You done masturbating to Woo yet?

Plan to whack off to SHOOT'EM UP, after the rest of us have had our shakes.

You know, I would have lost total respect for you after saying that Bay is your 2nd favorite action director.

Then I realized....I didn't have any fucking respect for you anyway.

No love for John McTiernan, the fucker behind DIE HARD, DIE HARD WITH A VENGENCE, the only good Tom Clancy movie in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, or the classic PREDATOR, or even the decent THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR.

Besides, look at 2006 and 2007 alone. Losers like Bay and has-beens like Woo have been made irrelevant.

Look at last year's CRANK, which was a better Michael Bay movie than Michael Bay could ever muster...and for $140+ million less.

Plus, it was actually a good movie that rocked.

Then this year with SMOKIN' ACES from Joe Carnahan, or weeks ago with the incredibly insane yet awesome SHOOT' EM UP.

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What does that say about the mothers of those who have nothing better to do than to post childish comments about the likes/dislikes of other people?

I can't say anything about Bay, really; I've only seen Armageddon.

BAD BOYS and BAD BOYS II were good and THE ISLAND sucked. If you're going to view another Bay film, make it either THE ROCK or TRANSFORMERS. Did you enjoy ARMAGEDDON or no?

It might be the worst film I've ever seen.

It's pretty close. As far as Bay movies are concerned, BAD BOYS II is the worst, IMO. Bad acting. Bad plot. Bad everything.

I think the worst film I've ever seen is THE BOONDOCK SAINTS. Thank God I didn't pay for the DVD.

My review of The Rock

What??!!! The film ranked 7.8/10 on IMDb????

As a proud owner of the DVD, I obviously think it's terrif'.

IMDB rating is all crap. Nowadays, all new movies routinely get 7-8 rating and easily reach top 250 too.

HARD BOILED
(Third Viewing)

Mobsters are smuggling guns into Hong Kong. The police orchestrate a raid at a teahouse where the ace detective loses his partner. Meanwhile, the two main gun smugglers are having a war over territoriality, and a young new gun is enlisted to wipe out informants and overcome barriers to growth. The detective, acting from inside sources gets closer to the ring leaders, and eventually must work directly with the inside man.

After three viewings, I'm convinced this is John Woo's masterpiece (well, one of them anyway). In my opinion, this has more action than THE KILLER, probably more than any of his other films that I've seen. Also, Chow Yun-Fat is actually a cop this time around, playing the good guy. As such, he's not as exquisite as he was as Jeffrey the assassin in THE KILLER, but it's Chow Yun-Fat in a John Woo film. You know it's going to be good. After watching all of these again, I'd rank them:

1) HARD BOILED
2) A BETTER TOMORROW II
3) THE KILLER
4) A BETTER TOMORROW

For Bay, his only film that I don't own on DVD that I thought was garbage was THE ISLAND. Although I am due for another visit because I've only seen it once.



As Geoff said, WHAT!? This is one of my top 25 movies of all-time. What may I ask didn't you like about it?

Yes, the film with a 19% rating from RottenTomatoes.com and an overall rating of 44/100 from Metacritic.com



A better (and easier to answer) question to ask is "What may I ask did you like about the film?" In short, nothing. Not even Willem Dafoe.

All style, no substance. The Onion sums up my feelings for the film better than I ever could. Some relevant quotes from the review:





It was just painful to watch.

Wow, I think you're the first person I can think of to say that, but we all have our opinions so it's no big deal

MR. BROOKS 1/2
(Second Viewing)

The story follows a man with a murderous alter ego. Moore will play a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.

This has got to be one of the two greatest roles I've ever seen Kevin Costner play (the other would be his portrayal of Jim Garrison in JFK). He worked so well with William Hurt in this film. They were both so sadistically humerous at times and the next moment, a stone cold killer. I don't think I ever saw him get angry in this movie. He was always claim, and even if he didn't have control of a situation, he accepted it and moved on. I really admired his performance and to an extent, his character in this film. Demi Moore was passable as a detective, however I was very happy to see Dane Cook (whom I have enjoyed since his WAITING days and even before), expand his range as a serious actor. Some here probably don't give a sh*t but at least the man is trying to not fall into the same pithole Adam Sandler and his career have gone. Finally, young Danielle Panabaker was very enjoyable as Costner's daughter, getting more grown-ups roles away from the YOURS, MINE AND OURS and SKY HIGHS of her career.

It didn't make a lot of noise at the boxoffice but rent this when it comes out on Tuesday. It is WELL worth it and is probably in my Top 5 for 2007 so far. A great original story with a great cast of characters!

I actually watched Boondock Saints (probably my 5th time) a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie.

Weren't they supposed to make a sequel? What happened with that?

