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Movie reviews
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:14 am
by Mr. Poopypants
Please post any reviews on new movies here. These movies include new theatrical and DVD releases.Please only post reviews, try to keep the other posts down, I think this would be a neat little thread to keep running (and easy to find the actual reviews)
Re: Movie reviews (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:18 am
by bud_one
Napoleon Dynamite a dang funny movie. My wife hated it, she said "that was the dumbest movie ever". She said the same thing about "Dumb and Dumber"(great movie). But I loved it.
Re: Movie reviews (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:20 am
by Mr. Poopypants
OK, my 2 most recent DVD movies and one theatrical releaseNapoleon Dynamite 2 thumbs up for sure. A great movie about........nothing really. This will be one for a select group of people, you either love it or hate it.Troy The movie holds true to the original greek tale, with some minor artistic license taken. BTW, is it a rule that Orlando Bloom has to use a bow and arrow in every movie he is in?Team America:World Police The (removed) scene......the most hilarious minute in a movie. I have never lauged that hard at one minute of film in my life. The DVD will most likely have the additional 9 minutes of (removed) scene that they had to cut out. Keep in mind, no genetalia on these puppets, which makes it even more funny. It is crude humor, if you like South Park, or have seen Orgasmo or Cannibal! The Musical and enjoyed them, chances are you will love this movie. (All are written and acted in by Matt Stone and Trey Parker)AMERICA $@#& Yeah!
Re: Movie reviews (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:24 am
by ToolGuy
Dodge Ball... OK not as funny as it looked.
Re: Movie reviews (MiVibe-ToolGuy)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:33 am
by nismo
Meet the Fockers: Great movie. Watched it twice. Loved it both times. Even though I knew what was gonna happen the second time in the movie, still was quite funny. I would definitely recommend this movie.Blade Trinity: Good movie. Not as good as the original Blade, but definitely worth going to the theaters to watch.Inder
Re: Movie reviews (TRD4reel)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:40 am
by russ257
Napoleon Dynamite: I didnt like it at first but once i realized it didnt have much of a plot and was more of a string of funny events and watched it a second time i enjoyed it much more.
Re: Movie reviews (russ257)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:51 am
by bud_one
Gaawshhh!!!!
Re: Movie reviews (russ257)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:05 am
by Mavrik
Dodge Ball is about 3 out of 5 points for me, had its very funny yet just plaIN weird moments.Resident Evil 2 (movie, not the game) AWSOME IMO Loved itIf you want to see Toronto Canada blow up, watch that movie haha.Blade Trinity, also an awsome movie, not as good as the first cause sequals hardly are but I enjoyed it just as much. Great comic relief.King Authur, I wasn't sure what to expect with that movie, never saw it in theaters, but enjoyed it greatly on DVD. Get the extended unrated version.Van Helsing (sp) For fans of mythical vampires, were creatures, sirens. Awsome movie to.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:09 am
by ragingfish
Clerks (yes, an old flick, i know) SUCKED!Very true to it's Jersey heritage, but the movie was boring as all hell and not what everyone I talked to hyped it up to be...
Re: Movie reviews (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:22 am
by damronjr
Musa The Warrior, best movie ever!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:33 am
by tnpartsguy
Clerks X (DVD) ROCKED....making of Documentary (The Snowball Effect) was awesome. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (DVD) WEIRD, but entertaining....odd to see Jim Carrey as kate Winslet's straight man, but somehow it worked.3 (DVD) Not really what I expected, but still a very compelling movie, tearjerker.
Re: (tnpartsguy)
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:22 am
by ragingfish
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle This has to be the FUNNIEST movie I've seen in ages! And I had no idea it took place in Jersey...what is it with me finding all these Jersey movies lately!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:38 pm
by kostby
1. The Incredibles- 2004 Theatrical - (yeah, I'm in to G and PG-13 family movies) not out on DVD yet - they're still raking in the bux at the box office.I'm constantly amazed at the absolute creativity of all the Pixar releases (Toy Story, portions of Toy Story II, Monsters, Inc.) They take a totally off-the-wall concept and produce some of the funniest stuff ever to wear the title 'animation' Pays homage to many live-action and animated superhero movies.2. Laws of Attraction 2004 DVD (enjoyable chick flick warning)I've always liked the TV and movie characters portrayed by Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele and the various James Bond flicks). Brosnan plays a high-powered unconventional divorce lawyer who gets into the head of his court opponent and eventual love interest, Julianne Moore. Beautiful Irish scenery later in the movie too. DVD has special features including deletes scenes and an alternate ending. You're able to view the screenplay as the movie runs, and there are some DVD-ROM internet links if you play in on your computer (I didn't explore them - the movie was due back at midnight).The Italian Job - 2003 DVD - (Yup, I'm a sucker for a good car chase movie too. Bullitt and North By Northwest are some of my all-time favorites) Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlburg, Donald Sutherland, et al. I never saw the original (1969) theatrical release, but the premise included the use of Mini-Coopers in a heist. The 2003 re-make makes the the new (2003) Mini-Coopers the stars. Lots of action and suspense, involving the heist of gold from (where else) Venice Italy. The DVD has lots of 'making of' footage, including a racing school the main driving characters attended to prepare for the filming. Don't forget to check out
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Re: Movie reviews (bud_one)
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:00 am
by wicked1981
Quote, originally posted by bud_one »Napoleon Dynamite a dang funny movie. My wife hated it, she said "that was the dumbest movie ever". I agree with your wife. Just watched White Noise this past weekend and its ok not as good as I thought.
