The MOVIE REVIEW Thread

[daphne loves derby]

Surprising no one has posted a review about the new Star Wars so let me take the initiative

 

MOVIE TITLE: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

 

Story: 8/10

 

- Umpisa pa lang ng movie, title sequence pa lang, matutuwa na ang mga loyal fans ng star wars because JJ opted to be faithful to the original series showing the title and narrative EXACTLY the same on how Lucas presents the original 6. For loyal fans, seeing han solo and chewbacca is already a treat, much more making them enact on awesome action scenes and of course - funny situations and dialogues. Incorporating the new characters to the classic ones was well orchestrated and treated. Although hindi ko ineexpect na ganun pala ang takbo ng story (Warning spoilers) na iikot lahat sa paghahanap nila kay luke para tumulong sa laban against lumalakas na pwersa ng dark forces. Although it is heavily reliant on the original Trilogy, specially the unfolding of the story sequences, it created a very good backdrop and foundation for the upcoming 2 films (this is a planned trilogy). Leaving questions and cliffhangers also made the audience crave for more for episode VIII and IX. This is the first attempt to make a female lead character with a force (and possibly become a jedi) so this is really still a new thing for SW. (Warning spoilers) The death of han solo is unexpected but beautifully executed, I would have wanted na nagkita pa din sila ni Luke, but who knows what will happen?

 

Action Scenes: 10/10

 

- The best action scenes in all star wars movies (with the exemption of the battle bet. the sith lord and yoda). Kylo Ren and Ray's light saber duel is not that memorable compared to Luke vs DV but given na hindi pa naman jedi si Ray at wala pang alam masyado sa force, its forgivable. Im pretty sure na yung future showdowns nila sa next movies will be awesome. The space battles are too good for me, its like watching star trek and guardians of the galaxy. The special effects are given to be more good because of better technology, but I wish and would prefer na nilagyan ng visual effects yung moments na nakakaramdam sila or gumagamit ng force. Kung first time mo manuod ng star wars, medyo ma ko confuse ka dun sa mga eksenang gumagamit sila ng force at telepathy.

Sounds and Musical Score: 8/10

- Classic star wars music from the opening title sequence until the final battle. I specially like the musical scores during moments where they are using the force, sometimes eerie and disturbing. Masyado lang ako nalalakasan sa mga explosion scenes, wala kang ibang maririnig pag may sumasabog.

Memorable Characters:

- BB8 (the main character for me in this movie is this droid, and he is very cute and charming)

- Finn (the black dude na dating storm trooper na bumaligtad)

- Ray (because she is too mysterious)

- Kylo Ren (mysterious villain na dating student ni Luke)

- Han Solo (His death)

Memorable Scenes:

- The entrance of Han Solo and Chewbacca (epic!)

- The removal of storm trooper helmet (1st time to do it)

- The old machine references from previous movies sa wasteland

- The arial camera shot during the explosion of the oscillators (JJ Abrams signature big explosion scenes)

- Kylo Ren's hand being cut during light saber battle - a SW tradition

- And Finally, Luke Skywalkers appearance.

OVERALL VERDICT: 9/10

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT 2 MOVIES!

THE FORCE IS ALIVE!!!

Edited January 12, 2016 by daphne loves derby

[Izzy101]

Brief Reviews w/ Izzy

 

The Martian

 

Story/Plot: 8/10

- Cast Away in Mars with a lot of science to save Matt Damon's god damn ass again.

 

Cast: 10/10

- Cast is a big win where the cast has good chemistry and humor with each other. Good nods to Jessica Chastain, Jeff Bridges, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig, The black guy from 12 years a slave, the black guy from Community and Matt Damon

 

Music: 10/10

- Turn the beat around, ABBA and Bowie gets the cake, but I still refuse to turn the beat around.

 

Cinematography: 7/10

- Good part of film is where the montage with the Starman song. Single scene which makes it one of the best of 2015.

 

Overall: A solid 8.8 for me.

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

[LYCHEE]

The Revenant:

 

12 Oscar Nominations...what more is there to say?

I'm shavin' my head if LDC does not get the Best Actor...:-)

[Izzy101]

Brief Reviews w/ Izzy

 

The Big Short

 

Story: 5/10

 

- A true to life story about America's financial crisis in 2008. This one decided to stick with the ones who made shitloads of money on betting against their own society.The story was really so-so, but the real thing that made it quite good to watch is how it is presented. The movie is quite postmodern in delivering the explanation in CDOs, investments and stuff. Fav part is the back story of Mr. Bale with his glass eye, another is when Chef Bourdain tries to explain what a CDO is. Just a 5 for it was not remarkable but the script was spot on.

 

Cast:10/10

 

 

- One hell of a cast here. We've got Batman, Ryan Hotling, Mr. Jolie and Michael Scott. Christian Bale is awesome in every movie he is in. Gosling is just drop dead Gorgeous, fav movie of is Drive. Steve Carell is changing . One special thing is Brad his small roll quite changes the lives of characters.

