Last night i managed to watch Full Metal Jacket again for the first time in over 20 years. Could not even remember it!
The story is about the Vietnam War and the new recruits who are enrolled to boot camp under the scrutiny and training of a rather rough drill sergeant played by the legendary R. Lee Ermey.

Various characterizations focus on different recruits but the main focus lies with Private Lawrence played by a young but talented Vincent D'Onofrio & Private Davis. Both of whom have different paths of revelations.

As with any Kubrick movie, it is an intense look at the life of these soldiers during the war and starting off slow, this movie has quite a lasting effect. Some swearing too!

If you like your cup of war or Vietnam drama, this is probably one of the best ones out there.

4.5 stars from me!

Due to the controversy of the new Ghostbusters being an all women team, I decided to have a look on the original two movies with Murray, Ackroyd, Ramis and Weaver. The first was acclaimed by critics and fans, the second one, not so much. Unfortunately I didn't really like either of them but I would choose the second one over the first. It was slightly better in my opinion. But I can't say it made me a big fan and I don't know if I have to feel bad about it. Actually I don't. I think I'll just stick to the song instead. Interesting was to see Professor Wycliff as a hotel owner in the first movie and Christopher Neame as a restaurant owner in the second movie. Also a young Peter MacNicol stars in the movie.

I may, or may not, have posted this already. If so, I apologize...

One of my all time favorite horror movies...



There's a remake, but it's not as good as they took away the mystery of the haunt by showing and explaining everything. But the set pieces they used are AMAZING.

In Love and War. I'm a sucker for these war romances. Only for the past two years or so, I really started to get into the romance genre. I still don't understand how people can like romcoms. Cheesy, bad acted... but on the epic drama side and the rare thriller, I'm usually sold. Especially when the movie is set during the war(s). I like it even more when it's in WWII than in WWI. I don't know what the attraction is but despite I like the war-era, especially the 40's, I think (or at least so it seems in movies) love seems more genuine during the war. Maybe it's because they love each other and know there might be a chance they'll never see each other again.

Starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O' Donnell and directed by late sir Richard Attenborough. Even though the movie was not hailed by critics it seemed to perform well at the box office. I like the movie and since the movie is based on a true story I should read myself into them. Ernest Hemingway seemed to have lived a life full of adventure with lots of travelling and participated in three wars: WWI, the Spanish Civil War and WWII. Mostly working as a war reporter. But on the downside he was manic depressive leading to take his own life in 1961. Also Agnes von Kurowsky (Sandra Bullock) seemed to be a very interesting person and was a nurse during both world wars. Interesting is that she was seven years older than he was.

I recommend the movie.

Had just seen another one with Sandy. Premonition, another panned by critics film about a woman who starts to experience her days of the week in a wrong order after moving into a house. She wakes up one day receiving the news that her husband died in a car accident, the next day he's drinking coffee in the kitchen. The next day, he's dead again and she meets people she never met before but they seem to know her. Now it's up to her and figure out what will happen when and how she can prevent it from happening.

The movie is not that bad really. Bullock did worse movies than this but what I like about her is that she seems so down to earth and normal and above all she does her best. Also this movie has a great love theme which you can hear here.

I completely forgot about this movie... XD Such a great movie because it merges both worlds of hockey and figure skating into one pretty dang funny romance movie.

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I remember the Cutting Edge. It was a fun movie. Loved D.B. Sweeney in it too. Very underrated actor IMO. Although he starred in Harsh Realm, the TV series created by Chris Carter about a soldier who is thrown into a virtual world in order to stop a dictator.

I remember they also made a Cutting Edge 2. But it was a direct to video release with none of the stars reprising their roles.

There's been several Cutting Edge movies, but none of them really beat the first one. It's been a LOOONG time since I watched it, but now that I'm older, I actually understand what's going on. XD

Well thanks to you I ended up watching Cutting Edge last night & loved watching it again!

Last night been to Lights Out. Nice scary movie with a simple basic concept. You dare to turn the lights out?


Interesting note: that's the house from the movie Ouija. I had this slight déjà vu feeling but couldn't place it but when I think about scenes in the hallway.

Coincidentally, i saw the trailer to Lights Out on Saturday.

