Rate the Last Movie You Watched

[shadow_dragon]

Three Kingdoms: Ressurection of the dragon 4/10

It was a good movie in some ways but the action was cut poorly, the story developed very fast, too fast, characters were developed "behind the scenes" as far as i can tell and, despite the title, i counted only two kingdoms. The third kingdom might've been mentioned but it certainly wasn't represented.

Additionally nothing and no one was reffered to as a dragon so i've no idea what was meant to be ressurected. The acting was fine though i thought and there were some cool characters despite the lack of development. Cao Ying did a good job of looking like she could fight and was quite intimidating whilst simultaneusly being really rather beautiful. There were some very nice shots in the film but it couldn't save it from being a slightly disapointing watch. Hero was far better.

It should have been either 1-2 hours longer or covered a far shorter time, most of the stuff that hapened in the film was just stuff the narrator told you happened coupled with a shot of stuff you saw actually happen a little bit earlier...

 

[IronMonkey]

Three Kingdoms: Ressurection of the dragon 4/10

It was a good movie in some ways but the action was cut poorly, the story developed very fast, too fast, characters were developed "behind the scenes" as far as i can tell and, despite the title, i counted only two kingdoms. The third kingdom might've been mentioned but it certainly wasn't represented.

Edit: The original post (in italics) is nonsense. I confused the movie with Red Cliff.

The picture is somewhat confusing but most western countries have seen butchered versions of the movie(s). Some are edits of the two movies jammed together.

It seems that the only way of getting to see a decent version of the movies is probably to get the R4 DVDs when they come out.

 

[shadow_dragon]

The picture is somewhat confusing but most western countries have seen butchered versions of the movie(s). Some are edits of the two movies jammed together.

It seems that the only way of getting to see a decent version of the movies is probably to get the R4 DVDs when they come out.

Ah i see. Oh dear, 2 movies? i shall have to do some research...

(Edit - I can't find any reference to this movie being two movies?)

 

[Al]

woot.

I'll woot along with ya!

 

[das_ben]

On The Waterfront. An excellent film about an aged subject, the violent corruption in the higher tiers of port workers' union, which somewhat is to the detriment of its impact. Superb acting on behalf of Marlon Brando, Lee Cobb and Rod Steiger and great work by the art department to really carry across the dark and gritty atmosphere and the "(not so) quiet desperation" of the dock workers' and their families' lives. 8/10

The Sentinel. The movie suffers from noticable exposition and screenwriters trying to turn Kiefer Sutherland into Jack Bauer (staccato sentences, always in the same tone, complemented with one-liners) for all times. Fancy camera zooms and strafes, music video-esque cuts and the score generate an uneasy and sometimes confusing sense of speed, that is supposed to make up for the lack of plot (which is riddled with horribly cliched and predictable bits). Fun facts: terrorists speak in foreign languages to each other, but only when Secret Service agents aren't listening to them; terrorists make gorilla sounds when they die; terrorists move in slow-motion. Michael Douglas' acting skills are wasted on this one. 4/10

The Philadelphia Story. Very amusing, even after seventy years, thanks to the brilliant script and the fantastic cast. I especially loved the little dialogues between James Stewart and Ruth Hussey in the beginning, but everything's really right in this one. And that's all I have to say about it. 10/10

 

[NeoNite]

The wraith: 5/10

Some movie I haven't watched in twenty years. Came upon this by accident.
Silly movie really. Apparently the "blonde" in the movie was a young (21 years) sherilyn fenn. Hmmm =)

 

[Zur]

Pinero 8/10

The story of poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero. Excellent film and a real blur from start to end.

Carandiru 7/10

Film about the experience of a doctor inside the state penitentiary Carandiru, in São Paulo, Brazil. Surreal and weird at times.

 

[Manticore]

Watchmen-8/10

I've been waiting for the DVD to come out so I could see it again. I'm looking forward to watching it again soon.

 

[T2A`]

He was in the second film too.

I went to your site and found this. D:

 

[Sjosz]

Stranger than Fiction - 8/10

Very weird and enjoyable movie. Can't believe I hadn't seen it yet.

 

[M.A.D.X.W]

Important Post.

LAST NIGHT​

I WATCHED ​

THE MATRIX​

Not the first time, obviously. It's a very sacred time when I watch it, I have the trilogy on DVD, I watch them whenever.

I don't really have to say how incredible the movie is, but I will say:

2,147,483,647 / 10​

It's probably my favorite movie ever, on par with Star Wars. No one can dislike this movie, if you do then my opinion of you is bordering on hate.
After the movie, I listened to the soundtrack as I slept. Seriously amazing film.

The worst thing about the movie is that it's only 136 minutes long

 

[das_ben]

Nerd.

 

[M.A.D.X.W]

 

[das_ben]

I like The Matrix as much as the next guy (at least the first movie), but I prefer "Dark City" - came out the same year [EDIT: a year earlier], has the same underlying idea and is much, much more atmospheric. It's kind of a Matrix minus the firearms and the overly in-your-face "philosophy" but with more interesting visuals and more... gloom.

 

[Mozi]

Death Race 7/10

Pretty decent action flick.

Call me crazy but the entire premise of the movie seemed like UT. The economy is ****, too many prisoners. Let's broadcast bloody tournaments where the prisoners kill themselves for the fans.

 

[NeoNite]

Gran torino: 9/10

Terrific eastwood. Never over the top, too sentimental. Eastwood, and those chinese kids, played their part quite well.

Spoiler

The ending really got to me, for some reason. I knew he was going to face those gangbangers no matter what, but part of me realised he'd do it without violence. Pretty clear really. But when it happened, it really struck to me to see him go down. Very tragic figure. One hell of a way to make amends.Beautiful ending.

Go watch this movie.

 

[Capt.Toilet]

LAST NIGHT​

I WATCHED ​

THE MATRIX​

Too bad the sequels don't live up to the original

 

[M.A.D.X.W]

I have equal love for all of them

 

[IronMonkey]

Ah i see. Oh dear, 2 movies? i shall have to do some research...

(Edit - I can't find any reference to this movie being two movies?)

Doh!

I confused it with Red Cliff.

Sorry!

Previous post edited to remove the nonsense.

 

[IronMonkey]

G-Force

The rating varies by the age of the viewer:

8-9 : 8/10
12-13: 6/10
47: 4/10

This is the 4/10 review.

From the pun in the title onwards (lost to most of the target audience, I imagine), all of this seems a little flat. Let's do Spy Kids with guinea pigs could have been a great movie but the script is unfunny, the action excessive without being exciting, the guinea pigs weren't cute enough (I suspect a limitation in the animation) and the baddie was

Spoiler

Too diffuse.

Bill Nighy reprised his turn from Stormbreaker but this time on the other side. It didn't really work in Stormbreaker and it didn't work here.

Then it turns out that the true baddie had been off-screen for most of the movie. Some might call that a twist but my reaction really was "so what?"