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Plot : Rob is going away to his new job in Japan , but not before his big surprise party. Though what seems in certain motion is thrown off when a monster attacks New York. Story : I've been following this since it's debut trailer before...
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Plot : Rob is going away to his new job in Japan , but not before his big surprise party. Though what seems in certain motion is thrown off when a monster attacks New York. Story : I've been following this since it's debut trailer before Transformers. It has been an amazingly played marketing trail leading up to this movie and this movie lives up to it's massive hype in some ways over others. Your introduced to the characters and the handy-cam style of filming with a big party. Though the film starts to dig into it's characters a little they aren't very fleshed out at the end. The story is also something that seems to be lacking content - all the marketing of the movie never actually comes into play at all. The monster is never explained and there aren't any hints to how it come about. Overall it relies heavily on it's premise of being filmed by a character and succeeds as being the best monster movie ever. Visuals : A mixture of amazing CGI landscapes and incredibly realistic handy-cam filming technique. The camera that films the movie is as much a part of the movie as it's monster. As for the monster , it is briefly seen throughout and never fully exposed. This could have been a horrible experiment but instead it turned out to be one of the most visually breathtaking films ever. Synopsis : Though lacking in content and character - it's a monster/disaster situation pulled off to it's full potential.
Posted jan 22, 2008 11:57 am pt
Plot : Rob is going away to his new job in Japan , but not before his big surprise party. Though what seems in certain motion is thrown off when a monster attacks New York. Story : I've been following this since it's debut trailer before...
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Plot : Rob is going away to his new job in Japan , but not before his big surprise party. Though what seems in certain motion is thrown off when a monster attacks New York. Story : I've been following this since it's debut trailer before Transformers. It has been an amazingly played marketing trail leading up to this movie and this movie lives up to it's massive hype in some ways over others. Your introduced to the characters and the handy-cam style of filming with a big party. Though the film starts to dig into it's characters a little they aren't very fleshed out at the end. The story is also something that seems to be lacking content - all the marketing of the movie never actually comes into play at all. The monster is never explained and there aren't any hints to how it come about. Overall it relies heavily on it's premise of being filmed by a character and succeeds as being the best monster movie ever. Visuals : A mixture of amazing CGI landscapes and incredibly realistic handy-cam filming technique. The camera that films the movie is as much a part of the movie as it's monster. As for the monster , it is briefly seen throughout and never fully exposed. This could have been a horrible experiment but instead it turned out to be one of the most visually breathtaking films ever. Synopsis : Though lacking in content and character - it's a monster/disaster situation pulled off to it's full potential.
Posted jan 22, 2008 11:57 am pt
Plot : Three escaped convicts go on a crazy adventure for a huge treasure. Story : Everett (George Clooney) , Pete (John Turturro) , and Pete (Tim Nelson) escape from their rock smashing days and journy onward toward a magnificent treasure. They...
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Plot : Three escaped convicts go on a crazy adventure for a huge treasure. Story : Everett (George Clooney) , Pete (John Turturro) , and Pete (Tim Nelson) escape from their rock smashing days and journy onward toward a magnificent treasure. They encounter many odd situations and twists untill they end up in a bigger scale of importance than they ever thought they would. On their journey they encounter a hitchhiker/guitar player who says he sold his soul to the devil to learn to play his instrument , the same devil who then hunts down the main characters the rest of the movie (though very breif his scenes are). Some themes of trust and religion are thrown in there to enhance the characters further - keeping it a pretty great story to keep you watching to the end. Humor : The movie's entire plot and themes are very funny in a subtle way with some laugh out loud parts throught the movie - it never gets dark for a long period of time : and you'll probably never fear for the characters : with such a funny essence about them. Ending : One of the biggest - out of nowhere - endings . Two other main characters aren't even shown in the ending , but it's a lot more in place than others : because of it's continuing theme of the characters not ever progressing "and when they do it's by extreme luck". Visuals : Out of the Coen films i've seen so far , this is easily their visual best. Amazing cinemetography for the majority of the movie , although it's colors dominated by pretty boring dusty settings : will continually visually awe you. Sypnosis : Although it's story is a lot more straightforward than the majority of the Coen films , it still missing some big developments like many great stories : though the visuals and humorous style of it won't let you down on. (I've never read The Odyssey by the way)
Posted nov 22, 2007 9:18 pm pt
Plot : A bee who refuses to accept his role as a worker in the hive - defies all bee laws and boundries to find a bigger thing to do with his life. Story : The characters are paper thin , is defintly the first thing you should know before walking...
