The Redcafe Movie review thread

golden_blunder · 30th December 2006, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Livvie

PLOT - Two young Traveller boys "steal" their horse back after it was sold by a corrupt policeman. They are tracked to the west of Ireland by the police, and also their father who still grieves over the death of his wife in child-birth and has been neglecting the welfare of the children whilst he drinks himself senseless. A hint of myth and the supernatural.

Gabriel Byrne is easy on the eye, but Ellen Barkin was a bit superfluous.

Two amazing child actors and the story doesn't get mawkish.

Rating - 10/10 from me.

you forgot something Liv... like which movie was it?

Livvie · 30th December 2006, 13:38

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Originally Posted by golden_blunder

you forgot something Liv... like which movie was it?

You are sooooo picky.

golden_blunder · 31st December 2006, 20:59

Bridge at Ramegen

Plot: Jerries want to blow up the last remaining bridge into Germany to stop the allies flooding through on their way to Berlin. The yanks are ordered to take the bridge at any cost.

Rating: not as good as 'A bridge too far' but a solid 6 out 10

Salvation · 1st January 2007, 21:33

Babel

The events in the life of an American tourist couple, a nany and her nephew, a Morroccon family especially the two young brothers, a Japanese mute and deaf girl are loosely inter-related

It has its moments time and again and is a good movie to watch.

Rating: 6/10

golden_blunder · 1st January 2007, 23:35

The Ringer

Plot: A young guy's only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant.

Johnny Knoxville acting 'spechul'. Dodgy material in some peoples eyes, the jokes were held back a bit IMHO. Should have been funnier than what it was. Typical hollywood.

Rating: 5 out of 10

Dr. Dwayne · 2nd January 2007, 16:52

Jackass Number 2

Plot: Contrary to what the title says, there's not as much number 2 in this one as the original Jackass. No plot, of course, just a bunch of guys doing crazy stunts.

Johnny Knoxville proves himself in this film as the undisputed master of the Jackass Franchise. Of all the stunts and gags, Knoxville in always in the most painful and/or dangerous and he doesn't even blink.

If you enjoyed the first one even marginally, you must lie, cheat, steal; do whatever you have to do to see this film. How they went over and above what they did in the first one is beyond me. How good? Of the three of us who were watching, we all had one separate instance where we had to get up and walk away or risk vomiting. Really. The rest of the time was spent in disbelief or laughing my ass of.

Rating: 8.5/10 (there's a bit too much man-ass for my liking)

Wibble · 2nd January 2007, 22:29

5/10 very generous for The Ringer GB. I'd have given it 3/10

Buzz · 2nd January 2007, 22:33

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Originally Posted by Wibble

5/10 very generous for The Ringer GB. I'd have given it 3/10

It was worse than that. They basically just nicked a South Park episode and padded it out with repetitive jokes. 1.5/10

Wibble · 2nd January 2007, 23:21

I'm in a good mood.

golden_blunder · 2nd January 2007, 23:48

as was i when i wrote it. In reflective mood i would tend to agree that it was somewhere around 2 out of 10

ste_michaels · 4th January 2007, 11:11

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Originally Posted by Melbourne Red

Fucking superb movie.

In the past I've worked at both a video store and a conveniance store.

I am Dante and the other cunt rolled into one.

(randel)

ste_michaels · 4th January 2007, 11:13

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Originally Posted by golden_blunder

we'll keep this one stickied so that all the movie buffs can enjoy/add to

Clerks

Plot: A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

This is one of my favourite movies, arguably the best small budget movie made big. The argument over the merits of blowing up the Death star in star wars has to be one of the best bits of scripting. Likewise the guy blagging some quality toilet paper and a porn mag so that he can go for a wank in the toilets.

