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[prisonermonkeys]

Where did all the other Autobots go? Even if it were explained, why would they not all go to protect Sam?

I seem to recall a shot at the end of that sequence that shows the other Autobots arriving as a group in vehicle form, too late to save Optimus Prime. One would assume they had further to travel than Optimus and Bumblebee, and hence arrived late.

Speaking of, Devastator. What does he do? Other than suck...sand. Apparently you just need to hide behind scrap metal and cargo containers to get away from him.

With a machine as big as Devastator, I'm gathering that it would take a while for him to build up enough pressure to start sucking up larger objects given his sheer size.

I'm not defending the film by any means. It was poorly-written, poorly-acted, and the script focused way too much on Leo, who was even more annoying than The Beef, Megan Fox and that little remote-controlled truck Transformer combined. But I think it's absolutely perfect if you want to see twelve-foot tall alien robots belting the living daylights out of each other. I haven't seen it for a while myself, but I seem to recall some of the fight sequences - Shanghai, the forest, Devastator - were actually fairly well-choreographed.

 

[Public'sTwin]

and they behave as you'd expect.

That is, perhaps, the greatest err in filmmaking of all.

But yes, great film. I was astounded when I saw a young Vincent Cassel in the cast.

 

[FoolKiller]

I seem to recall a shot at the end of that sequence that shows the other Autobots arriving as a group in vehicle form, too late to save Optimus Prime. One would assume they had further to travel than Optimus and Bumblebee, and hence arrived late.

But the last time we seem them they are all together and left the base without permission as one. Bumblebee is the only one they could possibly explain as being in a different location to start with.

With a machine as big as Devastator, I'm gathering that it would take a while for him to build up enough pressure to start sucking up larger objects given his sheer size.

Yet his hands alone are larger than any of the stuff they hid behind. The same hands he could tear through stone with. If your main attack is stand and take ten minutes building up suckage, then you...er, suck.

 

[TB]

It might get loud (2008)

Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White talk about and play guitars for 97 minutes. Very interesting seeing where they all came from, inspirations, etc.

8/10

I'd have likely gone with a 9/10 if the last couple of songs that they actually played together sounded better but when you have 3 lead guitarists with epically different styles and sounds all playing with each other, a cat orgy likely would sound better.

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Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

While I haven't finished it yet, I have to admit that while I was watching the first half to 3/4 of this movie with the kids, I was laughing just as much as they were, albeit on occasion for different reasons. Yosemite Sam stealing Jeff Gordon's race car and chasing Brendan Fraser around Las Vegas in a TVR is just plain amusing to me. Carrots turning into lightsabers? DJ (Fraser) making comments like he (being a security guard/stunt man in this movie) was in The Mummy more than Brendan Fraser? Steve Martin acting like an imbecile? Well, we're kinda used to that one. Yes, please.

And on that note, I'm off to finish it.

Edit: Just finished and sadly they used up almost their entire barrel of funny on the first half. It wasn't terrible, but not nearly as slapsticky as the beginning.

7/10

 

[Terronium-12]

17 Again (2009)

This is the first genuinely funny movie I've seen in a couple of years, in fact, let me paint a picture - the last genuinely funny movie that I've seen was Scary Movie. Yes, it's been that long but after seeing this, it was really, really worth the wait.

The movie begins right before a high-school championship basketball game with a seventeen year-old Mike O'Donnell (Efron) being the star player, although unlike the stereotypical star player, O'Donnell is more of a team player as opposed to being involved with himself and only himself. Moving on...Mike finds out that his girlfriend Scarlet (Leslie Mann) whom he's nicknamed "Scar" is pregnant (he had to do a bit of convincing beforehand to get her to tell him as she didn't want to distract him from the game), and just before he's able to begin the game he decides to drop the ball and go chase after Scarlet, telling her that his future is with her and not basketball, which leads to him proposing to her.

