Genre: Sci-Fi/Science Fiction
Annee/Year: 2011
Country: US
Format: Cinema
Super 8 is one of this summer's strongest movie. For many the best of the year. Director and writer is JJ Abrams (Star Trek remake, LOST, Cloverfield, Mission Impossible 3) and produced by Spielberg... This is a movie set in 1979 a time at which many grown ups can relate. It makes us relive a bit of our youth in the same way that movies such as "stand by me" and ET did. Not a pure sci-fi film, but more of a comedy with a scifi twist all age groups will love this movie. The child actors used in the movie are not very well known but are excellently casted and directed. The story is the one of a group of friends making a film and accidentaly witnessing a huge train wreck. Out of the wreck escapes am alien abducted by the air force years before. Sounds a bit like ET? Well certainly, our alien gets busy stealing euqipment to build his craft and head home. But this is not ET our alien was vindicated by the army and is not happy on this planet; did i mention he is about 25 feet tall and kills a few of his army fans along the way... The movie is well construcuted and includes a friends group and a love story with one of the girls. One of the important elements of the movie is also the father and son relation being played through the movie. Definitely an entertaining movie playing on many levels quite successfully. If you are all out waiting for a "monster" movie you may end up disappointed as this movie is definitely more about the relations between the teenagers and the adults. If you have not seen it , hurry to the remainin theaters playing it otherwise you will have to wait for the Blu Ray at christmas.
Super 8 est un des succès de cet été. Réalisé et écrit par JJ Abrams (Star Trek remake, LOST, Cloverfield, Mission Impossible 3) et produit par Spielberg ce film est une réussite certainement mal connu. Ce film est du genre `Stand by me`et ET et il vous rammener à l`été 1979 ce qui est toujours attirant pour les plus vieux comme moi. Ce n`est pas un film purement science-fiction mais plutot une comedie avec un twist science fiction. L`histoire suit les aventures d`un groupe de jeunes ados qui font un film super 8 et sont spectateurs d`un énorme déraillement de train duquel émerge un extra terrestre géant qui était captif de l`armée américaine. Ca ressemble à ET? Attendez... Notre ET de 25 pieds commence a colletionner des objets et du métal pour fabriquer un vaisseau et retourner chez lui. Mais la s`arrete la comparaison car notre géant n`est pas si gentil et n`hésite pas a tuer certains des soldats de l`armée qui l `ont capturé. Le film est bien construit et parfaitement réalisé. On suit la relations entre les amis du groupe et leurs familles; une relation amoureuse entre deux jeunes mais surtout la relation entre père et fils. Ce film ne manque pas d`action et fonctionne très bien à plusieurs niveaux. Si vous vous attendez à un film de monstre vous serez décu car le monstre occupe peu de place. Définitivement à ne pas manquer.
Great quotes:
Cary: He's too stoned!
Martin: Oh, drugs are so bad!
...
Dr. Woodward: If you speak of this, you and your parents will be killed.
...
Louis Dainard: I've seen it... nobody believes me...
Joe Lamb: I believe you.
...
Cary: Excuse me, can I have another order of fries? Because my friend here is fat.
Charles: At least I don't need a booster seat.
...
Joe Lamb: She used to look at me... this way, like really look... and I just knew I was there... that I existed.
Link: http://www.super8-movie.com/#/video
Entertainment rating: 8.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 8/10
Artistic rating: 6/10
Reflexion rating: 6/10
Production rating: 9/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 9/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8/10
lundi 8 août 2011
jeudi 4 août 2011
#229: Galapagos the island that changed the world, Movies recommended or seen lately...Les films a voir
Genre: Documentary/Documentaire
Annee/Year: 2007
Country: UK
Format: Blu Ray
Galapagos the island that changed the world. This film from National Geographic and the BBC brings us the same quality and visual quality as the Earth series also from BBC. This is a documentary in three parts which covers all the major aspects of life's diversity on this pristine island of the Pacific. Special sections highlight Charles Darwin's passage on this island and it helped to shape his truly new vision he expressed in the Origins' of species. Great films from undersea, the air and the land show us the rich biodiversity of the island and it multiple ecosystems as well as it's geology (volcanoes). Great for all ages.
Galapagos the island that changed the world est un documentaire sur cette magnifique archipel du Pacifique. Les galapagos font partie des dernières iles presque intacte sur notre planète. La diversité de la vie sur ces îles nous montre la nature dans toute sa splendeur. Le documentaire de National Géographique et de la BBC est en trois partie et une partie y est dédié au passage de Darwin sur ces îles et sur l`impact qu`elles ont eues sur lui et à l`élaboration de son classique `Sur l`origine des espèces`. Un intéressant film sur un sujet qu`on ne se lasse jamais de revisiter, avec des images spectaculaires surtout sur Blu Ray. À voir pour tous.
Great quotes:
Link:
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 5/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 9/10
Adult factor: 10/10
Wide audience: 10/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8/10
Annee/Year: 2007
Country: UK
Format: Blu Ray
Galapagos the island that changed the world. This film from National Geographic and the BBC brings us the same quality and visual quality as the Earth series also from BBC. This is a documentary in three parts which covers all the major aspects of life's diversity on this pristine island of the Pacific. Special sections highlight Charles Darwin's passage on this island and it helped to shape his truly new vision he expressed in the Origins' of species. Great films from undersea, the air and the land show us the rich biodiversity of the island and it multiple ecosystems as well as it's geology (volcanoes). Great for all ages.
Galapagos the island that changed the world est un documentaire sur cette magnifique archipel du Pacifique. Les galapagos font partie des dernières iles presque intacte sur notre planète. La diversité de la vie sur ces îles nous montre la nature dans toute sa splendeur. Le documentaire de National Géographique et de la BBC est en trois partie et une partie y est dédié au passage de Darwin sur ces îles et sur l`impact qu`elles ont eues sur lui et à l`élaboration de son classique `Sur l`origine des espèces`. Un intéressant film sur un sujet qu`on ne se lasse jamais de revisiter, avec des images spectaculaires surtout sur Blu Ray. À voir pour tous.
Great quotes:
Link:
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 5/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 9/10
Adult factor: 10/10
Wide audience: 10/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8/10
mercredi 3 août 2011
#228: Martyrs, Movies recommended or seen lately...Les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 2008
Country: France/Canada
Format: DVD
Martyrs is definitely not a movie for everyone. But for those who seek the ultimate in sensation this is at the pinnacle. Director Pascal Laugier in his second feature length movie (after Saint-Ange) takes us into a grim vision of the world from the point of view of a young women taken into extreme situations. This movie is amazing first because it has three different phases. Feels like a metamorphose each time and that DID surprise and please me a lot. The beginning finds two young women seeking to take revenge on a couple who abused one of them in her childhood. They stake them out and kill their whole normal seeming family. In phase two of the movie, one of the young girls deals with an imaginary captive in the house and her imaginary side wins as she commits suicide. Intersting duality and ambiguity about the reality and the imaginary part of that woman's psyche. The remaining girl finds another captive woman in the basement and attempts to rescue her. This all ends with the third phase where reality set's in that these abducters are not at all a family but a sect which explore the limits of torture in their victim as they get close to death in order to see the "other side".... very creepy and one of the very well realised horror flicks of the last decade. Only for those with extreme movies taste.
