Movie review thread...

raznomore

When we were kings. One sided fan love for Ali but completely justified. One of my all time favourites, brilliant doco. 
 
The other guys. Pretty good. Not Anchorman good, but solid. Marky Mark is pretty good at being the funny guy with small mans syndrome. Cameo from the Rock and Sam L Jackson steals the show a wee bit.

red terror

[quote name='dK']Just watched "Chasing Ghosts. Beyond the Arcade". A documentary of a few world champion Space Invader players, well worth watching just to see the some of your old favorite spacies.[/QUOTE] 
 
Hmmm, sounds suspiciously like "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" (which was absurdly great): 
 
[URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/[/URL] 
 
(Just did an IMDB search and discovered some of the same people are in both; sounds like "Chasing Ghosts" is some sort of sequel or companion piece...)

dK

@RT 
 
Will definitely look out for King of Kong

Tim

King of Kong is awesome. Billy Mitchell is like a real-life comedy super villain.

red terror

Funnily enuff, at that IMDB page there's this current news link, from the past 24 hours: 
 
[QUOTE] 
September 20, 2010 
 
[URL="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/09/20/steve-wiebe-donkey-kong/"][COLOR=#0d5af7][B]Steve Wiebe Takes Back 'Donkey Kong' World Title[/B][/COLOR][/URL] 
 
As anyone who's seen "[URL="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/tag/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters/"][COLOR=#0d5af7]The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters[/COLOR][/URL]" knows, Steve Wiebe has been trying for years to beat Billy Mitchell and officially retake the all-time high score spot for "Donkey Kong." This week, he finally made good, and Twin Galaxies has verified Wiebe's new score of 1,064,500 and probably made him as happy as he's been since Mitchell took the title away from him in 2007. 
 
 
"Much like previous times when I've broken a video game record, it seemed surreal that all the time and effort I put into the game had finally paid off," Wiebe explained in post on [URL="http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=46&id=2265"][COLOR=#0d5af7]Twin Galaxies' website[/COLOR][/URL]. "I started playing in the morning and didn't have much luck, so I took a break and ran some errands with my kids. I came back a few hours later and had to restart about five times before I hit the record game." 
 
The record dethrones Mitchell's current best of 1,062,800 and will no doubt renew their much-publicized rivalry for another round. 
 
"I think many people had written me off since I had come up short at so many live record attempts, and I understand that," Wiebe explained. "But, I always believed that I could still do it and so did a lot of people who supported me. Looking back, I would say that if the record came too easy, then it wouldn't mean so much right now, so I'm glad I went through the struggles I did." 
 
Wiebe can now shed the underdog status he's publicly held since "King of Kong" came out three years ago, and everyone who rooted for him in the documentary can savor the victory with him, now that he's the best in the world [I]and[/I] the record books once again. 
 
[URL]http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/09/20/steve-wiebe-donkey-kong/[/URL] 
[/QUOTE]

taniwharugby

finally watched Boy last night, and while I'd been warned despite the advertising, it isnt really a comedy, there were some seriously funny moments in it. 
 
All in all it was a good film, if not for the underlying story that was obviosuly a little sad.

taniwharugby

[quote name='red terror']Can't comment - haven't seen the movie - and I'm not a fan of Kilmer. But he was in the stoopid "MacGruber" which was just released on dvd, and that's a worthwhile waste of time, some good laughs. And last years' "Bad Lieutenant" Port o' Call New Orleans" was excellent, even if many of you here hate Nic Cage. (It was directed by Werner Herzog.)[/QUOTE] 
 
I thought Bad Lieutenant stank, in spite of the fact Cage was pretty damn good in his role!!

Nepia

[quote name='taniwharugby']I thought Bad Lieutenant stank, in spite of the fact Cage was pretty damn good in his role!![/QUOTE] 
You're a brave fulla TR giving Cage some credit around here. 
 
