Getting pretty excited for the Raid 2, just watched the first one again and also watched Merantau. Iko Uwais is an awesome fighter i wish Tony Jaa was still going strong because i also watched a few scenes from the protector. Incredible!
What movies have you seen recently?
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Dear God! The scene at the gas station!? Not going to spoil it but, its quick, fast and visceral! Looks soooo painful! I was like, "Ahhhhhhh......Eeeeeeeee......Daaayyyuuum!"
You don't wanna do this.. Bahaha should've listened! And in Gators workshop he just pounded them.
Good movie. Slow to start with and in parts throughout but engrossing stuff.
Might want to stay away from Ong Bak 2. Wire and special effects for many stunt scenes this time round. Just killed it for me.
Raid 2 looks awesome. I'm a big fan of the first.
Yeah i was disappointed with both sequels, I only really liked the first Ong Bak and The Protector, getting hard these days to find a good martial arts movie with little to no special effects/wires.
When i came across The Raid a couple years ago, thanks to a couple members on TXB (maybe even you??) I was like
showed it to a few friends to who aren't really into the genre and absolutely loved it.
Million Dollar Baby - 7/10
Really good movie. One of the few movies I think Hilary Swank is decent in. Eastwood was on form and Morgan freemen fantastic. This is one of the few movies where I think a longer run time would have been nice.
Really good movie. One of the few movies I think Hilary Swank is decent in. Eastwood was on form and Morgan freemen fantastic. This is one of the few movies where I think a longer run time would have been nice.
That movie was so depressing. I didn't even know how to feel after the end of it. Good movie though!12 years a slave pissed me off! Well acted but man!!
Noah is hands down the best of Darren Aronofsky. Way beyond somewhat overrated Black Swan, still better than The Wrestler, up there or maybe better than The Fountain. I know some will have a distaste over it, but I say it is AMAZING. See it even just for the sake of VFX and cinematography, it will make your jaw drop to the floor and drive all the way into the ground while you see it.
American Hustle 8.5/10
Great movie, great acting. Can't believe Louis C.K was in this lol he did a good job.
Great movie, great acting. Can't believe Louis C.K was in this lol he did a good job.
Didn't realize it is out already. Nice to hear it is good. I'm looking forward to it.
PS; Black Swan isn't overrated in the slightest. It is a fantastic movie.
Didn't realize it is out already. Nice to hear it is good. I'm looking forward to it.
PS; Black Swan isn't overrated in the slightest. It is a fantastic movie.
It is not out in America and presumably not in UK yet. In most countries it's out next week.
Need for Speed - 5/10
Not great. Not great at all.
It does a decent job of capturing the NFS ethos, or more specifically, the Hot pursuit ethos. Plenty of high speed driving and chases, but none of it really feels Epic. The story is just terrible and why they involved all this crazy friend stuff I do not know. It also copied the worst of the Hollywood Cliches, the love story
It also leads up to a very obvious and drab conclusion.
Not great. Not great at all.
It does a decent job of capturing the NFS ethos, or more specifically, the Hot pursuit ethos. Plenty of high speed driving and chases, but none of it really feels Epic. The story is just terrible and why they involved all this crazy friend stuff I do not know. It also copied the worst of the Hollywood Cliches, the love story
It also leads up to a very obvious and drab conclusion.
Need for Speed - 5/10
Not great. Not great at all.
It does a decent job of capturing the NFS ethos, or more specifically, the Hot pursuit ethos. Plenty of high speed driving and chases, but none of it really feels Epic. The story is just terrible and why they involved all this crazy friend stuff I do not know. It also copied the worst of the Hollywood Cliches, the love story
I have no idea why they went on to adapt The Run instead of plotlining Most Wanted (2012) or Rivals. The Run did not have a good story to begin with, and with the budget they had, a hardboiled crime story between cops and racers would have worked. I would have really liked the film version of NFS Rivals, given good writers to give it a flesh, could have easily become a cross breed between Drive and F&F.
