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The Hangover Part II 2011
Watched by Ash Beks 18 May, 2013 If it's pretty much exactly the same movie, why is it about a quarter as funny?
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The Kentucky Fried Movie 1977
Watched by Carl Ingebretsen 18 May, 2013 It was alright. Some good, hilarious bits, some weak bits, some bits lasted too long. If I'd been drunk, I'd probably laugh my ass off.
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Ted 2012
Watched by Taylor Walker 18 May, 2013 So... I'd seen a couple seasons of Family Guy and American Dad so... I'd virtually already seen this movie at least seven times before it even started...
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Super 2010
Watched by Stuart Barr 17 May, 2013 1 'Shut up crime' so much better than the ludicrously overrated Kick Ass
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010
Watched by Iain Dickie 17 May, 2013 9 Excellent documentry about all of the films in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, going through the films in order with interviews with cast and crew.
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Bronson 2009
Watched by Fabian 17 May, 2013 2 Bronson is a very troubled film and despite several obvious qualities simply isn't as satisfying as it should be. Refn, who recently skyrocketed to stardom with his 80's B-Movie homage Drive, is an accomplished director and even when his output is weak it still has many redeeming aspects about it. In the case of Bronson the redeeming quality is without a doubt the fantastic central performance by then new-comer Tom Hardy. Arguably the most important part of every character study…
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Mission: Impossible III 2006
Watched by Jonathan Sargent 16 May, 2013 3 It's amazing what a different director and an amazing villain can do to revitalize a series. After John Woo's goofy and mostly disappointing Mission Impossible 2, J.J. Abrams takes the third film in the series to heights it's never seen before.
Whereas past MI films had overly complex plots and some very dull pacing, MI3's story is straightforward, mostly logical, and never boring. Abrams makes nearly every action scene a spectacle to behold, though some of his uses of shaky…
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Mission: Impossible II 2000
Watched by Jonathan Sargent 16 May, 2013 3 My first John Woo film, and I can't say I'm particularly impressed overall. The guy clearly has a style of his own, but I'm not sure it fits the Mission Impossible movies.
There's a lot of bad aspects to this movie but there are also a few great ones. The last huge action sequence is truly incredible; Cruise is a serious stuntman and Woo and him work perfectly together on some of the martial arts shots. Plenty of awesome explosions,…
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Mission: Impossible 1996
Watched by Jonathan Sargent 16 May, 2013 I definitely made the mistake of watch the latest Mission Impossible (Ghost Protocol) before watching any of the previous films. From what I hear the rest of the series pails in comparison, and the first installment has so far confirmed this sentiment.
So first, the good stuff. The score really drives this film forward for me, making what would otherwise eye-rollingly cheesy movements seem very serious and tense. Danny Elfman does a tremendous job here, composing many variations on the…
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Free Willy 1993
Added by Mumbles The one where Michael Madsen gets burdened with a glorious porpoise.
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Final Destination 2000
Watched by Forrest Ellsworth 10 May, 2013 4 If Death has the power to control water and lock car doors and create magical seat-belts, why does he have to go through so much trouble to kill his victims? His schemes seem way too elaborate. Why not just give the people aneurysms or have them fart so hard that it blows out their rectums? Death has no imagination.
P.S. If I had a premonition and no one believed me and then it came true, my smugness could power a…
