What Movies Have You Seen Lately? (Part 4 - REVENGE!)

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I did and I'm looking forward to what he's gonna do. Hard to say whether he's gonna carry over this style to Robo, but it reminded me of a stateside director's (David Ayer) recent stuff: Harsh Times, and Street Kings. Looks like Padilha's got the gritty-style down pat. Very promising.

But I have to be honest, with Hollywood in full Verhoeven remake-mode it seems, until I see these new ones, I'll continue to have a real hard time divorcing the properties (and by default, the idea of these remakes) from what made them so enjoyable for me, and it wasn't the action. Which (with what little I've seen of 2012 Recall), they're already showing to be emphasizing. No telling yet with Robo, or Starship Troopers.

tl;dr: Padilha has skills, still proceeding with caution.

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But I have to be honest, with Hollywood in full Verhoeven remake-mode it seems, until I see these new ones, I'll continue to have a real hard time divorcing the properties (and by default, the idea of these remakes) from what made them so enjoyable for me, and it wasn't the action. Which (with what little I've seen of 2012 Recall), they're already showing to be emphasizing. No telling yet with Robo, or Starship Troopers.

Same concerns here. The direction Total Recall went is understandable after the studio hired Len Wiseman and his wife.
I hope Jose will do it his way.

[greensmoke]

Midnight In Paris
The Amazing Spider Man

The former is a chraming philosophy about life.
The latter has romantic & lyric view about something like ego, youth and goodness.
Both are pretty good. Liked them.

[dnn]

Savages. A few problems with the script, but great acting especially by del Toro and Hayek make up for it. Very beautiful cinematography.

[frolunda71]

The Amazing Spider-Man.
I thought it was a good reboot, but there are a couple of things I didn't like in the movie. Garfield is good as Spider-Man, but too childish as Peter Parker when he's in school and especially in a scene where he's alone with Gwen Stacy in a school corridor. He's like a 12 year old boy speaking for the first time to a girl.
I also didn't like the thing that Spider-Man uses a gadget to shoot his webs. If you are bitten by a genetically altered super, duper spider and you get all the spider ability's, then you should be able to shoot the webs with your wrists, just like in the Sam Raimi versions.
Then there's the 3D. Man what a disappointment! After seeing Prometheus, I had high hopes for the 3D in this movie and I was really surprised how poor the 3D was! There's no real deep depth feeling at all and the only time you felt it a bit, was at the end of the movie when Spidey swings through the city. It doesn't even come close to the 3D in Avatar, DOTM and Prometheus.
I'll buy it on Blu-ray when it's released, but I won't see it again at the movies.
I'll give it a 3 out of 5 points.

[HarryCanyon]

The Amazing Spider-Man.
I thought it was a good reboot, but there are a couple of things I didn't like in the movie. Garfield is good as Spider-Man, but too childish as Peter Parker when he's in school and especially in a scene where he's alone with Gwen Stacy in a school corridor. He's like a 12 year old boy speaking for the first time to a girl.
I also didn't like the thing that Spider-Man uses a gadget to shoot his webs. If you are bitten by a genetically altered super, duper spider and you get all the spider ability's, then you should be able to shoot the webs with your wrists, just like in the Sam Raimi versions.
Then there's the 3D. Man what a disappointment! After seeing Prometheus, I had high hopes for the 3D in this movie and I was really surprised how poor the 3D was! There's no real deep depth feeling at all and the only time you felt it a bit, was at the end of the movie when Spidey swings through the city. It doesn't even come close to the 3D in Avatar, DOTM and Prometheus.
I'll buy it on Blu-ray when it's released, but I won't see it again at the movies.
I'll give it a 3 out of 5 points.

Well basically the organic webbing comes from James Cameron originally when he wrote his screenplay in 1991 and Raimi borrowed it from him. He never had organic webbing before you see in the original comics but he did when he was mutating into Man-Spider in the comics.

The dark Knight Rise: OMG, best movie of the year no doubt!

[HarryCanyon]

Revenge of the Nerds Awesome cult classic comedy with John Goodman in one of his earlier film roles, one of my favorite comedies since i was a kid and never fails to make me laugh.

TDK Rises​ for the 4th time: Such a wonderful finale and Anne Hathaway is one fine looking Catwoman.

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Total Recall (2012)
The Watch

[TIMtationX]

Total Recall (2012)

Do you recommend?

The PG13 rating coupled with the serious tone scares me.

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Do you recommend?

The PG13 rating coupled with the serious tone scares me.

Honestly, 50/50. And I say that because it might hinge on what they did alter for this movie (story-wise). Liked the entire look of it (about the strongest thing it has going for it), very slick, but even though they went off in a few of their own directions, it still felt a bit on the paint-by-numbers side (nothing we haven't seen in stuff like Bourne, Minority Report, and so on), with the plot getting muddled at the end.

re: The PG-13 rating - It still has ( . )( . )( . ) plenty of violence, just not Verhoeven-style hyper-violence. The tone feels closest to Minority Report. (which I would say is serious with the occasional humor thrown in)

[swishbig]

The Amazing Spider-Man
Ted
The Dark Knight Rises
Think Like a Man
Cars 2
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

[HarryCanyon]

Total Recall (1990) on Blu-Ray: the new blu-ray has a better transfer and extras than the last one, very nice. I saw this 5 times in theaters when i was a kid when it came out.

Total Recall (2012): Although a re-adaptation of Philip K. Dick's story "We can remember it for you for wholesale", i should say this is a nice adaptation of that story.

Fritz The Cat: Fun animated cult classic that i always liked since i was 17, the first x-rated animated movie but tame compared to hentai titles.

