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Koroshiya 1 (2001)
Good christian values movie for kids treat others how you like to be treated
You here it everywhere treat others how you want to be treated, David Lynch follows this philosophy and made a video recently spouting that same idealist utopian @#$%% proving he isn't intelligent one bit. My favorite writer and yes I have read the entire Manga series that inspired this film and was surprised how much Miike packed into a 2hr film what is a 20+ issue series, Hideo understands sick people do just that. He shows us the truth of our stupid pitiful sayings and definitions based on surface glance overs at the local scoff and go. Watch this film and the whole time think of every a hole who has ever spoken those nonsensical words, now every time some one says treat others how blah blah blah...I say unless they are a sadomasochist right? and puzzled looks is all I get from the western ideal peanut gallery that calls it self an intelligent species.
The Book of Eli (2010)
Ray Charles and the search for the holy brail
May contain spoilers...
I don't know how to rate this film...Why couldn't he have saved the Constitution, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, The Outsiders, no the one book that gives us hope...because it leaves the imagination with little else... Now if he got to the end and read it and was like "Hell Naw" "Some one played the Li for a damn blind fool." and then he slashed it and the table in half and it said: To Be Continued, like the matrix... it would have been interesting at least.
A Field Full of Secrets (2014)
Genius is tapped then America shows true colors pulls the plug
I don't know why I watched this because I hate documentaries, especially from paranormal (try to find a way to put what they are...) basically paranormal researchers seem to like to make money off other peoples trauma/ experiences, and give little back to the community they take from, but fanaticism, conspiracy theories far far away, and the death cull of self made white coat pig disinformation agents without pay...like Psychiatrists.
This movie says so much about the world we live in and the state of education, when genius comes off as insanity. Basically being yourself, being an individual not caring what people think, true punk rock anarchist"AMERICAT"values, are seen as queer, the original meaning, meaning strange, having unjustly connotation of not being right. There was probably one lone Nicola in Nazi Germany looking at all the German's just doing it to the end of their world, popping till they can't stop into seizers with lust for ADEL, buying all his albums, trying all his words on for size singing them to themselves in the shower, I'm a Nazi, I'm a Nazi, hallalulaaahhhhh.
Then the Nazi gets out of the shower and wipes the scum covered mirror across, and he screams, because he's not a Nazi he's an American? Which is the worst kind of Nazi cause there the religious type. Sitting at the bottom feeding off the glower of a culture machined Apis, knee out with nothing, but ready to come to the aid of ADEL. "How could you say that about ADEL, Adelpho is more beautiful and talented then you'll ever be and he does so much up on that stage for humanity with his beautiful voice....mamamammmmm
DUH....DUH...DUHHHHhhhh eerrrrrrrrrrrrrr....(REAL AMERICATS SWARM IN ON PLANES) Bombs explode, One lone man spots a weeping beautiful soul in the street who doesn't blend in with the rest of the human bland wall paper strewn of dead souls. A glow, a luster, saving her is the most important thing, for saving her we preserve what she has...
"Nicola" I'm on my way to save yo....." (boom) a grenade goes off and the hero is thrown to the floor among incoming enemy fire. He closes his eyes hoping for a quick shot to end him. Then he feels the arms of an angel around him. "What is happening am I in..." "Are you ok?", Nicola asks, "You know why I was sitting there...I had a dream that you were dying, that a good person was...and I came here to save you...I thought I wouldn't find you and I started to weep and their you were like an explosion going off in front of me."
You will find down every avenue, a lull, a congregation eventual leading to one place...It says a lot about our country that the message is loud and clear and nobody wants to hear it, they want to fight, fight against the people who have come to set them free from the identity programming brain damage done by religious Nazi sobs...
Alien (1979)
Beware of the Mummy's Curse
Ridley Scott made one of the best Mummy movies ever made in 1979's Alien. It takes from the myths and reality of the spread of germs accumulated in a sealed up tomb perceived by ancient societies as "Curses" and turns them into art inspired by truth. Just like in any Mummy movie it begins with humans finding ancient technology. In the same way some pyramids served as tombs you will notice in Alien the Space Jockey is a perfectly mummified being. People who have researched Giger's inspiration for the Jockey found he designed it off an ark type hieroglyphic that represented a vessel to carry one into the afterlife. Also the function of a Mummy. In ancient times when people would break into tombs they would immediately enter and be exposed to germs that could kill a person. This was the foundation for the Mummy's curse. Alien's takes that concept and brings it into the far out and beyond our capability concepts of science fiction. Another word for germ is bug so it makes sense that the film makers choose a bug for the form of the alien creatures. You will notice that just like an airborne germ the alien is contracted by a face huger cleverly designed to resemble a breathing apparatus. Just like germs the face huger enters through the mouth and lays its egg in the hosts chest. This is why the creature goes in through a breathing apparatus and stops near the lungs and the creature that is born is called a chest burster. It is all metaphoric of the airborne germ in a freshly opened tomb. I had never thought about this before until I went on a spree of mummy films. No one else has pointed this out to my knowledge but it would be interesting to see if the film makers themselves explained it to anybody. It gives me a new take on the film, makes so much sense and establishes the creativity that went into this film and I felt I should share it with all film watchers so they can enjoy it too. Now the people who wondered what a cat was doing in space have an answer.
