Tom cruise's dance at the end is pure gold : p

Meh, I thought Tropic Thunder was mostly rubbish, with the exception of Tom Cruise, who singlehandedly carried the movie despite being little more than a cameo. A weak 3/5.

Yeah, I didn't love TT either, barring Downey Jr and Cruise's characters. Those were pretty fun. Overall, it was moderately entertaining, so I give it a 3/5 as well.

I only gave it a 4 out of 5 because it beat my low expectations.  Well that and RDJ and TC really did a great job.  Ben Siller still sucks.  Oh and that trailer at the start for the RDJ movie was awesome.

Finally saw the E Norton Hulk.  I was not expecting much out of it, cause I was not sure about Norton.  Also I was not looking forward to another retelling from the beginning.  In the end, it was good.  The whole heart rate thing annoyed me because I seem to recall it being more "anger" activated, but whatever.  In a way, it was standalone, but with the vague details revealed about the experiment and his flight to South America, it could be imagined as continuing the other.  4/5

 

That enough words  :P ;D

OK we just saw Cashback...  Awesome.  I love the part where the "martial artist" shows off his moves and slaps that other guy in the chops.

Hehehe, he was a fun little side character.

 

I saw Yes Man on Friday, the new Jim Carrey movie. I actually thought the premise and screenplay were quite good, but the fact that they put Jim Carrey in the role took away from the quality. I laughed quite a bit, but it was at the parts where he was more toned down. Too often he took it to the level of just plain shtick, and it was distracting and disappointing. I think the movie would have been better served as a more earnest comedy rather than being quite as slapstick as Jim made it.

 

I also thought that his transition from the guy he was before "Yes" to the guy he was in the rest of the movie was a little bit ridiculous, and far too fast. All in all, a good idea, disappointingly carried out. 3/5.

I have to agree about Cashback. I loved the "karate chop" slap, but even more so, I loved the narration. Also, the boobies. ;)

Oh! I also watched Persepolis. It was engaging and unpretentious, and I very much liked the animation. I give a very pleased 4.5/5 stars.

Also, the boobies. ;)

 

Must now see this.....were they good?

 

Saw Jumper.  Not bad, kinda predictable, little crammed for time.  3/5

Saw Little Miss SUnshine this saturday, and it's just such an awesome and excellent film. The ending, in particular, has me laughing my arse off every time. I give thee 8,5/10

This is our "Little Miss Sunshine" - although we have yet to find a way for her to make us money.

 

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And the boobies in Cashback were, at the very least, prolific, and some were better than others.

I saw Cashback as well.  The movie was good.  I spaced out near the end though so I need to rewatch some of it. 

 

 

Cashback the one that played on TV last night? Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman

No, British indie flick. Can't name any particular actor in it. Reviewed more thoroughly on the previous thread page. ^_^

The lead male is sean biggerstaff, who incidentally played Oliver Wood in Harry potter.

 

I'm also not making that up.

Prolific is always a good thing.  :D

Prolific doesn't always mean good. look at Ewel Boll

saw Fucking Åmål yesterday (I refuse to censor a name *angry face*) which I found to be a rather good movie! Quite easy to relate to, as it's about teenagers in the 90's (I was only a few years too late for that >.<) and it had some pretty moving moments. I give thee 8,5/10

Moodysons second movie, Lilja Forever is even better than Fucking Åmål.

I've yet to see that one, but it's on my list *nod*

 

Anyhoo, saw Unbreakable last night, a film I found to be quite entertaining and intriguing. Sure, shyamalan's lost it nowadays, but he sure as heck had it at some point in time. The characters were interesting, and sam jackson's was quite impressive (They called my mr. Glass!) and the story was just far-out enough for it to be somewhat believable and thrilling! Woo! 8/10!

Tis a good film, some of his early stuff is good.

I've yet to see that one, but it's on my list *nod*

 

Anyhoo, saw Unbreakable last night, a film I found to be quite entertaining and intriguing. Sure, shyamalan's lost it nowadays, but he sure as heck had it at some point in time. The characters were interesting, and sam jackson's was quite impressive (They called my mr. Glass!) and the story was just far-out enough for it to be somewhat believable and thrilling! Woo! 8/10!

 

I concur.  This and 6th Sense made me fall in love with the guy and why I keep paying to see his movies now.

Hoping he would be able to replicate

Okay I guess I'll get this out of the way first.

 

**SPOILER ALERT**

 

Please note I am reviewing this here instead of giving it it's own thread in the hopes that noone else will make the same mistake of sitting through this horrible, horrible movie. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just got done watching an abysmal movie, "Funny Games".  It appears to be a remake of an 1997 Austrian movie.  It stars Tim Roth(Lie to Me) and is a rather bizarre twisted movie(normally a good thing) done with the most horrid type of errors.  Basically the setting is a vacation village on a lake.  Roth and his wife are introduced to Paul by a neighbor.  Paul and his friend come by later to borrow eggs.  They proceed to make a small scene of dropping the eggs/asking for more/dropping them because of the dog/asking for more/refusing to leave.  When Roth gets irate he slaps Paul and the friend breaks Roth's leg with a golf club(First point....the human knee is far more resilient that the thin shaft of a golf club).  With daddy immobilized the friends keep the family hostage while tormenting them about it being their fault. 

 

Paul uses this opportunity to be introduced to the next set of neighbors.  Then they play mental/physical torture games with the family until the child escapes.  The child runs to the first neighbors house(Guess what they are dead) and is recaptured.  They then kill the child by shotgun to the head.  Paul and friend leave and Roth and wife try try and escape/reach help(Second point....Only phone is cell "accidentally knocked in sink water earlier, now works in every way except connecting a call).  The doors are locked so wife has to climb out window to run for help.  Wife is caught in the streets of community(sudden ghost town). 

 

During the next round of mental games, wife grabs shotgun and kills friend.  Paul searches frantically for the TV remote(Third Point.....and worst of all.....He actually rewinds the movie to before her move then stops her from grabbing the gun).  He then shoots Roth, then the two take her out to the middle of the lake(bound hand and foot) and casually push her overboard.  They then sail to the second neighbors house(Fourth Point.....There is an odd banter between them about reality and alternate reality, that I can only guess is supposed to intrigue the veiwer about the rewind thing) and casually say that wife sent them to borrow some eggs.