Rate The Last Movie(s) You Watched

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by RetroVortex

^ This is why I'm going to be watching The Lorax on wednesday.
(Though its going to be interesting how that movie holds up as well. Probably won't be great, but its probably not going to be as bad as that! XD)

Oh, I recommend Spider-Man, if only to see just how BAD it really is. It's amazing how bad it is. I do not understand how anyone, especially Dashing, praised Uncle Ben's "arc" in the movie, which amounted to like three tiny scenes of screentime followed by his death. No. Emotional. Impact. I can't remember if it was like that in the Raimi version, but there it had impact of some sort, even with the Tobey cry.

I can't believe they played Coldplay over this movie. I can not believe that.

[RetroVortex]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

Oh, I recommend Spider-Man, if only to see just how BAD it really is. It's amazing how bad it is. I do not understand how anyone, especially Dashing, praised Uncle Ben's "arc" in the movie, which amounted to like three tiny scenes of screentime followed by his death. No. Emotional. Impact. I can't remember if it was like that in the Raimi version, but there it had impact of some sort, even with the Tobey cry.

I can't believe they played Coldplay over this movie. I can not believe that.

Yeah, I imagined the film was basically Spiderman + Teen/tween culture garbage.

And though Raimi's films are flawed, I'd definately watch them again.
(Even Spiderman 3! But mostly for the excellent portrayal of Sandman, and to laugh at EmoPeter scenes! XD)

Still the best adaption of spiderman so far to me has to be the 90's series.
The best balance of focus on relatable issues on Peter Parker side, and the action and dangers of being Spiderman, on the Spiderman side.

EDIT: I think the only way one can actually do the comics justice is a straight adaption, ala Marvel Motion Comics.

(I watched Astonishing X-men on Netflix, and I'll be honest, when I say I loved it! )
(I actually would like to track down and read the X-men comics that came after it)

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by RetroVortex

Yeah, I imagined the film was basically Spiderman + Teen/tween culture garbage.

And though Raimi's films are flawed, I'd definately watch them again.
(Even Spiderman 3! But mostly for the excellent portrayal of Sandman, and to laugh at EmoPeter scenes! XD)

Still the best adaption of spiderman so far to me has to be the 90's series.
The best balance of focus on relatable issues on Peter Parker side, and the action and dangers of being Spiderman, on the Spiderman side.

EDIT: I think the only way one can actually do the comics justice is a straight adaption, ala Marvel Motion Comics.

(I watched Astonishing X-men on Netflix, and I'll be honest, when I say I loved it! )
(I actually would like to track down and read the X-men comics that came after it)

I have to disagree with you on that because A. i loved the new Spiderman movie and B. I think Spectular Spiderman was better then the 90's show

[Secret Fawful]

It wasn't Spider-Man + tween/teen culture. It was Spider-Man + bad acting, bad directing, and unbelievable stupidity.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

unbelievable stupidity.

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by coolsome

I could not believe that shit. You know what this movie reminds me of a LOT. Transformers.

It has that same stupid sense of humor that Transformers has. Like that scene in the train where Peter Parker awkwardly keeps beating people up and sticking to shit, while inadvertently ripping the clothes off of a woman who is obviously cast to show her big-ol titties. At some point I just leaned over and said to my comrades, "Ladies and gentlemen, the next Shia LeBeouf". I'm shocked the movie didn't provide us of an ass shot of Gwen Stacy at every available opportunity. Holy shit, the more I think about this movie, the more like Transformers it becomes.

[coolsome]

It reminded me of The Simpsons.

[Johro]

Not even Sting could've saved that movie.

[coolsome]

The film makers took all the love from Spiderman and threw it down the well.

[RetroVortex]

Found this review on the Odeon website for the Lorax and had to share it:

Originally Posted by i like it

i want with my 2 kids mostly boring movie ever seen not good. 2 Stars

[Chyron8472]

It occurs to me that the internet is filled with people who like to complain. People complain about Roland Emmerich's movies, but I like Stargate, Independence Day, The Thirteenth Floor and The Patriot. People complain about Star Trek 2009, but I love it.

I'm not saying people can't have opinions which differ from mine. I'm really saying that people on the internet complain too much, and that I plan on watching The Amazing Spider-Man without my opinion being skewed by complainers on these forums.

However, I'm not going to pay $9 per ticket to go see it.

[ryannumber1gamer]

No offence to anyone or their opinions and i respect everyone's opinions but it sounds like everyone is comparing this to the first 3 Spider-man films instead of treating it's own movie. Some people might be complaining that there is hardly any Spider-man in it but i think it's a good thing to see Peter going through this stuff not just fighting the lizard. I admit there is bad parts but I think there was enough Spider-man in it to make it good and a part i loved was Spider-man & The Lizard fighting in Peter's school and Stan Lee's cameo was very funny. I did like Spider-man's costume but i hated how his eyes were orange instead of the normal white we see in every other Spider-man thing.I do like how we see the problems of Peter dealing with his new powers instead of Peter just hitting Flash by mistake with his web.

