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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 09:52
Written by espen
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 07:52
We were only four that decided to attend this time. Perhaps a combination of
action movie fatigue and summer vacation. Anyway, the weather was nice so after a short hour at Isabellas we walked over to Ringen only to be interrupted by Adam that had to make sure the new and still shiny car was were it should be.
The theater was full even with such a tiny SMEx contingent. I am not going to say so much about the movie except that we got what we expected. And when Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis all join up in the same film one does not have to guess that hard about the general theme of the movie.
This is the second movie we have seen with Sly as the Director. There were real bad guys, pretty bad guys, normal bad guys and pretty much innocent bad guys and they all ended up the same way at the wrong side of heavy armory and tools. All in all I think this movie had the second highest head count in SMEx history so far. Only beaten by Rambo whatever-number-it-was which Sly also directed with a dedicated and secure hand.
Tags: guns, lotsablood, sly | Posted under Reviews | 2 Comments
Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 10:55
Written by minch
Sunday, 1 August 2010 10:55
Well another first this week, it was Russian SMEx! Oleg invited along a couple of Russian friends, and I was soon at a table full of Russians 
So this week we went back to the infamous Eldorado! We also ended up with very strange seats due to some glitches Oleg had while trying to buy the tickets, but they turned out ok and we did have exceptional leg room.
To the movie, well we were almost going to skip out this week because it looked like all we had to choose from was another Cage masterpiece, but instead, due to a lucky commercial viewing, we went to see Centurion. The trailer didn’t promise much, except it said it was from the same director and writer as Doomsday which I enjoyed so we thought what the hell! And it’s nice to have a break from the usual Hollywood stuff.
I enjoyed the movie, didn’t have to think to much, the plot wasn’t what I expected, and there was lots of blood. It’s kinda like gladiator but it isn’t. Had some nice scenery shots and I thought the actors were quite good, but I only knew a couple of them. I wouldn’t call this movie a must see but it was entertaining anyway and worth a look.
One nice highlight was at one point one of the female characters does something particularly nasty and some guy in the cinema yelled out “Bitch!” which made everyone laugh. But then that sums up Eldorado! Let’s hope it’s another long break before we visit that cinema again!
Tags: lotsablood, russian | Posted under Reviews | 4 Comments
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 March 2010 04:24
Written by Jeremy
Saturday, 6 March 2010 12:52
No doubt I’m going to win the 2010 slowest review award for this one.. I have my reasons but I wont bore you with them. Another week another SMEx, This week against popular opinion we decided to go and see The Wolfman. Let me get this over with now, most people did not like this film; personally, I didn’t think it was all that bad.. but more on that later!
We met up at the now famous Champoo (which used to be called Balsam) to chat about the weeks events, there had been some big announcements at work and tensions were high. We were joined by two stragglers that announced they were off to see Moon, which is without a doubt a much better film. We had our usual chat and a beer and we ventured off to the cinema.
Wolfman is a film which could have been great; It had a lot of good ingredients, good actors, good writers and a good premise. But somewhere it falls short. Generally the dialog was terrible and the acting equally bad. The plot was predictable to the point that I’ve already forgotten most of it. Even the werewolf, traditionally an extremely cool creature, looked like an hairy guy who minced when he ran. Though they did try hard, every second scene had something popping out of the shadows or loud sudden noises, its not actually loose-sleep-scary, but it will make you jump a lot. The locations and shots were also taken directly from the ‘scary 101′ rule book:
- Find really old manor house.
- Make it look abandoned / falling apart.
- Only shoot scenes at night time.
- Add so much mist that there is probably a new hole in the ozone layer.
Despite all of this, I still kind of enjoyed it. The violence was taken to humorous proportions, heads were rolling across the floor and guys falling out of windows onto spiked fences. At points it even made it to the laugh out loud level of violence and even though you knew exactly what was coming, I don’t think it detracted from the entertainment level.
Sure, this film is never going to win any prizes (except maybe some razzies) but then I never went in expecting it to. I cannot remember the last horror which even came close to being what I would describe as ‘a good film’ (don’t even think about suggesting Paranormal Activity) I would probably have to go back to the 80′s!
My advice to you, the humble cinema patron? Do not go into this movie expecting more than a Werewolf based blood-fest and maybe you will have a good time. Incidentally upon researching for this review i fell across this article and I think the youth of today are far more scary than The Wolfman was.
So that me signing off, I’m in America for the next few SMEx events, but at least i will get jumbo sized popcorn portions!
Tags: lotsablood, shitpie, Wolfman | Posted under Reviews | 3 Comments