Rate The Last Movie You Watched - Page 121

Dodgerchick · 06-26-2015, 07:08 PM

Been watching lots of movies while the kids are outta town.

Jurassic World- 7/10

The typical, "maybe we should do this..." and something stupid happens-kinda stuff. Expected. The young kid and Chris Pratt were the only smart people in the entire movie. I didn't care for the aunt, she irritated me. She did about a marathon's worth of running... in heels? C'mon. Good comic relief in the control room. There were certain scenes though, that were downright terrifying. The dinosaur scenes boosted my rating a couple of points. All in all, it was entertaining.

Edward64 · 06-26-2015, 08:04 PM

San Andreas - 7/10. A good fun movie with the Rock. I would have given it an 8/10 but thought the relationship aspect was somewhat of a distraction (and lost cause with the Rock). The special effects were fantastic.

Marmel · 07-15-2015, 10:13 AM

Mad Max 9/10

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We have to go from point A to point B. Now we are going back to point A. And it will be awesome the whole way.

Karlifornia · 07-23-2015, 01:08 PM

Trainwreck- 6/10 Had some really good moments, and was better than most rom-coms. However, Amy Schumer went soft halfway through the movie, and it bordered on a cliche story. It was also way too long, but that's more of an Apatow problem I think.

Cena was hilarious.

cthomer5000 · 07-26-2015, 11:52 AM

Godzilla (2014) - 2/10

This movie is a real pile of shit! Every scene just feels like a cliche, so you just have nothing but a pile of complete archetype characters saying completely generic movie things at each other. Tons of things that make no logical sense whatsoever, and no character to care about.

Marmel · 07-27-2015, 07:49 AM

It was a Jump Street marathon weekend! I actually didn't really care to watch, but my wife convinced me it would be worth it as she saw the first one already.

21 Jump Street

Not at all what I expected, but in a good way. Very funny and a decent enough story with some homage to the original TV series. Ice Cube is one of the better characters.

8/10

22 Jump Street

More of the same. Ice Cube steals the show. More inside jokes and sequel jokes.

7/10

Johnny93g · 07-27-2015, 09:52 AM

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Godzilla (2014) - 2/10

This movie is a real pile of shit! Every scene just feels like a cliche, so you just have nothing but a pile of complete archetype characters saying completely generic movie things at each other. Tons of things that make no logical sense whatsoever, and no character to care about.

Best review in this whole thread!!!

Johnny93g · 07-27-2015, 09:57 AM

Recent things i've watched without a whole lot of explanation:

True Story- 6/10

Maggie- 6/10

Danny Collins- 8/10

Insurgent- 5/10

Woman in Gold- 7/10

Get Hard- 6/10

Chappie- 4/10

Unfinished Business- 6/10

revrew · 07-27-2015, 12:28 PM

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Recent things i've watched without a whole lot of explanation:

Woman in Gold- 7/10

I was surprised how much I enjoyed Woman in Gold as well. Of course, Helen Mirren is pretty awesome, but it worked for me.

Julio Riddols · 07-28-2015, 10:38 PM

There is something excessively hot about Helen Mirren.

Grover · 07-29-2015, 07:22 AM

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There is something excessively hot about Helen Mirren.

Which is why she is on my list.

Grover · 07-29-2015, 07:23 AM

Old Boy - 10/10 (Korean version, not Spike Lee's mess)

Nightcrawler - 8/10

The Warriors - 8/10

Julio Riddols · 07-31-2015, 10:28 PM

Saw Jurassic World on a whim tonight.

5/10.

I give it a 5 only because my friend and I were able to enjoy the ending, we got what we wanted there with the final showdown. We cheered even, because it meant that we nailed our prediction on how it would end. The action was decent. Chris Pratt was solid.

The problem I have with the movie is a major one though, and something that is becoming more and more prevalent in movies today. The writing was total shit. The movie was predictable, we were able to select the people who would die right off the bat. predictable deaths and plot points are a minor nit pick though. The big issue with the writing is that it made absolutely no sense and the characters were all idiots. There is no way in hell that a park full of real dinosaurs would ever have a problem luring visitors first off. Secondly, there is no way in hell, after suffering such devastating disaster upon opening the park 20 years ago, that anyone would ever make such incredibly stupid choices with how they operate the park going forward. Now the movie tries to make the line of thinking legit by having Chris Pratt come to "inspect" the dwelling of this new dinosaur they created, but come on, seriously. I can get that this was a movie based on action, but so was Jurassic Park. The difference is that Jurassic Park's plot had a much more believable catalyst. It had character development. It had likable and interesting characters aside from just one person. Jurassic World has none of that. Chris Pratt is kind of cool, and that's it. The love interest is a dumb woman with no redeeming qualities, the kids in the film might as well have been nameless and faceless, I cared about neither of them. The person I cared about the most aside from Pratt (who you know will not die) was the minor one played by Omar Sy, and that is only because he knew that the things happening in the park were fucked up and he still had to deal with the mess these dumb asses created. He didn't deserve to deal with the shit these morons brought upon themselves. He was too smart to be in the movie.

Ultimately, I don't think its too much to ask that a movie have good action AND be well written. Make the disaster happen despite every precaution being taken. Make me care about the characters involved. The problem is that Hollywood thinks good writing is superfluous and it makes me sad for the state of humanity. We should be asking for more than just "turn your brain off" popcorn flicks for the price we pay to see these films. We should demand more from our blockbusters. It is depressing that we clearly do not. This was a B movie with a budget, it got by on nostalgia and effects, and it made bank so the cycle perpetuates itself.

This was maybe the 3rd best Jurassic Park film, and just barely better than Jurassic Park 3. It was Twister with dinosaurs and dumber people.

Julio Riddols · 07-31-2015, 10:41 PM

Mad Max Fury Road - 9/10 - If you're going to make an action flick.. Well, if you're going to make an action flick that is just purely wall to wall action, forget about it. You can't top this.

This was a 2 hour chase scene, one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Ridiculous, over the top, but well within the realms of the Mad Max universe. I must have said "holy shitballs" at least 6 or 7 times when I did manage to catch enough breath to do something besides let my mouth hang open in awe. It was eye crack, head spinning, pulse raising fun. If Jurassic World was ONLY dinosaur fights and explosions, it might have been almost as good as Mad Max was. Almost.

