Rate the last movie you watched - February - General

[QUOTE=Hattiwatti;39481797]Well I come here quite often for recommendations when I feel like watching a movie. Spoiler tags for at least the obvious spoilers wouldn't hurt, everyone else does it here so...[/QUOTE] Me to, but you can tell pretty easily if a review has major spoilers in it or not. It's pretty simple, if you don't want to be spoiled than don't read large reviews or to much by it. I'll just put a warning into my post.

[QUOTE=junker|154;39481744]How about not going into a thread where people review movies which implies that they discuss and evaluate the actual plot and content of a movie, especially if someone writes a huge paragraph which postulates a more indepth view on the actual movie.[/QUOTE] so dont enter this thread until youve seen every movie ever so you dont run the risk of having it spoiled for you? Thats stupid thinking dude

[QUOTE=junker|154;39481744]How about not going into a thread where people review movies which implies that they discuss and evaluate the actual plot and content of a movie, especially if someone writes a huge paragraph which postulates a more indepth view on the actual movie.[/QUOTE] My post was actually a favour to help you avoid a possible ban rather than to have a go. Spoiler tags are just good manners on a film board where you black out plot spoilers. A lot of us have seen this great film so no damage done. Sorry if I upset you. Anyway just watched another film. [b]Malena (2000)[/b] War time drama starring Monica Bellucci and a young male actor about puberty and the coming of age when a boy becomes a man. Fascist Italy and a small Tuscan town where everybody knows everybody provide a fantastic setting for this touching drama. There are a few light hearted moments, very similar to the other Italian film 'Life is Beautiful' so it doesn't get too bogged down. The performances are strong and some of the scenes are rather risky but the film as a complete package was wonderful. I strongly recommend this film for fans of Life is Beautiful and Cinema Paradiso except I think this is better.

Season of the Witch Eh, it was very slow and incredibly boring. Effects looked shitty. 2.5/10

[QUOTE=Merijn;39482340]Season of the Witch Eh, it was very slow and incredibly boring. Effects looked shitty. 2.5/10[/QUOTE] Speaking of this, anyone got any legitimately good Cage flicks they could recommend? Kick-Ass comes to mind

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;39482352]Speaking of this, anyone got any legitimately good Cage flicks they could recommend? Kick-Ass comes to mind[/QUOTE] Only I can recall where I enjoyed him was Lord of War and Leaving Las Vegas but I'm guessing you probably seen them. I'm not generally a fan of cage. That grindhouse spoof on youtube was a great performance.

Lord Of War, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation., Bad Lieutenant, Raising Arizona, Face/Off, The Rock, Con Air, Wild At Heart, The Weather Man, Matchstick Men hes got loads of good films it's just that he does loads (3-4 a year) so there's bound to be some shit. More recently he's done more weaker stuff, his high point was imo late 90s-early 2000's. He's made good movies throughout his whole career up till now though but he's done a fair few worse films recently but amongst them are Bad Lieutenant and Kick-ass so not all awful [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] Cage owns its a fact

I love cage in bad movies. I want to see more of him in good roles [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] I actually havent seen lord of war yet ill have to check out thx guys

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;39482147]so dont enter this thread until youve seen every movie ever so you dont run the risk of having it spoiled for you? Thats stupid thinking dude[/QUOTE] How about not reading a review of a movie that you have not watched yet or only read the rating that the user gave the movie. I do like that and I was never spoiled before, besides not a lot of people use spoiler tags in this thread. If you are really eager to watch a certain movie, it's only for the best to read nothing about it beforehand. Also Lord of War is a great movie, finally a movie where Cage has a good role.

The first National Treasure I guess, but everyone's seen that and its pretty average movie at best.

National Treasure was alright I kind of got sick of seeing it cause in my old high school when we had "free days" every single teacher showed it [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] Over the span of 4 years it got really tiresome that movie doesnt have a lot of rewatch value

Take Shelter - 9/10 Second time seeing this movie now. Michael Shannon is absolutely brilliant in it as are the supporting cast. That paired with beautiful cinematography and an absorbing script make a damn fine movie. Watch it.

