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[FullmetalNinja25]

Men In Black 3 (2012): 8/10
It was funny, it was fun, it made me almost forget about 2.

[CloudMountainJuror]

Memento - 10/10

That is all.

[Fenris]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 10/10

Bellatrix.

That is all.

[Abel Nightroad]

10/10 - Battleship

Not just a strategy game anymore.

D-4.

Hit....you sunk my battleship!

Lolz.

[CloudMountainJuror]

Prometheus - 8/10

This is not an Alien movie. That needs to be made very, very clear. If you go into this expecting Alien (or Aliens, for that matter), you will not be pleased. This is a different machine. However, the pacing is similar to the first Alien, so there's that. This is a movie intended mainly to ask philosophical questions that you don't fully realize were being asked until after you leave the theater. It does this very well while still holding your attention throughout the film itself. I'm still thinking about the movie now, after more than 7 hours after seeing it. The acting is effective (especially, of course, from Michael Fassbender as David the android), the script is overall good (although it does have one problem that I will address shortly), and there are many very good and interesting shots that stuck out to me.

The largest flaw that this movie has is a lack of characters that you can strongly relate to. Normally, this problem would be enough to kill any movie completely, but Prometheus only possesses it as a minor flaw because of the nature itself of the film and how it still works very well without it (which is pretty unique, actually). You don't care enough about the characters (there are some that you do care about, but just a select few), and that makes many scenes in this movie less shocking/impacting than they should be. If the movie allowed room for more character development and the like, then this would be an easy 10/10.

In conclusion: a great movie that just needs room for the characters to breathe. Bring on the director's cut, Mr. Scott.

Edited by zacrathedemon5, 10 June 2012 - 02:48 AM.

[Abel Nightroad]

Paul - 9/10

Funny as all get out....even with the cultural divide (British humor for American audiences), it still got its share of laughs. For an alien movie (alien, as in ET, not the Alien franchise), it takes everything all other such films did in the past and chucks them out the window for something very different. Still, had to take a point off due to how the movie was, after all, not clicking with me in some parts...mainly the parts I would rather fast forward through to get to the next funny part.

Still, one of the few cases of a film not taking itself seriously and getting away with it enough to warrent the creators considering a possible sequal.

[FullmetalNinja25]

Brave (2012): 8.5/10
Not Pixar's best but far from Pixar's worst. The Animation is great, the Music is great, the Voice Acting is great and it has great humor and heart wrenching moments. My biggest problem (and it's a big one which knocks the score down a few points) is the soddy mess of a plot. While on the subject of Voice Acting big props go to Kelly Macdonald from Boardwalk Empire who delivers a performance that merits an Oscar nomination for Best Actress if only the Academy would pull their heads out of their asses.

[FullmetalNinja25]

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): 9/10
Spider-Man 2 is still the greatest Spider-Man movie but this is damn sure a close 2nd. Great action, great acting and great humor which has been missing from Raimi's Spider-Man films. I know I'm gonna get some flak for saying this but Andrew Garfield is a better Spider-Man than Tobey Macguire.

[CloudMountainJuror]

The Amazing Spider-Man - 10/10

I know, I know. 10/10 may seem pretty high, but I couldn't bring myself to give this anything lower. This movie really surprised me. I wasn't too excited to see it, yet it blew me away. I don't know what to say. I dare say that it was better than all of the Raimi Spider-Man movies (yes, including Spider-Man 2, as much as I love it). See it. It's right up there with The Avengers in terms of how good it is. I'm not joking. This is one of those movies that I walked out of thinking "I NEED to buy this when it's released on DVD".

[Gravenimage]

I will also give Brave an 8/10 I saw it with my little brother. It wasn't as good as Toy Story, Monster Inc or even the Incredible for the matter but it was still a fun movie with a powerful message the entire family will enjoy it.

Edited by Gravenimage, 15 July 2012 - 07:30 PM.

[chouzu_tao]

The Amazing Spider-man 8/10

I was worried, or moreso sick and tired of them saying "the untold story" of Peter Parker.... Maybe that's what it's leading too eventually, but this wasn't really any new territory. Maybe for non-comic book fans. Anyway. I really liked the movie. A lot. And even though they look like the oldest high school kids ever, I adored their relationship to the max.

Stan Lee's cameo! LOL!

edited because I went on an angry rant about Gwen's NTR moment with Norman before her big moment in the comic books.

Edited by chouzu_tao, 10 July 2012 - 02:12 AM.

[Strangelove]

Ice Age Continental Drift.

8/10

Sid's grandmother. That is all.

[FullmetalNinja25]

The Three Stooges (2012): 4/10
The best parts are the Actors playing the Stooges doing the Stooges schtick, everything else is horrible. On the bright side we get to see the cast of Jersey Shore get their asses kicked.

[FullmetalNinja25]

The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 10/10
Awesome but not quite as good as The Dark Knight but that was a tough act to follow. Thank you Christopher Nolan for this amazing Trilogy.

