The MOVIE REVIEW Thread

[Waterbearer]

9 Songs

 

Two words.... REAL SEX! This is the first date movie helmed by a mainstream director thats too artistic to be considered porn....but nevertheless very explicit because it actually shows penetration and ejaculation and oral sex and light bondage.....f#&kshit dude.....The phasing maybe boring but f#&k i couldn't count the number of times i got off watching it.....For a film that is shown at festivals, this turned me on......Very realistic performances from the two actors....too realistic it makes you think were peeking through their bedroom window. This is the future of hollywood.....while it is true that some actors indeed have sex on film to make the scenes realistic, this time, they don't have to deny it because everything will be in full view explicit and graphic.....This future is going to k*ll the porn industry.

[bogliboi_blue]

"Hairspray."

 

John Travolta is well and good, but it's Nikki Blonsky and Christopher Walken that carry the show. Great choreography, great story, absolutely fantastic music.

 

It's two hours of rollicking clean, good fun.

 

9/10.

[Waterbearer]

I can't believe i'm saying this but i actually liked High School Musical 2. The songs selections are better and the dance moves are well executed.

Edited September 10, 2007 by Waterbearer

[Mandrake]

Watched "3:10 to YUMA" last night. I'd say it was a better remake of the classic western that starred John Ford. Russel Crowe (Gladiator) and Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) were just tops in their roles. Great ending...I won't spoil it for you. Two Thumbs Up! :thumbsupsmiley:

Edited September 12, 2007 by Mandrake

[dragonei]

9 Songs

 

Two words.... REAL SEX! This is the first date movie helmed by a mainstream director thats too artistic to be considered porn....but nevertheless very explicit because it actually shows penetration and ejaculation and oral sex and light bondage.....f#&kshit dude.....The phasing maybe boring but f#&k i couldn't count the number of times i got off watching it.....For a film that is shown at festivals, this turned me on......Very realistic performances from the two actors....too realistic it makes you think were peeking through their bedroom window. This is the future of hollywood.....while it is true that some actors indeed have sex on film to make the scenes realistic, this time, they don't have to deny it because everything will be in full view explicit and graphic.....This future is going to k*ll the porn industry.

 

Ok Allow me to present here a more detailed review here

 

The movie follows the bizare and instense love affair of a british climatologist and an exchange student. The beginning of the movie shows footages of the climatologist's trip to the desolate area's of antartica where he begins to tell the story. Then trough the flashbacks, we see the intense love affair of the two main characters, filled with..... well sex drugs and rock and roll (and a lot of the first one too). We see footages of the couple or or the guy by himself, watching live rock music. The 9 songs are supposed to describe their "intense love affair".

 

But IMHO, the niine songs are not the highlight of this movie, its the grotesque sex scenes, that were so intense and realistic it could already pass for a hardcore porn flick. Actually I still couldn't as of this moment comprehend why it was ever released as a mainstream in public theaters. It was definitely one of those movie which I felt required a PhD in film litterature to be understood. What was evident however in this movie was the overwhelming desire of the director to make a statement (and be noticed) by making a mainstream movie that featured realistic sex.

 

I tried as hard as I could to get beneath the surface of this movie, and there is simply nothing else in its core than the statement it is trying to make. No tangible story, a mediocre acting, and not to mention a lot of pointless footages of antartica that did not even pass for symbolism. At the end of it all you get the idea that rock music is the greatest aphrodisiac.

 

The frequency and intensity of the sex scenes made me feel that this movie is just simply being pretencious. Pretencious about the fact that it would have been better marketed as a porno rather than a mainstream, sure its artistic but that is subjective, besides some pornographers will argue that their work is art. But the biggest pretention of all was the director's, what this was simply about was the desire to be noticed by not only pushing the envelope but shredding it.

 

all in all Id give it a D

[Barenaked-NoMre]

Just caught "Hairspray" tonight. Nice, colorful and upbeat! ;-)

 

Edited September 16, 2007 by barenaked

[Great Milenko]

superbad - 6/10

alone (from the makers of shutter) - 9/10

knocked up - 7/10

scary movie 4 - 8/10

 

napanood ko siya online. hindi ko ala ang dami na palang free streaming website ngayon na kahit 2 weeks pa lang release sa US yung movie mapapanood mo na nga malinaw. mas mabuti pa kaysa bumili ako ng pirated. :cool:

[jologsparin]

Watched "3:10 to YUMA" last night. I'd say it was a better remake of the classic western that starred John Ford. Two Thumbs Up! :thumbsupsmiley:

I believe it was Glenn Ford and not John Ford who came out in the original movie.