Julio Riddols · 07-31-2015, 11:01 PM

It Follows - 8/10 - I didn't expect to like this movie. Instead I got some of the most beautiful visuals ever filmed in any film, let alone a horror film. I got a soundtrack that just saturated the film with this nostalgic sound, yet gave it a fresh feel at the same time. The external sensations provided by the music and the visuals served to take the average feel of the plot from "just another horror film" to something a little more transcendent for the genre, and that is a lot to ask of horror these days. This is not lowest common denominator cookie cutter stuff, this is a familiar box with unfamiliar contents that I feel like I might reopen several times just for the atmosphere. I didn't really want it to end.

Julio Riddols · 07-31-2015, 11:03 PM

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The Warriors - 8/10

I hope they never remake The Warriors. I feel like someone out there probably wants to, and I hope they decide not to.

cartman · 08-15-2015, 08:34 PM

Straight Outta Compton - 8/10

Great movie. Covered the startup, rise and fall of the band.

rjolley · 08-15-2015, 08:59 PM

Ant Man - 7/10

Solid superhero origin story, better than the first Thor or Captain America movies, but not as good as the first Iron Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies. They made good use of Paul Rudd's acting and comedy chops and the story fit in with the rest of the MCU. They tied him into the Avengers and introduced a new character for future movies. It bridges the gap to Captain America next year and makes up for a sub-par Avengers movie from earlier this year.

ISiddiqui · 08-18-2015, 10:24 AM

Wreck-It Ralph - 8/10: I thought this was a quite good Disney film which encompassed the idea of being yourself regardless of how the rest of the world sees you (which, yes I guess is a common Disney trope, but it was a bit different here). I think it also added the interesting (for Disney) idea that you have a role to play in helping your friends realize who they actually are - building them up instead of stomping all over them - the Vanelope and Ralph friendship is probably one of the best in all Disney. Also, lots of fun old video game references made it super enjoyable. And great voice acting as well.

Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10: What an awesome underrated flick! I know it's been described as Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers but it really is much more than that. For one, it actually described why he's living the entire day over in a way that totally worked with disbelief suspension. The way they did the repeating of the day storyline was very good - they never got to the point where the repetition got boring. Tom Cruise was fantastic in the role (he really is a good action star) and Emily Blunt was great as well. And there were some surprisingly emotional parts - stuff that you wouldn't necessarily think about, if someone is reliving a war scene over and over again you could totally see would take a toll. Really great film!

cubboyroy1826 · 08-18-2015, 11:22 AM

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Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10: What an awesome underrated flick! I know it's been described as Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers but it really is much more than that. For one, it actually described why he's living the entire day over in a way that totally worked with disbelief suspension. The way they did the repeating of the day storyline was very good - they never got to the point where the repetition got boring. Tom Cruise was fantastic in the role (he really is a good action star) and Emily Blunt was great as well. And there were some surprisingly emotional parts - stuff that you wouldn't necessarily think about, if someone is reliving a war scene over and over again you could totally see would take a toll. Really great film!

Totally agree with this one. I definitely think after some time more people will come around to this movie that did not care for it much the first time. Lately I have watched this and John Wick quite a few times while flipping channels.

ISiddiqui · 08-18-2015, 11:25 AM

John Wick was also quite fun. I love stylized-action movies. Makes them a lot more fun than the traditional action ones (the stylized ones have a lot more of, 'holy crap, what just happened' stuff).

Chief Rum · 08-18-2015, 11:50 AM

The only issue I had with Edge of Tomorrow was the ending. It was confusing and way too Hollywood-convenient. Everything else about the movie was terrific.

Honolulu_Blue · 08-18-2015, 12:31 PM

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The only issue I had with Edge of Tomorrow was the ending. It was confusing and way too Hollywood-convenient. Everything else about the movie was terrific.

I agree about the ending.

I had some issues with Edge of Tomorrow overall. First, the aliens were pretty forgettable. They weren't that interesting and all of that talk about Alphas and Omegas and whatever just seemed like jibberish without much context. I had a much better sense of the aliens from Starship troopers than these.

The men and women from Tom Cruise's little troop were also completely forgettable. At the end, they were making all of these heroic sacrifices, but I didn't really know one from the other, so it all had zero emotional impact on me. A lot of noise and fury signifying nothing.

Emily Blunt was great. I could watch her do that push up for hours and hours and hours...

I've seen it on cable a few times since I saw it in the theaters and have liked it more and more, but still think there are some areas that could have been improved.

I'd say it's about a 7/10.

I'd also give John Wick a 7/10. Very enjoyable little action flick.

ISiddiqui · 08-18-2015, 12:48 PM

I thought the ending was actually perfect and thematically appropriate. It wasn't Hollywood...

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BYU 14 · 08-18-2015, 01:34 PM

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Straight Outta Compton - 8/10

Great movie. Covered the startup, rise and fall of the band.

Totally agree, crammed a lot into the movie and ran the gamut of emotions, with some really funny moments in there. I knew I would probably enjoy it, but was pleasantly surprised at just how much I enjoyed it. 9 of 10 from me.

Grover · 08-18-2015, 01:51 PM

Ex Machina - 10/10

WOW. What a film.

Buccaneer · 08-18-2015, 06:54 PM

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Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10: What an awesome underrated flick! I know it's been described as Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers but it really is much more than that. For one, it actually described why he's living the entire day over in a way that totally worked with disbelief suspension. The way they did the repeating of the day storyline was very good - they never got to the point where the repetition got boring. Tom Cruise was fantastic in the role (he really is a good action star) and Emily Blunt was great as well. And there were some surprisingly emotional parts - stuff that you wouldn't necessarily think about, if someone is reliving a war scene over and over again you could totally see would take a toll. Really great film!

For once, I actually agree with your score and review. I watched this recently and thought it was likely the most clever action movie I had ever seen.

ISiddiqui · 08-18-2015, 10:03 PM

revrew · 08-19-2015, 08:58 AM

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Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10

I wouldn't go as high as a 9, but I did enjoy this one quite a bit.

Incidentally, my wife loves this film, just for that montage where Tom Cruise gets killed over and over and over and over and over in quick succession. She giggles herself right off the couch every time she sees it!

ISiddiqui · 08-19-2015, 09:19 AM

To be honest, I struggled with rating it a 10/10 or a 9/10. Maybe I should have 9.5ed it... but I don't like half scores.

Buccaneer · 08-28-2015, 06:48 PM

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Ex Machina - 10/10

WOW. What a film.

