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Post by Travis on Oct 30, 2008 13:40:58 GMT -1
And I watched Rambo III the other night. Maybe it's the passage of time coupled with the truly vile Rambo 4 but this doesn't seem as crass as it perhaps should be. A rather guilty 90 minutes, but it's no 'First Blood'... 5/10 I think that 'Resident Evil' probably holds up quite well in the aftermath of Rambo 4. ;D
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 30, 2008 13:42:29 GMT -1
I saw "The Reeker" last night.... has anybody else seen it? - It was so boring and i didn't remotely understand what on earth the "evil murder" was or how everything got tied up at the end. I assume they realise half way through the film that it was the epitome of the worst type of horror movie (not remotely scary or sensical) and just tacted on a quick ending
1/10
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Post by gt on Oct 30, 2008 13:45:44 GMT -1
I saw "The Reeker" last night.... Sounds like a bit of a stinker...
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Oct 30, 2008 13:50:05 GMT -1
I saw "The Reeker" last night.... Sounds like a bit of a stinker... maybe it was an overly-subtle parody....
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Post by Mrs H on Oct 30, 2008 14:05:33 GMT -1
I watched Requiem for a Dream last night. very good indeed and completely ripped off by many advertisers/trailer makers from what I could see.
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Post by Teesside White on Oct 30, 2008 14:20:46 GMT -1
Eagle Eye
i enjoyed it, one of Shia Labeouf's best performances in an already impressive CV. The film did take about an hour to let you know what the hell was actually happening.......but that may have been just me being slow
8/10
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Post by Travis on Oct 31, 2008 12:16:29 GMT -1
I watched Requiem for a Dream last night. very good indeed and completely ripped off by many advertisers/trailer makers from what I could see. Definitely one of the best films of the 00's. Every time I hear the music now when it's used on Sky Sports News, my heart sinks a little. Just seems to cheapen it somewhat. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png)
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Post by ovechkin8 on Oct 31, 2008 15:26:14 GMT -1
The Happening 6.5/10
Shymalans formula is becoming a bit predictable but as with Hitchcock his little signatures are over this film ie the rustling plants from Signs and moments of a quiet interlude followed by moments of fast paced action.
Wahlberg is excellent and so are the cast inc.doe eyed Deschanel and the suicide scenes are harrowing.
The premise of plants fighting back is interesting and is based on scientific fact but the film does drag on somewhat and there is no sense of resolution unlike in The Sixth Sense and Signs and even The Village.
Could be better and more suspense filled and more dramatic . Too much ennui.
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Post by Lollipop on Oct 31, 2008 15:35:09 GMT -1
Rumba. This is the first film that will be shown at the Leeds International Film Festival on Tuesday. It's a French-speaking (although there is little actual dialogue) film which follows a man and his wife who are school teachers by day and dancers by night. One night as they are driving back from a competition, they crash their car, resulting in the woman losing a leg and the man losing his memory. The film is extremely quirky and quite surreal in some places. Very funny too. Some parts are frustrating to watch as I think some of the gags went on a bit too long. There is a scene where the woman goes back to her school after she loses her leg. She is on crutches, but keeps falling over. Initially it was funny, but it went on a bit too long and I just wanted it to stop. Overall though, it was a thouroughly pleasant watch (and very short at only 1 hour and 10 minutes). The two leads were very good and I'm quite looking forward to interviewing them. 7/10. www.imdb.com/title/tt1160022/(Go see it, Trav! ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) )
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Post by Travis on Nov 3, 2008 12:36:57 GMT -1
Rumba. This is the first film that will be shown at the Leeds International Film Festival on Tuesday. It's a French-speaking (although there is little actual dialogue) film which follows a man and his wife who are school teachers by day and dancers by night. One night as they are driving back from a competition, they crash their car, resulting in the woman losing a leg and the man losing his memory. The film is extremely quirky and quite surreal in some places. Very funny too. Some parts are frustrating to watch as I think some of the gags went on a bit too long. There is a scene where the woman goes back to her school after she loses her leg. She is on crutches, but keeps falling over. Initially it was funny, but it went on a bit too long and I just wanted it to stop. Overall though, it was a thouroughly pleasant watch (and very short at only 1 hour and 10 minutes). The two leads were very good and I'm quite looking forward to interviewing them. 7/10. www.imdb.com/title/tt1160022/(Go see it, Trav! ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) ) Never mind that! Are you going to be meeting anyone famous!?!?
