Hey even I know it's spelled SPECTRE!

Alright, spelling has NEVER been my STRONG POINT! As a matter of fact, not quite sure if I HAVE a strong point!!

Mendes said in an interview that they wanted Connery back but then decides otherwise as having Connery who is Bond would detract too much from the film.

Not even sure if that is possible, since Sean Connery turned down Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for reprising his role in Indiana Jones (THANK GOODNESS). Also, I think Sean Connery had on several occasions mention that is he DONE with the James Bond franchise.

The new Q is ok if he has less screen time. He's one of those fellas who can be smug-good in short spurts but smug-annoying if given any more weight.

Oh gosh do I wholeheartedly agree!!



As you have mention, I've never seen Macau as portrayed in the movie

In terms of books sequence, Casino Royale is the first book and Dr. No is the second. So if you watch the movies in the sequence I had suggested, in Dr. No, all the key characters are in place....

Well that's what I mean when I said the last scene suggests we are going back to the old days now...



I thought you were implying Dr. No was similar in ways to Skyfall, because I see nothing similar at all.

Pitch Perfect ( 2012 )

I absolutely love this movie. Maybe because there isn't alot movies on acapella, or maybe I missed it.
But this really made me feel the music and want to move with it in the cinema
The cast is great overall, Rebel Wilson really lightens up the whole thing and she was really funny. Anna Kendricks is really really pretty

I loved every bit of it, there was not a single part of the movie that I felt bored of. I didn't feel it was rushed or too slow but thats just my opinion Though maybe it has too much of vulgarities eg. b***h but I'm cool with it.

I give it a solid 5/5.

2012 Movies in Review

Am rewatching The Dark Knight Rises and was inspired.

Here are the movies which I enjoyed in the year of 2012...

Notice there are only 8 titles....

Which mean Nov and Dec better have good stuff to make up for the missing two titles

Also bare in mind this is just my personal opinion, I sure you have your own personal fantastic list as well

For your preview, here is my list (so far...)

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Skyfall
3. The Avengers
4. The Hunger Games
5. Chronicle
6. The Cabin in the Woods
7. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
8. Sinister

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 21 2012, 07:58 PM

What a populist list.

Hahaha!!



This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 21 2012, 10:01 PM

Here's mine. I don't think any one of them is truly great, but all of them at least met or exceeded my expectations, and in one way or another were notable for me.

War Horse
Haywire
The Grey
Men in Black 3
21 Jump Street
The Raid Redemption
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Premium Rush
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall

War Horse *Haven't Watched*
Haywire *I'm really surprise you like this!!*
The Grey *Haven't Watched*
Men in Black 3 *This fell below my expectation, although much better then the second*
21 Jump Street *Really??*
The Raid Redemption *Haven't Watched*
The Pirates! Band of Misfits *At least we agree on this*
Premium Rush *Haven't Watched*
Moonrise Kingdom *Haven't Watched*

My god you've become one of those General Moviegoers who only watches blockbusters!

I'm watching Heat. A real classic. The Dark Knight really owes some of its stuff to this huh.

AAAAHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh............ Me General Moviegoers Zombie................ Where next Blockbuster movie.............. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Probably none remaining for the year? Haha

Actually, I would mind watching these

Cloud Atlas *Don't think they are showing this here*
The Man with the Iron Fists *Don't think they are showing this here*
Life of Pi
Rise of the Guardians
Hitchcock *Don't think they are showing this here*
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Jack Reacher
Django Unchained

Ted (2012)

Supposedly, a surprise hit for 2012.

Mark Walhberg is actually in a lot of quirky movies

The premise of the movie is a boy get a teddy bear for Christmas, which he names Ted, makes a wish and Ted, comes to life. They make a pact to be best friends forever.

They grown up together.

Ted becomes... Let me put it this way, his speech and actions might make some American Sailors blush....

Mark Walhberg sings in this one and I go like Mark Walhberg sings???? And then it took awhile and it then occur to me, he started out as a singer (under the moniker Marky Mark)

A lot of famous people guest star in this one (this could have easily be this year The Guru, but Seth MacFarlane were able to rein things in just enough to make it OVERLY over the top).

