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Nueve Reinas (nine queens) is better
Is Godzilla worth seeing?
I live in a small town so have no one to go with...Worth it to go see it alone?
I live in a small town so have no one to go with...Worth it to go see it alone?
I was a little disappointed to be honest, had high hopes. So no, I wouldn't bother going cinema to see it.
I read that there is not much of Zilla himself in the film...
Which was better, the dark knight rises, or Godzilla?
Dark Knight, hands down.
Yeah, Godzilla himself receives about ten minutes screen time.
What??? 10 mins?? That can't be true....Can it?? Why ten mins??
There's thirty seconds here and thirty seconds there of Godzilla with about five minutes at the end.
Haha what??? Ah that is rubbish!!..I saw a particular scene on youtube...Not to give spoilers away or anything but you know the scene I'm talking about...Is that at the end?? If so, that is awful! Need more Zilla
Yep, the movie teases the audience a lot actually. You're expecting 'zilla to get down to business before the scene cuts to somewhere else. Happens a few times.
Its a good movie, and one I enjoyed at parts. But I had really high hopes going into it, which is probably never a good thing.Balls!Was looking forward to this
Wake in Fright - I'm still not quite sure how to rate it just yet, definitely somewhere between great and a masterpiece. It's such a human horror story, can't believe the film was lost for so many years, I mean, Walkabout was released the same year but this one's so much better.
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I can remember one time in particular where a door closes as he is about to fight, basically WTF was going through my mind.
Saw Godzilla yesterday and didn't enjoy it at all. I'm usually up for a good blockbuster, I just put my brain on pause and try to enjoy the ride, but I couldn't here. I thought he was poorly paced, didn't use its good actors enough, that Kick-Ass was shit and I found I was actually quite bored throughout. As far as giant monsters films are concerned, Pacific Rim was miles better.
I was looking forward to seeing , until I saw the review, I did not really like Pacific Rim, in fact I hated it, so god knows if I will like this.
Pacific Rim had more action
Godzilla spends most of his time swimming - I think had they went with more of a cloverfield story it would have been better
On reflection how could it not be a let down
Yeah Godzilla is a really good swimmer that's for sure he swims faster than David Straithairn's boat.
Yeah from a blockbuster you want a hi octane rollacoaster ride...no one really cares about the dialogue, acting and plot if a popcorn/blockbuster succeeds to entertain. Godzilla had me utterly bored...I wasn't expecting a Kurosawa film, just a simple exhilarating, entertaining, nonsensical popcorn flick. Fancy only giving Godzilla a few minutes of screen time, he was the movie's golden ticket...
I like Nolan's Batman films and thought that the acting and plots were quite good and worked, but let's be honest when you're talking about giant monsters and big robots and shit, all that goes out the window. As Spoony said, you just want to be entertained, and I really don't feel Godzilla achieved this. I saw it 24 hours ago and I've already forgotten most of it.
Europa Report.
I was not expecting anything great, but I really enjoyed it, decent story the acting was OK.
Good solid Sci-Fi film.
5/10
I was not expecting anything great, but I really enjoyed it, decent story the acting was OK.
Good solid Sci-Fi film.
5/10
Haunter
The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate.
I was not expecting much from this, but I thought it was excellent, cracking story with very good acting, especially from the lead Abigail Breslin.
Not the sort of ghost story I was expecting , it worked really well, if you like ghost stories I think you will enjoy this.
7/10
The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate.
I was not expecting much from this, but I thought it was excellent, cracking story with very good acting, especially from the lead Abigail Breslin.
Not the sort of ghost story I was expecting , it worked really well, if you like ghost stories I think you will enjoy this.
7/10
The Last Days on Mars
Dreadful film only lasted half of it. could not do any more.
1/10
Dreadful film only lasted half of it. could not do any more.
1/10
I've read quite a lot about this being a potential great movie but looks as though it won't happen. I'd prefer a better actor than Cruise and no 3D, but oh well.
