Movie review thread...

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.

Nepia

[quote name='Kirwan']Saw Zombieland the other night, was far more entertaining than I expected it to be. Definitely worth watching, pretty funny.[/QUOTE] 
Zombieland is great, I don't really like zombie films but to tell you the truth I found it nearly as funny as Shaun of the Dead. I wound up watching Adventureland the following night not knowing the same guy (the one from The Social Network) was in both. Both worth a watch I say.

Tim

The CGI in that new Green Lantern footage is exceptionally shitty. Use a real set FFS!

Tim

[I]2010: The year we make contact[/I]. Pretty solid sci-fi film. Good production values, acting etc. Nothing stand-out about the plot, themes, dialogue etc. Worth a look.

rustycruiser

[quote name='Kirwan']Saw Zombieland the other night, was far more entertaining than I expected it to be. Definitely worth watching, pretty funny.[/QUOTE] 
The cameo by BM made Zombieland so much cooler. I too enjoyed Adventureland as well, even with the eternally pale Kristin Stewart in it. The Twilight movies have pretty much ruined her as an actress for me.

red terror

Adventureland is great, seen it a couple times. 
 
Went to see "I Love You Phillip Morris" last night, apparently a true story about a gay conman (played by Jim Carrey) and his prison lover (Ewen MacGregor). If the story is even half-true (the multiple elaborate prison escapes, his faking his way into courtrooms as a lawyer, then lying his way uinto a position as a CFO at a big company, etc.), it's preposterous stuff. Worth a look ... 7/10 ... and probably the best thing Carrey has done for years.

rustycruiser

I watched the new Ayrton Senna documentary today "Senna : Beyond the Speed of Sound". Enthralling is what is was. The version I watched was sourced from the Japanese Special Edition Blu Ray DVD. Run time of the theatrical cut of the movie is 108 minutes, and it is strictly made up of old documentary footage. The version I watched was 168 minutes, and it had modern interview segments with Ron Dennis, Alain Prost etc interspersed between the documentary footage. While the insight from the interviews was very interesting and added to the movie, I kind of wish I had seen the theatrical cut. Some of the cuts back and forth between the modern material and the docu was very jarring, and took away from the story. From Googling around the Japanese Amazon site, the Special Edition Blu Ray has both cuts on it. The movie was fantastic. Some of the footage amazing, some very ominous. Watching the whole Imola weekend was just so weird. Senna's unease with the Williams' undrivability, and then the tension he felt after Barrichello's horrible crash, and then Ratzenburger's death was palpable. Knowing the ending, you still sat on the edge of your seat waiting for the Tamburello accident. It really is woorth a watch, especially if you are an F1 fan. 
 
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Nepia

[quote name='rustycruiser']The cameo by BM made Zombieland so much cooler. I too enjoyed Adventureland as well, even with the eternally pale Kristin Stewart in it. The Twilight movies have pretty much ruined her as an actress for me.[/QUOTE] 
I was a bit meh with the cameo, it was funny, but by far movie defining to me - and then I was bemused by every critic/fan raving about it afterward. 
 
I don't watch Twilight so thought Stewart was pretty good and quite believable in Adventureland. And I don't find pale skin attractive in the slightest. 
 
However the other chick whose name escapes (somebody P I think) me at the moment was damn hot.

Tim

[I]Hobo with a Shotgun[/I]. Recommended. Sometimes you just want some violence, some shotguns, some laffs, and some Rutger Fucking Hauer. 
 
Could have been about 5 to 10 mins shorter. Some decent ideas and some nifty synth tracks.

taniwharugby

127 HOurs; pretty good film, good acting, well told, unsire how much writing licence there was, but wouldnt think there would be room for too much. Really brings in your desire to live, sitting in my comfy chair, dont think I'd be able to do it... 
 
World Invasion, Battlefield LA (or whatever it is called) solid action film, predictable.

Virgil

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1, much improved from Blood Prince (which bored me to sleep not once but twice!) 
 
Seems to have set up the finale very nicely. (although the constant ripping off of the Lord Of The Rings is obvious) 
You can appreciate how much the story has changed and evolved since the very beginning. 
 
Might have been better too if they were written by a bloke <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

LAKiwi

Arthur. 
 
Great movie - Russell Brand as Arthur the spoiled playboy. Perfect in my opinion for this role - and it's a funny movie all the way through. Took my kids to it as well - and they thought it was great. Helen Mirren is his nanny and she's also very good in it as well.

The Silver Fern

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