If you like quirky and movie like Kickass, you will like this.

My Two Sen

Paranorman (2012)

Very interesting premise.

Norman is an 11 year old boy that... wait for it, can see dead people...

In normal society, he seems "weird".

And he is a diamond in the rough

The history of his town, includes a dreaded witch that had place a curse on the fore fathers on the town...

Norman maybe the key to undoing this...

What do I think?... The execution is flawed...

Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell doesn't have the finesse of Pixar, nor the off beatness of Dreamworks to make this a fantastic movie

It is just okay for me...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 22 2012, 07:20 PM

Now Ted and Dreamworks are quirky and off beat? Tsk tsk losing your touch la old man. :

And you are TOO cynical for a young'un.... young'un!!

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 22 2012, 01:43 PM

Ted [2012]

I was expecting a full-blown comedy but then it seems the studio wants to put some serious tone in it, which really isn't needed and in turn, drags the entertainment value down for this flick. I am in the mood to laugh(especially when the trailer is so full of fun scenes, I guess you just can't trust trailer at all). They should just make the film light-hearted from the first second till the end, I mean...it has a freaking bear toy that talks, how serious can it be?

Instead, they choose to follow Hollywood 101, add some "lesson" thing in the end, one shall grow up and not stick with childhood bla bla bla and bla. That entire subplot by the second half of the movie just isn't needed, it takes away from the comedy atmosphere(and also the primary plot which is the relationship), they should just utilize the bear more and go for a full-out comedy, something closer to the like of The Hangover. I would say the "tone jump" or "mood switch" whatever worked well for Click IMO, not Ted.

Two thumbs in the middle, 6/10

The Expendables 2 [2012]

I didn't expect much(I was dragged by my friends to watch those if you are wondering why I watch this despite not expecting too much of it), but this turns out to be better than the first one. The first one is just...lacking in action and just makes them up with a lot of explosions. Yeah, I know explosions is an element in action film but literally a ton of them is just overdo, I might as well just youtube some explosion video and loop it over and over if that is what I seek.

This sequel has better action scenes, nice cameo and just better executed than the first one.

One thumb up because it's better than the first one, 6.5/10

21 Jump Street [2012]

Not sure how to describe this but it is a fun one for me. I didn't feel much about it on my first watch but the second watch-through is much more interesting. I find a lot of the scenes funny in this one and I don't even give a sh!t to Channing Tatum until I watch this. Good dialogues on some part and I think it shows the generation gap and changes in schools quite well.

Two thumbs up for a 8/10.

Total Recall (2012)

Sony spent an estimated 125,000,000 US dollars on this.

And no, it will not pull Sony out of financial woes...

Firstly, Len Wiseman is a very visual director. The production quality is very high. GCI galore.

Secondly, Len Wiseman believes in the best flattery is to emulate... Hence the JJ Abrams look (Lens flare galore), the I-Robot, robots, The Minority Report MagnaLift Cars etc (all Philip K Dick's works by the way).

Thirdly, Len Wiseman wife, Kate Becksale, is one of the main leads here, so she gets a lot of screen time.

So, put One, Two and Three together, what do you get?? Style over substance....

So in short, this is a dud....

It is a dud's DUD.

I fell asleep at the third act.

There is no chemistry between Colin Farrell, Kate Becksale and Jessica Biel (who for the life of me, I cannot understand why she is an actor, because, she couldn't even pull off a school play...)

Apart for the visual spectacle, there really is nothing to this movie.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Nov 25 2012, 07:20 PM

Lol. I thought the new Total Recall wasn't bad. Not very good either, but it exceeded my expectations which to be fair were very low. It's just a mildly entertaining junk food movie. Style over substance, sure. But so was Verhoeven's. It's got nothing on the original of course, the autocab scene is one of the funniest I've ever seen.

Not impressed with the look of the new film. The entire thing is shiny sheen CGI. Not an ounce of believability or a sense of a world lived in.

So, typical popcorn movie? Or slightly better than average popcorn standard?