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10/10
Movie is phenomenal!
15 February 2012
Some would say that there are some quite dramatic scenes portraying anal rape and oral sex, but its the role thats important as is the provocative state of the female hacker with a dragon tattoo. Whats with the girl hackers that's so appealing to see in the movies? They aren't the weaker sex in any way, neither are here as an informant of the digital age. Long story short, Craig is sent to investigate a long ago missing of a young woman belonging to a rich Sweden family. He gets help from an eccentric girl with a tattoo of a black dragon on her back. She is a master hacker, estranged and weird in terms of regular world. She doesn't fit in, but she is so skillful in computers and investigations. Sweden family keeps this dark secret hidden by all means, except one member thats keen to find out the truth. I would like to point out this masterful and very realistic acting of Rooney Mara, that has thrown aside the whole effect of ancient "Hackers", has earned her a well deserved Oscar. Angelina Jolie, step aside, the new faces are coming and they outshine you!
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The Thing (I) (2011)
6/10
The thing is...
11 December 2011
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The movie is an average horror type of alien dropped out of space and landed in the middle of the Arctic. There a pack of scientists, discover that the alien is fresh and ready to kill in a most bizarre way possible. I must admit some scenes were scary indeed, but the characters are not needed here except for the kill off material. They didn't even have to bother acting, because CGI alien devoured them before they could finish off their lines. Its not a revolutionary concept of alien hiding in a human body, until someone turns his/hers back on them, while they exit their shell and spill the blood around. So the story doesn't rock with originality. The end of the movie is very interesting, and maybe we will get to see a sequel, but this time it will get even bloodier...
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barbaric camera work
13 November 2011
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Conan stinks and this time its not of raw hide. Its of bad camera work, lame dialogs, twisted plot, useless gore scenes, etc. I'm telling you, the one who held the camera should be decapitated by Conan's sword immediately. This is unforgivable. Arnie is the Marlon Brando for Jason Momoa. The guy is a one sorry Conan version and I couldn't imagine him being a barbarian except somewhere on the beaches of Hawaii, where he can act flexing his sorry muscles. The monk girl, played by Rachel Nichols, is such a puzzle in this movie, that it might seem she could kill every enemy she meets. From a simple "monk who cherishes life" (this crap was actually repeated several times), she went to a cold blooded murderer. Also very little sense involved. Rose McGowan actually did OK, but was rewarded with the most brutal death ever, delivered to you by Conan.

The movie looks and feels like a failure in terms of serious cinematic works, and most of the time you'll laugh to stupidity in every 5 minutes or so.
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Thor (2011)
Thorld
18 September 2011
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This movie is an epic waste of time.