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
You will love this even more
Get ready to love this even more I am a huge fan and I even missed this all these years damn. I THINK THIS MOVIE IS PERFECT too play a drinking game with here is what you do get a bunch of friends some liquor and in every scene see who can call out which fairy tale reference is being reenacted. Now that you are aware this movie is an amalgamation of fairy tales you may want to stop reading and go figure them out yourself. If not and your curious or think what is he talking about here it goes. Fool wears a cub scout uniform clue fool and the other two guys are the three bears. Boys under the stairs the lost boys.Young Girl in house Alice in wonderland and Cinderella. Actor who plays protagonist played a werewolf in silver bullet big bad wolf. Roach boy who cried wolf. Woman protagonist wicked stepmother queen of hearts. Alice and fool jump in furnace Hansel and Gretel. You could probably find a lot more this is just off the top of my head but literally every scene is a nod to fairy tales and also the taro cards and moving up through the different levels. Also you will notice the house has two sides one beautiful and rich normal appearing and another decrepit poor and twisted. More of a reason to love this film even more I'm really interested to hear what other fairy tales people find hidden in this fun creative Wes Craven masterpiece. Have fun.
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Better Than Judgmentday By Far
I went in to this not expecting much and then this movie continued to surprise me and blow me away. It has a great story and great actors who feel real unlike Edward Furlong who was completely unbelievable as John Conner. Anyone who says Judgementday is the best in the franchise have you even watched it lately because I have I bought Terminator and T2 on Blu-ray and was really excited I popped on Terminator and it still holds up it has a great story great acting perfectly executed humor and horror and the action and music make it one of my favorite films. Then I threw in T2. Holy #$%^ Ed Furlong sucks so bad and was so unbelievable as a savior of the world it ruined everything for me. I was like what happened I don't remember this movie being this corny or Conner being such a metro-sexual queen? James Cameron is the only Director I have sided against when it comes to Directors cuts the scene with Sara speaking to the ghost of Kyle was ridiculous and made no sense even being in the film. Over and over I hear people claim T2 is a sequel better than the first no F ing way are you people insane? Yes it has updated special effects yes it has more action but the dialogue is beyond campy and the elements of horror and a dirty gritty film have been traded in for an action comedy feel and I was feeling like I should have bought something else on Blu-Ray. Terminator Genisys doesn't bring back the horror sci-fi vibe of T1 but it does bring back the gritty feel and the ability to surprise. The actor who plays John is perfect you can believe he could be a top soldier but never picture him as lame and weak as Ed Furlong as a child and I think that's good seeing as the last few John Conner's they have picked are BS as far as resembling any kind of tough guy or leader. The Actress who plays Sara looked and felt like a tough younger Linda Hamilton I do not watch GOT so I base liking her solely off her excellent performance on TG. The actor who plays Kyle though not as good as Michael Biehn was still great and believable and fit the changes made to his character well and I never felt like I disliked him at all in fact he did as perfect as he or anyone could to fill the shoes of the great Michael Biehn. Arnold is back in full force I loved seeing him play the terminator again it worked so well I was really having a good time watching this movie. The Director did a great job of redeeming this franchise with a sequel worthy of the original he hasn't done many films but I did absolutely love his Thor sequel which made up for the boring elements of the first being a super hero losing his power movie that kind of dragged it down. Thor 2 gave us what we have always wanted to see a super hero hard action movie. People who say this is a reboot don't listen to them this isn't a reboot at all its just the people who frequent movie theaters today are brain dead from drinking the city toilet water. What is not to like? This film is long yet it never stopped, the action just keeps coming and coming. It does have a story line but the story line doesn't feel forced nor does it ever slow down the film or bore you. This film should have a much higher rating I thought it was executed with a perfection most yuppie sis gendered directors are incapable of doing, no metro-sexual hero's, no forced emotions, no trying to shove messages down peoples throats or propaganda. Great movie for a real good time.