We saw Now You See Me 2 on Saturday. Tricked themselves by an unknown threat the Four Horsemen (Our famous illusionists) mysteriously find themselves in China! From there their unknown enemy makes himself known as Walter Mabry brilliantly played by Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe and forces our heroes to steal a chip capable of controlling the entire world's computers! And with all of this Agent Rhodes (Ruffalo) now exposed as an ally to the horsemen, is on his own mission to put an end to the presumed doings of Thaddeus Bradley played by Morgan Freeman.

If you thought the first Now You See Me movie was outrageous, better hold on to your seat for number 2! Its fast, ferocious, witty, funny and furious! 4 stars!

My only regret was not seeing Isla Fisher reprising her role. Unfortunately, Isla fell pregnant at the time of production and had to step out of this one. But the movie more than makes up for it!

If there is one kind of movie, I don't like it all it's these kind of heist movies. They're like 90% preparation of the heist and 10% of the actual heist. They're mostly big movies with an all star cast and they suck, they're not fun because you know they're going to get away it. Give me Die Hard With A Vengeance or Fast Five anytime but these Now You See Me or Ocean movies or Italian Jobs, I'll take a pass.


Saw this last night. Directed by an American living in Indonesia. The movie has an interesting backstory. The sequel released last year: The Raid 2 Berandal was supposed to be the actual movie but was considered too expensive so the writer/director first made The Raid Redemption. Like the first Die Hard set in a skyscraper. Rookie cop, Rama and his team are about to bust in the skyscraper to find a crimelord who owns the building and has his army of killers, rapists, thiefs and other kinds of lowlife living in the apartments. Though it is a covert operation, they can't call for back-up and the cops get eventually trapped in the building with only way to go... up. The team easily gets decimated until Rama is pretty much on his own and than it's your basically one against all concept. What follows is the typical stuff these kind of movies are made of. Gunfights and fights. Since this is an Indonesian film and this trailer shows it's martial-arts. And I think we even get all the styles considering the amount of fighting. I have rarely seen this kind of fighting in a movie. Forget the glorified fighting of Jackie Chan. This is what Bruce Lee did in the 60's-70's and Jet Li did in Lethal Weapon 4. This is not glorified fighting this is your basic raw old school hardcore fighting. That final fight really takes the cake. I really recommend it if you like these kind of action movies and if you can take this one, I dare you to watch the sequel.

I actually own both Raid movies in a special edition steel book. Gareth Evans (Director) is planning a Raid 3 too. But states we will have to wait for it.

If you enjoy his Raid movies, give his first movie a go too. Called Merantau.

I have to emphasize that your comment on Now You See Me is incorrect. The great thing about the sequel is that there was no 90% planning 10% heist plot at all. It was a story with a twist and more than makes up for any kinds of movies you might think it is. IMHO, the movie was well crafted and interesting enough to keep the audience entertained.

It's understandable. The Raid 2 is barely two years old. So it won't hurt to wait a couple of years. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Forrest Gump was the latest. A nice movie but not great in my opinion. I don't know what it was because storywise and Tom Hanks' performance was great. Maybe the long run and pace was the problem.

Meanwhile I found this heartwarming trailer.

Got my chance to finally witness the new Captain America on Saturday and i have to admit that i really enjoyed it!

The third entry in the Captain America series and what seems like the 10th in the Marvel shared universe pits our heroes to a new challenge that ultimately divides them among opinion when the government tries to implement a new requirement forcing all vigilantes to accept responsibility after the Avengers caused huge loss in the last Avengers movie.

Captain America believes heroes should remain free to defend humanity. Iron Man disagrees. This causes the rest of the heroes to pick a side and soon, a battle commences.

Aside from the obvious war between the heroes, there were a lot of side stories that took place in order to move the characterization forward. One would honestly debate whether this movie was too crowded with characters and storylines to which it was but miraculously didnt feel that way to me.

Lots of nice surprises included was Chadwick Boseman's introduction as Black Panther (Cant wait for the movie in 2018!), Ant Man & Spider Man! It was all fun.

Some shocking revelations also came to being ultimately opening new doors in the direction Marvel wishes to take their epic.

It was not Oscar material but it was a well crafted super hero action movie and if thats your cup of tea, this is one of the best. 4 stars!

