Rate The Last Movie You Watched - This Thread Took 12 Years To Make Edition - General

Crimson Peak - 7.654 ghost babies out of 11 british tumblr guys from dr. who or thor or whatever. Props: -The story is pretty good in a classical sense. It just feels like a novel from the 19th century in a very good way. What I mean is the movie doesn't feel like a modern day horror movie with 1800's clothes on. -The movie is visually beautiful, set design and lighting are amazing in some shots. Watch it for at least an authentic atmosphere of a story that actually would seem plausible if you told me it was written in the late 1800s. -The performance of whats his face from Thor is actually pretty good, but he's the only good actor in the whole movie. -While the themes and motifs of the movie are right on the nose and presented in a fashion that's supposed to convey things that even idiot popcorn eating audiences can understand, at least these themes are cohesive through the entire plot of the story and can sometimes even be represented visually in a creative way. -The sound design is fucking EXCELLENT. Sometimes spooky ambient noise can even be related directly to what is happening in the plot. Creepy ghost noises are mixed in perfectly in the background too, even when there isn't a ghost directly in the scene. Honestly, this is one of the best parts of the movie to me, most horror movies don't focus on sound anymore. -The ghosts look fucking AWESOME. Most metal ghosts in movie history. -The movie is genuinely creepy and creates very good tension. There are no parts that really make you JUMP extremely hard, maybe except like one scene. I don't think the movie is trying to really SCARE you though, it has motifs that dabble in horror but it's not purely a horror movie. Mehs: - The acting is below average. Loki's sister is especially obnoxiously over dramatic. - The ending makes me kind of shrug and raise my hands up, it gets kind of stupid in the end. Compared to the beautiful and dark ending of Pan's Labyrinth, the ending of this movie feels like it's pandering really hard and gets really corny. -The cinematography, while beautiful in a few scenes, is very average as far as modern Hollywood movies go. Very generic close up shots, hallway shots, etc. I just feel like with the amazing set work they had they could have gone much more artistic with it's cinematography. It would have been great. - There is like 1 EXTREMELY gruesome scene in the movie, and honestly it feels very out of place. It's similar to the realistic gore that happened in Pan's Labyrinth. It just doesn't fit this movie though, this movie is nowhere near as "dark." It actually is kind of a very "girly" movie in a sense, but this one scene and maybe 1 other gruesome scene just feel so out of touch with the rest of the movie. Go watch the movie and shit, it's good. It's a huge breath of fresh air as far as October movies go. It's not a fucking stupid LOOK AT US WE ARE "HORROR". It's a genuinely good creepy and sad story that also has fucking disturbing looking ghosts in it as an element. It doesn't try to be complex, it just follows very old classic formulas, but tries to do them well which hasn't been done in a long time.

[QUOTE=Yogkog;48928603]Beasts of No Nation - 7/10 It doesn't really have anything profound to say but it's a good unflinching look at a child soldier getting ruined by war. I just didn't like how quickly it moved at some points (like the part when [sp]the war is talked about in Agu's community then SUDDENLY they're running away from gunshots. And another, more important example is how quickly the rebel group falls apart at the end. We don't really get to see its degradation, it just jumps to "6 months later and now we're out of bullets and food and we're all getting sick and let's all abandon the commandant."[/sp] That being said, the movie was visually incredible, and whoever played Agu is extremely good. Idris Elba was fine, but I don't really get why everyone's saying he better win an Oscar for his performance.[/QUOTE] i thought idris elba was fucking amazing because he pulls off the hard task of making a complete monster of a human being likable we know that hes a murderer, rapist, violently manipulative, but hes so damn charismatic that we follow him in the same way a lot of the soldiers do

Elite Squad - 9/10

The best "child destroyed by war" movie will always be Come and See

[B]Beasts of No Nation[/B] - 9/10 really, really good. better than people are letting on. might've even been a 9 in my book because i thought it was incredible idris alba was good as always but it was the kid that was amazing in this. also i actually liked the [sp]time jump. it felt organic enough that it worked[/sp] it's too bad the scummy theater chains are boycotting it [QUOTE=cheetahben;48930629]The best "child destroyed by war" movie will always be Come and See[/QUOTE] haven't seen it but this is probably equally as good. [editline]d[/editline] nah, it's a 9. man there have been some great movies coming out lately

[B]Beasts of No Nation[/B] - 8/10 I thought it was very very good as well. I just saw it on my girlfriend's netflix and watched it. Honestly that child actor might've been the best I've ever seen, way better than the likes of other cinematic garbage like Josh Hutcherson or Jake Lloyd. Idris Elba's character was just so organic and natural and real to me, and when I was watching the movie it felt like I was really there and the characters were real and not actors. I had to constantly remind myself that it was a movie. The dialogue and acting was just over the top. I know I'm pretty bold in saying this but I feel like that could be an Oscar-worthy performance by Abraham Attah, definitely more deserving than some other people out there, and if he makes a career out of performance of this caliber than he's going to be an acting legend. [sp]Agu in the ending was super powerful when he was talking to the schoolteacher. It honestly felt like staring into the eyes of an orphan child mercenary with a ruined childhood and PTSD.[/sp] Would super recommend it.