Martyrs est un film qui n'est définitivement pas pour tous. Le directeur, Pascal Laugier, nous fait vivre une aventure aux extrèmes du cinéma dans son deuxième long métrage (après Saint-Ange). Ce film est fascinant car il est composé en trois actes. Dans le premier acte, on vois deux jeunes femmes aux prises avec de sérieux problèmes sociaux qui cherchent à se faire justice. Ils recherchent un couple apparamment normaux qui aurait enlevé l`une d`elle 15 ans plus tôt. Lorsqu`elles retrouve le couple l`heure de la vengeance à sonnée: ils tuent tous les membres de cette famille. Dans le second acte, on voit une des filles aux prises avec sont imaginaires ou elle imagine une fille qu`elle doit liberer dans cette maison. Mais la fille imaginaire ne pense pas ainsi et elle attaque la jeune fille. Ceci nous es montré comme la jeune fille qui se suicide par lacérations. La jeune fille restante décide alors de sauver une femme qui et enfermé dans le sous-sol de cette infame famille. En essayant de l`aider tant bien que mal le troisième acte débute. La surprise qui nous attend est que la famille ne travaillait pas seule mais qu`il s`agissait réellement d`une secte organisé qui revient pour prendre contrôle et capture la jeune fille. Il la torture a mort afin de pouvoir avoir un appercu de ce qu`il y a de l`autre côté de la mort...
Un film très bien réussi avec un casting du tonerre (Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoui). Plusieurs acteurs québécois y jouent avec un accent Francais (fail). Ce film est un des meilleur film d`horreur des dernières années si vous avez le coeur assez solide. Définitivement un film sous évalué par plusieurs et qui deviendra culte.
Great quotes:
Mademoiselle: Martyrs are exceptional people. They survive pain, they survive total deprivation. They bear all the sins of the earth. They give themselves up. They transcend themselves... they are transfigured.
...
[last lines] Mademoiselle: Keep doubting.
Link: http://www.martyrs-lefilm.com/
Entertainment rating: 7.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 8/10
Artistic rating: 8/10
Reflexion rating: 7/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 1/10
Wide audience: 2/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.5/10
Annee/Year: 2008
Country: France/Canada
Format: DVD
Martyrs is definitely not a movie for everyone. But for those who seek the ultimate in sensation this is at the pinnacle. Director Pascal Laugier in his second feature length movie (after Saint-Ange) takes us into a grim vision of the world from the point of view of a young women taken into extreme situations. This movie is amazing first because it has three different phases. Feels like a metamorphose each time and that DID surprise and please me a lot. The beginning finds two young women seeking to take revenge on a couple who abused one of them in her childhood. They stake them out and kill their whole normal seeming family. In phase two of the movie, one of the young girls deals with an imaginary captive in the house and her imaginary side wins as she commits suicide. Intersting duality and ambiguity about the reality and the imaginary part of that woman's psyche. The remaining girl finds another captive woman in the basement and attempts to rescue her. This all ends with the third phase where reality set's in that these abducters are not at all a family but a sect which explore the limits of torture in their victim as they get close to death in order to see the "other side".... very creepy and one of the very well realised horror flicks of the last decade. Only for those with extreme movies taste.
Martyrs est un film qui n'est définitivement pas pour tous. Le directeur, Pascal Laugier, nous fait vivre une aventure aux extrèmes du cinéma dans son deuxième long métrage (après Saint-Ange). Ce film est fascinant car il est composé en trois actes. Dans le premier acte, on vois deux jeunes femmes aux prises avec de sérieux problèmes sociaux qui cherchent à se faire justice. Ils recherchent un couple apparamment normaux qui aurait enlevé l`une d`elle 15 ans plus tôt. Lorsqu`elles retrouve le couple l`heure de la vengeance à sonnée: ils tuent tous les membres de cette famille. Dans le second acte, on voit une des filles aux prises avec sont imaginaires ou elle imagine une fille qu`elle doit liberer dans cette maison. Mais la fille imaginaire ne pense pas ainsi et elle attaque la jeune fille. Ceci nous es montré comme la jeune fille qui se suicide par lacérations. La jeune fille restante décide alors de sauver une femme qui et enfermé dans le sous-sol de cette infame famille. En essayant de l`aider tant bien que mal le troisième acte débute. La surprise qui nous attend est que la famille ne travaillait pas seule mais qu`il s`agissait réellement d`une secte organisé qui revient pour prendre contrôle et capture la jeune fille. Il la torture a mort afin de pouvoir avoir un appercu de ce qu`il y a de l`autre côté de la mort...
Un film très bien réussi avec un casting du tonerre (Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoui). Plusieurs acteurs québécois y jouent avec un accent Francais (fail). Ce film est un des meilleur film d`horreur des dernières années si vous avez le coeur assez solide. Définitivement un film sous évalué par plusieurs et qui deviendra culte.
Great quotes:
Mademoiselle: Martyrs are exceptional people. They survive pain, they survive total deprivation. They bear all the sins of the earth. They give themselves up. They transcend themselves... they are transfigured.
...
[last lines] Mademoiselle: Keep doubting.
Link: http://www.martyrs-lefilm.com/
Entertainment rating: 7.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 8/10
Artistic rating: 8/10
Reflexion rating: 7/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 1/10
Wide audience: 2/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.5/10
samedi 16 juillet 2011
#227: Le poil de la bete, Movies recommended or seen lately...Les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 2010
Country: Can
Format: DVD
Le poil de la bête is a film from Quebec which I would have made if I was making movies. The mix of history and horror is great and not enough exploited in north america. The story is a bout a band of werewolf taking advantage of the early quebec colony in 1665. A brave coureur des bois embodies a dead priest werewolf slayer to save the lady of his heart.
This is a comedy/horror genre movie with great french actors but a average script. The production is quite good. Unfortunately it has only english subtitles. This movie is way underrated and had so much potential. The sequels originaly planned (before the negative reviews) would have been way better i feel. Maybe we will get the chance of seeing one of them at least.
Le poil de la bête est un film presque génial et le genre de film que j`aurais fait si j`était réalisateur. Ce film est du réalisateur Philippe Gagnon qui nous a aussi apporté la comédie `le 1er juillet`. Mis en place en 1665 au début de la colonie de la nouvelle-france, nous retrouvons notre héros (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge) en coureur des bois qui se sauve de la justice de la vilel de Québec après avoir fait des avances à la belle fille du roi qui était promise à l`intendant Jean Talon. Il tombe par hasard sur le corps d`un prêtre mort dans un champs et il en profite pur lui voler ses vêtements et objets personnel pour ne pas se faire indentifier. Cela fonctionne un temps mais il s`appercoie vite que le prêtre en question était un grand tueur de loup-garou.
Il se retrouve rapidement a défendre la petite localité (et surtout ses convoitées filles du roi) qui sont promise au seigneur local. malheureusement le seigneur (Gilles Renaud) et ses fils forment la bande de loup-garous en question. Beaucoup d`action et de comédie dans ce film en font un fil pas très épeurant mais très divertissant. Le réalisateur parle de faire une trilogie de ce film et je crois que ce serait une excellente idée car ce film a beaucoup de potentiel. Il n`est pas toujours très bien scripté mais je crois que les suites pourraient être encore plus fortes. Noter en passant la présence des acteurs: Michel Barrette, Patrice Robitaille, Antoine Bertrand et plus encore. A voir au moins pour encourager notre cinéma local.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517506/
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 6/10
Reflexion rating: 6/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 8/10
Wide audience: 9/10
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Overall personnal rating: 7.5/10
dimanche 10 juillet 2011
#226: Logan's Run, Movies recommended or seen lately...Les films a voir
Genre: Sci-Fi/Science Fiction
Annee/Year: 1976
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Logan's run another '70s SCi-FI classic comes to Blu Ray. Logan's run was directed by Michael Anderson (Doc savage: the man of bronze, Orca, 1984,...) and is a typical '70s future vision on film. The movie is set in 2274 where people seem to live in a perfect world: no disease, everyone is young and beautiful, no one has to work and life is play all the time in a city under a giant dome. Only problem is that there are such people as our main character Logan (Michael York who has played in over 150 movies or TV series from Austin Powers to babylon 5) who is a cop (called sandman) who captures runaways from the caroussel a lottery game in which you get eliminated to prevent population control and aging. But in this idyllic world almost no one asks questions.
