Have fun sharing guys....

Just watched amazing spiderman 2, feeling meh..

animation consider? Watched Appleseed alpha.... graphic is good but story line is too loose

just watch capt.america winter soldier. surprisingly better than i thought. my opinion though, others may differ.

300:rise of the empire

Last night, Veronica Mars.

Two nights ago, Pompeii.

Planning to watch Winter's Tale tonight.

A lot of backlog. Saw 300 ROE, Spiderman 2 and CA Winter Soldier on cinema. Will try and catch them again on the smaller screen if time permits to see if their bluray release is anything special.

watched The Amazing Spider Man 2 and i fell asleep halfway watching it.
Captain America the Winter Soldier now this managed to keep me awake for the 2 hours and 15 mins. Going to watch Fading Gigolo later.

Just watch Expendable 3 720p and SAO Episode 5

These two 1080p?

Nope, expandable 3 oni 720p, SAO 2 episode 5 (not sure)

son,this thread is only for 1080p

Sorry guys...

To AVFAN: Starship Troopers Invasion (2012).. Not bad also...

thanks for headsup. will check it out. din realize there is a 4th one!
the first one 1997 was excellent.
i din like the 2nd and 3rd movies, can't remember much...


also...

amazing spiderman 2 is.... poor. 2/5.
too long drawn with petty scenes,, little suspense.
cg overdose, jamie foxx can't act or sound like a villain!
while we can be sure there will be amazing spiderman3, i'm not looking forward to it given the first 2.
i like the original spiderman1-2-3 trilogy 2002-2007 better.

Boss, that one is animated movie...

ya, i just took a peek.
looks much like appleseed or final fantasy stuff.
directed by a japanese, should be enjoyable!

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Aug 7 2014, 10:34 PM

captain america 2 = best, no sleep
amazing spiderman 2 = zzzzzzzzz
noah = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

watched snowpiercer by Chris Evans. such a twisted background story for Curtis the main character!

was it shown in local cinemas?

ya la.. half of it is like love story.. boring.

wah got new one. i really like this series.

Eh, i was kinda okay with the love story. It showed that he struggled trying to love her and protect her in the same time, a classic superhero problem.
Well, I guess there's way too much of the love story that makes people hate it.

What I dont like is that they basically did what Spiderman 3 did. Cram in as many villains as possible in a movie.
Electro is suppose to be a great villain but they pretty much screwed it up. His reason for being evil was way too silly.
Goblin was decent, meh.

I feel like they should stick to 1 villain per movie like what Nolan did in the batman trilogy.
More villains = crappy villains
Which makes me worry for the upcoming Sinister Six movie that they had plan.

Watched Locke last night. Surprisingly even is it's only Tom Hardy driving his bmw and talking on the phone for the whole damn movie it's amazingly good.

still thinking if i want to watch this...

yes becos it's tom hardy. no becos it's unlike other movies...

i can think of 4 similar ones...

phone booth - colin farrell in phone booth, little else
buried - ryan reynolds in a coffin, little else
all is lost - robert redford on a boat
gravity - sandra bullock in a spacecraft but with george clooney

what next? one person movie... on a bicycle, on a tree branch?

Got 1 movie quite similar with Buried, I can't remember the title. The movie not bad...
Wrecked (2011) - One man show.
127 Hours (2011) - One man show.

ya, i remember that one, think it's 127 hours - about a mountain climber falling and trapped under rocks. the whole 2 hrs shows him under the rocks...!!

wrecked... can't remember if i watched it.

Haha, 127 Hours better than Wrecked... Further more 127 Hours is a true story...

AVFAN: I remember now, the movie is BRAKE (2012).....

need for speed divergent spiderman 2

Yes, saw it on the cinema. Ok only.

Cast Away by Tom Hanks. Not a true story though.

Blended (2014)

Okay, let's cut through the chase.

How bad is this movie?

Frankly, it is pretty up there!!!

Okay, if you had watched The Love Guru (2008), this is almost as bad...

Bottom line, Adam Sandler tried SO hard to make this funny and it ended up counter intuitive...

