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I already got tickets and whats with the errs,

films recently seen....

WALL-E

RATING: 5/5

VERDICT: Pixars most ambitious undertaking since toy story but the storytelling is of such charm and visual wit that it can stand proudly as one of the studios best.

At 7/23/08 11:02 AM, Thestickcreator wrote: WALL-E
RATING: 5/5
VERDICT: Pixars most ambitious undertaking since toy story but the storytelling is of such charm and visual wit that it can stand proudly as one of the studios best.

I'd have to agree.. I think that the characters drove the film perfectly. Despite the lack of human speech, they could portray emotions so well that it really made the film great.

Whats with all the errrs?

Dunno, I just did it once. Thought it would be fun..

... It wasn't

I watched the film remake of Quatermass and the Pit, and it was alright. A lot of it was rushed, and I think I would have been lost in places had I not seen the original serial first since many points which are referenced later get mentioned in one or two lines of dialogue, whereas in the serial they would have been the topic of an entire conversation. Still, I suppose that happens when you have to cut a 3 1/2 hour serial down to a 1 1/2 film.

I didn't like the way the finale was changed, mind. In the original, Quatermass and Roney short out the energy ball thing by throwing a iron chain into it, connecting it to the wet earth, and grounding it. Roney is killed because he's holding the chain when the energy passes through it. In this, Roney climbs a crane, and for no real reason climbs to the very end of it. The crane then collapses into the energy ball, grounding it. There's an explosion, the crane catches fire, and the collapses.

They also cut the excellent speech from the end, where Quatermass is on the TV honouring Roney and issuing a warning to the public about their Martian heritage. It's so ace, and it's the bit everyone remembers from the serial, but the film just ends after the crane sequence.

3/5

recently watched:

Wizards (1977)

This was the first Ralph Bakshi film I've seen. I know I really enjoyed it, but I can't remember much for certain reasons....

Woohoo! Dark knight has been released in the UK. Can't wait to go and see it.

At 7/25/08 12:56 PM, Thestickcreator wrote: Woohoo! Dark knight has been released in the UK. Can't wait to go and see it.

Its incredible..

I saw it yesterday and it blew me away.
Go see it as soon as you can!

At 7/25/08 06:25 PM, CTM222 wrote:

At 7/25/08 12:56 PM, Thestickcreator wrote: Woohoo! Dark knight has been released in the UK. Can't wait to go and see it.

Its incredible..

I saw it yesterday and it blew me away.
Go see it as soon as you can!

Im going on sunday.

So I see everybody is singing the praises of the Dark Knight, huh? I don't have the time to go see it right now (or the money -- cinemas in the UK are ridiculously expensive nowadays), but I want to see it, and I'm hoping that I can go soon without seeing / hearing any spoilers that will ruin the film for me.

I'll see Dark Knight when I can pick it up cheap on DVD. I've not even seen Batman Begins all the way through (I caught a bit where he was a ninja and shit was on fire on TV a while back), so I don't see the point in rushing out to see this one.

I watched Where Eagles Dare today, which I've had on DVD for ages and just never got around to watching, and it was the best film I've seen in ages. It's hard to sum it up accurately without spoiling it, so I'll keep it simple. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood sneak into a Nazi occupied castle in the Alps where an American solider is being held. The action sequences are brilliant, and hold up surprisingly well for a film from 1968, and the twists, of which there are many, are good, and they're not obvious, so you'll not guess them before they happen.

5/5.

At 7/26/08 09:40 AM, NEVR wrote: cinemas in the UK are ridiculously expensive nowadays

I know! Prices have gone up a good £3 per peson over the past few years.
Still, Dark Knight is well worth it!

And Master, they didnt play it like a sequel. It wont matter at all that you havent seen Begins.

So I saw the shining last night, quite scary but what was good was that it wasn't to revealing of the horror. Like you don't actualy see the boy be attacked in the neck, this leaves questions open. I was a little confused at the very end when you see Johny in the old photo, I thought this must be a reference to him being the caretaker - but if you look at the date this is before the time when the man seen to be the cartaker shot himself, or was even born. Anyone else seen this and understand the ending?

