[John Reynolds]

Sex drive - 7.5/10 Reminded me quite a bit of Road/Euro Trip. Seth Green as the wise-cracking Amish smart-ass was worth the rental alone.

[John Reynolds]

The Watchmen - 8.5/10 Some bad pacing throughout, but overall a good movie for fans or the unwashed. Very brutal fight sequences, some almost painful to watch. The acting was tolerable, nothing as near as annoying as the Batman growl from Bail, though the girl playing Silk Spectre was probably the worst. Great seeing Jackie Earle Haley again after 30 years (Breaking Away is one of my all-time favs), and he did a good job as Rorschach.

[Bludd]

I'm giving Watchmen 4/6. It was too long, some unnecessary scenes, some bad acting, but also some funny moments, some awesome moments, really good effects. It's a pretty good film.

[Mummy]

Watchmen 5/10, it's way too long, it's slOoWw, aww, some good moments yes, but the hype that was around it made me give it 5 instead of 6.

[Mize]

Finally saw Slumdog Millionaire and it's a 9/10 for me. A bit sappy at times but great cinema.

[Arwin]

Noise (Tim Robbins). Liked it, nothing too fancy, but amusing ... 7.5/10.

[Dr Evil]

The Watchmen 7.5/10

I liked it, but the pacing was bit off and in a film format showing so much flashbacks and so little forward going story was kind of out of place in my opinion. Also in the comic book Dr Manhattan's existence in time was portrayed better and more throural. It was long, but it didn't bore me.

The Wrestler 8.5/10
A very simple but touching story of a man, who's struggling in life and struggling to let go of the only things he know. I think it was very well made, and Mickey Rourke was an ideal actor for the movie.

[Dooby]

Originally Posted by Mummy

...the hype that was around it made me give it 5 instead of 6.

I *hate* comments like this. How should anything affect the movie other than the movie itself. Manage your own expectations please.

Back on topic: Watchmen - */10. That's right: "*". I like a lot of films, I love a large number, I dislike and I despise even more. Not in my recent (10-15 years) recollections, can I say that a film had less of an impact on me.

I only hated one scene in the film - which is a shock for me, I hate 3-4 scenes in Transformers, which is one of my all time favourite films. There are some AMAZINGLY good bits in it, the first 20 mins (the credits are awesome), the prison section (both in the cell and the breakout), the way the "alternate ending" was handled, the clock palace, the fights in general and Rorschach in general. I for one also didn't mind (until the last moment) Akerman's acting, and man, is she pretty. Shes a blond in real life, and no where near as hot as she is as a brunette in the film. I'm also a huge fan of boobies, and I liked the latex leggings in the sex scene. Colour me impressed with nudity in films. As a general rule, society is way to fussy about nekid peoples in films these days, and I feel its a shame, bring back the early 90's!

The bad bits weren't awful, they were just "WTF were they thinking" moments. Nixon's nose as a classic moment.

BUT... the story hasn't translated well over the last 20 years. The Cold War went cold, and we are all too aware of that. So, to me and mine that have spoken about why it made no impact, the best we can figure is that there is no... "threat". We just weren't able to connect anymore with the "ZOMG we all gonna go BOOM", because thats not how we see "threats" anymore. Threats are now small (relative to nukes) bombs in shops (Children of Men), bombs on buses (Negotiator etc) or you know, real world stuff... 9/11. Nowadays (me and mine at least) feel that large scale destruction is "out of our hands" whereas these smaller scale threats are more about "fate targeting you". What if you had gotten on the next bus, or walked down that other street. Also with the smaller scale stuff, you're always aware that most likely you are gonna be leaving behind loved ones, parents, spouses, children, who are gonna grieve and feel the pain for much longer after you're gone. If you love and have loved ones, their pain is usually more important than your own. If everyone dies, no one feels pain, C'est la vie.

What this film needed was more of the connection to the audience that let us feel/imagine the threat of the story, because just saying "there are nukes out there" just doesn't cut it anymore. The Cold War ended without the OTT actions in the film, so we've lost perspective about why it was good or bad. Again, rather than being horrified, or happy that the crisis was averted, I just felt... "WTF dude", nothing more.

And then... after Ive watch 2 hours and 30 mins of "cool, meh, cool, meh, meh, cool..." comes the closing 5-10 mins. And it kills it. The final scene twixt Spectre 1 & 2 is so badly scripted and acted that it actually shocked me. And the very final scene, which in the novel is an "aaaah!" moment is reduced to next to no speech and a nothing moment. Then My Chemical Romance screech over the closing credits with one of the worst covers ever. No impact, no conclusion, and crap song. If I had walked out 10 mins before the end, I might have actually have had a real feeling about the film. But as it stands... I'm left with a hole.

Not "it could have been so much better" because parts of it are utterly awesome. Not "that was shit" because its not; like any film its let down by some parts but not critically. I just have no feelings about it one way or the other. I didn't connect with it on any level; the acting wasn't bad; the SFX are very good; stylistically its great; but then... there is no heart.

This isn't me agreeing with Alan Moore's assumption that it's "un-film-able", because his reasoning is purely egotistical and reads like he's never watch a film in his life; I find myself offended by his reasoning infact.

Not enough was done to connect the audience to the subject matter, so no matter how good the parts were, the sums just don't add up. I have no feelings one way or another so my rating (for now) stays as */10.

