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[igotask8board]

Spider-Man 3 sucked if you want to put it on a Spider-Man series scale, but as a normal movie it was entertaining to say the least. The truth it, they could have made it a lot better since it had Venom.

I couldn't stand it when Harry was so damn nice. I thought he started talking fruity, it sounded like he had a lisp. That scene with MJ-Harry making eggs should have been edited out.

<div class="quote_poster">Mercury Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">

Next, I'm watching the Departed and then probably Disturbia. I hate having to go to redbox...I miss my video store job now.

 

[Char]

Find Me Guilty 8/10

Directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Vin Diesel.

This movie is one of my favorites to watch. It is based on actual court testimony from a HUGE trial where the US government prosecutes an entire criime family in Jersey. There are hilarous moments, and very candid moments also. Vin Diesel does maybe his best acting in this movie.

Recommended rental. I was lucky enough to pick this up for $3.00 used(had seen it a year ago so I knew it was worth buying).


Hang 'Em High 7/10

Starring Clint Eastwood.

This is the first movie Eastwood made in america, and it is pretty good, worth renting or watching on cable.


Fracture 8/10

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling.

This is basically a court case, where Hopkins murders his wife, and Gosling is the prosecutor in the case. Basically, it is Hopkins vs. Gosling, and that is worth the price of admission. I saw this Open Captioned in the theater, and I highly recommend it if you can catch it, or when it comes to DVD. Gosling is up and coming, and on the up and up, and this movie cements that in my mind. Hopkins is brilliantly diabolical, as always.


Babel 6/10

Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Rinko Kikuchi.

I enjoyed this film, although coming from Inarritu, it was just sadly predictable. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is the brilliant director of Amores Perros (Love is a Bitch), and 21 Grams. What he does cliched, or repeats in his films is, creating stories centered around one single indicent. It worked GREAT in Amores Perros, worked okay in 21 Grams, but with Babel, it felt like he was beating a dead horse. If he does it a fourth time, I will be disappointed.

Rinko Kikuchi does a really good job as the deaf asian girl in the film. My sister was watching it with me and commented on how the director went back and forth using sound, and then no sound when trying to show how the world is for a deaf person, all visual with zero sound. This makes me wonder if Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has a deaf relative, or really did his research for this character in his film.

Recommended rental if you haven't seen Amores Perros. Amores Perros is easily Inarritu's BEST film.

 

[NJNetz]

7/10

7.5/10

 

[Apollo]

300- Liked it alot. It may be too cliche at times, but the action and overall makeup of the movie made up for it. 8/10

Spiderman 3- Like I`ve been saying, if you want to be entertained, go see it. There was just too many plots and you really couldn`t lock onto that one solid story like in the first two movies. The whole emo Spidey and him dancing in the street had me thinking how was this movie in a trilogy with Spiderman 1 and 2. I do wish there was more Venom and less Sandman, and maybe a little more of New Goblin. Compared to the first 2 movies, I do think this is sort of a letdown. 7/10

 

[Sasha]

8/10

 

[Mamba]

10/10

 

[Riot]

10/10

10/10

 

[Mamba]

I never bit into the Fight Club hype. American History X is an amazing movie, much better than Romper Stomper. As for FC, I thought it was overhyped trash to be honest with you.

 

[NTC]

Yeah I have never really brought into the Fight Club hype either, I have it on DVD, but I personally dont think the movie is all that great. Definatley overhyped.

 

[Char]

The Jack Bull 8/10

Starring John Cusack, John C. McGinley, and John Goodman.

A western about a man done wrong, and refusing to let it go until justice is served. Cusack plays Myrl Redding, a horse rancher who has 2 of his horses badly treated by a greedy landowner, and the movie is about Redding getting justice for it. The term 'Jack Bull' is what a character coins Redding. It is based off the idea of crossing a Jack Russell Terrier and a Pit Bull. A Jack Russell Terrier, when riled up is diffluct to calm down, and a Pit Bull, once it locks its jaws has to be pried open with tools to have it let go. Hence, John Cusack/Myrl Redding is the 'Jack Bull'. This movie is a western, yet there aren't too many deaths like found in a typical western, or gunfights. This is more a poltical movie, and it is well done in that sense. John Goodman plays a judge in Cheyenne, Wyoming who handles Redding's trial. I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good story about justice and what must be done sometimes to attain it.

When Harry Met Sally 8/10

Directed by Rob Reiner, starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher.

This is a very entertaining drama between two people who at first do not like each other, and the hot topic is sex. This story chronicles a friendship over about 10 oe 15 years, and how it grows. Highly recommended if you can enjoy a drama/comedy, a dramedy a some will call it.

Seraphim Falls 9/10

Directed by David Von Ancken, starring Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, and Anjelica Huston.

This is basically a whole movie that chronicles a chase, a manhunt. Pierce Brosnan plays the hunted, and plays it emphatically well. Brosnan plays Gideon, a former Union captain of the Civil War who has gone west to leave his brutal, bloody past behind. Liam Neeson plays Carver, an ex-confedrate colonel out to hunt Gideon down. Technically, this is a western, but isn't heavily one, in my opinion. The settings, weapons, horseriding make it a western. The chase is enagaing, and I love how this movie does something different. Most movies that take you in take you in for the whole ride. Seraphim Falls does something very different, and may be a result of the first time director, Von Ancken. What Seraphim Falls does different is it takes you in, engulfs you into its action and chase, and then lets you go. At first, I did not like this, but upon retrospect, I found it a very fitting way to end such a hectic manhunt.

