The last movie you saw...

[Jynks]

I like the Blade films.. they are not great master works but .. heh.. i think they are pretty cool.. I like 2 and then 1 andf then 3 the most.

2 was by that guy who did Pans Labyrinth ... will be very interested to see what he dose with new line cinema's The Hobbit trilogy.

[dinky]

and MIMIC (2?) and HELLBOY 1 & 2. I thought the first BLADE was a fun balance of techno, image/style, and martial arts. It was straightforward and didn't take itself too seriously. The second one failed on all of those counts. plus, what's-his-face obviously made the left field decision that the vampires were going to look like NOSFERATU. the story was hopelessly convoluted with uber vamp stuff. the cgi was far too distracting, the script clearly thought a lot of itself but all the twists and turns felt like they were obviously trying too hard to both up the ante and capture the essence of the first movie. Don't get me wrong; it's worlds better than TRINITY. But that thing shoulda been stv fodder.

watched TROY DIRECTOR'S CUT last night. about 30 minutes longer. scenes changed not just added. the changes and additions leave the existence of the gods more open-ended, but it's still the same essential movie. same debilitating problems. same "dish ran away with the spoon" ending. what's funny is that I can probably tell you exactly what critical literature the writer & director read in school based on their take on the ILIAD, but it's like they took one aspect of a multivalent essay and blew it up michael bay style.

[spudthedestroyer]

mimic 2 is dog shit, mimic 3 is the best... mimic one is meh.

lol @ Troy, dinky you are such a nancy boy! yeah, I know, I know... you watch it for the 'costumes' and the 'history'. You'll get more history from a packet of chocolate digestives you great big nancy

The Signal (2007)
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=18225

Well I didn't expect this; this one was quite good!

Its another one of those mass outbreaks of something, a viral and unknown force is causing outbreaks of hysteria and violence... that has been a number of these types of films when suddenly a generation drops dead, etc. A kind of cross between Invasion of the body snatchers style trust no one and Ringu style modern viral supernatural. Well this is one of them, a rogue signal is broadcast across telephones, radio and tv causing all those that observe it too intermitly to snap and go psychotic.

There's a high level of gore; largely blugeoning and beating. I was duped by this at first I had downloaded the dvdr and recalled the name from a fangoria; it slyly presents you with a low budget snuff/torture film that is the kind of film that has very little appeal to me. This is luckily just a trick and a prelude to the first 'transmission'. After this brief scene, there's clearly things a miss, and its not long before full on violence is in effect. There's a great musical device that blacks this out to the audience at first but the violence ramps up and up. The second segment changes pace and style, its high on the humour and the gore and really does work well. I don't want to get further into giving away plot traits, but its clearly well thought out and above average in terms of acting and humour. You can tell a lot of work went into this, I was on one hand suprised to see three director's credits next to the movie, however it all makes sense and its clearly

The editing is smart, precise and effective. There's segments that overlap, with titleboards with a transmission over the top. They once again trick you, and you can't trust what you believe to have happened. This ties into later scenes where the character's are clearly insane and reality is only their reality. Works well. There's stylish cuts, stutters and a well polished edit that helps sway you in and out of insanity.

There's some really good stand out moments, near the end with brief slip into insanity got me... should have seen it, but it was covered well.

Recommended viewing, you might like it!

[dinky]

lol @ Troy, dinky you are such a nancy boy! yeah, I know, I know... you watch it for the 'costumes' and the 'history'. You'll get more history from a packet of chocolate digestives you great big nancy

actually, the major problem with TROY is that they tried to make a "historical" movie based on largely fictional and wholly mythic characters/events. Same shit, different day as KING ARTHUR, except TROY had much higher production values. The emphasis on "remembering your name" is done fairly well (although why anyone but a lit crit would care about it, I don't know ).

The Signal (2007)
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=18225
There's some really good stand out moments, near the end with brief slip into insanity got me... should have seen it, but it was covered well.

Recommended viewing, you might like it!

eeeya. this sounds frighteningly similar to THE HAPPENING, which is an early front runner for worst movie of the year. still, I do like horror comedy and fantasy action. will see if I can find it in HD.

[Jynks]

lol @ Troy, dinky you are such a nancy boy! yeah, I know, I know... you watch it for the 'costumes' and the 'history'. You'll get more history from a packet of chocolate digestives you great big nancy

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Alaxander was the worst.

[dinky]

even rosario's magnificent cans couldn't save that turd.

[spudthedestroyer]

The Signal (2007)
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=18225
There's some really good stand out moments, near the end with brief slip into insanity got me... should have seen it, but it was covered well.

Recommended viewing, you might like it!

eeeya. this sounds frighteningly similar to THE HAPPENING, which is an early front runner for worst movie of the year. still, I do like horror comedy and fantasy action. will see if I can find it in HD.

I actually rewrote my post; the original had a big piss take out of the happening, repeatedly referring to things 'happening'

The happening I suspect will be one of the shit ones, and there's been loads of films its ripping off over the past year. Only thing that remained is the ominous "another" right at the beginning of the description... it is another it would have been original if it was 10 years ago, but the viral/telecommunication mass outbreak movies are at least 2 a year for a couple of years now.

