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[Don Vito Corleone]

This is the End 5/10

Thought it was funny but not amazing. Jokes got kind of tired. If you liked Pineapple Express you should like this movie. Had the same feel.

Yeah, I had high hopes for this based on the reviews but was disappointed. In general, to my sensibilities, Pineapple Express was the least appealing of the Judd Apatow-affiliated comedies, and I agree this had the same vibe. That might be a good thing to some people but it wasn't for me. I might give it a 6/10 but certainly no more.

 

[Muse]

It Might Get Loud: 9.5/10. My favourite documentary of all time. Jimmy Page is a GOD, when he plays Ramble On it makes the hairs on my neck stand up. What an absolute legend. And it is so amazing to see how he felt about his career, how he went to art school for a while, how being a studio guitarist was really draining for him, how he got his start from a guitar left at a house he moved into. As a diehard Zep fan, it was totally worth it for that alone. Jack White was also fantastic - dat coke bottle slide guitar! He comes off as extremely pretentious, but he seems to appreciate the "mainstream" style of The Edge and Jimmy Page. The Edge was kind of what let the movie down for me. He was very down to earth, very chill, but his style just doesn't shout out "guitar legend" to me. It provides an interesting counterpoint I suppose, Page is skill, White is style, Edge is technical/modern. Would be perfect with perhaps slightly better editing (it's a little bit jumpy) and with a different guiatarist than The Edge.

Watched last night. Yes, The Edge wasn't a good choice. I found Jack White fascinating, his take on life, music, he's the one who's the most out there as himself in the movie. His performance, as it were, if you can call it that (it is a documentary) was real art. He's really interesting. Page (The Edge too), who they are, what they are, their attitudes, feelings, motivations, are much less apparent. Still, Page was really interesting, The Edge less so.

I liked a lot of what the filmmaker did. The weakest parts were some of the jams the 3 did, especially the end credits. I think they felt compelled (probably the director), to do extended guitar jams to satisfy the audience (something in the filmmaker's mind, maybe the people who put up the money).

 

[mammador]

Blade (the 1998 one) - 9.5/10

With that super strength, Blade has to survive jail though lol..

 

[bigrash]

Pain and Gain - 5/10

 

[Via]

Wreck-it-Ralph - 9/10

Just watched it with some friends and their kids. Very well done, very sweet.

The kids loved it, and as a lifelong gamer I enjoyed all of the references it throws at you.

It's rare for me to expect to enjoy a movie and have it actually exceed those expectations.

 

[JamesV]

Tent City 7/10 - About an area in Nashville where homeless people lived. Interesting because they were a community with their own fire brigade, security, community kitchen, and so on.

Beyond the Myth 8/10 - Pretty shocking that cops in Denver and Miami just showed up at people's houses and took their Pit Bull breed dogs to be killed. Dog lovers should see this.

Crime after Crime 9/10 - About California's law that lets abused women who are inmates get a second chance at a hearing, while taking into account their abuse, and about one woman's struggle who helped kill the boyfriend that beat her with bullwhips and made her a prostitute.

 

[Zeze]

World War Z [5/10]: What a lazy-ass boring money grab. I couldn't finish it the first time. I'm barely going through it as I write this review (20 mins left).

A proper zombie flick uses zombies as a mere plot device while it focuses on societal collapse, politics, and how people behave. I Am Legend and 28 Days/Weeks Later did a PERFECT job of this.

WWZ is one generic ass zombie flick. There's absolutely zero redeeming factor of it. I also couldn't stand this Hollywood one man show- just tiring and cliche.

The Bucket List [5/10]: Saw it on a flight. You can tell the writers were running out of the whole bucket list gimmick. Lots of the dramatic scenes seemed forced and obligatory. It was refreshing to see Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman interact with each other. Generally the movie had lots of awkward and awfully acted moments. I couldn't finish it.

The Time Traveler's Wife [6/10]: A better flick on the same flight. It seemed bit contrived and if I wasn't so tired, I could see tons of plot holes (as with most time-travelling flicks). It was different and unique enough how it focused on romance with time travel. I did appreciate that aspect. Rachel McAdams sure has a pretty face.

 

[JamesV]

World War Z [5/10]: What a lazy-ass boring money grab. I couldn't finish it the first time. I'm barely going through it as I write this review (20 mins left).

