Lord of the Movies: The Return of the Review Thread

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This is why I hate where I live.  The closest theater that will show "Shaun of the Dead" is fifty miles away.  Of course, we have plenty of theaters showing, I dunno, "Cellular."

Stupid Indiana.  Stupid theater monopolies.

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Originally posted by Slacky Here
I get the feeling that this has been hyped up so much that I'm inevitably going to be disapointed. Damn hype.

 

Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
Sean of the Dead
Bloody fantastic....

Come on slacky, apologise to Melll.   

Glad you like the movie guys.   

EDIT: Whomps? What are you, seven?

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Why? You didn't make it!!

Stealing credit from Simon Pegg again, are ya?!
*whomps cat*

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Hahaha...
[Oh, and Sky Captain isn't 'blurry', I wouldn't say. It's shiny.. soft focus. Like the old flicks. Effective, in my opinion.]

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Damn your eyes! And curse my trenchant mouth! How dare you people use my own words against me!

Ah well, I guess it's back on the knees for me...

O great folk who hast sean Sean of the Dead before I! I implore thee, forgive this one who had doubted it's greatness! I spoke from a place of ignorance and evil, and I knew not of my words full import! Cast me not from your sight and consideration, and show mercy to this most unworthy one!

And incidnetly, if it hasn't been said enough, ya'll go watch Sean of the Dead, now, y'hear?

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Originally posted by catindisguise:
EDIT: Whomps? What are you, seven?

Whenever I don't know something, I just check my underpants!

Although I can't rule out the possibility that I've been wearing this same pair for 14 years straight...

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Sky Captain, etc.

B-
This movie failed to entertain me fully. I checked my watch every 15 minutes. Gweneth couldn't seem to act and her blue screen work (ie: rolling around with robots) was particularly bad. Jude Law is sexy and I love him. Not enough Jolie. The robots were awesome, the CGI was good unless there were also live actors in the shot and especially bad if they had to interact with the CGI (ie: knocking on the door of the lab). Underwhelming and a let down.

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AvP was released here yesterday and I saw it....first time I've ever seen a movie on it's release day....no wait I saw ROTK last year....meh

I'm not reviewing this movie but I'm gonna pick out the bits I didn't get or whatever and put them all in spoilers....(it is a good movie for those people who don't want it spoiled....)

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At then end with the alien coming out of the Predator, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an alien/predator hybrid does it....? In the previous movies, we've only seen the aliens plant eggs in humans and the said aliens have been born as normal aliens right....? If there is ever a sequel I just don't think there will be a hybrid....to me the ending just said "Look out, the aliens are on the ship, mayhem will ensue...."

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The big Mama alien falling into the water and dying or not....? I'm guessing she froze to death but hey....cryogenics anyone....?

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I thought the human working with the Predator was a nice touch but it came off as cheesy....You have these lethal killing machines who show no mercy, except for when there is a common enemy....now all of a sudden human and predator work together, then have sort of a truce at the end....? Didn't work for me....

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I don't mean to bag this move, and I'm not, I loved it....I thought the plot was well thought up with the pyramid and the backstory with humans worshipping the Predators....very cool....

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Just saw Dodge Ball.
"A true underdog story"

It was funny on more than one occasion, but how is this a true underdog story? Yet another movie that shows us that it's okay to suck, but only if you win some stupid competition. A true underdog story that shows us the importance of success. It shows us fat, ugly people and tells us that they are people too, and yet the movie never treats fat and/or ugly people like real people, but merely as comic relief for real people to enjoy.

If you aren't an underdog yourself, it can probably be quite enjoyable.

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Shark Tale

Ugh, took my sister to go see it. It was just Finding Nemo sprinked with the ghetto flavoring you know I just love. The Shark Mafia was really the only thing I found mildly amusing.

C-

EDIT: First time in a long time I've seen two movies in one day. Just got back from seeing....

The Motorcycle Diaries

Ah, finally a movie about my favorite revolutionary. This follows the story of a young Ernesto "Che" Guevara and a friend on a motorcycle trip around South America. The plot is taken directly from Che's own diary (which I've read) and it's very accurate to Guevara's own accounts.