Thanks for the endorsement. I'm using gift cards to get more movies and needed some more ideas and even though I am not sci-fi, Ex Machina sounds intriguing. Mad Max is on my list for next week.

Movies in my stack to watch: Winter's Bone, Imitation Game, Fearless and Pursuit of Happyness. Also finally got my home theater set up and looking to get blu-rays of my favorites (particularly the Zhang Yimou and Woo-Ping Yuen movies) but more interested in Director's Cuts.

thesloppy · 08-28-2015, 09:14 PM

I liked Ex Machina a lot. That Oscar Isaac has impressed me a couple times as a very engaging actor, it looks absolutely fabulous, and does a really good job setting the suffocating tone of a good sci-fi thriller. It does touch on themes that have been done before, but that's hardly unique these days, and it's about as done-right as any (relatively 'hard') science fiction thriller of the last 20 years.

It's also relatively small scale/stakes both in terms of focus (relative to universe/galaxy/world threatening space operas, time travel, superheros, etc.) and literally in terms of the size of the cast & setting, which I appreciate, and might appeal to folks who don't traditionally bond with sci-fi, like Bucc.

sabotai · 09-07-2015, 05:09 PM

Mad Max: Fury Road - 8/10
As high as I'll go for a movie that's just simply a roller coaster ride and throws character development and plot out the window. Probably the best "dumb" action movie I've ever seen.

Interstellar - 7/10
Cinematography and visual effects were top notch. I thought it started out great, but just got worse as it went on. Most of the plot twists were just too obvious. I knocked it down a point due to my annoyance at having to rewind and put the captions on in a few scenes because of how loud the soundtrack was...

Ex Machina - 9/10
For pretty much all of the reasons everyone else has already stated. Best 2015 film I've seen so far.

Buccaneer · 09-09-2015, 08:39 AM

Mad Max - Fury Road - 8.5/10
I would go one step up from sabotai in saying that there were more characterizations than I expected. I seem to be always interested in the how they make movies (particularly those not relying heavily on CGI) and the many 'Making of..' extras were fun to watch, along with the movie itself of course.

Ex Machina - 7.5/10
Robots are typically one of my three turnoffs in movies (along with aliens and zombies) but this one intrigued me. I found it refreshing that it wasn't yet another mass robot uprising or robot battles (ugh) but something much more psychological. I found it intriguing that we tend to fall into the same trap as the protagonist and therefore, are left with conflicting thoughts and emotions. The lower score is due to a few unnecessary scenes, particularly some of the ending ones, imo.

Pursuit of Happyness - 8/10
I like 'based on true events' character movies and found this easily to be Will Smith's best performance. Some liberties from the true story of rags to riches (the real story is fascinating to read).

Ever After - 8/10
Older (1998) but fun movie offering a spin on the Cinderella (Drew Barrymore) story that surpasses any of the sappy ones that Disney has ever done.

Grover · 09-09-2015, 10:10 AM

Wrong thread for this... but nowhere else to put it.

Cannot wait to see this film.

Abe Sargent · 09-09-2015, 09:46 PM

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Wrong thread for this... but nowhere else to put it.

Cannot wait to see this film.

You could......

Make your own thread? Crazy concept, I know.

Julio Riddols · 09-09-2015, 10:06 PM

Call the thread "The What Are You Getting Hyped For Thread"

PilotMan · 09-11-2015, 09:36 PM

I didn't think it was that great when I first saw it, but it's so damn subtle sometimes, and has so many great lines that it's rapidly moved up my laugh list. A Million Ways to Die in the West is one of my current fav movies.

People die at the fair.

stevew · 09-12-2015, 01:08 AM

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I didn't think it was that great when I first saw it, but it's so damn subtle sometimes, and has so many great lines that it's rapidly moved up my laugh list. A Million Ways to Die in the West is one of my current fav movies.

People die at the fair.

Yeah I liked it, but doubt I would see a movie like that in the theater. I figured the Mustache song was a MacFarlane play to try to grab an Oscar, but that song is actually about 150 years old.

Groundhog · 09-12-2015, 08:47 AM

Avengers: Age of Ultron - 3/10

Worst superhero movie I've seen since Iron Man 3.

Thanks for the Beasts of No Nation post - had not heard of it. Been watching Idris Elba in Luther on Netflix and he's now on my 'must-see' list with anything he does.

Grover · 09-12-2015, 09:34 AM

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You could......

Make your own thread? Crazy concept, I know.

Oh Abe, you clever shrew.

Grover · 09-12-2015, 09:37 AM

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Avengers: Age of Ultron - 3/10

Worst superhero movie I've seen since Iron Man 3.

Thanks for the Beasts of No Nation post - had not heard of it. Been watching Idris Elba in Luther on Netflix and he's now on my 'must-see' list with anything he does.

Elba is fantastic. I've been a huge fan ever since The Wire.

I would love to see him replace Daniel Craig as James Bond when that time comes.

revrew · 09-13-2015, 07:29 PM

The Visit - 5.5/10

I'll admit, I've always been a big fan of Shyamalan, but after seeing "The Happening," I was ready to divorce from his fan club forever. And until now, everything he's made since has convinced me that was the right call.

But with "The Visit," he's found his way back to making a decent movie (along the lines of "The Village," though I'd rank Village higher than Visit, simply because the quality of the cast was so much better).

From a moviemaking perspective, Visit was actually more clever and original than Village, but the child protagonists are tough to live with. This is a movie you really need to be ready to laugh at. Especially all the times Shyamalan sets you up to be scared, and then you aren't. Laugh at yourself for getting suckered. But then it takes its classic Shayamalan twist, and it gets spooky, and it's worth the ride.

Not a great movie, but a fun enough diversion if you go in with a lighthearted attitude.

heybrad · 09-13-2015, 07:34 PM

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The Visit - 5.5/10

I'll admit, I've always been a big fan of Shyamalan, but after seeing "The Happening," I was ready to divorce from his fan club forever. And until now, everything he's made since has convinced me that was the right call.

But with "The Visit," he's found his way back to making a decent movie (along the lines of "The Village," though I'd rank Village higher than Visit, simply because the quality of the cast was so much better).

From a moviemaking perspective, Visit was actually more clever and original than Village, but the child protagonists are tough to live with. This is a movie you really need to be ready to laugh at. Especially all the times Shyamalan sets you up to be scared, and then you aren't. Laugh at yourself for getting suckered. But then it takes its classic Shayamalan twist, and it gets spooky, and it's worth the ride.

