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knuck · 13th Jun 2010, 03:09

I just realized we have a "Films" category but no movie thread !

I'll start.

I just watched She's out of my League and, although I was expecting it to be good, I was still pleasantly surprised by how well made and believable it was (apart from a few scenes). I could explain the story but it wouldn't mean much. The title already says a lot about what will happen in the movie (and so did the trailer), but what made it good was the characters themselves (and the actors portraying them).

Before I started the film I was moody, no, I was pissed off actually. I got work to do for an exam and it got me mad, long story. Anyway just a few minutes into the movie I already had a smile on my face and it stayed until after it was over. It's a very good movie for average joes looking for hope

Recommended (7.5/10)

For the record, I'm a pretty harsh critic so 7.5 is very good on my scale

Bindi Edit: - lets sort out a post format - how about..

Title:
Rating: (out of 10)
(Brief) Reasons:

The_Beast · 13th Jun 2010, 04:02

The Machinist - good movie, lots of plot twist and not too long

7.5/10 which is fair to good in my book, would definitely watch again

confusis · 13th Jun 2010, 04:30

'Boy' - a kiwi film.
probably 8/10 - story was pretty pointless but acting was good

talladega · 13th Jun 2010, 04:59

A-Team

Was a very good movie.

Also watch The Stranger a few days ago. That was pretty good too.

I'm not a good movie critic so I don't give a rating.

EDIT: sorry Bindi! mine sucks. lol

Bindibadgi · 13th Jun 2010, 05:04

Added a format to the first post.

Title: Micmacs
Rating: 7/10
Reasons: Enjoyable, quirky, a bit stupid and unlikely but fun to watch. Same director as Delicatessen but tries to hard to make it like his previous movies: not everything fits the same format perfectly.

knuck · 13th Jun 2010, 06:12

Just watched another movie

Title : Youth in Revolt
Rating : 7/10

It was another enjoyable movie about a guy who's not good enough for girls (or so he thinks). Okay I admit I totally look like an emo for watching two movies in a row on this subject but I didn't expect Y&R to be about this tbh

It doesn't stay that way for too long for Michael Cera's character however and soon enough his character changes completely (good for us, bad for his entourage, hah!). Cera's playing the same character he plays in every movie but he was also cast for those role for a reason; he fits them perfectly.

He is not alone on screen however and I must say I was impressed by Portia Doubleday whom I had never heard of before. She is beautiful as Sheeni and she did a great job, especially during her first few scenes where she's quite mysterious and you just can't know what she's really up to

This was not the funniest movie ever, nor was it Cera's funniest. It was, however, good entertainment with no pacing issue. The whole movie flies by and I consider that a good sign of quality

TheMusician · 13th Jun 2010, 06:55

District 9.
9/10.

Unicorn · 13th Jun 2010, 09:51

Title: The Losers
Rating: 8/10
Reasons: Enjoyable, quirky, a bit stupid and fun to watch. I had no idea what it was going to be like. I'd seen posters and trailers but wasn't immediately impressed. One on-the-house staff ticket from my good buddy October though, and I was sitting watching one of the most fun films I've seen lately

Notable points - awesome weapons (that KA SR-25 with the suppressor and bipod that Cougar was using had me drooling), Zoe Saldana hotness, Chris Evans hilarity and overall but not 100% tactical strategy and weapons accuracy. It was certainly nothing like the "horribly inaccurate in every way once a gun is on screen" piece of hollywood drivel that the trailer or posters made it out to be, which was a pleasent surprise

Krikkit · 13th Jun 2010, 10:14

Title: Four Lions
Rating: 10/10
Reasons: Another fantastic piece of work from Chris Morris, full of surreal moments, risky jokes and ridiculous social stereotyping. Genuinely one of the most hilarious film I have ever seen, made even better by the audience who were at least 90% of the asian community.

Material · 13th Jun 2010, 10:48

Title: Zombieland
Rating: 8/10
Reasons: Good, funny and short zombie comedy that pokes fun at itself and the whole genre. Its only like an hour and 20 mins long which makes it almost quite disposable. Bill Murray makes a brief cameo and its got some stylish touches throughout.

