Tactical Unit: The Code - Okay
The Grey 2011 - Okay but not so good
Set Up - Not Okay...

Dragon: the bruce lee story love this movie
IP Man the final battle : not as good as part 1 or 2
SPL: donnie yen, cant get enough of this movie.
300: being spartan i love watching us kick ass brings pride to my heart.

I just watched the 2nd half of the story from Astro, and I can confirm that this tear jerker can be pretty upsetting. Chinese movies across the ages, especially during the heyday of Zhang Yimou's, Yellow Earth & Farewell my Concubine (Cheng Kai Ke) etc, do share the same unsettling feeling of inevitability after watching their movies. Maybe its the genre of the movie I used to watch, but I do not recall any famous chinese movies that does not leave any bad after taste. Either the subject is of bad life, died prematurely, or being a victim of traditional chinese culture etc.

When I get older I think I will also avoid movies like that.

1st half is even more heartbreaking when...

The Incredible

Saboteur (1942) Addendum

Had a chance to re-watch this.

A few interesting trivia.

When they started production for Saboteur, Japan just bombed Hawaii... (for reals)

Because of the war, the whole film was made in the studio's back lot!

Alfred Hitchcock puts alot of thought into his cameos. Apparently in this one, he and his secretary at the time we both suppose to make a cameo as a deaf and dumb person walking on the street. Hitchcock would then communicate with his secretary using sign language and she was suppose to slap him as if he had mad an "indecent proposal"!! But alas, the power that be decided that it would not properly portray dumb and deaf people so, they ended up standing in front of a drug store... (Boring)

Not one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie, because of the abrupt ending.... Maybe because the script writers were away to fight WWII (they left immediately after finishing the script for Alfred, so he had to hire a lady for the re-write).... I don't mean it as a bad thing, but the story feels disjointed to me

Norman Lloyd played Fry. Interestingly, I did not recognized him. I'm more familiar with his works in Murder, She Wrote and The Practice!!

Normandy sank during the filming of Saboteur. Alfred Hitchcock asked the news agency in Universal to get all the footage of the scuttled Normandy and purposefully cut a footage of the said scuttled ship into the movie, to make it more real!!

For anyone who had actually watched this, I have only one for thing to say "he should have a better tailor...."

My ADDED two sen.

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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

This movie has a script that is praise by critics!!

It is suppose to be brilliant, witty and well crafted.

Full of symbolism, intrigues, innuendos and suspense...

I watched in the first time on Australian TV...

It was... way above my pay grade.

Now, it is still... WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE!!!!

It is about a murder and at the end... I think I solve the murder, but am not sure, and also witness... wait I better not give that away...

This is one of the weirdest movie I have every seen.

To prove a point, have you even seen Eyes Wide Shut (1999)??

It is WAY stranger then THAT!!

It is English and it talks about... from what I can gather, the decadence of the upper class!!

Let's leave it as THAT!!

My Two Sen

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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Now for something completely different.

Li Ang's Eat Drink Man Woman.

Great script. Great acting. Great direction.

Drama and it is mesmerizing!!

I cannot take my eyes of it.

About a 5 stars restaurant chef and his relationship with his daughters.

Li Ang successfully portray the communication or lack there of in a Chinese family.

The way this family is able to talk to each other is through food!!

Just the way the food is prepared here!!

If you like a well crafted drama, look no farther.

Video transfer is on/off. I suspect the source material was NEVER fantastic. And have to add, it is much better then the DVD.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 6 2013, 09:30 AM

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Of all the life action Tarzan movie, I have to say this is my favorite.

Even today it is actually... relevant.

Christopher Lambert is spot on as Tarzan. Not a muscle bound man that grunts. I agree with the director Hugh Hudson. They had alot of trouble casting Tarzan and was actually in a hotel lobby in Paris at wits end... An in walks in Christopher Lambert. A lanky man...

What attracted the director to Christopher Lambert was... his eyes... There are "beast-like" quality to them!!!

They spent 3 month training this lanky lad into what you see on screen!!!

Ian Holm is also here!!

Interestingly, when Disney made an animated feature, there are scenes from this movie that are "transferred" over (shall we say).

What this movie did very successfully for me is, if Tarzan exist, what realistically can happen!!

Good stuff.

Please do not compare this to Tarzan and the Lost City (1998 *Groan*)

There is a CGI version of Tarzan being release this year. I understand they are also trying to revive a live action movie of Tarzan with Alexander Skarsgård (of true Blood fame)...

... All I can say is, let me enjoy this for now...

My Two Sen.

Godzilla 4K Remaster Edition (1998)

Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin!!

They rock the 90s.

What they did for the 90s in Hollywood, was what Paul Verhoeven did for Hollywood in the 80s!!!

Stargate, Independence Day etc!!

Back to Godzilla.

King Kong (1933) was a big deal. It was at the height of the Depression, and as poor as people was, they paid the nickel at the cinema to watch The Eighth Wonder of the World, if anything to escape their real lives...

And they actually rooted for King Kong when he rampage through New York city, because they feel his is destroying society that had trodden on them...

So when King Kong was on the Empire States building (the tallest building in the world at the time) and was shot down by the bi-plane, the people actually felt for the big ape...

Like King Kong, Godzilla is a monster movie. The irony is that the original King Kong inspired Toho to make Godzilla. And Toho did actually make a Godzilla vs King Kong movie after their owner of the King Kong rights keep failing to make another sequel to King Kong after The Son Of Kong!!

And in 1998, Toho license Godzilla to TriStar Pictures (a subsidiary of Sony) to make a big budget movie.