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Post by Travis on Nov 3, 2008 12:52:11 GMT -1
Quick catch up on a few fairly nondescript efforts..... 27 DRESSESA wedding themed rom-com that's firmly entrenched in the sordid elements of clichedom, naff soundtrackdom and unimaginably single leading ladydom. She's been a bridesmaid 27 times, but never the bride, then at her latest wedding she meets a marraige cynic. Do you really need any more pointers? Throw in a love triangle and one of those awful bar scenes where two people start singing and the whole pub join in with that "crazy pair", and that's about it. If it wasn't for the lovely Kathryn Heigl, I doubt I could've seen the film through to the end. 4/10 AWAKEHundreds of people regain conciusness during surgery apparently, which is the premise for one of the most utterly stupid and devastatingly bad films I've seen in a long time. Though at least Hayden Christensen has finally found a role and a screenplay worthy of his talents. Christensen plays a billionaire philanthropist, property developer who falls in love with his mother's housemaid. However, the girl of his affections is actually planning with her friends from the local hospital to sabotage his urgent heart operation upon her wedding her man. Cue a ridiculous plot and some conversations in the afterlife, before everyone is brought to justice. So bad it's compelling!! 2/10
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Post by Lollipop on Nov 3, 2008 19:51:35 GMT -1
Rumba. This is the first film that will be shown at the Leeds International Film Festival on Tuesday. It's a French-speaking (although there is little actual dialogue) film which follows a man and his wife who are school teachers by day and dancers by night. One night as they are driving back from a competition, they crash their car, resulting in the woman losing a leg and the man losing his memory. The film is extremely quirky and quite surreal in some places. Very funny too. Some parts are frustrating to watch as I think some of the gags went on a bit too long. There is a scene where the woman goes back to her school after she loses her leg. She is on crutches, but keeps falling over. Initially it was funny, but it went on a bit too long and I just wanted it to stop. Overall though, it was a thouroughly pleasant watch (and very short at only 1 hour and 10 minutes). The two leads were very good and I'm quite looking forward to interviewing them. 7/10. www.imdb.com/title/tt1160022/(Go see it, Trav! ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) ) Never mind that! Are you going to be meeting anyone famous!?!? Not that I know of! I have three interviews (argh!)! One is with the two actors/directors of Rumba and the other two are the directors of the films The Wrecking Crew and Fantastic Parasuicides. Saw both of the films today. The Wrecking Crew: www.leedsfilm.com/films.aspx?id=30Don't bother with this unless you're extremely interested. It's very poorly put together. Some parts were very interesting, but not enough time is spent on them; an interesting part comes up and then it quickly moves onto something else. 3/10. Fantastic Parasuicides: www.leedsfilm.com/films.aspx?id=5Of the three stories, only one grabbed me. The first one is very odd, the second is too, but better than the first. The final one, 'Happy Birthday', is very good, very compelling and the twist is perfectly funny. For the film overall: 6/10. But for just Happy Birthday: 8/10.
