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Picked up the boxset so I've been getting thru the series. Verhoeven is an amazing director he just brings so much stylistically to the table and lifts the bar on what would usually just be typical genre fodder (this film could've easily have been more like it's sequel had he not been at the helm). This still holds up well but is notably less dark in tone than his previous films. Starship Troopers 2 Nowhere near as bad as I remember it but still very average after how good the first film is. Lacks any of the class it's predecessor had and it's socially commentary falls pretty flat but I liked the premise of the bug controlling people. Bit of a waste really considering this could've had a Aliens meets The Thing going on if it had a better director/cast/budget. I'm hoping the third one's better. Quote:
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Black Swan (2010)
 Very glad that after Shutter Island this year here’s another brilliant movie that comes with bit of an old school vibe of dark, twisted psychological thriller and the great news is this time in Black Swan the content gets unpredictably impulsive, results a shattering experience in a Roman Polanskian way. As Darren Aronofsky already admitted after making the film, there’s an adequate influence of Polanski’s Repulsion & The Tenant in Black Swan. And as a great fan of this sub genre I like to salute his effort & the way he make use of that ‘influence’ in his own convincing fashion. Aronosky proved his talent in dealing with dark, sophisticated & thought provoking subject matter in his earlier films like Requiem for a Dream & The Fountain (haven’t seen Pi yet). After The Wrestler he depicts a complete different art in Black Swan with darkly gleaming looks where again performance is disturbingly demanding. It’s a daunting tale of a ballerina (or we can say BalleNina) who gets lost into a spiral web of delusional fantasy and chilling reality. Like the theatrical tragic finale of Swan Lake, Portman remarkably delivered a ‘perfect’ & her career defining performance in this film. Kudos to the great little, powerful supporting cast who all gave a much needed perspective on Nina's slowly developing descendants into the madness. Overall, a nail-ripping provocative thriller indeed which is surely one of the best in 2010. >>: A And Soon the Darkness (2010)  1970’s original is one of my all time favorites. I like that a lot for its beautiful camera works & the way Robert Fuest developed & maintained the suspense till the end. So I wasn’t expecting that much from this remake but the thing is it had some potential to be at least decent. The production value, cinematography were good enough like the two beautiful female lead (hey V, one of them is Amber Heard!:cool:). But the disappointment comes just when the mystery begins to unfold and specially the way they wasted Karl Urban with his role at that point of the film. >>: C+ Buried (2010)  It’s literally a 90 minute movie about a man trapped in a coffin. This may not appeal to all, but director Rodrigo Cortes made it wonderfully work with continuous several plot twists to maximize the suspense and solitary actor Ryan Reynolds delivered a pretty convincing performance (but I still think he’s the wrong choice for Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern:D) that expressively displays the nature of his terrifying ordeal. Overall, it’s an intelligent & creative thrill ride with a single character and a single setting that successfully holds the tension and toying with the viewer's anticipations from start to finish. >>: A-
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Despicable me - Much better than I was expecting...still in the realms of "family friendly" but does what it does well. I liked it, it was actually quite funny.
Dead Mans Shoes - Found some of the dialogue difficult to hear/understand but overall a very good film...it was pretty tragic, and left me feeling pretty unsettled but I suppose that speaks to it's success.
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Never Let Me Go (2010)
 A pretty slow paced, sad romantic drama with a very low-key sci-fi content. >>: B Unstoppable (2010)  Fast paced, action packed a happy Hollywood movie. They rarely made this kinda entertainment film now days. >>: B+
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...My friends and I decided to get into the holiday cheer....
Santa Claus (1959) With the aid of Merlin, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Xmas. Here is a link. Also watched suspect 0, that was rad as hell.
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