Saw Harry Potter DH2. It was pretty good although I felt the ending was sort of anti-climatic. I understand the books are the same and many of the big fans that have read them felt similar.

Unfortunately though, Game of Thrones has sort of ruined other fantasy for me. I NEED GRITTY SWORDZPLAY!

[JuZ]

Pik Nick, yep that's the one.

Awesome, super influential movie. Spielberg (IMHO) at just about his best. It has this weird otherworldly feel, but not so much from the UFO theme.

It's more about the lighting, the sets, the music, the era, Dreyfus going kooky. I love it!

Scott Pilgrim versus.
It was not that great, and it made me feel old.

Also comparing Wolverine to X-men first class, is like comparing a swift kick to the nuts to a BJ.

I kinda felt the same about Scott pilgrim - there were sone elements thy really made me want to love it but it just didn't quite do it for me

I finally saw Braveheart at the weekend - totally feel like it was waaaay overrated. No where near as much of a quality film as I was expecting

[swervedriver]

The Social Network

Really dug the plot and storytelling, very good film. And yes, I'm catching up on stuff I've wanted to see for a while.

Mulholland Drive

Not a good movie to watch if you're tired, alone in the dark and uhm... yeah. Annoyed me that I didn't understand the ending. I am usually clever.

Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows pt 1

I was quite amazed by this. Thought I should watch it since the second is showing at cinemas now. It's something I've grown up with, the films, books and actors/characters since we're the same age. Not really been a huge fan since I was 12 or whenever it was. But this one really impressed me, can't really say a bad thing about it. Graphically very satisfying as well.

Melancholia
Von Trier's beautifully depressed tale of the end of the world. Actually milder than I had expected, even though I knew this wasn't going to be the dark nightmare that was Antichrist. This movie relies on mood and human interaction, and how different individuals come to terms with expectation and fear.
Kirsten Dunst is truly convincing as a person suffering uncontrollable depression, no matter how happy she tries to appear or change her circumstance. She definitely earned her rewards with this role. Charlotte Gainsbourg is equally convincing as the anxious and weary sister who tries to comfort whilst maintaining order, even though she sometimes gives in to her own emotional breakdowns. Kiefer Sutherland also does a great job of being the fussy brother in-law, who tries to keep a positive attitude but will let loose his dissent when things get bad enough. And Udo Kier is a hoot as the snobbish wedding planner.
The planet that threatens to collide with Earth is appropriately titled as Melancholia, being a wintry world of enormous size, growing larger and more unpredictable to the point of despair.
No happy ending here, as was promised. This movie takes its time, preferring subdued expressionism and haunting visuals to the frenetic chaos like every other "End of the World" feature out there, and that's what makes it worthy of viewing.

Hobo With a Shotgun
Riddled with shocking violence, nasty characters, and creative dismemberment virtually non-stop, this film doesn’t so much pay homage to classic grindhouse as completely outdoes it. It can be safely written that it leaves the Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse films for dead.
Rutger Hauer hasn’t been this much fun since The Hitcher, and is a joy to see him play a half-crazed homeless guy with a taste for blood, going on a manhunt for all the city’s scumbags, with some great one-liners in between the shootings.
The villains in the piece are some of the vilest characters ever committed to screen: a psychotic gangster and his two sons who establish dominance with brutal torture and murder that leave no room for squeamish viewers. Not even children are safe.
There is a good story beyond the madness of the hobo finding a kindred spirit with a good-hearted prostitute, as both want to lead better lives away from a city rife with corruption and injustice. That doesn’t stop them from being abused beyond reason, of course, but nobody in this film is immune. In short, this movie is good, dark and unclean fun.

Wow, thanks Bookwyrm! I LOVE Von Trier - never saw Meloncholia, and apparently it's not available here on DVD yet But I'm going to keep a look-out for it!

Ever see Children of Men? One of the BEST movies ever, dystopian future where humans are no longer physically able to have children, brilliantly directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron also directed Y Tu Mama, Tambien, which was unbearably intriguing and in the end, unbearably sad.

Love the reviews!

[JuZ]

Children of Men is a classic indeed. The dawn escape scene is absolutely thrilling.

Loved Children of Men - some of Clive Owen's best work. Very bleak but also very moving.
As for Melancholia, that should be released Stateside early November, according to IMDB.

