In Bruges
The chemistry between the two hitmans is what makes most of the first half watchable, and also lays the foundation for the second where we start caring for the characters.
Yes. And introduction of Ralph Fiennes in the second half takes the movie to altogether different level. Did you watch it with subtitles? No mater how good you are at English, you are bound to miss the intermittent humor cause of the strong accent.
By the way, the movie feels even better on a second and third watch. Watch it when you are feeling low. Intelligent humor.
And if you watch closely, the background score is brilliant. The usae of piano (I think) blends wonderfully with the ancient European look of the movie.
Guys I'm going home for diwali, so will have broadband
so any latest movies to download
can you make a list ?
I ve
Thor
Midnight in paris
Rio
Horrible bosses
Rango
Paul
Source code
Fast 5 (watched in theater)
Harry Poter (watched in theater)
POC (watched in theater) Sucked punch
x-men first class (watched in theater)
Transformers 3 (watched in theater)
well "Sucker Punch" really felt like "Sucked Punch" at least to me.
Captain America: 7/10
Well a lot is said about this movie earlier. For me it was a Good movie,story and characters . Proper character development, story development. It totally justifies the story. Well it is a start and we will see him in "Avengers" in future. So really this movie was needed, justifies captain America. But I do really think Climax could be little more exciting,Twisted to keep us on edge but it was nothing like that.
Three Musketeers :: 7/10
As all recent Hero's movies this too had proper character Development,story development, and very less action. It was one scene that I really liked nothing special but I liked it, that took Ratings from 6 to 7. that Scene Was Fighting on-with "air balloon with ships"(similar to Zeppelin ) in climax. Movie is Nice,
You will definitely enjoy it most if you have not seen any OLD related movies or have not read any Novel on it. else it will be just Average movie. As their is not much action in it, Not much twist and turns and what is their, it is all predictable. Nothing comes surprisingly or makes you excited in movie.
Guys I'm going home for diwali, so will have broadband
so any latest movies to download
can you make a list ?
I ve
Thor
Midnight in paris
Rio
Horrible bosses
Rango
Paul
Source code
Fast 5 (watched in theater)
Harry Poter (watched in theater)
POC (watched in theater)
Sucked punch
x-men first class (watched in theater)
Transformers 3 (watched in theater)
Well if you are into dramas/thrillers/suspense I can share some titles.The ones I've recently watched :
Pa Negre a.k.a Black Bread
Confessions
High and Low
Shi a.k.a Poetry
Okuribito a.k.a Departures - try getting any one of these.
@ sam9s - Dude dija get your hands on Pa Negre(Black Bread). I'm waiting for a review of the title from you.
Equilibrium (2002): Must watch. A good sci-fi movie after so long. The action sequences with the Gun Katas are amazing. Matrix has too much motion in action scenes, but this one is different.
Source Code: Good, I liked it.
Captain America: Nice action flick.
Kung Fu Panda 2: Pretty good. The first one was better, but this one was surprisingly good.
Groundhog Day: Nice movie in which a man keeps living the same day over and over for around 40 years. I fast-forwarded some parts, but overall a good watch. Funny in parts too.
Equilibrium (2002): Must watch. A good sci-fi movie after so long. The action sequences with the Gun Katas are amazing. Matrix has too much motion in action scenes, but this one is different.
Groundhog Day: Nice movie in which a man keeps living the same day over and over for around 40 years. I fast-forwarded some parts, but overall a good watch. Funny in parts too.
^^hehe....well I like to watch good drama movies when I'm listless especially from doing the same monotonous job. Since these days I'm undergoing ABAP training, I like to get hold of good drama movies so that I can watch 'em in the evening/night after I get back from the office. Hence watching all these movies. Otherwise if I don't do anything that mentally wears me out then I watch all sorta nonsense movies(read Chinese kung-fu movies or Hollywood's run-of-the-mill comedies).
Hey did I tell you about Shi a.k.a Poetry?? It really moved me man. I thought I shed a tear drop for the antagonist.
@ pratik385 - Dude I forgot to name a very good movie that I've watched this year. If possible do not miss this - The Way Back. Brilliant movie. You'll love every bit of it.
How can it be four days???? I mean it is practically impossible for a man to learn ice sculpting and piano in that much time, forget memorising all those routines. He tries to make the producer fall for him at least 20 times. I read on imdb that the director said he must have lived the same day for 10 years first and later corrected it to 40 years.
Where do get these titles man!!, your recommendations are the most intriguing and exclusive. Else all I get are the same movies repeated, or the usual crap.
