Article ITT I attempt to review every movie I've seen.

I take it you never saw Vantage Point? I did watch From Paris With Love (the latest one feat John Travolta) & can do a review on it if you would like.
 
Tee Hee Hee said:
Alice in Wonderland (the 2010 version, not the old animated film)
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I skipped it. There is just something about Burton and remake; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Planet of the Apes were both terrible. I know that Alice in Wonderland isn't suppose to be as bad as his other remakes...but frankly I just stopped caring about Burton and his movies. He's a grossly overrated director and I'm done with both him and his movies.
 
pillar said:
I take it you never saw Vantage Point? I did watch From Paris With Love (the latest one feat John Travolta) & can do a review on it if you would like.
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I'll probably wind up watching From Paris with Love eventually. I have a tendency of watching films that Besson's produced or directed or written...even if I try to avoid them.
 
Sexy Beast said:
I skipped it. There is just something about Burton and remake; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Planet of the Apes were both terrible. I know that Alice in Wonderland isn't suppose to be as bad as his other remakes...but frankly I just stopped caring about Burton and his movies. He's a grossly overrated director and I'm done with both him and his movies.
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My personal recommendation is that anyone who read Lewis Carol's work or knew at least a pretty small amount of background (and you just seem like the kinda person who does. ;)) should have skipped it.

It was an okay movie. Depp was kinda boring as The Mad Hatter, but since Jack Sparrow he hasn't been really able to flesh out his insanity-personality into anything more interesting.

For the most part I'd say I was entertained, but both I and a number of my friends who knew Carol's work just sat there furrowing our brow at why whoever wrote the screenplay decided to take the plot of The Looking Glass Wars, which seemed far more interesting and suitable to audiences, and replace most of it with the Jabberwock poem.
 
I'm going to see Toy Story 3 next week. I await your review on what appears to be (through reviews from critics ) the best Pixar movie to date.

I'm to pumped.
 
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Title: The General
Year: 1927
Country of Origin: US
Director: Clyde Bruckman

Story: A man must save his train engine and girl from Union spies during the American Civil war.

Review: First things first, this is in fact a silent film and pretty much the only thing you listen to the entire time is the musical score. The print of the General that I saw last night had the worst f***ing score I've ever heard and it nearly killed the movie for me. This morning I did some rudimentary searching on youtube and came up with a version of the film with a way better score.

Anyway, this is a damn good film. I usually hate silent..a lot, they're usually disjointed all to hell and frankly really boring. This film, for it's time, is a monumental achievement in film making. Some of the stunts and action that take place in this film are simply jaw dropping knowing that none of it was CGI or models. Many consider this one of the best films of all time and I'm going to have to agree with them.

[10/10]
 
Split said:
"The Great Train Robbery" 1903
buahahaha
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It's on like Donkey Kong now.


Poster was just way to big​


Title: The Great Train Robbery
Year: 1903
Country of Origin: US
Director: Edwin S. Porter

Story: It's about a train robbery...

Review: I've actually seen this one and there really isn't much to it. The film is about 12 min in length and is about a train robbery. I mean it's quite impressive for 1903, but I can't actually give this a score. So yeah, at one time this was the most technically advanced film ever made.


[Not Scored]
 
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Title: The Great Dictator
Year: 1940
Country of Origin: US
Director: Charlie Chaplin

Story: "Heil Hynkel"

Review: This the Chaplin grandiose way of telling Hitler that he could go...well you know f' himself. The film is both funny and profound especially since it was made before anyone knew the full extent of the holocaust or how WWII was going to end up.

[8.5/10]


Ehh...this is the Chaplin film that I've seen. Though I'll probably be seeing Modern Times soon.
 
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Title: Frailty
Year: 2002
Country of Origin: US
Director: Bill Paxton

Story: God speaks to a man through a bowling trophy and commands him to destroy demons that hide amongst people. When he tries to involve his two young children in his divine mandate, he manages to alienate his eldest son.

Review: This one of those films that were terribly mis-advertised as a horror film. This is actually more of a psychological drama with story elements that are akin to horror films. This is Paxton's directorial debut and he doesn't do anything all that special. What is special though is the story and the way it unfolds. It's a tale that asks some very interesting questions and provides some intriguing moments. I would probably call it one of the most underrated films of the last decade.

[8/10]
 
Sexy Beast said:
It's on like Donkey Kong now.


Poster was just way to big​


Title: The Great Train Robbery
Year: 1903
Country of Origin: US
Director: Edwin S. Porter

Story: It's about a train robbery...

Review: I've actually seen this one and there really isn't much to it. The film is about 12 min in length and is about a train robbery. I mean it's quite impressive for 1903, but I can't actually give this a score. So yeah, at one time this was the most technically advanced film ever made.


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i see....how about
The Great Train Robbery 1979
BUAHAHAHA
SHORN CONNERY
 
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Title: The Spanish Prisoner
Year: 1997
Country of Origin: US
Director: David Mamet

Story: Steve Martin tries to con an uninteresting person.

Review: This movie is clever, but not very interesting. What I mean is that the plot is twisty and has some good moments...but all the characters are just so damn uninteresting that it's difficult to care about them. Even the personable Steve Martin is as dull as he ever has been in the movie. It's kind of a shame since with a bit of polish to the script and if the actors actually acted then this would have been a good film. As it is right now...I have to say that it's just dry and uninteresting.

[4/10]
 
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Title: A Prairie Home Companion
Year: 2006
Country of Origin: US
Director: Robert Altman

Story: It's like the radio show, but with Kevin Kline and Lindsay Lohan.

Review: I like A Prairie Home Companion...the radio show, not the movie. Garrison Keillor's 2 hour weekly radio show is a pleasure to listen to. It's a blast of Midwestern Americana and the 30 odd years it's been on the air it has been delighting audiences across the country.

So when I heard that the great Robert Altman was going to make a movie out of the radio show I was excited. It's kind of sad that this was the last movie of Altman's cus this film sucks. It's dull and meanders into just about nothing. Sure it has a talented cast, but even then they can't save this dull mess.

[3/10]
 
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Title: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Year: 2007
Country of Origin: US
Director: Seth Gordon

Story: The most epic Donkey Kong show down ever filmed.

Review: For something as mundane as a Donkey Kong face-off, this really an entertaining and engrossing film. Seriously, I'm not kidding. The film makers really manage to turn thins into a David and Goliath type of story and do a great job with the over all set up. This documentary is slickly edited and well paced...probably one of the most entertaining documentaries to come out in the last decade.

[8.5/10]
 
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