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"Recent films you've seen"

[B]Post any films you have seen recently (cinema, DVD or TV) along with a short review.[/B]

Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift

7/10

Its rubbish really. The story is pathetic and the set pieces are unbelievable (the Japanese Yakuza settling a problem with some punk kid by having a car race? I dont think so), but the only reason you would go to see this film is for the cars anyway and the races all look great. It was as fun to watch as the other two, possibly even better than #2 and there is a nice surprise at the end for fans of the series.

If you are wanting some great acting, a heart wrentching story and some brilliantly detailed drama, then this isnt for you. If you want Japanese girls in short skirts driving customised sports cars then I think you'll love it.

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10 Things I Hate About You
Ineedsleep 10/10

16 Blocks
Geffdof 8/10

51st State
Borat 8/10

Adaptation
Nin 8/10

Age of Innocence
Ladybird 7/10

Alexander
Seifer 5/10

Anchorman
Borat 6/10

Apocalypto
Borat 8/10
Nin 4/10
tnc 7/10

A Scanner Darkly
Borat 8/10
Bullett 6/10

A View From The Top
Hippyman 5/10

Back To The Future 2
Smedlos 9/10

Back To The Future 3
Smedlos 9/10

Battle Royale
Seifer 8/10

Batman Begins
Vampyr 9/10

Behind Enemy Lines
Ladybird 9/10

Blood Diamond
Timmargh 8/10

Body Count
Hedfix 2/10

Borat
Borat 7/10
Bullett 8/10

Brother Bear
Smedlos 8/10

Cars
Geffdof 8/10
Hedfix 4/10

Casino Royale
Borat 9/10
Nin 8/10

Charlie and The Chocalate Factory (Remake)
Smedlos 8/10

Children of Men
Chaos 9/10
Chr1s 9/10
Geffdof 8/10
Seifer 7/10

Click
Chaos 8/10
Hippyman 9/10

Crank
Reefer 7/10

Doom
tnc 6/10

Employee Of The Month
Geffdof 6/10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Nin 9/10

Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Bullett 7/10
Geffdof 7/10

Fight Club
Seifer 9/10

Flushed Away
Nin 7/10

Ghost
Seraphim 10/10

Girl Interrupted
Nin 8/10

Gladiator
Seifer 10/10

Gremlins 2
Smedlos 9/10

Hard Candy
Bullett 6/10
Geffdof 6/10
Reefer 9/10
Tiltawhirl 7/10

Home Alone
Seifer 9/10

Hoodwinked
Nin 7/10

Hostel
Borat 2/10

House of Flying Daggers
Geffdof 8/10

Innerspace
Borat 8/10

Irriversable
Mumbai Duck 8/10

Jackass 2
Bullett 9/10

Jeepers Creepers 2
Hedfix 5/10

John Tucker Must Die
Nin 6/10

Just My Luck
Sunflower 6/10

King of New York
Hedfix 7/10

Kinky Boots
Sunflower 8/10

Lilo and Stitch
Borat 8/10

Little Miss Sunshine
Nin 9/10
Seifer 10/10

Love Actually
Smedlos 8/10

Maniac Cop III
Hedfix 6/10

Miami Vice
Seifer 2/10

Mission Impossible 3
Boogeyman 7/10

Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Machie 9/10

Mr and Mrs Smith
Tiltawhirl 4/10

Music and Lyrics
Sunflower 8/10

Night At The Museum
Bullett 9/10
Sunflower 8/10

Open Season
Bullett 8/10

Over The Hedge
Nin 8/10
Seifer 8/10
Smedlos 9/10

Pans Labyrinth
Seifer 10/10

People Under The Stairs
Hedfix 7/10

Pirates of the Carribean 2
Chaos 7/10
Geffdof 7/10
Seifer 7/10

Pulse
Borat 7/10

Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Nin 3/10

Return of The Living Dead III
Hedfix 5/10

Right At Your Door
Borat 6/10

Rocky Balboa
sg_nl90 8/10

Saw III
Bullett 8/10

Scarface
Vampyr 10/10

Severance
Borat 8/10

Sin City
Geffdof 9/10
tnc 8/10

Smoking Aces
Borat 6/10

Spiderman 3
Nin 4/10

Spirited Away
Nin 7/10

Stay Alive
Sunflower 8/10

Stormbreaker
tnc 5/10

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut
Geffdof 7/10

Superman Returns
Geffdof 7/10
Orkeater 6/10

Talledega Nights
Bullett 7/10
Nin 7/10

Tenacious D
Machie 7/10

Terminator 3
Smedlos 8/10

The Black Dahlia
Nin 7/10

The Butterfly Effect
Borat 9/10

The Cat Returns
Machie 8/10

The Covenant
Geffdof 5/10

The Da Vinci Code
Alfonse 3/10
tnc 6/10

The Family Guy Movie
Hippyman 9/10

The Girl Next Door
Nin 7/10

The Great Escape
Geffdof 8/10

The Illusionist
Bullett 8/10

The Incredibles
Nin 8/10

The Island
Tiltawhirl 7/10

The Karen Carpenter Story
Seraphim 10/10

The Lakehouse
Mumbai Duck 7/10

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Tiltawhirl 9/10

The Machinist
Borat 8/10
Bullett 8/10

The Omen (Original)
Geffdof 6/10

The Omen (Remake)
Crucium Fixative 6/10

The Persuit Of Happyness
Bullett 8/10

The Punisher
Ineedsleep 7/10

The Ring 2 (Remake)
Tiltawhirl 6/10

The Shawshank Redemption
Geffdof 10/10

The Wedding Crashers
Nin 8/10

Top Gun
Seifer 10/10

Turistas
Sinnocent 2/10

Ultraviolet
Geffdof 4/10

V For Vendetta
Nin 8/10

Waynes World
Sunflower 7/10

When The Wind Blows
Borat 9/10

Whisper of The Heart
Machie 8/10

Wonder Boys
Hedfix 2/10

X-Men 3
Geffdof 9/10

I'm with FM on Dog Soldiers (absolutely brilliantly done - a must see) and Dogma.

I liked Solaris

Evan Almighty 6/10

Nothing majorly wrong with it, nothing majorly right with it either. Very predictable, you wont laugh but you might smile.

FantasyMeister wrote:
> Solaris 8/10

I've just lost all respect for you, FM. :P
In honesty, I cant really comment on the movie. I've started watching it 3 times. I think the longest I've ever managed to stay awake is 20 minutes.

I just looked at the full list of movies so far so thought I'd add a few from my DVD collection that aren't there yet:

Collateral 9/10

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith's missus and Jason Statham (from Snatch/Lock Stock...) for all of 5 seconds.

Cruise is a contract killer, Foxx is a cab driver hi-jacked by Cruise and forced to drive to each of the locations required for his list of kills. Although basically a road movie it'll keep you gripped due to Michael Mann's brilliant direction.

Dogma 9/10

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman et al.

Two renegade angels thrown out of heaven find a loophole in Catholic dogma that will allow them back into heaven. God is kidnapped so it's up to the Voice of God to organise heaven's protection with the aid of a couple of prophets, a woman who has lost all her faith and the 13th disciple. It's a Kevin Smith movie, so plenty of humour keeps things moving.

Dog Soldiers 10/10

Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd and a bunch of other relatively unknowns.

A group of disgruntled squaddies on an Army exercise during the World Cup come across the remains of a Black Ops team that has been mangled by werewolves. Cue mad dash to safety, a remote farmhouse that acts as their Alamo and a wonderful scene involving repairing a gouged stomach with superglue. Most notable for its frequent one-liners it's a must for your Lycanthrope movie collection.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 8/10

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson etc.

You really need to read the books first to appreciate how tricky it must have been to envision Quidditch in movie form. Plus the inspired casting of Julie Walters as the Weasley's mother and Alan Rickman as Snape bring the books to life in a way I didn't think was possible. Worth it if you're a fan of the books.

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets 9/10

As above plus Kenneth Branagh.

Dobby makes his appearance, along with the flying car, Aragog, the Polyjuice Potion and Keneth Brannagh in another inspired bit of casting as the latest in a long line of Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers. Again, better after reading the book.

Hollowman 7/10

Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Shue.

The Invisible Man redone by Paul Verhoeven. Slightly lame and predictable storyline but outstanding special effects and some interesting ways to go make up for it.

Interview with the Vampire 9/10

Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and a very young Kirsten Dunst.