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Plot : A bee who refuses to accept his role as a worker in the hive - defies all bee laws and boundries to find a bigger thing to do with his life. Story : The characters are paper thin , is defintly the first thing you should know before walking into this movie. Barry B (Jerry Seinfield) has just graduated from his 3 days of school and is now thrown right into the honey making industry where he will work the same job for the rest of his life . Unconvinced by this job he flies outside of the hive and meets a human woman who befriends him. Only soon into their relationship he finds out about the mass marketing of honey and goes to court to sue all the honey corperations. Now this story is pretty off the wall in terms of what you would normally expect out of a seemingly predictable movie like this , but it's characters are useless - they're just pods for the dialouge to come out from : with no emotions (aside from the main character Barry who actually has some in the beginning). Humor : I never laughed out loud ever during the film , maybe I was going in with too high expectations - but there are some funny parts throughout the film : and some general themes about the preservation of life (bees in the movie accept death amazingly well). Visuals : It's cool gigantic first person bee flying sprees are fun to watch , but when you compare this to the recent Ratatouille : the 3D is quite laughable. Tons of amazing detail that you have come to expect from Pixar studios is obviously lacking here. Sypnosis : Fast paced out of controll story (with a couple cliche's thrown in there) with no characters and a lacking visual punch.
Posted nov 22, 2007 9:17 pm pt
Plot : A bee who refuses to accept his role as a worker in the hive - defies all bee laws and boundries to find a bigger thing to do with his life. Story : The characters are paper thin , is defintly the first thing you should know before walking...
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Plot : A bee who refuses to accept his role as a worker in the hive - defies all bee laws and boundries to find a bigger thing to do with his life. Story : The characters are paper thin , is defintly the first thing you should know before walking into this movie. Barry B (Jerry Seinfield) has just graduated from his 3 days of school and is now thrown right into the honey making industry where he will work the same job for the rest of his life . Unconvinced by this job he flies outside of the hive and meets a human woman who befriends him. Only soon into their relationship he finds out about the mass marketing of honey and goes to court to sue all the honey corperations. Now this story is pretty off the wall in terms of what you would normally expect out of a seemingly predictable movie like this , but it's characters are useless - they're just pods for the dialouge to come out from : with no emotions (aside from the main character Barry who actually has some in the beginning). Humor : I never laughed out loud ever during the film , maybe I was going in with too high expectations - but there are some funny parts throughout the film : and some general themes about the preservation of life (bees in the movie accept death amazingly well). Visuals : It's cool gigantic first person bee flying sprees are fun to watch , but when you compare this to the recent Ratatouille : the 3D is quite laughable. Tons of amazing detail that you have come to expect from Pixar studios is obviously lacking here. Sypnosis : Fast paced out of controll story (with a couple cliche's thrown in there) with no characters and a lacking visual punch.
Posted nov 22, 2007 9:16 pm pt
Plot : A man out hunting one day comes across the conclusion of a shootout where he finds a huge amount of a money , meanwhile a killer with nerves of steel tracks him down - killing anyone he meets along the way. Story : Defintly a mixed bag of...
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Plot : A man out hunting one day comes across the conclusion of a shootout where he finds a huge amount of a money , meanwhile a killer with nerves of steel tracks him down - killing anyone he meets along the way. Story : Defintly a mixed bag of suspense and characters - though it's lack of music and extremely extended scenes do not help move the story faster. A simple man who finds a lot of money somehow knows he's being followed and makes a plan to escape with his wife - but this turns into a coincidence filled failure as this killer tracks him down time and time again. The cop investigating this (Tommy Lee Jones) never seems to help at all , he's just there as a super pointless character that never changes anything. Though the amazing use of the coin flip and fun suspense is thought provoking and fun the first time : i can't say it would be much of any fun the second time watching this movie. Action and Suspense : As I stated before there is no music at all to be found in this film for the most part (maybe one song plays for 20 seconds) , which really is a horrible choice for any film : but it defintly brings the suspense to a whole new level for this first viewing. Gunshots and explosions always make a big impact - with so much silence in the movie , but again - your not going to be suprised by them as much when you watch the movie a second time. Ending : Another film that seems to be leading up to something and ends out of nowhere. It dosen't conclude anything and just further developes the incredible out of place character : the cop. Visuals : Top notch cinemetography for the most part with some breathtaking scenes that will blow your mind. Though the tired and boring desert setting sure gets anoying by the end of the film : and there fail to be any "mind blowing" scenes after the half way mark.
Sypnosis : So many bad ideas combinde into some breath taking visuals and brutal action scenes. The weakest Coen brothers film I've seen - defintly didn't live up to the hype : with such a bland ending and pointless characters.
Posted nov 22, 2007 9:15 pm pt
+ al pacino is great - horrible stories - isntead of being done at amazing pace like the first , the stories are performed at suspensefull pace - throws away all the classic characters and introduces new ones - scenes that do nothing are way too...
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+ al pacino is great - horrible stories - isntead of being done at amazing pace like the first , the stories are performed at suspensefull pace - throws away all the classic characters and introduces new ones - scenes that do nothing are way too long
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:49 am pt
+ ben stiller part - HORRIBLE acting - movie is filmed at 60fps which looks really crappy with the horrible visuals and acting - even if the story was good , the acting totally throws the entire concept away
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:47 am pt
+ good story + a couple of funny parts + great looking action + first scene with the monster at the lake is amazing + good ending - characters are pretty shallow - some major story spikes are played out like jokes - plot is thin
the...
