La Vie En Rose

The most creepy and touching film I've ever seen. Marion Cottilard is a fantastic actress, I only saw Edith Piaf through the entire thing. They had incredibly make-up design for her too. Amazing film, amazing story. I didn't know she had such an f-ed up life. I highly recommend this one. I don't agree it's for a PG-13 audience though, more 15 and upish.

5/5

filmyguy1

Rear Window rip-off though.

The Trip - BRAWL 2012

Red Sun
Pretty cool western, Charles Bronson is entertaining as usual. Though the acting of 'Cristina' was horrid and Alain Delon is way too much of an egotistical ass to be enjoyable.

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The Trip - BRAWL 2012

THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE

We just stayed up half the night watching all three LOTR movies in a row! We started a 11:00 am and ended at around 12:30 pm (since we took very brief bathroom and food breaks).  LOTR has to be the best movie trilogy ever.  No exceptions.

Dragon wars

Plain rubbish

Unstoppable  ★★★★★
Holy crap was that intense. I absolutely loved it!

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Taste varies with the Harry Potter movies. I personally loved 1+2, particularly 2, hated 3 WITH A VENGEANCE, didn't particularly like 4 although the graveyard scene did redeem it slightly (plus I liked the part when the Hungarian Horntail chases Harry through Hogwarts), 5 was a big improvement but still meh for me (the fact that its the longest book yet shortest movie was kinda in-excusable since there was loads of room for more scenes to be included that although wouldn't have added to the final outcome, would have improved the pacing - which was way too fast), and 6 was surprisingly good although I again didn't like the pacing - it seems this time like their trying to include everything in the book but yet because their compressing it so much, we only get a bit of the scene and are left more confused than before. But this is all my own opinion. I know some people who hated the first two and loved the third (I personally think those people are insane...but if that's their opinion then fair enough)

But.....I really liked this one. It wasn't perfect, there was stuff I would have done differently ...but I'm not a Hollywood writer/director/producer, so I guess I'll just leave it to the professionals, who do a surprisingly good job.

I want to kiss whoever proposed the idea of splitting this movie into two parts. Right from when it was announced, I thought it was the best thing that could happen. There isn't really much you can cut from the final book before the story stops making sense. And I love how there is so much more time to slow the pace down for once. Scenes like visiting Harry's parents grave, and Hermionies reaction to Rons leaving are much more spread out. And the slower pacing of the break into the Ministry of Magic than I expected means that the whole sequence is both tense and hilarious. Just the shifty expression of Runcorn (the guy Harry impersonated) alone had me in stitches, and I never thought I could laugh so hard at two people standing awkwardly in a lift.

But the Ministry Break-In did kinda go down-hill. In the book Harry didn't change back until....actually it doesn't say...but he's still Runcorn when he's trying to escape, meaning its only until the real Cattermole (the guy Ron was impersonating) emerges that their cover is blown - which is just before they escape. I found it REALLY STUPID that no-one didn't recognise 'Undesirable No.1' instantly....and why were they not using magic? Why are they chasing them on foot? Just blast them with a full body bind curse for gods sakes! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?! What? Do you plan to put them in an arm lock? Just fire magic at them!! The Nazi guys (yeah...really subtle guys!) obviously can use magic, since if they were Muggles or Squibs they would be either murdered or sent to Azkaban, so why dont they just whip out their wands? And why is Yaxley (who I never imagined in the book to be bada$$ - I imagined him to be a little more like Snape as a cunning manipulator responsible for the downfall of the Ministry) chasing them on foot? Why doesn't he fly in black mist like the rest of the death eaters?? WHY IS HE RUNNING!?!

And as I said, the Nazi Ministry of Magic is really obvious. Maybe it was quite obvious in the book....but seriously? Do you really need to make the security guards look like extras from 'Indiana Jones'? I think we can tell that its a reference to the Holocaust without the uniforms. What, are they going to say "HEIL VOLDEMORT!!!" in the next movie? Are they going to start using gas when Azkaban becomes too fu- OK this joke is becoming too offensive.....sorry.....

But the movie picks up again after that. Like everyone else, I LOVED the animation sequence when telling the tale of 'The Three Brothers'. Although, I found it funny when the story says "...when a hooded figure approached them", and a figure materialises in front of them THAT IS NOT HOODED. And although I understand that its intentional....why does death look like a Dementor? I've always thought of death as a silhouette of a figure like a Black Rider - playing on the fear of things that we dont see. But I'm nitpicking. The animation was the highlight of the movie, and definitely the best animated sequence of the year - it deserves to win some kind of award.

Oh, and the scene with Harry and Hermy dancing.......wtf?

And so we reach the climax, complete with HYPER EDITING. If there is anything to lose my interest in a movie, its this. 'Quantum of Solace' is in my opinion one of the worst movies I have ever seen - just because the very first scene uses this technique, meaning I have no idea what is going on because the editor's been taking non-prescription drugs - and the rest of the action scenes follow this technique. The good news is that THIS movie only uses it very briefly, and it does kinda work by briefly creating the feeling of dis-orientation....but I still hate it.

See? This is where the 7th movie is stopped from being perfect. Its not this movies fault, its the previous movies. Because the locket is never explained in the previous instalment, we're left confused as to where it comes from. We dont know anything about the ring, because we dont see where THAT came from either, and anyone who hasn't read the book will have no idea that Harry lived in Godric's Hollow - nor will have any idea who Bathilda Bagshot is. No-one knew that Lucius Malfoy had been broken out of Azkaban...in fact, no-one knew he was in there in the first place. And there is no mention of Scrimgeour (although Bill Nighy automatically elevates anything a notch - even if it is Doctor Who Series 5 or....'Stormbreaker' *shudder*) in the previous instalment, meaning his presence is incredibly sudden. Also, the sudden appearance of both Fleur and Bill is....wrong. Again, they have merely been introduced because they need to be.

Overall: Its about as near-perfect as Harry Potter can physically get. The cinematography is absolutely outstanding, but it still has some of the flaws found when adapting novels - stuffs obviously never going to get explained right/not explained at all. And sure, 'Lord of the Rings' misses stuff out...but it just got it all right (yes, I HAVE read the books). And speaking of LOTR, the epic visual style of HP7.1 is clearly following that of Peter Jacksons adaptation, which is certainly a good thing. This is without a doubt the best shot/edited of all the Harry Potter movies (apart from the hyper-edited sequence) and I do look forward to the next one.

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Okay, most of HP7 was good. I'll put what I thought in spoiler tags:

Overall it's just as confusing as the other movies. I haven't really seen a Harry Potter film that wouldn't confuse someone who hasn't read the books. With an exception of Sorcerer's Stone. Oh and the ending was completely rushed.

Last edited by Caidan (November 28, 2010 (09:04am))