Get the Gringo is a movie starting Mel Gibson where he is a hardcore criminal that lands himself in a Mexican prison. Been planning on watching this one a little while now as I heard it was pretty good. The movie is 95% inside the prison which is run like a small town and not at all like a prison. I won't spoil anything but a young boy is very important and Mel becomes very good friends with him. The whole Mexican prison thing is just interesting to watch since its serious but almost comical at the same time. I found it quite entertaining and was happy I saw it.
Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005) -- A great documentary by Mr Herzog, about a devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska. While I think Herzog did a great job in making this documentary and showing the life of Treadwell, I really can't sympathize with Treadwell, who seems to be on a high horse throughout most of his recordings, almost as much as his death made him become a martyr, though that's just something that comes across from listening to his friends talk about what he did. It's also great to see how Herzog actually comes out and says that he disagrees with this and that death and destruction are an unavoidable reality of nature. Fortunately, you don't get to see footage of the actual attack. In the end, the actual tragedy, in my opinion, is how much of the bear's habitat and living conditions were tainted by Treadwell and though I think it's amazing how he lived among the bears, I think he was looking to get killed and got what he deserved. Still, this is a great documentary. 8/10
I thought this documentary was unbelievable and was pretty much glued the entire time. You're supposed to realize the guy is out of his mind, but it's riveting anyway. Some amazing footage and an amazing story.
I'd give it a perfect score (if I rated that way) but it's not really re-watchable, or purchasable. Still great though.
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Terrible terrible film. If I could give this three thumbs down I would, but I don't have three thumbs. Let's start with the good.
The premise is good, the directing is good, the cinematography is good, and the movie creates an atmosphere - which is hard to do. Ok now the bad.
The plot was nonsensical. Maybe it's hard to write about someone who is supposed to be super smart when you're not as smart, but for someone who was supposed to be a genius the guy was making lots of idiotic decisions. Almost nothing in the movie was properly motivated, interesting, or paid off. Terrible film that went nowhere and said nothing important about anything.
It's like the writers themselves were on and off NZT. Sometimes they had wildly creative and interesting ideas, and then you'd see something completely brain dead that made no sense.
Where did this movie think it was going? Was the main character a murderer? We don't know, not motivated. What was the merger he was working on? Why was that so important? Shouldn't he be doing his own thing instead of working for some energy companies trying to create a monopoly? Running for office? This is what your big important "I know what I have to do" plan is? Seriously? He doesn't pay off the loan shark immediately? Seriously? The dude who was following him and stabbed two guys in the park was a completely worthless character? Seriously? The big drama about the health effects of NZT and everyone dying are going to be swept away in 2 sentences? "Oh, yea, I forgot to tell you, I took care of that in between scenes." WTH?!?
I thought this documentary was unbelievable and was pretty much glued the entire time. You're supposed to realize the guy is out of his mind, but it's riveting anyway. Some amazing footage and an amazing story.
I'd give it a perfect score (if I rated that way) but it's not really re-watchable, or purchasable. Still great though.
I just thought he got what he deserved. Only the people who were his family and friends seemed to support what he was doing; everyone else 'in the know' condemned his actions and gave very good reasons to. Documentary-wise I thought it was great, but the guy was someone I couldn't stand.
The footage is indeed amazing and the way the guy got so close to the bears is impressive, but you can see towards the end that he stayed longer than he usually did and that rogue bear was a sign of impending trouble. He recognized it and still stayed because he was looking to "make friends" with the bear... intensely delusional.
Prometheus: I don't quite know what to say about this movie. It wasn't terrible, though, it was easily the worst film of the weekend. There were a lot of useless scenes, but it wasn't as bad as Aliens Resurrection. Prometheus is easily the best Alien movie since Aliens. The whole scene at the beginning with David watching Shaw's dreams...was useless and you KNEW it was useless when you saw it. You're just like, "And you're never going to bring that little bit up ever again in the entire movie, are ya? No...oh...wait...maybe...Wait, her father died in the jungle? I thought the mentioned her mother was dead in the dream. Why mention both her parents are dead in two completely different scenes that both require him to watch her dreams. If I were to keep one, I would've kept the latter one because they were in the middle of establishing David as a creepy robot, and that was a really creepy thing to say. "I watched your dreams, Elizabeth." Him doing it at the beginning...it's creepy, but pointless. Also...why is EVERYONE so fixated on Shaw? Why is she special? The movie hints that SHE'S the key to a lot but NEVER actually explains why. And...
her pregnancy...was also pretty pointless. I mean, I don't know what the point of it was, other than to make Shaw collapse in pain every twenty steps. But, maybe it was just the directors excuse to have a woman pregnant with a tentacle monster.
