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[Dr. Awesome]

Watched the Raid: Redemption. Its an Indonesian Action/Kung Fu movie. Solid fighting movie, with a obvious but cool concept; The city allows one Crime Lord to have his own building which is like 15 stories and he is free to do whatever he wants to in that building with no repercussions. A police squad is trying to take him out and has to start from the bottom floor up.7/10

On a lot of top 10's. I was bored after 30 minutes. Same stuff over and over.

Isn't that every action movie?

A good action movie has interesting characters. I'm not big on lots of fighting so if I don't get pulled in by the characters I lose interest. On the other hand, good characters can make the fighting fun to watch.

It's rare an action movie has interesting characters. It's mostly just fight, blow stuff up, repeat. Unless a movie takes away from the action to build character development, there's only so much you can squeeze in. Some movies try taking a break from the action to throw in some comedy and/or character development but that usually fails miserably. The Raid didn't bother doing anything but action. Almost from the very start we get fighting and it doesn't let up until the very end. If you don't like lots of fighting then watching a fighting action movie probably isn't going to be your cup of tea.

 

[biggamer3]

Watched the Raid: Redemption. Its an Indonesian Action/Kung Fu movie. Solid fighting movie, with a obvious but cool concept; The city allows one Crime Lord to have his own building which is like 15 stories and he is free to do whatever he wants to in that building with no repercussions. A police squad is trying to take him out and has to start from the bottom floor up.7/10

On a lot of top 10's. I was bored after 30 minutes. Same stuff over and over.

but to be fair, the actual kung fu set pieces all occur after the 30 minute mark so you didnt even get to watch the genre of film that this was if you only watched a half hour

 

[wazoo11]

What's the name of that movie with Jack Black everyone's raving about? TIA.

 

[cosjobs]

What's the name of that movie with Jack Black everyone's raving about? TIA.

Bernie?

 

[wazoo11]

What's the name of that movie with Jack Black everyone's raving about? TIA.

Bernie?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

 

[cosjobs]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

Easy Top 5 for me.

 

[Daywalker]

Damon and Blunt had great chemistry. Would like to see them do another pic.

it's like you and i watched completely different movies. i thought their chemistry fizzled after the initial meet-cute.

what I said... I mean he.

I liked the bus scene too where she flips him off at the end.

 

[Kenny Powers]

50/50 - I already reviewed this one but watched it again with my GF this weekend and it is a perfect example of Hollywood not pandering to the audience.

Spoiler

The studio wanted them to film Gordon-Levitt and Kendrick kissing at the end of the film but everyone on the production thought that would diminish the main theme of the movie which was his struggle against cancer. So what did they do? They didn't even film a take with a kiss because they knew if they did the studio would use it.

Really good film and an excellent ending.

I finally caught this last week. Really liked it as I expected, and strong performances from JGL, Kendrick, and Rogen. I certainly knew it was a serious/dark comedy, but they took it a cut or 2 past what I expected as far as drama/seriousness went. Id say it would probably sneak into my Top 10 from 2011. A lot of interesting dynamics here, and I cant even think of anything to dislike or complain about off the top of my head. I did not know about what you posted in your spoiler, but I fully agree with their choice. It actually reminded me of About Schmidt, because Nicholson doesnt smile the entire film until the end. I quickly remember JGL having a few moments where he did smile in 50/50 prior to the end, but they were few and far between, and the final scene definitely stood out.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

What's the name of that movie with Jack Black everyone's raving about? TIA.

Bernie?

I didn't like Bernie. Jack Black gave a great performance but his character was too weird to relate to at all. And the constant interviews got old after a while. A critic's movie.

 

[Chaka]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

Easy Top 5 for me.

Saw this one a few days ago and it's definitely going on my best of 2012 list. Really enjoyed it.Holy Motors - Uhm...what? Still not completely sure what I watched. I didn't like it. I didn't dislike it, either. I wanted to turn it off after a few minutes but was fascinated with figuring out what was going on and watching him transform. Next thing I knew the movie was coming to an end. No way in hell would I ever recommend this movie to most folks but I can't say I'm sad I watched it. Really not sure what to make of it. To say it's an odd film is an understatement.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

What's the name of that movie with Jack Black everyone's raving about? TIA.

Bernie?

I didn't like Bernie. Jack Black gave a great performance but his character was too weird to relate to at all. And the constant interviews got old after a while. A critic's movie.

The interviews were too funny for it to be a critic's movie, in my opinion.

 

[biggamer3]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

Easy Top 5 for me.

