Tyler Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 I'm really excited for the JLA movie. But it would have been sooooooo much better if they could actually convince Christian Bale to play Batman in this one too. Also whatever happened to those rumours of Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel playing The Flash and WW respectively. That would have kicked major a*s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 I'm still reeling over the fact that they picked that scarecrow Adam Brody to play the Flash. :ko2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 First released scene from the Hitman movie http://www.movieweb.com/video/V07KcklrsxNSUV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hitman movie review From Cinematical _________________________________________________________________ VERDICT :- ABYSMAL Review: Hitman Posted Nov 21st 2007 12:02PM by Scott Weinberg Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Theatrical Reviews, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Games and Game Movies Exec #1: "OK, so we bought the rights to this hot (old) video game. We need a story." Exec #2: "What's the game called?" #1: "Hitman." #2: "OK, so it's a movie about an assassin. This stuff writes itself." #1: "Yeah, but how much action should we put in there? Action scenes are really expensive, you know..." #2: "Hey, I got it. Instead of going the 'action route' let's try something different. Let's focus more on those "plot" scenes from the video game that I'm just sure everyone watches, despite the fact that you can press ENTER and skip over 'em at any time. They're mostly dialog!" #1: "Great, get me a young French director who'll do whatever we say, a screenwriter who hasn't written a flick in five years, and a lead actor who couldn't possibly be a worse fit for this 'hitman' guy. And go easy on the action scenes." #2: "Cool. Production starts tomorrow. The marketing team has the trailer all set to go." I'm sorry, but when you go to a restaurant and order, say, peanut butter and jelly, you'd be justifiably annoyed if the sandwich showed up without the peanut butter. You'd probably demand a refund if you purchased a cat with no spine ... and it would definitely be cause for alarm if you bought a porno mag that offered only two naked pictures. But when it comes to Hollywood action pics, we're completely inured to the scam by now: Generate just enough flashy action to fill a two-minute trailer, and that's really all your movie needs. Once you get the people into the cinema ... who cares? They already paid their money, right? If it sounds like I'm annoyed, it's for good reason. As a big fan of what we like to call "mindless action flicks," I think I'm able to focus on any genre film's few assets and then make a case on why the movie succeeds or fails at delivering some entertainment. Trust me on this one: The only thing entertaining about the horrific Hitman is its powerfully silly screenplay, its crazily contorted narrative structure, and its unwavering dedication to poor storytelling -- unless, of course, you're a big fan of cinematic jigsaw puzzles, and you're dying to see what an unfinished one looks like. Based on what I'm told is a very popular video game in which an assassin kills many people, Xavier Gens' cinematic rendition is, well, it's basically awful across the board. As mentioned, the screenplay (by Swordfish scribe Skip Woods) is just as aggressively generic as it is patently boring. So the scene-to-scene dialog is one of three things: A) obvious exposition, wafer-thin character development, or C) clunky ADR exclamations that sound as awful as the hilariously inept dubbing on some of the foreign actors. Yeah, Hitman isn't just obvious and tired; it's pretty sloppily-constructed as well. Oh, and (yet again) we're held captive by a director who'd rather shoot in and around an action scene than simply plant his damn tripod and deliver something with some clear visual logic to it. (Everyone wants to be Bourne, eh?) Even a first year film student could tell that Hitman was once something quite a bit larger than its theatrical cut. Scenes don't so much a flow into one another as they do fishtail, logjam and bottleneck. More than once during this painfully simplistic 89-minute time-waster was I forced to wonder where (and when) certain scenes were meant to take place. (Wait, is this a flashback? Who's that Russian guy? Why are we in a dance club all of a sudden?) Editorially, the thing's a stunning mess. Hitman feels like twenty short films played back to back, only a few of the mini-movies went missing, and the projectionist is hoping you won't notice. A blank-faced Timothy Olyphant plays a bald assassin with a bar-code tattooed to the back of his massive, shiny head. (He slopes through the movie looking like a well-dressed Mr. Clean on downers.) And since Timothy Olyphant is probably best-known for injecting a subversive little edge into all of his roles, it only makes sense that here he's asked to play an emotionless automaton totally bereft of wit, dimension or personality. On the rare occasion when an action sequence does surface, Tim just squints and scowls his way through the hyper-edited mayhem -- as if he's as bored as the rest of us. As far as the "heroic" Interpol agent is concerned, Dougray Scott wields precisely two expressions: confused and extremely confused. To go into the specific plot threads would be pointless. There seems to be a through-line that centers on a faked political assassination and the ways in which our mega-bland anti-hero gets embroiled between Interpol, the Russian Secret Service, a