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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭EKClarke


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭EKClarke


    Vampyr

    It's a very odd movie, by Carl Theodor Dreyer and very old. Hardly any dialogue but I saw some similarities between it and Cries & Whispers by Bergman. If you like decent movies done well and with a great atmosphere I'd recommend it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Boxcar Bertha: Didn't particularly enjoy this at all. The dialogue is pretty awful and has no natural flow.

    The final scene is just so over the top and contains over the top and in my opinion, needless violence.

    Acting is wooden throughout with characters who have very little depth. In particular the actress who plays Bertha.

    Postives: You get to see tits.

    Negatives: Everything else.

    ----

    How Empire never hired me to do reviews for them I'll never know. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭Renn


    It's a step up from Who's That Knocking at My Door but still poor in my opinion. Packed with religious imagery from what I remember but the story never pulled me in. Barbara Hershey was fine but some poor acting from the others. Actually liked the final scene myself :D Pretty memorable!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,015 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    King Kong(2005)

    Watched it the weekend with the family.Seen it when it first came out.
    Everyone enjoyed watching it,but it is a bit long.2 hours would have been enough.Jackson seemed to pack every saturday matinee action scene into the film.
    He dies in the end
    ;):D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    King Kong(2005)

    Watched it the weekend with the family.Seen it when it first came out.
    Everyone enjoyed watching it,but it is a bit long.2 hours would have been enough.Jackson seemed to pack every saturday matinee action scene into the film.
    He dies in the end
    ;):D

    what annoyed me most about the running time of Jackson's version is that he spends the first hour building all these crew member characters and most of them just vanish before it goes back to New York. its a classic case of a director over indulging themselves, the original was barely 90 minutes long told the exact same store as the 3 1/2 hour version Jackson did. I like the 2005 one overall but its got its flaws, its too much of too much in a lot of places, and it takes waaaay too long to get to the island, we dont really care about the ships crew, bring on the monkey!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Renn wrote: »
    It's a step up from Who's That Knocking at My Door but still poor in my opinion. Packed with religious imagery from what I remember but the story never pulled me in. Barbara Hershey was fine but some poor acting from the others. Actually liked the final scene myself :D Pretty memorable!

    The only religious imagery
    came from the final scene when they nail Carradine's character to the side of the train.

    Each to their own regarding the final scene. I like mindless violence as much as the next guy... Hell Battle Royale is one of my favourite films but it just didn't seem to really do it for me on this occasion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    krudler wrote: »
    what annoyed me most about the running time of Jackson's version is that he spends the first hour building all these crew member characters and most of them just vanish before it goes back to New York. its a classic case of a director over indulging themselves, the original was barely 90 minutes long told the exact same store as the 3 1/2 hour version Jackson did. I like the 2005 one overall but its got its flaws, its too much of too much in a lot of places, and it takes waaaay too long to get to the island, we dont really care about the ships crew, bring on the monkey!

    ^^^ What he said... overall, I liked it... but a good hour of it should've ended up on the cutting room floor...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    ^^^ What he said... overall, I liked it... but a good hour of it should've ended up on the cutting room floor...

    Not a big spoiler but I'll use the tags anyway.
    There was a good 10 - 15 minutes when I thought I was actually watching Jurassic Park 4 when they were being chased by the dinosaurs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    Finally got around to Melancholia. I think my reluctance was due to the rather unpleasant Anti Christ

    It's certainly interesting anyway. Loved the soundtrack and the opening stop motion scene.

    The first half was brilliant in parts, would have loved to have seen more development of the mother character.

    Dunst was a big surprise. Hopefully she'll get more challenging roles like this in future.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭Renn


    That_Guy wrote: »
    The only religious imagery
    came from the final scene when they nail Carradine's character to the side of the train.