A proper zombie flick uses zombies as a mere plot device while it focuses on societal collapse, politics, and how people behave. I Am Legend and 28 Days/Weeks Later did a PERFECT job of this.

WWZ is one generic ass zombie flick. There's absolutely zero redeeming factor of it. I also couldn't stand this Hollywood one man show- just tiring and cliche.

The Bucket List [5/10]: Saw it on a flight. You can tell the writers were running out of the whole bucket list gimmick. Lots of the dramatic scenes seemed forced and obligatory. It was refreshing to see Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman interact with each other. Generally the movie had lots of awkward and awfully acted moments. I couldn't finish it.

The Time Traveler's Wife [6/10]: A better flick on the same flight. It seemed bit contrived and if I wasn't so tired, I could see tons of plot holes (as with most time-travelling flicks). It was different and unique enough how it focused on romance with time travel. I did appreciate that aspect. Rachel McAdams sure has a pretty face.

Seems kind of strange you can critique a zombie flick for not having human interest plot devices, a traditionally shallow genre; yet not find the myriad of human issues laid open by the Time Traveler's Wife.

28 Weeks had the issue of saving yourself and leaving your wife to die, but that is about it; same old simple zombie premise otherwise.

I can understand if you simply didn't like them, but man... I loved the Time Traveler's Wife. Best love/romance/sci-fi film I've ever seen as a man. Of course is has plot holes, but I could probably find 20x the amount in 28 Days/Weeks Later. The simplest being his house is overrun, yet getting out of the window gave him a clear path to the boat a mile distant he took off on... guess zombies only stay indoors or perhaps they were all sated by his wife so did not give chase?

 

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no good films these months

 

[StrangerGuy]

Oblivion - 3/10

Premise sounded cool, but they went WAY out of their way on stuff that I could see watching some romance movie. I get what they were going for but the execution was terrible.

So-so but still much better than Prometheus. Although the whole thing reeks of a product that didn't need anything more than like 10% of the original budget.

 

[Exterous]

World War Z [5/10]: What a lazy-ass boring money grab. I couldn't finish it the first time. I'm barely going through it as I write this review (20 mins left).

Parts of this movie really bothered me. The first was the whole sat phone and 'I'm going to call you every day' thing. Really, you are going to commit to calling her every day on a device that you can't guarantee you'll have reception or power for while you are trying to navigate a zombie filled world?

To go along with there there was the

Spoiler

'I'm going to call him - there is no way he could be busy' follow up. And none of the soldiers seem mad at all that they and all their buddies are all dying because some whiny wife couldn't wait a couple of hours to talk to her husband during the apocalypse?

Next up -

Spoiler

even though the character is, supposedly, the best at what he does, he doesn't think to clear a room before entering a situation where he would very obviously be trapped if there was a zombie around. Even worse - he puts down his weapon and leaves it outside FOR NO REASON AT ALL! Of course this was from the same guy that didn't think to turn his phone off when it was very clear that absolute silence was critical so maybe he really is just that dumb

The Pepsi placement was atrocious too. "Excuse me for a minute gents - I know we are in the middle of a tense situation with zombies but lets take a break from all of that so I can drink some pepsi"

The soundtrack from M83 is epic - that word gets overused nowadays, but the breadth of emotion in the score deserves that description. I particularly like Track 2 - "waking up". It sets your pulse pounding and is a perfect match for the slow build emotional barrage of the movie.

I completely agree. The soundtrack was fantastic!

 

[AmdEmAll]

World War Z... what a shit movie.. 2/10

 

[HardcoreRobot]

The Bling Ring - 3.5/10 - At least it was short. And even then, it was fluffed up. Lots of dancing montages & slow mo. I joked to my wife they needed to shoot it half in slow mo so it would be long enough. It was an interesting story, just not adapted well to a full length feature film. Needed much more character development & conflict. Even if they had to fabricate something. Movies like Social Network and even 21 show how you can do it reasonably. Dont' start with much but turn it into a story people care about.

