Citadel 7/10. Not quite horror, not quite drama, but a decent movie
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Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/11/13 9:03 am | #4111
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Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
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Miami Vice – I don’t have a history with the T.V. show, so it wasn’t a let down for me in that respect. Mann can do a lot better than this, though. For a movie that’s over 2 hours, very little happens. I would have liked a little more focus on the partnership, and less on Farrell’s love interest. I guess he’s trying to show the struggles that undercover cops face, but it didn’t make for a very entertaining movie.
5.5/10
Ironclad – I was really into Centurion, and this seemed like one of those really gritty, intense medieval films. It fits into that mold reasonably well, but the gore is almost a little over the top at times, and there’s not much in the way of a story. From what I understand, this is not a very faithful adaptation of the actual events either, so don’t expect a history lesson. Paul Giamatti does a good job as the megalomaniacal King John, that’s at least worthy of a rental.
5/10
The Island – pretty good, even if the concept is a bit far fetched. It’s your pretty typical Michael Bay film, so don’t expect some grand and philosophical working. McGregor was good as the lead, and so was Bean as the Dr. plagued by the God complex. It’s pretty long (about 130 minutes), but stays reasonably interesting throughout. If you liked Repo Men or other similarly themed movies, you’ll like this. Not that it has anything to do with the rating, but even for a movie that was released 8 years ago, the SFX and video quality are top notch.
6/10
Crossing Over – it’s nothing special, but not too bad for the most part. There’s a lot going on, and in this case it’s definitely detrimental to the movie as a whole. All of the stories are centered on immigrants, and most of these stories aren’t developed enough to keep you that engaged. There are some pretty big names in it, but like I said there are so many stories, they receive limited screen time. It does make me more appreciate to be a natural born citizen, we have it easy.
5/10
The Incredibles – like every Pixar movie, it’s awesome. I thought the voice actors did an incredible job, and it was very fun the whole way through. I thought the villain was awesome, too. It’s definitely a top-tier animated movie; check it out if you haven’t already. This is also a nice companion to The Watchmen – they both deal with similar themes, but The Watchmen is obviously a good deal darker. Also, Pixar movies are to be enjoyed by adults too, there’s something for everyone.
7/10
Leaving Las Vegas – as much as it pains me to admit it, I’m something of a Nic Cage fan. His performance in this is probably his best as viewed by most critics. I thought he was a lot better in some of the movies a few years later, but he’s still good. I didn’t care for the movie that much, but Cage and Shue were both good.
5.5/10
Red Dawn (2012 remake) – if you’re expecting something big, you might as well steer clear. It’s a pretty light action fest, nothing more, nothing less. Most all of the leads are good, and there’s lots of action. I would have appreciated more back story on pretty much everything, but it was fine to me. Don’t listen to the critics, try it out.
6.5/10
Argo – I really, really wanted to love this, but it’s just not that interesting of a story to me, even in real life. It’s a very well done movie, from the directing to the acting, but it’s just not for me. It took me watching this to realize that if I don’t find the actual events interesting, I’m probably not going to like the movie that much. By contrast, when I found out about Zero Dark Thirty, I had to read everything on Operation Neptune Spear.
6.5/10
Skyfall – I don’t consider myself a diehard Bond fan, but I really enjoyed this. I’ve only seen the 3 Craig films, as all of the older ones seemed very corny with all the gadgets and ridiculous gunfights. The Craig ones seem more realistic, so I think that’s drawn me in more than anything. I thought this was a great movie, and for a movie that lasts 135 minutes, it just flies by. Javier Bardem is great as the tortured villain, and M and Bond’s relationship is as strained as ever. This was worthy of all the praise it received.
8/10
5.5/10
Ironclad – I was really into Centurion, and this seemed like one of those really gritty, intense medieval films. It fits into that mold reasonably well, but the gore is almost a little over the top at times, and there’s not much in the way of a story. From what I understand, this is not a very faithful adaptation of the actual events either, so don’t expect a history lesson. Paul Giamatti does a good job as the megalomaniacal King John, that’s at least worthy of a rental.
5/10
The Island – pretty good, even if the concept is a bit far fetched. It’s your pretty typical Michael Bay film, so don’t expect some grand and philosophical working. McGregor was good as the lead, and so was Bean as the Dr. plagued by the God complex. It’s pretty long (about 130 minutes), but stays reasonably interesting throughout. If you liked Repo Men or other similarly themed movies, you’ll like this. Not that it has anything to do with the rating, but even for a movie that was released 8 years ago, the SFX and video quality are top notch.
6/10
Crossing Over – it’s nothing special, but not too bad for the most part. There’s a lot going on, and in this case it’s definitely detrimental to the movie as a whole. All of the stories are centered on immigrants, and most of these stories aren’t developed enough to keep you that engaged. There are some pretty big names in it, but like I said there are so many stories, they receive limited screen time. It does make me more appreciate to be a natural born citizen, we have it easy.
