Have your say & ask the experts

top 3 movies of the last ten years

Last post Nov 16, 2009, 1:58 PM by timwileman. (28 replies)
Sort Posts:
Page 2 of 2 (29 items)   < Previous 1 2

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 4:10 PM

316044

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

PJPro:
Whereas I am looking forward to seeing it. And doubt if I'll be disappointed.
please post your opinion when youve seen it ? ta..
panasonic 46g10...toshiba laptop...humax foxsat hd box...sony ericsson w705 phone...two german shorthaired pointers...sony bds363, its great...and cheap...ford focus 1.8 tddi estate...ready for hocking when needs be....

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 5:08 PM

316299

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

Just had a look at a review for the double pack AVP1&2 on Play.com.

Alien vs Predator...for years we'd been waiting for the ultimate showdown, until finally...we didn't get it. Why? Because it was left in the mark-missing hands of Paul W.S Anderson. With a string of cinematic diarrhea to his name (with the possible...that's POSSIBLE...exception of Event Horizon) somebody handed the reins of what could have been a classic of horror/sci-fi to this Gump of a director. I don't really blame his directorial skills; he can pull off some blisteringly cool visual sequences, but i do blame his writing talent. In that he doesn't have any. AvP is a mess. From beginning to end, the script is dire, the plot has more holes than my granddad's string vest, the actors seem to realise that they are deep in the bowels of a turkey, and do their best to help the stuffing along. Visually, it looks good: but so does fast food. AvP has no business being seen. By anyone.
AVP2: Requiem. How fitting that it should be called that. Like a funeral dirge, it drones on and on, giving more of the same, but less than you want. How can movies based on two fantastic franchises, both with gloriously rich backgrounds be ground up in a movie meat-grinder and flushed away like this? If AvP was a turkey, then AvP 2 is it's H5N1 infected offspring. The cinematic world would have been better served if neither of these two steamers had ever been laid.


AVP2 sounds like a classic to me! I particularly like the reference to steamers.
My useful(?) threads can be found here.

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 5:26 PM

316316

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
- -

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 7:16 PM

316320

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

idc:
AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
if they do make a 3rd , maybe swine flu can play a part ? they could cast ricky gervais in the lead role ( as a human of course ) he could play an hour and a half long game of hide and seek with the hungry monsters , catch swine flu along the way , and sacrifice himself at the end , being scoffed , and giving all the alens , predators , hybrids , and everything else unhuman a deadly virus , a handful could survive though , just in case of avp4 being commishioned , then they could return with little curly tales , waiting outside greasy spoons to kill anyone that had bacon butties ..
panasonic 46g10...toshiba laptop...humax foxsat hd box...sony ericsson w705 phone...two german shorthaired pointers...sony bds363, its great...and cheap...ford focus 1.8 tddi estate...ready for hocking when needs be....

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 7:52 PM

316353

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

maxflinn:
idc:
AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
if they do make a 3rd , maybe swine flu can play a part ? they could cast ricky gervais in the lead role ( as a human of course ) he could play an hour and a half long game of hide and seek with the hungry monsters , catch swine flu along the way , and sacrifice himself at the end , being scoffed , and giving all the alens , predators , hybrids , and everything else unhuman a deadly virus , a handful could survive though , just in case of avp4 being commishioned , then they could return with little curly tales , waiting outside greasy spoons to kill anyone that had bacon butties ..


AVP2 mixes a number of classic film themes; your typical American small town jocks vs geeks, good vs evil, survival against the odds and then gives it a twist. The Aliens films had the greatest female film leading character with Ripley. That continued into AVP, but in AVP2 the expected lead character is quite quickly killed off. Nothing is defined, the geek character is not that geeky, the jocks not that tough. Is the Predator good vs the Aliens evil? Is that man just hunting animals for sport, or defending himself against a deadly attack? Eat humble pie maxflynn!

- -

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:03 PM

316353

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

maxflinn:
idc:
AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
if they do make a 3rd , maybe swine flu can play a part ? they could cast ricky gervais in the lead role ( as a human of course ) he could play an hour and a half long game of hide and seek with the hungry monsters , catch swine flu along the way , and sacrifice himself at the end , being scoffed , and giving all the alens , predators , hybrids , and everything else unhuman a deadly virus , a handful could survive though , just in case of avp4 being commishioned , then they could return with little curly tales , waiting outside greasy spoons to kill anyone that had bacon butties ..

I think you're onto something....
My useful(?) threads can be found here.

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:08 PM

316366

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

Have to admit to a soft spot for AVP. Fully admit it is a terrible film, but when its late at night and I'm a bit drunk I find it perfect viewing. I just find AVP2 poor though regardless of how much I've had to drink

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:20 PM

316363

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

idc:

maxflinn:
idc:
AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
if they do make a 3rd , maybe swine flu can play a part ? they could cast ricky gervais in the lead role ( as a human of course ) he could play an hour and a half long game of hide and seek with the hungry monsters , catch swine flu along the way , and sacrifice himself at the end , being scoffed , and giving all the alens , predators , hybrids , and everything else unhuman a deadly virus , a handful could survive though , just in case of avp4 being commishioned , then they could return with little curly tales , waiting outside greasy spoons to kill anyone that had bacon butties ..