A reporter interviews a vampire about how he came to be which leads to a mammoth tale in the telling which along the way dispels most myths you might have learned about vampires (but they do sleep in coffins). Spanning centuries and various locations it's a ripping yarn in more ways than one.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider 8/10

Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight (her real dad), Daniel Craig (007)

One for fans of the game series essentially, you'll be surprised how well Jolie has adapted to the role of Lara Croft. Not a great deal of Tomb Raiding going on, but some nice action sequences including the bungee ballet. Chris Barrie as Lara's butler provides most of the comic relief.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 7/10

Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Djimon Hounsou, Ciaran Hinds

A sequel of a movie based on a game, you'd give it as much chance as the movie version of Street Fighter 3. Fortunately it's not all that bad (Angelina in a wetsuit) and Gerard Butler gets some of the best lines. Some of the action sequences feel too contrived but the jump from the skyscaper should take your breath away. Hinds plays the boss baddie rather well.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 10/10

Jason Fleming, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Sting

Basically the film that made Guy Ritchie famous for his unique style of direction, the film follows the story of four friends trying to scrape up money to pay off a debt to a seriously psychopathic crime boss. Along the way they have to deal with copious amounts of ganja, the crooks that live next door, the local drug lord, stolen antique shotguns, Vinnie Jones and a traffic warden. Stone is to War movies as Scorsese is to Mafia movies as Ritchie is to British gangster movies.

Reservoir Dogs 10/10

Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino.

I don't think Tarantino can act but he sure can direct. As usual with his films the movie starts off in the middle, cuts to the beginning, cuts to before the beginning and bounces around all over the place before getting to the gritty end. Like all his other movies he manages to make some seriously bad guys look seriously cool, even when they're called Mr. Pink and using cops for target practice. Michael Madsen makes a particularly evil Vic Vega in this movie about cops and robbers.

Solaris 8/10

George Clooney, Natasha McElhone (Ronin)

A psychologist gets summoned via a video message from an old friend to rescue what remains of the crew on board a lonely space station orbiting a strange planet. You'll probably need to watch this film a couple of times to work out what is going on and even then the ending will leave you wondering what 'exactly' happened. Very Kubrick-esque sci-fi in terms of docking spaceships and other visuals, very Jacob's Ladder in terms of 'what's going on?'. Very slow paced but a nice visual treat.

Syriana 9/10

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jefrey Wright

Three stories in one, all centered around the oil industry and what they won't stop at to fill your gas tank. Basically a film looking at corruption and politics and trying to work out where one ends and one begins, notable also for the fact that Clooney put on 30lbs just to play his role as a CIA agent and its gritty ending. This is not a feel good movie but it's thought provoking and might make you think twice next time you drive your car.

Team America World Police 6/10

Trey Parker, Matt Stone

An action movie entirely played out by puppets, and also Trey Parker's vehicle for letting actors know how much he hates them. Surprisingly it works quite well on a few levels; at the same time both admonishing and vindicating America's 'world police' perception, making terrorists look particularly stupid and discovering exactly how much blood you can get from an Alec Baldwin puppet. Particularly satisfying because Michael Moore turns into a suicide bomber.

The Blair Witch Project 9/10

A cast of unknowns

There are disturbing films, there are frightening films, and then there's this one which manages to do both in huge quantities. Three students shooting a documentary about a witch get lost in the woods and you're basically watching their film footage that was discovered a year later. Quite possibly the best ending ever (if you're not already cowering behind your sofa and miss it).

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 9/10

Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman steals the movie even though only his voice makes an appearance in the guise of Marvin the paranoid android. Probably better if you haven't read the book beforehand as most of the surprises are more 'expected'. Overall it's a whacky sci-fi romp with some nice set designs and characterisations, should appeal to movie fans, mice and dolphins everywhere.

The Matrix 10/10

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

Best action sci-fi movie ever. Kung Fu vs AI, a world that's not all it seems, Carrie-Anne Moss in latex and guns, lots of guns. Noted when it first came out for its outstanding special effects, The Matrix and its sequels are pretty much a must-see series of movies with a storyline that's pretty hard to beat.

The Perfect Storm 8/10

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg

A film about sea fishermen. There really isn't all that much more to it, but there's some outstanding acting.

The Whole Nine Yards 8/10

Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry

Not sure if Bruce Willis wanted to do comedy because De Niro managed to pull it off so well or whether he just wanted to play a contract killer, either way it's a good thing Matthew Perry is there to move things along in the fun stakes. A dentist gets embroiled in a scheme to bump off the wife and employer of his next door neighbour, a contract killer. Lots of twists and turns along the way with Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Hentridge and Amanda Peet all putting in great performances. The patio door wasn't all that funny, but Bruce Willis eating a fly is.

