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by **Bammo** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:57 pm

Saw Red Cliff on Thursday.

It was a decent movie, typical John Woo style film with action taking precedent over characters. The fight scenes in it are spectacular although there are occasional times when it's difficult to keep track of which side is which.

There's plenty of huge armies and some 1-on-1 fighting and it's kept relatively realistic so no wire work (a la crouching tiger). Having said that there's a couple of times when reality is pushed - like catching a thrown spear mid-air. It was an enjoyable film and worth watching if you're into historical epics.

Red Cliff Trailer

I'd give it 7/10

A couple of provisos: it has subtitles for those of you unable to read...and it's a combination of the 2 parts released in China (it's still 2anda half hours long!) so that may explain the lack of character depth.

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:13 am

Bammo wrote:Saw Red Cliff on Thursday.

It was a decent movie, typical John Woo style film with action taking precedent over characters. The fight scenes in it are spectacular although there are occasional times when it's difficult to keep track of which side is which.

There's plenty of huge armies and some 1-on-1 fighting and it's kept relatively realistic so no wire work (a la crouching tiger). Having said that there's a couple of times when reality is pushed - like catching a thrown spear mid-air. It was an enjoyable film and worth watching if you're into historical epics.

Red Cliff Trailer

I'd give it 7/10

A couple of provisos: it has subtitles for those of you unable to read...and it's a combination of the 2 parts released in China (it's still 2anda half hours long!) so that may explain the lack of character depth.

and it's a combination of the 2 parts released in China (it's still 2anda half hours long!) so that may explain the lack of character depth.

The original two part version is over 4 hours long, no doubt for western audiences they've dispensed with a lot of dialogue between characters.

How were the subs Bammo ?, on the original chinese release I found them quite small and sometimes difficult to read.

by **7_Kewell** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:31 am

watched Transformers 2 on saturday...its a bit daft but enjoyable enough.

by **Bammo** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:51 am

The subs were fairly good actually, big enough to read but not so big they covered the action. The only issue I had with them was the occasional camouflaging against the background.

Of course, in a film of that genre the dialogue isn't crucial and there are cultural differences that alter importance of things said anyway.

by **Toffeehater** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:12 pm

Trasnformers 2 , good movie but i felt it was too over hyped thus raising all our expectations , its a bit draggy though mind you and the ending was kind of wack and rushed , but its worthe money and its hilarious as well , 8/10

by **woof woof !** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:33 pm

Liam Neeson "5 minutes of Heaven" . May hold some interest for those raised in Northern Ireland as the plot revolves around a tv company's attempt to reconcile a catholic murder victims brother and the protestant killer 30 years after the event, but as a movie ? "5 Minutes of Heaven" ? .

:no

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by **Toffeehater** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:11 pm

Woof is hard to please , any movie which gets a good rating from him is bound to be nominated for an oscar

by **woof woof !** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:23 pm

Sorry TH, I see about three or four movies a week

, maybe I'm just jaded .

Count yourself lucky I don't report on ALL the sh'ite I've sat through .

by **Number 9** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:28 pm

Toffeehater wrote:Woof is hard to please , any movie which gets a good rating from him is bound to be nominated for an oscar

Agreed the dog has never gave anything over a 7!!

I watched fight club again the other night,only seen it once when it first came out!
What a fantastic movie,i mean its just great like..total masterpiece IMO!! :buttrock

by **woof woof !** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:33 pm

Number 9 wrote:
Toffeehater wrote:Woof is hard to please , any movie which gets a good rating from him is bound to be nominated for an oscar

Agreed the dog has never gave anything over a 7!!

I watched fight club again the other night,only seen it once when it first came out!
What a fantastic movie,i mean its just great like..total masterpiece IMO!!

Oi ! I gave Visitor Q a 10/10

by **Number 9** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:34 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
Number 9 wrote:
Toffeehater wrote:Woof is hard to please , any movie which gets a good rating from him is bound to be nominated for an oscar

Agreed the dog has never gave anything over a 7!!

I watched fight club again the other night,only seen it once when it first came out!
What a fantastic movie,i mean its just great like..total masterpiece IMO!!

Oi ! I gave Visitor Q a 10/10

That says a lot about you mate!!
Maddest movie ever,great though..lol thinking of the milk scene!! :laugh:

by **Toffeehater** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:08 pm

fair play woof , he'd be one really hard to please movie critic .

by **Number 9** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:14 pm

Toffeehater wrote: fair play to woof , he'd be one really hard to please movie critic .

Its cause he's old,hes a grumpy auld kunt!! :laugh:

He sits on the sofa watching movies and Mrs Woof brings him popcorn and pintglasses of vodka!
"Hows the movie dear?"

"Fuc'kin 4 outta 10 love...more popcorn please"

by **Kash_Mountain** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:14 pm

Greavesie wrote:is the day the earth stood still any good?

If your refering to the one with KR- Don't waste your money, its :censored:

imo, and many others have said the same.

As Tonyeh mentioned earlier, the original is good.

by **Toffeehater** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:17 pm

Number 9 wrote:
Toffeehater wrote::laugh: fair play to woof , he'd be one really hard to please movie critic .

Its cause he's old,hes a grumpy auld kunt!!

He sits on the sofa watching movies and Mrs Woof brings him popcorn and pintglasses of vodka!
"Hows the movie dear?"

"Fuc'kin 4 outta 10 love...more popcorn please"

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