I Have Just Seen... VI -

MeechMunchie · #**1141** 05-02-2013, 02:22 PM

He has an entertaining spat with an abandoned child, apart from that it was forgettable.

Bullet Magnet · #**1142** 05-02-2013, 03:46 PM

I liked it. It's loosely based on last decade's Extremis storyline, and it follows the last two films successful formula of not putting Stark in the suit(s) too much.

Mr. Bungle · #**1143** 05-02-2013, 03:54 PM

Well I'm a bit of a Marvel fanboy (loved the hell out of Avengers and thought Iron Man 1 and 2 were both pretty enjoyable; the former more than that latter) so I should enjoy it. I like what they're doing with the Marvel film universe.

Mac Sirloin · #**1144** 05-04-2013, 07:24 AM

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I saw Oblivion. It was kinda poop.

I heard it was basically Moon with a lot more CG butt styled action.

Sekto Springs · #**1145** 05-04-2013, 07:34 AM

Isn't M. Night Shyamalamadingdong releasing almost the same movie with Will Smith?

Mr. Bungle · #**1146** 05-04-2013, 11:04 PM

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I heard it was basically Moon with a lot more CG butt styled action.

Sort of. Also a completely unforgivable female who pops up halfway through the story with one of the most predictable romance plot lines I've ever witnessed. It was good up until they started focusing more and more on the clichéd (and not to mention completely predictable) love tale and the sudden inclusion of Morgan Freeman. Then things just started getting silly.

Mr. Bungle · #**1147** 05-08-2013, 08:09 PM

Veep is getting so good. Everyone should watch it.

Crashpunk · #**1148** 05-09-2013, 02:30 AM

For some reason I decided to watch 'The Day after Tomorrow'. Needless to say, it was shite.

Dynamithix · #**1149** 05-10-2013, 11:14 AM

So, I saw the Evil Dead remake.

It had a lot of gore (and I mean a lot) and most of it was great fun too! It also had quite a lot of references to the original Evil Dead(s), but some of them felt kind of forced and didn't really fit the more serious tone of movie they were going with in this remake.

The parts where the deadites spoke with the haunted voice were actually kind of funny and creepy at the same time, I liked that. Those are pretty much the only pros of the movie though, other than that, it sort of let me down...

The actors weren't too bad, but the characters they played were boring and dumb to say the least, the story is altered quite a bit from the original (it is a remake after all), but definitely not for the better, there are literally fucking tons of jump-scares in the movie (they're all extremely predictable too), there are a few one-liners near the end of the movie that are so shit that I just felt angry after hearing them. It wasn't even because they were cliché, but it seemed more like that the writers thought they were so cliché that people would actually like them. Ugh, dead wrong, they were terrible and fucking annoying. I could keep on listing small or not-so small faults of the movie, but I think you get the point.

Overall quite disappointing, but I hope I didn't describe it too negatively, it was pretty fun to watch with a few friends even though it had a lot of flaws and it's definitely gorier than your average modern horror movie, so if you're into shit like that, you might enjoy it a bit more. I'd probably give it a rating of 5/10. I can't say I'm too surprised though, I was very skeptical of it ever since the first trailer came out, but I wanted to see it anyways.

Sekto Springs · #**1150** 05-11-2013, 08:48 PM

The way you described it sounded like you haven't seen the original, but you also imply several times that you have.

Crashpunk · #**1151** 05-12-2013, 03:39 AM

Watched Gladiator last night.

It had some great action scenes and a lot of tension. The story was pretty good as well, really sad at times and it was one of those movies where you really want the protagonist to win (or in this case, take revenge). A few nitpicks are I thought it was a pretty slow with it's pacing. You didn't see Maximus become a gladiator until about an hour in and sometimes I didn't really understand what was happening.

The one thing I really don't get is why did Maximus die at the end? He was clearly injured after getting stabbed but not enough to suddenly die? He was strong enough to fight and he was only stabbed in the back of the shoulder?

What's funny is after watching and loving Spartatus, I found it weird not seeing over-the-top slow motion and gore in a Gladiatorial combat environment. (Yes I know Gladiator was released way before Spartacus or 300)

Dynamithix · #**1152** 05-12-2013, 05:33 AM

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The way you described it sounded like you haven't seen the original, but you also imply several times that you have.

Can you give me an example where I contradicted myself in the post? I'm not saying I didn't, just want to know which part.

Sekto Springs · #**1153** 05-12-2013, 10:47 PM

Well, you started off by saying the remake wasn't as good as the original(s), which says to me you've seen the original and know how awesome it is. Then the list of things that you thought sucked about the remake are exactly the things that made the original so great; cheap scares, corny one-liners, etc.

I walked away with "It's just like the original. It sucked. Go see it".

***Nate*** · #**1154** 05-13-2013, 02:02 AM

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The one thing I really don't get is why did Maximus die at the end? He was clearly injured after getting stabbed but not enough to suddenly die? He was strong enough to fight and he was only stabbed in the back of the shoulder?

Because he wanted to die. His overarching motivation was to take revenge, then join his wife and son in the afterlife.