And the result is... mixed...

The critics were not particularly kind to it. I believe it made $136,023,813 (USA) although it cost TriStar $130,000,000 (USA) to make. Worldwide it made $221,600,000 (USD) and apparently that is still a disappointment to TriStar (if it is NOT a hit in the States... It is NOT A HIT!!!)

And like King Kong, we are suppose to feel for Godzilla and I do!!

Personally I enjoy this movie.

It is camp, but I like it.

It did spawn a Animated Series, and there was suppose to be a sequel but that never materialise...

Now they are planning a remake for 2014...

The Picture and Sound quality on the 4K Remaster is abundantly better then it's original Bluray release.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 9 2013, 09:54 PM

Raya movie day whole day today. Watched:

The Gangster Squad

The Adjustment Bureau

Argo Fxxx Yourself !

Source Code

RoboCop (1987)

Ah Paul Verhoeven...

Why did he decide to stop making movies in Hollywood...

Peter Weller got "the robot" down peg!!

Also very interesting what Kurtwood Smith (he is Clarence J. Boddicker the cop killer in this). Because when even I see him now, I keep imagining him as Red from That 70s Show!!! (My foot up your ass)

From a picture quality point of view, this movie is not pretty.

With Orion's bankruptcy, and then being sold to MGM and now MGM is mainly owned by Sony... I really wonder how well the masters for the film is being kept, let alone digitally remaster/restored (this looks more like a remaster rather then a remaster)...

Having gotten that out of the way, the movie itself (story line) is good and still stands the test of time!!

Like all Paul Verhoeven movie's this is very violent!!

So viewers beware.

My Two Sen.

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Watched: ....
Argo - Very very good movie....
I Spit On Your Grave (2010) - Good not bad....
Straw Dogs (2011) - Not bad. The coach killed the sheriff is stupid....
Drive (2011) - Good movie...

Funny things is all movies didn't show in Msia... hahaha...

This post has been edited by Mickey C: Aug 10 2013, 12:37 AM

Dante's Peak (1997)

When this movie was release, it was a big deal.

The visual feast and sound was spectacular!!

Now, re-visited on Bluray, visually and sonically... it is still GOOD!!

There are some inconsistencies though...

1) There are Vulcanologist who looks like Peirce Brosnan!!
2) The volcano at Dante Peak has multiple personalities.... There are three types of volcanoes. Composite, Cinder Cone and Shield Volcano. A volcano can either be one or the other and each have different characteristics!! At different point in time, Dante Peak display different types of characteristics relating to different type of volcano!?! Very puzzling. Apart from that, from a scientific point of view, when ever something happens to the volcano (apart from the multi personality), it is actually accurate.

But if you can get pass the above, it is an enjoyable disaster movie!!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 10 2013, 07:38 PM

better u watch tis one if u haven't. i like it!!

I have THAT!

I just haven't gotten around to it...

Independence Day (1996)

This movie made careers!

Roland Emmerich a sort after director.

Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich a sort after script writing team.

And Will Smith a sort after leading man!!

After the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, lost his fortunes...

Apparently, he squandered it ALL!!

Then this movie came along, and he showed the world that he has leading man quality!!

This movie was one of the first big budget movie which uses alot of CGI for special effects!!

Most of the F16 on screens were computer generated!!

There is a novel of this just before the movie was launch. I was in the period where I had to get my grubby little hands on everything about a movie before it was launch. I actually like the novel compared to the movie.

Some portions of the novel works alot better!!



If you like Scifi and Alien invasion and had not watched this (don't laugh, many a people on here is born after 1996) give this a try

Oh, some people like this, the transfer to BD for this movie is decent.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 11 2013, 08:27 PM

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Irvin Kershner ( of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back fame) director & Frank Miller (he wrote The Dark Knight Return, and Dark Knight) on story!!

What a combo!!

Sequels do not get better then this!!

And being rated R, there are ALL KINDS OF violence in this one as well. WAY more then Robocop!!

Anything that is good about the 1st movie is augmented here!!

And it is great.

I believe this this trilogy is probably the last few big budget movie using the Stop Motion (Made famous by King Kong and Ray Harryhausen).

Also the video transfer for this movie is much much stronger compared to the 1st one.

If you like Scifi and violence, go for this.

(Again don't laugh many a people here are born after 1990)

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 11 2013, 10:52 PM

RoboCop 3 (1993)

Here is a movie on how-to.

How to NOT make a sequel!!

First, they made it more appealing to kids (more like appealing to kids parents) by making it PG13...

Then they hired a TV director to direct this movie!!

Do not get me wrong, alot of TV directors when on and made good movies (eg. Joss Whedon anyone?) and have to add, this movie is SO BAD and basically killed the Robocop franchise, that the director, Fred Dekker had to stop directing... On that note, this feels alot more like a TV movie rather then a feature film...

Then when Peter Weller did not comeback as Robocop, they hired Robert John Burke as Robocop, and I can tell you, he does not know "the robot" as well as Peter...

Even with Frank Miller behind the script...

I have watched this before, and I knew it is a bad movie.

I forgot how bad it is until now... It is gonna take me a good decade before I can forgot how bad this movie is...

Hopefully with it recorded here, I do not have to make this mistake every again...

For the love of everything that is good, AVOID THIS LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!

Even if you have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do, AVOID THIS!!

I have watched this CRAP so you don't have to...

My Two Sen...

GhostBuster 4k remaster. 1984 I was 9 year old , now when I go to KFC , pretty cashier will ask ' Uncle want original or spicy ' Damn!

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