Movies, Movies, Movies.....

[knottslover77]

Platoon

 

Best War movie ever

 

A+

 

--Jay

[RctInfinity]

^^ Best. Post. Ever. Just imagine the people that actually like this..."OMG ROFLZZZZ A COW FELL ON IRON MAN HHAHAHAHAHA!"

 

I'm reading A Series of Unfortunate Events again and I'm going to watch the movie later today to compare...I think I remember the two being pretty different.

[Martyn88]

I had a tough choice between writing this in the Movies thread or the Rant thread, as it could easily belong in either. Anyway here goes, Columbia Pictures recently announced they were putting Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (Writers of 'The Office and 'Year One') to work on a script for 'Ghostbusters 3'. I'm a huge Ghostbusters fan and at first this was great news. However, Harold Ramis (Egon in the originals) recently wrote into his local newspaper to confirm the story and added that the new script will likely seen a new team of young Ghostbusters taking over. With the original cast in cameo roles as their mentors.

 

Am I alone in thinking this is the worst idea to come out of Hollywood in years? If this film takes off its almost guaranteed to ruin the originals, with a cast of comedy rejects like Ben Stiller and Seth Rogen who for my money can't touch the brilliance of Dan Akroyd or Bill Murray and be filled with poor CGI ghosts and cheap computer effects. I hope to God this thing falls apart in pre-production, as much as I would love to see the old cast back together the price seems too high. Some franchises should be left alone.

[socalMAN123]

^ I agree that they should just leave Ghostbusters as is. It's already awesome enough, I don't want them to screw it up.

---Brent

[Bucket]

 

WHEN. WILL. IT. STOP.

[SFjunkie2010]

^ugh hopefully it will stop soon.

 

So I bought Halloween unrated and I think it is a great film but a little too long.

 

I also saw 30 Days of Night. While it was a cool idea, I didn't like that the action happened so fast I couldn't see what was going on.

[alpengeist04]

WHEN. WILL. IT. STOP.

 

Never!!! That's what makes it so scary.

[no_brain_er]

Be Kind, Rewind - 6.5/10

 

Relatively new movie, starring Jack Black and Mos Def. It was funny at parts, and some of the "Sweded" movies were really funny, but overall it was a 'blah' movie. Nothing special.

[Groteslurf]

John Rambo : 7/10

 

I saw a lot of arms and legs flying through the air which is good

 

But man, I just didn't recognize Stallone at first. He has become old and blown up.

[knottslover77]

Taken which was supposed to come out september 19th, but now it moved to January 23 2009.

 

--Jay

[Groteslurf]

Transformers : 8.5/10

 

Ok, I didn't expect much of this movie because I'm not a real Transformers fan.

But the movie was a real surprise to me. Very entertaining and I enjoyed watching it.

[downunder]

^Ditto, on Tranformers - Clerks II had really put me off, but it was fun film with some genuine pathos at times.

 

The Happening - better than expected, it actually kept me interested, it didn't work spectacularly but wasn't bad. I loved his first 3 films, so it's always a tough ask to live up to them. I couldn't say M.Night is back but he's a bit of a way down the road to redemption.

[Disney Dood]

^ He's just going downhill. His next movie is the "Avatar: The Last Airbender" movie. . But at least James Cameron's "Avatar" is going to RULE.

 

Just saw Blade Runner: The Final Cut. You kinda have to see the original theatrical version with Ford's narrarating, but if you have the patience to sit through both, you will see how much better the final cut is. It gives the movie such a darker, more serious, almost apocalyptic feel. Ford's narraration was pretty crappy, anyway.

 

9.5/10. I still think this movie has some of the best special effects ever despite being made in 1982.

 

BUT AVATAR WILL BLOW EVERYTHING OUT OF THE WATER, EVEN BEOWULF, IN TERMS OF EFFECTS.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r5aQYbX3bU

 

^The chick in that video is NOT real. She is entirely CGI. Now imagine 60% of a feature-length movie using that technology. It's gonna be tough deciding which is which.

[downunder]

^Thanks for the tipoff, I don't really keep up with what M.Night or anyone else is up to, I was hoping he might be doing something with potential for greatness as his next project.

 

Also thanks for the reminder, I must see Bladerunner again, that was a mighty fine piece of work.

