Review the last movie you viewed (NO LISTS) V

[monkeyskin]

Originally Posted by MissVelvetDress_75 I rented the installment of Pirates of the Caribbean and could only watch the first 10 mins. of it. I was highly disappointed in the movie. I found it to be boring, pointless and the plot made zero sense to me. I guess there was a good reason that I waited over a year to watch it.

Well, watching only the first ten minutes of a 180 minute film is probably why the plot made zero sense to you.

I just don't understand when people think they can make a vliad judgement of a film after just ten minutes, or twenty, or less than half the run time really.

[Lancemc]

Hellboy II

Disappointing. All its problem stem from it's terrible plotting, and tendency to raise countless questions and subplots only to completely dismiss them later. Not to mention how the last act seems to validate the worthlessness of the entire film plot. It's as if Del Toro had a bunch of really creative or funny scenes in his head, and merely strung them together to justify including everything in a feature length film. That said, the dialogue was average, the performances ranged from solid to poor, but the films only real saving grace is what you'd expect it to be; remarkable art and production design. An absolute visual wonder, Del Toro creates a wholly engrossing story world, and a cast of really interesting and entertaining characters... unfortunately he gives us almost no reason at all to care about it.

I was really hopeful for this one, and it's doubly disappointing because Del Toro has proven himself to be a remarkable storyteller in the past (even moreso in the first Hellboy, a superior film to this installment), and that's Hellboy II's biggest flaw.

I give it something like a 5/10, though I'm not dead set on a score just yet.

[deep]

Originally Posted by Lancemc Hellboy II Disappointing. I give it something like a 5/10, though I'm not dead set on a score just yet.

One of the best things about this thread
is that it is a place where there can be completely different points of view.

I am a 'minority' view, sometimes.

And, I believe you will be in a definite "minority" on this film.

[angelordevil]

Wanted 6.5/10

Angelina Jolie plays the tough-yet-beautiful role once more, James McAvoy is awesome, Morgan Freeman is great...buttt, this movie is EXCESSIVELY violent--something that undermines most of the movie. However, there are some truly great scenes, and great moments of action/humour. Ultimately, it had the potential to be better than it is...which is a bloody mess!

The Bucket List 9/10

Now, here's a movie! Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman team-up in a great movie about finding joy in adversity, and life, itself. I thought it might have been a clunker, but it actually worked...really well.

[Carek1230]

I saw Outlaw last night. Great British film directed by Nick Love. Crazy guy, exciting movie though.

[impy13]

Oh, hi guys. Persepolis was really good.

[lazarus]

I see where Lance is coming from on some of his criticism of HB2, but I enjoyed it despite its inconsistency. What I will say is that after rewatching the original and listening to GDT's commentary, the direction was much more impressive in the first one. Perhaps that's because he was really trying to fuse Mike Mignola's illustrations with his own live action sensibilities, but there were so many great shots in that film. Here, it seemed the focus was on creating a whole lot of weird Del Toro creatures and not so much on the actual cinematic qualities.

Having said that, Perlman was very funny like last time, with a few touching moments as well. Selma Blair, despite not doing too much, still manages to gain the viewer's sympathy easily. Doug Jones wasn't as impressive as David Hyde Pierce's take on Abe, but I still think he did a great job with much more material this time around.

Also, that Barry Manilow sing-a-long thing was a stroke of comic genius. So hilarious.

Supposedly GDT has plans for a third installment at some point, which will be a little tragic if we're to believe the prophesy told in part two.

[Lancemc]

During most of the film I found I was really enjoying myself, mostly because of the great humor and the sheer fascination of the art and creature design. However, during the last 20 minutes or so and immediately after the movie I was sort of like "Wow...oh...well, yeah, that wasn't actually too good was it?"

Oh well. Win some, lose some.

[LemonMacPhisto]

I'm still on the fence about seeing Hellboy, but I have read a lot of positive reviews from critics who share some of my same opinions and if I recall correctly Lance, you were really psyched for this going into it, right?

[deep]

Originally Posted by LemonMacPhisto I'm still on the fence about seeing Hellboy,

I say go.

See this on a big screen


and since your expectations are not, sky high

you will be fine.

[LemonMacPhisto]

Originally Posted by deep I say go. See this on a big screen and since your expectations are not, sky high you will be fine.

Awesome, thank you. I still have yet to see Wall-E though. If I get a choice between the two, I'd go with the little robot.

[deep]

go to a multi-plex and hit them both

[LemonMacPhisto]

Good call, have my own double feature.

[deep]

My typical Friday night

[got_edge]

Originally Posted by impy13 Oh, hi guys. Persepolis was really good.