Hot Heart Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Welcome to the Punch. James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan. A great cast of British actors wasted on a so-so 'action thriller'. It's essentially a John Woo film in London with all of the slick cinematography, cheese and cliches but not quite outlandish enough or near as exciting. They actually have a slow-mo shootout in the villain's nan's lounge played totally straight-faced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Welcome to the Punch. James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan. A great cast of British actors wasted on a so-so 'action thriller'. It's essentially a John Woo film in London with all of the slick cinematography, cheese and cliches but not quite outlandish enough or near as exciting. They actually have a slow-mo shootout in the villain's nan's lounge played totally straight-faced. Forgetful as the story is, I did enjoy the films locale. Some of those night shots in London looked fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles It wasn't terrible! They aren't aliens! (still get asked that) Shredder's not a white guy! Megan Fox is still terrible! Script did absolutely not favors to Will Arnett! I didn't think what explosions were there were unnecessary or excessive! Lens flare to make JJ Abrams jealous! Odd off and on shaky cam for no reason! The turtles were funny. They look weird and apparently have super strength, idk. I like the personalized approach, just not the size / shrek-ness. Adapted from the current IDW series, with apparently a lot of call backs to the 2003 series (which I never saw). Tony Shalub is not a good fit for Splinter, actually forgot until 3/4 of the way through that Knoxville was Leo. Movie went by really fast, I thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I haven't seen or heard about any callbacks to the 2003 series (the best one), and they'd more likely be related to the Mirage series it drew so heavily from. From what I've read, this sounds like a complete mess of rewrites. They might as well be aliens because the Hamato Yoshi back story stuff is completely absent, and you don't make a character called Eric Sachs (horrible westernised version of Oroku Saki?) if they're not Shredder, and pretty much filling the same role that Baxter Stockman could (maybe that's the 2003 connection). Despite all that... it still looks kinda fun and breezy. THOUGH 2007 FILM FOREVER 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) well the Hamato Yoshi backstory takes a while to get to in the IDW series, and that's in some weird reincarnation angle. But if you aren't reading the current series, I highly suggest it. and the stuff I read about callbacks to the 2003 series were in a mural Sacs shows April, and apparently Shredder's armor? basically the turtles and splinter were lab animals injected with mutagen when during a lab incident they escape and later grow in size and in intelligence. That's being abstract and paralleling both the movie and the comic series. Someone pointed it out though: the climax of the movie is exactly the same as Amazing Spider-Man. Edited August 9, 2014 by staySICK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Yeah, I'm reading the IDW series. It's surprisingly good, though again more and more mutants... I guess maybe it's 2003-related if... the idea is that Shredder has been alive a very long time. The armour in the film looks ridiculous, so that wasn't a cartoon thing. Otherwise, all the 'origin' stuff I've heard about in the film hinges on the April connection first used in the IDW comics. Which is another Amazing Spider-Man 'everyone's connected' origin thing. Really, though, ASM1's climax is Batman Begins'... which was probably already the climax of something else. I do like that we're worried about spoiling ninja turtles stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 The reviews are pretty poor for the film, but what I've been hearing is that it's average. If I still lived near a "dollar theater," I'd wait until it arrived there to see it on a big screen. I've been thinking lately of just buying the Blu-ray movie collection to tide my TMNT urge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 The Killers Finally got to the last actual film noir in that collection I bought a while back (one is more a 'light-hearted caper' with actors famous for film noirs). Probably a real treat at its time, as one of the classics of the noir genre, with a great performance from Burt Lancaster, but there's nothing I felt it did particularly well compared to other classics I've seen. It looks the part and there's nothing really wrong except for some of the script clumsiness, but it can't quite compare to Double Indemnity or Out of the Past. It's refreshing to see how Life Insurance Investigators could be heroes though. The Specials And in another film I decided to get round to watching. James Gunn's other superhero film about a bunch of losers (not just because they've lost stuff). I wasn't expecting it to be really funny... and I was right. There are good laughs here and there, but it's just too weak a script for a low-budget film. It's more a bunch of scenes to support a few gags more than a decent story with well-written characters. That said, I really liked the concept, and there are good actors in there so I don't feel it's a wasted watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 What About Bob? I remember catching a bit of this on TV and thinking I must watch the full film at some point. Then, since it was leaving Netflix, I decided to give it a watch. The full film confirmed what I originally thought in that Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss are both great and play off each other well, but it's just a very meandering film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Zathura: A Space Adventure. It was okay. A better version of that pile of shit called Jumanji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hey, I loved Jumanji as a kid, and everyone knows that there are no better judges of movie quality than small children. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 A Perfect Host. Fraser's brother knocks it out of the park here; he's magnificent. The film just goes on a little too long and has this ham fisted final 20 minutes that flat out wasn't needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 American Hustle: I didn't give 2 shits about any of the characters. I kinda wished they'd all be killed by the end. It was borderline Okay/bad, but leaning towards the okay for the humor. Ride Along: It had some good laughs going on. Basically, a platform for Ice Cube to be a badass and Kevin Hart to be funny, which both do quite well. So, if you like that, you'll like this movie. Throwback Monday Movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka: Right before the time In Living Color came on TV, the Wayans were doing some funny stuff in their parody movies (before they became stale with a 20th Scary Movie sequel). If you have ever seen some of the blaxploitation films, this was a parody of those, and had that stupid comedy that I love so much. I'm old and grumpy, so this movie brought me back to my childhood when me and my friends laughed hard at this movie, Hollywood Shuffle, and anything Eddie Murphy did on stand up - both Raw & Delirious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 My Neighbors the Yamadas. I actually really enjoyed this for the first hour or so. I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but it surprised me both with its art style and it's method of storytelling; it's just a little too long to earn itself a 3/5 (I consider that above average/good). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hotel Transylvania. Nothing special and the plot is pretty predictable but I still wouldn't call it a bad movie. It has some nice moments and Dracula's daughter is pretty likable, plus I just have a soft spot for Halloween specials that get all the classic monsters together for whatever reason. It's just a cute little family movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Mad Max... I think putting it under OK is only because I feel like with the amount of praise it has, I probably didn't watch it correctly. It spent more than 3/4 of the film setting up the plot that happened less than 20 minutes. If I hadn't known before I watched it that it was supposed to be post apocalyptic I would've just thought it was an outrageous action film with no real time setting. I also thought that the plot was mostly non existent. Maybe I'll watch it again sometime, but I think I'm just going to move forward and see what Mad Max 2 and Battledome have to offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) Mad max is pre apocalyptic. It's rooted in 70s era Australian moral panic about crime waves and social breakdown. I've always found the change in setting between one and two to be extremely bizarre. The second two are completely different from the first one. Edited October 16, 2014 by Mr. BOO! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Plus, I have always found Tina Turner to be hot. Thunderdome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Tremors Its so bad that it became decent. Also that gun nut and his wife are the best characters. A sand worm bust into your bunker? Spray it full of lead! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hotel Transylvania. Nothing special and the plot is pretty predictable but I still wouldn't call it a bad movie. It has some nice moments and Dracula's daughter is pretty likable, plus I just have a soft spot for Halloween specials that get all the classic monsters together for whatever reason. It's just a cute little family movie. Yeah I've always been a sucker for these. I especially have always held a deep love in my heart since I was a kid for that Scooby Doo movie where Shaggy and Scooby become teachers/caretakers at that all girl monster school. Also agreed on Hotel Transylvania. Nothing special and a bit forced, plus a horrible message of "you only click once with somebody so if you think you found him/her marry on the spot" lol wtf But for some reason the romance between the vampire daughter and Andy Samberg worked for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 19, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Tremors Its so bad that it became decent. Also that gun nut and his wife are the best characters. A sand worm bust into your bunker? Spray it full of lead! by so bad, you mean so awesome right? That was one of my brother and my favourite films when we were young. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Tremors is a great film. Just a shame they didn't quite stop there (though I'd say Tremors 2 was alright, barn explosions and all, it's 3 n 4 that get a bit funky). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hotel Transylvania. Nothing special and the plot is pretty predictable but I still wouldn't call it a bad movie. It has some nice moments and Dracula's daughter is pretty likable, plus I just have a soft spot for Halloween specials that get all the classic monsters together for whatever reason. It's just a cute little family movie. Yeah I've always been a sucker for these. I especially have always held a deep love in my heart since I was a kid for that Scooby Doo movie where Shaggy and Scooby become teachers/caretakers at that all girl monster school. Also agreed on Hotel Transylvania. Nothing special and a bit forced, plus a horrible message of "you only click once with somebody so if you think you found him/her marry on the spot" lol wtf But for some reason the romance between the vampire daughter and Andy Samberg worked for me. I myself have always liked the one where Shaggy is turned into a werewolf by Dracula and then forced to compete in a car race against all the other monsters. It's not a "good" movie but come on, how can you read all that and not be at least a little curious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Wacky Races ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Basically most of the classic Scooby-Doo TV shows and movies were between good and entertaining, never really unbearable. Pretty much the only modern Scooby-Doo media I could/can watch is Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost. The computer virus movie was the turning point to mediocre status for the majority of Scooby-Doo. That previous TV show had its moments, but eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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