Hitman - from the game I think. An OK couple of hours entertainment. He deffo should have knobbed the tart in it though.
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Hitman - from the game I think. An OK couple of hours entertainment. He deffo should have knobbed the tart in it though.
'Hellgate' starring Ron 'Horshack' Palillo as the hero of the film.....my word that movie was awful. Every little bit of comedy they had in it was done in 3's example Palillo motions to his friend to come to him "You know you're an asshole?"...he motions again "You really are"......motions again "I mean it"...:mad: that wasn't the only bit they did the whole 3rd times a charm deal with....oh it was ghastly!
El K,
just curious, do you know if that movie was based on either a video game or manga of the same name? vaguely recall either game or a manga of that name (or similar)
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Had a selection of movies to watch and time for 2, ended up randomly picking Warm Bodies and Jack the Giant Slayer
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Warm Bodies - starred Nicholas Hoult -he looked familiar, couldn't place him at first, but it came to me, he was Beast in X-Men: First Class
not my regular type of movie to watch, but surprisingly wasn't bad... nice how the romance blossomed between a zombie and a human. more love story set in zombies-infested world vs kill the zombies type story
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Jack the Giant Slayer - starred Nicholas Hoult - when my son picked the movie, it was based on the title, coincidence it starred Hoult - just as expected, fun adventure movie, great time for my 10 yr old son and me - couldn't spend Father's Day any better. it won't win critics over, but fun adventure ... thought CGI was pretty good. the castle siege was a little intense, and i "felt" both sides of the siege.
i would reco both movies.
Watched Nutty professor starring Eddie Murphy with the kids, they loved it.
The movie was released in 1989 so I don't think there are any ties to a video game and if there were that movie would have certainly destroyed sales.Quote:
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Thx El K.
The Serpent and The Rainbow starring Bill Pullman. Crazy movie about zombification set in Haiti...really neat cerebral film almost horror movie but still closer to reality than fiction.
Last night I finished one of the most amazing movies ever created 1987's 'Miami Connection'.
Miami Connection (1987) - IMDb
Check out some of the "Totally Rad" clips from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwreUpE1Ulk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdrg5DXqsn4
I think the thing this movie does best is making montages that happen in real time as opposed to showing gradual growth and change it's just real time and doesn't show much change at all...its basically music & no dialogue. Plus you'll notice the Asian dude gets hit maybe 1 time the whole movie while the black dude gets the dog shit beat out of him and the white guy does much better but still takes a few shots hear and there.
Watched F on film 4 and it was a crap British horror movie. Although the fit PE teacher in the dressing room getting changed and being killed was amusing
The Numbers Station.
Pretty good. Interesting angle on the whole hit man thing.
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
I didn't realize the rating was R when I watched with my 10 yr old son and 12 yr old - they had to cover their eyes on some parts - pretty gory (not splattergore). There is adult language throughout also.
But beyond that, fun movie - nice spin/extrapolation on classic tale.
It's not going to win any Academy Awarsds but worth the sit-through if you are into these type of action movies. Good special FX
I reco it.
p.s. oh yeah, Gemma Arterton is hot!
Man of Steel - A must see... A really good action packed movie.
Dead Man Down - Is an entertaining film. Well worth the watch. It's not high action packed but it has some good scenes.
Just curious, are you a fan of the comics? Mixed reviews i've been hearing/reading. Fans of the books say one thing, non-comics fans say another.Quote:
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Originally Posted by StickgrapplerJust curious, are you a fan of the comics? Mixed reviews i've been hearing/reading. Fans of the books say one thing, non-comics fans say another.Quote:
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I'm not a comic geek but I know the general story lines on the more popular comics.
I have to say it was very well done. I liked the fact that they took some things from the original story and also mixed it new things to it. Overall the film is it's own new story in a sense and it ties in several other films in little ways.
I can see where comic geeks would get their pens leaking out because of how the story was changed and had things added. But again it's a new story mixed in with the original.