Last movies I've seen was Only The Brave. A war movie about Japanese/American soldiers fighting in France. The 100th/442nd regiment has to rescue a bunch of Texan soldiers that are considered lost out of the woods. They succeed but at a very high cost. This movie was written and directed by Lane Nishikawa who also played the lead in the movie. This is the kind of drama I like the most. He also give his fellow characters enough screentime to introduce themselves and to show where they came from before the war.

Second one was Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom. Now that I have an autograph of Ke Huy Quan, I figured why not watching it again. It's been at least two years now. Such a guilty pleasure and fun trip. The darkest out of four and my most favourite as a kid. This was the closest I got to a horror movie as a kid. Some of the stuff they did they would never make now. Like that lovely dinner or and in my opinion one of the best scenes if not the best one ever or at least in Indiana Jones... the sacrifice scene. That was a cinematic bomb! If this was done now, they wouldn't get away with it. And what a build up it was. There was chanting and the tolling of the bell. Mola Ram's slowly stepping towards the sacrifice and speaking out magical words and than rips out his heart and than they lower him into the lavapit. You want a trap Mac can't escape that's it. You're trapped inside an iron cage that's being lowered towards lava and you can't move. You see the lava coming closer and there's no way out. That's quite brutal, so no wonder PG-13 came to life. Even if it was PG-13, this should've been rated R. Only Spielberg gets away with it.

And last one I've seen was Aliens. Also because Lance Henriksen had signed my dvd box. I didn't remember much but I was a little surprised his role wasn't that big in the movie which lasted over 2,5 hours.

In the past week I've seen the other Indiana Jones movies as well. It sure has got my interest back in the character. I've been at TheRaider.net all day and sure plan to read the books again too.

Any of you actually ever heard of The Librarian? I just saw the Curse of the Judas Chalice. I've seen the dvd's in the stores a couple of times but never saw one until I recorded one from tv. It was the third movie apparently. But it was light, funny and fun to watch actually for a made for tv-movie. With Nathan Drake's rule coming to an end in the games, the return of Lara Croft, Indiana Jones coming back on the big screen in 2019 (still three years) it looks like Flynn Carson does it on tv going on adventures like Indy while working in a special library functioning as a special storage for all kinds of artefacts. Including the ones sought by Indy such as the Ark of the Covenant. Produced by Dean Devlin, this seems like his Indiana Jones project. Three movies followed by a tv-series. There even was a nod to MacGyver if you will since he had to pull off a MacGyverism to escape the cabin of an ancient ship. Nice to see, I'll keep a further eye on it.

I know the Librarian trilogy quite well. Seen all three. It continues in the TV series the Librarians. But yes. It is quite campy compared to Indiana Jones.

Another trilogy of Indy rip offs is the Jack Hunter series. Super cheesy and a blatant rip off.

Well, some 20 years late! I was finally shown Independence day on DVD the other night.

Didn’t it take ages and ages to finally get going? Def. a case of boredom nearly setting in before it finally started to get interesting. Then it practically ran out of movie memes to apply: cute kids – one smart lad, one young girl in pigtails, the ultimate sacrifice from a wrecked life that suddenly made good, bad ‘good’ guy, leader that finally got a chance to put the ‘boot’ in, good ‘good’ guy, heart wrenching scenes, fun scenes (not that I ever mind that combination in a film), scarey aliens, decent special effects, oh, and lets not forget……… a dog!!

Overall, a OK, watch, might watch again, but could have done with being a third to a half shorter in length.

I didn't mind it being campy at all. I'm glad it didn't take itself too serious and the special effects were kept to a minimum so it wouldn't look as cheap as it was which was good. This could've been actually a treasure hunt ep of Mac.

I've also seen dvd's of Jack Hunter. It looks like the Indiana Jones adventure genre lives on on tv.

Maclover seems like you didn't like the movie at all the way you described it. Independence Day is one of the best movies of the 90's. It was perfect in every way: the script, the directing, the acting, the music and to me has the most gracious ending ever in a movie.

