coldangel

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One-Sentence Reviews.
W. Never expected to see Oliver Stone put on the kid gloves, but here it is, right when we needed him to be an overt as possible.
The Warriors Makes me nostalgic for the era of New York City gangs with outlandish Halloween-themed outfits, which is unlikely to have ever occurred.
The Dirty Dozen It’s seen as a classic of the genre, but I consider Where Eagles Dare (also released in 1967) to be a far superior war film.
Lakeview Terrace Samuel L. Jackson basically just plays himself, doesn’t he?
Cypher OMG he thought he was one guy pretending to be another guy but getting brainwashed into believing he really was that other guy but it turns out he was actually neither guy.
Below Funny how those World War 2 submariners talked just like 21st Century folk.
Insomnia Sent me right to sleep.
Entrapment Sean’s a randy old bugger.
Dead Calm Quite an effective old thriller, and you get to see a young Nicole Kidman butt naked.
Righteous Kill Just like Dexter, except dull and pointless.
Chinatown The epitome of the neo-noir genre and a masterpiece of filmmaking – every scene is engrossing.
Knowing Blowing.
In the Cut There’s nothing much to this crap-pile except Meg Ryan getting her pussy eaten.
Blade: Trinity This is the best of the trilogy, and that’s not really a compliment.
Wall*E Nothing short of a triumph!
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coldangel

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I found the humor in Trinity created a nice balance to offset the total stupidity of the whole concept. Such a balance was absent in the other two. And the Vampires are even easier to kill than humans.
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Lesbian Vampire Killers Gah what a mess of a movie, I know it's supposed to be silly but it had no style or pace or put together-ness like Shaun Of The Dead.
Meh.
D+
Are they lesbians who kill vampires or do they kill lesbian vampires?
Why not both? Lesbians that kill lesbian vampires.... i would pay good money to see that one.
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Bend-err

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it should be lesbian vampires killing lesbian non-vasmpires!
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Clint Mansell did the music? Or it's just similar? Also, How'd you see it mafakka?!
Yep he scored it (score!), and it's out here, sucka. Are they lesbians who kill vampires or do they kill lesbian vampires?
The second one, not enough lesbianism though, barely a pair of boobs in the whole movie.
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AdventurelandThis film is so similar to Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist, set in the 80s and it closes in NYC so it feels like kind of like a prequel, the story about two confused teenagers finding each other and blah blah blah...  Jesse Eisenberg does his Michael Cera impression and that Twilight girl is the girl. There's no real laugh out loud moments or genuine ideas in it, meh. C-
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Once Upon a Time in the West
This is one of the best Westerns ever made, Leone was a master of the genre and this is probably his best film. It lacks the obvious humour of the dollar trilogy but makes up for it with a genuine sense of menace. There is almost a constant sense that violence may erupt at any moment.
The opening is a classic, three men turn up at a remote station and with barely a word wait for the train to arrive. On paper the idea of spending the first ten minutes watching three men doing almost nothing sounds boring, but here there is the sense that this is the calm before the storm. When the train arrives it seems that nothing is about to happen but as it departs we hear the sound of a harmonica, the three men turn to see Charles Bronson, after a brief exchange the three men are lying dead. The next scene sees a man and his son return home after shooting some birds for dinner, the man talks to his teenage daughter as they prepare for a party; the man's wife is due to arrive that day. As the man gets water from the well a shot rings out and the girl falls to the ground more shots and the man and his elder son are dead too. The young son comes out of the house and is met by a group of men, led by Henry Fonda. Shockingly he guns down the child.
That is two of the four protagonists introduced, the next is Claudia Cardinale, the widow of the man who's family we'd just seen die. Not knowing what has happened she heads to her new home, stopping off on the way at a bar. While she is inside we hear gunfire outside and the Jason Robards enters, his arms in chains. He confronts a man in the bar... the harmonica playing Bronson.
What follows is a constant sense of danger interspersed with moments of violence. Why did railroad employee Frank murder an entire family? Why does Bronson play the harmonica and why is he so interested in Frank? Leone's direction is excellent, the film is long and for long periods nothing much is happening but I never felt bored watching because he created such great atmosphere. He is assisted by a fantastic score by Ennio Morricone. Henry Fonda put in a great performance, playing against type, as the murderous Frank and Bronson is ideally cast as the mysterious "Harmonica" putting in the best performance I've seen from him. That isn't to say there is anything wrong with the other actors, they all did a good job.
I'd recommend this film to anybody, especially those who are fans of westerns. The only people I wouldn't recommend this to are fans of Henry Fonda who don't wish to see him as a bad guy.
10/10
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coldangel

