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irishh_bob wrote: »i love bruce , apparently hes an obnoxious asshole in real life too which makes me like the guy even more
Joe Hallenback is one of his best characters by far, next to John McClane of course. The Last Boyscout was the Die Hard sequel that never was. Any film that has a slo mo shootout with Bruce Willis firing a gun from under a cat puppet has got to be worth watching
"I swear to god if I survive this case I'm gonna dance a fcuking jig"
"You couldnt protect a cup of warm piss!"
"holy sh1t, we're being beat up by the inventor of scrabble!"
Shane Black's dialogue is gold throughout, was the first script to sell for a million dollars.0 -
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Joe Hallenback is one of his best characters by far, next to John McClane of course. The Last Boyscout was the Die Hard sequel that never was.
I hadn't seen it in ages and watched it last night since you guys brought it up. Vintage 90's action movie with Shane Black's awesome script. Really is one of those films you could watch with a few beers, some buddies and have a great laugh.
I forgot how daft the ending wasEveryone in stadium cheering for Hallenback as he does his jig..............all the while forgetting that 10 seconds eariler they saw a guy become red paste through helicopter bladesWas still a deliciously OTT death that only those old action movies could do :pac:
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KM31 - oooh, so close. The first half was extremely promising ... a great ghost story vibe with some nice nerve-twanging set pieces and a couple of good jumps, great production values and competent performances ... it just couldn't (in my opinion) keep it together and unravelled towards the end. Very disappointing.
Limitless - hmm, must have read the blurb wrong because I thought this was a film about a drug that makes you super clever. :rolleyes: A shame because the premise was good, the visuals were great but the writing was amateur. And I find it wonderfully ironic that a film which is supposed to be about intelligence is now being lauded as fantastic "mindless" fun.
The Expendables - fantastic mindless fun
Funny People - would have been great (as opposed to just good) if it was 20 minutes shorter, some serious editing around the ex-girlfriend and her family storyline would have helped a lot.
Hobo With A Shotgun - best fun of the weekend, it does exactly what it says on the tin. Anyone who's a fan of Rutger Hauer, grindhouse or badass 70's/80's b-movies will love this. If not, stay the hell away! :pac:0 -
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Watched "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967) last night, the third in the Harry Palmer series loosely based on the book by Len Deighton. Harmless escapism as Michael Caine saves the World from a right wing, religious nut job. Would recommend to a friend, but they would have to be a close one so that they would forgive me. Still Michael Caine and Karl Malden do their best.
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Her Mum seemed to me exactly one of the clichéjonnyfingers wrote: »
Friends with Benefits
The dialog is sharp and the writers even poke fun at some of the classic cliché that are usally found in Rom Coms.The flaky, hippy mother of Kunis' character has some great lines and she steals a few scenes. But yeah, good film all in all.
As for me, I saw "Veronica Guerin" yesterday and am still quite impressed. What a woman! And such a powerful acting from my favourite Cate Blanchette. I definitely like this version better than "When the Sky Falls".0 -
I seen a lot movies since May
May
The Eye 2 (2004)- Was not as good or as creepy then first one, but it did have it's moments. the baby scene kinda of creep me out little, the scenes at the bus stop was the onLY scenes that made me Jumps twice.
5/10
The Eye: Infinity (2005)- What A silly movie, whole thing was just really funny, Ghost Scenes was not even scary, i had no idea this was comdey at all
They found book which tells 10 ways you can see a ghost, liked some of the reason that why going to give 3/10
Danika (2006) - I saw trailer for this movie and looked really great.
It started of really well as the movie went, all things she knew that was going to happen and she dose nothing to stop and this movie it self also some kinda of twist,
which i do not understand but I didn't really care if I understood or not, as was really dissponited in this movie, I going to give this movie 4/10 worthwatching a least once.
The Tunnel movie (2011) -Now that was a really good found footage movies, made me jump a few times, it's start of little slow to begin with. 8/10.
Videodrome (1983)-What a movies, i loved it, 9/10
Society (1989)-this my kinda of movie, i really liked movie, so much fun and great 80's effects, The ending of movies, those scenes will be giving me nightmares to night,
9/10 awesome movie.