Now normally I dont really like subtitle movies, but this one really captures the sense with Spanish being spoken.

Highly recommended.

A+

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Che gives it an A+? It must be good! 
Kill Bill: Volume 2
I really enjoyed the original, with ninjas getting their arms chopped off and flying through the air, so I expected this to be quite good. Previous to watching it I had heard that it featured less action, and while this is true, it definately isn't boring. Answers are finally given here, and it doesn't disappoint. The fights are once again, well choreographed, and Pai Mei was the coolest martial arts guy since Che Guevara himself. The last half hour slowed down a bit, and was slightly boring, but the overscore at the end where it shows every character from both Volume's to some Japanese rock music was a great touch.
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Favourite scenes: Eyeball gouging Elle Driver, Budd calmly shooting Beatrix, and Pai Mei.
I loved the fact that Beatrix can take out an army of crazy ninjas, barely breaking a sweat, yet she got taken down by a single backwoods hick with a shotgun in a rocking chair. Pure hilarity. 

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Shaun of the Dead
My ribs hurt from laughing so hard. Sometimes I hate it when movies are chock full of running jokes (Pirates of the Caribbean... bite me), but I enjoyed all of Shaun's to the fullest. The stand alone jokes were great, too, of course. I have a soft spot for movies that take their time setting the scene before they get to the point, as long as the scene-setting is very entertaining, and this was one of those. You get a good sense of Shaun's life and the people who're a part of it before all the zombie fun begins (though, again, it's hilarious from the start), which I think is something that has been sorely missing from both horror and comedy lately. There were some neat camera shots and director tricks (some people might say overdirected. some people suck), though it seemed like they tapered off a little as the movie went on. Either that or I started enjoying it too much on a visceral level to pay attention to what the hell the camera was doing. There were too many excellent jokes to try to list the best ones, but I will say I left the theater chuckling over the 28 Days Later burn. Stupid monkeys.

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Dodgeball
Had a lot of funny lines in it, but was damn short. And I wanted more dodgeball action. B+

"We're better than you, and we know it."

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I guess the dodge ball games were a bit short. Some of them were 10 seconds or something.

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The Lance Armstrong bit was really lame in my opinion.

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Shark Tale
Not as good as the Shrek mvies, but I still like it. I liked the movie refernces and Lenny the shark. B+

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Originally posted by termos:

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The Lance Armstrong bit was really lame in my opinion.

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I didn't think it was that bad - it was much the same as the rest of the movie.But the appearence of Chuck Norris made up for anything bad anyway. Delta Force

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Originally posted by alexvilagosh:

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But the appearence of Chuck Norris made up for anything bad anyway. Delta Force

Indeed. Not that I'm a big fan, though...

Ben Stiller was also quite amusing in my opinion, actually much like in Zoolander.

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Shark Tale

The only relation this has to Finding Nemo is fish and CGI. Other than that, it's not worthy of that comparison. The movie was kind of entertaining, the jokes were hit and miss, and the fish puns pissed me off. When there were jokes, which it seems like there were very few, they weren't too funny. Some scenes where hilarious (dinner with Don Lino) but overall it was pretty predictable. It tried too hard to be more "adult" than Finding Nemo, but that just came off as trying too hard. Overall, it was okay. C

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Layer Cake:
Pretty damn good I'd have to say... if you're looking for a Snatch or a Lock Stock, you may be dissapointed, because it's a lot more serious and complicated than them.
Daniel Craig is great as the "smooth runt", playing a mix between Micheal Caine from Get Carter and Steve McQueen from Thomas Crown affair (? maybe...)
All the bad guys are bad, and most of the few good guys are too, a bit...
Supporting cast are cool, especially Colm Meaney and the guy who plays Morty (couldn't find an imdb credit..)
It's visually slick like Micheal Vaughns other films, but it displays a more sophisticated crime world (if occasionally displaying the more gritty stuff).
The plot wasn't too hard to follow, it's not the type of film you'd want to go for a bathroom break during though, there are plenty of twists and turns.
There are some generally funny moments and some great dramatic ones too, making it a great slick crime flick! 