Re: Movie reviews
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:22 am
by Sputnik
Cold Mountain - sucked. Too slow, Nicole Kidman is all wrong for that role. Maybe the book is better.
Re: Movie reviews (Sputnik)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:38 am
by scherry2
I just took my son to Lemony Snicket, a series of unfortunate eventsI chuckled from the beginning to the end. quite entertaining.
Re: Movie reviews (Sputnik)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:54 am
by Psychobroker
Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »Cold Mountain - sucked. Too slow, Nicole Kidman is all wrong for that role. Maybe the book is better. I disagree, thought it was a great movie. Kidman was fine, but Zelwegger stole her spotlight. Jude Law was very good as well.
Re: Movie reviews
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:58 am
by BlueCrush
Musa The Warrior Hero Electra Meet the Fockers
Re: Movie reviews (Psychobroker)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:28 am
by Sputnik
Quote, originally posted by Psychobroker »I disagree, thought it was a great movie. Kidman was fine, but Zelwegger stole her spotlight. Jude Law was very good as well. Really? Wow. I thought it was SO slow... and yes Zelwegger was much better than Kidman.
Re: Movie reviews (Sputnik)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:54 am
by Psychobroker
Quote, originally posted by Sputnik »Really? Wow. I thought it was SO slow... and yes Zelwegger was much better than Kidman.Oh, don't get me wrong...it was slow, but I still thought it was a good movie. I'm a big action/sci-fi movie fan, but can also enjoy the occasional slow-developing movie.
Re: Movie reviews
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:06 am
by Sputnik
Watched Paycheck on the weekend. I gave it a 7 out of 10. Interesting premise; could tell it was done by John Woo though. So very "woo-ish" like Face/Off.
Re: Movie reviews (BlueCrush)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:14 pm
by damronjr
Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Musa The Warrior Hero Electra Meet the Fockers Hero over Musa the Warrior? I don't think so. I've owned Hero since May of 2003, but I sure wouldn't say it is better than Musa. I don't think there is a better martial arts movie than that other than maybe Twin Warriors. More favorites are Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Last Samurai, The Returner, and Bichunmoo.
Re: Movie reviews (russ257)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:23 pm
by msmyer
Quote, originally posted by russ257 »Napoleon Dynamite: I didnt like it at first but once i realized it didnt have much of a plot and was more of a string of funny events and watched it a second time i enjoyed it much more. You know I was the same way...
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:59 am
by tnpartsguy
Coffee & Cigerettes; just not my kinda thing I guess, it has it's moments, especially the next to last segment with Bill Murray and the Wu Tang Clan guys.....but I would be hard pressed to even give it a full star.....let's say .7 stars.....
Re: (tnpartsguy)
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:39 am
by redlava
Finally got around to seeing "Super-size Me." Fantastic Documentary, I recommend everybody go a rent it. Just a quick synopsis for those of you who haven't heard of it, a guy eats nothing but McDonald's breakfast, lunch, and dinner for one month to see what the effects of eating too much fastfood has on the body. If you were ever having trouble starting a diet...watch this documentary and you will walk to the nearest grocery store and buy a bag of carrots.
Re: (redlava)
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:04 am
by PhillyVibeGT
The Day After Tomorrow Tree-hugger movie about global warming, started and ended without a point, sure it could happen but (removed)?? half a
Re: (PhillyVibeGT)
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:11 am
by Mr. Poopypants
I, ROBOT - When I first saw the previews for this movie, I would not have paid to watch it. But after watching it last night, I must say, damn good movie. Good action, good CGI, good all around movie.
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:24 pm
by sylvainber
ditto!the preview was the opposite of the movie. a colleague at work fortunately told me that the movie was true to asimov's story. it was very good. would love to see a sequel.Hero (not just about martial arts, more about perspective, down to frame-by-frame minutiae)incredibles Pixar rocks again! and again!Team America (yes, 6 stars)... i cried 3 times i laughed so hard... i still get flash chuckles every once in a while. I was humming 'i'm so ronery' to a friend while watching the aviator... we almost fell off our seatsPolar Express (on IMAX 3D) If you ever read the book to your child, this was a heck of a ride Italian Job Action with an eye for the characters. you could feel the chemistry between the actors
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:51 am
by Mr. Poopypants
HUGE BUMP!!!I just watched Big Fish for the first time, and as usual, Tim Burton has his hand in another amazing film. It was nothing what I expected at all. I know it's been out for awhile but it was truly one of the better movies I have seen in a long time.
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:45 am
by Mr. Poopypants
A little late but Mystic River is an excellent movie!!!!
