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Aboobie · 02-10-2009, 16:37

I watched Malcom X yesterday for the first time.

Quite a tale about a man I knew very little about.

V. good if long film. 8/10.

Flibster · 03-10-2009, 00:31

You Only Live Twice

Classic Bond.

Only watched it as I'm off to visit one of the stars tomorr...later today.

9/10

Wossi · 03-10-2009, 12:54

Star Trek (2009)

Prequel about the original Enterprise crew just starting out. An enjoyable film if a bit cheesy in places with some of the dialogue, i.e. making sure Bones says "Dammit man! I'm a doctor not a physicist!" But overall not a bad way to spend some time. Quite liked how they got around writing what they wanted using the alternative timeline plot.

8/10

Transformers 2

Meh, while the action was good there wasn't much storyline and at 2 1/2 hours long it isn't a short film. Dialogue was a bit ropy in places, in fact ropy in a lot of places.

6/10

semi-pro waster · 03-10-2009, 13:05

Cobra

Starring

Sylvester Stallone
Brigitte Nielsen
Reni Santoni
James Andrew Robinson

Cop film

5/10 Much better than Hard Luck but that wouldn't be particularly hard. It's quite entertaining in a very cheesy way, quite dated and just plain unrealistic but fun at the same time.

Garp · 03-10-2009, 18:18

The Man Who Cried

7/10

Christina Ricci
Cate Blanchett
Johnny Depp

Follows the story of a Russian Jewish girl who's father goes off to America to make his living and send for his family once settled. Before he can his home village is burned to the ground in a pogrom which the girl escapes from and is shipped to England, renamed "Suzie" and raised by a British family. Her talent for singing and dancing see's her joining a Paris dance troupe where she encounters Cesar, a handsome brooding gypsy who works with the troupe later becomes her lover.
And then the Nazi's come...

Very interesting film, a few awkward feeling love scenes, but great acting on all parts. Especially a very understated, and great acting Johnny Depp.

_dogma_ · 04-10-2009, 00:06

Requiem for a Dream
6/10

Not entirely sure what it was about. So here's IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/

Not sure I quite "get it" although, I don't hate it, I don't really feel anything after watching it. It never seemed to go anywhere which I guess being hooked would feel like that. I kinda felt the same after reading Catcher in the Rye which I didn't "get" either. I really liked the soundtrack though!

Belmit · 05-10-2009, 13:08

Kill Switch

Why did I watch this? Why? Steven Seagal in yet another crime/revenge/murder no-plot of a film.

As the end credits rolled I actually raised my palms to the ceiling and said 'What?!'.

Seagal is a detective looking for a serial killer. He must be an idiot living in a world full of braindead zombies, because it appears he's the only person capable of deciphering the ridiculously simple trail the serial killer is leaving. At one point he has a hangman style puzzle on a piece of paper which is a sentence about seven or eight words long with two letters missing. 'You cracked that code yet?' 'Almost!'. Sweet Jesus! Buy a vowel!

Even the fight scenes are tedious. To hide the fact that Seagal now has the turning circle of an oil tanker and the reflexes of a dead crackhead, all the fights consist of people attacking him head on, with our view over his shoulder. There's no choreography, no real martial arts and just poor editing. At one point a man gets kicked through a window and we see him smash through the glass twelve times. Twelve. A few of those shots aren't even different angles, they just repeat it. There's also a hilariously rubbish gunfight. It goes on for about two minutes and it's just three goons in different locations shooting at Seagal and missing, and Seagal shooting back and missing as well. If I'd have had a gun I'd have shot myself out of boredom.

They try to splice a back story in with an intro where Seagal's twin brother is just randomly killed when they're very young, by some dude who just walks out the woods and slits his throat with a knife at their birthday party. There's no explanation for why it happened, why the murderer's face is so important, or if this incident is meant to have made an impact on Seagal's life that affects what we're seeing now. It's just random. Every now and again we get a flashback to it and it still serves no purpose. They could have cut it out completely and it wouldn't affect the story in any way.

Finally, for no real reason, Seagal just randomly disappears from the force and goes back to some people who I assumed were his wife and kids. He appeared to be living with some girl, who was always going on about how being a detective has taken over his life and he works too hard, but she was killed by the serial killer. Who was she if she wasn't his wife or girlfriend? It makes no sense! And if he left his wife and kids to live with her why are they so happy to see him back again?!

The film ends with the blond girl (and she is a girl - must be thirty years younger than Seagal) taking off her top and leading him to bed.

For this reason, the film gets one point.

1/10

Desmo · 05-10-2009, 14:28

Great review mate

I might actually want to watch the film after that

Belmit · 05-10-2009, 14:52

A film like Doomsday deserves to be watched for its badness. This was just plain bad. Maybe worth it for the first ten minutes where the guy gets kicked out the window though, having been literally thrown around a room into every piece of furniture and wall!

Edit: I totally forgot... Isaac Hayes plays the coroner. His character name is 'Coroner'. He does ****-all in this movie except stand around sounding like Chef.

Wossi · 05-10-2009, 21:13

Finally finished my Trek marathon. That's every Trek movie made, in order and I have to say, the 6 involving the original crew are the best the Generation crew films seem so gash in comparison. Also I enjoyed 1-6 even though I'm sure that someone will come up with the line about odd numbered films being gash I thought they were all quite good.