At 7/26/08 06:39 PM, sirtom93 wrote: Anyone else seen this and understand the ending?

I think it's all really surreal.... Ghosts might not have even existed they might have been figments of his imagination (There's always a mirror present whenever he talks to spirits). In one scene he goes into the bar and the new year's eve party is going on, isn't that the same party that is in the picture? It's a confusing movie. Kubrick's later work tends to be.

Favourite Stanley Kubrick movies in order everyone!
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2. Paths of Glory (1957)
3. The Shining (1980)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
6. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
7. The Killing (1956)
8. Spartacus (1960)
9. Barry Lyndon (1975)
10. Lolita (1962)

what do you guys thinK?

Recently seen....

The Dark Knight

near perfect in every way. Heath Ledgers perfomance is monumental and everyone else is superb too. The cinematography is visually great to watch and thanks to Christopher Nolan the film is horrific, cool and funny aswell thanks to some great dialogue with some real gems from brother Jonothan Nolan. It's such a shame that the cinemas lost a super actor in Heath Ledger who deserves an oscar for this performance. The opening bank heist scene is similar to Heat and is one of the greatest scenes of all action cinema in my opinion. The first 2/3 of the film is perfect but (warning! plot spoilers) Dents two-face really should be more angry with the Joker than all the cops who were TRYING TO SAVE Rachel. A disturbing ending though and overall a classic of our time thats lifted up even higher by a towering performance from Ledger.

At 7/29/08 09:59 AM, Thestickcreator wrote: what do you guys thinK?

How the fuck did you even get to see all his early shit like The Killing?

I think it's all really surreal.... Ghosts might not have even existed they might have been figments of his imagination (There's always a mirror present whenever he talks to spirits). In one scene he goes into the bar and the new year's eve party is going on, isn't that the same party that is in the picture? It's a confusing movie. Kubrick's later work tends to be.

Well I think the idea is he is getting cabin fever and is seeing these things, your right about there being a mirror in all these kind of scenes, I like films that arent entirely obvious though.

Recently watched Taxi Driver, No Country For Old Men and 10,000 BC.

No Country For Old Men was a fantastic film. Starts a little slow, but quickly picks up and never looks back from there. Feels like a modern western, that still retains elements of westerns set half a decade ago. The ending didn't seem to hit me like the rest of the film did, but still, highly reccomended, 8/10.

Taxi Driver, apart from Robert De Niro I found to be fairly boring. The plot took too long to kick in, and while I did find De Niro's speaking to be interesting, the film just didn't do it for me other than that. His first love interest proved to add next to nothing to the story, they should have just had him helping the 12 year old hooker throughout. I would have found that far more interesting, and they could have done so much more with it. 6/10.

10,000 BC I watched with little to no intentions as everyone seemed to be slating it. How wrong are they? Like No Country For Old Men, it starts of slow but as soon as the "treck" kicks in, I was hooked. I found the characters to be intriguing and interesting, as well as the main story and side stories throughout. Again, like No Country For Old Men, I'd highly reccomend seeing this. 8.5/10.

Taxi Driver, apart from Robert De Niro I found to be fairly boring. The plot took too long to kick in, and while I did find De Niro's speaking to be interesting, the film just didn't do it for me other than that. His first love interest proved to add next to nothing to the story, they should have just had him helping the 12 year old hooker throughout. I would have found that far more interesting, and they could have done so much more with it. 6/10.

I totaly disagree, taxi Driver is one of the best films I have ever seen, it's the mans emotional and mental journey. His first love interest shows his breakdown within society and his struggle to regain it, the hooker he helped was the outcome of this struggle. The last scene when hes fine is also a particulary good one. You looking at me punk?

At 7/31/08 12:30 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote:
No Country For Old Men was a fantastic film. Starts a little slow, but quickly picks up and never looks back from there. Feels like a modern western, that still retains elements of westerns set half a decade ago. The ending didn't seem to hit me like the rest of the film did, but still, highly reccomended, 8/10.

