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Fantastic film. Recommended.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

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Hmmm - I'm going to be honest. I really liked the the first movie in this series - Not only was there the compelling character in Lisabeth but there was also a really compelling story - It was a damn good mystery/thriller. But Girl Who Played with Fire just doesn't have as engaging a story, which doesn't really give Lisbeth much of a chance to be a badass (which, COME ON is the reason why I tuned into this)... I DO like that you get a glance at Lisbeth's past, but I was hoping that that would be revealed through another well-done mystery/thriller. The ending was OK though I probably would have been pissed had I seen it in the theater as it's obviously queuing up for the third film.

Also, the pacing is AWFUL - I was... kinda bored throughout. :-/

2.5/5

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)


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Man, with exponentially exciting titles you would THINK that Lisbeth's tale would just get more and more thrilling... But... No... While the movie focuses on Lisabeth's past, there's still no real interesting story to propel it forward. We're set with a rather complex Conspiracy tale with rather lame Big Bads. Not to mention, Lisabeth spends the movie either in the hospital or in jail so there aren't any badass moments for her to be seen. And Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomkvist was just plain flat in this film.


I have to say that I'm incredibly disappointed in the latter two thirds of this trilogy; I was hoping that there would be two more tales of Lisbeth's badassery, but the stories are boring and don't really give her an opportunity to show off her awesomeness as in the first movie. Maybe the books are better? Dunno; haven't read them.

2/5

Maybe you'll get to see more of her in the remakes.

I've only seen and read the first one and i already found THAT one utterly boring.

Well that's disappointing. Haven't gotten around to them and was hoping they were as good as the first.

Just watched Anti Chirst, scarred for life, crazy lady.. I'm sure I wouldn't be walking about after what she did to herself. Now gonna watch Grave Encounters.

Haven't seen them! Thanks for the recs, man :)

I tried looking up Lemara but couldn't find it. Is that how you spell it? I'm not very good at reading cursive.

Thanks to Angra for the former, and The_Return for the latter.


Lemora.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070300/

http://www.amazon.com/Lemora-Childs-...eywords=lemora

Thanks V. It sounds good.

Yeah, whereas I wasn't a huge fan of the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I'm kinda hoping that the American versions of the second two will be better.

I don't want to completely turn you off; I think that some folks on here liked them so it could have just been me... They're all on Netflix Instant if you have it and haven't lost interest.

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May (2002)


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One of my favorite movies... Not sure if it's possible but it somehow gets creepier every time I see it. HIGHLY recommended if you haven't seen it.

I'll still check them out and i've heard good things about May. I'll have to watch that too.

You definitely should it's great.

What's "albino alligator" like? Anyone?
What about "Ronin"?

I remember liking it when it came out. Fairly typical of the 90s crime films post-Pulp Fiction but it did stand out from the pack. Wouldn't mind checking it out again actually.

Contraband (2012)

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>>: B-

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Pretty cool and strange movie. Basically a classic film noir (right down to dialogue and archtypical characters) set in a Highschool. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the lead and theres a cameo from Richard Roundtree who for a change playes THE MAN.

I didn't dislike it, the cloak and dagger aspects of it are really well done but I suspect some film noir fans may be disappointed by it, it lacked (to me anyway) the excitement and thrill of the best classic and modern film noirs.

The Tall Man (2012)

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It'd be somewhat difficult to talk about this movie without spoiling the plot. But I'll try not to. To me, it was one of the year's anticipated movies as it comes from the director of 2008 French masterpiece Martyrs...Pascal Laugier. No doubt, the guy is a great filmmaker who again comes with an original idea and delivers almost perfectly. And this time it becomes one of those kind of movies that turns out very different than the anticipation after watching the trailer or reading about the basic storyline or plot synopsis. I think in case of responses from the most genre fans, initially the film will suffer for the way they campaigned or promoted it as some sort of Boogeyman or Jeepers Creepers kind of flick. But this is more of a solid-dark thriller than Horror. After a decent build up & fine first half, it started to open up with its core content which leads the viewer to a bit shocking but questionable final revelation that may not be appreciated by the audience. Moreover, there were some plot holes that needed some answers & careful treatment. Jessica Biel (TCM remake) was great & gives a convincing performance.

Overall, I'm not sure about the others but I liked it, an interesting thriller.