After so many repeating sequences of "Assguard space shooting elevator", I almost walked away in the very middle of the movie. The story, if it were simpler, wouldn't even be considered as a comic book, let alone a movie. Thor and his brother Loki were ridiculous. The costumes are just a reminder of how USA's finest comic fans like to dress up during comicon, which is what this movie is filled with. Lets add some more comment on the story... Odin played by Anthony Hopkins, casts his son on Earth, cursing his hammer weapon so none worthy could use it. Thor meets geeky girl played by Natalie Portman, while his brother Loki discovers he was adopted child of a Frost giant. Somehow marvel superheroes and agencies are being mentioned like S.H.I.E.L.D and Stark (Irony man). This is a highly commercial movie that offers just a few thrills (mostly CGI) and very little real stunt stuff. Thor just waves his hammer and is able to create a tornado, but it all looks too silly and stupid. No nudity scenes made me blush and I felt like I ended up in an awkward situation thinking Natalie would show off herself. Boy was I wrong... All in all, you need to be hammered real hard either in the head or the other way, to even like this movie.
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UK's dropouts vs. Space dropouts
4 September 2011
The movie won't make you feel bored at first, but give it a little room and it will take over your flat just like everything this movie does. Story line follows a gang of UK's finest representatives of the generation in what they like to do on a regular basis. Steal, deal drugs, it was like the producers thought it would be a nice change to connect with a generation that's the youngest and brimming with life. Other comments are just blinded by the "youths", young fresh faces, but the point of this is rather ridiculous. Teenage kids throwing cherry bombs at the jaw glowing hairy aliens is funny as it gets, but here's the catch, they incorporated a whole lot of gory effects that are out of sync. Most of actions are out of sync here, for example...behavior of aliens was predictable when the pale pot head switched on the animal channel and we saw a possible parallel with their behavior. Too predictable, action movie that would be a great movie date for some 15 year old bloke and his gf. Again UK's cinema is years behind USA's in terms of what public wants.
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Salt (2010)
1/10
Needs more salt...
28 November 2010
Strange movie, no doubt about it. Angelina plays a spy that's confused (or not), about her origin. Russians are bad guys like usual, but we all know that for a fact, from western style action movies. Its East vs West in cinematography since the iron curtain. The approach, like everything Lady Pit does, all is superficial and based on actresses good looks. She not only fails miserably here, she even shows a signs of bulimia. CIA looked like a pushover. None of this stuff is remotely real and you can't feel the bond between the character and everyone else. Pit's wife tried to act like she was for real here, and everything went into chaos. Turns out, everyone knows each other from when they shared a diaper. Lame and totally stupid movie, makes Angelina look worse than she already is. I loved her movies back when she played nerdy, sexy, programmer and was in tune with youth needs. Today movies need to make a leap that will change the industry all together, not reminisce about cold war dinosaurs, but if Lady Pit feels like a dinosaur herself...in my opinion, she better disappear, and don't even think about fossilizing.
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4/10
The thrill is long gone...
14 November 2010
Its hard to write an accurate review of what I just saw in this movie. A mix of all kind, that are irrelevant to the plot. Storyline is lost in a sequence of zombie attacks, where in you find that some mutants have even evolved. They wear a hood and a huge Axe. Mila tries to act here, but you do notice she isn't giving her best. I don't blame her, because the script has no end. Never ending resident evil...zombies, umbrella, blade 3 villain theft. I do believe this would make an awesome series, but to make sequel after a sequel, it loses its freshness. I like Mila, but Alice here looked like a soccer mom fighting those zombies!

Lame Matrix moves compel me to give this movie a 4/10 because we've seen this before. Still, no true conclusion in this episode.
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Jonah Hex (2010)
1/10
Darn you Comic book crap...
13 November 2010
Megan Fox plays a whore!!! No way! Like I haven't thought of that! Give the girl fewest possible lines to say, and make her Wild West style dangerous, because people love that!? Wait! What? How is this interesting? She just showed some legs! That's all...not a mammary gland, or anything important. We wouldn't wanna see her mommy get all furious. Yuck! I just hate girls that won't strip for the movie! Makes me feel all betrayed! This movie like most youth movies today betrays my needs! I need to see some gore, sex, and of course violence on screen! Screenwriter guru! I can stay home and watch CNN and see more sex and violence, than in all of your DC, Marvel film homo-siesta! This movie even makes the man-children cry their poor eyes out! Watch carefully this turd bucket, or you'll miss a guy who's actually a real leprechaun! (a clue!) he's the one with the knife!
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Machete (2010)
1/10
Somebody pooped in my Sombrero
6 October 2010
What was this film about? I'd like to ask a director because I've seen it and didn't get the point. Is this some bad joke? A scary movie no 9 or something? Short story short, There's a guy with a machete, who basically can chop off Supermen's privates. That thing had "kryptonite stainless steel" stamp. It slices people like butter and I bet them guys from home shop would love to get their hands on this soilingen. I've read some bottom loving comments of how this movie rocks with its awesomeness. To me it looked like bad crossover with porn and a butcher shop where a Mexican guy waves his happy cleaver. Didn't matter to me seeing De Nero and Johnson making idiots out of themselves, it just didn't seem so funny to me. I was trying to hold my lunch when that girl lost her eye. That scene wasn't comedy, nor horror. It was just plain stupid. Wait a minute, now I know how they write the movie scripts for this fecal jars! Screenwriters seem to watch a lot of CNN, and get ideas from political views on society, in this case immigrant policy. The corny stinking phrases made me tear up.

Happy hipster day! You've just been screwed.
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Predators (2010)
10/10
Modern action with our favorite alien
29 September 2010
This movie has the same thematic like its previous ones except here predators are fighting in their own yard and the game is everything that moves. Actors are a decent bunch of killers. Each and every one is picked by their sense/ability for a kill. Predators on the other hand are upgraded, buffed and have crazy traps all around. They learn quickly and adapt even faster. Storyline is not that much developed like previous predator movies. Here the accent is on that Predators are many and humans keep dying in the most bizarre way possible. Gore:Check, Sniper chick: Check, Predator with tusks: F Check!