It does have two (2) good parts
And the absolutely worst thing about this movie is
Well, if you watch it after reading this, you cannot say I did not try to warn you...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 20 2014, 01:29 AM

Godzilla 2014, unexpected story. Good movie (My 2cents)

Human centipede. It was bad

godzilla.... worst movie of 2014.

should be called darkzilla.

becos first 80% of the movie is in 80% darkness, can't see much. last 20% in 95% darkness.

you can will fall asleep in the last 25 min.

ya, power blackout, nuclear clouds, sunset, nightime.... but bad for movie.

unlike, say battleship or pacific rim, all is bright, all aliens, spacecraft, monsters in full color and bright.

thread quiet... must be becos currently, a dearth of blockbuster movies...

meantime, i hv 3 concerts to recommend - if the music genre suits u:

air supply live in hong kong 2013
the 2 aussies are getting old, all white hair but can still croon and woo the romantics.
the concert hall looks cheap, nothing much to look at but the music captured is good.
1980's reminiscence, love songs, pop-rock.
in dts hdma, bass a bit heavy, test yr subwoofer.
overall, quite a blast for 100 mins.


sarah brightman dreamchaser world tour 2013
brightman looking plump but still the grand soprano.
this concert hasn't got all her lloyd webber's greatest hits but time to say goodbye, neesun dorma and phantom of the opera are there.
most striking in this concert is the impressive use if laser lights and a stage size curved screen as background.
in dts hdma.


zz top live in montreux 2013
texan trio of husty hill, frank beard and billy gibbons continues.
as usual the longbeards rock like they always do.
all familiar songs - la grange, tosh, got me under presssure, etc.
dts hdma, play loud!

Just wnodering, where do you guys usually source for 1080p? Piratebay? Any other nice sites?

I don't think there is another better source

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

I am an avid Disney fan.

Disney as a movie company isn't "perfect".

There are some older movies that played on, lacking a better "racial stereotype", so much so that the company does not even contemplate releasing them on home video (VHS, DVD & Bluray. A movie comes to mind is Song of the South [1946]). Don't know which movie I am talking about? Without that movie, we would not have the Academy Award winning song, Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah!!

Don't get me wrong, this is not a racist movie (er.. there is that German scene), what I want to impress on you here is that there are older Disney movie, that I find.... coining a more current vocabulary, meh!!!

While Disney was making Mary Poppins (1964) even when producing the movie, Disney did not get the book to movie rights from the author (Saving Mr Banks [2013] anyone?). In one of these desperate moments where Disney feels he cannot get the rights to Mary Poppins, the Sherman Brothers who were working on the music for Mary Poppins where ask to work on music for another book. One which Disney had gotten the movie rights to, namely Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

A few songs were written, and then Disney got the rights to Mary Poppins and it was full steam ahead for Mary Poppins.

After Walt's passing, the Sherman Brothers left Disney, and in 1970, they were invited back, to further work on Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Disney was hoping for another family oriented movie like Mary Poppins. The movie was completed in 1971, and one week later, Walt's brother, Roy, passed away....

What am I going on about?

The story in this movie is plenty HAPHAZARD!!!

Supposedly, the lady lead Angela Lansbury, because of the special effects was told how to act, and she was very unhappy about that, and it shows...

Another issue which I think could have made the story so, was that they cut a three hour movie into less than two, so that the theaters could play the movie more often during the release....

Just a very clunky movie...

The bluray version have alot of extended scene and cut scene and instead of putting them back into the movie, they was put in the supplementary section instead...

Clunky.

I can see how the movie can be appealing to the really young'un.

I cannot remember if I saw this when I was young...

I however remember watching it on TV... so....

Clunky. Not a great classic in my books. And I am saying this, as an AVID fan of Disney movies....

Please understand that this is JUST an opinion.

My Two Sen

The Internship (2013)

I don't like Vince Vaughn. I just don't!!

Having said that, I was actually surprise I like this.

In this bad economic times and with jobs getting scarce what happened to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson is occurring more and more often.

What I like most about this movie is the can do attitude of Vince Vaughn's character, even when the chips are down.

An entertaining comedy, with actually really good life learn.

Watch it if you haven't

My Two Sen

Dry season, not much movies to watch.

Reboot "The Bourne"

ya, been a dearth of movies for many moons. bourne... i never get tired of watching bourne 1-2-3-4!


since lousy godzilla, a couple of good ones have arrived:

edge of tomorrow, a syfy flick. the idea of time travel and resetting timelines is not new, been used in many movies incl timeline 2003 and stephen chow's a chinese odyysey pandora's box. edge of tomorrow just has a diff setting and purpose. tom cruise is good, as usual. effects are reasonable, dtshdma audio is good. 3.5/5.



transformers age of extinction. rotten tomatoes gave it 18%! no great drama to expect from such a movie, but i somehow like it, maybe becos of mark wahlberg rather than lebeouf. all the bots come with slightly changed outfits but recognisable. great action like the 3 predecessors, superb audio with ddtruehd. 3.5/5.



now, wait for x-men days of future past and dawn of the planet of the apes ... probably the last two good movies for the year.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Sep 21 2014, 11:45 AM

Watched edge of tomorrow last week. At least a good movie with real ending. I like watching movies with actual ending not like the lord of the rings or similar hate the 1/2full stomach.