Saw this one a few days ago and it's definitely going on my best of 2012 list. Really enjoyed it.Holy Motors - Uhm...what? Still not completely sure what I watched. I didn't like it. I didn't dislike it, either. I wanted to turn it off after a few minutes but was fascinated with figuring out what was going on and watching him transform. Next thing I knew the movie was coming to an end. No way in hell would I ever recommend this movie to most folks but I can't say I'm sad I watched it. Really not sure what to make of it. To say it's an odd film is an understatement.

I just watched Holy motors trailer, omg that is the creepiest/weirdest trailer I have ever seen. Zero chance I would ever watch this movie

 

[saintfool]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

i would agree with this in large part but, for whatever reason, the movie kind of works. it's really more of an HBO or an old movie-of-the-week kind of film than a theatrical release.

 

[cstu]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

i would agree with this in large part but, for whatever reason, the movie kind of works. it's really more of an HBO or an old movie-of-the-week kind of film than a theatrical release.

Argo is fine as one of those movies but it's joke as a potential Best Picture Oscar.

 

[cstu]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

Easy Top 5 for me.

Saw this one a few days ago and it's definitely going on my best of 2012 list. Really enjoyed it.Holy Motors - Uhm...what? Still not completely sure what I watched. I didn't like it. I didn't dislike it, either. I wanted to turn it off after a few minutes but was fascinated with figuring out what was going on and watching him transform. Next thing I knew the movie was coming to an end. No way in hell would I ever recommend this movie to most folks but I can't say I'm sad I watched it. Really not sure what to make of it. To say it's an odd film is an understatement.

I just watched Holy motors trailer, omg that is the creepiest/weirdest trailer I have ever seen. Zero chance I would ever watch this movie

I have Holy Motors sitting on my hard drive but not sure why. It will probably be there for a long time unwatched.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Man, I really liked End of Watch.

Easy Top 5 for me.

Saw this one a few days ago and it's definitely going on my best of 2012 list. Really enjoyed it.Holy Motors - Uhm...what? Still not completely sure what I watched. I didn't like it. I didn't dislike it, either. I wanted to turn it off after a few minutes but was fascinated with figuring out what was going on and watching him transform. Next thing I knew the movie was coming to an end. No way in hell would I ever recommend this movie to most folks but I can't say I'm sad I watched it. Really not sure what to make of it. To say it's an odd film is an understatement.

I just watched Holy motors trailer, omg that is the creepiest/weirdest trailer I have ever seen. Zero chance I would ever watch this movie

I have Holy Motors sitting on my hard drive but not sure why. It will probably be there for a long time unwatched.

I thought it was pretty interesting, not nearly as interesting as all those critics who have it as their top film of the year but interesting nonetheless. There's really little to no explanation given for anything that happens in the film, so if that sort of thing bugs you I'd stay far away.

 

[saintfool]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

i would agree with this in large part but, for whatever reason, the movie kind of works. it's really more of an HBO or an old movie-of-the-week kind of film than a theatrical release.

Argo is fine as one of those movies but it's joke as a potential Best Picture Oscar.

Completely, totally agree. It says more about the quality of films prior to its release than anything about greatness of Argo itself. It will get some nods, especially because the field is even larger now, but it should get shut out.

 

[biggamer3]

so what was the strategy exactly of showing Zero Dark Thirty in a few select theaters a few weeks ago, and delay its wide release into mid January?

The hype was sooo strong a few weeks ago and they purposefully missed the holidays? I understand there were bigger popcorn films like the Hobbit, but Zero Dark 30 was appealing to a different quadrant of people imo

 

[Time Kibitzer]

so what was the strategy exactly of showing Zero Dark Thirty in a few select theaters a few weeks ago, and delay its wide release into mid January?The hype was sooo strong a few weeks ago and they purposefully missed the holidays? I understand there were bigger popcorn films like the Hobbit, but Zero Dark 30 was appealing to a different quadrant of people imo

It has to shown in at least some theatres in 2012 to be eligible for the Oscars in 2013.

 

[Abraham]

so what was the strategy exactly of showing Zero Dark Thirty in a few select theaters a few weeks ago, and delay its wide release into mid January?The hype was sooo strong a few weeks ago and they purposefully missed the holidays? I understand there were bigger popcorn films like the Hobbit, but Zero Dark 30 was appealing to a different quadrant of people imo

Oscars.

