Rate the last movie you watched - February - General

Watched Donnie Darko at school. Felt kinda stupid since it was the "original", and I had already seen the Director's Cut-version, which has 20 minutes more material, like quotes from "The Philosophy of Time Travel" that explain the whole movie. 9/10

[QUOTE=RaptorBlackz;35244698]Hunger games 8.5/10[/QUOTE] I want to see the movie but I heard the second half is pretty much non-stop shaky-cam.

is Battle Royale really good? Cause people are telling me that the manga is much better, but i despise manga.

Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol. 6/10 I enjoyed the previous MI's. Sadly, this was before I came to figure out Tom Cruise is a tit. I began with the movie thinking just that but I forgot about it quite soon. I got the feeling they focussed more on humour in this one, which wasn't all that bad considering some parts were chuckle worthy. The action is good and the story was OK. The ending, [sp]however, was a bit silly. The 1 second left on the clock? Come on...[/sp]

Drive I give it an 8/10. It's nice to see a dramatic movie in the sea of GUNS N WOMEN ACTION MOVEHS every now and then.

[QUOTE=KlaseR;35246083]is Battle Royale really good? Cause people are telling me that the manga is much better, but i despise manga.[/QUOTE] definitely worth a watch if that's what you're asking.

Drive 9/10. It was too damn short. Also Ryan Gosling has so little dialogue, but it's so damn powerful. Is he always like that? Oh and Dragon Tattoo Girl AKA 21st Century Sherlock Holmes Movie or something 7/10. Could've been better if they spent less time focusing on the girl who wasn't vital to the story for the first half and more time on the interesting in-fighting between the family.

[QUOTE=venn178;35248710]Drive Oh and Dragon Tattoo Girl AKA 21st Century Sherlock Holmes Movie or something 7/10. Could've been better if they spent less time focusing on the girl who wasn't vital to the story for the first half and more time on the interesting in-fighting between the family.[/QUOTE] i think you kinda missed the point

The Secret World of Arrietty 8/10 Beautifully made, and good story. Studio Ghibli did an amazing job again, and if you've liked previous movies they've "made", this one is just as good. And the soundtrack is incredible, really fits with the mood in the movie. The ending could've been better but at least it wasn't bad.

Drive 9/10 I'd heard good things but my friends all hated it. Saying it was just Ryan Gosling staring at people and you could watch the trailer and have seen the whole movie. I really enjoyed it and it's a lot more than just the sum of it's parts.

Ok, three questions: why exactly was Law Abiding Citizen bad? and how bad is Funny People, with adam sandler? also about adam sandler, is Reign Over Me any good?

[QUOTE=KlaseR;35246083]is Battle Royale really good? Cause people are telling me that the manga is much better, but i despise manga.[/QUOTE] Battle Royale is one of my favorite movies.

Goon 9/10 Holy fucking dick, this is the best hockey movie I have ever seen. This movie was pretty fucking fantastic, I highly recommend this movie, although the trailers and clips make this movie seem really "douche baggy"

Trainspotting. 9/10

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;35252408]also about adam sandler, is Reign Over Me any good?[/QUOTE] It was alright, but you can tell Adam Sandler was actually serious about this role. I think this is the only drama film I saw him in.

American History X 9.4/10 One of my favorites with Edward Norton, and a good movie [sp]It was great to see that everyone learned to get over racism even though it had a really fucking sad ending[/sp]

The Hunger Games 7.5/10 Surprisingly good. Not a trainwreck which I thought it'd be. Some people may get dizzy though, but overall great movie. Wish they would have [sp]established more on Rue, she died way too quick without much significance.[/sp] Really wished that they made it more gory though, although I guess they had to stick it to PG-13 for the fanbase.

[QUOTE=KlaseR;35246083]is Battle Royale really good? Cause people are telling me that the manga is much better, but i despise manga.[/QUOTE] Then read the novel, which came out long before both.

The 400 Blows - 7.5/10

[QUOTE=zezsniper;35254374]American History X 9.4/10 One of my favorites with Edward Norton, and a good movie [sp]It was great to see that everyone learned to get over racism even though it had a really fucking sad ending[/sp][/QUOTE] I really hate that small group of people who watched that movie and believed the movie to be about promoting racism. People can be so goddamn stupid sometimes.

The Road 9/10 Just fantastic.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Fun film with cool effects. I'd give it 9/10 but I think numbered ratings are dumb.

[QUOTE=zezsniper;35254374]American History X 9.4/10 One of my favorites with Edward Norton, and a good movie [sp]It was great to see that everyone learned to get over racism even though it had a really fucking sad ending[/sp][/QUOTE] [sp]you realize there's a deleted scene of norton taking a shower and shaving his hair or some shit like that[/sp] i like that addition to the ending better. it makes the ending much much darker and makes a bold statement that no matter what there will always be chaos, and all chaos does is create more chaos.

[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;35258563][sp]you realize there's a deleted scene of norton taking a shower and shaving his hair or some shit like that[/sp] i like that addition to the ending better. it makes the ending much much darker and makes a bold statement that no matter what there will always be chaos, and all chaos does is create more chaos.[/QUOTE] i don't like that ending it kind of makes the films story pointless. i mean it has a message yeah but it's a message conveyed by a story, one that is pointless where that to happen. i can only assume that's why it's gone. it was better with an uplifting message than a dark one.

it's not pointless at all. it's a story of forgiveness and giving up the hate [sp]that ending shows how easy it is to go back to the hate even if you've let hate fuck you in the ass, quite literally[/sp] [editline]23rd March 2012[/editline] i dunno if you've ever even seen some of these documentaries about prison (they got a really good nat geo one on netflix instant) but prisons are a concentrated manifestation of how life is on the outside almost. and they're fucking hell holes. i mean you hear that shit from people, maybe even people who've been to prison. but seeing it for yourself, especially if you've been incarcerated before, is a completely different ballgame. [sp]also the uplifting point was made quite clearly even with the shower ending. even though he died he put aside his hate and shit.[/sp] it's edward norton's logical reaction in sync with the ignorance that caused the death. if you remember the movie the reason why he became what he is is because his dad died because some black dude killed him while he was fighting a fire and all the hate speech his dad spewed. come to think of it the alt ending is pretty fucking poetic.