[QUOTE=junker|154;39481348][B]Django Unchained 6.5/10[/B][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348] On the other hand therer were a lot of things I disliked, the movie was to long. Usually I don't mind long movies as long as they keep the pacing right and do it well. [/QUOTE] What is wrong with the pacing? Which scenes drag on or feel unnecessary? [sp]They all seemed to keep a good pace to me, even the really long dinner scene kept a good pace because of the suspense building up with them trying to hide their true intentions.[/sp] [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348][sp]After the massive shootout at Candyland, the movie just dragged on. How Django was captured and went back to avenge everyone including Mister Calvin. For some reason I found it not that interesting, Django's quest for Retribution was not that engaging. I did not feel like he had to go back and just kill everyone and blow up Candyland. [/sp] [/QUOTE] [sp]This wasn't dragged on, he of course had to go back for his wife. And while he's back there, why wouldn't he kill the people who tortured his wife, tried to kill him, and killed his friend? And he obviously blew it up because it was a notorious and well known slave plantation where they torture other slaves. And avenge Calvin? What?[/sp] [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348][sp]The plot itself was fairly interesting at first but once it turned into a quest of saving his wife, I found less interesting. The whole thing with the Mandingo fighting was also a bit boring. I felt like the plot drifted away. Althoug that might be me. [/sp] [/QUOTE] [sp]It literally had no direction before the idea of pursuing his wife was introduced, how was that less interesting? It actually gave it a plot. And the mandingo fighting was a whole piece of the plot used to actually get on the plantation and execute their scheme and further the plot along, how is that boring and drifting away from the main plot?[/sp] [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348][sp]Slavery played a large role in the movie but at times it tried to show of the gruesome way of slavery which did not fit with the overall mood of the movie. Especially when Schultz gets these flashy memories and decides to shoot Calvin, it did not fully fit together.[/sp][/QUOTE] The movie is about a slave trying to save his wife who is a slave on a horrible plantation. I'd say showing gruesome scenes about slavery fit in perfectly well. [sp]And Schultz showed evidence of hating slavery and even stated it. So seeing those images whilst just being fucked over by Calvin made a lot of sense, making him definitely feel the need to kill him.[/sp] [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348]It had some memorable moments but later on it got to long and the pacing was a bit weird. There are many elements and factors that are introduced but none of them are really that well presented, the narrative focus of the story was incohorent. [/QUOTE] it was well presented, and the narrative of the story was continually coherent. So many disagreeable things in your review!

[b]In the mood for love (2000)[/b] I can do films with a slow pace but this one has set a new record. Set in 60's Hong Kong it tells a story of 2 couples in.....who fucking cares? I didn't about an hour into it and turned this shit off. Theres only a handful of films I've done that with and one of them was this directors follow up called 2047, if only I'd realised it was the same director when I started watching this crap. Nothing actually happens other than moody shots of people smoking and 1 music track. I hated this film and I'd rather stab my eyes with aids than see it again.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;39482411]Lord Of War, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation., Bad Lieutenant, Raising Arizona, Face/Off, The Rock, Con Air, Wild At Heart, The Weather Man, Matchstick Men hes got loads of good films it's just that he does loads (3-4 a year) so there's bound to be some shit. More recently he's done more weaker stuff, his high point was imo late 90s-early 2000's. He's made good movies throughout his whole career up till now though but he's done a fair few worse films recently but amongst them are Bad Lieutenant and Kick-ass so not all awful [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] Cage owns its a fact[/QUOTE] kick-ass was fantastic and he was fantastic in it, he made big daddy a better character than in the comic (imo).

makes me sad how little screen time he had. he was perfect for it. just watched true romance- 7/10 good film, the script kinda felt a bit like it was written by someone who loved tarantino rather than tarantino himself but overall enjoyed it. would have rather tarantino directed it tbh because I feel he could I've handled it better.

while in jail i saw Season 4 of The Wire. Honestly, for me it has to be the best one so far. I had doubts a school environment could be better than the previous 3 but this one managed to surprise. It's not as dark as the previous ones, maybe for the better because it's a lot more focused on how kids grow up through this and are trapped within that place. It's also relatively easy to pull 4/5 hours of episodes of a TV program as compared to a REALLY lengthy film. Have no idea why that is, there's just a lot more room within a TV program to explore. I have doubts the next season will do it for me as much as this one did, but the entire show is great, well worth it. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Scot;39463038]I did not understand why the director went with an ambiguous ending to that movie.[/QUOTE] It could be a plain ambiguous ending, but as jewdozer said, the entire film was centred around paranoia and dillusion. The scene where [sp]she sees that fucko when swimming in the lake[/sp], I'm fairly convinced it was her mind creating it as a result of her abuse. Such a fantastic film, great psychological thriller of the last couple years.

