The Redcafe Movie review thread

lao · 23rd July 2008, 00:34

Down by Law: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0090967/

Good-looking, witty and different, but that's about it. Reminded me alof of Coffee and Cigarettes, and Tom Waits is darn cool though. 3/5

olesmyhero · 23rd July 2008, 01:26

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Originally Posted by lao

I've seen Bande á part, and A bout de suffle. I thought both of them were good, but nothing more. Nicely shot and good acting but nothing that really grabs ahold of me unfortunately. I feel apathetic to most french movies to be honest.

I don't think Weekend will change your mind. Good movie though.

M160RA · 23rd July 2008, 04:13

The Dark Knight - saw it on an IMAX screen...great entertainment. Heath Ledger played the role of the Joker very well.

cesc's_mullet · 23rd July 2008, 06:12

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Originally Posted by lao

Scarlett in pink wig?

Bryan Ferry - More Than This

No, the 'sucking on my titties like you want it' song.

Peaches - Fuck the pain away, it's catchy as and has some potential remix-style

lao · 23rd July 2008, 08:20

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Originally Posted by cesc's_mullet

No, the 'sucking on my titties like you want it' song.

Peaches - Fuck the pain away, it's catchy as and has some potential remix-style

Can't remember it being in Lost in Translation. :s

Stemmy · 23rd July 2008, 08:38

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Originally Posted by RedNome

Nah mate, don't agree at all, all PC bollocks if you ask me, it was funny and that's all that matters.

Yeah its a load of bollocks allright....you should really just try and take things for what they're meant to be and thats a joke.

If somethings funny its fecking funny

"I don't hit women. I would never hit a woman, Chloe. I'd hit a woman who was trying to hit me with a bottle. That's different. That's self-defense, isn't it? Or a woman who could do karate. I would never hit a woman generally, Chloe."

cesc's_mullet · 23rd July 2008, 11:40

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Originally Posted by lao

Can't remember it being in Lost in Translation. :s

The strippers scene - where Bill's just sitting by himself all awkward purpously not looking at the stripper, whilst he waits for Johansson to come meet him.

cesc's_mullet · 23rd July 2008, 11:44

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Originally Posted by Stemmy

Yeah its a load of bollocks allright....you should really just try and take things for what they're meant to be and thats a joke.

If somethings funny its fecking funny

"I don't hit women. I would never hit a woman, Chloe. I'd hit a woman who was trying to hit me with a bottle. That's different. That's self-defense, isn't it? Or a woman who could do karate. I would never hit a woman generally, Chloe."

My point was it's been done to death, and it's pretty much featured in nearly every single crappy American comedy that's come out in the last 5 years.

Bilbo · 23rd July 2008, 15:02

Knocked Up

Very funny. In fact, funniest film I've seen in quite some time.

Transformers

Bollocks. Total bollocks. 2 and a bit hours of my life gone forever. How does anyone ever have a script and think 'Michael Bay would be perfect for this'? Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, The Island, Transformers. Is there a pattern forming here?

francobaresi · 23rd July 2008, 21:12

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

Knocked Up

Very funny. In fact, funniest film I've seen in quite some time.

Transformers

Bollocks. Total bollocks. 2 and a bit hours of my life gone forever. How does anyone ever have a script and think 'Michael Bay would be perfect for this'? Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, The Island, Transformers. Is there a pattern forming here?

I thought Knocked Up was shit

Spammy · 24th July 2008, 03:21

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

Transformers

Bollocks. Total bollocks. 2 and a bit hours of my life gone forever. How does anyone ever have a script and think 'Michael Bay would be perfect for this'? Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, The Island, Transformers. Is there a pattern forming here?

Transformers is so far above the others it's unbelievable.

crappycraperson · 24th July 2008, 03:29

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

Knocked Up

Very funny. In fact, funniest film I've seen in quite some time.

Transformers

Bollocks. Total bollocks. 2 and a bit hours of my life gone forever. How does anyone ever have a script and think 'Michael Bay would be perfect for this'? Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, The Island, Transformers. Is there a pattern forming here?

Finally someone else has seen the light as well.

I could not understand why people though Transformers was good. It was complete shit for moi.

Wibble · 24th July 2008, 03:34

Transformers was brilliant entertainment. What was there not to like?