At the Mountains of Madness
I'd prefer a better actor than Cruise and no 3D, but oh well.At the Mountains of Madness
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I hated Pacific Rim but enjoyed this (although wasn't blown away by it) if that's any consolation. Yes, Pacific Rim is a stupid actioner, but absolutely everything bar the punch-ups are apalling. The script. The acting. The directing. The embarrassing CBeebies type characters who serve no purpose other than to make 10 year olds giggle in between the punch-ups. And this coming from someone who has seen Independence Day more times than I care to admit. Godzilla is a bit vaccuous, but at least the acting and script aren't complete gubbins. It is slightly short on action, but that's clearly not what Edwards is about. Edwards wants to say something, he doesn't just want to make you jump up and down. It reminded me (oddly) of Oblivion. Which if you go in expecting a balls out action/sci-fi movie is going to disappoint, because Oblivion is like a sci-fi action movie made by Terrence Malick. And this is like a sci-fi monster movie made by Malick. And now I'm just talking shit. But it made sense in my head!
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Have you seen Moon PoD? Because I haven't seen Oblivion but heard it was like a dumbed down action version of Moon.
Urgh.
Do not take the name of our Lord in vain!
And no, Godzilla isn't like a sci fi movie made by Malick, it's just very average and completely misses its main objective: be entertaining.
But I'm curious as to what Edwards 'wants to say'?
You should definitely read the book if you havent already, it's very good!I've read quite a lot about this being a potential great movie but looks as though it won't happen.
At the Mountains of Madness
The last I heard about Mountains is that Del Toro is still keen to make it, but because the theme is rather similar to Promotheus, studios are reluctant to green light it. Which makes Prometheus guilty of two things: the first being it's shit, the second that it's blocking a potentially brilliant film to be made.
The theme of Mountains that would be similar to that of Promotheus is the question of the 'engineers', of a race of super beings that would have created mankind, their reasons and motivations (a theme Promotheus only scratched the surface of, unfortunately, but that I found to be the most interesting part of that mess of a film).
Moon is only really impressive if you haven't seen 2001 or Solyaris, it got way more praise than it deserved which was probably largely due to the rarity of intellectual science fiction nowadays.
I'm not sure I agree, Moon's main draw for me was Rockwell's performance rather than the actual sci fi concepts.
Get. Out.
Now.
Godzilla is an awful film. Wasn't fun, wasn't interesting. The main character had to be saving a kid or some shit every 5 seconds. The Japanese guy - a supposed expert on all things Godzilla - had some ridiculous, pained expression on his face every single time he was shown. Bryan Cranston was the typical 'nut job no-one believes ... oh shit, turns out he was right'. The director's idea of suspense was showing everything but the action - faces, damage etc. - and then when he does decide to show the action it cuts to some boring 'human' scene.
And the human scenes are egregious. Yeah, egregious. As an audience, we want to see the fecking mile-high monsters, not some spurious attempt at showing the protagonist's daddy issues. And if we are to have 115mins/120 showing humans, at least have them running or something. In this they're just talking and talking.
God. Awful film. Pacific Rim is infinitely better - better humour, better monsters, better characters, better action, better concept.
Pacific Rim is the love child of Phantom Menace, Prometheus and the original Matthew Broderick Godzilla. That is all.
As for Moon. Comparing it to Tarkovsky or Kubrick is disingenuous. It's trying to be neither. It's not trying to be anything profound. It's an enjoyable piece of character-driven sci-fi and a fine one at that, especially considering its budget and that it's Sam Rockwell, alone, on a set for most of the film. Actually, the Oblivion analogy is a good one because that also tries to be a character piece (thus the Malick comparison ... with random scenes of wind blowing through people's hair because it supposedly shows the audience the freedom they long for, or their affinity with nature, until we realise that now we've just been watching the wind blow through someone's hair for ten seconds and that nothing else has happened ...).
I will acknowledge that Oblivion does have a bit of the Pacific Rim problem of trying to be po-faced and serious one minute, childishly daft the next, with science and characters doing things that make absolutely no sense regardless of which alternate reality you live in and then throwing in some patronizing eco politics just for the hell of it (just like ... Phantom Menace, Prometheus and Godzilla!) but it's still better than Pissific Rim. Actually, I will even go so far as to say that Pissific Rim is the worst film I've seen in the last ten years, just below The Happening. Because that gets extra points for being Wahlberg's best comedy role since The Departed.