One day, our sandman is instrucuted by the master computer, to runaway himself and find the elusive sanctuary which is the mythological place the runaways are supposed to go to. Ensues a giant chase exiting the city dome through it's dirty/maintenance undergrounds. Eventually our sandman and a pretty girl accompanying him (Jenny Agutter) make it outside the dome where life destroyed by a nuclear war long ago has now returned to an almost virgin state. They find the ruins of our modern world there and decide that it is now time to end the tyranny of the dome.
This movie is quite interesting on many levels. Yes it is a good entertaining chase movie but on top of that it will also make you think abouta few interesting anticipation concepts. Gotta see.
Logan's run un film de science-fiction classique des années '70. Réalisé par Michael Anderson, ce film nous présente un monde idéal en 2274. Vivant dans une ville sous un dôme après une guerre nucléaire qui à détruit tout, les gens vivent maintenant dans un monde sans maladies, sans vieillissement et où ils ne travaillent pas et ne se posent pas de questions ou presque. Le soucis est qu`une lotterie nommée le Carroussel promet un future brillant aux vainqueurs mais en fait ils sont éliminés à l`age de trente an afin de controller la population et le vieillissement.
Certains n`accepte pas cette fin et se sauvent. Ces runaway sont alors poursuivis par des policiers spéciaux pour les éliminer. Le héro de notre film ( joué par Michael York) se nomme Logan et est un policier, nommé Sandman, qui est chargé par l`ordinateur central de retrouver le sanctuaire: endroit oû tous les runaway s`échappent. Avec une jolie compase jouée par Jenny Agutter ils s`échappent et sont pursuivis par les agents policier dans une poursuite infernale à travers la cité. Ils finissent par s`échapper du dôme en passant par les sousterrains de maintenance désaffectés et en délabre. Ils atteignent l`extérieur du dôme et comprennent alors que le monde extérieur est revenu presque vierge après tant d`années. Ils décident alors dèn aviser leurs compatriotes et de détruire la tirannie du dôme, si les policiers les laissent le temps de le faire. Très bon films qui se joue à plusieurs niveaux. À voir ou revoir.
Great quotes:
[watching Logan's son, Logan 6, in the nursery]
Francis 7: Do you know who his seed mother was?
Logan: Of course not! I'm curious, not sick!
...
Jessica 6: A friend of mine went on carousel. Now he's gone.
Logan 5: Yes, well, I'm sure he was renewed.
Jessica 6: He was killed.
...
Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
...
Jessica 6: [seeing the sun for the first time] What is it?
Logan 5: I don't know. Whatever it is, it's warm.
...
Logan: NO! Don't go in there! You don't have to die! No one has to die at 30! You could live! LIVE! Live, and grow old! I've seen it! She's seen it!
[Shows the crystal on his palm]
Logan: Well, look! LOOK! LOOK, IT'S CLEAR!
[Crowd laughs]
P.A. System: Lastday, Capricorn 29's. Year of the City: 2274. Carousel begins.
Jessica: No! Don't! Don't go! Listen to him! He's telling the truth!
[More laughter]
Jessica: We've been outside! There's another world outside! We've seen it! [Sandmen grab them]
Logan: Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!
...
Logan 5: There... is... no... sanctuary.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/maindetails
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 8.5/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 9/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 1976
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Logan's run another '70s SCi-FI classic comes to Blu Ray. Logan's run was directed by Michael Anderson (Doc savage: the man of bronze, Orca, 1984,...) and is a typical '70s future vision on film. The movie is set in 2274 where people seem to live in a perfect world: no disease, everyone is young and beautiful, no one has to work and life is play all the time in a city under a giant dome. Only problem is that there are such people as our main character Logan (Michael York who has played in over 150 movies or TV series from Austin Powers to babylon 5) who is a cop (called sandman) who captures runaways from the caroussel a lottery game in which you get eliminated to prevent population control and aging. But in this idyllic world almost no one asks questions.
One day, our sandman is instrucuted by the master computer, to runaway himself and find the elusive sanctuary which is the mythological place the runaways are supposed to go to. Ensues a giant chase exiting the city dome through it's dirty/maintenance undergrounds. Eventually our sandman and a pretty girl accompanying him (Jenny Agutter) make it outside the dome where life destroyed by a nuclear war long ago has now returned to an almost virgin state. They find the ruins of our modern world there and decide that it is now time to end the tyranny of the dome.
This movie is quite interesting on many levels. Yes it is a good entertaining chase movie but on top of that it will also make you think abouta few interesting anticipation concepts. Gotta see.
Logan's run un film de science-fiction classique des années '70. Réalisé par Michael Anderson, ce film nous présente un monde idéal en 2274. Vivant dans une ville sous un dôme après une guerre nucléaire qui à détruit tout, les gens vivent maintenant dans un monde sans maladies, sans vieillissement et où ils ne travaillent pas et ne se posent pas de questions ou presque. Le soucis est qu`une lotterie nommée le Carroussel promet un future brillant aux vainqueurs mais en fait ils sont éliminés à l`age de trente an afin de controller la population et le vieillissement.
Certains n`accepte pas cette fin et se sauvent. Ces runaway sont alors poursuivis par des policiers spéciaux pour les éliminer. Le héro de notre film ( joué par Michael York) se nomme Logan et est un policier, nommé Sandman, qui est chargé par l`ordinateur central de retrouver le sanctuaire: endroit oû tous les runaway s`échappent. Avec une jolie compase jouée par Jenny Agutter ils s`échappent et sont pursuivis par les agents policier dans une poursuite infernale à travers la cité. Ils finissent par s`échapper du dôme en passant par les sousterrains de maintenance désaffectés et en délabre. Ils atteignent l`extérieur du dôme et comprennent alors que le monde extérieur est revenu presque vierge après tant d`années. Ils décident alors dèn aviser leurs compatriotes et de détruire la tirannie du dôme, si les policiers les laissent le temps de le faire. Très bon films qui se joue à plusieurs niveaux. À voir ou revoir.
Great quotes:
[watching Logan's son, Logan 6, in the nursery]
Francis 7: Do you know who his seed mother was?
Logan: Of course not! I'm curious, not sick!
...
Jessica 6: A friend of mine went on carousel. Now he's gone.
Logan 5: Yes, well, I'm sure he was renewed.
Jessica 6: He was killed.
...
Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
...
Jessica 6: [seeing the sun for the first time] What is it?
Logan 5: I don't know. Whatever it is, it's warm.
...
Logan: NO! Don't go in there! You don't have to die! No one has to die at 30! You could live! LIVE! Live, and grow old! I've seen it! She's seen it!
[Shows the crystal on his palm]
Logan: Well, look! LOOK! LOOK, IT'S CLEAR!
[Crowd laughs]
P.A. System: Lastday, Capricorn 29's. Year of the City: 2274. Carousel begins.
Jessica: No! Don't! Don't go! Listen to him! He's telling the truth!
[More laughter]
Jessica: We've been outside! There's another world outside! We've seen it! [Sandmen grab them]
Logan: Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL!
...