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
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Wow this show is terrible it has some of the worst dialogue I have ever heard and each scene ends with a one liner that had me saying is that supposed to be a joke? I watch this with my wife so I have seen more than a few episodes and I have never laughed once and the banter between the inmates is like middle school drama as it is intellectually and emotionally challenged. I can't even understand why anybody would do this show? First off movies about prison that are any good are practically none, Green mile, Shawshank, other than that American Me and blood in blood out were intended as scared straight movies for teenagers I wouldn't gather my friends and family and watch them ever. This show relies way too much on pop culture referencing which guarantees it will never last the test of time as already most of its cracks are over people under 40's heads and way beyond their time. I don't know why American TV has become so self referential its like they figure all you do all day is sit in front of a TV and watch every single TV show just so you can get all the reference jokes? We can probably thank family guy for that one. How can anybody honestly sit through an hour of this meaningless empty garbage is beyond my understanding it is a complete waste of your time and life this show does not need to have hour long episodes and you can tell when you watch it that it has all been thrown together without any thought to how it sounds or how the end product is going to come out. Human drama of this low of a caliber doesn't interest me I need something if I'm going to waste my time watching TV emotion, wit, art this show has none of that. The cinematography sucks the camera has no motivation other than to focus on people their is absolutely no atmosphere of any kind so you never really feel imprisoned or trapped and so its never believable. The acting is dull and nobody seems to know how to deliver the jokes right which shows terrible directing. They actually say things like you made your bed and now your gonna lay in it are you kidding me? Again was that supposed to be a joke? I can not believe I had people recommend this crap to me knowing that I like good film but it says a lot about peoples love of shabby bickering and watching boring people do the most mundane things this show really lowers the bar so much the prisoners could just step over them and walk out of the jail. One episode for me goes like this wow that was bad, wow that sucked, wow was that a joke, wow those lines seem forced and written by a 12 year old, wow is there a reference to pop culture in every scene, wow is that supposed to be a clever twist, wow I wish I was at the dentist at least they have a reason for complete numbness, wow was that supposed to be a touchy moment, wow am I glad this pile of trash is over. Sorry but this show is raw sewage I tried to like it but there is nothing to like about it and no interesting characters to even give a damn about a complete waste of 60 minutes that gives you nothing in return.
Naked Lunch (1991)
7.1 proves people are idiots cause they put it in the water
Naked lunch is a visual and metaphoric masterpiece about creativity art and poetry and the depths of insanity that have given us the most astonishing and creative leaps towards human evolution. David Cronenberg unfortunately is a true auteur in a business ran like a production line assembly due to the audiences inability to enjoy anything that doesn't relate to what they have been brain washed into identifying with. William Burroughs actually stated that this film was the closest adaptation to anything ever attempted out of his writings and is the only time I have ever heard a writer say a film adaption didn't make them cringe at its gross misrepresentation. So why would the lemmings who pay 13 dollars to view Transformers 3 have a problem with this imaginative astounding work of art? It is simple, if you don't like films like this your an idiot there is no way around it. People are going to try and use excuses like free will and some things are not for everybody. But lets be real those are nice ways of saying you have chosen to be stupid. Do people in the Olympics say you can't compete because it's just not for everybody, no they understand you can't compete because your not talented or skilled enough to even stand on the side lines. But since we live in the land of the symbolically deformed and challenged it's OK to pretend being a sucker is great seeing as the kindergarten level propaganda employed is the only means of selling garbage and lies to pee brains just to keep our economy above total depression. How could a cgi crap fest with no story or character development like Dred get higher ratings than a master piece of the symbolic like Naked Lunch? Once again proving stupid people only like movies that spoon feed them all the answers in one sitting like 6th sense and Memento. Movies that have only one message and one goal knowing the morons who flood cinemas have to be slapped in the face for 1 1/2 hours to go oh I get it after the final reveal that leaves nothing to be imagined rams right down their butter lubricated throats. This is why I left film school just like in ancient rome Americans have been turned to brainless sheeple who think true art is to be demonized as the devil and replaced by product ruled by bottom line and would rather watch Happy Feet than be philosophically challenged. Congratulations you are all new age christians who burn art, feign experience, and take your queue's from a square that promises a safe distance from perception and knowing. True roman solders defending the status quo as being a mass of mindless idiots who cling to the lowest human functions of domestic drama and talking point arguments founded in identifying your self as a soulless sellout with no sense of individuality; instituted by a culture industry that promises minimum wage for your suspension of the constitutional rights given to you by people who valued truth and knowledge. So if you are incapable of relating to anything artistic or meaningful and like to get caught up in societal ignorance's and your idea of philosophizing is am I a good Ma Ma and Da Da, or think fundamental life choice is what should I wear to the prom or which homoerotic child's game is playing tonight on the idiot box, you might not even want watch this and you surly should not be leaving a review. You don't see dyslexic people leaving reviews to grammar text books or blind people reviewing books not available in braille do you? And you surly don't see moron's reviewing Einstein and Tesla claiming their works to be worthless drivel because they can't understand it so why in the world of cinema is it OK? You don't see me going to web sites that sell foreign books in other languages and saying this is just a bunch of gibberish because I don't know how to decipher it do you? Yet IMDb is flooded with reviews of piaxar-latent inhibitionists who think talking animals are visceral genius and farting cartoons are comedic bravado. Stick to your lame human dramas please and stay out of grown ups business. Have some kids or go play at the local playground you'll find subjects more in line with your intelligence level. Schopenhauer was right.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
no bad reviews time to change that
