It's only RM10.

I spend RM35 on this.

I want my money back. I want my money back.

The subject matter isn't new to me.

I believe in CSI Season 5, Episode 24: Grave Danger: Volume 1 & Episode 25: Grave Danger: Volume 2, the episodes directed by Quentin Tarantino they dealt with te same subject matter.

And then again in Kill Bill Vol 2, also directed by Quentin Tarantino.

So not really motivated to go watch it in the cinema...

So all war movies, romantic comedies, buddy cop movies are all the same to you since the subject matter isn't new to any of us?

How come no one quoted Buried Alive?

Okay.

I'm afraid the there really isn't much original idea's left.

Most movies you see nowadays are variation of the same theme, and with added complexities.

Complexities can be

1) Making the movie variations of many themes (case in point, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn and lump together a high tension escape convict movie, which a high tension vampire movie and Inception taking the world of matrix into multi layer plane etc)

2) More mind boggling effects

Just my opinion.

I never said I would never watch Buried, I will probably watch it when it comes out in HD. (Low in FUNDS )

For the record, I rarely watch war movie.

I don't believe in it.

Don't stop war from happening, I just don't believe in it...

My Two Sen

so you have money to buy the blu ray(which costs more than RM80) but you have no money to watch it in the cinemas(whereby it may cost as little as RM7)?

that makes no sense.

unless you mean.....

People are complaining this movie doesn't have any special effects? I thought the special effect of the fire in the coffin was very realistic. And the finger cutting part...

On a serious note, pretty good movie. Nice to see something else in the cinema besides comedy/love/action movies.

I dreaded the show. Haven't got this feeling of wanting to walk out from the cinema for a while. And it didn't help to have a bunch of girls chatting away in the cinema. Haih

You should've just went out man. Its either that, or you beat the idiots chatting.

I had the same problem. It was a bunch of idiots scrutinizing the show. Why don't they just scrutinize it when its over and let the others enjoy it? Sheesh.

man...wanna watch this movie in JB also dun have

I can't believe ppl are complaining about special effects when the premise of the movie is getting stuck in a coffin, what more special effect do this movie need?

Just watched this movie in Alamanda Putrajaya RM 7. I absolutely lapped up every minute of it

Been following RR since his sitcom "2 Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place" days. He is indeed one of my favourite actors hence my choice to watch this movie

this is a type of movie where you either grow to love or hate as the movie develops or grow to hate. Being the single actor in the movie reminded me of another movie, I am Legend. unlike that movie where Will actually moves around. Ryan is actually stuck in the coffin for the entire 90 mins. No doubt there could have been other actors that might have pulled this movie off but RR's depiction of the Paul Conroy character dovetailed perfectly with plot and ive seen worse from RR before namely XMen and Blade.

Ending was abit hollow but i enjoyed the entire experience.

7.5/10 for me

This post has been edited by triple02: Oct 29 2010, 05:42 PM

For me, being Deadpool was the best thing i've ever seen Ryan do in his whole career. haha. Typically suits the merc with the mouth.

Just watch it last week, did not have high expectation, knowing that the whole movie you just see one guy in a coffin.
At the end to me it was a great movies with good plot and story telling. It keep the momentum going and never a dull moment except the beginning when RR struggling to light up the lighter.

I'll give it 8/10.

I watched it 24 hours ago and personally, I like it. It was worth my 94 minutes as (1) Its claustrophobic effect is so capturing that I did even have time to think of Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) at all and (2) I paid only RM5 for it.

I, for one, thought the movie was beautifully done.



This post has been edited by spartacvs: Nov 3 2010, 08:05 AM

Hi, long time lurker and first time posting here.

Personally, I think how someone would perceive this movie depends on what he or she knows about it before entering the theatre. It's important to know that yes, Ryan Reynolds is the only person you'll see on screen for the entire length of the running time. Yes, the entire movie takes place within the coffin he was buried in and all other characters in this film are just voices on his cellphone.

If you're curious how a film like this got made and why it's such a critical darling, you should probably check it out. If you don't think you can stare at closeups of Ryan Reynold's sweaty face contorting for an hour and a half, this is probably not for you. If you aren't capable of paying attention to dialogues to tease the story out from a movie, or if you do not like seeing something radically different projected on the big screen for once - give Buried a pass. I thought it's one of the best films of the year. And I certainly hope it does well enough in theatres that more movies like this make it to Malaysia.



Here's a decent spoiler-free review of Buried which tells you everything you need to know about the film before seeing it. The author also riffed a bit on the crappy crowd he saw Buried with and how they almost ruined the experience for him.

A Positive Malaysian Review of Buried

P.S. The best special effects are those you don't even know are there at all

This post has been edited by John Uskglass: Nov 3 2010, 07:12 PM

Malaysian public movie goers list an average score of 2/5 or for Buried based on Yahoo Movies Malaysia.

While on IMDb, the average score based on the International public movie goer is 7.8/10 and on Metacritic is 8.0/10.

Why is there such a huge difference?? :S

Because Malaysians don't like watching a single shot movie?

Its a guy getting stuck in a coffin for 94 minutes. Its not a movie, its bullshit.

To them at least.

Because Malaysians don't know how to watch a movie. They're too busy talking amongst themselves, talking on the phones, texting, offer live commentary whether other audiences like it or not, treating the theater like a coffee shop or a playground, letting their kids running around, than actually trying to understand the plot of a film. I hate to say it, but it was the rudest and least considerate audiences I've ever encounter. The only reason I didn't get bothered when I watch Buried at a theater here is because I have to pick a late night showing on a Sunday at a theater at a crime-infested area ON PURPOSE just to make sure not a lot of audiences would show up. Yeah, basically I have to risk my life to make sure I have a half decent theater viewing experience. LOL. Even then, there was still a couple there talking thru out although they're just whispering so I just thank God it could have been way worse.

I don't get it, if you like talking so much, why not talk somewhere else. You don't have to pay 9 bucks for it...

This post has been edited by Oceanic6: Nov 3 2010, 06:59 PM

The Malaysians who dislike this film are probably the same folks here in this thread who liked the execrable Phua Chu Kang film. Every single one of my friends in college hated Buried with a passion. I got a friend who wanted to see it but couldn't get anyone to go with him because word of mouth got so terribly toxic.

I guess the disconnect between Malaysian filmgoers and filmgoers worldwide is due to the fact that Malaysians aren't used to researching films before watching them. I still think the main reason why Buried bombed here in Malaysia is because hardly anyone expected the film to take place entirely in the coffin, featuring only one actor and when they realise that midway through the film, they get whiny. The alternative explanation is that Malaysians are just tasteless, gormless yokels - that I can easily believe too.

And I concur with the above poster. Malaysian audiences are also real douchebags in theatres. In almost every screening I attended, I had to tell people around me to shut the f*** up

This post has been edited by John Uskglass: Nov 3 2010, 07:11 PM