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

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 May 2009, 14:32

It was funny but I don't think it worked for me

I think it was the old AB disc (I rented it).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 May 2009, 19:04

THE DREAMERS

Pretentious arthouse pap is no more relevant or deep that the Hollywood pap arthouse filmmakers so passionately decry. I couldn't connect with these artificial characters and the politics are really shallow. The only reason I watched this was because the beautiful Eva Green spends half the film nude.

ROLE MODELS

With Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in the lead roles you should have a pretty good idea what to expect... another foul-mouthed sex-obsessed comedy aimed at young males. Still, it has some laughs, occasionally clever dialogue, and a heart that's, generally-speaking, in the right place.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 May 2009, 19:19

grim_tales wrote:I think it was the old AB disc (I rented it).

Non-anamorphic - Old
Anamorphic - New

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 27 May 2009, 19:42

grim_tales wrote:Withnail & I: 3/5

Often amusing with some allegedly quotable lines ("I demand to have some booze!" or "We want the finest wines available to humanity!"), but I didn't find the two characters very likeable, also I'm not sure what the "point" of the film was.

One of the worst films I have seen for years, got round to watching it a month ago. Dire total and utter shit from beginning to end.

0.5 out of 5

fucking shit. I paid £1 for the dvd, I felt ripped off.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 May 2009, 21:41

I think it was non anamorphic Brad.
Oh come on Romy, it wasn't THAT bad

It was fun I just don't think I fully "got it"

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 27 May 2009, 22:16

There was nothing to get, it was pure shit from the word go.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 27 May 2009, 22:16

X-Men Origins-Wolverine 2/5

Weakest entry so far in the franchise,this comes off as more an action thriller than a superhero movie and doesn't come off well at all. Jackman is good as Wolverine but the movie has a cheap,stilted feel to it. even the Patrick Stewart cameo comes off as tacky and doesn't work.

Terminator BD 5/5

The blu-ray as has been stated before remains a disappointment but this film gets better with every viewing. unlike the overlong T2 this is lean and never outstays it's welcome. a fantastic cast and some great setpieces make this an all time classic

Friday The 13th Pt 2 BD 2/5

Tame sequel shows clear signs of pre-release cutting,it doesn't help that the cast are a bunch of non-entities (Crazy Ralph excepted)

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 27 May 2009, 22:25

saltysam wrote:unlike the overlong T2 this is lean and never outstays it's welcome

Would you even refer to the theatrical cut as overlong? Even though Cameron prefers the theatrical cut, I wouldn't be able to watch it without really missing the special edition scenes.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 27 May 2009, 22:40

i think T2 in either version is a bit flabby midway through...still love it though!

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 27 May 2009, 22:47

I really need to watch the first film again, I've only ever seen it like once or twice on TV and that was years ago, never fully appreciated it so I want to see if I'll like it more now.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 May 2009, 23:34

saltysam wrote:X-Men Origins-Wolverine 2/5
Weakest entry so far in the franchise

Bar the ropey CGI I really liked this. It's way better than X-men 3 IMO, which feels so disjointed. I'll be buying it.

saltysam wrote:even the Patrick Stewart cameo comes off as tacky and doesn't work.

Agreed, that was super dumb. They shouldn't have bothered trying to age him.

saltysam wrote:unlike the overlong T2

I don't find any version of T2 too long or flabby. I love the SE scenes too. Agreed T1 is also awesome too. I almost watched it in the cinema last Saturday (oddly showing at my local multiplex) but I went out for beer instead.

I'd buy a decent T1 BD without a seconds though, easily Arnie's second best film (after T2).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 May 2009, 09:33

TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA

Bat-pants!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2009, 17:42

bradavon wrote:
saltysam wrote:even the Patrick Stewart cameo comes off as tacky and doesn't work.
Agreed, that was super dumb. They shouldn't have bothered trying to age him.

They did not, he was not in the film to age. It was all CGI, pretty obvious I thought as it was so shit.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 May 2009, 18:24

Are you saying it was a CGI Patrick Stewart?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 May 2009, 19:57

Defiance BD 3/5

Solid drama about 3 eastern european jewish brothers (Daniel Craig,Liv Schreiber & Jamie Bell) enter the forest to escape invading Nazi forces,there they come across other persecuted comrades and they start to build a community in the forest. Very well acted with some decent action sequences,well worth a watch.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 May 2009, 20:44

bradavon wrote:Are you saying it was a CGI Patrick Stewart?

