The MOVIE REVIEW Thread

[SoulMTC]

Watched Apocalypto and as the other people in this thread declared.. Its brutal but great. I liked the lead actor in this film very expressive. He did not need to speak english so that you could feel his emotions. Good movie indeed.

[Waterbearer]

Watched SAW III, Pathfinder, A night at the museum, Little children and Dreamgirls last week.

 

SAW III -- Definitely not for the faint hearted....I felt this movie was more gross than the first two.....It was too painful for me to watch.....i had to move away during some of the death scenes....the twist once again are brilliant....This is one series thats got so much twist one just couldn't tell how this is all going to end. Nevertheless, this is one of the few killing spree movies I am going to recommend.

 

Pathfinder -- For a viking movie, this one was dissappointing. I don't understand why but i really found the movie boring despite the action sequences....sayang Im a big fan pa naman of Norsh.

 

A night at the musuem -- Very very entertaining. nakakatuwa sila panoorin.....ang gulo gulo nila ....in fact i watched the movie 2 more times before leaving the theater.....nakakatuwa yung T-Rex "here boy fetch fetch"

 

Little Children -- Wow...and i thought this was going to be a very boring film.....man was I wrong or what! Great narration....great performances and best of all the laundry scene was a classic.....and one of the sexiest scenes i have seen in a long time.

 

Dreamgirls -- Galing! Im putting my money on the line here Jennifer Hudson is going to win that Oscar! She is stealing every scene she could and was she very effective. Redundant plot....but Great acting Great cast and best of all great soundtrack....I've already downloaded mine hehehe

Edited February 15, 2007 by Waterbearer

[juancarlos_enriquez]

Watched The Messengers last Saturday. Another scary flick from the Pang Brothers... decent film but still not as good as The Eye or Shutter (is this also from them?). The Penelope chick is cute, kinda reminded me of Avril. Other than that, nothin much to complain about. You get to piece together the point of the film as you watch, pretty predictable though.

[Marshall Bruce]

I was able to watch Ghost Rider yesterday. Great flick. It is at par with other Marvel movies like Spiderman and F4.

 

Worth my money. Oh, one more thing, Nicolas Cage did a Caster Troy in the movie when he was changing to be GR.

 

Eva Mendes...

[G T]

i agree on ghost rider's review.just watched it a couple of hours ago. 115 minutes sitting,eating popcorn and watching the movie was well worth it.highly recommended to marvel character fanatics.

[clubber_lang]

Watched Ghost Rider.

 

Let me put it this way. It is not as bad as Fantastic Four or The Punisher. It is not nearly as good as Spider-Man or X2.

 

More of somewhere in between.

 

good points: The effects on the transformation and the Ghost Rider was quite well-executed. Nicolas Cage was also commendable.

 

Bad: The lines. They were cliche-ish and bordering on cheesy and laughably bad i.e. "He may have my soul but he does not have my spirit!"

 

A good way to while the time away but if you can't catch it in the theatre, don't feel really bad either...

[Guest Leviticus]

I was able to watch Ghost Rider yesterday. Great flick. It is at par with other Marvel movies like Spiderman and F4.

 

Worth my money. Oh, one more thing, Nicolas Cage did a Caster Troy in the movie when he was changing to be GR.

 

Eva Mendes...

yup.. that was the good part for me; when Johnny Blaze turned to Ghostrider for the first time. Kahit may CG graphics Nicholas Cage still managed to pull off the transformation to Ghostrider: the big eyes, the screams and facial expression, and then the death laughter at the end of the transformation :thumbsupsmiley:

 

second scene that stuck with me was when Johnny was being carried to the prison cell :cool: tapos binubugbog ng mga convicts while all the time he was trying not to turn to Ghostrider.

[Capt Spaulding]

ghost rider is the best marvel movie ever released. astig yung effects and mr cage is really good.

