chairdriver Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 I'd go with a semi-colon in the first sentence instead. "Coraline defies expectations in numerous ways; one way in which it exceeded my own personal expectations is the high quality of the film as a whole"
Paj! Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 I'd go with a semi-colon in the first sentence instead. "Coraline defies expectations in numerous ways; one way in which it exceeded my own personal expectations is the high quality of the film as a whole" That's a very good point. As it stands, it sounds a bit "pupil reciting" rather than confident reviewer.
Daft Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 The first hour might have been quite slow but it turned out to be some fantastic build up to the best hour + of cinema I have seen this year. Excellent and grim cinema. Nasty/10 The Third Man A genuinely captivating film from start to finish, I admit that at first I didn't expect it to hold my attention but within the first few minutes I was drawn in; it's not the usual type of film that I would watch normally but after hearing nothing but good things about it I just 'had' to see it and now I'm glad to have experienced it because it's a quality piece of British cinema. 10/10 Nice one. Really is a great film.
Ashley Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 I'd go with a semi-colon in the first sentence instead. "Coraline defies expectations in numerous ways; one way in which it exceeded my own personal expectations is the high quality of the film as a whole" That's a very good point. As it stands, it sounds a bit "pupil reciting" rather than confident reviewer. Cheers. As said, it needs a combing through tomorrow but thanks for pointing that out (although, "pupil reciting"? but I've gotten to the not-caring point. I need one B- from this semester to get a 2:1 and I've got a decent average across the board so far. I feel a general apathy toward uni in its final week) The first hour might have been quite slow but it turned out to be some fantastic build up to the best hour + of cinema I have seen this year. Excellent and grim cinema. Nasty/10 I keep picking that up and 'hmm'ing and then remembering how empty my wallet is. Will add it to the wonderful mental list though
jayseven Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 The Third Man A genuinely captivating film from start to finish, I admit that at first I didn't expect it to hold my attention but within the first few minutes I was drawn in; it's not the usual type of film that I would watch normally but after hearing nothing but good things about it I just 'had' to see it and now I'm glad to have experienced it because it's a quality piece of British cinema. 10/10 Fancy that! I've just pinched it from teh tubes today. Been watching A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, as a sort of encore for my Clint Eastwood stint. The films get progressively longer, and after seeing Wolverine at the cinema they are refreshingly content as movies - that is to say, these films are in no hurry to tell you waht's going on, or to remind you of a character's name or try and affront you with some deep meaning - these are good westerns; films that rake in the grains of morality and don't pretend there's anything magic about the beans that grow from them. I mean, westerns just boil Men down to their basest forms, treading the line between man and animal. While "the man with no name" actually had a different name in each movie, and while Back to the Future ruined teh ending of the first one for me, there was still enough atmosphere and trademark-lines to ensure the trilogy lived up to its legendary status. I mean, the intro credits? The signature theme tunes? yeah. Awesome. Watched Schindler's List (and got confused, as always, between Neeson and Fiennes) and was almost brought to tears on a couple of occasions. Now I've got The Third Man, Apocalypse Now, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Big Nothing and The Man Who Wasn't There to watch As you can tell, a bit of Linklater and Coens. Then I'm revisiting Lynch and Kubrik, then checking out the Clooney movies. THEN... I dunno.
Paj! Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 I've yet to watch Schindler's List the whole way through. I keep meaning to, I mean, I have it on DVD. Will do one day. I also need to see Apocalypse Now. I bought it for 99p on VHS when I was reading Heart Of Darkness, but decided I hated VHS.
Slaggis Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 Camp Rock A poor mans High School Musical. The Uberbitch was hilarious for all the wrong reasons, and the only good thing about it was Demi Lovato. Amazingly cliche, some abysmal acting, and some shitty numbers. There were a couple of moments where it seemed like it might rise above the mediocre, but then it just sank again. 4
Dan_Dare Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 Camp Rock A poor mans High School Musical. 4 Jesus Fuck.