Independence Day certainly wasnt perfect. Not IMO. It was a fun watch with the usual formulaic approach evident of the 90's with other movies such as Jurassic Park, Godzilla & Men in Black. I guess none had been done so dramatic before such as blowing up the White House which is why it became such a "must watch" film of 1996. But almost every review dissed it back then too. Will Smith was on the rise and this movie needed him to succeed. And it did. I would give ID4 about 3 & a half stars.

3,5 stars? That's even more than on allmovie. But I won't compare it with Godzilla or MiB. That's a whole other level. ID4 belongs with Jurassic Park and Titanic. Those were to me the three biggest movies of that decade for a long time. Now I even have three more: T-2, Braveheart and The Matrix. But I think you know what I mean.

No of course. Look, it obviously appealed to you in some special way and there's nothing wrong with that.

Like i said it was not a bad movie. But if you dissect it, the movie was a sub class sci-fi flick with the usual approach.

Even Arnold's score seemed a little too patriotic and more so is the way the rest of the world is perceived to be so inferior and archaic compared to the USA. Love the way they show Africa to be a group of native people strutting about in their animal skins.

The movie focused on your typical type of people and what their fate had planned for them. Even the million dollar question of how on Earth they managed to upload the virus onto the mother-ship. They had no Wi-Fi back then. So how did the virus upload to the mother-ship?

Oooo...a difference of opinion - that makes for an interesting discussion. :-)

OK, I might be difficult to please when it comes to movies. ID4 def. wasn't perfect, and it was def. slow in starting. However, I didn't turn it off. Will Smith always brings a certain fun to a lot of what he does and did so again in this movie and I have nothing against a bit of formulaic entertainment. In fact I'd rather watch something entertainingly predictable and fun that something depressing. I watch films to be entertained and to forget about the ills of the world for a bit. A bit of drama, a bit of feeling sorry for a character, the odd laugh and bit of poignancy and a triumphant ending and I am usually happy, it also mustn't be depressing/dark to watch. ID4 didn't do too bad it just needed to be a bit more concise about 50% mark from me. Regarding those others:

Jurassic Park - I've never managed to sit through it all - not my cup of tea

Godzilla - I've never seen it

Men-in-Black - the kids have watched it and I've seen bits of it - not hugely impressed - better for the kids I think

Terminators - I might have watched the first and understand the premise of the second I may have even watched 2 and perhaps 3, but they aren't that memorable

Braveheart - can't fault the production or the settings, but I didn't like the story, some shots were overly graphic and I wouldn't watch again

Titanic - I have seldom watched a movie that left me feeling quite as depressed and I absolutely hated it I would never watch again

The Matrix - seems an interesting premise and I have seen snippets I might even have the DVD in my stack, but don't recall watching it from end to end yet - perhaps I might yet do so.

Than don't dissect it. You're not one these Everything Wrong with this or that movie guys from YouTube, are you?

Seriously, ID4, you gotta take it with a grain of salt, just like with every other movie. It's a no-brainer.

I like Arnold's score but yes there is this America saves the world thing about it. Just as much as there was in MacGyver.

It's a little stereotypical yes. And what the upload of the virus is concerned. David linked his computer up the other spaceship in the mothership. Maybe there was a cable in the ship to link to the ship's computer and from the ship's computer he was in he linked up to the other one.

How does Will Smith know how to fly a spaceship? He said he was aware of what they were capable of. He only saw them fly in his battle and the one that was after him was well... after him, but he does know how to fly it.

This is where the salt comes in. And this is one of those movies that they just don't make anymore. It's all sequels and reboots now, thinking they can relive the successes from back in the day.

Slow in starting? What? The first twenty minutes it's a build-up. The big arrival (with great shots and music) happens about after 20-25 minutes. 20 minutes later it's the attack, 10 minutes later it's the big aerial battle. I do agree that during the July 3rd segment the movie slows down a bit until Smith returns to Area 51.

Than you won't get any suggestions from me. I just like the dark and gritty stuff. But I don't mind happy endings either. I just like to be shocked.

So do I.

My first big movie I have seen at the movies at the age of 7 twice. Yes, I've watched people being eaten by this huge T-Rex, a bitten off arm and two kids getting attacked in a car.

Seen at the movies at the age of 12. I was disappointed though but now I can enjoy it. This is also one of those guilty pleasures movies. It's so bad it's fun.

