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

[saltysam]

and easily the best Predator film, after Predator obviously.

Nah Dead End is the best Predator film after the original.

It's much better than the overrated Predator 2

.who is it overrated by?it wasn't well received at all (though i liked it)

Basically good action

not enough of it unfortunately.

[romerojpg]

Its cock compared to a good film. No wonder Brad loves it.

[grim_tales]

Burke and Hare: 2.5/5

I enjoyed it. I guess it helped I (vaguely) knew the real historical story of what they did. Not laugh out loud funny but still had some black humour, thought the 15 certificate was a bit harsh.

[bradavon]

Nah Dead End is the best Predator film after the original.

What's that?

who is it overrated by?it wasn't well received at all (though i liked it)

Maybe on release but today it's got a good rating amongst fans.

[gasteropod]

What's that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjp0I_okX0w

[romerojpg]

Really its not that "Good" anymore, after the first time you see it the hype wears off as really its way to short and not much of anything, a quality trailer does more for me nowadays. Still when you first discover it, its damn fun that's for sure

[saltysam]

Really its not that "Good" anymore, after the first time you see it the hype wears off as really its way to short and not much of anything, a quality trailer does more for me nowadays. Still when you first discover it, its damn fun that's for sure

it's better than either AVP movie and for a no budget 6 minute short it's great.The guy (sadly deceased) playing The Joker is absolutely superb and my idea of what the Joker should be.

[saltysam]

Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) 2/5 Nowhere near as bad as i'd heard this reboot still isn't very good with a bland teenage cast and a Freddy Krueger played by Jackie Earle Hayley who though a great actor isn't a patch on Englund's version.Still it has a couple of good jumps and certainly worth a watch.plus it has Clancy Brown who is always a fine screen presence in almost anything.

[romerojpg]

Really its not that "Good" anymore, after the first time you see it the hype wears off as really its way to short and not much of anything, a quality trailer does more for me nowadays. Still when you first discover it, its damn fun that's for sure

it's better than either AVP movie and for a no budget 6 minute short it's great.The guy (sadly deceased) playing The Joker is absolutely superb and my idea of what the Joker should be.

Nahh you could edit the best bits from the AVP films into a few minute showreal much like Dead End and they would rock. As much as the AVP films suck, they have some cracking bits in among the turds.

But I am not saying Dead End is bad, its just too short to do anything really for me today.

[bradavon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjp0I_okX0w

I've seen that thanks but it's hardly correct to compare it to an official movie.

Nahh you could edit the best bits from the AVP films into a few minute showreal much like Dead End and they would rock. As much as the AVP films suck, they have some cracking bits in among the turds.

Agreed. That short is only 6 minutes long. Imagine if they'd made a full length movie. I just know it would've been a turd.

The Joker is absolutely superb and my idea of what the Joker should be.

After Ledger that can be no comparison. It's definitive. I used to like Nicholson's performance but it's nothing in comparison.

[Markgway]

Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) 2/5 Nowhere near as bad as i'd heard this reboot still isn't very good with a bland teenage cast and a Freddy Krueger played by Jackie Earle Hayley who though a great actor isn't a patch on Englund's version.Still it has a couple of good jumps and certainly worth a watch.plus it has Clancy Brown who is always a fine screen presence in almost anything.

Told you.

I might not feel the same the second time... but like you I was expecting a piece of shit and instead was quite impressed. But then I thought that the Texas Chainsaw remake was pretty good.

I think Haley was hamstrung by the makeup design and voice. No one can replace Robert Englund.

[Markgway]

I used to like Nicholson's performance but it's nothing in comparison.

I never cared for Nicholson's interpretation even back in 1989, but now I find it a bit embarrassing. Ledger owned that role lock, stock...

[saltysam]

Imagine if they'd made a full length movie. I just know it would've been a turd.

how do you know this?

After Ledger that can be no comparison. It's definitive. I used to like Nicholson's performance but it's nothing in comparison.

Ledger's performance was decent,not great and has grown into something better than it was by the tragedy of his death.Dark Knight isn't bad but i struggle to get past the awful Bale Batman voice.it's terrible.

[Markgway]

I think Ledger's performance would have been as well received if he'd lived to see it. I don't know if they'd have given him the Oscar, but he steals the film no question...

[bradavon]

Exactly what Mark said. Ledger dying has absolutely nothing to do with my rating of his performance. As "The Joker" it's perfection. There's nothing at all overrated by it. I doubt he'd have got the Oscar though, these sorts of films rarely do (except technical ones).

Batman's voice bothers me not. I agree with Kermode that the boat scene wasn't necessary but otherwise it's easily my favourite superhero film, hands down.

[Yi-Long]

Yeah, I agree about Ledger's performance.

I went into the movie thinking all the hype the movie and his performance got, was due to his untimely death, and it was just people's way of paying respect to him by saying he was 'amazingggggggggg'... so I feared it might have been exaggerated a little bit....

... but when I watched the movie, and I was never a big fan of Heath, although TBH I hadn't seen much of his work either, but his performance was absolutely fantastic and definitely Oscar-worthy. It was exactly how the Joker should be played (great writing as well).

[HungFist]

Very slights spoilers ahead for Alice

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (UK, 2010) – 2/5
Newcomer J Blakeson has already been declared as British cinema’s new hope – for a kidnap thriller that holds together for about 25 minutes! The opening is flawless, showing two men carefully preparing for a crime. A kidnap follows. What could be a straight forward and exploitative thriller turns out to be anything but... And that’s the problem. Blakeson appears to have an obsession to prove his own cleverness, how he can turn something simple upside down again and again. While doing it he’s actually going the easy way and relieving the film off all real depth and intelligence. It’s easy to imagine his targeted phony semi-intellect audience sighing of relief: “this isn’t a dumb exploitation film after all!”. No, it’s just simple underestimation of the audience. It’s sad as the lead actors are skilled and would deserve a screenplay that isn’t such a wannabe.

