At 7/29/10 11:00 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: Yeah, his voice kinda threw me off a bit the first time I saw Batman Begins.

It's ridiculous. Bale takes it too far.

When Kevin Conroy voiced Batman, he made Batman's voice different to Bruce Wayne's, but he didn't fucking growl all the time.

Films are still great, though.

At 7/29/10 04:12 AM, Makeshift wrote:

My Bloody Valentine 3D

This is the funniest unintentionally funny movie ever made in the last decade. Everyone please rent this to agree with me.

I'm gonna put it on Netflix right now. I think I'll refrain from the other movies on the list though...

Transformers 2 made me want to cry

I actually don't mind Bale's growly Batman voice.
It's well more intimidating than any other Batman actor voice I've heard and to me thats the point of it.

At 7/29/10 03:27 PM, EclecticEnnui wrote: In related news, 3D movies are dying.

This excites me. I hate going to the cinema to see a 3D movie. It's expensive and strains my eyes, like the article mentions. Most of the movies I see in 3D nowadays don't even have any interesting sequences. Like the 3 hour long eye straining Avatar that I loved, for example.

Decky's Inglorious Bastards Review

I finally got around to watching Inglorious Bastards the other day. I'm sure you are all aware of the film and probibly discussed it here when it was in the cinemas or when the DVD was released but I'm writing a review about it here anyway ;)

As I'm positive you now its directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz. The film is set in 1944 Nazi Germany, the film basically follows two storys. The first story follow Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt) and his team of Nazi Hunters called "The Bastards" as they track down and scalp any Nazi they find. The other concentrates on Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) a jewish girl who escaped when her family are located and killed by SS Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz). She works at a cinema in paris under the new name Emmanuelle Mimieux. Without spoiling the plot for anybody who hasn't seen it all I'll say is that its a great film and everybody should see it. 9/10.

At 7/29/10 12:50 PM, Ptero wrote: I think I'll refrain from the other movies on the list though...

Yeah, I thought all the movies I saw on that list were pretty bad (yes including Friday the 13th, yes the first one) and the ones I haven't look pretty bad to me.

At 7/29/10 01:41 PM, Nev wrote: I actually don't mind Bale's growly Batman voice.
It's well more intimidating than any other Batman actor voice I've heard and to me thats the point of it.

It was a little better in the Dark Knight. I think they used a program to alter his voice a bit. I'm not sure. But in Batman Begins, he sounded stupid. UUUUR WHERES THE SCARECROW

At 7/29/10 05:53 PM, Decky wrote: Decky's Inglorious Bastards Review

That was more of a synopsis, but yeah, it's a cool movie.

At 7/29/10 06:11 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 7/29/10 12:50 PM, Ptero wrote: I think I'll refrain from the other movies on the list though...

Yeah, I thought all the movies I saw on that list were pretty bad

I seem to have overlooked the Transporter 2 there. And the first Final Destination was a little interesting.

At 7/29/10 06:11 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: It was a little better in the Dark Knight. I think they used a program to alter his voice a bit. I'm not sure. But in Batman Begins, he sounded stupid. UUUUR WHERES THE SCARECROW

Well given he was just starting out I can forgive his voice being a bit shit. You don't become Batman over night.
But I also love Bale so I'll forgive him anything :).

Bought a couple of movies today. District 9, Leon and Mulholland Drive. Three I've been willing to see for a long time.

Today I watched Leon.

I really had no idea what to expect from it. I've actually never heard any comments about this film, which is strange for something rated so highly.

I can agree with the high rating though. It is very good in my opinion, probably Jean Reno's best. The most interesting part was the relationship between the girl and the hitman. It felt kinda strange because the girl claims she's 18, but the actress is 13 and ... Leon seems to believe her while other people also say she's 12 or something. I can understand why Leon would believe her, but for the viewer it feels really strange. Especially because she tries to act like she's an adult.

For the rest it has a good plot, thrilling action scenes and a nice ending. I'd give it a 9 out of 10.

At 7/29/10 03:27 PM, EclecticEnnui wrote: In related news, 3D movies are dying.

Which is good to hear.

Yeah, loved Leon. Perhaps was a little bit poorly paced at parts but by and large was a solid movie, loved the interaction between him and the girl... not sure if he's meant to be a lover or a father figure for the girl, but that's entirely the point. Great flick.

At 7/30/10 01:15 AM, EclecticEnnui wrote: Yeah, it's a great war film. The opening scene isn't as shocking as when I first saw it, but it's still captivating because of how authentic its production values are. You can easily say that about the whole film. It's a classic example of how war is hell. It's a bit flawed as there's just some dialogue that seems too convenient for real life, although no film is absolutely perfect. Saving Private Ryan is heartfelt and deserving of its high praise.

Saving Private Ryan just feels like a practice run for Band of Brothers now. It's fantastic, but Band of Brothers is perfect.

Wow, it seems that some of you, or actually almost all of you, don't like the movies that I like, hehe, but never mind, I think everybody has his/her own point of view.

