[Illuyankas]

Just watched Resident Evil: Extinction on the same site as I saw the new Futurama movie, with a link to Battlestar Galactica: Razor, and was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't NEARLY as appalling as I had imagined! Sure, the series is just an excuse to show Milla Jovovich naked a lot - which really isn't a problem, admittedly - and kill smelly corpse things occasionally (Tiste's favourite film trilogy of ALL TIME), and has the worse end fights of any zombie movie ever, and REALLY hokey dialogue, and people surviving in a zombie wasteland not noticing a dude being infected...

BUT, it gave one character a nice sendoff (even with being ripped off from every movie ever, I still liked this version) and has potentially the best ending of any movie ever:

Spoiler

MASS NAKED MILLA JOVOVICH CLONE ORGY, FUCK YEAH

[Mentalist]

Saw "Hitman" yesterday..

Two words--"SEQUEL, NOW!!!!"


Movie was absolutely awesome, the style and feel of he game was well-maintained, teh introduction of a "love" subplot was well done a la "beginnning of "The Transporter", before he gets it on with the girl." and yeah, crazy short fight sequences... AWESOME

[Zanth13]

Yes illy who who wouldn't want to die getting high

Watched rescue dawn and it was fuckin awsome.... Fuckin super awsome...

Was no country for old men any good? I want to see it

[wolf_2099]

xanth13;227246 said:

Was no country for old men any good? I want to see it

Best fucking movie I have seen in years, absolutly fantastic.

Go see twice, now.



The only people I have known to dislike it have the IQ of shoe leather.

[Binder of Demons]

@ Wolf - out of curiosity, what is the IQ of shoe leather?

Leather can be really "smart" you know..... or maybe it only looks "smart"


I've seen the first posters for THE NORTHERN LIGHTS up in the cinema here in NZ, but they say it's not out until the new year. Does anyone here know when it comes out in the US/Canada or the UK? And, whether it's supposed to be any good?
Cheers.

[Mezla PigDog]

Binder of Demons;227385 said:

I've seen the first posters for THE NORTHERN LIGHTS up in the cinema here in NZ, but they say it's not out until the new year. Does anyone here know when it comes out in the US/Canada or the UK? And, whether it's supposed to be any good?
Cheers.

It's out in the UK on 5th December. I'm quite looking forward to it. Nicole Kidman's casting as Mrs Coulter couldn't have been better. But I'm not seeing Daniel Craig as Lord Azriel. I thought of him as older, and considerably more beardy. Hey ho.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

I cant believe they're calling it the Golden Compass. Stupid American influence. What's so complicated about the northern freaking lights?

[McLovin]

Other than the godawfulness of Beowulf 3D, movies I saw recently were:

American Gangster - pure class. They could have edited out some filler here and there, especially with regards to the corrupt New York cops, as that storyline winds up going nowhere.

Dan in Real Life - surprisingly good. Steve Carell really is a good actor.

[Mezla PigDog]

I finally saw Last King Of Scotland. It was really good. The last 30 minutes or so were a bit brutal, but I think that was probably the point. I highly recommend it.

[ch'arlz]

The kids and I watched "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill". Very good movie/documentary about a guy who adopts/is adopted by a flock of parrots in San Francisco. DVD case says "you'll laugh, you'll cry" and that turned out to be true. The kids liked it, too!

[Obdigore]

Just saw 'Shrimp on the Barbie' I think its called. Cheech... or was that chong... in Australia.

Had some funny parts. Not a new movie in any way.

[Abyss]

Mezla PigDog;228271 said:

I finally saw Last King Of Scotland. It was really good. The last 30 minutes or so were a bit brutal, but I think that was probably the point. I highly recommend it.

Great movie, but perhaps just because i had seen BLOOD DIAMOND around the same time, i'm coming to the conclusion that every film about Africa must have the line 'this is Africa' in it; and nothing good EVER happens in Africa. In any event, Forrest Whittaker was brilliant and hey, who knew Gillian Andersen could act like anyone but Scully.

Just saw AMERICAN GANGSTER. Tried to make Denzel's character a bit too cuddly, and the ending was a bit too happy for my suspension of disbelief, but overall good film worth seeing.

BECOMING JANE made me want to stuff popcorn in thru my ears until the butterish topping drowned my brain, but i suspect all things Jane Austen related will simply be wasted upon me as a result of my gender.

BEOWULF was good fun, see related thread.


- Abyss, notes I AM ABYSSSSSSS!!!!!

[Vengeance]

I just saw THE LIVES OF OTHERS it is superb. What a great movie. For those of you who remember the wonderful thing that was the cold war it is really a must see. It is probably the best movie that I have seen in a long time.

[Abyss]

Vengeance;228362 said:

I just saw THE LIVES OF OTHERS it is superb. ....

Agreed. Excellent movie.

Oh also in theaters: RENDITION. Really dumbs down a really complex hypothetical situation. Mildly entertaining if you can avoid thinking it through too much. If there's nothing better to see, or otherwise wait for the disk.

- Abyss, always knew Meryl Streep was evilllll...

[Aptorian]

Watched Resident Evil 3, Eastern Promises and I am Omega yesterday.

Resident Evil was awesome. Like all the other movies they hired a drunk hobo to write the manuscript, the movie makes no sense, but the scenes were coolness. The attack of the crows, the super mutant tyrant guy, the clones, that mila woman kicking ass everywhere.

Eastern promises was great. About as good as I expected but not as good as all the hype surrounding Viggos character. Expecially the revelation of Viggos character sort of spoiled the ending for me. It could have been a Russian Godfather Story, instead it just became a good drama.

I am Omega was plain poo, but you see this from the start and it was barely tolerable because there was mutants in the movie. Gotta love the mutants.

[Abyss]

ENCHANTED. Don't. Just don't. Just don't. Unless you have to amuse multiple adolescent girls (shut. up.), in which case, bring a flask and spike your soda.

FIDO. Clever twisted good fun tongue-in-decomposing-cheek retro movie about a boy and his pet zombie. Worth the rental/download.

- Abyss, notes that zombies that crave brainz are trite, while zombies that crave smokes are GENIUS...

[Aptorian]

I just watched the remake of the The Hitcher.

What a pointless movie. It's the same exact film only this time the girl gets all the attention. All the scenes seem the same. More gore or violence some places, less elsewhere.

Sean Bean will never be able to fill out the shoes of the immortal Rutger Hauer.

It certainly didn't have the psycological terror of the eighties version.

[Abyss]

Aptorian;230700 said:

I just watched the remake of the The Hitcher.
...It certainly didn't have the psycological terror of the eighties version.

Ah, but did it have the finger foods?

- Abyss, obscure 80s horror movie afficianado.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

Abyss;230520 said:

ENCHANTED. Don't. Just don't. Just don't. Unless you have to abuse multiple adolescent girls (shut. up.), in which case, bring a flask and spike your soda.

Fixed for Abyss like accuracy.

[Spindrift]

just watched Tideland. I thought it was fantastic, although i can see why there is so much hate for it around.