Not a great movie, but a fun enough diversion if you go in with a lighthearted attitude.

My wife and I saw it last night. On it's own, I agree with your review. It's a fairly pedestrian story with a few shock factors thrown in and a nice twist. But in a packed theater on a Saturday night, with people screaming, it made for a heck of a fun and entertaining night for us. Nothing wrong with a movie that delivers nothing more than some plain old goofy fun.

Johnny93g · 09-14-2015, 10:30 AM

I really enjoyed Love and Mercy the other day.

I know nothing about the Beach Boys, so i had no knowledge of this story before hand.

Paul Dano was very good, but i loved John Cusack's performance. To me, his best in years. I'm pretty sure this one will be on my year end top 10 list. Love it.

Suicane75 · 10-03-2015, 08:40 PM

2015 Horror Fest: Varsity Blood: 8 Out Of 100 Stars

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Saints preserve me, what a shittastical journey into ever loving boredom this fucking movie is. Spoilers will be abundant as I dissect this movie like a horny cheerleader, so you're forewarned.

With a 1:20 minute run time, Varsity Blood, a movie selling itself on Cheerleaders and gore, feels like it goes about 4 or 5 times longer than that. So if you only have two hours left to live, pop this fucker in. Not only will time stand still, but when death does come, you'll relish it.

Hogeye High, located somewhere between Iowa and Arkansas, has a killer on the loose, and he's targeting the football team and the cheerleaders. Now, when I say Football team, it's really just 5 guys, who practice in sweats and just toss a ball to each other. Even at the pep rally they appear to be the only players on the team. Generally this would annoy the hell out of me, but there's more than enough other awful shit in this movie to annoy me, so I guess it gets a pass.

About the only praise I can give Varsity Blood is that it looks like an actual movie, so it's got that going for it. Other than that it fails on just about every level imaginable, and then some. The chase scenes are flat, the acting by the teenagers is bad, but mostly just dull and monotonous. The amount of dialog given the actors does them no favors either, as the script insists on explaining everything in mind numbing detail. The adults however, hoo baby. Debbie Rochon, an actual actress, thinks she's the lead in Clean And Sober and not stuck in some shitty slasher move. The guy who plays her boyfriend looks like a jacked up Jay Leno, let that sink in for a moment, and acts like he just stepped out of Smokey & The Bandit, extreme drawl and all. Then there's the Sheriff, who looks like Omar Epps 25 years from now and has about 10% of the acting ability. There are some titties on display, but it's like falling in a pile of dog crap and trying to be excited you found a quarter in there.

So Hannah is the new girl in town and has taken the place on the cheer squad of the Principals daughter, who died last year in a drinking related accident, But Hannahs father also died last year when he was hit by a drunk driver, so none of Hannahs friends talk about the previous cheerleader much. Ok, fair enough so far. Then we learn that the guy Hannahs mom is shacking up with is the father of the dead cheerleaders boyfriend, who went mental after she died and is locked up in an insane asylum. Ok, now we're starting to delve into Soap Opera territory. But oh, that's not all, Nobody ever told Hannah about the boyfriend, she thinks that her moms new beau only has one son. Why this matters, who the fuck knows. Then we learn, in what I think is supposed to be a shocker, that the girl didn't die on the road, as implied, but rather when the group of kids were fucking around partying and the cheerleaders were doing pyramids drunk, and she crashed to her death from a perilous 6 foot fall. Oh what a Shamalanyian twist that was. So Hannahs mom doesn't want her partying or hanging around with her new friends and this is driving Hannah insane, because even though she is a good girl, and all her friends are absolute cunts, and even though she has no plans on putting out, and her boyfriend is only interested in her for one thing, she still must hang out with them, she just must!

What just took me a paragraph to write takes the movie about 50 minutes to convey, through talking, and talking, and talking. I'm sure the writer of this movie thought this was a kick ass story. It's not.

So after the big game on Halloween night, they all go to some rundown house that's supposed to be in the middle of nowhere, yet is surrounded by building after building that they run to when the big chases (term used loosely) inevitably occur. The barely have time to do much of anything before the killer starts hunting them in the most generic, by the numbers, unenthusiastic, chase scenes you'll ever see. I mean, I can't even convey the level of bored I was in trying to get through the last 20 minutes of this thing. Finally there's a twist at the end and who gives a shit and thank god it's over.

A football team that doesn't exist. A long winded story that you could not possibly care about. Silly plot devices like the good girl being brought a giant knife so she can carve pumpkins while everyone else screws and does coke. Teenage cheerleaders with tattoos all over, including one with a fucking paragraph written on her belly. Bad underacting, bad overacting. Chase scenes that with absolutely no originality, that aren't shot well on top of it.

A complete flunk out of a movie, Varsity Blood should be expelled.

2015 Horror Fest: The Babadook: 74 Out Of 100 Stars

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2015 Horror Fest: Inisidious: 58 Out Of 100 Stars

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Suicane75 · 10-07-2015, 09:42 PM

2015 Horror Fest: I Spit On Your Grave 3: 28 Out Of 100 Stars

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2015 Horror Fest: Pinup Dolls On Ice: 33 Out Of 100 Stars

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2015 Horror Fest: Deathgasm: 59 Out Of 100 Stars

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2015 Horror Fest: Insidious, Chapter 2: 41 Out Of 100 Stars

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Groundhog · 10-07-2015, 10:10 PM

Agree 100% with your take on Babadook. I liked it just fine, but for a 98% fresh movie on RT (at least it was at the time I watched it), I was a bit underwhelmed.

I watched it right after another Aussie movie named 'These Final Hours' (2013) which didn't help its cause. THAT was a powerful movie... Not really horror, but just so damn bleak.

Vince, Pt. II · 10-10-2015, 08:38 PM

Pan - 2/10
Simply put, it was forgettable. There wasn't much life to the characters, the plot was generic as all hell, and there was way too much special effect nonsense. And don't even get me started about giant crowds of people in Neverland singing Nirvana in unison.

I really wanted to like this movie, and it was almost entirely terrible.

Suicane75 · 10-10-2015, 11:04 PM

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Agree 100% with your take on Babadook. I liked it just fine, but for a 98% fresh movie on RT (at least it was at the time I watched it), I was a bit underwhelmed.

I watched it right after another Aussie movie named 'These Final Hours' (2013) which didn't help its cause. THAT was a powerful movie... Not really horror, but just so damn bleak.