[chouzu_tao]

The Dark Knight Rises 8/10

I'll explain in detail in the discussion thread why it isn't a 9.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 10/10
Awesome but not quite as good as The Dark Knight but that was a tough act to follow. Thank you Christopher Nolan for this amazing Trilogy.

With you on all points, but I'm going to grade it lower. The film lags at points sometimes. My biggest gripe is that I really wish the fights between Batman and Bane were more visceral (with the exception of one point during the first fight-- and disappointingly, I'm not talking about one of the most iconic Batman moments in comic book history-- because I actually thought that was underplayed).

Edited by chouzu_tao, 20 July 2012 - 08:54 PM.

[PachucoDesigns]

The Tree of Life - fail/10

Oh my god. A never-ending font of pompous nonsense pawned off as art. It. Never. Ends. Ever. I walked out, and I'm convinced that the movie is still playing right now.

[chouzu_tao]

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 5/10

I'm not sure if I'm taking these too serious in not thinking they'll be serious (because of the concept) or if I'm just confused by genre fusions like this. While I did enjoy Cowboys vs Aliens, I didn't find it as fun as it could be. Both that film and this one have fallen prey to my expectations and biases going in. But where as Cowboys versus Aliens decides to run full throttle in taking the material seriously, this film has no idea where it lands. The muddiness is amplified by the fact that I didn't feel like anyone enjoyed working on this film. Compound all that with the fact that the story telling is sloppy and I just couldn't give it a passing grade. They don't build to any of the historic moments nor do they really stick the landing on them when they happen. There is no clear sense of Abe's passion on the subject as he seemingly announces that he's going to do it before they suddenly cut away to the resulting action. If you're going to be serious about the material, and a historical figure is your protagonist you can't just skim over the historical stuff in the story. You have to build to them and have them pay off, especially when there are instances when they side-track his main mission. Even though I saw this at the cheap-seats, I can't recommend it, purely because it doesn't know whether it wants to take the material seriously or humorously, the resulting product is a lukewarm venture that leaves one disappointed and deflated.

[theorangehokage]

The Dark Night Rises

Rating : 9/10

Comment: the lines were crazy here but worth it. Epic movie

[chouzu_tao]

The Watch 7/10

Funny but not memorable in the least, which is why this movie probably got to the cheap-seats so fast.

Bad marketing for this film, very bad, no one saw it coming until a few weeks before it's release. The film is about a small town guy Evan (Ben Stiller) who starts up a neighborhood watch to find out who killed his friend who worked as a security guard at a Cost Co. Only Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill), and Jemarcus (Richard Ayaode) join Evan in this endeavor which leads to a discovery that his friend was killed by aliens, and that they're on the brink of invasion. The movie itself concentrates primarily to showcase what each comedic actor is good at, so that's how I'll approach this review.

The Watch for the first half plays like the three just shooting the breeze, kind of like they wanted to showcase the best of their talents before actually moving on with a plot of any kind. And this film basically reaffirms my distaste for Vince Vaughn. He's best when he's not doing his schtick of old (where he talks non-stop for half two minutes with random gross bits to get the laugh out of a shock factor, desperately trying to find a funny bit to land on). This quality I think plays better for younger actors. Shia Labeouf has kind of taken to this technique as well... but to a less successful effect then when Vince did it in his younger years. There are roles where that works, but as his main bag of tricks, this is super annoying in this role. He's best now with dramatic material that sprinkles in humor.

Ben Stiller has always been hot or cold as a comedic actor but his type of humor has never been one I veered towards whether it's humor focusing on the "I'm going to go at this with a lot of effort and hope I'm funny" (Zoolander, Mystery Men) to the "sardonic, under breath, grumpy guy" (Royal Tennenbaum, basically the majority of his roles now). In the movie, he just feels tired, really really tired, and whether it's the writing or just the fact that he's aged since I last saw him, he just doesn't really add much to the movie. Add that to the fact that Vince is more animated and Jonah is more energetic and he's basically a walking plot piece, hearding the rest of the players along.

Jonah Hill, as the high school drop-out, trying to find his place in life, lives with his mom, and loves guns, guy actually is funny. I also love the fact that he's not really that intimidating, but his character believes he is.

Richard Ayoade, is not really top billing in the states, so I understand why his speaking role is minimal. He's known for his role on shows like The IT Crowd on the BBC, which I love, but this, I believe is his US debut. With the little comedic bits that he gets, he does well, but unfortunately it doesn't seem like it'd be enough to land him another US role, which is a shame, because I think he's hilarious.

As for the aliens, they're an excuse to get these comedic actors together, that's all. The movie was funny, but forgettable and sadly almost unquotable, my friends and I tried remember some quotes and we could only think of funny situations and when you have to describe a whole scene, it's not as funny as a line that sums up the whole scene. It's worth a watch on dvd or the cheapseats.

[Dreamer]

RE: Damnation 10/10

Truely loved this film. My ship was in it so my opinion is a little biased.

Edited by Dreamer, 26 September 2012 - 01:23 AM.