Movie is a must see for all fans.
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Monsters (2010)
5/10
Need more overlords
28 September 2010
We all have our own monsters, but we don't make a movie about them.

This movie is a wonderful piece of existential crap. Two people found each other in the midst of South from the border alien infestation. Those two keep pondering about what are they gonna do tomorrow, even if the world has been soiled to death from "alien space mushrooms" (screenwriters hopeless fantasies). The girl has to marry a guy she doesn't like because her dad is some Peter Parker's boss, while on the other side we have a strange prototype of a paparazzi babysitter failure trying to catch octo with its pants down (which he almost does). About some action...if you count endless hitchhiking and riding in the back of hunks of junks, then there's plenty! Look no further man, aliens don't squirt goo here. They are clean and sterile, you can almost pet them. I just need to stress my viewpoint on Mexicans here, who are looking way way scarier than those elephant noised, aliens. That woman behind the counter...ahh damn! I almost cried!

Just try not to expect much.
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The Crazies (2010)
7/10
"Zombies that shoot back"
27 June 2010
Zombies...

It doesn't matter how they get created its the very existence of theirs that looks so appealing to audience. They snarl, growl, and in this flick shoot from the weapons, drive trucks, and apparently work at the car wash...for free! Movie writers (I always have to suggest there were plenty of them...one person would have much more ideas), decided that the whole Zombie concept needed reality. Reality here is that Zombies AI is upgraded, army men are trigger happy (would you look at that...), main characters are teleporting in between. Reality shows us that zombies can emerge from all kind of situations that go wrong. Like...for example, you are reading a stupid flick comment on your precious device while drinking coffee in your room, not realizing that the whole town is behaving more quiet than usual. The floor is giving noises but you are sure that no one is there, and that you're pretty much alone. Suddenly a bullet comes flying through your door smashing the computer...a creature opens the door, and voilà a zombie with a gun! It doesn't matter how many zombie flick you make, or how elaborate or not the story is, at the end is a movie that leaves you more stupid than you've been before seeing it. I stand behind my statement that zombie movies simply aren't scary enough, and no amount of butchering or makeup, artificial (undead) AI, cool guys who almost always save their girlfriends, "in the middle of no where scenes", government implications ( direct or indirect), only one half of the character development, practice of acting scared and screaming (girl screams is a directors misogyny)...will stimulate that thing in your head called brain. (btw Zombies love your brains...directors not so much, just your pocket!)
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7/10
Mad Max meets the Good Book.
1 June 2010
In 1998 I believe, I used to play a lot of PC games, but one game never seized to stop me from playing it...even today on occasions. The story was so rich, and it was about the post apocalyptic world and quests one must take in order to survive. Fallout 2. The theme of the future world gone down the drains, turned to dust, cannibalism and slavery is ever present still. You got all of that right here in this film of Eli. The concept was made to stand strong on the sole state that future people have forgotten the meaning of the good word, and chose to live from day to day, without any hope what so ever. Of course, the antagonist in this film needs to find a special book to capture the hearts and minds of the people, therefore make it easier for him to master over them. Interesting view of the world, but no other story beyond that I'm afraid. Its a movie with a man on a mission, and just like in every other PC game, he is the key to finishing the last level. The last sequences of Mila Kunis copying Resident Evil, didn't bode well with my intentions to view something unique and original.

The movie is a quality work in video and sound, but Mad Max had the similar effect on me with lot less religious connotations that covered up the unimaginable script.
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Unthinkable (2010)
5/10
Nukes always about the Nukes...
24 May 2010
I saw this film, and must say that it left me wandering about the whole purpose of it. Was it made to make us viewers believe that torture is justified if it can save millions of lives? Probably, but this is just one side of the coin. What about the other directions this movie was destined to go at, but failed because of the HUGE political pressure it received? None of them were mentioned here. Not even vaguely. Mr. Jackson keeps torturing the prisoner with all kinds of techniques, thinking to himself it is for protection of the lives of millions, while on the other side we see FBI agent who blindly plays the good cop. She isn't realizing the extent of the torture this man must endure in order to give up the locations of bombs. She can't understand the need for all this. She has no children and her character was misused to portray the people who are to liberal to do the right thing! (how political indeed!)

