Rate The Last Movie You Watched - April V3 - no tv shows - General

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;44512868]I think that if a horror movie has any cheesiness in it, it stops being horror and is instead a parody of one or just a bad movie.[/QUOTE] not only is this wrong, but drag me to hell is a horror comedy. it's supposed to be funny, AND legitimately frighting. it is a masterful combination of both [editline]11th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;44514568]Yeah, I have. I mean there's 3 types of horror movies, those that legitimately terrify you, those that you'll be scared sometimes but mostly you're giggling or experiencing non-terror-related emotions, and those that just make you angry and dismissive.[/QUOTE] u thought up 3 completely arbitrary horror archetypes (that arent even right good job?) no horrors legitimately terrify me and i still love horrors to bits, where does that leave me anyway horror comedies own when theyre done right. they have the brains to know scares and laughs go hand in hand

I actually enjoyed The Bling Ring. Not saying it should be adored by all, but if you're a Sofia Coppola fan (more than L.I.T), then this fits very snuggly in her collection. I think the lack of depth within the characters is played in such a way that it is more a "caricature" about the life and the effects it can have on these people's mindless obsessions. I had to think twice about the ending too, but it was a surprisingly meaningful way to close the book. Much better than I expected and I thought performances were highly solid, I don't think it's easy to pull actual crazed lunatic L.A. behaviour off quite so smoothly. Not sure who I'd recommend it too because ratings are very taboo about this one.

[B]Pulp Fiction 9.6/10[/B] A absolute classic, end of. I loved Jules wallet so much that when I've owned a replica for three years now.

[B]The Negotiator[/B] 7.5/10 I had a grea time watching this. Sure it's just a simple movie, but really intense and has some great performances. [B]Enemy of the State[/B] 6.5/10 Was pretty good. Kept my attention all the way through, but sometimes felt a little too over the top and silly. Still a good movie.

La Casa Muda Well done thriller made in one shot. 10/10

The Wolf of Wall Street - [B]7.5/10[/B] I thought the acting was superb and it was thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. However I personally thought the craziness of the movie really damaged the overall quality of the movie by the end of it. 12 years a slave - [B]9/10[/B] The acting in this movie by the side characters were really powerful, but the main character felt really one dimensional in certain parts during the movie. The rest of the movie was near perfect though.

[B]House Of 1,000 Corpses (2003)- 5.5/10[/B] A cool, stylish debut by musician-turned-director Rob Zombie. However, this is very much made by Rob Zombie the musician. There are a lot of scenes that drag on because he's intent on letting one of his songs play all the way or whatever, eg the intro is about 4 minutes and it's one of his songs playing. The plot was a bit all over, however the style and characters made up for it making this an enjoyable homage to 70's slasher films. It's clearly by someone who loves thew genre, but also someone who realises it's very stagnant. Zombie puts the southern-gothic style of his music into this film for sure. It's pretty cool in that sense. The film flips the slasher horror genre in a way that could have mirroed films like Irreversible or Funny Games, but Zombie relies too much on thrills and exploitation that morals (not that it matters given what kind of film that is. It's meant to be depraved.)Except Zombie's film is more homage than critique as the exploitation is still there. It's a middleground, which leaves me unsure of how to take it really. Still, the film is cool with fun dialogue that is occasionally really great. Sid Haig and Bill Moseley are fantastic in their crazy roles. Sheri-Moon Zombie is not so great but does what she does well. The plot is pretty predictable but Zombie clearly has good ideas because there is some good stuff. There's a reasonably ballsy change of pace in the murder of one of the cops, where [sp]Spaulding holds his pistol to his head for at least 10 seconds[/sp] which really gives it a different feel and makes you reassess who you're rooting for and why you're watching the film. Zombie's direction is solid and moderately creative but riding off the exploitation films he is inspired by (Although I don't think he tried to be anything else). Overall a decent flick with some good violence and cool characters. Doesn't deliver a whole lot really but reasonably fun. Worth a watch if you're into sleazy horror stuff. Also it has Rainn Wilson. [B]The Devil's Rejects (2005)- 8/10[/B] The sequel to House if 1000 Corpses, I gotta say he upped his game here. This film is great. It takes place several months after the first, opening on the family being tracked down and cornered in their house. A big shootout takes place leaving only Otis and Baby to escape. They meet with Spaulding and the rest of the film is about them being on the run and a hardened sheriff tracking them down. The two stories are intercut. I honestly think this is one of my favourite horror films, right off the bat. The film is an improvement in every way over the mediocre House of 1,000 Corpses. The plot is very much there and not confusing, in fact it is actually relevant to what occurs on screen rather than being a vehicle for gore. The pacing is solid. The characters are better written and we see more of who they are as human beings rather than killers. We see them having fun and laughing, we see them fight over petty things, we see them act just like any other family. And you will laugh a long and have a good time watching it. You're having fun with serial killers. You realise you're having laughing along with serial killers and you realise that's fucked up and you kinda judge yourself. You realise that that's exactly what this film is doing. This film tones down the exploitation of the first film. It's still gory and pretty crazy, but it's more blackly comic than shock value. At the same time however, it can be really disturbing and uncomfortable. Zombie's straight up sexualisation of some of the violence makes it incredibly uncomfortable in that this is sick shit. It pulls some goddamn Funny Games stuff on you. In fact there are some straight up hilarious moments of great comedy in this. Zombie can write absurdist humour excellently and the actors all play it super well. There are some fantastic moments in this film and overall it's a load of fun that's unpredictable and well made and can be really creepy and intense when it wants to be. A couple scenes in particular are very uncomfortable but minorly masterful. The moral compass of the film is also deliberately skewed so as to leave your morals off kilter, and as you go on you realise that there is no right way to take this film morally. Which I loved, because you don't notice it until it's too late. The film rarely misses a mark in anything it tries to do. Absolutely one of the best horror films of the 2000's. Highly recommend this flick even if you didn't like the first film, it's significantly better and goes at horror from a different angle. A great film that's definitely made me interested in Rob Zombie's later works (The Halloween remakes and Lords of Salem)

