nanoboy
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And now I'm picturing Kim Dot Com.....
Movie review rant 2014
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And now I'm picturing Kim Dot Com.....
Just saw the movie Jersey Boys, and really liked it. The untold story of the Four Seasons and Frankie Valli, and based on the stage play. Lots of good music, and a good story that goes with it.
This was an advance screening (the movie is released tomorrow in Australia) and the cinema was filled with predominantly people in their late 50's and onwards, but also quite a few people in their 30's, 20's and a few in their teens. When the final credits were rolling and people started leaving, I noticed a lot of the older crowd singing along and some of them even dancing as they walked out.
7½ / 10
Hix
This was an advance screening (the movie is released tomorrow in Australia) and the cinema was filled with predominantly people in their late 50's and onwards, but also quite a few people in their 30's, 20's and a few in their teens. When the final credits were rolling and people started leaving, I noticed a lot of the older crowd singing along and some of them even dancing as they walked out.
7½ / 10
Hix
nanoboy
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When the final credits were rolling and people started leaving, I noticed a lot of the older crowd singing along and some of them even dancing as they walked out.
7½ / 10
Hix
Classic. Did they leave their zimmer frames at home? Reminds me of when we went to see 'South Pacific' (the musical) - the mostly elderly audience probably thought we took a wrong turn!
you thought it was the South Park movie didn't you? Be honest now.
nanoboy
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The Host
I watched this the other day and forgot I had done so. Takes me long enough to remember where I left my zimmer frame, let alone which movies I've just seen. I quite liked this movie, and yet I wouldn't really recommend it as something to seek out. If it's on, watch it, otherwise meh.
Luminescent alien jellyfish have invaded Earth and taken over the bodies of almost every human on the planet in order that they may experience the luxury of wearing spotless white suits and driving fancy silver cars. This is the pursuit of all alien beings. However some humans are such party-poopers that they don't want the aliens to have indulgent lifestyles and have taken to living in caves so that the aliens can't find them. As it turns out the aliens aren't really evil at all (so suck on that, human resistance!): on most planets they live in symbiotic harmony with the resident species but humans are so violent and obtuse that the jellyfish have no choice but to conquer them completely. Who are the real evil aliens here?
The movie's plot revolves around one late-teenage girl who has such a strong will to live that she retains her consciousness inside her body after the alien has been placed inside her. Then she makes the alien take her body out to the desert in a non-silver car (which obviously then has to crash) in order that she may find her little brother and the dude who she loves but doesn't want to kiss because that is icky. Unfortunately most of the resistance don't really want her hanging out in their cave, although there is this one other dude who doesn't like her because she's a jellyfish but then he does because reasons -- and given that she is a jellyfish and he is a handsome Earth dude she naturally falls in love with him which of course revolts the human girl's consciousness because kissing is, as has been explained, icky.
So far so good for the host (oh, wait, that's the movie title!!) but then she discovers that the humans are dissecting other host bodies to try and figure out how to save their species from extinction. The cads!! She is distressed but then fine. Also there is a "seeker" which is one of the aliens who, um, seeks, I guess. She is after the runaway host so that the twist can be explained.
In the end everything works out fine. I think. Actually, no it didn't! The seeker's jellyfish got removed, so that host was freed to be a human again while the jellyfish was shot out into space to find a new planet to enslave; and same for the main character except the jellyfish got put into a spare human they happened to have lying around in the cave so both of them got to keep their respective boyfriends (although I guess only one of those boyfriends got any loving). But what about all the other humans??! Maybe they thought there was going to be a sequel.
The start of the movie was a bit draggy and didn't set the movie up well because they had the human consciousness talking to the jellyfish in the host body which was kind of annoying, but you get used to it after a while. The only really stupid part was when she got to the resistance's hideout and told the host not to tell the humans that she was still alive inside the body because they wouldn't believe her. It was just like, so your plan is for them to just kill you? Nice plan genius.
Summing up: it was alright
EDIT note: this is the 2013 movie The Host (which, I have just discovered when checking on IMDB, was based on a book written by the same woman who wrote Twilight .... eeeew, I feel so violated!!). It is not the 2006 South Korean monster movie The Host which I never got round to seeing even though it was playing in Asia during my 2006 trip. I am now sad.
I watched this the other day and forgot I had done so. Takes me long enough to remember where I left my zimmer frame, let alone which movies I've just seen. I quite liked this movie, and yet I wouldn't really recommend it as something to seek out. If it's on, watch it, otherwise meh.