 

 

Music: 4/10

 

 

- Not quite the highlight of the film. So just to be modest a 4 or so.

 

Cinematography: 9/10

 

- Great cuts and transitions in explaining finance stuff, greatly compasses post modern films, Not Tarantino level so just a 9.

 

Overall: 7/10

 

Quite good, but I might not watch again. The cast is good can be cast of a new batman movie.

Batman................. Bale

Robin....................Gosling

Joker......................Carell

Gordon...................Pitt

 

hahaha just for fun

 

till next time

[Izzy101]

Brief Reviews w/ Izzy

 

Dope (2015)

 

Plot/story : 8/10

 

- Its about a teenage black guy who was very into nerd stuff like anime, video games and stuff with his friends. Things get messed up while he was trying to pursue a crush he has. The movie is great with every interconnecting to a much bigger problem. Like a series of events leading to a huge explosion. Great movie here one of my favs this year. FOR REALS.

 

Cast: 6/10

 

A bunch of unknown actors. I can only recall the one was the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and the one from Grand Budapest Hotel. The main cast consists of minorities in the US of A. Funny cast especially the main character he was exceptional.

 

Music 10/10

 

The music mostly consists 90s hiphop and rap tracks.Which was very awesome, I never thought rap music was good until viewing this film. Most remarkable songs was The World is Yours by Nas.

 

Cinematography:10/10

 

The scene where the heroes entered the house of the dealer was sick. With the main conflict in toe with the background song by Nas and there was a very ill scene. The movie is DOPE when iI heard the world is yours.

 

Overall: 8.5 DOPE movies, watch it

[Edmund Dantes]

Southpaw

 

Finally got a chance to see this. I am a big fan of fight movies.

 

Superstar boxer Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhall) has everything a man could want. Championship belts, fortune, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter. But when his wife gets accidentally shot after a scuffle with another up-and-coming contender, his life begins to spiral out of control. When he starts to go on a self-destructive pattern, he begins to lose everything that matters to him. His belts, his home, his daughter, even his pride as a man. He now has to pull himself together and fight his inner demons to take back what he lost.

 

The casting was awesome. Everyone was great in their roles. Jake Gyllenhall who looks ripped as hell gives a very committed performance. He can be a beast inside and outside the ring, but he also shows a lot of tenderness in those scenes with his daughter. The girl who plays the daughter? Oh my goodness, she should get an acting nod for this. What a performance. Your heart really breaks when you see her get angry at her dad. Forrest Whitaker was awesome as the trainer. He develops Billy to become a more disciplined fighter relying more on technique than brute force, and mentors him as well to become a mature male figure to his daughter. Favorite line of the movie

 

"You gotta let her hate you so she can get better. You gotta let her go through her thing, and not think that this is also your thing. Its not always about you". True! When you break someone's heart sometimes its just better to let them be mad at you for a while so that they can forgive you later on.

 

The other supporting casts were also good. Naomie Harris (Eve Moneypenny) plays a small supporting role as the social worker who takes care of the daughter and teaches Billy to become a better father. 50 cent is the movies Don King, a manipulative greedy bastard who will make use of any situation to make money. He too was well cast. The main villain though is a bit underdeveloped.

 

Of course, what is a fight movie without the obligatory training montage and fight scenes. With the music provided by Eminem the workout scenes gets you real pumped up. The fights were well-shot too. Its very violent and gritty. Showing faces being beaten to a pulp, with plenty of sweat and blood all over. I also liked that it doesnt look any of the Rocky IV ridiculousness where they just keep throwing fists at each other without any technique or strategy. Thats one thing the movie got right, showing different boxing strategies that work in a real match.

 

The movies main problem though is that it has way too many cliches that make the beginning, middle, and end predictable. Its a redemption tale that we have seen so many times. There is the fall from grace, then the protagonist beats his own demons, get redeemed after the climactic battle, and is once more at the top again. Having said that, it doesnt do much to stand out as a boxing movie.

 

Ill just give this one a B-

[Prem]

This is quite too late for a review but i like "The Intern". Realistic!

[Artanis]

Deadpool - 8/10

Story - 7/10
Action - 8/10
SFX - 7/10
Comedy - 9/10

For me Deadpool is a good movie enough para masulit ang bayad sa ticket. Siguro dahil sa hype and anticipation kaya tumaas expectation ko.

Action is good. Madami ako friends nagsabe maganda daw tlaga ung fight scenes. Pero cguro masyado lng ako exposed sa mga kungfu/martial arts movies lalo na sa mga brutal fight scene so for me, there is nothing new here aside from the fact na rare natin makita ung blood and gore sa isang marvel movie..

As for the story, straightforward lng, which is a good thing for me para d ka na masyado magiisip since action and comedy naman talaga habol mo kay deadpool.

Saktong sakto tlaga c ryan reynolds as deadpool. Halatang nageenjoy sya sa role nya. He is born to play this role and pwde na natin makalimutan sya as green lantern... hahaha..