I will say one thing about it that some of the Krypton scenes and fighting/exploding scenes were a bit too much. They practically destroyed Metropolis.
All in all though a really good film.
Thank you @CutMeMick - the point of contention for comics geeks (i'm a comics geek somewhat, but not a Supes fan) is fundamentally Supes is different... it's one thing to take artistic license for the movie on something superficial, but at the core, something's changed (don't want to spoil it for others so not mentioning it) and that one point is a huge point of contention
regardless, i'm not a supes fan, but even i kind of balked at that one major point/difference. however with that said, i will watch when dvd is out and will probably like it overall as a movie with the action
'The Sun Also Rises' starring Eva Gardner ....she was quite stunning in her day. Errol Flynn was also in the movie though he was clearly past his prime it helped him play the role of the worn down old Mike Campbell.
I am quite fond of 'The Lost Generation' and I enjoyed the film, but I am not a fan of the bullfights although there is great drama and symbolism with them. Jake, the lead character being impotent from his wound in World War I his will is strong but he knows his limitations, Cohn being young very capable but also unsure of himself, Mike being older and a bit worn down but still putting up a fierce display of bravado knowing his limitations but not caring to address them, and Bill being a fit man, capable of proper mischief with drink and women, and Romero the youngest most sure of himself most capable yet constrained by his position as a torero/matador. All men in different walks of life, different states of success of failure, differing levels of resiliency a bit like the life of a bull in or out of the fighting ring.
Solid movie albeit a very long one 2 hours and 10 minutes
Watched Riff Raff starring Robert Carlisle not a very good film and dated looks like they made it with a camcorder.
Oz the Great and Powerful
watched with my 10 yo son, we both liked it for what it was, a fun family movie.
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Enter the Dragon
in honor of Jim Kelly who passed away 6/29.
It's a great film. G.R.E.A.T. It's bleak relentlessly so just like Britain for the working class. It looks like they made it with a camcorder because Ken Loach probably did.Quote:
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I watched The Deerhunter for like the 49th time last night and it gives me a different feeling everytime..
The last scene with the Russian Roulett always gets me choked up. I cried
Parker - Jason Statham beats the shit out of everyone and JLo gets down to her undercrackers.
Cloud Atlas - Started watching but I was a bit tired and ended up binning it because I was confused. I was only really watching to see if Hallie Berry got um out or got banged. Will give it another go.
'Deadball'.....that is one in-fucking-sane movie! Deadball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its funny in parts, always gory, always twisted......very Japanimation but done with live action characters.
I watched To kill a Mocking Bird for about the 100th time last evening. Incredible acting.
I want to watch Parker but haven't had a chance yet.
El K,
Deadball looks like i may like it! lol
It's a long strange trip manQuote:
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It's not a big budget film but I just watched a British film called ' Interview with the Hitman ' or something like that and I was pleasantly surprised...
MOvie is very good considering its budget.. Good acting, storyline, subtle action etc..
I highly recommend it..
'For Whom The Bell Tolls' another Hemingway novel come to the silver screen starring life long Republican Gary Cooper ;) and the always gorgeous Ingrid Bergman
Solid movie, great story....I LOVE that era of history, World War I, The Spanish Civil War, World War II....a time of MEN not of children trying to be men.
watched 3 movies with my son and partly into the movies, my oldest daughter and then my second daughter joined in. one of them surprisely my wife sat through too (expendables 2). great times with family watching:
Expendables 1-2
Prometheus
in an effort to bond with my 10 yr old son more and watch more 'macho' things to get him to man up a bit - Expendables was on the menu. Prometheus was a change of pace to test if he may like Science Fiction movies.
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Expendables is gory at times but doesn't harp on it like splattergore movies. What is there not to like about a bunch of over-the-hill action stars of days of yore getting together to make an action movie? nice action with weapons and some emptyhands (although some of the stars are not martial artists so the usual film artifice of shaking cameras and fast cuts were used to create false energy and exciting fights). As is typical of Hollywood action movies (especially from 1980's) - loads of one liners which were cliched and cheesy but expected and welcomed by me!