[Bayhem]

"Young Adult"


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This one is now officially one of my all-time favorite movies. Didn't expect much, but I ended up loving the hell out of it. Theron and Patton Oswalt are amazing together.

[Hardkore]

American Reunion (theatrical cut)
Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows

[Albershide]

Total Recall - Definitely they got the story wrong. I wouldn't even bother to compare it with Paul Verhoeven's piece of work. Still that doesn't mean that the movie is bad. I really enjoyed it mainly because of the production design. They really did an outstanding job making a believable universe. It reminded me so much of Blade Runner. The stunts and the fighting choreography were awesome too. I loved the design of the synthetics, the gadgets and all the monitor and screen data. Also I think Colin did great job playing the part. Still I think if they did a 100% rip off of the original movie it would have been much better. I really missed Mars. And can't get this tune out of my mind - The Tempest 3rd Movement - Beethoven:




Lockout - Really entertaining. Exceeded my expectations.

[Albershide]

Get the Gringo - What a crazy story. Mel Gibson wrote this and is awesome as the lead too. Recommended!!!



The Raven - Good story that is close enough to Edgar Allan Po's biography. Luke Evans is great as ever.

The Raid - I wanted to see the movie that the new Dredd movie was inspired by. Great action sequences and camera work.

Seeking Justice - A pleasant surprise. One of the better Nick Cage movies. A dynamic and tight story with no bullshitting around.

[swishbig]

Warrior - No wonder why Tom Hardy played Bane!

[HarryCanyon]

Paranorman: Hands down the best animated film this year, nice to see a stop motion animated gem as good as Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline. Funny, exciting, creepy and imaginative.

The Hunger Games on blu-ray: a pleasant surprise this turned out to be in theaters and one of the most enjoyable movies of the year. Reminds me of Death Race 2000 (You know the one with Stallone?), Running Man, Rollerball (1975) and Battle Royale in the same themes and all, violent and fun with some emotional moments. I can't wait for the sequel.

[swishbig]

The Dark Knight Rises - My 3rd viewing. I just can't get enough of this movie! It's so epic!

[HarryCanyon]

Freaked: Who remembers this cool sci-fi horror comedy? it's the one with Alex Winter, Mr. T as the bearded lady, Randy Quaid as a crazy mad scientist, Bobcat Goithweight as Socko the sock-headed man and other mutant freak creatures. Loved this since i was 12 when it first came in theaters 19 years ago and became one of my fave comedies, never fails to make me laugh.The Dark Knight Rises: for the 8th viewing, love it.

[TIMtationX]

The Possession.

Your basic "girl gets possessed by demon" horror flick. Wasn't as bad as a thought it would be, but if you've seen one, you've seen them all.

[Aliafne]

Iron Man 2 - whehehe... wtf is this? I felt the urgent need in the last 5minutes to wash my eyes and whatch Transformers.. Action wise it was below average. Was there a story? - oh yeah some meaning about how important it is to use scary weapons in good hands : rol Okey...Ah CGI- wtf? How lame is the Iron suit when Stark is putting his arm next to his body and flying with it. He looks like a squeezed balerina. Oh and my favourite there were two shots right after eachother which is the tipical ending of all brasilian soap opera epizodes when a terrible secret is out. Only one positive thing was the cameo of DJ AM, what a sweet and sad surprise

American Psycho - I guess this movie has become now one of my ultimate ever favourite films!!! I jsut dont know where to starts. Its one of those fromt eh beginning till the end, tip to toe perfect films. Directing is perfect, cinematography is perfect, acting is f...... outstanding, story is mindblowing, there is a meaning and debth to it. And I was laughing my head off. Brilliant movie, just can recommend it to everybody who hasn't seen it yet!

Spun - really good drug movie. Very excitingly edited!

The Machinist - again a brilliant movie. I never thought there will be a movie that I dont have the nerves to whatch fully. But first time I had to stop after 10 minutes. Not because of the movie, cause its not scary, but whatching Christian Bale being skelleton thin, and the way he acts and moves, jsut freak me out. No CGI, and just a hint of special make up. That much dedication to a role. And then I whatched the whole movie. And its a very good psycho thriller, also the cinematography and color grading is very unique. And the acting just carries the whole film away.

[Hardkore]

Raider of the Lost Ark...in IMAX

Lock Up

Get Carter (1971)

Hot Fuzz

Mongol ~ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416044/

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The Divide.

Please, tell me someone saw this, because it was one of the best movies I've ever seen!! Incredibly underrated.

[HarryCanyon]

Since it's halloween season, time for horror movie watching.Friday The 13th (1980) uncut blu-ray: One of the first horror movies i ever watched on video when i was 4, it looks decent in high def and uncut too.Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust: 2 awesome animated horror fantasy movies, i saw the first movie 19 years ago on video when i was 12 and one of the first movies that got me hooked into anime and the sequel is far superior with unique animation, lots of action and memorable imagery.Zombie Holocaust (aka Dr. Butcher MD) on blu-ray: Not too bad transfer of a fun yet gross Island of Dr. Moreau meets Night of the Living dead Italian import.Psycho (1960) on blu-ray: My all time fave horror movie since i was 5 and looks sharper than ever on high def, nuff said.The Possession: How many Exorcist rip-offs have we had for 39 years?Blood Diner: Fun, silly and gross 1987 cult horror comedy fave in the tradition of the Tales from The Crypt episode "What's Cooking" and Re-Animator about 2 cannibalistic brothers who resurrect their uncle's talking brain and must open up a diner for business and murder some people mainly virgins to serve their bodies as meat for their specials and also try to bring back a blood goddess. I saw this when i was 10 on video and it grossed me out yet amused me in a sickening way, recommended if you want a fun and comical bloodbath.