What i like the best though is it is very entertaining. Too many references to other franchises na makakarelate tau and madaming scenes ang nakakatawa. Lalo na ung nitry nya labanan c colossus, hahahaa..

Although fox ang gumawa, i think overall they have done a good job making this movie. But i would not rank na kapareho ng mga best movie ng marvel cinematic universe, ang nilamang lang is the comedy part and the R rating.
Still looking forward though on the next deadpool (and cable) movie.

[azraelmd]

Batman vs superman

 

Story : 7/10

Action : 9/10

Comedy : 1/10

 

Ok...was one of those who watched it on the first day....and i was really happy when i came out of the movie...the story was compelling....mood is very dark...heck it was so dark...i hardly see the Big Blue boy scout smiled....batman was patterned from frank millers The Dark Knight...and wonder woman? She is hot ....lol...action was top notch..especially on the third act...and wonder woman is really hot! Oh wait theres luthor ...and im sure thered be a ton of reactions from the non DC fanboys regarding the ending too...

 

The actors? Ben affleck nailed batman perfectly, massive, brutal and brooding.....cavill? Hes not reeves ..so his acting came abit woody....was hoping his superman to be abit cheerful and optimistic...gal gadot? All i can say is when wonder woman finally came out...there was clapping and cheering inside the theater...jesse eisenbergs luthor is more of a crazy evil genius rather than an evil sinister genius,..i find his luthor to be abit erratic...

 

And those easter eggs!!!...wow....finally we're goin to see a good justice league lineup...and for those watching BvS..watch carefully the dream sequence...and youll get an idea who the Leagues Big bad villain goin to be...

 

All in all...BvS delivered where it should have...it different from all the marvel movies...its dark...gritty...as opposed to marvels fun cheerful atmosphere...id rate it higher than age of ultron, iron man 2&3 and amazing spiderman 2...

 

Go watch it!

[spicycurry30]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

At first I couldn't believe the bad reviews -- all this time I thought Christopher Nolan was still part of the movie. He rarely makes bad movies. When the opening credits were rolling and I didn't see Syncopy was part of the production, then I thought ok, no wonder it could be a bad movie. After watching the movie, I understood where all the bad reviews are coming. The story was rather incoherent (a lot of scenes just jumped out of nowhere with no real buildup). I don't really mind the dark tone of the movie. Still, it's not as bad as the critics are saying. I thought it's still a must watch movie though watching in IMAX or 3D isn't necessary.

 

Positives:

> I thought Ben Afflect played Batman good. Actually much better then expected. He doesn't deserve that sad afflect meme especially with his performance as Bruce Wayne

> Gal Gadot was hot!! Gotta admit that the Wonder Woman entrance was the highlight of the film. Definitely worth the applause as mentioned in other reviews.

> Good action movie overall. Starting part is incoherent but the action scenes were already ok. Medyo malayo yung trailer sa actual na nangyari.

 

Negatives:

> Horrible performance by Superman

> Lex Luthor -- meh. Not really horrible but still pretty bad

> Storyline horrible

 

Overall: 7 or 7.5

 

To be fair to DC, the buildup movies of Marvel leading to Avengers (Thor, Captain America, Iron Man 2) were pretty lame as well. Since this is just a build-up to the Justice League movie, I think the movie is fine. I hope Christopher Nolan is involved with the Justice League movie so it would be better.

 

Definitely looking forward to the Wonder Woman movie next year. Gal Gadot is so hot!!!

[staticghost]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Everything Batman was awesome. Wonder Woman is quite good and the soundtrack when she's on screen reminds me of 300. The other Justice League parts felt forced. All the Superman part of the movie was boring, cheesy and overall, a total mess. I do hope if Superman gets another sequel, the producers would ditch Amy Adams' Lois Lane and go for Wonder Woman & Superman love story route. Eisenberg's Lex Luthor Jr. was a total miscast as the character acts and sounds like a hipster's version of Tim Burton's Joker. The story, conflicts and resolution that glued this movie was weak. I do hope the R-rated director's cut fixes this mess.

My Rating: 6/10

Warner Bros still have their saving grace with Batman in this movie which is, I think and believe, Batman is still WB's poster boy so he has the first billing on the title. Batfleck has a bright future ahead. I'm not quite sure about other characters of the Justice League presented in this movie. And why no Green Lantern? We all know the Green Lantern bombed but that doesn't mean the character should be left behind as he is still one of the main (and popular) members of the Justice League. But if they do include GL in future movies, I just hope they don't hire Tyrese Gibson.

[27whims]

London Has Fallen --- not too bad for all the action, suspense and gun toting scenes!

[johnnydrama]

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Deadpool

Zootopia

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

[jprez]

Captain America: Civil war...eager to see who wins between Iron Man/Tony Stark and Captain America/Steve Rogers

[camus]

Batman vs superman movie wasn't so bad. I wonder why many critics blasted it.