[kerrmit]

Watched "Rogue Assassin" aka "War"

 

 

Huge disappointment. Having both Jet Li and Jason statham in a movie guarantees a great action film... not! Sayang. They should have had a better director or at least a crew that can come up with HK style fighting sequences. Or a better script for that matter. Except for the fact that Li and Statham were in this film, everything else, literally, was chaotic.

 

A big letdown for a huge Jet Li fan like myself.

[Mandrake]

I believe it was Glenn Ford and not John Ford who came out in the original movie.

 

Yup...should read as Glen not John...thanks for the erratum!

 

After much prodding from my girl, had the chance to view THE BRAVE ONE (Jodie Foster & Terrence Howard) last night. My first thought before watching it was this is going to be another boring vigilante film on revenge/vendetta just like the "Death Wish" flicks of C. Bronson. I was quite blown away by Jodie Foster's superb acting that carries this film till the end. My rating: 4 stars :thumbsupsmiley:

[dragonei]

Rouge Assassin a.k.a WAR

 

(Sing) uh ah..... WAR! whats is it good for? absolutely nothing!

 

How could this movie go wrong? I mean how? It had all the right elements. It had a good premise, I mean a war between the triad and yakuza would have been cool. There were hot rides, kickass costumes, merderous villains, guns, corey yuen to coregraph fight sequences, and two of the hottest martial arts star in the game to be in this movie....... but nooooo the director had to f#&k it all up and I wish that his balls are ripped off so he won't contaminate the rest of this world.

 

I was ready for some dumb plot. And why not? it worked for die hard and transformers, I could have forgiven all the flaws in the plot if only it delivered some good action. But ill tell you this movie is an example of how a good idea could be flushed down the toilet when it is given a lousy execution. Ok where do I begin?

 

FBI Special Agent Crawford (Statham) is obsessed with nabbing the man who murdered his partner, an elusive assassin known a rouge. Rouge (Li) is a hitman playing both sides of the two biggest asian gangs, the triad and the yakuza. He is staging a war in between them. To get to rouge, crawford must unravel the power struggles in between the two mafias, and what follows next is a series of webs of deception, double crosses, and a plot twist that almost saved the mess of the entire movie.

 

It simply takes too long to develop the plot and characters, too long that it becomes excruciating and even pointless. Too long that it makes you wana give up caring about the characters, that when the big reveal was there..... poof Im just thankful they now rolled the credits. Most of the time we do not know whose playing whose side. Heck, sometimes I could not even tell who the yakuzas were and who the triads were. They all looked the same to me, and they all dressed up the same. The biggest let down of the plot is that would you believe it forgot a concrete ending? Bam! bam! one character is dead, and thats it. s@%t I did not even know who got shot.

 

Acting was so so. We all know here that Li and statham could act if youve seen snatch or danny the dog. But Devon Aoki needs to go back modeling she just doesn't cut it. The dialouge about the stupid chef's salad (which until now should have been scrapped off after the movie was edited) was completley ludicarous, it did not even make me scared about the baddies. All in all, there were good actors but the script is waste of talent.

 

All could have been forgiven if it only delivered what it said. oh how I wish that corey yuen took over the directing than an MTV director making a mainstream debut with a big project such as this. There wasn't even enough shoot outs to satisfy fans here. I mean its cool to see jet li holding a gun for a change, but even the shoot outs were too inane. The car chase too clicheic, and when we get to the final fight scene? damn Id rather watch the Lidell VS Jackson fight. It had more action and was longer

 

All in all, a true disappointment C-

[brian]

Resident Evil: Extinction

 

I haven't watched it yet but I just read something that might interest those who would want to watch it next week...including me. I'll quote a reviewer.

 

Resident Evil: Extinction SUCKS!

 

Resident Evil: Extinction is no good! Do not see it!

 

Have I seen the movie? Nope. Sony won’t let me, or any other reviewer, screen the film. Even though they are having nationwide screenings on Thursday, I have been told by ScreenGems that media is BANNED from attending said screening. It’s really too bad, because the whole mad max premise had promise. But don’t think anymore about it - The movie is not worth seeing! Sony told us! They told us not to see it.

 

Translation: Resident Evil 3 sucks. That simple. Stay away from this stinker. Do not waste your money! See Into The Wild or IMAX Transformers instead!

 

--SlashFilm

 

The review also said that more often than not, when a Studio bars reviewers from seeing an advance screening it always translates to the film not worth watching. Sad though, I've been anticipating this movie. But hey, I'm gonna see it anyway and see if it really suck.