Logan 5: There... is... no... sanctuary.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/maindetails
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 8.5/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 9/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
dimanche 3 juillet 2011
#225: Soylent green, Movies recommended or seen lately... Les films a voir
Genre: Sci-Fi/Science-Fiction
Annee/Year: 1973
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Soylent Green, a classic sci-fi movie from the '70s from director Richard Fleischer who brought us over 60 movies (Conan the destroyer, Red Sonja, The jazz signer, Amytiville 3D, Fantastic voyage, Tora, tora, tora and more) is now on Blu Ray. What better time to revisit this great work. Charlton Heston plays the role of detective Thorn a macho street cop from futuristic New-York 2022. In this vision of the future, the world is fed by colored pellets as there is a great challnge to feed everyone due to overcrowding. Some women are back to slavery and are considered part of the furinture for the rich. Due to overpopulation folks are allowed to get medically assisted suicide for those who cant handle it anymore. Thorn is put on the case to investigate the murder of a director from the company Soylent which makes the food pellets eaten by all. At this point he discovers a hidden truth which will be world changing (People are soylent green!). Definitely a movie which will entertain but make you think. The themes touched are all very much headline material close to 40years later. To be seen.
Soylent green (Soleil vert) est un grand classique de la science fiction des années '70. Richard Fleischer le réalisateur qui nous a donné plus de 60 films de années 40 à fin 80 (Conan the destroyer, Red Sonja, The jazz signer, Amytiville 3D, Fantastic voyage, Tora, tora, tora et bien plus), nous offre ici un film qui nous divertis et nous fait réfléchir: de la science-fiction comme je l`aime. Charlton Heston joue ici le rôle de détective Thorn un policier crasseux qui mène ses enquêtes avec des méthodes douteuses mais usuelle pour ce temps. L`action se passe dans le New-York de 2022 où plusieurs femmes sont esclaves et font partie du mobilier des appartements, où l`eau chaude et le savon est un luxe, où la surpopulation produit une dévaluation de la valeur des êtres humains et où la nourriture naturelle est remplacée par des pépites sèches nommée soleil vert ou rouge. Thorn est mis sur l`investigation du meurtre d`un des dirigeants de l`usine de soleil vert pendant laquelle il découvrira un secrêt bien garder sur l`origine du soleil vert. (Le soleil vert est des personnes!). Certainement un film qui vous fera réfléchir et dont les thèmes sont extremement d`actualité. À voir ou revoir!
Great quotes:
[Announcer doing a commercial announcement before Gov. Santini's interview] Richard: ...is brought to you by Soylent red and Soylent yellow, high energy vegetable concentrates, and new, delicious, Soylent green. The miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world.
...
Det. Thorn: I know, Sol, you've told me a hundred times before. People were better, the world was better...
Sol: Ah, people were always lousy... But there was a world, once.
[Thorn chuckles]
Sol: I was there, I can prove it! When I was a kid, you could buy meat anywhere! Eggs they had, real butter! Not this... crap!
...
[Shirl tells Thorn that she's getting a new tenant]
Det. Thorn: He'll like you. You're a helluva piece of furniture.
Shirl: Don't talk to me like that. Please.
Det. Thorn: OK.
...
Hatcher: What's the story with the Simonson homicide?
Det. Thorn: It was carefully set up to make it look like he was killed after he caught some punk burglarizing his apartment.
Hatcher: What do you think it was?
Det. Thorn: It was an assassination. A well-planned assassination.
Hatcher: You know this for a fact?
Det. Thorn: Four reasons. One: the alarm system in the building was out of order for the first time in two years. Two: the bodyguard who was supposed to be protecting him was conveniently out shopping. Three: the punk that broke into the apartment didn't take anything. And four: the punk who killed Simonson was no punk because he used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like a punk.
Hatcher: Well, if the punk didn't take anything from the apartment, what did you take?
Det. Thorn: Everything I could lay my hands on.
...
Gilbert: [hesitating before killing Simonson] Uh... they told me to uh... to say that they were sorry, but that you had become... unreliable.
Simonson: That's true.
Gilbert: They can't risk, uh... catastrophe, they say.
Simonson: They're right.
Gilbert: Then, uh... this is right?
Simonson: No, not right... Necessary.
Gilbert: To who?
Simonson: To... God.
...
[last lines] Det. Thorn: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the exchange.
Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We've gotta stop them somehow!
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/fullcredits#cast
Entertainment rating: 7.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 10/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 8/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 1973
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Soylent Green, a classic sci-fi movie from the '70s from director Richard Fleischer who brought us over 60 movies (Conan the destroyer, Red Sonja, The jazz signer, Amytiville 3D, Fantastic voyage, Tora, tora, tora and more) is now on Blu Ray. What better time to revisit this great work. Charlton Heston plays the role of detective Thorn a macho street cop from futuristic New-York 2022. In this vision of the future, the world is fed by colored pellets as there is a great challnge to feed everyone due to overcrowding. Some women are back to slavery and are considered part of the furinture for the rich. Due to overpopulation folks are allowed to get medically assisted suicide for those who cant handle it anymore. Thorn is put on the case to investigate the murder of a director from the company Soylent which makes the food pellets eaten by all. At this point he discovers a hidden truth which will be world changing (People are soylent green!). Definitely a movie which will entertain but make you think. The themes touched are all very much headline material close to 40years later. To be seen.
Soylent green (Soleil vert) est un grand classique de la science fiction des années '70. Richard Fleischer le réalisateur qui nous a donné plus de 60 films de années 40 à fin 80 (Conan the destroyer, Red Sonja, The jazz signer, Amytiville 3D, Fantastic voyage, Tora, tora, tora et bien plus), nous offre ici un film qui nous divertis et nous fait réfléchir: de la science-fiction comme je l`aime. Charlton Heston joue ici le rôle de détective Thorn un policier crasseux qui mène ses enquêtes avec des méthodes douteuses mais usuelle pour ce temps. L`action se passe dans le New-York de 2022 où plusieurs femmes sont esclaves et font partie du mobilier des appartements, où l`eau chaude et le savon est un luxe, où la surpopulation produit une dévaluation de la valeur des êtres humains et où la nourriture naturelle est remplacée par des pépites sèches nommée soleil vert ou rouge. Thorn est mis sur l`investigation du meurtre d`un des dirigeants de l`usine de soleil vert pendant laquelle il découvrira un secrêt bien garder sur l`origine du soleil vert. (Le soleil vert est des personnes!). Certainement un film qui vous fera réfléchir et dont les thèmes sont extremement d`actualité. À voir ou revoir!
Great quotes:
[Announcer doing a commercial announcement before Gov. Santini's interview] Richard: ...is brought to you by Soylent red and Soylent yellow, high energy vegetable concentrates, and new, delicious, Soylent green. The miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world.
...
Det. Thorn: I know, Sol, you've told me a hundred times before. People were better, the world was better...
Sol: Ah, people were always lousy... But there was a world, once.
[Thorn chuckles]
Sol: I was there, I can prove it! When I was a kid, you could buy meat anywhere! Eggs they had, real butter! Not this... crap!
...
[Shirl tells Thorn that she's getting a new tenant]
Det. Thorn: He'll like you. You're a helluva piece of furniture.
Shirl: Don't talk to me like that. Please.
Det. Thorn: OK.
...
Hatcher: What's the story with the Simonson homicide?
Det. Thorn: It was carefully set up to make it look like he was killed after he caught some punk burglarizing his apartment.
Hatcher: What do you think it was?
Det. Thorn: It was an assassination. A well-planned assassination.
Hatcher: You know this for a fact?
Det. Thorn: Four reasons. One: the alarm system in the building was out of order for the first time in two years. Two: the bodyguard who was supposed to be protecting him was conveniently out shopping. Three: the punk that broke into the apartment didn't take anything. And four: the punk who killed Simonson was no punk because he used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like a punk.
Hatcher: Well, if the punk didn't take anything from the apartment, what did you take?
Det. Thorn: Everything I could lay my hands on.
