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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 3, 2009 16:59:39 GMT -8
Drag Me to Hell is my favorite movie of the year so far, and the best horror comedy since Shawn of the Dead.
Go see it, dammit!
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Post by Mark on Jun 8, 2009 5:26:25 GMT -8
Seconded. I was rather disappointed that Mr. Ebert had neglected to review this film when it opened. But Lo and Behold! He came through and surprised everyone with a late review for Drag Me to Hell. I take my horror seriously (ergo: like an addict I've spent a lifetime seeking to recapture the initial virginal orgasmic rush 'n' flush of truly being frightened by a film) so I've never been, say, a Freddie or Chucky or Scream fan. A wise-crackin' crone with long metal fingernails in a natty fedora? "Bad Doll" movies? How can anyone... meh. Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell has done an early Sam Raimi Evil Dead number on me. No change I can believe in. Deliciously outrageous without being particularly self-conscious, DMtH isn't the creeping horror-dread fix I have been seeking for... oh, let's say since John Carpenter's The Thing or Alien or even G. del Toro's El orfanato. But DMtH has nary a dull moment. From "Aw! That poor kitty!" laments to "Haw! That cat was owned!" guffaws, I can't remember the last time I had such fun watching a movie; at the movies. Why, it wouldn't have surprised me in the least if Bruce Willis (as a "PC") donned in a mid-life-crisis hairpiece, no less - dropping in for a cameo; dropping trou; dropping a poop right on Justin Long's Apple-y head... and having a perfectly good reason for it. I'm truly sorry to say that didn't happen, but nearly everything else did. So, grab your cynical friends, catch the film during a packed house with a wide gamut of human democraphics (it's PG-13! As American as Mom's apple pie! Take the kids!), and you will be guaranteed a great time. As a bonus, you will witness the latest find in Scream Queen heroines: the lovely Alison Lohman. Plus Chris Young's score hits all the right notes without inducing a Transformers-sized migraine. Thanks, Sam. Thanks, Roger. Thanks, Alison. Thanks, Justin. And many thanks to you Mittens. Thank goodness you have a few lives left.
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Post by General Silliness on Jun 11, 2009 4:02:55 GMT -8
as it looks stephen sommers has been fired from g.i. joe and is replaced by stuart beird. the test audience reaktion was the worst paramount has ever witnessed. lowest possible score. just don´t hurt the music please.
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Post by General Silliness on Jun 11, 2009 4:30:31 GMT -8
this is so incredibly stupid that i have to see it day one: Rob Cohens Medievil The film opens with a diverse group of warriors all imprisoned together, discussing how they've all ended up in this unfortunate circumstance. This eclectic group consisting of: a knight, a thief, a samurai, a zulu warrior, a viking, and a few others. All of them have been setup and brought together for one reason: a wealthy man has tasked them with stealing a crown from an impenetrable vault of treasure. The crown is his, but they can keep whatever treasure that can carry out. The twist is that they only have till daylight to do so because they've all been injected with a poison that'll kill them upon direct contact with the sun. With Ocean's 11 like precision they break into the vault in an incredible sequence of agility and stunts utilizing their own individual skill-sets, involving magnetic hallways and pressure sensitive floors they enter the vault...At various points they're attacked by gangs of birdmen, gypsy women, sumo wa
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 11, 2009 6:10:04 GMT -8
as it looks stephen sommers has been fired from g.i. joe and is replaced by stuart beird. the test audience reaktion was the worst paramount has ever witnessed. lowest possible score. just don´t hurt the music please. So far this is merely an unsubstantiated rumor, and thus not widely reported. We'll see if this turns out to be actually true. Certainly makes sense, considering how this movie is looking.
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Post by Jockolantern on Jun 11, 2009 6:11:42 GMT -8
I don't see how a rushed script due to the writers' strike plus the choice of Stephen Sommers as director could have ever assured the producers of G.I. Joe that they were going to get a remotely competent film. And I especially don't see how any fans could have ever held out hope after the first pictures were released that the film would stay faithful to the original look of Joe.