My Bloody Valentine 3D is enjoyable, but yeah, the worst thing is that it's in 3D, and I like seeing real shots. Even in the end of the movie, at the end of the credits, they said, if my memory serves me well, that all the shots in the movie are not real. But to be honest, for a 3D movie, lots of good job was put on that movie.

Also, I've heard a comment about hating Friday the 13th: well, I liked the movie, but whoever hates both My Bloody Valentine [3D] and Friday the 13th [2009 movie], is surely a person who doesn't like slasher movies, and I can't blame him or her, because these movies need cold hearts (like mine, no overconfidence). I like these kind of movies, and this why I got interested in all parts of the Final Destination movies, they all got shots of intestines (I noticed that mostly in Final Destination 3 and 4), and also, the deaths and the stunts were worked out excellently. I also liked Saw 6, which was the best of all these movies actually, along with Necromentia.

Transporter 2 and the [2] Fast [and] [the] [2] Furious movies is full of movement, and I like that too - although, Spider Man didn't really get my interest, never did.

I've forgot to mention in my previous post, I also got interesting in "The Ring" movies, they are good as well, but not in the highest levels of horror movies, actually - maybe because of Psychological concepts in it, I suppose - so anyways.

Necromentia is cool, although not famous ;-)

At 7/31/10 04:13 PM, Hickenbottom wrote: My Bloody Valentine 3D is enjoyable, but yeah, the worst thing is that it's in 3D, and I like seeing real shots. Even in the end of the movie, at the end of the credits, they said, if my memory serves me well, that all the shots in the movie are not real. But to be honest, for a 3D movie, lots of good job was put on that movie.

There is a scene in that movie where this guy is talking to someone who's in the hospital, and out of nowhere, in the middle of the conversation one of the other guy's in the movie comes out of the hospital curtain casual and starts talking. It's so funny when you watch it. My Bloody Valentine did have a cool idea overall though. Kept making me think.

Last night I watched Identity. It was kind of cool, but at the same time I hated it. I don't know how to talk about it without spoiling the ending, which was one of those overused but still kind of interesting endings.

At 7/31/10 04:38 PM, Makeshift wrote:

At 7/31/10 04:13 PM, Hickenbottom wrote: My Bloody Valentine 3D is enjoyable, but yeah, the worst thing is that it's in 3D, and I like seeing real shots. Even in the end of the movie, at the end of the credits, they said, if my memory serves me well, that all the shots in the movie are not real. But to be honest, for a 3D movie, lots of good job was put on that movie.

There is a scene in that movie where this guy is talking to someone who's in the hospital, and out of nowhere, in the middle of the conversation one of the other guy's in the movie comes out of the hospital curtain casual and starts talking. It's so funny when you watch it. My Bloody Valentine did have a cool idea overall though. Kept making me think.

Sorry, I can't really remember that part, I would really have to see the movie again.
But now, seriously, what is the point of having shots of two people making s** and both of them are totally na***? Come on, no need for pornography in such a movie - this is why it was never submitted here in Kuwait, they can't remove these parts, it's an important part of the movie, where both of them die, so they can't take it out --> the same goes for Friday the 13th.

Watched Christopher Nolan's Insomnia, his fourth I believe.

A good movie, but I expected it to be more interesting. Basically it's about this detective who's investigating a murder case in Alaska, but since the sun doesn't go down there all summer long he can't sleep.

This can be a fairly interesting concept, but apart form showing the detective all tired and worn out, I felt like Nolan could've done more with it. I heard after having no sleep for a couple of days, you could start hallucinating and such, but the movie didn't show much of this. As a matter of fact, the insomnia thing seemed more like a sideplot and if it would have been left out it would still be about the same movie I think. A little less dramatic perhaps, but it wouldn't hurt the plot all that much.

I'd say it is Nolan's weakest from all his movies I've seen thus far, but still a good movie that's worth seeing.

At 7/31/10 07:46 PM, Auz wrote: Watched Christopher Nolan's Insomnia, his fourth I believe.

I wanted to see that, along with Memento. I was actually just about to watch The Prestige, but then I remembered seeing it. Almost want to rewatch it, but I haven't watched 8 Mile yet, so I've decided to watch 8 Mile. I know, big difference between Nolan and (imdb...) Curtis hanson.

I watched another classic I hadn't seen yet: Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

I can tell why this movie is still so popular. With a wardrobe change and smaller phones I could see this being released now. One of the best parts is the acting. Alan Ruck was my personal favorite. Hell, even the 'hot girlfriend' actor was good.

Next up: Grave of the Fireflies

At 8/1/10 03:41 AM, Ptero wrote: Next up: Grave of the Fireflies

Prepare to have your heart strings pulled

At 8/1/10 03:50 AM, Gobblemeister wrote:

At 8/1/10 03:41 AM, Ptero wrote: Next up: Grave of the Fireflies

Prepare to have your heart strings pulled

I heard it was really sad, therefore I am making my family watch it with me. Misery is better in groups.

It's not something I'd want to share with my family.

Oh god, it's heart wrenching.

I couldn't watch it the first time round, I gave up because I was just so depressed.

I watched two movies and one documentary last night starting from 11:30PM.

