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« Reply #160 on: 08-02-2007 05:24 »
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While I do agree that Green Day shouldn't have been in the movie, their part at least had a few jokes in it (the "Da da da da" prompter, the homage to Titanic, "American Idiot: Funeral Version" ). Tom Hanks' cameo wasn't funny in the least. I really didn't see the point of it. If only Phil Hartman were still alive... I think we all know who would've been in that scene instead.
Albert Brooks did do a fantastic job, though. "Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you!" As far as which characters were and weren't featured, I'm surprised they didn't give any lines to Hans Moleman, Gil, Disco Stu or Rich Texan. A Sideshow Bob cameo also would've been nice. And Jon Lovitz should've done a voice in it, too. (Spoiler in regard to The Simpsons Movie, for the one person on PEEL who hasn't seen it yet)
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Melllvar
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The Simpsons Movie
Excellent, I enjoyed it immensely. First half better than the last though. 8/10
Transformers
Utter cobblers. Definitely a "disengage brain" movie. Enjoyable, if you ignore the shiny people with their über-white teeth, and concentrate on the cool robots. 8/10
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Die Hard 4.0 aka Live Free or Die Hard in the US.
Pleasantly ludicrous. They've upped the scale again, where Terrorists took a building hostage, then an airport, then a city, and now a country. Mclaine is suitably hardcore badass, and a few scenes will make you wince despite the lack of blood in the film. Oh, and action one-liners a plenty! Yay!
Sadness: There IS cg in the film, buuuuuuuut it's pleasantly understated for the most part (baring a few crazy stunts involving cars, helicopters, and trucks and things). There's a lot of good old fashioned painful stuntwork in the film, and by God am I ever thankful for that. This film isn't realistic, but it IS grounded. Oh, and whoever originally thought of putting parkour into action films is a genius.
Bruce is Bruce, Timothy Olyphant is suitably steely, ruthless and menacing, if a bit of a weenie (man's only weapon is his brain, which is as it should be in one of these films), and no one else annoyed me enough for it to bother me. I find I don't hate Justin Long. Oh, and random Kevin Smith action. Who'd a thought? Much geekier than the previous films just for that alone...
So, yeah. Solid, REAL action, not overly glitzy or annoying, and well put together. Probably one of the best action films of the year, though the year isn't over yet (and I haven't seen them all. :P ) I'm giving it an 8 out of 10. Recommended.
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~FazeShift~
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The FountainLol wut? Rachel Weisz isn't that hot! But the film looks great, even though I'm not sure I got the ending, or what that bubble thingy was... C
SunshineAnother film with far too much bright orangeness! Actually I like this one a bit better, the dude in it was quite creepy. But nothin' spectacular about the story or anything. C+
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Nixorbo
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« Reply #170 on: 08-11-2007 16:50 »
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StardustI loved it to death, for the most part. Spoiler-heavy review follows: It was doing so well, right up until the part where Yvaine has a speech to Mousey Tristan explaining that she loved him. I did not like that. Then I *really* didn't like the demise of Lamia. Her exit from the book was graceful, poignant, and complex, much better than the overly simplistic, overly Hollywood death-by-starlight.
Other things I did not like but managed to get over pretty quickly were the compression of time (from several months down to one week) and the resulting plot changes that followed (Mad passionate true love in a few days! A complete coming of age in the same exact time! Become a competent swordsman in just a couple of days!), the new terms and conditions for Una's release from Sal, and the very, very last scene. I was also slightly disappointed that Yvaine's first line from the book was cut.
But enough about my fanbo quibbles. First off, I thought it was exceptionally well-cast, except for Sienna Miller, who I thought was a little old for the part. Pfeiffer and De Niro I thought were masterful casting decisions, though I may never forgive Matthew Vaughn for the image of Robert De Niro prancing around in a dress. The dialogue was crisp and engaging, and the sets and costumes were better than I feared from the trailer. Ricky Gervais as Ferdy the Fence was brilliant and was by far my favorite of the new content. Septimus was sufficiently menacing (even if he didn't use poison so much) and the ghostly brothers were wonderfully done. In conclusion, WAS I NOT ENTERTAINED? Yes, yes I was. Quite a bit, actually. But the fact that I am a fanboy of the book directly results in me docking it some points. B+
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Nixorbo
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Whoops, forgot to add the name (review C&Ped from my lj)
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BirthdayClown
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Originally posted by ~FazeShift~: Rachel Weisz isn't that hot! I agree and disagree. The bubble was a spaceship. Duh. Keep watching until you bump it up to an A+. That movie rocks your Irish socks.
