Regarding Independence Day:
Awesome when it came out. I tried to watch it on Blu-Ray many years ago and realized it was complete garbage.
ID4 is like one of those movies you grow up from imo. When I was younger the movie seemed awesome. But it didn't age well. But some old movies hold up very well- like Terminator II.
couple recent kids movies that i watched and did age extremely well are jurassic park and teenage mutant ninja turtles.
Yup, JP held up perfectly! I saw it just few months ago. Holy hell, how does the 20+ yo CGI still look real?
Watched King of Kong last night. Now, I'm no gamer, have done a bit, never spent a quarter in an arcade IIRC. Still, it was interesting and I found myself rooting for Weibe. What his ~8-9 year old daughter had to say about the Guinness Book of World Records struck me as by far the most intelligent thing I've heard anyone say about it. Too many people ruin there lives to get their names in it! Precocious kid!
Hunger Games -
The buildup to hunger games - 8/10
Actual hunger games - 3/10
Pretty disappointed with the movie overall. I know a lot of teenagers like this movie, but my god the 2nd half was terrible.
What movies do you reserve 10/10 for? I'm not super stingy with perfect scores. There are lots and lots of movies in cinema. But there are quite a few gems that leave me stunned when credits roll.
Terminator II: Judgement Day 10/10: James Cameron's best work. You never see an action flick that also has heart, emotion, and a solid plot. This is my adolescence gem. The movie is timeless and hasn't aged one bit 22 years later.
Shawshank Redemption 10/10: A masterful storytelling. Morgan Freeman's narration is unmatched in cinematic history. Tell me another movie that can make a grown man's heart fill with warmth when they both meet on the beach in the end.
Something About Mary 10/10: I have to include a comedy genre in this. This is Ben Stiller & Cameron Diaz' finest work, but the true hilarity comes from Matt Dillon's gut-busting sleazy performance. Farrelly brothers did an amazing job with the writing. It's just as silly Dumb & Dumber, but Mary has quite a smart plot and situational humor.
Gladiator 10/10: Ridley Scott's finest. An epic tale of a general who turned into slave then rose to become a general again. Scott perfectly captured the love the general has for his for family and vengeance. This is Russell Crowe's finest performance, and Joaquin Phoenix played the best villain of recent cinema history- with fully realized backstory and character development. The soundtrack is an unmatched work as well.
Forrest Gump 10/10: A true character study of two people going through life. It's a classic folk of a good old All-American southern average joe. That Jenny's grave scene is can make me shed a tear every time I watch it.
Hunger Games -
The buildup to hunger games - 8/10
Actual hunger games - 3/10
Pretty disappointed with the movie overall. I know a lot of teenagers like this movie, but my god the 2nd half was terrible.
yeah i watched it in 3d when the bluray came out, i can't believe how amazing the special effects are and its that old. i mean it's better than a lot of more recent dinosaur special effects are in movies.
The documentary is accused of being terribly biased for the audience to root for the 'protagonist'.
That 'villain' video game pro is neither rude or douchey. It's all editing.
We're talking about King of Kong here.The documentary is accused of being terribly biased for the audience to root for the 'protagonist'.
That 'villain' video game pro is neither rude or douchey. It's all editing.
A lot of the dinosaurs were animatronics and practical effects, which is why they look so great. The fly-over shots of the CGI dinosaurs running in the fields was the worst stuff. Not awful, but nowhere near as good as the "real" dinosaurs like the T-Rex and whatnot.
KT
But he painted himself as a rock!
KT
Haha, that is one of the dumbest scenes ever. I knew he would camaflouge himself at some point, but that was so over the top that it left me shaking my head.
Upstream Color - 0/10
Pretentious 2deep4u garbage, no plot, no meaning to anything that happened. The first few minutes had some interesting parts, but most of it was just randomly switching between pigs and people talking about birds.
I should know better than to watch movies that have a high critic rating and are listed as "independent." This is the reason people hate independent cinema. People rate this kind of movie highly so they can appear intelligent.
Probably my first or second favourite film of the year so far. :awe:
KT