What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2008, 00:20

I'll admit the ending of Texas is decent but oh boy what came before it is is utter crud. Just like a martial arts film with the odd bit of decent action cannot save it from overall being mundane.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 Apr 2008, 04:17

TCM is a classic. which martial arts films are you referring to,or are you generalising the whole genre?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2008, 05:11

No particular martial arts film and no not generalising.

I was just making a general comment, that's all. I don't even know how you could come to the conclusion "I was generalising on the whole genre" based on what I said. I tend to find a 90-100 minute martial arts film (or action film) with only 10 minutes of decent martial arts in an otherwise dull film, for example, won't mean it's overall a good film.

Jeez, what is it with members reading too much into my comments, thinking I'm generalising on everything

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 Apr 2008, 14:02

bradavon wrote:
I was just making a general comment

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bradavon wrote:I'm generalising on everything

Agreed.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2008, 16:30

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 14 Apr 2008, 16:42

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 15 Apr 2008, 00:56

P2 2/5

Ok thriller featuring Rachel Nichols who on xmas eve gets locked in an underground car park with psycho security guard Wes Bentley.certainly watchable this suffers from a particularly weak villain turn from Wes Bentley who just doesn't scare. Nice early ludicrous plot device gets Big-titted Nichols showing nice cleavage for most of the film though

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:10

Wes Bent is even worse in Ghsot Rider, so I guess he is just like a banana, not scary at all, excpept when its in your ass.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 16 Apr 2008, 14:36

Sex and the Silver Screen: 3.5/5

Interesting documentary on the history of censorship and portrayal of sex within American cinema. I've only seen the 1st 2 parts so far.
It's good but not in the same league as the terrific documentary on MGM - 'When The Lion Roars' what lets it down is the overly scripted, patchy narration by Raquel Welch, and the lack of any real interview footage with the participants/people. It feels strange hearing an actor read out another person's words, as was the case throughout this piece whenever a quotation was needed.
There are some interesting clips though.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Apr 2008, 14:53

romerojpg wrote:Wes Bent is even worse in Ghsot Rider, so I guess he is just like a banana, not scary at all, excpept when its in your ass.

I've never heard this film, Ghsot Rider. Was it originally in Hebrew, Arabic or Klingon?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 16 Apr 2008, 18:32

The Orphanage 3/5 (2nd viewing)

Enjoyed this more 2nd time around,looks very nice on BD but i still feel it's a tad overrated.quite sad and creepy but not particularly scary.great seance sequence.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 17 Apr 2008, 18:04

The Eye (Remake) 2/5

As pointless remakes of Asian horror movies go this is one of the better ones which isn't saying much.Alba looks lovely as usual but she's not much of an actress.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:07

Is there any shit you won't buy?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:17

bradavon wrote:Is there any shit you won't buy?

buy? why has this been released on dvd/blu-ray? have you seen it or have you "read" about it?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:21

I read it was rubbish. Has there been any decent Hollywood remake of an Asian horror film?

The American Ring 2 was pretty good but completely unnecessary.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:28

So to clarify:A: I Haven't and don't intend to buy it. B: As i suspected you've not seen it. C:It isn't very good but i can say that from at least having seen it. D:Anyone who thought Driller Killer decent shouldn't be commenting on other people's tasted in movies

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:35

I said I thought it was good (although I meant fairly good) and I'm not sure I'd like it today though

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saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 17 Apr 2008, 19:41

bradavon wrote:I said I thought it was good (although I meant fairly good) .

can you clarify the difference between good & "fairly" good then

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Apr 2008, 00:31

Batman:Dead End 4/5

Great 7 minute fan film,and the best Predator movie bar the first

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Apr 2008, 01:47

You don't know the difference between good and fairly good?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Apr 2008, 02:31

bradavon wrote:You don't know the difference between good and fairly good?

no,explain it to me please.here's a quote from you regarding Waterworld-"Waterworld: Theatrical Cut is okay but it's also mostly awful" how can an awful film be ok?

so you should understand my confusion over good and fairly good.?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Apr 2008, 02:53

Except I said "mostly awful" not "awful"

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 18 Apr 2008, 03:27

bradavon wrote:Except I said "mostly awful" not "awful"

we are going round in circles here but how can a mostly awful film be ok?surely it must be crap?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Apr 2008, 09:00

saltysam wrote:
bradavon wrote:Except I said "mostly awful" not "awful"
we are going round in circles here but how can a mostly awful film be ok?surely it must be crap?

ok would be something like 2-2,5/5 and mostly awful would be between 1 and 1,5/5.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Apr 2008, 09:14

Yes we are going in circles and I don't think it really matters, but seeing as you must know

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* Mostly awful means it's not outright awful as it has moments which are okay. Clear? As in "Mostly Awful".
* Hung is pretty much right but I'd say 1 out of 5 or 1.5 out of 5 is awful, not mostly awful. Confused?