The Movie Review Thread

[tri boy]

I liked it a LOT. I was amazed by Chris Pine, and Jeff Bridges is always good. Really liked the end. Its in my top five films this year easy. 9/10

+1 10 char char char

[Akzle]

colombiana

did enjoy. hardly going to win any awards for... anything.
except maybe some vag-trophy from womens-lib. - that's right folks, there's a female protagonist.

pretty typical action flick just with a few doses too muchwith the mellow shit. and features our very own clifford curtis! - playing a spic! (quite well, at that)

8.5/10 just for something different.

stickmen

gawd. anyone remember this?

utts sooo kuuewuuee.

8/10

there have been a few more but i cant even

[WristTwister]

One of those movies that gets you right in the feels. Where many movies in this genre tend to end with the death of someone (Shadowlands, A walk to remember, fault in our stars) this is pretty much where PS I love you starts. In that respect it reminds me more of Ghost than movies like The Notebook because we follow the life of the widow with a sense that her late husband is watching over her.

It's a nice movie to watch around the Christmas holidays as well and probably a good example of the genre for you guys. Solid acting from Hilary Swank ( I think she won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby before this) and Gerard Butler's accent....

7/10

[Hemi Makutu]

[SIZE=4][FONT=georgia]One of those movies that gets you right in the feels. Where many movies in this genre tend to end with the death of someone...Solid acting from Hilary Swank ( I think she won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby before this) 7/10

She died in the one that exploited her boyish looks to play a faux-boy in that lezzo/T.G. beat-down flick too, as I recall..

[WristTwister]

She died in the one that exploited her boyish looks to play a faux-boy in that lezzo/T.G. beat-down flick too, as I recall..

#spoilers

Million Dollar Baby - yeah it got heavy toward the end; however PS I Love You has a more optimistic ending because it's more about recovering from loss, not dwelling on it.

EDIT: Soz you were talking about Boys Don't Cry...

[Hemi Makutu]

#spoilers

Million Dollar Baby - yeah it got heavy toward the end; however PS I Love You has a more optimistic ending because it's more about recovering from loss, not dwelling on it.

EDIT: Soz you were talking about Boys Don't Cry...

Ai.. She took it whakatane-wise, in all of 'em you noted, kai pai..

[caspernz]

Fight scenes OTT. Not a bad story, predictable of course. Wife liked it, but I'd give it 3/10 at best.

[Hemi Makutu]

Fight scenes OTT. Not a bad story, predictable of course. Wife liked it, but I'd give it 3/10 at best.

The 1st one wasn't bad for 'a little punchy guy - who's a bit too good' movie, so how does the Scientology clown over do it in this one ?

[FlangMasterJ]

Definitely looking forward to this. The first one brings back a lot of memories.

[pritch]

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
(or, Amelie, for the less french) ç'est un comédie, romance

I liked Amelie - and Audrey Tatou too. That seems a long time ago?

Went to see "The Accountant" today. The plot isn't too obvious and there are minor twists at the end, some of which are less predicatble than others.
Lots of action with the apparent anomolies explained by frequent use of flashbacks, but the latter are not intrusive.

I burst out laughing at one point. Nobody else in the theatre laughed though so I'm not actually sure if it was meant to be a joke. On reflection though I don't think my mirth would have offended the director.

As an action movie an easy 9/10.

The reviews hereabout are interesting to read but I hate writing them. Too much like school.

Next week I'll go to "Hacksaw Ridge". I promise not to mention it here again though.

[mossy1200]

Hacksaw Ridge.

Would be my favourite flick. 10/10

[Woodman]

Fight scenes OTT. Not a bad story, predictable of course. Wife liked it, but I'd give it 3/10 at best.

Yeah it was okay. Cruse still wrong for the part, but portrays Reachers personality pretty good considering he is a foot too short. I reckon they should do the Reacher movies like Batman or James Bond and change the lead actor from time to time.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Definitely looking forward to this. The first one brings back a lot of memories.

Which is precisely why there is no reason to make a sequel.

[pritch]

Yeah it was okay. Cruse still wrong for the part, but portrays Reachers personality pretty good considering he is a foot too short. I reckon they should do the Reacher movies like Batman or James Bond and change the lead actor from time to time.

"They" is a tricky concept in this case because Tom bought the movie rights to some of the books, so he alone says who gets to play Reacher in the movies of those books. How many books? I have no idea.

While watching the latest effort the thought occurred several times that he is already at the upper limit of the age required to play a convincing Reacher. (Well, almost convincing.) A short arsed geriatric Reacher would be too much of a stretch.

[Akzle]

dead in tombstone

brainless wiley wess' flick.
with machete.
some attentions have been given to "effects", which are neat, not overbearing, but i feel like it needed more. on account of it's otherwise fairly uninventive.

as mind-hole junk 8.5/10. as cinema....6.5