Melancholia
Von Trier's beautifully depressed tale of the end of the world. Actually milder than I had expected, even though I knew this wasn't going to be the dark nightmare that was Antichrist. This movie relies on mood and human interaction, and how different individuals come to terms with expectation and fear.
Kirsten Dunst is truly convincing as a person suffering uncontrollable depression, no matter how happy she tries to appear or change her circumstance. She definitely earned her rewards with this role. Charlotte Gainsbourg is equally convincing as the anxious and weary sister who tries to comfort whilst maintaining order, even though she sometimes gives in to her own emotional breakdowns. Kiefer Sutherland also does a great job of being the fussy brother in-law, who tries to keep a positive attitude but will let loose his dissent when things get bad enough. And Udo Kier is a hoot as the snobbish wedding planner.
The planet that threatens to collide with Earth is appropriately titled as Melancholia, being a wintry world of enormous size, growing larger and more unpredictable to the point of despair.
No happy ending here, as was promised. This movie takes its time, preferring subdued expressionism and haunting visuals to the frenetic chaos like every other "End of the World" feature out there, and that's what makes it worthy of viewing.

Hobo With a Shotgun
Riddled with shocking violence, nasty characters, and creative dismemberment virtually non-stop, this film doesn’t so much pay homage to classic grindhouse as completely outdoes it. It can be safely written that it leaves the Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse films for dead.
Rutger Hauer hasn’t been this much fun since The Hitcher, and is a joy to see him play a half-crazed homeless guy with a taste for blood, going on a manhunt for all the city’s scumbags, with some great one-liners in between the shootings.
The villains in the piece are some of the vilest characters ever committed to screen: a psychotic gangster and his two sons who establish dominance with brutal torture and murder that leave no room for squeamish viewers. Not even children are safe.
There is a good story beyond the madness of the hobo finding a kindred spirit with a good-hearted prostitute, as both want to lead better lives away from a city rife with corruption and injustice. That doesn’t stop them from being abused beyond reason, of course, but nobody in this film is immune. In short, this movie is good, dark and unclean fun.

Really want to see these two. Badly.

^The wait is worth it.

Tonight, saw the 150 minute cut of Metropolis in the cinemas. Pure bliss. A couple of scenes still have not been found (or were too damaged to restore), so text replaces them, but that can be overlooked when you consider the wealth of material that we do get to see.
If you haven't seen this film, enrich yourself by doing so; after all, this version is finally available on home media now.

Metropolis is just such an amazing film to look at, I haven't watched any of the versions all the way through because I still don't have the patience to watch a whole silent film. Maybe one day.

The Mechanic This really didn't deliver, it could have been so much more but now both Statham and Foster's chracters seem paper thin. Even action sequences seemed bit pointless. Average at best, wich is shame really.

[Octillus]

Captain America.

Not breaking any new ground, but my fellow Jew girlfriend and I went to see Captain America kick Nazi (Hydra) butt. We were not disappointed.

13 Assassins

Takashi Miike's best work, in my opinion, since Ichi: The Killer. You almost couldn't tell that it was a remake (the original was released in 1963; I found that out after buying my ticket for the film, as it was advertised as a homage to Kurosawa).
Everything in this film is done right - great, well-rounded characters, bloody action, poetic dialogue, and elaborate fight scenes. The third act of the movie is one long battle displayed in segments, so you never lose track of who's fighting whom. There's no long-winded symbolism of 13 men against 200 - it's just plainly there, and goes straight for the jugular, like any good Miike film. Best of all, any CG use is barely noticed.
Like Sukiyaki Western Django, Miike doesn't display the violence on screen to the point where it goes over the top and grosses you out - rather, he pushes it enough so you know how nasty battle can be without feeling like he's dumped buckets of blood on your head. The same goes with scenes involving hara-kiri - it's all about the sound and the look on the characters' faces. Every person keeps you emotionally invested; regardless if they are hero or villain. The lighter and humorous moments balance well with the otherwise heavy subject matter.
Having never seen the original, I wonder what it would be like. I trust that it would be just as good, albeit less bloody. The version I saw was also the international version of the film, rather than the one released in Japan that went nearly 20 minutes longer; I looked up those other scenes online, and they sound interesting. Apparently, those scenes are available as bonus material on some DVD releases, so all the more incentive to buy it once it is released (just hope they release them here, of course). 9/10.