I find the transformer bit dragging. Felt asleep in the cinema :D

i just read... edge of tomorrow is adapted from a japanese manga called all you need is kill. wow, hope the japanese will make a cyberpunk movie/tv series with it like ghost in the shell and appleseed!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Kill


This post has been edited by AVFAN: Sep 21 2014, 06:38 PM

The Jap have the originality

Hungry Ghost Ritual 盂蘭神功 (2014)

Nick Cheung directorial debut and... he chose a ghost story??

First Simon Yap now him?...

Do they really think that horror movies are easy to make??

The interesting thing was it was actually filmed in Malaysia (Why do Hong Kies thinks that Malaysia's spooky??). The thing that shocked me most was... seeing a Proton Waja in one of the scenes!!

Movie revolves around an Cantonese Opera Troupe.

There is a twist at the end, and I think there lies the issue...

Nick Cheung in his directorial debut, tried to pull an M Knight Shamalyan!!!

Did not quite work.. At least not to me.

I do have to add, that the very last frame of the movie is actually... poetic!!

Not the best horror movie by far, Nick Cheung needs to attend film school....

I'm mean, I know.

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 21 2014, 09:00 PM

Edge of Tomorrow 1080p & How to train your dragon 2

You guys have a lot to learn. TPB and KAT sucks 99% of the time because the movie encodes uploaded on there are absolute junk..
YIFY encodes suck..

Of course I will not come in here and just say this to you guys without giving you a better solution! RARBG is currently the best (it used to be Public-HD until they went MIA) if
you want to download from public trackers. Otherwise, look into private trackers, they are the best place to get your stuff.

Anyway, I've recently just watched X-Men Days of Future Past (2014), The Maze Runner (in the cinema), and As Above So Below (in the cinema as well).

Can't say a lot about X-Men but it was a pretty good film, though I didn't understand some stuff because I've never watched any X-Men movie before.

As for The Maze Runner, it was a really great movie!! Loved it. Enough said.

And As Above So Below was a pretty .. okay movie. I didn't like it that much and felt sleepy and dozed off for a bit multiple times. The movie was set (most of the time) inside a dark cave-like place (underground) and you can't really see much. Was an 'okay' horror movie. A little bit boring I'd say.


Currently looking to watch The Hundred Foot Journey and Annabelle in the cinema! I don't know where else to talk about what movie did you watch in the 'cinema', so might as well just post it here alongside what movie I've watched on my computer.

publichd and rarbg relationship.... i din know that, thanks!
actually, tpb n other generic search engines also contain many publichd or rarbg links, so ok.....

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Sep 22 2014, 03:28 PM

yes, u will need to follow the last few movies to get all of it, especially the history of the characters wolverine, Charles n magneto.

Yeah, TPB and other generic search engines do contain torrent links to some quality encodes, but if you browse via the "top 100" or something similar, you can rarely see a non-YIFY quality encode.

This post has been edited by IntensiveBytes: Sep 22 2014, 04:32 PM

Agreed. I still decided to watch it anyway because I was bored and wanted a movie to watch. It was a good movie for a quick watch, fun and exciting, even if you do not know
the history of the X-Men movie universe and it's characters.

well, its up to the users to choose which to have. some ppl go for the highest quality but some are only looking for decent sizes. in TPB, I found both. its about the sources and it is up to users to choose.

Just watched transformers age of extinction 41GB++, Audio : 4/5, Audio : 4.5/5, pretty awesome LFE feel...... cos the sub just beside me~~~~!

This post has been edited by cmw_kwl_6923: Sep 22 2014, 09:06 PM

Most of the search contain low, mid, high, super high quality. Have to look into the detail information from the uploader post. Publichd also have lousy quality source.

fair comment, valid.
however, as time goes by n if one is still dwelling in this past time called watching movies, the mode of procurement evolves.
low grade ones, 1-2 Gb, don't even need to dl, just stream online with android or other devices, watch n forget! 30-50gb ones, ok, get, watch n collect them!


anyway, think enough... we shud talk about the movie and not the procurement as that is a forbidden/taboo subject, dun wanna get thread closed by moderator... still, we understand every now n then someone will ask "how and where"....

