Movies reviews.

[boloa]

Try to stringing a few sentences together

Been on the fire water again, "Cut and Paste Alan" ?

Some are,some aren't ....all depends what mood I'm In 

But some people enjoy them and find them useful 

[boloa]

Last night I watched Rango ....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rango_(2011_film)
This one is number #2 in the Movie Chart at the moment and seems popular.I found this computer-animated comedy western a little slow to start with but as the movie progressed I started to realize why this film is getting rave review. The story line is about Rango ,an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff and water .
I thought the computer animation was great ,the characters are likeable and the script funny. I wouldn't say this was a children film as many of the jokes wouldn't be understood ( no good for DtD then  )as they are more adult-oriented.The voice acting is wonderful, both Johnny Depp ( Rango ) and Bill Nighy ( Rattlesnake Jake )is awesome!- give wonderful  performances, while Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton and Abigail Breslin are equally good.
I enjoyed this Film but make sure you get a good copy as mine was a little poor which spoiled my viewing just a tad.8/10 

[boloa]

Try to stringing a few sentences together

Been on the fire water again, "Cut and Paste Alan" ?

BTW David I think you should be the last one to dig someone out for the odd bit of cutting and pasting.
I remember not so long ago when you cut and pasted one of my posted on BE and made out it was one of your own on Surin Farang
http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,3674.0.html
Reply #2 ..ring any bells ....

[Dave the Dude]

Calm Down, you know I love a bit of banter! 

I have actually found your reviews helpful and fairly accurate. I have watched some of the movies following your recommendations.

[Dave the Dude]

Not a film, but an Australian Crime series, I have watched Underbelly.

There are 3 seasons and its based on true Australian events during the 1980's. Its very strong stuff and quite realistic. It has not been shown in the UK/Europe so I think maybe most people (except Ozzys) would not have heard of it.

You may want to give it a try.

[boloa]

I have just watched The Adjustment Bureau.....http://www.theadjustmentbureau.com/

This movie is a romantic science fiction thriller, the story line is about David Norris(Matt Damon) a man running for senate, but is quickly losing votes, due to an embarrassing incident. And just when he is ready to settle on defeat, he meets Elise(Emily Blunt  ), a dancer he befriends, and encourages him to keep running. David is smitten by her, and another chance meeting with Elise again, starts to make David think she could be the one for him. But some mysterious figures capture David, they tell him, that they are controllers of his and everybodies fate, and say he can't see Elise again. But will David obey or defy them 
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are perfectly put together, as the forbidden lovers, they are so convincing, you instantly buy it. The rest of the cast are also good, so is Terrance Stamp. A well put together suspenseful supernatural love story. It's right up there with Inception IMHO.
If you are a hopeless romantic and love SF/thrillers this movie is for you ..9/10 

[boloa]

I have just watched Limitless.........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitless

Did you know that most people only you 20% of their brain power ( BTW I use 30%  ). So what would happen if a drug was made were the taker could use 100% of your brain power Lets see what happens when when you unlock the full potential of your mind. Let's turn our dull, under-stimulated powers of perception on the new Limitless trailer and find out ...


A down on his luck writer called Eddie Morra ( Bradley Cooper ) has just been dump by his girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) and on his way home bumps into his ex-brother-in law who introduces Eddie to MDT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive.Soon he rises to the top of the financial world,and he is head hunted by business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro)who thinks Eddie can make him billions.
But there are side effect to taking MDT,also his stash of the drug is getting low and there are hit men out to get their hands on Eddies MDT
This is an excellent action-thriller and I can understand why it's number 1 in the movie charts ,with a fantastic script, a capable director, and wonderful acting, I could only sum up this movie as brilliant. 9.5/10 

[boloa]

I have just watched Made in Dagenham.............http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Dagenham

Maybe its my socialist background from my younger days but I was enthralled by this movie from start to finish.Made in Dagenham is a film about a woman's right to work and get paid for it,it's a wonderful recreation of the 1960s  strike of the 187 Ford Ladies that led to the Equal Pay Act of 1970.It stars Sally Hawkins as Rita O'grady, confident and forthright as the ordinary working mum who finds herself elevated to the position of striker-spokeswoman, battling not merely against the bosses but the smug chaps' club in general: employers and trade unionists getting ready to stitch up a duplicitous compromise behind her back. Miranda Richardson plays Barbara Castle, the cabinet minister not-so-secretly sympathetic to the women strikers and exasperated at the ambiguous evasions of her own boss, Harold Wilson, played in cameo by John Sessions. Richard Schiff is excellent in the small role of the American Ford executive who must come over to sort out this costly pinko mess.
A must see for anybody that was around in the 60's and for those that believe in equal rights and fairness for all 9/10 

[boloa]

Last night I watched Sucker Punch ......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucker_Punch_(film)

A young girl Emily Browning (Baby Doll) is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days time. Faced with unimaginable odds, she retreats to a fantastical world in her imagination where she and four other female inmates at the asylum ( Abbie Cornish (Sweet Pea) Jena Malone (Rocket )Venessa Hudgens ( Blondie) and Oscar Isaac (Blue ) ), plot to escape the facility. The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Baby Doll and her four companions, as well as a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items they need that will allow them to break free from their captors before it's too late.
Lots of eye candy with the ladies(  ) and the special FX are OK,I found the story a bit far fetched but it is a fantasy/action /thriller .It wasn't to my liking but some will love it I'm sure  7/10 