I love the ending to The Devil's Rejects. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire movie was made JUST to film that scene.

Yeah it was so great. Best way it could have possibly ended. Summed up the characters so well, tied up the story perfectly, and was all around cool as shit. Loved it a lot.

The Wild Thornberrys Movie Brings some nostalgia. 8/10

Grand Budapest Hotel 8/10 The story doesn't get confusing but it feels a bit messy at times, Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom did that a bit better. The film got me laughing throughout almost the whole time though, not loud laughter but rather a constant smiling, giggling and chuckling. I loved the miniatures and paintings for backdrops as well as pretty much all of the set design too. The hint at the [sp]SS rune[/sp] got me by surprise. It's also pretty cool because I've been to quite some locations the movie was shot at already like the [url=http://images.fotocommunity.de/bilder/lk-saechsschweiz-osterzgebirge/saechsische-schweiz/bastei-bruecke-le-bastei-4df1768f-5960-4fe3-83c4-fa1826094874.jpg]Bastei[/url] or the Zwinger in Dresden as well as the Babelsberg movie studios, I've been standing in the place the [sp]wedding[/sp] is shot at too and I know some of the streets in the "town" but I don't know where from. Would've prefered if M.Gustav (not the actor mind that, I mean the figure in the movie) stayed a bit more "in character", the cussing for example was fun when it broke the image of the dandy Concierge for the first time but not so much afterwards so there I would've prefered the characters to be a bit "tighter". For scenes I really loved the ones that make you think "oh come on did he really do that?" and the director knows you're gonna think that and you know he knows [sp]prison outbreak scenes for example where he shows about every prison break cliche there is or the ski/sledge scenes[/sp], you can almost see the eyewink the director is giving you. So yeah, sometimes struggles to keep you going by story alone but makes up for it in everything else.

goddamn I want to see it again... NOW! [editline]12th April 2014[/editline] Estimated DVD/Blu-ray release date: June, 2014 not soon enough

Also I would say top notch acting by Ralph Fiennes but tbh I've seen him better in Red Dragon for example, it's still very well done but not his best, probably due to the material too. [editline]11th April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=AK'z;44516483]I actually enjoyed The Bling Ring. Not saying it should be adored by all, but if you're a Sofia Coppola fan (more than L.I.T), then this fits very snuggly in her collection. I think the lack of depth within the characters is played in such a way that it is more a "caricature" about the life and the effects it can have on these people's mindless obsessions. I had to think twice about the ending too, but it was a surprisingly meaningful way to close the book. Much better than I expected and I thought performances were highly solid, I don't think it's easy to pull actual crazed lunatic L.A. behaviour off quite so smoothly. Not sure who I'd recommend it too because ratings are very taboo about this one.[/QUOTE] I really hated it, it's material that needs a statement because otherwise, especially with that ending, you end up glorifying or at least belittleing the issue. Sure you and I and most "smarter" people will get that the teens are dipshits beyond repair but I've been talking to some girls and reactions were "man they're so cool if I was them I'd do it better" and so on, horrible. And it's not even done well in terms of fiming or directing, you could've cut out half of the movie and still end up with more than enough clubbing, break in and partying scenes, terrible.

I've seen very little Ralph Fiennes but I thought he was phenomenal in the film. He really nailed Wes Anderson's style and the comedy. His theatre background is obvious but pays off as the film is very theatrical and bigger than life- much like acting in a play. He can be over the top and rule at doing it. He was perfectly cast and gave as good a performance as could possibly be done for the role. Anderson is always brilliant at getting great performances and casting actors perfectly.

