The movie thread

[chickendippers]

I can't believe we didn't have one of these before! Post your movie reviews, news etc.

I'm gonna kick things off with Narnia; I think it's an awesome film, probably the best I've seen this year. The direction is awesome the cinamatography is the best I've ever seen, both my girlfriend and I were wowed by the sweeping views over the british countryside at the start and the use of slow motion in the battle scene. Generally the CGI is good, although there are a few questionable bits but it hardly spoils the film.

The story itself, well we know it's good; it is a bit wierd that they keep refering to the younger of the two boys by his full name (Edmund) throughout the entire film, but that's how it was written I suppose.
People say it's a very racist, or bible-bashing book (therefore film) but in all honestly I didn't pick up on any of that, all I got was a battle between good (the humans and other nice mythical creatures) and bad (the ice queen and her horrible orcs). If this is non-PC then so is LOTR.


So in conclusion: The Chronicals of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe > Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Score: *****

[MadBadger]

gota admit the Christian aspect was blown out over the top thou in Nania

SAW2- (18 )
Mad Psycho takes 6 people from various walks of life all with a secret. Then 1 by 1 they are put through 'trials' and killed in various sickening/ghastly ways (watch out for the furnace i thought that was real bad) The cop from the first saw tracks down the Psycho and is in for a surprise..... great ending leaving SAW3 wide open

Easily
*****
good film



The Descent- (18 )
6 fit girls go caving after one of them loses there husband....... enter first 30 min of fit girls getting wet and crawling through narrow passages with..... viewer friendly angles Then the monsters attack (and not the mythical kind)

Great film extremal Shiite ending DVD may have alternate ending..... i hope.
*** (maybe a 4th star but ending still screws it up)


Team America: World Police (12 A )
Group of American super cops take on terror from Paris to North Korea..... In the Style of the Gerri Anderson puppet shows (Thunderbirds, Captain scarlet, Stingray) Ohh and did i mention a large A-list of 'stars' who are just perfectly insulted and imitated. Micheal Moore running around and blowing himself up cant be missed nor can the Team blowing up most of Paris

Very good Very funny film.
****

[chickendippers]

Only 4 stars for Team America? I would have definately given it 5!

[The Eagle]

Gah, i was gonna get it in town but then i remembered i was shopping for other people

[chickendippers]

I saw The Da Vinci Code yesterday and I must say it was an excelent film. Having not read the book and generally ignoring what people say about it I managed to come to the film without any preconceptions, and I'm glad I did - it's an excelent film!
Tom Hanks comes across very well being all serious, but things really pick up when Sir Ian Mcellen appears; the excentric old man character really lightens up the film and provides a bit of a break from the "being chased by the police" attitude that preceeded him. The plot twists and turns, but it's never difficult to follow and you're always on-top of what's going on.

Score: ****

[chickendippers]

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is two-parter and as such it doesn't have an ending, it just sets up the third movie for a big battle which is a bit annoying. But that can be forgiven because the movie itself is funny and action-packed. Each character has their own motivation to be after the same artifacts so it turns into Mission Impossible by the end
The CGI is impressive as ever with Davy Jones and his crew looking particularly life-like...not sure about the scottish accent though.

Score: ****

[MadBadger]

SuperMan Teh Return

Man o' Steel returns from holiday.... to the remains of Krypton. Lex Luthor blags some old ladies riches gets outa jail and gets a Kryptonite Dildo to wave at superman. Lex raids Supermans fortress of solitude and nicks ****.... and causes alota probs iin the mean time.

Some decent set pieces like the plane, ship and earthquake..... thou not enough to be honist..... hopefuly its just being set up for the next one....

great CGI but the storys a bit lame... Spacey is great as Lex, Superman.... could be better.... Louis.... meh shes ok....

Rating
***

Go see it but try and sneak in!


As for POTC2

I loooove ma apples! Best bit of the damn film!

[chickendippers]

Stormbreaker
A kids action movie, but a good one at that and another British film with high production values. The action is good, the special effects impressive and the story funny in all the right places - especially the M-like character played by Bill Nighy. The cast is also pretty star-studded and includes Ewan Mcgregor, Jimmy Carr, Robbie Coltrane, Steven Fry and Alicia Silverstone. The story itself is nothing special; the usual evil guy wants to kill every kid in the country and the only person who can stop him is our hero Alex, but then you don't go see action movies for the storyline!

My one criticism is that I want hair like Alex - grrrr.

Score: ****


Over the Hedge
A film with a sickening moral about family and an action movie actor attempting to play a cute cartoon animal doesn't bode well for this film, but it's quite amusing so can be forgiven. The storyline is an interesting one in which RJ steals (and subsequently looses) a bear's food stash, he is given 7 days to get it back. He conveniently meets up with an assortment of animals whose habitat has just been replaced with a housing development and tricks them into helping him replace the lost food.

Score: ***

[Fenris]

Starship Troopers

Tagline - They Came to Our Planet, They destroyed our cities, But on November 7th, They'll learn, They messed, With the wrong species.

Set on the future earth, Johnny rico is a young student dating a girl named Carmen. When Carmen decides to join the military in order to become a class citizen (citizenship is only achieved through serving your country), Johnny follows and joins as well. He soon realizes that he joined for the wrong reasons but just as he is about to quit, an asteroid that originated from the orbit of planet "klendathu" hits Buenos Aires (his home town) and kills his family. Johnny and his fellow troopers set out to destroy the planet's inhabitants: a type of deadly and very large scaled space bugs.The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

[EatsP1es]

Superman (another quick review)

thought the storyline was pretty weak and the connection with the characters wasn't deep enough to make it good. Saw it at IMAX (as in massive screen =P) with 3D glasses for some bits and whatnot and that was the ONLY THING which made it worth seeing.

**(*)