Recommend a Movie thread - Page 43

Lightspeed · 28th July 2011, 12:59

This looks like it's worth a lol:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html

Ajax · 28th July 2011, 13:08

Coming soon: Connect Four: The Movie. Starring Helen Mirren as 'The Yellow Counter' and Dustin Hoffman as 'The Red Counter'.

dylan · 28th July 2011, 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

This looks like it's worth a lol:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html

inb4 pepsi!

Ajax · 29th July 2011, 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

This looks like it's worth a lol:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html

This is just mind-numbingly retarded. To think that Universal cancelled Guillermo del Toro/James Cameron's $200m adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness in favour of this dreck.

Ab · 29th July 2011, 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajax

Coming soon: Connect Four: The Movie. Starring Helen Mirren as 'The Yellow Counter' and Dustin Hoffman as 'The Red Counter'.

Would still fap to HM.

_Incubus_ · 29th July 2011, 14:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Would still fap to HM.

You = old man

wugambino · 29th July 2011, 14:52

watched your highness the other night, was a good mindless chuckle ... James Franco is the anti funny

ChaosWulf · 29th July 2011, 15:35

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Originally Posted by wugambino

watched your highness the other night, was a good mindless chuckle

That movie proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that I am a 14 year old boy at heart. Most dispiriting.

Saladin · 29th July 2011, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

This looks like it's worth a lol:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html

Looks almost Michael Bayish- did I see the famous Pearl Habour / Tansformers stock battleship scene in there?

Ab · 29th July 2011, 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Incubus_

You = old man

WE HOLD THIS TRUTH TO BE SELF-EVIDENT...

Simon K · 30th July 2011, 14:42

Don't bother with the 3D version of Captain America. It's not dire but "something" was missing so it's not great. As usual, stay til after the credits

Deadmeat · 30th July 2011, 14:49

Presumably what was missing was actually filming it in 3d.

Simon K · 30th July 2011, 17:38

Agreed, there is a review on stuff which sums it up well.

Disjointed.

Lightspeed · 30th July 2011, 18:56

New Conan clip, pretty sweet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXniszN2SWQ

wugambino · 30th July 2011, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaosWulf

That movie proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that I am a 14 year old boy at heart.

you wanted to rub one out over Natalie protman?

wazza · 30th July 2011, 22:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

New Conan clip, pretty sweet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXniszN2SWQ

huge. ta

IceFox · 31st July 2011, 01:47

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqBGh2kMiac
Another Earth

Nich · 31st July 2011, 14:43

Saw Breathing at the film festival last night. My favourite so far from the festival.

Pepsi · 31st July 2011, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by dylan

inb4 pepsi!

Will definitely take the opportunity to watch him on the big screen.. In the cinema, Pee Wee Herman styles...

yaksman · 31st July 2011, 23:38

Couple of NZFF movies under the belt, couple more to go.

Tree Of Life. I thought it was great. Pulled on a few familiar strings (that my female colleague didn't get - if you're a guy I am sure it'll resonate a little more within you than being female), was a very open movie, very well constructed, a little self-indulgent in some areas, bit of a brain bender, but so subtle in places that it was brilliant. The religious subplot could be interpreted either way which was good as I don't do *it*. 8.5/10 - would have rated it higher if it wasn't *quite* so self-indulgent (on the directors behalf)

Bobby Fischer against the world - I had thoughts as to what this movie should have been (as I've followed Fischer for a while) if it was to be made by a run-of-the-mill director and it turned out as such plot-wise. I really wish it had of gotten all Mark Twain with his political views, why he gave up Chess and so on. But a well constructed, funny, sad, awkward and brilliant narrative. Far more weight behind it than I expected. 8/10 if you are in to quirky doco's. Recommended, female half of the crew was well impressed. Points off for not getting in to his Game of the Century. Seriously, really? You leave *that* out!!

The two left to see are If A Tree Fell and Senna, I had another 15 on a short list but just couldn't get the down time to see them all, so picked the roaring favourites.