A-

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Saw Shaun of the dead last night! Any movie that has the Tag Line: A Romantic Comedy, With Zombies is a must see!

Funniest movie I have seen in a long time!

I saw AVP a while ago, I enjoyed that too, however I was dissappointed that it didnt further the Alien story line any further

 

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At then end with the alien coming out of the Predator, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an alien/predator hybrid does it....? In the previous movies, we've only seen the aliens plant eggs in humans and the said aliens have been born as normal aliens right....? If there is ever a sequel I just don't think there will be a hybrid....to me the ending just said "Look out, the aliens are on the ship, mayhem will ensue...."

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In Alien3 the face hugger gets a dog, and the alien goes around on all fours

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Originally posted by Gleno:

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At then end with the alien coming out of the Predator, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an alien/predator hybrid does it....? In the previous movies, we've only seen the aliens plant eggs in humans and the said aliens have been born as normal aliens right....? If there is ever a sequel I just don't think there will be a hybrid....to me the ending just said "Look out, the aliens are on the ship, mayhem will ensue...."

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And in addition to Grim's point, in the AvP games, there's Predaliens as well.

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Finally convinced a friend to go see Shaun Of The Dead with me. Awesome stuff, I loved how some scenes in the bar were played straight up, and taken seriously (you know the ones I mean).
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I watched Donnie Darko recently, and it was amazing, truly mindblowing. The film was touching, has so many layers to it and is the only film that's left me feeling something afterwards like that. As recorded in some chatlogs:
[qupte]I feel like i should feel/know/think something, but don't know what it is... 
Well, the credits ended about 5 minutes ago, i'm still, erm, overwhelmed? Confused, something like that.[/quote]
The ending was well handled, and when "Mad World" kicks in, it just adds so much to it.
To it's testament i've seen the film 3 times since i first saw it two weeks ago.
A*

On Thursday i got the Director's Cut DVD, and today i managed to see it in the cinema. Seeing it in the cinema was great and i'm glad i managed to see it. Compared to the original there are quite a few things to say about it. The new scenes were a mix of good and bad to me. The ones with Donnie and his father, and some more scenes with Donnie's English teacher were well made and added a lot more to the two characters. The addition of the pages from "The Philosophy of Time Travel" were good, and helped explain parts, however i know some people prefered the film without them and prefered making their own minds up about those sections.
However i felt that the scenes of the eye, and computer screen overlay, sucked and made the film worse. And the fireworks near the end? What was with them, they ruined a perfectly touching ending. I think i prefered the original, mainly due to these sticking out like sore thumbs.
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Cinderella Story
Yeah, Hilary Duff, awsome! A great chick flic. Nothing beats a good one. It was actually pretty decent.B+

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Friday Night Lights
Was OK, not as good as I had expected. Still, it was better than all the other football movies I've seen.

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They actually lost in the end which made me happy...it wasn't the typical overcome-the-odds-and-win-in-the-end kind of movie.

The only thing I noticed that was wrong was that the teams were going for 2 point conversions and the movie was set in 1988 

B+

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The first time I saw Donnie Darko I said "Wow! This is really good. Masterpiece!". Same reaction I had with Memento. Since then I have watched Memento four times. That was the only time I saw Donnie Darko.

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Originally posted by Jicannon:
Friday Night Lights
Was OK, not as good as I had expected. Still, it was better than all the other football movies I've seen.

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They actually lost in the end which made me happy...it wasn't the typical overcome-the-odds-and-win-in-the-end kind of movie.

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You mean like Rocky?

 

The only thing I noticed that was wrong was that the teams were going for 2 point conversions and the movie was set in 1988   

Isn't the movie about a college team, or high school or something? They've been doing two-point conversions since forever. The NFL were just late adopters.

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Originally posted by Mr. Potter:
The first time I saw Donnie Darko I said "Wow! This is really good. Masterpiece!". Same reaction I had with Memento. Since then I have watched Memento four times. That was the only time I saw Donnie Darko.