The one thing that totally bothered me in this movie is the misuse of children. Striking a person where it hurts the most is the final option. It left me wondering whether the director thought this concept would make people understand. Your children will have to die for ours to live free. How noble. Honestly this is degrading for mr. Jackson. I don't see him as a political puppet, but after this...I changed my mind!

Totally political movie, that attempts to fool you into thinking agencies work is justified and could not be even called in question.

Sorry to burst your bubble, I highly doubt people would like this groveling type of concept here.
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Mothman (2010 TV Movie)
5/10
(F)lame can't kill this one...
23 May 2010
Have you ever seen a moth? Did it look frightening to you? If yes then this movie will scare you pretty well, but if not...you'll feel like watching an apple rot. Acting is mostly decent, but I must say the script is below average, and somewhat too predictable. I wished Mothman to eat all the people responsible for their bad actions, because this thing has a justice written all over its crappy wings. Didn't get to see that I'm afraid, but I got to see people trying to kill it with guns, West Virginia hill-billy TM, without success of course. Mothman quickly kills off characters who happen to have 10 lines of text to say. Mothman looks like he's the cousin of the Scream Mask, but with glowing red eyes from the pot he and his designer/inventor smoked. Girl protagonist is annoyingly talking with her natural high pitched voice that would scare the real thing. Seriously, few actors are good at giving their best, but the main character hasn't got anything else to show for. Not even cleavage.

Mothman didn't feel scary, but his death did...great way of copying "Blade", "Buffy the Vampire"...etc.
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The Losers (I) (2010)
9/10
CIA gets a beating from the Ocean's rogue squad
23 May 2010
Performance of this movie brings back the meaning in the word action for all action movies. The characters are like from a comic book. Every character has strong lines that he/she plays, and the occasional humor is what this movie makes entertaining. Long story short, there's a bunch of CIA special ops getting ready to kill some drug lord and make a decision that saves a bunch of innocent lives. Now they are dead for the agency and are laying low, but when the charming girl comes knocking on their door...they get back in the saddle. The bad guy is what all bad guys wanna be like.

All in all a very pleasant and entertaining movie to view on a free afternoon.
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1408 (2007)
8/10
Creepy psychological thriller
21 May 2010
Movie is insane. Starts with a lead character who writes reviews of weekend ghostly places, where people go to see a ghost and pay for a night (tourism at its best). He is also a writer, but a lousy one. Troubled character checks in at this hotel in New York, in a specifically destined place called "room 1408". Hotel manager is not eager with it and tries his best to get rid of him, but the curious protagonist enters the room, in the end. The room itself is antagonist. No other explanation about it. Those two fight till the very end of the movie. The state of the main mans mind is crushed. Also religious background here is that the leading character doesn't believe in ghosts. Major problem right there, because 1408 is possessed and he objects it totally. Not much story after that.

If you love psychological movies with the whole room being evil and occasional Triangle movie moments. Then this is it!
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The Mist (2007)
6/10
Half life 3 hits a Supermarket
21 May 2010
The movie is up to taste if you like being bored to death by preacher characters and the other ones who'd rather take a chance in the deadly mist. Plot is explained during the first 10 minutes of the film. Its a project gone bad and now you paid to see it. Bunch of scary monsters show up and let me tell you something...the most of them are copy from the Half life game. Animation is perfect. Acting is also top notch. But the story progressed into something bizarre. The reactions of people are somewhat too irrational to say the least. Also, the story quickly buried all the loose ends, making everything look professional. The one thing in this film keeps the same pattern and that's a strong religious background.

Story end...makes a solid and proud statement.