I do acknowledge that some of these might be slightly unpopular opinions
As for Moon. Comparing it to Tarkovsky or Kubrick is disingenuous. It's trying to be neither. It's not trying to be anything profound. It's an enjoyable piece of character-driven sci-fi and a fine one at that, especially considering its budget and that it's Sam Rockwell, alone, on a set for most of the film. Actually, the Oblivion analogy is a good one because that also tries to be a character piece (thus the Malick comparison ... with random scenes of wind blowing through people's hair because it supposedly shows the audience the freedom they long for, or their affinity with nature, until we realise that now we've just been watching the wind blow through someone's hair for ten seconds and that nothing else has happened ...).
I will acknowledge that Oblivion does have a bit of the Pacific Rim problem of trying to be po-faced and serious one minute, childishly daft the next, with science and characters doing things that make absolutely no sense regardless of which alternate reality you live in and then throwing in some patronizing eco politics just for the hell of it (just like ... Phantom Menace, Prometheus and Godzilla!) but it's still better than Pissific Rim. Actually, I will even go so far as to say that Pissific Rim is the worst film I've seen in the last ten years, just below The Happening. Because that gets extra points for being Wahlberg's best comedy role since The Departed.
I do acknowledge that some of these might be slightly unpopular opinions
Saw Godzilla there....It's alright...7/10 for me.
It's not bad but it's not great....Needs more Zilla
It's not bad but it's not great....Needs more Zilla
I think you kinda missed the point of Pacific Rim, PoD. 'Patronizing eco politics'! 
Agree with you on Moon though, 'character driven sci-fi' is a good way to put it I'd say. I thought Rockwell was terrific in it, and Spacey as 'the Voice' did a really good job too.
Agree with you on Moon though, 'character driven sci-fi' is a good way to put it I'd say. I thought Rockwell was terrific in it, and Spacey as 'the Voice' did a really good job too.
Watched Pacific Rim over the weekend. It was not as bad as I was expecting. In fact I kind of enjoyed it
a solid 6.5/10 from me
a solid 6.5/10 from me
Mindhunters
Saw that it had Christian Slater, LL Cool J and Val Kilmer so I HAD to watch this! It actually starts off well. A bunch of wannabe FBI profilers are sent to a remote islands for their final test to get into the FBI and once there, they start dying one by one due to set traps. It doesn't really go anywhere from there. You can tell from the beginning who will survive and the director kept throwing in twists for the sake of having twists, which gets annoying. Shame it couldn't build on the decent start 4.5/10
Godzilla
I was heavily anticipating this and it actually bored the life out of me to the point I found myself slightly dozing off in sections. Not enough Godzilla for a film called Godzilla. The human characters could have been replaced by cardboard cut outs and they would have probably been more interesting and the overall, it was just plain dull. I didn't really like Pacific Rim but enjoyed it far more than this that's for sure. Having said that, the production value was superb. The sound design was spot on, had some great cinematography and the effects are brilliant. Shame they didn't actually think about making it interesting 5/10
Saw that it had Christian Slater, LL Cool J and Val Kilmer so I HAD to watch this! It actually starts off well. A bunch of wannabe FBI profilers are sent to a remote islands for their final test to get into the FBI and once there, they start dying one by one due to set traps. It doesn't really go anywhere from there. You can tell from the beginning who will survive and the director kept throwing in twists for the sake of having twists, which gets annoying. Shame it couldn't build on the decent start 4.5/10
Godzilla
I was heavily anticipating this and it actually bored the life out of me to the point I found myself slightly dozing off in sections. Not enough Godzilla for a film called Godzilla. The human characters could have been replaced by cardboard cut outs and they would have probably been more interesting and the overall, it was just plain dull. I didn't really like Pacific Rim but enjoyed it far more than this that's for sure. Having said that, the production value was superb. The sound design was spot on, had some great cinematography and the effects are brilliant. Shame they didn't actually think about making it interesting 5/10
Sorcerer
Ok this is William Friedkins forgotten 'classic' that has recently had a spit and polish on blu-ray and has received some serious buzz in internet film geek circles. It stars Roy Scheider (although originally was supposed to be Steve McQueen) and 3 other actors that you've probably never heard of who after fleeing their own country for various reasons wind up in a dirty South American village and become involved in a suicide mission which involves transporting some extremely unstable nitroglycerin through the rainforest to an oil geyser that has caught fire and needs blocking off.