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+ good story + a couple of funny parts + great looking action + first scene with the monster at the lake is amazing + good ending - characters are pretty shallow - some major story spikes are played out like jokes - plot is thin
the best monster movie i've seen
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:46 am pt
+ suicide scenes are both gross and cool - also funny sometimes - the story dosen't come close to making any sense - dumb plot - crappy ending what is with the picture of another movie for this page ?
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:45 am pt
+ original story + chainsaw throw ftw + the totally messed up looking apartment + the painted white version of it - the whole movie is ironic in how the main character is not explored at all - ends out of nowhere - some really pointless scenes...
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+ original story + chainsaw throw ftw + the totally messed up looking apartment + the painted white version of it - the whole movie is ironic in how the main character is not explored at all - ends out of nowhere - some really pointless scenes like barton fink it almost digs into the thought provoking and self inducing style of fight club , but it ends out of nowhere and does not explore the character
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:43 am pt
+ amazing visuals dominate the movie + lots of cool scenes - characters are worthless - ends in the middle of nothing
the coolest looking anti-drug thing ever
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:41 am pt
+ tells great stories like the first + great music + characters are deep - movie is dominated by close up shots - a few of the stories are soul-less - the whole movie dosen't blend great together like the first
defintly not in the...
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+ tells great stories like the first + great music + characters are deep - movie is dominated by close up shots - a few of the stories are soul-less - the whole movie dosen't blend great together like the first
defintly not in the same leauge as the first , but a great movie anyway
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:39 am pt
+ great visuals throughout + john goodman is amazing + you could go on for hours about the symbols and their meanings + cool typewriter scenes + dialouge is meant to mean a ton but , - the ending sells the whole story short , and cuts it off from...
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+ great visuals throughout + john goodman is amazing + you could go on for hours about the symbols and their meanings + cool typewriter scenes + dialouge is meant to mean a ton but , - the ending sells the whole story short , and cuts it off from doing anything - no plot
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:39 am pt
+ j'mon lee + i'll be right back + cheap suits + cool action scenes + tons of hillarious quotes again + great music + fasion guy + out-takes - story is pretty thin
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:38 am pt
+ tons of hillarious quotes + soo yung + cool action scenes + great music (also "war") + out-takes - thin story an action/comedy classic
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:37 am pt
+ micheal moore does big stunt moves + a few cool montages + parts about canada - tons repetive information an almost good documentary , micheal moore should just make a documentary of him doing stunt moves
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:37 am pt
+ lots of funny parts + good story + great ending - not really a strong plot worth it's weight in hype
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:36 am pt
+ lots of funny parts + good story + great ending - not really a strong plot worth it's weight in hype
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:36 am pt
+ a few cool scenes (very short though) - movie happens in a very crappy way and draws away from the actuall story of the movie with it's crazy off the wall visuals and audio - the film quality is very old and crappy - anoying music so many bad...
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+ a few cool scenes (very short though) - movie happens in a very crappy way and draws away from the actuall story of the movie with it's crazy off the wall visuals and audio - the film quality is very old and crappy - anoying music so many bad ideas thrown into what could have been a good story
Posted aug 15, 2007 8:35 am pt
+ some really great action scenes + returning characters from the first one + really beutifull shots at the end - the entire movie is just shooting with nothing ever happening - not like the original battle royale story just shooting : and no real...
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+ some really great action scenes + returning characters from the first one + really beutifull shots at the end - the entire movie is just shooting with nothing ever happening - not like the original battle royale story just shooting : and no real conflict - almost no music
Posted jul 31, 2007 5:28 am pt
+ great plot - every actor is completly boring , quiet , and act with no emotion (even kurt russel) - long boring shots of helicopters (16 minutes of the movie is helicopters flying with nothing else going on) - crappy visauls - extremly bad...
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+ great plot - every actor is completly boring , quiet , and act with no emotion (even kurt russel) - long boring shots of helicopters (16 minutes of the movie is helicopters flying with nothing else going on) - crappy visauls - extremly bad action scenes
Posted jul 31, 2007 5:27 am pt
+ hillarious non stop + mc pee pants's europeon beat + OMFG ending + every line meatwad says is basicly the funniest thing ever said
Posted jul 31, 2007 5:26 am pt
- horrible visuals , not a single thing looked good in this movie - hard to follow story - worst dvd cover ever (matches the visuals of the movie) - action scenes are horrible
Posted jul 31, 2007 5:26 am pt
+ tons of jokes in the first half + great alternate ending + lol bart's d**k - last 20 minutes is pretty much laugh-less , and generic ending - story although there kind of is one - is thin
Posted jul 31, 2007 5:25 am pt