I finally got around to watching From Paris With Love. Not a love story but a thriller-ish with Travolta and Johnathan Rhys Meyers. I found it quite enjoyable. Travolta was hamming it big time but it fit the movie. Rhys Meyers actually came across as a real person for once. Despite the fact you can see the twist coming a mile off it is all good B grade fun.

taniwharugby

oh I normally think he is ratshit, but credit where it's due!!

red terror

[quote name='taniwharugby']I thought Bad Lieutenant stank[/QUOTE] 
 
I've heard people tell me the exact same thing about "Aguirre: Wrath of God" and "Fitzcarraldo," so that doesn't surprise me. Herzog is an idiosyncratic writer and director. Some people think he stinks; others believe him a genius. I fall in the latter.

Tim

Bad Lieutenant wasn't vintage Herzog but it was pretty fun. Got a 7 or 7.5/10 from me, IIRC.

taniwharugby

Knight & Day - kinda like the more outrageous Bond films with a bit of Mission Impossible chucked in, wasnt crap.

Rancid Schnitzel

Clash of the Titans. A solid 6 out of 10. Not sure who's balls Sam Worthington is sucking to get these major roles. The guy is awful.

taniwharugby

Predators; just what I expected, shooting, killing, fighting...wasnt so sure I'd like Brody as the lead in an action, but thought he was fine (much like many with Neesam prior to Taken I expect)

raznomore

[quote name='taniwharugby']Predators; just what I expected, shooting, killing, fighting...wasnt so sure I'd like Brody as the lead in an action, but thought he was fine (much like many with Neesam prior to Taken I expect)[/QUOTE] 
 
I agree he was fine. thought this movie was good, not great but good.

da_grubster

[quote name='taniwharugby']Knight & Day - kinda like the more outrageous Bond films with a bit of Mission Impossible chucked in, wasnt crap.[/QUOTE] 
 
Probably would been a goood movie if it was made 10 years ago....especially with those two leads

mariner4life

There was nothing else on, so i watched "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra" last night. 
 
2 questions: 
How do movies like this get made? 
Seeing as it did get made, how did it not go straight to DVD? 
Actually 3 questions, did Dennis Quaid need some money the week they offered him that part? Just horrible. 
 
Sienna Miller does look very good as a brunette though.

Sneakdefreak

[QUOTE]Clash of the Titans. A solid 6 out of 10. Not sure who's balls Sam Worthington is sucking to get these major roles. The guy is awful. 
[/QUOTE] 
 
Watched it over the weekend. Didn't get why all the Gods looked like members of some 80s glam rock band. 5/10 
 
Worthington was bad in what should have been a fun movie. All Aussie actors seem to think they're tough if they talk in a deep, husky voice.

raznomore

[quote name='Sneakdefreak']Watched it over the weekend. Didn't get why all the Gods looked like members of some 80s glam rock band. 5/10 
 
Worthington was bad in what should have been a fun movie. All Aussie actors seem to think they're tough if they talk in a deep, husky voice.[/QUOTE] 
 
Mate have you heard a metro sydney sider before? I much prefer the husky Worthington(though not a sydney sider) to a potentially female sounding lead.

Nepia

[quote name='mariner4life']There was nothing else on, so i watched "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra" last night. 
 
2 questions: 
How do movies like this get made? 
Seeing as it did get made, how did it not go straight to DVD? 
Actually 3 questions, did Dennis Quaid need some money the week they offered him that part? Just horrible. 
 
Sienna Miller does look very good as a brunette though.[/QUOTE] 
Teenage boys. 
Old farts who remember the glory days of GI Joe in the 80s who pay the money so they can whinge about how much it has been ruined. 
Sienna Miller in tight black clothing. Speaking of Sienna Miller, did anyone ever watch that show she was in about the US cop working in London? She was his flatmate and used to lie around in tights on the couch - damn she was fine, although as her film career progressed she seemed to get too skinny. 
 
Worthington was good value in his pre US movies but the life seems to have been sucked out from him. 
 
Speaking of Ockers, anyone seen Animal Kingdom yet?

The Silver Fern

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