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

[QUOTE=The Stills;44726117]Kit Harrington doesn't seem like all that bad of an actor, but he definitely doesn't have the chops to play a lead role.[/QUOTE] Give him a few more years, I'm pretty sure he will be great around 30. Good acting can be learned, you know. There's already a massive difference between his acting in Season 1 and Season 4 of Game of Thrones.

[B]Roadside Romeo[/B] Animated Bollywood movie with dogs. Some silly entertainment. 6//10

You see, condensated funny reviews are a respectable form of comedy. Coming to you, and trying to focus on the main aspect of the problem, your so called "reviews" aren't funny in the slightest.

The Phantom Menace - [B]5/10[/B], pretty much what I expected tbh Attack of the Clones - jesus christ this one is so much worse than I remember, it was physically painful to watch any scene with Anakin in and the writing was god awful [B]3/10 [/B]Revenge of the Sith - [B]7/10[/B], definitely the best prequel, wasn't actually that painful to watch. Worst bit was the Yoda/Palpatine fight, and the terrible fucking writing at the end "Only a Sith deals in absolutes!"

The writing in the prequels was soooo baaaaaaad "You look beautiful" "That's because I'm so much in love" "No that's because I'm so much in love with you" Ugghhh

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[QUOTE=Ganerumo;44727696]The writing in the prequels was soooo baaaaaaad "You look beautiful" "That's because I'm so much in love" "No that's because I'm so much in love with you" Ugghhh[/QUOTE] so love has blinded you??

The main problem I have with the Anakin-Padme "romance" isn't much about how badly written it is, but how it dominates the film's plot, swalloming the very interesting political and Jedi elements going on in the background. That is however standard procedure in any George Lucas' production, honestly

i absolutely hate attack of the clones. i remember sitting in the cinema bored shitless the whole way, haven't revisited it since.

[QUOTE=cricket50;44728401]i absolutely hate attack of the clones. i remember sitting in the cinema bored shitless the whole way, haven't revisited it since.[/QUOTE] a lot of people say episode 1 was the worst but I don't see how anyone can say that compared to the awful travesty that was episode 2 clearly episode 2 < episode 1 < episode 3 < pretty much anything else

I remember liking Attack when I first watched it, and I still enjoy the final battle with the clone army and the final shots of said army on Couresant, but everything else is shit. Except Jango. He was cool.

I made the superior decision of never watching them.

The Phantom Menace has the bonus of being kinda fun, at least at parts, yeah its a bad kids movie but its more entertaining and interesting than 2 hours of terrible politics, a stupid "romance" and angsty whining

La grande bellezza - 10/10 If there was ever a film I could rewatch several times over without ever growing tired or old of it, it would be this one. Absolutely stunning visuals, superb acting, fantastic and, to me - very original themes. All this being set in the modern-day high-society Rome is just beyond words. Definitely one of my most favourite films of all time.

I've only watched Star Wars IV, i don't get it really why it's such a big deal. Meh, average. Do i have to watch all the others too to get it?

[QUOTE=Melnek;44728987]La grande bellezza - 10/10 If there was ever a film I could rewatch several times over without ever growing tired or old of it, it would be this one. Absolutely stunning visuals, superb acting, fantastic and, to me - very original themes. All this being set in the modern-day high-society Rome is just beyond words. Definitely one of my most favourite films of all time.[/QUOTE] Dude if you loved that film look into Fellini. The Great Beauty was heavily influenced by him, it's almost a modern version of a Fellini film but that does take away its credibility as a great piece of art on its own. 8 1/2 (ranked by Sight & Sound as the 10th greatest film ever made), La Strada, and especially La Dolce Vita (similar concept and themes)

Attack of the Clones was special to me when it came out because i was 10 (holy shit it was that long ago) and i loved big sci-fi battles i used to take colored pencils to paper and draw tiny grey ships, and then draw red and green lines between them and use orange for explosions and it was great, so when AotC came out i was so hyped for some actual [i]star wars[/i] ...but yeah it was p. much crap

i was just excited as fuck for jango fett more than the rest of the movie if only disney would accept my idea to create a spinoff short series of obi-wan (played by ewan of course) going on a dick tracy-style of solving crimes and shit while anakin's off-world doing some other nonsense.