A shame.
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Post by Hook on Jun 11, 2009 8:00:49 GMT -8
I don't give a rat's ass (though, in retrospect, that's just an awful gift and kinda mean) about (...oh, and really gross) about G.I. Joe. I see Ebert mentioned Tulpan in this review and it looks way out there and that's something I'm looking forward to downloading. Watching. I said watch. Rat's ass. Anyway, here's me leeching a picture of Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2: Now, I don't know much about the Iron Man mythos, so I hope he's just extending his role from The Wrestler into this film. So, then, Tony Stark blasts his way into his changing room, and goes all "You broke your promise to your daughter. You told her you were going to dinner with her and you. did. not. *pew* *pew* ". I'd watch that.
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 11, 2009 21:56:52 GMT -8
as it looks stephen sommers has been fired from g.i. joe and is replaced by stuart beird. the test audience reaktion was the worst paramount has ever witnessed. lowest possible score. just don´t hurt the music please. Unfortunately, it seems this turned out not to be true.Thanks for getting my hopes up, jerkface!
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 13, 2009 19:38:36 GMT -8
Wow, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen may actually turn out to be worse than its horrifying predecessor. Check out this Topless Robot post. Just awful.
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Post by General Silliness on Jun 14, 2009 3:52:24 GMT -8
i´m sorry for you that you can´´t enjoy it and prefer horseshit like terminator salvation, which was the most heartless hollywood action movie ever made. i didn´t feel anything during it. in transformers, i was at the edge of my seat, laughing and cheering constantly and part 2 will be no difference. red cliff international cut works almost great, but they cut out one thing that was the best part of the original...the rivalry between zhou yu and zhuge liang. thats not ok. gone is the tendious tiger hunt, the horse birth scene, the stupid enemy soldier friend of sun su xiang and much more, but the rivalry gone missing is a major minus. so there is no more weight to the arrow borrowing and the wind scene. still a great movie. now its much more action-packed. go see it.
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 14, 2009 15:01:34 GMT -8
i´m sorry for you that you can´´t enjoy it and prefer horseshit like terminator salvation, which was the most heartless hollywood action movie ever made. i didn´t feel anything during it. in transformers, i was at the edge of my seat, laughing and cheering constantly and part 2 will be no difference. Terminator: Salvation was by no means a good movie, but it didn't offend my sensibilities in the same way the insufferable Transformers did.
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Post by chollman on Jun 15, 2009 9:35:08 GMT -8
Saw a sneak preview of 'The Proposal' which I was looking forward to; I thought it looked pretty funny and I generally like Sandra Bullock. I thought this movie was better than I expected and very very funny. But I am a sucker for romantic comedies.
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 21, 2009 9:34:30 GMT -8
Since sitting through the first Transformers was an experience akin to being stuck inside the head of a particularly lecherous teenager with ADD for two and a half hours, I can’t say I am excited for the sequel. I am, however, extremely excited about Mark Kermode’s wonderfully honest and brutal review of it. He echoes many of my problems with the first movie, so we can be pretty damn sure that this is simply more of the same shit. Be sure to download and listen to the latest Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo Film Review podcast. Transformers 2 review starts at the 19 minute mark.
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Post by Hook on Jun 22, 2009 22:51:05 GMT -8
You guys bitching about G.I. Joe reminds me to watch The Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnWj11rQFYFor some reason, I never really warmed up to Band of Brothers, but I'm confident it sure beats the hell out of a toy-movie.
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jun 23, 2009 6:14:25 GMT -8
You guys bitching about G.I. Joe reminds me to watch The Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnWj11rQFYFor some reason, I never really warmed up to Band of Brothers, but I'm confident it sure beats the hell out of a toy-movie. Wow, that looks really, really good!
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