The creatures and the dangers of the planet seem...in consistent. First it's the dust storm, then something kills two people, then something else starts killing people...I mean...I think EVERYONE died from something entirely different. And Charlize gets killed in a pretty stupid way. You'd think that with all her hardassery, she'd know to RUN TO THE SIDE of the giant thing that's about to crush her. I mean Shaw falls and rolls out of the way like a champ, but Charlize...just sits there and dies. Really?
They did set it up for a sequel following Shaw on her journey through the universe...but...I don't know. It wasn't a terrible movie, but there were a lot things that were mentioned...and left unexplained. Like...if no one believed the scientists reasoning for going to the planet, 1. Why'd they all volunteer? 2. Why spend TRILLIONS of dollars on the stupid mission? 3. Why not run away at the first signs of danger? Because some dying fool wanted it? What's he gonna do if you say, no? Beat you with his cane? They never really explain any of those questions.
Or, what was with the cryo-tubes in the Life Boat? Who was in those and why weren't they revived at the beginning? I don't know. For all the pointless scenes in Snow White and the Huntsman, there seemed to be twice as many here. Still not a bad film, and I am becoming a fan of putting unknown actors in action films, but still...a 3/5. I'd wait for Netflix or Redbox to see this one.
It is not completely bad, and slowly brings up the suspense starting from fairly boring and building to oh crap moments, very similar to Alien. The story premise of finding our makers is an enthralling one (one of my favorite sci-fi concepts thanks to Carke) right up until it takes a backseat to horror and the xenomorphs' origin, and you get a completely unexpected plot twist for the sake of creating a Prometheus sequel that can be independent of the Aliens franchise.
Some of the complaints I've seen, such as no one knowing what they are doing until they awake from cryo-sleep or us having zero character background, make me wonder if the people saying them actually watched any of the Aliens franchise other than Aliens. That is how a Weyland has always worked. You work for the company, doing a job, and meet your team and learn your next mission when you arrive. The audience never knows more than that about any character other than Ripley, and at that we know nothing of who she was before Alien.
Ridley Scott sticks close to his formula in Alien in Prometheus, and many people forget that Alien was not a traditional action film and the horror industry has gotten away from that style again.
That said, Prometheus has a lot of problems that Alien did not because it was trying to tell two stories. So you get awkward plot devices that require a lot of thought to understand their purpose. I'd watch, if to understand where the xenomorphs come from and why they have some of the traits they do, or because the sequel will be free of the xenomorph story and will be free to better explore the panspermia theory and how it is used in this mythology.
I can say some of the things that I've heard don't make sense are actually very important when you connect them to the Aliens franchise as a whole.
It wasn't the fact that MIB 3 was a good movie, it was, but I felt that if you are going to spend $7.50 on a movie that it is in 3D, it has better be a [censored] good one.
Most people are forgetting that MIB 3 is from a 12 year old franchise that starred the same actors. However, during that time, comedic tastes in America has changed to the point where the same jokes that were funny in 2000, are not funny today. I mean, hardly anybody was laughing in the showing that I went to during the chinese restaurant scene, and I thought that it had potential to be one of the funniest scenes in the whole movie. From there, things went generally down hill. I did not enjoy the movie in the theater at all, and the only saving grace from giving it an "F" flat out was Josh Brolin's performance as the younger K.
$7.50 is all you pay for 3D movies? I wanna move to where you live. Its like closer to $15 where I live. Also the movie did have older time jokes but it just wasn't as funny as previous movies anyway. I still liked it a lot tho had more story so it evened out.
Ok you guys talked me into it. I watched Grizzly Man and it was a crazy movie. The stuff that was shown did not even seem real. Literally touching wild bears faces and they are so cool with him and all the wild fixes following him was just weird and amazing. The guy kinda seemed like he wanted to die, almost finding it comical in how he could be amongst nature and be perfectly fine. The part where he ask for rain and than it pours was just so strange. I really enjoyed this movie and highly recommend.
As much as it's a crazy movie, I'd say it's very watchable and interesting.
Jennifer 8 (Bruce Robinson, 1992) -- A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop meets a young blind woman named who he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose and only the cop knows it. Here's a 90's movie with an 80s film, starring Andy García doing what he did best when he first started out: work all the parts Al Pacino rejected, and once you look at it, he actually does the same role Al Pacino was famous for, even with the over-acting bits.