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;44728263]very interesting political elements[/QUOTE] wut [editline]5th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Giraffen93;44729012]I've only watched Star Wars IV, i don't get it really why it's such a big deal. Meh, average. Do i have to watch all the others too to get it?[/QUOTE] Yes, at least watch Episode V [editline]5th May 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Pops;44729797]i was just excited as fuck for jango fett more than the rest of the movie if only disney would accept my idea to create a spinoff short series of obi-wan (played by ewan of course) going on a dick tracy-style of solving crimes and shit while anakin's off-world doing some other nonsense.[/QUOTE] One of the big things that I remember the Plinkett reviews pointing out is that we're [I]told[/I] that Anakin and Obi-Wan are good buddies but we never really [I]see[/I] it. Anakin's training takes place almost entirely between episodes, and although they talk about their dozens of adventures they spend a good deal of II and III on separate missions. of course I haven't watched either [I]Clone Wars[/I] show and I assume they rectify some of that

The most recent movie I watched, of all movies, was Vampire Academy. I don't know, I guess I hoped for a Mean Girls because that was better than I expected. Vampire Academy was okay I guess. I think I gave it points for how hot the main character is. I'm a guy, that kind of thing happens. It wasn't really that funny but it was mildly interesting with how it sometimes subverted conventions. 5.5/10

[QUOTE=Giraffen93;44729012]I've only watched Star Wars IV, i don't get it really why it's such a big deal. Meh, average. Do i have to watch all the others too to get it?[/QUOTE] it ranks highly due to the set pieces, effects and ambition of creating that vast world away from ours. It is highly influential, but yeah for me it isn't in the top sci-fi. Just doesn't have enough of a personal backbone for it to stay with me. That being said, I never watched it as a kid and saw 2001 before I saw ANY of the Star Wars films, so that says something. :v:

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;44731232]wut [/QUOTE] So we got this Confederation of Indipendent Systems trying to break out from the Republic and is major force in the prequel movies, with who is arguably one of the most interesting character of the bunch (being played by Cristopher Lee does help, though), count Dooku, as its main figure and organizer. Not a single moment in Attack of the Clones (or in Phantom Menace or in Revenge of the Sith) is used to explain why the hell these guys are challenging the freakin' Republic, what are their plans in case they actually win and what the galaxy's populace actually think about the whole separation thing. On the same matter, in Attack of the Clones Dooku is the first character who suggests to a Jedi that maybe the Sith are areally using the Republic to run their business and come back with a vengeance. On this subject, see above: not a single minute of the movie is spent trying to figure out what other characters think of Palpatine's newfound powers or if the Republic really is going to shit. And about the Jedi, what really is their relationship with the Republic? There are maybe Jedi that would like a more decisive action on their order's part? I know I'm talking about a screenplay in a George Lucas' work and I shouldn't demand that much, but still ...

[URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/"]Gomorrah[/URL] - 8/10 It's a really well-made crime movie and the cinematography is excellent. If you're interested in gangs/mafia, it's worth a watch. [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870211/"]Battle for Haditha[/URL] - 8/10 Another good war movie of more recent conflicts, this one the war in Iraq. You get a picture of all the sides; US, Iraqi civilians, and the Insurgents. And you can see that war is shitty on all sides. When I was reading about the movie, one thing I read was that the actors were allowed to improvise parts of their roles to make it more real which I thought was interesting, especially when you keep that in mind when watching the movie.

the big reason I love Star Wars is the stuff beyond the movies. The games, the books, the comics, and the community are what makes it for me. The movies are great (well the first 3 at least, with RotS being the least worst of the prequel trilogy) but as great as the movies are they're not the best part of the universe

lol Shailene Woodley (star of The Faults In Our Stars/Divergent aka new face for terrible teen shlock) spent a whole interview saying how shes not a feminist cos she likes men too and bitched about women for being jealous and bitchy and how she doesn't expect men to treat women with respect rn becase women dont respect themselves im glad to see the new role model for teenage girls is setting a great forward thinking example for them all!! at least they're being consistent tho since John Green is equally off point and morally terrible and backwards and a bad influence for teenagers

