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Hobo with a Shogun -- 7/10 -- fun throwback to Canadian low-budget exploitation movies like Robocop. Absolutely gross at times, super ballsy at others. If you like movies that are way over the top you might like this one but only if you have a strong stomach.
 
Due to flying back and forth across the Pacific, I got to watch a few movies--normally doesn't happen much anymore.

Thor was pretty decent for mind candy. I'm a sucker for Natalie Portman, and the rest of the cast was pretty good. I never really read comic books, so I'm not as invested in storylines being true to the material as, say, the movies that Lord of the Rings or Count of Monte Cristo should have been.

I knew that watching Limitless would be dangerous for me.

Adjustment Bureau is a good movie for bringing up questions of faith, fate, etc. I think it's fascinating to see people question and explore spirituality without referencing deities overtly. Emily Blunt seemed to have a weird look/accent in this one, and it was throwing me off a bit. I liked her in Prada and Victoria, and the acting wasn't bad, but there was just something odd about it. :dunno:
 
Paul -- 8/10 -- I like Frost & Pegg so it was a given I would enjoy this one. Pretty funny tribute to Spielberg & Lucas (with about a million more nods sprinkled in). One thing that is strange about it is that it seems if you're making a comedy these days there is a group of about two dozen people you can pick your cast from. Every comedy has a couple of people from SNL, a couple from Super Troopers, Jane Lynch, and David Koechner... not that I'm complaining.

Colombiana -- 6/10 -- I generally like Luc Besson's formulaic and understated stylish action films and I liked this one as well, but there is a point at which it starts to get stale. Aside from Zoe's performance the film is a bit of a bore with predictable set pieces and terrible end kills. Rather just watch Leon again.

Red Faction: Origins -- 3/10 -- Middle of the road, unambitious low-budget SF that doesn't satisfy fans of the game or the genre. About what you'd expect from SyFy other than a sleepwalking performance from the usually great Robert Patrick. Some movies need to be made, some are just fun to have, and others are totally pointless. Guess which type this was.
 
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Plane Dead -- 3/10 -- Instead of snakes, its zombies on a plane, minus an interesting protagonist. Yet not the worst effort I've seen in the genre by far.

Red State -- 6/10 -- Kevin Smith's attempt at a horror movie falls flat besides a good performance from John Goodman and typical snappy dialogue.

Attack the Block -- 9/10 -- Would've loved this when I was 12, but since I haven't grown up at all I still love it. Very fun, fast paced; a movie for kids with some pointy bits thrown-in.
 
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Some movies for you all to check out.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Shame
Melancholia
Drive
Moneyball
J. Edgar
The Rum Diary
The Artist
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil (Pretty decent reviews so far)
50/50
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Hanezu no Tsuki
 
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Tropa de Elite/Elite Squad -- 10/10 -- holy hell.
 
Pontypool -- 7/10 -- low-budget Canadian pseudo-zombie movie that takes place in a radio station. Good performances, innovative take on the genre, but obviously very limited due to budget constraints (lots of things happen off-screen in sometimes comical and sometimes unintentionally comical ways).
 
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie -- 6/10 -- pretty absurd but occasionally funny; fans of the show will enjoy it (but it's not for the uninitiated); uninspired cameos.

Drive Angry (2D) -- 4/10 -- Nick Cage has a lot of debt, which explains movies like this one; seems to have the same plot as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance?
 
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption -- 4/10 -- if you're keeping count, this is the sixth film in The Mummy franchise, and the second sequel to The Scorpion King spin-off. Ron Pearlman is in it, seeing as how he never turns down a role, along with a jovial Billy Zane, Bautista from the WWE, Kimbo Slice from YouTube, Temuera Morrison from a couple of good movies and a lot of bad ones, and Victor Webster (who?) as the lead. It doesn't take itself seriously so it comes off a little better than you'd expect, so far as you aren't expecting much from a straight to video release. There are some tremendous wigs in it.
 
The Avengers - 8/10 It was a good movie, 3d was a crap that is why it scored lower and the fact there was no XMEN characters in it.
 