This show sucked so bad I was 9 years old when this came out and even at that age I hated this stupid show. Why? Because it isn't funny at all. This show is ranked up their with the Godfather and Star Trek are you people sure your cool aid wasn't spiked? It has no creativity, no talent, no budget, it deserves 2 stars at the most from die hard fans who actually liked wasting their time sitting there throwing away 90min of their life. You could watch the same movies with your group of friends after getting completely wasted and I guarantee you would make better jokes then these peoples best effort. There should be tons of sell outs on here with comments like I used to like this when I was 5 but I watched it now and it isn't funny. I guess only independent films are the subject of peoples bitter lash out at their own childhood. 0/2
Rawhead Rex (1986)
The Ratings and Reviews of this are an Injustice
I love all these people urging you to read the story I own the books of blood and have read them many times Rawhead is one of my favorite stories as it is based on the reality that the Goddess was taken out of society by the Greeks and Romans and replaced with a vengeful monstrous god who hates mankind. All that aside the movie follows the story pretty close unlike people claim maybe they need to read it instead of telling others too. The special effects especially Rawhead are awesome for the time and budget, the people who claim they are not are band wagon jumping sell outs who give 10 stars to cgi crap. I would ask them to show me one cgi horror movie that looks even vaguely real at all? And these torture porn movies that so called horror fans seem to like are not horror films they are torture films and the directors can not create suspense or atmosphere so they rely on showing women tied down being cut apart which is infuriating and not scary at all just really small and weak and a disgrace to the horror genre. Rawhead doesn't use the cheap trick of exposing defenseless women or having the characters tied to a chair and instead tells a story. This movie keeps a constant pace of building horror and doesn't try and act hip or cool or throw in lame heavy metal or pop punk or have raw head drop one liners to try and act like its trying to be so. It has good acting even from the children I like it it is a good monster movie and has an unfair bad rap. My favorite reviews are the people who say I used to like this when I was a kid. I would love to know if what they consider kid means teenager,Twenty? I doubt they saw it as a kid come on. And why are these people so open about being sell outs and traitors to the self I will never know? I love Clive he is my favorite author and the only person who has written anything I have read more than one time but I am not him and he doesn't require me to defend him he's man enough to defend himself so I'm not going to pretend to hate Rawhead because of his POV which I do not know. People love watchmen despite that Alan Moore hates it and says they ruined his message and put bad product placement in it? Rawhead doesn't try and reshape Clive's message and Rawhead never opens a can of cola or puts on a pair of phone company logo shaped earrings. The fact that this director kept the anti Christian message and the baptism scene are some of the reasons I love this film that and the prosthetic effects that I miss. People who call for the remake, today this movie would be remade with a pathetic cgi cartoonish look and these same people who said he looked cheesy in the original would go wow that 4th wall breaking animation looks flawless because society and pop culture brain washed me to accept looney toons as realistic. These people need to quit watching movies and just stick to cartoons and video games. I rate this movie high because it is never boring and doesn't stray from the story to try and make the characters hipster yuppies nobody relates too like most so called horror films today that think American Pie is the model for horror heroines and victims. You can watch any original horror movie from Wolfman to Friday the 13th and you never see a band of Stifler's going wooooo I'm so hip and crazy. Like Freddy VS Jason what a piece that is these people should quit making horror and make straight to video American Pie sequels instead.
Paris, Texas (1984)
beautiful and touching
First of all I would like to make an observation about this film. This film I believe did not contain one extreme close up with a blurry back ground that is rampant in crap film today. Watch any movie today and here is the formula establishing shot two shot extreme close up. who the hell wants to watch a bunch of faces with out of focus lights in the back ground? I sure do not and I'm sick of it it's lazy it shows the film makers have no talent and proves America does not produce art it follows strict formulaic procedures that are akin to tracing or assembly line production. So anyone who says why do you like this movie that is one reason why. This director and his DP actually create art something most film watchers, not film readers, but watchers have no clue about. To film watchers this movie is like a book in hieroglyphics they are symbolically illiterate and so keep waiting for some hack director or writer to give them clues as to what is going on instead of viewing the entire screen as metaphor and symbols portraying the inner workings of characters they see gibberish. The fact is if you can't enjoy films like this you are stupid plain and simple sorry but anyone who lives in a society controlled by media who watches TV for most their life and sits there and goes duh what am I watching here your a moron. It is not the film makers job to teach you how to read film the same way it isn't a writers job to teach you how to read books and what would you call a normal and fully capable and able person in our society who can't read? Illiterate. Read some books on understanding film or their are plenty of YouTube videos discussing film theory. Why am I so truthfully blunt? Because you never see people who can't read doing reviews on books do you? Well do you? Yet film illiterates are so proud to stand up and scream I'm an idiot by choice and its arts fault that I have no comprehension. I will give them this we in America are purposely made stupid of how film works in the same way that religion used to not allow people to read, if everybody knew how the scheme worked 3rd rate advertisers and kindergarten psychology propaganda wouldn't be so effective in swaying the masses into buying products that end in calling a lawyer to sue for damages and suffering. I will forgive anybody who takes my advice and tries, and I never shoot down theories from people who I see are making an effort but the people who frequent IMDb and leave reviews saying I don't understand it so it's garbage when it is not even the least bit complex you I have no sympathy for. This is why directors like Nolan are beloved because he spoon feeds the audience constantly and makes idiots think they are smart. Somebody needs to compile a list of films that are smart because they require the audience to figure it out them self and not the writer to spell it out 10 times until they go oh now I get it. This film is a work of art that speaks for it self and doesn't rely on post production to keep your attention like film makers who have no direction. You feel this story unfold and every movement every word ties in and adds to the story it shows that Wim knew exactly what he was going for and wasn't just wasting your time with pointless edits and dialogue for stupid people who need a clap track to get a joke. Or people who think looking at a picture for more than 3 seconds is boring. I look at the rating on this and I look at the rating for Dred and I weep. People can watch who framed Roger rabbit with machine guns and be fine with suspending their disbelief but can't seem to find any humanity in a film that's more human than most of the audience. Pretty soon film sets will be actors and a robot camera no need for a director or cinematographers because people want to see something as cold and lifeless as the face starring back at them in the reflection of their TV screen.