Luminescent alien jellyfish have invaded Earth and taken over the bodies of almost every human on the planet in order that they may experience the luxury of wearing spotless white suits and driving fancy silver cars. This is the pursuit of all alien beings. However some humans are such party-poopers that they don't want the aliens to have indulgent lifestyles and have taken to living in caves so that the aliens can't find them. As it turns out the aliens aren't really evil at all (so suck on that, human resistance!): on most planets they live in symbiotic harmony with the resident species but humans are so violent and obtuse that the jellyfish have no choice but to conquer them completely. Who are the real evil aliens here?
The movie's plot revolves around one late-teenage girl who has such a strong will to live that she retains her consciousness inside her body after the alien has been placed inside her. Then she makes the alien take her body out to the desert in a non-silver car (which obviously then has to crash) in order that she may find her little brother and the dude who she loves but doesn't want to kiss because that is icky. Unfortunately most of the resistance don't really want her hanging out in their cave, although there is this one other dude who doesn't like her because she's a jellyfish but then he does because reasons -- and given that she is a jellyfish and he is a handsome Earth dude she naturally falls in love with him which of course revolts the human girl's consciousness because kissing is, as has been explained, icky.
So far so good for the host (oh, wait, that's the movie title!!) but then she discovers that the humans are dissecting other host bodies to try and figure out how to save their species from extinction. The cads!! She is distressed but then fine. Also there is a "seeker" which is one of the aliens who, um, seeks, I guess. She is after the runaway host so that the twist can be explained.
In the end everything works out fine. I think. Actually, no it didn't! The seeker's jellyfish got removed, so that host was freed to be a human again while the jellyfish was shot out into space to find a new planet to enslave; and same for the main character except the jellyfish got put into a spare human they happened to have lying around in the cave so both of them got to keep their respective boyfriends (although I guess only one of those boyfriends got any loving). But what about all the other humans??! Maybe they thought there was going to be a sequel.
The start of the movie was a bit draggy and didn't set the movie up well because they had the human consciousness talking to the jellyfish in the host body which was kind of annoying, but you get used to it after a while. The only really stupid part was when she got to the resistance's hideout and told the host not to tell the humans that she was still alive inside the body because they wouldn't believe her. It was just like, so your plan is for them to just kill you? Nice plan genius.
Summing up: it was alright
EDIT note: this is the 2013 movie The Host (which, I have just discovered when checking on IMDB, was based on a book written by the same woman who wrote Twilight .... eeeew, I feel so violated!!). It is not the 2006 South Korean monster movie The Host which I never got round to seeing even though it was playing in Asia during my 2006 trip. I am now sad.
Someone should send these guys that memo...
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010, Finland)
Young boy discovering the truth about Santa Claus.
Wacky christmas horror comedy, including lots of naked old men. Connected to short movies of the same title, viewable on youtube etc.
7,5 / 10
The Silence (2010, Germany)
1986: Teenage girl goes missing, turns up raped and murdered.
2009: Another teenage girl goes missing. Her bicycle is discovered at the very spot where the other girl's bike turned up 23 years ago.
Disturbing plot, great actors.
8,37 / 10
Elling (2001, Norway)
Two social outcasts learning to lead a normal life.
Superbly funny, splendid actors.
9,041 /10
Welcome to the Sticks (2008, France)
Postal service manager from Southern France is is deplored to work in the (dreaded) North of France.
Comedy that also works on cross-cultural level (as depicted in the Italian remake Welcome to the South), loveable characters.
9,1 x 10^6 / 1 x10^7
Tsoti (2005, South Africa)
Young hoodlum violently steals car and accidently kidnaps baby.
Intense, exciting drama
8,09919438 /10
City of God (2002, Brazil)
Two youngsters growing up in a favela of Rio de Janeiro, one becoming a gangster, the other trying to become a photographer
Enthralling story, authentic actors.
12 / 9
Planta 4ª (2003, Spain)
Youngsters in a hospital cancer ward dealing with cancer
Equally watchable: The Swiss remake Stationspiraten
8,88888888888888888888888888888888 / 10
L4YER CAKƐ (2004, UK)
Gentleman drug dealer tries to quit the business. His superiors disagree. A lot of people turn up dead.
Innovative usage of a flat iron and a Duran Duran song. Worth watching.
X
Kooky (2010, Czech Republic)
Pink teddy bear (not Lotso of Toy Story 3) trying to get back to his young owner.
