Last movie you watched and your critique of it

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2Lof_5dy4">Casablanca</a>. Here's looking at you, kid.

[XxSephirothxX]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2Lof_5dy4">Casablanca</a>. Here's looking at you, kid.
I saw you watching that on XBL and almost sent you a message saying "You are watching the best movie ever made" but it might have taken you out of the experience.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHwztnNrvmM">The Bad Seed</a>. Awkward to the point of discomfort in all the right ways and climaxing with the most well-deserved spanking in the history of film. Why don't we make movies like this anymore?

[~*~Celes~*~]

Jennifer's Body. From what I hear, Megan Fox didn't have to do much acting; she was playing an on-screen version of herself.

[The Space Pope]

Megan Fox didn't have to do much acting
Just like every movie she's ever been in

[sephireland]

The Stepfather: Forgot the two major parts of a Suspense Thriller. Suspense and Thrills. 1/5.

LOL, seek out the original with Terry O'Quinn, it's very good.

The Strangers. Decent 7/10.

[rubah]

The Exorcist

watching this explained a lot of what my peers always found scary I never understood before.
The beginning was too slow, and I almost couldn't stay awake long enough to get to the good parts. The good part was pretty good though.

[Dreddz]

The Host. Not as original as I had hoped but still a damn good movie in its own right.

[Breine]

Just saw Zombieland. So much fun! - I really enjoyed it all the way through.


...and Emma Stone is pretty damn hot in it.

[Rachran]

The last movie i veiwed was A clockwork orange

that is a very strange movie that has kept me entertained mostly from the pure strangeness of the movie

It has alot of gang violence and sex/rape scenes at the start which did a quite good job and getting me interested in the movie then it went into to a quite interesting veiw into the main characters mind whilst he is doing those things. I would suggest watching it because it is quite obscure and entertaing and he has a awsome english accent

[Shiny]

Amelie

Overall...approx. 7/10

Color...10/10
Cinematography 10/10
Lighting Composition 10/10
Wardrobe...9/10
Amelie's Haircut...2/10
Storyline...8/10
Acting...7/10
Amelie's huge creepy eyes...-1/10
Musical Score...10/10

EDIT: Oops, I actually saw The Uninvited most recently and that was a straight 4/10.

[Chemical]

Zombie Land
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Zombie Survival Guide meets Jurassic Park~ Western Style staring Evan from Superbad and a sappy love story.

[McLovin']

Zombie Land
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Zombie Survival Guide meets Jurassic Park~ Western Style staring Evan from Superbad and a sappy love story.

That isn't Evan from Superbad. It's the guy from Adventureland.

[Chemical]

Zombie Land
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Zombie Survival Guide meets Jurassic Park~ Western Style staring Evan from Superbad and a sappy love story.

That isn't Evan from Superbad. It's the guy from Adventureland.

Yeah I know, but the character himself reminds me of Evan from Super Bad.

[Depression Moon]

The Fan

I was just bored this morning and was looking through the guide to find something to watch. This came up on tbs I think and it said that Dinero and Snipes starred in this movie so I gave it a try. It was a pretty good film for me. Though I believe you can only give a real critic on a film if you've watched it at least twice.

From this watch though I really liked the movie. In case you never seen or heard of it it's about a man whose down on look with his job as a knife salesman. He's also been granted limited custody of his son by his child's mother. When things go out of hand though and he can't get a grip on life he becomes this over obsessive fan and of the famous baseball player that is played by Snipes and tries to do whatever he can for the man. My summary sounds funny, because I don't want to spoil too much. It's an old movie though. made back in 96. It was entertaining enough for me and I give it a hefty 7/10.

[Rantz]

The Proposal - No immortal classic, but cute and pretty funny. Feelgood~

[Markus. D]

The Last Sect

It's a little different from the run of the mill vampire movie, it's still bad though XD!
Lesbian Vampires turning woman into beautiful vampiress' while men get turned into mindless zombies XD! Decent laughter was had... and the action choreography is very well filmed for the budget. but I doubt laughter was the feeling meant to be induced...

[redxiiii]

Changeling. Directed by Dirty Harry himself and based on a true story, very compelling my retinas still haven't recovered from sitting so close to the TV.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivKphbSfN6A">花樣年華</a>. A pretentious bore and enormous let down.

[Wolf Kanno]

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Surprisingly funnier than I first imagined with a nice dark sense of humor that suits my taste. Pretty good acting and just an overall fun premise. May need to pick up the book that inspired the film. I give it, 8 whiffle bats out of 10 starfishes. :p

[Del Murder]

Zombieland.

