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

[B]Godzilla[/B] (2014) - 3.5/10 There's a saying about monster movies - "it's not about the monsters, it's about the people". Usually I'd agree, but I suppose [I]Godzilla[/I] is the exception that proves the rule. Godzilla was far and away the coolest guy in this movie who got totally shortchanged on his screentime. Great monster designs and excellent visuals (especially the hellish San Francisco in the climax) can't save a dull movie that constantly downplays the action we came to see. Exposition is at once too much (did Watanabe do anything besides explain?) and too little (Godzilla just sort of shows up with little fanfare). The army is full of dummies who try to gun down the only kaiju who doesn't attack them, constantly lose planes and men because they forget about EMPs, and attempt to avoid population centers by hanging out in San Francisco Bay. The King of the Monsters himself is pretty great. Considerate, cooperative, and a friend to children, this wonderfully monstrous badass was a highlight of the movie (for all twenty minutes he was there). The movie kept trying to shut him out - changing continents, turning off TVs, slamming doors - but thankfully the atomic fire of Gojira could not be held back by Gareth Edwards' shenanigans forever. Don't watch [I]Godzilla[/I], watch [I]Pacific Rim[/I]. This is my first Godzilla movie, but I don't plan on it being my last. Perhaps the 1954 original will be next?

The Fog - 4/10 Sorry, it was pretty lame [editline]3rd January 2015[/editline] I did like the setting and some of the ideas though, like the radio lighthouse.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;46852344][B]Godzilla[/B] (2014) - 3.5/10 There's a saying about monster movies - "it's not about the monsters, it's about the people". Usually I'd agree, but I suppose [I]Godzilla[/I] is the exception that proves the rule. Godzilla was far and away the coolest guy in this movie who got totally shortchanged on his screentime. Great monster designs and excellent visuals (especially the hellish San Francisco in the climax) can't save a dull movie that constantly downplays the action we came to see. Exposition is at once too much (did Watanabe do anything besides explain?) and too little (Godzilla just sort of shows up with little fanfare). The army is full of dummies who try to gun down the only kaiju who doesn't attack them, constantly lose planes and men because they forget about EMPs, and attempt to avoid population centers by hanging out in San Francisco Bay. The King of the Monsters himself is pretty great. Considerate, cooperative, and a friend to children, this wonderfully monstrous badass was a highlight of the movie (for all twenty minutes he was there). The movie kept trying to shut him out - changing continents, turning off TVs, slamming doors - but thankfully the atomic fire of Gojira could not be held back by Gareth Edwards' shenanigans forever. Don't watch [I]Godzilla[/I], watch [I]Pacific Rim[/I]. This is my first Godzilla movie, but I don't plan on it being my last. [B]Perhaps the 1954 original will be next?[/B][/QUOTE] I can understand a lot of people's criticism of the 2014 movie. But when people criticize how the film focuses on the human characters, and how Godzilla barely gets screen time, they have to realize that's how the '54 film was. And Godzilla wasn't always this big friend to children. The 1954 movie is WAY different. Godzilla is the only monster, and he IS the villain. I'm not sure if you'll like the original film. Then again, the character development in the original was better.

[QUOTE=usaokay;46853306]They killed off [sp]Bryan Cranston[/sp] in a really cheap-ass way in the new Godzilla film. I can never forgive them for that.[/QUOTE] I won't lie, that was one of the problems. Especially when the film was pretty much marketed as starring him.

The Guest (2014) If you like Drive you'll probably like this movie. Really liked the soundtrack.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46852401]I can understand a lot of people's criticism of the 2014 movie. But when people criticize how the film focuses on the human characters, and how Godzilla barely gets screen time, they have to realize that's how the '54 film was. And Godzilla wasn't always this big friend to children. The 1954 movie is WAY different. Godzilla is the only monster, and he IS the villain. I'm not sure if you'll like the original film. Then again, the character development in the original was better.[/QUOTE] He's right though I've seen and liked the original film and I thought the new one was absolutely terrible to the point where I had to turn down seeing it again because I could just tell it'd be straight up unwatchable a second time through. The 1954 film might have focused on the people too but criticising his opinion as essentially "u just dont get it" is lame foe Godzilla 2014 still sucked and did focus too much on really bad human characters. People should be able to see the new Godzilla without having seen the original and be able to enjoy it, you shouldn't have to just be aware of the formula used so that you can try to justify ythe film's mistakes. Granted I didn't go to the cinema too much last year but Godzilla was certainly the worst film I saw in 2014.