They are (and may have made it already) but who knows if it'll ever see the light of day. I've heard about this movie for years but never a release date. The same thing goes for KILL SHOT

THE COMEBACKS
(First Viewing)

Coach Fields (David Koechner) is pathetic. He has the distinction of being the worst coach in the history of sports anyone can recall. A loser of enormous proportions, the incompetent and seemingly hopeless coach is convinced by fellow coach Freddie Wiseman (Carl Weathers) to return to the field for one last shot. Assuring his long suffering wife (Melora Hardin) that he will not ignore his family, Coach moves them to Plainfolk, Texas where he hopes to redeem himself and his reputation. Here he begins yet another attempt to improve his abysmal record - this time as the coach of the football team at Heartland State University. But he is saddled with a team of misfits - most of whom don't know the difference between a line of scrimmage and a line at the cafeteria. Coach is in serious need of some real talent to beef up his line-up and finds his number one recruit on the university's baseball diamond. The ever-so-handsome Lance Truman (Matthew Lawrence) brings with him a distinguished award winning career - albeit for the most dropped balls - as well as determination. Coach convinces Truman to join the team as quarterback, and the young athlete comes on board despite the objection of his father (Nick Searcy). Wearing jersey #1 is Trotter (Jackie Long), the bling-wearing, girl magnet wide receiver who can actually catch and run with the ball, as long as his oversized ego does not get in the way. The biggest bruiser of the team is Buddy Boy (George Back), but he turns out to be more warm and cuddly than the mean sonofabitch that Coach longs for. The rest of the team includes the upbeat and handsome, Aseel Tare (Robert Ri'chard), who is always ready for action despite an uncanny tendency for injury; tattooed and angry Jorge Juanson (Jesse Garcia) who has a chip on his shoulder, and the delusion of being from the barrio; Jizminder (Noureen DeWulf), a beautiful, British-Indian soccer player, who takes on the role of kicker and is the only female player on the otherwise all male squad; and lastly, is the runt of the group, Randy (Martin Spanjers), who is always begging for a chance to play despite his miniscule stature, and lack of any discernable football skills...unless you count moxie. Serving as Coach's right hand man is IPod (Jermaine Williams), although he is often misunderstood, the good-hearted, music listening IPod keeps the team smiling. Although the team and townsfolk are leery of the newcomer's approach, the Coach uses his unorthodox methods to whip this group of rag-tags into shape - both on and off the field. While the audience follows their winding road to the playoffs, the film pokes fun at the clichés and conventions of other sports flicks. And the team does make progress, so much so that they actually make it to the South-Southwest Conference Championship at the 2nd Annual Toilet Bowl. Facing their fiercest opponents yet and yearning to win the big game, The Comebacks face off with the Lone Star State Unbeatables. And as every great sports team has always done, The Comebacks use ingenuity and unorthodox measures in the final showdown where the best team wins.

Following the same formula for DATE MOVIE and EPIC MOVIE, this film falls flat on its face. Pulling material from other films to spoof but the jokes aren't funny. In fact at times you're wondering what exactly they're trying to make fun of. I believe 8 other people were in the theater with me and nobody hardly laughed throughout the duration of the film. It was nice to see Carl Weathers again, but unfortunately it had to be in this disaster. Stay away from this flick unless you enjoyed DATE and/or EPIC MOVIE.

HOSTEL: PART II
(Second Viewing)

3 beautiful college students are tricked into entering a hostel where the 'hosts' like to torture, rape and murder. Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, who tie them up and bring upon an unthinkable world of pain.

A great sequel to follow up the original. A more in depth storyline that I thought was fascinating, since it focused more on how this business operates as opposed to focusing on another 3 American tourists who get captured, tortured, killed, etc. There was still some gore but probably not as much as the original. If you enjoyed HOSTEL, then I would endorse viewing HOSTEL: PART II on Tuesday.

URBAN LEGEND
(Nth Viewing)

After a bravura opening sequence featuring Natasha Gregson Wagner getting slaughtered by the killer with an axe hiding in the backseat of her car, Urban Legend tells the story of a group of pretty college students at a remote New England university. The focus of the story is Natalie (Alicia Witt), a beautiful, academically-gifted student at the fictional Pendleton University. Natalie and her friends (who include Jared Leto as a brash journalist, Rebecca Gayheart as her best friend, Michael Rosenbaum as the party-hardy boy, Joshua Jackson as a practical joker and Tara Reid as the sexy campus DJ) are all involved in the Folklore class being taught by Professor Wexler (Robert Englund). Wexler regales his class with urban legends, which include Pendleton's own urban legend about a Psych professor who murdered six students at Stanley Hall 25 years ago. Natalie is the first one to suspect there's a killer on campus, especially after she has ties to all of the victims. First, it's her high school friend, a guy she's in the woods with at night, her roommate (Danielle Harris)... No one, including her friends, Wexler, Dean Adams (John Neville) and security guard (Loretta Devine), of course, believes her until it's too late and everyone begins to die according to famous urban legends, and Natalie believes it's all tied to a dark and horrible secret from her past. Now she finds that she and her friends are part of the killer's ultimate urban legend--the story of their own horrific deaths.