The Three Kings 10/10

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

Set at the end of the first Gulf War, the story is about 3 soldiers and their efforts to 'liberate' for themselves some stolen Kuwaiti gold. Along the way they become more and more involved in the events unfolding around them as Saddam's Elite Republican Guard begin to stamp down on dissent amongst the local population, leading to the inevitable 'save the gold or save the people' conundrum. Worth viewing to get a somewhat skewed historical look at what it was probably like for Iraqis after the first Gulf War.

X-Men 8/10

Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry

I'm not a great fan of Marvel Comics conversions unless we're talking about Spiderman, but X-Men does a decent job in introducing Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm and Rogue into a story about Mutants vs Humans. Nice underlying theme about whether we should treat people differently just because they 'are' different and some decent action scenes, but Wolverine steals the show.

Barthax wrote:
> Nin wrote:
> Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
> Bullett 7/10
> Geffdof 7/10
>
> LOL, wow, I'm surprised anyone gave that more than 5/10! Tokyo
> Drift manages to drift way off anything decent. I liked Biker
> Boyz better & that attempted to be deep meaningful drivel
> before anything approaching action. You've really got to be
> into cars to appreciate anything from this film: and I'm not.
> :(
>
> Biker Boyz 4/10
> Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift 3/10

A film like that is only ever going to interest people who like cars, which is why it's hit a 7 average. If you took a normal person to see it i'd imagine a 3 would be about right.

Nin wrote:
> Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
> Bullett 7/10
> Geffdof 7/10

LOL, wow, I'm surprised anyone gave that more than 5/10! Tokyo Drift manages to drift way off anything decent. I liked Biker Boyz better & that attempted to be deep meaningful drivel before anything approaching action. You've really got to be into cars to appreciate anything from this film: and I'm not. :(

Biker Boyz 4/10
Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift 3/10

Ineedsleep wrote:
> Geffdof wrote:
> Totally agree with Nin on Spidey 3. Why even bother putting
> Venom
> in it? It was such a lame attempt of a film that had the
> potential to be rather entertaining.
>
> To weedle money off the Spidey fans who were so badly
> disillusioned after 1 and 2?
>
> Worked on me - absolutely dire. Waste of money, time and
> popcorn 2/10

Not being a fanatic of the comics, I found it to be a fairly decent incarnation. Hasn't got the punch of the original and, providing you accept it's an action-first movie, there's a couple of nice poignant moments to round it off. 6/10

Vampyr wrote:
> butterfly effect 8/10
>
> it had ashton "dude wheres my car? shibbyyy" kutcher.
> i thought it was gonna be a big pile of the not so good.
>
> but it wasnt, thouroughly enjoyed it, nice plot, keeps you
> intruiguied the whole way. dark, but still manages comedy
> moments.
>
> shibby.

The first Butterfly Effect is a superb mind-bender for the first half. Once you get used to the idea of the plot, it all falls into place & makes for an above-average & enjoyable, almost-chick flick, movie. Don't watch it if you're stuck in a religion with strict beliefs or you're with someone who doesn't catch up quick with some complexities: you'll need a lot of explaining fast. 7/10

If you like the first, avoid Butterfly Effect 2. Take the same scenario but with different characters, throw in some half-arsed situation dramas to give the main character a quick flicker of guilt & proceed to the next incarnation. Just doesn't give the same feeling as the first & you end up not caring a hoot for anyone of the stupid manipulative suckers involved. 3/10

Monster House 8-10

Just genious, even though its an animated film and few pull it off i really enjoyed this. Chowder's character just makes me laugh so much, comedy moments are great and some bits you can relate too, just hilarious. If you want light hearted comedy pick this one up.

The Descent 9-10

Brilliant horror about cavers who get lost. Actually quite scary in bits which is quite hard to do in this day and age considering the amount of gore we're used to now. Nice storyline, nice twist all round good movie.

Garin wrote:
> Ghost Rider - 1/10
>
> Woeful, doesnt even stand up as a mindless action movie you can
> watch without engaging your brain. And I dont know why they
> bothered having Nicholas Cage in it. A cardboard cutout would
> have sufficed.

He's a massive Ghost Rider fan and wanted the role. I loved this film even though it got a lot of flack. Weak baddie but it had a fit Nicholas Cage in it and Sam Elliot! How can you give it only 1 point with Sam Elliot in it?

So to up its' stock I give it 9.5/10

Oh and I would so sell my soul for that bike.