Present day (about two decades later) we've come to see that a 37-year-old O'Donnell's (Matthew Perry) life has become stagnant. He's working a seemingly dead end job as a pharmaceutical representative of some kind (never really cleared up), who has just lost out on a promotion opportunity to someone who's been there for two months, when he's been there for sixteen years. Needless to say it's come to the point where O'Donnell regrets not having gone to college and making something of himself. Oh, and did I mention him and Scarlet are now separated because of that very same reason? He's been forced to move in with his geeky, wealthy best friend since high school, Ned Gold. He loses his job (based on the reasons mentioned above) and his children want nothing to do with him; he tried spending a little bit of time with them but it pretty much fell on deaf ears.

After visiting his old high-school to reminisce he has a run in with a janitor that turns him into his seventeen year-old self again.

I left a big chunk out as I didn't want to spoil anymore than I already have, but this is one of the best movies that I should have gone to the theater for, in fact, I wanted to but never did for one reason or another. It makes you feel like a teenager again, and it's something that all of us can relate to at any level. It's a great movie that doesn't force comedic effects on you. To be perfectly honest, it's natural in a school setting kind of way. Efron really nailed his part. I would say give it a shot because this honestly deserves the time.

(9/10)

 

[prisonermonkeys]

But the last time we seem them they are all together and left the base without permission as one. Bumblebee is the only one they could possibly explain as being in a different location to start with.

Wait, are we thinking of the same sequence? I'm thinking of the forest fight after Optimus and Bumblebee save Sam from the Doctor, but I've since watched it again and I don't recall any scenes of the military there. If you are referring to that scene, then I think the only explanation is that the Autobots had to travel further than Optimus and Bumblebee because those two were the only two Autobots involved in the initial resuce.

The only alternative I can think of is the sequence at the end when Sam is trying to get to the remains of Optimus as the Decepticons close in. That scene definately had the military involved, and all of the Autobots were air-dropped in. Although they regrouped with the humans to fight the Decepticons, everyone split up in an attempt to draw the Decepticons' fire while waiting or Sam. They had no idea where Sam was relative to everything else, and given the chaos of the fight scene - as all fight scenes are; I watched APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX last night and the same thing was happening - it's easy to see how the Autobots engaged in fighting would be compeltely unaware that Sam had made it to the perimetre, much less the body of Optimus.

Again, I'm not saying the film is perfect. There are so many things that could have done with an explanation. Would it have really been so hard to shorten a fight sequence or two and add some dialogue explaining that by touching the shard of the All-Spark and having the language of the Primes imprinted into his mind, Sam himself inadvertently became a Prime? It would explain how he wound up in Transformer heaven, as well as how he even knew about the Sun Harvester because the destruction of an All-Spark would mean that the knowledge contained in the All-Spark would be transferred to the first living creature that touched it. Better yet, Mikhaela should have been the one to touch the shard, thereby justifying her importance to the story. Or even Leo.

There's a decent film buried somewhere in REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. It has the potential to be as good as the first film. I don't think the problem is in the shooting of the fight sequences; I actually like the way the final sequence in Egypt is confusing because I very much imagine that's the way a battle would play out in real life. The problem is in the script: the basic premise offers plenty of opportunities, but the film takes none of them. Like, why is The Fallen so bad? Why does he think the other Primes betrayed him instead of the other way around? It would have been so easy to create a scenario where The Fallen witnesses primitive humans and their warmongering and decided they needed to be stopped before they destroyed themselves. Or one where he felt that humanity didn't meet the Primes' criteria of being intelligent life when he built the Sun Harvester. Or one where he landed on Earth and accidentally killed a cluster of humanity and after scouring the area and finding no life, he decided that he had wiped out all of humanity and so built the Sun Harvester to cover it up by destroying Earth, but the other Primes arrived before he could finish it and discovered life for themselves, for which they then branded him traitor.

REVENGE OF THE FALLEN is more of a film full of wasted opportunities than a bad film, and that's what stops it from being a good film.

