Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions
MasterMinds
hell boy
american pie 7! the starting of all american pies are very good!
shri
Always Fresh!
This maybe a better pie than the last three.
MasterMinds
hell boy
fieldgunner
Broken In
Funny People-4/10
A serious film about stand-up comedians. Some of the funny parts were really funny, but not enough to redeem the film. Too long and dragging, imho. You can give it a miss.
A serious film about stand-up comedians. Some of the funny parts were really funny, but not enough to redeem the film. Too long and dragging, imho. You can give it a miss.
Ethan_Hunt
Aspiring Novelist
Paranormal Activity - 7/10. Provided goosebumps at some points. It's best to watch it without any disturbance and with proper ambience. Since it's recorded with a handy cam the sound isn't as good as your normal dose of movies, so you'll probably need total silence around.
hell_storm2006
Ambassador of Buzz
^^The last 4 days were good. Before that it was a bit slow and boring.
Amores Perros (2000) - 8/10 - Mexican movie. Awesome direction. Its like a jigsaw puzzle. Movie is about dog fighting and a lot more. Must watch guys.
The Night of the Hunter (1955) - 4/10. This movie is rated at 98% on rottentomatoes and 8.1 on imdb, but i felt its too over hyped! Although there's a thrill in some scenes. Did not like that much that it should be 98%.
Amores Perros (2000) - 8/10 - Mexican movie. Awesome direction. Its like a jigsaw puzzle. Movie is about dog fighting and a lot more. Must watch guys.
The Night of the Hunter (1955) - 4/10. This movie is rated at 98% on rottentomatoes and 8.1 on imdb, but i felt its too over hyped! Although there's a thrill in some scenes. Did not like that much that it should be 98%.
Krow
Crowman
Pura Handa Kaluwara (Death On A Full Moon Day) [1997]
*www.imdb.com/title/tt0188164/
A good film about the plight of a family whose only breadwinner has been killed in the war against LTTE. As it is evident, it's a Sri Lankan film. Uses little to no music, but I feel that this style is unique. Some glimpses of excellent cinematography (if you choose to ignore the production quality due to low budget) and most praise reserved for the lead actor Joe Abeywickrama. As an old ailing sightless father of the person killed in the war, Joe delivers a powerful performance, almost driving the entire film by the gentle force of his portrayal of aged Wannihamy. I like such films, but I am sure, not everyone would. This is very hard to find, I have an original DVD of it which a friend bought from Sri Lanka. If you guys ever get a chance to watch it, please give it a shot. Don't expect anything from it as it is one of those movies whose power is in its subtlety.
*www.imdb.com/title/tt0188164/
A good film about the plight of a family whose only breadwinner has been killed in the war against LTTE. As it is evident, it's a Sri Lankan film. Uses little to no music, but I feel that this style is unique. Some glimpses of excellent cinematography (if you choose to ignore the production quality due to low budget) and most praise reserved for the lead actor Joe Abeywickrama. As an old ailing sightless father of the person killed in the war, Joe delivers a powerful performance, almost driving the entire film by the gentle force of his portrayal of aged Wannihamy. I like such films, but I am sure, not everyone would. This is very hard to find, I have an original DVD of it which a friend bought from Sri Lanka. If you guys ever get a chance to watch it, please give it a shot. Don't expect anything from it as it is one of those movies whose power is in its subtlety.
fieldgunner
Broken In
Watched Terminator:Salvation- Don't get why it was trashed so much... I enjoyed it.
Pandorum - Nice sci-fi. Must watch.
2012 - Stupid movie is stupid.
Awesome movie. REEEECHEEEE...little annoying thing.
2012 - Stupid movie is stupid.
Awesome movie. REEEECHEEEE...little annoying thing.
Pathik
Google Bot
Seems like the Mexican version of 21 grams. Even the director is the same.
esumitkumar
Call me Sumit
American Pie The Book of Love - 5/10
same old sexual comedy...nothing new ....no new hillarious scenes except 1 or 2
same old sexual comedy...nothing new ....no new hillarious scenes except 1 or 2
eggman
I have Yolks not Brains!
Cause it's a disgrace to the series!! It's an enjoyable popcorn film!!! But not worthy of being in the Terminator Series!
I so hate that tweet button which is popping up every first post now.fieldgunner
Broken In
Strong views...strongly expressed, too...however...
1. All 'Terminator' films are 'popcorn' films, if by that you mean, films which are to be enjoyed for their form rather than their content, or films which have little intellectual/emotional content, but lots of eye-candy to be enjoyed...
2. The absence of Schwarzenegger- may be a factor for hardcore fans. Bale and Worthington do not have a combined screen presence equaling Arnold, but we all remember the tongue in cheek comments that followed all Terminator movies before saying Arnold was the best choice to play a robot, 'cause he couldn't act anyway...
3. Action/Special FX/Pyrotechnics- Good enough for me. Not groundbreaking like T2, of course, but still decent. Definitely not cliched/boring/obvious.
4. Plot/Script - at par with the other movies, insofar as it is just a device to showcase the action...
So, I'll still recommend it, without getting too emotional about it.
A couple of trends I've noticed on this thread, even in myself, so no one should take this personally...
Sometimes we tend to overanalyse a movie like professional critics...it's okay if thats your thing but I feel a critic never truly enjoys a movie...even a good one, because he is subconsciously looking for faults...
Secondly, we often recommend obscure/foreign/old films, for no reason other than it seems to be an intellectually superior thing to do...and become movie snobs in the process. I'm not saying that all such films recommended here were bad...just that often they were not for me, and i found myself wondering why it was even recommended, except for the fact that it was exotic...
I apologise if this offends anyone. Guys, I think as audience members, we should have the capacity to judge films irrespective of imdb/rottentomatoes ratings. If I wanted a critics opinion on which films to watch, I'd visit only those sites. I visit this thread to get audience reactions, not critical analysis.
Anyway...no offence meant to anyone.
Cheers.
rhitwick
Democracy is a myth
IMO, critics or no critics, a movie should be something which should have the power to blow u away.
And, critics are not born, they became. After watching enough movies, u start finding resemblance b/w two movies. U start recognizing cliches, plot holes.
It happens when u start taking cinema very seriously. There are two type of movie viewers, one is to who a movie is just a movie (a barely timepass), but to the other a movie is something else, a learning experience, a source of knowledge etc.
This second type tends to critique cinemas.
Its not they are always finding loopholes but its just that they have seen enough that the loopholes which are overlooked by others are visible to them.
C, this is totally wrong to say why a movie is recommended though u didn't like it.
He who posted it good, sure found something that he liked very much.
U need not to apologize, u surely made some good points.
And about ratings, I support ur view.
I always say, watch unbiased and make ur own opinion.
Then say what u liked and what not.
About critical analysis...hmmm......