Movie review thread...

raznomore

[quote name='taniwharugby']watched the final installment of Beverley Hills Cop, didnt like the guy they replaced Taggart with, worst of the 3, but still a cool movie. 
 
Also watched a bit of Ghost Buster goodness on the weekend, man Sigourney Weaver used to be hot!![/QUOTE] 
 
I love Ghostbusters and now so do my kids. That movie just gets better with age.

Bones

[quote name='Virgil']there's a sequel in the works too i think[/QUOTE]You stuck back in 1989 Virg?

Kirwan

He's right, they are trying to get the four of them together for another round. Bill Murray is usually the sticking point, but only cause he wants a good script which when you look at the shit Ackroyd has done over the years, if a fair point

raznomore

Ok saw The A Team and have changed my signature accordingly. Might not be a masterpiece but I loved it! 
 
9/10

red terror

"I'm Kick-Ass, and I'm not gay." 
 
Might have been my fave line of dialogue from Kick-Ass, which I finally saw last night (released onto DVD yesterday). 
 
I have a few quibbles with some of the soundtrack selection, and Nic Cage overdoes it in a few places, but overall I loved it, give it 9/10 and reckon it's one of the best comic-book adaptations ever put to screen. There was an authenticity, heart & sense of humour that surprised me. 
 
 
(Caution: as far as comicbook superhero movies go, this one is definitely [U][I]NOT[/I][/U] for the kids, it's made for adult audiences, with heaps of violence and sexual innuendo.)

cd_wilson

[quote name='taniwharugby']man Sigourney Weaver used to be hot!![/QUOTE] 
 
Wadda ya mean, 'used to be' ....

raznomore

[quote name='cd_wilson']Wadda ya mean, 'used to be' ....[/QUOTE] 
 
Im sorry cd but old, greying and chain smoking Avatar version of Sigourney certainly doesn't float my boat. But each to their own...

Kirwan

In a welcome to last week moment, I just found out that the Nolan brothers have been given Superman to sort out. Jonathon is writing the screenplay and is rumored to direct, and Christopher is producing. 
 
Comments about how to approach it for a modern, post 9/11 world. Interesting. Those guys nailed Batman, and from their comments so far seem to understand the characters really well.

red terror

[quote name='Virgil']there's a sequel in the works too i think[/QUOTE] 
 
I talked to Ernie Hudson (the black GB) back in March at a Comic-Con, he was in his Ghost-Buster costume and he told me the cast was a done-deal - that Akroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray (and possibly even Sigourney) were excited about doing the movie, but he said (and Akroyd later confirmed on radio) that it is dependent upon a good script. Bill Murray is especially loathe to fart in a bag on this one, he wants a good movie. So as long as there's a good script in the works, it's looking good there'll be the long-awaited sequeal.

Virgil

[quote name='red terror']I talked to Ernie Hudson (the black GB) back in March at a Comic-Con, he was in his Ghost-Buster costume and he told me the cast was a done-deal - that Akroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray (and possibly even Sigourney) were excited about doing the movie, but he said (and Akroyd later confirmed on radio) that it is dependent upon a good script. Bill Murray is especially loathe to fart in a bag on this one, he wants a good movie. So as long as there's a good script in the works, it's looking good there'll be the long-awaited sequeal.[/QUOTE] 
 
Great stuff, the sequel in '89 kinda sucked balls. 
 
Be great if they could improve vastly on that. 
 
Ernie Hudson was in another fav movie of mine, The Crow

red terror

[quote name='Virgil']Ernie Hudson was in another fav movie of mine, The Crow[/QUOTE] 
 
He turns up in a lot of places, most memorably for me as the prison warden in Oz for several seasons. 
 