Deadgirl (2008)- I did not like the first half of this movie at all, it just went on far too long for me but the second half of the movie got a little more interesting and little bit more gory (which I really liked) and I could not help but laugh at Toilet scene (3x lol ) for some reason I found that scene really funny and the ending of this movie was okay-ish,
5/10
Storm Warning (2007)- There not much I can say about this movie as there wasn't much going on in this movie untill the last ten minutes or so, And those scenes had some really funny gory deaths After that the movie ended way too fast for me, I asked my self " is that it"? 4/10, Worth a watch at least
House on Haunted Hill (1959) - As I am not a big fan of black and white movies, I was not sure id this movie would be watchable by me but now I have seen this movie, I think was really good movie.
This movie did scare the crap out of me and I almost pissed my pants half hour into the movie and some really good creepy moments in this movie and really well acted by everyone.
Screaming got really annyoing in some part of the movie, this movie did have good twist ( I saw it coming as I have already seen the remake, which I think is much better, Just Joking lol However the remake did have a nice idea by adding a real ghost to the movie but the ghost was too Cartoonish not scary what so ever). I Would have really liked to see a real ghost in this movie however is still a really good movie even with out a real ghost. 8/10
he Hangover Part 2 (2011)
Not as good as the first but I did laugh a lot of the times in this movie, I think they went little OTT with this one at times to make it little too funny (I still laught at them), It was very Similar to the first movie however I still found it really funny. 7/10
June
Murder Party (2007) - I got 45mins into before I turned it off!
As I have not seen the movie in full yet, so I won't rate it!
The Thaw (2009)-it was just OK ( I would have like to a lot more of bugs in this movie, a movie took a while for them to show those bugs! 5/10
Super 8 (2011) -
To me it was like Stand by me meets Cloverfiled with a tad of ET! mixed into it!
It's not great movie.
For me too much was going on at the same time, what was the point of the dad, he did not do anything in the movie or did I miss something.
The kids were the only good things in this movie as they are ones who figured out what was going on and got rid of it and creature it was good as it was little scary.
6/10 just a really good movie.
Before seeing that ^ movie I saw
The War of the World (1953) (For the first time)
As I love the remake and see it about 1000x
I really like this movie as well, really good effects for 50's and really good acting from most of the cast , The only think I did not LIKE were the black and white scene that in the movie that were showing past Wars!. 8/10
Bite Marks (2011)- I am not big fan of vamps movies however this movie was horror/comedy!
The movie takes a while for anything to real happen the movie really get started after 30mins mark,then they found out there are some creatures, the couple makes some comments about Dawn of the dead both! old and remake, they find out that are they vampires.(This movie makes it's own rules long the way, which l liked)
Really liked the fact that your Urine could kill a vampire which I found really funny and never seen before, they are some really funny moments and they are some silly moments, which are little too baby-ish something that you will see in kids TV show.
Acting was okay but the vampires were not scary at all but I never found vampires scary anyway (Expect for the Boy at the window in Salem's lot ) make up effect were really poor for the vampires.
It's was a fun movie 5/10, it's not avoid movie at all but don't rush it out to see either as it's just another An average horror movie.
The day the earth stood still remake - it a lot different then the old one, I can't remember how the first one stated, i did not like how this movie started of, the movie lost me at the start.
This movie have some entertaining moments the rest of movie to me was just felt flat, I did not enjoy the Giant thing did not creepy me out as it was too big. I think I nodded off for last 5 mins and saw credits rolling!
The old version with the Robot Alien thing creepy me out and that movie had a better plot in that as was a much better movie overall. I would say it a least worth watching movie 4 /10.
Home Movie (2008)- (Shaky cam movie)it was really boring for most it and as soon as gets good the movie ends, 4 /10
Quarantine 2 - As I already seen REC, i did not see the Quarantine remake at all (i Didn't think need to), As this movie is not remake of REC 2, I was happy about that and Even more happy to find out that Quarantine 2 Is a stand alone movies, it not connected to first movie. (however there little talk about building in first movie at the start of movie).
