What movies have you seen recently?

So I watched the mecha-time-resetting-Tom-Cruise-stuff called Edge of Tomorrow too. I'd give it 7/10. Other than a few action scenes that are hard to understand and alien design that I didn't really like, can't say this movie had flaws. It's the best thing that a safe Hollywood blockbuster can be, and it just can't go wrong. It just feels too safe is the only (but a glaring) problem. There are some clear reference to 80s stuff too, like Bill Paxton playing a no-sh!t sergeant giving his soldiers hell of a time, or Tom Cruise on a motorcycle in London.
 
I think I wanted more out of the ending from Edge of Tomorrow. I mean does Cage now get to keep that power?

Otherwise, I'm almost perplexed that something this straightforward works as a movie. There were no attempts at weird plot Twists or a Surprise Villain. In fact, there was no real true Arch Villain to this. Just killing aliens, and more aliens, until getting to The Final Boss Alien.

On some weird Sci-Fi level, I think I liked how this movie set it's own strange rules such as how Cage got that power and how it could be used or lost. Of course, I also really enjoyed the Exo-Skeleton Combat Suit tech.
 
Videodrome said:
I think I wanted more out of the ending from Edge of Tomorrow. I mean does Cage now get to keep that power?

Otherwise, I'm almost perplexed that something this straightforward works as a movie. There were no attempts at weird plot Twists or a Surprise Villain. In fact, there was no real true Arch Villain to this. Just killing aliens, and more aliens, until getting to The Final Boss Alien.

On some weird Sci-Fi level, I think I liked how this movie set it's own strange rules such as how Cage got that power and how it could be used or lost. Of course, I also really enjoyed the Exo-Skeleton Combat Suit tech.
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Its simplicity is a plus. They did not try to be too clever. They did not overcomplicate things with strange science.

I agree on the ending. It is a little obvious. A little corny. A little cliche. Yet the movie is just entertaining. It is rare that a Cruise movie fails to entertain.
 
team56th said:
Her

Cracked up like crazy for 2 hours. It's accurate and insightful, hella funny at times, and touching at the same time. Being a tech fan I can't ever be fair in my review, but let's just say, films in general are negative about technology. But, say, The Matrix does not accurately depict our actual relationship with machines these days. Her is one of the very few films that depict technology as it is right now; aspiring to be more human, friendly, and just integral to our everyday lives. The movie is full of these "human" moments set up and mediated by machines, people who snugly embrace it in a way we may or may not be used to (though not all of them). I think it's the first film where human-machine relationship is not a metaphor of some sort, but a dead serious central issue throughout the film.
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I have seen a few bits of this and it was hilarious. Also had what looks like the future version of Illumirrom & Kinect.

That phone sex conversation was hilarious. Starts out serious, and then wants to be strangled by a dead cat, I LMAO.

The you have the video game where he find that little white NPC, again, I LMAO.

I can not wait to see the full movie.
 
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Monuments Men - 6/10 I was expecting a much better film from Clooney directing and with this cast. Was very lacking. I enjoyed a couple of scenes but the movie as a whole was a huge let down.

Being Flynn - 6/10 thought it was ok. Figured it was going to be a better film with De Niro, Dano, and Moore.
 
A Million Way To Die In The West - 4/10.

Pretty bad. That 4 is mainly for Charlize Theron.

The Story is generic cookie cutter romance type stuff. The comedy is too much. Mcfarlene tried so hard to make every scene funny and he failed miserably. Resulting in an eye rolling, unfunny, cesspit of childish humour, which holds maybe one or two genuine laughs.
 
Edge of Tomorrow was probably one of Cruises better movies in some time, it just looked like he was having fun and not having to carry the whole movie.
 
Watched Wreck-it-Ralph.Very nice animated film. Entertained from start to finish.
 
^^WiR was great hope they make another,

Marathon Man 9/10 70's thrillers don't get much better than this.
the Fall 7/10 I loved this one, but it kinda drags at times and has an unsatisfying ending.
 
menace-uk- said:
A Million Way To Die In The West - 4/10.

Pretty bad. That 4 is mainly for Charlize Theron.

The Story is generic cookie cutter romance type stuff. The comedy is too much. Mcfarlene tried so hard to make every scene funny and he failed miserably. Resulting in an eye rolling, unfunny, cesspit of childish humour, which holds maybe one or two genuine laughs.
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Will watch for her only. She is my favorite African American girl.
 
bullzeye said:
Edge of Tomorrow was probably one of Cruises better movies in some time, it just looked like he was having fun and not having to carry the whole movie.
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I wish Schwarzenegger would do that more. He has to ham it up and do one liners to remind people they're watching another Ahnold blockbuster. Although, I haven't much of his new stuff or the Expendables. The Last Stand looked like typical Arnold though.
 