Go watch it.
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Dark Island (2010 TV Movie)
Lost, black eyes, pain to watch
17 May 2010
Lost has become one of the leading patterns for movie writers. Thinking like that and not following it through with great acting is like eating a bitter Ice cream. The movie has nice animations, fighting scenes, a bit cheap on the props because I clearly saw add/remove icon on the laptop. Better fix that next time. Acting is degraded. They not only lack acting skills, but the talent is totally non existent. The cast look like they've been rallied in some nearby coffee shop along side with their cheap looking laptops. Screenplay occasionally drops (like you know what) bits and pieces of characters lives. It doesn't explain a thing. It only shows how little you need to make a film today. You don't have to poses skills other than being someones nephew, or having a 3rd day black belt, to be in the cast. Just don't expect people to love your work!
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4/10
Percy...Jackson...are you kidding me?
17 May 2010
This movie is probably for the kids. You know, they wont feel bad about the story, and most probably forget the whole thing. Animation is OK, but acting is mediocre at best. There are some segments that look like TV series, and in general the whole script is lame beyond belief. Connecting Greek Mythology with American average junior, not yet been kissed by a girl type of person, is like trying to feed a duck with an anvil. The whole thing was told like a homeless person barfing on the street. Well, maybe that would be more interesting than this movie. I wish I could have a fast forward so that I don't infect the rest of my non commercial loving brain. Everything here looks like a Mythology High.
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
5/10
Iron...can't possibly fly...can it?
10 May 2010
Yet another movie for: the kids, man children, comic book worms, cliché loving public. Everyone else...you're not knowing whats good for ya! This is becoming more and more commercial with each day passing by. How many comic books characters are there? Will everyone get its own movie? I hope not, because Marvel has become stale. It shoves itself on the screen, with the story of some rich guy, army manufacturer, gone berserk and became a guinea pig. In the middle of all that, he crossed a bunch of people including a Russian guy. What? Again with the Russians. Just stop it already. If you can't find a decent villain then maybe you shouldn't make a script. Sure, it was fun like in the comic book during the cold war. I as a viewer don't need to pay to go and see it with my own child and answer him that Russians are bad, because they pointed a nuclear missile in our direction. I don't need to feel bad for my country's politics that led to that, and the picture that stayed in some OLD comic book.

RD and Rourke are great actors, but this story could do a makeover.
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Mega Piranha (2010 TV Movie)
1/10
What a douche Pirahna
8 May 2010
... That would be it. No brains, no acting, no nothing. Except Pirahnas who ate everything except the roll of this film. I can't imagine the most idiotic horror movie ever without thinking about this one. Leading actor looks like Rambo, but with much less brain cells. He could play a Wolverine without a costume. Also female scientist looks like too real for this type of movie. Its a bloody comedy. It will bring tears to your eyes. You'll scream Pirahnas after you leave the theater. This film is 100% fun and 0% everything else the movies usually have.

I'm not recommending you to see it...no....I AM TELLING YOU TO SEE IT! I DARE YOU NOT TO LAUGH!!!

I DARE YOU!!!
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I Am Legend (2007)
3/10
Will is alone and so is this story
7 May 2010
Movie even though it is an action type, doesn't seem that way. After watching it, I can say that all the action is nullified by the amount of Will's time to get into a character. Zombies weren't that great, also. Story is almost generic. The type you'd see on a cereal box, or a cheap comic. Also very poorly executed. Maybe Will feels like a legend, but the movie script sure doesn't sound nor look like one. But I recommend you to see it, because it will give you inspiration for your own movie script, because this one is full of plot holes the size of football stadium.

Skip it if you can, story is badly told.
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1/10
Its like watching someone reading a book
20 April 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This is not a movie in my opinion. Movies have plots, and twists. Here the twist is that the old retired professor is in fact Jesus Christ!!! And on top of that, he's been walking side by side with dino's and cavemen!? What is this fecal matter they're trying to sell me? How could you people give this such high grades. It is NOT OUT OF THE BOX! It's just out there, and all over the place, and just like a fertilizer, smells. This movie felt like defecating on everything humans built during entire World history. One major twist in entire movie is...the protagonist, never contemplated about committing suicide, like every other immortal that suffers from seeing his loved ones die from old age. The lack of emotions is so appalling here, it makes you cry! How can you make this movie and not include other emotions than just religious spite?
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Hellweek (2010)
2/10
film students decide to kill 99 minutes of your life...
20 April 2010
This is not a movie.

This would be more considered as a student project. These kids have persuaded their girlfriends to do the "acting" here, and used up some goofy masks with a lot of CHEAP red paint for fake blood. Script is weird, in terms that is adds up characters that have nothing to do with it. Also, film is sterile, has no love scenes. That only shows that youth is ashamed of its own actions...which is a very standard and plain way of thinking inside the insides of the box.

This movie is so cheap, that I'd suggest you to watch it alone and not call anyone else along side, because they'll fall in coma from lame dialogs and frames that look like they were made by cell phone camera.

This is not a horror movie, its just a horror.
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