Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

[MasterMinds]

where i can get this documentary.....!!! i neeed tooo waatch iiitttt

 

[abyss88]

DR. strangelove................................................8/10 nice phunny philm.

i heard that, Ronin is a good movie..so i'm going to watch it tonight

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

I for sure am a more than the average SAW series lover and hence loved all SAW 1 to 4, except 5 and still to see 6. I dont know why people say after one it was all same when there were lots of difference specially 3 and 4, the way there were connected, the incidents and episodes was exceptional, very innovative thinking if you ask me, I doubt people were actually able to understand the series of events presented and how were they connected and that is why probably lost the track and interest.

Don't get me wrong. I love the SAW series myself. After watching the first movie, I was intrigued. The concept was never adapted before and provided with such brilliant presentation. I can still remember almost every scene from that movie. This is just after one viewing. The rest which followed had good trap concepts, but they had so many characters involved in them which led to a mess. Keeping tab of each of their individual plots was tad difficult. Tell you what, I'll go through them again and see if we have a difference in opinion or my views change.

 

[a_medico]

Dread - New heights in gore. But great execution. Worth a watch but be warned of some messy fckd up stuff. Few scenes reminded me of Saw I (and thats not a spoiler at all).

 

[rhitwick]

You will I am pretty sure. Even I was only able to follow the first two easily and had to rewatch 3 and 4 to get things right, and when I did I was blown away by the innovative connectivity they had shown

Would u mind if I say, those are forced connectivity.

U show a character in part one. Nothing much has been told about him/her. Not much focus is on him/her. May be in one scene he/she ws shown filling a glass of water from a cooler at an incident spot or walking by another incident spot.

Now, when u sit down to make sequel, u really don't have a story, u have the fortune and fame infront of u, and u want to encash it again.

U do a research (good research though) to find any character which is not explored (exposed) in previous part.

U choose two-four such.
Do a more research whose appearance was close to incident spot in first installment and then u sit down to create a story around him/her.

SAW1: He's a psycho
SAW2: A bit on why he's doing such things
SAW3: same as above
SAW4: same as above + why he's psycho
SAW5: Now to stretch it, u put a flashback to him. Its done by every film. Watch any South movies. There every movie has to be of 3hrs. So, to stretch the length, always the hero or villain has a flashback. And, obviously u put a partner with him, he had partner previous also, but this time u r told he had another one. So, if he had two partners, why not three, why not it was someone else who was controlling him?

From now expect every kind of plot twists in it.

SAW is the only movie after Back to the future where in I was compelled to get the next part immidiately and go for it.

Back to the future part one is good.
But the second part is incomplete without third.
For this movie, Part1 doesn't raise a question for a second part but part two sure asks a third installment.

If, u watched the trend of sequels closely, u would find a pattern.

Tremors part 1: One animal is left at the end of the movie. (result more sequels)
Jurassic park: Dino eggs left at the end of the movie (result, sequels)
Terminator: Never ends at the end (calls more sequels)

Then there comes those movies which became immensely famous due to some particular character.
Matrix (there had to be sequels, why would u leave such a popular brand)
Mission Impossible
Police Story
After "Shanghai Noon" there had to be "Shanghai Nights"
Bourne series

oh, I can go on in this topic.....


/offtopic, how did u guys watch SAW6 and PA? Is the DVD out?

 

[dreamcatcher]

Crash-7/10. A pathetic film on racism. Props for acting.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Crash-7/10. A pathetic film on racism. Props for acting.

Pathetic? How so?

 

[amitabhishek]

IMO its a nice movie.

 

[ratedrsuperstar]

The Host (korean) 4.25/5
gr8 film without being too pompous

 

[Krow]

Pathetic? How so?

Is he talking about Crash - 1996 - David Cronenberg or LA Crash - 2003 - Idontcarewho. Guys, if you are into some freaky movies, then try Crash, the former one. Very unusual movie and not for everyone. If you have a squeamish stomach, then this is a no.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Is he talking about Crash - 1996 - David Cronenberg or LA Crash - 2003 - Idontcarewho. Guys, if you are into some freaky movies, then try Crash, the former one. Very unusual movie and not for everyone. If you have a squeamish stomach, then this is a no.

I suppose he was talking about the latter one, which won an Oscar for the best motion picture.

 

[Krow]

Looks like it. The former movie is about this wacky group of people who get orgasms from hearing about/being in a car crash.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Looks like it. The former movie is about this wacky group of people who get orgasms from hearing about/being in a car crash.

Never heard of it.

Anyway, saw Moon and found it to be completely average. May be I missed some huge under lying plot, but not sure why it's getting such huge reviews as being "one of the best sci-fi movies". Folks who have rated it highly out here, could you tell me what exactly did you find so exciting about it?

I don't tend to create and argument, but merely wish to check what is it that you liked to so dearly about it?

My rating would be 6/10.

 

[Krow]

I liked the simplicity of it. The conflict between the two who struggle to come to terms with reality. Made a lot of sense to me. We all wonder who we are and where we came from. the setting made sense to me too. Every man is an island, isn't he? I saw it at 1am with all silence on my Home Theater. Made a world of sense to me.

 

[Nithu]

I liked the simplicity of it. The conflict between the two who struggle to come to terms with reality. Made a lot of sense to me. We all wonder who we are and where we came from. the setting made sense to me too.

+1..........

 

[Rahim]

Heat: Saw it and was completely blown away by superb acting by Pacino & De Niro. I love those movies which gives music some thought and that sound of real machine guns and weapons were awesome.

 

[a_medico]

I liked the simplicity of it. The conflict between the two who struggle to come to terms with reality. Made a lot of sense to me. We all wonder who we are and where we came from. the setting made sense to me too. Every man is an island, isn't he? I saw it at 1am with all silence on my Home Theater. Made a world of sense to me.

+1

My opinion which is posted few pages back :

Moon - Interesting stuff. The movie is well ahead of its time. Slow but interesting. Music is by Clint Mansell, the man behind The Fountain and Requiem for the dream. Music is good but not comparable to other two movies.

Similar but better recommendation - Solaris (2002 I think).

Solaris has George Clooney and I highly recommend it. Opinions could differ though as it too is slow paced but gripping.

 

[a_medico]

Antibodies- After Pandorum, I am director Christian Alvart's fan. Watched Antibodies, a German movie, which is based on serial killings. As expected, awesome direction though there is a tinge of few Hollywood movies. Interesting result though. This is being remade by the same director in Hollywood. To be released next year.

One comment on imdb says: Watch it before Hollywood ruins it!

 

[Krow]

Seven Days Sunday Caught it long ago at a film festival. A dark take on life. A must watch for many of us who are addicted to Chillum, etc.
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Its a german film though. Chillum's reference to Germany reminded me of this.

EDIT : IMDB Link. *www.imdb.com/title/tt0484888/

 

[rhitwick]

Downhill 6/10

This is an Hitchcock movie from his initial days.
Its a silent movie.

I guess in his early days he did pretty much family dramas.