Rating: 10/10 - they dont come much better than this

all of kevin smiths fils have been top draw, i loved mallrats, but clerks is a stand out film, clerks 2 was good also, but not as funny as the first

ste_michaels · 4th January 2007, 11:15

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Originally Posted by Davo

Clerks, and the whole Jay and Silent Bob series, is feckin class

Except Dogma....and not just because it sounds like Drogba

Who's a tit

Dogma was class, i have a buddy christ!!!

Paz · 4th January 2007, 12:48

review 'inside man' someone

blakeMC68030EC · 4th January 2007, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Paz

review 'inside man' someone

It sucks pretty bad, will that do.

Paz · 4th January 2007, 15:20

i've got mixed reviews...

narnar · 5th January 2007, 01:20

Once Upon a Time In America

Plot:

Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his lifelong partners in crime; Max(James Woods), Cockeye(William Forsythe) and Patsy(James Hayden) and their friends from growing up in the rough Jewish neighborhood of New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, to the last years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, and then to the late 1960s where an elderly Noodles returns to New York after many years in hiding to look into the past.

(Also briefly stars Joe Pesci)

Rating 10/10

Unbelievable film, almost four hours long.

olesmyhero · 5th January 2007, 01:46

Pirates of the Carribean 2

PLOT
Jack Sparrow owes Davey Jones his soul. Some official wants something Sparrow has. Will Turner goes after it. Piratery ensues.

REVIEW
Some good action and humorous bits in this one. Overall didn't feel as though it was good as the first.

RATING
6.5/10

Wibble · 5th January 2007, 01:58

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Originally Posted by blake836

It sucks pretty bad, will that do.

Agreed. A pointless waste of time.

Instant Karma · 6th January 2007, 06:25

You Me and Dupree

Plot - Owen Wilson is Matt Dillion's best mate and also the best man at his wedding. When he gets fired, the newly weds (Matt & Kate) allow Wilson to spend a couple of weeks at their place till he gets back on his feet. But he overstays his welcome

Rating - 4/10. Increased to 6/10 for Kate Hudson

dangerous_dave_ · 6th January 2007, 15:56

Denzel Washington at his finest, this film isn't so typically hollywood with the way it ends but non the less plenty of action and big budget explosions. It was the characters that drew me in, and the director does a great job of establishing an emotional attachment. Following a wave of kidnappings in Mexico City, a washed up CIA operative John Creasy who is drifting through life as an alcoholic (Denzel) is persuaded to become a bodyguard for a wealthy businessmans 9 year old daugher. Pita is at first barely tolerated by Creasy but she persists and brings him new found purpose in life, gradually breaking through his hard exterior.

Pita gets kidnapped... Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, Creasy vows to kill anyone involved in the kidnapping, and he will go to any lengths to do so..

8/10

032Devil · 6th January 2007, 16:13

The only thing that ruined "Man on Fire" was the kid. Feck! Body of a 7 year-old but mind of a 40 year-old.

I certain thought the relationship between Creasy and Pita was edging on Paedophilia.

dangerous_dave_ · 6th January 2007, 17:00

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Originally Posted by 032Devil

The only thing that ruined "Man on Fire" was the kid. Feck! Body of a 7 year-old but mind of a 40 year-old.

I certain thought the relationship between Creasy and Pita was edging on Paedophilia.

Yea the kid was a smart arse but it was all done pretty cleverly i thought, "why are you sad creasy?". Dunno about paedophilia, i reckon if you look for things in films you can prolly find most of them!

ManUinOz · 7th January 2007, 01:38

Mumble is a penguin who doesn't fit in with the rest of his breed. They all sing their "heart song" but he just can't hold a tune, he does however have the ability to tap dance. His differences see him ostracised from his group and blamed for the lack of fish in the ocean. He leaves and meets up with a cool bunch of Adele penguins, who also dance and they set off to meet the humans responsible for overfishing the waters so they can see the error of their ways.
Mumble eventually gets captured and placed in an aquarium but eventually manages to lead a group of conservationists to the ice floes and hopefully to a realisation that mankind is having an adverse effect on wildlife.

