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I really don't get the Cage hate. His performance in this movie is spot-on. 

Not bad, decent action scenes and seemingly tons of them. The acting was good enough the, the chick was hot, the video game adaptation was alright too. There was some mention of some awesome demon at one point in the movie, but SPOILER it wasn't there. /SPOILER

Also, Nick Cage was pretty good in Kick Ass, but otherwise I am not a fan. 

I personally detest Nicholas Cage and don't get why he's this big actor, but he was good in Lord of War (probably because his real personality IS a rich white asshole) and Leaving Las Vegas (he had to put some effort into that). 

The Nic Cage discussion seems to repeat itself every couple of weeks. You forgot to mention The Weather Man though. 

What your saying is that he is bad, except when he is good? =)

I personally have no problems with him, he just generally doesn't make the kind of films I want to see. Although Con Air and The Rock were fun. 

1. Orphanage. Very good. Eerie, scary, intruiging, and ultimately wistful. Interesting how it all pans out in the end. A quality chiller.

2. Black Death. Poor. Good premise but fails to live up to it. Haphazard, disjointed, and unfulfilling. 

Really liked it the first time around, but I didn't like it when I watched the second time, as I tend to with movies like that.

I watched dog soldiers yesterday - I'm rarely bothered by characters in horror movies making the stupid decisions that they almost inherently make.
But when it's a bunch of well trained soldiers, it kind of makes me react like some others would to a typical slasher.
Still - pretty fun movie, enjoyed the goofiness in some parts...
Not in nearly t he same leage as The Descent though. 

is # 2 a movie or your GF's nickname for your penis? 

I thought Dog Soldiers was RIDICULOUS, couldn't believe it was the same guy as The Descent which was really good. 

So basically it's an art-nouveau-retro matrix with more pretension, worse gunfights and an obvious ending.

It did have good set design tho. 

I can't understand why everyone raves about it. What does it bring to the table that wasn't already done by Alien / Aliens? I thought it was really boring, the creatures were dull and the characters... well, there's certainly no Ripley among them. 

ROFFLMFAO

But seriously though

Rolling on the fucking floor laughing my fucking ass off!!!!

Inception:

Genius. Pure genius. Best Dicaprio film since The Departed. Really enjoyed it. 2.5 hrs felt like 2 hrs. 

Genius. Pure genius.

No. Not in any way.

(In case it wasn't abundantly clear, my previous post was about Inception). 

i saw the trailer for that. i wanted to laugh but was a little bit too disturbed by it... 

(in case it wasn't abundantly clear, my previous post was about the human centipede) 

Yeh, Human Centipede looks fscking ridiculous. It's on my list of things to watch in a well lit room, in company, without having eaten recently.

Not that I think it'll be that disturbing, but if my mind explored the concept while sat alone at night I might throw up. 

can't wait.

I was going to go see it in the theatre, but nobody would go with me, and I wasn't sure I could handle it in that setting. Probably over-hyped.

Inception is totally matrix.

and totally good, and totally overhyped, but nothing to complain too much about.

Dicaprio is very good at playing men with important jobs crumbling under pressure.


also - Tokyo Gore Police - letdown. Aiming for Troma but not making it. Some nice set pieces etc but overall fairly disappointing. 

It was more like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's a movie that keeps you guessing all of the way through. And it was very philosophical, you could read into it undertones of self improvement and at the same time oblivion and insanity. 

it's more like the matrix than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

imho.

The matrix isn't necessarily a bad comparsion.

But I hope that if they make a sequel there are no white dreadlock ghost twins. 

is good in terms of overall tone and appeal.

Eternal Sunshine is a heaps better movie although its more similar thematically. 

The thing that it's easy to forget about the matrix is that it was pretty good. I heard a rumour they were planning to make some sequels, dunno what happened there... 

was really good I think. It had interesting themes, a very coherent visual concept, great effects. Everything worked together well. I think that the sequels are the reason that the first film is not as highly regarded by many people. The sequels were really really dreadful and did not live up to the first movie at all. 

Reloaded was a pile of ass, but has my favourite car chase scene ever in it.

Revolutions was better, and has my favourite 1on1 fight scene ever in it.

For me at least, those 2 scenes made the films worthwhile to see at the cinema, I dunno how the directors do it, but its like they have a direct line to my brain and what it thinks is awesome :P I reeeeeally like their style.

random trvia : Larry Wochowski is now known as mrs lana wochowski, yeah.