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The Tall Man
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This wasn't what i was expecting at all. I've been interested in this movie since i heard about it but i thought it was going to be more of a supernatural urban legend type movie. Luckily thanks to Roshiq's review, i had a heads up that it wasn't like that but i still feel disappointed.

There's some pivotal plot points that just come out of nowhere and the story and the characters weren't developed enough for it to make sense at that point and i just wound up confused. By the end everything makes sense but ultimately i didn't like it. Honestly it's not a bad movie, it has a good feel to it but there's really nothing creepy about it.

I think the movie hurts itself by misleading the audience and not just in the information for the movie but in the opening sequence as well.

Overall i wish i could say i liked this movie but unfortunately i can't.

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Four (2011)

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A fun little moderate Britt thriller.

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From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

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I watched Macabre.I just love it when films are so gory you get people slipping over in blood when theyre trying to escape!.Dara has got some fine chainsaw skills I tell thee!
I also watched The Divide,not a horror of sorts but more a nightmare vision of the near future.It was entertaining as I genuinely didnt empathise with any of the characters ~ they were all pretty doomed anyway.Huzzar!

I need to check out Macabre might give it a spin in the weekend.

I really dug The Divide one of the best films so far this year.

You wont be disappointed with Macabre.Its just full on gore!To be fair there are some genuinely spooky bits and (I WONT SPOIL IT!!) when Dara takes the baby to the butchers table even ,I, old iron guts here ,briefly thought "hell no!! surely not!!!"

Sounds fucking great! :D

Oh and 'The Clinic 'is an interesting one to watch http://youtu.be/4eZ4a1coI2s It was creepy

Ah a gore fan-you should check out Adam Chaplin an absolute carnage of a gorefest. Mad mad movie.

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Entertaining but strange mixture of nasty violence and almost slapstick comedy. Lee Marvin is excellent as the drunken irishman Colonel Flynn O'Flynn. You will barely recognise Ian Holm under all the make-up.

Welt am Draht aka World on a Wire (1973)

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Directed by one of the most critically & internationally acclaimed German art-house film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, this is the first direct film adaptation of Daniel F. Galouye's Simulacron-3...a novel that also inspired THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR (1999).

Originally aired in 1973, as a two-part TV miniseries in Germany, this is a slow burn noir-like, quite strange sci-fi flick that fairly share similar theme like modern blockbusters BLADE RUNNER (1982), THE MATRIX (1999) but without any help of CGI and still quite remarkably told the story through concentrated more on mood and character development than action or entertainment value. For its surrealistic tone with dark humor & slow pace in the length of 205 minutes, this may not be a 'right film' for everyone but a must see for any ardent sci-fi lovers.

>>: A

have this in my Netflix queue

I'm interested in what you think of it..Its a strange.

After watching it, I wanted to see the far superior 'Man who would be king'.

fair dos !the subtitles put a few people off but cant say they Bother me

Might also be the slow pacing.

kinda watched Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies....acting was pretty bad and plot was very weak...so I fell asleep.

Netflix instant if anybody wants to give it a try

The last horror movie I saw was Dark Water. A strange cult horror film done by a British guy, but set and filmed in the Ukraine. It was very classic in its themes, but was really beautifully shot. Although the story didn't do much for me, I really enjoyed just looking at it.

Dictado aka Childish Game (2012)

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A Spanish thriller with good production value and a decent but pretty simple plot.

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Detention (2011)

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This is a fast paced, pretty weird teen comedy with tons of 90s & modern pop culture references that needed a long funny title for its own sake...to draw some attention for its targeted audience. Here's a proper plot synopsis..."Detention outwardly tells the story of a group of friends who set out to stop a serial killer stalking their high school and who end up having to time travel to prevent the end of the world. Also there was juiced out jock who has fly blood and whose father forces him in his childhood to wear a television on his hand to hide his abnormality (!), the school mascot, a huge stuffed grizzly bear who at some point abducted by aliens"!
The horror or slasher element comes as a minor aspect of the film...as I said, it was one mess of a weird teen comedy.

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I have just finished watching Remains which I didnt dislike, however im tired and emotional so dont trust my judgement!About to watch Red ,white and blue so best hide the kitchen knives !

the big year

probably the most sickest gorific movie iv ever seen

the decent

im probably the only fucker who hasnt seen these movies yet.was good,really liked the demon / monster things,remindes me of that demon thing on the cover of mayhems chimera

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Stick to the original, unless you are a fan of contemporary serious actioners.


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