I didn't get DD at all....therefore I only saw it once....

I just hired out Memento for the second time and it's brilliant....! A little confusing near the end but still worth it....

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Taxi
Kind of okay, the only thing that sucked was the endig, the very end. B

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I caught the sneak preview of Team America last night.  It was funny as shit, but they did naturally carry the gross-out jokes over the top.  I thought the

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immodestly long puking scene

was funny, but it put a lot of people off.  However, the

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just-off-screen puppet-on-puppet gay oral sex

made me very uncomfortable, while other people seemed to like it for some odd reason.

The point everyone can rally around is that the "America!  Fuck Yeah!" song really kicks ass.

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I was hoping to see Team America on Saturday, but it was sold out.  So, instead, I saw I Heart Huckabees.  I saw it again today, so I think that tells you something about my reaction.

I adored it.  It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but it was the ideal movie for me.  The acting and script were top-notch, and I loved the philosophical- I mean, existential- ideas brought up in the film.  It's really a hard movie to describe or place in a category.  It reminds me of an interesting sentence in the book Stargirl: "In our minds we tried to pin her to corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew."  I honestly don't know what other films to compare it to.  It's just so unique and different, and if you've got an open mind and can appreciate dialogue- and character-driven movies, I highly recommend it.
A+

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Shaun of the Dead
I had a day off today, so I figured I'd go see it and see if the great reviews were deserved. They definately were. Everyone else has already summed up most of the best points of it, so I'm  going to say I loved the ending. Poor Ed.   
EDIT: This is one of the few zombie movies I've ever seen, so I probably missed all the "homages".
A+

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Originally posted by Gleno:
 I didn't get DD at all....therefore I only saw it once....

I just hired out Memento for the second time and it's brilliant....! A little confusing near the end but still worth it....

I though Donnie Darko was overrated. If it focused more on the character's stories rather than the incomprehensible time travel plot it would have been much better IMO.

Memento is superb though!

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Does the special edition on Donnie Darko clear up the old lady storyline? Cause the first movie totally didn't. (or I'm stupid)*

*but I understood Memento!

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Seconds Lurrr's opinion... with gusto.

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The great thing about Memento is that the end just hits you in the face without any warning (at least that was my reaction), that to this day I'm still not 100% sure on who was really the "bad guy" in the movie, and that Nolan always seemed in control of everything. In Donnie Darko you can sense that the story was getting away from the director sometimes.

And everybody loves Shaun of the Dead. I think I'm going to watch it and come here to say that it was piece of crap just to be a cool rebel and stuff. 

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I didn't get the Directors Cut of DD, I got the original release (with all of the extras).  I read a review which said that the new scenes took away from  original story.

My DVD has the "Philosophy Of Time Travel", which did explain a lot.

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Well, from what I hear, the extra scenes in the DD director's cut are already available on the original dvd.  They're just grainy and you can't access them when watching the movie.  Personally, I think most of them are interesting, but not worth it.  Only the conversations between Donnie and Frank add anything.

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I bought 12 Monkeys the other day, god I love that movie....It's still a little confusing though near the end....

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So the virus was released anyway by that red haired guy....? The army of the 12 monkeys was just Brad Pitt's character and his mates releasing the animals right....? Why then in the future did they think that it was them who released the virus....?

The other part I don't get is how come Cole is at the airport at the end, as a kid....During the movie you see all these flashbacks that show he's been there before, (or they are premonitions I dunno) but then he says he HAS been there before....I don't get it....?! 

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Shaun Of The Dead

I liked it. It was funny. But I have two complaints. One, is that I'm a lame american, and it took me like a third of the movie to really get into it, and understand the crazy fast-talking british accents. The second is that the plot(even though I respected it for being a real story, and not just a zombie "spoof" ) took itself a little too seriously towards the end, resulting in a lack of laughs.

But there was a solid portion in the middle that was good. With a lot of good/gross zombie violence. Good job, british people. You get a thumbs up from me once again.