The Sorcerer and the White snake (2011)
I’ve been putting off watching this far to long now and I’m a fan of Jet Li so this one was on my must watch list. Sure, it has a lot of CGI but I kind of liked it. Personally tho I actually liked the sidestory of “Batman” and the Green snake better ’cause I found a lot of humor and charm there… but after watching all of the movie I came to the conclusion that the main story also was kinda sweet CGI aside. It was a nice adventurous fantasy movie and I was entertained and I even ended up smiling on occations and what more could one ask from a movie which one has no expectations from.
I kind of ended up searching for the theme song in the end of the movie because I thought it was to beautiful to be forgotten. It’s called Promise with Raymond Lam & Eva Huang (I guess more than me liked it so it’s found in many versions on Youtube). Anyway…
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
Maximum Conviction (2012)
Wasn’t expecting much from this movie when it comes to quality of acting… I just wanted to be entertained and I got just that. To put is on the Seagal movie map.. This movie is better than the True Justice stuff and way better than Ticker which is the biggest crap pile he ever starred in.
It was fun to see Steven and Steve together in a movie, they make a nice team… none of them can act but they sure can entertain. Bren Foster was the big surprise to me… that dude can kick some serious tail. They even managed to put some eyecandy in there tho I don’t have a clue as of why they’d put two women in a male prison… was it a Gitmo type thing or do they even have both sexes there ?! Sorry, I’m kinda ignorant when it comes to prisons of that kind. Oh well… Steph Song sure is hot tho 
..I rate this movie 6/10 stars..
“No clue as this managed to got put in the adventure at imdb.com…”
My Girlfriend is an Agent (2009)
Wasn’t sure I had seen this one before but found that I had… still, why not watch it again as I found it kinda funny. It’s just something about these actors and their overuse of expressions that is funny to me… I usually don’t like overacting at all but this feels more like culture and I’m a bit more forgiving… besides the lead female is just adorable and the male lead totally hopeless. The call he get’s while in his first meeting from the mom cracks me up… This movie kind of made me wanna watch Mr & Mrs Smith next…
<<WARNING! Digressive Rant towards Netflix coming up next>>
Personally I’m glad when I find asian movies that isn’t ruined by being dubbed into english at Netflix. This one didn’t have an option on language or text so I guess the quality and choices one gets from asian movies on Netflix varies a lot… but for heaven’s sake… never ever dub unless you plan giving me the choice to watch original speech or dubbed version cause personally I rather wait with watching a movie until that choice is given to me. Anyways…
..I rate this movie 6/10 stars..
Tai Chi Zero (2012)
I was a bit unsure of what to watch next and ended up going to YouTube to check on this movie at Netflix… It’s by far the funniest and coolest trailer I’ve ever seen as a promo to any movie by far. So, I ended up watching it of course… it’s kinda hard not to after watching the trailer.
The movie might not be the best I’ve seen this year but I found it charming and now I kind of wish I had Tai Chi Hero available as well (sequel) as you don’t get the whole story from the first film. If I had known I’d probably still end up watching it just because of the trailer. I guess an extra fascination is the Steam Punk genre … and here you got a Chinese Steam Punk Kung-Fu flick … how cool is that…
I found the musical score on the end credits pretty awesome as well so I ended up checking the movie’s soundtrack when I was done watching it. Hope to find it on YouTube at least cause I sincerely doubt it’s available at Spotify nor iTunes. Overall I’d say that this movie would entertain anyone that loves Asian movies (like me, even tho I haven’t seen many lately).
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
The Factory (2012)
Warning, this is gonna be one of them spoiler reviews due to high annoyance factor. Based on actualy events ?! Is it really ?! Are there actually cops this dumb and is it that easy to become one in the US ? Anyway, not really that good of a movie… I just decided to watch it because I’m a John Cusack fan and I adore Jennifer Carpenter. Would I recommend this movie to anyone ? Not really … I’ll give it a plus for an ending I never saw coming but that’s it. The factory also have one of the most annoying dumb teens I’ve seen in a film … I mean, your father is investigating a serial killer that takes whores… then you go dress up like one and sneak away from home… You deserve everything coming your way for being that stupid. No empathy from me which also makes the whole point of this movie void as I no longer find it all that exciting since one wish the worst on idiotic characters.