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Post by Travis on Nov 5, 2008 13:12:30 GMT -1
QUANTUM OF SOLACEOnce the producers had decided make a sequel to 'Casino Royale', the new James Bond film was always likely to prove a tricky proposition for a multitude of reasons, and perhaps unsurprisingly this latest effort is a little bit of a disappointment. Having repositioned Bond within the cinematic landscape, bringing the character much more in line with Jason Bourne, the natural step in Daniel Craig's second outing would've been to reintroduce some of the more familiar aspects of the franchise, making it feel unmistakably like a 'Bond movie'. As 'Quantum Of Solace' picks up only hours after the conclusion of its predecessor, that's a pretty difficult thing achieve without undermining the credibility of the character. Inevitably what we get is a compromise; the opening titles mark somewhat of a return to the traditional style, there's the odd quip and there's a 'baddie's lair' of sorts, all of which were welcome. ![](http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2567/quantumofsolacepic12fl1.jpg) However, with the Bond character very much driven by grief and anger, and the story being essentially a continuation, any further meaningful changes will have to wait until the next chapter. Indeed, the inclusion of a token Bond girl in the shape of Gemma Arterton appears almost to be an after thought, maybe even a concession to audiences, and inclusion of the love scene - albeit a short one - seems misjudged for the tone of the piece. The story itself is not a bad one; a tale of a megalomaniac who plans to back a military coup in Bolivia, in exchange for a tract of land that ultimately will allow him to control access to water supplies and thus extort vast sums from the new government. There are a few astute political observations in the script which add credence to the story, and plenty of room within the narrative arc for a new Bond to continue to develop his character. On the down side, the need for a such a gritty, driven Bond takes out much of the fun viewers usually deride from a Bond film, and the relatively mundane surroundings for much of the story further undermine the fantasist element of the franchise. With Bond's backstory now covered, the next chapter should make for a fascinating watch, just to see how the new established Bond differs from his predecessors. The choice of director is also a problem; choosing Marc Foster whose CV includes the likes of 'Finding Neverland' and 'Monsters Ball' seemed a strange decision, and his lack of background in action films shows up quite badly; while the car chases - handled by the 2nd unit, who worked on the Bourne films - look great, the other action sequences are a bit of a mess and incohesive. All in all, a brave effort, and all things considered, maybe as good as could've been expected. 6/10
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Post by gt on Nov 5, 2008 13:16:01 GMT -1
Around The World In 80 Days (2003)
As much as I like Steve Coogan this is only a sporadically enjoyable romp. Far too cheesy without balance, an unlikeable romantic co star, several egotistical OTT cameos, and Jackie Chan mugging for the camera at every given chance.
Not good really.
3/10
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Post by Dr LuKas on Nov 10, 2008 11:24:40 GMT -1
Event Horizon
7.4/10
It's in the same school as sci-fi horrors in space/spaceships such as Alien, Aliens, Sphere, Red Planet, Sunshine ect.
After watching it, it kinda makes me grateful I'm a religious man (not a very good religious man by any stretch) but none the less poignant.
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Post by gt on Nov 10, 2008 12:54:01 GMT -1
Son of Rambow
A decent enough Brit-com, not sure it lives up all the critical acclaim it got on release though...
6.5/10
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Post by LondonWolf on Nov 10, 2008 16:55:45 GMT -1
Hunger
Very good and powerful film but also very disturbing at the same time
8/10
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Post by gt on Nov 11, 2008 12:50:40 GMT -1
The Descent
Nasty, claustrophobic, hard to watch.
But still a well executed, clever horror piece. Bit less needless gore (like the crawlers feeding on the newly dead) might have made it more effective though.
6/10
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Post by gt on Nov 14, 2008 13:50:54 GMT -1
The Commitments
Alan Parker's entertaingly foul mouthed tale of the sudden rise and implosion of a rag tag Dublin soul band. Essentially a platform for some great old tunes, this is nonethless a well rounded piece of film with some nice characterisations and genuinely funny moments.
8/10
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Post by ovechkin8 on Nov 15, 2008 9:28:35 GMT -1
Cloverfield.
A fairly enjoyable romp after an extremely slow and boring start which could have been slimmed down to expand the drama of tryng to escape Manhattan.
It however lacks substance and there are too many flimsily padded out characters whose ability to survive or not really does not trouble one much.
The monster is kept hidden away for much of the time and its ability to resist the munitions of the US Armed Forces resembles its Japanese counterpart Godzilla as does its tendency to wreak havoc albeit far more graphic and disturbing.
Entertaining but not the sort of film wou would want to watch over and over again. 6.5/10
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