Lovable stop motion/ puppet animation comedy
8 / 12 hugs
I think everyone would agree that if the two species had been wearing stylish white suits in Alien vs Predator it would have been a much better movie. Like The Godfather but with more acid blood.
sounds like nanoboy's sort of movie!!Batto said:
It's a start:
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Pretty much everything would have helped to turn AvP 1 & 2 into better movies. Especially better writers.
has anyone seen Coraline? A brilliant stop-motion movie about a young girl, lost children, black magic and an alternate universe. Reminiscent of The Nightmare Before Christmas in some ways but so much better. One of (if not the) creepiest and most disturbing kids movies ever, and I mean that in a very good way.
Ten out of ten.
Ten out of ten.
I have, and also read Neil Gaiman's book & the graphic novel. It's good, but my offspring will have to wait a few more years before being allowed to see /read them.
I haven't seen Coraline, but I have seen ParaNorman, which I believe was made by the same studio that did Coraline, and it's also a horror movie for kids. There's some good jokes in there, as well as a well-written story, that flops a little in the second act, but picks itself back up in the third. It also deals with a mature and tragic theme, the witch trials of the late 1600's. Overall, it's one of the better non-Disney kids movies, and I'd give it 8.5/10.
Zooplantman
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Saw it. Loved it.
On the other hand, saw "Winter's Tale" on an airplane the other day. AWFUL confection.
nanoboy
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I saw this last Christmas, and thought it was very very good. I quite like the idea of Krampus: he punishes bad kids. Far more believable than a fat dude who slides down non-existent chimneys in the tropics. There were lots of naked old men, but they didn't get too much screen time - thus Chlidonias might not enjoy this flick.
nanoboy
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After Earth
Why does everyone in the future seem to have a weird accent that sounds like an amalgamation of a Southern drawl, Afrikaans, and Cockney? (Think Jodie Foster's accent in Elysium.)
Anyway, annoying accents aside, there were 2 actors in this film: Will Smith, and his son. If you are turned off already, then the plot won't bring you back either.
Basically it's set in a future where earth is uninhabited by humans because they all fled the planet hundreds of years prior after human-exterminating aliens invaded. Will Smith and his son are on a transport space ship that crash lands on earth - Will breaks his leg and can't leave the ship, so he sends his young son on a 100km quest to retrieve an emergency beacon. For the next hour, we follow Jaiden's journey.
The acting is deliberately wooden, there aren't any humorous moments, and the father-son dynamic gets tiresome quite quickly. The CGI isn't amazing, and there are hardly any leap-out-of-your-seat moments. It's a silly movie. Avoid it.
5/10
Why does everyone in the future seem to have a weird accent that sounds like an amalgamation of a Southern drawl, Afrikaans, and Cockney? (Think Jodie Foster's accent in Elysium.)
Anyway, annoying accents aside, there were 2 actors in this film: Will Smith, and his son. If you are turned off already, then the plot won't bring you back either.
Basically it's set in a future where earth is uninhabited by humans because they all fled the planet hundreds of years prior after human-exterminating aliens invaded. Will Smith and his son are on a transport space ship that crash lands on earth - Will breaks his leg and can't leave the ship, so he sends his young son on a 100km quest to retrieve an emergency beacon. For the next hour, we follow Jaiden's journey.
The acting is deliberately wooden, there aren't any humorous moments, and the father-son dynamic gets tiresome quite quickly. The CGI isn't amazing, and there are hardly any leap-out-of-your-seat moments. It's a silly movie. Avoid it.
5/10
nanoboy
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Well, when you put it like that, I guess the joke was on me for renting this BluRay.
nanoboy
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Has it really been more than 2 years since I wrote that review? I watched this flick over the weekend on free-to-air TV. It still ranks a 9/10!!
meh, I watched Men In Black 3 recently. It was alright. I thought Josh Brolin did an extremely good job as a young Tommy Lee Jones. I didn't even recognise Jemain Clement (from Flight of the Conchords) as Boris the Animal! The movie itself was pretty dumb and almost went out of its way not to make sense. I wouldn't give it higher than say 5 out of 10, if that.
I would be interested to see how nanoboy rates movies such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "Citizen Kane" or "Schindler's List" when he laudates MIB 3, which I consider a less than mediocre movie (almost as bad as MIB 2), forgotten the very second you leave the cinema or switch off the telly. "(...) pretty dumb and almost went out of its way not to make sense(...)" fits the bill quite perfectly.
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