Kaos' way behind movie reviews

[Kaos]

Seriously? Really?

5th grade math can be a bitch...

Ain't it though?

[Thrilla]

Not sure what the Buzz Scale is, but I'll go with out of ten with ten being the best score.

9/10. 

It would be 10/10, but there were some inconsistencies in the storyline. 

District 9 is one of the best sci-fi movies I've ever seen.  It's not an adventure/action movie like Independence Day, War or the Worlds, or Aliens. 

You know, I really enjoyed this movie as well.  I enjoyed the way the entire movie was shot (cinematography), I enjoyed the transition from joy to anguish of the lead character, I enjoyed the way they portrayed the main alien, and I thought that the special effects were top notch.  The movie also introduced a fairly novel concept of alien isolation and "civilization" in today's society, which Peter Jackson really ran with.  Also, the shock of the gore during the action scenes throughout the movie was extremely entertaining.

THS, what inconsistencies in the storyline were you referring to?  Just interested to hear your take.

[AUChizad]

I just saw Gran Torino last night.

How that was so universally hated by members of this board, I'll never understand.

Awesome flick. Clint Eastwood plays basically an aged Dirty Harry. But he's still a bad ass.

And all his casual racial epithets had me rolling, especially the scene where he pulls up on the three black guys harassing the Asian girl while her punk-ass wigger boyfriend watched. I was crying, I laughed so hard.

[Saniflush]

How that was so universally hated by members of this board, I'll never understand.

Was it?  I thought it was pretty well heralded by this board?

[AUChizad]

Was it?  I thought it was pretty well heralded by this board?

As bad a movie as Gran Torino was written, produced, directed, and horrible acting, Clint Eastwood redeemed himself in directing Changeling! This was a great movie! Not only was the movie very accurate on the true story (based on what I have read) but it fucking sucked what this lady went through!  If you have not seen this movie, you need to rent it...very entertaining.  The best movie I have seen in a while! 

Not to Hijack... but Gran Torino was HORRIABLE!!  Worst acting I've seen in a long time! The movie had a great story line, but could have been soooo much better!  Every word, line was predictable!

My review was similar.  Just not a good movie.  Stereotypes galore.

Well, I guess it was just two people now that I look back.

Anyway, I liked it a lot.

[Saniflush]

I thought it was one of the best movies that I stole last year.

[Townhallsavoy]

You know, I really enjoyed this movie as well.  I enjoyed the way the entire movie was shot (cinematography), I enjoyed the transition from joy to anguish of the lead character, I enjoyed the way they portrayed the main alien, and I thought that the special effects were top notch.  The movie also introduced a fairly novel concept of alien isolation and "civilization" in today's society, which Peter Jackson really ran with.  Also, the shock of the gore during the action scenes throughout the movie was extremely entertaining.

THS, what inconsistencies in the storyline were you referring to?  Just interested to hear your take.

Well, I'll try to do this spoiler free.  But just in case I don't do a good enough job:

 SPOILER ALERT
- The stuff the main alien needed that sprayed into the guy's face.  If it took 20 years to get the needed amount, how did the accidental spraying not cost them five year's worth of work? 
- Why in the hell would they let the aliens live where they did?  I don't want to give too much away, but just think about the main alien and what he was doing. 

I don't think I gave any spoilers away, so if you read that on accident, don't worry.  Really some trivial stuff to worry about, but a movie can't be a 10/10 if it's not perfect.  I can't really say any movie is a 10/10, so that may be a testament to District 9. 

[Token]

K..2 that you need to see, if you have not...Inglorious Bastards .

Not what I expected. 

[Jumbo]

Not what I expected. 

No way to drink and read all the lines on the bottom of the screen.

[Token]

No way to drink and read all the lines on the bottom of the screen.

It wasn't really the reading so much as I damn near forgot what the movie was about halfway through it.  Seriously, it should have been called "Inglorious Bastards and the Jungle Fever".  It came together at the end, but the lone gunman bullpoop grew very tiresome.  

Although I admit, someone getting their balls blown off was a nice touch.

[Saniflush]

It wasn't really the reading so much as I damn near forgot what the movie was about halfway through it.  Seriously, it should have been called "Inglorious Bastards and the Jungle Fever".  It came together at the end, but the lone gunman bullpoop grew very tiresome.  

Although I admit, someone getting their balls blown off was a nice touch.

Yeah I liked it but came to the conclusion that it was about an hour too long.

[lifesapplepie]

I just saw Gran Torino last night.

How that was so universally hated by members of this board, I'll never understand.