frequently topless wh*re, and a mysteriously also-bald assassin ... but basically it's little more than "plot stuff" that you'd happily skip over while playing through the Hitman video game. Put aside the 3.5 almost-exciting action scenes and you've got a sloppy and practically incomprehensible mess of a movie. Toss the action scenes back into the flick, and things don't get a whole hell of a lot better. Game fans should stick with the game. Movie fans have much better ways to spend 90 minutes. ________________________________________________________________________ The movie is averaging 13% on Rotten Tomatoes. I guess we should have taken the hint from the casting of Olyphant as Agent 47. --MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 get that corn outta ma face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) don't care much about rottentomatoes....SAW is rated just under 50% while it was worth a lot more than that ! anyway, from what i've seen of hitman promos so far, this movie seems to be deserving the score. Edited November 22, 2007 by Ne0ViniT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Olyphant's face itself would account for -64%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 ^^ true ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 guys is im not there gonna release in india? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanak Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 For all you Futurama fans out there, the movies comming out on the 27th But you can watch it today here http://joox.net/cat/2/id/1875724 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amay Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 the golden age is out today woohoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouchyFever Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Watched Jhonny Gaddar..One of the best hindi thriller I have seen in a long time.. Deserves 2 thumbs up Definately not to be missed especially by James Hadley Chase fans.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanak Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 ^^ yup, loved that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 gonna watch death at a funeral and shoot em up tonight V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amay Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 its going to be paap tonight,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightySkate Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 (edited) Just watched Beowulf today. hmmm....movie was ok but felt bored 20 mins into it. The animation was top notch . I'd advise anyone to go see it just for the animation and not to expect a lot from this movie. Edited November 23, 2007 by MightySkate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DIRECTOR Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 (edited) just watched "ichi the killer" :shock3: takeshi miike im a believer amit recommend some more peace Hey, sorry for the late reply. im glad u watched the movie, it defiys extreme cinema for me. Takeshi Mikke is the godfather of extreme cinema. but also check out the work of: Takeshi Miike Chan-wood Park Takeshi Kitano (my favorite director ever.................... but most of u know him and a iconic actor. Shinya Tsukamoto ( sick........thats all i'll say, but more arthouse movies and hes also a great voice actor...... u all know him) Hideo Nakata (great work........ but tooo commercial for my liking) these are but a hand full of director. have all there dvds (back home) films u need to watch........ Asian and European movies. Oldboy (u must have seen it....) Battle Royale 1 and 2 (no brainer) The Eye (again u must have already seen) Audition* (DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) A Tale of Two Sisters* (DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Ichi the killer : animation and live action (which did u see)** Suicide Circle Kairo Ring Baise-Moi (not for kiddos)** Birth Of A Nation (sick....) Irreversible* (i think u said u seen it) Man Bites Dog (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......nice) Visitor Q* (u thought oldboy was mind f**k.......DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) DEAD OR ALIVE* 1 and 2 (no, not the f**king American flick......... this is the real f**king deal) SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE* SNAKE OF JUNE DARK WATER the three extremes* version 1,2 (DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!) HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!******* (HOLY sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) MEMENTO MORI (did a research paper on this film.....when u have it...... we have to talk about it) VERSUS (great film....... but lack of budget............when u watch.... u'll know what i mean.) BAD GUY LADY VENGEANCE* (UK name) u already know whos it by......... just magnificent SAVE THE GREEN PLANET* (hahahahahahahahahahaha) check out the films sam, the ones with the star are my personal favorites. Enjoy Edited November 23, 2007 by THEDIRECTOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 ^ you have any of them with you? V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DIRECTOR Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 ^ you have any of them with you? V unfortunately no, i had oldboy and a few others on UMD and DVD, but the cinematographer i was working with before has them still. which one did u want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 havent watched any save old boy V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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