Title: The Men who Stare at Goats
Rating: 7/10
Reasons: Watched this on a recommendation from a house mate. Its a little bizarre but the cast is good (Clooney, Spacey, McGregor, Bridges) and they pull off some good performances. You're never quite sure exactly how much truth is in the story (at the start the film claims "more of this is true than you would think") which is kind of a good thing as it'd be unbelievable if the film claimed to be absolute truth and inconsequential if it was simply a fantasy. The fun bit is guessing which of the events depicted actually took place.

Unicorn · 13th Jun 2010, 11:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Material

Title: Zombieland
Rating: 8/10
Reasons: Good, funny and short zombie comedy that pokes fun at itself and the whole genre. Its only like an hour and 20 mins long which makes it almost quite disposable. Bill Murray makes a brief cameo and its got some stylish touches throughout.

Emma Stone

That's all I'm sayin'

Jipa · 13th Jun 2010, 11:46

Shutter Island

8/10

Didn't have much expectations/idea what kinda film I was starting, and this sure turned out to be a pleasant surprise. One line review: didn't see that coming.

(Also my vote history on imdb if someone cares)

NuTech · 13th Jun 2010, 12:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Material

Title: Zombieland
Rating: 8/10
Reasons: Good, funny and short zombie comedy that pokes fun at itself and the whole genre. Its only like an hour and 20 mins long which makes it almost quite disposable. Bill Murray makes a brief cameo and its got some stylish touches throughout.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unicorn

Emma Stone

That's all I'm sayin'

When Emma Stone did her impression of Janine (Annie Potts), I'm pretty sure she cemented herself into the hearts of all male twenty/thirty-somethings across the world.

Krikkit · 13th Jun 2010, 13:19

Definitely.

Material · 13th Jun 2010, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unicorn

Emma Stone

That's all I'm sayin'

yes...she may have something to do with it too...

...shotgun...eye shadow...thing for geeks...*sigh*

Red Eye · 13th Jun 2010, 13:34

Title: A single man
Rating: 7/10
Reasons: Wonderful debut from Tom Ford, Colin Firth fits the role like a glove. Every scene looks like a perfume advert. The movie may aswell be called "Bereavement by Calvin Klein"

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knuck · 13th Jun 2010, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jipa

Shutter Island

8/10

Didn't have much expectations/idea what kinda film I was starting, and this sure turned out to be a pleasant surprise. One line review: didn't see that coming.

(Also my vote history on imdb if someone cares)

10 for Futurama ? 10 for Mythbusters ?

You sir, have just earned yourself some rep !

Jipa · 13th Jun 2010, 18:44

Thanks Ghys.

Green Zone
7/10
Lotsa hype, ended up being rather generic. Still 7 points for making it in the first place I guess. Still kept me watching, so I guess it wasn't too bad

Still prefer somewhat similar Hurt Locker over this one.

docodine · 13th Jun 2010, 19:48

Title: Jennifer's Body
7/10
Most people won't like it, but don't take the movie seriously and you'll probably enjoy it. It makes fun of itself, and there are plenty of great lines throughout. "Nice hardware, ace". I probably wouldn't have appreciated it if I was at all older..

Title: Moon
9/10
Best Sci-fi movie of 2009 IMO, nobody saw it. If anyone has seen Sunshine, it's fairly similar though with less suspense. Really neat setup, Sam Rockwell is a great actor (though he wasn't as good in Choke or Iron Man 2..)

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2/10
I went to a fancy art movie theater to see this supposedly awesome movie.. The story was ridiculously predictable, the characters were vaguely memorable, but all generic. The leading man was too ugly, like distractingly ugly. Many unnecessary scenes (revenge rape, broken bottle fight, corpse faces), waaaaay too long. The best part of the movie was hearing people speak Swedish for two and a half hours.

Next movies I'm going to see are Wristcutters: A Love Story, Solaris (the new one), Toy Story 3, and Eclipse (I was dragged to the previous two as well).

Unicorn · 13th Jun 2010, 19:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jipa

Thanks Ghys.

Green Zone
7/10
Lotsa hype, ended up being rather generic. Still 7 points for making it in the first place I guess. Still kept me watching, so I guess it wasn't too bad

Still prefer somewhat similar Hurt Locker over this one.

It's interesting to hear your opinion on that. I'd have said Green Zone 8/10 and Hurt Locker 9/10 purely for having a more realistic and dramatic (in a hard hitting way) story. Maybe not even the story, but how it was portrayed. Also, you've got the "holy crap, he's in it, and so is he!" factor with the Hurt Locker, whereas Green Zone was just "Oh, it's him, and her, and him..". Green Zone was a very enjoyable movie for me, but based purely on realism, accuracy and how the action was put on screen, The Hurt Locker gets a slightly higher score from me. The direction was absolutely amazing.

