[Rys]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - DVD (not sure why Lovefilm sent me the DVD, I asked for the Blu-ray!)

It took me three goes to watch it, but I guess it was worth it in the end. The first time I thought I'd try watching it dubbed, rather than subtitled, but I couldn't stop laughing, so I gave up. The second time I was too tired and had to keep rewinding it so I didn't miss dialogue, so I gave up.

The third time....I'd read some reviews beforehand and quite a common theme was how it was pretty fast paced from the beginning. Maybe I watched the wrong movie, but it was slower than molasses at the start, and I found it really quite hard to warm to Lisbeth's character, and it felt like the film revolved around you being bought into feeling sorry for her so you urged her on to do what she was doing to help Mikael.

The last 90 mins were pretty good though, although the side story about Mikael's run-in with the big businessman was wasted time and just added to the needless 2.5 hour length. I liked the Vanger family character build-up, and I did feel for Lisbeth in the end.

Overall, I'm not really sure what the fuss was about. It was well acted and very well shot, but as a whole I didn't really take to it like I thought I would. I'll try the book. 6/10.

[green.pixel]

Slightly OT:
I have no idea why you guys are using the decimile or percentile rating scheme. Majority of films/music/games etc. reviewed that way end up in the upper part of the scale, in the 6 to 10 or 60 to 100 range, making the entire rating scheme pointless, don't you think? The only reasonable rating scale is the one out of three or five. Ask yourself, when you like a certain thing, you don't go and say 8.4 or 8.7 or 9.2. Or even worse, 9.42, 7.68 etc. After all, can you quantify your thoughts and feelings to such a "machine" degree?

So:
5 - highly recommended
4 - recommended
3 - good, but nothing special
2 - passable
1 - utter rubbish

[Scott_Arm]

I'm going to start doing my reviews in two digital hexadecimal. Movie X was A3/FF

[tangey]

Originally Posted by Scott_Arm

I'm going to start doing my reviews in two digital hexadecimal. Movie X was A3/FF

you didn't state whether that was signed or unsigned.

[Scott_Arm]

Originally Posted by tangey

you didn't state whether that was signed or unsigned.

Signed, obviously. But then I guess I did it wrong.

A3/7F

[John Reynolds]

Paranormal Activity 2 - 6/10 The first was quite a bit better better, but in a way I enjoyed how the sequel was both that and a prequel to the first movie's events and it had a few good scares.

[RobertR1]

The Town: 7/10. It's a Heat wanna be. Does a enough job of it but still no where as good.

The Social Network: 9/10. Mostly good pacing. Good acting by the cast. Good laughs also. A nice mix of everything. Can feel a little drawn out at times.

Robin Hood (Crowe Edition) Directors Cut: 8/10. I'm a Crowe fan so him basically acting like it's another Gladiator is good enough for me! Nice take on the story. More action would have been nice.

[eastmen]

Originally Posted by zed

yes that + the first rescuers film are two of the best disney films ever both 8/10
I saw anatasia (2/10) the other day http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118617/
disney at its worse

@dizietsma
yes I spit on your grave has dated very badly. One of the imfamous films when I was growing up. Still worthwhile (if you can handle rape, which I dont like seeing) for the movie history 4/10

OTOH last house on the left (9/10) which is a remake of the virgin spring (8/10) is a great film (yes its also dated) but contains one of the best pieces of music/cinema ever, david hess singing "now you're on your own" whilst the woman walks into the lake. I dont have too much of a problem with the keystone cops scenes, the music/chainsaw juxtaposition at the end? (doesnt tarintino do this all the time?)

I assume the last film is the dentist (6/10) actually reasonable comedy, they didnt really take it to extremes WRT gore as much as I thought they would.

Um last house on the left is a remake of last house on the left

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068833/

while the virgin spring shares some similaritys , Craven had never seen that movie

[nutball]

Originally Posted by RobertR1

Robin Hood (Crowe Edition) Directors Cut: 8/10. I'm a Crowe fan so him basically acting like it's another Gladiator is good enough for me! Nice take on the story. More action would have been nice.

Well I watched this movie last night (probably not the Directors Cut but whatever). It was OK but I'd give it somewhere around about 6/10.

First off - in 12th century England, why is everyone talking with an Irish accent?

Second off - when the French baddies land, why are they landing in WW2 landing craft on a beach which looks suspiciously like Normandy on D-Day?

Other than that, with brain set to off, it passed an evening.

[zed]

Originally Posted by eastmen

Um last house on the left is a remake of last house on the left

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068833/

while the virgin spring shares some similaritys , Craven had never seen that movie

yes theres a new version of last house of the left (2009) but dizietsma was talking about the 1972 version with gaylord saint james (not his real name)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820577/

I dont know if craven had seen virgin spring before but he has said in an interview his film was based/reworked on that tale

I have no idea why you guys are using the decimile or percentile rating scheme. Majority of films/music/games etc. reviewed that way end up in the upper part of the scale

depends on who's doing the rating, me I use a bell curve 1-10 thus the majority are 4-7.
statiscially the average would be 5.5. Recently I checked the last couple of thousand films Ive rated in the last 5 years + my average rating was 5.4, which is bad when you think about it, cause hopefully I'ld be getting films out that I'ld like

[london-boy]

Draquila - l'italia che trema (Italian documentary/satire about Berlusconi, the Italian government and the real dodginess surrounding the earthquake that destroyed L'Aquila, and many other things)

Amazing, must see kind of movie.

