Movie mini reviews

Post by **Roman Totale** » December 13th, 2008, 11:25

Pfft, that looks rather funny.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 18th, 2008, 3:49

Transporter 3

More of the same, not as good as the first, about equal with the second, possibly slightly better.

Contains the line "you're the faaabulous" I lolled

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 18th, 2008, 16:43

Watched it a week or so ago, better than 2 imo. Liked the fight with the huge dude. The chick is hot and annoyingly faux mentalist, not as good as the silver bikini wearing chick in 2. Generally good pace, few slow bits for character shit, but on the whole a well worked mindless action flick with good fight scenes, good car chases and hot ladies.

7/10 from me.

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » December 24th, 2008, 4:15

Resident Evil: Degeneration

CG Resident evil film based 6 years after the Racoon City Incident. Terrorists releases the T Virus into an airport whilst an infected traveler infects a plane. Cue a very similar situation to the one faced in Fred's Dead Air mission as a small band of survivors attempt to flee.

If you liked the games and enjoy CG films then give this a sweep/Google.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBCIN5ld8BQ[/media]

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 1st, 2009, 1:42

The Blues Brothers

Possibly the best movie ever.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » January 6th, 2009, 1:08

Night of the Creeps

Very entertaining B-movie with zombies, parasites from outer space, teenagers and horrible acting. The best type of 80's film there is.
I think there's quite a few references to 50's B-movies as well, but my knowledge thereof is limited, so spoodie, you know what to do!

Post by **HereComesPete** » January 6th, 2009, 11:42

The first few character names listed at imdb are all directors surnames.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » January 6th, 2009, 12:36

HereComesPete wrote:The first few character names listed at imdb are all directors surnames.

I got as far as those, and the obvious Plan 9 from outer space references.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 6th, 2009, 13:21

Dai-Nipponjin (or Big Man Japan)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTAoxSspBJE[/media]
I think I posted that trailer on the disco a little while back and I got around to watching the film last night. It's a strange one, obviously.

Godzilla being a metaphor for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the WWII is fairly well known and this film updates the idea. I'm not going to pretend I understand it all but that's what I picked up from it. I'm sure there's a lot more to this film that was obvious to me. You'd need to have a detailed knowledge of Japanese culture to get it all. But with a little appreciation of the ideas its definitely worth watching, very funny in parts. Some of the humour is subtle, some the opposite.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » January 7th, 2009, 12:03

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 7th, 2009, 12:26

I've seen a still of that, possibly on Hotmail, and I swear the guy looks exactly like Terry Wogan.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 7th, 2009, 12:32

I saw a trailer for this last night, and the bloke seemed to be doing an impression of the gruff-voiced Batman - was that kind of how the real Nixon talked? I think however he was portrayed in the 1999 film Dick is stuck in my mind as fact, now.

Post by **Dog Pants** » January 7th, 2009, 12:38

This is how I imagine him

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvYm68dOQ4k[/media]

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 7th, 2009, 13:16

amblin wrote:One slight failing - the actor playing David Frost has also played Tony Blair in the past and every time the bugger smiled I saw Tony's face!

That bloke also did an excellent job playing Kenneth Williams in a BBC Four drama called Kenneth Williams - Fantabulosa! He doesn't look much like him but he camped it up to the ceiling. Very bleak though.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 11th, 2009, 10:13

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/">Gran Torino</a>

Contains Clint Eastwood being deeply badass.

One of those movies that goes nowhere, but goes there extremely well.

A few of the actors aren't great, which can detract from it a little, They're mostly hmongs.

Enjoyed lots, strongly suggest watching.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 11th, 2009, 14:37

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/">Gran Torino</a>

Contains Clint Eastwood being deeply badass.

The trailer looked really good so I'm glad it's lived up to it.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » January 20th, 2009, 18:37

Persepolis
Animated biography of illustrator Marjane Satrapi. The Revolution of 1979 rids Iran of its overbearing Shah, but his replacement turns out to be rather worse.
Comedy, tragedy and Eye Of The Tiger.

Post by **tandino** » January 21st, 2009, 13:49

After looking a bit further up the thread, I'm reminded of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0911010/">White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>. It's more a long documentary than a film. Basically it chronicles the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the atomic bombs and features interviews with survivors of the blasts, and the crews that piloted the planes carrying the bombs.

It's split into 12 parts on 'tube but I reckon a full sweep can be found somewhere. It gets a little graphic half way through, but I recommend it highly.

Post by **Roman Totale** » February 1st, 2009, 0:02

Slumdog Millionaire

It is good. Watch it.

Post by **Dog Pants** » February 1st, 2009, 0:14

Roman Totale wrote:Slumdog Millionaire

It is good. Watch it.

I do like the look of this.