The zombie gore was appropriately cheesy and the Bill Murray stuff was pretty amusing. The characters were ok. I didn't think it was as funny as I was expecting based on other people's reactions. I don't get the cult hype this movie got. It was entertaining enough but nothing special.

2/5

[Shiny]

Women in Love

Overall...5/10

This film should have been called, "Men in Love" because Oliver Reed's character and What's-his-name's character have a homoerotic wrestling match while naked and sweaty. Chyeah. This film was directed by Ken Russell and if you're familiar with him you'll know he is a crazy British bastard whose done other insane films like, The Devils, Altered States (which I have in my possession but haven't watched yet), Crime of Passion and Music Lovers.

But instead of watching this boring, Brokeback Mountain esque film, you should watch Rififi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048021/).

Overall...9 outta motha trucking 10.

[Levian]

Saw VI:
Not as grotesque as the last three, which is good. I watch these movies despite the gore unlike many other blood hungry kids out there, I watch them hoping there'll be an amazing plot twist. Unfortunately, this is the first saw movie where I've been able to guess the twist, so that was a bit disappointing. On the other hand, this movie answered a question I've been wanting to know since Saw 3, what was inside Amanda's envelope. I was almost starting to think they had forgotten all about it. They also answered my other question from Saw 5, which is what was inside the box. Yeah, I need to know what's inside things. I was so sure this movie would tie in more with Saw 5 though, with the two survivors and the building everyone had in common, but I guess not. all in all, not a bad Saw movie.

[Marshall Banana]

2012!


fofonda: They fly out of a PYROCLASTIC FLOW FROM A SUPER VOLCANO
jlnissen: xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
fofonda: RIGHT WHEN THEY'VE LOST MOST OF THE ENGINES AND ARE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, CHINA HAPPENS TO BE DISPLACED BY 1000+ MILES, SO THEY MAKE THEIR DESTINATION AFTER ALL
jlnissen: xDDDDDDDDDDD
fofonda: Literally.
fofonda: China moves 1000+ miles.

fofonda: And this the private jet of some rich russian guy who has passes to get in this modern day version of Noah's Ark.
fofonda: So he has dozens of cars in it as well.
jlnissen: xD
fofonda: And when the plane is going down...
fofonda: THEY DRIVE OUT OF THE BACK IN THE CARS
jlnissen: HAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHa
jlnissen: Oh my God
fofonda: AS IT'S CRASHING
jlnissen: I have to see this movie.

[Shoeberto]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

It really wasn't what I had expected, which was kind of nice - everything was fairly fresh, despite having seen a few of the clips before. It was very unsettling and creepy. The low budget really did wonders for it. Overall a very solid horror movie, and I can see why it's held in such high regard. I'm considering getting the remake but I'm not sure if it'd be worth it.

[smittenkitten]

Disney's Hercules

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Reaha/Smilies/hellokitty05.gif
Oh yeah it has still got it!

[UnzXAnime Junkie]

Dragon Ball Evolution

It is Really BAD My advice if your a die hard fan of Dragon ball DONT watch this movie you will be very mad causre they did not follow the manga or the anime

[Jowy]

Shalyn and I watched Up! the other day. I cried. That is in no way a movie I'd show a small child, the whole Ellie thing and all ju-SQUIRREL

[Del Murder]

9

It was a pretty interesting film and I liked it, but it was pretty sad. I liked all the different personalities of the dolls and post-apocalyptic worlds always intrigue me. If some of it wasn't so sad I'd give it a 4 but

3/5

[G13]

the whole Ellie thing and all ju-SQUIRREL

xD

I watched The Ugly Truth with my girlfriend. It was pretty funny. I thought it was gonna be a sappy chick-flick but it was WAY better than I thought. Funny, good storyline, some chick-flick elements but all in all a good movie. I recommend it.

[Dreddz]

Tapeheads.

Saw this on BBC2 last night. Overall its not that great but some individual scenes are priceless and pretty much sum up why the 80's were the decade to live in.

[Momiji]

Shalyn and I watched Up! the other day. I cried. That is in no way a movie I'd show a small child, the whole Ellie thing and all ju-SQUIRREL

I just saw this the other day too! I honestly wasn't expecting much out of it, but I absolutely loved it, and I'd call this my favorite movie of this year aside from Ponyo. Definitely my new favorite Pixar film.

[Rostum]

Angels and Demons.

Boring as fuck, and was just a bad spin on the whole Illuminati thing. Tom Hanks in speedos is just the worst.

[sephireland]

Paranormal Activity 5/10 was basically The Blair Witch House Project. Meh.

[tidus_rox]

Saw a movie called 9.99$ yesterday. It was a claymation... and everything about it was awesome. Well... it was a little convoluted, but I still loved it to death... it handled the complicated storyline well.

