ok, in here we give reviews of movies in one sentence. also give a rating please. and try to be at least vaguely clear about what the hell youre talking about. k-thanx

What no example? Poor show.

Starship Troopers
Soldiers clad in nazi-style uniforms travel to the other side of the galaxy to do battle with 10ft insects and save the world (without the help of the USA).

or

Titanic
The unsinkable ship sinks, and takes Leonardo Di Caprio with it.

Ghost Rider:- Flaming Bone head, rides on a bike... kills the bad guys. SHITE!!!

Ghost Rider:- Flaming Bone head, rides on a bike... kills the bad guys. SHITE!!!

Alternatively - Hot headed young man becomes flamey bone headed man, gets revenge on bad guys!

8/10

I've not even seen it, and I don't intend to:

Norbit

Eddie Murphy scrapes through the bottom of the barrel in yet another 'Thin man in a fat suit' film, featuring the worst Chinese man makeup since 'you only live twice'..you already know it's dreadful

It's not out in the UK yet (I don't think!)

300

300 men wearing not enough armour get into a spot of bother with 100,000 other men wearing too much armour and fireballs!

Should be good!

Ocean's Thirteen
Same boring shit as the previous 2 films, but this time they're a bakers dozen!

lol @ Ocean's 13...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cinema and *BOOM* another piece of Clooney falls off the shite line!

A few of old..

King Kong (orig.)
Gloomy romance as holidaying actress meets ill-suited partner, who subsequently fails to adjust to city life before throwing an almighty strop.

The Exorcist
Potty-mouthed teenager gets a nasty case of acne, whilst parents and clergy alike fend off much cheap symbolism amidst the largely overwrought drama.

scuze me? plagirism is for fucks.

I expect roalties.

Lots.


this post does make sense before anyone says it.

The Shining: example of what happens at a magnificent resort when dad gets bored with the view.

Inland Empire: A woman in love and in trouble and in, well, we don't quite know where the hell it is she's in.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Although you'd probably want to forget that you'd fucked Jim Carrey, there is evidently a down side to the dream.

The Devil Wears Prada: Shit boss = ideal breakout novel

The Wizard of Oz: Young woman arrives in a new country and kills the first person she meets: assembling a team of complete strangers, she sets off to kill again.

Lawrence Of Arabia

A homosexual rides around on a camel and then crashes his motorbike and dies.

The Bridge on The River Kwai

Alec McGuiness dies and takes a long time doing it.

If

A film designed to see if anyone is actually able to die of boredom.

Highlander
A Canadian pretending to be Scottish, and a Scot pretending to be Spanish/Egyptian run around chopping people's heads off.

Saturday Night Fever
Teenagers spend their Saturday nights in the disco.

U-571
Hollywood rewrites history, again.

Passion of the Christ
Local nutter who thinks he is the son of God gets betrayed by his friend and crucified, and subseqently is seen 'rising from the dead' by local acid head.

Get Carter
Michael Caine wears a mac and goes up north.

The Killing Fields

A film about everything, hate, war, genocide, hope, desperation, friendship evil, incompetence and man-love

The Bridge on The River Kwai (again!)
Lean heroics as fusty old soldier blows engineering contract, much to the annoyance of his eastern paymasters.

Psycho
Effective, nerve-wracking thriller enlivened by dubious cross-dressing and some terrifying violins.

E.T.
Perversely sentimental comedy-drama as wrinkly old weirdo befriends young boys and somehow avoids arrest.

Back To The Future
Local weirdo drugs teenage boy and, after luring him into his car, convinces him he went 'on a magical journey' back in time.

The Wizard of Oz: Young woman arrives in a new country and kills the first person she meets: assembling a team of complete strangers, she sets off to kill again.

No she doesn't! She sets off to try and get home. The wicked witch just gets in her way, it's not Dorothy's fault. Even in the name of satire I cannot let this pass. :no:

E.T.
Perversely sentimental comedy-drama as wrinkly old weirdo befriends young boys and somehow avoids arrest.
Do I detect a note of bitterness/jealousy?

Hot Fuzz: Bloody genius, with added guns. 10/10

Borat: Cultural learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan. 10/10

HOT FUZZ (again!)

Big cops in a small town, with some moderate violence!

I thought this was one sentence film review not film tag lines!

:rimlar:I thought this was one sentence film review not film tag lines!


lol I kno' but that one is actually amusing and true for the movie.!