I've been meaning to watch These Finals Hours for a long time now, just haven't been in the movie watching mood. Hope to get to it soon. I've heard great things about it.

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Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	Mad Max 9/10 Minor plot spoiler . . . . . . . . . We have to go from point A to point B. Now we are going back to point A. And it will be awesome the whole way. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

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Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Trainwreck- 6/10 Had some really good moments, and was better than most rom-coms. However, Amy Schumer went soft halfway through the movie, and it bordered on a cliche story. It was also way too long, but that's more of an Apatow problem I think. Cena was hilarious. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

07-27-2015, 07:49 AM	#6006
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	It was a Jump Street marathon weekend! I actually didn't really care to watch, but my wife convinced me it would be worth it as she saw the first one already. 21 Jump Street Not at all what I expected, but in a good way. Very funny and a decent enough story with some homage to the original TV series. Ice Cube is one of the better characters. 8/10 22 Jump Street More of the same. Ice Cube steals the show. More inside jokes and sequel jokes. 7/10 __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

07-27-2015, 09:57 AM	#6008
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	Recent things i've watched without a whole lot of explanation: True Story- 6/10 Maggie- 6/10 Danny Collins- 8/10 Insurgent- 5/10 Woman in Gold- 7/10 Get Hard- 6/10 Chappie- 4/10 Unfinished Business- 6/10 __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML

07-28-2015, 10:38 PM	#6010
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	There is something excessively hot about Helen Mirren. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

06-26-2015, 07:08 PM	#6001
Dodgerchick College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Austin, TX	Been watching lots of movies while the kids are outta town. Jurassic World- 7/10 The typical, "maybe we should do this..." and something stupid happens-kinda stuff. Expected. The young kid and Chris Pratt were the only smart people in the entire movie. I didn't care for the aunt, she irritated me. She did about a marathon's worth of running... in heels? C'mon. Good comic relief in the control room. There were certain scenes though, that were downright terrifying. The dinosaur scenes boosted my rating a couple of points. All in all, it was entertaining.

06-26-2015, 08:04 PM	#6002
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	San Andreas - 7/10. A good fun movie with the Rock. I would have given it an 8/10 but thought the relationship aspect was somewhat of a distraction (and lost cause with the Rock). The special effects were fantastic.

07-29-2015, 07:23 AM	#6012
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Old Boy - 10/10 (Korean version, not Spike Lee's mess) Nightcrawler - 8/10 The Warriors - 8/10 __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner Last edited by Grover : 07-29-2015 at 07:35 AM.

07-31-2015, 10:28 PM	#6013
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Saw Jurassic World on a whim tonight. 5/10. I give it a 5 only because my friend and I were able to enjoy the ending, we got what we wanted there with the final showdown. We cheered even, because it meant that we nailed our prediction on how it would end. The action was decent. Chris Pratt was solid. The problem I have with the movie is a major one though, and something that is becoming more and more prevalent in movies today. The writing was total shit. The movie was predictable, we were able to select the people who would die right off the bat. predictable deaths and plot points are a minor nit pick though. The big issue with the writing is that it made absolutely no sense and the characters were all idiots. There is no way in hell that a park full of real dinosaurs would ever have a problem luring visitors first off. Secondly, there is no way in hell, after suffering such devastating disaster upon opening the park 20 years ago, that anyone would ever make such incredibly stupid choices with how they operate the park going forward. Now the movie tries to make the line of thinking legit by having Chris Pratt come to "inspect" the dwelling of this new dinosaur they created, but come on, seriously. I can get that this was a movie based on action, but so was Jurassic Park. The difference is that Jurassic Park's plot had a much more believable catalyst. It had character development. It had likable and interesting characters aside from just one person. Jurassic World has none of that. Chris Pratt is kind of cool, and that's it. The love interest is a dumb woman with no redeeming qualities, the kids in the film might as well have been nameless and faceless, I cared about neither of them. The person I cared about the most aside from Pratt (who you know will not die) was the minor one played by Omar Sy, and that is only because he knew that the things happening in the park were fucked up and he still had to deal with the mess these dumb asses created. He didn't deserve to deal with the shit these morons brought upon themselves. He was too smart to be in the movie. Ultimately, I don't think its too much to ask that a movie have good action AND be well written. Make the disaster happen despite every precaution being taken. Make me care about the characters involved. The problem is that Hollywood thinks good writing is superfluous and it makes me sad for the state of humanity. We should be asking for more than just "turn your brain off" popcorn flicks for the price we pay to see these films. We should demand more from our blockbusters. It is depressing that we clearly do not. This was a B movie with a budget, it got by on nostalgia and effects, and it made bank so the cycle perpetuates itself. This was maybe the 3rd best Jurassic Park film, and just barely better than Jurassic Park 3. It was Twister with dinosaurs and dumber people. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA Last edited by Julio Riddols : 07-31-2015 at 11:04 PM.

07-31-2015, 10:41 PM	#6014
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Mad Max Fury Road - 9/10 - If you're going to make an action flick.. Well, if you're going to make an action flick that is just purely wall to wall action, forget about it. You can't top this. This was a 2 hour chase scene, one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Ridiculous, over the top, but well within the realms of the Mad Max universe. I must have said "holy shitballs" at least 6 or 7 times when I did manage to catch enough breath to do something besides let my mouth hang open in awe. It was eye crack, head spinning, pulse raising fun. If Jurassic World was ONLY dinosaur fights and explosions, it might have been almost as good as Mad Max was. Almost. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA Last edited by Julio Riddols : 07-31-2015 at 11:04 PM.

07-31-2015, 11:01 PM	#6015
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	It Follows - 8/10 - I didn't expect to like this movie. Instead I got some of the most beautiful visuals ever filmed in any film, let alone a horror film. I got a soundtrack that just saturated the film with this nostalgic sound, yet gave it a fresh feel at the same time. The external sensations provided by the music and the visuals served to take the average feel of the plot from "just another horror film" to something a little more transcendent for the genre, and that is a lot to ask of horror these days. This is not lowest common denominator cookie cutter stuff, this is a familiar box with unfamiliar contents that I feel like I might reopen several times just for the atmosphere. I didn't really want it to end. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA Last edited by Julio Riddols : 07-31-2015 at 11:04 PM.