Another movie night has passed. Aristocats - 8/10 First time seeing this in 15 years and with the original voices. The animation style hasn't aged tremendously well but this is still really good. The kittens are adorable, the acting and dialogue is enjoyable and the music is still catchy as all hell. Frozen - 5/10 Ooooh boy. I would've given this a 6 until I woke up this morning and realized I barely remember any of it. There are too many issues, ranging from minor (did I miss something or did Anna learn Kristoff's name (who we learned [i]after[/i] Sven's name for some reason) off-screen?) to major (fucking Hans and fucking Olaf), to really enjoy this. I think someone on here said that Frozen felt like a musical with a poor framework connecting the songs and that's what it indeed feels like. And even the songs don't always make sense. Let It Go is about accepting yourself, not hiding it from the outside world and being happier and it ends with Elsa making her isolation from everyone even worse? Feels like a mismatch. Overall, really disappointed with this, though it might look worse because directly after this, we watched.... Tangled - 9/10 I didn't realize how much I like this movie. Rapunzel and Flynn are enjoyable to watch together, the comedy works every time, the visuals are fucking gorgeous and the songs are really good too.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;46853860]He's right though I've seen and liked the original film and I thought the new one was absolutely terrible to the point where I had to turn down seeing it again because I could just tell it'd be straight up unwatchable a second time through. The 1954 film might have focused on the people too but criticising his opinion as essentially "u just dont get it" is lame foe Godzilla 2014 still sucked and did focus too much on really bad human characters. People should be able to see the new Godzilla without having seen the original and be able to enjoy it, you shouldn't have to just be aware of the formula used so that you can try to justify ythe film's mistakes. Granted I didn't go to the cinema too much last year but Godzilla was certainly the worst film I saw in 2014.[/QUOTE] It really took time for Godzilla to sink in for me to realize how much I actually disliked it. Initial gut reaction was a 7/10 and it slowly sunk to a 5/10. They put all this focus on these human characters that ended up not doing anything important, and were generally unlikeable, or forgettable. Things happened without concequence, tension, or resolution in a lot of cases.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;46852344] Don't watch [I]Godzilla[/I], watch [I]Pacific Rim[/I]. [/QUOTE] but pacific rim is worse than godzilla

[QUOTE=Marc Laidlaw;46854376]but pacific rim is worse than godzilla[/QUOTE] get out. [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] I loved Godzilla 2014. I have never watched a Godzilla movie, by the way, and yeah, I could take or leave any character that wasn't Bryan Cranston, but I thought the cinematography and the overall feeling of the movie was very well-made and quite tense. The scene where the Muto goes free, the attack on the train tracks, heck, even the opening credits, it was very tense for me. Listen, I had fun, and it was a roaring good time, I would watch it again in a heartbeat. Not 10/10 material, but certainly not 4/10 for me.

[QUOTE=Marc Laidlaw;46854376]but pacific rim is worse than godzilla[/QUOTE] I think you're confusing 'worse' with 'ungodly amounts cheesier'. I didn't enjoy it as much as the OG Giant Stomping Lizard but calling it worse is plain unnecessary.

I quite enjoyed it, despite being cheesy. Also i recently watched Allan Partridge 9/10: Great actors, great scenery, great and unexpected humor, the romantic part was a bit unnecessary which ruined the film a bit for me, but it still was a good movie. Go watch it.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46853920]Frozen - 5/10 Ooooh boy. I would've given this a 6 until I woke up this morning and realized I barely remember any of it. There are too many issues, ranging from minor (did I miss something or did Anna learn Kristoff's name (who we learned [i]after[/i] Sven's name for some reason) off-screen?) to major (fucking Hans and fucking Olaf), to really enjoy this. I think someone on here said that Frozen felt like a musical with a poor framework connecting the songs and that's what it indeed feels like. And even the songs don't always make sense. Let It Go is about accepting yourself, not hiding it from the outside world and being happier and it ends with Elsa making her isolation from everyone even worse? Feels like a mismatch. Overall, really disappointed with this, though it might look worse because directly after this, we watched....[/QUOTE] Frankly, I'd give Frozen a 4/10. The film had too many characters and too little development. Elsa was a non-character, Anna was a poor protagonist, and the story's rewrites are pathetically evident. The songs did not fit the film at all, especially since the first songs (you know, the ones that in terms of filmmaking set the theme for the rest of the film) were a completely different genre of music. If you watch this film again, you'll notice more things wrong with it. I saw it a second time while I was at the vet's office the other day.

Edge of Tomorrow: 8/10 Pretty sick. I dislike Tom Cruise a whole bunch, but he did a good job.