It's a good suspense story which, despite the setting and gruesomeness of some scenes, is light and enjoyable as every other suspense story. It's a sort of 'quiet' thriller that doesn't rely on scare tactics to work, but mainly on the characters and atmosphere of the scenes; some are too cliche, but still. Realistically speaking, it's popcorn-suspense and very straightforward story, that still retains surprises to the end, after 20 years. 6/10
It is not completely bad, and slowly brings up the suspense starting from fairly boring and building to oh crap moments, very similar to Alien. The story premise of finding our makers is an enthralling one (one of my favorite sci-fi concepts thanks to Carke) right up until it takes a backseat to horror and the xenomorphs' origin, and you get a completely unexpected plot twist for the sake of creating a Prometheus sequel that can be independent of the Aliens franchise.
Some of the complaints I've seen, such as no one knowing what they are doing until they awake from cryo-sleep or us having zero character background, make me wonder if the people saying them actually watched any of the Aliens franchise other than Aliens. That is how a Weyland has always worked. You work for the company, doing a job, and meet your team and learn your next mission when you arrive. The audience never knows more than that about any character other than Ripley, and at that we know nothing of who she was before Alien.
Ridley Scott sticks close to his formula in Alien in Prometheus, and many people forget that Alien was not a traditional action film and the horror industry has gotten away from that style again.
That said, Prometheus has a lot of problems that Alien did not because it was trying to tell two stories. So you get awkward plot devices that require a lot of thought to understand their purpose. I'd watch, if to understand where the xenomorphs come from and why they have some of the traits they do, or because the sequel will be free of the xenomorph story and will be free to better explore the panspermia theory and how it is used in this mythology.
I can say some of the things that I've heard don't make sense are actually very important when you connect them to the Aliens franchise as a whole.
I don't have streaming content (because it only has crappy movies). You can get just about any movie on disc from netflix (here), and new releases can be "saved" so that you get them when they show up on disc.
Ah, I see. Yeah I meant streaming. Not sure if they provide the discs' service over here. Funny though that just after I posted here I've read on their Facebook page that the Hunger Games will be available for streaming in August, which is pretty fast considering it was in the movie theaters last month.
Prometheus is a pretty decent movie, there was just nothing all that special about it and, I understand that some of the issues I have has been done in other Alien movies...and it is the best Alien movie since Aliens, but...it's still...not that special. They also apparently changed a couple things that left me wondering why they changed them. I guess it was so that they could have a new series of movies. This does make me wanna see the first Alien movie again, though.
If it is unnecessarily disgusting I didn't notice. King Kong's swamp bugs were no worse, so either I'm desensitized to gore, or it wasn't that bad. But I have seen movies that make me cringe in recent years.
As for characters, yeah. The most interesting character is the android. But Michael Fassbender is the only decent actor in the film. Guy Pearce's role is pointless.
The ending depends on what ending you want. The xenomorph story is basically closed out, but the panspermia tale has more to go. But it would be like saying Empire Strikes Back had no ending because the war isn't over and you see Lando and Chewy fly off to find Han. As a chapter, it is finished. There is literally nothing left to do on this planet except reenact the final scenes from Alien.
Summary:
About a group of friends in the end 20's beginning 30's, near making the step in real adulthood. They are making parties and want to do one big one to finish off before this huge step into boredom....
Synopsis:
This is one of the best comedy movies I recently seen. I've been literally loughing out loud the whole movie through. The title may be misleading and inviting people to watch a movie with expectation which will never be fullfilled (pun intended). This movie is more about the friendship (without ponies) among the group, their relations and the step into real adulthood (they all work, but still have not totally adopted the grown up lifestyle). All tipped of with a good comedy tone
I give the movie 9 / 10 toes up
Trailer:
(also on a sidenote : Watch Community (series) if you haven't)
Le Conseguenze dell'amore (a.k.a. The Consequences of Love) (Polo Sorrentino, 2004) -- A man called Titta di Girolamo apparently has a regular and tedious life with nothing strange apart from his own name. He has lived in a Hotel in Switzerland for the last ten years, spending his days doing a certain errand once pér week. His life is too rigid, too detached following a flat routine. Titta ignores everyone and doesn't seem ot have emotions. One day he decides to break all of his rules and speaks with Sofia, the hotel's barmaid. Incredibly all his situation changes, emotions, love, mafia, death come back violently into Titta's life.
I was quite skeptical about watching this movie since I thought more or less what it was about (some romantic Italian drama), and for the first 20 minutes it seems to be exactly that. The beautiful cinematography kept me glued to it, though; it's amazing what can be done with a camera. The music is also on par with the visuals, complementing the colorful and stylish architecture-like images, and I was glad I stayed with it. The air of mystery and the clearing-up of the sequences worked great. Very good movie, and very underrated, even by IMDb. 9/10
The Chronicles of Riddick (David Twohy, 2004) -- 5 years after Pitch Black, the wanted criminal Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime, and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe. Just like it happened with Pitch Black, this movie got terrible reviews when launched, and only did well in the rentals, precisely because though it's intensely violent and unoriginal, it' still remains entertaining and fun to watch.