A good horror film that I'm surprised wasn't made earlier. I really enjoyed the concept of having urban legends come to life and kill people in reality. Featuring a very enjoyable cast: Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, Danielle Harris, and Joshua Jackson.

URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT 1/2
(Second Viewing)

Urban Legends: The Final Cut follows Amy Mayfield (Morrison), a student at Alpine University who struggles to complete her thesis film on urban legends - only to have her crew members fall prey to fatal 'accidents.' Suspicious, Amy investigates and discovers a much more sinister hand at work. Now she must unmask the killer before she, too, becomes an urban legend.

What worked for the first film didn't for the sequel for one simple reason. The original was based on urban legends. Characters would die by way of an urban legend. I think one character in the sequel died by way of an urban legend. They easily could have expanded on the original, but didn't, and as a result, the film wasn't as enjoyable. However, the Rebecca Gayheart cameo was nice! Also, this was the first film I ever set eyes on Eva Mendes

URBAN LEGENDS: BLOODY MARY 1/2
(First Viewing)

Samantha Owens (Mara) is the editor of the high school newspaper and was blacklisted with her two friends, Gina (Haley McCormick) and Mindy (Olesya Rulin), by the football players after an article about them, so they do not go to a high school party. Samantha tells to the other girls an urban legend told by her mother: in 1969, in Salt Lake City, the two girlfriends of Mary Banner (Lilith Fields) are drugged by their dates in a prom, but she understands the situation and runs from her date, who kills her and hide her body in a trunk in the basement of the school. Like the Candyman, Samantha speaks "Bloody Mary" three times, evoking the evil spirit of Mary. Along the night, the three girls are drugged and kidnapped in a prank of the players, but Samantha has visions and premonitions about Mary. When her school mates are killed, Mary visits Grace Taylor (Tina Lifford), one of the girls abused in 1969, and finds that the victims are the descendants of the trio that killed Mary and harmed her friends, and that Mary spirit is seeking for revenge.

Glad to see the final installment in this series go back to the original and actually have the characters die by way of an urban legen (hence the title of the film). However, the body count was a little low (I think only 5 or 6 kids died). Also, I didn't like the idea of a ghost killing the main characters. I think it's more realistic and scarier if a human being is doing the slaying. However, this is the first and only Kate Mara movie I'm aware of where she's the lead. I'm glad her career has improved since this film.

If you don't mind me asking irish,

out of the hundreds of dvds that you own,how many do you think are not worth watching again and why do you buy every film out on the market

I think every DVD I buy is worth watching again, otherwise I wouldn't buy it. Secondly, I don't buy every DVD on the market (I wish I could but I don't). Finally, most of the movie reviews in this thread isn't from my own personal DVDs that I own. They're eithered borrowed from friends or rented from Blockbuster

I just watched "Final Destination" for probably the 3rd time or so. I get a kick out of that movie. Final Destination 2 is on right now but don't know if'll I'll be able to watch it all.

Ha ha, this kid wins the $250,000 lottery and is having all kinds of good luck, all the chics are calling him at home as he's making dinner; his new expensive ring falls in the garbage disposal; as he reaches for it his hand is stuck; as the micro wave explodes along with the stove burning up; He free's his hand and goes to exit the windows which suddenly slam shut. He makes it out down the fire escape as he hits the ground says, "man I'm lucky" as the fire escape ladder quickly slides down on top of him. Talk about a lousy day.


TIS

Yeah, I enjoyed the FINAL DESTINATION trilogy. Did you see the third one TIS?

I12,

I don't remember, but I think so. Give me a brief summary. I also didn't mind Jeepers Creepers.


TIS

I purchased some items for Christmas gifts on Amazon a couple weeks ago and couldn't resist buying a movie I've always wanted, "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad."

I am not a big movie collector. Compared to I12 and some other movie collectors here, there are really only a small number of movies I'd like to own. This movie not only brings back fond memories of my childhood. They use to show it at a local theater that showed older re-run movies all the time. Oh, how I begged my sister to go see it with me (about 10 different times) . She still teases me about it.

I don't think it's ever on regular tv and only recently saw it on HBO. Anyway, along with the fond memories, I like the make believe land of princesses, genies, wizards, mechanical monsters and of course the handsome hero(Kerwin Mattews). Just a fun movie for me.

I also purchased, in the same line, Jack The Giant Killer.

TIS



The 7th Voyage of Sinbad