The old movie thread: ratings and discussion' or some shiz

really?

i thought it was terrible, except for marisa tomei

 

AVATAR Contraryto what others have said, I found that this was a very entertaining film. The first two hours is a fascinating journey of discovery, a tour through the exotic fauna & flora of the alien world of Pandora. A technological triumph that raises the bar for believable CGI characters. That said, I too have to admit that its plot was very predictable from the start and the characters weren't as developed as the CGI effects. Yes, it was Disney's POCAHONTAS in outerspace. The similarities were obvious (I was expecting that the 'old tree' will show the face of an old lady and start talking too). And why turn a $300 million movie into a in-your-face "save-the-trees and the rainforests" 'message film'? It's much hyped 3D effects weren't impressive at all. So save your money and watch the regular 2 D version. I was equally impressed as I was disconnected from its lack of emotional resonance. As much as I wanted to love this film, I couldn't. It surely is a good film and I recommend it, but it wasn't the most entertaining science fiction event of the year. That honor still belongs to STAR TREK. 8/10

 

9/10
this is a kick arse movie :cheer:

 

It was terrible and nobody seems to notice that there really wasn't much of a plot.

 

Avatar was boring.

Any good British crime films out there? I've seen these:

Snatch
Rocknrolla
LSATSB
The lonG good Friday
Gangster #1
Rise of the Footsoldier
Essex Boys
The Crew
The Bank Job
The Business
Sexy Beast

 

Check out Rise of the Foot Soldier. Pretty good British Crime Flix. Also Smokin Aces if you haven't seen it. Although it's not a British Crime movie I think it's by the dude who did Snatch and plays in the same style.

 

For those who care. (and I admit that I do).

Sex In The City 2 Trailer:

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Revolver. It's a great film.

 

Already listed it.

Smokin Aces is not by Guy Ritchie, though it is similar in style, I saw a bit of it last night.

 

Check out:

Layer Cake, and
Dead Man's Shoes

 

Seen both. Layercake pissed me off because they had the 'Serbian' gangsters speaking Romanian, like why not just make them Romanian, they have gangsters there too.

Dead Man's Shoes was good.

 

"Smokin' Aces" was from the guy who made "Narc".

It got panned when it came out but I thought it was pretty good to.

 

Narc was a great movie.

 

Law Abiding Citizen: Revenge tale about a guy whose family is killed and he decides to kill just about everyone to get even. It starts off pretty good then gradually turns shittier and more implausible as the movie goes on. It later becomes about as believable as Commando, but this movie actually takes itself seriously. Over at imdb.com, all the people complain about the ending and how the movie was so good until the ending. No, it was good for about the first half of the film. It's not merely the ending that's crappy, it's the 2nd half of the movie.

ESPN 30 For 30- The U: Okay, it's not a movie, but I'm watching it right now and it's a real good documentary about the University of Miami football team in the 80s and early 90s.

 

There's a bunch of these been coming out. I have most of them on the DVR but haven't watched any yet. There's even one on Ali and Holmes. I'm really waiting on the one about Allen Iverson though.

 

Please seed this movie. Anybody.

 

Muhammad and Larry was well-done. I liked The U better though.

 

Just watched Rise Of The Footsoldier.

No more than 5 out of 10. Most of those points are for some good nudity. Typical British mobster stuff that in the end doesn't really go anywhere. You spend the start of the film being introduced to the main character who then becomes nothing more than a footnote to the story's purpose.

This is not a good film.

 

Honestly I can't argue with that other than I think a 5 is a bit low for it. Overall it isn't that great a story, but it just had a bunch of pretty cool scenes and shocking ones too. I think I only watched it once myself.

 

District 9: 7 out of 10

Decent film. Presented in a very different format than usual and works quite well for the most part. Refreshing to have the story happen somewhere other than America.

Wasn't as scrotum-tearingly good as I was told it was. Well worth a watch but I personally would be in no hurry to see it again.

 

:laughing:

 

Precious : Based on the Novel blah, blah, blah, blah - Saw this at the movies last night with the family.............yeah, we're a little odd. Aside from the horrendous title it was much better then I expected. Uncomfortable at times and took enough chances to more then make up for the usual cliches in these types of movies. Very well acted with some unusually funny moments.

I know some will hate this movie but I highly recommend it. Don't take the kids, even though I did. ::

8/10

 

I like Mariah Carey's role as the social worker, very believable.

 

Up in the air was the best movie i've seen this year.

 

I did not watched it, but my wife did. She is a Clooney fan, but found this movie extremely depressing and boring.

 

it seems like your whole family has a horrendous taste in movies. Tell your wife not to worry, the new Transformers blockbuster will be here soon.

 

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don't blame us: that formula keeps getting bought overseas.

 

Just watched it as well as Moon starring Sam Rockwell. Both were very good. Talk about a great 1-2 scifi punch.