The good - it looks great and has that real dirty 70's vibe to it (filmed in 1977). In fact you could say it's probably the last of it's type before Star Wars (which came out weeks before and ruined it's chances at the box office) arrived and changed the landscape of film forever. There are some genuinely tense scenes and one in particular looked like the sort of thing that nobody would have the balls to replicate today. The soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is awesome.
The not so good - The first half of the film is incredibly dull, so much so that I drifted off and had to watch it again on another night. It's basically setting up all the characters but (and this brings me on to my second issue with it) none of them are particularly likeable or interesting. I suppose it's quite remarkable that Friedkin manages to ring so much tension out of the second half with that in mind but it does smack of a missed opportunity considering he spent an entire hour on it.
Overall I'd say that it's a decent film but not one that I can really understand all the retrospective hype for. Friedkin himself says he thinks it's his best which is fine but for me it doesn't get anywhere near The Excorcist or The French Connection. Hell, without coming across as blasphemous I'd probably rather watch Killer Joe again.
Ok this is William Friedkins forgotten 'classic' that has recently had a spit and polish on blu-ray and has received some serious buzz in internet film geek circles. It stars Roy Scheider (although originally was supposed to be Steve McQueen) and 3 other actors that you've probably never heard of who after fleeing their own country for various reasons wind up in a dirty South American village and become involved in a suicide mission which involves transporting some extremely unstable nitroglycerin through the rainforest to an oil geyser that has caught fire and needs blocking off.
The good - it looks great and has that real dirty 70's vibe to it (filmed in 1977). In fact you could say it's probably the last of it's type before Star Wars (which came out weeks before and ruined it's chances at the box office) arrived and changed the landscape of film forever. There are some genuinely tense scenes and one in particular looked like the sort of thing that nobody would have the balls to replicate today. The soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is awesome.
The not so good - The first half of the film is incredibly dull, so much so that I drifted off and had to watch it again on another night. It's basically setting up all the characters but (and this brings me on to my second issue with it) none of them are particularly likeable or interesting. I suppose it's quite remarkable that Friedkin manages to ring so much tension out of the second half with that in mind but it does smack of a missed opportunity considering he spent an entire hour on it.
Overall I'd say that it's a decent film but not one that I can really understand all the retrospective hype for. Friedkin himself says he thinks it's his best which is fine but for me it doesn't get anywhere near The Excorcist or The French Connection. Hell, without coming across as blasphemous I'd probably rather watch Killer Joe again.
great affects, but has more plot holes that it would take to fill the albert hall.
it an okay monster flick, but even though they have tried to give the film a serious tone, but to be honest it makes the 1997 version look sensible and well thought out.
it would understandably be the last thing you’d want to do right now, but it’s definitely worth at some point giving the original 50s wages of fear a watch if you haven’t already. i generally view it as only ever being a good thing when you get multiple versions of a great original idea, but it’s still hard to see why anyone would bother remaking that film. i think the first half of the 50s adaptation is just as good as its action filled second - it brings that environment completely to life. the characters don’t even need backstories or to be particularly deep, because everything is a product of that time & place. because of how well that setting feels drawn, the characters are made compelling & believable just by existing within it. black and white is perfect for it, it really does seem like you can feel the heat, the desperation. it does have that slightly kooky 50s feel in places, but even then it seems better for it! and thanks to lines like: “wherever there’s oil, there’s always americans," it's still a fun watch today.
From the very beginning of the movie he looked like he was going to burst into tears. From then on the GF and I constantly broke down laughing. Its one of the most cliched films you are likely ever to watch. But I got some laughs and saw a pretty awesome monster fight. About a 6/10
Momuments Men
Shite. Only kept watching as I was stuck on a flight and had nothing better to do. 3/10
Shite. Only kept watching as I was stuck on a flight and had nothing better to do. 3/10
I enjoyed Moon far more than either of those without absolutely loving it. I actively dislike 2001 - pretentious souless bollocks IMO.