Slash (2002)
How To Make A Bad Horror Film
Something happened after the 80's where for some reason people can't make a horror film to save their life this movie is a crash course in crappy 90's film making. How to make a piece of crap step 1 ruin the atmosphere by throwing in a bunch of bottom of the barrel pop music songs. OK am I supposed to be thrilled or get up and dance? These hacks are good at one thing destroying the mood with one pathetic song after another after another, did TCSM throw in pop music? Did Nightmare on Elm St.? No, because it sucks how are you supposed to build suspense with cheesy garbage radio pop rock? And this movie just won't quit 13 minutes in and we've already been subjected to 4 pop songs that sound like the director was trying to show case his friends band or something. That's it really I mean if you like push up bras for fake cleavage, people having sex with their cloths on and the worst music since a dingo got shot eating a baby you'll slash your ears and eyes out trying to figure out if this is scary movie 5000 or a failed music video. Rule number 1 how to kill your horror film start picking rock music that sounds like their practicing and walla your movie stinks. I don't get why film makers struggle so hard and pay so much money for songs well I guess if you turn off the sound and see what a mess they shot it makes sense. For future so called horror film makers please do not do this. I know you think the music you are into is so rocking and you got chills while playing tennis with a pink sweater tied around your waist and thought oh this song is perfect. Again show me one horror film that uses pop music effectively and I'll show you that you know nothing about atmospheric horror. The 90's are over stop trying to make hipster horror this is why nobody respects horror and they all get pg 13 ratings because they are all made by hacks who go hey lets make a horror movie those are easy. You ever wonder why their are only two seasons of Masters of Horror because their are only a handful of people capable of creating art that is disturbing. I'm sick of it fangoria shame on you for putting your name on this. Bowwwoooo Bowwwwwooooow Wooooo are you scared yet or are you like me and just slash your finger across the eject button and try to forget you ever heard of this failure. Well maybe I'm wrong and they created a new genre movies that disturb you with their choice in music in that case I give it a ten and rate it up their with Requiem For A Dream as so disturbing I can only watch it once.
Daredevil (2015)
Super Zero
The first scene was terrible, why didn't Coppola cut an hour off the Conversation and just have Gene Hackman lay on the floor and yell these tapes are spinning my life out of control, because that would have been a bad choice as a director. The second scene holy #$%^ the last time I saw crying that forced and faked was at a talent show for non actors seriously not a joke. Why they had to have him cry just shows that Americans are &^%%$ies and cry babies they can't relate to morality or heroism but crying about how hard they have it now your speaking English. Then the guy they picked to play dare devil looks like Robins little brother I can't believe this guy could defend his sandwich from a fly, which explains why the human traffickers he fought were smaller then the Asian women they kidnapped? Then the girl, did they want to make it seem like a high school girl worked high up in some corporation, well that's one accomplishment. She begins the annoying screaming that keeps popping back up every-time they fast forward through an interesting scene and I'm supposed to just lay back and go oh screaming and sounds of pain now I'm invested. So if this is the tone for this series I'm out, basically this is a bad show that utilizes propaganda trickery, takes unbelievable characters the same way fox and msnbc do during election time for politicians, and pulls your emotional puppet strings for a I'm crying so it must be good right vote. No it's not good, because making people cry is the easiest thing a film maker of today can do to an audience. Making believable characters only a good actor can do that to which this show has none. To be fair it really isn't these actors fault that they were brought up in a weak generation of cowards and effeminate men and so have no experience or real reference to play the part of someone who had a hard life. Basically if they got one of the Princes from England and told them to play a poor person in the hood you would have an American film down pat. Unrealistic because the actors can not be something they are not, hero's, tough guys, or the slightest bit believable. What happened to this country go back and watch Rumble Fish and ask yourself how come not one single actor today could play a regular average tough American, because those days are gone, now is the era of slobbering wimps who need hero's to cry so they have something to relate to. Who ever directed Brimstone (Peter Horton?) should have been employed to do this show now that was a good comic book T.V. series and Pete didn't cry once and off'ed the bad guys by shooting them in the face, no wonder they canceled it. Again did not like show because the acting and directing are terrible.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Marvel shows us DC stands for Departmentof DefenseComics
This gets ten stars alone for just not using super hero's to push corporate corruption, government incompetence, and propaganda like DC does. Marvel Studios has made me a fan of super hero movies before Iron Man I never would have spent any time watching comic book movies even if I had free promo tickets and now I go and see them all in the theater. These film have real American values attached to them and hold freedom and individuality to the highest esteem. Unlike dc they deal with consequences of actions, individuality, and expressing who you are and what you believe in while dc films at their best have pushed propaganda for major corporations made excuses for government spying and the desecration of our constitution. Example batman with Nolan placing centralized banks in every commercial and plot line. DC you should just sell all your film rights over to Marvel Studios and let them show you how it is supposed to be done.
