Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

M160RA said:
I thought the kid ("zipperhead") acted pretty bad as well. Clint was good though.
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I felt the same way, really liked the movie. Thought it was well writen and for the most part the acting was good but that kid was so dull and hapless - theres a scene where hes trapped in the basement and hes screaming for Clint to let him out and i really thought he ruined the scene as it should have been something more powerful but it was let down by the kid.

Good movie though i'd recommend it to anyone
 
Saw Memento for the first time tonight, I heard it was pretty crap so I just thought I should avoid it. But I soon found out how crap my friends are at rating films, the film left me empty. The characters was very likeable and when things started to twist I didn't really know who to like afterwards. They're all sick, but I liked the way they lied to me. Very good and well thought script, things seem to sway here and there sometimes (can't really explain it) but my overall impression is very positive.

So there you have it brothers Nolan, I'm impressed.

My Original Rating: :drool::drool::drool::drool::(
 
Phase IV - 1970's movie about ant's getting smart. Saw it as a boy and liked it. Some obvious plot holes, but I really liked it. Interesting music as well. Not sure why I'm telling you this as you haven't a hope in hell of finding it.
 
mexos said:
Saw Memento for the first time tonight, I heard it was pretty crap so I just thought I should avoid it. But I soon found out how crap my friends are at rating films, the film left me empty. The characters was very likeable and when things started to twist I didn't really know who to like afterwards. They're all sick, but I liked the way they lied to me. Very good and well thought script, things seem to sway here and there sometimes (can't really explain it) but my overall impression is very positive.

So there you have it brothers Nolan, I'm impressed.

My Original Rating: :drool::drool::drool::drool::(
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One of my favourite films.

Nice one.
 
Wankmen




Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus christ. This film is looooong and boring...and long, did I mention it's boring as well?


For a start, if you haven't read the graphic novel, don't fecking bother, as it's 'attempts' at filling us in on the story and background are as rewarding as washing your eyes with gravel. Now, it's fundamentally flawed in that however fecking loyal Snyder wants top be to the novel, it's one tempo, all the way through, for 3 hours; sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Now it's obvious to me, even though I have no prior knowledge of the Watchmen enterprise, that Snyder has been loyal to the fanboys, but as a result it's kind of lacking in the whole 'character depth' attribute. There are some redeeming features: Tits, someone's arm gets snapped the wrong way, a fat blokes gets his arms chopped off and the promise of more tits. But it's trying so very to hard to be this lavish visual feast with extra added slo-mo that it has no perspective whatsoever. I couldn't give a feck about what happened in the story and after about 45 minutes I was just wishing it would end (I should mention that I'm usually a very patient man when it comes to films). It's not a visual feast, despite having all the supposed ingredients that would make it so. Plus, the coup de grace - the blue man's penis. Why the feck did they have to constantly show the blue man's penis? Once I had noticed it, I couldn't take my mind off it, like his powers were coming out of the screen, projecting images of his penis into my mind. Sometimes, he even had half a mankini on, why the feck couldn't he keep this on the whole time? His penis was flopping about the whole time, there was just no need for it.


I found this quote in a review I read, it sums it up perfectly for me:

In entertainment terms, it's all brain and no trousers - much like Dr Manhattan.

The irony is that there is such good work in the film that a more ruthless approach to the material would have produced a more involving experience
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The Wicker Man - the 2006 Nicholas Cage version.

This ranks alongside Puppet Master IV as the worst movie of all time, ever. Absolute garbage.
 
The Cars That Ate Paris.

Slow burner but well worth watching. Couldn't work out whether it was tongue in cheek or whether it was just awesomely shitty. Everyone from the soppy Frank Spencer type lead role to the mayor to the murderous village idiot who bore a striking resemblance to Peter Crouch was fantastic. Kind of Mad Max meets Village of the Damned.

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Spammy said:
Wankmen




Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus christ. This film is looooong and boring...and long, did I mention it's boring as well?


