Official Review Thread

[Amy]

Ok Guys,

with thanks to a suggestion by Greenlizard0, Ive started this GIANT review thread.

Any film you want to write a review on - feel free to post it up and a rating out of 10....


Anyone for Popcorn? :pop:

[Amy]

Night At The Museum 2


I actually enjoyed this film, with the addition of Hank Azaria it was really funny, given alot of the gags were in the trailer, they still made me laugh when i saw them and thought it was much better than the first film.

The actual story line was weak - but what do you expect form basically a kids film about things coming to life at night in an museum

The ending for me was a bit gooey - but its left it kinda open for a third, not sure how they would go with that though.


Overall, worth a watch, it was funny and made me chuckle, lots of good characters in it, bring on more of the same

8/10

[Amy]

Drag Me To ****

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Just saw this, and its a typical Sam Raimi Film. Its a horror so of course its going to make you laugh (on several occasions) I jumped alot, and lept out of my seat a few time, even though its not that 'scary' just jumpy, in his typical style of a dodgy music backing and the you know somethings behind you, so even though you know its coming, they look round and oh, yep ARGHHH it makes you jump anyway.

Its worth a watch, and deserves its 15 label, nothing horrific in there, and to my dissappointment not much in the way of BLOOOOOOOOOOOOD and brutal violence!

Ending IMO was appaling and i knew as soon as i saw a certain thing, exactly how it would end, Hudson will vouch for me as i decided to enlighten him to my thoughts on the ending Lol!

Oh and since Dodgeball, I just cant take justin long seriously, so every time he spoke i just thought of this little scene!

Justin: This place is too important to us! Gordon, where do you go when your wife changes the locks?
Gordon: Average Joe's.
Justin: Right! Dwight, Owen, what are you going to do if Average Joe's closes? You gonna work at the airport again?
Dwight: Say what? I ain't working at no airport!
Justin: No, 'cause you hated it! Steve! Where is it you go to do... whatever it is that you do?
Steve the Pirate: Garrr! Joe's be the only place for Steve!


Overall its not the greatest horror ever, or even scariest horror of the year, but its def part of the raimi collection, and if you fancy jumping around in a comfy chair for an hour and a half... go see it


5.5/10

[Greenlizard0]

He's Just Not That Into You

I'm not a huge fan of romantic soppy films as they're not my ideal type of time to spend submerged within a movie.

However, like a few others e.g. Love Actually, this is quite witty, it has a good score and the cast (Barrymore, Affleck, Aniston, Sandler, little man from Entourage) do really well. Enjoyable Sunday evening movie.

From the few times I've done something wrong in a past life and have had to endure Desperate House Wives or *** in the City, I can see similarities in this film. Fans of both sitcoms will enjoy this I reckon.

5.5/10

[Peeej]

@ Amy

Where's the Terminator review please?

[Amy]

@ Amy

Where's the Terminator review please?

So overcome with my hatrid of Arnie - I forgot to do one!

Terminator Salvation


In one word... this film i AWESOME

I love all but about 4 minute of it - and that was the minutes that included CGI Arnie (EWWW hate him!)

Action was spot on, lots of guns, fighting and blood... was excellent! Bale was a great choice.. and so was Sam Worthington as Marcus - hes great :)

I recommend it to everyone..... to go see NOW

The only criticism i have - is that i was was waiting all through for him to go... 'im batman'. purely because he uses the same voice!!


9/10

[UKGouki]

@ Amy

Where's the Terminator review please?

Terminator salvation


Stars christian bale

ok first thing dont listen to the critics go and see this yourself personally i thought this movie was great good action sequences awesome special effects great story if you watched TSCC the series some parts of the movie you can feel it followed the story!

great choice on Bale as john conner he done a great job as for the plot and markus etc.. it was great i loved the whole future setting and the fact he had to

Save his father kyle from skynet otherwise the whole future would reset and all of humanity would be
well dead!

seriously could of actually linked tscc with this plot the way the movie panned out i know actually get the finale of the tv series! over all this is a great action packed movie with some AWESOME special effects expesually the shock horror

ARNIE T800 SPOT


this movie rocks and i do say watch this its defo worth it

10/10

[Greenlizard0]

The International

Very good movie indeed. I'm not a fan of Clive Owen by any stretch of the imagination and find his whole persona in general a bit boring. But he plays just the right amount of emotion in this and for once doesn't act like he's trying too hard. Good story involving unscrupulous banks at their sordid worst which meant that Owen and his partner (Naomi Watts) ran around Europe, the USA, and then back again in an intelligent plot.