    From a review on IMDB:

    "Boxcar Bertha also happens to be surprisingly loaded with religious references, painting Bill as a Jesus-like figure. Most obvious of these is the highly symbolic ending, but there are a number of more subtle hints. A scene somewhere in the middle opens with David Carradine standing before a biblical fresco, and later in the city Barbara Hershey stops to look at a film poster for The Man who Could Work Miracles. The religious angle is something which actually runs through all of Scorcese's work, rarely stated out loud but always under the surface."

    Check out this link as well - Martin Scorsese: a biography By Vincent LoBrutto


    Kinda backs up what I remember.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Renn wrote: »
    From a review on IMDB:

    "Boxcar Bertha also happens to be surprisingly loaded with religious references, painting Bill as a Jesus-like figure. Most obvious of these is the highly symbolic ending, but there are a number of more subtle hints. A scene somewhere in the middle opens with David Carradine standing before a biblical fresco, and later in the city Barbara Hershey stops to look at a film poster for The Man who Could Work Miracles. The religious angle is something which actually runs through all of Scorcese's work, rarely stated out loud but always under the surface."

    Check out this link as well - Martin Scorsese: a biography By Vincent LoBrutto


    Kinda backs up what I remember.

    Interesting mate. I guess the only reason I didn't notice any religious symbolism is because the majority of it is quite subtle up to the last scene anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    The Two Escobars: A documentary about Pablo Escobar and Andres Escobar a Columbian footballer who was murdered after the 94 World Cup.

    It tells the story of Pablo Escobars rise and murder, while also telling Anres Escobars story of his rise in football to his murder. Neither were related but it shows how much the the drug money in Columbia was a big factor in Columbias rise in the football world, and while not making Pablo Escobar out to be a saint it shows some of the atrocitys he commited it also show the good he done in his own community to help the poor and how after his death Columbia spiralled out of control.

    A must watch id say even if your not a football fan or the Pablo Escobar story is of no interest its a story told in a fascinating way showing what life in Columbia was like at the time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    The Two Escobars: A documentary about Pablo Escobar and Andres Escobar a Columbian footballer who was murdered after the 94 World Cup.

    It tells the story of Pablo Escobars rise and murder, while also telling Anres Escobars story of his rise in football to his murder. Neither were related but it shows how much the the drug money in Columbia was a big factor in Columbias rise in the football world, and while not making Pablo Escobar out to be a saint it shows some of the atrocitys he commited it also show the good he done in his own community to help the poor and how after his death Columbia spiralled out of control.

    A must watch id say even if your not a football fan or the Pablo Escobar story is of no interest its a story told in a fascinating way showing what life in Columbia was like at the time.

    Yes, a very good doc... it's part of the ESPN 30-for-30 series which are, in the main, all excellent... The Two Escobars is certainly one of the best of the lot - quite horrifying but riveting at the same time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Yes, a very good doc... it's part of the ESPN 30-for-30 series which are, in the main, all excellent... The Two Escobars is certainly one of the best of the lot - quite horrifying but riveting at the same time.

    Oh right id never heard of any of these until I stumbled across the Two Escobars today, is there any youd recommend?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Oh right id never heard of any of these until I stumbled across the Two Escobars today, is there any youd recommend?

    I've actually watched em all! :)

    Of course, Sod's Law, I can hardly think of any now! There's one called Once Brothers about Eastern European basketball players Vlade Divac, Drazan Petrovic and Toni Kukoc who all made it big in the NBA but who's friendships were torn apart by the breaking up of the Eastern Bloc etc... Petrovic died tragically at 26 when he was becoming an NBA star and he and Divac never made their peace with each other... this is a particularly good one...

    Others I enjoyed, there is one about Martina Navratalova and Chris Everet which was surprisingly good.... A couple of excellent ones about Gridiron players who had tragic stories - I found I didn't have to be interested in the sport in question or know anything about the subject, I enjoyed them all.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Underwater Love - pr0n with a plot! A Japanese Pink musical (Pink film being sort of like a Dogma 95 manifesto for softcore pornography), which is bizarre in itself. The plot of an engaged woman being visited by her dead first love, who has been resurrected as a turtle like sea creature called a Kappa, is also a bit odd. Even stranger is that it's shot by in-demand Christopher Doyle, innovative cinematographer of choice to Wong Kar-Wai and has worked on Hero amongst others. So yeah it looks good in more than one way.

