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Quote: Ghosts vs. Robots., Feb 2011

Title: The Other Guys.
Genre: Comedy and detective movie.
Good actors: Will Ferrell, MArk Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, The Rock, Samuel L Jackson.
Products Placements: None.
Minutes too long: None.
Deaths: Yes.
Attractive males: Mark Wahlberg and The Rock?
Attractive females: Eva Mendes.
Best Quote:
"Hey! Hey! Shut your face! If I wanted you to talk, I would stick my hand up your a*se, and work your mouth like a puppet!".
Highlight: It is really funny, I think! - It is lots of story jokes, but also it is lots of surreal and random jokes too. Also, it is pretty sweet and hopeful, but also it is really spiky and mean, sometimes, too.
It is my funniest movie for really ages, I think - it is really weird lots of TV shows are really funny ans silly, but lots of comedy movies are sort of disappointing a tiny bit (i think - i am not sure it is true at-all).
Lowlight: The detective story is sort of boring a tiny bit. It is not so important, I think.
Score: 8 fresh starts out of 10.

I actually really disliked The Other Guys. Well, not that I disliked it, but it really wasn't funny. Jackson and The Rock should have been given more time. Eva Mendes and Ferrell just felt wrong. Ferrell's character was all over the place. The baddies were terrible (Coogan was funny-ish, but had little to do and never felt like a baddie). Some bits were just utterly ridiculous and not funny enough to warrant being in the film (tramps in the car (as well as a deer's vagina. I mean, what the f*ck?), The bad guys stealing Ferrell and Wahlbergs shoes, the wooden gun). Oh yeah, and Ferrell managed to squeeze in a bit where he could sing, even though it was completely stupid. Why must he sing in everything lately? Is it in his contract? It wasn't even funny, and didn't even fit the scene. He's talking to Wahlberg while a group of old men are singing pub songs behind them. Then he says "Hold on, it's my verse" or something like that, then sings with the old guys, then goes back to the conversation. What the f*ck?

I thought it was average at best. Wahlberg and Keaton were the only two good things about the film.

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Mar 2011

Niomie was underwhelmed by the Big Lebowski last night. "It had really good characters but didn't do anything with them."

That film just always makes me happy.

I almost think that's the point. There's no character development because the characters just want to get back to how they were. Always makes me happy too.

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Mar 2011

Quote: Barrington, Mar 2011

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Mar 2011

Niomie was underwhelmed by the Big Lebowski last night. "It had really good characters but didn't do anything with them."

That film just always makes me happy.

I almost think that's the point. There's no character development because the characters just want to get back to how they were. Always makes me happy too.

Do you know what I like the most out of that whole film? It's a small thing, but Jeff Bridge's expression in the "Condition My Condition Was In" dream sequence.

Where he sees Saddam and the huge wall of bowling shoes especially. Always loved that little part of it

The first is great, mind.

It is going to be an "American Gods" movie pretty soon, maybe. I am really looking forward to it, I think, but I am really nervous too. - It is a really amazing book.
Also, I sort of hope The Rock is Shadow too - it woul be pretty cool, I think!

http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=30532

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011

Quote: Ghosts vs. Robots., Apr 2011

It is going to be an "American Gods" movie pretty soon, maybe. I am really looking forward to it, I think, but I am really nervous too. - It is a really amazing book.
Also, I sort of hope The Rock is Shadow too - it woul be pretty cool, I think!

http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=30532

That would make a great film. Not sure about the Rock... how about an unknown who can act?

Jack Nicholson is Wednesday.

I actually don't mind The Rock as an actor. Especially in 'Walking Tall', which is one of my favourite "Good film to watch on a lazy day when you don't want to think, want to be entertained, and want everything wrapped up by the end without having to think about what the film may have been trying to say about modern-day society or major existential philosophies" films

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011

I've nothing against the Rock, I just didn't see him as Shadow. He's best at playing cocky, demonstrative guys who get their pretensions pricked as the film goes on. Shadow hangs back, pretends to be dumber than he is and doesn't really exist unless another person's in the room with him.

Brittany Murphy for his wife?

That might be difficult, I don't think she's really available. Unless it's CGI or a rope and pulley system. She's dead.