The Raid: Redemption -- 8/10 -- I discovered that watching this in Malay is probably about the same as watching it in English in that the dialogue doesn't really matter. The story isn't what this is about. Guns start going off about five minutes into the film and only occasionally let up for some fairly brutal, Tony Jaa style martial arts sequences heavy on Muay-Thai. Well shot and choreographed and worth seeing if you like the genre.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil -- 8/10 -- Really fun and funny. There are parts where you wonder if you're watching an American imitation of Pegg & Frost but it is still good. Strikes the right balance between absurd and keeping the fourth wall intact.
 
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Greenberg: 8/10. You'll either love it or hate it.


True character study. A movie about growing apart, battling with our insecurities, letting the little things bother you, and complete lack of empathy towards others (friends or the like); Freudian psychology. Roger Greenburg is someone who can’t get out of his own way. He’s someone who has an idea of himself, based on his highest ambitions when he was in his early 20s, his fantasy. It’s 20 years later, and he never became that person, but he’s still trapped in the disappointment and self-consciousness of never becoming that person. He keeps holding on to an idea with himself. As he got older, it’s become a real internal fight for him between the person who he really is –who I believe is – a stranger to him, and who he ‘thinks’ he is. The film can really resonate with a lot of people in life. You probably know someone like him, or see some of those traits within yourselves. Personally loved this film.

I was completely stoned with a few beers while writing this, so I apologize if that’s not what anyone else gets out of this film.
 
Iron Sky -- 7/10 -- imaginative, crazy, and fun to look at; exactly what you'd expect in a movie about space Nazi's.

Pootie Tang -- 6/10 -- In 2001 BFF's Chris Rock, Louis CK, Wanda Sykes, and Lance Crouther got together and made two movies: Down to Earth (remake of Heaven Can Wait) and Pootie Tang. Rock & Sykes act in both. Down to Earth wasn't appreciated by critics but made a decent 2-to-1 return on the budget. Pootie Tang bombed. I don't know if the plan was just to have fun making a movie with their comic buddies (at least a dozen stand-up comedians appear in Tang) and recoup the losses through the other, more mainstream film? In any case, Pootie Tang is like a 90-minute in-joke between CK and Rock that isn't nearly as funny for anyone else. It has become a stoner classic in recent years. Wanda Sykes steals all of her scenes in both movies.
 
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The Darkest Hour -- 5/10 -- I actually shut this one off. I like watching bad movies but this one was too bland. They couldn't even make a 28 Days Later style abandoned Moscow interesting. There isn't anything overtly bad about it, per se--looks good, CGI is decent, actors are able to deliver their lines--but there is nothing to get you hooked.

Prometheus -- 8/10 -- fun to watch but try not to think too much about it afterward. Written by one of the Lost writers--should give you an indication of whether things make sense or pay-off in the end.
 
Prometheus -- 8/10 -- fun to watch but try not to think too much about it afterward. Written by one of the Lost writers--should give you an indication of whether things make sense or pay-off in the end.

Movie left me with far too many questions. I was essentially paying for an upcoming sequel.
 
Movie left me with far too many questions. I was essentially paying for an upcoming sequel.
This is typical nowadays, sadly.

Supposedly Jim Cameron is going to film three Avatar sequels at once in 2012-13.
 
Get the Gringo -- 7/10 -- yeah yeah I know we're supposed to hate Mel Gibson now but I liked Apocolypto as well as this one, his latest direct-to-DVD (basically) feature. Unique setting and a fast-paced story combine with Gibson's frantic charisma to make for a good watch. Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) features early but sadly doesn't come back.

21 Jump Street -- 6/10 -- derivative but has enough funny bits in it to keep you entertained. A few genuine laugh out loud moments. Better than I expected but not a great comedy.
 
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Grosse Pointe Blank. 9/10, really liked it but kind of had a bit too much romance in for my liking.
 
Unstoppable 8/10. Really good movie, I love trains but watching it again you see some errors which were made.
 
Dark Knight Rises: 8/10. Much more similar to the first movie than the third. Very good, but no TDK.
 
The Dark Knight Rises IMAX -- 8/10 -- Nolan's "Return of the King" was well-executed. Didn't have the panache of the last one but was still outstanding.
 
Silverado.

6/10, I liked it. It just didn't have that wow factor.

Silverado from 1985? There are so many good Westerns, what made you watch that one?
 
The Dark Knight Rises IMAX -- 8/10 -- Nolan's "Return of the King" was well-executed. Didn't have the panache of the last one but was still outstanding.

The problem with Dark Knight Rises is the environment of the film. Felt too much like New York and not enough like Gotham.
 

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