Doctor Who Club of Australia

[meglos]

On a slightly different note, I saw Hostel Part 2 yesterday. Good, but not quite as good as the first.

[dave]

I think I'll be going to see Fantastic Four 2, just to see how badly they do Galactus (he's gonna be a column of smoke!!??) and how well they do the Surfer.

Oh, and to see Jessica Alba

[Ickabod]

[Speckled Jim]

FF:RotSS is, I can honestly say, 90-odd minutes of my life I'll never get back. Talk about your lightweight, half-arsed, family-friendly piles of tosh. In the era of Batman Begins, the Spiderman movies et al, this garbage is just unforgivable. Save your cash.
As for Galactus - the big interplanetary dust storm - being revolutionary and postmodern and all the other hilarious things various movie critics have been calling it - well, FF fans are going to be getting the torches and pitchforks ready. As for me, I just thought it was incredibly unimaginative.
The surfer's board was pretty cool. That's it.

[meglos]

Rise of the Silver Surfer was a bit lame, still entertaining I suppose.

[dave]

I saw Transformers today.

My favourite lines would have to have been when Optimus Prime said "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" and when Megatron referred to 'fleshlings'. Nice to have Prime actually voice his motto.

The battle at the end was insane. My only criticism is that too often the fight scenes were confusing, and most of both the autobots and decepticons seemed to go missing in the big battle at the end, between Prime and Megatron. Apart from that though, it was a great film.

Fans of the cartoon should be happy. Unfortunately, Prime does have a mouth, but that's minor. Go see this film, if you want to see giant robot battles. Awesome.

[Speckled Jim]

I've just leafed through this impressively long-running thread and seen no mention of Children of Men. I hired it out last weekend and was completely blown away; it was so good I watched it again as soon as I woke up the next day. It's stunning on so many levels.
Alfonso Cuaron is the director of the age, in my opinion. The Prestige was my movie of the year until I saw CoM. Those one-shot scenes - the car chase, and Clive Owen's charge through the warzone into the building at the end of the film - had me on the edge of my seat. Truly revolutionary filmmaking.
And what a cast - Owen is awesome, Michael Caine plays his finest part for ages, and even the smaller roles, like John Huston, are cast perfectly.
In my opinion this is the best sci fi film since Bladerunner. Infact, it's the Bladerunner of the new millennium.
I could bang on about its existential nature, the amazing sociological philosophy behind it and the authenticity of its dystopian vision, but I may start foaming at the mouth. I'd be interested to hear what other people thought of it.

[dave]

I loved Children of Men, and agree with you that it was an outstanding sci-fi film. So many things to like about it, and so many scary visuals - it created a dystopian world very well. Dunno if I think it's the new Bladerunner, but it is an excellent film.

[Sulp Niar]

Good old Alfonso was also the first person to make the Harry Potter movies... well... worth watching. Surely the feat of getting Daniel Radcliffe to act is an achievement well worth celebrating.

[Ickabod]

CoM was brillant.....loved it (and I'm a female.well last time I looked I was ) and The Prestige.........great great movie........actors were yummmmmmmm and the storyline was good too....OMG! David Bowie looked sooooo different....but couldn't hide his eyes

[charlie]

Transformers was alot better than I thought it would be. Minimal involvement from the kids and that large lad wasnt there except a few shots. But then I dont know anything about transformers. Felt as though it was a bit squashed though. Maybe it should have been a double feature. No trilogy though. Speaking of which how disappointing was spiderman 3?
The only problem I had with transformers was how megatron instantly could speak eng once he defrosted, but I guess he'd be in constant contact with his subjects so they could have transmitted it or something. And I hated the sense of humour in the film. But other than that it was great.

You have to see Snow Falling on Cedars.

[Ickabod]

Snow Falling on Cedars

it's always out at my videoshop and they only have one copy

[Theta Sigma]

A couple of days ago I saw a movie poster at a local cinema and the poster is that of a new movie version of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Here is the IMDb entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952640/

I guess it was inevitable.

[Theta Sigma]

Mysterious Cities of Gold coming to the big screen:
http://movie-plus.com/projects/movie/gold.html

[Theta Sigma]

Saw Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium yesterday and people who are intending to see it I should tell you that there is a extra scene towards the end of the end credits, therefore you have sit through the end credits to see it.

Hadn't intended to see it until I read a review of it from Andiee Paviour of Who Magazine in which she said:
"Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a Tardis of a retail outlet where the impossible is a daily event." Therefore I decided this description was a good enough reason for me to see it.

The film is very melancholic and there is hardly any excitement but I have decided to give this a pass grade due to the performance of Natalie Portman as Molly Mahoney.

However I not really sure whether to be satisfy with the ending.

Also here is the trailer for The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIR9dAZRR0

[Theta Sigma]

Saw Gosford Park just shown on 7.

For a murder mystery this was dull and it is way too long that I really did not care on whodunnit and why.

[KnottyEmily]

[dave]

Although I know I shouldn't be, I'm really looking forward to Iron Man. It's probably going to be exceptionally bad, but Robert Downey Jr looks like he was born to play Tony Stark, and I'll be going just to see his performance.

The trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgzIM-9lfA

[arturo]

No matter how bad Iron Man is it can't be anywhere near as bad as Electra and Daredevil. Electra was so bad that I kept saying wouldn't it be funny if..... only to have my predictions come true. I have never seen anything so predictable or awful. (Not to mention the car crash of the 90's Captain America).

Early buzz is very positive and the trailer certainy has me keen to , + the runours of characters and cameos to link it to the forthcoming Incredible Hulk movie.

[Theta Sigma]

Saw Cloverfield a few hours ago and it had me at the edge of my seat seeing things unfold.