 

[Diego440]

Estômago (a.k.a. Estômago: A Gastronomic Journey) (Marcos Jorge, 2007) -- Brazilian cinema is probably the cinema I most like out of Latin America, as is the French cinema in Europe, for me. Brazilian cinema seems to not be too pretentious or over the top and with every movie I watch, my hopes for it grow larger. Estômago is the story of a man who comes from the country to live in Rio de Janeiro; the movie works in two storylines, one where the central character (who works as a cook) arrived in Rio and builds up his life as a cook at a small shack and later to a larger, better restaurant, makes friends, falls in love, etc. and the other takes place in jail, where he also works as a cook, though until the very end you don't realise which story comes first. In the end its a story of a cook using his culinary skills to gain power and love, but as I said before, the movie ins't pretentious at all and the character is never good or bad, that's for you to decide. Amazing movie. 8.5/10



Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) -- Not really sure how to classify this movie, though I'd have to say it's a comedy/drama/indie movie with little hopes of being anything at first, but that greatly delivers in the end. Always great to see Bill Murray do a great job in indie movies, by playing the least likeable characters and always ending up a likeable fellow. IN general, I'd call this movie one of the most underrated movies of the 90s, especially since I hadn't heard of it until about 2 months ago, which was when I saw it feturedin an article and decided to give it a go. I'm so glad I did! 8/10

 

[FoolKiller]

Wait, are we thinking of the same sequence? I'm thinking of the forest fight after Optimus and Bumblebee save Sam from the Doctor, but I've since watched it again and I don't recall any scenes of the military there. If you are referring to that scene, then I think the only explanation is that the Autobots had to travel further than Optimus and Bumblebee because those two were the only two Autobots involved in the initial resuce.

This one. Optimus was at the base with the other Autobots. We are left to assume that Bumblebee is now with them since he previously came to take Sam to meet Optimus in the graveyard. But that scene was at least a day before the attack. So either Optimus and Bumblebee just hung around for a day or more without reason or they rushed to save Sam when they detected Decepticon signals and left the others to go do...whatever.

There's a decent film buried somewhere in REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.

Giant alien robots with the ability to transform in to cars, planes, whatever fighting. It takes effort to screw it up. Between comics, innumerable cartoon series, and even the text on the back of toy boxes, everything necessary to make a good story exists, including the tale of The Fallen. I am not sure why the story of an exiled villain from the past finally finding his way home and triggering the apocalypse for the Transformers (and roundabout...the humans) was a concept that was unusable. Instead they just pretend like he has always been there. Or take the original comic story, he shows up after finding his way back from a long exile, attempts to do something to end life as the Transformers know it, both Autobots and Decepticons team up to stop him, but not before he does just enough set his long-term goal into action. Then you could make the third movie focus on the results of his attack (in the comics it is Unicron finding Cybertron and Earth). That makes a ton more sense than him sitting on a throne leading the Decepticons behind the scenes this whole time.

It has the potential to be as good as the first film.

The only new issue Revenge of the Fallen brought was sophomoric, out of place humor. So, reaching the quality of the first film would not have been a stretch.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I don't know much about the comics or the animated series or whatever. But apparently one of the screenwriters - Khruger - was brought on-board for his "encyclopaedic knowledge" of the series. If that's true, I find it odd that he missed that sort of thing about the Autobots and Decepticons teaming up. If untrue, then I suspect the script was meddled with either by Michael Bay or the producers. There's the occasional line througout the film - like "Hey, Freshman! Is this your car?" / "Uh, no. No, this car belongs to a friend who has gone ... to see if he can find a tighter shirt for your friend." / "There is no tighter shirt - we checked!", and Optimus' "What if we leave - and you're wrong?" (Peter Cullen abslutely nails the delivery of this one) - that stands out because given everything going on around it and elsewhere in the script, it's just so much better.

