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

Wreck it ralph - 8/10 Really fun but didn't feel as clever or as well paced as the lego movie, especially since I watched them back to back.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;44995750]Wreck it ralph - 8/10 Really fun but didn't feel as clever or as well paced as the lego movie, especially since I watched them back to back.[/QUOTE] The movie is great in the first and third act, but really drags in the middle when they kind of forget the main plot. Vanellope is fine, it's just that the focus shifts pretty hard from focusing on Ralph and video games. Also a friend of mine pointed out that King Candy's "have some candy!" is pretty much promoting cannibalism

So, my mom really wanted to take me to see A Million Ways to Die in the West, and I've been dragging my heels over it because I heard it was shit, but I gave in and saw it today. Eh, like, 4/10. I had a few chuckles here and there, but what it really lacked was subtlety, and the numerous fart jokes killed it for me. Also, minor complaint, but if you're going to do opening credits in a movie, you should probably give us something interesting to look at like Godzilla did. All we got in this movie was text overlaid on various landscapes, and it dragged on for a good couple minutes.

Clerks (1994); 8/10. Silly, but holy hell is it funny. So many memorable scenes in this movie, with such an incredibly small budget also.

[QUOTE=Pops;44993598]just you wait, when you finally digest it you'll re-rate it a 9/10 minimum. [/QUOTE] Right after finishing the movie I wasn't sure about what Akira actually was. Althought I have a rather good English listening skill, I kind of didn't get the explanation the children gave to Kaneda about Akira: I only got that Akira's power was something inherited in every human being, so I assumed Akira to be some kind of huge pool of energy or an alien life form. If my visit to Tv Tropes after the movie was something useful, it's my understanding that [sp]Akira was an unusual Japanese child who was discovered to be the most powerful psychic powers practicioneer in human history and that, at the end of the movie, Tetsuo and he fused themselves with the universe[/sp]. But aside from that, I still don't know where the three children's powers exactly come from or why Kei was such a suitable host for the little girl to take over

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;44997752]Right after finishing the movie I wasn't sure about what Akira actually was. Althought I have a rather good English listening skill, I kind of didn't get the explanation the children gave to Kaneda about Akira: I only got that Akira's power was something inherited in every human being, so I assumed Akira to be some kind of huge pool of energy or an alien life form. If my visit to Tv Tropes after the movie was something useful, it's my understanding that [sp]Akira was an unusual Japanese child who was discovered to be the most powerful psychic powers practicioneer in human history and that, at the end of the movie, Tetsuo and he fused themselves with the universe[/sp]. But aside from that, I still don't know where the three children's powers exactly come from or why Kei was such a suitable host for the little girl to take over[/QUOTE] I thought it was pretty clear that [sp]the children got their powers through the same government experiments that awakened them in Tetsuo. What is implied is that the energy of the universe lies dormant in every living being, but requires some sort of catalyst to be drawn out. Akira and Tetsuo got too stronk too fast, and Akira can set off those gigantic explosions, which is revealed to be the birth of a new universe. Akira, Tetsuo, and the three children get sent to that new universe, still alive in some form.[/sp] Kei is a gifted medium, meaning that despite not having powers of her own, the powers of the others can be channeled through her quite well. This is, like many things, explained a bit better in the manga. That still doesn't excuse that the movie is kind of crappy at explaining things, which would be its one major weakness, in my opinion.

All this talk about Akira and all I can think of is the US movie adaptation that's stuck somewhere in limbo.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;44999326]All this talk about Akira and all I can think of is the US movie adaptation that's stuck somewhere in limbo.[/QUOTE] Hopefully it stays that way. Last I heard, it was supposed to be set in Manhattan, and Tetsuo's name was changed to Travis or something. The project's been killed and revived so many times, though, so I don't know if that's still the case. Regardless, I don't have much confidence in live-action anime adaptations. Has anyone here seen a good one?

ive not seen Akira and know very little of the US adaptation but ive seen American anime-adaptations before and I think I can live without there being any more lmao

[QUOTE=Katska;44999508]Hopefully it stays that way. Last I heard, it was supposed to be set in Manhattan, and Tetsuo's name was changed to Travis or something. The project's been killed and revived so many times, though, so I don't know if that's still the case. Regardless, I don't have much confidence in live-action anime adaptations. Has anyone here seen a good one?[/QUOTE] dragonball evolution i love how it never strayed in the slightest from its source material

[QUOTE=Katska;44999508]Hopefully it stays that way. Last I heard, it was supposed to be set in Manhattan, and Tetsuo's name was changed to Travis or something. The project's been killed and revived so many times, though, so I don't know if that's still the case. Regardless, I don't have much confidence in live-action anime adaptations. Has anyone here seen a good one?[/QUOTE] Mandatory [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI[/media]