AVP2 mixes a number of classic film themes; your typical American small town jocks vs geeks, good vs evil, survival against the odds and then gives it a twist. The Aliens films had the greatest female film leading character with Ripley. That continued into AVP, but in AVP2 the expected lead character is quite quickly killed off. Nothing is defined, the geek character is not that geeky, the jocks not that tough. Is the Predator good vs the Aliens evil? Is that man just hunting animals for sport, or defending himself against a deadly attack? Eat humble pie maxflynn!

alien , and aliens , would be in my top ten of all time , predator and predator 2 were good , but not as good imho , avp was a good crack , quite watchable , but thats all , avp2 used every silly cliche , had no suspense , it just didnt work on any level ...
panasonic 46g10...toshiba laptop...humax foxsat hd box...sony ericsson w705 phone...two german shorthaired pointers...sony bds363, its great...and cheap...ford focus 1.8 tddi estate...ready for hocking when needs be....

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:20 PM

316363

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

idc:

maxflinn:
idc:
AVP2 is brilliant. I agree with some of the comments about acting and dialogue for the first film, the second is better that way. I really hope that there will be a third.
if they do make a 3rd , maybe swine flu can play a part ? they could cast ricky gervais in the lead role ( as a human of course ) he could play an hour and a half long game of hide and seek with the hungry monsters , catch swine flu along the way , and sacrifice himself at the end , being scoffed , and giving all the alens , predators , hybrids , and everything else unhuman a deadly virus , a handful could survive though , just in case of avp4 being commishioned , then they could return with little curly tales , waiting outside greasy spoons to kill anyone that had bacon butties ..


AVP2 mixes a number of classic film themes; your typical American small town jocks vs geeks, good vs evil, survival against the odds and then gives it a twist. The Aliens films had the greatest female film leading character with Ripley. That continued into AVP, but in AVP2 the expected lead character is quite quickly killed off. Nothing is defined, the geek character is not that geeky, the jocks not that tough. Is the Predator good vs the Aliens evil? Is that man just hunting animals for sport, or defending himself against a deadly attack? Eat humble pie maxflynn!

alien , and aliens , would be in my top ten of all time , predator and predator 2 were good , but not as good imho , avp was a good crack , quite watchable , but thats all , avp2 used every silly cliche , had no suspense , it just didnt work on any level ...
panasonic 46g10...toshiba laptop...humax foxsat hd box...sony ericsson w705 phone...two german shorthaired pointers...sony bds363, its great...and cheap...ford focus 1.8 tddi estate...ready for hocking when needs be....

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:23 PM

316368

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

I want AVP3 to be set far into the future and in space. The Predators have created an alien farm on a huge spaceship where humans are bred purely to allow the aliens to breed. However, umknown to the Predators one of humans is actually a remade Bishop from Aliens. Bishop works with the humans to escape from the alien farm and flee to a nearby planet. There follows a massive pursuit where the Predators use the aliens like dogs to go after the humans. But the Predators are unable to handle the aliens and they turn on them.


Meanwhile the humans have found that the planet was originally mined by humans many thousands of years ago and then abandoned. They are able to get some of the heavy machinery to work, including the loaders most memorably used by Ripley to wrestle with the alien mother in Aliens. So now we have a three way battle to take over the planet. I wont spoil the ending by telling you who wins. There will also be loads of explosions and gratuitous nudity from the human females. I expect it to be a huge box office success and to get loads of Oscars.

- -

Posted on Oct 10, 2009, 8:29 PM

316373

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

  i actually quite like that  ...  they should have let you write avp2 , you have better ideas than they had ..
panasonic 46g10...toshiba laptop...humax foxsat hd box...sony ericsson w705 phone...two german shorthaired pointers...sony bds363, its great...and cheap...ford focus 1.8 tddi estate...ready for hocking when needs be....

Posted on Oct 29, 2009, 11:28 AM

316374

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

For me they could have gone in two directions with the alien franchise (after aliens): either follow Ripleys story (which they did) or bring the alien to Earth.


For me alien3 should have been about how the alien came to Earth and starts taking over ending with the human race sending a distress signal into space for reinforcements to come and help rid the Earth of the infestation.


Obviously Alien 4 should have been the Predators responding to the signal and coming to help us eliminate the alien from Earth

Posted on Oct 29, 2009, 12:23 PM

315442

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

Messiah:

1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


2. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King





 


I'd go along with that.Yes

A/V: Sony KDL-V40A12U & BDP-S350, BT Vision, Onkyo 875, B&W MT-30 7.1, QED A/V cables, R.A power cables

Hi-Fi: Arcam A85 & CD192, B&W 602S3 (& the PV1), Partington stands, Grado SR125, Kimber I/Cs, Rothwells, QED speaker cables, R.A power cables.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009, 1:58 PM

325685

Re: top 3 movies of the last ten years

alien prequel on the way apparently, Ridley will be back on direction duties.....


if they can get HR Geiger (is he alive) to do the design work we could have another classic on the way...

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.
Page 2 of 2 (29 items)   < Previous 1 2