What Movies Have You Seen III

[roboshark]

Wowser good or bad?

I thought it was really good. Somehting fairly original

 

[Rhino_NQ]

The sadness
Korean zombie/virus movie, not for weak stomachs. Virus turns people's violence and depravity up to 12 while still being humans and some of the scenes are brutal. Was great

 

[ACTPanthers]

Don't know if it's been mentioned here but recently saw She Said (missus dragged me to it with the promise we'd see Wakanda Forever afterwards).

It was actually a REALLY good movie. It managed to portray the real life character brilliantly and was engaging and suspenseful even knowing what the outcome was.

 

[PJ]

Avatar 2. 5. About 2 hours into it the couple beside us got up and left. That was a fair review.

The 2 hour Cameron wankfest in the middle was near unbearable. First hour was pretty good but by the time it got good again I was over it and just waiting for it to end.

My daughter who is an avatar fan loved it.

 

[aussie7798]

Avatar 2. 5. About 2 hours into it the couple beside us got up and left. That was a fair review.

The 2 hour Cameron wankfest in the middle was near unbearable. First hour was pretty good but by the time it got good again I was over it and just waiting for it to end.

My daughter who is an avatar fan loved it.

It was terrible. The only positive was the pretty visuals.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Violent Night.
R rating. Well justified …lots of gore ..some brutal scenes ..
yet somewhere amongst all the violence in there is a warm hearted Christmas story.
Good cast …excellent special effects …some gross scenes .
I really enjoyed it . 8/10

 

[Mr Angry]

I did the Avatar in 4DX, quite the experience, the movie, meh, the effects however awesome

 

[horrie hastings]

The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, recorded this on the hard drive ages ago so decided to watch it last night, the movie has been panned by just about every critic and wasn't expecting much at all but actually enjoyed it, it didn't tax the brain to much and loved the cameos from Olivia Newton John and John Cleese, Cleese was slammed for his cameo but i thought it was hilarious, also add to the mix Chevvy Chase basically playing his conceited self it was a fun 90 minutes.

The Mummy- 1932. Another of the original Universal horror movies from the 30's. Very creaky and uneven but another stunning performance from Boris Karloff holds this together, Jack Pierce's make up and the highlighting of Karloff's eyes bring a very creepy and sinister character. Karl Freund's static camera work adds to the atmosphere just like it did in Dracula. I always enjoy revisiting the old Universal horrors late at night.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

The menu - that was...unsettling.

Emancipation - really enjoyed this one, will smith's best for some time

 

[Wizardman]

The Island (2 out of 5)

A pretty damn good cast with Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johsannsen, Sean Bean , Djimon Hounsou and Steve Buscemi. The movie starts with a very interesting premise and the actors do their absolute best. The build up in tension is beautiful for the first 45 minutes or so. For some reason, I got a bit disconnected with the second half of the movie.

An okay movie that could have been better in different hands.

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (3.5 out of 5)

I had been rewatching the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series recently as my memory of them was very vague and watched them a very long time ago. I'd give the first movie a 3.5 out of 5 while the second gets a straight 2.

I watched the third one last night. I have to say that it is as good as the original was.....but in different ways. It was great to see Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) back and a young Patricia Arquette gave us a preview of how good she was going to be. A young Laurence Fishbourne is also around.

It was a great sequel in a number of ways. It moved the story along instead of being like a photocopy of the first movie. Moving the film to a sleep hospital was a masterstroke.

Some of the effects used are quite dates but still very interesting to watch. They noticeably portrayed Freddy differently from the first two movies. The kills in this movie have an element of dark humor in them while still keeping a serious tone to the movie. I thought the balance between touches of humour and being serious was perfect. Robert England is simply perfect for the role and impossible to replace for any future remakes.

It surprised me how good this movie this was. A flyshit off a 4 for me.

 

[hineyrulz]

3 was always my favourite nightmare on Elm street movie.

 

[Wizardman]

Knock Off (1 out of 5)

I'll preface my review by saying this is the one of two movies where I've walked out of the cinema before the movie finished. These days, Im pretty quick with the remote to turn off rubbish but I will generally sit out a movie on the big screen...with this one of two exceptions. IIt is definitely a movie made for Eastern audiences so I will cut it some slack. But, it is still a rubbish movie to me.

JCVD definitely has some charisma but I just did not like him here. I've never been a huge fan of Schnieder and this movie has not changed my mind. The action sequences are pretty good in a Hong Kong cinema kind of way. The acting and storyline seems to cater for 12 year olds.