...
Gilbert: [hesitating before killing Simonson] Uh... they told me to uh... to say that they were sorry, but that you had become... unreliable.
Simonson: That's true.
Gilbert: They can't risk, uh... catastrophe, they say.
Simonson: They're right.
Gilbert: Then, uh... this is right?
Simonson: No, not right... Necessary.
Gilbert: To who?
Simonson: To... God.
...
[last lines] Det. Thorn: It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Hatcher: I promise, Tiger. I promise. I'll tell the exchange.
Det. Thorn: You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people! We've gotta stop them somehow!
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/fullcredits#cast
Entertainment rating: 7.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 7/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 10/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 8/10
------------------------------------------------
Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
samedi 2 juillet 2011
#224: Ray, Movies recommended or seen lately... Les films a voir
Genre: Drama/Drame
Annee/Year: 2004
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Ray, after waiting for many years i finally was able to get my hands on the newest iteration of this film in Blu ray format. I wanted to insure the music quality was of the highest order and that is what the Blu ray delivers as well as an excellent image transfer. Director Taylor Hackford (An officer and a gentleman, Against all odds, White nights, Chuck Berry hail hail rock'n roll, Dolores Clairborne, The devil's advocate, Proof of life and more) brings us a very endearing biography on the life of Ray Charles who died on the same year this movie was released. Jamie Foxx plays here the role of his career as a blind mind who is the master of piano. We follow Ray through his career from his humble beginnings where he gets hustled (because he his blind and naive) until he creates his chart toping Rhytm and Soul music hits and back through the hell of heroin addiction. A respectful, sensitive movie which really makes you think it is very close to reality.
EXCELLENT musical interpretation. If you have not seen this film you owe it to yourself to watch it and the new Blu Ray release is very much a good incentive to do so.
Ray, une biographie du musicien extraordinaire Ray Charles réaliseé avec soin par Taylor Hackford (An officer and a gentleman, Against all odds, White nights, Chuck Berry hail hail rock'n roll, Dolores Clairborne, The devil's advocate, Proof of life et plus) qui a déjà fait plusieurs films musicaux. Ce film est une réussite et beaucoup de ceci est dû à Jamie Foxx qui interprète Ray Charles tout au long de sa longue carrière jusqu`à sa mort en 2004 année de publication de ce film. On suit dans ce film la carrière de Ray Charles de ses humbles débuts, où il se fait rouler par ses collègues autant parce qu`il est aveugle que par sa naïveté, jusqu`à la parution de ses plus grands succès Rhythm and Soul des années 60-80. On le suit également à travers ses problèmes familiaux et avec l`emprise de l`héroïne. Un film respectueux et très bien réalisé et surtout avec une trame sonore du tonerre. Si vous n`avez pas vu ce film qu`attendez vous? La sortie en Blu Ray est surement la meilleure excuse possible.
Great quotes:
[first lines] Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
...
Quincy Jones: Say, daddy-o, what axe you play?
Ray Charles: Uh, piano. Just blew in from Tampa, Florida. Me and my partner, Gossie McGee, came here, you know, want to fatten up our style. Cop some licks from some more experienced cats, you dig?
Quincy Jones: You know what? Why don't you let me take you inside? You know, show you around.
Ray Charles: All right. Perfect gentleman.
Quincy Jones: Yeah, this is just like my place. So, what's your name?
Ray Charles: Ray Robinson.
Quincy Jones: I'm Quincy Jones.
...
Ray Charles: Don't jive me, man.
...
Fathead Newman: This ain't no weed, Ray. And we ain't snorting no bitch. This is boy! Boy'll make your ass null and void.
Ray Charles: Null and void, just like my life.
...
Milt Shaw: You know, Ray, your contract with Atlantic expires in 4 months.
Ray Charles: Yeah, I know. Ahmet and Jerry sent me my new contract. They're gonna double my royalties.
Milt Shaw: Before we go down that road again I thought I'd check and see what else was out there.
Ray Charles: Now, who told you to do that? Atlantic is family. Just like the Shaw agency.
Milt Shaw: Ray, my job is to find you the best deal out there. Now, I had a very productive meeting with the folks at ABC Paramount and they are very interested.
Ray Charles: No. How interested?
Milt Shaw: How about a 50 thousand dollar advance every year for the first three years? You choose your own music. They'll deduct recording costs and pay you 75 percent. Now, look, Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tomorrow night. Will you at least put them off until I have a chance to talk to the boys at ABC?
Ray Charles: Well, my mama always said there was nothin' wrong with talkin'.
...
Jack Lauderdale: Smell that, Ray? It's the smell of success. We're in LA now. A place where the negro can really spread his wings and fly.
...
Ahmet Ertegun: If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. If you think dollars, you get dollars.
...
Della Bea Robinson: [talking about Ray's drug problem] You have got to stop this now because there is something you love more then me...
Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea...
Della Bea Robinson: ...there is something you love more then me, the children, and every woman you ever slept with.
Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'
Della Bea Robinson: [shouts] It's your music! [starts to cry]
Della Bea Robinson: And if you keep usin' that needle they'll take away your music and put you in *jail!* Is that what you want?
...
Della Bea Robinson: If only your mama was here.
Ray Charles: She's here. She ain't never left.
Link: http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/ray/
Entertainment rating: 8.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 8.5/10
Artistic rating: 8/10
Reflexion rating: 7/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 8/10
Wide audience: 8/10
------------------------------------------------
Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 2004
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
Ray, after waiting for many years i finally was able to get my hands on the newest iteration of this film in Blu ray format. I wanted to insure the music quality was of the highest order and that is what the Blu ray delivers as well as an excellent image transfer. Director Taylor Hackford (An officer and a gentleman, Against all odds, White nights, Chuck Berry hail hail rock'n roll, Dolores Clairborne, The devil's advocate, Proof of life and more) brings us a very endearing biography on the life of Ray Charles who died on the same year this movie was released. Jamie Foxx plays here the role of his career as a blind mind who is the master of piano. We follow Ray through his career from his humble beginnings where he gets hustled (because he his blind and naive) until he creates his chart toping Rhytm and Soul music hits and back through the hell of heroin addiction. A respectful, sensitive movie which really makes you think it is very close to reality.
EXCELLENT musical interpretation. If you have not seen this film you owe it to yourself to watch it and the new Blu Ray release is very much a good incentive to do so.
Ray, une biographie du musicien extraordinaire Ray Charles réaliseé avec soin par Taylor Hackford (An officer and a gentleman, Against all odds, White nights, Chuck Berry hail hail rock'n roll, Dolores Clairborne, The devil's advocate, Proof of life et plus) qui a déjà fait plusieurs films musicaux. Ce film est une réussite et beaucoup de ceci est dû à Jamie Foxx qui interprète Ray Charles tout au long de sa longue carrière jusqu`à sa mort en 2004 année de publication de ce film. On suit dans ce film la carrière de Ray Charles de ses humbles débuts, où il se fait rouler par ses collègues autant parce qu`il est aveugle que par sa naïveté, jusqu`à la parution de ses plus grands succès Rhythm and Soul des années 60-80. On le suit également à travers ses problèmes familiaux et avec l`emprise de l`héroïne. Un film respectueux et très bien réalisé et surtout avec une trame sonore du tonerre. Si vous n`avez pas vu ce film qu`attendez vous? La sortie en Blu Ray est surement la meilleure excuse possible.
Great quotes:
[first lines] Aretha Robinson: Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothing turn you into no cripple.
...
Quincy Jones: Say, daddy-o, what axe you play?
Ray Charles: Uh, piano. Just blew in from Tampa, Florida. Me and my partner, Gossie McGee, came here, you know, want to fatten up our style. Cop some licks from some more experienced cats, you dig?
