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

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Aug 2005, 18:33

Hopefully I will see it in the cinema in a few eeeks if it shown near me

the dvd looks stunning, but boy on a massive screen it should look even better.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Aug 2005, 18:37

and hey I had a site for a few months and started working a lot on it and was just starting to load a lot of things I created and wrote up on it, then bugger it stopped me loading pics up anymore

so I just gave in and stopped.

here was the only pages I got to work, they are still up I guess in basic form, maybe one day I will start again somwhere else

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/romerosavini25/page1.html

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 01 Aug 2005, 18:38

lol, I envy you. Seeing this on the big screen would be so sweet.
..but watching it at home in DTS is awesome too

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 01 Aug 2005, 18:45

Hopefully it will show on a DTS screen at my loacal cinema

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Just hope it does show as its a limited release, I shudder at them words as they are hard to see most the time.

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 02 Aug 2005, 10:02

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4-4.5/5

I loved this!!! I'm not gay, honest, but Depp is just amazing! His Willy Wonka character is uncaring, socially not very good, tactless and blunt - and all of this makes him hysterical!

Granted most of the imagery was possibly described well in the book (not read it so don't know) but having someone with Tim Burton's surreal imagination on board was a genius move! The inside of the factory is absolutely crazy in its imagination, and reminded me a lot of the "story sequences" from Big Fish.

Anyway, little Charlie is pretty much playing 2nd fiddle here as once he is in it, it is Depp's show, stealing most scenes just like he did in Pirates of the Carib.

Think I might even go see this again.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Aug 2005, 10:13

Who Framed Roger Rabbit spoiler/question:

If Dr. Doom (as a toon) killed Bob Hoskins' brother, how was he able to turn back into a "human" form (thats how we see him for most of the film) before being turned again?

Though I'm not using all the speakers at the moment - the sound was very good (didnt notice much bass though)

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 04 Aug 2005, 02:51

Antarctic Journal - 3.5/5
This was a pretty interesting film. Throughout the first half you are lead to believe that its going to be a standard supernatural horror flick, and i thought i knew exactly what was going to happen. To my surprise, it went in a different direction, but this new direction could easily be argued as a negitive aspect as well.
The cinematography is gorgeous and captures the beautiful snow-covered scenery very well. I really liked the soundtrack also, very fitting.

Without going into details, there were some aspects of the story that i think should have been done differently or explored deeper..but overall a enjoyable film that is visually fantastic and takes a neat, unexpected turn away from being completely predictable.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Aug 2005, 16:17

Bound - 3.5/5

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Aug 2005, 08:40

Human Lanterns - 3/5

Interesting Shaw Bros period horror movie (I guess its horror).

Was the HK Human Lanterns cut? I think it was

Good production values too.

The UK disc is awful - why is the picture only letterbox? The menu music is atrocious also, with cheesy chop socky sound effects when you select something

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 08 Aug 2005, 10:02

Space Travellers 2.5/5

Some funny bits, but not a lot of continuity or believability! some characters just seem to be forgotten about in places.

Shrek 2 4.5-5/5

Hilarious. Better than Shrek 1, that's for sure. It's a thong! Brilliant.

Mordib · Post by **Mordib** » 08 Aug 2005, 20:07

Danny the dog 5/5

Well i'd seen this before but never on my system with the luuurvely DTS

I really do love this film, I much prefeer it to any of Jet Li's hollywood movies. the big plus for me is the action, its all very physical, apart from one fight (which was a great fight I must admit) theres no gravity denying stuff, plenty of scrapping, little posturing.

the DTS sound rocked, right from the opening scene!

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 08 Aug 2005, 20:10

degeneration wrote:
Shrek 2 4.5-5/5

Hilarious. Better than Shrek 1, that's for sure. It's a thong! Brilliant.

Hahahaha I love that scene. Shrek asks the question everyone in the audience is thinking.

"Well, are you?"

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 09 Aug 2005, 19:52

A Bittersweet Life - 4/5
Awesome film. I wont drag this on because i'll just be repeating what everyone else has said, but its a great revenge story with an outstanding finale.
I also must comment on the firearm sound effects in the film, which are the best since Heat.
Great stuff!

Windstruck - 4/5
I loved this! but i can deffintly see why so many people hated it. One thing i didn't like is that it didn't really give alot of explanation on how exactly the two of them got into their relationship and became so closely connected, but then again its already a two hour film so it makes sense.
The events in the film are silly and unrealistic, and in the 3rd act Kwak Jae-young goes completly over the top with the melodrama...but i think the film WORKS very well that way. Very enjoyable movie.

Appleseed - 4.5/5 (2nd viewing)
Just had to bump my rating up to 4.5. This was a damn near perfect sci-fi/action anime for me.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Aug 2005, 21:18

RAW DEAL
***/*****

Better than I remembered slice of 80's Arnie-Action nostalgia.
Fair story and characters, good humour and some bloody violence.
Crap theme song, but hey, you can't have everything!! 8)

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Aug 2005, 22:16

ReconFive wrote:A Bittersweet Life - 4/5
Awesome film. I wont drag this on because i'll just be repeating what everyone else has said, but its a great revenge story with an outstanding finale.
I also must comment on the firearm sound effects in the film, which are the best since Heat.
Great stuff!

Windstruck - 4/5
I loved this! but i can deffintly see why so many people hated it. One thing i didn't like is that it didn't really give alot of explanation on how exactly the two of them got into their relationship and became so closely connected, but then again its already a two hour film so it makes sense.
The events in the film are silly and unrealistic, and in the 3rd act Kwak Jae-young goes completly over the top with the melodrama...but i think the film WORKS very well that way. Very enjoyable movie.

Appleseed - 4.5/5 (2nd viewing)
Just had to bump my rating up to 4.5. This was a damn near perfect sci-fi/action anime for me.

Cool we totally like the same movies.

How's the LE looking on your shelf?

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2005, 04:07

BiscLimpkit wrote:How's the LE looking on your shelf?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Aug 2005, 09:46

Recon Five, who is the girl in your avitar and post there?

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2005, 10:11

My av is Park Su-Ae.
Current sig is Jun ji-hyun

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Aug 2005, 10:23

Jun ji-hyun is niiice

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 10 Aug 2005, 11:02

Sirens 3/5

Rather boring film tbh... nothing about the story really engaged me, so it would have got 0.5-1 for that... but the nudity - in particular Elle MacPherson's brings it up in points. She is stunning and has an amazing body - the best and only reason to watch this film.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2005, 11:09

grim_tales wrote:Jun ji-hyun is niiice

Only the most beautiful women in Korea

...Followed VERY closely by Park Su-Ae, IMO.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 10 Aug 2005, 18:04

Hey ReconFive, what Korean movies are right next to the DVD of "Tube"?

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2005, 19:13

First one is the R-Point LE, and the next is Silmido 3-disc SE.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 10 Aug 2005, 20:02

Love that BR image on the far right.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 10 Aug 2005, 21:36

I see... and what is next to "Silmido"? Looks a bit like "My Boss, My Hero" to me.

And what is next to the "Marathon"-LE? "Emperor of the Sea"?