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Le Mans - Steve McQueen's racing movie with is easily more exciting than any driving or racing film in recent times (yes I am talking to you F&TF)
It was a good one, does anyone know how it compares to the book?
You managed to watch up to twenty minutes of Vacation??
Huh...you're a brave man, I bow to you!
I heard there were people running out the cinema hall screaming in sheer terror when accidentally watching Vacation...
The Swiss government even had to release a hazard warning for that movie <:-P ok...I'll stop now...
This is actually the funniest movie I've seen all year. The brother and grandma really steal the show.
:)>-
All I'll say is, do they get any better? :/
Many will tell you number 2 is the worst in the series. I personally think part 6 is worse. Some personal highlights: 4, New Nightmare and Freddy Vs Jason.
The Freddy sequels at least have continuity going for them, if not immense quality improvements. Characters will return in later installments, which is kind of cool and not something you saw much of at the time, kind of like with Halloween and their cast of characters, Loomis being the obvious best example.
@Master_Dahark, see Nightmare #3 if only for an alluring (yet also creepy) scene with a red hot nurse. Other than that, not much use for it I'm afraid. ;)
Can't comment on the Freddy reboot of a few years back, as I've not touched it with a ten foot pole, despite Jackie Earle Haley being in it.
I'll agree with @DarthDimi about Freddy Vs. Jason, though. For whatever reason I've loved that film since childhood. I think it does some really interesting things inside the confines of a horror narrative and is essentially the Batman Vs. Superman equivalent of the horror genre, so there's also that.
- Commitment (2013)
- Man On High Heels (2014)
- The Divine Move (2014)
- For The Emperor (2014)
- Confession of Murder (2012)
- A Company Man (2012)
- Nameless Gangster (2012)
- New World (2013)
- Gangnam Blues (2015)
- The Terror Live (2013)
- A Dirty Carnival (2006)
- The Yellow Sea (2010)
- The White Storm (2013)
- Killers (2014)
- The Con Artists (2014)
- Secretly, Greatly (2013)
- Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013)
- Monster (2014)
- Juvenile Offender (2012)
- Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
- Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
- Rough Cut (2008)
- Nightfall (2012)
- Cold War (2012)
- The Constable (2013)
- The Suspect (2013)
- The Berlin File (2013)
- The Youth (2014)
- Public Enemy (2002)
- Another Public Enemy (2005)
- Public Enemy Returns (2008)
- Big Match (2014)
- Fists of Legend 2013)
- No Tears for the Dead (2014)
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell (2013)
- The Raid (2011)
- The Raid 2 (2014)
Love Exposure (2008), a Japanese drama/comedy coming-of-age movie. The movie is 4 hours long, and there is not one minute too much. Actually, I could have carried on for another hour! This film is directed by the guy who made ‘Why Don’t You Play in Hell’, and this film is at the same level of twisted, sick, epic, fun stuff. The movie covers a big base of themes - religion, love, sex, porn, so the film keeps changing style. The actor who plays the main character (a completely crazy teenage guy) delivers a stunning performance. All in all, if you have nothing to do for a big load of time, this film will fully entertain you for 4 hours.
As The Gods Will (2014). This is a teen horror/survival directed by Takashi Miike. Very gruesome movie, dozens of high school kids die of gruesome death if they don’t play by the rules of a nasty survival tournament. The main cast is extremely cool, they all have their own unique characters and style. The film is a bit OTT at times but Miike is no stranger to this. The 2 hours run time go by very quickly, as you keep wanting to see if this bunch of cool kids will survive all the horror that ensues.
Lesson of the Evil (2012) Another Miike film, this time in the slasher style. It may be uncomfortable for some (a teacher goes ballistic and makes a rampage on his fellow collegues and his students), but I found the film extremely fun. The last 30 minutes is pure, OTT, mindless fun as the teacher mows down dozens of kids with his shotgun.
Moebius (2013) One of the sickest, weirdest, violent, depraved, sexually disgusting film I’ve ever seen. It’s very short, clocking at just over 85 minutes, and with not one line of dialogue, but boy does it keep your attention going. The main 3 actors, a couple of parents and their teenage son, are mesmerising. The star of the show is the son, played by Seo Young-joo, who won many awards for his previous film, ‘’Juvenile Offender’’. He is only 15 years old and only at his 2nd acting work, but he gives a chilling performance that not many actors could do.
Punch (2011), a South Korean coming-of age comedy. The story is about a high school student who has to cope with poverty, school, and his often absent father. That is, until his main teacher starts to take notice on him and tries to help him. The young guy and the teacher form a great bond, and they give a lot of funny one-liners/insults at each other. This film was a big success at the South Korean box office, and I can understand why. A really cool, heart warming movie.
Bleak Night (2010). Now this film is truly amazing. A dark drama about a bunch of high school kids hit with a sudden tragedy. This is probably the best acted movie I’ve ever seen with almost only young actors. It is no surprise that several of these kids were nominated for big awards in South Korean festivals. This is not a crime/action movie like I’ve often reviewed in this asian-themed marathon, but it is one of the best film in this entire series of reviews.