Videodrome said:
I wish Schwarzenegger would do that more. He has to ham it up and do one liners to remind people they're watching another Ahnold blockbuster. Although, I haven't much of his new stuff or the Expendables. The Last Stand looked like typical Arnold though.
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I don't know why it was panned but those around me said it was a solid Arnold film. Kickass action with a stint of his signature humors. It's a pity that recent Arnold films try to be way more serious when it's not what Arnold does well. His movies must have some comic elements with funny one-liners, and it seems like screenwriters and studios forgot how to pull that out.
 
team56th said:
I don't know why it was panned but those around me said it was a solid Arnold film. Kickass action with a stint of his signature humors. It's a pity that recent Arnold films try to be way more serious when it's not what Arnold does well. His movies must have some comic elements with funny one-liners, and it seems like screenwriters and studios forgot how to pull that out.
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I thought it was pretty poor. In all honesty both Arnie and Sly seem to be past it. None of their modern movies are much cop. They seem to have lost that presence. That uniqueness that made even poor writing enjoyable and entertaining. At least for me.
 
menace-uk- said:
I thought it was pretty poor. In all honesty both Arnie and Sly seem to be past it. None of their modern movies are much cop. They seem to have lost that presence. That uniqueness that made even poor writing enjoyable and entertaining. At least for me.
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Sly does overcome bad writing with his own presence, but some of Arnold's movies like Commando, the first and second Terminator, especially Total Recall, I think these films are smartly crafted to make a good plot and fit Arnold into that at the same time. Arnold even picked the director and had a final say on the script with Total Recall, and that film fits him perfectly in the greatest way possible. But I think the talent to pull that out disappeared with the advent of 90s action films that did not age really well, which also resulted in Arnie and Sly losing their presence.
 
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Bollocks said:
This is that fantasy adventure movie with Lee Pace right? I enjoyed it. Looked absolutely amazing. It does drag at times though.
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Yea that's the one. The pacing does stagger as the story goes back in forth between worlds, but the fantasy world is just incredible.
 
team56th said:
Sly does overcome bad writing with his own presence, but some of Arnold's movies like Commando, the first and second Terminator, especially Total Recall, I think these films are smartly crafted to make a good plot and fit Arnold into that at the same time. Arnold even picked the director and had a final say on the script with Total Recall, and that film fits him perfectly in the greatest way possible. But I think the talent to pull that out disappeared with the advent of 90s action films that did not age really well, which also resulted in Arnie and Sly losing their presence.
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I agree that Total Recall worked well, especially since Quaid really paid for a fantasy action hero vacation.

It's really that perioed in the 90s leading up to Batman: Forever.
 
Seconds.

I picked this up when it came out on blu-ray and I forgot about it. Finally got around to watching it over the weekend. Most of the stuff I've seen by Frankenheimer has been post-Prophecy, with only the Manchurian Candidate and French Connection II being his pre-Prophecy stuff I've got around to watching.

Seconds caps his "paranoia" trilogy. The movie begins with Arthur, a middle-aged man who is seemingly living a rather empty existence. He's done well for himself, is married, and has a daughter he doesn't see all that much anymore. He receives a phone call from a friend who, by all accounts, should be dead. His friend informs him of the Company; the Company can offer him a second chance--a new face, a new life.

Through unscrupulous means the Company gets him to follow through with the procedure. He's "reborn" as Tony, played by Rock Hudson, who's young, handsome, lives in a beach house, and is a successful painter. Painting is what Arthur subconsciously yearned to do for a profession.

Of course, things don't go all that well.

The movie is decidedly uncomfortable. It's bleak. It's hopeless. And you can't take your eyes off it. It's the only film I've seen Hudson in and he f***ing nails it. John Randolph's Arthur would get along get well with Willy Loman. The performances throughout are outstanding.

The score too is something else. It's infrequent but effective.

Anyway, if you dig existential horror films I'd definitely check it out. It's a great movie to pair with Eyes Without a Face (which is also brilliant) if you're interested in some macabre double feature at home.
 