For a start, if you haven't read the graphic novel, don't fecking bother, as it's 'attempts' at filling us in on the story and background are as rewarding as washing your eyes with gravel. Now, it's fundamentally flawed in that however fecking loyal Snyder wants top be to the novel, it's one tempo, all the way through, for 3 hours; sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Now it's obvious to me, even though I have no prior knowledge of the Watchmen enterprise, that Snyder has been loyal to the fanboys, but as a result it's kind of lacking in the whole 'character depth' attribute. There are some redeeming features: Tits, someone's arm gets snapped the wrong way, a fat blokes gets his arms chopped off and the promise of more tits. But it's trying so very to hard to be this lavish visual feast with extra added slo-mo that it has no perspective whatsoever. I couldn't give a feck about what happened in the story and after about 45 minutes I was just wishing it would end (I should mention that I'm usually a very patient man when it comes to films). It's not a visual feast, despite having all the supposed ingredients that would make it so. Plus, the coup de grace - the blue man's penis. Why the feck did they have to constantly show the blue man's penis? Once I had noticed it, I couldn't take my mind off it, like his powers were coming out of the screen, projecting images of his penis into my mind. Sometimes, he even had half a mankini on, why the feck couldn't he keep this on the whole time? His penis was flopping about the whole time, there was just no need for it.


I found this quote in a review I read, it sums it up perfectly for me:
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:lol: Agreed
 
My kid could paint that. Documentary about child artist Marla Olmstead. Turns into a mystery about who actually was doing the paintings and an examination of modern art.

Brilliant 9/10
 
Ghost Town

Basically Ricky Gervais doing what he does best. I loved it. I can see why some wouldn't



8.5/10
 
Saving Private Ryan, 10/10! I know its a bit of a old film but i saw it late last night and i remembered what a great movie it really is, one for the ages thats for sure
 
francobaresi said:
Ghost Town

Basically Ricky Gervais doing what he does best. I loved it. I can see why some wouldn't



8.5/10
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I'd hate it if someone gave me a link to a decent stream (not megavideo!) to not watch the film, 'cus that would be wrong.
 
francobaresi said:
Ghost Town

Basically Ricky Gervais doing what he does best. I loved it. I can see why some wouldn't

8.5/10
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Good movie. I watched it with expectations low and then found myself really enjoying it, but then again I am yet to watch a single Gervais appearance that I haven't enjoyed.

Manhunter

Went back to the old vhs archives for this one after remembering it after Gil left CSI, surprisingly it was still a decent copy and I really enjoyed re-watching it, I think I like Brian Cox's Lecter better than Hopkins and this makes the remake Red Dragon seem like a pile of shit in comparison.

8/10
 
Lasse & Geir, horrible script, terrible acting, but an awful lot of fun with some alcohol in your blood. This film screams '70s and Marxism through cheesy lines. I made it sound worse than it was, I enjoyed it somehow... 7/10
 
samabachan said:
Poor man's Infernal Affairs.
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shouldnt that be the other way around

poor mans departed?

unless your talking about the japaneese version and not the andy garcia richard gere one.


The Departed was superior in almost every way to the American version of Internal affairs although I like that movie as well

Departed 9.5/10
IA 8/10
 
manufanatic said:
shouldnt that be the other way around

poor mans departed?

unless your talking about the japaneese version and not the andy garcia richard gere one.


The Departed was superior in almost every way to the American version of Internal affairs although I like that movie as well

Departed 9.5/10
IA 8/10
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Pretty sure he's talking about the hongkongese version since the Richard Gere-movie is called Internal Affairs and the Japanese one is called Infernal Affairs.

And the Departed is solely a remake of the hongkongese Mou gaan dou/Road to Hell.
 
mexos said:
Pretty sure he's talking about the hongkongese version since the Richard Gere-movie is called Internal Affairs and the Japanese one is called Infernal Affairs.

And the Departed is solely a remake of the hongkongese Mou gaan dou/Road to Hell.
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Infernal Affairs is Hong Kongenese. And it's so much more superior than the Hollywood remake.
 
Spoony said:
Infernal Affairs is Hong Kongenese. And it's so much more superior than the Hollywood remake.
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I know that, and I thought I corrected my self, but it seems like a missed the middle part where I wrote Japanese. That was only because that other guy said it was Japanese. I had to check it out because I seemed to remember they were speaking Cantonese in it.
 
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