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Seen a good movie lately? (or a shit one for that matter)

Let your fellow student population know of any potential dissapointments they may experience due to an overhyped pile of hollywood excrement or let others discover that unknown art film that changed the way you view life.

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Constantine:

7/10

Keuanu Reeves playing the anti hero, anti smoking, anti 3 dimensional acting poster boy and her of this film.
Its a bit hard to write a blurb without giving too much away but in short, he can see "half-breed" devils and angels walking the gateway between heaven, earth and hell that is Los Angeles. Somehow a nazi relic is a key demonic power tool that would allow the devils son to take over the earth and he must help a detective with a mysteriosly dead sister stop it.

I thought it was ok, wouldnt reccomend it to anyone who is expecting this awesome matrix-esque movie that will blow your mind, its kinda in the "Blade" era of supernatural/goth/demonology clique of hollywood.

I've seen a couple few cool movies this year, Flight of the Phoenix, Oceans 12 and Spooked. They are all pretty average.

FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
Okay basically this film takes place in the dessert after a plane crash, the survivors must then get along with eachother until they are rescued. There is a token female, a token arab and the rest of the cast are white males. They end up losing a couple of their crew and they build a plane. THe ending is dissappointing because it just ends suddenly and it ends in such a poor way, that is to say the whole film is action and then the ending isn't and it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the film. 5/10

OCEANS TWELVE
Very cool stunts in this film with a guest appearance from Julia Roberts. We all know that they will go to jail and then they will get out. This takes the surprise away from the film. It ends happily. It is a lot better than I actually expected though and is quite different to Oceans eleven, there are several time skips in this film and the storyline is very well done, there could also be an oceans thirteen or if that is too unlucky then an oceans fourteen. 6/10

SPOOKED
This is a kiwi film and is about a guy who ends up finding these disks that belong to a bank when he buys some computers. He then ends up on this crusade againt the authorities because he has valuable information that he shouldn't have. In the process he ends up going mad, one could argue that he becomes schitzophrenic, he definitely suffers delusions. He dies at the end of the film and so does his room mate. THe story is narrated from beyond the grave. The ending is quite cool and it is not a happy ending, they all died because they found these disks. 8/10

Meet teh Fckers - 6/10

There is no fckin story there. The original was much more funny not to mention ORIGINAL

I've been seeing a lot of crap movies lately.

Oceans 12: crap.
Constantine: crap.
Closer: crap, except for one obvious redeeming feature.
Somersault: exceedingly crap.

Ray

9/10

damn good movie if u can mange to sit through it (i watch hindi movies so i'm use to it)

Unfortunately the last movie I saw was - du du dunn - Spongebob. Yes spongebob. But I do protest that it wan't my fault, the stupid ushery person refused to let my friends into Blade 3 because she had no ID. I hate ushers, don't you?

Anyway, if you like insane randomness with almost no plotline, then Spongebob is the movie for you. Now I myself have been known to settle down in front of the tv for a good dose of insanity, but frankly I had expected more.

I wouldn't, I can't imagine anything more boring than spongebob, in terms of movies.

Give me a horror or a journo movie any day.

I did see a life or something like it last night on tele and man was it a brilliatnly philosophical and insightful movie, the character played by Jolie was awesome, reminded me of myself.

Constantine: 4/10
First movie of this kind I'd say. Maybe it's because I didn't understand this movie at all, but it's insanely boring. The only cool thing about this movie is that the director's imagination of Hell is quite well done. But other than that, if I was to watch this movie by myself, I would have definitely fallen asleep, as it was absolutely *not* action packed. The action scenes you see on the trailer is all you'll get in the full movie. And I think Keuanu Reeves was still stuck in "Matrix mode".
I guess this is the "you either really like it, or really hate it" kind of movie.

Saw: 9/10
Now.. This is a very well done movie, one of the best horror/thriller movies I've ever seen. It was advertised as a horror, but I'd say it is more of a gruesome thriller. This movie is very bloody and full of surprises. I better not say any spoilers, but go and see this movie, it's definitely worth it. Highly recommended movie!

Spongebob Squarepants: 6/10
Compared to the TV show, this movie is a lot more action packed I would say. Sponge bob and his companion *forgot the name* (starfish) goes on a quest to retrieve the King's crown. On the way they met some *interesting* characters. This is one of the most random movies ever made. Hell, I'm random enough and even I find this movie *too* random at times. It's a good laugh in the first half-hour, but you sort of get tired of laughing after a while and there are 1 or 2 lame jokes in there. The ending? Predictable of course, as the focus of the movie was never the plot. Recommended movie to see if you are bored.

The Grudge (American version): 5/10
As usual, another American version of a Japanese horror movie. I have watched both versions now and, yeah, they are indeed identical. Maybe it's because I already know what was going to happen in the movie, I found it to be tad boring. The Grudge talks about, like any other horror movies, the story of a haunted house (how inventive!). However, this movie is kind of confusing and requires a bit of thinking (or in my case, online researching) to work out what was happening. Sarah Michelle Galler certainly isnt the best actor out there in my opinion, and certainly not suited for a role in this kind of movie, but that's for you to decide.

Shaun of the Dead is awesome. just saw it, give it a 9/10 because the bloody subtitles wouldnt turn off, and i dont liek widescreen formatted movies, the black areas get disconcerting. gorgeous at the end, couldnt have used 'you my best friend' by queen to better. more touching effect. someone said that about 'dont stop me now', and i agree with that too....just.....see it!!!

Man on Fire : 8/10

I should have seen it in cinema.

i went to the ring 2. hmmm. does anyone else have the 'warn 0%' thing added onto the bottom of their name?

anyway, what i *did* see of the ring 2, i wasnt impressed with. ah well the icecream was good.

Please do not let Hollywood put you off the Constantine comics (called "Hellblazer"), as they are actually excellent. Similarly, don't let Hollywood put you off other excellent comics: From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and (if the movie sucks) Sin City.

Anyway, a few nights back I saw the Anchorman DVD commentary. Best. Commentary. Ever.

Last movie I saw? I'll give it 7/10

Without A Paddle:

Very dissapointing, I was kind of expecting more, Mathew Lilliard is one of my favourite actors and I like Seth Green too. But alas the dialogue was worse than George Lucas could have written and the storyline didnt go much better.

5/10

The Terminal:

A pleasant surprise, I rented it thinking "oh great a movie about a guy being stuck in an airport, how much fun is THIS going to be" But it was a frickin good movie, one of Tom Hanks best performances (I shit you not) and not at all typical hollywood trash.

8.5/10