the mafia to show up. He's typecast for me I'm afraid. 
 
I liked The Duchess, I like well crafted period pieces and this one is based on a true story which adds to the plot. Once again though Kiera Knightley is typecast for me so I couldn't quite take her seriously. The real Duchess must have been an extraordinary woman.

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