I made fun of my friend for spending her money on this dreck. The only errors are in the dialogue? How about the fact that there are no streets in Venice. Maybe the fact that both the car and sub of Nemo is better than anything we have today. The plot was stupid and predictable. I feel bad when a great actor like Sean Connery makes crap like this.

5/10

well, now i have to marry you. :D

Can we say... OWNED?

:) :p

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It's actually suppose to be Tetralogy. Fox invented that term for their boxset, and while I think it sounds better, it's apparently incorrect.

You're right. Fox thought people would be too stupid know realise what a Tetrology was:rolleyes:

So the idots just decided to make up their own word:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The term mixes Greek and Latin, and is generally seen as incorrect by linguists.

Millionaire Hollywood fatcats want to rewrite the dictionary now?

Hopefully this latest neologism will not take root.

:mad:

agreed. all about eve is damn near perfect as well... movies ahead of their time.

The Blair Witch Project

I love to see what some people are capable of without any real sort of budget. The shaky camerawork is a bit annoying, but there's no denying the originality of this film. I also like the improv script because it gives the characters, and thereby the film itself, a more realistic feel. In general, I'm not a big fan of ghost stories but there are a couple I endorse and this would be one of them, if for no other reason than it's sheer originality & fabulous marketing campaign that turned it into a pop culture phenomenon.

B

Jarhead
>>: B

Lock, Stock & two smoking Barrels
>>: B+

In The Line of Fire

The Horror Within and Land of the Dead

i always liked that movie. john malkovich plays a good deranged killer.

"I see you standing over the grave of another dead president"

One of Eastwood's better roles since the 70s too. I've always liked the scene where he's waiting for the chick (forget her name?) to look back at him :)

I just watched Sin City again.... enjoyed it better than the last time because I got the impact of the first viewing.

Cars : not as bad as i thought it would be - saved by very good voice work. still a morality tale though. tired of message movies for kids.


MI3 : watched the 1st half so far ... not too bad .. would be instantly forgotten if not for Hoffmans effective bad guy.

I'll find out how the rest goes tonight.

Are you insisting that that Unforgiven wasn't?

Chick's name is Rene Russo.

Ahhh thats the one! She was great in Lethal Weapon 3 aswell.
Not at all. Unforgiven was a totally killer role as was Billion Dollar Baby. I was just saying it was up there with his better roles instead of a lot of the 80s stuff where he seemed to do the typecast tough guy thing and was going thru the motions.
I prefer the tough guy with heart roles where he spews passion and the acting is really natural. But whatever... he is one of the few actors that I can enjoy in anything. I personally would like see a good comedy thrown his way.

I've been watching Full Metal Alchemist for the last couple of days. I'm really enjoying it so far, but that comes to a stop until I can afford to order the other 5 million volumes of it.

Gonna check out Wolf's Rain in the meantime

I just got the thought because In The Line of Fire came after Unforgiven, but since that was the film being talked about, you made the comment using said film. I ramble without or over thinking sometimes.


I agree with the comedy idea, I always thought he'd be perfect for the old veteran/hot shot rookie cop movie. He tried with The Rookie, it was fun, but the script was a little off for lack of a better word.

Hello there fellow Horror Fanatics. It's ages since i was on here- my computer blew up, then my TV blew up so basically I have been skint paying for repairs (TV first of course!!) and so have quite a backlog of films to discuss. I have a kept the pile of films by my desk - it's now huge lol...so I best get discussing. Good to be back anyway guys.


Below

I have to say I really enjoyed this little spookfest. I found it to be a novel addition to my 'ghost movie' collection. Some really creepy parts, solid acting and overall dark feel to the movie makes this the perfect kind of ghost story. A ghost and a submarine - great combo!

7/10


Undead

Now, this is one of the first films I watched since I was last on so my memory is vague lol which should say alot about the film really. I thought it was a poor man's Shaun of the Dead really - it was ok, some good gore, a couple of funny bits - overall decent for it's budget and the disc itself is packed with extras. However, once you have seen Shaun then this doesnt really compare. I must also point out that I found the beginning of the film to be stronger then the 'second half' of the movie...

6/10


More films to follow tomorrow lol.

Pirates, Dead Man's Chest....nice follow up movie, some scenes could have been trimmed a bit, great make-up and effects....a fun watch.

Inside Man..I'm still no Spike Lee fan after this...didnt see the point of this movie....lame

LOL I take it you love Chuck.:D


I watched Xtro again, and I'm pretty sure it sucked. I know a lot of people liked it, but the story was pretty retarded. It could have been great, but it just didn't make it for me.

Citizen Toxie.
The most offensive and childish movie i have ever seen. I loved it!!

8/10

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If you loved anchorman, you'll love talledega nights. It's the exact same humor, juvenile and stupid. Anchorman was probably slightly dumber even.

They Dont Cut The Grass Anymore
fucking brutal
7.5/10

Its called sci fi stupid. There are no invisible people or Mr. Hyde's but you don't see anyone complaining about that stuff. Oh and venice does have areas to walk on, just like streets..... only there are no cars... Its pretty much the same thing.