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Sep 22 2014, 08:09 PM

Next in my list: The Hunger Games Catching Fire 1080P 60FPS. Only 10GB in size. Already watched the movie in the cinema but will give it a second watch on my computer in 60FPS
Will post once I give it a watch.

This post has been edited by IntensiveBytes: Sep 23 2014, 12:06 AM

so, we got ourselves the first bluray with atmos.
interesting, as the bitrate is only 4388 kbps with atmos together with truehd.

must visit my cousin then. he got himself atmos capable receiver.

fair enough bro

currently watching this movie. such a good review in IMDB (score 8.2)

this movie also got 80% from rotten tomatoes. so, if u like romantic comedy, it shoud be good.


talking of ratings, how do people go about deciding which movie to watch?
i usually look at rotten tomatoes, will consider if >60%, more so if the genre is what i like.
if a movie belongs to a running franchise like transformers, x-men or jason bourne, lower rm rating doesnt matter!
i usually do not read much into imdb ratings as i find it too generous.

how do you guys go about it?

I rely mostly on IMDB, ratings 6 and above, plus the user reviews.
But for Asian movies, I go for higher ratings because the ratings for such movies are generally over-rated.

HK Movies, I skip the IMDB rating, totally off. Need to deduct 2 points.

Some IMDB ratting are high, but boring to me. e.g. Nymphomaniac, felt asleep

people now had to re-encode the atmos/truehd track inside age of extinction because some older receivers just can't decode the lossless truehd/atmos track even though it's supposed to be backward compatible.

how nice.

wow, re encode 7.1.. awesome..

Hehe, house only have 5.1 no need to re-encode.

me too...

x-men days of future past is excellent. another great bryan singer film. as good as the last one, x-men first class. both original and young characters all come back, incl iceman, jean and cyclops. 4/5.



ya, the movie reaches back to the previous movies on a few things, esp the relationship between charles-magneto-mystique and wolverine-stryker.
get hold of all 7, watch them all!

1.1 X-Men (2000)
1.2 X2 (2003)
1.3 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
1.4 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
1.5 X-Men: First Class (2011)
1.6 The Wolverine (2013)
1.7 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Sep 25 2014, 01:37 AM

How about htib 5.1 set? Dapat dengar truHD sound?

Already got Bluray?
Am I slowpoke?

Ghostbusters II (1989)



Frankly, I was not a fan of this movie when it first came out. I thought it was a little tacky.

Having said that and having a chance to watch it again, I actually dig this now.

The interaction between Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver & Harold Ramis is just priceless...

Not to forget Rick Moranis & Ernie Hudson.

Harold Ramis will be solely missed in the third installment (they are supposedly making part 3)

The pre CGI effect as cheesy as they are are actually quite good!!

They sure don't make em like they used to...

Really enjoyed the interview with Dan Aykroyd and director Ivan Reitman in this one.

Don't know what I'm going on about?

Watch this and you'll see.

My Two Sen!!

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Oct 2 2014, 08:42 PM

Edge of Tomorrow, awesome BASS!

not bad at all

If u like tat,

u shld check out

Ronin


D

Comedies anyone?


The Other Guys (2010)



A black comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg (and also Eva Mendes & Michael Keaton). We seldom see Mark Wahlberg do comedies. This is a must watch. It's about investigation on a Ponzi Scheme with a lot of hillarious dialogues and scenes.



Horrible Bosses (2011)



Another black comedy film starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, and Jamie Foxx.
It's about 3 friends frustrated with their own bosses and hatch out plans to kill each other bosses to avoid suspicions. You'd be surprised to see Jeniffer Aniston's character in the movie! Hillarious dialogues and scenes throughout the whole movie..another must watch!

Anyone watch this movie already?

The Homesman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2398231/

My wife sleeps through most of the movies in our cosy home theatre. This French movie is one of the few this year that managed to keep her awake through out the entire movie. It is that good.
Supercondriaque


This post has been edited by skeelee: Oct 9 2014, 07:15 PM

Read My Lips



This movie is like a cup of Espresso, have to consume slowly…

It’s seem dull at the beginning, as the story go on, I cannot stop watching it.

uncanny similarity to hunger games.
bluray.com rated the audio 5 stars. sounds like 5 stars. maybe. tho i have no way of verifying with my partially, always lacking soundsystem


the story is left hanging. sigh. the PQ looks kindda awesome. i think. again, from a partially operational lacking system.