Contact
Throbbing sound from outter space makes America build an inter-dimensional machine that ends up working, but nobody knows it.

The Little Mermaid

Secret love child of Hucknall and Flipper finds feet. 9/10

Blood Diamond
I nearly cried at the end, when everybody stood up and clapped solomon - good (if very brutal in parts) film; DiCaprio's accent was decent enough, only thing that pissed me off (whether true or not) was how a load of the native africans could speak english - made me think it was done to ensure itd be a boxoffice hit in the states; i could be verily wrong though.

7/10


yes, that was one sentance bitches.

im'a let that 'sentence' slide, but next time someone wants to play silly buggers with the length of the sentence they had better learn some grammar. ;)

Zoolander

Sometimes it's hard to be really really... really rediculiously good looking.

im'a let that 'sentence' slide, but next time someone wants to play silly buggers with the length of the sentence they had better learn some grammar. ;)

well, if you want to get pedentically arsey..

Who came up with the whole one sentance review business in the first place, eh? (http://board.dogbomb.co.uk/showpost.php?p=800212&postcount=235) My idea - my rules. shh

My, Grammar. Is; Fine?

okbye.

:haha::youwin:

but no, seriously...
;)

No she doesn't! She sets off to try and get home. The wicked witch just gets in her way, it's not Dorothy's fault. Even in the name of satire I cannot let this pass. :no:

Dude, you've read/are reading Wicked. We all KNOW that Dorothy is an evil child. Elphaba gets in no ones way..she was in hiding dammit

300: People getting cut up in slow motion.

Lord of the Rings
Thousands of people contest a bloody battle over who gets to finger Frodo's ring.

Boogie Nights
Man with huge cock gets to fuck Heather Graham.

Nacho Libre
Not as funny as I thought it'd be.

6/10

Resevoir Dogs

Everybody dies, cop gets what he deserves.

Nacho Libre
Not as funny as I thought it'd be.

6/10
Likewise for School of Rock.

Napoleon Dynamite
Funnier than I thought it'd be.

7/10

Sound of Music: Nun's, Nazi's some singing. Your Granny would love it!!!

Fight Club - 10/10
The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.

Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
Funnier than I remembered it was.

8/10

Beavis & Butt-Head Do America
Funnier than I remembered it was.

8/10

How about some interesting or witty reviews beyond whether or not you thought it was funny or good....?

Star Trek Nemesis If you've never seen Star Trek 2 then the story's just been ruined for you by this film.

Resevoir Dogs

Everybody dies, cop gets what he deserves.

Not everybody.....Mr Pink gets arrested...plus nobody actually shoots Nice Guy Eddie......./shitetriviageek


The man with two brains


Fantastic screwball comedy with Steve Martin at his best, when he was still funny.

How about some interesting or witty reviews beyond whether or not you thought it was funny or good....?


Don't you start cristisising my remarkable one sentence technique, I've already had an earfull from skelly. I judge comedies on how funny they are, the last three films I have watched/in this thread are comedies - in one sentence I wrote whether they were funny or not. If thats not enough for you, then go to this (http://board.dogbomb.co.uk/showthread.php?t=47548) thread. It gets tiring being interesting and witty all the time, I've got to give it a rest sometime; I guess this thread isnt the place to do it.

*slashes wrists*

*dies*

Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves
Nottingham man with Canadian accent, with help from token black man impersonating an arab, steals from the rich in 12th century England and uses the money to build lots of tree houses.

Alien
Great example of why quarantine laws should never be disobeyed.

Robin Hood-Men in Tights

Utterly crap film from Mel Brooks-I was the only one in the hall.

300

Can't believe something this awesome is only rated 15's!

Starsky and Hutch

A mere 18 minutes of this wretched abomination was more than I could stand, thus I can afford it the legendary 0/10

The Guardian

A pile of dross with knobs on ,thought it was An Officer And A Gentleman ,which was also dross (apart from the scenes with Meg Ryan).

A poo poo 2/10

Deja Vu
You've seen it all before

The Fountain
Odd

Christine

Don't date your car.

Nacho Libre
Not as funny as I thought it'd be.

6/10

School of Rock

Likewise

2/10

Nacho Libre
Not as funny as I thought it'd be.

6/10

Likewise for School of Rock.

i am a pedantic fuck.

Along Came Polly
The usual rom-com blah, but Jennifer Anniston makes it watchable.

i am a pedantic fuck.

