[XW1n5t0nX]

Seven Samurai. It is without a doubt one of the best films I have ever seen, bar none.

[ComicGuy89]

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Well, I missed today's episode of Power Rangers Megaforce... because I finally went to see Pacific Rim.

I really liked this movie. A lot. HISHE pointed out that they could have had the Jaegers fight the kaiju at the actual breach, but given the kaiju battles and the amount of damage taken by the Jaegers throughout the film, I think that's enough of a reason to justify battles closer to land.

Aye, that was a surprisingly good movie. I did not expect to like it that much.

[KRX]

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Aye, that was a surprisingly good movie. I did not expect to like it that much.

My brother said my love for it would fade after time. In all honesty, I think it grew.

[GoseiWonder]

I'm watching The Princess Bride for the first time ever. I like it.

[conundrum]

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I'm watching The Princess Bride for the first time ever. I like it.

Easily one of my 'top five' movies. The Princess Bride is a great example of a near perfect book-to-movie adaptation, but that's probably because the author of the book wrote the screenplay for the movie.

[Dr Kain]

Halloween 6 - What the **** did I just watch?! Sure, I know many have told me this movie is atrocious, but seriously, what the hell did I just watch? So Myers is now part of some cult that made him kill his sister as a boy? HUH?! And Jamie suddenly aged like 15 years in 6? The fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...? Oh, and the house changed again. In the last movie it had a Victorian-like tower to it and now it does not. Loomis' scars are gone. And his friend has been part of the cult all along? And then Myers decides to just kill the cult. Jesus christ, was this movie written and edited by an 8 year old with ADD? It made absolutely no sense nor does Myers' actions. He leaves the house to kill some radio talk show host and then goes back to the house to kill more of the Strode family. Why? What did killing the talk show host do? How was he in any way related to the Strode family that he needed to die? What was up with that ending? Loomis says he has unfinished business and then we just see Myers' mask and knife. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!! I'm giving this movie a 1/10 and that is only because it had an idea in there that might have worked if they let a professional actually write and edit the movie.

[Dr Kain]

Halloween H20 - Okay, this one was quite good and on par with the second movie, if not a little bit better for the slightly lower body count. I was expecting like 20 people to die, but I believe only 6 people did. That was kind of nice. Anyway, I normally hate retcons, but this one did it right and that was not something I expected. The only thing I don't understand is why Myers took 20 years to show up again, but whatever, the movie was actually well thought out. It is far from perfect, as it doesn't really have too much suspense in it, but it was a competent movie with a nice ending. I just love how Laurie is like "OH HELL NO!!" and takes Myers so she can finish the job. And why did it take 6 movies for someone to dismember him? They should have tried that way back in the beginning. :-) Anyway, overall, I give it a 7/10 and I really am unsure how Resurrection even comes into play given Michael has been decapitated, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

[Dr Kain]

Halloween Resurrection - Boy does this movie suck! It isn't as bad as 6, but that isn't saying very much. The opening was kind of suspenseful despite spitting all over the ending of H20 just to keep Michael alive, but other than that, this movie blows. The plot was stupid but it was the whole aspect of giving Michael a reason for being evil that really makes this movie plain about terrible. I also don't get the strength of Michael's knife. It is strong enough to chop a person's head off with a quick slash but it can only cut another person's leg? That makes absolutely no sense. Sarah (I think that was her name) should have lost her leg since the other girl lost her head. It is sad that the best thing about the movie was the ridiculously over the top acting and dialog of Busta Rhymes. One other thing that sucked about this movie was its soundtrack. IT seemed like the only music in the movie was the Carpenter theme and as much as I love that theme, it would have been nice to have had more music in this thing. Overall, I'm giving this movie 2/10 and that is only because of the opening and Rhymes yelling at Michael thinking it was a different guy.

IN the long run, I am glad to have finally seen the Halloween series, but none of them lived up to the original. Outside of H20 this series progressively went downhill as it went on as each movie seemed to get worse than the previous one. The original is an incredible piece of work, one of the best horror movies I have seen in a long time (yes I know, that sounds stupid, but since I saw the movie for the first time last year, #dealwithit) and I can definitely see how it started the slasher genre of horror. Carpenter was a master at his work (at least for a time, as it seems like he lost his touch in the early 90s) and looking back on it, I don't think there is a slasher movie that I can say is better than the original Halloween. Sure, the first Nightmare on Elm Street is pretty good, but between the two, I'll say Halloween is superior. Nevertheless, I'm going to rate the series as a whole a 5/10 just because that is what my scores average out to. If I just rated it based on the original, II and H20, I'd give it a 7/10.

With that said, October has just begun and there are still lots of movies to watch this month, and I just go this in today and cannot wait to revisit these movies (some i haven't watched since I first bought the Legacy Collection DVDs):

[Locke]

So I checked out Prisoners the other day. Jake Gyllenhaal puts in an incredible performance which only makes Hugh Jackman playing Hugh Jackman all the more bland. Although the film was bleak, it was gorgeous to look at and entertaining (if you can call it that) with all the crazy twists and turns. Sadly the way it comes together is mind numbingly stupid, it doesn't quite ruin the experience, but there were much more interesting directions hinted at than the place we end up.

[KRX]

I just finished Clannad: The Movie. To its credit, it was a lot less confusing than the anime, and it was decent for what it was. I think the anime was better, although that's probably because it had more time to develop the story and characters. I did, however, like how absolutely bananas Akkio was in the movie.

And with that, I've finished Clannad.