I no rite? I spotted that too, I was surprised.

filmyguy1

Big trouble in little China: Commentary with Kurt Russel and John Carpenter

Eeally enjoyable commentary, everyone had major fun making this. Russel and Carpenter seem like good friends wich makes this commentary more enjoyable. If you like the movie, be sure to make it a watch

The Trip - BRAWL 2012

ITS A DOUBLE BILL. Because I can never get any work done in the evening.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Looking back, its got better since I first watched it in the cinema. I've heard this movie get lots of slack from classic Sherlock Holmes fans who didn't like the fact Sherlock Holmes is an a$$hole who ruins his friends dates, blows up his friends house, conducts experiments on his friends dog, and drags his friend into certain death. But I loved Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes. Sure, I've heard some say he's just playing Ironman but without the suit - but Christian Bale played Batman in 'Terminator Salvation' and he got nominated for a raspberry award!

OK, maybe he is playing Ironman, but I loved him in that too, so I don't care. You can get away with playing the same role just as long as its entertaining. And he is really entertaining to watch. He still is super intellectual, only now he can kick a$$ as well. What's not to like?

Though, I'm hating all these movies implying sequels. Why does EVERY movie have to do it? Just because you hint that there will be a sequel doesn't mean there WILL be a sequel. I mean, I'm fine with open endings like 'National Treasure', 'Avatar', 'The Incredibles' etc (movies where the story has ended, but not the franchise), but when the story is left incomplete....that just annoys me. You feel cheated in a way.

On the plus side - the music, cinematography, and story is fantastic. I love how the tiniest of clues all fit together, just like the original novels. Though I think sometimes Sherlock is a little too intelligent - like how he plans out an entire fight combo consisting of over seven moves in a fraction of a second. And that wrestling match didn't really add anything to the story anyway. I know he's intelligent (he's Sherlock Holmes for god sakes!), but that's a lot to believe.

Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves

When I saw that they were making a new 'Robin Hood', I scoffed. I mean, sure, it has King Leonidas (though unless he yells "THIS. IS. SHERWOOD!!" I'm not interested) but does it have MORGAN FREEMAN, BRIAN BLESSED, SEAN CONNERY (OK, both of the latter are in the movie for like five seconds, but they're still awesome!),  and best of all: ALAN RICKMAN?? I think not!

You know, the guy who played Hans Gruber in 'Die Hard' and Snape in all the 'Harry Potter' movies so far? Are you not surprised that such a awesome villain is playing the Sheriff of Nottingham? Is that not the best casting since Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela?

In fact, he was so awesome that after the premier of the movie,  Kevin Costner (that pretty boy who plays Robin Hood) demanded that they cut some of the Sheriffs scenes because the audience were actually cheering him and laughing their heads off because he's so awesome. I hope to get my hands on the Special Edition some day, because I want to see these extra scenes. Rickman completely steals the show and makes the movie the awesomeness it is.

Oh, and the rest of the movie is OK. I don't care much for the 'Merry Men' (who are all American - why does Hollywood always make the villains British and heroes American? We make good heroes too!). The rest of the movie kind of falls victim to clichés. You have the fat friar tuck who is kind of the comedy relief, two idiots who also serve as comic relief (and fail), Lady Marion who at first is tough and can kick ass but then falls under the typical 'damsel in distress' syndrome and spends the rest of the movie screaming - which is really annoying, and the jackass of the movie played by Christian Slater back when he had a career. Yeah, he's pretty annoying too and not the strongest actor. Even when he gets an arrow straight through his hand he reacts like its one of those toy ones with suction cups at the end, and he recovers without a scratch by the next scene! No bandage, no damaged nerves or muscles, no hole...he's as good as new!

And Costner as Robin isn't anything spectacular. His performance is passable to say the most. And why does everything he does have to be unnecessarily dramatic. Like he could just burst through the door, but no, he has to climb up on the roof and swing on a banner - smashing through the window. Or he could just cut the heads off those two people running at him, but he has to swing on a rope and kick them down. Or he could just straight away shoot the executioner, but he deliberately waits there until just before he's about to cut the guys head off and THEN shoot, followed by a slow motion effect. And why does the arrow need to be on fire? And he could just wait for five seconds for the gate to open, but instead he has to LAUNCH HIMSELF ON A CATAPULT (why was it even there?) over the wall and conveniently fall on a haystack that just happens to be on the other side, despite them having no way of knowing it was there!

He reminds me of Sir Lancelot on 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail' when he has to cut everyone down in his path when entering the castle.

But on the whole, its a really good movie. And the music is FANTASTIC! Its so epic and high adventure. Well, apart from that cissy smash hit melody during the closing credits. I dunno, having that there was like having 'We Will Rock You' in 'A Knights Tale'.

-MRB

Last edited by Max Butcher (May 19, 2010 (03:17am))

Yes you will.

The Birds was a good film, but it was just ridiculous at times and the whole thing was fairly melodramatic.

Iron Man 2

IMO, it was better than the first movie. The plot line seemed much more plausible than its prequel. It also didn't have *ahem*sex*cough* like the other one, although it did have many sexual jokes and involved what's-her-name-hot-beatiful-agent-girl stripping in the back of a car down to her bra.

3/5

Latest video: splat.

I dislike movies that have sexy scenes in them just to lure guys into seeing the film and wooing them when they do.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
AWESOME!

I share the view that sex scenes are OK as long as they are relevant in some way:

LIKE: The most relevant I have ever seen was in 'The Terminator', which is probably the only sex scene in movie history that shapes the whole franchise (excluding exploitations...but do they count as franchises?).

UNLIKE: Any Uwe Boll movie where his only justification is "it makes us feel unsafe".

Really, if you want to see unrelated and extremely graphic sex scenes, just google it. We live in a day and age where you don't really need to watch a movie just to see a sex scene. But I agree that as a 16 year old with raging hormones, sex scenes are pretty awesome despite their relevance.

-MRB

Last edited by Max Butcher (May 21, 2010 (09:39am))