bahahaha - Watching ATM right now and, yes, it's really just awful.

I saw it just this morning on my Netflix stream. It's... It's really quite something. Those of you who haven't seen it, you should.

It's... How do I put it? It's a masterpiece of awful.

Lawless

This will definitely be making my list for the best of 2012. John Hillcoat never fails to impress me. Lawless is the type of flick I wish their was more of. Gritty, excellent characterizations and just captivating from start to finish.

The Baytown Outlaws

Extremely entertaining action/comedy. I had a blast from start to finish. Think you'll dig this one a bunch newb!

Dredd

I had my doubts despite the positive reviews but this delivers. It did the comic justice and was killer from start to finish. Recommended.

[B]Attack The Block[B]

Great movie. Cant believe i never bothered to watch it before now. Lots of fun to watch.

The Pact

Watched this round 2am and got quite genuinely creeped out in parts. I've found supernatural stuff really gets under my skin over the last couple of years compared to the past. Nice tense atmosphere and I thought the score was excellent. Caity Lotz's performance was as the Craven styled heroine was top notch. Loved the twist/reveal [SPOILER]Great to see someone pay homage to Bad Ronald![/SPOILER] The last shot was unnecessary IMO and it kinda fucked up the great work that proceeded it. [SPOILER]I'm guessing it was meant to be a dream sequence?[/SPOILER] Either way it cheapened the otherwise great style of the film.

just read a couple of reviews....most definitely my type of movie.:D

Am I the only one who prefers the cheesy Stallone version? Don't get me wrong, it was a great remake, but I dunno. I guess I just like bad movies >.<

I gotta achieve balance with "The Room" among "Pan's Labyrinth", y'know? Or else the universe would be even more twisted lol.

With that being said... I saw "The Room". Yes, it's atrocious, but it's another one of those awesome bad movies just in the fact that it was made. I'd recommend it solely based on its sucktastic glory.

Really excited about Lawless and will look up Baytown Outlaws.


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The American Scream (2012)


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OK documentary about "House Haunters," people who go all-out and create incredibly elaborate haunted houses for Halloween. Honestly, it's something that I would love to do but don't have the $$ or space to do it (sadly, neither do the folks in the documentary).


Apartment 143 (2011)


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Pretty awful little found-footage film that doesn't waste time with things like subtlety or believably.

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Messy.

Not the gore...the film.

Avoid.


* ½

REC 3: Finally watched it... sadly not what I hoped it would be. Loved the first movie, thought the second was a quality sequel but this one just didnt work for me at all. It drags it heels considering the short run time, also doesnt really add any value to the plot line that was developed in the first two movies. It manages to totally remove any of the intensity or atmosphere that were the heart of the first movie and still there in second movie. The action seems forced and awkward, it tries to crowbar in a bit of slapstick but even that fails pretty miserably. Remove it from the franchise and its pretty poor, but if you compare it to the first two movies its fuckin' awful.

The Expendables 2: Wanted to see more of Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li but there is more than enough going on to make it an easy watch.

Rock of Ages

Kinda cheesy and cliche but a fun watch and i liked the performances even from Tom Cruise

Hostel Dissected.

Love Roth's DVD and BluRay releases with all the commentaries and featurettes and stuff. Wish he still made horror movies.

Skyfall (2012)

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**SPOILER ALAERT**

Surprisingly this anticipated Bond movie got a theatrical release here (just after a week of the US release) at our only multiplex theater in the city. Anyway, I understand it was an effort to making some sort of a 'transitional' film to go back to the traditional bond flavor but I was kinda disappointed. I really loved the way the series took a sensitive & believable approach from Daniel Craig's debut Bond feature Casino Royale (2006) & its highly action packed follow up Quantum of Solace (2008). Though director Sam Mendes did a good job with a story that's dealing with an interesting treatment like re-introducing some classic bond features but along the way it just came with an unoriginal antagonist character...an ex-MI6 agent (reminded me Sean Bean as 006 in Golden Eye). Obviously, Javier Bardem was a great cast but it was a missed opportunity, IMO. He was menacing as Raoul Silva but I just found the identity/background & motivation of his character pretty cliched & less interesting than earlier Craig-Bond films. The 2nd disappointment was the ending, particularly the final showdown between Bond & Silva. I'm not complaining about the premise (loved the location) or the killing of Judi Dench (surely I'll miss her in future 007 flicks but the "M" got a great replacement) but quite surprised & disappointed to see Bond killing off his such a wicked villain by only throwing a knife from behind!?! Both the character deserved a good fight between them. And last but not the least, I wish that French hottie could get e bigger role & more screen presence:).