Shirley a pedantic fuck would capitalise the "i", and find it excruciating that to say it like that would mess with the structure? Or am I a structure-pedant?

Shirley a pedantic fuck would capitalise the "i", and find it excruciating that to say it like that would mess with the structure? Or am I a structure-pedant?

Well spotted, I did that on purpose y'see.
You are now an honorary member of Pedants Anonymous.

Now, back to on topic..

Spiderman 3

Swings on web, has girl, loses girl, fight's best mate, makes up with best mate, fight's best mate, makes up with best mate, has a moment of genuine badness, him and best mate fight a giant sandcastle and a bottle of quink ink, best mate dies, gets girl back.

Not bad 6/10

Pirates 3
Same old Pirates of the Carribean goodness, if a tad too long (unlike this potentially award winning review).

7/10

POTC3 : Worlds End.

Pirates are back to buckle your swash!, Forget Jack, Barbosa is Back!!
8/10.
Will Turner has yet to grow balls and become a man. Kera, I would do her!

Shaun of the Dead

Didn't live up to the hype.

SAW

Allright, but not that good...too many unaswered grieviences.

6/10

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Laughably shit.
3/10

K-PAX

Out of his mind, or out of this world?

7/10

SAW II

Allright, but not that good...too many unaswered grieviences.

6/10

Pirates of The Carribean 3.
Orlando Bloom gets his heart cut out and all the ladies start crying.

Fab 4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer
Silver, shimmery dude heralds armageddon only for the day to be saved by a stretchy guy who can't act, and his wacko freaky mates.

Hot fuzz-Hot Shit!! best film this year. 9/10

The Producers (The '68 original)
Absolutely brilliant - loved every minute of it.
8/10


K-Pax
A load of pretentious arse.
4/10

K-Pax is good.

The Libertine

Shagger's nose falls off.

16 Blocks Bruce Willis saves some squeaky voiced chef dude from bad cops.

7/10

Hot Fuzz Shaun of the dead without the Rom or Zom, but with extra com.

9/10

SEVERANCE


Group of corporate stereotypes go on teambonding exercise in eastern europe, carnage ensues. Excellent dross, 7.5/10

Die Hard 4.0

Yippe aye ey mutherfucker.

8/10

Die Hard 4.0

Once again all America's computers can run and be hacked from once place, sloppy plot..... But mega fun action!!!!

4 - rise of the silver surfer.

A 'fun' superhero movie minus the fun. Dale Winton interesting choice for bad guy

Transformers.

Damn that was good but not enough time devoted to the Decepticons (and better than POTC 3).

9/10

Evan almighty

Harmless family fun were merican bloke (steve Carell) meets god (Morgan Freeman),Whom thusly tells him to build an ark just like that Noah dude,Comedy insues as you would imagine.

Thats 1 sentence, right. Where are the grammar nazis when you need 'em?

The Bourne Identity

Matt Daaaaamooooonnn

6/10

Die Hard 4.0 - A good old fashioned, cliched and somewhat corny action movie. 7/10
The Prestige - Dragged out a bit too long, good nonetheless. 6/10
The Departed - Really really good stuff, top notch actors and top notch (if stolen) story. 9/10
Transformers - Wow, I wasn't really mithered about seeing this, as I wasn't really into transformers as a kid; however, on going to see it I was blown away. 9/10
A Scanner Darkly - Superb to look at, and great to watch. 8/10
Hot Fuzz - Good, just not a patch on the brilliant Shaun of the Dead. 6/10
Joe Somebody - Was on BBC1 last night and is undoubtedly the most over-cliched piece of crap I've ever seen in my life. 4/10

28 Weeks later

Should have been called "28, weak and lamer" 1/10

Yogen aka premonition

The ring meets Donnie Darko. Incredibly ho-hum

28 Weeks later

Should have been called "28, weak and lamer" 1/10

Or

The world would have been rid of this if it wasn't for you stupid kids.

still 1/10

Die Hard 4.0
John Mclean saves the good ol' U S of A from an evil IT consultant with the help of a few computer nerds,Improbable I know, but surprisingly fun!

The Crow: Salvation

A dull rendition of the crow story, made mildly watchable by the fact that Kirsten Dunst gets her mouth sewn shut.