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:45 pm
by Mr. Poopypants
Yet another bump.Just watched Sin City last night. This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It is not a movie for the kids, lots of killing.The way the movie was filmed and edited is amazing, it is so nice to see a creative movie stick out from all the cookie cutter crap that has been released recently.Not to mention the fact that Jessica Alba is SMOKIN' HOT.
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:01 am
by damronjr
Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »Yet another bump.Just watched Sin City last night. This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It is not a movie for the kids, lots of killing.The way the movie was filmed and edited is amazing, it is so nice to see a creative movie stick out from all the cookie cutter crap that has been released recently.Not to mention the fact that Jessica Alba is SMOKIN' HOT.Bought it! Other really good movies are Wedding Crashers (hilarious!) and The Island (awesome action packed movie!). I also saw Fantastic 4. Save your money. Watch it when someone else rents it!
Re: (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:31 am
by redlava
Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »Yet another bump.Just watched Sin City last night. This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It is not a movie for the kids, lots of killing.The way the movie was filmed and edited is amazing, it is so nice to see a creative movie stick out from all the cookie cutter crap that has been released recently.Not to mention the fact that Jessica Alba is SMOKIN' HOT.I bought the DVD but haven't watched it yet. I heard that Jessica Alba's scene in the strip club was supposed to be topless, but she backed out of it at the last minute and had it changed. And I just watched House of Flying Daggers. It was a great martial arts movie almost as good as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The fight scenes were very good, but the cinematography was absolutely breathtaking. The colors and the angles the director used made it very enjoyable to watch.
Re: (redlava)
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:03 am
by redlava
Just came back from watching Clerks II. It was absolutely hilarious, . I don't think I have laughed that much at a movie for a very long time. The last one was probably Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. If you haven't seen the first one, don't worry you won't need to. It might help, because there are some references to it. But all in all it is a brand new movie. I strongly recommend that you have a very open mind. The movies humor is a little crude.
Re: (redlava)
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:47 am
by chemrebel
me and hubby just went and saw C2 today too and we really liked it. i think it would greatly help to see the first one tho to get a better perspective on the sequel. i totally thought elias was a great character to add. and it's such a quotable movie to boot.
Re: (chemrebel)
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:54 pm
by 808 Vibes
Saw Little Man today. It was pretty funny...but I cringed at the part where they did physical damage to a GTO. (looked like a '65)
Re: (HawaiiPontiacLover)
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:42 pm
by scherry2
I took the family to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. good movie my son laughed his (removed) off during the water wheel scene. great movie for the family and a good sequel. well worth it out of 4stay thru the credits extra clip at the very end.
Re: (scherry2)
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:23 am
by slvrvibes
Superman Returns, very good. They will definitely, have a series of them come after this one.
Re: (slvrvibes)
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:19 am
by NascarXprt
i know this is old but saw Cars last sunday it was funny in spots but a good movie. i will be seeing Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby August 4TH.
Re: (NascarXprt)
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:01 am
by ToolGuy
Saw Lady In The Water on Saturday... It was good!
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:15 am
by isaaclud
SUPERMAN is the truth! go see that one......also I just found a copy of SHOGUN ASSASINfrom 1980.....now THATS vintage samurai cheeseright there....I loved it
Re: (slvrvibes)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:02 am
by binary
Quote, originally posted by slvrvibes »Superman Returns, very good. They will definitely, have a series of them come after this one.That movie put me to sleep... sorry, but I was disappointed at all the movie cliches they used. For example... the air plane over the waterfall... then cut to the shot partially blocked of the bottom of the waterfall... I literally counted out loud in the theater "3... 2... 1...." and the airplane amazingly appeared - hurrah. Com'on - this is Superman, direct better!Sure there's some cool surprises at the end and I think Spacey did a great Lex (many didn't)... but the overall movie was snoring.Sorry, i can't give it more than Cars was funny, same old family friendly Pixar plot - but I didn't care. It was a great movie with good directing, effects, and characters. If I could change one thing? The voice actor of Speed McQueen... Over the Hedge - finally a kids movie with a new story line. Or at least different enough not to be classified like anything else. Humor in this movie was one notch above Cars - I had tears in my eyes a couple of times from laughing so hard. 1/2
Re: (redlava)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:20 am
by tnpartsguy
Clerks 2 was not what I expected.....I expected a lot of gross humor....well, it delivered! But the back-story was what really got me....sorry, no spoilers from me, but it really was worth all the waiting and hype that Kevin Smith put us (his fan-base) through.Cars is one of those movies that deserves to be seen on the big screen, at least once..... and then own on DVD within 72 hours of it's release!!
Re: Movie reviews (Mr. Poopypants)
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:33 pm
by NUBlackshirts
Saw Monster House a couple of nights ago. I was bored to tears (and I really enjoy animated films). But my 7-year-old daughter seemed to like it. The animation was so-so, and very little humor at all. Was only 1.5 hours but seemed quite a bit longer.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:49 pm
by isaaclud
KILL BILL Vol. 1 is the truthnow I gotta rent Vol. 2I thought Tarantino did a really good jobusing old kung-fu techniques in a modernshowing....great stuff......( well, except for himhaving Uma stuff a living body in the trunk ofa 300ZX....that sh*t aint happening no matter what)