[boloa]

Just watched The Warrior's Way ........http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032751/

Another Fantasy/Action movie come Western/Marshal arts ( Grasshopper  ) .The movie is about Yang ,( Dong-gun Jang ) after a lifetime of training in martial arts and swordsmanship, Yang has eliminated all but one of his clan's enemies-an infant whose smile instantly melts his heart. Unwilling to kill her and unable protect her from his own deadly tribe, Yang takes the baby girl and flees, planning to seek refuge with an old friend living in Lode, a frontier town in the American West. He arrives to find that his friend has died and the once-thriving Gold Rush town is in shambles, inhabited only by a few dozen eccentrics including Lynne ( Kate Bosworth    )a beautiful, spirited knife thrower-in-training, and Ron ( Geoffrey Rush ), a worn-out drunk. In order to make a safe home for the child far from the reach of his murderous clansman, Yang decides to stay on as the town's new laundryman, sealing his sword for good.But has he 
This movie was written and Directed by Sngmoo Lee,( his debut film ) and filmed and produced in New Zealand.There are a few other familiar faces in the cast like Eight-ball ( Tony Cox -Marcus the black midget from Bad Santa )and  Colonel ( Danny Huston -King Richard The Lionheart in Robin Hood )but for me this wasn't one of Geoffrey Rush's best performances.Anyone who like the Kill Bill films will like this one too,loads of sword fighting and a story line that keeps you amused  and entertained.7.5/10 

[boloa]

This afternoon I watched Its Kind of a funny Story .....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Kind_of_a_Funny_Story_(film)

This is not really my kind of a film but when I saw it had Zach Galifianakis in it I thought I would give it a go .Zach was in Date Due ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/ ) and had me in stitches .a must see film for anybody that hasn't seen it. 
Well back to todays movie......Craig is a teenager having a tough time and contemplates suicide so  he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby ( Zach Galifianakis ), a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle ( Emma Roberts, she's the romantic twist to the film ) , about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview.  Is this the stuff of insight or just a boy growing up.
The bottom line is that this movie is OK. It's not the best, but it is a movie worth seeing that has a very good story and great acting to complement it 7.5/10 

[boloa]

Just watched The Tourist........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tourist_(2010_film)

This film is about Elise (Angelina Jolie) who randomly sits next to an American tourist, Frank (Johnny Depp), on a Venice-bound train. The police have been following Elise for over two years waiting for her to contact her lover, who embezzled over $2 Billion from a mobster. The British Economic Police want to collect its share (taxes) of over $775 Million to be paid on this money. Frank, a math teacher, and Elise must evade the police, and also the mobster who's money was stolen.
This movie is worth watching. I wasn't blown away  but it'll do. If anything, looking at Angelina Jolie throughout the movie was worth the watching alone . Her look on screen in this movie has to probably be the most beautiful I've ever seen an actress look. She and Depp had chemistry, but it was friendly chemistry, nothing sultry and erotic which is OK. It was nice to see her do that type of film for a change.7/10 + 1 for Angelina Jolie= 8/10

[manupete]

Yes ,I enjoyed The Tourist too ,  and like you Boloa I would like to give Angelina Jolie one   

[boloa]

Last night I watched Jonah Hex.......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hex_(film)

Jonah Hex is a DC Comic book Western antihero,the movie is slightly different to the comic in how he became a scared faced bounty hunter but this doesn't detract from the film.
In this version Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin ) is caught by the   U.S. military and they make the scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse,to hunt down and kill Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich ) a terrorist that in the past had killed Jonah's wife and son .Turnball is now going to unleash a new weapon the the people of the US and its now up to Jonah to stop him  . Lilah (Megan Fox  ) plays a prostitutes that has eyes for our Mr Hex and yes you've guest it gets captured by Turnball to be used as decoy to bring Hex to him.
This film got a hammering by the critic but I found it entertaining but lacking in punch,being only 80 minutes long it seemed to me that somewhere along the line the movie had been cut .The final big encounter was to short,the film had a long fuse ( that was good in parts ) but with just a puff of smoke at the end instead of a big bang. With actors like Brolin and Malkovich I expected more but to be honest I still found the movie OK,not great but OK but still worth a watch 7/10

[manupete]

Recently I watched The way back.........The Way back

This is a good film that somehow manages not to be a great film. It brings to mind other stirring epics like BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, and you wonder if David Lean would have made it a truly great movie. What the escapees endure during their 4,000-mile journey is vividly brought to life (the Gobi desert scenes are especially harrowing), but because Jim Sturgess's character is the only one with a back-story, there's a lack of involvement with who these people are, and this fatally diminishes your interest in their fate.
Colin Farrell does a great job with a Russian accent but his character seems particularly pointless. Excellent acting from Ed Harris and Saoirse Ronan evokes sympathy, but they remain just 'cyphers' - the token Yank, the token girl. Peter Weir's direction is, as always, flawless; there's a great sense of the vastness of the swamps and deserts and mountains they have to cross.10/10 for the visuals, but only 7/10 for the writing so I'll give it a 8.5/10  

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