I got confessions, but could not view it .... would do so soon ..... trying to get Black Bread now ......
Thanks for some really exclusive worthy recommendations .....
Definitely not four days!! He at least tried to commit suicide by 3 different ways..and got into jail on one occasion...all this signified the end of that day ...since he will get up next morning where all this things will be undone... 4 days done already
40 or at least 10 years theory seems plausible , at least to me!
Fiction, I can understand with the whole super-soldier part. However, if reality is depicting Hitler-esque scenario, this movie is nowhere close to it. Schmidt doesn't seem intimidating at all. He is a Nazi officer for pete's sake, at least make him more gruesome. The end fight testifies how pathetically the antagonist was wiped out.
2.Perhaps after batman this character had me impressed.He is just a super metabolically enhanced another human being who can do almost everything a normal human being can do but at a much better rate.
I'll quote Steve's line in the movie "Doctor Erskine said that, the serum wouldn't just affect my muscles. It would affect my cells. Create a protective system of regeneration and healing." So Steve is essentially like Wolverine, minus the claws and the attitude. Apparently,
he wakes up after 70 years and still looks the same. So he won't age.
If any other comic book character, apart from Batman, has been convincing enough, it has to be Spider-Man. He's just your average joe in real life. He has an aunt who loves him, a good friend Harry and even a girl who he has a crush on, Mary Jane. He hides his identity because he knows that revealing it, would wreak havoc for the people he cares about. This has been unveiled perfectly in all of the Spider-Man movies. Unlike Captain America, who is genetically altered, by will, then is labeled as some poster boy who is supposed to be an all-American hero. I'll discuss this further in "character development" part.
Ah yes. Let's see, Steve has the passion for enlisting to fight in the war. He has the determination, despite the lack of his physical structure, which is weak. Erskine asks him "Do you want to kill Nazis?" and Steve's reply is "I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies." I like this part. He's not some revenge filled psycho, who wants to go in the war and rip off some Nazi heads. He just wants to stand up for what's right. So far so good. Then we see some basic training sequences, some pep-talk, subtle eye-blazing between him and Agent Carter and finally, the transformation in Captain America. Here's where things go awfully wrong. First, the Senator makes a mockery out of him by putting up some acts to promote war bonds. This part was a complete joke and could have been easily omitted. What follows next is a string of fast forward events of him infiltrating the Hydra fortress, rescuing Barnes and his unit, returning in one piece, earns Colonel's respect and then some sloppy scenes later, we come to the finale and the rest is history. I don't see what kind of character development took place, after he turned into a super soldier. Even his relationship with Peggy wasn't molded properly. Everything just felt rushed in this film, albeit being 2 hours long.
Some of the dialogues were good, but the rest were filled with cheesy humour and lines. The same could be said for Thor and Green Lantern, which went a step further with the cheese factor.
Steve wasn't sick, just weakly built. His transformation hardly took a few minutes and bam, you have a new improved super soldier.
Now I'll comment on some other posts:
ssb1551 said:
Of all the movies in his list I'm surprised Cap had the adjective "uber-suckage", mind you the list includes Wrong Turn 3 & 4 which are more apt for above mentioned adjective.
If you read closely, I mentioned the acting and dialogues was puke-worthy for Wrong Turn 4. The parts which I felt were good for those movies, were listed. I called CA, the way I found it and I'm not changing my view.
Also bear in mind ssb1551, thought I may not be an ardent comic follower, but I certainly like to watch movies. So I'll be relying on how these characters are presented in the movies and it's overall impact. CA had zero impact. I didn't really find any strong connection. He may be a strong character in the comic, but the movie definitely didn't have enough steam to put it across. I would have expected a better antagonist than Red Skull, who lacked the intensity of being a conniving rival. Hugo Weaving is a brilliant actor and it's sad to see his role being wasted in this movie. Action is another aspect which was disappointing. This is something, which I expect to have at the very least, especially from a super-hero movie. Nothing was memorable about this movie. In retrospect, if you want to know what how an impact is caused, take a look at Rorschach from Watchmen. I never knew Watchmen even existed, but when the movie came out, the way his character was portrayed, it would be ludicrous to ignore it. The movie also has a segment, which explains how and why he turned into the person he was, which was a strong point in the film. So even if the entire movie was average, his character was intriguing enough to speak volumes. That's how an impact is created.
sam9s said:
This is exactly what the Hollywood does not want to see anymore/......., if its not accompanied with a character development and script. That is the prime reason super heroes movies now tend to be more of character and script driven rather then purely action, sfx driven. We Indians/Asians mostly on the other hand just want to have mindless action and SFX and nothing else. (perfect example of why 2012 did very well in India and was an epic fail over Hollywood.)
