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Three days of the condor
Redford was a terrible choice for that character and the character itself was terribly introduced. I hated him for the sheer stupidity and idiocy with the girl. It got better after they had sex. Ultimately felt like one of those movies where you had to analyse the book in school and then watched the movie with the teacher and said ah, this is that scene and oh, interesting how the director did this. I really did not get into it nor did I like it in the end. found something off about 3 Days of the Condor, its decent enough but the pacing is not great. But I'm a big Faye Dunaway fan and whilst this isnt her best role, she's still good in this.
Holy shit, what a crazy god damn ride. Insanely cool vision, 80s style Grindhouse, super brutal over the top gore, pretty consistent pace. Although it starts off as just a violent action flick, it delves into really surreal territory with the introduction of The Plague (wtf?). The lighting is generally very harsh but provides that 80s comic book feel, almost like something you might see in Heavy Metal. Also kind of a throw back to movies like The Toxic Avenger, in that it's a city overrun with corruption that gets saved by an unlikely hero.
The violence is definitely not for the weak of stomach, it's very brutal and gory, and the movie does not shy away from absolutely despicable things like setting a school bus full of children on fire. You probably know it's an instant cult classic already, but it's very easy to see why. Absolutely insane movie. Yeah I really enjoyed hobo with a shotgun too. It was just what I expected and didn't let me down, unlike, for example, Machete. Rutger Hauer does a good job of grounding the movie by playing it straight while the rest of the movie goes crazy.
Thor is ultra crap. Cheap CGI that makes 50s puppets look realistic in comparison. No character development to sṕeak of even though the whole movie is supposed to be about it. Clich� story. Whole movie had no more substance than a 15 second trailer. Avoid!
I don't know what this is, I don't know what language is being spoken, I don't know what country it's from, but I want to see it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdqTo9svrg&feature=player_embedded The Troll Hunter
Very cool, well done in a Troll Witch Project style, comedy funny in places, made all the better by how completely straight and dead pan it's played, especially the main character. Okay there's some plot holes and the trolls could have been scarier, but does exactly what it says on the tin. Oh, I did find the constant rain a bit depressing though, too much like the UK lol. Hanna
I expected a completely different story and was pleasantly surprised. Stylish exciting action thriller drama (minor) psycho movie with awesome music from the chemical brothers. Will watch again! Tony Scott in good movie shocker. Does exactly what I didnt expect it to do, not too long, not too dumb and quite exciting and suspenseful.
pretty well made till the last 2 min which are really dumb. They had a sensible ending already which would have still been emotionally satisfactory but adding on the last 2 min just undid a lot of good work IMHO.
Still, nicely made and acted for the most part. I like Drive, it's great fun. Mark Dacascos makes a good Jackie Chan, and it's got the whole Rush Hour buddy thing going on but I don't find it nearly as annoying somehow.
Good solid action film on a Tiny budget :) Nitin, my thoughts exactly.
loved how he seemed insane on the train the first few times... "you're the distraction right? every simulation has one!" I was thinking whether that was meant to be a character/circumstance trait or a subtle attempt at conveying PTS.
Saw 127 Hours and The Fighter this weekend. 127 Hours is about what I expected, Boyle made the best of what he had - basically a guy stuck in a hole for an entire movie. Quite exciting but it felt like the cutting off the arm cheapened it a little as a drama. Decent but I probably wouldn't watch it again.
The Fighter was good, great performances from Bale and Wahlberg. I'm glad Aronofsky pulled out of directing it though, the story wasn't really grand enough for his talent. It's not the kind of movie that'll be a classic in 30 years time. By the end I was on the verge of fast-forward just to get to the inevitable result of the fight. I did enjoy it more than 127 Hours, but there's been plenty of good boxing movies (sporting movies in fact) before it, and plenty more to come no doubt. 127 Hours was a much more emotional movie. Hmmm what else have I seen recently... Doomsday, which i've now lost all faith in Neil Marshall having any skill. And Soon The Darkness - average cliched horror. MicMacs - quite good but I was hoping for something awesome and it didn't really deliver. Oh and Lynch's The Straight Story (okay for 1 watch, but very slow), and Wild At Heart (rubbish). Certainly not Lynch's better movies. Watched The Lost Highway again, which is brilliant :D
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