The movie will not get a third viewing from me. One star for some very good action sequences....the ONLY thing this movie has going for it.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The Island (2 out of 5)

A pretty damn good cast with Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johsannsen, Sean Bean , Djimon Hounsou and Steve Buscemi. The movie starts with a very interesting premise and the actors do their absolute best. The build up in tension is beautiful for the first 45 minutes or so. For some reason, I got a bit disconnected with the second half of the movie.

An okay movie that could have been better in different hands.

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (3.5 out of 5)

I had been rewatching the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series recently as my memory of them was very vague and watched them a very long time ago. I'd give the first movie a 3.5 out of 5 while the second gets a straight 2.

I watched the third one last night. I have to say that it is as good as the original was.....but in different ways. It was great to see Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) back and a young Patricia Arquette gave us a preview of how good she was going to be. A young Laurence Fishbourne is also around.

It was a great sequel in a number of ways. It moved the story along instead of being like a photocopy of the first movie. Moving the film to a sleep hospital was a masterstroke.

Some of the effects used are quite dates but still very interesting to watch. They noticeably portrayed Freddy differently from the first two movies. The kills in this movie have an element of dark humor in them while still keeping a serious tone to the movie. I thought the balance between touches of humour and being serious was perfect. Robert England is simply perfect for the role and impossible to replace for any future remakes.

It surprised me how good this movie this was. A flyshit off a 4 for me.

Elm Street 1 is a classic. Very dark and terrifying. Introduced one of cinema and pop culture’s greatest bogey men. Craven is a genius and the young cast and veteran actors really do wonders with the material.
2 is just a hash. Banged out sequel that did nothing much. A couple of good scares but a bit of a mess. Closet gay undertones are pretty interesting now - risqué for a 1985 era horror flick. Still… I have a soft spot for it as we had it on vhs and it got a lot of views (along with 1) at slumber parties.
3 is great. You’re right about it being in a hospital setting. The tone was very much lightened as during production, there was a fair bit of hullabaloo in the media about teen suicide. Excellent cast and elements of horror, humour and magical realism really blended well.
Elm St 4 is a hoot but more of a comedy horror as the series hit its popularity. Was made during a writers strike so is fairly disjointed in places. A shame Arquette didn’t return and the carry over cast were dudded imho. Renny Harlin and Lisa Wilcox did well imho.
5 got hammered on a number of fronts as the gore had to be toned down and the SFX budget was non existent. Story had a billion rewrites. There were fears over the baby sub-plot too. It could’ve potentially been a classic but ultimately was a rush job.
6 Freddie’s Dead - this is a strange one. At times I think it’s decent enough; at others it’s tripe. Depends on my mood. Kind of veered away from what 1, 3-5 had set as the standard. Couple of decent kills but lame in parts. Bit like 2…depends on my mood.

There was an extensive doco ‘Never Sleep Again’ that interviewed literally everyone involved in acting and production bar ‘stars’ Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette and (lol) Breckin Meyer.
In itself, it’s a loving, comprehensive look at New Line Cinema and the entire series including New Nightmare and Freddy vs Jason (not the remake). And each film is given equal time. Brilliant and fun to watch.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Wizardman]

Elm Street 1 is a classic. Very dark and terrifying. Introduced one of cinema and pop culture’s greatest bogey men. Craven is a genius and the young cast and veteran actors really do wonders with the material.
2 is just a hash. Banged out sequel that did nothing much. A couple of good scares but a bit of a mess. Closet gay undertones are pretty interesting now - risqué for a 1985 era horror flick. Still… I have a soft spot for it as we had it on vhs and it got a lot of views (along with 1) at slumber parties.
3 is great. You’re right about it being in a hospital setting. The tone was very much lightened as during production, there was a fair bit of hullabaloo in the media about teen suicide. Excellent cast and elements of horror, humour and magical realism really blended well.
Elm St 4 is a hoot but more of a comedy horror as the series hit its popularity. Was made during a writers strike so is fairly disjointed in places. A shame Arquette didn’t return and the carry over cast were dudded imho. Renny Harlin and Lisa Wilcox did well imho.
5 got hammered on a number of fronts as the gore had to be toned down and the SFX budget was non existent. Story had a billion rewrites. There were fears over the baby sub-plot too. It could’ve potentially been a classic but ultimately was a rush job.
6 Freddie’s Dead - this is a strange one. At times I think it’s decent enough; at others it’s tripe. Depends on my mood. Kind of veered away from what 1, 3-5 had set as the standard. Couple of decent kills but lame in parts. Bit like 2…depends on my mood.