720p:
http://www.scenereleases.info/2008/06/s ... fined.html

[dinky]

720p:
http://www.scenereleases.info/2008/06/s ... fined.html

danke

edit: 1mbs. thank you sweedish seeders with with nothing better to do with their bandwidth than feed my BT.

[spudthedestroyer]

Okay, yesterday I watched Vantage Point and honestly thought it was much better than I was expecting. I was expecting a "Phone Booth" style affair that ultimately leaves you unsatisfied, with crap 'action'/tension moments.

It wasn't terrible though, it was quite interesting... the over used segmentation technique didn't seem tired, there's some entertaining action in there and although it completely falls to pieces and goes to the ultra ludicrous, I didn't seem to mind. Probably because my expectations were low.

I have just watched "Casandra's Dream" and was really enjoying it right up until the ending, which has to go down for me as one of the shittiest endings in cinema history. The film is a solid drama, with great acting, great direction, somewhat clichéd plot but well beneath vomit inducing territories. Woody Allen did most things right. However, the ending... what a crap ending. They ran out of budget, or ran out of patience, or couldn't be arsed but it just didn't wrap up well. It kind of soured the whole experience, which was very solid. So very dissapointing from Woody Allen, I expect a lot more from him.... this was rushed, incomplete and fell apart from the final act. I almost can't help but think i've missed some "yes it was a crap ending, that was the joke" joke

[maxpayne2409]

i'm back.......

watched be kind rewind tonight, i now hope i really don't die until i've seen something else that's so mind altering excellent so that my last movie i see in my life isnt that steaming pile of turd, Jack "Hack" is really just mega shit i've decided (possible exception school of rock) and as for the rest of the cast... try some decent actors next time, and the plot was all just whaffy all over the place

anyway haven't seen new indy yet, i loved the original trilogy and frankly the whole idea of indy 4 filled me with dread as i know hollywood are practically destroying something i love, such is their way.
Though i have got lego indy jones to play

From what i've read about plot i agree with spud, 20 years and that's all they could come up with? makes you wonder just how shit all previous drafts were..... or concidering how they are these days the previous scripts were probably too good to use.

I'm upset to find myself in a position where i no longer get excited about upcoming movies, no matter how good they sound due to teh fact they will undoubtedly be tripe

i mean i am hoping a green lantern movie gets made in 2010, but even so GL is one of my favourite comic characters and i know hollywood will just fuck it over removing any resemblance to the actual backstory in favour of some current "hot picks" from teen magazines and a plot you wouldnt even wipe your arse with

[dinky]

what is it with you and GL and GA?

I'm actually jonesed to see DARK KNIGHT. I love the take on Joker from the previews.

[maxpayne2409]

what? i think GL is a fun superhero

i just finally got finished watching all 5 seasons of justice league, the season 4 and 5 story arc was pretty cool

jonesed means have an erection right?

now ive finished watching JL i just have all the adventures of batman, new adventures of batman, batman beyond, the batman and superman the animated series..... oh and *mumbles* static shock to watch (ona mega superheroes kick at the mo

[dinky]

well...it's a little more versatile than "boner." but I think that's the metaphor. haven't we been over this before? it means "crave" or "desire," as often in the context of food as sex.

[maxpayne2409]

i don't recall ever having a jonesing conversation, but i'll just go with it lol

i've heard it mentioned ina few american teen movies before so i presumed it was something sexual related, can say i've ever heard it in a food related way though

[spudthedestroyer]

I know this one,
Harry Jones = Heroin; it means extreme craving.

Mostly used to refer to extreme craving, and usually 'pitching a tent'.

I don't know why Heroin is called Harry Jones though, anyone?

[dinky]

now you've got me curious. near as I can guess, it's a homonym for abbreviating "heroin" (i.e., disguising "her" sound with a cutsy ending).

my only evidence is that Harry and Big Harry mean heroin too. iunno. it's something I'd do without need for any other reference.

the jones part is just the craving though. it's pretty clear that harry alone is heroin. cassell's slang dictionary mentions that it's a masculine drug. I guess it could also be connected to the "puts hair on your chest" sort of thing.

[maxpayne2409]

i'd love to see an advertising slogan that goes "try heroin, it'll put hairs on ya chest"

"it's something I'd do without need for any other reference.

no wonder dinkys just a skeleton, he's doing heroin

hmm don't remember if i mentioned i'd watched be kind, rewind or not, anyway it was absolute shite, really awful on a massive scale, i hope Jack Hack gets cancer of the bollock or something

[dinky]

you know...I don't think Jack Black was the problem with that movie at all. it was just crap all the way around (maybe 10 minutes of good material encased in loads and loads of uber crap)

[maxpayne2409]

the only film of his i remember seeing that i actually enjoyed was School of rock.

The best part of bkr was the remakes of the films, everything else was just really utterly shit, and is Mos Def actually def or retarded or something? that's the only reason i can think of why he was so shit in the film, well and the fact he can act even worse then jamie fuckbag theakston

[spudthedestroyer]

I thought School of Rock was a big shit myself.