[masterofthematrix91]

^^ it's NOT Avatar: The Last Airbender....Just Avatar

 

The Bank Job: good but I thaught it would be a little bit funnier and more fun rather than serious all the way through. 7/10

 

Brick: WOW!!!! this was a rare treat! Great storytelling, script, directing and camera! 9.5/10 I highly reccomend this one!!!

[Disney Dood]

^ The M. Night movie is actually only called "The Last Airbender", to avoid confusion with James Cameron's "Avatar". They're going to be released pretty close together. James Cameron's "Avatar" is supposed to change the way we see movies and is budgeted at $300 million, and "The Last Airbender" is going to be a kid's movie.

[jmicha]

^$300M! They better hope to god that this movie is going to be popular.

[Groteslurf]

Vantage point : 8/10

 

As usual, I didn't have a clue what to expect of this movie.

I was surprised to see a lot of famous faces in the cast. At the first rewind, I didn't know what to think but it worked out great. The movie got my attention till the end. Great story.

[Disney Dood]

^$300M! They better hope to god that this movie is going to be popular.

Cameron himself said that Avatar "makes Titanic look like a picnic"... so yeah, I guess that's saying something.

[jmicha]

^I wouldn't be so sure of himself if I were him. Personally, I know a lot of people that hate James Cameron and don't enjoy his movies at all. Titanic may have been popular and liked by many (myself included, not because of the story line or writing which was awful, but more because I have a love for anything Titanic related), but I know a lot more people that hated it than loved it. I'm not so sure this concept is going to really be successful. And even if it does better than the majority of movies do in the box office, it may only break even. $300M is just a ridiculous number. For some big budget movies (The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones 4, Star Wars Episodes 1-3, etc.) this is fine since they are already loved series that are almost guaranteed to do well in the box office. This movie is a stand-alone movie and is going to be pretty much unknown until the first previews come out on TV or in theaters. This movie is a huge risk, and I hope that it does well, but I'm not so sure. Plus, the name is DEFINITELY going to confuse people and I'm sure that will stop many from going to see it since they will mistake this for a kid's movie based off the TV show.

 

Also, 3D movies are not known to be successful. I mean, seriously, he's limiting himself to the amount of theaters to show this movie in as not all cinemas are going to be willing to install 3D projectors for a one-time use. I know the cinemas by me all have one or two theaters with 3D projectors, but that wouldn't be enough to match the demand of some of this summer's blockbusters, which will need to happen if he wants this movie to be a success and get the two sequels he would like to make for it.

[Disney Dood]

^ I think by "making Titanic look like a picnic", he meant by the amount of effort he put into the projects. Apparently, Avatar has entire crews working around the clock on it. But I also agree that it's a dumb move that he wants to make it only 3-D. Cameron is saying by the release of the movie he wants 3-D projectors installed in 1,000- 1,500 theatres across the country. That's nowhere near the amount of theatres that huge movies like TDK, Iron Man, Indy 4, etc. were shown in. Even though TDK was a massive success, Iron Man and Indy only made around $310 million each in around 3,000 theatres over a period of two months. I know people who can't stand 3-D, either. I think the only way this movie can re-earn its budget is to put it in 3-D and regular format. Or Sigourney Weaver will die and this movie will be a huge, TDK- like tribute, leading to $$$$$$$$.

[jmicha]

^Oh, then I misunderstood his statement. I would agree with him then.

 

But yeah, this movie is destined to be a failure unless, like you said, it is in 3D and regular format. I can't stand 3D (3D glasses plus normal glasses=discomfort and irritation) and, again, like you said, this won't be in enough theaters to remake its ridiculous budget.

[alpengeist04]

Even though TDK was a massive success, Iron Man and Indy only made around $310 million each in around 3,000 theatres over a period of two months.

 

Not to mention that all three movies budgets were under $200 million. ...$300 million for a movie is just ridiculous IMO. This movie better be a success or else Waterworld will have to step aside.

[masterofthematrix91]

Burn After Reading

 

Very funny and unique in itself. All the charecters are great but Brad Pitt stole the show. The Coen Brothers have done it agian!!

 

8/10

[krazekiddd]

"This film is not yet rated" was really good. If you like documentaries I suggest you pick this one up.

 

Burn after reading was really good! I really didn't know what the movie was about (I don't like to hype myself up) and my friend dragged me to see it last night. I highly suggest this movie if you are into their style of humor.