I've constantly been seeing the not-quite-so-old Mel Brooks in him [img]http://www.moviepilot.de/files/images/0841/8081/Spaceballs_01_article.jpg[/img] [img]http://image.pbs.org/video-assets/pbs/american-masters/85079/images/Mezzanine_499.jpg.fit.344x192.jpg[/img]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Wing_commander_post.jpg/220px-Wing_commander_post.jpg[/img] [U]Wing Commander (Sci-Fi)[/U] - [B]3/10[/B] I saw this on Netflix and decided to give it a try since my Dad was always a massive fan of the vidya series. This is one of those films that you don't realize just how shit it is until you've finished it. In fact, the score I gave it halved the moment the credits rolled. At first I noticed a few clichés when they appeared, though by the time I was done I realized that almost everything that happens is a cliché. -The brunette dude is obviously the protagonist, and the moment he talks to a brunette woman (this being, the uh, [B]Wing Commander.[/B]) you can already tell what is going to happen. -She bears no actual impact on the plot other than being a hammy love interest. So why is the movie called Wing Commander? - You have Captain Reasonable and First Mate Unreasonable that interact with the protagonist. The former then dies, and then suddenly First Mate Unreasonable has a 180 change of character and becomes reasonable inexplicably. -When the ship takes damage from the front by torpedoes, before shields are even down, fires are breaking out in the middle of the ship. The Captain dies from a head wound despite being hit by nothing, his head just bleeds and he dies after a torpedo impact in his chair. -The entire movie is about a Kilrathi (space cats.) invasion fleet heading towards Earth, and basically all the good-guys do is uh, get there first? At the start of the movie the crisis is that nothing is defending Earth. When they get there, there is a giant Human fleet. -So, you've waited ages, through a ton of build up for a massive space battle. The Heroes have reached Earth. [I]The Kilrathi are sending in one ship at a time! We keep killing them before they can send a message back reminding their pals of this fact! [/I] Oh, ok, so surely there must be some sort of cliché unexpected ambush/device about t- Hero snogs love interest directly in front of Captain-previously-an-asshole-but-now-not and[I][B] the credits are rolled.[/B][/I] I think a few of my braincells died at that point.

[QUOTE=Killuah;44521815] I really hated it, it's material that needs a statement because otherwise, especially with that ending, you end up glorifying or at least belittleing the issue. Sure you and I and most "smarter" people will get that the teens are dipshits beyond repair but I've been talking to some girls and reactions were "man they're so cool if I was them I'd do it better" and so on, horrible. And it's not even done well in terms of fiming or directing, you could've cut out half of the movie and still end up with more than enough clubbing, break in and partying scenes, terrible.[/QUOTE] Yeah I get that totally, there's just something about the reality of the film that hit me. The characters couldn't be more shallow and the overall plot is very thin and simplistic, but that doesn't hinder the fact that it felt undoubtedly real for me, e.g. [sp]girl waving around a gun drunk[/sp], I thought her acting in that scene was terrific. That's a strength many films lack regardless of how moral it is or whatever.

tangled - didn't like it at all. generic disney princess movie

Goodfelllas 9/10

[b]Tangled[/b] It was a cool film. [b]Frozen[/b] I actually lived under a rock and had no idea what this film was about.(Never even heard "Let it go"). Anyway, despite all, I think "Let it go" was the best moment of the film, solely because of Indina Menzel singing it (I think Demi Lovato did a version of it, but it just doesn't match). She really has a great voice, too bad Kristen Bell couldn't match it. Anyway, about the film, just like Tangled I guess.

i haven't seen frozen but Let It Go is a really shitty song that sounds exactly like horrible 'uplifting' pop you'd hear on a generic radio station so i don't think ill watch the movie

Fair enough, the other songs aren't really better.

[B]The Golden Child[/B] - 5.5/10 [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Golden_child_movie.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Will Wright;44524010]Fair enough, the other songs aren't really better.[/QUOTE] I honestly think both Do You Wanna Build a Snowman and For the First Time in Forever are better than Let it Go. For the First Time in Forever in particular, it's definitely my favourite song from the film.

The Raid 2 I don't think I need to see another action movie this year. The Raid 2 had it all. I'm tapped out. 9/10.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;44524000]i haven't seen frozen but Let It Go is a really shitty song that sounds exactly like horrible 'uplifting' pop you'd hear on a generic radio station so i don't think ill watch the movie[/QUOTE]It's a Disney's princess musical, what were you expecting.? [QUOTE=Hoboiam;44524205]The Raid 2 I don't think I need to see another action movie this year. The Raid 2 had it all. I'm tapped out. 9/10.[/QUOTE] Hhnnngggg. I loved the first one, and I'm certain that I won't be able to see it in cinema in here, can DVD/Blu-Ray release can come any faster?

[QUOTE=Joz;44524446]It's a Disney's princess musical, what were you expecting.? [/QUOTE] well written music, like older disney films?

let it go was the worst performance @the oscars tbh [editline]12th April 2014[/editline] felt more like pop idol than acadamy award music

ye Frozen is way overhyped i saw it and it was meh Cap 2 - 7.5/10, my favourite Marvel film, because it holds up as it's own great spy thriller.

[QUOTE=AK'z;44524559]let it go was the worst performance @the oscars tbh [editline]12th April 2014[/editline] felt more like pop idol than acadamy award music[/QUOTE] Apparently the bad performance was a result of shyness and stage fright of the singer. Which I find hard to believe, considering she's one of the most acclaimed Broadway singer.