2004 Film List - Page 5

Matt Stone · 04-17-2004, 02:03 AM

Updated with The Punisher (**/*****) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (*****/*****).

ZacharyTait · 04-17-2004, 10:45 PM

Updated my list with Hellboy (***/****)

Seth Paxton · 04-18-2004, 02:16 AM

Kill Bill Vol. 2
9 of 10
Review in the official thread. Great film.

Brook K · 04-18-2004, 11:47 AM

Dawn of the Dead: Much as I want to see KB2 and Dogville, this is down to one late night showing at the local theaters so I had to take my last chance to see big screen zombie action. And unlike the TCM remake, I was not disappointed. From almost the very beginning the filmmakers captured the proper atmosphere and hit all the right notes. The widescreen city shots, as CGI looking as they were, allow us to see the world going to Hell in a way that Romero's budget wouldn't allow. This is the first time the fast-moving zombies really worked for me. We can clearly see that standing and fighting is not an option for humanity and how quickly the zombies could overwhelm us. Even more impressively, the film allows us to experience the human and psychological costs of what is transpiring in ways that the vast majority of modern horror films don't take the time to do.

I only wish it had taken a bit more time with this and allowing for a greater passage of time within the film. It is a bit too rushed. I know many liked the tightness of the remake, but I admire the way Romero allows time for the human drama to take precedence over the more overt horror/action elements. Still, I was very surprised with how good this turned out to be (groovy Tom Savini cameo too!), and will likely be adding it to my collection. I wouldn't mind seeing a Day of the Dead remake by this same group. A-

ChrisBEA · 04-18-2004, 10:26 PM

Added Kill Bill Vol. 2.
Great film, need to see it again, need to see both edited together....
Who else would love a whole film about Pai Mei?

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Matthew Chmiel · 04-19-2004, 01:39 AM

Added The Punisher (which was a highly entertaining action flick) and The Prince and Me (enjoyable, but highly cliched romantic comedy).

Mark McLeod · 04-23-2004, 05:30 AM

Updated my list with some recent screenings and posted my review of 13 Going on 30

Edwin Pereyra · 04-23-2004, 09:41 AM

Siddiq Barmak's Osama (Afghanistan)

~Edwin

Seth Paxton · 04-23-2004, 10:39 PM

The Ladykillers
6.5 of 10
Hanks is great and the Coens have written some strong dialog for him, as well as some other very funny interactions, but overall the film is rather unsteady and lacking in real momentum. It felt kinda flat to me, like a more stale version of the Burbs.

Of course it is the Coens and their stuff has a knack of growing on you. And there is enough quotable dialog to help affect that future reconsideration.

"I not quite sure I heard anything at'all."
"He brought his b**ch to the Waffle Hut."
etc

Jason Seaver · 04-26-2004, 01:58 PM

Uuuuuuuuuupdates:

Kill Bill Volume 2 -

- Works very well as a different movie from the first
Good Bye Lenin! -

½ - A sweet, funny German comedy that does a fine job capturing a moment in history from ground-level
Touching The Void -

- Solid true-life adventure
The Ladykillers -

¾ - For all this movie's faults, it does let Tom Hanks cut loose
The Whole Ten Yards -

¾ - Not the disaster I feared, but not up to the first (which, come to think of it, was also not the disaster I'd feared)
Man On Fire -

½ - Just goes through the motions whenever Dakota Fanning isn't around