The Redcafe Movie review thread

olesmyhero · 29th December 2007, 14:36

Started watching Persona but then the missus came over. Good movie so far. Will finish today hopefully.

Spoonatov · 29th December 2007, 17:52

Have we banned Hammer then, Ole??

reelworld · 29th December 2007, 21:36

Shall We Dance, the Japanese original.
Surprise, surprise, the original was a whole lot better than the American remake.

Accepted.
Movie about some kids who don't get accepted in any college, then decided to create their own. It was stupidly fun and Blake Lively is as hot as ever.

The Kingdom
Nice action flick. With all the marketing about this is being a controversial movie, I don't know what's so controversial about this.

olesmyhero · 29th December 2007, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Spoonez el Grande

Have we banned Hammer then, Ole??

Permanently. He is dead to us.

Hammer Michael · 29th December 2007, 23:40

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Originally Posted by olesmyhero

Permanently. He is dead to us.

Hammer of the Living Dead.

golden_blunder · 29th December 2007, 23:55

'Day of Darkness'

1/10

Low budget zombie movie. Meteor hits earth. Carries frozen parasites which turn people who werent drunk at the time into zombies. The parasite doesnt like alcohol in the bloodstream see. Laughable scenes as they perform an autopsy on a zombies over enlarged ball sack, out drops loads of spunk and an alien embryo! The only saving grace, and the reason i gave it 1 point was because there was a 10 second boobage shot

olesmyhero · 30th December 2007, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Hammer Michael

Hammer of the Living Dead.

I don't want to see you in these parts again.

Hammer Michael · 30th December 2007, 20:39

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Originally Posted by olesmyhero

I don't want to see you in these parts again.

Classic Mexican stand-off...bags me be Lee Van Cleefe

M160RA · 31st December 2007, 07:33

Juno - Witty, satirical film about an eccentric teenager (Ellen Page) who becomes pregnant and decides to give the baby to a couple (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) who can't have kids. Ellen Page's performance was quite impressive - one to watch out for. Good film overall.

reelworld · 31st December 2007, 10:19

Bridge to Terabithia

I thought this would be another Narnia, judging by the trailers, but apparently it's very much different. Based on the children book of the same name, it actually more about a friendship between two 12 year old children, Jess (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb). They have to deal with normal stuff that kids at that age have to, such as inattentive parents, bullies at school, etc. They found escapism in the made up world they created together, named Terabithia. The SF thankfully was kept to a minimum and the story pretty much revolves around the real world. The ending was a bit shocking and sad, but I thought it was handled well.

I loved this movie, one of the best family movie of 2007 I think, and a bit underrated. The trailer didn't do the movie justice. Apparently Disney feared that if the movie was sold as a friendship movie, it wouldn't do as good.

reelworld · 31st December 2007, 11:12

The Deaths of Ian Stone:
Crap. Avoid at all cost

Breach
Average. As suspense thriller goes, this one isn't very suspenseful.

olesmyhero · 31st December 2007, 16:22

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Originally Posted by M160RA

Juno - Witty, satirical film about an eccentric teenager (Ellen Page) who becomes pregnant and decides to give the baby to a couple (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) who can't have kids. Ellen Page's performance was quite impressive - one to watch out for. Good film overall.

I watched that last night as well. Very good movie. Funnier than I expected.

I am Legend. I enjoyed it. It wasn't a straight horror film, it dealt with other issues. Worth a watch.

olesmyhero · 31st December 2007, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Hammer Michael

Classic Mexican stand-off...bags me be Lee Van Cleefe

I'll be Clint Eastwood. Spoonez is Eli Wallach. Last scene in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. You're dead.

Hammer Michael · 31st December 2007, 20:10

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Originally Posted by olesmyhero

I'll be Clint Eastwood. Spoonez is Eli Wallach. Last scene in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. You're dead.