It's just unfortunate that since all three Bourne films were so good this doesn't compare - but in my opinion still easily worth a :

7/10

[Greenlizard0]

Nobel Son

This little gem I hadn't heard of until recently was very witty and captivating. It's a straight forward, who did it/what? kind of film starring Alan Rickman (sometimes forgot he plays an American character) and a few others. Essentially he's about to recieve a Nobel prize in Chemistry for work, that as it happens may not have been his. Not only that, but such a fact is intertwined with who his very own family are and his ruthless selfish, rude, obnoxious lifestyle.

The movie is well shot, and the score while good, is ever so slightly out of place and ultimately conveys a more MTV-esque kind of feel. It does however give the film a more light hearted approach and makes it a dark comedy. Well worth a watch.

7/10

[Greenlizard0]

Terminator Salvation

Not a bad film to be honest, and well worth the £2.90 (half price woo) I paid for it. Bale does well as do the rest of the cast. The story isn't too bad either and it was nice to see a homage to a certain person in there too. The special effects were pretty cool.

6.5/10

[Greenlizard0]

Transformers II - Revenge of the Fallen

It's not even worth me writing this really, as I won't be objective. I'll admit I used to love the toys and cartoons for years as a kid and it still rocks my trousers seeing them on the big screen like that.

Yes, there are plot holes, slightly non-canonical quirks and it's cheesy in places. However I expected that, and in all honesty it's what is to be expected from Michael Bay. Go see it for a few hours of brain dead fun, giant robots, fantastic visuals, great sound effects and if you want, Meg Fox in white trousers (giggidy).

Film snobs have berated this, but it isn't supposed to be a brilliant film, it's supposed to be awesome (dude). Anybody expecting anything else probably doesn't know anything about the Transformers and their target audience, or dopily went into the wrong screen. :p

However, I do envy that the Batman series were/are clearly the movies that were given the best in the industry - it does show what can happen with the right attention to films being made that are based on ANY comic books. It's a pity that they couldn't do this with the Transformers since I reckon with all the brilliant special effects it would have been a Batman beater.

9.5/10

Am I the only one to contribute to this? :/

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

not seen the film yet but its a fair review and would agree on that..

[Amy]

not seen the film yet but its a fair review and would agree on that..

me either.... but im going tonight :D:D:D

[Chewie]

Transformers II - Revenge of the Fallen

It's not even worth me writing this really, as I won't be objective. I'll admit I used to love the toys and cartoons for years as a kid and it still rocks my trousers seeing them on the big screen like that.

Yes, there are plot holes, slightly non-canonical quirks and it's cheesy in places. However I expected that, and in all honesty it's what is to be expected from Michael Bay. Go see it for a few hours of brain dead fun, giant robots, fantastic visuals, great sound effects and if you want, Meg Fox in white trousers (giggidy).

Film snobs have berated this, but it isn't supposed to be a brilliant film, it's supposed to be awesome (dude). Anybody expecting anything else probably doesn't know anything about the Transformers and their target audience, or dopily went into the wrong screen. :p

However, I do envy that the Batman series were/are clearly the movies that were given the best in the industry - it does show what can happen with the right attention to films being made that are based on ANY comic books. It's a pity that they couldn't do this with the Transformers since I reckon with all the brilliant special effects it would have been a Batman beater.

9.5/10

Am I the only one to contribute to this? :/

seems like a good review sir, in fact read on in the NOTW on sunday which said pretty much the same.

on the megan fox front, gotta disagree a little, best bit would be the moment she is straddled over the hog wearing tiny hot pants that the camera focus's on for maybe a little longer than they should have :hail:

still, with luck will get to see it friday on my day off. (hopes and prays)

[Greenlizard0]

Vicky & Christina Barcelona

This film starts off fairly simply; a pair of female American friends head to Barcelona for over a month. One likes her romantic life more "old school" in a fairly solid kind of way and it's unsurprising perhaps that she's happily engaged to be married with a great fella. The other is the opposite, very haphazardly running through partners taking the highs as well as the lows that come with such an approach.

The pair arrive and are immediately pounced upon by a Spaniard who at first appears vomit inducingly nauseaus and er muff hungry. Well, for the last part he remains like this through out the film; the story basically follows the lives that are involved with the pair and their interactions.

The film starts off god awful and I almost turned it off but through it I realised it's not a wholly unintelligent film, it has several good points we can all relate to though at times does take extreme examples of love.

I don't think this film really helps American stereotypes of Europeans and got somewhat annoyed by the cliches of the single girl's look on love and the bull****ting approach the Spaniard had.

The story isn't bad and at the end of it I edged towards bemusement away from sharing with the aforementioned husband slighty apathy and disgust with the plot. We get to see some fairly well played characters and their corresponding flaws with their romantic lives. It's not bad overall, Barcelona and Spain's excellent architecture help the film move along with good visuals and the score which at times is clearly influenced by more generic Spanish sounds isn't over powering.

5.5/10