Seen it also at the age of 11. But I didn't like it. I'm kinda funny with sci-fi.

Terminator III marked the first Arnie and Terminator movie I have seen at the movies. But it was a lot different than Cameron's movies. The first two movies are pioneers in the action and sci-fi genres. A moving walking metal skeleton in 1984?

The only movie in this list my mother didn't want me to see. Of course years later I did watch it, mostly to see what was so bad about it, which is nothing. Yes, it's graphic because of the battles. But that's the story of William Wallace and his battle against the English.

What's so depressing about it? That Jack and Rose could never be together? But that's the whole point. Jack had to die. If they lived happily ever after the movie would've lost a lot of it's impact.

Something tells me you won't like this one either. But I look forward to your opinion.

I can kinda understand what Maclover means about Titanic being depressing. It's not just about Jack and Rose, but the whole scene of the ship sinking and the fact that so many people died. It was a very real event, and I'm sure was terrifying to those who weren't going to make it. Well, at least for me anyway...

It's a sad movie, all in all.

Me? It depends on my mood. Like my father, I've become rather picky about my movies/TV watching.

Jurassic Park, Men In Black and Braveheart are some of my favorites. But I always enjoy a good comedy too... like Robin Hood: Men in Tights or The Princess Bride.

I like the original Terminator, didn't care for the rest of them. Not a fan of the Matrix, not sure why... just never cared for it. 1954 Godzilla anyone? XD

I just watched Amadeus the other night. I remember watching as a kid, and finally watched it for the first time in two decades. Dear god... Mozart's laugh... XD



One thing I noticed when watching this movie was how Mozart is portrayed. I know many MacGyver fans find Lulu from Lost Amadeus annoying, but I think this was intentional as Mozart was portrayed the same way. He was an eccentric because of his genius, and portrayed as annoying and immature. Salieri hated his guts... lol

Jediferret, Re: Titanic, yes, that's it, not just the whole Jack and Rose thing, but once the ship started sinking it was just the whole death after death thing, the sheer finality of everything - just depressing from start to finish.

Amadeus - yes I think I've seen it, I recall the two characters, but it was oodles of years ago.

Me, I just like to be entertained, favourites (mainly) from the 80's included: Top Gun (my all time fave - lost count of how many viewings), Pretty Woman, Twins, Ghost busters (original No. 1), Back to the future, First Contact, Star Wars (was never overboard on the cute character side of things though), The three Musketeers/Man in the Iron Mask, Indiana Jones - most of them, for some reason I recall Logans run favourably (might have been Michael York), I think I enjoyed Blade Runner - that was less entertaining though, I like most musicals, Scrooged, Groundhog day. Nothing dark, Nothing overly frightening, Nothing depressing, Nothing overly 'classic'. I'm not that worried about the overall setting - sci-fi, western, chic-flick, adventure, modern anything goes, but it has to be entertaining/mildly humorous, poignant in places, oh, and a handsome actor never hurts. For some reason I wasn't overboard on one of the kids favourites - the Pirates of the Caribbean series. I've had a lot of fun with some of the kids cartoon films too, I liked Shrek (didn't expect to), and most of the kids cartoon Pixar type movies are OK to sit through.

The Three Musketeers, you're talking about the one with Chris O'Donnell right? I've watched that one a million times because I LOVE Tim Curry - he's just so good at being a bad guy. lol

From that time frame, I'm a big fan of the Rocketeer, which I've mentioned before and Clue.

God, I love Clue... such a great movie. That movie, along with The Goonies and The Burbs, were regularly quoted in our household. XD

Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Star Trek were all regulars in my household as well. Harrison Ford is a family favorite. lol

Speaking of Indiana Jones ripoffs, we used to watch the Allan Quartermain movies too. I think it's just the two of them? King Solomon's Mines and Lost City of Gold.

I keep getting The Rocketeer & Forever Young mixed up in my mind for some reason. Both great films! Amadeus is a very good movie, too! Do you think he really was that buffoonish? Quite possibly, his life was very well documented -afterall. But John Denver was also portrayed as a bit emotionally 'loose' in the 2000 TV film 'Take me Home - The John Denver Story'. This (apparently) incensed/insulted his family, that claimed that he was nowhere near that geeky, ridiculous as to what was shown.