Saw Transformers Age of Explosions earlier. I liked it far more than any of the other sequels... But it seemed like the plot was constructed with a bunch of post it notes, melded with a few random games of horseshoes. The runtime is offensive... But having Walberg instead of Shia was a huge plus.
Also.. Some of the effects were plain trash and I don't understand how that happened.
 
Transformers: Age of Extinction - 6/10

I am somewhat torn on this movie. I think it does many things right, but lets itself down by doing many things wrong.
I have no clue why they bothered with the boyfriend. He is pointless and totally irrelevant. I hate how helpless and weak they made the daughter. I hate that they fleshed out this rather weak story to run 160 minutes.

What I do like is the fact that this story makes the strong Human presence more acceptable. I like the idea of the new Transformers. I liked the Dinobot inclusion (despite them being shown all to briefly). I liked the darker tone. I loved that 90% of the silly humour was gone.

I hope they make another one and I hope that they finally realize that doing a prequel is the way to go, and that this prequel should be all about Cybertron and the war that took place their. No Humans. No silly humour. A straight up war movie with bad-ass robots.
 
menace-uk- said:
Transformers: Age of Extinction - 6/10

I am somewhat torn on this movie. I think it does many things right, but lets itself down by doing many things wrong.
I have no clue why they bothered with the boyfriend. He is pointless and totally irrelevant. I hate how helpless and weak they made the daughter. I hate that they fleshed out this rather weak story to run 160 minutes.

What I do like is the fact that this story makes the strong Human presence more acceptable. I like the idea of the new Transformers. I liked the Dinobot inclusion (despite them being shown all to briefly). I liked the darker tone. I loved that 90% of the silly humour was gone.

I hope they make another one and I hope that they finally realize that doing a prequel is the way to go, and that this prequel should be all about Cybertron and the war that took place their. No Humans. No silly humour. A straight up war movie with bad-ass robots.
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Pretty fair review here, i too would've liked to see more of the dinobots, (that last 30 40 minutes was insane) i would've liked to see more from Marky and less of the crappy boyfriend, and the alien ship was pretty bad-ass.

The ending of the movie kind of suggested we will see the next movie take place on Cybertron, but with the producer wanting Marky on for a trilogy i will keep my hopes in check.

I definitely think it could've done with been shorter, probably cut a few scenes from the start. I also don't understand the hate the film gets reading on other message boards, its freaking Michael bay dicrecting robots fighting each other we're not going to get an emotionally charged script as much as they tried.

Watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre, first blu-ray 3D movie i've watched at home so i enjoyed it much more then i should've really, also the lead female has an amazing body which she loves showing off, fairly solid if predictable story but would've liked some more deaths and gore for what it was trying to be. Probably a 6/10 with an extra point been my first 3D blu-ray and it looked great.
 
bullzeye said:
Pretty fair review here, i too would've liked to see more of the dinobots, (that last 30 40 minutes was insane) i would've liked to see more from Marky and less of the crappy boyfriend, and the alien ship was pretty bad-ass.

The ending of the movie kind of suggested we will see the next movie take place on Cybertron, but with the producer wanting Marky on for a trilogy i will keep my hopes in check.

I definitely think it could've done with been shorter, probably cut a few scenes from the start. I also don't understand the hate the film gets reading on other message boards, its freaking Michael bay dicrecting robots fighting each other we're not going to get an emotionally charged script as much as they tried.
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Your spoiler:
Impossible. Cybertron was destroyed. That was the reason for the invasion and betrayal in Transformers: Dark side of the Moon

This movie could have been much better with just a few small changes. Take out the boyfriend. Make the daughter a bit more Lara Croft-esque. Cut the runtime to 100-120. All the cutting should be of the filler Human parts.
 
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Your spoiler:
Impossible. Cybertron was destroyed. That was the reason for the invasion and betrayal in Transformers: Dark side of the Moon

Ahh whoops shows how much attention i pay to the story in these movies, although that was a few years ago

This movie could have been much better with just a few small changes. Take out the boyfriend. Make the daughter a bit more Lara Croft-esque. Cut the runtime to 100-120. All the cutting should be of the filler Human parts.
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Definitely could've done with making the daughter have a bit more guts, it's kind of the norm with a bay movie you gotta have the helpless damsel.
 
bullzeye said:
Definitely could've done with making the daughter have a bit more guts, it's kind of the norm with a bay movie you gotta have the helpless damsel.
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I disagree. Typical Bay Woman often have a bit of grit, bite, and strength to them. Look at the lead female in The Island, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbour, and even Transformers 1 & 2 to a lesser degree.
 
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