DarthBetty
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| Movie: | Equilibrium , Gladiator, Kill Bill 1, Labyrinth, Leon the Proffesional |
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| Actor: | Christopher Walkin, Gary Oldman, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson |
| Director: | Guy Richie, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, David Fincher |
| Quote: | You're as about as useful as a one legged man at a butt kicking contest. -Black Adder |
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Enjoy this pointless rambling as follows:
I am from the South and no we aren't all complete morons. I enjoy a good conversation and if you ever want to see me excited get me talking about film and cinema. My friends think I should be a movie critic, but I'm going to be a director. And screw you if you think I can't do it. Movie Villians rock. And when people mess up a movie villian, I get thoroughly annoyed. I should warn you before you read my reviews, that I am a horrible typer and my fingers can never keep up with my thoughts. |
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The Legend of 1900
R
This really is a fantastically original story.
Told in a way to make you see 1900 from an outside persepective, you are constantly trying to figure out and get inside his complicated mind. The character itself is a brilliant creation. He doesn't function or think like the majority of the world, so it's so much fun to get inside his head.
And what's best is at the end of the film, you finally do.
It brought tears to my eyes.
Very whimsical and intellegent movie filled with symbolism of life and philosphy.
I ejoyed the end, but I didn't like the way the ending sequence was shot. The explosion was unnecessary and it would have been more powerful if shot differently.
Max Payne
PG-13
So apparently I go out and watch movies that I know are going to suck becuase I have nothing better to do.
I knew they would screw up the game. I knew that the cinematography would be awesome and the script would be incredibly disapointing. I knew this movie would suck becuase Mark W is in it.
Duh.
The score was even retarded.
Not to mention it has the most random and lacking cast I've seen in a while.
I was with a friend. He and I were able to list about 15 movies that this film decided to steal from.
It became so absurd and GOD THE DIALOUGE WAS HORRIBLE!
If they had decided to mute the movie and just let me stare at pretty pictures for hours....I could have been happy.
Also, I watched this before seeing the movie:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/37753/saturday-night-live-mark-wahlberg-talks-to-animals
Cutthroat Island
PG-13
This is the epitome of badly done action movies. As I watch it now, I barely remember why I loved it so much....then I do remember.
PIRATES!!!!!! YAR!!!!
I can proudly be aware of it's riduclousness and like it even though it looks like it's missing the muppets cast.
Saw IV
R
I can understand a serial killer being able to predict people's actions.....but the stuff in this film eventually becomes ridiculous.
It's like watching a soap opera version of a thriller.
The only semi-cool part was when Jigsaw fisrt began talking to the detective about how people always deserve a chance. Although they should have given Jigsaw some actual "villain" depth earlier in the films in regard to his madness, they finally did here and I enjoyed that scene. I hate the idea of "Well, he got cancer and some crazy stuff happened with his wife that turned him into a serial killer."
If one more person tell me he isn't a serial killer...Grrrr....
i can't believe I keep being dragged into watching these movies.
Burn After Reading
R
Okay, so I forgot to rate this movie. I don't know if that explains anything...
It's a Coen brothers movie, which means I will have to watch it again....and again...and again.
From their writing perspective, ofcourse it's brilliant. The dialouge, acting, storytelling is amazing.
I just didn't care too much about the story. Does that make me a horrible Coen brothers fan? I feel so dirty. :(
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The Last Samurai (2003)
R
Though in theory, it is an absurd idea..I can't help but love htis movie for all of it's diverse characters, scenery, and the deep story.
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V for Vendetta
R
Beautifully done and well written, doesn't conform to the stereotypical 'man in mask' movies.
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Return to Sleepaway Camp
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Hell Ride
by El HombreIf you think back to the original concept for Grindhouse, Rodriguez and Tarantino were going to make their films based on the premise, "What if the drive-in/grindhouse movies had been as good as the posters made them seem?" Rodriguez lived up to the premise. He made a movie with all the CGI frills, all the gore, and all the action that were never actually in those films back in the day. Essentially, he made a Robert Rodriguez movie from a 1969 movie poster. Tarantino, however, did not make a modern Tarantino movie. He basically just made a perfect clone of the period films. Just about everything that was wrong with drive-in films was also wrong with QT's clone.