Not one but two Deus Ex Machina IMO in Expendables 2 were fun and great moments. Loved all the in-jokes with the one-liners referencing the stars' former movies.
Both Expendables 1 and 2 are highly recommended by me if you are looking for big explosions, mindless fun, and watching your oldtime action stars like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Willis, Norris, Lundgren, Van Damme, Eric Daniels, mix it up with current action stars Statham, jet Li, Couture, Terry Crews, Scott Adkins, Steve Austin. One note: Schwarzenegger and Willis appear briefly in #1 and in #2, they join the action. Norris was in #2.
Brazilian MMAers Big Nog and Little Nog have a cameo in #1.
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Prometheus was visually a feast. Similar to Aliens' design by H.R. Giger. Director Ridley Scott is back. Asks heady questions and while watching with my family, my viewing was interrupted and i missed about half an hour in the middle. I was a little confused, but after reading one online article as well as the wiki on it, I was appreciative of the overall themes and what Scott was after.
One thing with me which is either good or bad: as i watch a movie, i get into it and generally don't try to be a geek and dissect/criticize everything as well as treat the actors as their characters and not who they really are. Case in point, I knew Noomi Rapace was in this, loved her as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but as I watched it, i didn't make the connection that it was her. Rapace was great in this.
Charlize Theron was great also. But the one who stole the show, so to speak, is Michael Fassbender, whom i last saw as Magneto in X-Men: First Class. He played an android which was tasked to watch over the humans when they were in stasis sleep. I don't want to give away too much as it's a brainy watch on a higher level.
Also reco this, but if you are looking for Aliens (i.e. Alien 2 - action) and not Alien-type (i.e. Alien 1 - horror) of stories, then pass on this. There is an Alien mythos connection to Prometheus but it works as a standalone movie. There are some questions left unanswered which paves the way for a sequel which at this point I don't know if it's officially on or not.
Neglected to add Taken 1 and 2 also. My son and I liked both. My 14 yr old daughter 'got' why they didn't use the original ending of #2 before I did. There's hope for her! Smarter/sharper than her old man!
an aside: Liam Neeson is an ambassador for the new (now not so new) martial arts style Keysi Fighting Method, which was featured in the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman movies as well as in some of Tom Cruise's movies, most notably the recent Jack Reacher movie. Sux that the fights were of the shaking camera creating energetic fight scenes with the fast cutting/editing a la oldschool MTV style music videos to probably hide the fact that Neeson is no martial artist and also 60 yrs old, if not close to 60.
The Heat - A lot funnier than what I thought it would be...
Spring Breakers - What a fucken waste of time... 30 minutes in I was done and stopped the film.
Man on the ledge - It's worth the watch when your home. It kept me interested the whole way thru.
Dead Man Down - Good film, with good action and the story line was interesting.
Arbitrage - Overall the film was really, it got better and better as the movie went on. The ending is a bit questionable. But all in all it's a worth it.
Despicable Me 2 - Not as funny as the 1st one but still pretty damn funny.
Point blank.
French movie. Fast paced action, tension all the way, top movie.
Thanks for the up on Parker.Quote:
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Cloud atlas shitted me to tears.
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I was shocked to see J lo body is still perfect
'American Pop', yet again. Loved that flick!!
Tthought you meant the 1960's Lee Marvin movie based on Richard Stark's Parker series. There's been a few versions of the same character, most recently Jason Statham's Parker, and Mel Gibson's Payback.Quote:
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This French movie is unrelated to Lee Marvin's Point Blank I take it?
Watched Empire strikes back with the boys they were laughing at the poor special affects.
Ace Ventura was crap too.
#1 It's Special Effects and #2 That trilogy was brilliant as far as the Special Effects go, George Lucas built LucasArts out of the success of that franchise. I would argue the Special Effects in the original Star Wars trilogy are FAR better than those in the new trilogyQuote:
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Im about to watch the movie version of Rouoni Kenshin .. Im so excited.
The remake of Evil Dead sucked