Furry Crew · 1st August 2011, 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaksman

Couple of NZFF movies under the belt, couple more to go.

Tree Of Life. I thought it was great. Pulled on a few familiar strings (that my female colleague didn't get - if you're a guy I am sure it'll resonate a little more within you than being female), was a very open movie, very well constructed, a little self-indulgent in some areas, bit of a brain bender, but so subtle in places that it was brilliant. The religious subplot could be interpreted either way which was good as I don't do *it*. 8.5/10 - would have rated it higher if it wasn't *quite* so self-indulgent (on the directors behalf)

Bobby Fischer against the world - I had thoughts as to what this movie should have been (as I've followed Fischer for a while) if it was to be made by a run-of-the-mill director and it turned out as such plot-wise. I really wish it had of gotten all Mark Twain with his political views, why he gave up Chess and so on. But a well constructed, funny, sad, awkward and brilliant narrative. Far more weight behind it than I expected. 8/10 if you are in to quirky doco's. Recommended, female half of the crew was well impressed. Points off for not getting in to his Game of the Century. Seriously, really? You leave *that* out!!

The two left to see are If A Tree Fell and Senna, I had another 15 on a short list but just couldn't get the down time to see them all, so picked the roaring favourites.

Senna is brilliant....go see/pirate it!

chiQ · 1st August 2011, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Incubus_

You = old man

He's actually over-taken me since he had kids.

Cyberbob · 1st August 2011, 16:29

Arthur

Russell Brand plays a spoiled rich dude, about to lose everything if he doesn't marry Jennifer Garner's forehead. Bonus Helen Mirren for Ab.

I liked it.

ceer · 1st August 2011, 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Arthur

Russell Brand plays a spoiled rich dude, about to lose everything if he doesn't marry Jennifer Garner's forehead. Bonus Helen Mirren for Ab.

I liked it.

Wouldn't be as good as the original would it? Dudley was hilarious.

ceer · 2nd August 2011, 23:43

Not really a "recommend"...but Samuel J....really? Arena Trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yj4...layer_embedded

cryocore · 3rd August 2011, 03:22

One movie I am very much looking forward to

Dont be Afraid of the Dark
Trailer 2

A remake of a little known and quite decent TV horror from the 70's. This looks to be a major improvement over the original. Better budget, efx, and scarier as its R rated and not made for TV. The fact the Tel Toro wrote and produced it only adds to its potential.

Ab · 3rd August 2011, 04:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceer

Wouldn't be as good as the original would it? Dudley was hilarious.

Mainly because this is the 21st century and as we all know ALCOHOLISM ISN'T FUNNY. So the remake's Arthur isn't a drunk.

tor · 3rd August 2011, 07:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Mainly because this is the 21st century and as we all know ALCOHOLISM ISN'T FUNNY. So the remake's Arthur isn't a drunk.

Serious?

Furry Crew · 3rd August 2011, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Mainly because this is the 21st century and as we all know ALCOHOLISM ISN'T FUNNY. So the remake's Arthur isn't a drunk.

Umm...I've seen the movie...he gets pretty smashed quiet a few times.

Nowhere near as classy as Dudley Moore thou....and the man play a mean piano to boot.

leadinjector · 5th August 2011, 15:03

probably been mentioned before, but just watched limitless the other day. quite enjoyable, and pretty. i also liked how the love story was very much a footnote and the movie was about the movie not a stupid fucking relationship like so many movies have devolved into now (transformers franchise for example)

Savage · 5th August 2011, 16:13

Burn Notice - The Fall of Sam Axe

Cheesy awesomeness. Bruce Campbell is still the fkn man

[edit]It is a prequel to the Burn Notice series, so pays to have watched at least some of it to get the background of the movie.

doppelgänger of someone · 10th August 2011, 14:23

Sucker Punch: DON'T BOTHER. It is a mess. I can buy that it is a prison escape movie, girls freeing themselves from the clutches of evil men. But why are those girls fighting WWI, samurai, dragon and robots??? WHY WHY WHY???