9/10.

[Wolf Kanno]

This Is It

Basically a collection of all the rehearsal footage for MJ's concerts he was going to do before he died. Quite excellent really. I'm happy they focused solely on him being alive and didn't turn it into a depressing tribute film where everyone talks about him in past tense. It felt like a normal behind the scenes documentary. The concert would have been actually pretty awesome, I really loved some of the specail effects they were using and the costumes. MJ still had all his moves and was quite impressive for a guy in his fifties.

Great music collection with beautiful numbers. It was also really interesting to see how involved MJ was in making everything a reality. I had heard he was a control freak but seeing him in action was a sight to behold. An overall, really good film. :cool:

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FYahzVU44">Precious</a>. Traumatizing.

[LunarWeaver]

The House of the Devil. It was made in 2009 but takes places in and looks like it was made in (on purpose) the 80's. It had glowing reviews, but honestly I wasn't that into it. Like 50% of it is a girl walking through a house and turning on lights and then turning them off again. I don't mind slow pace that builds up suspense but after a while it wasn't working anymore, then the "pay off" was not good and the ending stupid. Oh well :desu:

[sephireland]

Big Trouble in Little China on Blu Ray. Quality 4/5.

[NorthernChaosGod]

2012

Garbage, utter garbage. Typical Hollywood movie filled with explosions and CGI and not much else.

[Polaris]

2012

Garbage, utter garbage. Typical Hollywood movie filled with explosions and CGI and not much else.

I actually watched it yesterday and got a headache :( I gave it 5/10 for the CGI that were pretty good but it's the type of film it would do wonders hidden XD

[Shoeberto]

The Purple Rose of Cairo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089853/)
Wonderful and heartbreaking. Some aspects of it are weak, but if you're someone who likes getting lost in the magic of movies, it's hard not to relate to Cecilia. It definitely struck a chord with me.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpiUUFewhu4">The Girlfriend Experience</a>. Sasha Grey really deserved a better movie.

[McLovin']

Precious. Pretty uh good movie but it had no real storyline...just a year in the horrible life of a teenage girl but fricken intense.

[Black Magic Shopkeeper]

2012...

My response is apparently very different from other people.
I LIKE it.
I would buy it.
But don't get me wrong: The storyline is poor, the acting is barely on par to the quality of many other movies, and the CGI is spectacularly trashy...
But it was FUN. The silliness of the entire movie was just enough for me to giggle the whole way through.
Rating is moot.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmpIwJQLFw">Noriko's Dinner Table</a>. Let's be rabbits again.

[Jiro]

Love Me If You Dare (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364517/). It was fantastic.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQF68p7zns">Love Exposure</a>. The best movie I have ever seen.

[Rantz]

My Sister's Keeper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sIyLOm0Xc). Amazing movie. Heartbreaking, but great. Soundtrack was perfect for the movie too.

[Freya]

Land of the Lost!

I thought it was pretty entertaining. I love Will Ferrell though. It made me laughs.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQF68p7zns">Love Exposure</a>. The best movie I have ever seen.

It was playing at the Fantasia Festival (movie festival in Montreal) this year and I went with my friends. The 4 hours go by surprisingly fast. :D

[Necronopticous]

You and your friends are very lucky.

[Croyles]

Star Trek. Surprisingly good!!

[krissy]

love exposure
man that trailer
it is now on my list :choc:

[Seraphic]

I saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox movie and I have to say it is the randomest movie I've ever seen.
It was decently funny, I suppose.

[Breine]

Ponyo.

So wonderful!

[Bunny]

The last movie I watched was Picture Perfect because nobody wanted to watch Green Bay destroy the Lions.

The movie sucked.

[Shiny]

Sukiyaki Western Django

Response: Wtf did I just watch? xD

[Rocket Edge]

The Hangover. Funny movie, definitely worth the watch.

[Wolf Kanno]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

You can tell its a Wes Anderson film, its definetly got his humor and yes, it is random but in a good way really. The stop motion is off putting at first but really works for the film. The soundtrack as usual is quirky and works well with the film.

Two Chickens out of three alcoholic apple ciders.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQF68p7zns">Love Exposure</a>, again.

[Christmas]

LORD OF THE RINGS- RETURN OF THE KING!

BEHEADING ROX! :bigsmile:

[Dreddz]

Moon. Kind of disappointed with this one. Its neat to see independent British sci-fi films being made but this one just didn't do it for me.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQF68p7zns">Love Exposure</a>, again.
I won't settle till I have seen that film.

[Momiji]

Sion Sono's Suicide Circle, suggested by Jeremy.

