POSTED BY POSTED ON November 7, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

The bitch is back

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Alien3
My rating: 3 out of 5

Despite the efforts of Ripley and the space marines in the film Aliens, an embryonic alien infiltrates the starship. It accidentally triggers the ship’s emergency systems, dropping the escape capsule to the surface of a nearby planet. Ripley finds herself in a prison colony peopled by a religious cult composed of former murderers and rapists. Meanwhile, the alien has managed to grow into a new and deadly form, and is picking off the weaponless prisoners. Ripley soon discovers, much to her horror, that the real danger is much more personal…

Tyckte inte alls om denna när jag i mina yngre dar verkligen gillade actionrullar. Tyckte den förstörde 1:an och 2:an. Nu när jag på senare år blivit mera intresserad av hantverket bakom filmskapandet har den blivit bättre i mina ögon. David Fincher gör en värdig uppföljare med ett mycket vakert foto.

POSTED BY POSTED ON November 2, 2005 POSTED UNDER DVD, Movies, Review

There are some places in the universe you don’t go alone

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Aliens
My rating: 4 out of 5

More than a half-century after the events of ‘Alien’, Warrant Officer Ripley – the sole survivor of the Nostromo – is discovered adrift in the shuttle she used to escape. By now, the Company – Ripley’s employer – has colonized the planet where the alien was found. Intent on covering up its illegal actions of years before, the Company strips Ripley of her flight officer’s license. But when transmissions from the colony stop without warning, she is called into action again – this time with a group of Space Marines. Now the alien menace is hundreds of times larger, more insidious, and all but invincible. The sole survivor of the Nostromo re-enters a world of sudden, unspeakable horror – one that attacks without warning again and again and again.

Detta är ett svårt läge. Är tvåan bättre än ettan? Det svåra är att det är helt olika genres på filmerna. Ettan är mera thriller/skräck och denna är mera renodlad action. Men är man regissören för Terminator. Då ska man brassa på 🙂
Såg Directors Cut av filmen och så mycket bättre är den inte än den vanliga. Jag kanner det som om tempot faktiskt saktar ner och filmen blir lite slöare.

POSTED BY POSTED ON October 31, 2005 POSTED UNDER DVD, Movies, Review

In space no one can hear you scream.

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Alien
My rating: 4 out of 5

While returning from a deep-space mission, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo is awakened by a supposed SOS call from a system they are passing through. Descending to the planet’s surface, they discover a strange derelict spaceship – the apparent source of the transmission – and one of the crew descends into the hold. What he finds are thousands of strange alien eggs. While examining one of the eggs, it hatches and the parasite inside attacks him. After returning to the Nostromo the crew takes off again to head for Earth. The alien parasite subsequently dies and all seems well again. But what no one knows is that another alien is quietly forming within its host – and when it emerges, the crew finds itself in serious trouble…

Ytterliggare en film av Ridley Scott. Tror detta är hans genombrottsfilm. En mycket bra rysare/thriller. Lite seg i början, men det bygger mycket bra upp karaktärerna. Efter ungefär halva filmen bryter helvetet löst och vilket helvete sedan. Scott har vekligen lyckats med fotot. Närbilder på skådisarna för att öka känslan av klaustrofobi.

POSTED BY POSTED ON October 30, 2005 POSTED UNDER DVD, Movies, Review

Collide With Destiny.

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Titanic
My rating: 5 out of 5

Its name stirs the imagination… Titanic. The unsinkable ship. The unimaginable catastrophe. The untold stories that lay in mystery two and a half miles beneath the waves of the North Atlantic. What buried tale of love, bravery, treasure and treachery, hidden by time and tragedy, waits here to be discovered? A beautiful socialite. A penniless artist. A priceless diamond. A romance so passionate that nothing on earth could stop it. A destiny so incredible that no one could have imagined it. A collision of lives that could only have happened on Titanic, the ship of dreams. The secrets are about to unfold…

Oj, oj. Den är lika bra som jag minns den. Såg den två gånger på bio och en gång på den sunkiga DVD version som funnits. Den nya Deluxe Collectors Edition är super mycket bättre än den gamla utgåvan.
Detta är en film som alla måste se. Man blir fortfarande efter fyra gånger lite ledsen i ögat =)

POSTED BY POSTED ON October 23, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

You are not what you were born,
but what you have it in yourself to be.

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Kingdom of Heaven
My rating: 4 out of 5

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages – the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin’s days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin’s vision of peace–a kingdom of heaven–is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.

Ahhhh, ytterliggare en Ridley Scott film 🙂 Man kanske skulle fortsätta med ännu en imorgon. Får nog inte Tea att se Alien, men kanske kan få henne att titta på Blade Runner. Hmmm, när man nämner han gamla filmer känns denna lite blek. Men den var inte alls dum. Första timmen gick jättefort. Sedan gick det lite segare. Men vilket foto! Inte lika bra musik som i Gladiator. Tror det kan bero på sämre skådisar och inte lika bra musik.