I really enjoyed this movie, it was a blast, found the whole movie really entertaining, I enjoyed this movie , I Still can not believe I jumping though out the movie.
I was really enjoying the move until 65-68 mins mark, it gets bit melodrama with a really lame twist, which you see coming at start of the movie after 10 mins that nonsense, it get bit better again before its ends. 8/10
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 for the first time.- Thank god that moved ended it, I did not like it at all, not that gory and not that scary at all and really poor acting from everyone in this movie and all of them really annoyed the hell out me and did not care if they die or not. I did not like TCM 2, which I gave 4 out of 10 and this is going to get the same rating.
At least Leatherface was not a softy in this move like the second one, the only good think I can about this movie but still did not find him scary, I found everything else so bad, that I was laughing most of the time. (And this was not the cut version).
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994) - For the first time, I don't know why I bothered to watch it.
That was one hell of really Terrible movie (I was not even a big fan of other two sequels before, I am not fan of series, I am? lol ) (These sequels just get worse and worse)
I still going give this movie 1 and half out of 10 as it made it laugh few time because it was so bad.
July
Horrible Bosses (2011)- Really funny 8/10
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992) for the first time! - That was really good movie, it had slow start to the movie but when it gets going, it dose not stop! 8/10
Shuttle 2008 - I was looking forward to something better then this!, it not great movie, it good movie, it had some really entertaining moments and one moment did shock me, there was small twist just after half away mark, I did not really understand the ending of the movie at all, i am total clueless, there was one annoying girl who was giving me headache , even her best friend told her to Shut the BEEP up and it took her 50mins to do that! 5/10
Outpost (2008) - Not a bad movie at all, it could have been much better, there were some good creepy moments in this movie but the ending was really disappointing average horror movie.5/10
The Butterfly effect 2 - It's no were near as good as the first movie.
After he come out of coma after the car crash, He can now look at old pictures and go back in time when the picture was taken and change is life for the better, but he just makes is life worse, The ending was so predictable, how can no one see that coming!
3/10 The only good think i can about this movie is that got for 75p!
he Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009) - Much better then second one, it was kinda of slasher movie as well but when i found who the killer was, i was little disappointing but it dose kinda of make for that person to be the killer.
The last scene of the movie was really chilling and it reminded my of Friday 13th part 4 ending. 5/10
August
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)- I was thinking it will be a fun action pack movie from start to end. well i got that wrong. (But that not a bad think at all)
I found this movie really depressing and emotional, I am not a shame to say I almost cried at this movie, my eyes were getting watery. (Number of girls left early as they crying a lot). I really like the whole slow build to the story was really good, I cared for these monkey/Apes ( these seem nicer then the looters we had in England that week)
The Actions scene you seen in the trailer is mostly in the last half hour of movie. which was a lot fun to watch and cheering for apes!, I think the end fitted in really well, Great movie 8/10
Grave Encounters (2011)- the only found footage movie that I was really looking forward see year.
I was not ready for the HUGE letdown, it as got to be the biggest disappointment of the year for me.
There movie start with some story of what as happened in the place Before that start filming in the Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital.
Nothing really happens until 40mins into the movie and then a few small thing happens, like doors shutting after someone goes into a room, another small thing happens and they all freak out already (The same thing that happen to Kate Paranormal activity when picture is hit, could they not think of anything else) and they what to leave
But they can't seem to leave as the place won't let them as they break down front door and they found themselves back into the house again.
After that, the movie just get silly by the minute and most of stuff we already seen in the trailer anyway.
There was one scene that I liked in movie but now that also kind of reminds me of the only good scene in the last exorcism.
This movie didn't have any suspense to any scenes, it just felt flat for most of the movie and i did not find anything scary at all.
Also Demons chase scene, I just could not take them seriously at all, i could not help but laugh at those scene.
The ending of movie, I have no idea what was really going on, as I stopped paying attentions towards the end, well after 75min Mark.