After 7 months, I have finally watched all 23 James Bond movies. [B]Dr. No[/B] 4/5 [B]From Russia with Love[/B] 4/5 [B]Goldfinger[/B] 4/5 [B]Thunderball [/B]4/5 [B]You Only Live Twice[/B] 4/5 [B]On Her Majesty's Secret Service[/B] 4/5 [B]Diamonds Are Forever[/B] 3/5 [B]Live and Let Die[/B] 3/5 [B]The Man with the Golden Gun[/B] 4/5 [B]The Spy who Loved Me[/B] 4/5 [B]Moonraker[/B] 3/5 [B]For Your Eyes Only[/B] 2/5 [B]Octopussy[/B] 3/5 [B]A View to a Kill[/B] 3.5/5 [B]The Living Daylights[/B] 4/5 [B]License to Kill[/B] 4/5 [B]GoldenEye[/B] 5/5 [B]Tomorrow Never Dies[/B] 4/5 [B]The World is Not Enough[/B] 4/5 [B]Die Another Day[/B] 2/5 [B]Casino Royale[/B] 5/5 [B]Quantum of Solace[/B] 3.5/5 (updated score) [B]Skyfall[/B] 5/5 There you go. [sp]For the record, I started this all the way back on page 141. Damn.[/sp]

Edge of Tomorrow 8/10 I really liked the concept (basically Source Code but much, much better), it was extremely thrilling throughout, the action was superb and the aliens.. OH MY GOD THE ALIENS They didn't just look extremely alien, unlike anything you've ever seen. They actually moved extremely alien, unlike any animal or machine that exists on this planet. The concept of a (minor spoiler) [sp]hivemind[/sp] fits really well and overall the whole invasion feels much more "realistic" than something like Battle LA or Independence Day where extremely technologically advanced aliens don't stand a chance against extremely inferior human technology. The only reason it's not getting a 9/10 was the very ending. After the plot was resolved and it was basically over they just had to [sp]turn back the time to: Give Tom Cruise his job back, revive every single character that died in the story, give humans a flawless victory and the part that easily contributed 80% of the shittyness of the ending: let Tom and Emily Blunt find ~~~**true love**~~~ (each other obviously because Hollywood) after staring at each other in the most cliched way possible[/sp]

i don't agree with your not rating Dr. No 5/5

Godzilla It was exactly as I expected it to be. Having seen Monsters I knew this movie was going to focus more on characters than the thing you actually turned up to see, something I didn't like about the former. That said, I loved it. I mean yeah it did push the monsters to the side most of the time but I felt it worked here where it didn't before, it kept the suspense up rather than blowing its load in the first 20 mins. When the monsters were on screen they really shone. There was a big flaw though with the entire movie; tone. For example there's a huge dramatic sequence leading up to a fight with the very first appearance of Godzilla, then it just cuts to a kid watching it on TV like its fucking WWE. I like the idea but it was just hilariously executed and from that point on I couldn't take the movie seriously at all. It didn't detract hugely from my enjoyment but from then on whenever they tried to be all dark and serious it just didn't work at all. Overall it was stupid and had a few issues but it was fuckin gr8/10 [sp]also it was at least 10x better than Pacific Rim in every way[/sp]

[B]Dead Man (Dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1995)- 8/10[/B] Man! This is one cool film. It's a post-modern western starring Johnny Depp, very unconventional and brilliantly subtle and stylish. It plays it slow but there are great bursts of energy and a constant sense of spirituality (for a reason I will say soon- it's my interpretation of the film) and harmony in it. Its visuals are stunning, all shot in black and white, its score fantastic (solely a twangy, distorted electric guitar played by Neil Young who does a wonderful job), an incredible screenplay and brilliant direction and style make this possibly my favourite Western. There appears to be [I]a lot[/I] to say about themes and symbolism in this film, although I didn't pick up on a whole lot of it aside what I think is the main undertone of the film, but I'm sure on a rewatch which I plan on doing I'll uncover a lot more. I enjoyed it thoroughly just for what is on the surface though and I don't think anyone should be discouraged by thinking you have to "get" the film to like it. I think the story is a man [sp]who has died before the film even began. His journey on the train is his travel to purgatory, his travels in the West his quest for finding peace to pass on to the next place (heaven)[/sp]. So really that's all I got from it this time but I do look forward to exploring more deeply as I loved this film. Johnny Depp has some real gems in his career aside Hollywood stuff for sure. Recommended to anyone interested in something different and something cool, and people who like Westerns but from a very different perspective. This is less The Good The Bad & The Ugly and more Blood Meridian (A comparison I make very positively as Blood Meridian is my favourite book). It is not so hard to get through as Blood Meridian but it's similar in tone but the nihilism is replaced with spirituality, giving it a very different feel.