Didn't deserved the best motion picture in year oscar did it?

Swenney Todd is soo much better...

At 7/31/08 10:43 AM, PenisClown wrote:

At 7/29/08 09:59 AM, Thestickcreator wrote: what do you guys thinK?

How the fuck did you even get to see all his early shit like The Killing?

The killing's quite easy to find. Its the films before the killing that are impossible to find because Kubrick tried to buy them all so noone would watch them becoz he thought they were crp.

At 8/2/08 11:36 AM, illuminatuz wrote:

At 7/31/08 12:30 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: No Country For Old Men was a fantastic film. Starts a little slow, but quickly picks up and never looks back from there. Feels like a modern western, that still retains elements of westerns set half a decade ago. The ending didn't seem to hit me like the rest of the film did, but still, highly reccomended, 8/10.

Didn't deserved the best motion picture in year oscar did it?

Not at all. I've seen plenty of better films in 2007. NCFOM was a good film, but best motion picture is a damn big title. And one that it certainly didn't deserve.

Swenney Todd is soo much better...

Haven't seen that. Might buy it on DVD actually. Looks at least half decent.

At 8/3/08 03:34 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote:

At 8/2/08 11:36 AM, illuminatuz wrote: Swenney Todd is soo much better...

Haven't seen that. Might buy it on DVD actually. Looks at least half decent.

I don't like musicals, and yet this is among my favourites movies. Most people that watched that I know loved it.

and I'm no sorta of gotic poser or anything like that...

Watched 3:10 To Yuma last night. Fantastic, easily a nine out of ten. Both Christian Bale and Robert De Niro gave fantastic performances, the plot was interesting, the action griping and dialogue spot on. Three high profile Westerns released lately, 3:10 To Yuma, No Country For Old Men and The Assanation Of Jesse James. Haven't seen the latter yet, but 3:10 To Yuma is my favorite so far.

I saw Hellboy 2. It was lots of fun. There have been too many "popcorn flicks" like this out for the past few months, though. I guess the summer is the time for that. How many comic book adaptations have been released this summer? five? There was Hellboy, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Dark Night, and Wanted. Speaking of which, I have to freaking see the Dark Night.

I also saw Spiderman 3. It was fairly entertaining, but overall, not very good. I wouldn't recommend it, but I didn't hate it. And I saw Queen of the Damned. As expected, it sucked. My friend insisted that it was good and made me watch it. Also, the music sucked, which is another thing I already figured before watching.

At 8/8/08 11:39 AM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Watched 3:10 To Yuma last night. Fantastic, easily a nine out of ten. Both Christian Bale and Robert De Niro gave fantastic performances,

De Niro Wasn't in it, but yeah, I thought it was alright.

And you guys are insane. No Country For Old Men was amazing. It was intense, the acting was great, and the dialogue was superb. When I saw it in the movie theater, my heart was pounding. It definitely deserved its awards and Javier Bardem was more than deserving of his award for best supporting actor. He was fantastic.

At 8/8/08 11:39 AM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Watched 3:10 To Yuma last night.

Got that recorded on Sky+. Not watched it yet.

I did watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels today, though, which was excellent. A bit confusing for the first 20 minutes or so when it's introducing about 30 characters who's stories will converge later on, but it was still brilliant.

I saw the Dark Knight. I loved it.

At 8/12/08 06:02 PM, TheMaster wrote: I did watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels today, though, which was excellent.

That there's a funny movie.

At 8/10/08 11:44 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 8/8/08 11:39 AM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: Watched 3:10 To Yuma last night. Fantastic, easily a nine out of ten. Both Christian Bale and Robert De Niro gave fantastic performances,

De Niro Wasn't in it, but yeah, I thought it was alright.

I always get him and Russell Crowe mixed up.

Watched Son of Rambow last night, thought that was a damn good film as well.

I watched this crazy anime last night called Mind Game. It's really good and it's pretty funny, too.