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Haunted Highway

I actually liked it, but I'd be careful who I'd recommend it to. The beginning was horrible and I was so sure the rest of the movie was going to go swirly. I think if it was done better it would be a favorite of mine, but the movie had some serious problems. The flashbacks are just hard to watch, badly acted and poorly scripted.
The majority (about 98%) of the movie follows the main character Greg driving to a lake to dump his dead wife. I thought his acting was great for the most part as he is haunted by his wife and a ghost version of his mistress (who is alive... another dumb thing). I really liked the idea behind the movie, only wish certain aspects of the story like the flashbacks (which should have been important) were executed better. Pretty scary as well I thought, maybe that's because I'm already paranoid when I get in my car alone at night... I always check the backseats for wounded serial killers. :D Low production values and like I said most of the movie takes place in and around a car on a stretch of road at night. The look of the movie never really bothered me though, didn't look that bad.

3/5

(Don't rent this movie, statistics show there is a 95% chance you'll think it is one of the worst movies ever. :( )

Listen jackass, you just proved my point. It is called science fiction, the science part of it is based on laws and formulas, or else it would just be called fantasy. When you are going to include a city into your story, sci-fi or not, you can't change the city. Yes, Venice has walkways, but they are not wide enough to drive a car on. Also, if you are going to have the story take place in a time period, take into account what is possible and what is not. That is what makes good sci-fi and bad sci-fi. In my opinion, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a piece of CGI dreck. Of course, some might agree with me:

5.4/10 - IMDB
2/5 - Netflix
3/5 - Amazon
18% (Critics) 43% (Users) - Rotten Tomatoes

Then again, to each his/her own.

Dr. Jekyl, Invisible Man, Tom Sawyer, Vampire ect. It's fantasy if you ask me and fantasy doesn't have any rules. Just my opinion.

Yeah, I would agree that it might lean more towards fantasy. No matter what genre it falls into, it's still a crappy movie.

League may be crappy, but I enjoyed it a lot more than other crappy movies.
I liked it WAY more than Van Helsing, anyway.:)

Agreed, Van Helsing was way more annoying. Maybe it had to do with the fact that I actually paid money to see it at the theatre.

Watching Chainsaw 2 right now

Stone:
Great late 70s Aussie biker flick. I really like this one.

Malevolence:
Basically a Halloween rip off but it had some great bleak atomosphere and a few chills which saved it from being just a run of the mill slasher. Could've done with more gore. I dug it anyways and it worth a watch.

Janis

This was a decent Janis Joplin documentary, but aside from the concert footage, it wasn't much I hadn't seen before.

C



Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Okay, I have a couple issues with this movie... 1, if you are gonna title a movie Book of Shadows, doesn't it stand to reason that a book would play prominently into the film? It doesn't. 2, the plot is ridiculous.

I enjoyed the start & end of this movie but there are just way too many plot holes to make this film good. At one point during one of the films most outlandish plotpoints, a character says "This doesn't make any sense." Boy, did he hit the nail on the head.

I don't know... It had potential, but it wasn't exectued properly or even anywhere close to properly.

C-

finished MI3

as much as i dislike Tom Cruise - i'd have to say it was a pretty good movie.. best of the 3 by far (despite the absence of Jean Reno :)

"Living High"...just got it on new release thinking it may be funny...it wasn't a great film, or even close, but there were a couple of scenes that made me laugh pretty hard.
like...4/10?

yea, i was waiting for "norris fever" to catch on, i'm just pissed that i'm in my late twenties and the generation that started it is still in their teens.

And so my Film list continues...

Brothers Grimm


I have to say I was slightly disappointed with this. Looking back now (and it was a while ago I watched this) I can't help but wish that Tim Burton had made this film instead. It was... ok... dark in parts and I found it novel incorporating fairy tales into the one story but I also found it rather slow paced and the effects could have been better. Unless you feel a real need to watch this I'm sure there are much better 'dark fantasy' films than this. Brothers Grimm: ok, watchable but certainly not unmissable.

6/10

King Kong (Jackson Remake)

Wow. What can I say...as a kid I loved the original, as an adult I love the remake just as much. I didn't find this film long winded and dull nor did I think certain scenes could have been shortened to improve the movie. I simply loved it. Effects were amazing, acting was great - I really can't think of a bad thing to say about this.

10/10


The Off Season


Hmmmm. Now this film in my huge stack of 'recently watched' I find hard to remember fully. This means one thing - unmemorable, easily forgettable...move on to the next film please!
I banged the disc back in to check the trailer as a recap...this low budget movie is not one of the better ghost stories I have watched, effects were less than average, plot wasn't great and the acting was less than average being polite.

Off Season - not the worst I've seen - 5/10


The Woodsman

Why did I buy this movie? Why Did I not turn the movie off sooner? Why have I not listed it on ebay? Why review it?...basically to try and help you avoid the mistake I made when thinking...hmmm that sounds an interesting role for Mr Bacon - I'll check that out. Big Mistake! Possibly one of the most boring, pointless movies I have seen in years. Kevin Bacon plays the role of a paedophile who is being released back into society - this film I assume was meant to at least give the viewer an option of feeling sympathy towards the main character? Well if it was, it failed miserably. Not only did I not feel sympathy I got more enraged about the issues than before the film started! This film was a total waste of my time, please don't allow it to be a waste of yours.

Woodsman 2/10 (I give it higher than 1 because it came in a nice gatefold edition sleeve).