Rate the Last Movie You Saw

Last Life in the Universe
10/10

My absolute favorite film. [size=5](actually tied with Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky for my absolute favorite)[/h]
This film has no U.S. release so I was pretty surprised when I found at Anime Expo this year, it was an instant buy.

Anyway, the movie is bit hard to describe... Think Lost in Translation meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, mixed in with a Yakuza film and blended well with suicidal themes. That's kind of like Last Life.
It's a surreal love story.

There's a pretty cool cameo appearance by Takashi Miike, as a Yakuza boss, and even a reference to his film Ichi the Killer, which is kind of funny because the lead role in both Ichi the Killer and Last Life is played by Tadanobu Asano, a brilliant actor.

So, check it out if you're into films and stuff...

The Dark Knight (watched it on my laptop again 4 hours ago). I rate it 9.8 out of 10 ^_^

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

10/10

simple sci-fi action movie plot and awesome dance music videos hit singles and some great special effects ^^

My Bosses Daughter.

1/10

I saw this movie on Comedy Central when I couldn't sleep. It was utter shit. I'll give it this...it's not predictable, because you think, "It's completely illogical to have it happen like this." And then it happens and you are left confused as to weather or not that really just happened.

The entire movie takes place over the course of one day. Most of it being the night. Sometimes that's OK but in this case he's trying to woo his bosses daughter by house sitting while she goes out and parties. She comes home early. She gets wooed. A lot of shit happens in between then and a lot of other shit happens after that. But...none of it really made any sense. I might have drifted in and out and missed some things...which probably wouldn't help it all that much. Might even convolve the plot even more. >.>

Public Enemies
My Rating: 8.5/10
I honestly didn't expect to like this movie at all. I'm not a big fan of Johnny Depp, but he played the character John Dillenger extremely well. You find yourself rooting him on, even though he's the bad guy. You watch him slowly fall from being at the top of his game. I mean, in the beginning - especially once the girl comes into play, it's kind of obvious how the movie is going to end but it was still an exciting movie to watch.

This is a really good drama. It is really strong. The movie is fantastic in terms of acting, directing story and music. It's really innocent but also pretty strong. And that's as far as I can tell without spoiling.
If you like the japanese lifestyle and like dramas, then watch this.

Here's the torrent if anyone's interested. I'll be seeding it.

edit: I loved it so much that I bought the DVD. :)

Mainly picked it up because it stars several actors I like (Alain Delon as Roger Borniche, Jean-Louis Trintignant as Emile Buisson, Renato Salvatori as Mario le Rital) and because I enjoy the franco-italian 1960s-1970s cinema in general. As opposed to today's hollywood trash those people knew how to make movies. Even if it's just a thriller!
As a whole, it's a solid movie. Delon and Trintignant destroy as always; Trintignant does a good job on the cold-blooded psychopath Buisson, while Delon (in his second role as a copper after "Un Flic") manages to portray Bordiche as an idealistic, but not necessarily naive, good-hearted but headstrong detective. In terms of direction, cinematography, etc. it's a solid piece of craftsmanship, but not outstanding.
It does have its shortcomings, though: It doesn't hold up to the pristine work of Melville (Cercle Rouge, Le Samouraï, Un Flic) with its intricate character sketches and its ultra-professionalism. Nor does it measure up to Rosi's political thrillers of the time (Cadaveri eccellenti, Le mani sulla città) which mixed supreme suspense with acrid political commentary.
Bottom line: a nice 1h47' of entertainment, definitely above today's average - but nothing breathtakingly outstanding. 6/10

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Will be grabbing that tomorrow. I'm a fan of Koreeda Hirokazu's work; his wandafuru raifu is one of my top ten all time favorites.

I watched Last Life in the Universe yesterday (because of your post).

I didn't like the movie as much as you did though.
The movie is as you said, hard to describe. The first minutes of the movie are very raw and a bit brutal, but then the movie takes a really slow and relaxing pace.
Overall, it was an enjoyable film to watch, even though it isn't really my kinda thing.