Robocop (2014)
Already written off before a single actor had been cast, and continuously derided since then, this movie was always going to have a hard time cracking the market.
I'm a huge fan of the first Robocop film, but I didn't like either of the sequels, and I didn't get into the comic books at all, either. Like the Titanic, I think that it was a human tragedy that was self-contained and resolved by the end of the film. The real struggle was internal and treading over the same themes would be a rehash, and the alternative is (and was) to make an action film starring a cyborg. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, I have little interest in seeing how a powerful cyborg will find the baddie and save the day.
I didn't have high hopes, but I'm not rabidly cynical about remakes either - they are easy enough to ignore, like Total Recall.
Anyway, this new Robocop film was technically proficient and ticked all the visual boxes of a modern sci-fi film. Nothing to complain about there.
The story departed from the original in a number of ways, which I appreciated, as there is no need for a scene by scene remake. The original still holds up well except for the stop-motion ED-209. I liked that Murphy was not killed, but simply maimed. Rather than a PG13 concession, it actually helped add another fresh wrinkle, by maintaining his wife and child as important elements of the story. The new plot revolving around the public's concern over automated drones, corporations attempting to sway public opinion as well as media outlets acting as corporate puppets feel like relevant social commentary, but it never really evoked the kind of cold fear of a changing world that Skynet or The Matrix did.
On the subject of PG13, there was a lot of fear about this, but to be honest, I never even noticed it. It never felt nerfed. It wasn't as blood-spattered as the original, but it wasn't a patronising slap like the CIA (or FBI?) agents in E.T. whose guns changed into walkie-talkies. There's still a few gross-out moments - when Norton takes off the armour and reveals the remaining human component, it actually outdoes the original in making you sympathise with Murphy and how he must feel about his "life" and future.
While the acting was pretty decent, I really felt that the film had too many players and it moved a little too quickly, not giving anybody a chance to really create an impression on you, unlike the iconic Clarence Boddicker and sleazy young corporate hotshot Rob Norton. That said, there are likely subtleties that would become more apparent after subsequent viewings, but after just one, only Gary Oldman's portrayal of Dennet Norton gave me a solid personality to believe in.
Overall, the film was competent and perfectly welcome. It's not a huge segment of the public that will actively go out and seek old films, and the original, while superior, is almost 20 years old. Watched with fresh eyes today, the fashion and CRT screens could be hard not to laugh at. (Although even in 2014, I felt that Robocop's motorcycle was too low-tech. He didn't need a KITT, but I'd like him to have had a futuristic, electric motorcycle that was silent or something.)
Robocop 2014 is an enjoyable film and it does contain social commentary, dark humour (not that much) and a pretty cool robo suit. A remake is a much better choice than an unnecessary sequel for a studio wanting to monetize an old IP. It doesn't deserve the hate, but it doesn't deserve the status of a cult classic either.
Already written off before a single actor had been cast, and continuously derided since then, this movie was always going to have a hard time cracking the market.
I'm a huge fan of the first Robocop film, but I didn't like either of the sequels, and I didn't get into the comic books at all, either. Like the Titanic, I think that it was a human tragedy that was self-contained and resolved by the end of the film. The real struggle was internal and treading over the same themes would be a rehash, and the alternative is (and was) to make an action film starring a cyborg. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, I have little interest in seeing how a powerful cyborg will find the baddie and save the day.
I didn't have high hopes, but I'm not rabidly cynical about remakes either - they are easy enough to ignore, like Total Recall.
Anyway, this new Robocop film was technically proficient and ticked all the visual boxes of a modern sci-fi film. Nothing to complain about there.