Good to see you back comrade AK'z, theres been some great films floating around these pages over the last few days.

Godzilla (1998) Watched with family, We had a lot of fun and were laughing like crazy but it wasn't because the movie was intentionally funny. Good if you want a laugh.

[QUOTE=jewdozer;39485622]Good to see you back comrade AK'z, theres been some great films floating around these pages over the last few days.[/QUOTE] Have a load of Wong Kar Wai's films to see, can't wait. There's also a film I managed to get that you recommended a couple months back. Can't for the life of me remember what it was :v: Think it was Spanish. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] Story is, I got it when you posted it but I haven't seen it yet..

[QUOTE=AK'z;39485412]while in jail i saw Season 4 of The Wire. Honestly, for me it has to be the best one so far. I had doubts a school environment could be better than the previous 3 but this one managed to surprise. It's not as dark as the previous ones, maybe for the better because it's a lot more focused on how kids grow up through this and are trapped within that place. It's also relatively easy to pull 4/5 hours of episodes of a TV program as compared to a REALLY lengthy film. Have no idea why that is, there's just a lot more room within a TV program to explore. I have doubts the next season will do it for me as much as this one did, but the entire show is great, well worth it. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] It could be a plain ambiguous ending, but as jewdozer said, the entire film was centred around paranoia and dillusion. The scene where [sp]she sees that fucko when swimming in the lake[/sp], I'm fairly convinced it was her mind creating it as a result of her abuse. Such a fantastic film, great psychological thriller of the last couple years.[/QUOTE] Not as dark? Are you kidding me? I'd say it's the darkest season of all considering what those kids go through. [QUOTE=junker|154;39481348][b]Django Unchained 6.5/10[/b] *snip*[/QUOTE] Holy shit, do you not know what a Tarantino film consists of or something? It's usually 90% conversation with ridiculously intense scenes squeezed into it. Hell, it sounds like you barely followed the film as a whole. Is English not your first language? That would atleast be understandable.

[QUOTE=The_Marine;39486381]Not as dark? Are you kidding me? I'd say it's the darkest season of all considering what those kids go through. .[/QUOTE] In that sense yeah you're right, but I meant character-wise. There really were some vile motherfuckers in the previous seasons. [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] I had more admirations for these characters.

Cloud Atlas 10/10

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;39459997]It IS called "RATE the last movie you watched" Not "review"[/QUOTE] are movie reviews pretentious now?

[QUOTE=AK'z;39486576]are movie reviews pretentious now?[/QUOTE] late to the party dude (also no stop assuming all this stupid shit and putting words in my mouth thanks) [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] what i said was stupid id like to move on now if thats ok with you

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;39486700]late to the party dude (also no stop assuming all this stupid shit and putting words in my mouth thanks) [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] what i said was stupid id like to move on now if thats ok with you[/QUOTE] christ, I was only kidding around what's with you being pissed off day in day out? [editline]5th February 2013[/editline] watching Serpico in HD. Quite a good transfer, grainy here and there, deserves a Criterion restoration imo.

The Imposter - [b]10/10[/b] holy shit. I mean as if the story itself wasn't amazing enough [sp]with that plottwist of the chance that the family might know or even have killed the kid made me fucking shiver in horror. The fact that Jason might have killed him and that he committed suicide right after the investigation started makes it all so much scarier. Almost like the Zodiac[/sp] Best documentary you'll ever watch

The Mist - 7/10 Really made me care for some of the characters, even though they weren't very developed. Not so sure about the ending. Is the book worth reading?

[QUOTE=junker|154;39482534]How about not reading a review of a movie that you have not watched yet or only read the rating that the user gave the movie. I do like that and I was never spoiled before, besides not a lot of people use spoiler tags in this thread. If you are really eager to watch a certain movie, it's only for the best to read nothing about it beforehand.[/QUOTE] I don't mean to sound dickish but my English teacher taught us that a review of anything should be one that is concise and reviews the topic without spoiling anything, which is what most of us here are doing. Seriously, just spoiler-tag the key parts, Django Unchained only comes out in March over here [editline]6th February 2013[/editline] [B]Das Boot (Director's Cut)- 10/10[/B] Great movie, would definitely recommend. Although it feels like a Western movie at some points due to the atmosphere, which is great but kind of weird

Saving Private Ryan - 10/10