The Movie Review Thread

[HenryDorsetCase]

HOUSEBOUND is back I see at the small theatres.

Seek it out: one of the highlights of this years film festival for me.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fucking bleak but great Pommie drama. Excellent movie.

[Akzle]

todays letter is U.

untouchable
not quite slashfic but enough gore to keep those types amused, tenuously linked by cyber-crime and humans-rely-too-much-on-technology ism.

unstoppable
if you like trains, you'll like it.
a black guy and a white guy working to gether to save shitville, (nowhere, USA) from a 'splodey train.
-unfortunately, they do.
some comedy, some drama, wont waste too much of your time.

the sunset limited
it is not often i dont watch a whole move. but fuck me this is one of em.
black guy and a white guy have two hours worth of heart-to-heart (i assume, i got to about 10:00)
if anyone can actually stomach this beginning to end, i'd almost be interested to hear about it.

friends with benefits
chick flick, but tolerable by virtue of humor, if you want your cock sucked, sit through it with the mitti.

there were others. but the sugar is wearing off and the beer kicking in, so fuck you all.

[Akzle]

the bounty huntre.
jennifer anniston has liek, totes amazg hair!

-edit-
not worth watching, btw. just thought i'd mention.

[Murray]

the bounty huntre.
jennifer anniston has liek, totes amazg hair!

Can you put that in English please?

[Akzle]

Can you put that in English please?

i wish my hair was liek her sso then i could masturbate over myself..

[Madness]

I'm picking Ranfurly Draught was on special in Terenga Paraoa again today.

[Akzle]

I'm picking Ranfurly Draught was on special in Terenga Paraoa again today.

hombrew, some dagga from down te line and an epic buzz o the day.

[Fastmark]

Wow, bloody wow, everything Gravity should have been but wasn't.

Good story, awesome effects, sort of a plausible story, bit 2001ish in places (good thing) but really enjoyed it. 9/10

[Akzle]

the children of huang shi.
shit. it's a good story, but the acting is shit, the script is shit, it's just a great big shit sandwhich without bread.
perhaps it was originally in chinese and someone translated it directly, but even so, that wouldn't/oesn't excuse the shit.
worth watching only if very, very bored, and dont mind shittal osmosis.

[Akzle]

Defiance:
story of how james bond saves Jewish folk in the bellarus, during the war times. some A class acting, A class plottage, even a few Jewish humors thrown in.
compelling, i guess would be the cliche for it, if long.
worth watching.

[Winston001]

** spoilers ***


A scouting team on the hunt for a baddie behind enemy lines. fate and possible bad decision caused chaos which should have been a scout and out mission. however it does show not everyone with a beard and head warmer is the enemy - a bit like Schindler's List.

Acting: 9/10, Storyline: 7/10, Action: 8/10, Violence: 5/10 (its a war movie - people will die), Water Works Female: 1/10, Water Works Male: 0/10 , Favorite scene: air support at the end, Dumb scene: Not descending from the copta sooner

Just watched this movie which I'd put off because I've read Marcus Luttrell's book. Films are often disappointing.

Happily its a good movie which avoids the gungho American patriotism of the book. A good book but just read every second chapter.

This film is reasonably close to what really happened in the mountains of east Afghanistan. There is a scene where a Chinook is shot at which actually happened on a different mission but yes, it did happen. You can find snarky remarks on the internet about this being unrealistic but real people died in a real combat situation.

What I particularly appreciated were the tactical actions of the soldiers. Often military movies feature a lot of shouting and weapons on full automatic. Not here. The Red Wing guys whisper and move covertly. When they are in contact they fire single aimed shots instead of mindless blasts. When you are days away from your firebase every bullet has to count.

The firefight with the Taliban is very realistic and is the central action of the movie.

Recommended but read the book.

[MD]

Defiance:
story of how james bond saves Jewish folk in the bellarus, during the war times. some A class acting, A class plottage, even a few Jewish humors thrown in.
compelling, i guess would be the cliche for it, if long.
worth watching.

Yeah a top movie. Some juicy sex would have helped complete it's awesomeness rating. From memory there was one hot chick it it?

[BuzzardNZ]

Wow, bloody wow, everything Gravity should have been but wasn't.

Good story, awesome effects, sort of a plausible story, bit 2001ish in places (good thing) but really enjoyed it. 9/10

I thought this was average. Started out well, but got weird at the end, when he became the ghost and all, plus it was too bloody long.

[FlangMasterJ]

Wow, bloody wow, everything Gravity should have been but wasn't.

Good story, awesome effects, sort of a plausible story, bit 2001ish in places (good thing) but really enjoyed it. 9/10

Definitely agree. I love how everything started coming together at the end.

I thought this was average. Started out well, but got weird at the end, when he became the ghost and all, plus it was too bloody long.

I wouldn't say weird, it did get slightly confusing but started making more and more sense as it progressed. I didn't notice the length at all. To me that's a sign of a great movie.

9/10