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Once Upon a Time in the West
Man, you rock.
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Bend-err

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do, or do not! there is no try!
Iron Man - Blu ray on projector wow, just wow! awesome picture, fantastic sound great movie as well
Picture 10/10 Sound 10/10 Movie 9/10
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coldangel

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One-Sentence Reviews.Public EnemiesNice realistic gunfights, but the rest was boring as batshit, just like every other movie based on real life events. BabelBeautiful, emotional, majestic, and kind of pointless. The Life of BrianA masterwork of biblical satire that really only the Python boys could have gotten away with. Run Silent, Run DeepThis is a bitingly effective reworking of the Moby Dick obsession fable with Clark Gable at his best and some of the most realistic depictions of submarine warfare ever seen. The Petrified ForestPretty cool for a movie that basically just takes place in one room. Total RecallSci-fi pulp at its worst best – probably Arnie’s greatest work besides that thing where he’s a robot. The Astronaut FarmerIf you’ve ever had a ridiculously unrealistic dream that you were willing to put above the security and wellbeing of the people who depend on you, then this is your movie  . LabyrinthInteresting fact: David Bowie actually possesses all of the magical powers he exhibits in the film, which considerably reduced production costs.
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Labyrinth Interesting fact: David Bowie actually possesses all of the magical powers he exhibits in the film, which considerably reduced production costs. But does he still wear those pants?
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coldangel

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But does he still wear those pants?
I'd be terribly disillusioned if he doesn't. Did you see The Prestige? He's in that, playing Nikolai Tesla.
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Funny PeopleI laughed and thought it was pretty good, but a lot of the people I saw it with didn't like it. The only thing I would've liked was: if Adam Sandler had died. Would've made the movie better. I'll give it a B, which is about 70% in my scaling. I'd recommend it and resee it, but it's not for everybody. District 9Whoa. Unlike Cloverfield, this lives and exceeds the hype. And, unlike Cloverfield, this isn't POV camera work but made like a pseudo-documentary, which works very, very well. With 10 Best Picture nominees this year, this is definitely in the running for a nod. However, I'll add that a lot of people won't get this movie at all. The audience mix when I saw it a few minutes ago was 40-somethings/sci-fi intellectuals and teenaged expecting explosions. The latter didn't get it. It's an extremely poignant film. I'll give it an A, or about 95%.
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District 9 = awesome. Brings new meaning to "Don't tase me, bro!"
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coldangel

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I probably shouldn't have re-watched Watchmen with my Grandmother. She's gone mute now...
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You've gotta give credit to a movie that can kill a man and trash an African shack using only a pig.
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« Reply #198 on: 08-17-2009 05:52 »
« Last Edit on: 08-17-2009 06:00 »
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I saw District 9 at an early screening last week. I had no expectations going in (I hadn't even heard of it until a week before I saw it), and I came out thinking it wasn't bad by any means. In the week since, though, almost everything I've read about it is painting it as the bloody second coming. It's good, but it's not that good. I like the indie/blockbuster hybrid feel that it has going on. The CGI/live action mix is very good, especially for something with such a small budget (and the pig bit that Frisco mentioned is laugh-out-loud awesome). It's quirky and reasonably intelligent, but not overly so. If you remove the conceptual twists, such as the extraterrestrial origin of the alien sub-class and the South African setting, then it's pretty standard fare as far as plot and storyline go. The Apartheid metaphor is overwrought to the point of being ridiculous, and there's a whole bunch of plot holes (mainly, if the aliens are being repressed so badly, why don't they use some of their wiz-bang weapons to fight back..??) , but nothing so eye-rollingly bad as to stop you enjoying it. I like the doco-style of cinematography they've used, with its mixture of TV footage, hand-held, surveillance footage and regular mounted photography, but then I'm a sucker for that sort of thing (being one of the sole Cloverfield defenders in here). The whole evil corporation thing is pure cliché and the ending is confused - after reverting to standard Hollywood-style shoot-em-up action for the entire third act, it suddenly decides to jump back in the indie boat and give us an open-ended, ambiguous conclusion. It's definitely worth seeing, but it's not the most awesomest awesome thing ever, as the internets seem to be portraying it.
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