Blades Of Glory - A bit slow to start, but once it got going was hilarious. 7/10
Lucky Number Slevin - I wanted to watch this at the cinema when it came out, but never got round to it; I just got the chance to watch the dvd and was very impressed, much better than I thought it would be and great performances from Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Sir Ben Kingsley. 8/10

Wild West - Unbelievable period technology, gratuitous racial stereotypes and a long drawn out excuse for Kevin Kline to dress up like a woman; again, although it's always good to see Salma Hayek in a corset. 5/10

Lucky Number Slevin - I wanted to watch this at the cinema when it came out, but never got round to it; I just got the chance to watch the dvd and was very impressed, much better than I thought it would be and great performances from Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Sir Ben Kingsley. 8/10

Agreed ,just watched this and was very impressed Cool as a cucumber old Brucey 8/10

Hairpsray

Fat people, black people and even fat black people (Queen Latifah) are just as good as anyone else, innit.

American Beauty
My god what a film, somehow I'd managed to never see this despite hearing rave reviews about it; I picked it up for a fiver today and absolutely loved it - Kevin Spacey is absolutely fantastic.

10/10

Amadeus - Yeah, yeah, nice tunes and all that but hurry up and die, eh?

INLAND EMPIRE.

Rabbits hang out in dreamy sitcom weirdness and Laura Dern gets undeservedly overlooked for an Oscar, in what could be Lynch's most mentalist film to date.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

If you haven't seen it just imagine an old episode of Monkey with glossy production and extreme pretensions. 4/10

Superbad

American Pie... again. Nothing groundbreaking. Made me laugh, but I'd never watch it again. 6/10

Next
You've seen it all before... hang on, I'm getting dejavu..... ahhhhh.

Sunshine - Surprisingly gripping for a non-blockbuster space based "save the world" disaster movie. 7/10

The Invasion..no-one sleeps, except the audience 3/10

Bourne Ultimatum.. fourth day of the condor 10/10

casino royale..ugly guy wins at poker,bint drowns herself to avoid marrying him 3/10

Alien: Worst pee stop ever 9/10

Muriel's Wedding: "You're awful Muriel." 8/10

Alien: Worst pee stop ever 9/10

Muriel's Wedding: "You're awful Muriel." 8/10

is it not "You're terrible Muriel"?

Futurama movie: You will NEVER win the Spanish Lottery, end of story.

The Golden Compass :

Given that I had pegged it for a kids film, it rocked cos Ice Bears are Fucking cool

Sunshine....again. Sorry, but I've only just watched it!

Fucking brilliant! Great cast, fantastic story and visuals that drag you in quite effectively. I would have to seriously recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good story, Sci-Fi or not, because it's that damned enjoyable.

'What Dreams May Come.' The dog dies, the kids die, he dies, she dies then goes to hell,literally,then he sorts it all out,even though they're all dead.

I am Legend

Will Smith does 28 Days Later but not as well.

Will Smith does 28 Days Later but not as well.

Fresh Prince in NotSoNew York.

Smoking Aces

Loads of guns and shit but its alright

Charlie Wilsons War-- Very nicely done, cast earned the paycheck there.

Curse of the golden flower :- Compelling watch, visually stunning, aurally annoying, bit of a naff ending, but ultimately enjoyable. 7.5/10

Atonement - good story, simply shot, but terrible acting. James McAvoy does OK but the whole thing depended on Keira Knightley, and she botched it. Teddibly English in its repression. 6.5/10

Cloverfield
Really good, although seemingly very short.

[original] king kong, ding dong

Little Miss Sunshine - Alright, nothing that merited it getting hyped up so much when it was released though. 6/10
Superbad - Hilarious; much, much better than I'd anticipated. 8/10
Thank You For Smoking - nice idea, bit funny; just thought it was better than it was. 6/10
A Hard Days Night - Brilliant, and wierdly nostalgic considering I'm an '85 kid. 9/10.

There will be blood

wow.....just....wow

Dial M For Murder
Absobloodylutely brilliant.
9/10

zulu woo hooo

Wait a minute...... Where's me Jumper?????

Rise of the Foot Soldier - Gratuitous Violence 7/10

Shrooms - They wish they hadn't taken those shrooms. 7/10

the longest day hoorah for the americans!

Smoking Aces

Loads of guns and shit but its alright

What a good idea for a thread.

I have no idea what or who was doing what to who, but it was quite entertaining.

Can dull Bruce Willis shrug off his dull face to reclaim John McClane? Yep!

The Way we Were - Streisand/Redford Romance - my favourite film of all time... makes me weep 10/10

Untraceable - High tech Saw.