A Serbian Film (Serbia, 2010) – 3.5/5
The most talked about, controversial, and disturbing movie of the year is also the first fully independently produced film in Serbia in three decades. And it stars two of the country’s biggest movie stars! “I grew up witnessing war atrocities in the everyday news. 10 years later NATO bombed my home city. Sorry I can’t make happy go lucky movies”, director Srdjan Spasojevic apologized. The film follows a retired porn star who is lured back into movie business by a megalomaniac art film producer shooting a film that would satisfy today’s Serbian film audiences – the ones who can’t experience the brutal reality of life on the streets anymore. Living up to its reputation, A Serbian Film is one of the most disturbing movies ever made, and not because of the ultra-controversial graphic footage, but because it’s a well acted, well written and captivating piece of reality. The nightmare trip it does admittedly go a bit too intentionally rough on a couple of occasions despite the director’s claims of not intentionally trying to make it quite as hard as it came out to be. Viewers beware: emotional vacation is needed after viewing this film.

I hear the director is still planning UK distribution. Silly Serbians. You can’t show this kind of movie in the UK.



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[saltysam]

The Walking Dead episode 1 4/5

Hotly anticipated AMC tv series based on the legendary comic book gets off to an excellent start.Not particularly original (the world's been taken over by zombies,a few survivors try to stay alive) but stylish and pretty gory. British actor Andrew Lincoln is very good in the lead role of Rick Grimes,looking forward to the next 5 episodes.I Think it's on the F/X channel in the uk in a few days.

[romerojpg]

The Walking Dead episode 1 4/5I Think it's on the F/X channel in the uk in a few days.

They are even showing the extended cut of the pilot in some cinemas this week

[HungFist]

Sweatshop (USA, 2010) – 1/5
Digitally shot micro-budget horror film that’s somehow been getting undeserved praise. The non-existent nonsense storyline sets a bunch of punk-youngsters in party mode in a rusty warehouse, only to be butchered by a masked murderer. Aside skillfully made gore effects, there’s nothing to hang on to in this visually unattractive, highly home video esque slasher pic.

[HungFist]

Dog Pound (France / UK, 2010) – 2/5
Kim Chapiron debuted a few years back with an energetic horror comedy Sheitan. Now Chapiron takes a step back with his English language youth prison film Dog Pound, based on the 1979 classic Scum. Technically speaking it’s quality cinema with realistic approach and solid performances by the young cast, largely consisting of real youth criminals. The problem is simple: it’s all been seen before. Chapiron’s film is too safe, too predictable, and has too little, if anything, to add to the genre.

Machete (USA, 2010) – 3.5/5
Rodriguez attempts to steal the “guy film of the year” crown from Stallone and does it quite successfully. More violence, more bare skin, and equally strong casting (Danny Trejo, Steven Seagal, Don Johnsson, Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Tom Savini...). As usual for Rodriguez, the film is quite perfect on paper, a bit less so on film. The scenes are always a second away from perfection, and while that perfection is occasionally reached, it tends to come in two second phases, kind of like a poorly constructed martial arts movie where the moves are fantastic but continuity between them is lacking. The elements are here and they are great – even if this is still somewhat safe “mainstream exploitation” rather than the real deal – but more cinematic fluency and continuity within scenes (rather that between scenes) would be needed for to reach the level where the film really belongs. But, with Trejo and Seagal getting their well deserved star momements, it’s difficult to be too hard on the film.

[HungFist]

Due Date (USA, 2010) – 2.5/5
Planes, Trains & Automobiles by Todd Philips, with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach “the new enhanced John Belushi” Galifianakis. Downey Jr. is handsome as always, and the film entertains well enough, but it’s hardly a classic or even as good as Philips’ previous film The Hangover. Despite the silly R-rating, the film is quite clean, 11 or 13-rated stuff by European standards.

Hitch-Hike (Italy, 1977) – 3/5
An entertaining grind house kidnap drama blessed with Ennio Morricone soundtrack and “incredible” acting. Franco Nero plays an asshole reporter on countryside vacation with his wife. The trip turns into a leisure ride to hell when Last House on the Left villain David Hess takes the couple as hostage. While far from subtle – Hess acts in pure Tarantino mode, and Nero delivers the all time greatest “go bonkers” scene – the film does have a few interesting layers, including the fact that its protagonist and villain are, on a closer look, different stages of the same rotten personality.

[Markgway]

Due Date (USA, 2010) – 2.5/5
Despite the silly R-rating, the film is quite clean, 11 or 13-rated stuff by European standards.

"DUE DATE contains around forty uses of strong language."

"DUE DATE contains some material showing drug taking, for example in one scene a man is shown smoking a cannabis pipe whilst he drives."

"DUE DATE contains one scene in which the aspiring actor is heard masturbating."

"DUE DATE also contains some moderate comic violence and one gory moment."

From the BBFC report: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF271482

[HungFist]

well, that's BBFC that gives 15 just for slight strong language or off screen masturbation. I seem to have forgot about any gory moment. When someone else sees the film please remind me what it was.

It's rated '7' in Sweden, '12' in Germany, '13' in Finland

[Markgway]

I wouldn't call 40 uses of the f-word 'slight'.

Most of Europe is more liberal than the UK and the US.
Just accept it.