POSTED BY POSTED ON October 23, 2005 POSTED UNDER DVD, Movies, Review

Now We Are Free

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Gladiator
My rating: 5 out of 5

A dying Marcus Aurelius plans to name his loyal and brave General Maximus as his successor in order to restore the power of the Roman Senate. However, his power-hungry, jealous son Commodus learns of the plan, murders Marcus Aurelius, and plans to execute Maximus in order to secure his claim to the throne. Maximus escapes execution, but is sold into slavery and is forced to become a gladiator. Eventually, Maximus and his fellow gladiators are sent to Rome to perform for Commodus. Through his bravery he wins over the masses and reveals his true identity, much to the chagrin of Commodus. Can Maximus use his newfound popularity to avenge Marcus Aurelius’ death, or will Commodus be able to keep the throne?

Har nu äntligen sett Extended Edition och vet inte riktigt vad jag ska tycka. Har sett dom flesta av dom inklippta scenerna som extramaterial på den gamla utgåvan. Så de var inte speciellt överaskande. Men som vanligt är det svårt att se vad som är nytt och vad som är gammalt, om man inte sett filmen en miljon gånger.
Är lite osäker på betyget. Men då jag tyckte det var en storslagen film första gången jag såg den och den håller fortfarande måttet, gör att jag anser att det är en film alla människor ska ha sett.
Bara musisken är ett helt kapitel för sig. Jag har gått och nynnat på musiken sedan jag fick filmen i brevlådan. De måste vara det bästa Hans Zimmer gjort.

POSTED BY POSTED ON October 20, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

And you thought your parents were embarrassing.

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Meet the Fockers
My rating: 3 out of 5

Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg’s parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. As asked in the first movie, what sort of people name their son Gaylord M. Focker?

Ja, denna kanske var snäppet bättre än 1:an. Eller kanske är det dött lopp. 1:an var faktiskt mera rolig. Men var även grymt mycket dåligare tack vara alla dåliga skämt. I denna är skämten på en bättre nivå och mera nertonade.

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POSTED BY POSTED ON October 19, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

Fear comes full circle.

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Ring Two
My rating: 2 out of 5

Six months after the incidents involving the lethal videotape, new clues prove that there is a new evil lurking in the darkness.

*suck* varför ska dom alltid göra en tvåa? Och varför i detta läget? Inte ens Ringu 2 var speciellt bra. Varför då göra en amerikansk remake på en dålig film? De enda gångerna filmen är bra är då Samara är med. Filmen är jätte seg i början och det känns som det bara är andra halvan som har någon behållning. Dom hade säkert kunnat klippa ner filmen med 30%.

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POSTED BY POSTED ON October 19, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

He would kill to be you.

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Taking Lives
My rating: 3 out of 5

A successful FBI profiler, Illeana Scott (Jolie), is summoned to help out Canadian law enforcement in Montreal, to hunt down a serial killer who assumes the lives and identities (hence the title) of the people he kills as he travels across North America, which forces Illeana to adjust to working in a strange city with a police team with which she doesn’t really fit in.

Ohhh, vilken början. Fick gåshud. Men vad hände sedan? Gåshuden försvann ganska snabbt då filmens titelintro började rullade. Någon som sett Se7en kanske? Sedan kändes det mest som om filmen gick utför, den som började så bra. Hade hoppats på se Angelina i en superroll, men jag får väl fortsätta vänta på den filmen.
Filmen var alldeles för förutsägbar. Vem som var mördaren gissade jag nästan redan vid titelintrot och slutet på filmen var nite heller svårt att lista ut.
När ska det komma en film med samma häftiga grunskoncept som håller hela vägen?

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POSTED BY POSTED ON October 18, 2005 POSTED UNDER Movies, Review

Who’s next?

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Suspect Zero
My rating: 3 out of 5

When Dallas FBI Agent Thomas Mackelway violates serial killer Raymond Starkey’s civil rights during an unorthodox arrest, Starkey goes free and Mackelway is demoted to a remote branch of the agency in Albuquerque. His first day on the job, Mackelway investigates the murder of a traveling salesman Harold Speck, which turns out to be the first of three seemingly random killings. Or perhaps they are not random at all; the last to die is Mackelway’s nemesis, Raymond Starkey. The assignment consumes him. His past mistakes haunt him. His head throbs constantly as he tries to find the link between the victims that will lead him to their killer. The case becomes increasingly gruesome and patently personal. This does not go unnoticed by his unflappable partner Fran Kulok, who knows of Mackelway’s past and the demons that afflict him. Like Mackelway, she becomes drawn into the labyrinth of chilling clues, all of which point to the enigmatic Benjamin O’Ryan. O’Ryan clearly has a connection to the murders, a connection he flaunts; quite possibly, he may also harbor a sinister link to Mackelway.

Trodde den skulle vara bättre. Det är farligt att hoppas för mycket om en film. Man blir oftast besviken. Intressant koncept. Men man blev aldrig riktig meddragen i filmen, tycker inte den berörde mig.
Men den är ändå ganska sevärd. Speciellt om man är intresserad av seriemördarfilmer.