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011

Quote: Barrington, Apr 2011

Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011

I've nothing against the Rock, I just didn't see him as Shadow. He's best at playing cocky, demonstrative guys who get their pretensions pricked as the film goes on. Shadow hangs back, pretends to be dumber than he is and doesn't really exist unless another person's in the room with him.

Brittany Murphy for his wife?

That might be difficult, I don't think she's really available. Unless it's CGI or a rope and pulley system. She's dead.

Quote:

Shadow's wife Laura comes back in the form of a sentient animated corpse due to a special coin Shadow had acquired and placed on her coffin at her burial, not knowing the effect it would have.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods

Ah. I actually have no idea what American Gods is (I'll read the wiki link later). Hence why I also don't know if he'd be a good Shadow or not. Mainly because I don't know who Shadow is, but also because he's only half-black.

Quote: The King Of Limbs, Apr 2011

Title: Glengarry Glen Ross
Genre: Drama
Good actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce
Products Placements: Cadillacs and Steak Knives.
Minutes too long: None
Attractive males: errr Pacino? Baldwin?
Attractive females: I don't think there's any female characters in the film...
Best Quote: Pretty much the entire film but probably 'F*ck you! That's my name!'
Highlight: This is a cult classic. It's all about the fantastic dialogue being delivered by stellar actors working at the very top of their game. Jack Lemmon delivers a performance that directly inspired one of The Simpsons best characters, can there be any higher praise than that?
It's worth the 90 minutes of your time just to watch the kind of stellar ensemble cast that you rarely see.
Lowlight: None in my opinion but if you were to level any criticism at it it would be that it focuses entirely on dialogue possibly to the detriment of the plot.
Score: 9 coffees out of 10. (but only if you're a closer)

Love Glengarry Glen Ross. Unbelievable performances from everyone

I'm not going to do a full review thing as I'm on the phone, but Thor was actually a bit better than I expected. Quite funny, some good performances, Stringer from The Wire, Kat Dennings from my w*nk bank... Overall, not quite Iron Man 1, but definitely not Fantastic 4

Title: Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist (or Fast Five).
Genre: Mindless Action Film.
Good actors: Paul Walker is the only person who you might describe as an "actor".
Products Placements: Subaru, Dodge, other car makers.
Minutes too long: None.
Deaths: Yes.
Attractive males: Paul Walker. Unless you are Laura McCartney then Vin Diesel.
Attractive females: Jordana Brewster is alright.
Best Quote: "ENHANCE!".
Highlight: Where the FBI use a satellite to get a picture of the main characters driving a car, it's all blurry and sh*t, so The Rock goes "enhance!", and suddenly it's all clear. But wait, they are wearing masks! oh noes, our amazing technology is defeated. Actually, just run it through out LMNOP-Technobabble software. Literally 2 seconds later the satellite has seen through the masks, and we have the full records of our guys, all known accomplices, and where they last had a sh*t.
Lowlight: No Eva Mendes or Devon Aoki, but other characters from the other films make an appearance.
Score: 1/10 or 10/10. It's so bad it wraps around an becomes good.

This is the perfect mindless action film. The stunts are crazy. Normally in a film where the main characters are driving towards a massive cliff and certain death, they try to avoid it. Not here, they just drive off and I sh*t you not surf the car down into the chasm below.

There are many more crazy, physically impossible stunts. Vin Diesel fighting The Rock is pretty good, but it's a total mismatch. I mean, Vin Diesel is a big guy - despite looking a little less cut than usual - but The Rock towers over him.

It does take itself a little too seriously at times, would be better if it was camped up a bit - but I don't think that would go down well with the core demographic...

Quote: The King Of Limbs, May 2011

Quote: Barrington, May 2011

Short Review of Cedar Rapids:

Enjoyable film, but I wouldn't feel rushed about watching it again. Some good performances, but the whole thing felt too much like the writer enjoying his own humour too much, even though two of the funniest bits happened unintentionally due to a certain actor playing a certain role. Lowlight was probably that the story in general just wasn't that interesting, and again, the writer enjoying his own writing. Worth catching at some point, but if it's a choice between this and Thor, go see Thor.

10 points to George. Some good Wire references in the film.