Million Dollar Arm (2014)

Life's got you down?

Need something inspiring?

Well, for something more recent, I would recommend this!!

Based on a true story.

Please be advise that this is a drama, story driven movie, without explosion and multi-million dollars special effect.

If you are patience and like to see a feel good movie, please consider

Nice to see Suraj Sharma outside of Life Of Pi!!

My Two Sen

Zoolander (2001)

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Yes, this is a dumb movie.

It is SO dumb in fact, it is actually very good!!

I really think this is Ben Stiller's best work to date.

The amount of talent in this movie is staggering!!

Owen Wilson
Christine Taylor (Ben Stiller's Wife)
Will Ferrell
Milla Jovovich
Jerry Stiller (Ben Stiller's Father)
David Duchovny
Jon Voight
Alexander Skarsgård
Donald Trump
Christian Slater
Tom Ford
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Tommy Hilfiger
Natalie Portman
Fabio
Lenny Kravitz
Gwen Stefani
Heidi Klum
David Bowie
Vince Vaughn
Tyrese Gibson
Billy Zane
Wynona Ryder
James Marsden
Etc, etc!!!

Mainly cameo's and all tongue in cheek!!

Malaysia is mention here, in a way you'll never guess, and I wonder when this was release was it banned in Malaysia? (Anyone??)

From "looks" (eg Blue Steel and Magnum) to self inflicted wedgies (ouch) this movie is ridiculously entertaining.

If you have not seen this, watch it. It is a very VERY good comedy!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Oct 13 2014, 01:00 AM

A Haunted House 2 (2014)

Okay, chances are, if you are reading this, it means you have either watched A Haunted House (2013) or you are familiar with Marlon Wayans' movies.

This is a comedy/horror that is R Rated.

R Rated not because of the horror elements but because you'll see many sides of Marlon Wayans you never wanted to see....

Movie this movie take the mickey out of are

The Conjuring (2013) (I will NEVER look at Annabella the same way again...)
All the Paranormal Activities

I think too much focus is place on Marlon Wayans...

So if you are a fan of his...

My Two Sen

Yes, it is banned - in de mv we are supposed to be sum sort of communist country [probably to our vicinity to Vietnam/Cambodia..]

Ben Stiller has toned down a lot since those days..

His 'Walter Mittys' brilliant..

D

More like Communist China!!

Manchurian Candidate ..excellent movie!!

Color of Night (1994)

I recall not liking this movie when it first come out.

After all this years, revisiting it, I STILL do not like this movie...

The story is cookie, and I believe this is the... "TRASHIEST" movie, Bruce Willis is in, to date.

The crazy thing is that there were alot of talents here

Scott Bakula
Lance Henriksen
Rubén Blades

etc.

Yes, I consciously left Jane March out of the list of talent.

I suppose after Fatal Attraction, that kinda started a wave, and this is one of the results from the said wave.

Really really... trashy...

My Two Sen

how to train your dragon 2 is not as good as the prequel.
the first 30 min or so was slow, took too long to get to the core of the story.
and it somehow comes across as copying a little too much from avatar - the flying movements, colors of wings and even the floating mountains.
overall, still very watchable. 3/5.

1962 or 2004?????

A.K.A. Sinatra or Denzel

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Oct 26 2014, 11:31 PM

Denzel..

Divergent

Revisited,

One of Will Smiths last great flicks n



Its got great surrounds n bass.. Images are fantastic too

D

i robot is definitely one of the best syfy movies ever made.

three laws of robotics or asimov's laws... isaac asimov 1942:

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.



anyway, i just watched hercules 2014. 2/5, poor. poor story, no character building, no suspense. pure crude force and smashing! rock johnson and john hurt failed to bring this movie up. same poor job as legend of hercules.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Oct 29 2014, 05:35 PM

Haha,

They expect de name Hercules to explain it all..
O well, Ill still get de BD .. for de bang bam boom..

D

frankly, better save the money and get this one - expandables 3!

just watched it in 1080p but non hd audio. may just get the bd when available...

the thing about this movie is it's like a party of old friends coming together... so, if you like good old fashion 90's action of sylvestor stallone, jason statham, arnold schwarzengger, harrison ford, mel gibson, wesley snipes, dolph lundgren, this is it. add a bit of jet li, antonio banderas, robert davi... bruce willis is the only one that was obviously missing. 3.5/5.

i see this franchise continuing as stallone seems to able to attract all the old action heroes and promoting some younger ones. he might just get jackie chan and tom cruise in the next one!