Knocked up was tolerable but hardly hilarious.

Giggsy PO · 24th July 2008, 09:25

Be Kind Rewind...what a waste of time!

Wibble · 24th July 2008, 13:13

I am disgusted that I may have accidentally downloaded that film. Am I to assume that my self loathing has been for no useful purpose and that I would be wasting my time watching?

Bilbo · 24th July 2008, 17:45

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Originally Posted by crappycraperson

Finally someone else has seen the light as well.

I could not understand why people though Transformers was good. It was complete shit for moi.

I wanted to like it. It could (should) have been really good.

I'm not really a film buff by any means. I like movies, but I wouldn't go so far as to criticise the lighting or anything. I just lost count of the number of times I rolled my eyes at something that was just really dumb. Mostly the dialogue.

Aimed at ten year olds, basically, which you can't really blame them for. Even as mindless popcorn entertainment though, I thought it was poor.

lao · 24th July 2008, 17:58

Transformers was utter shite.

Iron Stove · 24th July 2008, 18:29

Some films I've watched recently..

Felon
Good film like most films starring Val Kilmer tend to be. Not a masterpiece perhaps, but very decent entertainment nonetheless.
7/10

Rescue Dawn
Meh. Nothing special and pretty boring to be honest. Especially for an action flick. I always rated Christian Bale but he didn't really impress me with this one. I actually thought his acting was cringeworthy at times. I don't want to spoil it, but I'll say this much.. The end scene almost made me puke.

As for "based on a true story", read this page:

http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/

If you can't be arsed, I'll summarise it for you: A lot of it is <shock!> made up bollocks and writer/director Herzog even refused to meet some of the real world characters who are portrayed in the film when he was writing it.
3/10

In Bruges
Loved it. Some very funny dialogue in this one. Didn't really rate Colin Farrell before seeing this.
8/10

M160RA · 24th July 2008, 22:51

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Originally Posted by Wibble

I am disgusted that I may have accidentally downloaded that film. Am I to assume that my self loathing has been for no useful purpose and that I would be wasting my time watching?

Burn it onto a rewritable DVD, and then burn a homemade video over it.

francobaresi · 25th July 2008, 17:12

Any of you lot seen Mr Brooks, with Costner in it?

Is it any good (save me wasting 2 hours of my life)

RedNome · 25th July 2008, 18:32

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Originally Posted by francobaresi

Any of you lot seen Mr Brooks, with Costner in it?

Is it any good (save me wasting 2 hours of my life)

In the 'to watch' pile at the moment, I've heard it is good though.

Out of interest franco, just put on the CD of the Underworld gig we went to at the Apollo, just reminded me how fucking great it was.

Could just go an Underworld right now.

francobaresi · 25th July 2008, 20:48

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Originally Posted by RedNome

In the 'to watch' pile at the moment, I've heard it is good though.

Out of interest franco, just put on the CD of the Underworld gig we went to at the Apollo, just reminded me how fucking great it was.

Could just go an Underworld right now.

Yeah that was a class gig my friend

Alek M · 26th July 2008, 00:26

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Originally Posted by francobaresi

Any of you lot seen Mr Brooks, with Costner in it?

Is it any good (save me wasting 2 hours of my life)

Really good. Spooky wondering if people like that do exist.

Alex · 26th July 2008, 00:42

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Originally Posted by Alek M

Really good. Spooky wondering if people like that do exist.

I thought it was fairly decent too, I give it a 5.5-6. Was up early before the Arsenal match in April and had nothing to do so watched and drank several greyhounds, have to say the match was much more thrilling though, Hargreavessssssss, Brilliant!

Steev · 26th July 2008, 01:17

Halloween (remake) 2/10

Stop remaking films please. It's fucking embarrassing, you talentless cnuts.

Giggsy PO · 26th July 2008, 11:11

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Originally Posted by Wibble

I am disgusted that I may have accidentally downloaded that film. Am I to assume that my self loathing has been for no useful purpose and that I would be wasting my time watching?