[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;35258731]it's not pointless at all. it's a story of forgiveness and giving up the hate [sp]that ending shows how easy it is to go back to the hate even if you've let hate fuck you in the ass, quite literally[/sp] [editline]23rd March 2012[/editline] i dunno if you've ever even seen some of these documentaries about prison (they got a really good nat geo one on netflix instant) but prisons are a concentrated manifestation of how life is on the outside almost. and they're fucking hell holes. i mean you hear that shit from people, maybe even people who've been to prison. but seeing it for yourself, especially if you've been incarcerated before, is a completely different ballgame. [sp]also the uplifting point was made quite clearly even with the shower ending. even though he died he put aside his hate and shit.[/sp] it's edward norton's logical reaction in sync with the ignorance that caused the death. if you remember the movie the reason why he became what he is is because his dad died because some black dude killed him while he was fighting a fire and all the hate speech his dad spewed. come to think of it the alt ending is pretty fucking poetic.[/QUOTE] I'd much rather leave off with the movie knowing that Derek didn't turn back into a racist asshole.

yeah but if you give into pondering about what happens after the credits roll it's kinda obvious he would anyways.

American History X was dogshit. It made no attempt to explore the subject of racism in a serious and respectful manner, instead opting for simplistic moralising, cardboard characterisation, confused direction and every lowly faux-poetic trick in the book, from the ones in the plot itself, such as[sp]norton only friend in prison being a black man, furlong's character getting killed by a black teenager after finally realising that racism is bad etc.[/sp], to the ones in the way the film itself is shot and presented such as the extremely corny uses of slow motion and black and white cinematography, the laughably tearjerking score, the at times offensively obvious editing [sp]HEY, NORTON JUST GOT RAPED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SWASTIKA TATTOO ON HIS ARM, AREN'T WE DEEP AND CLEVER?!?[/sp], the presentation is generally overdone and devoid of any subtlety or genuine intelligence whatsoever. And for a movie so obsessed with disproving stereotypes and highlighting the pointlessness of prejudice, the movie is absolutely brimming with stereotypical characters and situations([sp]the ineffectual liberal limpdick boyfriend of norton's mother, the donut-munching cops from the story that guy tells norton in prison, norton's hardcore conservative father, damn-near every black character in the film etc.)[/sp]. American History X isn't a film. American History X is a cartoon, a lazy, pointless, self-indulgent and overdone cartoon that treats its audience as if they were complete and utter morons.

[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;35258731]it's not pointless at all. it's a story of forgiveness and giving up the hate [sp]that ending shows how easy it is to go back to the hate even if you've let hate fuck you in the ass, quite literally[/sp] [/QUOTE] yeah but the thing is, the thing people remember most is the thing that happened last. if the film ends on a dark note, the films message is that of a dark one in their mind. i don't think that was appropriate for american history x. it's supposed to start out dark and end uplifting. that's the whole idea. for it to come full circle would do detriment to the middle chunk. [editline]24th March 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Shitbird;35259236]American History X was dogshit. It made no attempt to explore the subject of racism in a serious and respectful manner, instead opting for simplistic moralising, cardboard characterisation, confused direction and every lowly faux-poetic trick in the book, from the ones in the plot itself, such as[sp]norton only friend in prison being a black man, furlong's character getting killed by a black teenager after finally realising that racism is bad etc.[/sp], to the ones in the way the film itself is shot and presented such as the extremely corny uses of slow motion and black and white cinematography, the laughably tearjerking score, the at times offensively obvious editing [sp]HEY, NORTON JUST GOT RAPED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SWASTIKA TATTOO ON HIS ARM, AREN'T WE DEEP AND CLEVER?!?[/sp], the presentation is generally overdone and devoid of any subtlety or genuine intelligence whatsoever. And for a movie so obsessed with disproving stereotypes and highlighting the pointlessness of prejudice, the movie is absolutely brimming with stereotypical characters and situations([sp]the ineffectual liberal limpdick boyfriend of norton's mother, the donut-munching cops from the story that guy tells norton in prison, norton's hardcore conservative father, damn-near every black character in the film etc.)[/sp]. American History X isn't a film. American History X is a cartoon, a lazy, pointless, self-indulgent and overdone cartoon that treats its audience as if they were complete and utter morons.[/QUOTE] ur the worst dude [editline]24th March 2012[/editline] it just really seems to me, you decide to hate something that's popular, and try to find every niggling little reason to hate the film and pick it apart pseudo intellectually and you just miss the whole point of the film and get it so terribly wrong, albiet in a well worded and self convincing way. it's all just a bit of a self fulfilling prophesy [editline]24th March 2012[/editline] it's like 'i'm better than all other major critics because i found something to hate where nobody else could!!!'

But I like loads of movies and directors everybody likes. I like Fight Club. I like A Clockwork Orange. I like Taxi Driver. I like Blade Runner. I like Mullholland Drive. I don't care about whether a movie is popular or not, I care about whether a movie is good or not. It's not my problem if a movie's messages, techniques, points and ways at getting those points across fall apart under the tiniest bit of scrutiny.