Maybe I should go back and look at the credits again, see if there is an "Executive Story Editor" involved. If I work in film or television - and I would absoultely love to - then I will never, ever work on any project with an ESE involved. They exist for one purpose, and for one purpose only: to edit the story to bring it in line with the producers' vision. As a writer, you have comparatively little control over the film, even if it's your creation. The producers have all the say, and I sense the studio may have gotten a little too involved in REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, even if it was just to give Michael Bay the power to edit the script to include more action sequences.

That makes a ton more sense than him sitting on a throne leading the Decepticons behind the scenes this whole time.

I think the throne may have actually been some kind of prison. Like most of the film, it's never statd outright, but he only ever really moves his head when we first see him, and he doesn't move the rest of his body nutil after Optimus is dead.

 

[Diego440]

The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005) -- A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption. I've always been kinda martmitey about Ralph Fiennes, since he sometimes seems to add unnecesary drama to his roles, so between in him and Rachel Weisz I was a bit skeptical about watching this one. Still, despite being a tad romantic in nature, the movie is about conspiracy and keeping people silent, and the last uncovering of secrets. The movie didn't add anything new to this overdone (but very enjoyable all the same) topic, yet the acting was good enough. Meirelles proves once again he's among the best directors in adverse conditions and good at getting the feel of the place. In short, nothing groundbreaking, but entertaining nonetheless. 6.5/10

 

[Daniel]

The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson, 2009) -- A sad, yet thrilling story about a young, budding photographer Suzie Salmon's death. But she is stuck in the "in-between". Her dad can sense her, though. She communicates to her dad to catch the killer.
My own synopsis, but a moving movie whatsoever.

Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) -- A British Comedy, what else to say?
Here's a summary found on IMDB:

Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who countlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found decapitated. It is address to as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "acidents"

 

[TB]

Superman: Doomsday (2007)

As usual, Lexcorp is up to no good. This time, they are drilling a tunnel into the Earth and come across a spaceship. They rupture the ship, releasing Doomsday - a creature whose sole purpose is to kill everything that moves and does so with great efficiency. So much so that he even kills Superman...

Superman is voiced by Adam Baldwin and I typically love anything he does, but this one felt a bit flat, Anne Heche as Lois was slightly annoying, James Marsters as Lex was fine but all were outshined (at least for me - I was laughing pretty good for it) by 13 words uttered in a certain persons cameo. I shall refrain from saying who as to not ruin the surprise for any who haven't seen it.

This bloodier, more adult version of a Saturday cartoon gets a 6.5/10 from me.

Fargo (1996)

As I've live here for 26 years and it's been out for 14 years, it's about time I finally got around to watching it, huh?

After all that, I really can't come up with anything to say about it. It was completely over the top, amusing at parts, nasty at others and on occasion both at the same time. I'll be just fine if I don't watch it again for another 14 years.

7/10

 

[Brett]

Superman is voiced by Adam Baldwin and I typically love anything he does, but this one felt a bit flat, Anne Heche as Lois was slightly annoying, James Marsters as Lex was fine but all were outshined (at least for me - I was laughing pretty good for it) by 13 words uttered in a certain persons cameo. I shall refrain from saying who as to not ruin the surprise for any who haven't seen it.

Adam Baldwin has become one of my favorite actors. This past weekend I watched the first two seasons of Chuck, as I had only seen bits and pieces of both. I started watching the series at the start of Season Three and figured it would be an idea to catch up. Let me say, it was an awesome weekend, only ruined by the realization that work came on Monday. Adam Baldwin has and continues to be one of the many bright spots of the series.

 

[FoolKiller]

Superman: Doomsday (2007)

I think I could have gotten into it more if it didn't take over a year's worth of comics spread over the entire DC Universe and compress it into about 90- minutes. This had a lot of potential and wound up feeling rushed. This truly needed to be a mini-series starting with the emergence of Doomsday all the way through the return of Superman.

Adam Baldwin has become one of my favorite actors.

You probably already know this, but for more Adam Baldwin check out Firefly.