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~FazeShift~
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I took your advice under consideration and then I watched Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit again... Excellent, all you clowns need to watch it! "Cheeeeeese!! "
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Superbad was super bad. It was so funny that mid way through the movie I couldn't laugh because I had laughed so much. Definitely in the running for Best Movie of the Summer. A+.
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Superbad is out on the 14th September in the UK, and I'm looking forward to seeing it, as the trailer makes it look excellent. Plus, it's George-Michael! How can we not go?!
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~FazeShift~
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Oi! Gocad, did it show in cinemas there or what? The DVDRip is online and I settled had to settle for that! Black Sheep"Get the flock out of here!" It was great, about on the same level as Plane Dead (which was recently retitled to "Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane" for some reason...) I loved the random guys getting taken out by sheep flying in outta nowhere, and the sheep shagging jokes had to be done, lawls! 9/10 indeed.
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Bourne Ultimatum
Best of the 3, definitely (not to say the first two weren't rather enjoyable as well). Glad I don't get motion sickness, that might have been a problem, otherwise.
Julia Stiles > Kirsten Dunst.
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Nixorbo
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Pics in the pretty people thread or it didn't happen.
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Melllvar
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Originally posted by Nixorbo: Bourne Ultimatum
Best of the 3, definitely (not to say the first two weren't rather enjoyable as well). Glad I don't get motion sickness, that might have been a problem, otherwise.
Julia Stiles > Kirsten Dunst.
A- Saw this last night, fricken stormer, was awesome. Definitely closed off the series in fine-style, and speaking of styles (ahem)... Yup, Julia Stiles was fine, no wait, fiiiiiiine. 9/10
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UndeadThis is probably the worst movie I've ever seen, and I'm not trying to be funny. I barely understood the plot... aliens quarantine a rural outback town when meteorites rain down and turn the populace into zombies or something. That is as best as I can figure. Actually I don't know if I should call them zombies because they had suprising supernatural speed whenever it was convenient to the plot. The acting was universally terrible... the only person in the main cast who could act convincingly was the policewoman, and she left pretty quickly. The worst offenders were the main hero and an overacting cop. The overactor was killed off pretty quickly in circumstances I still don't understand, but the main hero was ridiculous. Look buddy, you can spout as many tough guy one-liners as you want, but it's not going to work when you dress like Torgo. Overall, I would describe it as a horror-comedy gone horribly[/u] wrong. Every single joke falls flat, the satire doesn't work at all, and even the special effects lose their impact when you remember that there's better gore out there. I won't even go into detail about the agonising overactor who played the swearing cop, "acid" rain that was an excuse to get the cast naked, or the unbelievable use of action cliches. The one positive thing I can say about this is that thankfully this probably hasn't been released outside our borders. Probably. If you do see it in your local video shop (the front cover has a guy in a fishing hat failing to look menacing) make up any excuse to convince them to get it out of there. ANY EXCUSE. Final words: I have never seen a better use for the smiley than this movie. F
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Melllvar
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Funny that, because I loved UNDEAD. Thought it was hilarious!
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Yeah he is, check out his site ClarkandMichael.com, he does some short episodes with one of his pals, and there's guest stars a plenty, mostly from AD! Meet The RobinsonsHrmm, this was a pretty standard animated kids comedy, nothing spectacular about it, the only noteworthy character was the badguy, aptly named "Bowler Hat Guy". The frog musical number was pretty good too, and the "Tom Selleck" bit made me lol. B-
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« Reply #197 on: 09-01-2007 12:58 »
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SimpsonsFinally watched it yesterday.. it could be better but i was no dissapointed at all.. i had heard a lot of critics to the movie, for example many blame it for being "just like and extended episode", sorry its not.. it has a simpsons big plot with Homer and the family throught it.. Some people blame it for including not so many characters.. well for 90m they included a hell lot.. sure the movie should have last 2 hours or even more (Titanic was 3h 20 min for god shake and the LOTR ones were long too and i was not bored by them, even i could had pass the pause that was in the middle of return of the king ) 1- How i loved the final touch of the final jump in motorcycle being missed by a lot.. even they included the crashed ambulance!
2- Spider PIGGG!!! ROFL , even with chorus XD
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