Awesome flick. Clint Eastwood plays basically an aged Dirty Harry. But he's still a bad ass.

And all his casual racial epithets had me rolling, especially the scene where he pulls up on the three black guys harassing the Asian girl while her punk-ass wigger boyfriend watched. I was crying, I laughed so hard.

I couldn't even finish this movie...awful!!!

[lifesapplepie]

The Hangover
Booo.  I got a hangover from watching this movie.  Just wasn't funny to me.  It had a few moments, but was hardly the fucking laugh parade I had been led to expect.  I really hate when somebody says "funniest movie ever, you'll laugh till you puke" and I skip over the laughing part and just go straight for the puking.  

The fuck with the beard? Spare me.  I don't ever want to see him (or that fucking Jonah Hill schlub) in another movie, but I see he's being pushed everywhere.  

Nothing redeeming at all in this movie for me.  I'd already seen Heather Graham's tits and there wasn't a baby attached to them when I did.

Inglorious Basterds

I like Tarantino. Reservoir Dogs is awesome.  Dusk Til Dawn is a fun movie.  Pulp Fiction is among my favorites. Both Kill Bills are way up there on my list.  

But this?  Sorry, it just didn't do it for me.  I enjoyed Brad Pitt's performance, it was awesome.  But the story was really just stupid.  I was right with it until the almost end.  What the fuck was that?  I understand creative license, but come the fuck on.  What's pathetic is that 20 years from now, kids who watch that movie will be confused thinking that's the way things really went down.  

Could have followed the same plot without the complete trashing of history near the end.  

For that reason  I just can't give it a positive review.  I'm glad I waited on the DVD.

Noticed that Tarantino found a way to get his feet obsession on the screen with the Cinderella scene.

Two decent looking women in the film.  Neither have any skin moments.

I will have to strongly disagree with your reviews on both of these movies, especially Inglorious Basterds.  It was  the best flick I've seen in a long time.  The whole story line just reeled me in.  I was obsessed with what was going to happen next.  The ending... yeah it did get a little silly, but i think that was done purposely.  Also, you are correct, if you have not seen the movie, go into it knowing that it is not historically accurate, except for the hatred the Nazis had for the Jews.  I loved it and I HIGHLY recommend this movie!!

Oh and BTW, the main character does have some nuddies on the net...

[Kaos]

Creative license? Yes. Complete revision? No.

I wouldn't like a movie where Robert E Lee shot Grant in the face or where Jesus rampaged on the Roman soldiers.

It was just too far.

The movie was fair at best and I was a huge QT fan.

 

[AUChizad]

I wouldn't like a movie where Robert E Lee shot Grant in the face or where Jesus rampaged on the Roman soldiers.

Sounds like blockbuster material to me.

[Kaos]

Sounds like blockbuster material to me.

yep. Straight to DVD.

[lifesapplepie]

Creative license? Yes. Complete revision? No.

I wouldn't like a movie where Robert E Lee shot Grant in the face or where Jesus rampaged on the Roman soldiers.

It was just too far.

The movie was fair at best and I was a huge QT fan.

 

That is the whole point of Creative or Artistic License.  It doesn't have to be historically accurate, and doesn't make a movie bad... come on, this isn't the History channel.

[Kaos]

That is the whole point of Creative or Artistic License.  It doesn't have to be historically accurate, and doesn't make a movie bad... come on, this isn't the History channel.

It would have been the same movie without slaughtering history.  That's the point. 

You liked it.  I was just meh.  Pitt's performance was awesome in its stupidity, but beyond that it didn't do a lot for me. 

[AUChizad]

SPOILER!!!

It would have been the same movie without slaughtering history.  That's the point. 

Not sure about that...

The ending of that movie was the badest assed part of the whole film. The climax. The vindication.

I guess you could have just had a bunch of other Nazis in that theater besides Hitler, but it wouldn't have been as satisfying. Let alone, that wouldn't be historically accurate either since that never went down.

It's a work of fiction. I think most people recognize it as such.

[Kaos]

Orphan

Why did I waste my time with this shit?  Not a single redeeming thing about it.  I've yet to figure out why no-figure, horse-faced, titless, shitty actress Vera Farmiga is a "star."   She looks like Marilyn Manson and Sarah Jessica Parker had a child and then abused it (see below).  And she's the best-looking thing in this movie.  Unless you count the whored up ten-year old, that is, and I don't.

SPOILER: Getting that poor ten year old to dress up like a whore and then showing glimpses of her "unwrapping" herself bordered on kiddie porn and whoever is responsible for this movie should be ashamed, if not arrested.

Not sure what I really expected from this film, but it just didn't work.