 

[Brett]

You probably already know this, but for more Adam Baldwin check out Firefly.

I recently found out he is in Firefly and I have always heard mostly good things about the series, just never have gotten around to watching it.

 

[FoolKiller]

I recently found out he is in Firefly and I have always heard mostly good things about the series, just never have gotten around to watching it.

You mean, you don't know the man they call Jayne? But he's the hero of Canton.

 

[Joey D]

Into the Wild: I didn't know what to expect of this movie and really the only reason I put it on my Netflix was that I love the sound track from it. Eddie Vedder put together a fantastic bunch of music for the movie including one of my favourite songs "Hard Sun". I really did end up enjoying the movie in the end though!

Into the Wild is about a guy who graduated from Emory University, says screw it and goes off to live life eventually wanting to end up in the wilds of Alaska. That's pretty much the whole movie in a nutshell without giving anything away. I guess what I liked so much about the film was that it's something I've wanted to do. Falling off the grid and just going to live off the land seems like the best way I can imagine to live and I wish I had the willpower to follow through with it.

It's definitely worth a watch and is a really good story about how one becomes their own person. It does get you thinking about what Chris (the main character) stood for and the message he was trying to leave to the world.

 

[Diego440]

Entre Les Murs (a.k.a. The Class) (Laurent Cantet, 2008) -- Winner of the 2008 Cannes Golden Palm and nominated for best foreign movie in last year's Oscars, it's basically a story of a school and specifically a teacher as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood. The movie is nothing more than that, but it's made very nicely. It almost seems like a documentary of these students interacting in different times with the teacher during an undramatic class year, but the real magic of this movie is the realness of its characters and how well they act, even when most of them are under 25 years old, yet the whole structure of the school system within the students is present. Unfortunately, other than that I didn't find that much more going on with the movie. There's a couple of parts where one would expect something to happen, but the movie is so real, that nothing does. 7.5/10



Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (a.k.a. The Baader Meinhof Complex) (Uli Edel, 2008) -- An inside look at the Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorist group, which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s in Germany and abroad, including plane hijackings and political assassinations; in short, one of the most active terrorist groups in history. However, the movie is also about the double message coming from these leftist types of groups, in which they justify all these terrorist actions on the premise of peace, love, community and living happily. And the fact is that as the hippie 60s obviously didn't help much with turning things around, the early 70s, brought on by with the assassinations of Martin Luther King and BFK, the US carrying on the Vietnam war and Nixon coming into power and the West German government being accused for merely being a puppet in the hands of imperialist America, some people wanted to turn things around without using flowers and kind words. These people were seriously convinced that the word was revolution, and used kidnapping, bombs and bullets for change. This film is the story of the core of the Baader-Meinhof group and their impact on German life. In general the movie is very good (the music was excellent!), but I had the sense many times of having to be German to fully understand it. The movie merely lets the viewer decide who's right and who's not, but never tried to get the righteousness in your face. On the one hand, the leftist Socialists who are pusing for a revolution and on the other the rightist (many of whom were Nazis 30 years prior) officials who were trying to control them. It's a great struggle movie and a very political one as well. 8/10

 

[Syntax error]

Couples Retreat (Peter Billingsley, 2009) -- Oh how the might have fallen. How did poor Jean Reno get mixed up in this movie I do not know, but I feel sorry for him. Not much to say really, it's one of those flicks you will watch to gain browny points with your wife or partner. Certainly not the worst movie I have been made to watch and it even offered a few cheap laughs 5/10

Two Hands (Gregor Jordan, 1999) -- One of Heath Ledgers earlier movies, this one is a little gem. Heath puts in a solid performance as a bungling kid getting mixed up in crime scene of Sydney due to some dumb choices. Bryan Brown is great in this as well. The movie also offers a view of Sydney not often seen on film and although dated, I fairly accurate portrayal of Kings Cross. It also offers a few genuine laughs 9/10

 

[Diego440]

