Elysium

I like Neill Blomkamp's style, very realistic and dirty like in District 9. Violence is shown like it is, ugly and it seem really hurt too. That being said, this seemed to be bit too long...ish. Didn' fall asleep though so in the end scale tips to positive side.

bought and watched it a few days ago too. I enjoyed it too but couldn't help but think that there was a lack of substance in this movie.

Indeed, nice but not great while elements of something special are right there.

[swervedriver]

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

In 3D and 48 fps. So that was pretty damn awesome. Certainly picked up the pace compared to the first movie, with plenty of action and suspense. Also, Evangeline Lily as an elf.. PHWOAAARRR

Downside? It's set up the third movie perfectly, which isn't out for another year. Shit.

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This...

Pain & Gain True story bro! With some Hollywood flavor of course. Some giggles but basically gets boring towards end. Dwayne Johnson is quite a monster though.

Kick-Ass 2 Actually pretty decent sequel and probably going to ad this to my collection.

Monsters.
One I didn't catch when it first came out, but as it was on TV tonight, I figured I'd give it a view.
Impressive low budget sci-fi, with interesting creatures and a cool premise. More focused on human drama than the monsters themselves, but it works in the movie's favor. Gives me confidence that the same director will give us a pretty decent Godzilla, as well.

[djskrimp]

The Host. The Korean creature movie. VERY good! I don't normally like horror/creature movies, but this one was really well done.

[JuZ]

Troll Hunter... loved it. Really, really loved it. More than anything else I enjoyed how funny it was. And Norway... om nom nom.

We're the Millers... most I've laughed at a movie for a while. Just a string of dick jokes really, but what's wrong with that if it makes you laugh?

Mary Poppins... still a great movie for kids and I enjoyed how much of it I could remember verbatim. Too long though. It became a slog after a while and I gave up.

Troll Hunter... loved it. Really, really loved it. More than anything else I enjoyed how funny it was. And Norway... om nom nom.

That is good one. I understand that there is remake on the way, written and directed by Neil Marshall (Descent, Dog Soldiers).

[JuZ]

Troll Hunter... loved it. Really, really loved it. More than anything else I enjoyed how funny it was. And Norway... om nom nom.

That is good one. I understand that there is remake on the way, written and directed by Neil Marshall (Descent, Dog Soldiers).

What a shame. I guess it will at least make some money for the creators of the original.

I find the whole remake concept difficult to grasp as a consumer. I get it as a money making exercise but as a TV/film viewer I can't help but feel insulted by the whole idea.

Should point out that I'm not referring to the likes of Nolan's Batman or the recent Dredd reboot. More the idea of taking a great small movie or show and remaking it for local (read American) audiences.

Troll Hunter... loved it. Really, really loved it. More than anything else I enjoyed how funny it was. And Norway... om nom nom.

That is good one. I understand that there is remake on the way, written and directed by Neil Marshall (Descent, Dog Soldiers).

What a shame. I guess it will at least make some money for the creators of the original.

I find the whole remake concept difficult to grasp as a consumer. I get it as a money making exercise but as a TV/film viewer I can't help but feel insulted by the whole idea.

Should point out that I'm not referring to the likes of Nolan's Batman or the recent Dredd reboot. More the idea of taking a great small movie or show and remaking it for local (read American) audiences.

Yep. All because some people can't be bothered to read subtitles. Sadly, they'll probably allow for a more upbeat tone and ending for the applicable remake. Still, it wouldn't surprise me if there were other English-speaking countries/audiences who will flock to the remake just so they can have it spoon-fed to them.

[Keeker]

Elysium - Same views as those above. Some great bits, but lacked 'something.'

The Hobbit,Smaug - Visual feast. (Yeah the Elf lady was pretty stunning.)

Lots of old classic movies on telly of late too.

I find the whole remake concept difficult to grasp as a consumer. I get it as a money making exercise but as a TV/film viewer I can't help but feel insulted by the whole idea.

Well, I don't take that so seriously as some, not many though, remakes can actually be quite good like Carpenter's The Thing. Of course original ideas are always better, but in the end it's just entertainment.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Better pacing and action scenes than the first, this felt more like an epic adventure than the previous film. Some great atmosphere and design, too. Really liked Mirkwood. Bilbo's confrontation with Smaug is definitely something to behold; Benedict Cumberbatch played the role wonderfully. Fun to see Stephen Fry as the master of Lake Town.

It is not without its flaws, however. Again, the over-reliance on CG is evident here, particularly during the barrel riding scene. Glad I watched this in regular 2D. Smaug's dragon design didn't exactly match that of the book, either (but nor does he look like a cat-lizard, so that's something).

Whilst I didn't mind Evangeline Lilly's performance as Tauriel, I didn't find the character to be all that necessary, especially not the love triangle plot device (we already had Arwen in the last trilogy, we don't need it here). Legolas' eyes bothered be too - since when does he wear contacts?

Gripes aside, I still had a good time.

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Im dedicating tomorrow for finding a dvd of this movie with as much extra material as possible. This looks... insanely good.

edit: Just finished it. As a fan of animation I have to say this movie had some of the best I've ever seen. Fantastic art direction and soundtrack. Story was a bit lacking but decent enough.

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Not that scary, way too predictable, and didn't add much story to the overall plot of PA.
Rather disappointing.

[EphelDuath666]

watched a few recently...

first up was You're Next which I enjoyed greatly. It's a pretty badass oldschool home invasion horror flick with great atmosphere, some dark humor and pretty cool 80's style synthesizer sounds. I expected much and got more.

then I watched Riddick which was good. Not the greatest thing sci-fi has ever seen obviously but it was enjoyable. The 2nd act of the movie was a bit too long though. If they had shortened that a bit, or quite a bit actually, then the movie would have benefited from that, I think. Still, I think it was better than the 2nd Riddick movie.

then, another surprise...The Conjuring. After Insiduous was such a disappointment to me (I actually think it's one of the lamest horror flick copy cats I have seen in recent years) I was pleasantly surprised by The Conjuring. The actors all did a fine job, the atmosphere is great, the movie never really got boring at any point and it's pleasantly creepy. If there's one thing that I did not particularily like about the movie then that would be the whole religious aspect and the fact that the movie gets almost a little preachy. There's the usual 'this movie is based on true events' and the inevitable preachy "you gotta pick a side in the holy battle" quote at the end of the movie. Meh. But other than that it's a great horror flick.

2 Guns was really enjoyable too. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg don't always convince me for whatever reason. Sometimes I like their work, other times I really, really don't. But in this movie they were both pretty damn great and the movie itself was a lot of fun with pretty cool oldschool'ish action sequences. Good stuff.

The East really caught me off guard too. Didn't know what to expect, only read a very positive review which made the movie sound very interesting so I just went ahead and bought it. And I'm glad I did. In a nutshell, the movie tells the story of an undercover agent who infiltrates an anarchist terrorist group and ends up feeling attached to them. Very well told and directed and overall just really good. And it really makes you think.