Sam, you have to understand VFX is an integral part of a movie, when it comes to depicting sci-fi and fantasy based roles. Take out the 3D and other visuals effects out of AVATAR and what will you have left? NOTHING. It will just be another movie with sub-par story. A lot of moments in a movie demand visual effects to be present, even if they are in the most subtle manner. Super hero movies are based on our imagination and that can be brought to life with visual effects, to some extent. Creating a world which doesn't exist and making us believe it could be real is something which visual effect does. I admit that over-doing it could also be a movie's downfall. Transformers would be a good example. The first movie hit the right notes and was completely entertaining, but the next 2 were just a mere debacle. So on certain occasions, visual effects are provide a good experience, if not the best.
^^Before i say anything i must say that by going through your post it is clear that you dont hate this movie entirely only some parts left you unsatisfied.
Had you elaborated a bit on your first post then this confusion wouldnt have been created.
as ssb1551 mentioned you just used an unpleasant term before the movie.
Captain America: The First Avenger - Uber-suckage.
But your description's weight was too low as compared to that single word.In short not completely justifiable.
Now lets move.
Fiction, I can understand with the whole super-soldier part. However, if reality is depicting Hitler-esque scenario, this movie is nowhere close to it. Schmidt doesn't seem intimidating at all. He is a Nazi officer for pete's sake, at least make him more gruesome. The end fight testifies how pathetically the antagonist was wiped out.
We are all saying the movie turned out good than expected.(Read rhitwick's review on mujhe faaandship karoge) Nobody here says the climax was awesome!! More details will follow as per your next replies.
If any other comic book character, apart from Batman, has been convincing enough, it has to be Spider-Man
Yes you are right at this point that was a mistake which i realized later i was actually going for spiderman.Yes regeneration and healing true! But at what rate?Read your spoiler again.he is still vulnerable i mean he still is like a human being with an enhanced body. wolverene's scene is a bit different lets not get into that much details.
First, the Senator makes a mockery out of him by putting up some acts to promote war bonds. This part was a complete joke and could have been easily omitted. What follows next is a string of fast forward events of him infiltrating the Hydra fortress, rescuing Barnes and his unit, returning in one piece, earns Colonel's respect and then some sloppy scenes later, we come to the finale and the rest is history. I don't see what kind of character development took place, after he turned into a super soldier. Even his relationship with Peggy wasn't molded properly. Everything just felt rushed in this film, albeit being 2 hours long.
That for many of us was a good example of character development especially from this movie.
1.It shows steve is still the person what the doctor wanted him to remain.He takes orders obidiently even though he dosent likes it.They say he is just a test subject and too precious to loose.
2.He only takes action when things go too much awry.Means when he learns about barnes and his crew members.
3.As for romantic sequence goes i dont like too much of it in any superhero movies and i feel it was just right in this movie.The emotions has been shown properly.
Boring and dull, those are the words I was looking for, but I guess we have our differences.
Well i never read any CA comics therefore for me nope it wasnt.Howard starks role in the super solder project and his involvement in the army that makes sense.The relationship between every character is shown well and the connection justifiable.
Steve wasn't sick, just weakly built. His transformation hardly took a few minutes and bam, you have a new improved super soldier.
Actually he is an asthma patient with a Weak physique..(Btw also i didnt mean that literally.it was just a metaphor to show what other characters felt about him lol.).
Ah yes. Let's see, Steve has the passion for enlisting to fight in the war. He has the determination, despite the lack of his physical structure, which is weak. Erskine asks him "Do you want to kill Nazis?" and Steve's reply is "I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies." I like this part. He's not some revenge filled psycho, who wants to go in the war and rip off some Nazi heads. He just wants to stand up for what's right. So far so good. Then we see some basic training sequences, some pep-talk, subtle eye-blazing between him and Agent Carter and finally, the transformation in Captain America. Here's where things go awfully wrong. First, the Senator makes a mockery out of him by putting up some acts to promote war bonds. This part was a complete joke and could have been easily omitted. What follows next is a string of fast forward events of him infiltrating the Hydra fortress, rescuing Barnes and his unit, returning in one piece, earns Colonel's respect and then some sloppy scenes later, we come to the finale and the rest is history. I don't see what kind of character development took place, after he turned into a super soldier. Even his relationship with Peggy wasn't molded properly. Everything just felt rushed in this film, albeit being 2 hours long.
