Pulsar_t wrote:I caught the first 30 minutes of Monsters, the CG is a bit weak but this is not a special effects-driven movie from the looks of it. Will post impressions later
Agreed about the CG - in all honesty, I really am most surprised that people have bashed the movie by comparing the aliens to those in Stephen King's The Mist, which I also kind of liked for some reason.
KPax- pretty goofy movie about a guy who thinks hes an alien- Kevin Spacey- Jeff Bridges- really mediocre
Dear Zachary- holy cow, a movie based off of a real murder that took place and the documentary his friend made for the mans son- this was one of the most emotional movies I have ever seen, and I cried like a baby, but you absolutely must see this important film
An older DVD I passed by when released. Thought it would just be a Kennedy tribute, turned out to be a lot more. Focused on several people famous and unknowns in the crowd. A huge season cast as well as newcomers. You know how a movie is supposed to pull you in and escape for two hours sinking into the story? This is definitely one of them, I was in 1968. The stock news reels along with the superb acting made this docudrama a very believable story. Movie that has the feel of a non-docudrama but real intriguing multiple stories of lives back in 1968.
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Primal. This movie was kind of good. I kind of liked the story, kind of liked the cast, kind of liked the way the "creatures" were done, and kind of liked the end. A very average story that I don't know if I will remember. Actually, I felt through the entire movie that I had seen it before. Either it was that predictable or I was drunk the last time I saw it.
The Human Centipede. Honestly, I don't know why people are so disturbed about this movie. Yes, the idea presented of a madman sewing a person's mouth to another person's anus is twisted, but they don't show it. They don't even show the surgical process. Once it is complete, you don't even see the area because it is covered in bandages throughout the movie. I have seen more disturbing scenes and more blood and gore in any Saw movie. Yes, when the front guy poops the one behind has to eat it, but they don't show that either and that is just one scene that lasts about 15 seconds. Yes, they did show two pairs of boobies, but they were usually concealed by an arm or something. I guess it is strictly the idea that bothers people, which is funny considering some of the other movies that people love. I see so much hate directed at the people who were entertained by this movie. Considering what I just said, that is suprising and I think these comments are usually made by people who haven't seen the film. I would like them to see it and then compare thoughts on how it is worse than Saw 1-whatever.
So for anyone holding off on seeing this movie because they are afraid of what they may see, don't worry, you see nothing. I think this was the best way to present the content also as I didn't want to see anything. It is enough to hint at what is happening and let the viewer put it all together. As for the movie itself, it was pretty good. The madman was a freaking madman and played the part extremely well. The actresses that played the girls were a bit too ditsy for me, but apparently that was the aim. They don't talk after the first half hour anyway. The asian actor was fantastic and really the other star of the show after the Dr.
An older DVD I passed by when released. Thought it would just be a Kennedy tribute, turned out to be a lot more. Focused on several people famous and unknowns in the crowd. A huge season cast as well as newcomers. You know how a movie is supposed to pull you in and escape for two hours sinking into the story? This is definitely one of them, I was in 1968. The stock news reels along with the superb acting made this docudrama a very believable story. Movie that has the feel of a non-docudrama but real intriguing multiple stories of lives back in 1968.
It had been my plan in late August to watch all the live action and animated Street Fighter films and provide a review, but I really struggled to get through these two over the past 5 weeks (both were watched in 2-3 settings each. I’ll consider tackling the animated ones later, but my hopes aren’t high.
Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) – I have had a morbid curiosity about this movie for more than 15 years, but never saw it. When I recently picked up the PS1 game based on the movie (based on the game), I knew I had to finally bite the bullet. What I found was an unintentionally hilarious, embarrassing, and sad film. Whether or not you get much enjoyment from this depends on how much you like films that are so bad that they are good. This one approaches that kind of cult territory, and if it weren’t for the fact that it clearly has a budget and takes itself seriously, it might be considered a fun camp film. But oh no, this is not the case. The plot has little to nothing to do with what little I understand about the characters in Street Fighter, there is surprisingly very little hand to hand combat in the film, and the characters spurt some of the most ridiculous one-liners ever written (lines that put the Engrish of the Capcom games to shame), the direction is horrible (and provides a clue as to why there are so few fight scenes), and the somewhat appealing sets are under-utilized and poorly lit. It is a shame that Raul Julia’s career ended with this – I am pretty sure now that he died of insurmountable shame. A good argument could be made that this film killed Van Damme’s career and aborted Kylie Minogue’s acting future, so maybe it did some good. It gets a half point for some unintentionally hilarious dialogue (“I’m the Repo Man!”) and a half point for a few spot on casting decisions (Sagat, Zangief, and Balrog spring to mind). Grade: 1/5 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - Who knew Chun-Li had a legend? I really didn’t think this film could be much worse than Street Fighter: The Movie, but I was wrong. It managed to hold my interest for about 15 minutes at the start before the characters actually started doing much acting and the plot actually started coming together. There are so many disjointed and out of place elements to this film including a prominent role for Interpol agents, bizarre sexual tension, M. Bison’s daughter, a mention of a SF tournament, etc. – this really feels like a film that never knew where it wanted to go. Even if the overall story itself is marginally passable, the overacting and horrible cinematography, choreography, and stunt work make it painful to watch. Grade: 0.5/5
Batman/Superman:Apocalypse which is a weird title that leaves out a couple of major players in the movie's story, one in particular. Batman and Superman are not the only ones getting screen time and memorable scenes in this movie, and the movie isn't even really about either one of them. I guess they're more interested in showing people that it's a sequel to Batman/Superman:Public Enemies and possibly could lead to other movies in that continuity
Anyway, the movie was simply awesome! TRUCKLOADS of action, great animation, good story and Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly voicing Batman and Superman. God, after seeing this and Batman:Under the Red Hood, I am just loving these DC animated movies. Pay attention Marvel!!!
There's also a Green Arrow short feature I haven't watched yet. If it's as good as the Jonah Hex one on Batman:Under the Red Hood, it should be awesome
RyaNtheSlayA wrote: Seriously. Screw you Shao Kahn I'm gonna play Animal Crossing.