[WhiningKhan]

Originally Posted by Dr Evil

The Wrestler 8.5/10
A very simple but touching story of a man, who's struggling in life and struggling to let go of the only things he know. I think it was very well made, and Mickey Rourke was an ideal actor for the movie.

Exactly how I would rate and summarize the film (and IIRC did in the old thread just before it was annihilated).

I've thought of myself as a rather cynical movie watcher, but for some reason, it took me over a day to recover enough that I can bring back in my mind scenes of this film without getting a lump in my throat.

[Dresden]

Watchmen- 4/10

[Mariner]

Quantum of Solace: 5.5/10

Olga was very, very orange in this film.

[green.pixel]

^ I also noticed that. And fast action shots looks like they are cut a little bit too early. Sometimes, I found myself trying to see what's going on.

[Scott_Arm]

Originally Posted by Mariner

Quantum of Solace: 5.5/10

Olga was very, very orange in this film.

I didn't notice that when I saw it in the theater.

[Mariner]

Hmm. Strange. Skin tones of all the other characters seemed pretty normal (my TV is reasonably well calibrated) but Olga looked as though she had fallen asleep on a sunbed, or in a spray-on tanning salon, for that matter!

[Scott_Arm]

Originally Posted by Mariner

Hmm. Strange. Skin tones of all the other characters seemed pretty normal (my TV is reasonably well calibrated) but Olga looked as though she had fallen asleep on a sunbed, or in a spray-on tanning salon, for that matter!

A can of bronzer a day keeps the doctor away?

[maniac]

Slumdog Millionaire - 8.5/10 very entertaining
Knowing - 6.5/10 for the ending. story seems very retarded at first but it all makes sense toward the finish. still not very good though
Ong Bak 2 - 8/10 if you're into fighting movies. 3/10 if you're not. First was better

[tongue_of_colicab]

I watched Gran Torino this week. Loved it. The racial comments made me laugh my ass off and the overall story is very good I think. Its quite some time ago I felt like I really enjoyed myself after watching a movie. Defenitly worth watching.

[RobertR1]

UP: 10/10. Amazing movie and easily Pixar's best work yet. The pacing was fantastic and it was much more emotional then I ever expected it to be. Extremely well done.

Wolverine: 1/10. Fuck you Fox. Give the Marvel license back to Marvel.

Star Trek: 9/10. A really well put together movie. You don't have to be a trekkie by any stretch to appreciate this movie. It's just good.

[suryad]

Well said about Woverine. It was disappointing to say the least.

I do want to see Up it looks quite awesome.

Olga did look very orange in the movie. I enjoyed the movie but I had to watch it twice before I started liking it a bit more.

[_xxx_]

Heh? I actually liked Wolverine, it was certainly better than all the previous x-men stuff put together. 7/10 here.

[RobertR1]

The Wrestler: 5/10. Rourke's performace was great but the movie just didn't do it for me. I didn't care for the characters or their struggles.

The Hangover: 9/10. This was amazingly funny. I remember watching the previews going "hmmmmmn" but it's the kind of movie that would be hard to preview properly. The movie itself has great pacing and variety while being quite funny is all situations.

Gran Torino: 8/10. Clint Eastwood is down right amazing in this. Single handidly carries the movie. The rest of the cast is poor and the story is predictable but his acting is top notch.

[NRP]

I liked Wolverine too, certainly more than T4 anyway. Star Trek was okay, but a little underwhelming IMO.

[John Reynolds]

Finally, a good movie this summer. The Hangover - 9.5/10, funniest god damn movie I've seen in a theater this decade, if not longer. I laughed until I cried, and then kept on laughing even through the credits.

[RobertR1]

Transformers 2: 7/10. Enjoyed the great action sequences. The story was a complete "wtf???" The 2 new characters, roommate + decepticon chick sucked bad. But I got what I wanted out of it. Robot wars!

Public Enemies: 5/10. Very long. Dragged on in unnecessary parts. Bale's character had no development. Depp and Bale were both good but just weren't given much good to play with. Not something I care to watch again. The action scenes were really well done though.

[Mariner]

I know it's from last year, but I watched Guy Ritchie's latest, "RockNRolla" on DVD last night.

I'm feeling in a generous mood today so I'll give it 2/10.

A cast of dozens of actors with incomprehensible and entirely unexplained nicknames move from scene to scene with no apparent rhyme or reason then suddenly, a lot of 'bad' gangsters are killed. The End.

I'd say the plot was full of holes but that would give the impression the film actually had a plot in the first place!

I wouldn't normally bother to comment but I want to know WTF people on IMDB who voted this steaming pile of ordure up a score of 7.4/10 were thinking? It was even worse than Ritchie's other recent mockney drivel from first to last and I'm astounded that so many decent actors were willing to appear in this film. After a couple of decent films to start his career (Lock, Stock & Snatch), Ritchie has removed any pretense about his writing and directorial abilities and has also apparently abandoned the idea of any sort of coherent plot or dialogue.

A couple of friends watched the film with me and frankly, we were all in disbelief about how poor it was. A couple of others I've finally got around to watching recently:

Slumdog Millionaire: 9/10. Very good - I enjoyed it much more than expected.
Gran Torino: 7.5/10. Also good but only Clint could have carried off that role as the film was a bit "by the numbers" and it was pretty easy to guess what would happen next.