I love it too. The first Jurassic Park is still great. The sequels suffer from the law of diminishing returns though.

I think it's increadible what CGI was capable of 16 years ago, when most recent films dont even reach that level!

I think there is a difference between using CGI in a subtle/effective way and just using it as a tool if you don't have a story/reason for making a film. If you look closely at the T Rex scene in JP (which is absolutely amazing and one of the best bits of Hollywood cinema I can think of) the blend between the CGI dino and the real half T Rex puppet they had has been done extremely well, it just looks incredibly real. They pushed the envelope in many ways, not just CGI but having an electric dino puppet been blasted by rain etc.
Just filling the screen with endless CGI created landscapes such as they have done in GI Joe doesn't do much for me anymore (I agree the first time it was impressive in the mid 90s). I sincerely hope it completely stops as it is just not impressive anymore imo, just boring and stupid.

Actually come to think of it. Compare Jurassic Park to King Kong (2005 remake) and you will probably see what I mean. JP is awesome and scary and well thought out, King Kong is such a load of shit and it is just stupid.

the thing is, you gotta know where to stop. CGI was way more complicated in 1993, so they only used it where they couldnt use puppets, and even there only in a way that it helps the story, not that it becomes the story.
While today it seems many moviemakers just wanna show off what they can do with CGI, and that becomes inredibly annoying. (-> anyone remember Jar Jar Binks?)

Rocky 3: Eye of the Tiger

Yes, it is actually a very good movie, one of the best ones that I have seen lately.

Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds
One of the best flicks this year hands down. The bad guy is one of the scariest bad guys ever. Fantastic acting throughout. Great lengthy dialogues, typical Tarantino. Wish there were more movies like this, rather than the 2 second cuts MTV style CGI flick stuff.

Also watched a bit of Whale Rider on BBC2 again. Still great. Has it been 7 years already?, bloody hell.

looks like I'll have to go and watch it after all. I usually like Tarantino, but I'm not into war movies. But everyone says it's not a typical war movie... I'll see...

Transporter 3

Public Enemies
welllll, that´s been 2,5 wasted hours of my life :roll: lol
Johnny Depp is a complete miscast

Rocky V

now got only one movie left. That Rocky Anthology box was definitely worth the 20€!

Next. Good film let down by two things. 1) a rubbish ending and 2) Nicolas Cage playing the same boring role he always seems to play these days.

Dracula....

Tommy

Tina Turner as the Acid Queen was the best.

The boat that rocked

That's the kind of stuff, that got me into radio in the first place. Sadly you dont have a lot of people like that around anymore, who are really into it with their heart, and not just for the money.

(the movie even had a small Meat Loaf reference in it btw)

:twisted: Paul Nicholas as Cousin Kevin was the best :mrgreen:

"Sweet Home Alabama" on TV. I changed the channel after 20 minutes; should I have given it longer?
-Kathy

G.I.Joe - not bad, not great either, got to see it for free, so mustn't grumble.

The people under the stairs

scared the crap out of me as a kid. Still think it's a great way of telling a horror story.

Lesbian Vampire Killers.

Hilarious, in a lads mag kind of way, a film that runs from one-liner to one-liner and once it's finished you can't remember a single funny line in it.

Sounds like i gotta rent that for our next church picnic

inglorious basterds....good, strange and long in parts but worth seeing.

Duplicity - what a giant pile of squirrel poop :shit:

Are You Scared?

It said in the review that the end is unexpected, but frankly I quess the end.. I've seen a lots of films so the end wansn't that unexpected.. :roll:

And as a matter of fact, the film was completely rubbish..

UHF

Didnt really think it was that great, but I guess that's often the case with 'cult classics'.
Was still enjoyable though. The humour and random cutaways somehow reminded me of Family Guy, and I think Wayne's World might has been heavily influenced by this movie.