    There's actually not that much sex in it, and the musical numbers are lighthearted, irreverent and Tongue-in-cheek diversions. But it mostly works. The colours are vibrant, the plot simple but engaging (with a likeable central cast and good natured ending) and there's a good few laughs throughout. Let's just say they came up with some 'inventive' ways to get past Japanese censorship of certain bodily functions.

    Good fun all in all, and definitely worth sticking with until the end. Which cannot be said about some of its wider genre mates.

    Rainy Dog - moderately interesting Takeshi Miike Yakuza movie. It lacks the mastery of a Kitano film (reminded me of Kikujiro crossed with one of his more violent yakuza films) but has its moments. Slightly awkward in its delivery, though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭Mindkiller


    Watched Melancholia. One thing that bugged me.
    If Melancholia is so big then shouldn't it take up the entire sky and block out the sun in the final sequence?

    The above isn't really a spoiler as it's a foregone conclusion right from the beginning but I thought I'd put it there anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭purcela


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    I've actually watched em all! :)

    Of course, Sod's Law, I can hardly think of any now! There's one called Once Brothers about Eastern European basketball players Vlade Divac, Drazan Petrovic and Toni Kukoc who all made it big in the NBA but who's friendships were torn apart by the breaking up of the Eastern Bloc etc... Petrovic died tragically at 26 when he was becoming an NBA star and he and Divac never made their peace with each other... this is a particularly good one...

    Others I enjoyed, there is one about Martina Navratalova and Chris Everet which was surprisingly good.... A couple of excellent ones about Gridiron players who had tragic stories - I found I didn't have to be interested in the sport in question or know anything about the subject, I enjoyed them all.

    Googled this straight after reading your comment and the 30 for 30 series sounds excellent. Did you watch them online or get them on DVD?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    purcela wrote: »
    Googled this straight after reading your comment and the 30 for 30 series sounds excellent. Did you watch them online or get them on DVD?

    I bought them all on DVD from the US (it was quite alot cheaper but it did cost a US$18 Customs charge) but it was well well worth it... obviously you'll need a region-free DVD player to play these...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Gamer: It's a fairly decent action film. Acting is awful but it's not a film that relies on witty or intelligent dialogue.

    It's a solid enough action film with some nice camera shots throughout the action sequences.

    The stereotypes are... well, they're stereotypical.
    I will have nightmares of that overweight greasy chap. *shudders*

    Was reading IMDB reviews of the film and a few were complaining that the "evil genius" wasn't menacing or threatening enough.
    While he wasn't menacing or visually threatening, the clue is in the term "evil genius". He had to use his brain to overcome Butler's well built character somehow.

    While it's not the pinnacle of action films, it's a decent enough watch. If you can forgive the awful acting, ridiculous stereotypes and the real WTF moment of
    mixing vodka with urine to start a car (???)
    it's a good "leave your brain at the door" actioner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,167 ✭✭✭rednik


    American Gangster. Bought the blu ray a couple of years ago and finally sat down and watched it. I really enjoyed it, great cast and brilliantly directed by Ridley Scott. The '70s atmosphere was captured very well and at just under three hours it went by very quickly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    Saw it several times when it was originally released, was blown away by it at the time. But 10years later and Im not so sure its all that. Richard kelly was only 25 when he wrote and directed the film and it shows. Well I can see things now I couldnt see back then, and Im not even talking about plot holes, thats another debate entirely. It kills me to say so, because I really did love this film, but it doesn't hold up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    The Man With Two Brains: Hilarious comedy with Steve Martin. Probably Reiner's and Martin's finest if I'm honest. If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend it enough.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10 JiveTurkey


    tunguska wrote: »
    Saw it several times when it was originally released, was blown away by it at the time. But 10years later and Im not so sure its all that. Richard kelly was only 25 when he wrote and directed the film and it shows. Well I can see things now I couldnt see back then, and Im not even talking about plot holes, thats another debate entirely. It kills me to say so, because I really did love this film, but it doesn't hold up.

