It stinks! (movie review thread)

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New movie thread!

Shutter Island

I liked the story and everything but not Di Crappyo. Worse actor ever!

A-/B+

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Really? I'm not a huge fan of him either but I thought he was pretty great it in. Like...bearable even.

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Power Rangers: The Movie

So I gave in to temptation and downloaded this movie of mine, which I loved as a kid, and to be honest, I'm going to review it because I still love it. The one with Ivan Ooze, yeah, not any other ones. The original movie...

The acting is bad, the noises they make when they're jumping around are bad, the guys are kinda cute, the girls are annoying...

The costumes and general story is kinda bad.

But I still fucking love this movie. The whole thing is bad, but that just makes it good for me.


A

* Nutmeg waits patiently for people to laugh and/or kill

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As I remember, one of the power rangers was arrested for doing crack & killing someone, or something like that.

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Shhhh, it's fine. I don't know about it, and ignorance is bliss.

Also, I checked it out, and it was one of the extras from an episode in the series.

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It was Skylar Deleon (who starred in the TV series), and he & his wife were convicted of murdering a couple over a boat:  http://club.myce.com/f94/power-ranger-arrested-murder-146406/

You might be thinking of the guy who played the black ranger, who was arrested for dui:  http://www.tmz.com/category/dui/8/

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Ya, I saw that movie when I was young too, heh. The Nostalgia Critic review of it is hilarious.

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Thanks to your direction, Josh, I've been reading those reviews.  Whoever writes them has a really wicked sense of humor.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

I haven't seen this in years and I've been listening to the soundtrack and I missed it. I've always been fascinated with stop-motion animation. So after watching the movie, I watched the commentaries as well. It was amazing to hear how they created that movie. Like how they decided to make use of the shadows to give a more dramatic impact. Camera movements, character designs and their strong poses and well as every movement is a new shot. Unlike in animation, stop-motion does not recycle their walk cycles.

A+

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Hmpf, ignore my reviews will you?

Inception

To reiterate, this movie is amazing. There are few movies where I just sit and watch and take it in, but this is seriously one movie where you can't look away for one second. The concept was original and explained in a way that you had to be paying attention to understand, otherwise it would be rather confusing. One of the best movies to ever fuck with my head, I loved it. The audience's reaction to the last scene was priceless, everyone in the theater made some motion of "Aw no!" when the credits came up. I was so blown away. And I loved to see Cillian Murphy and the guy from Drag Me to Hell in this, everyone in the cast was exceptional. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was...incredibly badass, he rocked the shit out of gravity.

A+

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check out my previous reviews

http://www.peelified.com/Futurama-Forum-5/Topic-18570-680-Ebert_Gave_This_Movie_Rev.html


Superman/Batman Public Enemies

This film was entertaining.  I liked the fact that Tim Daly, Clancy Brown and Kevin Conroy all came back voiced their respected DC animated characters.  Luther as president is epic and sets up a good story.  I only gripe that once the film becomes The Fugitive, it's pretty straight forward and lacks development with the characters, until there's a pause between each chase.  They battle between Batman/Superman and an army of ice themed villains was awesome, but makes you wonder how all those villains met up and planned the attack so quickly after the hunt for our heroes starts.  I thought the whole sequence about going to Japan felt forced, like the writers had no idea for a climax and just said "hey let's send them to Japan and met a Japanese Toyman".  It was still entertaining and not as bad as it sounds.  I was a little weirded out about Luther kissing Amanda Waller just like that and imply that he liked her.  Has that ever happened in the comics?  I understand if it was Lois Lane, but Amanda Waller?...awkward. To sum it up, it was an enjoyable film and it's just great hearing Conroy as Batman.

B+

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I actually just took the time to READ the title of this thread, and it better be a reference to the Pod People episode of MST3K!

*makes a circle with his fingers* IT STINKS!

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It's not.

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I don't care.

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Well it could be a token to The Critic, as well.  But either way, Trumpy can do magic things..

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Trumpy can do stupid things, too.

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   I actually just took the time to READ the title of this thread, and it better be a reference to the Pod People episode of MST3K!

   *makes a circle with his fingers* IT STINKS!

   It's not.