 

[n7]

The Bling Ring - 3.5/10 - At least it was short. And even then, it was fluffed up. Lots of dancing montages & slow mo. I joked to my wife they needed to shoot it half in slow mo so it would be long enough. It was an interesting story, just not adapted well to a full length feature film. Needed much more character development & conflict. Even if they had to fabricate something. Movies like Social Network and even 21 show how you can do it reasonably. Dont' start with much but turn it into a story people care about.

That's just it...the movie is basically real.
The characters felt lacking because they are! They are the vapid idiotic modern spoiled teenager, which this movie portrays perfectly.

The story was perfectly fine. Based on a real story. Real life isn't always going to have crazy drama and action and explosions...

Sofia Coppola always has a style to her films. I'd categorize it as art movie style, but maybe i'm off on that.
Scenes like the one with the motionless camera from a far distance, where you see them going into the house at night, were fantastic.
The slow-mo fit very well with how the movie was shot.

I'm a bit of a Sofia fan admittedly, but with stuff like Lost in Translation, how can i not be.
I didn't like her "Somewhere" movie as much (6/10, as it was an insanely slow dry movie).

I gave Bling Ring 7/10.

No masterpiece, but i'm sorry, 3.5/10 to me means it's a terrible movie, which Bling Ring is most definitely not.
I would agree it's not for everyone though, which is probably why you're giving it such a bad rating.

 

[lxskllr]

13 Assassins 6/10

Japanese action flick. Decent action, mediocre story. It's worth a view, but I wouldn't expect much. Just mindless entertainment.

 

[thedarkwolf]

World War Z 3/10
We all have Netflix lol. I hate fast zombies and I really hate hyper zombies. What kind of fun can I have wondering how I would survive the zombie apocalypse with fast/hyper zombies running around. I'd just die. Best part of the movie was watching the extras were they constantly talk about how awesome the book was but then say its episodic nature didn't lend it self to a movie so we shit canned the whole thing except the title.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

That's just it...the movie is basically real.
The characters felt lacking because they are! They are the vapid idiotic modern spoiled teenager, which this movie portrays perfectly.

The story was perfectly fine. Based on a real story. Real life isn't always going to have crazy drama and action and explosions...

Sofia Coppola always has a style to her films. I'd categorize it as art movie style, but maybe i'm off on that.
Scenes like the one with the motionless camera from a far distance, where you see them going into the house at night, were fantastic.
The slow-mo fit very well with how the movie was shot.

I'm a bit of a Sofia fan admittedly, but with stuff like Lost in Translation, how can i not be.
I didn't like her "Somewhere" movie as much (6/10, as it was an insanely slow dry movie).

I gave Bling Ring 7/10.

No masterpiece, but i'm sorry, 3.5/10 to me means it's a terrible movie, which Bling Ring is most definitely not.
I would agree it's not for everyone though, which is probably why you're giving it such a bad rating.

It was stylized pseudo-documentary, but did not feel authentic whatsoever. Fake security footage. Fake interviews. If she wanted to take that approach, would have been much more compelling to interweave actual footage. Hell just a regular documentary probably would have turned out better. You suck out all the authenticity and don't even replace it with typical hollywood crap.

I completely agree that real life does not imitate hollywood, but you would think that for a movie centered around committing felonies at least *some* tension/suspense could be developed.

If I had seen this playing as a lifetime original I would not have blinked an eye.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Fubar II - 8/10 - This is a mocumentary about a couple of Canadian Wayne and Garth actalike/wannabies that party a lot (more or less) and their pursuit of jobs and money and love. You'll note the "II", as this is a sequel to a movie that came out 5 or so years before about the same people that was based on metalheads.

I went into this not having seen the first but you get the idea that the main person is a testicular cancer survivor and this is what the followup is about. Doesn't sound funny? It is. This movie was surprisingly entertaining with some pretty laugh out loud moments and makes an odd joke about 2 things men hold pretty dear to them.

Sidenote: I then went and searched out the first film and watched it. It is not nearly as funny and I think if I had watched it first, I wouldn't have bothered with the 2nd. You can skip it. There is one character that shows up at the end of the 2nd film that you scratch your head as to who he is and find out in the first, but you can make sense of the movie without it.

 

[dud]

Parts of this movie really bothered me. The first was the whole sat phone and 'I'm going to call you every day' thing. Really, you are going to commit to calling her every day on a device that you can't guarantee you'll have reception or power for while you are trying to navigate a zombie filled world?