    After watching Scorsese's genius inception and shutter island i wanted to give my brain another one to wrap itself around. I wanted to like D Darko, but its just doesnt pull it off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    JiveTurkey wrote: »
    After watching Scorsese's genius inception and shutter island i wanted to give my brain another one to wrap itself around. I wanted to like D Darko, but its just doesnt pull it off.


    Huh?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Watched Pontypool after reading reviews on here. Have to say that i wasn't too impressed. I thought it started off well, the sense of dread, the sense of not knowing. But it all went downhill as soon as the doctor character came into the fold, i just couldn't help at laugh at that performance the tension was just gone from there on in. Also the premise as to how that zombies were infected didn't wash with me pseudo-intellectual nonsense. It's a shame though because atmosphere and tension in the first half of the film was really good also the actor who played the lead is a pretty cool bloke.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭EKClarke


    A brilliant Norwegian movie called Få meg på, for faen which translates roughly as give it to me damn it or give it to me for **** sakes.
    Just released and it won an award at the Tribecca Film Festival. It can be found on-line as well. It's about a teenage girls sexual awakening. It's only about an hour and ten minutes so well worth the time of checking it out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭psychward


    That_Guy wrote: »
    The Man With Two Brains: Hilarious comedy with Steve Martin. Probably Reiner's and Martin's finest if I'm honest. If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend it enough.


    what happened to Steve Martin ? He used to be funny then the funny went away.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,118 ✭✭✭AnnyHallsal


    Silent Running.

    Other than some annoying folksy tunes, I enjoyed it very much. Neat ideas and effects.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    psychward wrote: »
    what happened to Steve Martin ? He used to be funny then the funny went away.

    Cheaper By The Dozen happened.... That's what. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    just finished Melancholia, I'm sick of Von Trier now...absolute ****e. The main idea could have worked if his cast and background story wasn't so utterly nonsensical.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Last night I watched "Tombstone" 1993 (50 cents on VHS from a local charity shop) - a cheap night's entertainment indeed. I love Westerns and although I had seen a bit of this on TV some time ago it surpassed my expectations. One of the best takes I've seen on the 'shoot-out at the OK Corral' and both Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday) and Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp) turn in superb performances. While the action flags a little towards the very end, it's a real classic and would come close to "Unforgiven" as my favourite Western of all time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,167 ✭✭✭rednik


    Tower heist, good fun and not too demanding. Very good cast work well together. I had taken a strong dislike to Ben Stiller recently but he is very good in this. Some good laughs and well worth a watch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Watched Thank You For Smoking this evening. Aaron Eckhardt was excellent, but I thought it kind-of bottled out at the end.

    PS: The senator played by William H Macy is named Ortolan Finistirre - such a weird name that I thought it might be an anagram. It might be - would you call him a Senior Infiltrator? (IMDB has an alternative explanation, involving a restaurant and the end of the Earth.)

    Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks
    To murder men and gie God thanks?
    Desist for shame, proceed no further
    God won't accept your thanks for murder.

    ―Robert Burns



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭SnakePlissken


    Gee Bag wrote: »
    Have been doing a bit of a John Carpenter retorspective, watched They Live last night. Feckin' great show. Now I have to face up to the grim, grim neccessity of having to watch Vampires & Ghosts of Mars.

    Unfortunately after those you'll have to contend with his most recent, The Ward. A more generic, insipid piece of film-making you'll have difficulty finding, a poor bookend to an oeuvre which, though replete with many missteps and ill-judgements, was never bland.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Unfortunately after those you'll have to contend with his most recent, The Ward. A more generic, insipid piece of film-making you'll have difficulty finding, a poor bookend to an oeuvre which, though replete with many misssteps and ill-judgements, was never bland.