[Waterbearer]

yup.. that was the good part for me; when Johnny Blaze turned to Ghostrider for the first time. Kahit may CG graphics Nicholas Cage still managed to pull off the transformation to Ghostrider: the big eyes, the screams and facial expression, and then the death laughter at the end of the transformation :thumbsupsmiley:

 

second scene that stuck with me was when Johnny was being carried to the prison cell :cool: tapos binubugbog ng mga convicts while all the time he was trying not to turn to Ghostrider.

Dude the big eyes while he was laughing was really chilling......Told u the movie was worth it.....kainis nga lang coz' parang hindi justified ang labanan nila with the Hidden....masyadong mabilis nasugpo....It would have been better if they could have extended the running time from 151 minutes to something like 2.5 hours....just for the battlescenes.....They are already talking about the sequel and how i wish they would get take Blackout as his next nemesis.....favorite part was when he was flying his bike above 4 running choppers ......sweet! :cool:

[roaddog z]

The Holiday

 

Light romantic comedy with a great script and you can't go wrong with the casting. Cameron Diaz is pretty good here and I'm sure many of us can relate to the story line. :cool:

[jahypee09]

Apocalypto

 

Didn't think I would enjoy this movie but I actually did. The trailers/ads I saw made me think differently about it. I thought it would be a movie of grand proportions like the disaster/end-of-the-world type movies but I was wrong. The story is quite simple but nice.

 

 

 

 

Ghost Rider

 

Entertaining, fun watch. Fight scenes were abit short and seemed too easy for GR but i guess the emphasis is on his origins.

 

It's so cool when he laughs while in GR form.

[Cmayfrayna]

ghost rider.....

 

 

a bit disappointing for me.......sure the transformation was cool but every thing else is really not that good.....well at least it wasnt as bad as alexander( i was pestering my gf to go home and rather watch the replay of xmen evolution hehehe) and the thin red line(literally put me to sleep)

[Brian®]

GHOST RIDER

 

The effects was sooo cool. Not much battle scenes though. I like the mythology of it. It justs put the Ghost Rider as somewhat invincible. The way he fought off much of the villains like it was a walk in the park, that I didn't like. I read that the DVD version will feature an extended cut, about 30 mins of scenes that they put out for pacing. All in all its not a bad movie. I'll be anticipating a sequel for this.

[Anito]

really... maybe ill wait for ghost rider on dvd.

 

hey, i just found out about this movie yesterday, i thought this was a new movie of Tom Cruise and cameron.

and i just realized after finishing the movie it was made last 2001.

 

http://pics23.webs-tv.net/6/userfile/p/peishian/blog/d0d2fced.jpg

 

id rate this 5/5 with originality, and this movie really had a good message. the ending is kinda lonely, but still a nice movie to watch. and yeah pnelope showed her cute tite. haha

 

 

 

 

anybody here already watched 300?

[cumshot]

the fountain

 

if you're expecting a romantic flick, you'll be disappointed. the latest darren aronofsky is filled with stunning visuals, jaw-dropping sets and rachel weisz is an eye-candy. but the storyline is weak and confusing.

 

the story revolves around three time frames, the past, the present and the future. hugh jackman plays a conquistador who is in search of a mysterious "plant of life" that would make the queen (rachel weisz) immortal after she had been sentenced to die by the Inquisitor.

 

Segue to the present times, hugh jackman is a doctor working on a cure to eradicate brain tumors with the help of the bark of a mysterious plant. he is working to the point that he is already obsessed with the result because his wife pala is dying... and he is racing against time to save her. His wife is a writer who wrote the book entitled "the fountain" and she wants him to write the ending after she dies.

 

There are scenes na sumisingit about hugh jackman in another timeframe. parang he's in another planet with the tree of life...

ayun yung mga scenes dito ang head trip, chongki na lang kulang.

 

after that it was all downhill na. as in di ko na maintindihan yung kwento

kasi naghalo na yung timeframes at naging parang golden buddha pa si hugh jackman. heavy, tol! still, i recommend this movie sa mga tiga movie buffs ang galing ng transition scenes pati ng sets.

 

kung gusto nyo magenjoy don't watch it! if you want to keep pondering what happened to the movie then give it a try. I warned you!

Edited February 19, 2007 by cumshot