Surprisingly the Last Movie You Saw Didn't Suck

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The Golden Compass....Sucked a bit.

I'm a big fan of the book(s), so I'm probably biased, but it seems to me you're screwed either way with this movie. People who have read the book(s) will be extremely frustrated with how the themes and characters have been thoroughly watered down. People who haven't will have a hard time figuring out what the Hell is going on and why these people are running all over the place and fighting and delivering ultimatums for no good reason. All of this backed by a god awful score. And just try to listen to the song over the closing credits without bursting into laughter or stuffing cotton in your ears.

It's clear to see New Line wanted another "Lord of the Rings," but Chris Weitz is no Peter Jackson. Without that strong, uncompromising vision, you end of with a wishy-washy test-marketed mess that tries to appeal to everyone (including wary religious types who weren't going to show up anyway) but ends up appealing to no one.

There are some good things: The film is well cast and most of the actors do a good job, particularly Dakota Blue Richards, who plays the lead. The effects and art design are great, and the action sequences (particularly the bear fight and the battle outside Bolvangar) work quite well. They also managed to pull off the tricky convention of daemons (people's souls represented by animals outside their bodies) quite effectively.

Perhaps the most shocking and disappointing change for fans of the book will be the ending. They basically lop off the last five or six chapters of the book so as to create a happier, more ambiguous ending. Let me be clear: IT'S AWFUL. It betrays the most basic elements of the original story and really weakens the whole franchise. Big mistake, especially since, up until two months ago, the film ended the same way it does in the book. Studio execs obviously got nervous about ending the film on a dark note and flinched. Booo.

People scoffed when each Lord of the Rings film came in at 3+ hours, but once you saw them, you realized that time was necessary to establish characters, plot, and motivation without feeling like you were on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride ("Okay, here's this, and now this, and now they're going to go over here and fight these guys, and WHOA! There's a big 'ol bear! Now here's another guy. They fight. Moving on..."). Hell, the extended editions of those movies pushed 4 hours, and they were even better. This was a film that clearly needed more time (interestingly, Weitz's first version of the script WAS three hours long and was, according to those who have read it, superior to what ended up on the screen). Maybe if they recut this for an extended DVD edition it would be improved. But I don't think that would fix all of its problems.
 
Kill Bill Vol. 1 : 5/10

I watched this the other night and it was a big ”Meh” to me. The fights were boring and the diolouge was corny. Just go watch Grindhouse instead.
 
Control

Finally! And it was well worth the wait.

Beautifully made, deeply engaging, ultimately heartbreaking. Surprisingly funny at times, as well.
 
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: 5/10

Eh, it was OK, best part of the entire film was staring Angelina Jolie's Boobs.

Panic Room: 7/10

The presmise was pretty good, but I was let down by the film. Forest Whitaker is a great actor and did a good job. Also as above it was probably most fun staring Jodie Foster's Boobs.
 
Sweeney Todd. Very, very good. Campy (and copious!) blood, hilarious screenplay, beautiful cinematography and use of color, excellent acting all around, great songwriting and singing, and a very satisfying
if not very typical for the theatre
ending.

Highly recommended.
 
Wasn't sure about No Country for Old Men, but it was great. Even the wife loved it. Not a "Hollywood" formula type movie. Lot of people were surprised by the ending.
 
Back door sluts 9.
At first I thought it was going to be like the first eight films in the series but this one girl did this thing with her tongue...overall two thumbs up.
 
The Lookout

Starts out dull, but then gets interesting by the time it's about 45 minutes in; also, it's a grower, you enjoy it more the more it has time to settle and sink in, very good film
 
The Devil Wears Prada 7/10

It starts out pretty funny but tapers off towards the end. I could see there were supposed to be strong morals behind the film, but they didn't seem as strong as they were supposed to be.

28 Days Later 8/10

A really good scary movie, not a scary as 28 Weeks Later, but much more story driven with better charecters. Overall it was a well done film.
 
[quote name='Mex25']Walk Hard - couple of funny parts but other than that it was kind of bad.[/quote]

Walk Hard as well but I'd have to say it had it's fair share of "funny parts" ;)

Best line:
My favorite thing, is when your blowin me...some kisses

Oh and
backstage peer pressure was great
 
as stupid as it looked, i still rented hot rod, and was very entertained, it was one of those stupid funny-type of movies, but i laughed pretty damn hard, plus it stars the other half of the dick in the box video aside Justin Timberlake.
 
[quote name='kaptinmorgan']as stupid as it looked, i still rented hot rod, and was very entertained, it was one of those stupid funny-type of movies, but i laughed pretty damn hard, plus it stars the other half of the dick in the box video aside Justin Timberlake.[/QUOTE]
I enjoyed Hot Rod a lot as well, more than Superbad.
 
[quote name='whoknows']I enjoyed Hot Rod a lot as well, more than Superbad.[/quote]
i can almost agree with that, if it weren't for the part
when he explains his issue with the girl and delves into his dick drawing obsession in his childhood
, that was literally the closest i ever came to pissing my pants in a movie theater.
 
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