The Messenger (Oren Moverman, 2009) -- First of all, despite the soldiers in the poster and the plot summary, this is not a movie about war. The main characters starts a job within the military as the person who notifies next of kin regarding the death of a family member, but also starts a relationship with a deceased's widow. But the movie isn't about that ethical dilemma either. It's more of an exploration of people's values and fears regarding love, life and death. So, I was a bit disappointed while watching this movie that seemed as a chick flick about men and their feelings. Too corny for my tastes and too sentimental to be a movie about military men and male bonding. 5/10

 

[Public'sTwin]

Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) -- Not really sure how to classify this movie, though I'd have to say it's a comedy/drama/indie movie with little hopes of being anything at first, but that greatly delivers in the end. Always great to see Bill Murray do a great job in indie movies, by playing the least likeable characters and always ending up a likeable fellow. IN general, I'd call this movie one of the most underrated movies of the 90s, especially since I hadn't heard of it until about 2 months ago, which was when I saw it feturedin an article and decided to give it a go. I'm so glad I did! 8/10

Rushmore is a huge huge hit here (Canada), and it's mentioned by every hipster I talk to in almost every conversation I have with them. It's also mentioned in a book called, "Things White People Like".

I suppose you have the benefit of living in Latin America to be somewhat immune/shielded from these particular subcultures.

 

[DK]

It was on last night on either ITV or ITV2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels introduced the British cinema-going public to Vinnie Jones as an actor rather than the infamous hardman we all know on the football (or soccer for any Americans reading this) pitch. It's about a man who has a week to pay £500,000 after losing a poker game. How he gets the money is the focus of the remainder of the film. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The film takes a dive into London's underworld with a dark, comedic twist. Well, it's from Guy Ritchie, who is renowned for gangster films. Interesting characters and an equally interesting plot combine to make a movie great for a Saturday night on the couch with a huge bucket of popcorn and a 2 litre bottle of Coke. A great movie, it's not perfect though so I'll give it 9 out of 10.

 

[Diego440]

I suppose you have the benefit of living in Latin America to be somewhat immune/shielded from these particular subcultures.

Indeed I am, though I'm still to find what's positive about it. I sometimes wish things were calm enough here so I could worry about such banal things.

 

[Diego440]

La Habitación de Fermat (a.k.a. Fermat's Room) (Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña, 2007) -- Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma, only to be trapped in a room that shrinks everytime they get a wrong answer on a test sent to them over a PDA. The setting and the plot is a tad overused, but the acting and the mystery part is well worth it. Starting out, almost all of the actors in this movie are more famous for being comedians than anything else, so I had a hard time expecting anything other than a comedy. I was greatly surprised by decent acting and a good enough plot to keep me interested. The mathematical issues are pretty dumbed down and explained by the characters to make it easy for the average viewer to get and the mystery unfolds itself throughout the movie, which worked out nicely. Not a bad movie, but there's a few issues with it, mainly some scenes are too causal and others are too circumstantial. In the end it's a step above a sunday movie. 6.5/10



À Bout de Souffle (a.k.a. Breathless) (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) -- A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him. It's basically a Godardian movie which will had you a tad bored when watching it, but it's also the type of movie that will stick with me and keep me thinking about it, and that's the beauty of Godard's work. The mvoie is mainly about the dialogues and how much of an asshat the main character is and how much you'd like him to kick the bucket asap. As it usually happens in these older movies, there's a ton of techniques that Godard used in his low-budget movies that are now standard practise, including the DIY dolly camera and the "jump cut" technique. Basically a gold mine of cinematography and an excellent plot, a bit lengthened and dragged out, though. 7.5/10

 

[nk4e]

Into the Wild: I didn't know what to expect of this movie and really the only reason I put it on my Netflix was that I love the sound track from it. Eddie Vedder put together a fantastic bunch of music for the movie including one of my favourite songs "Hard Sun". I really did end up enjoying the movie in the end though!