    Its hard to believe the same person who made The Ward and Ghosts of Mars made The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, Halloween,Escape From New York and They Live, once the 80's ended so did Carpenters creativity apparently.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Tindie


    I am watching whole corn series this week

    So far I have seen
    Children of the Corn (1984) for second time, not seen it for years
    I like it bit better this time round, i did not find Isaac annoying as I did last time,
    This movie is really entertaining from start to end, it not that boring but there are some quite moments in the movie, it was not that gory, there are some good jumpy moment, (I did Jump once in this movie lol , getting old).
    Acting is really good from everyone, even two nice kids!
    I give this movie 7 out of 10

    Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
    This was not bad at all, its not great but it was decent movie, as some nice death scenes were real well made, there were some boring moment in the movie and I was little disappointing how the movie ended and acting is not great but watchable
    5 out of 10 Good movie

    Children of the Corn 3
    This was really good, this better then second in series, the whole movie was really entertainer, there was neat death scenes, so odd special effects as well, Decent acting from some part of the cast.
    I enjoyed this movie I going to give this movie 7 out of 10

    Children of the Corn 4
    it was lot better then i thought it would be, it some really good moment, decent acting from the whole cast, some good deaths scene as well, with a tad gory at times.
    I enjoyed this movie good movies
    5 out of 10 (I am enjoying Corn series so far!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭SnakePlissken


    krudler wrote: »
    Its hard to believe the same person who made The Ward and Ghosts of Mars made The Thing, Big Trouble In Little China, Halloween,Escape From New York and They Live, once the 80's ended so did Carpenters creativity apparently.

    I do have an aching soft spot for Escape from L.A however :)


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,459 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    I do have an aching soft spot for Escape from L.A however :)

    Well of course you do. :pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    I just watched Escape from New York there. Thought it was ok. I loved the music in it. Must watch more Carpenters earlier stuff.

    <insert hipster photo here>


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    In the Name of the King 2
    Terrible crap from Uwe Boll.

    There's one scene early on where it is supposed to be cold and the actors spend about five minutes blowing smoke or dry ice at each other. Actually pursing their lips and making blowing faces while talking, and trying to 'out blow' each other. Its like something out of Friends where Joey is spitting at Gary Oldman :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 138 ✭✭AstridBean


    'Being John Malkovich'

    Meh, it was OK, didn't like it as much as I anticipated I would. Disliked all the characters, just found it unpleasant. Doubt I'll watch it again. Most definitely overrated.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    50/50

    Best movie I've seen all year tbqh - loved every second of it.

    The way it jumped from sad, depressing moments to those of sheer hilarity was excellent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Senna: What an incredible documentary about Ayrton Senna, the Formula 1 driver. Very moving and very enjoyable.

    I think I heard Mark Kermode saying that it's not even nominated for an Oscar this year which if true, is a terrible shame.

    I strongly recommend this film for those who haven't seen it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,822 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Warning: Spoilers

    'The Thing'


    While not a patch on Carpenter's 1982 version, the 2011 prequel is far from being the inept "premake" that a lot of fans worried it would be. The most unfortunate...er...things about 'The Thing' is it's unimaginative title, which may well cause problems for both movies in years to come. Universal may, ironically, end up calling the earlier film 'The Thing 2'...ugh.

    The other worry was brought about in the Hollywood-ism of having a 20 something hottie at the centre of the story. This time in the shape of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who plays a somewhat unbelievable 27 year old Paleontologist (Kate Lloyd), who is asked by Dr. Sander Halvorson (Eric Christian Olsen) to accompany him and his assistant (whom Kate knows) to the South Pole to investigate a "structure" and a "specimen" that has been buried in the ice for over 100,000 years and has been recently discovered by a Norwegian Antarctic research team. Obviously, the creature gets loose and causes havoc among the human members of the research team.