..I rate this movie 2/10 stars..
The Thieves (2012)
“in Korea women are so cool they swim underwater with sunglasses”.
Now this movie really took me by surprise tho I’ve come to expect a certain quality from Korean movies as they keep making me laugh and the ones I’ve seen so far has been very entertaining. The big bad in this movie, Wei Hong, is one of the most bad ass mother fuckers I’ve seen in any film and his crew even crazier… I wouldn’t cross that dude. Repelling buildings with automatic weapons with no regards for their lives… Crazy people I tell ya.. you’d never see stuff like this in an American movie.
I find the mood in the movie to be very charming… many interesting characters. There’s just something about Yenicall (Gianna Jun) that kept making me laugh… her expressions and overall persona. All of the thieves with their own agenda just made the whole thing unpredictable and fun. Loved this flick … you should definitely check it out.
..I rate this movie 8/10 stars..
The Marine 2 (2009)
Not as good as the first one but I still found it entertaining… I’m not sure If I’d be willing to put my life on the line for such an annoying wife tho but hey, at least I got a lot of action in a beautiful atmosphere. Actually this is the reason I’ll never travel east … nor west … nor south … there are bad guys everywhere wanting to cash in of “westerners”.
It’s kinda weird I haven’t watched this straight to video movie before given it’s from 2009… I sure didn’t hesitate to watch it as it showed up on my Netflix since I loved the first movie. Different cast in this one tho… the only face I knew in this were Michael Rooker which always is such an awesome dude.
..I rate this movie 5/10 stars..
TRON: Legacy (2010)
It’s the third time I watch this movie, yet every time it’s like the first ’cause of my memory… and I know I love it just as much each time cause all I have to do is check the rating I gave it last on imdb.com.
There is so many reasons making this movie awesome; It’s visually stunning, it has one of the coolest soundtracks of all time thanks to Daft Punk… it has Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett as uber babes one can’t take ones eyes away from… it has a cool protagonist and a very good villain.
I never watched the old TRON movie from 1982… I have doubts it’s as good as this one but at some point I guess I should check it out… Personally I think I rather watch the sequel to this if it ever happens. According to imdb.com it’s planned for 2014 but I don’t see that happening as it’s still in the rewrite stage.
I’m glad this is now to be found on Netflix ’cause I’m pretty sure I’ll watch it again given the chance. Just the soundtrack alone is reason enough to watch this movie over and over… right now as I write this review I’m listening to the soundtrack on Spotify which keeps me in the same moody atmosphere the movie just put me. Movies like this make me miss dating… I’m just hoping earth come calling again soon… watching Wilde and Garrett mixed with the genius of Daft Punk just made me Swoon… it may also have a little to do about it being spring.. what do I know… oh, I digresssss…. anyway….
…I rate this movie 8/10 stars..
Three days of the Condor (1975)
It’s been a while since I took my time to watch an older movie… but after finding this I had a hard time staying away as I’m a fan of Robert Redford and Max von Sydow… as an added bonus Faye Dunaway in her prime. I actually found the tempo and all around atmosphere in the movie pretty entertaining… no over the top action or useless acting, just quality all around.
I must admit that even the name of the movie makes it interesting … it sounds so spyish. Robert Redford seems so perfect for movies like this… this kind of gave me the taste of the genre and I’m pretty sure I’ll be scouring the imdb.com for more movies like it. I think Sydney Pollack did a good job on this one… the only negative I have to say is that the ending could have been a tincy bit better… not that it’s bad, just kinda abrupt.
..I rated this movie 8/10 stars..
Jack Reacher (2012)
I kinda found Tom Cruise more believeable in Collateral (2004) than in this one to be honest… but I still liked this movie. Starting out with a sniper is always a good sign in my book… It’s kind of the same type of story as Shooter (2007), my alltime favorite movie.. just not as good. Tom’s the kind of guy the does most of his own stunts, but I don’t really see a lot of stunt work in this movie tho… not compared to most action movies these days.