It is like Zach Synder is afraid to do a straight up escape movie, so he added all those CGI 'symbolisms' in there to 'spice things up'. No they do not, the CGI sequences looked like they are there to keep CGI makers employed, and no more. In the end, the whole is LESS than sum of its parts.

dylan · 10th August 2011, 15:17

Yeah, was really disappointed by it too. In fact it's one of the few movies in recent times I couldn't bring myself to finish.

Few weeks later I found myself on a plane and the guy next to me was watching it on his in flight entertainment thingy, I kept getting drawn over to his screen and thinking "man that looks like such an interesting and cool movie - even though I know it's not"

Cowboy · 10th August 2011, 16:37

The plot was certainly weak but the CGI scenes were good (If ridiculously fanciful

)

^BITES^ · 10th August 2011, 16:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowboy

The plot was certainly weak but the CGI scenes were good (If ridiculously fanciful

)

I thought ridiculously fanciful was the goal .. could tell that from the trailer, so expected as much. Wasn't dissappointed.

Shoot em up probably also fits the same catergory, but its name kinda gave it away :P

StN · 10th August 2011, 16:43

Yeah, so I expect this BluRay to be on the bench when I get home - as long as I go into it expecting a comic book movie with nice CGI and me with a skinfull of ale I should be alright?

^BITES^ · 10th August 2011, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by StN

Yeah, so I expect this BluRay to be on the bench when I get home - as long as I go into it expecting a comic book movie with nice CGI and me with a skinfull of ale I should be alright?

Pretty much .... its just full of fanboi neat stuff/wow I wanna see giant samurais fighting hot girls etc etc...

PhX · 10th August 2011, 17:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by ^BITES^

Pretty much .... its just full of fanboi neat stuff/wow I wanna see giant samurais fighting hot girls etc etc...

Thats pretty much it, i dont think it ever tried to be anything else --> hot chicks smashing shit up

Was worth just watching with a few beers zoning out

StN · 10th August 2011, 19:09

Sounds like a plan - 12 yr old boy will probably think it's awesome!

No beers for him though

StN · 10th August 2011, 22:11

Yeah, so the only complain of product I have is that nubile hotties with machine guns should have an accurate physics engine behind the jiggle.

29th July 2011, 14:52	#1687
wugambino Electric Boogaloo	watched your highness the other night, was a good mindless chuckle ... James Franco is the anti funny Last edited by wugambino : 29th July 2011 at 14:53.

28th July 2011, 12:59	#1681
Lightspeed	This looks like it's worth a lol: http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

28th July 2011, 13:08	#1682
Ajax Architeuthis	Coming soon: Connect Four: The Movie. Starring Helen Mirren as 'The Yellow Counter' and Dustin Hoffman as 'The Red Counter'.

30th July 2011, 14:42	#1691
Simon K	Don't bother with the 3D version of Captain America. It's not dire but "something" was missing so it's not great. As usual, stay til after the credits

30th July 2011, 14:49	#1692
Deadmeat	Presumably what was missing was actually filming it in 3d.

30th July 2011, 17:38	#1693
Simon K	Agreed, there is a review on stuff which sums it up well. Disjointed.

30th July 2011, 18:56	#1694
Lightspeed	New Conan clip, pretty sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXniszN2SWQ __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

31st July 2011, 01:47	#1697
IceFox	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqBGh2kMiac Another Earth

31st July 2011, 14:43	#1698
Nich	Saw Breathing at the film festival last night. My favourite so far from the festival.

31st July 2011, 23:38	#1700
yaksman	Couple of NZFF movies under the belt, couple more to go. Tree Of Life. I thought it was great. Pulled on a few familiar strings (that my female colleague didn't get - if you're a guy I am sure it'll resonate a little more within you than being female), was a very open movie, very well constructed, a little self-indulgent in some areas, bit of a brain bender, but so subtle in places that it was brilliant. The religious subplot could be interpreted either way which was good as I don't do it. 8.5/10 - would have rated it higher if it wasn't quite so self-indulgent (on the directors behalf) Bobby Fischer against the world - I had thoughts as to what this movie should have been (as I've followed Fischer for a while) if it was to be made by a run-of-the-mill director and it turned out as such plot-wise. I really wish it had of gotten all Mark Twain with his political views, why he gave up Chess and so on. But a well constructed, funny, sad, awkward and brilliant narrative. Far more weight behind it than I expected. 8/10 if you are in to quirky doco's. Recommended, female half of the crew was well impressed. Points off for not getting in to his Game of the Century. Seriously, really? You leave that out!! The two left to see are If A Tree Fell and Senna, I had another 15 on a short list but just couldn't get the down time to see them all, so picked the roaring favourites. __________________ What the hell is Jun

1st August 2011, 16:29	#1703
Cyberbob	Arthur Russell Brand plays a spoiled rich dude, about to lose everything if he doesn't marry Jennifer Garner's forehead. Bonus Helen Mirren for Ab. I liked it. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

2nd August 2011, 23:43	#1705
ceer	Not really a "recommend"...but Samuel J....really? Arena Trailer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yj4...layer_embedded

3rd August 2011, 03:22	#1706
cryocore	One movie I am very much looking forward to Dont be Afraid of the Dark Trailer 2 A remake of a little known and quite decent TV horror from the 70's. This looks to be a major improvement over the original. Better budget, efx, and scarier as its R rated and not made for TV. The fact the Tel Toro wrote and produced it only adds to its potential. __________________ Your Mother ate my dog! Last edited by cryocore : 3rd August 2011 at 03:25.

5th August 2011, 15:03	#1710
leadinjector	probably been mentioned before, but just watched limitless the other day. quite enjoyable, and pretty. i also liked how the love story was very much a footnote and the movie was about the movie not a stupid fucking relationship like so many movies have devolved into now (transformers franchise for example)

5th August 2011, 16:13	#1711
Savage	Burn Notice - The Fall of Sam Axe Cheesy awesomeness. Bruce Campbell is still the fkn man [edit]It is a prequel to the Burn Notice series, so pays to have watched at least some of it to get the background of the movie. Last edited by Savage : 5th August 2011 at 16:15.

10th August 2011, 14:23	#1712
doppelgänger of someone	Sucker Punch: DON'T BOTHER. It is a mess. I can buy that it is a prison escape movie, girls freeing themselves from the clutches of evil men. But why are those girls fighting WWI, samurai, dragon and robots??? WHY WHY WHY??? It is like Zach Synder is afraid to do a straight up escape movie, so he added all those CGI 'symbolisms' in there to 'spice things up'. No they do not, the CGI sequences looked like they are there to keep CGI makers employed, and no more. In the end, the whole is LESS than sum of its parts.

10th August 2011, 15:17	#1713
dylan Huh?	Yeah, was really disappointed by it too. In fact it's one of the few movies in recent times I couldn't bring myself to finish. Few weeks later I found myself on a plane and the guy next to me was watching it on his in flight entertainment thingy, I kept getting drawn over to his screen and thinking "man that looks like such an interesting and cool movie - even though I know it's not"

10th August 2011, 16:37	#1714
Cowboy	The plot was certainly weak but the CGI scenes were good (If ridiculously fanciful )

10th August 2011, 16:43	#1716
StN I have detailed files	Yeah, so I expect this BluRay to be on the bench when I get home - as long as I go into it expecting a comic book movie with nice CGI and me with a skinfull of ale I should be alright?

10th August 2011, 19:09	#1719
StN I have detailed files	Sounds like a plan - 12 yr old boy will probably think it's awesome! No beers for him though

10th August 2011, 22:11	#1720
StN I have detailed files	Yeah, so the only complain of product I have is that nubile hotties with machine guns should have an accurate physics engine behind the jiggle.