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

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Jan 2009, 00:57

Righteous Kill - 2/5
You could see the final twist coming after 5 minutes into the film and two legends were so wasted. Without them the film would have been a 1/5.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jan 2009, 01:00

Markgway wrote:The original has Vincent Price though.

Who was in a lot of bad films.

Full Metal Jacket remastered Blu-ray - 3.5/5
I loved the first half of the film set at the Boot Camp, Lee Ermey would steal every scene that he was in. Vincent D'onofrio was great too.

The 2nd half of the film set in Vietnam was decent. The expert filmmaking made these sequences seem a lot more exciting than they should've been, considering that they're only squaring off against one enemy.

TBH, the film is over-rated. There's certainly better War films out there, like Apocalypse Now (original cut) and Cross of Iron.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 03 Jan 2009, 16:35

The 6th Day: 2.5/5

I've just watched this for the first time since it came out, and Ahnoldt's acting is worse than ever lol. It gave me quite a few laughs, and good God those special effects are terrible for a film released in 2000!

The HD transfer is pretty decent, but nothing special.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Jan 2009, 18:13

The problem with 'FMJ' is that the first half is so strong and potent that what comes after seems underwhelming and routine.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2009, 21:17

All the clips I've seen of it, it looks nothing like Vietnam

. I'll watch it one day.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Jan 2009, 00:42

WALL-E: 5/5

Wow, I didn't expect it to be that good! Everything about it seemed so perfect, including its HD presentation. I now have my faith in Pixar fully restored after the turd that was 'Cars' threw a spanner in the works. Their upcoming film, 'Up' looks good and I'm looking forward to it.

I now have a strange urge to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Jan 2009, 14:07

bradavon wrote:All the clips I've seen of it, it looks nothing like Vietnam . I'll watch it one day.

Takes balls to try and pass London off as South East Asia.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2009, 14:38

Or laziness, he should've just gone to Vietnam. Didn't he try and pass London off as New York in Eyes Wide Shut?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Jan 2009, 14:55

gasteropod wrote:WALL-E: 5/5

Wow, I didn't expect it to be that good! Everything about it seemed so perfect, including its HD presentation. I now have my faith in Pixar fully restored after the turd that was 'Cars' threw a spanner in the works. Their upcoming film, 'Up' looks good and I'm looking forward to it.

I now have a strange urge to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey

Havent seen Cars yet. That's the only Pixar I havent seen.
Have you seen Ratattouille (sp?)!? Seen that last month orso and REALLY liked it alot.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Jan 2009, 14:59

I liked Ratatouille, it had a good story, characters etc but not nearly as funny as other Pixars.
Haven't seen Cars yet. It just looks like, well - Talking cars to me.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 04 Jan 2009, 15:00

bradavon wrote:Or laziness, he should've just gone to Vietnam.

Coming from someone who has not even seen the film

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Jan 2009, 15:02

Yep I've got Ratatouille and I like it, it's very good but not a masterpiece (which WALL-E possibly is). I'd give it no less than a 4/5.

Cars is just so kid-oriented and has really annoying characters.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Jan 2009, 15:04

bradavon wrote:Didn't he try and pass London off as New York in Eyes Wide Shut?

A soundstage yeah, it looks fine to me though. Not 100% realistic, but the film is a weird dreamy thing anyway, and I love it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2009, 15:12

romerojpg wrote:Coming from someone who has not even seen the film

Coming from someone whose too scared to ever leave the country. I said from clips I've seen and yes I have actually been to Vietnam.

gasteropod wrote:A soundstage yeah, it looks fine to me though. Not 100% realistic, but the film is a weird dreamy thing anyway, and I love it.

It looked okay to me too. I thought Eyes Wide Shut was Shite!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 04 Jan 2009, 15:32

bradavon wrote:
romerojpg wrote:Coming from someone who has not even seen the film
Coming from someone whose too scared to ever leave the country. I said from clips I've seen and yes I have actually been to Vietnam.

Where do you get your bullshit from

I have been abroad more times than you ever will in your entire life.

You have seen "Clips"

WOW

give the man an Oscar.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2009, 16:52

Where from? You. You've said many times you've not been abroad in years.

So where have you been then?

I have been abroad more times than you ever will in your entire life.

What a strange statement, quite how do you plan to prove that?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 04 Jan 2009, 16:59

Haha classic, becuase I have not been away latley means I am "Scared"

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Jan 2009, 18:24

For Your Eyes Only: 3/5

Hmm, didn't really remember much of this one, maybe I never saw it all back in the day. It's all right, some nice locations but not one of Bond's best. The Blofeld pre-title scene was hilarious when he got dropped down the chimney

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Jan 2009, 00:55

gasteropod wrote:The Blofeld pre-title scene was hilarious when he got dropped down the chimney

I hate that bit. So stupid. And some claim that this film is a return to gritty realism after Moonraker. The Maggie Thatcher impersonator talking to a Parrot is even worse.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 05 Jan 2009, 00:57

Agreed

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 09 Jan 2009, 00:52

Thank You for Smoking: 4.5/5

Jason Reitman is a far better director than his father.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 Jan 2009, 03:24

PLANET TERROR ***/5

Mad as a bag of spiders... outrageous gorefest is quite good fun to watch. As someone who has never shared the true Grindhouse experience and isn't an exploitation fan some elements (such as the missing reel and print degredation) didn't seem necessary... I wonder how I would have responded to the cleaned-up version shown on BD? Although it too is missing the AWOL reel midway. A gimmick that won't bear repated viewings. Can't say I'd sit thru it again but I laughed at the dark humour (it's hard not to smile at MacGowan's machine gun leg antics) and appreciated what Rodrioguez was trying to do. Fast-paced and full of gore this is sure to please fans of Zombies movies and all-purpose cinematic B-movie trash.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 10 Jan 2009, 17:54

My review:

I loved it!

4/5

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 10 Jan 2009, 18:53

Markgway wrote:PLANET TERROR I wonder how I would have responded to the cleaned-up version shown on BD?

Hey the cleaned up version does look amazing when you play it after the shitty looking version, pretty great kind of extra that on the Blu Ray. I never expected to see it thats for sure, so when I first heard about it, it was a shock. I have yet to watch the full film cleaned up, but I intended to

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Jan 2009, 23:34

APOCALYPTO - Well-made, visceral action thriller from Mel Gibson presents a backdrop and set of characters we're not accustomed to. This gives the film an inherent interest and for a while I was absorbed. After the village is captured I thought the pace started to flag a bit - not tremendously just a bit - and found myself wanting to know a bit more about who these tribes were and why they hated each other? They all looked alike to me which made indentification (and understanding) trickier than it might have been. The third act chase stuff was exciting and gory (actually the whole film is gory) and there's no doubt that Gibson is an accomplished action filmmaker.