welsh_gamer Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Knowing Much better than I expected, great in fact. Nicholas Cage's best film in years. The airplane crash long-shot was very chilling and the Spielberg-esque ending didn't bother me. 8/10 Ghost Rider Brilliant first 20 mins or so, but afterwards the quality falls, but it's an above average and fun popcorn flick which is somewhat spoiled by Eva Mendes' acting and crap CGI. Again, better than expected. 5/10 Gonna check out Next and Bancock Dangerous soon after enjoying both the above Cage flicks. The Punisher Awesome revenge movie, with a good story, cast and one of the best one on one fights (Frank Castle Vs the Russian) I've seen on film in ages. 8.5/10 Pineapple Express Meh...pretty disappointing, considering I like most the other Apatow produced or directed films. The physical humor in the fights and chases were hillarious, but the rest of the film wasn't so. 4/10
The Bard Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Punisher 8.5 and Pineapple Express 4. Wow. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Battlefield Earth is your favourite film of all time.
dwarf Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Robin Hood (The Russel Crowe one) Boring, basically. 95% of it was talking, and so you'd have thought the writers would be decent. Alas, it was shit. 2 minutes worth of fighting, and it was just like any other man-slaying film minus a decent centrepiece. Plus the woman wasn't even fit. I tried to convince the others to watch Iron Man 2 but to no avail, still some pretty funny comments were made during the viewing so wasn't too boring. 4/10.
Oxigen_Waste Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 ReZourceman said: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Ooooh, I liked this movie a fair amount. I must say I really dug Reveal hidden contents The specific focus at the beginning on Kris, and then her suddenly die-ing. Liked that. Surprising. And generally liked the....kind of unpredictibiblity slash unlinear ness. Kind of. Unfortunately I'm now bloody well in love with another person. Not exactly a great example photo, but anyway; Yeah I liked it a lot. And loved the ending. Reveal hidden contents Knew SOMETHING was gonna happen. Supernatural dude doesn't go down that easily! Especially in franchise-populated 2010 film industry. :p 7.7/10 Let's all clap for the retard. The sad part is I like you! Konfucius said: Iron Man 2 Really disappointed. Overall it has good ideas and cool fights but it just drags on so much. If they had cut 45 minutes out of the movie it would be quite nice, although that still wouldn't fix how stupidly some things got resolved. A massiv step down from the first movie. 5/10 Easily a low 6, generic sci-fi guy! And since you are who you are, I'm gonna go ahead and assume that 5 is a "bad" score in your universe, so by your scale it's a 7.
ReZourceman Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Oxigen_Waste said: Let's all clap for the retard.The sad part is I like you! Its not sad, its just hard not to love me let alone just like me.
EEVILMURRAY Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 (edited) Not bad superhero films, but I feel too much time was spent on origins and other shit than on action, which is felt weird after reading: The script was not completely prepared when filming began, since the filmmakers were more focused on the story and the action, so the dialogue was mostly ad-libbed throughout filming; The action and the story seemed shadows by the script. Only in the last half hour is there some proper pimpsmacking action. Hopefully if a third film comes along everything will be set up so much that there can be more shooty bad guys etc. For the first time I've properly found Johansson attractive, kicking some ass like a female Jason Statham. All in all, good viewing. Which ages actor will we have next? Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke... Burt Reynolds? Edited May 14, 2010 by EEVILMURRAY
D_prOdigy Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Tetsuo: The Iron Man what is this I don't even Actually, I was bored by the end of it.
Retro_Link Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 (edited) Konfucius said: Iron Man 2 although that still wouldn't fix how stupidly some things got resolved. Like what? Moon Saw this a few weeks ago, brilliant sci-fi film and Sam Rockwell is just great! Really gets you thinking (I must admit I got a little confused by it all in the end), and some nice emotional scenes. When the plot twist was revealed I was a little dissapointed because I thought it was going to go the other way (full out psychological), but by the end you really get caught up in it all! 8/10 Edited May 14, 2010 by Retro_Link
Happenstance Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Chaplin Thought it was a really good, really interesting film. I had seen some of Charlie Chaplins movies as a kid (although I couldnt say which ones) and always enjoyed them to a point but I never really knew much more about him. As usual I thought Robert Downey Jr was brilliant, both as the tramp and the more serious moments as Chaplin. 8/10
EEVILMURRAY Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Mundi said: I say the magnificent Kurt Russel is next. No no no, at work I mentioned I watched and my amazing observation, he suggested Tom Selleck. Stark's toughest challenge ever.
Dan_Dare Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 He actually looks a lot like Stark did in the 80s during his 'ranging alkie' phase
Konfucius Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Retro_Link said: Like what? Reveal hidden contents The new element he discovers. Ok first of all he does some weird 3D stuff to "rediscover" the new element but then this thing heals him and acts as a power source basically resolving all his (and Pepper's problems) he had for most of the film and it didn't even require him to make some personal sacrifices or effort and made all of his struggles in the first half pointless. Furthermore the existing reactor "accepts" the new element without problems. Just put it in the middle of the existing arc-reactor and everything is fine. Talk about being lucky. That's the TV show solution to things. Then they wanted to introduce Warmachine yet didn't explain why the Iron Man MK2 suit fits him and has a power source built in but hinting at it during a conversation with Nick Fury seemed sufficient to the writers. When Warmachine is controlled by Vanko they just have to reboot the suit and everything is back to normal plus he can still use all the stuff that was installed by Hammer. Oxygen_Waste said: Easily a low 6, generic sci-fi guy! And since you are who you are, I'm gonna go ahead and assume that 5 is a "bad" score in your universe, so by your scale it's a 7. Well generic professional movie critic who for some reason only posts on internet forums, I don't quite understand what you are getting at but I assume you are trying to criticise my review score. For me a 5 is a movie that is flawed but still entertaining enough to rent on DVD and watch at home with a few mates, but nothing worth going to the cinema for.