 

[biggamer3]

so what was the strategy exactly of showing Zero Dark Thirty in a few select theaters a few weeks ago, and delay its wide release into mid January?The hype was sooo strong a few weeks ago and they purposefully missed the holidays? I understand there were bigger popcorn films like the Hobbit, but Zero Dark 30 was appealing to a different quadrant of people imo

It has to shown in at least some theatres in 2012 to be eligible for the Oscars in 2013.

I guess, its just that I know so many people that were itching to see this film and who knows if the demand will still be there in a few weeks when everyone is back to school/work

 

[Glass Joe]

I watched End of Watch on the recommendations of this board. I was left with really mixed feelings on the movie. I felt like the leads had a real chemistry to them, and really seemed to portray cops accurately. On the other hand - what was the story? It came off to me as a series of episodes of Cops - which I like, but don't constitute a film. There was relatively little to really bring me in - beyond the cop/buddy movie stuff. Which was great. But the script really felt like it lacked cohesion.

Also:

Spoiler

How the hell did Jake Gyllenhall survive the shooting? Not only did he get shot, his partner was shot about 50 times, and it appeared the bullets hit Gyllenhall as well. Really messed up the ending for me.

All in all, it was passable, but a lot of pointless, disconnected scenes. 6/10.

 

[Chaka]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

i would agree with this in large part but, for whatever reason, the movie kind of works. it's really more of an HBO or an old movie-of-the-week kind of film than a theatrical release.

Argo is fine as one of those movies but it's joke as a potential Best Picture Oscar.

Completely, totally agree. It says more about the quality of films prior to its release than anything about greatness of Argo itself. It will get some nods, especially because the field is even larger now, but it should get shut out.

I wouldn't call Argo a joke, it's a fine film that really captures the feel of the times. I think it is a valid nominee for best picture.

 

[biggamer3]

I watched End of Watch on the recommendations of this board. I was left with really mixed feelings on the movie. I felt like the leads had a real chemistry to them, and really seemed to portray cops accurately. On the other hand - what was the story? It came off to me as a series of episodes of Cops - which I like, but don't constitute a film. There was relatively little to really bring me in - beyond the cop/buddy movie stuff. Which was great. But the script really felt like it lacked cohesion. Also:

Spoiler

How the hell did Jake Gyllenhall survive the shooting? Not only did he get shot, his partner was shot about 50 times, and it appeared the bullets hit Gyllenhall as well. Really messed up the ending for me.

All in all, it was passable, but a lot of pointless, disconnected scenes. 6/10.

I felt the narrative of the story was so unique. It was basically the lives of two police officers and their ongoing amazing discoveries in which they themselves were not realizing how great of an impact in the crime world they were making. Was an amazing script IMO and was a great story from beginning to end.

Spoiler

As to your issue with Jake surviving, he was shot only once I believe and the endless parade of bullets from those thugs all hit Pena as they were very clear to show at the end of the shootout, that Pena's body was completely covering Jake's body. Thus he was shielding Jake, you can argue that Jake should have died from the first bullet, but cops survive shots once in a while and I felt the survival was not Die Hard Villain still alive crazy to believe

 

[Osaurus]

Lake Mungo

Story in documentary style about the death of an Australian girl and the aftermath her family experiences. Kind of a paranormal flick with lots of interviews and indirect paranormal activity. Kind of slow going, but interesting to me. 3.5/5

 

[jdoggydogg]

Lincoln - In a movie jam packed with talented performers doing, perhaps, the best work of their careers Daniel Day-Lewis manages to make them all look like they are performing dinner theater in North East Upper Butt Crack. The man is a Titan. Sally Field will assuredly get an Oscar nomination, as will Tommy Lee Jones, and they would both be worthy winners, but at no point did I become so lost in their performance that I lost sight of the actor I was watching perform. Not so with DDL, who was so utterly convincing that at times I had to remind myself that I was watching a performance and not a window into the past.

The production itself was excellent and I was impressed that Spielberg kept a strong reign on the schmaltz, which I was not sure he was capable of doing after his last three directorial efforts. What I was most impressed with in the production, which was at times a little too busy with all the cameo performances, was that, unlike Argo, there was little or no manufactured drama and despite knowing the outcome the tension was still palpable during the calling of the votes on the 13th Ammendment (I thought the "escape" in Argo was more laughable than tense).

Of the Golden Globe nominees I have only seen this and Argo (Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty & Django Unchained are the others) and Lincoln, IMO, is the far more worthy picture of the two, and I really enjoyed Argo.

i would agree with this in large part but, for whatever reason, the movie kind of works. it's really more of an HBO or an old movie-of-the-week kind of film than a theatrical release.