>>: B-

Baytown Outlaws

Real Grindhouse / Tarantino feel fer sure......fun movie

thanks Elvis for the rec. ;)

Boobs. But of course. :rolleyes:

Oddly enough....there we're NO naked boobs in it


maybe the sequel :D

Wrong Turn 2

Was surprised by the gore, liked it alot

Silent Night (2012)

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Time passing typical slasher with few decent kills & a booby show.

>>: C+

The Apparition (2012)

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Not bad as expected; found it quite decent actually, though there wasn't much of a story but liked it mainly for those poltergeist activity.

>>: B

Sleepwalk with Me (2012)


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Written, acted, directed and starring Mike Birbiglia, this is the movie adaptation of his stand up show. I remember the first time I heard Birbiglia on the radio; he's incredibly dry and neurotic and his telling of suffering through a severe sleepwalking illness is hilarious, sad, and ultimately endearing at the same time. Since I had already heard his clips, I felt as though I had already seen the movie, but regardless I found this funny, honest, and endearing. I hope that I can catch Birbiglia the next time that he's in Boston.

I really love his stand up.

Definitely recommended.


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Catfish (2010)


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I actually got sucked into the TV show and honestly couldn't help myself... Turns out this is an incredibly intriguing documentary with real, honest, and endearing people. If I recall, when this first came out, it was pitched as some kind of "thriller" which I think did it an injustice as it's a documentary about a man having an online relationship with someone (though Facebook) and then unraveling the truths about her. A really compelling watch.

I had someone ruin this for me :/

Oh, no - In what way?

I actually knew the reveal going in because the TV Show starts with him explaining what happened to him... But, honestly, even though I knew the ultimate conclusion it was still a fascinating watch. I think what makes it so watchable is that the subjects are all incredibly real, sympathetic, and likable people. If that's what ruined it, I say give it a spin anyway.

The classic "Black Christmas"

Yeah, I'm a Scrooge. BAH FUCKING HUMBUG!

I'm pretty sure that's my favorite horror movie of all time.


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Bait (2012)


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Not surprisingly, this was just bad. I am typically all about bad horror movies that involve sharks (like my beloved Deep Blue Sea), but sadly I just couldn't get through this. Too bad; it was nice to see Xavier Samuel again. Groooowwwl.

Just watched ParaNorman and Prometheous. ParaNorman was decent, not quite as good as I was hoping though. Prometheous was excellent, you can definitely see how it was influenced by Planet of the Vampires.

Django

What a ridiculous movie.

We had a blast.

People here seem to really like that movie. I thought it was an absolute mess.

Les Miserables

Justt saw it last night. Wow I loved it. I will probably go see it again while its in theatres. But due to cost will probably wait till dollar theatre for more viewings.

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"Silent Night" 5/10

Mediocre slasher with a not so interesting story.


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"The Fourth Kind" 1/10

Almost unwatchable, especially thanks to the character Abigail who's one of the saddest, ugliest females in movie history. But the way she looked didn't hold a candle to the way she spoke. Was driving me absolutely insane. And on top of that the director and cast had the audacity to have the audience believe this was actually a true story with real footage. MY ASS!!!



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"Dredd" 7-8/10

Tiny tiny story, but BLOODY entertaining.



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"Life of Pi " 9/10

Beautiful.

Had most of the key moments from the book and i predict both to become future classics. An original fairytale. :)

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Fanboys, don't crucify me for what follows...