I give it 3 /10
Final Destination 5 3D(2011)- it was awesome, the 3D was phenomenal, the best 3D Movie EVER,
The bridge scene was gruesome to the max, (10X Better then pile up in FD2) this movie was fantastic, 100 out of 100.
I will be seeing this movie again , some of the deaths scene were gory and fun and this is without a doubt the best movie in the series
This movie is now been entered in to my top ten movie list and Final Destination 5 is my 5th favorite movie of all time!
Atrocious (2010) - Another boring found footage movie this time from Spain, nothing really happens until 50mins mark, and movies is only 69 minutes long. there nothing scary or creepy at all. The ending was okay-ish 4/10
The Silent House (2010)
Nice movies, but i feel bit confused with this movie!
Last Week
Evil Things (2009)- A little disappointing about this movie, not as scary as I wanted to be, as Some really good tense moment, acting was way better then i thought it be. people are really likable in this movie.
I seen so many lost found footage movies this year , i have lost count, this it not a great movie but one of the better found footage movies I that i have seen this year. (One of few that i liked) 5/10
Yesterday
909 experiment (1999)
its also same movie as Paranormal Activity but less things happens, no were near as good or scary as Paranormal Activity but the acting in this movie is really bad!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's. It's one of those films that is great for what it is, but could have been so much more. It's a toned-down version of a Truman Capote story, but the film soft-pedals the underying themes of exploitation. Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is, after all, a hooker who passes messages for a drug gang ("snow flurries expected in New Orleans"), while Paul (George Peppard) is a writer whose "decorator" leaves money on the bedside table in the morning.
Hepburn is the stuff of legend legendary in her little black dress, but Peppard is as animated as a tree, and don't mention Mickey Rooney's borderline racist turn as a Japanese neighbour. I thought the best scene, by far, was the party early on in the film:
From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut
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Knucklehead - WWE Studios vehicle for The Big Show that's twenty years out of date. Meh, didn't expect much, didn't get it. Clumsy but gentle giant Walter Krunk with female companion Jan Levenson hit the road to try to save their orphanage as scoundrel Eddie Sullivan looks to pay off his own debts while managing Krunk's amateur fighting career to that reach that all important jackpot which is enough to keep the orphanage open.
Don't think I need the tags but obviouslyKrunk fails miserably, the orphanage shuts down and Sullivan is killed for not getting his money together. It totally doesn't work out in the end nor does Sullivan learn a lesson and get the woman for his troubles.Honest.
Movie just does nothing new.
Tron: Legacy - Got bored. Jeff Bridge's younger self just looks fake. Like the nostalgia ofthe arcade, and the light cycles (still) despite their drivers apparently forgetting how to turn to avoid when it matters most. Foreshadowing was too obvious for me aswell.A way to make the digital characters human? Seemed all too convienient to get the protagonist's sexual chemistry partner Quorra into the real world.Could have done without Daft Punk aswell.
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Took a while to get around to seeing 'em. Good to see what's transferred over to the Bond reboot. Enjoyed 'em, no big complaints. The tonal shift in for the ending to TBI was a bit strange. So glad the alternate ending wasn't used. "In the Sun" has no place on the franchise's soundtrack.
The Inbetweeners Movie - Devastated thatDavid Mitchell wasn't Will's dad.Sure the movie's pretty much just an extended episode of the TV series but I think it works better for it. Ending didn't really feel like the goodbye to the characters they seemed to be going for. Think it was the uber slow fades. Good companion to the series anyway. Unless you're one of those people that didn't like series 3 which I saw as the strongest set of episodes.
Fish Story - "How can solitude be a fish?" Japanese drama in which a little known punk song ripples across four decades through small stories. Problem with the DVD case and any summary is that they kind of gives away plot details. All very well having the praise on the back butadvertising a twist you won't see coming in big letters gets you guessing at what it'll be. "Fish Story weaves together several seemingly separate storylines" doesn't help either.
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House of Usher (1960). Brilliant piece of work from director Roger Corman based on short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Most believe it to be the best of Vincent Price films.
The Pit and the Pendulum is on side B, not got around to seeing it yet. 0 -
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