Quick scores for the films:

Star Trek The Motion Picture
9/10

The Wrath Of Khan
8/10

The Search for Spock
7/10

The Voyage Home
7/10

The Final Frontier
8/10

The Undiscovered country
8/10

Generations
6.5/10

First contact
7/10

Insurrection
6.5/10

Nemesis
5/10

02-10-2009, 16:37	#1221
Aboobie Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Beverley Posts: 749	I watched Malcom X yesterday for the first time. Quite a tale about a man I knew very little about. V. good if long film. 8/10. __________________

03-10-2009, 00:31	#1222
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	You Only Live Twice Classic Bond. Only watched it as I'm off to visit one of the stars tomorr...later today. 9/10 __________________

03-10-2009, 13:05	#1224
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Cobra Starring Sylvester Stallone Brigitte Nielsen Reni Santoni James Andrew Robinson Cop film 5/10 Much better than Hard Luck but that wouldn't be particularly hard. It's quite entertaining in a very cheesy way, quite dated and just plain unrealistic but fun at the same time. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

03-10-2009, 18:18	#1225
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	The Man Who Cried 7/10 Christina Ricci Cate Blanchett Johnny Depp Follows the story of a Russian Jewish girl who's father goes off to America to make his living and send for his family once settled. Before he can his home village is burned to the ground in a pogrom which the girl escapes from and is shipped to England, renamed "Suzie" and raised by a British family. Her talent for singing and dancing see's her joining a Paris dance troupe where she encounters Cesar, a handsome brooding gypsy who works with the troupe later becomes her lover. And then the Nazi's come... Very interesting film, a few awkward feeling love scenes, but great acting on all parts. Especially a very understated, and great acting Johnny Depp. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

04-10-2009, 00:06	#1226
_dogma_ Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife. Posts: 278	Requiem for a Dream 6/10 Not entirely sure what it was about. So here's IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/ Not sure I quite "get it" although, I don't hate it, I don't really feel anything after watching it. It never seemed to go anywhere which I guess being hooked would feel like that. I kinda felt the same after reading Catcher in the Rye which I didn't "get" either. I really liked the soundtrack though! __________________

03-10-2009, 12:54	#1223
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	Star Trek (2009) Prequel about the original Enterprise crew just starting out. An enjoyable film if a bit cheesy in places with some of the dialogue, i.e. making sure Bones says "Dammit man! I'm a doctor not a physicist!" But overall not a bad way to spend some time. Quite liked how they got around writing what they wanted using the alternative timeline plot. 8/10 Transformers 2 Meh, while the action was good there wasn't much storyline and at 2 1/2 hours long it isn't a short film. Dialogue was a bit ropy in places, in fact ropy in a lot of places. 6/10

05-10-2009, 13:08	#1227
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Kill Switch Why did I watch this? Why? Steven Seagal in yet another crime/revenge/murder no-plot of a film. As the end credits rolled I actually raised my palms to the ceiling and said 'What?!'. Seagal is a detective looking for a serial killer. He must be an idiot living in a world full of braindead zombies, because it appears he's the only person capable of deciphering the ridiculously simple trail the serial killer is leaving. At one point he has a hangman style puzzle on a piece of paper which is a sentence about seven or eight words long with two letters missing. 'You cracked that code yet?' 'Almost!'. Sweet Jesus! Buy a vowel! Even the fight scenes are tedious. To hide the fact that Seagal now has the turning circle of an oil tanker and the reflexes of a dead crackhead, all the fights consist of people attacking him head on, with our view over his shoulder. There's no choreography, no real martial arts and just poor editing. At one point a man gets kicked through a window and we see him smash through the glass twelve times. Twelve. A few of those shots aren't even different angles, they just repeat it. There's also a hilariously rubbish gunfight. It goes on for about two minutes and it's just three goons in different locations shooting at Seagal and missing, and Seagal shooting back and missing as well. If I'd have had a gun I'd have shot myself out of boredom. They try to splice a back story in with an intro where Seagal's twin brother is just randomly killed when they're very young, by some dude who just walks out the woods and slits his throat with a knife at their birthday party. There's no explanation for why it happened, why the murderer's face is so important, or if this incident is meant to have made an impact on Seagal's life that affects what we're seeing now. It's just random. Every now and again we get a flashback to it and it still serves no purpose. They could have cut it out completely and it wouldn't affect the story in any way. Finally, for no real reason, Seagal just randomly disappears from the force and goes back to some people who I assumed were his wife and kids. He appeared to be living with some girl, who was always going on about how being a detective has taken over his life and he works too hard, but she was killed by the serial killer. Who was she if she wasn't his wife or girlfriend? It makes no sense! And if he left his wife and kids to live with her why are they so happy to see him back again?! The film ends with the blond girl (and she is a girl - must be thirty years younger than Seagal) taking off her top and leading him to bed. For this reason, the film gets one point. 1/10 __________________ Last edited by Belmit; 05-10-2009 at 14:05.

05-10-2009, 14:28	#1228
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Great review mate I might actually want to watch the film after that __________________

05-10-2009, 14:52	#1229
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	A film like Doomsday deserves to be watched for its badness. This was just plain bad. Maybe worth it for the first ten minutes where the guy gets kicked out the window though, having been literally thrown around a room into every piece of furniture and wall! Edit: I totally forgot... Isaac Hayes plays the coroner. His character name is 'Coroner'. He does ****-all in this movie except stand around sounding like Chef. __________________

05-10-2009, 21:13	#1230
Wossi Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the middle Posts: 1,385	Finally finished my Trek marathon. That's every Trek movie made, in order and I have to say, the 6 involving the original crew are the best the Generation crew films seem so gash in comparison. Also I enjoyed 1-6 even though I'm sure that someone will come up with the line about odd numbered films being gash I thought they were all quite good. Quick scores for the films: Star Trek The Motion Picture 9/10 The Wrath Of Khan 8/10 The Search for Spock 7/10 The Voyage Home 7/10 The Final Frontier 8/10 The Undiscovered country 8/10 Generations 6.5/10 First contact 7/10 Insurrection 6.5/10 Nemesis 5/10