Rough Play (2013. Another dark, twisted film about a young guy who has ambition of becoming a megastar actor. The main actor was nominated for several ‘best new actor’ actor in festivals, and it is no wonder why. A completely mesmerising piece of acting. You can really feel the thirst for power and fame inside him. Most definitely an actor to keep a close eye on in the future.
Northern Limit Line (2015), a historical naval thriller about an international incident between South and North Korea during the 2002 World Cup. This is the biggest success in South Korean box office in 2015 so far. An expertly made tense thriller, with an epic naval battle scene at the end. The film features Lee Hyun-woo as the main character (he also plays in ‘Con Artists’ and ‘Secretly Greatly’).
I will see this with my son next weekend. Saw the trailer in 3d, and it looked amazing.
Last night I saw a completely different kind of film with my niece:
This was really cool. I like that it wasn't an unrealistic superhero action film. Aside from the unrealistic zero-pressure effects on people. Connery was great.
He liked Connery in Dr. No, but felt that he gave silly performances in YOLT & DAF. This movie kind of surprised him. He mentioned that Connery's performance in Highlander was great too, but that it being merely a supporting role he didn't realize that Connery had such depth as an actor. He expressed interest in seeing Hunt For Red October. Wait 'till he sees The Rock!!
Friend 2: The Legacy (2013), the sequel to the previous film. This time the film focuses on 3 generations of mobsters including those from the first film. An excellent sequel, with an even bigger amount of epic fights. The story takes place in several eras (1960's, 1970's, 1990's, early 2000's and present day).
Both great fun. :)
Oh wow, cool! Did this earlier this year, followed by the two successors and the Nolan trilogy of course, I even watched Catwoman for Christ's sake, I am so desperate a Batsy fan :))
:))
I think all those people who are constantly badmouthing the CGI in DAD, the komodo dragons in SF or are discussing every frame of possible bad CGI in the Spectre trailers should be forced to watch Catwoman twice a day for one month.
After that they will not be whining again about that baaaad CGI in Bond movies :))
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
I missed it at the theatres but it's now popping up on Netflix, Hulu & Amazon so I decided to give it a chance. I had ZERO expectations myself and heard many negative things, so I started it already prepared to turn it off- my finger practically on the stop button.
Let me tell you I really enjoyed this!! There were many times that I found myself literally laughing out loud! Particularly when Don screamed in a high pitched voice, 'Oh my gosh they've got GUNS!!!' and the very end when Mike and (I think) Raph 'hide in plain sight' on the Victoria Secret billboard. :)) Plus the baby turtles were adorable!
I will admit that the four Turtles are the one thing the movie got 100% right, as it can feel like the Megan Fox Show sometimes and The Shredder was the character in name only. I remember hearing people up in arms about him.
I'm one of those rare 80's kids who didn't live and breathe Ninja Turtles growing up- I didn't follow the cartoon and was mostly just aware of the 1990 movie and sequel (the ONE sequel, mind you). Perhaps since I didn't have the whole nostalgia factor as bad as so many others, I didn't mind the many changes, not even the redesign of the turtles themselves. I can definitely appreciate why some of the long time fans would have huge problems with the 2014 movie, but I loved it.
I'm fully on board for the sequel- especially since I heard Bebop and Rocksteady are in it- as well as Stephen Amell as Casey Jones!
Give it a chance if you haven't already! You might really like it
Well then I'll make sure to check out 3 & 4 :-bd
To be honest I forgot to mention I did see Freddy vs Jason back when it came out and enjoyed it- it was actually my first introduction to the character!
Also saw the remake with a large group in theatres and jesus, did it suck.
Netflix currently only has 2 & New Nightmare as I type this (kind of surprised, with Halloween around the corner. WTH?) but you guys are good smart blokes so I'll go ahead and blind buy part 3 at the very least
Inside Out
I didn't particularly care about the visual side of this, but story-wise it was clever, imaginative and fun.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Even having read a lot about what's in it and all it was still just sickening to watch. Only saw this yesterday and I'm still pretty speechless.
Sicario
I went to see this mainly because Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Enemy) directed it. Remembered early on that, oh, right and Roger Deakins was the DP. Then paid attention to the score and wondered if it was Jóhann Jóhansson again. It was. Didn't even remember the actors in it going in (in other words: unusually for me they weren't a deciding factor in me going to see this), but they were very good, especially Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro. Having a female lead in a movie like this is pretty unusual, and it worked very well. I liked how violence was handled both visually and indeed thematically... not in the most obvious and most common way one is used to seeing in Hollywood movies. A bleak, but fascinating movie. I liked it a lot.
Holy crap this movie makes no sense whatsoever, but it's SO freakin' entertaining!!!
Emily Blunt is good in anything anyway.
The story itself is quite simple. Its the characters and the way in which the director tells that story that is very compelling. I thought the photography was excellent, and there was a certain bleakness to the whole look. The overhead landscape shots were very well done as was the initial journey into Mexico in the car convoy. Looking forward to the planned sequel.