Happenstance Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Konfucius said: Reveal hidden contents The new element he discovers. Ok first of all he does some weird 3D stuff to "rediscover" the new element but then this thing heals him and acts as a power source basically resolving all his (and Pepper's problems) he had for most of the film and it didn't even require him to make some personal sacrifices or effort and made all of his struggles in the first half pointless. Furthermore the existing reactor "accepts" the new element without problems. Just put it in the middle of the existing arc-reactor and everything is fine. Talk about being lucky. That's the TV show solution to things. Then they wanted to introduce Warmachine yet didn't explain why the Iron Man MK2 suit fits him and has a power source built in but hinting at it during a conversation with Nick Fury seemed sufficient to the writers. When Warmachine is controlled by Vanko they just have to reboot the suit and everything is back to normal plus he can still use all the stuff that was installed by Hammer. Well generic professional movie critic who for some reason only posts on internet forums, I don't quite understand what you are getting at but I assume you are trying to criticise my review score. For me a 5 is a movie that is flawed but still entertaining enough to rent on DVD and watch at home with a few mates, but nothing worth going to the cinema for. Reveal hidden contents Well the arc reactor would be able to just accept the new element as it was designed with the element in mind, the technology just wasnt there to create it when Tonys dad came up with it. When War Machine is being controlled they didnt just reboot, they tried that multiple times and it didnt work, Black Widow had to give him back control from Vankos own computer
Konfucius Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Happenstance said: Reveal hidden contents Well the arc reactor would be able to just accept the new element as it was designed with the element in mind, the technology just wasnt there to create it when Tonys dad came up with it. When War Machine is being controlled they didnt just reboot, they tried that multiple times and it didnt work, Black Widow had to give him back control from Vankos own computer Reveal hidden contents That arc reactor thing is a very good point, I didn't consider that. The way I understood it though was they tried to remotely hack into the suit to reboot it which didn't work, however, Black Widow managed to reboot the suit from Vanko's computer. I'm not quite sure anymore though if she didn't do anything else, there were quite a few windows flashing by when she was at the computer. But if it really was just that it feels a bit cheap, especially when Vanko is presented as some kind of genius.
Happenstance Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Konfucius said: Reveal hidden contents That arc reactor thing is a very good point, I didn't consider that. The way I understood it though was they tried to remotely hack into the suit to reboot it which didn't work, however, Black Widow managed to reboot the suit from Vanko's computer. I'm not quite sure anymore though if she didn't do anything else, there were quite a few windows flashing by when she was at the computer. But if it really was just that it feels a bit cheap, especially when Vanko is presented as some kind of genius. Reveal hidden contents Just doesnt seem cheap to me, Vanko had to leave quickly as he knew Black Widow was fighting her way through so he couldnt really do anything to the computer to stop her. I dont think it takes away from his genius anyway, them not being able to hack into War Machine proves that.
ReZourceman Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Plus I think he always knew he was going to get to his endgame, so gaining Reveal hidden contents control of War Machine Didn't really matter anyway.
Konfucius Posted May 14, 2010 Posted May 14, 2010 Happenstance said: Reveal hidden contents Just doesnt seem cheap to me, Vanko had to leave quickly as he knew Black Widow was fighting her way through so he couldnt really do anything to the computer to stop her. I dont think it takes away from his genius anyway, them not being able to hack into War Machine proves that. Reveal hidden contents I agree with you on that but what I meant was, that it's cheap if all they had to do was reboot Warmachine from Vanko's computer. That would roughly be the equivalent of a computer virus that disappears when you reboot your PC. That's what it came across as to me at least, but do you remember if they did anything else, like change some settings, before rebooting? I know I probably shouldn't care so much for the little details but I just keep noticing stuff like that.
Shorty Posted May 15, 2010 Posted May 15, 2010 Reveal hidden contents Rourke: "You Lose" *Detonates bomb* ... well no, not "detonates". Rather, activates a completely pointless 30 second fuse which allows his two targets, who have rocket boots I might add, to escape easily. In the mean time, Pepper stands there staring at a beeping, flashing robot. Honestly, what was she thinking? Everyone in the audience knew it was about to blow up, what did Pepper think was going on? The robot's mobile phone was ringing, perhaps? And then that awkward, awkward kiss. To summarise, the ending was a bit pants.
nightwolf Posted May 15, 2010 Posted May 15, 2010 So bad you repeated it twice? Buwahaha, yes I agree those bits were a bit weird, but then Penny is kinda like that.
Babooo Posted May 15, 2010 Posted May 15, 2010 Iron Man 2 Enjoyed the movie, although not as good as the first. Still worth seeing. 7/10 Also watched How to Train Your Dragon 3D a while back.....enjoyed it muchly.....had no idea what it was gonna be like (best way to approach a film IMO) and turned out to be really enjoyable! 8.10
Jon Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 Robin Hood A lot better than Costners version, it was mostly devoid of cheese. Thought Crowe played the part well but his accent seemed to deviate from Scottish to Irish to something resembling a Geordie twang. Some good action scenes, i'm guessing it will look quite sexy in HD.
nightwolf Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 The breakfast club I only watched this a few years ago, but I love it, I love the characters, the ideals, everything. It so damn cheesy and cute. Especially the ending 9/10
Oxigen_Waste Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 D_prOdigy said: Tetsuo: The Iron Man what is this I don't even Actually, I was bored by the end of it. It's so awesome.
Dan_Dare Posted May 16, 2010 Posted May 16, 2010 The Incredible Hulk is lame. Absolutely nothing stands out, except how incredibly unexciting the action sequences were.
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