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Inception
I went with my two best buds to see this today, for once we were all available to do something together! It was fairly fantastic, although we did all agree afterwards that there were parts where we felt Leo was playing practically the same character he played in Shutter Island, and even parts of the story made us question whether things would unfold in the same way Shutter Island unfolded.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Well, pretty sure I had half a crush on him when he was on 3rd Rock From The Sun, and now he looks less like a girl and can defy gravity. Yes please. That whole thing..and then the next thing..and then the stuff. That was fun. I want to be able to enter this dream world!

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My friends completely did not click to Saito as being the old guy right at the beginning of the movie. That seemed like the most obvious thing. The whole time after he got shot in the first dream layer I was waiting for Leo to go into his limbo land to go get him back and when we were discussing this after the movie my friends went "Ohhhh...I thought the old man was the old version of Leo!" or "I didn't think of that!" :| Am I the only person who got that on my first viewing or what? It seemed like the simplest part of the plot to understand!

It kept me entertained for 2 and a half hours, and I was busting to pee for the last hour (damn you, frozen coke!) but I wasn't going anywhere. So I'ma give it something like 9/10.

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Inception
That whole thing..and then the next thing..and then the stuff. That was fun.

I loved that part!

With regards to your spoiler, yeah I got it before it happened, it was the totem that gave it away.

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I loved that part too! It was all "swoosh" and "zam" and "boof" and then there was the elevator!

See. It was easy sleazy. I don't know why my friends weren't able to catch onto that. I might be taking another friend to see it at some point so maybe I can perform a test..

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Splice

...where do I begin? How about with saying this is one FUCKED UP movie. Like, really fucked up. Just when you think it can't get more fucked up, it does.
Pretty much all you need to know about what I mean:

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The creature, Dren, has sex with both of the main actors. The first one willingly, the second one by rape. To accomplish this it changes gender.

It has a really good premise and good acting, interesting character development and plot twists, but then near the end the whole thing kinda takes a shit all over itself and the end itself is pretty lame.

C

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Splice

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<JoshTheater> this movie is fuckin weird
<JoshTheater> Splice
<JoshTheater> he's dancing with the creature they made
<JoshTheater> wtf
<mazulous> :|
<mazulous> that's not a movie josh
<mazulous> that's...YOUR LIFE

Yeah. Sounded like fun. I'll give it a B.

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@People who have seen Splice: but how was David Hewlett?

Inception
Yes, it really is that good.  Also, Ellen Page's least obnoxious role ever.

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When she appeared in a suit, my brain said "phwoar...she looks professional! I'd hire her!" and then I remembered I don't run a business.

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Splice
Yeah. Sounded like fun. I'll give it a B.

Good job rating a movie you haven't seen.

@People who have seen Splice: but how was David Hewlett?

Who?
*looks it up*
Oh. He barely had a role, dude. And I guess he was...okay?

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Good job rating a movie you haven't seen.

I did not hit her, I did not.
Oh hai Josh

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Hey friends, let's go play football in the alley wearing suits !!!!

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You're tearing me apart, FYP!

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I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer.

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Why, Josh? Why? Josh, why? Why?

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Move along, nothing to see here.
Enough of-topic-ness; keep it up and I have to start deleting. Responses to this statement are no exception.

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it's called interactive movie reviewing...


but to keep it at least partly on topic:

The Room
Movie -5/5
Fun at the Cinema 10/5

which means: it's a 5/5

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Gopher demands it!  It shall be done!

Krull

Let me save you some time.  Prince and Princess are supposed to be married to unify 2 warring kingdoms, aliens kidnap princess, prince fights to find her and save her from king alien...  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Homer Simpson]BORING![/Homer Simpson]

2/10

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Inception

Nothing short of cinema perfection.

A+

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Also, Ellen Page's least obnoxious role ever.

Thank you.

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Bee Movie: an on-the-go review

Oops, I forgot to turn the telly on until about 10 minutes into it. Well, from what I have gathered with my mighty deductive powers, Jerry Seinfeld as a bee has just graduated school or college and now doesn't want to follow in his dad's footsteps to be a honey stirrer. So he joins the team of bees who go out to look for pollen instead. He gets split up from the group and ends up being saved from Squishville by Renee Zellweger's character and now he has a crush on her, and she knows he can talk because he thanked her for not letting her boyfriend kill him.