The story departed from the original in a number of ways, which I appreciated, as there is no need for a scene by scene remake. The original still holds up well except for the stop-motion ED-209. I liked that Murphy was not killed, but simply maimed. Rather than a PG13 concession, it actually helped add another fresh wrinkle, by maintaining his wife and child as important elements of the story. The new plot revolving around the public's concern over automated drones, corporations attempting to sway public opinion as well as media outlets acting as corporate puppets feel like relevant social commentary, but it never really evoked the kind of cold fear of a changing world that Skynet or The Matrix did.
On the subject of PG13, there was a lot of fear about this, but to be honest, I never even noticed it. It never felt nerfed. It wasn't as blood-spattered as the original, but it wasn't a patronising slap like the CIA (or FBI?) agents in E.T. whose guns changed into walkie-talkies. There's still a few gross-out moments - when Norton takes off the armour and reveals the remaining human component, it actually outdoes the original in making you sympathise with Murphy and how he must feel about his "life" and future.
While the acting was pretty decent, I really felt that the film had too many players and it moved a little too quickly, not giving anybody a chance to really create an impression on you, unlike the iconic Clarence Boddicker and sleazy young corporate hotshot Rob Norton. That said, there are likely subtleties that would become more apparent after subsequent viewings, but after just one, only Gary Oldman's portrayal of Dennet Norton gave me a solid personality to believe in.
Overall, the film was competent and perfectly welcome. It's not a huge segment of the public that will actively go out and seek old films, and the original, while superior, is almost 20 years old. Watched with fresh eyes today, the fashion and CRT screens could be hard not to laugh at. (Although even in 2014, I felt that Robocop's motorcycle was too low-tech. He didn't need a KITT, but I'd like him to have had a futuristic, electric motorcycle that was silent or something.)
Robocop 2014 is an enjoyable film and it does contain social commentary, dark humour (not that much) and a pretty cool robo suit. A remake is a much better choice than an unnecessary sequel for a studio wanting to monetize an old IP. It doesn't deserve the hate, but it doesn't deserve the status of a cult classic either.
How was Joel Kinnanman as Murphy? I liked him in The Killing.
He was good, he played his role, and he was likeable. But there weren't too many moments where he had to really perform. Lead roles often don't give much opportunity to flex colourful. Like his relationship with Lewis (Omar from The Wire) could have been fleshed out more. I felt like a lot of the film moved too quickly so we didn't get a really good feel.
Yeah, it was quite well done. I liked that they didn't show any actual connection between Novak and OCP. But I would have liked a little more humour injected into the television segments, maybe when Novak cut to commercials or something.
The movie lacks impact.
The incident that takes Murphy to Robocop is so tame and teeny, it lacks the visceral impact and brutality of the Originals take. The ED-209 battle near the end just passes by, unlike the original that had a certain Drama about it.
The acting is just OK, nothing remarkable and just enough to get the job done. Michael K Williams is just waisted though.
Saw Frozen. What an amazing movie! At Amazon, this movie was selling like crazy for the past few days. It now becomes 12th highest gross at Box Office ($1,049.7B) and still growing! I probably will re-watch that movie again later today.
10/10.
10/10.
I need to see this movie. More likely I will wait for the Blu-Ray version because I want to save money for Captain America The Winter Soldier in theater (Next week!).
Nail on the head. Except the scene when he finally sees how much human is left. That scene was good, not just from a gore/SFX standpoint, but emotionally, too.
Think I just recalled what you're referring too here. You mean when he first wakes up after the incident ? Yeah, that was decent.
Captain Phillips
7/10
Another great Tom Hanks movie. Plenty of intense moments but the occasional lull when it felt like it was being drawn out just a little too much. Barkhad Abdi was also really great as Muse, the hostage taker and 'captain' of the Somali pirate group.
7/10
Another great Tom Hanks movie. Plenty of intense moments but the occasional lull when it felt like it was being drawn out just a little too much. Barkhad Abdi was also really great as Muse, the hostage taker and 'captain' of the Somali pirate group.
It's a bit after that when
the armour is stripped away and he sees how much is left of him, just a head, lungs and a hand, and he says "Jesus, there's nothing left."