It's a great movie from a conservationist viewpoint, it also highlights the need to let individuals be themselves and not necessarily conform to the rest of the group. The sound track is good and the animation stunning. I can't recall ever enjoying a film more tbh and my kids loved it too.

Spoonez el Grande · 8th January 2007, 17:44

Before Sunrise.

Plot. Young bloke meets young woman on some silly train in Europe, and stops over in Vienna, for some crappy romance, with her.

Comment

I enjoyed this dialogue driven film, but couldn't help to think it was just a couple of psuedo intellectual students trying to impress each other. Not as good as 'Waking Life', Richard Linklater's film about lucid dreaming, but a good watch nonetheless, even if it was pretentious.

7/10

mehro · 8th January 2007, 17:56

are you gonna do before sunset too? or you want me to do that?

Spoonez el Grande · 8th January 2007, 18:02

Go ahead, Mehro. I've not seen it yet. Will watch it tonight though. See if I agree with your assessment.

mehro · 8th January 2007, 18:09

Before Sunset

Plot Jesse and Celine meet nine years after their first meeting in Vienna (the movie was made in 2004, 9 years after Before Sunrise). They've moved on with their lives but their feelings for each other come rushing back as they spend the few hours they have (before jesse's flight) together.

Comment I thought this movie was better than the first one even though their was a lot more pointless talking in this one. the entire movie is like one long scene from start to finish and shows how the 2 get to know each other once more.

8/10

zing · 10th January 2007, 12:43

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Originally Posted by ManUinOz

Mumble is a penguin who doesn't fit in with the rest of his breed. They all sing their "heart song" but he just can't hold a tune, he does however have the ability to tap dance. His differences see him ostracised from his group and blamed for the lack of fish in the ocean. He leaves and meets up with a cool bunch of Adele penguins, who also dance and they set off to meet the humans responsible for overfishing the waters so they can see the error of their ways.
Mumble eventually gets captured and placed in an aquarium but eventually manages to lead a group of conservationists to the ice floes and hopefully to a realisation that mankind is having an adverse effect on wildlife.

It's a great movie from a conservationist viewpoint, it also highlights the need to let individuals be themselves and not necessarily conform to the rest of the group. The sound track is good and the animation stunning. I can't recall ever enjoying a film more tbh and my kids loved it too.

mmmm, I hate animated movies... but loads of people are telling me that this is a top film..

Simon Adebesi · 14th January 2007, 01:08

I'm going through a phase of devouring South Korean films. Some absolute treats coming out of that country in recent years. Among the best I would mention are Old Boy, which is sheer class, (the whole Vengeance Trilogy is great but Old Boy is the best), Shiri and A Bittersweet Life.

South Korean directors seem to have such a refreshing attitude to making films when you are used to some of the formulaic shite being pumped out of Hollywood. The plots are unpredictable, but most of all the cinematography is usually stunning.

31st December 2006, 20:59	#163 (permalink)
golden_blunder Grumpy Admin Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Swimming against a tide of shite Posts: 41,702	Bridge at Ramegen Plot: Jerries want to blow up the last remaining bridge into Germany to stop the allies flooding through on their way to Berlin. The yanks are ordered to take the bridge at any cost. Rating: not as good as 'A bridge too far' but a solid 6 out 10

1st January 2007, 21:33	#164 (permalink)
Salvation Damnation Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fictional seduction on a black snow sky Posts: 5,977	Babel The events in the life of an American tourist couple, a nany and her nephew, a Morroccon family especially the two young brothers, a Japanese mute and deaf girl are loosely inter-related It has its moments time and again and is a good movie to watch. Rating: 6/10

1st January 2007, 23:35	#165 (permalink)
golden_blunder Grumpy Admin Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Swimming against a tide of shite Posts: 41,702	The Ringer Plot: A young guy's only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant. Johnny Knoxville acting 'spechul'. Dodgy material in some peoples eyes, the jokes were held back a bit IMHO. Should have been funnier than what it was. Typical hollywood. Rating: 5 out of 10