HAH - Ray Liotta brand honey.

Okay...the bee has a camera to take pictures of humans stealing their honey. Now he's suing humans. Beejesus! Haw, he asked Bee Larry King "how old are you?" Good question. Is he still alive?

"Why is yoghurt night so difficult?!" I'm quite sure that's Patrick Warburton. He's Renee's boyfriend. Now they're in court. That's John Goodman. He sounds just like Santa. Heh, Ray Liotta went insane. What a champ.

Haaa, Broderick bee ends up in a human sized hospital bed. I miss Simba

"How about a suicide pact?"
"How's that work?"
"I'll sting you, and you step on me."
"That just kills you twice."
"Oh.."

Yeah. And now the bees are happy to be working. Basically it's a big social commentary on the fact that we are all drones going through life doing mindless repetitive tasks until eventually we die. Just like real life. Well, that's just my interpretation. It also had a whole ecological undertone, but who cares about that?!

Hmmm...it had some semi-decent laughable moments, but I was kind of creeped out by the bee-human romantic relationship. I am tempted to give this a Let's Bee Minus Friends rating.

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Inception

Twas great. The first 3rd felt like a non stop montage, but they had a lot of ground to cover, so it's all good.

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The conversation between Leo and old asian, that was rehashed conversations from throughout the whole movie wasn't it? The revelation that Leo had incepted wife lady wasn't that much of a shock, in that, i'd already assumed it to be the case.

Looked great, sounded great, was great.

Lots out of lots

Edit: goddamnit, i can never remember if it's spoiler or spoilers for the tags. Somebody make it so it's both.

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Inception

After all the great reviews on PEEL (and on imdb), I went out of my way and out of my country to see it early and in English today. So, my hopes for a good movie where pretty high. And that it was. I think I'm only ever going to watch movies with

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multiple story/dream layers

or failing that, time travel, in them anymore. Just makes for more thinking and feels like more things are going on.

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I didn't quite understand how he and Saito got back though. Does shooting yourself in limbo bring you back? That would sort of make the whole limbo thing a bit less frightening. Then again, I don't remember them shooting each other.

9/10

On a similar note:

The Time Traveler's Wife

If you are a bit like me and don't like books but do like time travel and would like to see it outside the typical scifi scenario for once, I think that's a movie to see. If you are more like Kelly, read the book.

9/10

The Netherlands

OK, so they have movies in English and I can live with the subtitles, but come on, intermissions? This isn't the 60s anymore... Then again, Maastricht was a nice daytrip and we saw a marching band going to a wedding.

6/10 (8/10 - 2/10 for the intermission)

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I didn't quite understand how he and Saito got back though. Does shooting yourself in limbo bring you back? That would sort of make the whole limbo thing a bit less frightening. Then again, I don't remember them shooting each other.

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The only way to get out of limbo is to have the idea in your mind that your world is not reality, which is hard because you're so deep into the dream in limbo that you start to believe the dream is real because you are constructing the dream out of your own memories. Dom is special and already has the idea that his world isn't reality, so he plants it in Saito's mind by showing him the totem, and letting him spin it. When it keeps spinning indefinitely, Saito is able to realize that he's not in the real world. Then they are both able to shoot themselves and exit the dream.

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I didn't quite understand how he and Saito got back though. Does shooting yourself in limbo bring you back? That would sort of make the whole limbo thing a bit less frightening. Then again, I don't remember them shooting each other.

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The only way to get out of limbo is to be have the idea in your mind that you're world is not reality, which is hard because you're so deep into the dream in limbo that you start to believe the dream is real because you are constructing the dream out of your own memories. Dom is special and already has the idea that his world isn't reality, so he plants it in Saito's mind by showing him the totem, and letting him spin it. When it keeps spinning indefinitely, Saito is able to realize that he's not in the real world. Then they are both able to kill themselves and exit the dream.

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Also, being in limbo to the point where he was an old man, meant Saito had been asleep long enough for the sedative to wear off, therefore once Leo was able to convince him he was in limbo, it made sense that they could kill themselves by this point in time without..dying...

Heh. All these spoilers. BOOBIES!