5/10
The Incredibles – like every Pixar movie, it’s awesome. I thought the voice actors did an incredible job, and it was very fun the whole way through. I thought the villain was awesome, too. It’s definitely a top-tier animated movie; check it out if you haven’t already. This is also a nice companion to The Watchmen – they both deal with similar themes, but The Watchmen is obviously a good deal darker. Also, Pixar movies are to be enjoyed by adults too, there’s something for everyone.
7/10
Leaving Las Vegas – as much as it pains me to admit it, I’m something of a Nic Cage fan. His performance in this is probably his best as viewed by most critics. I thought he was a lot better in some of the movies a few years later, but he’s still good. I didn’t care for the movie that much, but Cage and Shue were both good.
5.5/10
Red Dawn (2012 remake) – if you’re expecting something big, you might as well steer clear. It’s a pretty light action fest, nothing more, nothing less. Most all of the leads are good, and there’s lots of action. I would have appreciated more back story on pretty much everything, but it was fine to me. Don’t listen to the critics, try it out.
6.5/10
Argo – I really, really wanted to love this, but it’s just not that interesting of a story to me, even in real life. It’s a very well done movie, from the directing to the acting, but it’s just not for me. It took me watching this to realize that if I don’t find the actual events interesting, I’m probably not going to like the movie that much. By contrast, when I found out about Zero Dark Thirty, I had to read everything on Operation Neptune Spear.
6.5/10
Skyfall – I don’t consider myself a diehard Bond fan, but I really enjoyed this. I’ve only seen the 3 Craig films, as all of the older ones seemed very corny with all the gadgets and ridiculous gunfights. The Craig ones seem more realistic, so I think that’s drawn me in more than anything. I thought this was a great movie, and for a movie that lasts 135 minutes, it just flies by. Javier Bardem is great as the tortured villain, and M and Bond’s relationship is as strained as ever. This was worthy of all the praise it received.
8/10
Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/18/13 12:16 am | #4115
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End of Watch - 5/5
Powerful film. Loved how they shot it. I think the gang leader may have set the record for the number of times saying the word fuck in a film.
Powerful film. Loved how they shot it. I think the gang leader may have set the record for the number of times saying the word fuck in a film.
Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/18/13 4:17 pm | #4116
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The Tall Man – not at all what I was expecting. It’s your pretty run of the mill horror/suspense thriller for about the first 40 minutes or so, but then it changes gears completely. I won’t spoil the “twist”, but just know that it’s not going to make a lot of sense. I’m not sure if the change in pace was a bad thing, or if they’d been better off being a little more conventional.
4/10
Machete – I really enjoyed Grindhouse, so I was pretty excited to finally get around to watching this. As with the others, it’s an absolute blast and Rodriguez nailed the genre again. I might like Planet Terror and Death Proof better, but this one is still definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed those as much as I did. I also thought this was a very well cast movie, with Fahey and DeNiro being my favorites. Trejo’s not a very talented actor, which makes him ideal for this kind of thing.
7/10
Whiteout – I knew absolutely nothing about this going in, other than the fact that it has a 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s an average thriller for the most part, but I liked the setting and Beckinsale makes the most of her part. It was a little slow to get started, and they crammed most all of the entertaining stuff in the last 15 minutes. They’d have been better suited either making it longer, or starting a bit quicker. I think it was probably a little too conventional for most people to like even moderately, but I found it to be reasonably entertaining.
5/10
The Mummy – I can remember when this was new, a smooth 14 years ago. Time really flies, believe it. It hasn’t aged very well visually, but it’s still good, dumb fun. I’m not a fan of Brendan Frasier, but he worked very well in this role. The Mummy isn’t the most intriguing of the Universal monsters to me, but they did well with this adaptation.
5.5/10
The Mummy Returns – The story’s thrown at you very early on, which signals the start of a non-stop action fest. The first was definitely not story driven either, but there’s nothing of the sort here. It’s amazing how far the visuals advanced from 1999 to 2001, as this one looks about 10x better than its predecessor. I don’t know that I enjoy these enough to justify replacing my DVD copies with Blu-ray, but I do think this would be a good series to upgrade.
5.5/10
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – I liked it better than the other two, which seems to place me in the minority. This was more a pure action film than the first, and I thought the story was a little stronger here than in the second. I was especially fond of the Yetis.
6/10
Letters From Iwo Jima – effective directing from Eastwood and some great performances from the central characters make this an easy recommendation. It’s more emotional than Flags of our Fathers, and better acted too. It’s nice to see a movie like this, if only to remind yourself that the guys firing at Americans are people too.