[QUOTE=Kartoffel;46855367]Frankly, I'd give Frozen a 4/10. The film had too many characters and too little development. Elsa was a non-character, Anna was a poor protagonist, and the story's rewrites are pathetically evident. The songs did not fit the film at all, especially since the first songs (you know, the ones that in terms of filmmaking set the theme for the rest of the film) were a completely different genre of music. If you watch this film again, you'll notice more things wrong with it. I saw it a second time while I was at the vet's office the other day.[/QUOTE] I think my biggest issue with Frozen (magnified possibly because of watching Tangled thereafter) is that the characters only seem to serve to drive the plot, they aren't part of it. The only things we know of characters personality-wise is what directly influences the plot, we don't get background info. What do we know of Anna? She loves Elsa and is kind of a ditz. What do we know about Elsa? She loves Anna and has issues dealing with her ice magic. It's the same with every character. We don't really know anything about them except what is absolutely necessary. If this were a comedy or an action film, that'd be fine but this is a drama. How the hell am I supposed to connect with someone I don't know anything about?

That was one of the biggest issues I had with the film, actually. There was absolutely no connection with any of the characters, they all seemed flat. As someone who is studying animation in college, this is a sin that is painful to see in a film produced by one of the greatest animation studios of all time.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46855575]I think my biggest issue with Frozen (magnified possibly because of watching Tangled thereafter) is that the characters only seem to serve to drive the plot, they aren't part of it. The only things we know of characters personality-wise is what directly influences the plot, we don't get background info. What do we know of Anna? She loves Elsa and is kind of a ditz. What do we know about Elsa? She loves Anna and has issues dealing with her ice magic. It's the same with every character. We don't really know anything about them except what is absolutely necessary. If this were a comedy or an action film, that'd be fine but this is a drama. How the hell am I supposed to connect with someone I don't know anything about?[/QUOTE] You can describe with this issue more than a half of Disney's princesses films.

[B]Chef[/B] - 9/10 [t]https://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Chef-Jon-Favreau-Pictures-Emjay.jpg[/t] Feel-good, jazzy, mouth-watering fun. This movie seemed to go under the radar a bit (I would never have heard of it if my brother hadn't recommended it) but I highly recommend you check it out.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;46858001][B]Chef[/B] - 9/10 [t]https://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Chef-Jon-Favreau-Pictures-Emjay.jpg[/t] Feel-good, jazzy, mouth-watering fun. This movie seemed to go under the radar a bit (I would never have heard of it if my brother hadn't recommended it) but I highly recommend you check it out.[/QUOTE] This movie is great, but don't watch while you're hungry This is Where I Leave You - 5/10 About as run of the mill as it gets. Some performances are weak and some characters are a bit overstated but there isn't really much to say. Do I recommend it? Probably not. I'm just going through and watching movies that feature some of the main cast of the new Star Wars movie coming out. I've already seen Attack the Block for John Boyega and Drive for Oscar Isaac. I was watching this one to get a feel for Adam Driver. Next up is Inside Llewyn Davis for Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46854425]I think you're confusing 'worse' with 'ungodly amounts cheesier'. I didn't enjoy it as much as the OG Giant Stomping Lizard but calling it worse is plain unnecessary.[/QUOTE] Comparing Pacific Rim and Godzilla '14 is comparing apples and oranges. Pacific Rim is a comic-book styled amalgamation of things like Godzilla, Ultraman, Power Rangers and smashing them into a modernized setting, with the vision of Guillermo del Toro. Godzilla '14 is an attempt at recreating a 60 year old series while simultaneously painting the creature as a force of nature rather than a political allegory. I might be seeing it through rose glasses, but G-14 is pretty great considering it's Edwards' 2nd movie

I saw the hobbit 3 was alright. Felt a bit too blatantly dark and soulless. No large amount of CGI in the world could create the battle tension and emotion that Return of the King and Two Towers had.

[QUOTE=usaokay;46853306]They killed off [sp]Bryan Cranston[/sp] in a really cheap-ass way in the new Godzilla film. I can never forgive them for that. In the first quarter of the film, the plot focused on [sp]his plight, his problem, and his struggle into finding out the truth behind his wife's death, but then it quickly shifted to someone we're now supposed to become attached and connected to despite the lack of focus on him at the beginning. It's like the producers saw Cranston's performance and said to themselves, "Yep, we gotta expand upon his character."[/sp][/QUOTE] just gonna blanket-spoiler this post [sp]I had heard all the jokes before seeing it ("Bryan Cranston is great but then dies and we have to put up with his boring son", "they cut away from all the action until the last 20 minutes" and so forth). I definitely feel you on how his character was. Cranston is insanely devoted to figuring out what really happened - his research both before and after the incident show that. He also has a strong emotional connection - he blames himself for his wife's heartbreaking death. (Incidentally, his anger stands as a strong contrast to Watanabe's almost reverent fear of the kaiju - and they don't even have a proper scene together) By contrast, Aaron doesn't have a connection anywhere near that strong. When they ask him about what he knows, it's a one-sentence "I don't know much, that was my dad's thing" and that's all. Plus the series of events in which he encounters the monsters border on comedy - "Hey honey, I'll be in Hawaii tomorrow and then San Francisco from there" SMASH CUT TO "General, the monster is en route to Hawaii and then San Francisco!" Although the slow-paced, tense MUTO reveal was excellent, I wonder why they didn't even attempt a reveal with Godzilla. It was just sort of "he's here now" and we see his spines hanging out behind the ships. It felt pretty weak.[/sp] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;46858772]Comparing Pacific Rim and Godzilla '14 is comparing apples and oranges.[/QUOTE] This is definitely true, I think I just said that because the flying MUTO perched on a collapsing building reminded me of Otachi and I thought "man, I could be watching Pacific Rim right now" Definitely not a fair comparison, though, just me getting frustrated at the lack of action. [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46854368]The new Godzilla was shit, but I'll still see a sequel to it because it has so much potential to be great. Original 1954 Godzilla is the best.[/QUOTE] The effects were fantastic, I loved how Godzilla moved

