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Sneakdefreak

Monsters - An alien breed has cut off part of Mexico and a journalist and American tourist are trying to make their way back to the USA through the occupied area. The aliens looks lame but a good story none the less. 7/10 
 
Machete - Throw in some nice looking latina honeys, loads of blood and gore, and one mean looking hero who eats burritos and you have a Mexican exploitation film. Not bad although the battle scene at the end was very camp and comical. 5.5/10 but 10/10 for the Avellan twins.

antipodean

Watched [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054122/"]Goemon[/URL] last night. If you don't mind CGI and/or have ever watched a samurai movie, then you'll enjoy this.

taniwharugby

Hangover Part II. 
 
Some genuinely funny bits in it, but same format and similar punchlines, can't see this surviving a 3rd unless they try something a bit different.

Sneakdefreak

Paranormal Activity 3 - like the previous two it is a great ''silly scary'' movie. Watched it at the cinemas and it is fun to just let yourself get scared. PA3 ties up all the loose ends from PA1 and PA2 which is a bummer, because one good thing about this film(s) was how it didn't try and answer everything. 7/10 
 
Best moment watching PA3 at the cinema - During a scene where two characters are hiding in the bathroom after seeing the 'paranormal activity', a guy sitting not far from me (and rather spooked) says ''Fuck, I'd just jump out there and do a haka''. 
 
Classic.

red terror

I saw Drive a couple weeks ago. Critics love it; audiences hate it. Why the latter? It appears the promotional campaign promised thrills a-la Gone In 60 Seconds, and what was instead delivered was a European-style art film. I was prompted to attend when I heard the twerp who threw a hotdog at Tiger Woods on a putting green and threw himself down into the handcuff position, said he was so-inspired by the movie. I don't get the connection. But me and my mates really loved the flick. A poignant modern film-noir, with some exquisite ultra-violence. The head-stomping in the elevator was nicely done. Off-camera, but you feel it. 8/10.

dK

Hanna - movie of a young girl who has been genetically modified to become a super soldier, is brought up by a rogue CIA(?!?) agent Eric Bana 60kms from the North Pole. Well worth the watch 7/10 
[URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993842/"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993842/ 
 
B[/URL]uck - docu-drama, based on the guy who was supposedly the inspiration for the Horse Whisperer. Nice movie for a Sunday afternoon. "He doesn't deal with Horse problems, he deals with people problems" - 8/10 
[URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753549/[/URL]

Crucial

I've been surprised at how much I've enjoyed watching the Marvel movies of Iron Man (1&2), Thor and Captain America. 
 
Expected them to be corny or too try-hard yet they have been done really well. I love the way that they all interlink in the same 'world' without it being some kind of in thing for comic book geeks. 
 
Read that the reason behind this is that there was a multi picture deal done including the upcoming Avengers movie in which Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, CA and a host of 'humans' are joined together. 
 
I was never a Marvel reader as a kid, for some reason I read more of the DC Comic world so I don't carry any preconceptions when watching these.

taniwharugby

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 
 
Thought it wasnt too bad, but am struggling to see it tie into the previous movie, given it is a 'pre-quel' or if because it sucked, they intend to do it properly and follow on from this?

red terror

[quote name='Crucial']I was never a Marvel reader as a kid, for some reason I read more of the DC Comic world so I don't carry any preconceptions when watching these.[/QUOTE] 
 
When I was a kid/teenager in NZ in the 1970s it was very rare to see Marvel comics in dairies and newstands, DC had a virtual distribution monopoly over them in a way that reminded me of Coke everywhere/Pepsi nowhere.

Crucial

[quote name='red terror']When I was a kid/teenager in NZ in the 1970s it was very rare to see Marvel comics in dairies and newstands, DC had a virtual distribution monopoly over them in a way that reminded me of Coke everywhere/Pepsi nowhere.[/QUOTE] 
 
Same era for me. That probably explains it.

Nepia

[quote name='red terror']When I was a kid/teenager in NZ in the 1970s it was very rare to see Marvel comics in dairies and newstands, DC had a virtual distribution monopoly over them in a way that reminded me of Coke everywhere/Pepsi nowhere.[/QUOTE] 
In the 80s it was all Marvel - although I wasn't much into the Superheroes, I had GI Joe and the Nam. 
 