Which brings us to Hell Ride, another type of drive-in film: the biker flick. Writer/director Larry Bishop got Tarantino's "mark of approval" for this one and gave QT a producer credit ... and went about making the same mistake Tarantino made with Death Proof. He recreated a late 60s biker flick, bugs and all. Was there anything you disliked about biker flicks? Bad acting? Hell Ride has it. Incoherent plot line? Check. Long stretches of nothingness while bikers ride the open road while a rock song plays? Check. Ludicrous dialogue? Check. Gratuitous macho posturing? Check. Complete absence of character development? Check.
A classic example of what results when filmmakers and actors buy into their own egos.
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Una Lucertola con la pelle di donna)
by El HombreCapturing all of the debauchery of the drug soaked late 60's into a wonderful murder mystery including some trippy dream sequences, an excellent Ennio Morricone score, a strong sense of suspense, an odd assortment of characters, a strong ending, and it even manages to throw in some Hitchcock references without letting them take over the movie.
The film also takes its sweet time establishing the outline of its central puzzle and where the various characters fit into it. Fortunately that puzzle happens to be a good, engaging mystery. Despite a relatively small ring of suspects, guessing as to "whodunit" will have to be reevaluated with each new twist in the plot.
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Son of Rambow
by QuintoThe film has a few weak spots, but overall it's a fantastic film about friendship with amazing performances by it's two young lead boys; it's impossible not to have fun watching them together.
Hey, you should really see this!
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Heima (Sigur Ros: Heima)
by El HombreDuring the series of free gigs around Iceland, Sigur Ros created a concert film that doesn't quite follow the usual standards of the genre. They concentrated on the people, the places, and the amazing country around them, and the beautiful film Heima was born.
All the performances are strong, and the music haunting. Combined with the images, you find an audio/visual treat that really does act as a great opening to the band's music, or if you are a fan already, something different and very personal from the band. Iceland should be proud, not only of what the band has achieved, but also of how they portray this beautiful land.
Hey, you should really see this!
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Alive
by El HombreVERSUS was a low-budget zombie/yakuza film meshing chaos and stylized action, Alive is a slightly bigger budget attempt at Cube-like tension and atmosphere. Unfortunately for Kitamura, while he may very well be the next John Woo when it comes to cool action, he needs a lot of work when it comes to creating tension and atmosphere out of very little.
The thing about Alive is that it's full of untapped potential. Even the film's second half, which is filled with action, still managed to find long stretches where nothing happens, and people are either just sitting or standing around chatting about their past. In the end, I suppose Kitamura boxed himself in with the intention of testing himself, trying to prove that he can direct without resorting to fisticuffs every other second.Hey, you should really see this!
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Quantum of Solace
by QuintoEven without comparing it to Casino Royale (as hard as it may be), the films is still as unsatisfying. Not only is the cool, suave Bond gone, instead we get a merciless murderer. Also, it seems as if all the energy and effor went into the action sequences (I think so, I couldn't really tell because of the awful, sickening editing) and they just settled for the most boring of all plots.
I know people will goo see it doesn't matter what anyone says about it, but just be sure to know what you're in for.
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The Last Wave
by El HombrePeter Weir is known for some excellent Hollywood commercial films such as Witness, The Year of Living Dangerously and Master and Commander, but earlier in his career he made more challenging films in his native Australia. The Last Wave gives a perspective on law we don't find in Hollywood films.
Richard Chamberlain gives a great performance as David Burton, a lawyer hired to defend a group of aborigines accused of murder and is drawn into a nightmarish world of customs and folklore, history and the supernatural.
Hey, you should really see this!