    Winstead, though not bad in her role, grates a little, as she's a little too young to buy into and the fact that there are young female characters (there's a 20 something Norwegian sweetie too) at all swanning around Antarctica in the early 1980's needs a little suspension of disbelief. Carpenter's all male cast in the 1982 version better reflected the true nature of staff in those ice-bound research facilities. Though today, it's a very different story, of course. On the plus side, Winstead carries herself well and there's no annoying romantic sub-plot, thank Christ.

    The other characters are fine in their roles too and tend to speak Norwegian to each other, but there are too many that can conveniently speak English to the "must have" Americans who are drafted into the story.

    The story itself suffers somewhat from a retreading of Carpenter's version, inevitably I suppose and a lot of shots are quite similar too. The research station is very like the US station in the 1982 'The Thing' which may have been the case in real life, who knows. But it does go someway to making the prequel seem too familiar at times. But, on the plus side, it's never boring and the characters react to their situation in a relatively logical manner.

    The effects are quite well done too and the CGI, though evident, doesn't overwhelm the project too much. Though it's obvious where the rubber ends and the pixels begin. The Thing itself appears in a number of crazy forms and there are a couple of gruesome deaths, but overall, Rob Bottin's physical creations are far superior than the computer generated effects here. There are a few too many "boo" scenes though and the alien isn't so much bothered with hiding from the humans as trying to kill them in spectacular ways. Carpenter's alien makes efforts to conceal itself until the game is up and it has no choice but to reveal itself.

    One thing I've never understood about the "Thing" is why it never makes any effort to communicate with the human characters of either film. It's clearly an intelligent being and can absorb everything from the creatures it takes over, including language. But, suppose that wouldn't make for a very interesting film.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,187 ✭✭✭Ridley


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Well of course you do. :pac:

    Good to see you got thanks from Otacon aswell. ;)

    Revolver Ocelot's supposed to be Lee Van Cleef but his head is so John Carpenter.
    I just watched Escape from New York there. Thought it was ok. I loved the music in it. Must watch more Carpenters earlier stuff.

    I love the Escape theme. You're watching LA aswell, right?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    A rare three film day!

    Charlie Casanova: A rant in search of a film. It gets by on sure manic enthusiasm and brute force, but as a film it is a structureless, paceless mess that's repetitive, loud and exhausting. We're forced to listen to every mad ideology the film puts forward and critiques, but there wafer-thin story never reacts to it. It's totally different to anything Ireland has ever produced, and Terry McMahon wins points for making a film that tries to say something. Unfortunately, it says way too much.

    Lotus Eaters: sticking with Irish productions, this is a mumblecore-esque film about a group of affluent twenty/thirty-something Londoners and their relationships. Initially, these spoiled people are unappealing to the extreme, but the director's keen observational eye leads to some unusually compelling characters and situations (some surprisingly poignant). There's a contrived dramatic indulgence or two, but overall I liked it, especially the soothing black & white photography. Bonus points for having an emotional peak set around the Magnetic Field's classic Papa Was a Rodeo. Minus points for it being a cover.

    Devil: nonsense.


  • Registered Users Posts: 608 ✭✭✭Bassboxxx


    Confessions (Kokuhaku)
    Just watched this tonight. It was a bit hard to watch at times due to being slow in spots, but some great scenes made up for it. I was a bit lost at times as to where it was going, but this added to my enjoyment if anything. Defo worth a watch I'd say..


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Tindie


    Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)

    I have been really looking forward to this movie

    I Really enjoyed this movie, there are a lot of funny moments and most funniest part are with the cops, they cracked me up in every scene they were in. there are some good ones lines from everyone.

    There is also family drama at the same times, and the deaths scene in this movie are gory and funny ( all of the deaths are in the trailer, if you not seen the trailer yet, DON'T , it will ruin most of the movie. and There is also little curve in story
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    I was little disappointing that it was not as funny as i hope it to be, however I still found it really funny and really enjoyable
    8 out of 10


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