I’ve adored Rosamund Pike since the first time I saw her on my tv-screen in the Bond movie Die another day as Miranda Frost. I am always glad to see her on the casting list. There isn’t all that many familiar faces in this movie… but the ones that were there made it count. Loved Robert Duvall as the ex marine Cash (it was marine right ? cause i figured Jack was ex army.. or did i get it all mixed up).
When it comes to rewatchability, I’m pretty sure I’d watch this again one day. Lots of action and suspence… even some eyecandy and funny scenes (Love the bar scene where Jack meets Sandy for the first time, that conversation was hillarious).
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
Our Girl (2013)
Wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this movie… I just thought the little I’ve read about it sounded interesting. At first I thought it was based upon an actual character but I guess it wasn’t. Lacey Turner is really good in this one I think and looking at her options with friends and family like hers I’d opt out and join the army as well ’cause they were all shait. This movie makes me appreciate my life more even tho mine ain’t 5 by 5 either…
It’s not the type of movie one watches more than once… I’m still not sure if I understood the ending, it just seemed so wimsicle and weird. I mean one could say it’s open for Interpretation kind off … or is it… BBC, did you not know how to end this thing or suddenly felt the need to do a Coen/Lynch type ending where you sit around questioning what happened in your head for half a day to decide if this was a good or bad ending… cause I still don’t have a frackin’ clue. All I can say is, up to the last 10 minutes or so I liked the movie.
Spoiler Alert or is it ?! I don’t have a clue … I’d even watch a sequel if they decided to make one cause I liked the Molly character … the thing is I don’t know after the ending if it’s sequelable…
..I rate this movie 7/10..
Pitch Perfect (2012)
I’ve never been like a fan of Glee or anything but I knew I’d like this movie. It’s been hyped up a lot by tumblr gifs and trailers before I got to set my teeth into it but I still just knew it was a movie I’d enjoy. I think a cappella is kinda cool *cough geek cough* and they managed to get quite a few different character types into this movie… I even liked the cunt bitch in charge played by the gorgeous Anna Camp. Been a fan of Anna Kendrick since I saw her in Up in the air (which is one of my all time favorite movies). When it comes to characters tho, my favorite is Lily (Hana Mae Lee) even tho we don’t get to see that much of her. It’s nice to see a hype upped movie actually live up to it’s expectations. Great cast, great soundtrack and the perfect amount of cheese. I’ll watch it again ^_^
..I rate this movie 8/10 stars..
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
I’ve been wanting to see this for some time… mainly because the title sounded cool and secondly because it has a marvelous cast. Christopher Walken should be reason enough to watch this movie… that man’s a legend. I guess the director, Martin McDonagh really likes Colin Farrell since he’s made 2 movies… this one and In Bruge, Colin being in both. Personally I like this one better than In Bruge (2008).
Seven Psychopaths is kinda special in the way it’s not really building up to some climax or anything… It holds the same phase from beginning to end. Some interesting characters in there… usually not the type of movie I like as it’s the talk talk type movie, but I kinda found it charming. I like Sam Rockwell in this.. almost as much as I did in Moon (2009). I was kinda hoping the Olga Kurylenko had a bigger part, like a psychopath part … but nope.
Not the type of movie you watch often but it’s definitely rewatchable on the higher scale… again, great cast and cinematography. Not sure if I agree to this being a comedy tho … but sure I had a few laughs but it felt more like a drama.
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
Assassin’s Bullet (2012)
Once again I sit down and watch a movie because I liked the cover … and the plot didn’t sound so bad either. When the movie started I got a bit worried because it is one of those movies that goes on in eastern Europe… you know, like Seagal and Van Damme movies with a horribly low budget and bad actors… But I actually don’t think this movie was all that bad. I like Christian Slater and the female in the lead, Elika Portnoy, was kind of charming.
I bet the one behind the story was sure he was unpredictable when he wrote this script… Well, I saw through it from the start. I guess there are more downsides to having my kind of problems IRL. Wouldn’t mind getting the occational surprise in a movie… Oh well, at least not the typical ending (and that isn’t really giving anything away).
..I rate this movie 4/10 stars..