There was an extensive doco ‘Never Sleep Again’ that interviewed literally everyone involved in acting and production bar ‘stars’ Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette and (lol) Breckin Meyer.
In itself, it’s a loving, comprehensive look at New Line Cinema and the entire series including New Nightmare and Freddy vs Jason (not the remake). And each film is given equal time. Brilliant and fun to watch.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Big thanks for the insight. I managed to pick up the series from gumtree about two years ago and have only picked them up to watch recently. What are your thoughts on Freddy V Jason, New Nightmare and the remake?

But yeah, the first and third movie ultra impressed me. I'll give 4 a watch tonight.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

New Nightmare isn’t bad. I’ve watched it a few times over the years. Craven retooled the genre with the film and it is probably overshadowed by his Scream and Scream 2. At least they did something interesting and if you look at the history of Elm Street and the aborted plot and (top) directors ideas that were passed over, New Nightmare refreshed the franchise but was probably too ahead of it’s time which became de rigueur by the late 90s.

Freddy vs Jason I’ve only seen a couple of times. Very much of the ilk of the early 2000s - plenty of sass, pop culture savvy teens, gory kills.

I’m surprised with gore porn and the scares of IT that a scary as all f**k reboot (taking the character but not rehashing the past or squeezing in a gazillion Easter eggs) with really interesting ‘kills’ in amazing dreamscapes hadn’t been done by now. With IT and Stranger Things, having proper looking teens (not 25 year olds playing 16-18) as cast would be more acceptable - even younger pre pubescent kids.
They just don’t seem to want to make a cold, cerebral horror film out of what could be very chilling material.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

This is a great Elm Street website and resource.

http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/films/

Strangely, I’m not really in to horror films but the Elm Street flicks I like and I like the behind the scenes stuff too.

 

[Wizardman]

New Nightmare isn’t bad. I’ve watched it a few times over the years. Craven retooled the genre with the film and it is probably overshadowed by his Scream and Scream 2. At least they did something interesting and if you look at the history of Elm Street and the aborted plot and (top) directors ideas that were passed over, New Nightmare refreshed the franchise but was probably too ahead of it’s time which became de rigueur by the late 90s.

Freddy vs Jason I’ve only seen a couple of times. Very much of the ilk of the early 2000s - plenty of sass, pop culture savvy teens, gory kills.

I’m surprised with gore porn and the scares of IT that a scary as all f**k reboot (taking the character but not rehashing the past or squeezing in a gazillion Easter eggs) with really interesting ‘kills’ in amazing dreamscapes hadn’t been done by now. With IT and Stranger Things, having proper looking teens (not 25 year olds playing 16-18) as cast would be more acceptable - even younger pre pubescent kids.
They just don’t seem to want to make a cold, cerebral horror film out of what could be very chilling material.

Hollywood has a very bad habit in sticking to formulas that they think works. It results in a certain bit of predictability. What I love about foreign films (including Australian movies) is that you never quite know where a movie is going to take you.

 

[Wizardman]

Reservoir Dogs (4 out of 5)



Another movie that I've watched in bits and parts, yet never gave it my complete attention. Absolutely brilliant heist movie!!!

Actors salaries aside, the budget could have been 50c. It seemed like a stage play as the movie was mainly set in one place. Don't let that detract you from seeing the movie though as the performances from the actors were brilliant. Keitel in one of the best performances of his career was outstanding, Tim Roth entertaining as ever, Buscemi doing Buscemi things, Madsen being cooler than Bruce Willis in "The Last Boy Scout" and a very underrated Chris Penn bring the great dialogue of Tarantino to life. No wonder why Tarantino has cast most of these actors repeatedly in his other movies.

The music in this movie also adds some extra flavour. That scene with Madsen dancing to "Steelers Wheel".... brilliant!!!!

I don't seek to watch heist movies particularly but man I tend to like a lot of them. This is quite a different style of heist movie and is terrific!!!

4 out of 5 for me.

 

[Pippen94]

Five easy pieces (1970) character study of concert musician who becomes drifter & oil rigger, as he struggles to meet family expectations. Stars Jack Nicholson & Karen Black

 

[Wizardman]

Did you hear about the Morgans?

Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in a type of movie that has been their absolute speciality....soft, romantic comedy. It it the type of movie where you have an inner smile with some of the gags but no gut busters in there. The highlight for me was the presence of Sam Elliott....he makes ANY movie a better movie! I was almost tempted to give this movie a 2.5 on the strength of his Mo and voice alone.....but I'll be sensible here!

2 out of 5.