Yet, being an action movie, plot is secondary and I only watched it because I enjoyed the original (as a rental) and because it's light enough to mark my Friday night. Makes for a good sci-fi while and nothing more, yet I wasn't expecting it to be anything else. SFX are okay, action sequences are good, Judi Dench is rather silly in her role (reminded me of Christopher Lambert as Rayden) and Vin Diesel is what you'd expect him to be. The last line in the movie made me think it was dumber, but I can do without it. 7/10
Ides of march I'm pretty sure it's called. Has Ryan Goseling and George clooney. I wanted to watch it for a long time but I knew it was all political so wasn't sure how exciting it was gonna be. I heard it was pretty good from others and put it on my list of movies to watch. I watched it today and it was good but felt a little flat. To me the whole thing seemed more like a opening to a movie than an actual movie. It's all about winning Ohio state in the war to become president of the US and it's literally like over three days. You don't find out what happens even. Yes I know it was about Ryan's character but Clooney is a big name too and you would think since he is running for president you would at least find out if he won Ohio. If your into politics check this movie out but if not you may find it a little boring.
Summary:
About a group of friends in the end 20's beginning 30's, near making the step in real adulthood. They are making parties and want to do one big one to finish off before this huge step into boredom....
Synopsis:
This is one of the best comedy movies I recently seen. I've been literally loughing out loud the whole movie through. The title may be misleading and inviting people to watch a movie with expectation which will never be fullfilled (pun intended). This movie is more about the friendship (without ponies) among the group, their relations and the step into real adulthood (they all work, but still have not totally adopted the grown up lifestyle). All tipped of with a good comedy tone
I give the movie 9 / 10 toes up
Trailer:
(also on a sidenote : Watch Community (series) if you haven't)
A Night to Remember (Roy Ward Baker, 1958) -- A movie based on a book based on one of the most memorable events of 20th century: The Titanic disaster, depicted in straightforward fashion without the addition of fictional subplots. Honestly, dramatic reenactments don't do a whole lot for me, and thankfully this movie does without them, but supplies enough social commentary of pre-WWI Britain to drag along a bit.
It's one of those movies where we already know how it's going to end, yet the 'end scene' takes forever, and still the movie is interesting in the way it foreshadows the events that have taken place since. The image of the class distinctions within the ship, as a micro-cosmos of reality, where segregation occurred normally is impressive and as politically incorrect as you'd expect it to be.
The tragedy of the sinking is shown again and again, through the proximity of the Californian (a boat that was about 10 miles away, yet they ignored the maydays) as the length of time it took the Carpathian to reach them (the boat that saved most people). In the end the movie is an exaggerated account of blame-throwing and general resentment for the rich, pity for the victims, respect for the sailors and a strong feeling of "this could've been avoided", where the Brits are seen as pompous socialites, yet the American is the fun, equal and saving grace. The only real criticism I have of the movie is that I wish it all happened a half hour sooner, other than that, it's a well done flick that remains unsurprising due to the fact that we all know what's going to happen from the start. 7/10
Sherlock Holmes - (8/10)
If ever Hollywood had a chance to screw something up, this was it. Fortunately, they didn't. It was entertaining and just fun to watch and try to keep up with the connections that Holmes makes out of the tiny details he sees. The problem with this move is that with the information Holmes has for the case itself, any of us could have figured it out. Will I notice dust on a jacket? No. Will I notice the obvious details he picks up in flashbacks that we were never shown? Yes. A good mystery story has all the facts in front of the audience so that they can try to deduce the outcome before it ends. It sucks balls when I get to the end and then Holmes goes on a deductive rant and we get flashes of some stuff we hadn't seen.
And this is clearly ripe for a sequel. Well, it was blatantly set up for one. But if it makes just 5% of the audience pick up Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books then this is a success.
lol based on this review from 2010 I watched Sherlock Holmes. I agree with this review listed above. I remember when this movie came out and I thought it was gonna be awful since they had a high level actor and tossed lots of money at it. Usually when that happens they spend all the money on special effects and advertising rather than a good story. This movie however had a little of all that. The review above list the whole flash backs which the audience never saw. For the majority we did get to see everything in the flashbacks it is just impossible for us to add up in able to solve the mystery. I think they did this because it's a US movie and usually the US people don't understand anything so they are forced to just lay it out or them. Unlike the British versions of Sherlock Holmes. In the end it wasn't bad. I wish it was more mystery and less magic but if you watch it everything gets figured out so I can't really complain.
Recommended by a friend after I heard of Django Unchained coming out. I haven't seen many westerns, only some with Clint Eastwood but this is a great movie. I'll be on the lookout for more movies starring Franco Nero. Suggestions are always welcome.