Powerful - that's the one word which comes to mind when the end credits start rolling. Don't get me wrong here, but I rank this above The Dark Knight for more reasons than one.
What made the second film of the trio rise above the rest was the absolute fantastic presence of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Take him out of the scene, and what's left is Nolan's Batman Begins with Harvey Dent thrown in (no offence to Aaron Eckhart, he was superb), which I consider to be the weakest of the three.
In this, you have Bruce Wayne's human persona taking over The Batman, showing his frailty, his weakness, his guilt...in short, he's human after all. The Batman was never a superhero in the "super" sense, and this film nails that aspect of this wonderful character. Then, there's Bane. The towering, all-powerful, almost anti-Batman. He's everything the dark knight isn't, and much more. Frame by frame, shot by shot, his remorselessness takes over the scenes and envelops you completely. Tom Hardy hadn't just worked on his physique, but on the spirit and mental state of Bane as well. Kudos to him, and to Nolan for building on that.

(*****HERE THERE BE SPOILERS*****)

No film is spared from plotholes, and this one isn't either. The Batman moving straight into a fist-fight with Bane with no prior preparations, only to get the stuffing knocked out of him and his back broken as well? Completely out of character. And then the double "reveals" at the end? I totally get the first one, to tie up some loose ends together, but the second one was unnecessary. They could have ended with Blake chancing upon the Batcave and left it there (how the hell does Blake know such a lot about The Batman anyway? Even Gordon doesn't know stuff which Blake does!)
No film is spared from underwhelming characters, and this isn't either as well - I found Anne Hathaway's Catwoman completely bogged down. For all money, she wouldn't be in the film and nobody would notice it. I think Nolan just threw her in to keep the fanboys happy - especially the geek-tastic moment when her curves light up the Batpod. And there isn't any sort of chemistry existing between her and Bale (I prefer Burton's Batman Returns over this film for this chemistry between both characters). Catwoman has a lot of history with our hero, and there's supposed to be sparks when both of them are in the same frame - unfortunately none of them exist here, except a couple of forced kisses as afterthoughts.

(*****END OF SPOILERS*****)

All said and done, this is truly a wonderful, powerful film. Amidst the fantastic shots of NY's skylines, a CGI moment which completely takes your breath away, Bruce's sheer frustration at his own helplessness as Bane takes Gotham hostage, a script which could have been a lot more tight had theren't been so many unnecessary twists, it's a film which everyone should savor. Even those who don't read comics and are not fans of all the characters onscreen.
Funny how re-watches change your initial thoughts about a film. A fitting end to the trilogy, though.


* * * ½

Nice thoughts _V_, the only thing I have to mention is



*SPOILERS*



Batman didn't necessarily head off to fight Bane at first, Catwoman was supposed to simply take Batman to his lair but she trapped him in that room with Bane. That was Bane's plane, he wanted to crush the Batman, and that justified Catwoman's role in the film as well because without here Batman wouldn't have been trapped with Bane, wouldn't have been beaten, and the story arc that took place wouldn't exist. The thing that killed it for me is as much as I loved the movie I still never got the sense that Batman was the World's Greatest Detective. Instead, we see a guy with a lot of technology which isn't the same...

That's the great thing about opinions, we can disagree with each other and both of us still be right, lol.

The Hobbit


I liked it, but I knew I would like it, I think the only thing that surprised me was the quality of the 3D.

Django Unchained (2012)

Pretty disappointed in this one overall.

I have to wait 3 more weeks for it to open.

Invasion of The Body Snatchers (original)
Killers From Space

It's gloriously over the top and filled with violence and despicable people. That's what I liked most, so many characters were so twisted and disgusting which came across really well. In the end it's a great tale of retribution and resurrection, I dug it.





Carnage

A Polanki flick starring Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Jodie Foster who were all great. I've read a lot of people thought this movie was boring and pretentious but for me that couldn't be further from the truth. I found it funny, dark, and well acted with all sorts of emotions pouring out of the actors. Three Oscar winners and a nominee should be able to pull it off though eh?

Sounds like the week before Christmas at work...

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"Kill 'em All" 5/10

A peculiar movie experience.

Like watching a blend between a low budget martial arts movie from the 90s and a film school project. Moronic story, bad acting and even worse dialogue. But the coreography was really good at times.

Watch this movie for 1 reason and 1 reason only. The artist calling himself Tim Man. Hugely talented guy who reminded me of Keith Cooke in the 80s/90s. Style wise it was like watching Keith Cooke and Tony Jaa in one person. Hope to get to see him in lots more lead roles in the future, even tho the dude can't act. Who cares! :D

Rock of Ages


thought I would hate it.....didn't