What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Oct 2011, 02:08

Blitz (2010-UK) **½

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 15 Oct 2011, 02:29

Les Diaboliques (1955) - 5/5

Perfect! It even managed to creep me out.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Oct 2011, 09:21

I didnt see that ending coming!

I thought at first afterwards maybe Vera Clouzot would survive (and the older woman would collapse - the film subverts this). Such an elaborate plan.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 16 Oct 2011, 01:54

grim_tales wrote:I didnt see that ending coming!

You didn't?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Oct 2011, 17:23

DOA: 3/5

Pretty good but felt more like a slow burning mystery than the fast paced film I imagined it would be, not that that is necessarily a bad thing.
It's all very 80's (it's a remake of a 1950's film) - from the soundtrack to the posh English baddies.
The performances aren't that great TBH.
The twist was quite good though and I liked the way the colour drained out of the film to represent the main character's loss of life.
Meg Ryan looked disturbingly young in this

Weirdly the movie seems to be set at Xmas time but may have been shot in the summer (!) The characters talk about the weather being very hot, the heat, etc.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Oct 2011, 17:25

Markgway wrote:
grim_tales wrote:I didnt see that ending coming!
You didn't?

Well I didnt think it would end how it did when I first saw it

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 16 Oct 2011, 22:00

Attack The Block 7.5/10
Story was a bit too much like someone like Joe Cornish had written it, and..well it probably needed a bigger budget (more time for filming - acting was a bit naff at times, and a tighter edit). Still a memorably entertaining film and quite funny in places. Characters, casting and use of soundtrack were great though. Good heart, and delivered a message without being too patronising. Good times

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 16 Oct 2011, 23:03

JACK FROST (1997) [direct to video]

As a child, looking round the video rental shop, I was fascinated by the holographic video cover for this - showing a snowman turning into a grinning skull! I wonder if any careless folk picked this up mistaking it for the Michael Keaton film released at the same time?

The film itself is a pretty daft attempt at a horror comedy, with an endlessly punning monster, a humourous lack of snow, and the remarkable, if not very nice, sight of a naked Shannon Elizabeth being raped by a giant snowman.

Yes, you did read that last part right.

4/10

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Oct 2011, 23:22

Ninja Assassin - 1/5
Worst film in a long time.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 17 Oct 2011, 02:23

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971) - 1/5

Its title is the best thing about the film, one of the worst gialli I have seen so far.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Oct 2011, 04:51

Ivan Drago wrote:and the remarkable, if not very nice, sight of a naked Shannon Elizabeth being raped by a giant snowman. Yes, you did read that last part right.

Did he have a snow cock or did he just use his nose carrot?

I remember reading a review that claimed Michael Keaton's warm and fuzzy dead dad snowman was creepier... lol

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Oct 2011, 04:52

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971-UK) *½

The half star is for yummy Valerie Leon's tits.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Oct 2011, 12:48

thelostdragon wrote:Ninja Assassin - 1/5
Worst film in a long time.

I haven't seen it yet, but what's bad about it? My girlfriend seemed to like it, but she's got the hots for Rain.
From the bits and pieces I saw it had some crappy unclear choreography, but lots of old-skool gory ninja slicing and dicing...

Batman: Year One

Based directly on the great Year One origin story by Frank Miller, the story was never going to be the problem here. It follows the book quite closely.

The problem lies mainly in all the other aspects of the movie. The voice-acting is mediocre at best, with Kevin Conroy either dropped or unavailable, we now get Ben 'WHO???' McKenzie delivering an uninspired boring performance, which sounds like it was phoned in. James Gordon is better (Bryan Cranston), but only slightly so. Everybody basically sounds like they've just come from a funeral. I'm guessing they're going for the 'film noir' approach, but it doesn't come of as intended.

Music is easily forgettable. I say this cause although it's less than 12 hours ago since I watched the movie, I have no idea if there was actually music.

Visually, it looks pretty damn poor. It takes it's angles straight from the comic-book, but artwork and animation isn't very good. Backgrounds are especially bland, boring and empty, and there has been no attempt to fix this with interesting shadowplay or colours. Pretty much the only slight highlights are the few action-scenes.

Now that Arkham City is (almost) out, and we've seen the gorgeous and fitting CGI trailer for that, it's a real shame they didn't hire that CGI team to do these animated movies completely in CGI. They could be writing history but instead have opted for just gambling on the appeal of the title alone.

Is it a bad movie? Ofcourse not. It's Year One and it stays too close to that to ever fuck up. However, the way it's been done is extremely disappointing, with poor voice-acting and bland and lazy visuals, so in no way is the movie any improvement over the great source-material. And that's a shame, cause the visuals in the comic weren't great either.

2.5 out of 5. Good story, lazy project.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 18 Oct 2011, 00:59

Death Walks on High Heels (1971) - 2.5/5

Not a bad film, just didn't really do it for me.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 18 Oct 2011, 04:32

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971) - 4/5

Another very good giallo by Sergio Martino.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Oct 2011, 11:23

Pieces (1983-USA-Spain-Puerto Rico) *

Pretty sure there's a bizarre cameo from Bruce Le(!)

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Oct 2011, 11:45

Markgway wrote:Pieces (1983-USA-Spain-Puerto Rico) *

Easily a **** (out of *****) movie, and certainly one of the coolest films I've seen in cinema this year. Grade-A mental insanity, with chainsaws, boobs, kung fu, gore... all kinds of good things

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 18 Oct 2011, 13:11

Payback - 4/5

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Oct 2011, 15:18

HungFist wrote:
Markgway wrote:Pieces (1983-USA-Spain-Puerto Rico) *

Easily a **** (out of *****) movie, and certainly one of the coolest films I've seen in cinema this year. Grade-A mental insanity, with chainsaws, boobs, kung fu, gore... all kinds of good things

You COULD choose to listen to Hung's advice or you could follow mine.

The choice is yours...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeHql69jQyk

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Oct 2011, 15:38

Markgway wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeHql69jQyk

Clearly, if you don't like that opening scene... you can... you can... move in with Mark, dammit

(ok, I admit the film may not be quite as fantastic if you watch it alone than if you watch it early in the morning in cinema with 200 other people... but come on! It's just great filmmaking!)

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 Oct 2011, 16:01

HungFist wrote:It's just great filmmaking!

This video review about sums it up:

http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/05/25/pieces.aspx

The presenter is annoying mind, and he bizarrely censors nudity, but not limbs being hacked off with chainsaws... but you can clearly see how awful, inept, and ridiculous the film is.

Fair play if you find it entertaining in a Plan 9 sort of way... but it's still shit.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Oct 2011, 16:40

Markgway wrote:
HungFist wrote:It's just great filmmaking!
This video review about sums it up:

http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/05/25/pieces.aspx

Seen that idiot before and sworn I won't watch anything with him in it again... you know, just to prevent myself from jumping out of the window (6th floor)

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 18 Oct 2011, 23:28

Markgway wrote:
Ivan Drago wrote:and the remarkable, if not very nice, sight of a naked Shannon Elizabeth being raped by a giant snowman. Yes, you did read that last part right.
Did he have a snow cock or did he just use his nose carrot?

I remember reading a review that claimed Michael Keaton's warm and fuzzy dead dad snowman was creepier... lol

Carrot

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 19 Oct 2011, 02:39

Night Train Murders (1975) - 2/5

A bit of nastiness, not a lot to recommend here.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 20 Oct 2011, 00:14

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