Dredd (2012)
Producers see success of Raid and throw in Dred to make a quick buck.
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I'm sick of Hollywood making remakes for one people in other countries are not gutless yuppies and thats all Hollywood knows how to produce is gutless yuppie films with unisex lesbian men trying to play tough guys. What happened to all the real men in Hollywood? This script is obviously written by someone who has never seen a real gun, never been in a real fight, never read a single issue of Judge Dred, and who doesn't understand the basic rules of action film making. Rule number 1 the good guy has to be evenly matched even out done by the main antagonist. Dred grabs the skinny tweaker (girl) and throws her over the balcony, does that sound like an even match or a climactic ending to you? Hahaha, this dred is such a wimp his match is a girl? And the henchmen in this movie, if you thought a skinny tweaked out woman with the body of a little boy was weak just wait till you see the burger king window men who fear her and follow her orders. If you see the movie the Raid, that Dred shamelessly rips, you will notice that the bad guys are bad ass, the main character could not defeat most of them alone and he is a bad ass. Also the raid has breath taking martial arts that are break through and realistic, Dred has tons of cgi bullets and gore that make you go, is this a damn cartoon? This movie has two things going for it. One the violence which only is extreme to wussywood film goers who have tired of watching the main characters literally do all but put on a dress and higher an urban cowboy prostitute to finish their transition into woman hood, and two, slow motion photography used as a gimmick like in music videos only existing to fluff up the garbage. So it doesn't have much.
Dred himself has no emotions, no humanity, oh lol, I've read people on here claim other wise due to Dred stunning two teen boys, after 4 or five scenes of Dred stating he was low on ammo of coarse but with all the bullets flying who's following the story. There is no back story to Dred in fact I'm betting they tossed Dred in just to keep the rights to making crap movies of him. This crap didn't have a story I got an hour into it before I figured out their was no script this crap was thrown together to make a quick buck off of comic book fame. I was about to turn dred off but I figured I'd see if the ending made up for the beginning and wow they stole the twist right off The Raid although I have to hand it to dred when the crooked cops sell out it is so meaningless, expected, and contrived its almost avant guard.
This movie is a total failure but highly recommended to halo and black oops fans because if you can stare at cartoonish fake battle scenes for 12 hours straight one and a half hours of dred might not be so bad. Thats the only reason I think this is rated so high because video gamers are used to watching fake cgi crap all day but for those of us who have real lives in the real world you'll be saying what the hell did I rent Avatar 2?
I'm sick of cgi, cgi breaks the fourth wall and it draws attention to the fact that you are watching a movie but no one critics it because wussywood tells you to worship the cartoon. Wusswood could put out stick figures tell you its state of the art and you'll be ready to defend it to your death. Just like they sold you on digital being better even though analogue picks up more sound and film more visuals than even the human brain. If film is progressing how come movies made 20 years ago look more realistic than the cgi trash today? If digital sound is so great why do your old albums transferred from analogue say sound quality lost? The only thing that has progressed it seems is propaganda and today people will buy anything sold to them, not just buy the product but buy into the sales pitch and repeat it like a mantra.
Dred is a great example of the decline of our civilization. People watch TV like an animal staring at a fish tank. Your supposed to read film not just stare at it? Once you figure that out you won't be rating movies high based on the amount of motion on the screen but for the content within it. I'll take staring at a fish tank over Dred any day.
Inception (2010)
What dreams may come 2 Electric Boogaloo?
Warning contains spoilers!!!!
Leo is trapped in a dream, he is not in someone else's, how you tell is that everyone has Leo's hair cut and style of clothing, plus in all the scenes he makes the rules. So Leo's kids who have grown up since their mother died appear to Leo as architects and try and remind him of the real world and fail. This is exactly what happens in what dreams may come. The son appears first and then the daughter, and they appear different from how the dad's remember them. Also just like in What Dreams may Come Leo has to go deeper into the dream to try and save his wife.
So is this just a What Dreams May Come remake masquerading as an original masterpiece? If that was the goal he nailed it because nobody is comparing this to What Dreams May Come, and of all the questions people ask about the movie no one asks just who are the architects and why are they so invested in waking Leo? It is because it is a rip off of What Dreams May Come and they are his Son and his Daughter? Do Nolan fans need a rabbit trail of clues to beat them over the head to even think something has the slightest significance? He didn't play up the Son Daughter thing so nobody got it I guess.