13th Jun 2010, 03:09	#1
knuck Hate your face Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,573	The Official bit-tech Movie Thread - What have you seen lately? I just realized we have a "Films" category but no movie thread ! I'll start. I just watched She's out of my League and, although I was expecting it to be good, I was still pleasantly surprised by how well made and believable it was (apart from a few scenes). I could explain the story but it wouldn't mean much. The title already says a lot about what will happen in the movie (and so did the trailer), but what made it good was the characters themselves (and the actors portraying them). Before I started the film I was moody, no, I was pissed off actually. I got work to do for an exam and it got me mad, long story. Anyway just a few minutes into the movie I already had a smile on my face and it stayed until after it was over. It's a very good movie for average joes looking for hope Recommended (7.5/10) For the record, I'm a pretty harsh critic so 7.5 is very good on my scale Bindi Edit: - lets sort out a post format - how about.. Title: Rating: (out of 10) (Brief) Reasons: __________________ \| i7 950 \| 6GB \| Sabertooth X58 \| 2xGTX 570 \| Force GT 120GB \| 10.5TB total \| X-1250 \| Bravura X-Fi \| Define R3 XL \| H50 \| 2233RZ 120Hz \| Last edited by Bindibadgi; 13th Jun 2010 at 05:02. Reason: added format

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13th Jun 2010, 04:59	#4
talladega I'm Squidward Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Demote Thread Krabby Patties: 7,219 Posts: 5,229	A-Team Was a very good movie. Also watch The Stranger a few days ago. That was pretty good too. I'm not a good movie critic so I don't give a rating. EDIT: sorry Bindi! mine sucks. lol __________________ "...clearly poop is not nutritious and it tastes bad." -Bindibadgi "Get off... my... property!" -Clint Eastman, in Grand Tornado Last edited by talladega; 13th Jun 2010 at 05:06.

13th Jun 2010, 05:04	#5
Bindibadgi Omnipwntent Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: ASUS HQ Posts: 34,009	Added a format to the first post. Title: Micmacs Rating: 7/10 Reasons: Enjoyable, quirky, a bit stupid and unlikely but fun to watch. Same director as Delicatessen but tries to hard to make it like his previous movies: not everything fits the same format perfectly. __________________ Slash88: That kettle video just made me go death thanks. Fizzban: And it is being panda'd to..lame.

13th Jun 2010, 06:12	#6
knuck Hate your face Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,573	Just watched another movie Title : Youth in Revolt Rating : 7/10 It was another enjoyable movie about a guy who's not good enough for girls (or so he thinks). Okay I admit I totally look like an emo for watching two movies in a row on this subject but I didn't expect Y&R to be about this tbh It doesn't stay that way for too long for Michael Cera's character however and soon enough his character changes completely (good for us, bad for his entourage, hah!). Cera's playing the same character he plays in every movie but he was also cast for those role for a reason; he fits them perfectly. He is not alone on screen however and I must say I was impressed by Portia Doubleday whom I had never heard of before. She is beautiful as Sheeni and she did a great job, especially during her first few scenes where she's quite mysterious and you just can't know what she's really up to This was not the funniest movie ever, nor was it Cera's funniest. It was, however, good entertainment with no pacing issue. The whole movie flies by and I consider that a good sign of quality __________________ \| i7 950 \| 6GB \| Sabertooth X58 \| 2xGTX 570 \| Force GT 120GB \| 10.5TB total \| X-1250 \| Bravura X-Fi \| Define R3 XL \| H50 \| 2233RZ 120Hz \|

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13th Jun 2010, 04:30	#3
confusis Kiwi-modder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 2,405	'Boy' - a kiwi film. probably 8/10 - story was pretty pointless but acting was good

13th Jun 2010, 06:55	#7
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13th Jun 2010, 09:51	#8
Unicorn Uniform November India Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 9,832	Title: The Losers Rating: 8/10 Reasons: Enjoyable, quirky, a bit stupid and fun to watch. I had no idea what it was going to be like. I'd seen posters and trailers but wasn't immediately impressed. One on-the-house staff ticket from my good buddy October though, and I was sitting watching one of the most fun films I've seen lately Notable points - awesome weapons (that KA SR-25 with the suppressor and bipod that Cougar was using had me drooling), Zoe Saldana hotness, Chris Evans hilarity and overall but not 100% tactical strategy and weapons accuracy. It was certainly nothing like the "horribly inaccurate in every way once a gun is on screen" piece of hollywood drivel that the trailer or posters made it out to be, which was a pleasent surprise __________________ \|F@H Rack Farm Project\|†\|Server & Network Overhaul Project\|†\|Celica GT4 Project [PLANNING]\| Email Last edited by Unicorn; 13th Jun 2010 at 10:17.

