movie reviews

[Anarchist Freedom]

post you movie reveiws in here that you have seen recently to hear you opinions



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[Palmares]

I unfortunately saw 'The League of Ordinary... I mean The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'.

I only saw it because the girl I like invited me to come with her.

Sean Connery was good as Quartermine, but the film really lacked a storyline. It had some action packed scenes, but no depth. The characters were interesting though; there was the Sikh who was the awesome ship maker and a pretty good fighter; there was the vampire woman (biten by Dracula); the immortal guy whose weakness was his portrait; the invisible theif; Dr Jekyll (sp?), and Hide; some CIA dickhead (wow, what amazing powers and whatever he has!); and Quartermine himself, the hunter.

Watch this on video (if at all).

2 and a half stars, maximum (out of 5 stars).

If it wasn't for the girl, I would've wasted $8.80 (Aus Dollar).

[Urban Rubble]

Recently I watched the movie "Gods and Generals" about the civil war. Now, I know what you're thinking "Ted Turner produced that, fucking burn it or you'll turn into a mindless southern capitalist stooge", but actually it was pretty good.

It's basically about 3 different battles of the Civil War (the names of which I forget). It's (obviously) written from a Confederate perspective, and believe me, they go to great lengths to make it seem as if the rebels love those "nice negroes". Stonewall Jackson has a black cook that follows him around and they make it seem like they were best friends.

I don't know exactly how to review this movie because it was the regular run of the mill war flick. They show the army forming, cut to a battle, after the battle there is some personal drama, more battle, personal drama, more battle, Stonewall dies.

Anyway, it's a pretty good movie, regardless of this rambling "review". The scene where the Irish brigades march into battle with a full band and green suits on is worth the price all by itself.

[(*]

School of Rock

**** <--- 4 out of 5 stars

A good film, really funny, and the kids actually played the instruments.


Kill Bill

***** <---5 out of 5 stars


Pure genius, brilliant, awesome, wow

[Felicia]

IT&#39;S ALREADY A STICKY&#33;

bah&#33;

(I was going to do that for you, just now) :P :)

[Marxist in Nebraska]

I saw the Denzel Washington movie John Q a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I thought it was a hell of an argument for national health care.

John is a clean-cut man who has paid his dues and earned an honest living in manufacturing. Then, neo-liberalism and "free trade" strike, and his good, blue-collar job begins to slow down. He is reduced to part time, and his health insurance is downgraded.

When his son (Mike) gets sick, he sells his truck, his material possessions, seeks help through his church, and applies for aid from the government. The government&#39;s welfare programs--in a Clinton or post-Clinton world--turn him away, his company&#39;s insurance (that he has contributed to for decades) sells him short, and the family goes broke before putting up enough money for a down payment for little Mike&#39;s surgery.

&#036;250,000 for one surgery... it can happen to anyone. Over 40 million Americans have no insurance at all, and it cannot be clear how many millions of others are underinsured (like John and his second-tier insurance). Nobody in that position can have that surgery...

[El Commandante]

The films that have been released recently have been fairly poor ... just hope that Kill Bill lives up to my expectations.

I&#39;ve been watching - Chopper - awesome film about one of Australia&#39;s one notorious criminals - Chopper - who proclaims that his favourite method of torture is to burn his captives feet with a blow torch and had his ears cut off to get out of maximum security after being stabbed 7 times by his best friend. 4 out of 5 stars

I&#39;ve also recently watch Hamburger Hill, Apocolyse Now Redux, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix and Good Fellas - all awesome films.

[truthaddict11]

sorry but i think the matrix was awful. there was no "revolutionary" film making achieved from it as some people claim and its "philisophical meaning" doesnt exist. and see the original Apocalypse Now i consider it better than "Redux"

[El Commandante]

Redux is awesome - the extra elements of the plot which it adds are really good especially if you were a fan of the original. The scene in the french plot is brilliant - the dinner scene when they are reasoning their presence in Vietnam is superb, it sums up the feelings of any parental occupying force. Also the way that Coppola develops the main characters ... especially Kurch throw the Captain is incredibly especially when he sees similarities between himself and the Colonel.

And come on - the cinematic skills employed in the Matrix are awesome, I don&#39;t buy the psedo religious plot though ... and the second Matrix was a massive disappointment.

[truthaddict11]

the camera skills used in the matrix had been used in the past "bullet time" was used in Korn&#39;s music video for "Freak on a Leash" before the Matrix was filmed. And the use of freezing the motion and moving the camera then resuming the action was used before i believe in a Gap comercial

[El Commandante]

True the Korn video does use bullet time photography but it was the first time that it was used in a motion picture so there still has to be some sort of kudos for this.

And why have you been watching Gap commercials ... tut tut

[Felicia]

Originally posted by Marxist in [email protected] 15 2003, 03:21 PM
I saw the Denzel Washington movie John Q a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I thought it was a hell of an argument for national health care.

HAHAH.

I saw the ads for that movie..... and laughed my ass off. :lol:

Hehe, I&#39;m proud of our socialized healthcare..... even though it fails us in small areas, it&#39;s a great thing to have :)

[Marxist in Nebraska]

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2003, 05:15 PM
HAHAH.

I saw the ads for that movie..... and laughed my ass off. :lol:

Hehe, I&#39;m proud of our socialized healthcare..... even though it fails us in small areas, it&#39;s a great thing to have :)
What was so funny about the ads for John Q?