08-15-2015, 08:34 PM	#6017
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Straight Outta Compton - 8/10 Great movie. Covered the startup, rise and fall of the band. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-15-2015, 08:59 PM	#6018
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Ant Man - 7/10 Solid superhero origin story, better than the first Thor or Captain America movies, but not as good as the first Iron Man or Guardians of the Galaxy movies. They made good use of Paul Rudd's acting and comedy chops and the story fit in with the rest of the MCU. They tied him into the Avengers and introduced a new character for future movies. It bridges the gap to Captain America next year and makes up for a sub-par Avengers movie from earlier this year.

08-18-2015, 10:24 AM	#6019
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Wreck-It Ralph - 8/10: I thought this was a quite good Disney film which encompassed the idea of being yourself regardless of how the rest of the world sees you (which, yes I guess is a common Disney trope, but it was a bit different here). I think it also added the interesting (for Disney) idea that you have a role to play in helping your friends realize who they actually are - building them up instead of stomping all over them - the Vanelope and Ralph friendship is probably one of the best in all Disney. Also, lots of fun old video game references made it super enjoyable. And great voice acting as well. Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10: What an awesome underrated flick! I know it's been described as Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers but it really is much more than that. For one, it actually described why he's living the entire day over in a way that totally worked with disbelief suspension. The way they did the repeating of the day storyline was very good - they never got to the point where the repetition got boring. Tom Cruise was fantastic in the role (he really is a good action star) and Emily Blunt was great as well. And there were some surprisingly emotional parts - stuff that you wouldn't necessarily think about, if someone is reliving a war scene over and over again you could totally see would take a toll. Really great film! __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-18-2015, 11:25 AM	#6021
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	John Wick was also quite fun. I love stylized-action movies. Makes them a lot more fun than the traditional action ones (the stylized ones have a lot more of, 'holy crap, what just happened' stuff). __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-18-2015, 11:50 AM	#6022
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	The only issue I had with Edge of Tomorrow was the ending. It was confusing and way too Hollywood-convenient. Everything else about the movie was terrific. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

08-18-2015, 12:48 PM	#6024
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I thought the ending was actually perfect and thematically appropriate. It wasn't Hollywood... Spoiler Hollywood-ish ending would be more like the blood from the Omega made Cruise and Blunt live from that moment onwards, with both knowing everything from that day. The way the movie did it was brilliant. Since they did the siege on Paris the night before the D-Day like attack, Cruise was resurrected to the nap in the helicopter (in other loops, since he slept the night before the D-Day like attack, he was resurrected to the "wake up maggot" part). Now you can ask how did the Omega die then if there was a time reset, but since the Omega blood infused Cruise, it may be that Cruise is the new Omega... the resurrection affected him, but not the alien Omega. Also the story's core isn't about winning the war, any more than Groundhog Day was about Bill Murray's character getting into a relationship - it's about the redemption of the main character, hence a final reboot was necessary to continue his life as a changed person, not like the selfish prick he was in the beginning of the movie. One can argue he already demonstrated his change midway through, but I think it would have made much sense to not give him his second chance. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-18-2015, 01:51 PM	#6026
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Ex Machina - 10/10 WOW. What a film. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

08-18-2015, 10:03 PM	#6028
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	__________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-19-2015, 09:19 AM	#6030
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	To be honest, I struggled with rating it a 10/10 or a 9/10. Maybe I should have 9.5ed it... but I don't like half scores. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-28-2015, 09:14 PM	#6032
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	I liked Ex Machina a lot. That Oscar Isaac has impressed me a couple times as a very engaging actor, it looks absolutely fabulous, and does a really good job setting the suffocating tone of a good sci-fi thriller. It does touch on themes that have been done before, but that's hardly unique these days, and it's about as done-right as any (relatively 'hard') science fiction thriller of the last 20 years. It's also relatively small scale/stakes both in terms of focus (relative to universe/galaxy/world threatening space operas, time travel, superheros, etc.) and literally in terms of the size of the cast & setting, which I appreciate, and might appeal to folks who don't traditionally bond with sci-fi, like Bucc. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

09-07-2015, 05:09 PM	#6033
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Mad Max: Fury Road - 8/10 As high as I'll go for a movie that's just simply a roller coaster ride and throws character development and plot out the window. Probably the best "dumb" action movie I've ever seen. Interstellar - 7/10 Cinematography and visual effects were top notch. I thought it started out great, but just got worse as it went on. Most of the plot twists were just too obvious. I knocked it down a point due to my annoyance at having to rewind and put the captions on in a few scenes because of how loud the soundtrack was... Ex Machina - 9/10 For pretty much all of the reasons everyone else has already stated. Best 2015 film I've seen so far.

09-09-2015, 08:39 AM	#6034
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Mad Max - Fury Road - 8.5/10 I would go one step up from sabotai in saying that there were more characterizations than I expected. I seem to be always interested in the how they make movies (particularly those not relying heavily on CGI) and the many 'Making of..' extras were fun to watch, along with the movie itself of course. Ex Machina - 7.5/10 Robots are typically one of my three turnoffs in movies (along with aliens and zombies) but this one intrigued me. I found it refreshing that it wasn't yet another mass robot uprising or robot battles (ugh) but something much more psychological. I found it intriguing that we tend to fall into the same trap as the protagonist and therefore, are left with conflicting thoughts and emotions. The lower score is due to a few unnecessary scenes, particularly some of the ending ones, imo. Pursuit of Happyness - 8/10 I like 'based on true events' character movies and found this easily to be Will Smith's best performance. Some liberties from the true story of rags to riches (the real story is fascinating to read). Ever After - 8/10 Older (1998) but fun movie offering a spin on the Cinderella (Drew Barrymore) story that surpasses any of the sappy ones that Disney has ever done.