Dirty Dancing Romantic Dance Fest .... brilliant 10/10

Shine a Light - incredible concert, amazing sound. 9/10

There Will Be Blood - 9/10 - There is, some.

Rear Window - Excellent, an absolute must-see. 10/10.

Sweeney Todd 7/10 Ok don't mind a good musical with some decent actors

The Matrix - Extremely disappointing, 4/10.

Beowulf and Grendel:

It's one of those films that you quite enjoy once.

30 Days of Night.

It's really good, but ultimately it's a let down.

Don't spent 15 quid on it.

Beowulf and Grendel:

It's one of those films that you quite enjoy once.

I thought it was better than Beowulf (CGI version), just because of the raging storms and authentic atmosphere.

boa v python [sky yesterday ] crap! you have to watch it, its so poor

30 Days of Night - Vampires n shit, the darkest hour will be the last 60 mins you spend watching it, predictable.

The Golden Compass - Witches, talking animals, good vs evil, its like Harry Potter + Lion, Witch and Wardrobe on drugs, great stuff.

Top Gun

Tome Cruise is a pilot, hes a very good pilot, he gets the girl he has a crisis of confidence, he loses the girl, he gets his confidence back, he gets the girl, he's a pilot he's a very good pilot.




Mission Impossible

Tome cruise is a secret agent he's a very good secret agent, he gets the girl he has a crisis of confidence, he loses the girl, he gets his confidence back, he gets the girl, he's a secret agent he's a very secret agent.


War of the Worlds

Tom Cruise is a father he's a very good father, he has his family he has a crisis of confidence, he loses his family, he gets his confidence back, he gets his family back, he's a father he's a very good father.

Collatoral

Jamie Fox is a taxi driver he is a very good taxi driver........

Top Gun

Tome Cruise is a pilot, hes a very good pilot, he gets the girl he has a crisis of confidence, he loses the girl, he gets his confidence back, he gets the girl, he's a pilot he's a very good pilot.




Mission Impossible

Tome cruise is a secret agent he's a very good secret agent, he gets the girl he has a crisis of confidence, he loses the girl, he gets his confidence back, he gets the girl, he's a secret agent he's a very secret agent.


War of the Worlds

Tom Cruise is a father he's a very good father, he has his family he has a crisis of confidence, he loses his family, he gets his confidence back, he gets his family back, he's a father he's a very good father.

Collatoral

Jamie Fox is a taxi driver he is a very good taxi driver........


I sense a pattern here...

Best review ever.

I sense a pattern here...

Best review ever.

I think you'll find Mr Mullet has been listening to Rich Hall.

I think you'll find Mr Mullet has been listening to Rich Hall.


Very true apparantly, I actually heard this from a friend of mine years ago (Riggs taking credit for other peoples jokes, bad boy), but using the power of google just now I found the original.....


"Tom Cruise plays a cocktail maker… a pretty good cocktail maker too, until he has a crisis of confidence and can’t make cocktails anymore. Then he finds a good woman who restores his faith in cocktail making. Tom Cruise plays a race-car driver… "


Which is actually even funnier because you can apply it to Last Samurai as well and even Interview with a Vampire with a slight adjustment.


Interview with a Vampire
"Tom Cruise plays a Vampire… a pretty good Vampire actually, until he has a crisis of confidence and can’t be a Vampire anymore, then he finds a journalist who restores his faith in cocktail making."

(although this applies to Brad Pitt in this movie as well)

My observation about Jamie Fox and Collatoral is my own though.

Run, Fatboy run - Brilliantly funny with Simon Pegg and Dylan Moran making me laugh throughout 10/10

I thought it was better than Beowulf (CGI version), just because of the raging storms and authentic atmosphere.


It does have integrity. Ive not yet seen the CGI version with the "Daddy".

Deception:

Bog standard suspence drama. Trying to be clever. Weak.

10,000 BC Apocalypto on a different continent.

Eastern Promises - very disappointing, rubbish special effects and not worthy of the good reviews it received in the press 4/10

I am Legend:

Recaptures silence in suspence, then peters out...

Final Destination 3 - After a disappointing No.2, this got back to excellent stuff No. 1 was made off - pure tongue in cheek horror, blood and guts at its best 8/10

and another point for being £2 from Woollies :)

Brokeback Mountain - Gay cowboys are gay 8/10

Indy 4:

"Oh,Dear!!"

