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What film did you recently see ? Do not forget to rate it
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eloisel
Forever Empress E
The Karate Kid
I liked the original Karate Kid movies. I love Jackie Chan. I love Will Smith.
A good deal of this movie is pretty much just what you'd expect. The mother is a big old stereotypical mom - only this one is black. The kid is having some difficulty fitting in to his new surroundings and he gets crosswise with the local bully. There's a cute young girl.
Couple things that made me wince - the young girl and boy are 12 years old and just too young for sexy kissing and there is a lot of pounding on Jaden Smith who is one skinny little kid. Also found it stupid that they made it appear the Chinese are fascinated with black people's hair like it is something they've never seen before.
In some scenes, Jackie Chan appears to be feeble and in others he looks like he could still mop the floor with your ass real quick.
Some of the definitely Chinese scenery was very interesting and it would have been nice to explore that a bit more even though the movie was very long already.
I like how the movie ended even though it was somewhat different from the original. Considering the location, it was probably more appropriate.
While this is no Oscar winning type movie, Jaden Smith did a very fine job. He is one talented kid. You can sure see his mother and father in him but it is obvious he isn't going to ride on their celebrity.
I laughed a great deal, cheered the kid on, got teary eyed over Jackie Chan's sad story, was moved when kid and Chan connected emotionally, and clapped when kid overcame.
The Chinese kid that played the bully did an awesome job too. He is kick ass and scary.
Overall, another A movie for this summer.
I liked the original Karate Kid movies. I love Jackie Chan. I love Will Smith.
A good deal of this movie is pretty much just what you'd expect. The mother is a big old stereotypical mom - only this one is black. The kid is having some difficulty fitting in to his new surroundings and he gets crosswise with the local bully. There's a cute young girl.
Couple things that made me wince - the young girl and boy are 12 years old and just too young for sexy kissing and there is a lot of pounding on Jaden Smith who is one skinny little kid. Also found it stupid that they made it appear the Chinese are fascinated with black people's hair like it is something they've never seen before.
In some scenes, Jackie Chan appears to be feeble and in others he looks like he could still mop the floor with your ass real quick.
Some of the definitely Chinese scenery was very interesting and it would have been nice to explore that a bit more even though the movie was very long already.
I like how the movie ended even though it was somewhat different from the original. Considering the location, it was probably more appropriate.
While this is no Oscar winning type movie, Jaden Smith did a very fine job. He is one talented kid. You can sure see his mother and father in him but it is obvious he isn't going to ride on their celebrity.
I laughed a great deal, cheered the kid on, got teary eyed over Jackie Chan's sad story, was moved when kid and Chan connected emotionally, and clapped when kid overcame.
The Chinese kid that played the bully did an awesome job too. He is kick ass and scary.
Overall, another A movie for this summer.
Marquis De Sade
I came for the spankings
Ong Bak
Hands down, the best martial arts movie I have ever seen. One of the best action/adventures I have seen as well.
10/10
Ong Bak 2
What the fuck ?
4/10
Hands down, the best martial arts movie I have ever seen. One of the best action/adventures I have seen as well.
10/10
Ong Bak 2
What the fuck ?
4/10
Archibald Nixon
anti-life coach
Iron Man 2
Finally caught it a couple weeks ago. Not perfect, but much better than the critics led me to believe. Still suffers a bit from the lack of a real nemesis or enemy that isn't another suit (I hope they eventually figure out a way to bring in the Mandarin without causing China to call in all our debt.) --8.5/10
Touching the Void
Excellent, riveting storytelling and re-enactments that don't make you roll your eyes even once. Slightly harrowing, but worth it. Stunning photography. Even funny in parts, like when the guy clinging to life had a shitty song loop stuck in his head (which they actually play,) and despaired, "I'm going to die to Boney M." --9.9/10
Finally caught it a couple weeks ago. Not perfect, but much better than the critics led me to believe. Still suffers a bit from the lack of a real nemesis or enemy that isn't another suit (I hope they eventually figure out a way to bring in the Mandarin without causing China to call in all our debt.) --8.5/10
Touching the Void
Excellent, riveting storytelling and re-enactments that don't make you roll your eyes even once. Slightly harrowing, but worth it. Stunning photography. Even funny in parts, like when the guy clinging to life had a shitty song loop stuck in his head (which they actually play,) and despaired, "I'm going to die to Boney M." --9.9/10
Marquis De Sade
I came for the spankings
Moi César, dix ans et demi, un mètre trente neuf
"Cute" film about 3 French kids who elaborate a plan to travel to London to search for the father of one of them, who lives in England.
