Thread: Movie Review

We seen "Salt" last night. It was OK, some good action scenes. Not a fan of how it ended...

Watched the expendables last night.

good movie for shiz

Originally Posted by Gav

We seen "Salt" last night. It was OK, some good action scenes. Not a fan of how it ended...

Yeah agreed, I watched it last night, and thought it was watchable, but they could have done better on the ending....

Originally Posted by MO

Movie on Joaquin Phoenix's lost year gets September debut

Movie on Joaquin Phoenix's lost year gets September debut - Yahoo!7 Movies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A movie chronicling Joaquin Phoenix's puzzling 2008 decision to retire from acting and reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician will debut in U.S. movie theaters in September -- and distributors insist it is not a mockumentary.

Independent movie distributors Magnolia Pictures said on Wednesday they had acquired world rights to "I'm Still Here", describing it as "a portrait of an artist at a crossroads."

The movie, directed by Phoenix's brother-in-law, actor Casey Affleck, will open on September 10.

Phoenix's surprise retirement announcement in 2008, followed by a bizarre TV appearance as a mumbling, shaggy-haired guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman", had industry watchers wondering if his new act was a hoax.

Magnolia Pictures spokesman Matt Cowal told Reuters on Wednesday that "I'm Still Here" is "not a mockumentary by any means. I think the film speaks for itself.

Cowal said Phoenix's participation in promotional events for the release was as yet "undetermined".

Phoenix, 35, was nominated for an Oscar for playing country singer Johnny Cash in the 2005 biopic "Walk the Line.' His last movie was 2008 drama "Two Lovers" opposite Gwyneth Paltrow.

Phoenix said he was quitting acting because he was bored and that hip-hop had always been a passion. Last year, he said he was working on a mostly self-produced album with help from rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. No album has yet been released.

I'm Still Here

Already wanted to go see Expendables so now doubly looking forward to it. Also wanted to see Inception, although think it may have finished screening here now, but from the trailers, I can imagine it would have looked really good on one of those imax screens.

We watched "Tomorrow When the War Began" last friday, wasnt bad, sort of a teenage chick flick that has some action scenes, although the funniest bit for me wasnt actually part of the movie, being the second day of its release, there was a cinema with a variety of ages viewing it, but majority were teens. One group had a younger male sibling with them and after a huge suspenseful scene that closes with a mass explosion and violent destruction, the movie goes silent for a full second. However the younger male sibling, sitting somewhere at the front of the theater did that whole massive intake of breath and then lets out with a loud "AWESOME!", all of which was audible to everyone due to the silence on screen and everyone else holding their breath in suspense. Had the entire audience giggling.

Like any other movie, it wasnt as good as the book (and it says so itself in one of the scenes), but if you have a preteen that you want to encourage to read more, get them hooked, the movie could easily lead into them devouring the book series.

Little Fockers

The Other Guys

Classic Will Ferrel! Watched this lastnight.
I doubt they give this guy a script to go off.
If you're a fan of Will Ferrel comedies, this one will fit right in there as one of his good ones.

He plays the goody goody cop and his partner just wants to take things to the edge and gets frustrated when he won't push the boundries in his job.
There are too many random crack up scenes to mention or to even remember. I have to watch it again.

I'm going to spoil a scene in the movie here, but I don't care, there are so many more scenes like it that it wouldn't matter (you don't have to watch it if you're going to see it soon). I thought it was one of the best comebacks anyone has had, lol. Cinema was in stitches.

Actual bit i'm talking about starts @ 1.32:

Little Fockers looks great!

I refuse to watch the spoiler video of The Other Guys as I am seeing it this weekend.

This looks wicked! I think it comes out in November.

Originally Posted by Gav

This looks wicked! I think it comes out in November.

haha... watched it last night... was about to comment on it... it's pretty good gave but as usual they leave it open for another one... not much of a spoiler...

the funny thing is i saw it in italian(i'm in italy at the moment)... haha... pissed myself laughing when i heard them swear....

worth a watch if you liked the first 3...

wondering if i watched the expendables in italian, would it ruin the movie??

also considering watching the new freddy krugger movie in italian.. i reckon it'll be good for a laugh..

Originally Posted by Gav

I refuse to watch the spoiler video of The Other Guys as I am seeing it this weekend.

I forgot to mention to stay untill after the credits.
Small scene where they were in that Chinese restaurant but only this one is a different version, which then turns into a blooper.

Originally Posted by MO

The Tourist

- Johnny Depp
- Angelina Jolie

No trailer to this yet. I think still filming. Just a bunch of amatuer clips taken from onlookers on set of some scenes.
A sex scene is rumoured with the two.
Aussie Sam Worthington was originally in for the role but dropped out and was replaced by Johnny Depp.

The trailor is out....

good find mo.def keen to see this one on the big screen.

Originally Posted by MO

I forgot to mention to stay untill after the credits.
Small scene where they were in that Chinese restaurant but only this one is a different version, which then turns into a blooper.

Poos! Shoulda told me this before Sunday :(

Just watched 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and 'District 9'. I knew that the boy was about the holocaust but was surprised by the ending.

District 9 had me surprised though as I had no idea what the movie was about - I had assumed it was another alien invasion movie. Highlighting social segregation and xenophobia in a mockumentary but using aliens instead of black & white during the aparthetid era in the 80s. Even giving the alien race a derogatory name of prawns. It shows humans need to dominate another race at all costs. It'll be interesting to see if there's a follow on from it.