Quincy Jones: You know what? Why don't you let me take you inside? You know, show you around.
Ray Charles: All right. Perfect gentleman.
Quincy Jones: Yeah, this is just like my place. So, what's your name?
Ray Charles: Ray Robinson.
Quincy Jones: I'm Quincy Jones.
...
Ray Charles: Don't jive me, man.
...
Fathead Newman: This ain't no weed, Ray. And we ain't snorting no bitch. This is boy! Boy'll make your ass null and void.
Ray Charles: Null and void, just like my life.
...
Milt Shaw: You know, Ray, your contract with Atlantic expires in 4 months.
Ray Charles: Yeah, I know. Ahmet and Jerry sent me my new contract. They're gonna double my royalties.
Milt Shaw: Before we go down that road again I thought I'd check and see what else was out there.
Ray Charles: Now, who told you to do that? Atlantic is family. Just like the Shaw agency.
Milt Shaw: Ray, my job is to find you the best deal out there. Now, I had a very productive meeting with the folks at ABC Paramount and they are very interested.
Ray Charles: No. How interested?
Milt Shaw: How about a 50 thousand dollar advance every year for the first three years? You choose your own music. They'll deduct recording costs and pay you 75 percent. Now, look, Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tomorrow night. Will you at least put them off until I have a chance to talk to the boys at ABC?
Ray Charles: Well, my mama always said there was nothin' wrong with talkin'.
...
Jack Lauderdale: Smell that, Ray? It's the smell of success. We're in LA now. A place where the negro can really spread his wings and fly.
...
Ahmet Ertegun: If you think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. If you think dollars, you get dollars.
...
Della Bea Robinson: [talking about Ray's drug problem] You have got to stop this now because there is something you love more then me...
Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea...
Della Bea Robinson: ...there is something you love more then me, the children, and every woman you ever slept with.
Ray Charles: No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'
Della Bea Robinson: [shouts] It's your music! [starts to cry]
Della Bea Robinson: And if you keep usin' that needle they'll take away your music and put you in *jail!* Is that what you want?
...
Della Bea Robinson: If only your mama was here.
Ray Charles: She's here. She ain't never left.
Link: http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/ray/
Entertainment rating: 8.5/10
Cast/acting rating: 8.5/10
Artistic rating: 8/10
Reflexion rating: 7/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 8/10
Wide audience: 8/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
jeudi 30 juin 2011
#223: The human centipede, Movies recommended or seen lately... Les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 2009
Country: UK/Netherlands
Format: Blu Ray
The human centipede (first sequence). I certainly had a hard time to find this movie despite there being a lot of publicity on the web about it. I had to order it from Amazon in the end. This is one of the latest controversial movies. The sequel promised in the title has laready been banned from UK so is this a publicity stunt or a true horrific movie. Director Tom Six decided that in his third movie he would hit us hard by creating this concept of the human centipede. This means three people surgically attached together from mouth to anus and having to walk on all fours. Most people will stop at this point... For those more intrigued you will find a well built movie with good casting of the vilain doctor Heiter (Dieter Lasser who made multiple german movies and tv series Lexx). The doctor makes this movie on his own and the rest of cast is limited to grunts and crying. This is certainly not a great movie but it does stand on it's own besides movies such as Hostel and more. Only for the toughest viewers.
The human centipede est un des derniers films qui à créé de la controverse. Il m`a été si difficile de le trouver que j`ai dû le faire venir d`Amazon.ca. Le directeur Tom Six à tellement fait de promo sur la suite que l`Angleterre à déjà bannie ce film avant la sortie: pub ou horreur à vous de décider. Tom a créé le concept du centipede humain en imaginant une chaîne de trois personnes chirurgiquement attachées de bouche à anus et devant se déplacer à quatre pattes. La plupart des gens arrêteront de lire ici... Pour ceux qui sont plus curieux, vous découvrirez un film bien ficelé et qui comporte une excellente distribution du méchant docteur Heither (Dieter Lasser qui à fait plusieurs films allemands et la série tv Lexx). Le docteur tient le film à lui seul pendant que le reste des acteurs se limitent à pleurer et gémir. On ne peut qu`être triste au fait que le docteur est tué à la fin du film et ne pourra pas être intégré à la suite. Sûrement pas un grand film, mais il tien sa place à côté de film tel Hostel. Limité aux spectateurs les plus braves.
Great quotes:
Katsuro: God. Are you God? I'm just a puny insect. I cast out my parents, left my child, dismissed their love and led a selfish life. Just like an insect. No, my existence is even lower than insects, but... but dear God... that's how I've lived, and this is my punishment. I want to believe that I'm still a human being... Hey girls! Hey mister! What an insane world we live in.
...
Dr.Heiter: You want to bite me? Bite my boots!
...
Dr.Heiter: Feed Her!
Link: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/human-centipede
Entertainment rating: 7/10
Cast/acting rating: 6.5/10
Artistic rating: 5/10
Reflexion rating: 4/10
Production rating: 7.5/10
Adult factor: 1/10
Wide audience: 1/10
------------------------------------------------
Overall personnal rating: 6.0/10
Annee/Year: 2009
Country: UK/Netherlands
Format: Blu Ray
The human centipede (first sequence). I certainly had a hard time to find this movie despite there being a lot of publicity on the web about it. I had to order it from Amazon in the end. This is one of the latest controversial movies. The sequel promised in the title has laready been banned from UK so is this a publicity stunt or a true horrific movie. Director Tom Six decided that in his third movie he would hit us hard by creating this concept of the human centipede. This means three people surgically attached together from mouth to anus and having to walk on all fours. Most people will stop at this point... For those more intrigued you will find a well built movie with good casting of the vilain doctor Heiter (Dieter Lasser who made multiple german movies and tv series Lexx). The doctor makes this movie on his own and the rest of cast is limited to grunts and crying. This is certainly not a great movie but it does stand on it's own besides movies such as Hostel and more. Only for the toughest viewers.
The human centipede est un des derniers films qui à créé de la controverse. Il m`a été si difficile de le trouver que j`ai dû le faire venir d`Amazon.ca. Le directeur Tom Six à tellement fait de promo sur la suite que l`Angleterre à déjà bannie ce film avant la sortie: pub ou horreur à vous de décider. Tom a créé le concept du centipede humain en imaginant une chaîne de trois personnes chirurgiquement attachées de bouche à anus et devant se déplacer à quatre pattes. La plupart des gens arrêteront de lire ici... Pour ceux qui sont plus curieux, vous découvrirez un film bien ficelé et qui comporte une excellente distribution du méchant docteur Heither (Dieter Lasser qui à fait plusieurs films allemands et la série tv Lexx). Le docteur tient le film à lui seul pendant que le reste des acteurs se limitent à pleurer et gémir. On ne peut qu`être triste au fait que le docteur est tué à la fin du film et ne pourra pas être intégré à la suite. Sûrement pas un grand film, mais il tien sa place à côté de film tel Hostel. Limité aux spectateurs les plus braves.
Great quotes:
Katsuro: God. Are you God? I'm just a puny insect. I cast out my parents, left my child, dismissed their love and led a selfish life. Just like an insect. No, my existence is even lower than insects, but... but dear God... that's how I've lived, and this is my punishment. I want to believe that I'm still a human being... Hey girls! Hey mister! What an insane world we live in.
...
Dr.Heiter: You want to bite me? Bite my boots!
...
Dr.Heiter: Feed Her!