09-09-2015, 10:10 AM	#6035
Grover Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lisboa, ME	Wrong thread for this... but nowhere else to put it. Cannot wait to see this film. __________________ Come On You Irons! West Ham United \| Philadelphia Flyers \| Cincinnati Bengals \| Kansas City Royals FOFC Greatest Band Draft Runner Up FOFC Movie Remake Draft Winner FOFC Movie Comedy Draft Winner

09-09-2015, 10:06 PM	#6037
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Call the thread "The What Are You Getting Hyped For Thread" __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

09-11-2015, 09:36 PM	#6038
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I didn't think it was that great when I first saw it, but it's so damn subtle sometimes, and has so many great lines that it's rapidly moved up my laugh list. A Million Ways to Die in the West is one of my current fav movies. People die at the fair. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

09-12-2015, 08:47 AM	#6040
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Avengers: Age of Ultron - 3/10 Worst superhero movie I've seen since Iron Man 3. Thanks for the Beasts of No Nation post - had not heard of it. Been watching Idris Elba in Luther on Netflix and he's now on my 'must-see' list with anything he does. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

09-13-2015, 07:29 PM	#6043
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	The Visit - 5.5/10 I'll admit, I've always been a big fan of Shyamalan, but after seeing "The Happening," I was ready to divorce from his fan club forever. And until now, everything he's made since has convinced me that was the right call. But with "The Visit," he's found his way back to making a decent movie (along the lines of "The Village," though I'd rank Village higher than Visit, simply because the quality of the cast was so much better). From a moviemaking perspective, Visit was actually more clever and original than Village, but the child protagonists are tough to live with. This is a movie you really need to be ready to laugh at. Especially all the times Shyamalan sets you up to be scared, and then you aren't. Laugh at yourself for getting suckered. But then it takes its classic Shayamalan twist, and it gets spooky, and it's worth the ride. Not a great movie, but a fun enough diversion if you go in with a lighthearted attitude. __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.

09-14-2015, 10:30 AM	#6045
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	I really enjoyed Love and Mercy the other day. I know nothing about the Beach Boys, so i had no knowledge of this story before hand. Paul Dano was very good, but i loved John Cusack's performance. To me, his best in years. I'm pretty sure this one will be on my year end top 10 list. Love it. __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML Last edited by Johnny93g : 09-14-2015 at 10:31 AM.

10-03-2015, 08:40 PM	#6046
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	2015 Horror Fest: Varsity Blood: 8 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler Saints preserve me, what a shittastical journey into ever loving boredom this fucking movie is. Spoilers will be abundant as I dissect this movie like a horny cheerleader, so you're forewarned. With a 1:20 minute run time, Varsity Blood, a movie selling itself on Cheerleaders and gore, feels like it goes about 4 or 5 times longer than that. So if you only have two hours left to live, pop this fucker in. Not only will time stand still, but when death does come, you'll relish it. Hogeye High, located somewhere between Iowa and Arkansas, has a killer on the loose, and he's targeting the football team and the cheerleaders. Now, when I say Football team, it's really just 5 guys, who practice in sweats and just toss a ball to each other. Even at the pep rally they appear to be the only players on the team. Generally this would annoy the hell out of me, but there's more than enough other awful shit in this movie to annoy me, so I guess it gets a pass. About the only praise I can give Varsity Blood is that it looks like an actual movie, so it's got that going for it. Other than that it fails on just about every level imaginable, and then some. The chase scenes are flat, the acting by the teenagers is bad, but mostly just dull and monotonous. The amount of dialog given the actors does them no favors either, as the script insists on explaining everything in mind numbing detail. The adults however, hoo baby. Debbie Rochon, an actual actress, thinks she's the lead in Clean And Sober and not stuck in some shitty slasher move. The guy who plays her boyfriend looks like a jacked up Jay Leno, let that sink in for a moment, and acts like he just stepped out of Smokey & The Bandit, extreme drawl and all. Then there's the Sheriff, who looks like Omar Epps 25 years from now and has about 10% of the acting ability. There are some titties on display, but it's like falling in a pile of dog crap and trying to be excited you found a quarter in there. So Hannah is the new girl in town and has taken the place on the cheer squad of the Principals daughter, who died last year in a drinking related accident, But Hannahs father also died last year when he was hit by a drunk driver, so none of Hannahs friends talk about the previous cheerleader much. Ok, fair enough so far. Then we learn that the guy Hannahs mom is shacking up with is the father of the dead cheerleaders boyfriend, who went mental after she died and is locked up in an insane asylum. Ok, now we're starting to delve into Soap Opera territory. But oh, that's not all, Nobody ever told Hannah about the boyfriend, she thinks that her moms new beau only has one son. Why this matters, who the fuck knows. Then we learn, in what I think is supposed to be a shocker, that the girl didn't die on the road, as implied, but rather when the group of kids were fucking around partying and the cheerleaders were doing pyramids drunk, and she crashed to her death from a perilous 6 foot fall. Oh what a Shamalanyian twist that was. So Hannahs mom doesn't want her partying or hanging around with her new friends and this is driving Hannah insane, because even though she is a good girl, and all her friends are absolute cunts, and even though she has no plans on putting out, and her boyfriend is only interested in her for one thing, she still must hang out with them, she just must! What just took me a paragraph to write takes the movie about 50 minutes to convey, through talking, and talking, and talking. I'm sure the writer of this movie thought this was a kick ass story. It's not. So after the big game on Halloween night, they all go to some rundown house that's supposed to be in the middle of nowhere, yet is surrounded by building after building that they run to when the big chases (term used loosely) inevitably occur. The barely have time to do much of anything before the killer starts hunting them in the most generic, by the numbers, unenthusiastic, chase scenes you'll ever see. I mean, I can't even convey the level of bored I was in trying to get through the last 20 minutes of this thing. Finally there's a twist at the end and who gives a shit and thank god it's over. A football team that doesn't exist. A long winded story that you could not possibly care about. Silly plot devices like the good girl being brought a giant knife so she can carve pumpkins while everyone else screws and does coke. Teenage cheerleaders with tattoos all over, including one with a fucking paragraph written on her belly. Bad underacting, bad overacting. Chase scenes that with absolutely no originality, that aren't shot well on top of it. A complete flunk out of a movie, Varsity Blood should be expelled. 2015 Horror Fest: The Babadook: 74 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler I did not like the The Babadook as much as a lot of other people, but it's a very good movie for sure. The performances from the Mother and Son are both outstanding and it's a film with atmosphere to spare. I guess my biggest problem is that I had trouble separating the drama and the horror, and as each facet pulled for story time, It sort of kept it hard for me to allow either to grip me the way it was intended. When it was over I was reminded of Let The Right One In, a movie which was able to weave the two aspects in a strong way. To be fair, that was a GREAT film, and falling just short of that is not something to be ashamed of. Still, if you're looking for a solid movie with that will provide a ton of genuine creeps and not just jump scares, The Babadook will serve you well. 2015 Horror Fest: Inisidious: 58 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler Insidious has two things going for it. Firstly, it's jump scares are solid and legit. And secondly, it at least tries to tell a story with some originality to it. The problem is that the movie reaches a point where things just get very silly, both story wise and from a visual standpoint. It starts to feel like an episode of Tales From The Darkside meets The Muppets. Actually, that's probably giving it too much credit. The acting is good, if a little overdone, and the visuals are mostly solid. Insidious is A fine enough film that's too elaborate to be as scary as it wants to be. Last edited by Suicane75 : 10-03-2015 at 08:41 PM.