13th Jun 2010, 10:14	#9
Krikkit Super Moderator Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lancs, UK Posts: 21,998	Title: Four Lions Rating: 10/10 Reasons: Another fantastic piece of work from Chris Morris, full of surreal moments, risky jokes and ridiculous social stereotyping. Genuinely one of the most hilarious film I have ever seen, made even better by the audience who were at least 90% of the asian community. __________________ The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Zlad!, The Wut?!, The Kempness

13th Jun 2010, 10:48	#10
Material Soco Amaretto Lime bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Posts: 611	Title: Zombieland Rating: 8/10 Reasons: Good, funny and short zombie comedy that pokes fun at itself and the whole genre. Its only like an hour and 20 mins long which makes it almost quite disposable. Bill Murray makes a brief cameo and its got some stylish touches throughout. Title: The Men who Stare at Goats Rating: 7/10 Reasons: Watched this on a recommendation from a house mate. Its a little bizarre but the cast is good (Clooney, Spacey, McGregor, Bridges) and they pull off some good performances. You're never quite sure exactly how much truth is in the story (at the start the film claims "more of this is true than you would think") which is kind of a good thing as it'd be unbelievable if the film claimed to be absolute truth and inconsequential if it was simply a fantasy. The fun bit is guessing which of the events depicted actually took place.

13th Jun 2010, 11:46	#12
Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 6,272	Shutter Island 8/10 Didn't have much expectations/idea what kinda film I was starting, and this sure turned out to be a pleasant surprise. One line review: didn't see that coming. (Also my vote history on imdb if someone cares) __________________ Half a dozen operational setups and truckloads of spare parts. AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc - Flickr - BF:BC2

13th Jun 2010, 13:19	#14
Krikkit Super Moderator Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lancs, UK Posts: 21,998	Definitely. __________________ The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Zlad!, The Wut?!, The Kempness

13th Jun 2010, 13:34	#16
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Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 6,272	Thanks Ghys. Green Zone 7/10 Lotsa hype, ended up being rather generic. Still 7 points for making it in the first place I guess. Still kept me watching, so I guess it wasn't too bad Still prefer somewhat similar Hurt Locker over this one. __________________ Half a dozen operational setups and truckloads of spare parts. AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc - Flickr - BF:BC2

13th Jun 2010, 19:48	#19
docodine ╣▓▒▒░░▒▒▓╠ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,649	Title: Jennifer's Body 7/10 Most people won't like it, but don't take the movie seriously and you'll probably enjoy it. It makes fun of itself, and there are plenty of great lines throughout. "Nice hardware, ace". I probably wouldn't have appreciated it if I was at all older.. Title: Moon 9/10 Best Sci-fi movie of 2009 IMO, nobody saw it. If anyone has seen Sunshine, it's fairly similar though with less suspense. Really neat setup, Sam Rockwell is a great actor (though he wasn't as good in Choke or Iron Man 2..) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2/10 I went to a fancy art movie theater to see this supposedly awesome movie.. The story was ridiculously predictable, the characters were vaguely memorable, but all generic. The leading man was too ugly, like distractingly ugly. Many unnecessary scenes (revenge rape, broken bottle fight, corpse faces), waaaaay too long. The best part of the movie was hearing people speak Swedish for two and a half hours. Next movies I'm going to see are Wristcutters: A Love Story, Solaris (the new one), Toy Story 3, and Eclipse (I was dragged to the previous two as well). __________________ Intel i7-3820 @ 4.65GHz \| GeForce GTX 480 \| 4x4GB Vengeance \| Asus Sabertooth X79 Silverstone TJ07 \| OCZ 1000W \| Samsung 830 256GB \| CM QF Pro w/Browns \| CM Xornet Last edited by docodine; 13th Jun 2010 at 19:55.

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