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

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Dec 2008, 19:54

Except for Fearless then.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Dec 2008, 17:12

Ghost Town 1.5/5

Lame & predictable romantic comedy did nothing for me and barely raised a chuckle throughout it's running time.Ricky Gervais,smug as ever plays a miserable dentist who can see dead people.Greg Kinnear,also smug as ever is one of these dead people.avoid.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 11 Dec 2008, 23:58

The Principles of Lust: 3.5/5

I randomly watched this on Film4 last night and was surprised to see Julian Barratt in it (from the Mighty Boosh), and to see that it was filmed in Sheffield (where I went to uni). The amount of sex and nudity was pretty shocking, near the end of the film it looked like Marc Warren was actually having sex with someone. The little Harry boy was a well good actor. I was surprised and amused at one scene when they bizarrely took 'Yagé' (aka ayahuasca, which I am constantly reading literature on) and gave some to a tramp on the street, what a mad film.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Dec 2008, 01:00

I caught a minute of POL last night flicking thru the channels. Looked like someone's dirty home movie... lol

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Dec 2008, 03:46

Yeah it seemed like porn sometimes

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 Dec 2008, 18:21

Point a camera at an actor and you can get them to do anything.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Dec 2008, 18:25

What makes it all the more surprising though is that the film was made by a female director!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Dec 2008, 18:48

The Strangers 2/5

Another "home invasion" story staring Liv Tyler is very downbeat but pretty dull as well.very short,credits come up at 78 minutes!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 12 Dec 2008, 20:29

gasteropod wrote:What makes it all the more surprising though is that the film was made by a female director!

Yeah, cause we all know women would never exploit sex for attention, money or fame(!)

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 12 Dec 2008, 20:40

Haha, well the majority of nudity in the film is female so it seems more like something a dirty perverted man would have made

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2008, 20:41

gasteropod wrote:Haha, well the majority of nudity in the film is female so it seems more like something a dirty perverted man would have made

Women are naturally able to find other women attractive in a way most men cannot (acknowledge) they can do.

Clearly you're not familiar with the work of Anna Span

.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 12 Dec 2008, 21:50

or Doris Wishman

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 12 Dec 2008, 22:22

Hey,

Jackie still makes good films every now and again. Rob-B-Hood, and before that...Drunken Master 2.

Just viewed Blue Velvet. Bit tired to write it up, but it blew my mind, and I liked it (5/5).

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 12 Dec 2008, 23:25

Hey I love Shanghai Noon! And actually, I like the Rush Hour films quite a bit

Jackie's worst, discounting odd 70's misdemeanours, is that unholy quartet New Line released: Rumble, Thunderbolt, First Strike and Mr. Nice Guy. Incompetently made, badly written junk that is truly embarassing. And why the hell does Michael Wong and Jackie keep jumping languages mid conversation in Thunderbolt???

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Dec 2008, 23:40

Drunken Master 2 is nearly 15 years old. You cannot really say he "still" makes good films and use that as an example.

I like Shanghai Noon and Rush Hour 1+2 too. RH3 is awful and Shanghai Knights is poor.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 13 Dec 2008, 00:10

Shanghai Noon and Knights, and Rush Hour 1 and 2 are nice movies, but TBH, they would have been nice with or without Jackie. He doesnt really add anything special to them, like you wouod expect from Jackie. They're just buddy-action comedies aimed at a young-adult western audience.

Jackie hasnt really made anything worth watching for many years now. I cant really blame him for cashing in after so many years of very hard work in HK, but all the BS he spouted before he came to Hollywood, about 'only 1 Jackie Chan, everyone can be superman, blue screen, own stunts, blah blah', he hasnt lived up to that. He 'sold out'. Again, I dont blame him, but for fans of his earlier work, it's a shame.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Dec 2008, 00:47

bradavon wrote:Women are naturally able to find other women attractive in a way most men cannot (acknowledge) they can do.

Speak for yourself... I've never found any man attractive. I can recognise if someone is handsome (say, George Clooney); but attractive? Err, no! So Brad, what blokes do you acknowledge as being attractive?

luckystars wrote:Jackie still makes good films every now and again. Rob-B-Hood, and before that...Drunken Master 2.

Lol... and Rob-B-Hood was crap. In fact I'd go as far as to say it's Jackie's worst film as a leading man. I'd rather he retired than make such drivel. I agree that Rumble in the Bronx and Thunderbolt are poor... but I thought First Strike was a competant attempt at Bondish action adventure. Nice Guy is sloppy but has its moments. The last "GREAT" film Jackie made? Mr. Canton and Lady Rose in 1989.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Dec 2008, 10:39

I really enjoyed RUMBLE, DRUNKEN MASTER II, liked MR. NICE GUY, FIRST STRIKE, SHANGHAI NOON, ACCIDENTAL SPY, ATWI80D and really enjoyed THE MYTH

Dont really care for the RUSH HOURS (only seen 1 & 2, I guess theyre OK buddy movies TBH), and thought TUXEDO was shite.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 13 Dec 2008, 14:11

Well I think Jackie nearly always makes good enjoyable movies (3.5/5 upwards). There are *some* less good examples, but those are few, and usually American movies or Cameos.

OK to bad films since The Young Master (1980) -

2007 Rush Hour 3
2005 The Myth
2004 Twins Effect 2
2003 The Medallion
2003 The Twins Effect
2002 The Tuxedo
1997 Burn Hollywood Burn
1993 Project S
1984 Cannonball Run 2
1983 Fearless Hyena 2 (doesn't count)
1981 Cannonball Run
1980 Battle Creek Brawl

That's 12 out of about 55.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Dec 2008, 15:56

I really enjoyed The Myth

Project S is OK but its hardly a "Jackie" film

Havent seen The Medallion, is it worse than Tuxedo?

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 13 Dec 2008, 16:38

No.

I liked the Myth but found it muddled and a bit dull.

Medallion is a bit of fairly crappy fun if you like the cast and don't mind the terribly low production values.

Tuxedo is just bad in my opinion. The opening scene is about all that's good about it

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 13 Dec 2008, 17:21

I'm very fond of Battle Creek Brawl, warts and all

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 13 Dec 2008, 18:09

I just find it drab and the soundtrack is fairly horrible

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 13 Dec 2008, 18:26

grim_tales wrote:Havent seen The Medallion, is it worse than Tuxedo?

Yes, oh yes.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 13 Dec 2008, 18:27

Ivan Drago wrote:I'm very fond of Battle Creek Brawl, warts and all

The highlight of that film is his impressive bicycle kick thing.