Argo is fine as one of those movies but it's joke as a potential Best Picture Oscar.

Completely, totally agree. It says more about the quality of films prior to its release than anything about greatness of Argo itself. It will get some nods, especially because the field is even larger now, but it should get shut out.

I wouldn't call Argo a joke, it's a fine film that really captures the feel of the times. I think it is a valid nominee for best picture.

Argo for best picture is no joke. Solid movie.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Argo really started to fall apart once the Affleck character got to Iran, imo. I don't think it's Best Picture worthy, but I didn't think many of the other past winners were either, so I'm not surprised at all that many consider it a Best Picture favourite.

 

[Daywalker]

so what was the strategy exactly of showing Zero Dark Thirty in a few select theaters a few weeks ago, and delay its wide release into mid January?The hype was sooo strong a few weeks ago and they purposefully missed the holidays? I understand there were bigger popcorn films like the Hobbit, but Zero Dark 30 was appealing to a different quadrant of people imo

Not only Oscars but by releasing it in 2012 they got all the free pub that comes with all the year-end top-10 lists.Will be released six weeks before the Oscars which is perfect is you clean up the awards and are still on a lot of screens.

 

[biggamer3]

Watched SearcHing for Sugar Man, such an amazing documentary. If you don't know the story, do not read anything about this doc trust me you don't want to get spoiled about anything, its an absolute treat to watch this with little info coming in

 

[El Floppo]

Saw a few recently... Bourne, The Other Guys, and Hobbit. Liked all of 'em about equally... will try and come back in a bit with more.

ok...Bourne- I'm a huge Rachel Weisz fan , but she looked sickly here and more emaciated than I like to see from my leading ladies (I'm more a fan of hers and Winslett than the skeletor younger actresses). Didn't like the insta-chemistry that was thrown at us between her and Renner, although I liked both of their performances. Also felt like something was off with the pacing- but it might be that we had to stop and start the movie a few times. And of course at this point the story feels a bit tired- didn't we already get a rooftop chase? But aside from all those gripes, I still enjoyed it more than not . Decent action (pacing and rehashing aside), acting and I didn't mind the writing. They turned to the rigth cast to keep this thing going- and hopefully there'll be more of Norton next go-round.

Turned The Other Guys on with the ne're do well BIL over xmas figuring I'd watch a couple of minutes to play nice and then bail out of what seemed like a terrible pairing and idea. But I actually enjoyed the humor, didn't mind Wahlberg, and found myself watching the whole thing. Stupid movie, but fun. Some of the writing reminded me of the better parts of that hockey movie "thug?" when the team-mates are bantering. Loved the Derek Jeter ending.

Ok- saw the Hobbit on IMAX triple-lindig-do-wah-diddy screen and frame-rate. I loved LoTR and the books, so I knew I was going to enjoy this just for the sake of seeing it come to life (even if it didn't transcend). Some general thoughts:

- given that they're making three movies, I would have liked to see them stay a little truer to what was actually in the book. Felt like every main scene had liberties taken for the sake of expediency. Yeah- the opening chapter would always be the one that plays the longest/slowest in terms of a movie, but why mess with the trolls?

- I didn't notice any flatness or hyper-realness in the sets- and I was looking. Thought it looked great.

- There were some scenes that were fantastic in 3d, but overall I didn't think the 3d played out enough here.

- I'm not sure yet if I care or want to see all the LoTR backstory filling up the movies. I still feel like there was enough in the book to just show that in a complete way (rather than messing with things). That said- I did just read the book with my 5yo son, and maybe I was hoping to see more of full telling of the story... especially after reading Prince Caspian and then watching the movie (which is completely different than the book).

eta: The new Star Trek, however, looks incredible. amazing use of the 3d... Avatar-esque.

 

[matuski]

Raid Redemption sequel starting to shoot now.

 

[cstu]

Compliance

Based on a true story (spoiler alert) of a prank call to a fast food restaurant that when way too far.

NSFW link about the true story.

 

[El Floppo]

Compliance

Based on a true story (spoiler alert) of a prank call to a fast food restaurant that when way too far.

NSFW link about the true story.

Acting on the caller's orders, the manager, Donna Summers,...

 

[cstu]

Compliance

Based on a true story (spoiler alert) of a prank call to a fast food restaurant that when way too far.

NSFW link about the true story.

Acting on the caller's orders, the manager, Donna Summers,...

In the movie the caller is extremely convincing, especially to the not-so-bright people at McDonald's.

 

[El Floppo]

Compliance

Based on a true story (spoiler alert) of a prank call to a fast food restaurant that when way too far.