Brosnan plays a very cunning Gideon, a master killer that is slippery as a eel and ready to kill in a blink. There are a few scenes of brilliant acting and directing in this movie with Gideon. Neeson plays a very determined and unrelenting Carver who can only see one thing in front of him, and that is Gideon. I am not going to proclaim this movie Brosnan's best, because I am sure Brosnan has done better roles, but I don't think Brosnan has ever been non-Brosnanian as in this film. In the beginning, I went "that is Peirce Brosnan", but as the movie progressed, Brosnan really got into character, and I completely forgot it was Brosnan at many points in the film. Neeson was Neeson, yet better than decent.

Recommended for fans of manhunt or western films.


The Fountain 9/10

Written by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, Directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, and Ellen Burstyn.

*copied from DVD description*
Yesterday, today, tomorrow, past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a 1000 year oddysey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death.
*end description*

This is Aronofsky's third movie (Pi, Requiem For A Dream), and he delivers. Aronofsky does not rush and make as many films as possible, thus not succumbing into the void of Hollywood directing. Aronofsky takes his time to make truly great films, and The Fountain is his latest display of brilliance. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz are incredible in this film, and espeically Jackman. Pay close attention to the dialogue and events in this film, or you will be left perplexed. Basically the story is about Death being the road to awe.

Recommended for ethereal and fantasy fans.

 

[Sasha]

Char officially watches the best movies. Book it.

8/10

 

[Shard]

I miss getting free movies, I haven't been able to see any of the new ones out but i'm going to try to get the monthly plan soon.

Last movie I watched is probably the best comedy i've seen. Super Troopers. 10/10

And co-sign on American History X, great movie.

 

[NJNetz]

10/10

I thought Norton played his character extremely well.

 

[Moo2K4]

28 Weeks Later - 9/10

Not sure if it was better than 28 Days Later, but it's certainly better than most horror movies out there. My only issue is it wasn't as original as the first one, it kind of tapered towards a typical zombie flick, but regardless, still an excellent horror flick and one of the better movies I've seen this year.

 

[Mamba]

I have never seen you give ANYTHING a bad rating

 

[Char]

Nevada Smith 7/10

Starring Steve McQueen.

I believe this is one of McQueen's earlier films, and it is a western. McQueen plays a young boy whose parents are brutally murdered, and sets out for revenge. Along his path to revenge, he is taught and learns the way of the quick and ruthless wild west gunslinger. While this movie was entertaining, I do not think it will be much of a rewatch.

10th and Wolf 9/10

Directed by Bobby Moresco, starring James Marsden, Giovanni Ribsi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo, Dennis Hopper, Tommy Lee and Brian Dennehy.

A Mafioso film. James Marsden plays a marine sergeant who faces jail time, etc unless he goes back to the south Philly neighborhoods and helps the cops nail a mob boss. Giovanni Ribsi and Brad Renfro play Marsden's childhood brother and friend, and Ribsi is running things in south Philly. Marsden and Ribsi are a revelation in this film, and I can see them acting in more films in the future that involve the mafia, espeically Ribsi, who really authenticated his role. Marsden is equally convincing, and makes a great cop/smart thug.

Recommended for mafioso film fans.

 

[Sasha]

<div class="quote_poster">Moo2K4 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">28 Weeks Later - 9/10

Not sure if it was better than 28 Days Later, but it's certainly better than most horror movies out there. My only issue is it wasn't as original as the first one, it kind of tapered towards a typical zombie flick, but regardless, still an excellent horror flick and one of the better movies I've seen this year.</div>
You don't see many good movies then.

 

[Sasha]

10/10

 

[Moo2K4]

<div class="quote_poster">Mamba Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I have never seen you give ANYTHING a bad rating

</div>Cause half the time when I watch a bad movie, I typically completely neglect to put the movie in this thread. But believe me, I have seen PLENTY of bad movies, just not recently (cause I haven't seen many movies in general recently).

 

[Sasha]

 

[miss3pointer25]

10/10!

 

[Mamba]

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[b]9/10[/b]
You
COTBP > AWE > DMC

 

[NJNetz]

9/10

9/10

POTC was confusing at times, but definitely enjoyable. Sparrow is hilarious!

 

[igotask8board]

Disturbia
7/10, I was gonna give in a 6, but I thought they got the right actor to play the main character, Shia Lebouef.
*mild spoilers*
Sraight-forward plot, I thought there would be a twist or something, like maybe Lebouf was going psycho and the neighbor wasn't a serial killer. Afterall, the movie is called Disturbia. It was a solid PG-13 thriller.

 

[NJNetz]

5.5/10

Too many plot holes, and the whole idea wasn't really interesting. Lacked a lot of development.

I enjoyed seeing Kiefer though.

 

[NJNetz]

6/10

Not bad.

 

[Run BJM]

The Good Shepherd- 7/10

 

[Moo2K4]

Pirates 3 - 9/10

Way better than the second and I think I might have actually liked it more than the first.

 

[Mamba]

No way was it better than the first. The first was what set the series off running. They recycled jokes in all three, but it was more evident in number 3 than number 1. The first is the original and is, and always will be, the best of the three.

 

[fatballer_10]

Last movie I saw was Spiderman 3 and I really thought it was lame. The first two were really good, but the third is weak.

6 / 10.