First I watched 8 Mile, which I thought was actually a pretty decent movie. It's unique in how it shows a white guy struggling to be even with black guys. Not exactly your typical movie. If you like rap music at all, I'd recommend seeing it.

After that I watched Chasing Amy, which is Kevin Smith's 3rd movie. It goes: Clerks, Mallrats, and then Chasing Amy. The acting was actually really good. Everyone in the movie seems very real, and the actors are quite good at doing what they need to. It was a good movie overall, but I don't think I'll watch it again.

Then I watched Bowling for Columbine. I can't tell if anything I heard from it is 100% legitimate because I've read about how it is deceptive and misleading, but I actually enjoyed most of it. Especially when Michael Moore goes to Canada and realizes everyone keeps their doors unlocked.

At 8/1/10 03:41 AM, Ptero wrote: I watched another classic I hadn't seen yet: Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

This is another one of my favourite movies. I think I've watched it about 50 times since I was 8.

I can tell why this movie is still so popular. With a wardrobe change and smaller phones I could see this being released now.

I doubt it. Kids skip school only to smoke weed now.

Guess that probably happened in the 80s too...

Just been watching stuff thats been on TV recently.
Troy - which will always be amazing. At least until the Hector and Achilles fight. After that theres nowt special. But that fight has to be up there on the list of Best Fights in movies. It's incredibly well done. The build up, the scuffle and the end of it. I know no one else likes Troy but I genuinely love it.

X2 - Seen it so many times. But McKellen is great in this one in particular. Its a shame we won't see much, if any, more of his portrayals as Magneto. Though according to wiki Michael Fassbender is taking over the role in the next film, which should be alright.

Tell No One - Ocsar winning Spanish film that I'd seen before about two guys whos love interests are in comas. I enjoyed it much more second time round.

Phonebooth - Not seen this is quite a while, and forgotten about it actually. Another film I love. Colin Farrell is great in it.

I just finished watching Grave of the Fireflies. Oh god...
I can tell why everyone thinks it is so depressing. I almost cried when I kind of wish I had watched it by myself though. My sister was rude throughout the movie because she's a brat. She actually laughed when it showed the mother after the bombings. Some people are just sick.

Anyway, I enjoyed this movie, as sad as it may be.

Watched two SyFy originals.

Hydra -

4 kidnapped criminals who escaped justice at the hands of the legal system are taken to an uncharted island to be hunted by 4 rich guys in a "Most Dangerous Game" type scenario. Also, as it turns out, there's a motherfucking Hydra on the island. Cue loads of scenes of rich fat guys firing machine guns as it, blowing off head after head as more grow back, before being ripped apart. There's some sort of revenge plot involving a war criminal who is captain of the hunter's boat and one of the criminals who he framed for attempted murder, but it's quickly forgotten once the hero in venturing into a volcano to retrieve the Sword of Hercules.

Standard creature feature crossed with (the vastly superior) Wilderness. Poor CGI, but that goes without saying. Kill scenes are a bit dull, every one of them consists of each heat of the Hydra grabbing a different limb and pulling in opposite directions.

5/10 in general terms, 7/10 in B movie terms.

Fire Serpent -

A giant snake made of fire flies out of the sun to fuck shit up on Earth. Nicholas Brendan (Xander from Buffy) stars, Robert Beltran (Chakotay from Voyager) plays the villain. Completely nonsensical (the deprive it of oxygen to hurt it, when it came from SPACE), bad fire CGI, and a poorly thought out conspiracy theory bit only tacked on so they can have a human villain.

For a film called "Fire Serpent", the monster doesn't spend much time as a snake. It's usually either possessing someone (which makes their eyes glow red and allows them to shoot fireballs from them), or existing just as regular fire.

3/10 in general terms, 5/10 in B movie terms.

Watched tombstone last night.

No. Noooooooooooooooo.

I loved it. Probably the best western movie that I have ever seen.

Toy Story 3 is overrated.

Clash of the Titans was boring.

All I need to say . . .

At 8/2/10 05:34 PM, Nev wrote: I know no one else likes Troy but I genuinely love it.

Don't be so sure my friend

I found it had a quality cast, great action and great pacing.

I've seen the entire film at least 6 times

I usually put it on when I see it on TV.

At 8/3/10 03:40 AM, EclecticEnnui wrote: Before I also call that rude, laughing at something like that could be a way of coming to terms with what you're seeing. It's like you're in disbelief, so you laugh instead of being shocked and/or sad. It was the opposite for when I saw her, but there are (really) black comedies out there that I do laugh at, like Ichi the Killer.

I asked her why. She said "Because it's just a silly anime". I couldn't even begin to explain how wrong she was.

Sigh

At 8/3/10 03:46 AM, EclecticEnnui wrote:

At 8/3/10 03:42 AM, Ptero wrote: I asked her why. She said "Because it's just a silly anime". I couldn't even begin to explain how wrong she was.

Sigh

How old is she? Calling it silly is ridiculous, nonetheless.

She's sixteen. I'm pretty sure this movie is the polar opposite of silly.