Dude its like you wanna write, erm re-write the comics yourself. This part is actually true to comics & being a die-hard Cap fan I'm glad its there. I hate it when script-writers change all the major details like presence of Howard Stark during the experimentation, Agent Peggy Carter(should be Sharon) in picture before Cap goes into suspended animation. I, along with all my pals who are ardent comic followers, wanna see events as were in comics & mind you these movies are primarily meant for American audience & most of 'em know each issue inside out.I'm speaking from the point of view of a comic follower.
Well enough of the debate. Everyone perceives things differently. What you may like I may dislike & what I may like you may dislike.
^^Before i say anything i must say that by going through your post it is clear that you dont hate this movie entirely only some parts left you unsatisfied. Had you elaborated a bit on your first post then this confusion wouldnt have been created.
Trust me, I felt it had potential till just before the time Steve is converted into a super solider. The authentic 40's look, Steve's desire to enlist himself & his fight in the alley seemed like an honest build up. But then, everything just fell apart and it felt like I was warped through time into a different movie. I didn't go into detail in my initial post because a.) I was in a hurry & b.) I was immensely disappointed.
as ssb1551 mentioned you just used an unpleasant term before the movie.But your description's weight was too low as compared to that single word.In short not completely justifiable.
I used that word primarily to express my disappointment in the movie. I know it's harsh, but I had high hopes with this movie, as I did with Thor. These were some of the characters, I had only heard about and played in video games as a kid. The fact that they were being re-created for the big screen had me all pumped up. To me, the first movie, introducing any super-hero is extremely important. It raises/diminishes my expectations for a sequel (if any) based on that first movie. If the character is completely un-interesting, and/or is presented that way, then I'd probably wouldn't even bother vouching for it.
We are all saying the movie turned out good than expected.(Read rhitwick's review on mujhe faaandship karoge) Nobody here says the climax was awesome!! More details will follow as per your next replies.
Yes you are right at this point that was a mistake which i realized later i was actually going for spiderman.Yes regeneration and healing true! But at what rate?Read your spoiler again.he is still vulnerable i mean he still is like a human being with an enhanced body. wolverene's scene is a bit different lets not get into that much details.
I'm assuming the effect of the serum won't be instant and that it might be a long term effect on his cellular change. So even though he looks and feels like human, you can't change the fact that his DNA structure has been altered and this could lead to various possibilities. That was the point of my spoiler.
That for many of us was a good example of character development especially from this movie.
1.It shows steve is still the person what the doctor wanted him to remain.He takes orders obidiently even though he dosent likes it.They say he is just a test subject and too precious to loose.
2.He only takes action when things go too much awry.Means when he learns about barnes and his crew members.
3.As for romantic sequence goes i dont like too much of it in any superhero movies and i feel it was just right in this movie.The emotions has been shown properly.
1.) Steve was always the same person. He knew what was right for him and yet he decides to take up the frivolous activities that the senator wants him to do. Peggy later on asks him that if these were his only two option; being a lab rat or a dancing monkey. He is meant for more than that.
2.) It sort of contradicts the first point you mentioned. The fact that Barnes was in that unit, led him to invade that Hydra fort, felt like an excuse to go against a direct order. What if it wasn't Barnes and if some other unit was stuck out there? Would he not be willing to go save them?
Well i never read any CA comics therefore for me nope it wasnt.Howard starks role in the super solder project and his involvement in the army that makes sense.The relationship between every character is shown well and the connection justifiable.
It was very clever of them to add Stark's role in this movie. I had to give them that. But the rest of the roles weren't strong enough to hold my interest. I liked Erskine's role, since he was very convincing.
ssb1551 said:
Dude its like you wanna write, erm re-write the comics yourself. This part is actually true to comics & being a die-hard Cap fan I'm glad its there.
I'll reiterate (for the last time), I haven't read any of his comics, nor do I have any interest in it. I'm purely commenting on how the character was represented in this movie. The part I was referring to was absurd. It almost gave me a deja vu of the Stark's flashy intro in Iron-Man 2 at the Stark convention. Even if it's in the comic, that doesn't mean that it's an acceptable scene. May be you're glad it's there, but I begin to re-think if they were taking the character seriously or not. It was as horrendous as the part where they show minor clippings of Cap taking out random Hydra members (the one right after which Cap gets his shield from Stark).
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