I liked how he acted when fighting because that is what Spider-Man does is make jokes and make his enemies more angry giving Spidey the advantage. I liked the comedy too thinking there was good jokes. Some things i didn't like through was how Ben was killed since it changed the Spidey story and it didn't look as great as Spider-Man 1 because there was hardly any attention shown to Ben other then Peter, in Spider-Man 1 everyone seen Ben and was over to see if he was ok. Again i didn't like Spidey's eyes. I wish we seen more of Spidey but that's all i can think of that i didnt like.

So i give Amazing Spider-Man 10/10 and please people respect my opinion. You might hate the movie and that's fine but i loved the movie. Spider-Man 1 is a good origin story too so check that out too.

[RetroVortex]

The Lorax

Actually I'm going to give this film a lot of credit.
The 3D effects are great, the visual design is pretty clever and still kinda close to the source material.
And what I like about the story and the characters is that they stay consistent to the source, but also add that little extra.

The musical numbers kinda whiff, but a couple of them are actually pretty good.

Its definately NOT an action kids film, which is where the complaints I see come from.
I actually like it FOR that reason. Its a slower film, but its intentional because it makes the impact of the story's darker elements stronger.

Greed and Naivety are very strong themes in the story, and are very prevalent both in the present and the past side to the story, and it is nice to see how they play that parallel to good effect.

Of course the film is a little lacking in places. The Lorax in particular is kind of sidelined here and there, but the parts we see of him, are great.

As for humour, the film actually caught me off guard a few times, and its pretty rare for me to chuckle sadly!

Its mostly slapstick rather than clever dialogue, but thats not exactly a bad thing, especially for a film aimed at children.

Overall, I think its worth a watch. Definately the best of the Dr. Seuss adaptions.

7.5/10

EDIT: (I do like how it adds onto the original story. Sure its a little over-optimistic, but the message is still pretty clear and consistent. Its like someone saying to Dr.Seuss that since that time, people have changed, people have begun to care, its small change sure, but its still significant)

[der_ketzer]

Grindhouse



Planet Terror (Grindhouse cut)


Well I already stated that I really love Planet Terror. The version in the Grindhouse double featuretakes it to another level though. Finally I get the Machete trailer on DVD and the cut in this pack is quite a bit better. 10/10

Death Proof Grindhouse cut
Well I had given up on this film after only knowing the extended cut until now but yet again the Grindhouse cut improves quite a lot. The first part no longer drags on for far too long but I didn't like that they cut out the lap dance after building it up twice in the movie. Better keep that one in and cut some other bullshit out. The second half of the movie is unbelieveably good in this version and the additional fake trailers before the movie were a lot of fun too. I don't regret buying this DVD after owning the extended cuts for both movies.
I might never watch the longer version of Planet Terror again but I am 100% sure that I never need to see the longer version of Death Proof ever again.
Death Proof Extended cut: 6/10
Death Proof Grindhouse cut: 8/10

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

It occurs to me that the internet is filled with people who like to complain. People complain about Roland Emmerich's movies, but I like Stargate, Independence Day, The Thirteenth Floor and The Patriot. People complain about Star Trek 2009, but I love it.

I'm not saying people can't have opinions which differ from mine. I'm really saying that people on the internet complain too much, and that I plan on watching The Amazing Spider-Man without my opinion being skewed by complainers on these forums.

However, I'm not going to pay $9 per ticket to go see it.

Disliking a movie for its faults = complaining. With that attitude, I don't think you should be reading this thread period.

[Chyron8472]

But it seems that people people complain enough about things on the net that it at some point becomes less about disliking something (as said people must have very little indeed that they do like) but more like they're disgruntled in general and so want something to gripe about, which compounds when they encounter other people who don't mind joining in.



...on the other hand, there are truly horrible movies. I once attempted to watch Epic Movie online, but I had to stop watching within the first 15 minutes, it was so unwatchably awful. I'm not ranting--I really did feel myself getting dumber while watching it.

[Secret Fawful]

Well, I can agree that cynicism, especially on my own part, makes me more critical. But also, the more good movies you see, the harder it becomes to go back to the bad ones.

[Sausy Gibbon]

Originally Posted by coolsome

The film makers took all the love from Spiderman and threw it down the well.

Spiderman falling way down to number 29.

[Sammy]

Spiderman wasn't that bad. They did a pretty good job developing the characters, moreso than the first spiderman film. The only thing I really disliked was the Lizard. He's unbelievably bland and managed to be an even worse villain than Venom. He got nothing on Doc Ock.

[RetroVortex]

I think the only thing that Raimi's Spiderman films can really be criticised on is the Venom and Harry parts of Spiderman 3, the Harry part of Spiderman 2, and the occasionally bizarre acting of Toby Maguire.

The rest of it holds up pretty well. Certainly better than the Xmen 2 and 3 and Wolverine thats for sure... XD