Conan the Barbarian 4/5 It's a little cheesy today, but damn if it isn't fun.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;46858772]G-14 is pretty great considering it's Edwards' 2nd movie[/QUOTE] And one of his next movies will probably be a Star Wars spinoff. I hope everyone here gets used to him [I]real[/I] fast.

[b]Merantau (2009)[/b] After the tremenduous disappointment that was Killers, I decided to look for a spiritual continuation of The Raid movies elsewhere. Merantau is actually the first silat movie Gareth Evans directed. It's simple, cliched, but also way less dark than The Raids. Comparisons to them are pretty much inevitable in this case, also because those movies also share several key actors (Yuda, his brother, and the other silat master, in this case). If you're looking for a good martial arts movie, I suggest you check out Merantau. It's not plagued with shaky cam, it doesn't feel drawn-out and it doesn't make you feel completely terrible by the end. It's only two flaws are music and acting, but where they lost in actors, they gained in stuntmen. A fair trade for such a movie, I think.

All the talk about Godzilla 2014 made me watch it. I remember seeing all the trailers and how much they hyped me. Then I heard some negative things and forgot about it. I only saw the 1998 one before and it's definitely better then that one but that's not hard to do really. Unfortunately not by much and on it's own it isn't a very exciting movie. Especially for a movie called Godzilla you would expect Godzilla to be the main villain/hero/character/monster. Nope, Mutos get more spotlight and backstory. Godzilla just appears and now it's here. The human element of the story was handled also poorly with scenes on the same level as the 1998 one.

[b]Whiplash[/b] Oh. My. God. Oh my fucking Christ. This film works on so many levels that it's incredible. Jesus. I still have shivers on my spine it's so good. I'm speechless making me unable to mention what this film did right, which was basically everything. Soundtrack? Phenomenal, every jazz fan will have eargasm after eargasm hearing it, that's obvious. But what struck me at the very beginning was narration - it's simple and straight to point. Five minutes in, literally like ten lines of dialogue and you already know what's going on, what are the stakes there and what defines main characters - shit that while made by some other directer would take about half an hour. Cinematography? Stunning, surprisingly. So many beautiful shots but not in a way that would took you out from what's important - the music. And the cherry on the top - the duo. Miles Teller is already among Hollywood's favourite young actors and this film proves why. He gave a hundred percent in his performance and I'm waiting what this kid will show us in a few years. But yeah, everyone and their mother won't focus on him, because J.K. Simmons steals all the spotlight. This film might make him big, and I'm talking AAA big, like Oscar league. He's menacing. Every minute he's on screen you're clenching your fists because he's simply fucking scary. It's indescribable. You simply have to watch it. I've yet to see Birdman, Inherent Vice, Foxcatcher and few others main players from 2014 but I'm fairly convinced that this was the best film of the year. If somebody would've told me that a scene with a guy playing drums will be more tense than most if not all what action cinema presented in the last 10 years, I'd have laughed. It's 10/10, and if not, it's really, really close.

Shawn of the Dead I watched it so many times but it still makes me laugh every time, a timeless comedy.

Ello sweeties. Just thought I'd drop by my old fav forum for a chin wag. [B]Gone Girl (2014)[/B] Great film with a great show from Rosemund Pike who I didn't realise could act. Fincher twists and builds the plot to give us a genre done to death but above par. [B]The Grandmaster[/B] Good film, You know what, I can't actually be fucked to type anything. Is AK'z still around, he knew where the good shit was in cinema. I watched a lot of shit lately. I not been online in ages, I decided to take up ice climbing. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("alt of permabanned user" - Rusty100))[/highlight]

[B]Inside Llewyn Davis[/B] Fantastic film and a fantastic soundtrack. This really shows what the Coen brothers can do, and Oscar Isaac is fantastic as the titular role. Very, very excited to see what he does in the future after giving a performance like that in the infancy of his acting career.