What Have You Just Seen... Marks Out of 5

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 30 May 2006, 19:13

hey,

The Blue Kite 4.5/5

I dare call it a masterpiece, Tian Zhuangzhuang's widely acclaimed and also banned epic about a Beijing family trying to live through the political times of the 50s and 60s, not with it as such. Tian puts forth a good balance between hatred for the way historical events such as The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution were conducted and a neutral stance towards the ordinary people trying to execute those trains of thoughts. All with a center of the film in the form of a young boy called Tietou.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 31 May 2006, 18:25

HKL "Restoration" Featurette (on the Iron Fisted Monk DVD) - 0/5

Insulting, riduculous patronising puff piece masquerading as a real feature

The first section merely goes on about how great HKL is/was with random quotes on the screen, and was just HKL saying "Look arent we great".
Mind you, when you consider HKL DVDs are now relatively bear bones thanks to the loss of Bey - how the mighty have fallen!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Jun 2006, 08:51

Iron Fisted Monk HKL - 4/5

Really enjoyed this

I wonder how the Fox measures up (probably better PQ).

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 01 Jun 2006, 10:54

Kill Bill vol. 1 4/5

Just as good as the first time I saw it.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Jun 2006, 11:57

"Iron Fisted Monk" is a wonderful film. I love the moment when they try to take the monk into the brothel.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 Jun 2006, 20:41

-Don't come to me if you get any sexually transmitted diseases, I only know about flesh wounds.
-Don't you worry about that.

uberbloke · Post by **uberbloke** » 02 Jun 2006, 10:27

Lord of War 3/5 (?)

What an odd, odd film

The rather truncated story of how one man becomes the (small) arms dealer of choice to the worlds despots, with an "the innocents" suffer sub text writ large, together with "a marriage with secrets never work" morality tale, that ends up being amoral, with humor....

I cant decided if i liked / enjoyed the Lord of War or not, didn't seem to be able to pick the right "note"/"tone"

Basically a very sombre film in parts, with jokes... kinda like wearing a satin pink lame suit to your uncles wake, its a suit but inappropriate.

Is it worth watching / yes
Is it worth watching again / probably not
Will you enjoy it / probably

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 Jun 2006, 10:48

Welcome Uberbloke to Bullets. Yeah, that film has been getting mixed reviews. I will see it on DVD eventually though since I'm a Nic Cage fan and because I enjoyed the director's past film, Gattaca.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jun 2006, 16:27

X-Men III 3/5

Stayed till the end of the credits lol.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jun 2006, 16:30

uberbloke wrote:Lord of War 3/5 (?)

What an odd, odd film

The rather truncated story of how one man becomes the (small) arms dealer of choice to the worlds despots, with an "the innocents" suffer sub text writ large, together with "a marriage with secrets never work" morality tale, that ends up being amoral, with humor....

I cant decided if i liked / enjoyed the Lord of War or not, didn't seem to be able to pick the right "note"/"tone"

Basically a very sombre film in parts, with jokes... kinda like wearing a satin pink lame suit to your uncles wake, its a suit but inappropriate.

Is it worth watching / yes
Is it worth watching again / probably not
Will you enjoy it / probably

Love that film, just like all of Niccol's works (as a director).

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 03 Jun 2006, 22:44

grim_tales wrote:Iron Fisted Monk HKL - 4/5

Really enjoyed this I wonder how the Fox measures up (probably better PQ).

the fox is uncut

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 Jun 2006, 19:58

Fearless 4.5/5

You guys seen this? It's a lot better than I expected. Honestly, I thought this was going to be a dumb action flick but it evolves into this beautiful lesson on moral values. Love the photography, exquisite use of filters, CGI and slow motion. It's good to see such a traditional wire-fu period getting all glossed up and modern.

Mike Leeder is in this film.

Nathan Jones is legendary.

This is the first Ronny Yu film I've seen.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Jun 2006, 20:30

Man, I absolutely love this film. I love how it deals with the dark side of Huo Yuan-chia (Fok Yun-gap). Jet Li is probably the best martial arts character actor out there. The film really made me cry during some scenes, but also laugh at other funny scenes.

Unfortunately, I never watched the last 20 minutes as the DVD just stop playing. Right when the fight against the Japanese guy starts, where he is given the sword and Yuan-chia is given the three-element-pole. I'm really sad about that. I tried on other DVD players and on my DVD drive. Wouldn't work, even when I tried to rip it.

The guys from the store still haven't got back to me, but there is a person on this board who might be able to help me out on this.

The reason I haven't rated the film here, yet is that I didn't know if the ending was good enough to keep up with the rest of the film which for me was definitely a full mark, 5/5.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 Jun 2006, 22:36

It's getting a UK theatrical release soon - fingers crossed for a decent DVD.

Also, wonder if the 2hr 40 min cut will surface soon (with Michelle Yeoh)... or however long it originally was.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Jun 2006, 22:59

Yeah, but thinking about it, I can't see how another female lead character can be involved into the story? Maybe they did right by cutting that sub-plot out. I'd still love to see it, though.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 05 Jun 2006, 01:13

Wilde - 3/5

Well acted, and Stephen Fry was born to play Oscar, but I didn't learn a great deal more from the film than what I already knew. I did learn, however, that Jude Law can play a spoiled brat very well.

Out Of Time - 3/5

Denzel is the mack-daddy. Dunno what that means, but he was pretty cool in the film, and Sanaa Lathan and Eva Mendes are just pretty

.
Nice, lazy Miami vibe (though it's been done plenty of times before) throughout, and whilst it's not really a surprise in terms of the 'who' or 'how', it is nicely played out.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Jun 2006, 21:09

Mission Impossible 3 3.5/5

Aye decent enough. Doubt I'd watch it again.

Was anyone else freaked out by the whole skull bomb thing? I felt really uncomfortable - almost passed out.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Jun 2006, 02:33

I felt really uncomfortable - almost passed out.

You nancy.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Jun 2006, 10:56

The skull bomb (why is this word a spoiler anyway?) was a great idea and made the whole situations really suspenseful and exciting. Man, I was so tied to my seat.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 08 Jun 2006, 12:13

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - 4/5
Superb drama about the clash of cultural differences. The acting was terrific.

Blow Out - 3/5
Effective little thriller from De Palma, very much enjoyed it.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 08 Jun 2006, 17:52

thelostdragon wrote:The skull bomb (why is this word a spoiler anyway?)

Because it is a spoiler?

I know I'd be pissed if someone didn't spoilerise it for me.

But you're right - it was uber tense like.

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 08 Jun 2006, 23:35

The Human Stain 3/5

intersting film, although a little slow, Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman make an interesting mixture, although i dont think they are the perfect on screen couple, but maybe thats a good thing in the film...but it was slightly lacking in content, the story was a little confusing. but interesting nonetheless

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Jun 2006, 23:54

Mark Kermode reckons MI3 is the best of the series I say a BIG WTF??? It's easily the worst = 5/6 out of 10.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Jun 2006, 00:52

I'd go as follows: Out of ****

Mission: Impossible ***.5
Mission: Impossible II ***
Mission: Impossible III **.5

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 09 Jun 2006, 16:15

The Adventurers

Actually not bad - but it could have been better.
Sometimes too unrealistic in my opinion.

Rosamund Kwan looks nice in this movie

3/5

PS: the title doesn´t fit the movie at all