Into the Wild is about a guy who graduated from Emory University, says screw it and goes off to live life eventually wanting to end up in the wilds of Alaska. That's pretty much the whole movie in a nutshell without giving anything away. I guess what I liked so much about the film was that it's something I've wanted to do. Falling off the grid and just going to live off the land seems like the best way I can imagine to live and I wish I had the willpower to follow through with it.

It's definitely worth a watch and is a really good story about how one becomes their own person. It does get you thinking about what Chris (the main character) stood for and the message he was trying to leave to the world.

You should read the book then.

Banlieue 13 (District 13) 2004

Walls are put up around the worst parts of Paris and the worst of the worst (sir! With honors! ) is District 13. Leïto is a generally decent guy who doesn't want the drugs, that are so rampant around B13, around his house and is determined to take down the local drug lord. On the other side of the law is Damien. He's a Captain and specializes in undercover work, but is given the job of finding and disarming a bomb that was stolen and is inside B13.

In typical buddy movie fashion, right from the start you know very well these 2 guys are going to have to work together, Damien will have to get a little dirty, Leïto will have to get a bit clean and in the end will come out on top. Even though it's an old formula, the couple of the fight scenes and Parkour bits fit very well with the story as opposed to non-stop running and punching. Add in that both David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli can actually do the Parkour moves without wires and such and it becomes a bit more incredible.

8.5/10

I was watching this before Transmorphers and I thought there was a couple of chase scenes that everyone knew free running and still couldn't catch Leito.

 

[Northstar]

Old School-3/5

I have never seen the whole thing until now. It was decent, Will Ferrell does a good job of a supporting actor, he should have kept it that way.

Pirate Radio(AKA The Boat That Rocked)5/5

The movie was simply amazing, the acting and storyline were both awesome. This film will easily become a cult favorite(If it hasn't already).

 

[Diego440]

The World's Fastest Indian (Roger Donaldson, 2005) -- Anthony Hopkins plays New Zealander Burt Munro, a likeable kiwi who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle and manages to set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. Along the long trek from NZ to Utah he meets a few equally likeable (in some twisted ways) characters who make the movie more enjoyable and add a bit of comic relief. The funny parts are good, the emotional ones are good as well. In general the movie is pretty enjoyable and could seem to be even more than that and dwell into the 'great movie' category, but it lacks a certain tie-in or epilogue regarding the rest of the characters that mark his arrival in the US and who make the movie so fun. Also, there's a bunch of pointless scenes and camera shots that kept me expecting something other than nothing to develop. 7.5/10

 

[Diego440]

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lee Daniels, 2009) -- Harlem 1987, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. This is a heavily emotional movie which will jerk tears even out of the hardest watcher and while I found it hard to relate to any of the issues exposed by the movie, I also found that my pity could be aroused. In the end, I have the same problem with this movie as I had with There Will Be Blood: the acting is incredibly real, yet I find the story uninteresting. Also, there's a recurring issue with the previous movie I watched (above post) and it's that they present a whole array of characters and the character development makes them likeable as well, yet there isn't any sort of epilogue or tie-in about what happens to them. This one even leaves the central character's future as an enigma. I also had to watch it with subtitiles, since the ebonics had me scratching my head and looking lost all the time. 7.5/10

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Iron Man 2. It was not as good as the first one at all.

 

[Diego440]

The Blind Side (John Lee Hancock, 2009) -- Well, definitely better than Precious, but a bit of the same in the minority life portrayal. The other reason I though this one is better is that Precious is drawn out as a great movie and I thought it was supposed to be one, while Blind Side does nothing of the sort; it doesn't sell itself as a great movie. Of course, this whole selling thing is just my subjective mind at work, but I enjoyed this one much more. Bullock's acting is superb, though I'm yet to see the performances of the other actressed she was up against in the actress Oscar (except for Gabourey Sidibe). Other than the acting and the story, the movie is nothing more than another Sunday movie, and because of that, it doesn't score higher than an 8/10