Link: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/human-centipede
Entertainment rating: 7/10
Cast/acting rating: 6.5/10
Artistic rating: 5/10
Reflexion rating: 4/10
Production rating: 7.5/10
Adult factor: 1/10
Wide audience: 1/10
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Overall personnal rating: 6.0/10
#222: Babylon 5 movie collection, Movies recommended or seen lately... Les films a voir
Genre: Sci-Fi/Science-Ficition
Annee/Year: 1993-1999
Country: US
Format: DVD
Babylon 5 the movies. Here is a quick review of the movies which extend the story of one of television's most appreciated science-fiction series.
Babylon 5: The gathering
Directed by Richard Compton. This movie was the first in a series of five movies to extend the storyline of Babylon 5 universe. This first movie is actually the pilot of the Babylon 5 series itself. We find the main characters being presented and the dynamic on the space station is established to set the series. A mysterious Vorlon ambassador is victim of an assasination attempt and the new station's captain Jeffrey Sinclair is suspected. This sets the table for an explosive mix when so many races get confined in a closed space. If you are new to Bab 5 start with this episode. Note Billy Mummy (kid from Lost in Space) in the role of a Membari.
Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
Babylon 5: In the beginning
Directed by Michael Vijar. This excellent movie sets again the stage for the series. This time we relive the bloody war between humans and Menbaris which occurred 10 years before. The war was started by miscommunication at first contact and nearly destroyed the human race as the Membaris were much more advanced. The war came to a sudden end when the Membari discovered that some humans were carrying the souls of reincarnated Membaris. The Babylon 5 station was put in place as a kind of UN to serve to try to create bridges between races and serve peace. A very well built movie narrated by my prepefarate character Londo Mollari (Peter Jurassic) the president of the Centauri republic at the apotheose of his reign.
Overall personnal rating: 9.0/10
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino. This movie takes place during the foruth sesaon timeframe. The story is about the B5 staff finding a massive artifact in the hyperspace where it appeared to be lost. By bringing it back to the station they play with the risk of unknowingly opening a portal to a another dimension (third space after normal and hyperspace) where delves a very dangerous and violent race. The artifact was built by the ancient races (Vorlons) and lost in hyperspace when they found out how dangerous this discovery was. Interesting but more like an extended episode than a real movie and not so much relevant to the rest of the series story arc.
Overall personnal rating: 7.0/10
Babylon 5: River of souls
Directed by Janet Greek. This movie occurs in the period after the series. A race of creepy individuals named the Soul hunters who are said to reap souls released by the dying, invade the station in an attempt to recover some special dangerous soul containers which were stolen from them and brought to B5 by smugglers. Captain Lochley (Tracy Scoggins who played in Dynasty and The Colbys tv series)has to deal with the situation at same time she is fighting the installation of Holographic virtual brothels on the station. A sometimes funny movie but without the substabce of the previous ones; more like an extended episode. Note great role by Martin Sheen in the role of the soul hunter.
Overall personnal rating: 6.5/10
Babylon 5: A call to Arms
Direted by Michael Vijar. The final movie takes place 5 years after the end of the B5 series. In this one we see the Drakh a race friendly with the Shadows, who were cast off by the alliance, taking arms to attack the humans and the alliance. President Sheridan and his friends fight to the death to fight off the Drakhs using the 2 new battle cruiser developped by the human's and membaris. They succeed in fending off the attack but fail to protect earth from the "planet killer" virus sent by the Drakh.
This puts virus has for goal to completely destroy life on the planet within a couple of years. This sets the table for the expansion series of B5 called B5 Crusade.
Overall personnal rating: 7.0/10
Great quotes:
Ambassador Londo Mollari: [voiceover] I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257, with the last of the Babylon stations located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats, and travelers from a hundred worlds. It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risk because Babylon 5 was our last, best hope for peace. Under the leadership of its final commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given form. A dream of a galaxy without war, where species could live side-by-side in mutual respect. A dream that was endangered as never before by one man on a mission of destruction. Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. This is its story.
...
Londo Mollari: I suppose there'll be a war now, hmm? All that running around and shooting at one another. You would have thought sooner or later it'd go out of fashion.
...
Garibaldi: I wonder if they'll ever find that transmitter you slipped in G'kar's drink.
Sinclair: No they won't. Because there is none. If I had put one in, sooner or later, they would have found it. This way, they'll keep looking.
Garibaldi: Are you aware of the tests they'll perform and the things they'll do to him?
Sinclair: Yes. Come on.
Garibaldi: There are some days I love this job.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106336/
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 8.5/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 7/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 7/10
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Overall personnal rating: 6.5-9.0/10
Annee/Year: 1993-1999
Country: US
Format: DVD
Babylon 5 the movies. Here is a quick review of the movies which extend the story of one of television's most appreciated science-fiction series.
Babylon 5: The gathering
Directed by Richard Compton. This movie was the first in a series of five movies to extend the storyline of Babylon 5 universe. This first movie is actually the pilot of the Babylon 5 series itself. We find the main characters being presented and the dynamic on the space station is established to set the series. A mysterious Vorlon ambassador is victim of an assasination attempt and the new station's captain Jeffrey Sinclair is suspected. This sets the table for an explosive mix when so many races get confined in a closed space. If you are new to Bab 5 start with this episode. Note Billy Mummy (kid from Lost in Space) in the role of a Membari.
Overall personnal rating: 8.0/10
Babylon 5: In the beginning
Directed by Michael Vijar. This excellent movie sets again the stage for the series. This time we relive the bloody war between humans and Menbaris which occurred 10 years before. The war was started by miscommunication at first contact and nearly destroyed the human race as the Membaris were much more advanced. The war came to a sudden end when the Membari discovered that some humans were carrying the souls of reincarnated Membaris. The Babylon 5 station was put in place as a kind of UN to serve to try to create bridges between races and serve peace. A very well built movie narrated by my prepefarate character Londo Mollari (Peter Jurassic) the president of the Centauri republic at the apotheose of his reign.
Overall personnal rating: 9.0/10
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Directed by Jesus Salvador Trevino. This movie takes place during the foruth sesaon timeframe. The story is about the B5 staff finding a massive artifact in the hyperspace where it appeared to be lost. By bringing it back to the station they play with the risk of unknowingly opening a portal to a another dimension (third space after normal and hyperspace) where delves a very dangerous and violent race. The artifact was built by the ancient races (Vorlons) and lost in hyperspace when they found out how dangerous this discovery was. Interesting but more like an extended episode than a real movie and not so much relevant to the rest of the series story arc.
Overall personnal rating: 7.0/10
Babylon 5: River of souls
Directed by Janet Greek. This movie occurs in the period after the series. A race of creepy individuals named the Soul hunters who are said to reap souls released by the dying, invade the station in an attempt to recover some special dangerous soul containers which were stolen from them and brought to B5 by smugglers. Captain Lochley (Tracy Scoggins who played in Dynasty and The Colbys tv series)has to deal with the situation at same time she is fighting the installation of Holographic virtual brothels on the station. A sometimes funny movie but without the substabce of the previous ones; more like an extended episode. Note great role by Martin Sheen in the role of the soul hunter.
Overall personnal rating: 6.5/10
Babylon 5: A call to Arms
Direted by Michael Vijar. The final movie takes place 5 years after the end of the B5 series. In this one we see the Drakh a race friendly with the Shadows, who were cast off by the alliance, taking arms to attack the humans and the alliance. President Sheridan and his friends fight to the death to fight off the Drakhs using the 2 new battle cruiser developped by the human's and membaris. They succeed in fending off the attack but fail to protect earth from the "planet killer" virus sent by the Drakh.
This puts virus has for goal to completely destroy life on the planet within a couple of years. This sets the table for the expansion series of B5 called B5 Crusade.
