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Just stay away from the hideous prequel / sequel whatever. They took a fantastic comedy like this and flushed it down the gutter.

Yes, I've heard that it is dreadful. Trust me, I won't even touch a ten-foot pole, that has touched that movie, with a ten-foot pole.

Peter

The Presence

Strange movie. Starts off with about 10 minutes without any dialogue whatsoever, doesn't give the plot away (though you can sure guess it) and inserts several great ideas without doing anything with it. The final scene shows that there was an idea behind it, but somehow it doesn't mesh. It's like we would have received the end of The 6th Sense but without the little hints that came before it. Because here we miss those hints. Still for the idea behind it 5/10. The music is good though, liked it a lot.

5 out of 10

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Real Steel

I knew I was gonna like it, but somehow I liked it even more. Simple story yes, but it just works. The character development is what makes this movie great, and ATOM (the bot) feels just like a human being (you don't want him to be destroyed). There's a magical shot at the end of the final fight that I just utterly adore (aka the final shot in the trailer), and with Danny Elfman's catchy music behind it, it makes it all the better. Very good movie entertainment

8 out of 10

Oh man, I really disliked that film. I thought it was ridiculous and juvenile. No offense meant to you who liked it, though Glad you did. I like Jackman, and Lily, but they didn't do much for me here. Didn't that kid remind you of young Anakin? The film could have done with a lot less rock music and a lot more of Elfmans pretty decent score.

Have started watching The walking dead after all the hullakazoo. It's pretty good in the gross department, the zombies are well made and there are some genuinely cool moments. The biggest problem I have though is that 90% of the focus is on personal drama, intrigue, secrets, arguments and stuff I'd expect to find in a soap opera; not in a movie about the zombie apocalypse. I do think some of this stuff is warranted, but I find there's just too much of it, and it bores me in a series that's supposed to be about the end of the world. The second biggest problem I have is that I don't care much about the characters. It's not that they're that bad or unlikable, and the actors are alright, but when I compare with a show like Lost, where I really fell for the characters, these just make me shrug my shoulders whenever they have another fight or emotional outburst.

Rating so far: 6 out of 10

Anyway, in what episode can I hear the kazoo?

Peter

I have seen ... things...


Don't ask why, but I watched a 1989 film called "Elves".


SPOILERS (near full plot details given)

The horror...
The horror...


How the hell do I describe this film?

Julie Austin plays Kirsten, a special girl which Nazis and an evil elf (no, not the Santa kind, though the film does take place during Christmas) have a very special interest in.

Kirsten lives with her mother and her German wheelchair-bound grandfather. At least, she thought she did...

Her and her two friends go out at night into the woods and play around and do a weird black magic spell, cutting their hands and letting blood into the ground. This awakens something.

That something is an elf. An evil, ugly, classic slow moving, mouth agape elf, that follows her.

We soon learn that her mother is actually her older sister and her grandfather is her dad, and that he knocked up his own daughter to give birth to Kirsten, to create the perfect pure line (old Nazi pure race crap), and that it was done on purpose so that she would mate with the elf and create an army, eventually, of evil elves to fight the rest of the free-loving world.

The elf stocks her, killing people who mistreated her, as we find out he protects her since he has to mate with her later, at midnight on Christmas.

Early on she encounters Mike McGavin, a surprisingly interesting and thoughtful, fairly intelligent character (played very well by somebody named Dan Haggerty). He doesn't know the elf is protecting her, so his mission is to try and save her life and her family's life.

She's trying to escape the evil elf, save her brother and mother and gramps, he's trying to save her, and a old Nazi man and his two henchmen sent to ensure the elf and Kirsten mate, is pursuing her.


Nazis, an elf, and family incest. It's aweful, but yet enjoyable at the same time.


Where else do you find a film that gives us such lines as:

McGavin: "You're a goddamn Nazi!"

Mall Santa to Kirsten who sat on his lap (whisper): "Oral..."
Kirsten: "What?"
Santa: "Santa said oral..."
WHACK

Younger brother after peeping at her from exiting the shower, running away.
Kirsten: "What are you doing? You're not supposed to do that, I'm your fucking sister!"
Brother: "You got fucking big tits and I'm gonna tell everybody I saw them!"

Brother: "Is everything all right?"
Kirsten: "No, gramps is a Nazi."



Are there any real pluses to this ... film?

Well, aside from getting to see Deanna Lund naked, full behind and frontal, yes -- there is.

About half the film is actually written pretty well. The general plot is thought out much further than a lower budget version would have been (though its got plenty of plot holes) and the characters and film have time to breath and be interesting.

The characters are all, for the most part, believable and done well. The film, inspite of uglier elements, has some positive messages hidden around; the ex-Nazi gramps cares about his daughter and tries to make sure she stays on the straight & narrow. The family cares about each other, except the fucking crazy mom and disgusting thing she does to the cat. McGavin plays a caring, soft yet strong hero with good ethics.
The film tries, two or three times to send positive messages about life, like believing in the right things, not getting caught up in the wrong crowd, and Nazi's are fucking evil (as opposed to some of today's Hollywood).


So, who lives, who dies, and does the elf fuck Kirsten? Only those brave enough to see this ... thing ... will have the answers.

...unless you can instantly direct me to a youtube clip of Deanna Lund's naked bits?

It was in Part 4, 5 or 6 on Youtube. Drops all her cloths to take a bath.

It is not funny but surprising!

Thor might well have been the one Marvel film of the new set that I have time for. (Not that I'd watch it again, mind you.)

This could very well become the next greatest comedy.

The Three Stooges

I think this kind of physical comedy is totally hilarious.

I would! I really enjoyed it.

Indeed, but I find that this (who is the greater evil?) theme is often the secondary theme to most zombie flicks. What sets this apart is that they elevate it to the primary theme. I do like that concept, but it must be done in a way that doesn't demote it to soap opera intrigue.

I'm also not sure how well they've pulled it off so far, because so far most of the characters have actually been pretty decent, with a few minor flaws. It only seems to be [spoiler]Merle and Shane[/spoiler] who have some truly dark sides. Of course things might change.

Peter

Kung Fu Panda 2

Can it be that I actually prefer this one over the original? I thought Kung Fu Panda wasn't very funny (though was ecstatic about the visual look), but somehow I liked the sequel so much more. Same visual masterful design and look, but a more compelling story. Plus I actually laughed a bit more during the movie.

Have to say, pleasantly surprised

7 out of 10

No bro, you don't have to see it