3D Movie Experience

With all the 3D movies coming out these days it does make us think about some of the great movies that could have been done (and maybe still can be done) in 3D.   Whilst this list might be slightly bias to our own tastes it could be the start of something big….maybe the movie producers will listen to The Quick Ten and start re-producing some of the below movies.  Or maybe they will stick to what they know best, making bucket loads of cash.

However if the producers of Street Dance 3D are listening, please, please, please never ever make this shit again.  It’s bad enough in 2D let alone some angry teenager “battling” in 3D.  I mean come on people!

1. The Matrix – the first and original one only please.
2. Alien – I remember weeing my pants slightly to this when watching it in 1990 via VCR  11 years after it’s release so I’m sure in 3D I might actually shit my pants.
3. Top Gun – Goose dying in 3D, bad but Maverick taking down some Mig’s, good.
4. Die Hard – this is where our bias comes in but I mean you would have to be crazy not to want to see Bruce Willis bleeding and shooting in 3D?
5. Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back – The best one of them all and no Hayden Christensen in site to ruin a franchise with lines such as; “Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo.”
6. Saving Private Ryan – It would be a brutal watch but a memorable one.
7. Gladiator – We know Russel Crowe is a bit of a knob but Gladiator in 3D? Where is the popcorn and beer please.
8. Ghost Busters – Not crossing the beams would take on a whole new experience.
9. District 9 – This standout movie of 2009 would be amazing in 3D.
10. The Bourne Ultimatum – Bit of a wild card we know but for the raw fight scenes alone this would be brilliant .

Yes, Gym can Kill you dead.

From unrealistic volcanoes to human tornadoes, gingerbread mutants to ginger mullets, behold the most pathetic previews of all time. Forget the voiceover man’s subterranean growl, these terrible trailers are NOT coming to a cinema near you…

1. Eyeball – View Trailer
2. Dr Black, Mr Hyde – View Trailer
3. When Time Ran Out – View Trailer
4. Gymkata – View Trailer
5. The Gingerdead Man – View Trailer
6. Troll 2 – View Trailer
7. Bury Me An Angel – View Trailer
8. The Human Tornado – View Trailer
9. The Thing With Two Heads – View Trailer
10. Megashark vs Giant Octopus – View Trailer

1. Monsters Ball
2. A History of Violence
3. Y Tu Mamá También
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
5. The Hunger
6. Unfaithful
7. 9 1/2 weeks
8. Secretary
9. Last Tango in Paris
10. Basic Instinct

I can act, I really can!

It happens to us all, we sit there watching a movie and wonder to ourselves, “how can that actor possibly be successful when they are so shit?”. Well this Top Ten list looks at those very actors who constantly grace the silver screen with their below average acting.
Are The Quick Ten a little jealous? Yes and we must admit we have to give credit where credit is due because these actors are survivors and obviously worth a lot of money……but they are still shit actors. So let the bad times roll.

1. Orlando Bloom
2. Nicholas Cage
3. Jennifer Lopez
4. Hayden Christensen
5. Vin Diesel
6. Jason Statham
7. Lindsay Lohan
8. Hugh Grant
9. Ashton Kutcher
10. Paul Walker

The Usual Suspects

1. The Usual Suspects
2. Psycho
3. 6th Sense
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. Memento
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Se7en
8. Oldboy
9. Fallen
10. Fight Club

Best Film of 2009

Welcome to the very first post for this special little category of “The Quick Ten Recommends”. We aim to bring you the best of the best or worst of the worst depending on the type of recommendation.
So to kick things off we thought we would start with the  Top Blockbuster Movies of 2009 as voted and recommended by the team at The Quick Ten. The recommendations were based on a bit of knowledge, a bit of ‘cool’ value, a small bit of public opinion and a bit of…well just movies that made you come feeling like it was money well spent!
So lets get into it!!

1. Inglorious Bastards – Speaking with fellow bloggers this film is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. But here at The Quick Ten we loved it. Brad your a Legend! Buy Now
2. District 9 – Simply brilliant. This was by far the most original movie we had seen this year! Sharlto Copley had a truly remarkable performance. Buy Now
3. The Hang Over – I don’t know about any one else but we all laughed out loud at this movie. The unfolding of the night before was brilliantly encapsulated by the cast. Buy Now
4. Watchmen – Rorschach was one of the coolest characters we had seen all year. This movie did not disappoint. Buy Now
5. Zombieland – I saw people walk out during the opening seen hahahaha. I mean surely you knew what you were getting yourself in for? A great dark comedy! Buy Now
6. Terminator Salvation – Phew this one saved the Terminator franchise! If this movie had not been made then it would have been a sad note to end on. Buy Now
7. Up - A movie not really for the kids it seemed. But this tear jerker was fantastic. Buy Now
8. Moon – Sam Rockwell puts on a unique performance in this brilliant movie. Buy Now
9. Taken – Some of the best action sequences from a man over 50. Worst running by a grown woman had to go to Maggie Grace, what are you 5? Buy Now
10. The Hurt Locker – A good movie from left field here! About as left field though as Ralph Finnes and Guy Pierce’s roles in the movie. Buy Now

Home Theatre

So you have gone out against your better half’s advice and bought the biggest, baddest, home theatre system out there with enough surround sound to fully immerse you in the movie.  Or in most cases piss the neighbours off so much that they stop talking to you and ignore your mornings greetings.

But what are the movies out there that are really going to set your neighbours a fluttering and your ear drums a pounding? This best of the best list of movies works more on the immersion factor that they draw you into and of course the share amount of audio effects going on.

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Star Wars (remastered)
3. Gladiator
4. Top Gun (remastered)
5. Black Hawk Down
6. The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
7. The Matrix
8. The Incredible’s
9. Sin City
10. Bourne Supremacy

A Bridge Too Far

1. A Bridge too Far
2. Battle of Britain
3. Platoon
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai
6. The Great Escape
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. Apocalypse Now
9. Hamburger Hill
10. Das Boot

Jason Bourne

1. Bourne Supremacy
2. The God Father Part II
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Aliens
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
6. Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
7. The Road Warrior
8. Rocky II
9. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
10. The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Famous Ginger in the making

They may not have many friends at school, they may be the last person you’d ever consider breeding with, they may not have a soul and they may not be able to go out on a sunny day without suffering third degree burns, so in theory they should have been breed out of existence. However they haven’t and if anything, they are getting stronger, fitter, faster. Perhaps this persecution is the drive that pushes some of them to seek fame in the quest for acceptance. Here are 10 who’ve made it.

1. Chuck Norris
2. Queen Elizabeth I
3. Ginger Spice
4. Prince Harry
5. Nicole Kidman
6. Mick Hucknall
7. Rupert Grint
8. David Caruso
9. Paul Scholes
10. Alf