Other than being a remake, inception is completely boring and void of any character development, emotion, and none of the scenes stand out. It was like watching the Titanic with a bunch of senseless action thrown in so guys wouldn't walk out of the theater. The movie gets dumber and dumber trying to make up the for almost 2 hours it spent boring you with conventions trying to get you to see it is Leo's dream and fails horribly being that everybody focused so much on the rules that they didn't see that the point was to show you it was Leo's dream? So all the people claiming the rules laid out didn't add up, you missed the point that Leo was the rules, it was his dream. I really hate that people think if you don't like inception you are not smart seeing as none of the people who gave this 10 stars understand any of what I have mentioned here? If Nolan's movies where intellectual they wouldn't be blockbuster hits and appeal to masses of people would they? What Nolan is great at is giving clues and his movies are films that have to give the audience clues because they can't figure it out them self and I guess today that makes you a film genius. Once is all it took I will never watch this Michael Bay hybrid again. I put this with viewing experiences like Titanic, and The Island, and rate them as I want my money back and two plus hours you wasted of my life.
Inhumans (2013)
Inhumanly thoughtful and full of meaning
The Inhumans is not just entertainment, it has a wow factor as it unfolds due to the amount of intellect put into its execution. The writer Paul Jenkins is not a big comic book reader and brings a fresh take on the characters that could be viewed as an evolutionary leap in their designs. The way the super powers tie into the plot is done so smooth it would have you believe you are watching a concept that took years to develop over many series. This is a good sign that you are in the mist of great story telling done by a talented writer. The story is very original and has political and philosophical undertones that make it relevant to the times and easy to connect with. This live action comic book looks appealing to youngsters, but is not for kids. It has very little action and will be way over their heads. People have complained and argued as well, that live action comics are not animation. If you like The Maxx or are a fan of the Twisted Metal games you will immediately recognize the same style of animation used in Inhumans. So don't go into this expecting Akira. That being said the art work is top notch, fans of Jae Lee's art work will not be disappointed. If you love comic book art you should enjoy this series. Stunning art and tight writing make this live action comic a real joy to experience. I went into this with low expectations due to Amazon reviews, but after watching it I realize they must have been left by Teenagers who thought they were ordering the new teen titans. As live action comics go this is top shelf.
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira (2001)
People so star struck they missed the ending is pure a rip off
This will spoil the end WARNING!!! As a matter of fact the ending spoils the entire movie anyway so what does it matter. The fact that not one bebop fan called out the writer for ripping off Tim Burton's batman is astonishing to me???? I was so mad by the end of this boring movie that when it got to the balloons filled with gas and Spike had to fly the bat wing in I was ready to go on a full bebop movie boycott. Really not one of you sat there and said they just ripped off batman that is pure plagiarism and I can not respect a film who has to rip off it's ending from another film!!!! Boo you writer of bebop movie you should be sued. I hope you wrote the writer of batman and thanked him for your success. That is just way beyond excusable, come on people!!!! Why are you letting these hacks get a 7? a 7?????? Total BS! Pathetic attempt to make a dollar off the good bebop name, there is nothing in it that the show doesn't have thousands times more of, and who cares the writer obviously was just making up crap, its not like he consulted the original writers and asked what would you have put in the show if you could of. Hajime Yatate who created bebop had nothing to do with this so that should tell you right there this isn't adding anything to the bebop legacy. It's crap you are all star struck! Well you've been warned.
The Limits of Control (2009)
Brother From Another Planet in Europe
A lot of comparisons to other films except the one film it is just like! John Sayles Brother From Another Planet (1984). They both even share the same line "how did you get in here"! If you love Limits definitely see Brother. Brother is more a comedy genera told as a fish out of water story where as Limits of Control is more a psychological spy thriller genera told like a fish put back into water after it saw the whole truth of it's environment! Where Limits plays at the audiences lack of knowledge, Brother puts you in a sci-fi vehicle and uses your expectations to create an atmosphere of constant humorous situations based on the audience knowing more than the characters in the film. Limits of Control explores how to reach the mind through art, Brother From Another Planet seems more a metaphor for a culture leaving a mark in a new world and the shaping of Harlem into a place where free men could voice their opinions one day.
Bunraku (2010)
Moulin Rouge 2 electric boogaloo
Where do I start...Bad acting, horrible script, white belt karate spliced together with better pop up footage. Did Godfrey Ho make this? Imagine the Warriors if they cut their hair, and traded their tough gear for Dick Tracy suits and were a Bunch of wimps and it was filmed in France and you have this pile of steaming hack. Imagine watching west side story and the sharks and the jets trying their hardest to make dancing around with no talent look like action and then some editor tried his hardest to use flashy cuts and pop up book intermissions to make up for the dry nonsensical plot and you would have a tiny clue of the mess that is Bunraku.