It's definitely a weird one, I don't think I know many people that love it as much as I do.
But, I'm pretty glad someone was at least interested in checking it out. :)

Moving on, last night's film...

The Seventh Seal

8/10

1957 Swedish drama film. A lot of people say it's a classic, a lot of people say it's overrated. I think it was all right.
The film is about a medieval knight trying to find proof of God as he travels through the lands of the Black Death and the game of chess he plays with the personification of Death along the way. As you can tell from the title, the film has a heavy religious theme.

I had strange dreams after watching this film.

^ that movie did creep me out, but it was a good one regardless


Just saw Hollywoodland; It's a movie about the mystery surrounding the apparent suicide of actor Geroge Reeves who played Superman in the original T.V. show. A Private Investigator is hired by the distraught mother of George Reeves when the police and big wigs of MGM want to have the case closed as a suicide. Unfortunately for the P.I., many people don't want him digging into a closed case, and would do almost anything to keep the truth from being found.

The movie was quite interesting, despite it's odd ending. I gave it a 7/10

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I just watched GI Joe and I thought it wasn't that great. The only good points about it are the graphics and the "Duke, I am your father" moment in which I let everyone in the theater know about. And the Sarah Palin look-alike was pretty hot too I guess.

Graphics: 9/10 - Excellent but I think they went overboard on the motion blur.
Music: 7/10 - Good but not really memorable.
Story: 4/10 - Kinda shitty - I think they could've done better without the crazy suits/technology and changed their weird weapon of mass destruction into a nuke.
Characters: 9/10 - They were all good except for Duke being your typical main character. Ninja Gaiden was awesome.

Overall: 7/10 - Wasn't that great.

First Sunday

4.5/10

sorry but it was boring. it was about two dudes who are in need of money cuz one got in trouble with some jamaican mafia, and the other has a baby momma who is gonna take his son to atlanta. so they decide to rob a church that has gained $300,000 thru donations. when i was watching it the first bit was pretty funny, but it started to get boring as the movie progressed. im no critic, and my step-dad was laughing at it, and he like it, so i cant say it was horrible. its worth a look, but personally i didnt find anything too funny or stand out in it.

The Fall
6/10

Silly fantasy film, definitely pretty to look at though.

The most recent film I saw was Metropolis.

Being made by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999) and Katsuhiro Otoma (Akira), and based on a manga by Osamu Tezuka, the film was practically guaranteed to be awesome, and, well, it was. The story flows nice, the images are inspiring, though the navel-contemplating moments are intrusive at times.

I gave it a 9/10.

I think it was a very good movie (even if you knew how it was going to end) with good acting and dramatic moments. Definitely on of my favorite WW2 movies.

So i give it a 9/10

Chungking Express
9/10

The film is kind of hard to follow at times, it's basically two different love stories told in sequence, both set in Honk Kong's "concrete jungle". Both stories follow a heartbroken cop and their encounter with a strange woman.

After watching this movie, you can tell Wong Kar-wai's style has been a major influence on other filmmakers.

The last movie I saw was Fast and Furious (the 4th installment of the series). And in all honesty, I thought it sucked. I enjoyed the first one, thought the second one was also pretty damn good, had mixed emotions on the 3rd one, namely with the soundtrack. But the latest one, what the hell were they thinking? Since when the hell did Brain (Paul Walker) get reinstated? I thought he would've still be down in Miami with his best bud Rom (Tyrese I think) at their shop, and things would pick up from there.

I give this movie a 2/5. Only reason I give it that kinda score is because some of those race scenes were interesting.

국가대표 Take-off
This movie, centered around a cast of "trashes" as the coach puts it, is probably the most touching movie I've seen in a long time. What makes it even more touching than if it was made up, is that this was based off of a true story.
Emotions were all over the place in this movie, including the wide span between epic, happy, and tremendously sad. The music complimented the jump scenes perfectly.
I highly recommend this movie should anyone be interested in Korean films. This movie made me shed a couple tears, the first movie I've seen in a long time to do that.

As I'm not a fan of number-ratings, I won't give one. However, let me say this: This movie, along with Haeundae, is one of the best-selling movies in Korea. It is simply amazing.