Overall personnal rating: 7.0/10
Great quotes:
Ambassador Londo Mollari: [voiceover] I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind. It began in the Earth year 2257, with the last of the Babylon stations located deep in neutral space. It was a port of call for refugees, smugglers, businessmen, diplomats, and travelers from a hundred worlds. It could be a dangerous place, but we accepted the risk because Babylon 5 was our last, best hope for peace. Under the leadership of its final commander, Babylon 5 was a dream given form. A dream of a galaxy without war, where species could live side-by-side in mutual respect. A dream that was endangered as never before by one man on a mission of destruction. Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. This is its story.
...
Londo Mollari: I suppose there'll be a war now, hmm? All that running around and shooting at one another. You would have thought sooner or later it'd go out of fashion.
...
Garibaldi: I wonder if they'll ever find that transmitter you slipped in G'kar's drink.
Sinclair: No they won't. Because there is none. If I had put one in, sooner or later, they would have found it. This way, they'll keep looking.
Garibaldi: Are you aware of the tests they'll perform and the things they'll do to him?
Sinclair: Yes. Come on.
Garibaldi: There are some days I love this job.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106336/
Entertainment rating: 8/10
Cast/acting rating: 8.5/10
Artistic rating: 7/10
Reflexion rating: 9/10
Production rating: 7/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 7/10
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Overall personnal rating: 6.5-9.0/10
mercredi 29 juin 2011
#221: RED, Movies recommended or seen lately... Les films a voir
Genre: Action/Comedy/Comedie
Annee/Year: 2010
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
RED means Retired Extremely Dangerous from young director Robert Schwentke (who also brought us Flightplan and The time travelers' wife). This action comedy is very well written with excellent dialogues. Lead role of Frank is played by Bruce Willis playing a retired special ops agent who has not lost his edge but is bored in his retirement life. Frank falls for a government pension employee (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who's life is equally boring. Both of them get sucked into a race to save their skin as an older spec ops agent is determined to eliminate his old colleagues. This forces Frank to contact his best buddies (played by Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich) to get even odds to save their retired skins. Great action, witty scripts and great actors make this an excellent entertainment value not to be missed.
RED est un film du jeune réalisateur Robert Schwentke (qui nous a aussi apporté Flightplan et The time travelers' wife). Cette comédie et film d`action à la fois, est vraiment bien fait et le jeu d`acteur y est solide. Le tout est agrémenté d`excellents dialogues. Bruce Willis joue le rôle de Frank un ancien agent des forces spéciales qui est maintenant à la retraite mais qui ne s`y plait pas du tout. Il tombe en amour avec une fonctionnaire qui rêve d`aventures romantiques jouée par Mary-Louise Parker pour qui le rêve devient une réalité lorsqu`un anciens agents des force spéciales décide d`éliminer ses anciens collègues. Frank part a la recherche de ses amis pour se défendre et se donner une chance de survie. Il retrouve les charactères joués par Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman et John Malkovich qui sont absolument parfait. Beaucoup d`action, de superbes textes et de très bons acteurs en font un film très divertissant à ne pas manquer.
Great quotes:
Marvin Boggs: [from trailer ] Why are you trying to kill me?
Frank Moses: Look, why would I be trying to kill you?
Marvin Boggs: Because last time we met, I tried to kill you.
Frank Moses: That was a long time ago.
Marvin Boggs: Some people hold on to things like that.
...
Marvin Boggs: I remember the Secret Service being tougher.
Victoria: Me too.
...
Frank Moses: [to Marvin] Open the pig! Open the pig!
[Marvin unzips the pig, and pulls out a grenade launcher]
...
Businesswoman: That's right, old man!
Marvin Boggs: Old man?
Frank Moses: No respect.
Marvin Boggs: Can I kill her now?
Frank Moses: [nods affirmative]
Marvin Boggs: [steps out from behind shipping container and shoots her oncoming bazooka rocket blowing her up]
Marvin Boggs: Old man my ass!
...
Frank Moses: Watch you back, too.
Joe Matheson: I'm 80 years old. I got stage 4 live cancer. What the hell can they do to me?
Frank Moses: They can still shoot you.
Joe Matheson: Well... I never thought this would happen to me.
Frank Moses: What?
Joe Matheson: Getting old. Well I mean, Vietnam, Afghanistan. The Green Spring Rest Home?
...
Cynthia Wilkes: You just got your ass handed to you by a goddamned retiree!
...
Link: http://www.red-themovie.com/
Entertainment rating: 9/10
Cast/acting rating: 8/10
Artistic rating: 6/10
Reflexion rating: 4/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 8/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8/10
Annee/Year: 2010
Country: US
Format: Blu Ray
RED means Retired Extremely Dangerous from young director Robert Schwentke (who also brought us Flightplan and The time travelers' wife). This action comedy is very well written with excellent dialogues. Lead role of Frank is played by Bruce Willis playing a retired special ops agent who has not lost his edge but is bored in his retirement life. Frank falls for a government pension employee (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who's life is equally boring. Both of them get sucked into a race to save their skin as an older spec ops agent is determined to eliminate his old colleagues. This forces Frank to contact his best buddies (played by Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich) to get even odds to save their retired skins. Great action, witty scripts and great actors make this an excellent entertainment value not to be missed.
RED est un film du jeune réalisateur Robert Schwentke (qui nous a aussi apporté Flightplan et The time travelers' wife). Cette comédie et film d`action à la fois, est vraiment bien fait et le jeu d`acteur y est solide. Le tout est agrémenté d`excellents dialogues. Bruce Willis joue le rôle de Frank un ancien agent des forces spéciales qui est maintenant à la retraite mais qui ne s`y plait pas du tout. Il tombe en amour avec une fonctionnaire qui rêve d`aventures romantiques jouée par Mary-Louise Parker pour qui le rêve devient une réalité lorsqu`un anciens agents des force spéciales décide d`éliminer ses anciens collègues. Frank part a la recherche de ses amis pour se défendre et se donner une chance de survie. Il retrouve les charactères joués par Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman et John Malkovich qui sont absolument parfait. Beaucoup d`action, de superbes textes et de très bons acteurs en font un film très divertissant à ne pas manquer.
Great quotes:
Marvin Boggs: [from trailer ] Why are you trying to kill me?
Frank Moses: Look, why would I be trying to kill you?
Marvin Boggs: Because last time we met, I tried to kill you.
Frank Moses: That was a long time ago.
Marvin Boggs: Some people hold on to things like that.
...
Marvin Boggs: I remember the Secret Service being tougher.
Victoria: Me too.
...
Frank Moses: [to Marvin] Open the pig! Open the pig!
[Marvin unzips the pig, and pulls out a grenade launcher]
...
Businesswoman: That's right, old man!
Marvin Boggs: Old man?
Frank Moses: No respect.
Marvin Boggs: Can I kill her now?
Frank Moses: [nods affirmative]
Marvin Boggs: [steps out from behind shipping container and shoots her oncoming bazooka rocket blowing her up]
Marvin Boggs: Old man my ass!
...
Frank Moses: Watch you back, too.
Joe Matheson: I'm 80 years old. I got stage 4 live cancer. What the hell can they do to me?
Frank Moses: They can still shoot you.
Joe Matheson: Well... I never thought this would happen to me.
Frank Moses: What?
Joe Matheson: Getting old. Well I mean, Vietnam, Afghanistan. The Green Spring Rest Home?
...
Cynthia Wilkes: You just got your ass handed to you by a goddamned retiree!
...
Link: http://www.red-themovie.com/
Entertainment rating: 9/10
Cast/acting rating: 8/10
Artistic rating: 6/10
Reflexion rating: 4/10
Production rating: 8/10
Adult factor: 9/10
Wide audience: 8/10
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Overall personnal rating: 8/10
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