Well if yours and Spoonez's shooting is as good as Ronaldo's on Saturday I guess I'm pretty safe!

olesmyhero · 1st January 2008, 21:41

The Guardian. Cliched and very predictable. Horrible choices arise when 2 women pick which movie to rent. I wanted to get a Russ Myer movie.

Bobby. Surprisingly interesting directorial effort from Mr. Mighty Duck himself Emilio Estevez. The story focuses on the hotel that Bobby Kennedy was shot at. At times it drags on a bit too long, but overall was interesting.

reelworld · 2nd January 2008, 03:47

Spirited Away:
I had the DVD for 6 years, but only managed to watched it yesterday. I regret it took me that long to watch it. What an outstanding piece of cinema. I haven't seen Miyazaki work that I haven't like so far.
It's a breath of fresh air to have a great movie in 2D animation in the world of 3D animation that filled the cinema nowadays.

spinoza · 2nd January 2008, 10:07

This was one of my best movies for 2007. Watched it last week, before I Am Legend (which was shit), and was very pleasantly surprised. As good as A Better Tomorrow, and was about much the same thing - blood brotherhood, not letting your mates down, and temptation.

Spoonatov · 2nd January 2008, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Hammer Michael

Well if yours and Spoonez's shooting is as good as Ronaldo's on Saturday I guess I'm pretty safe!

I've got super powers.

Have you seen the original Frankenstein? I thought it was very good, in fact it surprised me. 'It's ALIVE!!'

Alex · 2nd January 2008, 10:48

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Originally Posted by olesmyhero

The Guardian. Cliched and very predictable. Horrible choices arise when 2 women pick which movie to rent. I wanted to get a Russ Myer movie.

Bobby. Surprisingly interesting directorial effort from Mr. Mighty Duck himself Emilio Estevez. The story focuses on the hotel that Bobby Kennedy was shot at. At times it drags on a bit too long, but overall was interesting.

The Guardian is fucking awful, pathetic

Mihajlovic · 2nd January 2008, 10:51

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Originally Posted by reelworld

Spirited Away:
I had the DVD for 6 years, but only managed to watched it yesterday. I regret it took me that long to watch it. What an outstanding piece of cinema. I haven't seen Miyazaki work that I haven't like so far.
It's a breath of fresh air to have a great movie in 2D animation in the world of 3D animation that filled the cinema nowadays.

I've seen it five times. Brilliant movie. 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Mihajlovic · 2nd January 2008, 10:53

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Originally Posted by olesmyhero

The Guardian. Cliched and very predictable. Horrible choices arise when 2 women pick which movie to rent. I wanted to get a Russ Myer movie.

Bobby. Surprisingly interesting directorial effort from Mr. Mighty Duck himself Emilio Estevez. The story focuses on the hotel that Bobby Kennedy was shot at. At times it drags on a bit too long, but overall was interesting.

Read some terrible reviews on Bobby but Im definitely gonna watch it.

Spoonatov · 2nd January 2008, 10:54

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Originally Posted by Spoonez el Grande

I've got super powers.

Have you seen the original Frankenstein? I thought it was very good, in fact it surprised me. 'It's ALIVE!!'

That said it should've been longer. . .and gone into more detail, perhaps showed more ill-treatment of the monster by the villagers.

Hammer Michael · 2nd January 2008, 12:52

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Originally Posted by Spoonez el Grande

That said it should've been longer. . .and gone into more detail, perhaps showed more ill-treatment of the monster by the villagers.

The follow-up, The Bride of Frankenstein is even better...definatley a rare case of a sequel being better than the original. There are four years seperating them but the difference in technique, effects, cinematography is incredible.

Bride will definately be on my top horror films list Spoonez - once I get around to finishing it, and providing I'm once more accepted into the bosom of Red Cafe's film fraternity!

Bilbo · 2nd January 2008, 13:26

The Golden Compass

Despite my concerns, I went to see this last night. Absolutely adored the books, right up there with Lord of the Rings IMO. I have been looking forward to seeing what they could do with this for a long time. Well, until Chris Weitz was named director anyway.

