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Chuck Norris sucks.
The Town
Great film. Affleck is a way better director then he is an actor.
The Descent
Decent horror flick, had some good scares in them, but I hated the whiny main character.
Transformers 3
An ok movie, not the best film in 2011 but still a decent film. 3D was quite good.
Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were-rabbit
I have watched it before, I think it is a good movie. Best of all, it is stop motion animated.
Emma
Kind of boring, but okay.
3/5
The Blob (1988)
That was so awesome. Loved it.
The King's Speech
One of my favourite films of all time. The acting was superb (Colin Firth earned his Oscar), the sets were realistic, and the plot was interesting without sacrificing the facts.
]The Descent
Decent horror flick, had some good scares in them, but I hated the whiny main character.
'The Descent' scared the crap out of me. Sarah did get a bit annoying - but once she started beating up the Crawlers she became much more interesting. I loved how she wasn't a scream queen by the climax - and that we actually question if she is the real monster. Plus, the ending was very 'Brazil'-like (well, the UK version is. The US ending sucks)
My biggest problem was that the movie was much more terrifying before the Crawlers showed up. The whole claustrophobic atmosphere created within the first half is brilliant., but once the monsters show up the rest becomes quite generic - and it never takes much advantage of the setting again.
Oh, and avoid the sequel...
Pillow wrote:]The Descent
Decent horror flick, had some good scares in them, but I hated the whiny main character.'The Descent' scared the crap out of me. Sarah did get a bit annoying - but once she started beating up the Crawlers she became much more interesting. I loved how she wasn't a scream queen by the climax - and that we actually question if she is the real monster. Plus, the ending was very 'Brazil'-like (well, the UK version is. The US ending sucks)
My biggest problem was that the movie was much more terrifying before the Crawlers showed up. The whole claustrophobic atmosphere created within the first half is brilliant., but once the monsters show up the rest becomes quite generic - and it never takes much advantage of the setting again.
Oh, and avoid the sequel...
The ending was really unexpected and felt a little out of place, but it definitely worked. Also, the prologue with the accident was hilarious to me, not sad at all, which was obviously what they were trying to achieve. I mean if you're going to try and make a car accident dramatic, don't kill him off like that. I also loved the first half and it was a great decision to wait for the crawlers to show up after only 55 minutes of screentime or something. It did get generic after that, though there were still enough jumpscares to keep the suspense going.
The Thing
Best special effects ever? I was recently of the opinion that the Host actually used CGI very well for the monster, but seeing this again makes me wonder if CGI is the best choice for a monster... Also, this is probably the most original alien ever conceived of, from what I've seen anyways. One of the best horror movies by far.
the prologue with the accident was hilarious to me, not sad at all, which was obviously what they were trying to achieve. I mean if you're going to try and make a car accident dramatic, don't kill him off like that.
I agree. I mean...lead pipe to the face? Thats the sort of thing you see in Zombie movies...
I'm not really a fan of jump-scares (which is probably why I didn't particularly like 'The Shining', because it was trying to be this highbrow horror, but used jump-scares and was unintentionally hilarious. Plus whenever it tried to build suspense it made this ear-bleedingly sharp noise which just annoyed me rather than unsettled me), but I like it in stuff such as this when there is actually horror behind the jump scare. This is probably why I also didn't like 'Drag me to Hell' - because there was no real horror aside from the jump scares and it was trying to be 'Evil Dead 2' but just ended up being utterly ridiculous. Plus the reason why she was cursed was really stupid, and the ending was sooo unbelievably predictable.
I really loved Drag Me to Hell, (though it's been a while since I've seen it.) I felt like it blended humor and suspense perfectly, to me it was on of those rare movies that genuinely scared me throughout the whole film, though yes there were a lot of jump scares, but that didn't bother me. And jump scares rarely work on me, but it did here. What do you mean with 'real horror', though? And I actually bought the ending and didn't see it coming at all, with the button thing etc. But I wasn't that familiar with Sam Raimi at that time, though, now I'd definitely have predicted it.
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I mean that the thing jumping out at you is either genuinely horrifying, or is a real threat - such as 'Halloween' when Michael jumps out. We know he's a serial killer, and is about the worst thing to jump out at you. Fake-outs can be entertaining, but as long as you only do them like...once. Any more and it gets old for me. In fact, that's similar for real jump scares. They are good, but too many and I just get fed up. 'The Descent' used just the right amount, but any more and it would have gotten really annoying.
I should re-phrase my criticism for 'The Shining'. I meant it used those fake-out scares - like when the title card for 'Tuesday' suddenly pops up. I both laughed and said "No!"simultaneously. It just felt so jarring compared to the more psychological feel to the movie.
Maybe I found DMTH predictable because I've gotten to a stage where I'm expecting a twist at the end...
The Fly (1986)
Wow, that was amazing. The effects were incredible, too. I need to see more Cronenberg.
Where did he get those Baboons from, though?
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Rango
I loved it, the best animation film of the year so far. How the story goes is kinda cliche, but the character of Rango is just so well done and it's funny and gritty and great to look at.
I recommend it4/5
-Darkman
Good to know. I'm about to leave Heathrow on American Airlines, and they're playing Rango westbound.
Rango is a brilliant film. Definitely the best animated film this year. Only other movie that seems like competition is Winnie the Pooh.
Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince
I can't help but feel empty every single time after I watch this movie. It just lacks substance, even though it lasts for two and a half hours. And it wasn't about the Halfblood prince at all, he was barely mentioned, in contrary to the book.
Rio
Much, much better than Ice Age, yet I still didn't like it very much. Also seems like it ripped off Pixar's old story idea for Newt.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The only good thing about this movie is Jim Carrey. Everything else was just awful. The story was cliche, the penguins didn't look like real penguins (BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T).
-JK
Thanks, JK, you saved me. I was think about see Mr. Poppers Penguins but not anymore. 
Anyway, I agree, Rio was really good but I do like Ice Age, too.
The story was cliche, the penguins didn't look like real penguins (BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T).
-JK
Actually, in most of the scenes they were. Only for the ones that required heavy stunts CGI penguins were used.
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