The Expatriate (2012)
This one really took me by surprise … It’s basically kind of Takenish but with Aaron Eckhart. Well, the difference is that he is running alongside the daughter instead of looking for her. I really loved this movie because it’s a great action thriller with a good cast and good cinematography. I really like sitting down with movies I’ve never heard of and they end up being this good. No downtime what so ever … Just Aaron kicking ass followed by one of the first non annoying teen characters in the last decade (which is a HUGE plus in my book as I normally hate teens in movies ’cause of their intensly high annoyance factor).
I’d say with a pretty high certainty that I’ll watch this movie again … and even again (and that should say something being that I hardly find time to watch movies inbetween all the series I follow).
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
10 years (2011)
It’s movie weekend with my 2nd cousin again and this time we started out with this thing. We actually went to the same school and turned down the 20 year anniversary reunion a few weeks back so this movie kind of was a nice reminder of why I wouldn’t bother showing up to mine.
This movie has a few characters I wouldn’t mind punching in the face with an anvil, but it is also kind of charming … overall tho it felt like one were trying to hard when it came to the story. It’s kind of an average movie with 5% funny scenes and 95% awkwardness … which I hate about any movie. I think the only character I ended up liking was that blonde married to the douche.
Spoiler alert! (they don’t come to often from me). I’m still kinda baffled that the douche didn’t end up getting punched in the face in the end… The rapping karaoke thingie was cool.
..I rate this movie 5/10 stars..
Butter (2011)
I found the story interesting when I watched the trailer the first time. It would seem like a nice satirical comedy that would bring on a lot of laughs … and it did. It’s very charming and I found the premise of cutting butter into sculptures kinda exciting.
I think Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Garner are pretty good in it and there is quite a few funny characters. I especially liked Kristen Schaal as Carol-Ann and had quite the laugh when she entered the butter cutting competition.
For me this movie has a pretty high rewatchability factor due to it being as charming and funny as it is. A movie you can watch with friends and laugh.
..I rate this movie 6/10 stars..
Without a Paddle (2004)
Just as funny as I remember it to be … so many moments in this movie. Not just funny but it even has a few cringeworthy moments, poop throwing *ewww* and hairy lady legs *eeeew squared*. Without a paddle has a nice cast, great scenary and it’s not over the cheeseline as I like to call it. This story is the kind that can have sequels just because of their friendship much like Hangover… tho Hangover has been milked enough now. Favorite characters in this movie tho are the potfarmers Dennis and Elwood.
I’ve been a Seth Green fan since he played Oz in Buffy and Matthew Lillard is so so, some movies I hate him and some he’s funny or bareable… the favorite being Wing Commander. I’d say Without a paddle has an above average rewatchability factor and given the chance I’d probably watch it again some day.
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
We are legion (2012)
Ever so often I decide to sit down with a documentary movie. I don’t rate them like movies (no clue as of why, I just don’t). We are legion takes a look at the group known as Anonymous on the internet. They have always fascinated me so this documentary was a mustsee for me. I found it interesting but it didn’t really impress me all that much in the way of making me more informed of the group. The interviews were interesting but I was hoping for more backstory and the coverage of more events that was caused by Anonymous. It did a neat cover of where it started to where it is today but I still was hoping for more stories about stuff they have done as a group over the years… that part was kinda thin. The hacker scene has fascinated me since I watched the movie Wargames with Matthew Broderick. Personally I’m to stupid to comprehend the stuff they do but I do believe that without hackers computer science wouldn’t be where it is today.
“I find this an average documentary… it needs sequels ’cause I want more information and because I’m pretty sure there will be more events over the coming years.”
After watching this documentary I started missing the amateur documentary series The Scene I used to watch years ago. There is way to little movies covering the internet scene in my opinion and it’s a huge market for it so I pray there will be some good series or movies in the future… maybe I’m simply looking in the wrong places but I figure if there were any I would have heard about them by now.