OANST · #**1155** 05-13-2013, 08:52 AM

I thought The Evil Dead was pretty fun. Not as funny as I would have liked, but still pretty good.

scrabface · #**1156** 05-15-2013, 03:15 AM

I saw Ravenous last night. what a weird film.
when the credits were rolling, I felt disappointed and confused. but today I feel different about it. the film had some intense moments, many of them strange, but the key tone of the story was kinda absorbing. the image I have in my mind now, when thinking about the film, is Robert Carlyle's disturbed expression

and the soundtrack is simply amazing! (michael nyman & damon albarn)

Nepsotic · #**1157** 05-18-2013, 04:33 PM

Jacob's Ladder. It's fucking awesome, and with a few scenes that obviously inspired Silent Hill.
Although, even though you pretty much get the story force-fed to you at the end, I still don't understand what the fuck all that trippy shit was about. Was it a side effect of the drug, or just his insanity? Maybe he died in the war and this all took place before it? Maybe he was dead?

Git'Im · #**1158** 05-19-2013, 12:12 PM

Free willy 2

Ive got to say hands down, best movie ever made.

Vyrien · #**1159** 05-19-2013, 12:14 PM

You're still here?

Git'Im · #**1160** 05-19-2013, 12:15 PM

Unfortunately, lurking in the background.

Sekto Springs · #**1161** 05-20-2013, 08:54 AM

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Jacob's Ladder. It's fucking awesome, and with a few scenes that obviously inspired Silent Hill.
Although, even though you pretty much get the story force-fed to you at the end, I still don't understand what the fuck all that trippy shit was about. Was it a side effect of the drug, or just his insanity? Maybe he died in the war and this all took place before it? Maybe he was dead?

You're asking all the right questions. It's supposed to be ambiguous.

scrabface · #**1162** 05-21-2013, 04:21 AM

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Jacob's Ladder. It's fucking awesome, and with a few scenes that obviously inspired Silent Hill.
Although, even though you pretty much get the story force-fed to you at the end, I still don't understand what the fuck all that trippy shit was about. Was it a side effect of the drug, or just his insanity? Maybe he died in the war and this all took place before it? Maybe he was dead?

watched it, after reading this. the party scene was great, but towards the end it got a bit sodden.

Chopper's a great film. is he really such a popular guy in australia?

Dynamithix · #**1163** 05-24-2013, 02:03 PM

I'm watching the first season of The Office (US) again, I absolutely love it. They should have just stopped after a few seasons, I can't even make myself watch the eighth season, it got so bad.

Mr. Bungle · #**1164** 05-25-2013, 10:09 AM

First three seasons were phenomenal. If you like The Office you should watch Veep. It reminds me of it in ways, only a fair bit crazier and without as much of a mockumentary feeling.

it makes a fuckin MESS

Dynamithix · #**1165** 05-26-2013, 04:40 AM

I finally watched Toy Story 3. I have had the DVD on my shelf for more than a year, but I hadn't really had time or interest to watch it earlier.

Goddamn it, it was great. I'm not going to lie, I really cried at the end. I remember watching the original Toy Story movies soon after they came out here and this was just an amazing way to end the movies. Maybe I should dig up my old toys...

MeechMunchie · #**1166** 05-31-2013, 02:35 AM

I saw Wreck-It Wralph.

While at times it came across as a bit of a wannabe Toy Story, overall I thought it was a decent film. It was less of an "IP parade" than all the marketing made it out to be, and there are only a couple of short shots in the entire film dedicated to cramming in as many references as possible. In fact, I was slightly surprised by how small the main cast was; just three or four important figures, fewer than the inhabitants of Andy's bedroom. Most oddly, my main complaint would be that the comedy was hit-and-miss, and the action fairly bland. The emotional sequences were, for the most part, quite involving and very well executed, particularly the cart-smashing one.

I was watching it at four in the morning, so I may have cried a little at Ralph's "feels" moment.

Varrok · #**1167** 05-31-2013, 02:58 AM

True.

AlexFili · #**1168** 06-01-2013, 08:59 AM

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Watched Gladiator last night.

Great film. I definitely feel that Russell Crowe has gone from strength to strength and the majority of the films he's in turn out to be pretty good most of the time.

Just got back from seeing Star Trek Into Darkness. In my opinion it was fantastic and pretty much top-quality entertainment all the way through. I felt that it surpassed the original film and developed the characters in an interesting way. The villain Harrison was very interesting and there are some fantastic performances all around. Visually it's quite similar to Mass Effect and the tone definitely fits with the original TV show, exploration, diplomacy, plot twists... Well worth the ticket price.

MeechMunchie · #**1169** 06-01-2013, 10:43 AM

Since Daft Punk have pretty much saturated the universe as of late, I watched Interstella 5555. I liked it, but I like most things without dialogue. I find non-verbal communication interesting.

It's also anime, so there's that.

Crashpunk · #**1170** 06-02-2013, 05:09 AM

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Great film. I definitely feel that Russell Crowe has gone from strength to strength and the majority of the films he's in turn out to be pretty good most of the time.

I heard Robin Hood was shite.