To go along with there there was the 'I'm going to call him - there is no way he could be busy' follow up. And none of the soldiers seem mad at all that they and all their buddies are all dying because some whiny wife couldn't wait a couple of hours to talk to her husband during the apocalypse?

Next up - even though the character is, supposedly, the best at what he does, he doesn't think to clear a room before entering a situation where he would very obviously be trapped if there was a zombie around. Even worse - he puts down his weapon and leaves it outside FOR NO REASON AT ALL! Of course this was from the same guy that didn't think to turn his phone off when it was very clear that absolute silence was critical so maybe he really is just that dumb.

The Pepsi placement was atrocious too. "Excuse me for a minute gents - I know we are in the middle of a tense situation with zombies but lets take a break from all of that so I can drink some pepsi"

These are the things that bothered you about WWZ? There are so many MAJOR problems with the movie that these seem miniscule. How about the fact that the zombies only bite people (to infect them) and then run off to find their next victim? They don't eat? How are the zombies "mystically" able to detect that a person is healthy or not?

The movie makes little sense and while some will watch anything and call it entertaining if it has special effects there are still those for whom a movie plot must make sense. WWZ made little sense at all. It's like the producer/director couldn't care less ... just watch because we have Brad pitt and a bunch of special effects!

 

[Aikouka]

Rush - 8/10: So, probably the one question that anyone has for this movie is whether or not you need to be a Formula 1 fan to watch it. Well, I can tell you that I don't watch Formula 1, and I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. I thought that the pacing did slow down a bit at some points, but overall, it was a solid movie. While watching the film, I sat there thinking, "This is some pretty good music," and then during the credits, I saw, "Music by Hans Zimmer"

"Oh, that makes a lot of sense now."

 

[ImpulsE69]

Now You See Me - 8/10 - Probably high, but I really liked this movie.

Curse of Chucky - 6/10 - Yes, another Childs Play movie. This one actually picks up after Childs Play 3 (before Bride of Chucky). It is important to know that or you'll probably be confused later in the movie. They redesigned the doll, and tried to make the movie less funny and more scary. I don't know if they succeeded or not really. The movie isn't bad if you like them (I do), but most of it seemed kind of drawn out due to them trying to make it suspenseful. I think the ending is where the movie actually gets good except it does a major double back that doesn't make sense when ---> Make sure to watch through the credits..might be the best part...

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec - 6/10

Luc Besson directs, but it's not in the same ballpark as Leon, The Fifth Element or Le Dernier Combat.

It's . . . OK. A female reporter / adventurer / writer has adventures in Egypt and Paris, but it isn't as funny as it thinks it is and she wasn't all that likeable to me.

 

[Zeze]

Star Trek (2009) [6.5/10] I know absolutely nothing about Star Trek universe. J.J. Abrams did a good job turning it into a generic casual action movie. This seems to be the universal praise from critics also. I like serious scifi movies.. I had to tell myself over and over this is Star Trek, not meant to be taken seriously. A decent yet forgettable popcorn flick.

Star Trek: Into the Darkness (2013) [5.5/10]: I had a good enough time with above and gave this one a go. I couldn't even finish it. VERY generic and boring. Same crap all over again. It didn't feel like a movie, but watching an hour long TV special. I would never pay a theater price for something like this.

 

[Exterous]

These are the things that bothered you about WWZ? There are so many MAJOR problems with the movie that these seem miniscule. How about the fact that the zombies only bite people (to infect them) and then run off to find their next victim? They don't eat?

Spoiler

How are the zombies "mystically" able to detect that a person is healthy or not?

The movie makes little sense and while some will watch anything and call it entertaining if it has special effects there are still those for whom a movie plot must make sense. WWZ made little sense at all. It's like the producer/director couldn't care less ... just watch because we have Brad pitt and a bunch of special effects!

So - uh - yeah - how about using spoiler tags? And I never said those were the only things that bothered me

 

[Ns1]

The Camera's Cusp: Alfonso Cuarón Takes Filmmaking to a New Extreme With Gravity
http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/director-alfonso-cuaron-on-making-gravity.html

wow, great article. I want to see this movie real bad now.

Warning, possible spoilers on the first 30 minutes of the movie.