I saw Edge of Tomorrow last night, it was pretty darn good. I wasn't really so sure about the ending either, though.

[QUOTE=Scot;45001779][sp]also it was at least 10x better than Pacific Rim in every way[/sp][/QUOTE] no. the two are not comparable. one is goofy and fun, the other is paying homage to a classic.

Snowpiercer was real good reaaal fuckin' good

Stand by Me - 8.5/10 Was really good.

equilibrium - 9/10 beautiful directing and some of the most beautiful imagery ive ever seen acting was great from christian bale, and good from the supporting cast score was fantastic the way the themes were presented was amazing great character development beautiful fight scenes with very intricate and advanced gun kata (not to mention great swordplay) one of the best movies ive ever seen i give it a 9 because of areas where the writing seemed to fail [editline]5th June 2014[/editline] no wonder the ost was so great klaus badelt was the composer

[I]Lone Survivor[/I] 7/10 Cool and heartbreaking action. A great portion of the movie is dedicated solely to the ambush in the mountains, which hurts everything else because it has to be gleamed over in a superficial way. Like, when Marcus [sp]is in the village recuperating, he's there for like 5 seconds, but in the book he was there for weeks.[/sp]

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;45002065][B]Dead Man (Dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1995)- 8/10[/B] Man! This is one cool film. It's a post-modern western starring Johnny Depp, very unconventional and brilliantly subtle and stylish. It plays it slow but there are great bursts of energy and a constant sense of spirituality (for a reason I will say soon- it's my interpretation of the film) and harmony in it. Its visuals are stunning, all shot in black and white, its score fantastic (solely a twangy, distorted electric guitar played by Neil Young who does a wonderful job), an incredible screenplay and brilliant direction and style make this possibly my favourite Western. There appears to be [I]a lot[/I] to say about themes and symbolism in this film, although I didn't pick up on a whole lot of it aside what I think is the main undertone of the film, but I'm sure on a rewatch which I plan on doing I'll uncover a lot more. I enjoyed it thoroughly just for what is on the surface though and I don't think anyone should be discouraged by thinking you have to "get" the film to like it. I think the story is a man [sp]who has died before the film even began. His journey on the train is his travel to purgatory, his travels in the West his quest for finding peace to pass on to the next place (heaven)[/sp]. So really that's all I got from it this time but I do look forward to exploring more deeply as I loved this film. Johnny Depp has some real gems in his career aside Hollywood stuff for sure. Recommended to anyone interested in something different and something cool, and people who like Westerns but from a very different perspective. This is less The Good The Bad & The Ugly and more Blood Meridian (A comparison I make very positively as Blood Meridian is my favourite book). It is not so hard to get through as Blood Meridian but it's similar in tone but the nihilism is replaced with spirituality, giving it a very different feel.[/QUOTE] Blood Meridian is my favourite book too, I should watch this movie. Also, wasn't there supposed to be a Blood Meridian film being made? I remember hearing rumours of the Coen bros doing it and even PTA at some point.

Several people have tried but not been able to get it made. Ridley Scott has been pushing it for years (along with an adaptation of The Forever War, another great book). It's a tough one though, since Cormac. Mccarthy's prose is so in tegral to the book, and you'd have to capture that in the screenplay and also translate that onto the screen via visuals, direction etc. Not to mention the film would probably have to be nc-17 since its so grim and unflinching, and studios don't want to make nc-17 films. And it's a tough sell to anyone who hasn't read the book since its light on plot, nihilistic as hell and slow :v:

[I]Being John Malkovich[/I] Effing weird/10 I couldn't bring myself to actually finish it.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;45007416][I]Being John Malkovich[/I] Effing weird/10 I couldn't bring myself to actually finish it.[/QUOTE] Effing weird/10 really applies to anything by Charlie Kaufman

similar phrase equally accurate "effing great"

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;45007416][I]Being John Malkovich[/I] Effing weird/10 I couldn't bring myself to actually finish it.[/QUOTE] come on you gotta have the balls to watch it to the end... it gets SO much creepier. :)

i cant overstate how much i adore Adaptation

Edge of Tomorrow 10/10 Went into the theatre not knowing what to expect. Was blown away with the premise and superb execution. Strong performance from Tom Cruise (even if I don't care for him) and Emily Blunt. Cool near future military hardware like those VTOL aircraft and power armor. Interesting alien design. Also, a neat sense of humor. I think this film earns a spot up there with The Matrix and Inception.