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

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 07 May 2007, 11:22

hey,

he seems to have adopted the cali/surfing lingo though...

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 07 May 2007, 11:38

DangerousLeeHandsome wrote:The action scenes and CGI are spectacular as expected but overall, Spidey 3 is mediocre at best. Not a good way to end the series.

I'm pretty sure its already been stated by Sam Raimi that another 3 films are going to be made, so its not the end!

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 May 2007, 19:15

Spider-man 3 3.5/5
Weakest of the three but still fun to watch. Flawed but sure, why not?

Next 3/5
Actually not as bad as I was expecting. Not great... but I was kinda in the mood for this sort of thing.

Anchorman (Theatrical Cut) 4/5
The UK gets screwed once again. Time to source that unrated R1 DVD.

This is England 4.5/5
Best film I've seen all weekend. Hard hitting, wonderful performances and lovely music.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 07 May 2007, 20:48

hey,

Golden Queen's Commando 4/5

Chu Yen-Ping, you're a fucking hero and a fucking asshole.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 May 2007, 01:46

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 May 2007, 04:59

hey,

I'm very glad you asked.

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

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 08 May 2007, 11:03

A Warrior's Tragedy 3/5

Mildly entertaining, some decent action, lots of plot twists, but nothing that really engaged me or made me more interested.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 08 May 2007, 11:55

@Ken:
Is that the score from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ?!
That's fucking awesome !!

Love the My Name is Nobody hommage at the end, too.
I need to watch that film right now. :drunken:

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 May 2007, 12:00

hey,

all HK fans know the piece The Big Gundown, which is not from Good, the Bad... I believe.

Golden Queen's is FILLED with this stuff. Not an original thought anywhere. FUCKING AWESOME! Brigitte Lin with a wooly hat, an eye patch and Elsa Yeung as the punkrocker of the group...all set in the 1940s!

So look back at my original post and you'll see why Chu is who he is.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 08 May 2007, 12:42

Unless mine ears are decieving me, that's The Ecstasy of Gold (L'estasi dell'oro) from Good, Bad, Ugly. Used to fantastic effect in probably my favourite moment of the film.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 May 2007, 13:08

That's not the theme to The Big Gundown.

Got to be Morricone though.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 May 2007, 13:16

hey,

sorry about that, guys. Am in no way knowledgeable about his scores.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 May 2007, 13:26

@Ken
Whoa! Yeah, he is a bastard.

Although I don't know for 100%, I can assure that they never bought the rights to the music from the original copyright holder.

Looks awesome, though. Who is the half-naked woman in the tiger top?

Is there a DVD of this film or only VCD?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 08 May 2007, 13:36

Teresa Tsui doing her best Grace Jones impression by the looks of that clip

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 08 May 2007, 14:09

Apocalypto - 4/5
Pretty good movie, very cool stunts, and the story is good. Bit of a slow burner in the beginning, the Mayan Kingdom is very impressive.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 May 2007, 14:21

Shingster wrote:Unless mine ears are decieving me, that's The Ecstasy of Gold (L'estasi dell'oro) from Good, Bad, Ugly. Used to fantastic effect in probably my favourite moment of the film.

Indeed it is, used in the standoff scene in the graveyard.
But The Big Gundown is used over the top of an MIHK trailer - Moon Warriors I believe - and it works so well.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 May 2007, 14:25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Volume 4 (Overall) - 3.5 - 4/5

I enjoyed watching these

The "Cowabunga Shredhead" episode (where Shredder thinks he is Michaelangelo) is hilarious

I also liked "Take Me To Your Leader" "Four Muskerturtles" "Green With Jealousy" and "Casey Jones" (if only for his Clint Eastwood impersination).

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 08 May 2007, 14:50

Spider-man 3 - 3/5

Maybe it isn't quite as good as the 1st and 2nd movie, but still immensely enjoyable. Venom was a bit of an after-thought too, but the rest of it was good. I loved the "emo parker" stuff, especially all the scenes where he is trying to be cool. LMFAO!

Deja Vu 4/5

This has seemingly passed under the radar with very little fanfare, but it's definitely Tony Scott's best movie in a while (wiping away the memory of the awful Domino). Denzel Washington is as good here as he was in the excellent Man On Fire, giving a performance that has charisma but also vulnerabilty. I found the plot to be very engrossing, but just don't think too much about the time travel stuff (as you'll probably pick a lot of holes, as with most time bending movies). I would definitely urge anyone who doesn't know much about this film to check it out.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 May 2007, 15:05

I've kinda given up on Tony Scott (not seen his last two admittedly).

Fed-up with the headache-inducing MTV-style of filmmaking.

Tony Scott used to make fuckin' cool movies like The Last Boy Scout, Revenge and True Romance.

Like Oliver Stone he's well past his best.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 08 May 2007, 15:19

Well, I still look forward to when he has a new movie out. Maybe this isn't up there with his classics from the 80s and early 90s, but I'd put it alongside the likes of Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 May 2007, 15:23

brooce-leroy wrote:but I'd put it alongside the likes of Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State.

Not two of my faves. They were fairly good.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 May 2007, 15:28

I liked Enemy of the State

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 May 2007, 16:21

hey,

Is there a DVD of this film or only VCD?

Xenon, Arena or whatever they're called, released the film as Jackie Chan's Crime Force. No JC in the film aside from in the Sally Yeh music video that is shown before the film. No connection TO the actual film. I saw the rare Japanese tape that is in 1.85 (cropped from 2.35 but no other widescreen options seems to exist) and it's the best viewing option if you can find it (youtube clip is from the tape).

And I may be praising Chu way too much but his kind of incompetence and blatant rip-off's does seem to come from some kind of heart. Some kind of sincerity. Heck, at least it's not Turkish Star Wars!

Now that's incompetence![/quote]

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 May 2007, 17:23

hey,

for a taste of Joseph Lai and his IFD marketed their films, check out the Golden Queen's Commando trailer. Now this DOES have The Big Gundown.

Love this stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R58tLGXh_a0

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 May 2007, 09:54

The Last Seduction - 4/5

Very good movie. Linda Florientino excels as a manipulative, ice-cold villain, and Bill Pullman is good too.
I felt sorry for the Peter Berg character really.