The dialog never makes you say ah ha except one line at the end and by then I stopped caring! The characters are mumble jumbled together so as to never let any of them shine. None of the back stories add anything to the heart of the movie (oh it has no heart)or emotion. Like others have pointed out the fight scenes are sad, sad, sad, boy go watch City of Violence or Invisible Target then watch this and weep!!! But for anyone claiming it isn't that bad can anyone of you explain to me how someone who loves movies and from every genre and country could have wanted to gouge my eye's out by about 30 minutes in after I realized the flashy cinematography was trying to cover a terrible script with no humor, no wit and none of the sets or cool pop up tricks in the back ground ever added to the story, except for the lame the sun came up and turned into a clock at sun up oohh what a master of the archetypal! Oh and then out of no where a medallion that never gets an explanation? Japanese film makers have the power of story telling and the skill of directing and they have really tight actors this film tries to be Japanese and misses every mark. If Quentin Tarantino Directed this he would be found dead in his hotel room from suicide after seeing the premier. Take that back there was no directing so he would have had to kill himself in pre production.
This should have been called Moulin Rouge 2 electric boogaloo and they should have dropped the three main characters for Scott Pilgrim and the super bad geeks. Poor Shun Sugata whose been in the best Japanese movies like Organ, Marebito, Izo and Ichi and goes from kill bill to Scott Pilgram vs Godfrey-Ho this movie sucks the fights are lame the colors suck the costumes blow the acting is dry and emotionless characters and plots keep manifesting but never amount to anything? This director never need attempt to try any sort of make a motion type thing again!!! PS flashy cinematography doesn't equal good film that's production visualization 101 the cinematographers and editor were excellent and deserve all the credit for this film period the director should have been replaced and the script should have been used by craft services and handed out for kids to color on while they wait for their food.
Body Double (1984)
Here's to starting a carrier six feet under!!!
WARNING!!!!! Don't read unless you have watched!!!!!!!!! Body double takes you into the mind of an eccentric struggling actor on a B movie set. Exploring his every fear we go into his mind and experience the pressure an actor feels trapped momentarily in purgatory between shots waiting for the director to yell action. About 95% of the story takes place in these minutes that turn to hours and every fear an actor can imagine in a few long minutes is entertained and played out in paranoid delusions. Body double presents its dream sequence story line in the form of a mystery thriller handing out clues but only giving the audience enough info to keep them interested till the end.
The ending scene is a great pay off executed passively and metaphorically explaining the plot intelligently with a shower scene that might be over looked by most viewers. This scene perfectly plays out those hellish moments as Craig is forced to remain in position while the actresses body double is slipped in by showing the difficulty in making the shots work.
But what does it all mean? What it says basically is in Hollywood to survive as an actor sometimes you have to do compromising things with your carrier and always worry that you'll be type cast. And in Craig Wasson's case he feels his part is perverted and could be viewed by others as pornographic. So for all you who haven't watched it as many times as I have give it another watch remembering only the very start and end are real.The rest of the film is an exaggerated story of scenarios the actor is creating in his mind between shots. This is something we all do as humans, create bias imaginary situations out of our fears and prejudices. We create a story and then we act.
Update: I have read other comments and reviews in opposition to mine and others who get it. Before you try and redact us go listen to the old time radio show called The Lift. It is about a claustrophobic man who gets locked into a elevator and imagines an entire series of horrific events that turn out to be only in the mind. Depalma takes this further with the character being an actor.
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
One of the best films ever made!!!
I recently have gotten into exploitation films and boy was I shocked when I watched Salo! Shocked mostly that this movie people have demonized as mere shock value turned out to be one of the deepest, purest, most honest films to ever spin in my player! This movie gives perspective into the minds of fascist oppressors and in a way that symbolically exploits the realism that hides behind our ideologies. If this film is too be disturbing it is only because the S and M power structure of the fascists is all too familiar and power and dominance so wide spread that we like the kids in the film must endure as we have been pruned from birth to fall into the traps of psychopathic leaders who set limitations like time bombs waiting for the inevitable explosion to offer there so called solutions! This movie has amazing structure, stunning cinematography, and enough dynamic aesthetics to give your film theory professor a brain hemorrhage. The story is very tight and the dialogue subliminal heaven not a word was wasted and you can tell great detail and thought went into every sequence. To top it all off the end did not disappoint!!! I actually laughed a lot and felt great joy during some of it but never, not even for a moment did it loose my interest as it never ceased to amaze me!
Gurotesuku (2009)
Like looking society dead in the eye!!!
This is an exploitation film and fits right in with works like Salo and beautiful girl hunter, not saw or hostel. A true exploitation film I guess is hard for most people to understand so they misinterpret them as works of a deviate nature when the opposite is true! This may help:humanity has been made slaves by a power hungry elite and have been brought to submission through the systematic demonization of natural bodily functions and limiting of reality. The most disturbing thing about movies like this, to me, is going back to the so called normal life that inspired it realizing the origins of structure are set in place by sadistic control freaks who get off on exploiting the limitations of others! What movies like Gurotesku try and do is show you how ridiculous humanity has become when a simple thing like taking a leek or nudity, our bodies natural state, can be used as a torture device! This movie gives you a shirt only to rip it away and steal your dignity! The gore is extreme and very disturbing probably too much for most. I give this movie a 9 for being so disturbing and not a 10 because movies like salo and beautiful girl hunter set a high bar by being more aesthetically artistic and enjoyable to watch while this one seem void of aesthetics and hard to watch!!! Just remember when you choose to play by a sociopaths rules he is already winning!!!