I am suprised you have to ask, its only my opinion, but It was as fake looking as any CGI I saw in the film (or any recent film), even the crap de-age CGI in X Men 3 looked better, and that was shitty and they had the actors under that CGI, to me in Wolverine it was 100% fake and 100% CGI from old files from the last film, it moved totally wrong and the lips were crap.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 28 May 2009, 23:21

It's obviously not 100% CGI, it might be stock footage taken of him that has been mapped into the film through CGI and then manipulated further to make him look, well you know, but that is definitely the man himself.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 May 2009, 00:11

Drag Me to Hell: 3/5

Entertaining with some laugh out loud scenes and some gross-out scenes, not scary though but it's probably not really meant to be, I'm sure some people will be scared though. Worth a watch!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 29 May 2009, 16:42

Shingster wrote:It's obviously not 100% CGI, it might be stock footage taken of him that has been mapped into the film through CGI and then manipulated further to make him look, well you know, but that is definitely the man himself.

I did not even think the voice sounded right for some reason, but may be thats just me

Still I liked all the effects work, but that moment blew me away with how poor it looked, it scared me

its up there with The Scorpion Kings face in Mummy Returns

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 May 2009, 17:03

Eagle Eye BD 2.5/5

Ok but very far fetched conspiracy chase thriller starring Shia Leboeuf.has a decent cast and a couple of decent action sequences,it moves along at a fair lick at well. ultimately pretty forgettable with a tacked on happy ending which was clearly an afterthought.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 29 May 2009, 23:25

Drag Me to Hell. 4-4.5/5

Fucking loved it. Scary/Funny as hell (it's not as comic in style as the Evil Dead Films).

15 rating was perfect for it - hard to believe it was a PG-13 in the states though, it was about as scary as I can take (while still enjoying a film)!!

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 31 May 2009, 12:18

Adam’s Apples (Denmark, 2005) – 3,5/5
A huge film festival hit a few years ago, Adam’s Apples apples is a very dark comedy that is both serious and often insanely funny. Neo-nazi Adam (Ulrich Thomsen) is released from prison, but he must first spend three months working for the church, run by a mad priest (excellent Mads Mikkelsen) who blames the devil for all bad and forgives everyone their crimes. Adam decides to break him... and bake an apple pie.

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 31 May 2009, 23:01

GUNMAN OF AVE MARIA (Spain/Italy, 1969)
Excellent, rather obscure Euro-Western with one of the greatest soundtracks of all times, which on several occasions is being made good use of. A very dramatic showdown actually gave me goosebumps. Not as much action and grit as someone would expect from a Spaghetti/Paella-Western, though, but characters are rather interesting, and surprisingly high production values to boot.
Check out the original Italian Intro.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Jun 2009, 11:57

RIGHTEOUS KILL

OK thriller about two ancient detectives hunting a vigilante serial-killer who's likely a cop. You would expect more from a rare DeNiro/Pacino teaming... (or maybe not these days). Structure is clever enough but it doesn't quite add up.

LAKEVIEW TERRACE

Sam Jackson is a racist cop who terrorises his new neighbours - an interracial couple. Not bad drama-thriller plays like a TV movie much of the time (it's not very cinematic) but is worth a look if you like the actors.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jun 2009, 17:20

BASIC INSTINCT 2

Not quite the hideous disaster some predicted but still a film that should not have been made in this guise. The script employs so many character twists that it goes well past the point of being clever into downright silliness and illogicality. The sort of film that relies on its characters having enormous memory lapses, instantaneous personality transplants, and half-time labotomies. The ending tries to be enigmatic but comes off instead as an A-grade WTF?? The filmmakers can't escape the fact that this is a sequel. We KNOW Sharon Stone (who looks amazingly hot for a woman of 48) is a killer and gold star mind-fucker. Therefore there's little believeable suspense in the did she or didn't she? Of course she fucking did! Didn't they watch the original? It's easy to see why Michael Douglas passed early on. The sex and violence are actually a lot less explicit than in Verhoeven's movie (you'd think they'd have tried to up the ante given the expectation). Jerry Goldsmith's haunting theme pops up on occasion and only serves to remind you how superior the first Instinct is).