Crimson Peak 4/10 Spoilers Uninspired. Felt like the whole movie was made out of a box, from the same formula of a thousand more. The story was dull, predictable, the characters were pretty dumb, the cinematography was dull and it only wanted to show things as "beautiful" as it could and nothing else. Lots of pointless camera movements, the crime was the simplest thing to get and somehow it dragged through all the whole film. At the point of the climax, all the characters are dumb dudes and you dont really want anyone to win. Althought, it was kinda fun for the laughs and stuff. You could tell it was a "book movie" from everything. THe movie knew the fans would hgo see it, and didnt make anything interesting for the plot, twist and such, since from teh very beggining you know whose the bad guy, and i didnt read anything about the plot or the movie, and thats bad. I laughed hard when the characters went to see the deceased fathers corpse, clearly head smashed to death, and the doctor says "well, he fell". Are you kidding? and this actually becomes some sort of plot, where a character must discover this very obvious mystery through the entire thing. The ending was kinda fun but overall, a bad movie, that knows its simple. [editline]19th October 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Rusty100;48920351]I saw crimson peak also It was plagued with a very terrible script and a very weak plot. It raises a lot of questions and a lot of character motivations make no sense. There were heaps of loose, irrelevant plot threads also. It did look very nice though and I liked the ghosts. Too bad you could take out literally every ghost and the plot would remain unchanged. They had nothing to do with the movie at all, they felt shoehorned in without any real purpose. 'Oh she writes ghosts stories, that's why there's ghosts in the movie' - none of the ghosts had anything to do with the plot. I give it a 'very bad horror & film in general but great art direction'. [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] a typical guillermo affair: ultra beautiful, 2 count em 2 ultra violent scenes, ultra cheesey and generally nonsensical. [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] Also there were plenty of cliches, no real mystery (everything is obvious or explained right away), and it was ultra predictable. [editline]17th October 2015[/editline] Right from the get go it's like [sp]I bet the brother and sister are fucking. I bet all the ghosts are only going to warn her about them. Oh Tom is dead? I bet he is going to come back as a ghost and save her. etc[/sp][/QUOTE] i finally agree with you on something, you son of a bitch

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;48932382] haven't seen it but this is probably equally as good. [/QUOTE] Nah, I'd say Come and See is a solid 10/10. And I don't give that rating lightly

Mortal Kombat (1995) I fucking love it oh my god. References to MK that everyone gets, a fantastic theme song, good fight sequences with a lot of klassic ridiculous moves, like the bicycle kick, the thigh-grabbing, and the nutshot punch. The casting is spot-on; Sonya Blade looks and feels like Sonya Blade. Then I popped in the sequel, Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and it fucking sucked ass. The exposition is too short, Johnny Cage's death at the beginning honestly feels trivial, they fucked up the recasting, and the pacing is nonexistent. Somehow, the first movie was able to arbitrarily force characters into fighting each other yet make it seem like these fights were working to a common goal and served some purpose in being in the movie; Annihilation is just a fistcuff fest that has some weird subplot about Animalities. I think the downfall of the second movie was that they tried to do too much with too little. Mortal Kombat 1995 succeeded as B movie for me because the scope of the movie started and stayed within the original tournament from the original game, and didn't try to branch out and be something it wasn't. Annihilation looks like it was trying to combine elements from the second and third games which honestly is not a good idea when making movie adaptations.

Scarface 5/10 I know this is going to be "blasphemous" to a lot of people here, but only because scarface has become one of those movies that is "great" because everyone says its great. But I decided to rewatch Scarface again because what I didn't enjoy about Black mass reminded me about scarface. Also full disclosure, I rewatched scarface after listening to Patrice O'neal and Jim Norton hilariously tear it up on an old Opie and Anthony show, so the seed of doubt was planted in my mind beforehand. When scarface was released, that level of sociopathic violence in a film was probably shocking. 32 years later, black mass's violence seems casual when violence in film has lost its impact due to being so common. Likewise, looking at Scarface again, once you take the violence out of the equation, what you've got left is a very average crime film. It's not particularly interesting, and has almost become kind of schlocky where you view it more to laugh at the classic lines and the frequent over-acting, than you do for the story or the characterization. Tony Montana kills someone, then he kills a few more people, then he kills his boss and now suddenly hes the drug kingpin. He fucks up and his former business partner sends some guys to kill him. It all seems incidental because there's no reason to care about what happens to Montana, he's only interesting as a representation of power and greed, but beyond that, not much else. There's a couple of interesting scenes, but De Palma is running through it all so quickly that real life events that had a huge impact on the US that it lose their significance. Which is curious how it ends up feeling that way, because the movie is [B]almost THREE HOURS LONG[/B] Elvira is unsympathetic because all we ever see of her is being an unpleasant cokehead, whose relationship with Montana develops in a unrealistic way. The scene where tony shows up to basically tell her "frank's dead you're with me now" is almost comical in how completely benign it is. The Manolo-Gina subplot again feels incidental, because Manolo is reduced to a guy who just stands around in the shot within the first 30 minutes of the film. Seriously the entire plot of the movie can be summed up in one or two sentences, yet the movie is almost 3 hours long. Compare this to any other crime epic (the godfather, casino, etc) and it looks infantile in comparison.