[thirteen]

Shoot 'Em Up!

 

OK, first off all, don't watch this movie with your girl if she's the type who hated k*ll Bill. Instead, go with people who can appreciate an action movie for what it's worth...the hardcore action sequences, the cheesy lines, the cool characters, and the impossible stunts.

 

This movie can be described in two words: GUN PORN. If you think Equilibrium was cool and you define the first Matrix movie's gun fight in the elevator lobby as a modern classic, you will not be disappointed in this movie. Don't pay attention to the plot, since it only serves as an excuse for more gun fights. As long as you're not put-off by impossible action scenarios, this movie is well worth the time and money spent.

 

This movie defines over-the-top action!

[Gideon]

Resident Evil: ExtinctionI haven't watched it yet but I just read something that might interest those who would want to watch it next week...including me. I'll quote a reviewer.The review also said that more often than not, when a Studio bars reviewers from seeing an advance screening it always translates to the film not worth watching. Sad though, I've been anticipating this movie. But hey, I'm gonna see it anyway and see if it really suck.

I have been a Resident Evil gamer of Playstation for quite a while and I will really watch this movie whatever the reviews are. It depends on the reviewer, let's wait for a Game Player point of view.Chuck and LarryMedyo bitin yung scenes ni Adam SAndler, especially the 2 twins who were going to have a Lesbian French Kiss.But, I like the movie. Grabeng nakakatawa!

[dragonei]

Shoot Em Up

 

Well US critics were definitely right when they called this, the years most amoral action flick since crank.

 

And it lives up to its title too.

 

Our guy here is a man whom we will only know as Mr. Smith. One night while he was sitting at a bus stop, he comes across a pregnant woman being chased by armed thugs. It is not clear whether he does it our of curiosity or conscience, but before we know it, Mr. smith kills one guy with a carrot (yes a carrot!), grabs the pregnant ladies pistol and starts shooting everyone after the pregnant woman. To complicate things, he has to deliver her baby while he is dodging bullets and shooting up men who are after him and the lady. He even cuts the umbilical cord by firing a bullet on it. The woman gets killed by the crossfire but the baby lives. Until this point it is not clear whether it was out of curiosity or conscience, our hero takes the baby and felt much obliged to protect it. With the help of lactating prostitute, they try to get to the bottom of the plot while shooting everyone on their way.

 

The movie does not begin by introducing a premise.... it shoots up, before we get to know our character, it shoots up. Before a real conflict is established it shoots up, before we understand the main plot it shoots up, a lot of characters get killed, and there are more shootings.

 

Ok lets face it, dumb plot sometimes work for action movie, and this movies is not trying to sell plot, it is selling a genre. Mindless gunfights that are enjoyable sometimes, but could get a little excruciating when it is not seasoned with a good plot. The action sequences crosses the line between cool and excruciatingly dumb. But this is surrealism at its finest. Its the kind of movie that would have been made if we could make an R18 movie about the looney tunes characters. And why not a lot of scenes and one-liners were paying courtesy to Bugs bunny and elmer. Our hero also here has an appetite for too much carrot. It all makes sense, its all good for the eyesight, perfect when you do not want to waste bullets.

 

There is one scene where our two main characters are having sex, but just before they get to climax, the guy has to shoot everyone who tries to k*ll both of them. Ok so maybe bad guys can sneak up at unfortunate timings like that. But must you really do all the kama sutra work while you are trying to blow both loads (wink wink).

 

Its cartoonish, its surrealistic, funny sometimes, half of the time it works.

 

Clive Owen is enough reason to see this movie, he is what bugs bunny would have looked like if he was angrier and had an overdeveloped trigger finger. Paul Giamatti also gives a noticable performance as the bad guy who has to deal with his wife bitching him over the phone, and making sure he makes his aim straight. Monica Belluccci though is never convincing as a cheap hooker who would give oral sex in public. I mean she does look like a supermodel than a crack whore. Yes there are a lot of trigger happy morally inept sociopathic characters. It does work sometimes, but it gets a little bitter when it is not seasoned with some moral dillemas. Or at least that part was not made clear by the movie with all that killing and shooting.

 

All in all its fun half of the time, the other half it gets too exhausting. Its the feeling that I get when I walk around big zoo, get facinated by the cool animals I see along the way, but when I get halfway with the tour, my feet are already too tired to walk and see some more cool animal. Surely it will not disappoint people who look for action. It was the mistake of last weeks war. But neither will it be at the top ten favorite movie list of anyone. Its worth sitting through if you wanna pass time but just don't expect too much

 

B-