NSFW link about the true story.

Acting on the caller's orders, the manager, Donna Summers,...

In the movie the caller is extremely convincing, especially to the not-so-bright people at McDonald's.

Does the caller say they're Gloria Gaynor.

 

[wazoo11]

Cube

I really liked the movie "Cube". If you don't mind the low-budget, and can live with some really bad to mediocre acting, you might enjoy it.

3/5

 

[cstu]

Compliance

Based on a true story (spoiler alert) of a prank call to a fast food restaurant that when way too far.

NSFW link about the true story.

Acting on the caller's orders, the manager, Donna Summers,...

In the movie the caller is extremely convincing, especially to the not-so-bright people at McDonald's.

Does the caller say they're Gloria Gaynor.

 

[Chaka]

Cube

I really liked the movie "Cube". If you don't mind the low-budget, and can live with some really bad to mediocre acting, you might enjoy it.

3/5

I'm a fan too.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Cube

I really liked the movie "Cube". If you don't mind the low-budget, and can live with some really bad to mediocre acting, you might enjoy it.

3/5

I'm a fan too.

Same here

 

[bonesman]

I watched End of Watch on the recommendations of this board. I was left with really mixed feelings on the movie. I felt like the leads had a real chemistry to them, and really seemed to portray cops accurately. On the other hand - what was the story? It came off to me as a series of episodes of Cops - which I like, but don't constitute a film. There was relatively little to really bring me in - beyond the cop/buddy movie stuff. Which was great. But the script really felt like it lacked cohesion.

All in all, it was passable, but a lot of pointless, disconnected scenes. 6/10.

I don't know a lot of law enforcement officers, but do they really let perps have a "fair one" at crime scenes like that often?

I thought it was a pretty enjoyable movie, but the realism that everyone seems to like about it was completely lacking to me

 

[cstu]

Cube

I really liked the movie "Cube". If you don't mind the low-budget, and can live with some really bad to mediocre acting, you might enjoy it.

3/5

I'm a fan too.

Same here

 

[bonesman]

Holy Motors - Uhm...what? Still not completely sure what I watched. I didn't like it. I didn't dislike it, either. I wanted to turn it off after a few minutes but was fascinated with figuring out what was going on and watching him transform. Next thing I knew the movie was coming to an end. No way in hell would I ever recommend this movie to most folks but I can't say I'm sad I watched it. Really not sure what to make of it. To say it's an odd film is an understatement.

I just watched Holy motors trailer, omg that is the creepiest/weirdest trailer I have ever seen. Zero chance I would ever watch this movie

I got the exact opposite effect. Can't wait to check it out in about a half hr.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Cube

I really liked the movie "Cube". If you don't mind the low-budget, and can live with some really bad to mediocre acting, you might enjoy it.

3/5

I'm a fan too.

Same here

 

[jdoggydogg]

Shame

Starring Michael Fassbender's ####, this well-crafted, pointless movie portrays a man obsessed with sex. Don't waste your time.

 

[Daywalker]

Shame

Starring Michael Fassbender's ####, this well-crafted, pointless movie portrays a man obsessed with sex. Don't waste your time.

Yeah was expecting a bit more. The dialogue was mediocre at best. Nothing clever going on.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Shame

Starring Michael Fassbender's ####, this well-crafted, pointless movie portrays a man obsessed with sex. Don't waste your time.

Yeah was expecting a bit more. The dialogue was mediocre at best. Nothing clever going on.

No one to care about, barely any plot.

 

[Chaka]

Shame

Starring Michael Fassbender's ####, this well-crafted, pointless movie portrays a man obsessed with sex. Don't waste your time.

Yeah was expecting a bit more. The dialogue was mediocre at best. Nothing clever going on.

No one to care about, barely any plot.

I certainly could have done without the full rendition of New York, New York by Carey Mulligan and all the Fassbender schlong, in that order.

 

[El Floppo]

Shame

Starring Michael Fassbender's ####, this well-crafted, pointless movie portrays a man obsessed with sex. Don't waste your time.

Yeah was expecting a bit more. The dialogue was mediocre at best. Nothing clever going on.

No one to care about, barely any plot.

I certainly could have done without the full rendition of New York, New York by Carey Mulligan and all the Fassbender schlong, in that order.

I wrote this back when I saw it- but if you're at the end of your rope... ie: resorting to cruising chelsea sex clubs for same-sex encounters to highlight your despair... but still have the three-way with a couple of hot girls sitting in your pocket- then your movie makes no sense.