10-07-2015, 09:42 PM	#6047
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	2015 Horror Fest: I Spit On Your Grave 3: 28 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler I Spit On Your Grave 3 is A lazy, almost comical, sequel to the original remake a few years ago, completely ignoring part 2 which I watched but didn't even bother to review as it was nothing more than boring torture porn, the worst kind. Sarah Butler returns to the lead role, having moved to the city but unable to put the horrifying gang rape behind her. And how could she, what with every man she sees threatening to rape her. I'd be scared too. At the behest of her therapist, she joins a therapy group where victims gather to try and help each other. Of course none of them actually do that and all of the characters in the group are such caricatures that it's impossible to take anything that happens seriously, which is also the overarching problem with the entire movie. She makes a friend with the groups tough girl and together they get revenge on one of the assailants of a fellow group member. Then the tough girl goes missing and it even though it wasn't that good to begin with, it sort of devolves even more from there. The movie wants to make a statement about rape and rape culture but it's just such a bad movie and it tackles the issue in such idiotic ways that it borders on insulting. There are some very brutal scenes involving men being raped with pipes and having their cocks cut off, but much like the original, these scenes lose their intensity and meaning when they're in the middle of such shitty silliness. The script is a mess, playing like a Cinemax movie tackling the heavy issue of rape. Butler is completely pedestrian as the lead, and the other actors are mostly worse. I Spit On Your Grave 3 Is so dumb it would be funny, ya know, if it wasn't about rape. 2015 Horror Fest: Pinup Dolls On Ice: 33 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler Pinup Dolls On Ice is filled with a bevy of attractive women getting very naked, some great gore and excellent kills. Unfortunately the thread bare story seems to only exist for the purpose of providing all these things and it doesn't take long for the repeated chase & kill scenes to become rather tedious, as you simply run out of the ability to give a shit about anyone or anything happening to them. The Pinup Dolls are a burlesque group going to their friends lakeside bar for an end of Summer show. The girls are all hot I guess, but fairly unassuming. I can't say that any of them stood out at all. They call each other cunt and whore a lot, and do a lot of laughing at their own, and each others jokes. To be fair it's not quite as annoying as it could have been. There's about 5 minutes of dancing and stripping and then the killing starts. That's all there is. The writer tries to shoehorn a story in about the killer but it's distracting in it's silliness. In fact just about all of the little story provided is silly, as if they didn't really want to bother with it. Anyway, girls get naked, girls get killed, some necrophilia occurs, your standard Saturday night. None if it draws you in or makes you care about anything happening. The acting is all pretty much as good as it needs to be. More than anything, Pinup Dolls is a movie fully of quality work, that gets lost in a bad script, which is a shame. If you give zero shits about the story and can exist on boobs and disemboweling alone, you could do worse I guess. Just don't expect any tension or investment, because it doesn't exist. 2015 Horror Fest: Deathgasm: 59 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler Mild recommendation based on the fact that it tries to be fun and has an amazing amount of good gore. The problem is that it's too silly and quirky for it's own good and by the second half of the film, what was shaping up as a decent story gets completely lost in silliness involving lots of death by anal penetration and copious uses of dildos as weapons. It doesn't know when it's gone overboard. From New Zealand, a country that has been churning out some really fun horror/comedies lately, this is the story of a metal head loner who was sent away to live with his religious Aunt & Uncle after his mom was busted trying to give seasons greetings to a shopping mall santa right there in the middle of the mall. With no friends, a cousin who beats the fuck out of him, and living under the strict rule of his Uncle, he turns to a couple of D&D Nerds and a fellow metal head for friendship. The quartet form a band and happen upon some bizarre sheet music which just happens to summon an evil overlord. Up until this point the film is rather strong as all the characters are fleshed out nicely and the script does a really good job of balancing coming of age humor with gross out humor. Once the demons get unleashed though, all of that goes out the window in an overly frenetic, overly silly mish mash of toilet humor and repetitive blood baths that get kind of boring. You can only see someone be beat to death by dildo or shoot blood out of their ass so many times before it starts to get old. The actors are really good, but the script really shorts them in the films 2nd and 3rd acts. The effects and gore are pretty awesome, but overdone. There is a lot of metal in the movie, but even if that's not your bag, it's not so prevalent that it becomes a distraction. Deathgasm gets an A for effort, and all the pieces are there for a much stronger film, but it's insistence on going over the top puts a damper on things. 2015 Horror Fest: Insidious, Chapter 2: 41 Out Of 100 Stars Spoiler Yay, the whole gang is back for more of the same. The first hour is pretty much a boring exercise in repeating the setup of the first film, this time with the father being the one who's occupied. They all go ghost hunting to find out who's got his body, they all get freaked out when shit just aint right, and although it's a little different, it just gets really old. It took me three nights and repeated attempts to get through the first hour because it just offered up very little of interest in it's setup. I will admit that the last 30 minutes are pretty decent. The movie makes use of callbacks, both from the original and earlier in this one, that are at least somewhat creative and add a spark to the narrative. I had issue with the way things were resolved, but the way the film handles the supernatural entities never really resonated with me to begin with. Still, it should be so easy to just beat a ghost over the head with a rocking horse to get rid of it. The movie does just enough to keep you interested, but not enough to really make you care all that much. The conclusion sets up a 3rd installment that I'm going to have to think long and hard about delving into. Much like the first film, some fresh ideas get bogged down in a story that feels like it's being made up as it goes a long but does supply it's share of good jump scares. Not horrible, but not worth recommending.

10-07-2015, 10:10 PM	#6048
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Agree 100% with your take on Babadook. I liked it just fine, but for a 98% fresh movie on RT (at least it was at the time I watched it), I was a bit underwhelmed. I watched it right after another Aussie movie named 'These Final Hours' (2013) which didn't help its cause. THAT was a powerful movie... Not really horror, but just so damn bleak. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-10-2015, 08:38 PM	#6049
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Pan - 2/10 Simply put, it was forgettable. There wasn't much life to the characters, the plot was generic as all hell, and there was way too much special effect nonsense. And don't even get me started about giant crowds of people in Neverland singing Nirvana in unison. I really wanted to like this movie, and it was almost entirely terrible.

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