What film did you watch last night?
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Mr Deeds
6/10
Funny in some places, but not one of Sandlers best.
6/10
Funny in some places, but not one of Sandlers best.
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Note 1: I'm shortening the term "American Princess Movie" to "APM" in this post because I'm lazy...
Note 2: APM's all have terrible stories. Thus IMO they shouldn't be marked down based on plot, since a horrible plot is assumed from the beginning.
And with those points in mind...
Ever After. 2/10. Awful.
I saw this as it was on TV earlier and I thought it was a particularly poor example of the APM genre. Discounting the overall story arc (as mentioned above) It has particularly drab sets / costumes, and seems to have a somewhat downbeat atmosphere throughout most of the film. It also suffered from a poor soundtrack and dire acting...
It's main flaw though is simply that it starred Drew Barrymore as the Princess. A woman with a past history of alcohol and drugs abuse, not to mention being about as attractive as Rocky Dennis (in other words, really not princess material in the slightest). This movie needs to go back to APM school and learn a lot of lessons from the current best of the genre - Disneys "Tangled".
How on earth this garbage scored 6.8 on imdb is completely beyond me....
But it doesn't end there... by coincidence I ended up watching another APM earlier today.... "Barbie - The Princess and the Popstar".
I'd be impressed if anyone is still reading this post after I've mentioned the "B" word, but it's actually (a little) better than you may expect from the title...
The film is upbeat, energetic, musical, colorful, and it even made me laugh out loud occasionally (no mean feat). Perhaps most impressively though, it has a plot which doesn't predominantly center around an opposite-sex love interest, which is pretty much unheard of in APM's.
The animation quality is relatively low-budget, but the voice acting is mostly decent. The film has a musical theme, and the songs were mostly passable for the kind of thing you'd expect in a film like this. And if anything it possibly would have benefited from an extra song or two to break up a couple of the longer plot-driven (AKA mind-numbingly boring) scenes.
Overall - 5/10. Not great, but not as terrible as I was expecting.
If you've got a young daughter circa 5-7 y/o you could do a lot worse.
Note 2: APM's all have terrible stories. Thus IMO they shouldn't be marked down based on plot, since a horrible plot is assumed from the beginning.
And with those points in mind...
Ever After. 2/10. Awful.
I saw this as it was on TV earlier and I thought it was a particularly poor example of the APM genre. Discounting the overall story arc (as mentioned above) It has particularly drab sets / costumes, and seems to have a somewhat downbeat atmosphere throughout most of the film. It also suffered from a poor soundtrack and dire acting...
It's main flaw though is simply that it starred Drew Barrymore as the Princess. A woman with a past history of alcohol and drugs abuse, not to mention being about as attractive as Rocky Dennis (in other words, really not princess material in the slightest). This movie needs to go back to APM school and learn a lot of lessons from the current best of the genre - Disneys "Tangled".
How on earth this garbage scored 6.8 on imdb is completely beyond me....
But it doesn't end there... by coincidence I ended up watching another APM earlier today.... "Barbie - The Princess and the Popstar".
I'd be impressed if anyone is still reading this post after I've mentioned the "B" word, but it's actually (a little) better than you may expect from the title...
The film is upbeat, energetic, musical, colorful, and it even made me laugh out loud occasionally (no mean feat). Perhaps most impressively though, it has a plot which doesn't predominantly center around an opposite-sex love interest, which is pretty much unheard of in APM's.
The animation quality is relatively low-budget, but the voice acting is mostly decent. The film has a musical theme, and the songs were mostly passable for the kind of thing you'd expect in a film like this. And if anything it possibly would have benefited from an extra song or two to break up a couple of the longer plot-driven (AKA mind-numbingly boring) scenes.
Overall - 5/10. Not great, but not as terrible as I was expecting.
If you've got a young daughter circa 5-7 y/o you could do a lot worse.
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Get the gringo.
A decent flick, i had put off watching this one but i really shouldn't have, original enough plot, solid performances and enjoyable so i recommend as a solid 7/10
A decent flick, i had put off watching this one but i really shouldn't have, original enough plot, solid performances and enjoyable so i recommend as a solid 7/10
Indeed. Seen most war films made from the 40's onwards. Zulu would rate as well as Bridge over the river kwai <sp> sink the bissmark, battle of the bulge, tora tora tora, battle for midway etc etc
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Watched Ip Man 2 the other night on Film 4 as part of their martial arts season. It was good (and about time I got round to watching it)!
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Prometheus
Effects - 8.5, Plot - A disappointing 2 : Overall 5.5 (watchable)
Hope they follow this up with a plot that wasn't written on a single sheet of Andrex
Effects - 8.5, Plot - A disappointing 2 : Overall 5.5 (watchable)
Hope they follow this up with a plot that wasn't written on a single sheet of Andrex
Are you freaking kidding me?!?
Rec 1 and 2 were fairly gory and serious horror movies with a decent back story building up, this was just poor comedy horror and an insult to the Rec series, a 3/10 and that's being generous as I had a bit of a thing for the lead girl.
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Black Dynamite - 8/10
It sort of feels like it's a little too long because there's so much crammed in there, but it's both hilariously ridiculous and absolutely meticulous in its recreation of 70s blaxploitation films. Even when it's bad it knows it. I think it loses its impact a little the second time round in terms of comedy, however with repeat viewings it becomes a strangely academic exercise. It's beyond pastiche, really. Faithfully funny.
Zombieland - 7/10
I was little less enamored with this the second time around. I felt that the narration quickly became a case of not enough show and too much tell. It was still great fun though and happy ending be damned, I'm glad they got out alive.
It sort of feels like it's a little too long because there's so much crammed in there, but it's both hilariously ridiculous and absolutely meticulous in its recreation of 70s blaxploitation films. Even when it's bad it knows it. I think it loses its impact a little the second time round in terms of comedy, however with repeat viewings it becomes a strangely academic exercise. It's beyond pastiche, really. Faithfully funny.
Zombieland - 7/10
I was little less enamored with this the second time around. I felt that the narration quickly became a case of not enough show and too much tell. It was still great fun though and happy ending be damned, I'm glad they got out alive.
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Platoon 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/
The Lives of Others 8.5 /10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/
The Lives of Others 8.5 /10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
The Lives of Others 8.5 /10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/[/QUOTE]
Very good film, i studied it at college.
Another good German film which is widely studied is The Wave (Die Welle)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/[/QUOTE]
Very good film, i studied it at college.
Another good German film which is widely studied is The Wave (Die Welle)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/
Associate
Moonrise Kingdom 9/10
I'm probably being generous with my score but this film left me smiling and I liked pretty much everything about it. Some big names in it but the child actors were very good.
Premium Rush 6.5/10
Was ok but nothing that would keep me talking about it or give me an inclination to re-watch it.
I'm probably being generous with my score but this film left me smiling and I liked pretty much everything about it. Some big names in it but the child actors were very good.
Premium Rush 6.5/10
Was ok but nothing that would keep me talking about it or give me an inclination to re-watch it.