Even if you don't give a flying rat about Italy or Italian politics (i don't and neither should you - and i'm italian), you can't help but laugh.
And the saddest thing is that you won't laugh because it's a comedy, you will laugh because the level of stupidity, corruption, ridicule shown in this film is all true and is destroying a beautiful country right now.

[Arwin]

Originally Posted by london-boy

and is STILL destroying a beautiful country EVEN now.

Corrected. Corruption is a long standing tradition over there, as is political instability. I think corruption should be taken more seriously, and on a European level. Perhaps a European taskforce that has authority or knowhow on helping to fight it and/or get rid of it on a more structural level.

Also I saw the other half of Hurt Locker yesterday (though I've still not seen the last few minutes, ironically). I don't know what to think about it really. It was pretty good but at the same time it seemed just like almost any other sort of realistic half-decent war movie I've seen, except this one was in Iraq.
As it stands, I'm not going to grade it. I think perhaps my favorite bit was the guy being angry in the chopper.

[london-boy]

Originally Posted by Arwin

Corrected.

Agreed.

[Bludd]

Saw The Social Network last night. I liked it very much, but it made me want to delete my Facebook profile.

[Squilliam]

Originally Posted by Bludd

Saw The Social Network last night. I liked it very much, but it made me want to delete my Facebook profile.

Nasty. It did look like that from the trailer I saw.

Lucky for me I don't have one. So obviously I don't have any friends. Why won't anyone be my friend?

[zed]

Ive never been a member of facebook either, at least Im not the only one. Ill try to resist as long as possible, I finally got my first cellphone this year (well technically someone gave it to me but still)

I saw last night capitalism a love story 6/10 moores getting worse.

Anyways I have one question, I assume its right but it was pretty unbelievable

How the hell do ppl let the company they work for take out a life insurance policy on them? Do ppl just not know?
Anyone here have such a thing?

[Squilliam]

Originally Posted by zed

Ive never been a member of facebook either, at least Im not the only one. Ill try to resist as long as possible, I finally got my first cellphone this year (well technically someone gave it to me but still)

There was a time when they called we New Zealanders an innovative country with a people who were quick to embrace new technology. I can see who I can blame for our losing that distinction!

I saw last night capitalism a love story 6/10 moores getting worse.

Definately worse. He makes some good points in there but reading some of the source documents he takes things way out of context. Hes a sensationalist. I would say that had he kept to a more defendable position it would have been a much better story. However still raises interesting and good points and the distribution of wealth is something which isn't discussed enough and nor do we tend to get the left(er) view point out in public.

Anyways I have one question, I assume its right but it was pretty unbelievable

How the hell do ppl let the company they work for take out a life insurance policy on them? Do ppl just not know?
Anyone here have such a thing?

They just don't know. The people in the story were pretty surprised when they found out too. To the company its just another investment. Anyhow the big thing there was it shows how little some companies care about such morally unsound activities. Wholly unsurprising really.

[zed]

To the company its just another investment. Anyhow the big thing there was it shows how little some companies care about such morally unsound activities. Wholly unsurprising really.

I can see there being great money making potential there.
I wonder if I can do that here in NZ, eg can I take a life insurance policy out on you squilliam with me being the beneficiary when you die? Ill try for a $5million payout like that guy in the film. Hows your cars brakes? whats your address, I need this for the paperwork.

The scary thing is theres prolly ppl reading these forums that dont know that their employers have life insurance policies out on them.

[Squilliam]

Originally Posted by zed

I can see there being great money making potential there.
I wonder if I can do that here in NZ, eg can I take a life insurance policy out on you squilliam with me being the beneficiary when you die? Ill try for a $5million payout like that guy in the film. Hows your cars brakes? whats your address, I need this for the paperwork.

The scary thing is theres prolly ppl reading these forums that dont know that their employers have life insurance policies out on them.

Probably not. Theres a significant conflict of interest in taking out a life insurance policy on someone who isn't in your immediate family. First of all, theres the possibility you'll try to kill them.

I haven't heard of it happening anywhere but the states. Obviously other countries are insane like Americans too but they don't get in the news as often.

[I.S.T.]

Originally Posted by zed

Ive never been a member of facebook either, at least Im not the only one. Ill try to resist as long as possible, I finally got my first cellphone this year (well technically someone gave it to me but still)

I saw last night capitalism a love story 6/10 moores getting worse.

Anyways I have one question, I assume its right but it was pretty unbelievable

How the hell do ppl let the company they work for take out a life insurance policy on them? Do ppl just not know?
Anyone here have such a thing?

Moore's points are often good ones, but he destroys his credibility regularly due to his outright lies and manipulation of the truth.

[Davros]

Inception : that was a convoluted film and a half, reasonably enjoyable

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

Green Lantern Trailer

[Scott_Arm]

Eraserhead 8/10 or 3/10 - Hadn't seen it in a long time. Still disturbing, still messed up. I love weird movies, so I tend to love David Lynch movies. The thing is, when I think about it objectively, this movie doesn't make any sense at all, and in many ways, I should think its awful. Something about it just makes me want to watch it again.

American Grindhouse 7/10 - Interesting look at Grindhouse cinema, its history and all its sub-genres. Cool documentary. I like campy B-movies, but a lot of the movies they showed were just incredibly disturbing. Roughies? People actually watched those?

The Men Who Stare at Goats - 6 or 7/10. Pretty funny at times, but kind of falls apart towards the end, I thought.

[Sxotty]

Idiocracy is awesome. That is all.

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

"Your Highness" trailer. Not Safe For Work! Yes, that is Natalie Portman's bottom in a thong.