I have heard that Canadian national health care has been enduring reactionary attacks in recent years. Is this true? How much damage has been done?

[EneME]

I saw John Q and i thought it was awesome cuz it finally puts out there a real national problem in the US...my family actually have lived through some crazy shit like that. My mom and dad have always worked...hard working ass ppl, we&#39;ve never been on welfare or food stamps or anything like that even in our toughest times. (when dad worked at a horrid hotel in the graveyard shift/mom a dishwasher) So, we NEVER had insurance...and one day my mom&#39;s walking to the bus stop and its raining and she slips on those metal sheets they put on the floor and breaks her knee. We apply for health care for her and instead only my brother and I are given it at a huge fee....when she was the one who needed surgery to reconstruct her knee cap and rehabilitation. So yeah...to me John Q ad&#39;s weren&#39;t that funny...

[Urban Rubble]

Disclaimer: This comment is not intended to start a debate on Canadian healthcare nor is it intended to start and argument about Canada with Felicia. I just feel as though I need to say this.

I have alot of friends from Vancouver (canada). Now, being skateboarders and snowboarders (alot of them are pro and don&#39;t have to worry about it) they are really affected by the Canadian healthcare system. The guys who are pro and whose companies pay for their healthcare almost always come down to the states for their sugeries or whatever because shit in Canada takes so fucking long. The guys who aren&#39;t pro and therefore pay their own insurance hate the Canadian system because things do not get done fast enough. I think Canada has the right idea but they need to make some MAJOr changes. It&#39;s pretty bad when guys are coming to the fucking states for surgery.

One of my friends from a small Candian town called Surrey went to Cuba last year for some surgery on his leg, it was insanely cheap to get done, and he got a trip to Cuba.

[BRIN]

I saw that movie &#39;Romper stomper&#39; the other night and i realy enjoyed it.It&#39;s an Australian film starring Russel Crowe (when he was young) and it&#39;s set in melbourne.

If you ask me i recon it was way better than that &#39;American history x&#39; it had alot more of the solid skin head action which is amusing but sick.
4.5 out of 5

[Urban Rubble]

I have Romper Stomper on DVD. I wouldn&#39;t say it&#39;s as good as American History X, not as much of a "film".

Romper Stomper is basically Russel Crowe and co. running around fucking shit up. AMX has more of a story.

But ya, it&#39;s a great movie.

[sypher]

Seven Samuri

Granted it is a very old movie I still thought I needed to mention it. if you can stand subtitles (for the most part I can&#39;t. it shifts the focus of the movie and it can not be enjoyed as much) than you&#39;ll love this classic. it is about a village that is threatened by a band of theives. They know that they can not fight them but, they will starve to death during the winter if they give the thieves what they want. The village decides to hire seven samuri (hence the name) perfect movie

6/5 stars

[(*]

I just finished watching "The Cube"

It&#39;s about several people stuck in a giant cube with different rooms. Very obscure.

Definitely should watch it, but don&#39;t read up on it. May spoil it :P

[Agent provocateur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2003, 11:25 PM
I unfortunately saw &#39;The League of Ordinary... I mean The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen&#39;.

I only saw it because the girl I like invited me to come with her.

Sean Connery was good as Quartermine, but the film really lacked a storyline. It had some action packed scenes, but no depth. The characters were interesting though; there was the Sikh who was the awesome ship maker and a pretty good fighter; there was the vampire woman (biten by Dracula); the immortal guy whose weakness was his portrait; the invisible theif; Dr Jekyll (sp?), and Hide; some CIA dickhead (wow, what amazing powers and whatever he has&#33;); and Quartermine himself, the hunter.

Watch this on video (if at all).

2 and a half stars, maximum (out of 5 stars).

If it wasn&#39;t for the girl, I would&#39;ve wasted &#036;8.80 (Aus Dollar).
Hey, I just saw Leage of Extraordinary Gentlemen and I liked it a lot. That movie took characters from late nineteenth century English Literature like Dorian Gray from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the Phantom/[Professor]Moriarity from The Phantom of the Opera and Sherlock Holmes short story "The Final Problem" respectively, The invisible man from H.G. Wells novel, the female vampire taken from Bram Stoker´s Dracula and Tom Sawyer from Mark Twain´s novel. It was cool though it lacked coherency.

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_review.../07/071102.html (http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2003/07/071102.html)

[truthaddict11]

c,mon the rubber suit that that hyde character wore was a joke. the fact that a vampire cant be in sunlight, and pretty much everything else it was a confusing mess. and since when was Captain Nemo Indian?

[Agent provocateur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2003, 05:59 PM
c,mon the rubber suit that that hyde character wore was a joke. the fact that a vampire cant be in sunlight, and pretty much everything else it was a confusing mess. and since when was Captain Nemo Indian?
Well maybe it has to do with what is happening in my personal life but I like the movie notwithstanding its obvious flaws.

[praxis1966]

I hate to tell you this truthaddict, but the Matrix was the first to use that camera technique on live action. And, they didn&#39;t move the camera. In the extras on the first dvd, the cinematographer explains the technique. They set up hundreds of regular cameras and took stills of the characters. Then in post production, they pasted them all together in sequence to give the illusion of a moving camera. To be fair, there have been 10 or 12 other pictures that have copied the Matrix and maybe this has diminished your appreciation of it. To say that it&#39;s not all that impressive in light of the copycats is like saying that the original Star Wars series sucked after seeing the first Star Trek movie.