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All i can say is that Tom was absolutely right on the superior quality of this movie. Never been a huge fan of the director myself, i found myself surprisingly captivated throughout the entire movie; impressive acting and cast, mature and thoughtful, this movie is one of those rare cinematic journeys that take you through life's lost opportunities. Very impressive and wholly worthwile. The score, which sounded good but a little cold and repetitive as a listening experience on CD before I watched the movie, now shined a wholly new air of quality. As I watched how Nico Muhly crafted this beautiful and fragile musical work frame to frame, I was completely taken by what he wrote.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Well this movie turns out to be a whole lot less inspired than part one. It's entertaining, even childishly so with infantile gags that just fall flat and give suspicion that Bay wanted to make Transformers 2 appeal more to kids than the first one. I had a good time during 2 hours and a half, however the problem with the film is, there's nothing memorable about it whatsoever... Good explosiveness and over the top comedy shenanigans, but I have a hard time recalling any sort of redeeming quality about it. Well the directional sound was as awesome as I expected it to be.

And what's with those annoying little Autobots in this film... I could've done without them honestly.

Hell yeah, I could hear and feel the sound behind me, beside me, above me. Top notch sound effects editing. I always pay particular attention to sound design, be it in the theatre or at home.

Best part of the movie IMO.

D'oh !!!

-Erik-

I still think my McDonalds/dodgy kebab analogy has some truth to it as far as the scores go. The first one is the McDonalds, not healthy but quite tasty when you're in the mood for it; the second one is the dodgy kebab, can only be enjoyed when seriously drunk.

I'll stick with the first score as I don't drink that much these days.

Far Cry

The movie based on the PC game. While the game still is a fantastic trek through jungle-filled levels combating highly intelligent enemies and experiencing the thrill of being hunted by murdering mutants, the movie is anything but that... Being my first Uwe Boll film, I expected a truly awful film, this is however somewhat watchable much to my surprise, but other than the characters this has very little in common with the game. Where are the huge jungle environments, where are the Trigens (the mutants from the game)? It all feels rather condensed and underwhelming and I'm just realising I've already said too much than needs to be said about this. So I shut up now.

5/10

While its hardly a masterpiece, the strongest points of The Final Frontier are the chemistry of the actors, the humor and the great score by Goldsmith. So enough reasons to not condemn it to film trash hell.

well, then make the second movie either Alone in the Dark or House of the Dead and watch the true horror of somebody who thinks he can makes movies

I of course must know, is Far Cry really better?

agree

Watching Miracle at St. Anna. Have gotten through the first hour. Will do my best to finish the rest tomorrow. I seriously get tired of Spike Lee's racist shite being shoved down my throat in nearly all of his films. The opening with the Longest Day and the first words uttered from the main character clearly shows his agenda with this film (oh, and really pissed me off).

I think issues such as these should be addressed, but in a way that brings people together, and does not rip them apart creating hatred and defensiveness.
Maybe he should have taken some pointers from the beautiful civil war film Glory.

His accusations on Clint Eastwood were astounding and insulting.

I think Lee is a great director. I have really enjoyed a handful of his films.
I get tired of his stereotypes of both the white and black man.

Maybe I'm just be overly defensive to the heavy stereotypes of the racist white man and such.
Thoughts? Are my thoughts unfounded?

One thing I really liked about 25TH HOUR and INSIDE MAN was that he seemed to be moving to films either beyond the issue of race (the former), or dealing with the issue more playfully in old-school Pelham 1-2-3 style (the latter). It's a shame to hear that with a budget he got caught up in the worthy rhetoric that would be a temptation to anyone approaching this subject matter.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

While the highly fragmented storytelling and questionable antics of the characters demand multiple viewings, the movie's second half had me in shock and awe at the same time. Part 1 of the Vengeance trilogy by Chan Wook Park (followed by the fantastic Oldboy and concluded by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) is another strong drama featuring out of this world characters and even more insane revelations and shocking scenes of violence. Not for the faint of heart. It's also the most minimalistic of the three films, but only in the sense of telling the story, the plot and what's happening to the characters are anything but that.