8/10
"Cute" film about 3 French kids who elaborate a plan to travel to London to search for the father of one of them, who lives in England.
8/10
Marquis De Sade
I came for the spankings
Twelve Angry Men
A timeless classic.
10/10.
A timeless classic.
10/10.
Silhouette
Away.
MDS if you have not seen, check "Snatch", pulp fiction style london gangster film made by creator of lock stock 2 smoking barrels. -- guy ritchie
eloisel
Forever Empress E
I watched "Snatch" on TV last night. It was interesting. I'd give it a B+.
Going out in a few minutes. Need to see a movie but not sure which one. Salt, Despicable Me, Predators, Knight & Day, Inception. Depends on what is showing when I get to the theater. Depends on if I decide to go to a dinner theater or not. I don't think I'd want to watch Predator while I'm eating.
Going out in a few minutes. Need to see a movie but not sure which one. Salt, Despicable Me, Predators, Knight & Day, Inception. Depends on what is showing when I get to the theater. Depends on if I decide to go to a dinner theater or not. I don't think I'd want to watch Predator while I'm eating.
Donovan
beer, I want beer
I like that they played Rourke against type and the witless Russian strongarm. His character was not only badass, he was smart as a ..well, a whip. And when he doublecrossed the other dude I almost started rooting for him...
Donovan
beer, I want beer
btw saw Toy Story 3 last week with the kid. Every bit as good as the hype. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll laugh some more. Easily entertaining for kids and adults, and none of the cast phoned it in. I highly recommend it. Special vote for clever use of Care Bear villainy. We always knew them bastards was evil...and metrosexual Ken...omg.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
I like him. He is a fine actor. I usually like his movies too.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
Saw "Salt" at a matinee price.
Okay. Up front, the pacing of the movie is gripping. Filmography good. Storyline reasonably plausible. Top notch actors in all the roles - even in the bystander types with little or no speaking. Special effects good - no place did I think "bad CGI."
I give it a B+.
Why?
Because I can not suspend disbelief to the point that I buy a 110 lb. woman with about 5 lbs. muscle mass can use her brute force to knock the shit out of one to three or more 180-200 lb. men who have about 70-80 lbs. of muscle mass. Maybe I'm no rocket scientist but that just ain't plausible. Outsmart one to any number of men? I can buy that. Use some other method to take down her opponent(s) or at the very least disable them - I can buy that too. But smacking them and punching them with her little old bony hands and knocking them around like flypaper and killing them or rendering them unconscious - no, no, no. Especially when her opponents are well trained security, CIA, FBI, UN special forces and agents and such. I don't care what her background is. She simply does not have the body to do it.
Other than that, a pretty good movie.
Okay. Up front, the pacing of the movie is gripping. Filmography good. Storyline reasonably plausible. Top notch actors in all the roles - even in the bystander types with little or no speaking. Special effects good - no place did I think "bad CGI."
I give it a B+.
Why?
Because I can not suspend disbelief to the point that I buy a 110 lb. woman with about 5 lbs. muscle mass can use her brute force to knock the shit out of one to three or more 180-200 lb. men who have about 70-80 lbs. of muscle mass. Maybe I'm no rocket scientist but that just ain't plausible. Outsmart one to any number of men? I can buy that. Use some other method to take down her opponent(s) or at the very least disable them - I can buy that too. But smacking them and punching them with her little old bony hands and knocking them around like flypaper and killing them or rendering them unconscious - no, no, no. Especially when her opponents are well trained security, CIA, FBI, UN special forces and agents and such. I don't care what her background is. She simply does not have the body to do it.
Other than that, a pretty good movie.
starguard
Unluckiest Charm in the Box
"Foreign Bodies"
Its a pretty sad but true, all asian movie about Human Trafficking and the Asian Sex slave trade.
It a few years old, but I can never get bored with it.
Sypnosis
"Foreign Bodies" opens with a police raid of an Asian brothel. The scene then cuts to a police station, where a detective questions one of the prostitutes, Chanida (nicknamed "Joy"), played by the leading actress Shirley Blanco. The officer's objective is to obtain information that would lead to an indictment of the ringleaders. At first Chanida is reluctant to even say a word, but gradually she opens up to the detective, whose goodwill and gentle persistence help allay her fears. From here the movie unfolds as a series of flashback sequences, as Chanida recounts her ordeal as a sex slave sent to Canada from her native Philippines.