7.5/10
4/10
Machete – I really enjoyed Grindhouse, so I was pretty excited to finally get around to watching this. As with the others, it’s an absolute blast and Rodriguez nailed the genre again. I might like Planet Terror and Death Proof better, but this one is still definitely worth checking out if you enjoyed those as much as I did. I also thought this was a very well cast movie, with Fahey and DeNiro being my favorites. Trejo’s not a very talented actor, which makes him ideal for this kind of thing.
7/10
Whiteout – I knew absolutely nothing about this going in, other than the fact that it has a 7% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s an average thriller for the most part, but I liked the setting and Beckinsale makes the most of her part. It was a little slow to get started, and they crammed most all of the entertaining stuff in the last 15 minutes. They’d have been better suited either making it longer, or starting a bit quicker. I think it was probably a little too conventional for most people to like even moderately, but I found it to be reasonably entertaining.
5/10
The Mummy – I can remember when this was new, a smooth 14 years ago. Time really flies, believe it. It hasn’t aged very well visually, but it’s still good, dumb fun. I’m not a fan of Brendan Frasier, but he worked very well in this role. The Mummy isn’t the most intriguing of the Universal monsters to me, but they did well with this adaptation.
5.5/10
The Mummy Returns – The story’s thrown at you very early on, which signals the start of a non-stop action fest. The first was definitely not story driven either, but there’s nothing of the sort here. It’s amazing how far the visuals advanced from 1999 to 2001, as this one looks about 10x better than its predecessor. I don’t know that I enjoy these enough to justify replacing my DVD copies with Blu-ray, but I do think this would be a good series to upgrade.
5.5/10
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – I liked it better than the other two, which seems to place me in the minority. This was more a pure action film than the first, and I thought the story was a little stronger here than in the second. I was especially fond of the Yetis.
6/10
Letters From Iwo Jima – effective directing from Eastwood and some great performances from the central characters make this an easy recommendation. It’s more emotional than Flags of our Fathers, and better acted too. It’s nice to see a movie like this, if only to remind yourself that the guys firing at Americans are people too.
7.5/10
Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/20/13 8:41 am | #4117
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Shadow People-based on "facts" and has some documentary film thrown in there to add effect tto the scares,overall it's kinda weak but the parts that do show the shadow people are jumpy, 2.5/5,kind of a thinking man's horror film.
Hitchcock-the story takes place during the time in hitchcock's life when he starts to film psyco. the story was good, the acting was pretty much what you would expect from hopkins, it's kinda campy,not knowing or seeing much of his personal life/story before hand i found it rather amusing to see what he was like according to the script that was written. 3/5
the abc's of death- seeing the preview trailer i thought this one was going to be great, it had gore,horror AND the film was chopped into 26 different short films to match each letter. i love horror films/show with a number of different storys in them but this one just fell flat,out of 26 short's i found 5 that i liked, five out of 26 is not a good stat when your renting a film, most of the shorts were so simple or way over the top (shock stuff) that i almost didn't keep watching then there were the other one's that looked like the director took the budget cash and bought a pound of pot then paid some kids to film what they wanted *sigh* 2/5, avoid this one at all costs unless you see it on a paid service you already have.
the apparation- a group of students use high tec gear to recreate a communication with a spirit, by using the tec gear they can amp up the power to seem like many more people were contacting the dead
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, it has some scares,mostly jumpy scares but they are there, the story is great, i love the idea/twist on the whole ghosts/spirit lore.2.5/5the idea is that ghost are created or are real because people give them power by believing in them
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Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/23/13 8:35 pm | #4120
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The Intouchables: 8/10
Very touching movie with some great lite comedy.
Very touching movie with some great lite comedy.
Re: Re: Rate the last movie you saw.
03/23/13 9:31 pm | #4122
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Evil Dead: 4/5
Such 80s charm.
Such 80s charm.
Are you excited for the remake/reboot coming out? I was at first but then I read an interview with the director and found out the theatrical release is R but the DVD/BRD will be NC-17 so I'm just going to wait for that version.
...and I might look for torrents of an NC-17 screener's version...
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Just watched the newest Universal Soldier to grace netflix.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
4/10: The two figures who grace the cover (Dolph and Jean Claude) get little to no screen time till the final few scenes. The whole plot is completely retarded and with the exception of some good fight scenes with "The Pit Bull" Andrei Arlovski it's not worth your time.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
4/10: The two figures who grace the cover (Dolph and Jean Claude) get little to no screen time till the final few scenes. The whole plot is completely retarded and with the exception of some good fight scenes with "The Pit Bull" Andrei Arlovski it's not worth your time.
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The Hunger Games - 4.5/5
I enjoyed it thoroughly and thought they did a decent job following the book. Woody was perfect as Haymitch and I hardly recognized Elizabeth Banks as Effie.
I enjoyed it thoroughly and thought they did a decent job following the book. Woody was perfect as Haymitch and I hardly recognized Elizabeth Banks as Effie.
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