Plagiarism isn't dead

I Am Legend - God did it!

8/10

Indy 4 - Why fix somehting that ain't broke? 7/10

Johnny Cash - Man in black fights demons instead of aliens 8/10

Iron Man - Tony Stark, a reformed recovering alcoholic, fights to save a world he helped arm. 8/10

sound of music [just now] still not bad after forty years

Apocalypse Now
One of, if not the best shot film I think I've ever seen; both beautiful and barbaric in equal measures.

10/10

(Keeping up my tradition of watching awesome films aeons after everyone else and their dog, I watched it for the first time t'other night. The Shawshank Redemption is next..)

Rambo 2008

Bloody graphic, bloody good. 9/10

Jumper

Great FX poor plot. 8/10 for FX. 2/10 storyline.

Jumper

Great FX poor plot. 8/10 for FX. 2/10 storyline.

agree with that:stupid:

Run Fatboy Run - Not up to par with other Pegg films, but not awful either. 6/10

The Other Boleyn Girl - The writers clearly didn't bother reading the novel OR anything about Tudor history. 4/10

Cloverfield - Nice idea, bad execution, Hud is the single most annoying character ever right until the very end.:pac:

Hancock - John Hancock, a recovering alcoholic, fights to save the world from himself. 8.5/10

(Strange how two of this summer's big films both have alcoholism as issues)

Speed Racer - Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer, he's a demon on wheels (and Trixie is cute too), much better than I thought it would be and worth viewing on the big screen.

8/10

Mamma Mia
Fab sing-a-long film with great leading ladies and Piers Brosnan doing the most appalling singing 9/10

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Story about a 14 year old girl and her relationship with her friends, boyfriends and parents. Quite funny, but nothing special 6/10

30 Days of Night-unpleasant, but in a good way. 7.5/10.

Rambo (2008) - Greater than the sum of the parts detached from the cast. 7 /10

Babylon A.D


Vin D's back in a flawed film, no plot.. Utter Mince!! Don't make the mistake I made.

Dont mess with the Zohan.

Happy Gilmore with annoying accents and no plot 3/10.


(the 3 indicates that there were laugh out loud moments, but still!)

Dumb and Dumber: Where the funny began, and was the last time it was all original. 8/10

Hulk - long...great ending....dragged a bit...

The Orphanage
I shat myself.

The Orphanage - I shat myself too.

10/10

let's make it a threesome then..
The Orphanage
I didn't shit myself
4/10

Seriously, Guillermo what happened? this was the most cliched and obvious piece of shit I've seen in a long while. I jumped twice throughout the entire film (Wherewe got a glimpse of Benigna's lovely face after being shunted into the air by an ambulance, and when the cupboard door was slammed shut.) - I'm not saying that in a "ooh look at me, I'm well 'ard this film didn't scare me" way, just that I didn't feel it worked as a horror film and can't understand those who did...

On the dvd cover, there's the following quote "The new Pan's Labyrinth. Excellent" - Other than the Obvious Del Toro link, can anyone find a link between the two?

I'm being a cock now, so I'll stop.

I didn't actually like the film because it scared the pants off me (that was a by-product): what did it for me was my empathy with the main character, and with the all of the children - from fearing the little brutes to feeling incredibly sad and wanting the best for them, and the whole Peter Pan/Wendy thing brought a lump to the throat to be sure. Even sackboy changed from being a figure of dread to a figure of abject sadness, and I thought it was dead nice at the end when he was unafraid to walk around without the sack.

The parallels between The Orphanage and Pan's are the workings of children's imaginations, how adults deal with this, and the blurring of the boundaries between these fantasies and reality as the film develops, the reunification of loved ones through death (both films end both tragically for those remaining in the living world and happily for those who depart) - oh, and the subtitles :). It is also pretty easy to categorise them both as 'adult fairy tales' particularly in light of the Peter Pan references.


Dunno what possessed the husband to leave his wife alone in that fucked up and dangerous place for the last few scenes though when he was obviously madly in love with her and concerned for her well being - not sure if that was a 'love conquers all' sacrifice kind of thing, or just a clumsy plot device ;)

Anyway - I loved it!

No Country for Old Men

9/10

Best baddy since Frank, and worst haircut since Vanilla Ice.

Max Payne

Should have been called "A perfect way to ruin a video game franchise" 4/10


I mean seriously, why make a film based on a film noir game and then not make it in the film noir style? it's all cockypop if you ask me