Rate the last movie you watched out of 10

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Sparrowsabre7 said:
So use spoiler tags? geez. =P
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I chuckled. There was a long process there - I did think about it (for about half a second) and decided that nobody would be reading me anyway, not to mention a big chunk of text like that is ugly when tagged and the that none of it was game-changery cliffhangery stuff. The fact that only 5% of AUKN visits this board also helped me. It also originally wasn't meant to be spoilery, lol. I just rant.

I'm seeing the film again tomorrow. Can't wait! One of the reasons I love musicals is that they can be replayed endlessly and never (to me) feel boring. I had heard the musical comment about SP before (break out into fights instead of song) but never even considered the fact that I'll be watching it endlessly. :p
 
@ Jayme: how musical is Scott Pilgrim? I haven't seen it yet, and i just feel deterred if the characters burst out into song every 5 minutes, hopefully it's not going to be like that, but i'd just like it confirmed
 
lol, its not a musical. I mean, there's rock music occasionally playing but nothing like that. What I was getting at is what Edgar Wright has said before - in musicals, when the emotions are too high, the characters burst into song; in Scott Pilgrim, they burst into fights.

Also, you would have considered not seeing the film? Scott's your freaking avatar! ;p
 
ok, that clears things up then :)

i do plan on seeing it, but i don't know if half my friends or family would get it, or even be interested

but i guess it was just your wording that made me think that, i just have an allergy just about every musical on the planet bar Blood Brothers and Sweeney Todd, so when i saw your post it kinda scared me a bit
 
Unforgiven - 9/10

Recently picked up the Blu-ray and decided to give it a spin. Not being a big fan of Westerns I'd never seen it before, but I wager that the film's wide, sweeping vistas and beautiful sunsets have never looked this good.

The film itself is compelling from the first minute to the last. What most impressed me was the complexity and moral ambiguity of the characters; it couldn't be said that any of them were simply "good" or "bad". And while it's a violent film, the violence is never glorified. Also, awesome final scene is awesome.
 
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - 9/10 great pop culture homage.

Inception - 9/10 I simply love the ambiguous ending. That movie is just amazing.
 
The fourth entry in the movie franchise sees the return of Paul W.S. Anderson director of the first two and the use of monsters and imagery from Resident Evil 4 and 5 (minus the racism).

Seriously, if you’re at a loss as to what to watch at the cinema and you don’t mind popcorn action just drop in and watch this. This film excels at being a great B-movie and probably the best entry in the series.

8/10
 
Genkina Hito said:
The fourth entry in the movie franchise sees the return of Paul W.S. Anderson director of the first two and the use of monsters and imagery from Resident Evil 4 and 5 (minus the racism).

Seriously, if you’re at a loss as to what to watch at the cinema and you don’t mind popcorn action just drop in and watch this. This film excels at being a great B-movie and probably the best entry in the series.

8/10
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i didn't think RE4 was racist, as far as i recall spanish people are white as well, as for RE5, it's set in Africa, what do you expect?
 
memorium said:
Genkina Hito said:
The fourth entry in the movie franchise sees the return of Paul W.S. Anderson director of the first two and the use of monsters and imagery from Resident Evil 4 and 5 (minus the racism).

Seriously, if you’re at a loss as to what to watch at the cinema and you don’t mind popcorn action just drop in and watch this. This film excels at being a great B-movie and probably the best entry in the series.

8/10
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i didn't think RE4 was racist, as far as i recall spanish people are white as well, as for RE5, it's set in Africa, what do you expect?
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Not to stir up a "ra-ra racism" rant, because frankly I do think accusations of racism at Resi are foolish at best, but just cos they're white doesn't remove racism. If you make a slur against spaniards or even the french it's still racism. It's just more acceptable, generally because us europeans give as good as we get so if we called a frenchman a "cheese-eating surrender-monkey" they'd fire back at us something equally insulting. It's just more ingrained in our nation and generally people are less upset by it because spainiards weren't subjugated by other white people for generations.

Just sayin.
 
Also Blade Runner Final Cut.

I feel I should give 2 ratings lest I be rended limb from limb.

6-7/10 for ENJOYMENT but 9/10 for technical brilliance.

It was well made, I just didn't like it very much.
 
memorium said:
Genkina Hito said:
The fourth entry in the movie franchise sees the return of Paul W.S. Anderson director of the first two and the use of monsters and imagery from Resident Evil 4 and 5 (minus the racism).

Seriously, if you’re at a loss as to what to watch at the cinema and you don’t mind popcorn action just drop in and watch this. This film excels at being a great B-movie and probably the best entry in the series.

8/10
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i didn't think RE4 was racist, as far as i recall spanish people are white as well, as for RE5, it's set in Africa, what do you expect?
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I think the major concern for anybody who played the game wasn't that you were shooting black zombies so much as it drew on racist imagery - blacks = savages, guys in grass skirts, Sheva being the token black protagonist and light skinned at that.

I personally didn't feel the above was much of a problem (videogames do not handle race, gender or sex well) but can see how people might construe it as racist.

What surprised me was the fan reaction to the idea somebody might take offence (some of it racist) and how vehemently opposed people were to even discussing race. That said, it just adds to the feeling videogames aren’t yet a forum to discuss social attitudes.
 
but surely if they are white as well the only thing different is the nationality? But i guess we can't call it nationalism because it instantly makes us look like a bunch of far right dickheads

yes i am aware of the fact that the blacks in RE5 are portrayed as savage zulus from the 18th century

"the more of an issue race and colour becomes, the more race and colour becomes an issue"
 
memorium said:
but surely if they are white as well the only thing different is the nationality? But i guess we can't call it nationalism because it instantly makes us look like a bunch of far right dickheads
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Yeah, there are white zombies and western drug companies doing their imperialist raiding of Africa routine.

As I said above, I personally didn't find the game racist and the fact that Al Sharpton didn't decry the game shows it was a storm in a tea-cup highlighting the fact that some videogames are incredibly crass forms of entertainment and unable to handle "serious" issues that better elements of the mainstream media regularly discuss (TV - The Wire, Film - Malcolm X, Literature - Tuff).

When I made the racism quote it was much more of a flippant comment making a link to the furore surrounding the game.
 
Genkina Hito said:
memorium said:
but surely if they are white as well the only thing different is the nationality? But i guess we can't call it nationalism because it instantly makes us look like a bunch of far right dickheads
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Yeah, there are white zombies and western drug companies doing their imperialist raiding of Africa routine.

As I said above, I personally didn't find the game racist and the fact that Al Sharpton didn't burn copies meant it was a storm in a tea-cup highlighting the fact that some videogames are incredibly crass forms of entertainment and unable to handle "serious" issues.

When I made the racism quote it was much more of a flippant comment making a link to the furore surrounding the game.
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that's ok, i just though that as soon as you made the comment, you though that the games were racist

i think most of the people who say that it is racist are outsiders who don't understand the story of the series, and therefore don't know the context of the game, you (as in general public, not you specifically) would also have to understand that Japan doesn't have alot of black people living in it, and therefore their views on portrayal and appearence of blacks in works of fiction could come of as racist to a westerner (look at just about every black guy in manga and anime, about 99% of them are based on blackface)
 
memorium said:
but surely if they are white as well the only thing different is the nationality?
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Well jewish people are mostly white and they're still subject to racism as are asians. Just sayin'

Racism is not a black and white topic (sorry I know it's an awful pun but it was there for the making)
 
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