Based on actual events, the movie calls attention to the harsh lives led by poor, underprivileged Asian girls forced into prostitution by greedy, ruthless men, who often threaten to kill their families if they dare decide to flee. Chanida arrives in Canada as a naive young virgin, but things quickly change for her once she is whisked off to the brothel. Her first client, a corpulent middle-aged gambler, eagerly pays one thousand Canadian dollars for the thrill of deflowering her. But this is only the beginning for Chanida, as one john after another visits the whorehouse to have sex with her, often preferring her to the more experienced prostitutes.
Fortunately the movie is interspersed with humorous scenes. One such moment occurs when Chrissie, Chanida's closest friend at the brothel, attempts to define certain sexual terms for Chanida. The results are hilarious. The girls joke about the johns and even poke fun at each other. In addition to providing comic relief, these instances demonstrate that the girls try to cope with their plight as lightheartedly as they can in an effort to keep their spirits up. There is a fair amount of nudity and sex here, and some violence as well--all fully warranted, given the context.
Blanco's acting is commendable. Chanida's broken English, however, is an unconvincing attempt to mimic the English spoken by an unschooled Filipino girl (English is one of the official languages of the Philippines, used largely in education, government, and commerce). Nevertheless, if one can forgive such a flaw, it won't be difficult to appreciate the movie's praiseworthy effort to portray the horrors of coerced prostitution, a deplorable but common situation affecting many young women and girls in countries the world over.
Its a pretty sad but true, all asian movie about Human Trafficking and the Asian Sex slave trade.
It a few years old, but I can never get bored with it.
Sypnosis
"Foreign Bodies" opens with a police raid of an Asian brothel. The scene then cuts to a police station, where a detective questions one of the prostitutes, Chanida (nicknamed "Joy"), played by the leading actress Shirley Blanco. The officer's objective is to obtain information that would lead to an indictment of the ringleaders. At first Chanida is reluctant to even say a word, but gradually she opens up to the detective, whose goodwill and gentle persistence help allay her fears. From here the movie unfolds as a series of flashback sequences, as Chanida recounts her ordeal as a sex slave sent to Canada from her native Philippines.
Based on actual events, the movie calls attention to the harsh lives led by poor, underprivileged Asian girls forced into prostitution by greedy, ruthless men, who often threaten to kill their families if they dare decide to flee. Chanida arrives in Canada as a naive young virgin, but things quickly change for her once she is whisked off to the brothel. Her first client, a corpulent middle-aged gambler, eagerly pays one thousand Canadian dollars for the thrill of deflowering her. But this is only the beginning for Chanida, as one john after another visits the whorehouse to have sex with her, often preferring her to the more experienced prostitutes.
Fortunately the movie is interspersed with humorous scenes. One such moment occurs when Chrissie, Chanida's closest friend at the brothel, attempts to define certain sexual terms for Chanida. The results are hilarious. The girls joke about the johns and even poke fun at each other. In addition to providing comic relief, these instances demonstrate that the girls try to cope with their plight as lightheartedly as they can in an effort to keep their spirits up. There is a fair amount of nudity and sex here, and some violence as well--all fully warranted, given the context.
Blanco's acting is commendable. Chanida's broken English, however, is an unconvincing attempt to mimic the English spoken by an unschooled Filipino girl (English is one of the official languages of the Philippines, used largely in education, government, and commerce). Nevertheless, if one can forgive such a flaw, it won't be difficult to appreciate the movie's praiseworthy effort to portray the horrors of coerced prostitution, a deplorable but common situation affecting many young women and girls in countries the world over.
Conchaga
Let's fuck some shit up
You best be trollin'. The guy is a self-addicted nutjob. He doesn't deserve any money.
eloisel
Forever Empress E
LOL - he is an actor. I think a person has to be a self-addicted nutjob to be a celebrity of any kind.
He has plenty of money - something like $680,000,000. He has money that is making money on the money that he made on the money that he made on the money for the work he did 25 years ago. The guy sits on several boards and owns lots of stuff. Plus he gets residuals from DVD sales, rentals, movies on tv, etc. He is no dummy. He diversified himself in case the acting didn't pan out.
Blindgroping
U mad 'bro?
The problem I have with him is that he always plays the same role.
And by that I mean, he plays Tom Cruise acting a part.
Never, for one moment, do you ever suspend your (my) belief enough to forget that he IS Tom Cruise.
Hell, even in interviews, I never get the sense that he is Not acting. (see that years old, Oprah one.)
One could completely replace him with CGI in every aspect of his life and I would not know it.
The closest he got to real acting was Vanilla Sky and War Of The Worlds.