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;44733218]and bitched about women for being bitchy[/QUOTE] :|

yeah it was a terrible interview she clearly didn't know anything about what she was talking about [editline]6th May 2014[/editline] the fact that she thinks feminism is about getting acceptance from men says fucking everything though lol [editline]6th May 2014[/editline] Also I saw Godzilla in 35mm today. The original one. The original original one, too- not the American edit with some American dude as a reporter or something (? I've never seen it. Barely heard of it but apparently it was the only version that was shown in the West) [B]Godzilla (1954)- 7/10[/B] Its age is obvious, but it's a surprisingly heartfelt, fun but not camp, smart and political movie with a great soundtrack (its use of beating drums whenever Godzilla is there works really well to blend diegetic and non-diegetic sound, crossing the line between soundtrack and sound effect as Godzilla walking. It builds a constant tension and creates great atmosphere. The score gets appropriately big or small depending too, really liked it). Godzilla is a clear allegory for the Hydrogen bomb, and the concept of nature taking back from man what is its own is there. While Godzilla is the star, the film focuses on the human aspect very well. There is enough there to build clear characters and relationships without stealing the spotlight from Godzilla (who doesn't appear in the film for a good 20 minutes, which works well as a way to instill dread as we're aware of its existence and the carnage, but we don't know what it is doing it). Overall I found this to be surprisingly well made and powerful, the models were great but the Godzilla costume wasn't so much. It's obviously a dude in a suit but I suppose there's a charm in that. It's a film worth watching. It also has the very good Takashi Shimura, known for his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa in films Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Rashomon, and a bunch more, as the scientist wanting to keep Godzilla alive for scientific reasons (its ability to survive radiation etc could lead to medical and scientific breakthroughs) doing a great job. It was nice to see an acclaimed actor in a film like this. Overall I'd recommend it, it's not as camp as I expected at all and pulls off a serious tone really well. It's pretty dark and a very cool film. Definitely a more legitimate film that I thought it was gonna be and I'm glad I got to see it on the big screen on film.

What's bad about John Green? I don't know much about the guy or his works apart from Looking for Alaska and his massive rabid fanbase.

He is an average writer who gets insane praise for his mediocre, obvious and predictable prose, he glorifies negative attributes such as [I]fucking cancer[/I] and mental illnesses (depression) to make a character more interesting or romanticised and a special snowflake. His characters are all pretentious douches as well. They all smoke and listen to The Smiths or something and talk about how school sucks and how the worlds unfair and they talk like they're older than they are using big words etc. Plus all his stuff is the same- moody teenager, smarter than everyone else, has a major "flaw" (cancer/depression) that they have to deal with (to do this John Green just makes it cool to have rather than making it a negative which is 100% is) and they've got an obsession no one understands and they cant find teenage love cos the world is so so unfair and everyones dumb except them and something big happens cos of the character's issue (thus using cancer, depression etc as plot devices, not real character traits which is imo not so right lol) As a person I don't dislike him, he's a big annoying nerd but his books do introduce young readers to novels which I think is great as they're overlooked a lot nowadays especially, but books as with every medium work in a unique way on their own as opposed to films or tv so I think it's good to get kids exploring different mediums of art. He knows his audience, I'll give him that. He has a big online presence as well for being silly and funny etc in a way that appeals to teenagers (being all zany and random- its weird though cos the dude's like pushing 40), especially marketed at girls imo (he's got his own Youtube channel and tumblr which he personally works). I understand his acclaim as a YA author but can't grasp it outside that. but skip to 1:20 for the worst most cringey thing youll ever see or hear and also 2:10ish for "I know love is a void and Oblivion is inevitable and i am in love with you"- signed sincerely the most punchable 17 year old in the world [video=youtube;AuVjGbncgQE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuVjGbncgQE[/video] [editline]6th May 2014[/editline] like dont get me wrong he's not 100% bad, he's created some great scenes and [I]can [/I] capture teenage life really well but doesn't all the time and is too pretentious of a writer for me to really take him seriously, as well as his constant exploitation of people suffering various ailments.

Oh, so that's what the whole "it's a metaphor" thing was about. But yeah, those were some dumb lines.