What did you watch this week?(04/30-05/06)
Movies, shows... Let's discuss what we watched, please comment on mine and I'll comment on yours
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Judge Dredd (1995 TV): Last year I saw the remake, Dredd, which I found to be a good action movie and gave it a 6.5. Twenty years ago I saw the original one and found it to be also a solid action movie, no more no less. But as I rewatched it, I realized that it was way funnier and way better than I remembered. The poor special effects are delicious, the one-liners are hilarious and the over the top acting was perfect. I think the French translation made it all even funnier. If you watch it with the right set of mind I don't see how you can hate this. 7.5/10
The last of Mohicans (1992 DVD): It was my third viewing and it was as great as always and I still discover some new details. I can't say that it's Daniel Day Lewis's best performance, far from it, but everything about this movie is good. That last seen on the rocky cliffs is mesmerizing. 8.5/10
Y tu mama tambien (2001 bluray): OK , so the first few minutes of this was literally teen porn and Later on, there's a scene of the two boys jerking off at the pool, topped with a close-up off the sperm dropping in the pool. Not the kind of image I'm looking for but The goal was to provoke an they sure succeed. Then, if you stick with it, you're in for a little gem of a movie. Really. The main quality is that it feels so realistic and genuine. It's like the director just told the actors "OK, so do whatever you would do in that situation. Action!" It's the same thing for the background action. Everything that happens on the screen seems like it's just real people doing real things. When the movie is over you feel like you just traveled to Mexico, it's amazing. The editing and voice over were very original, liked it a lot. The narrator provides countless random off-screen details that you just end up craving for. Overall, it's very sexual but also passionate, it's a wonderful road trip drama that takes you on an exotic voyage. I wished it last a little longer and not just because I loved it so much, I'm sure any movie lover can tell that the ending felt rushed. It's too sudden, too abrupt . Still, I'm very glad to add this to my collection and will rewatch it many times I'm sure. 8.5/10
Warcraft: When I was a young teenager, this was the game I played the most on my computer so I was a bit scared of being disappointed going into this. Fortunately it was not the case, as they represented the game very nicely, but the second hour of the movie contained some pretty awful scenes. Also, The main things I was hoping to hear were not there; the classic "Yes my Lord? Aye Captain." from the humans and the "shtruck dhart." from the orcs. It would've been so easy to just insert those lines in the movie. The acting was decent but the guy playing Lothar looked at times like a wannabe Leonardo DiCaprio. In the scene where his son dies in front of him, he makes the face I would make if someone stole my dessert. Then later on, he articulately explain his emotions by saying "i've never felt so much pain in my life as I do now." Deep stuff. Ben Foster was great and he's also a childhood memory of mine so it's always nice seeing him. What really made this movie was the more-than-acceptable graphics and the entertaining action. 7/10
I also watched the first three episodes of The ultimate fighter season 25 redemption. All the fighters were in past seasons and have a shot at $250,000 and a chance to fight in the UFC again. Up t'ill now it's great and promising. The drama between the two coaches is laughably childish. And it never stops.