I just checked IMDB, and sure enough, they have a [B]Ghostbusters III[/B] listed with an "in-production" release date of 2012, and some rumoured castings (including Anna Faris and Eliza Dushku, who was at that same Comic-Con but didn't mention the GB rumour): 
 
[URL]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/[/URL]

Rancid Schnitzel

I was reading about a new GB film at least 10 years ago. I recall then that they were going to be a new generation of ghost busters or some shÃ¥t like that. Will be interesting to see how they pull it off. The original GBs are getting on and don't even look like they could lift a pack let alone run after ghosts. Ramis has gotten so big he could probably play the marshmellow man.

Victor Meldrew

[quote name='dogmeat']Anyone seen The Girl Who Played With Fire Yet? Realy enjoyed Dragon Tattoo but read a couple of dodgy reviews[/QUOTE] 
 
It's good but not as good as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It's really a prequel to "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" the 3rd film in the trilogy which pulls everything together. Do not miss it - I give it 9.5/10. Best film I've seen in the last few years 
 
It you liked Dragon Tattoo look out for the Wallander TV series - either the original Swedish series or the BBC one with Kenneth Branagh. Both series outstanding, dark and brooding

Bones

Just saw Inception. Started off not liking it but ended up thinking it was pretty awesome. Hadn't seen any previews or anything so went in not knowing anything of what it was about. Farking crazy film and pretty racking on the brain. Bit of a slow start but certainly gets better and always keeps you interested.

Nepia

[quote name='Victor Meldrew']It's good but not as good as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It's really a prequel to "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" the 3rd film in the trilogy which pulls everything together. Do not miss it - I give it 9.5/10. Best film I've seen in the last few years 
 
It you liked Dragon Tattoo look out for the Wallander TV series - either the original Swedish series or the BBC one with Kenneth Branagh. Both series outstanding, dark and brooding[/QUOTE] 
The sequels are made for TV in Sweden - I think they were taken by surprise regarding the success of the books and 1st movie worldwide.

Victor Meldrew

[quote name='Nepia']The sequels are made for TV in Sweden - I think they were taken by surprise regarding the success of the books and 1st movie worldwide.[/QUOTE] 
 
Think you're right and all 3 may have been made for Swedish TV - hence the english subtitles. No's 1 & 3 are stunning no matter what media they were made for. Oustanding. 
 
Dunno what it is about Sweden but they are doing some seriously dark and moody drama at the moment. Top-class stuff.

taniwharugby

there is an English version of Girl With the Dragon tatto in the pipelines...James Bond set to play the male lead?

Kirwan

[url]http://www.comicbookmovie.com/thor/videos/?v=199[/url] 
 
For those following the comic book adaptations: Thor

red terror

[quote name='Bones']Just saw Inception. Started off not liking it but ended up thinking it was pretty awesome. Hadn't seen any previews or anything so went in not knowing anything of what it was about. Farking crazy film and pretty racking on the brain. Bit of a slow start but certainly gets better and always keeps you interested.[/QUOTE] 
 
Saw it on the weekend. Real cerebral, but not a lot of heart & passion - I mean, who's the villain of the piece? (Our subconscious?? Monsters From the Id? Mr. Anderson??) Yet I was fascinated the whole way and highly recommend it. 8/10. 
 
Reminded me of Matrix meets Solaris, with a bit of Dark City thrown in. (Plus excessive LSD experimentation from my youth.) Leaving the theatre I heard an older woman tell her friend it made her think of Flatliners and Altered States, which I haven't thought about in many years and remember being rubbish. (Perhaps I should revisit both?)

red terror

[quote name='Kirwan'][URL]http://www.comicbookmovie.com/thor/videos/?v=199[/URL] 
 
For those following the comic book adaptations: Thor[/QUOTE] 
 
I've been wondering about this since that epilogue/teaser after the credit roll of Iron Man 2. That's a pretty long trailer. Don't know who the guy playing Thor is, but looks like some A-listers there - Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins - and directed by Kenneth Branagh, so this is surprisingly tantalyzing. 
 
Also, the best Thor on screen since Adventures in Babysitting.

The Silver Fern

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