2nd January 2007, 16:52	#166 (permalink)
Dr. Dwayne self confessed womens pantie wearer Join Date: May 2006 Location: form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Posts: 8,794	Jackass Number 2 Plot: Contrary to what the title says, there's not as much number 2 in this one as the original Jackass. No plot, of course, just a bunch of guys doing crazy stunts. Johnny Knoxville proves himself in this film as the undisputed master of the Jackass Franchise. Of all the stunts and gags, Knoxville in always in the most painful and/or dangerous and he doesn't even blink. If you enjoyed the first one even marginally, you must lie, cheat, steal; do whatever you have to do to see this film. How they went over and above what they did in the first one is beyond me. How good? Of the three of us who were watching, we all had one separate instance where we had to get up and walk away or risk vomiting. Really. The rest of the time was spent in disbelief or laughing my ass of. Rating: 8.5/10 (there's a bit too much man-ass for my liking)

2nd January 2007, 22:29	#167 (permalink)
Wibble Teeth like a reindeer. Hung like a horse. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ingadus Speramus Posts: 33,162	5/10 very generous for The Ringer GB. I'd have given it 3/10

2nd January 2007, 23:21	#169 (permalink)
Wibble Teeth like a reindeer. Hung like a horse. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Ingadus Speramus Posts: 33,162	I'm in a good mood.

2nd January 2007, 23:48	#170 (permalink)
golden_blunder Grumpy Admin Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Swimming against a tide of shite Posts: 41,702	as was i when i wrote it. In reflective mood i would tend to agree that it was somewhere around 2 out of 10

4th January 2007, 12:48	#174 (permalink)
Paz Smudger lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ...corner by Beckham, punched out by James.....CANTONAAAAAA!! Posts: 6,809	review 'inside man' someone

4th January 2007, 15:20	#176 (permalink)
Paz Smudger lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ...corner by Beckham, punched out by James.....CANTONAAAAAA!! Posts: 6,809	i've got mixed reviews...

5th January 2007, 01:20	#177 (permalink)
narnar Needs Help Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: northern ireland Posts: 5,230	Once Upon a Time In America Plot: Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his lifelong partners in crime; Max(James Woods), Cockeye(William Forsythe) and Patsy(James Hayden) and their friends from growing up in the rough Jewish neighborhood of New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, to the last years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, and then to the late 1960s where an elderly Noodles returns to New York after many years in hiding to look into the past. (Also briefly stars Joe Pesci) Rating 10/10 Unbelievable film, almost four hours long.

5th January 2007, 01:46	#178 (permalink)
olesmyhero has a lazy eye...japs eye Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 4000+ miles west of old trafford Posts: 8,864	Pirates of the Carribean 2 PLOT Jack Sparrow owes Davey Jones his soul. Some official wants something Sparrow has. Will Turner goes after it. Piratery ensues. REVIEW Some good action and humorous bits in this one. Overall didn't feel as though it was good as the first. RATING 6.5/10

6th January 2007, 06:25	#180 (permalink)
Instant Karma Closet Gooner Join Date: May 2006 Location: In a galaxy far far away Posts: 4,598	You Me and Dupree Plot - Owen Wilson is Matt Dillion's best mate and also the best man at his wedding. When he gets fired, the newly weds (Matt & Kate) allow Wilson to spend a couple of weeks at their place till he gets back on his feet. But he overstays his welcome Rating - 4/10. Increased to 6/10 for Kate Hudson

