no mindless gun blazing things blowing up action flick.
thus my iq don't register anything impressive with it. tho my wife did cried

3/5. because nothing blew up.

Napolean Dynamite! still funny after all this year!

watch a few movies lately but nothing worth mentioning except the machine. a somewhat light but refreshing syfy story about playing god - creation of cyborgs and robots with human intelligence for the purpose of war.

rotten tomatoes gave it 79%, i give it 3/5.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 13 2014, 06:46 PM

Hahaha! Yes, nothing blew up. I suppose one has to be familiar with the movie Mary Poppins (Again nothing blows up) to fully appreciate this.

The fact that nothing blew up and u still gave it a 3/5 is a really testament that it is a very well made movie!

Cheers

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Apr 14 2014, 12:03 AM

*Sigh* like everything nowadays, profit is king, which explains that sequels is a safe course, especially if the first movie is profitable, which means "original" material hardly get made...

Sad really...

eh i'm sure there's a lot of movie you have yet to see that is worth it, i've watch dear zachary and grave of fireflies earlier this year, both made me shed tears like a baby!!!!!

I have not watched Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) and Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is an amazing movie. Please note the years they were produced. I was lamenting the current stated of movie making...

oh yeah i know the top movies of recent 2010 upwards i would suggest that u somehow will reflect upon your life would be the-- kid with a bike (2011) we need to talk about kevin (2011) The hunt (2012) Incendies (2010) amour(2012) Her (2013) Reality (2012) about time (2013) melancholia (2011) moonrise kingdom (2012) like someone in love (2012) never let me go (2010) somewhere (2010) if u have the time try dl and watch and give me your opinion, some is more of an artsy movie rather than just straight heavy punchline drama (artsy in term of cinematography) oh and samsara (2011) is so beautiful to watch despite being an art with motion pics.

and i intentionally avoid to named the usual suspects like silver linings playbook, tree of life, wolf of wallstreet, american hustle, blue jasmine, drive, etc cause its quite well known and mainstream and i expected a movie aficionado like you would have watched it anyway, but hey while the entertaiment value is high in this one with crowd pleasing stars and storyline, it is still entertaining in a way which makes it enjoyable to pass the time. and every now and then you just have to watch comedy movie, animation, straight action violence movie, to diversified your life, it will be a bit boring if you were to watch 5 star movie everyday (5 star movie tends to carry deep morale issues as their main plot think 12 years a slave)

with that being said i watched national lampoon presents:surf party ahahaha

anyone reading this please avoid watching it, waste of your free time.

Wow. Quite a list.

I have watched and reviewed We Need to Talk About Kelvin (2011) and Samsara (2011, Have you watched Baraka (1992)?). If you like Samsara you should also consider Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), Naqoyqatsi (2002, my least favourite) & Chronos.

The only issue with the above is that they have never been properly restored (my opinion) for HD although I believe they were shot in 75mm...

Will look the rest up, thanks.

'Million Dollar Baby'. Story of a determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.

"Anyone can lose one fight."

"If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you."




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GARO - Flower of Makai Episode 2

hilary swank totally redeem herself in this after watching karate kid 4 lulz

tony jaa is back in tom yum goong 2 or protector 2. 10 years later, tony is as agile and energetic as he was in ong bak.

i thought ongbak2, ongbak3 and tom yum goong were weak sequels and spinoffs.

tyg2 is more watchable - impossible stunts, more and better fighters albeit a weak story and poor acting by foreign actors.

one thing i noticed - not about rza but a guy named mareese crump - great fighter, seems to be well rounded in several types on martial arts incl wing chun.

stunts, punches and kicks... 4/5. story, drama... 2/5.

remember spl 殺破狼 with donnie yen, sammo hung, simon yam and wu jing? looking forward to seeing tony jaaa in spl2 or kill zone 2 with simon yam and wu jing next year.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 16 2014, 06:44 PM

Kiss kiss bang bang!!!! excellent comedy mv, defo a good watch.

One of Robert Downey Jr. better works before his renaissance (Iron Man and Sherlock)

Thanks for this. Will look out for it.

Thank goodness Donnie Yen is not in SPL2!! He had gotta way TOO big headed...

I like Wu Jing's work. Had liked him since Tai Chi II (1996)

he's very good, think he's from the same wushu academy as jet li in beijing.
first saw him in legend of zu, then spl, fatal move, shaolin.
i had thought wu jing wud be the right successor to jet li but seems he's not making it big, yet.

there was bruce lee->jackie chan->jet li->donnie yen.

only donnie yen remains kungfu active, still good but a bit bigheaded, i agree...

there seems to be no promising wushu experts on the screen at the moment. there are a few good looking guys from china, taiwan and north america who can move a bit but are just actors without good martial arts background.

and all those fake ipmans incl tony leung and anthony wong... i find them so very poor...!!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 17 2014, 05:08 PM

There is this young kid from the movie Triad Wars (2008) aka "Fatal Move" (he play a memeber of the triad. During the prison escape he died!!). He is pretty good. Unfortunately, with his looks... more suited for the "bad" guy...