Excuse my french, but it was fucking appalling. Ten minutes in I knew it was a turkey of immense proportions, and it just got worse. No drama, no character structure, key elements revealed in the opening frames, details changed seemingly just for the sake of it that only hurt the story. It really couldn't have been any worse, and sadly nobody will ever get the chance to make the movie we should have received.

The second book has massive on-screen potential, but it looks like Weitz has ballsed it up for everyone. In fairness to him, he never wanted the job, but I can't imagine what he was thinking here. I honestly feel I could have done better. Direction was awful, casting was almost all wrong.

0/10. Seems an overly dramatic rating perhaps, but I cannot think of anything good to say about it. Some effects were decent.

spinoza · 2nd January 2008, 13:47

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

The Golden Compass

Shit. I don't think the story translates well to the screen anyway - there's a great deal of scene setting to be done. I'm not particularly upset at all.

I Am Legend, however, was a fantastic movie story, and could have been so much better than what it was - a Will Smith action vehicle.

Maroon Lucifer · 2nd January 2008, 14:14

The Bucket List

Got to see it a few days ago. I liked it very much.

8/10

olesmyhero · 2nd January 2008, 19:08

Going to watch a movie called Cashback. Any good?

Spoonatov · 2nd January 2008, 19:28

2DLK was a decent watch, Ole. Although it could've done with hot Japanese lesbian action.

olesmyhero · 2nd January 2008, 19:30

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Originally Posted by Spoonez el Grande

2DLK was a decent watch, Ole. Although it could've done with hot Japanese lesbian action.

Most movies would though. Schindler's List was good, but throw in a Japanese lesbian scene and it's award winning stuff.

29th December 2007, 14:36	#4441 (permalink)
olesmyhero has a lazy eye...japs eye Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 4000+ miles west of old trafford Posts: 10,897	Started watching Persona but then the missus came over. Good movie so far. Will finish today hopefully.

29th December 2007, 17:52	#4442 (permalink)
Spoonatov El Presidente - Voted best poster 2007 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Number 17. (Laura's got a cellulite arse). RIP Jermaine Stewart. Posts: 26,268	Have we banned Hammer then, Ole??

29th December 2007, 21:36	#4443 (permalink)
reelworld Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: "I was never a great player" - Roy Keane, after being reminded that great players rarely make great managers. Posts: 5,076	Shall We Dance, the Japanese original. Surprise, surprise, the original was a whole lot better than the American remake. Accepted. Movie about some kids who don't get accepted in any college, then decided to create their own. It was stupidly fun and Blake Lively is as hot as ever. The Kingdom Nice action flick. With all the marketing about this is being a controversial movie, I don't know what's so controversial about this.

29th December 2007, 23:55	#4446 (permalink)
golden_blunder Manager Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Swimming against a tide of shite Posts: 43,390	'Day of Darkness' 1/10 Low budget zombie movie. Meteor hits earth. Carries frozen parasites which turn people who werent drunk at the time into zombies. The parasite doesnt like alcohol in the bloodstream see. Laughable scenes as they perform an autopsy on a zombies over enlarged ball sack, out drops loads of spunk and an alien embryo! The only saving grace, and the reason i gave it 1 point was because there was a 10 second boobage shot

31st December 2007, 07:33	#4449 (permalink)
M160RA Reserve Team Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,718	Juno - Witty, satirical film about an eccentric teenager (Ellen Page) who becomes pregnant and decides to give the baby to a couple (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) who can't have kids. Ellen Page's performance was quite impressive - one to watch out for. Good film overall.