Flyboys (2006)
Way better than I thought it would be. I’m starting to get the impression that the movies about pilots during WWI and WWII are much more exciting than movies about pilots of jetplanes. I guess it’s because the fights are much more exciting to look at because the pilot has to do the scouting and shooting without the uber tech that does everything for you. I guess if they were to make movies about wars 50 years from now it’s all about the drones and less emotion involved. Anyway, I love this movie… it has Aces, ace villains and lots of action. I even love how they personalize the planes with icons as it makes it easier to see who’s who in the actual fight sequences.
Sure, the movie has kind of a high predictability factor but I also like the fact that when I sit down with a movie like this there’s a chance a big part of the cast is getting blown out of the sky… Still, lots of characters to love in this one. I’d definitely watch this one again if it shows up on my movie path at some point. This is definitely one of the better movies in the Inspired by a true story genre.
..I rate this movie 8/10 stars..
Scary Movie (2000)
It feels kinda strange now watching the scary movies in different order 10 years later… I notice that out of the 3 I’ve seen the last week the original is the far worst of the series (don’t remember the third). The one thing this movie has going for it is Carmen Electra and Shannon Elisabeth whome also are in two of the coolest scenes. Carmen in the intro and Shannon in that parking garage. Other scenes worth mentioning is the car roof scene and the cinema scene (any movie showing some noisy cunt in the cinema getting what she deserve gets a standing ovation from me).
The scenes I find funny tho aren’t that many… it’s sets of more the yawn that’s not funny feeling and please someone stab that character fast feeling… Oh, and I love that Amistad II trailer … that was hillarious… but overall this is yet another spoof movie with a bit to much boredom.
..I rate this movie 3/10 stars..
Kung Pow : Enter the Fist (2002)
I probably appreciated this movie a lot more back when it came out. I’ve pretty much grown up on hong kong movies so I found the movie to be quite funny and I loved all those small spoofs throughout the movie… like when a movie is dubbed to english you can see them talk then 2-3 seconds later the english voice comes out… but my favorite scene in the movie is undoubtedly the cow fightscene… also worth mentioning the sound effects Ling keeps making… wyuu wyuu wyuuuh…
I’m glad I just decided to watch this cause now I found a tune on the end credits (From Rusholme with love) I can bookmark on my youtube playlist. I’d actually love to see the sequel they “present” at the end of the movie. Would be fun (yeh, I know it’s not real). I could just picture the cow with friends potential fight scene in my head. Again, I loved this the first time I watched it… enjoyed it a little now as well but overall I’d say it falls short of average.
..I rate this movie 4/10 stars..
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
I guess I might as well watch all the Scary movies that shows up on my Netflix now that I’ve seen number 4… They all have some elements that makes me laugh even tho they’re kinda bad. Scary Movie 2 isn’t as good as the 4th but I love the cat fight and charlie’s angels segments of the movie. I dunno what’s with me and cats in movie’s/series… I think it runs back to Salem in Sabrina the Teenage witch, one of the coolest characters to ever show up on my televison… and the Charlie’s angels, now that’s just hot (and in this movie… funny).
I’m not the biggest fan of the dude with the mini hand … I guess if he wanted to be repulsive, he succeeded. I know people always seem to trash Tori Spelling, I kinda find her adorable…. Tim Curry is always creepy and I think him being cursed to be in a movie this bad must be his karma for scaring the shit out of me in IT. Kathleen Robertson is the eyecandy of the movie. Not sure if I’ll ever watch this movie again, but if I’m still around 20-30 years from now … maybe.
..I rate this movie 3/10 stars..
Looper (2012)
I’ve heard so many things about this movie I guess my expectations got a bit high ’cause of people saying it was mindblowingly good and all that. It has a pretty impressive cast and some visually mindblowing effects but it’s far from the best movie I’ve seen in the last month (and I’ve seen quite a few). It’s not that I didn’t like it tho, ’cause I did… just not as much as the average person.
I’d love to see a “spin-off” about the rainmaker ’cause he was an awesome character… They could even give the movie the same name and it would sound cool. It’s the effects surrounding the rainmaker that makes the movie cool… sure the story is different as well so I’ll give Hollywood points for originality for once… still the effects is the cool part. It’s definitely a Blu-ray worthy movie. I guess Rian Johnson is gonna get a lot of phone calls and work offers after this movie.
..I rate this movie 7/10 stars..