Dheepan 7.5/10 I liked the plot. Made me feel sad at times which was nice. I'm still kind of flabbergasted thanks to the ending but don't mind that, watch it!

Mission impossible rogue nation: I expected a cheesy action movie and I wasn't disappointed. Rogue nation simply fails to introduce anything fresh to the franchise and it feels like they are just beating a dead horse at this point. That being said, it was still a decent action movie. Tom Cruise is doing what he usually does, running around killing bad guys and being a badass while retaining a sense of humor about him throughout the movie. I've heard that he did most of the stunts in the movie by himself which is quite amazing but sadly doesn't make the movie any better. The thing I liked most about the movie and made me sit through it was actually Simon Peg and his brilliant acting. I liked how they gave him more space even if he's just a supporting actor. One thing that caught me by surprise and I found weird was that 15 minutes into the movie people start speaking Swedish for some reason but it didn't bother me that much. [sp]I thought Rebecca Ferguson's character was supposed to be from England although she has a horrible accent?[/sp] The plot of the movie was nothing out of the ordinary for action movies and I found it quite stale to be honest. Also Ferguson has a great rack. 5/10

[quote]Tremors 5[/quote] Alright! Can't wait to watch thi- [quote]Starring Jamie Kennedy[/quote] [B]Fuck[/B] Simply put, it took out what made the other movies so great and replaced it with toilet humor. Even Michael Gross couldn't repair the damage made by Jamie Kennedy and whoever wrote this. Don't watch it. Don't even acknowledge it even was made. [editline]19th October 2015[/editline] I'm not giving this movie a rating. I don't rate any sequel that tarnishes a good franchise.

didnt some other guy in here rate that movie like 10/10 the other week

I thought Tremors 5 was alright in the context of the other movies and television show. It's degraded into serious B Movie status but I still enjoyed it a great deal.

there is a tv show ??

Y'all better stop talking about that now; says VERY CLEARLY in OP: [QUOTE=PollytheParrot;48426444][B]Tell us what you thought about the movie you just finished watching. [B][U][I]No TV shows[/I][/U][/B].[/B][/QUOTE] :v:

[QUOTE=Rusty100;48940646]there is a tv show ??[/QUOTE] It lasted 1 season and it was terrible. :v:

[QUOTE=DropDeadTed;48940658]Y'all better stop talking about that now; says VERY CLEARLY in OP: :v:[/QUOTE] It means you're not supposed to post stuff like "Breaking Bad season one: 10/10"

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;48940830]It means you're not supposed to post stuff like "Breaking Bad season one: 10/10"[/QUOTE] was joke [editline]19th October 2015[/editline] Gonna be watching Expendables later today, I wonder if it's like MK in terms of B-movies

Mad Max: Fury Road 10/10 Probably one of the best movies of all time, up there with Aliens. And I watch a lot of movies.

[QUOTE=DropDeadTed;48940873]was joke [editline]19th October 2015[/editline] Gonna be watching Expendables later today, I wonder if it's like MK in terms of B-movies[/QUOTE] it doesn't look like a joke

I thought the caps and :v: was enough :saddowns: I might actually op for American Hustle instead, is it worth watching over Expendables?

[QUOTE=DropDeadTed;48941070] I might actually op for American Hustle instead, is it worth watching over Expendables?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't watch either tbh

im so sick of movies that are just big cast multifaceted plot set in the 70s crime!!!!

[QUOTE=Rusty100;48942328]im so sick of movies that are just big cast multifaceted plot set in the 70s crime!!!![/QUOTE] and then all the reviews say things like "Scorsese-esque" no they're not FUCK OFF

i think what they really mean is that it really really [I]really[/I] tried to be Scorsese at some parts

Speaking of Scorsese. [B]The Departed[/B] (Martin Scorsese, 2006) 9.5/10 I heard it was good, but I didn't expect that good. I don't know where to begin, everything is just really good. The actors, the characters, the dialogues, the thrill, the ending... It's an almost perfect mixture of everything that makes American crime films great. Right now, I'd think it's the best Scorsese film I've seen... but I think Shutter Island is still my favorite. For now.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48940449]I thought Tremors 5 was alright in the context of the other movies and television show. It's degraded into serious B Movie status but I still enjoyed it a great deal.[/QUOTE] Perhaps I was being too harsh with it. But I barely enjoyed it. Primarily because of Jamie Kennedy's character being an asshole character. Also the plot and writing were atrocious.

It kind of sounds like you just had a personal grudge against the actor and let that affect your enjoyment of the film.