X-Men: First Class

Excellent. Best X-Men movie yet. They developed the characters better then any of the other movies and were able to focus on all of them instead of just one like Wolverine in the others. I hope they continue it like this.

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Nifty little film about 26 men who volunteer to be either guards and prisoners for a research project (and 1000 dollars per day) based on psychological evaluation and human instincts. And things start to go wrong after the first couple of days...the whole experiment turns into a game of corrupted minds, bizarre sadism and shocking abuse.

Seemingly based on a real life incident, The Experiment is a very dark and unsettling film. Cinematography is top-notch as they capture the essence of a prison and the claustrophobia one feels inside it, coupled with some really fidgety shots in infra-red. Characterisation is almost perfect, with Forrest Whittaker standing out above the rest, with an equal brilliant performance by Clifton Collins, Jr. as Nix.

Outstanding film. Recommended to everyone in here who is ready to plunge into the dark psyche of man.

Rated - * * * *

I've always wondered why they never made a film of this incident. I'll watch out for it.

Though the event of the film based on Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment of 1971 but this is a remake of German film Das Experiment, made in 2001 which is overall better than this American version, IMO.

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The Resident: didn't care for it, too many holes in the story

My Soul to Take: didn't care for it. I'm starting to think I've become an old woman, I don't understand these teen horror movies.

Iron Man 2: loved it

Hatchet. Why did they need a torch when the swamp was floodlit?

Can't say I liked this film.

roshiq beat me too and I agree the German version is much better.

Sold! Sounds like a brilliant premise.

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

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>>: B

Hidden 3D (2011)

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>>: C-

Sauna (2008)

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Thanks to V & all others whoever recommend this movie for HDC Top 200 of 2000s, otherwise I may not get interested about this film for a long time.

This is a beautifully made, very atmospheric & dark period horror piece from Finland. Bit slow burn but wonderful cinematography & intense characterization are two other great aspects of this movie besides its original & compelling story.

>>: A-