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Six-String Samurai
by El HombreIt's The Road Warrior Picture Show with a Buddy Holly doing his best Toshiro Mifune starring in a Sergio Leone gang picture set in a fantasy future, directed with the flash of a Hong Kong action flick and the nice and slow style of a samurai film and I was still bored
Would've made a better short film if 20 minutes or so were cut.
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Kichiku dai enkai
by El HombreWhat little plot there is follows some kind of political student group on their shared descent into madness and sick violence. This is about as far from mainstream cinema as you are likely to get and most people are unlikely to enjoy it. Whatever pretensions the makers may have had are swept away in a sea of blood as the sickening scenes pile up.
The last 40 minutes are pure gut-wrenching horror. The patient viewer is given an experience that will not easily be forgotten. Is it a good film? In many ways, yes, but not without its flaws.
Filled with gore and extremely graphic
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Baise-Moi
by El HombreThis is a film that deals with the ideas of losing one's humanity, our views on sex and violence, and the obliteration of the soul. Nadine and Manu have been so harmed by the world that they become monsters, killing with blind rage. They are the epitome of random violence. Thinking they have found power in their murders and sex, the two women are still slaves to their pasts and their own self-images. In essence this is sort of a mean-spirited feminist film.
There are a lot of interesting things that are going on in the film, and really, for two women that had seemingly not done a "regular" film before, both leads are very good. It's a shame the movie isn't.
What could've been a very well made film about such a controversial subject turns out to be a sloppy mess.
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The Strangers
by QuintoI got scared during a few scenes, but I was never really afraid. Liv Tyler gives an amazing performance, but I was never invested in the lead characters. The "strangers" themselves terrorize a whole lot, but it quickly becomes annoying. Then, there's Glenn Howerton for 2 minutes, which ruined the mood for me because I'm too used to his character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Oh, yeah, everything is also kinda very boring.
I don't know, I guess if you're a very, very big fan of Liv Tyler you can check her out in another good movie.
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Kataude mashin gâru (The Machine Girl)
by El HombreRevenge is a dish best served with a prosthetic arm that's a machine gun in a movie whose over-the-top attitude reminds me of Story Of Ricky. Sadistic and hilarious.
Wanton bloodshed.
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
by QuintoOkay, so the screenwriters are completely careless and forgetful of their storylines and characters, Troy and Gabriella are the most annoying characters ever to be put on film and her voice is excrutiatingly painful, yet the big but to all this is that it's actually a fun, well-coreographed, catchy, harmless, not-as-boring-as-the-previous-two-movies musical made worthwhile because of some big dance numbers (I Want It All and A Night to Remember definite highlights), a Footloose homage and Sharpay and her gay lover/brother Ryan, both of whom deserve spin-offs of their own.
Come on, I know there's a bunch of you who won't admit wanting to see this, but do it.
posted 12 days ago -
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Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru)
by El HombreBattle Royale is one of those films so controversial that its reputation has eclipsed its content. The problem with this kind of public profile is that it focuses all attention on the films' violence, and it is a very gory film. But it's also witty, satirical, engrossing, and thought provoking.
Obviously the concept of school kids murdering their classmates seems tasteless, but Battle Royale handles it with maturity, thanks to the talented directing of Kinji Fukasaku. The kids are forced to become killers, but the movie provides them with interesting personalities and human reactions to the horrible situation in which they find themselves. Throw Takeshi Kitano, great music selection and awesome cinematography into the mix and there you have it.
Hey, you should really see this, but by all means, stay away from the sequel. Take my word for it.
posted 13 days ago -
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Mah nakorn (Citizen Dog)
by El HombreA surreal and comical love story about Bangkok's less significant people. Citizen Dog depicts their unending search of happiness in a rapidly changing environment; a world overflowing with dreams but void of love and understanding.
You never know what you will see on the screen next, but it will almost certainly be unique, surprising and vividly colourful. Very rewarding film that's non-stop and highly enjoyable.
Hey, you should really see this!
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