31st December 2007, 10:19	#4450 (permalink)
reelworld Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: "I was never a great player" - Roy Keane, after being reminded that great players rarely make great managers. Posts: 5,076	Bridge to Terabithia I thought this would be another Narnia, judging by the trailers, but apparently it's very much different. Based on the children book of the same name, it actually more about a friendship between two 12 year old children, Jess (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb). They have to deal with normal stuff that kids at that age have to, such as inattentive parents, bullies at school, etc. They found escapism in the made up world they created together, named Terabithia. The SF thankfully was kept to a minimum and the story pretty much revolves around the real world. The ending was a bit shocking and sad, but I thought it was handled well. I loved this movie, one of the best family movie of 2007 I think, and a bit underrated. The trailer didn't do the movie justice. Apparently Disney feared that if the movie was sold as a friendship movie, it wouldn't do as good.

31st December 2007, 11:12	#4451 (permalink)
reelworld Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: "I was never a great player" - Roy Keane, after being reminded that great players rarely make great managers. Posts: 5,076	The Deaths of Ian Stone: Crap. Avoid at all cost Breach Average. As suspense thriller goes, this one isn't very suspenseful.

1st January 2008, 21:41	#4455 (permalink)
olesmyhero has a lazy eye...japs eye Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 4000+ miles west of old trafford Posts: 10,897	The Guardian. Cliched and very predictable. Horrible choices arise when 2 women pick which movie to rent. I wanted to get a Russ Myer movie. Bobby. Surprisingly interesting directorial effort from Mr. Mighty Duck himself Emilio Estevez. The story focuses on the hotel that Bobby Kennedy was shot at. At times it drags on a bit too long, but overall was interesting.

2nd January 2008, 03:47	#4456 (permalink)
reelworld Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: "I was never a great player" - Roy Keane, after being reminded that great players rarely make great managers. Posts: 5,076	Spirited Away: I had the DVD for 6 years, but only managed to watched it yesterday. I regret it took me that long to watch it. What an outstanding piece of cinema. I haven't seen Miyazaki work that I haven't like so far. It's a breath of fresh air to have a great movie in 2D animation in the world of 3D animation that filled the cinema nowadays.

2nd January 2008, 10:07	#4457 (permalink)
spinoza Paz's ion Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Everything is "blarg". Posts: 21,717	This was one of my best movies for 2007. Watched it last week, before I Am Legend (which was shit), and was very pleasantly surprised. As good as A Better Tomorrow, and was about much the same thing - blood brotherhood, not letting your mates down, and temptation.

2nd January 2008, 13:26	#4464 (permalink)
Bilbo First Team Sub Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,341	The Golden Compass Despite my concerns, I went to see this last night. Absolutely adored the books, right up there with Lord of the Rings IMO. I have been looking forward to seeing what they could do with this for a long time. Well, until Chris Weitz was named director anyway. Excuse my french, but it was fucking appalling. Ten minutes in I knew it was a turkey of immense proportions, and it just got worse. No drama, no character structure, key elements revealed in the opening frames, details changed seemingly just for the sake of it that only hurt the story. It really couldn't have been any worse, and sadly nobody will ever get the chance to make the movie we should have received. The second book has massive on-screen potential, but it looks like Weitz has ballsed it up for everyone. In fairness to him, he never wanted the job, but I can't imagine what he was thinking here. I honestly feel I could have done better. Direction was awful, casting was almost all wrong. 0/10. Seems an overly dramatic rating perhaps, but I cannot think of anything good to say about it. Some effects were decent.

2nd January 2008, 14:14	#4466 (permalink)
Maroon Lucifer Reserve Team Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Posts: 2,077	The Bucket List Got to see it a few days ago. I liked it very much. 8/10

2nd January 2008, 19:08	#4467 (permalink)
olesmyhero has a lazy eye...japs eye Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 4000+ miles west of old trafford Posts: 10,897	Going to watch a movie called Cashback. Any good?

2nd January 2008, 19:28	#4468 (permalink)
Spoonatov El Presidente - Voted best poster 2007 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Number 17. (Laura's got a cellulite arse). RIP Jermaine Stewart. Posts: 26,268	2DLK was a decent watch, Ole. Although it could've done with hot Japanese lesbian action.