Oxigen_Waste Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 A poor mans High School Musical. Jesus... I didn't know there were such levels of poverty!
Daft Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Jesus... I didn't know there were such levels of poverty! Trust Haggis to find it. Love you really!!
Goafer Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Black Sheep Terrible, but in an intentional way. I found it quite fun to watch in a "Oh my god, that's so shit" sort of way. Definately a film to watch with friends. 7/10
Dyson Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 The 6th Day A combination of lol and wtf sum it up. No real memorable Arnie quotes to keep it going but surprisingly enough an enjoyable enough storyline to keep my interest. 6.5/10
Nolan Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Now I've got The Third Man, Apocalypse Now, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Big Nothing and The Man Who Wasn't There to watch As you can tell, a bit of Linklater and Coens. Then I'm revisiting Lynch and Kubrik, then checking out the Clooney movies. THEN... I dunno. Don't get me wrong, I like Big Nothing but I don't see how it fits in any of those. Perhaps it's part of the 'You Dunno' category? Just watched She's the Man it was alright. A few funny moments and few cringe moments.
Beast Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) Camp Rock A poor mans High School Musical. The Uberbitch was hilarious for all the wrong reasons, and the only good thing about it was Demi Lovato. Amazingly cliche, some abysmal acting, and some shitty numbers. There were a couple of moments where it seemed like it might rise above the mediocre, but then it just sank again. 4 It's amazingly shit. Rubbish acting, shit storyline and you just wanted to punch half the characters they were that annoying, haha. I wanted to punch the Jonas Brothers. Urban Legends: Final Cut Mediocre horror movie, wasn't that bad but it's been done before many times, nothing new. I loved the security woman in it. "FREEZE! YOU CRAZY LONELY MOTHER FU**ER!" lmfao. 5/10 Edited May 5, 2009 by Animal
jayseven Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Don't get me wrong, I like Big Nothing but I don't see how it fits in any of those. Perhaps it's part of the 'You Dunno' category? Just watched She's the Man it was alright. A few funny moments and few cringe moments. haha - yeah it doesn't fit in at all :P I should've distinguished it - got it for a ladyfriend who wants to watch it with me.
Paj! Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Camp Rock must be painful to watch if Haggis and Dazz hate it!
Daft Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 One imagines a missing stanza penned by Dante. Maybe he realised even Hell has standards.
DomJcg Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 I'd imagine at the end of hell it would be the jonas brothers, rather than brutus.
Nami Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Princess Mononoke Stunning. 8/10 I watched Princess Mononoke about a year ago now and can't remember a thing about it! You just made me wanna watch it again now tho. I'm coming to the end of my uni course and need to watch shed loads of films to fill up a research book (it's a hard life) and watched True Romance last night. I watched it about 5 years ago and well enjoyed it but could only remember certain scenes. It was just as awesome, some horrific scenes with a comical edge, bit of action, quirky conversations Tarentino style and a great sound track. It's one of those films where you don't wanna move while it's on, the flow of it is perfect which keeps you hooked. The cast is impressive to and every character works well together. I'd give it 9/10. I also watched Pi the other week which was ace, the sound was very experimental and interesting and the lead character was acted well. I felt like I was watching a slightly more advanced student film but not in a bad way just with it being so creative. I'd give it 7/10 just because it ain't the sort of film I'd watch over and over. Oh yeah and the sound track was impressive too, big fan of Aphex Twin .
Happenstance Posted May 5, 2009 Posted May 5, 2009 Fanboys Watched this earlier and even though I had heard a bad opinion of it from someone, I still thought it was a very good comedy. Nice nerdy moments in there for both Star Wars and Star Trek, im looking forward to it coming out on dvd. Plus you gotta love Kristen Bell in the gold bikini. 7.5/10 In the mood for more comedy now, putting on Anchorman.
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