6th January 2007, 15:56	#181 (permalink)
dangerous_dave_ Youth Team Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester Posts: 167	Denzel Washington at his finest, this film isn't so typically hollywood with the way it ends but non the less plenty of action and big budget explosions. It was the characters that drew me in, and the director does a great job of establishing an emotional attachment. Following a wave of kidnappings in Mexico City, a washed up CIA operative John Creasy who is drifting through life as an alcoholic (Denzel) is persuaded to become a bodyguard for a wealthy businessmans 9 year old daugher. Pita is at first barely tolerated by Creasy but she persists and brings him new found purpose in life, gradually breaking through his hard exterior. Pita gets kidnapped... Despite being seriously wounded during the kidnapping, Creasy vows to kill anyone involved in the kidnapping, and he will go to any lengths to do so.. 8/10

6th January 2007, 16:13	#182 (permalink)
032Devil First Team Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 12,073	The only thing that ruined "Man on Fire" was the kid. Feck! Body of a 7 year-old but mind of a 40 year-old. I certain thought the relationship between Creasy and Pita was edging on Paedophilia.

7th January 2007, 01:38	#184 (permalink)
ManUinOz Betty Swallox Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't. Posts: 6,322	Mumble is a penguin who doesn't fit in with the rest of his breed. They all sing their "heart song" but he just can't hold a tune, he does however have the ability to tap dance. His differences see him ostracised from his group and blamed for the lack of fish in the ocean. He leaves and meets up with a cool bunch of Adele penguins, who also dance and they set off to meet the humans responsible for overfishing the waters so they can see the error of their ways. Mumble eventually gets captured and placed in an aquarium but eventually manages to lead a group of conservationists to the ice floes and hopefully to a realisation that mankind is having an adverse effect on wildlife. It's a great movie from a conservationist viewpoint, it also highlights the need to let individuals be themselves and not necessarily conform to the rest of the group. The sound track is good and the animation stunning. I can't recall ever enjoying a film more tbh and my kids loved it too.

8th January 2007, 17:44	#185 (permalink)
Spoonez el Grande El Presidente - Voted best poster 2007 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Number 17. (Laura's got a cellulite arse). RIP Jermaine Stewart. Posts: 23,986	Before Sunrise. Plot. Young bloke meets young woman on some silly train in Europe, and stops over in Vienna, for some crappy romance, with her. Comment I enjoyed this dialogue driven film, but couldn't help to think it was just a couple of psuedo intellectual students trying to impress each other. Not as good as 'Waking Life', Richard Linklater's film about lucid dreaming, but a good watch nonetheless, even if it was pretentious. 7/10

8th January 2007, 17:56	#186 (permalink)
mehro Has an arse for a face Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 18,185	are you gonna do before sunset too? or you want me to do that?

8th January 2007, 18:02	#187 (permalink)
Spoonez el Grande El Presidente - Voted best poster 2007 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Number 17. (Laura's got a cellulite arse). RIP Jermaine Stewart. Posts: 23,986	Go ahead, Mehro. I've not seen it yet. Will watch it tonight though. See if I agree with your assessment.

8th January 2007, 18:09	#188 (permalink)
mehro Has an arse for a face Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 18,185	Before Sunset Plot Jesse and Celine meet nine years after their first meeting in Vienna (the movie was made in 2004, 9 years after Before Sunrise). They've moved on with their lives but their feelings for each other come rushing back as they spend the few hours they have (before jesse's flight) together. Comment I thought this movie was better than the first one even though their was a lot more pointless talking in this one. the entire movie is like one long scene from start to finish and shows how the 2 get to know each other once more. 8/10

14th January 2007, 01:08	#190 (permalink)
Simon Adebesi Reserve Team Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sanctity, like a cat, abhors filth. Posts: 1,661	I'm going through a phase of devouring South Korean films. Some absolute treats coming out of that country in recent years. Among the best I would mention are Old Boy, which is sheer class, (the whole Vengeance Trilogy is great but Old Boy is the best), Shiri and A Bittersweet Life. South Korean directors seem to have such a refreshing attitude to making films when you are used to some of the formulaic shite being pumped out of Hollywood. The plots are unpredictable, but most of all the cinematography is usually stunning.