You may accidentally delete it and accidentally defragment your disk so there is no way back.

mehro · 27th July 2008, 06:46

The Visitor - Excellent movie. One of those rare movies where you enjoy every moment. 9/10

cesc's_mullet · 27th July 2008, 07:31

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Originally Posted by mehro

The Visitor - Excellent movie. One of those rare movies where you enjoy every moment. 9/10

Never heard of it. Is it newschool or oldschool?

cesc's_mullet · 27th July 2008, 12:27

The Forbidden Kingdom

Story line - Crap

Action - Sweet

Main knocks - I think if they'd made it in the vein of the Golden Flower (or whatever it was called) and Hero, ala a serious movie, it would've been a blockbuster. It had potential, which they pretty much destroyed when they thought of using the typical 'American kid saves the day' type theme.

The bloody adverts had me going too, none of them paid any mention of a young Yank having to save the day.

So in short - if it was a Chinese production it would've been a lot better.

Still enjoyable, if only for the action scenes.

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lao A Real Cock Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Surrounded by Swedish Pussies. Posts: 2,813	Down by Law: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0090967/ Good-looking, witty and different, but that's about it. Reminded me alof of Coffee and Cigarettes, and Tom Waits is darn cool though. 3/5

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M160RA Reserve Team Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,853	The Dark Knight - saw it on an IMAX screen...great entertainment. Heath Ledger played the role of the Joker very well.

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Bilbo First Team Sub Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,784	Knocked Up Very funny. In fact, funniest film I've seen in quite some time. Transformers Bollocks. Total bollocks. 2 and a bit hours of my life gone forever. How does anyone ever have a script and think 'Michael Bay would be perfect for this'? Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, The Island, Transformers. Is there a pattern forming here?

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Wibble Teeth like a reindeer. Hung like a horse. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ingadus Speramus Posts: 35,664	Transformers was brilliant entertainment. What was there not to like? Knocked up was tolerable but hardly hilarious.

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Giggsy PO First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shame on you Shane Vendrell. You little bastard! Posts: 9,772	Be Kind Rewind...what a waste of time!

24th July 2008, 13:13	#5335 (permalink)
Wibble Teeth like a reindeer. Hung like a horse. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ingadus Speramus Posts: 35,664	I am disgusted that I may have accidentally downloaded that film. Am I to assume that my self loathing has been for no useful purpose and that I would be wasting my time watching?

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lao A Real Cock Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Surrounded by Swedish Pussies. Posts: 2,813	Transformers was utter shite.

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Iron Stove Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ▲ ► Posts: 1,412	Some films I've watched recently.. Felon Good film like most films starring Val Kilmer tend to be. Not a masterpiece perhaps, but very decent entertainment nonetheless. 7/10 Rescue Dawn Meh. Nothing special and pretty boring to be honest. Especially for an action flick. I always rated Christian Bale but he didn't really impress me with this one. I actually thought his acting was cringeworthy at times. I don't want to spoil it, but I'll say this much.. The end scene almost made me puke. As for "based on a true story", read this page: http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/ If you can't be arsed, I'll summarise it for you: A lot of it is <shock!> made up bollocks and writer/director Herzog even refused to meet some of the real world characters who are portrayed in the film when he was writing it. 3/10 In Bruges Loved it. Some very funny dialogue in this one. Didn't really rate Colin Farrell before seeing this. 8/10

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francobaresi Sleep inducing poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,758	Any of you lot seen Mr Brooks, with Costner in it? Is it any good (save me wasting 2 hours of my life)

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Steev Reserve Team Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,385	Halloween (remake) 2/10 Stop remaking films please. It's fucking embarrassing, you talentless cnuts.

27th July 2008, 06:46	#5347 (permalink)
mehro President of the Kick Smashed Out Movement Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 19,437	The Visitor - Excellent movie. One of those rare movies where you enjoy every moment. 9/10

27th July 2008, 12:27	#5349 (permalink)
cesc's_mullet Get a haircut Hippy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: i gotta do something important so people will respect me… like be a senator… or a wizard Posts: 9,717	The Forbidden Kingdom Story line - Crap Action - Sweet Main knocks - I think if they'd made it in the vein of the Golden Flower (or whatever it was called) and Hero, ala a serious movie, it would've been a blockbuster. It had potential, which they pretty much destroyed when they thought of using the typical 'American kid saves the day' type theme. The bloody adverts had me going too, none of them paid any mention of a young Yank having to save the day. So in short - if it was a Chinese production it would've been a lot better. Still enjoyable, if only for the action scenes.