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

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 May 2006, 20:05

Shen wrote:
romerojpg wrote:I dont have any interest in the sequal mind you no name casts and a straight to dvd release dont appeal much to me It wouldnt be the same without the same girls and boys.
theres a sequel? lol, maybe i will check that out sometime, although in experience sequals rarely live up to the first movie, with a few exceptions.

Aye there is a sequel, called Bring It On Again, I beleive.

Bisc I thought you gave Brokeback Mountain 5/5 and really liked it?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 01 May 2006, 20:23

I thought Bring it On was ace min.

Grim, I thought Brokeback was superb but I enjoyed Silent Hill more.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 May 2006, 22:13

Fairy muff!

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 02 May 2006, 11:21

hey,

The Rape After 3/5

Not an actual good film but as a genre excursion, Tom Lau's only film as director works fine. Centering the film around Melvin Wong, the asshole "hero" of the film, much is confusing initially but soon it's apparent Lau mixes the likes of The Exorcist, Alien and any Living Dead film. In a way also, it's a mimic of Hong Kong's own Devil Fetus. At times laughable but the effects and atmosphere ranks as quite eerie from time to time. And even if it wasn't, I unashamedly like it when Hong Kong attempts gue and gore. Teresa Ha Ping and Wong Yat-fei also appears briefly.

Cue Mark's obligatory "this movie ass sucked!".

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 May 2006, 11:38

Hey,

I've noticed a few times in Lone Wolf + Cub, Ogami Itto is called "Sir Ogami" and a few other characters are called "Sir" - why is this? Were samurai often called "Sir" out of respect?

BTW, I loved the ending of LW+C 4 (Babycart in Peril) It shows Ogami is not invincible, there's finally something that can harm him, but he soldiers on

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 May 2006, 12:49

What do you mean by "sir" ?
Do you mean something like Samurai-"sama" ? (Mr Samurai)

It's probably got something to do with respect, yeah.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 May 2006, 13:05

I get my Japanese friends to call me Bude-sama as a sign of respect.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 May 2006, 13:26

Tom2681 wrote:What do you mean by "sir" ?
Do you mean something like Samurai-"sama" ? (Mr Samurai)

It's probably got something to do with respect, yeah.

Its' difficult to catch what they actually say as the Japanese spoken in the film is very old, but its always translated in the subs as "Sir" then whatever the person's name is.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 May 2006, 15:12

Knetan wrote:Cue Mark's obligatory "this movie ass sucked!".

Saves me saying it.... 8)

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 02 May 2006, 19:32

hey,

No Problem - 3/5

Not designed to be as spoof-heavy as the more widely seen sequel but director Alfred Cheung instead balances slight ventures into that with a more sweet aura to pleasing effect. The likes of Sammo, Ken Lo and Francis Ng put in appearances.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 May 2006, 09:04

Hey,

Lost Season 2 - Episodes 1 and 2 - 5/5

Absolutely fantastic - bloody gripping stuff!

8)

BTW my "theory" is that everyone is at purgatory (halfway between heaven and hell). Look at all the religious imagery in the show, and what about the "miracles"? (In various episodes Locke walks again, Jack cures his wife of paralysis in this double bill).

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 May 2006, 09:45

Ride the High Country - 4/5
Awesome Peckinpah film.

@grim
I'm pretty sure they're not between heaven and hell as many things that we thought were supernatural were explained later. If it turns out though that you're right with your theory then I'd have to say that the story's development is very weak. We'll wait and see.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 May 2006, 09:58

@LD,

Probably the "heaven and hell" theory has already been discounted. The writers arent revealing anything.
The ultimate cop out would be if it was all a dream/inside someone's head (I dont think it will be). The religious imagery and religion v science stuff (with Jack in one corner and Locke in the other) must mean something. Chloe's baby is called Aaron - Aaron was the elder brother of Moses etc.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 May 2006, 10:04

Chloe? You mean Claire.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 May 2006, 12:39

Doh! Yeah.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 May 2006, 19:33

The Muppet Show - S1 (Episodes 7-12) - 3.5/5

Boosted by some more familliar sketches I'd seen before - the "Cottleston Pie" one with Rowlf the Dog, and "Halfway Down The Stairs" featuring Robin (Kermit's nephew).
Good fun!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 May 2006, 09:09

The Muppet Show S1 (Episodes 7-12) - 3.5/5

Good fun!

Boosted by some familliar (to me) sketches, Lena Horne's version of the Sesame Street classic "Sing", Kermit's "Bein' Green", Rowlf's "Cottleston Pie", the song "Halfway Down The Stairs" and the skit where Bruce Forsyth teaches Fozzie about comic timing (!)

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 May 2006, 11:02

You watched the same episodes again?

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 May 2006, 11:20

Haha.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 May 2006, 11:39

thelostdragon wrote:You watched the same episodes again?

I'm sorry, I only saw it once - but I wrote a new review without thinking (going into more detail about what I remembered) now I cant delete the old one

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 04 May 2006, 17:29

Inside Man

Good movie, with a great and charismatic "baddie" Clive Owen.
Besides some too unrealistic things f.e.: Man hiding in a room no one knows behind a thin wall - and no one finds him... I couldn´t find much I didn´t like.

4/5

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 May 2006, 18:53

Yeah you'd think someone would've complained about the smell, hear him snore etc.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 04 May 2006, 19:04

Yeah, some people are really loud when they´re sleeping.

beside that the police were looking everywhere if something was stolen... they would have also checked that shelf and then surprise... surprise, they would have seen that there is something wrong with the wall ...

But as I said, I absolutly liked "Inside Man". There should be more recent movies like this one.[/spoiler]

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 04 May 2006, 23:58

What the fuck happened in Lost?! (If you want to see more cursing, go to the TV thread.)

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 05 May 2006, 00:10

What do you mean? Did you not like it? I thought it was goooood. :mrgreen: