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chuyler1
I'd give Transformers a cross-genre rating of about 3/10 stars. For action movies...comparing it to the likes recent titles like "Live Free or Die Hard" or "The A-Team"...it pretty much is on par with a 7/10. You get hot chicks, cool explosions, talking robots, and the possibility of enslaving the human race and destroying all of Earth's natural resources.
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I think you confused that last bit with the cartoons.

What else does an action film need?
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A coherent plot that doesn't render the previous films unnecessary.
Decent character designs, or at least some that make sense.
In a movie about giant transforming robots, how about a story about giant transforming robots and not Sam Witwicky.
Quit getting the plot outline from the copy machine.
 
Pretty sure those are required for a decent movie about an awesome cartoon we watched as a kid...but by today's action film standards...they simply aren't important as long as stuff blows up. (reference anything starring Jason Statham)

When asked for a movie about Pearl Harbor, Michael Bay gave you a love story. Half of America flocked to go see it. Replacing our favorite childhood characters with Sam Witwicky is just typical protocol in a genre that has been producing forgettable movies for the past decade.

Don't take my statements as defending Transformers 3 though...take them as putting down the entire genre. I expect more from my action films. I will watch "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" over and over again. It is simply a great action film.
 
Captain America may be good. Like iron man movies were cool and acting was actually pretty good by the guy who played iron man (forget his name at the moment) but every site I go to now is people saying how funny, spectacular, amazing whatever movie it is and I say to myself damn I gotta watch this. Than I watch it and it's garbage. Everyone likes certain styles of things which is fine, but doing reviews saying it's like best movie ever when it's clearly not is starting to piss me off since everyone does it now. I will say that I wasn't going to but now will go watch captain America since you did give it such a detailed review and put time into saying why you think it's so good. Which is much better than just saying 9.5 because it's amazing like other people who like it
 
Well anyway, getting back to the reviews. I watched these this weekend...

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Jonah Hex
2/5 stars

I had no idea what to expect when we put this in the DVD player. Josh Brolin was amazing in "No Country for Old Men" and we just saw him briefly in "True Grit". This was nothing like those movies. It was technically a Western...but more like a western that got smacked in the face by Sin City. Very fast pace with techno-rock transitions. It was a text book vengance plot with John Malcovich as the antagonist. Megan Fox was the love interest and had very little screen time (probably because her scenes were cut because of bad acting). I can't say the movie was bad, because it had our attention and we didn't shut it off. However I can't say the movie was good either. There were a few laughs, plenty of shoot-outs, and a big finale. Typical low-brow action flick.

In short, If you like comic book action flicks, you'll probably enjoy it. If you like westerns, you probably won't.


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Nowhere Boy (2009)
4/5 stars

This the story of John Lennon growing up. It is based around many facts but parts are dramatized to improve the story a little. However, all the main events in the story are true to life so there isn't very much fiction aside from filling the gaps. Given the time frame of the story, don't expect to hear one Beatles song after the next in the soundtrack. In fact, you won't even meet all of the fab four by the film's end. Music of Lennon's childhood era was chosen for authenticity, and it gives you insight into the band's early influences. Lennon's childhood was quite complex and the story is very sad. It's not a tear jerker until the closing credits though. This is a must see for anyone that might even vaguely consider themselves a Beatles fan. It is not a chick flick either (as discussed a few pages back).
 
shmogt
Captain America may be good. Like iron man movies were cool and acting was actually pretty good by the guy who played iron man (forget his name at the moment) but every site I go to now is people saying how funny, spectacular, amazing whatever movie it is and I say to myself damn I gotta watch this. Than I watch it and it's garbage.
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Most of my dud recommendations were due to inebriation at the time of viewing. I am typically critical. I review things in here often, so you can see if I have similar tastes as you. Do keep in mind thought that B-quality films are almost always reviewed with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek (Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus isn't really 10/10).

But if you enjoyed Iron Man, Captain America should be enjoyable as well.




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I didn't like Jonah Hex myself. I felt like I saw Will Smith do the same story, only slightly better. Even as edgier comic adaptations go I felt it was poorly done.
 
FoolKiller
Most of my dud recommendations were due to inebriation at the time of viewing. I am typically critical. I review things in here often, so you can see if I have similar tastes as you. Do keep in mind thought that B-quality films are almost always reviewed with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek (Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus isn't really 10/10).

But if you enjoyed Iron Man, Captain America should be enjoyable as well.




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I didn't like Jonah Hex myself. I felt like I saw Will Smith do the same story, only slightly better. Even as edgier comic adaptations go I felt it was poorly done.
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LOL, I like the Will Smith reference. I completely blocked that movie out until you mentioned it. Wild West right? Hah hah, what a flop. However, Salma Hayek is way hotter than Megan Fox...no contest there.
 
chuyler1
I will watch "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" over and over again. It is simply a great action film.
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R1600Turbo
Just quoting this because I totally agree. One of my favorites
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I say the best in the Die Hard series! and one of my favorites too! 👍👍
 
chuyler1
LOL, I like the Will Smith reference. I completely blocked that movie out until you mentioned it. Wild West right? Hah hah, what a flop. However, Salma Hayek is way hotter than Megan Fox...no contest there.
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Yeah. Wild Wild West.

A cowboy with a tragic event in his past that caused him a great loss. The man responsible believed dead. But he's not dead and he has a much larger and more nefarious plan. It's a chance to get vengeance and be a hero.
 
Watched 3 movies in one day, blame my classmates for taht lol.

The Tunnel. I don't know if the story is true or not, but it's really freaky. :scared:

Pandorum. Crazy mutated beings are crazy :crazy:

The 3 Idiots, I laughed my heart out on this one :lol:
 
Captain America
I thought this was a pretty good movie. In general, he is a fairly weak superhero. The main problem is that there is only so much they can do with a guy and a shield. lol Overall good movie but the ending seemed very strange to me. Didnt like the ending at all.

The movie just ended out of nowhere and he woke up 70 years later. What kind of an ending is that???
 
CAMAROBOY69
Captain America
I thought this was a pretty good movie. In general, he is a fairly weak superhero. The main problem is that there is only so much they can do with a guy and a shield. lol Overall good movie but the ending seemed very strange to me. Didnt like the ending at all.
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Um, that is the legend of Captain America. And it leads into The Avengers.

Captain America has always been a WWII hero frozen in ice and discovered decades later. There has never been a version of his origin story told without that premise. He goes from being innocent for the 1940s to being even more so in the modern day.

Honestly, the story is so commonly known (even my mom knows this origin story) it is almost tempting to not put spoiler tags around it.
 
I don't know it....but i believe we have already concluded that I don't read comic books. But as I said before. A great movie requires no prior knowledge of characters. You should be able to know nothing about Captain America and enjoy the movie as it stands. A sequel is an exception...where you build upon the previous movie. Movies that build in an intro to the sequel at the end piss me off. God willing, we'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
 
I just watched Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" for the first time. Yep Lucas, now I see your vision. (35 years ago you saw something 20 years old, and with additional story, musical and special effects genius, you made it better)

Still, the "Seven Samurai" beats it. Now, On to "Samurai part II: Duel at Ichijoji temple". This one should be excellent, it won an Oscar for best foreign film, which sometimes means best film, just not in english.
 
chuyler1
I don't know it....but i believe we have already concluded that I don't read comic books. But as I said before. A great movie requires no prior knowledge of characters. You should be able to know nothing about Captain America and enjoy the movie as it stands. A sequel is an exception...where you build upon the previous movie. Movies that build in an intro to the sequel at the end piss me off. God willing, we'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
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Unless you count the bit after the credits it does not build an intro to anything, but concludes the origin of Captain America as more than just a WWII hero. With the exception of a now familiar cameo character there is no mention of The Avengers. Honestly, how in the hell do people expect a WWII hero to team up with Iron Man, Thor and Hulk? The story is 47 years old.

I've had a theory for a while. The average movie-going public cannot handle the concept of a universal continuity between films of different series. Unless you blatantly call it a sequel they can't wrap their minds around it. I don't know if it is a complex thinking thing that geeks have taken for granted all these years or just that people have this stupid habit of turning their brains off when they see a movie come on, but there it is.

If you go into Captain America: The First Avenger and find it disappointing that there is a hint toward The Avengers at the end that is your own fault. They told you in the title.
 
i was merely reflecting on the previous poster's opinion. Some movies do it better than others but the bad ones use the last 10 minutes of the film to set up the next one...so rather than leaving the film discussing its merits, you are compelled to start predicting what will happen in the next movie. But whatever. I will watch Captain America...eventually.
 
Hot Tub Time Machine. It would have been really funny, except I watched it with family. Awkward.
 
chuyler1
i was merely reflecting on the previous poster's opinion. Some movies do it better than others but the bad ones use the last 10 minutes of the film to set up the next one...so rather than leaving the film discussing its merits, you are compelled to start predicting what will happen in the next movie. But whatever. I will watch Captain America...eventually.
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Now that I recall, the events at the end of the movie directly tie to the events at the beginning of the movie. Unless you missed the first five minutes you shouldn't be confused by the ending of Captain America in any way.
 
Two movies I watched recenty REALLY touched me.

The first one is "Pay it forward", emotional and "thought-full" movie, really good.

The second one is "Into the wild". WHAT AN AMAZING MOVIE THAT IS! I love the story, the characters, the actors and THE MUSIC, oh the music.
This movie is about a young (23) guy, who grew up in a relatively rich family, but as he is very intelligent and intellectual, he sees through the "shallow curtain" and decides to completely brake free from society and starts a backpacker tour without any money, Alaska as his goal (the far away, wild, empty nature). During his trip there he meets a lot of amazing people and visists some awesome places and through that, he becomes more adult week by week and well, just lives his dream, in complete freedom, totally independent from society.

It is my favourite movie now, I can watch it over and over.
 
Re: Used Cars. I saw that over a decade ago on TV and thought it was ridiculous but funny. Watched it again recently. Still cheesy but its got some good moments, like when they get the student drivers to transport the cars to the dealership. I had forgotten about it until I saw preview for a movie with the same name.
 
Yeah it serves good if you have some time to spare, cheesy is a good way to call it.
 
I watched Thor last night, it was better than I expected really. I wouldn't have seen it at all but for the fact that it ties in with the Marvel universe being brought together next year for the Avengers.

I love the Iron Man films (what can I say, blowing stuff up works...) but in terms of realism that sits and just beyond acceptable. Arc reactor tech becomes available and its within realism. Thor on the other hand relies PURELY on the unacceptable. There are now 9 realms in the universe, means of travelling between them, a race of frozen giants, a race of gods, and various other "Magical" creatures.

I was very impressed at how it was handled though. The other worlds are kept seperate enough from Earth to not interfere, and the magical feel is not overplayed. Instead it is given a viking / greek god combination, but also in initially Thor's human side being portrayed. The final patch that makes the whole film is then Natalie Portman's character. She is the science element of Thor which will bring it into line with the Marvel universe. Since she is able to research the bridge to Asgard using Science but not fully understanding everything for now, it bonds the magical aspect with the science nicely and ties up the whole film.
 
Just watched "Dragon". I figured it would be "meh" just because it wasn't a really imaginative title, and then the intro started and I saw "Asylum" come up on the screen and settled in to watch a piece of garbage. I was'nt at all surprised by the immense lack of quality. I had more fun mocking it with friends than I did watching it.

Then on the complete opposite side of the spectrum I watched Pulp Fiction. I love that movie and I my only regret is not watching it until now.
 
pezzarinho17
Thor on the other hand relies PURELY on the unacceptable. There are now 9 realms in the universe, means of travelling between them, a race of frozen giants, a race of gods, and various other "Magical" creatures.
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I suggest reading up on String Theory or M Theory. Multiple "realms" is not exactly an unaccepted idea in science.

I was very impressed at how it was handled though. The other worlds are kept seperate enough from Earth to not interfere, and the magical feel is not overplayed.
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This is where I feel the movie exceeded the comics. The movies created science out of the magic, which is truly brilliant. It goes back to Arthur C. Clarke who said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," which is true if you think about what someone from 500 years ago would think of watching us on a web chat or using a Bluetooth headset. For Thor the writers basically ask you to imagine you are meeting someone with technology thousands of years ahead of us. Pure magic would be our thought.

But if you felt this film was still a bit too magicy for you then avoid the comics. They are Gods, Asgard is their home, and most recently it resided over Oklahoma. Yes, over, as in hovering in the sky.

Instead it is given a viking / greek god combination,
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Norse Mythology is the term I believe you are looking for. It is where we get things like Valkyries.

The final patch that makes the whole film is then Natalie Portman's character. She is the science element of Thor which will bring it into line with the Marvel universe. Since she is able to research the bridge to Asgard using Science but not fully understanding everything for now, it bonds the magical aspect with the science nicely and ties up the whole film.
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I agree that in the world created with Hulk and Iron Man Thor was a hard sell, but they did a good job of trying to explain the science that seems like magic concept, but I believe our minds are so used to the idea that these are gods using magic that we can't just turn that off.
 
What are you looking for?
A little black medical book...
What are you looking for?
It's a little black medical book..... it's like a .... like a text book they give to nurses...
Well if it's so important, why don't you keep it with the shot?
I DON'T KNOW, STOP BOTHERING ME

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FoolKiller
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Well missing the Norse mythology trail makes me feel stupid, not that I've ever studied it properly but I knew I recognised all of the names and ideas presented! I get what you say about far advanced science seeming like magic (being the next best conclusion), but here and now its just that bit too far away and was something that is just accepted for the film.


I watched Horrible Bosses last night, absolutely loved it! The easiest film to contrast it to is The Hangover, since the comedy is very similar. The plot itself takes a little time to develop properly (you know where it is heading so waiting for it to reach that stage) but the comedy starts strong and remains throughout. Once the plot develops and the linearity falls apart the film really strides, and the comedy keeps going strong. Did I mention it is a very funny film? Will be seeing this one again for sure!
 
I watched 13 Assassins the other night. Brilliant. The finale is awesome. Excellent sword choreography and blood everywhere.
 

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