I also used to get the Brit comics like Battle Action Force (UK GI Joe) and 2000AD when they were like newspapers! 
 
Thursday, when I used to go to the book store, was my favourite day of the week.

red terror

When I was a kid in NZ, it was DC superheroes (Batman, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Justice League), small British war digest comics, Beano, Dandy, MAD magazine, and maybe some Disney and Casper stuff for the younger kids. (I used to read those Scrooge McDuck comics quite regularly when I was small, and had no idea the artist Carl Barks was/is considered a genius.) As I say, I rarely-if-ever saw Marvel comics on the newsstands. 
 
I have been doing contract work for a comic book publisher for the past several years that has introduced me to many top artists in the field who work for Marvel and DC (back in the 1960s, and current artists today), and being mostly ignorant about the genre since I was a kid and having never really read Marvel comics, I had to get up to speed very, very quickly so that I didn't appear too ignorant. I have tried to read as many classic comics from the past century that I can get my hands on, and have really enjoyed the 1960s Marvel volumes and I'm pretty much committed to watching every comic book movie adaptation that comes along.

Virgil

[quote name='Crucial']I've been surprised at how much I've enjoyed watching the Marvel movies of [B]Iron Man (1&2), Thor and Captain America[/B]. 
 
Expected them to be corny or too try-hard yet they have been done really well. I love the way that they all interlink in the same 'world' without it being some kind of in thing for comic book geeks. 
 
Read that the reason behind this is that there was a multi picture deal done including the upcoming Avengers movie in which Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, CA and a host of 'humans' are joined together. 
 
I was never a Marvel reader as a kid, for some reason I read more of the DC Comic world so I don't carry any preconceptions when watching these.[/QUOTE] 
 
Have yet to sit through Thor but enjoyed Captain America the other night, never found Iron Man 1 or 2 to be my liking. 
But liked the simple style of CA, easily one of the best Comic adaptions to be recently made.

taniwharugby

Captain America was always a fave as a kid, so looking forward to seeing how that adapts, thought Thor was pants. 
 
watched Trespass earlier in the week, was ok, NIcole KIdman, Nic Cage, rich folks, home invasion type story.

Crucial

I thought Thor was going to be pants but it was better than I expected. Did that make it good? Not really but at least it was surprisingly watchable. 
 
The Avengers could be quite interesting with the clash of egos between Tony Stark and Thor, and CA/ Stark will be complete opposites. 
 
My recollection of comics as a kid is the same as RTs. I always enjoyed the side heroes of the DC world like Hawkman much more than the main ones. 
 
Back to movies though one of my favourite book series as a kid was "John Carter Warlord of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I see this widely unknown gem has been picked up by and is in production / filming now.

Sneakdefreak

Insidious - horror film about a boy who can have out of body experiences and in doing so attracts demons. Not that scary though a good idea for a horror plot. 6.5/10

LAKiwi

There's already some shorts out on the Marvel movie coming out - where they all get together. Thor's brother is the villian! Looks pretty good. I though those latest super hero movies were some of the best that's ever been made. Really looking forward to seeing what they do when they put them all together.

antipodean

International Film Festival time, which means subtitles. One to look out for is a Korean movie called [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230385/]The Yellow Sea[/url]. At over two hours it may at first seem a long movie, especially if you don't know Korean, but the time flies. It's an action packed cavalcade from the crime/ thriller genre with a bit of T&A thrown in too. Gritty, dirty with plenty of violence portraying underworld figures and the downtrodden they prey on. Loved it.

taniwharugby

got around to seeing Captain America, I liked it. 
 
Also watched The Devils Double, based on a true story of Uday Hussein's double, around the time of the Gulf War, not knowing it was based on a true story I thought it was ok, but on reflection, was a good film (directed by Lee Tamahori)

red terror

Watched [B]"Take Shelter"[/B] last night, cool new indie film about a guy having delusional scary nightmares and hallucinations, and starts creating a fallout shower in his back yard. Is it a descent into madness, or is he a prophet of doom? 
 
Don't know who the lead actor is, but he reminds me a LOT of Christopher Walken. 
 
8/10.

The Silver Fern

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