Movie Discussion! - Page 92

National Treasure - This was ok. The villians were so boring, and the storyline is just so ridiculous, but it did have some good action in it.

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets - Mostly dissapointing. They had fucking Ed Harris as the villian but they put him into this cookie-cutter "im a badguy because im bad" character. Still, I found the adventuring in this funner to watch, sorta reminded me of Uncharted in some parts.

Thor - Ok, I went in expecting a lot, with pretty good RT scores (over 80% at the time) and with praise from friends/family who have seen it. The first 20 minutes were pretty good, alot of action, this is what I want to see from a summer blockbuster. Then he gets to earth with no powers and I am bored shitless. When he has his hammer, its a boring rapefest, and when he doesnt, hes just completely useless. I was also disappointed with how lame Natalie Portmans character was, they barely used her at all I feel like. Seems as if they just tried to shit this out fast so they can get back to work on The Avengers. Oh well, hopefully Captain America is better.

Mother - Korean crime drama movie. A mentally handicapped boy is accused of murder, and the attorney his mom hired completely fucks up his case. It's up to his mother to clear her son's name by any means necessary. Really liked this.

The Host - Korean monster movie, not much more to say. Was pretty good.

Paprika - Really great, and wierd as hell. It's easy to see why Nolan was influenced by this when he made Inception.

H - Korean crime thriller. They catch a notorious serial killer, but the killings continue, along with his traits of the murders. They use him to sort of get inside his head and help find the copycat killer. I would say this is a loose variation of the theme used in Silence of the Lambs. Overall, it was ok though, nothing really special about it.

Goemon - Japanese version of Robin Hood basically. The CG here is sorta hit and miss though. Sometimes it looks great, othertimes really horrible. Still, I really liked this, alot of good action in this. The only thing I really hated about it was having to view it in english dubbing (streamed it via netflix). The voice acting isn't bad, but I think it would be alot better via the original voice acting and subtitles.

Ichi - Blind swordswoman searchs for the man who trained her. I liked it overall, had some good swordfighting scenes, and it's not afraid to show some violence. The pacing is what kills it for me though, its just too slow, and the guy she travels with is a fuckin pussy most of the time.

Black Swan - Holy shit, why did I wait so long to see this? So fucking good.
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Thirst - Park Chan-Wook really put a good twist on the standard vampire movie formula, quite enjoyed it.

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Yup, US academic professor doing crazy stuff in the car with manual transmission, totally believable...

Bonk on the head = lose memory.
Bonk on the head again = regain memory.
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Fast Five - One of the better FF movies. Alot more action/guns going off then in previous movies. Thought the Rock did pretty good as his role of the tough special agent, definantly a role that suits him.

City of Men - Great movie. Not as good at City of God though, but then again it did have tough shoes to fill.

Gridiron Gang - The Rock plays a worker at a juvenile detention center and sparks up an idea to make a football team out of some of them. The story is everything you would expect it to be, but it does it rather well. Considering the bad reviews I heard beforehand, I found this to be ok. Watchable, but forgettable as well.

Taxi Driver - Sad to say it was my first time seeing this. Robert De Niro steals the movie as a marine vet who suffers from insomnia and takes a job as a taxi driver at night. Just fucking amazing. One of those movies that I wonder why it took me so long to see it.

Drunken Angel - From all the Kurosawa films I have seen so far, I have probably enjoyed this one the least. I do have Ran sitting in its netflix envelope still though. Looking forward to it.

Crips and Bloods: Made in America - I was looking forward to this, unfortunantly what I got mostly was a half-assed attempt at a documentary. It only gives names to the people who founded the gangs, talks a little bit about how they got started. A former gang member who is racist as hell gets way more screentime then necessary. Pretty disappointed by this.

Letters From Iwo Jima - Shows the Battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective. It's a bit slow to get to the action but that's ok in this case since they take time getting to know the commanders of the Japanese defenders as well as the soldiers. By the time the battle starts you really feel the helplessness the Japanese soldiers felt being outnumbered and knowing that no reinforcements were coming, that the island was going to be their grave. Really impressed with this, was so much better then Flags for our Fathers.

On The Waterfront - Marlon Brando is amazing as the former boxer turned dockworker who takes down the mob, and their grip on the dockworkers. Lee J. Cobb is amazing as well as the mob connected union boss who exploits his workers and is not afraid to kill anyone who stands in his way. Really great movie.

X-Men: First Class - Not really a fan of X-men, this was the first of the movies that I can remember seeing to completion. Overall, I liked it though.

I Saw The Devil - Finally became available for streaming on netflix this week. More violent than I expected, but so fucking amazing.

X-Men - Pretty fucking shitty.

The Chinese Connection - Classic Bruce Lee film. The english dubbing is fucking horrendous, but by the end of the movie I was laughing over it.

13 Assassins - As a sadistic young lord rules with an iron fist, an aging samurai decides to enlist of 12 other samurai to take him down. Amazing movie.