I'm still kind of speechless at the moment. Needless to say, I've never seen a movie that made me uncomfortable. This one did.

And that's amazing. Definitely one of the best films I've seen in a very, very long time.

I'll be watching Noriko's Dinner Table and Love Exposure very soon.

[Shlup]

Last night I watched Year One and I just have one question: Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to make this movie?

[Momiji]

Noriko's Dinner Table.

My head hurts, now.

[Quindiana Jones]

Requiem for a Dream. Very good movie. Interestingly done in some points. Certainly a good message to it, and one that is very well handled.

Oh, and Lux Aeterna. Lux freaking Aeterna, people. Oh my gasm.

[The Man]

While I would never endorse heroin use, two of the biggest dangers it causes (risk of overdose and risk of infection through dirty needles) are direct consequences of its illegality; the former could be solved by regulating the drug's consistency and the latter could be solved by distributing clean needles. Requiem is a very well-made film, but it completely misses the point.

The last film I watched was Brazil, which I found to be perfectly made in every respect. Certainly a bizarre film, with tons of symbolism I have to confess I'm not even close to understanding, but it has a very good message and the way it presents it is chillingly effective. No surprises there since it's Terry Gilliam. I'll have to watch Time Bandits next.

I was very surprised to find out that Brazil is apparently also a favourite film of the American Right. This seems to have surprised Gilliam as well. Apparently they missed the numerous subtle jabs at big business and consumerism throughout the film.

[Momiji]

Love Exposure. The steep price of the art of sin and perversion.

[Vermachtnis]

Diamond Dust Rebellion

It was alright. Favorite part was near the end where Kenny showed up underneath a building and cut it in half. 3/5

[Rad Bromance]

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire

I didn't like it. It was too depressing.

The acting was fantastic though.

[Quindiana Jones]

While I would never endorse heroin use, two of the biggest dangers it causes (risk of overdose and risk of infection through dirty needles) are direct consequences of its illegality; the former could be solved by regulating the drug's consistency and the latter could be solved by distributing clean needles. Requiem is a very well-made film, but it completely misses the point.


Really? I thought Requiem hit that point dead on. There was a little fancydancing around the topic to fluff it up a little bit - romantic interest, amphetamined gran etc. - but the point was there in the end: this :bou::bou::bou::bou: happens because it's illegal. Well done dumbass government. Which is a point I can get fully behind.

[The Man]

I saw the film years ago and in multiple sittings so it's entirely possible I just missed it. If that's the case then I should probably re-watch it.

[Shoeberto]

Trainspotting
Very interesting flick. Sorta hard to watch at points but that really seems like part of the whole idea. It's strange that it appeared to have been marketed as such a fun, hip movie when really the narrative is pretty bleak. Not as soul-crushing as Requiem for a Dream in regard to its treatment of addiction, but not exactly a walk in the park. Very interesting film though, stylishly done and a pretty fascinating look into a whole different culture. Danny Boyle is really becoming one of my favorite directors.

[NeoCracker]

Paranormal Activity

I may very well be the only person to find this movie absolutely hilarious. I can just see this big demon laughing his ass off as he torments this poor girl, simply because he has nothing better to do with his time. And the fast forward moments the girls standing still cracked me up. She was shaking like a little ankle bitter who couldn't move or speak. XD

Though, judged the movie on it's own merrits, the twos reactions to the situation were very realistic, and the effects were well done, especially considering the budget. However, it failed in it's entirety to scare me.

I give this movie a 2/5, simply because the movie failed to do what it had intended. Though mind you, I've never been scared by a horror movie, so perhaps I'm not a good person to listen to in regards to this film. :p

[Rianoa]

Law abiding citizen its kinda wtf? for ages then its like woah thats a little cliché lol

[Quindiana Jones]

Also just saw Paranormal Activity.

Impressed with the creation of suspense. I thought it handled that very well. However, I thought the acting was somewhat sub par. As Neo's said, the effects were well done. Obvious and simple, but well handled and the actors supported the effects well. Perhaps the only good acting was when they were silent and just moving around looking at stuff.

Anyway, quite a good film. Nothing spectacular. Didn't find it particularly scary. Oh, and the ending sucked ass. Would much have preferred Spielberg's ending. :colbert:

[Depression Moon]

Orphan

My mother bought this movie from a guy at work because one of her co-workers said it was good. Turned out it wasn't. My brother and his roommate came to my house and he told my mom to watch it. She watched some of it, but this is my review.

The movie was very average. I was thinking it was some kind of horror movie, but it's really not. It's just an average I guess you can call it thriller slasher. I wasn't scared in the least. That's not the whole reason why I don't like it though. I was guessing the events of the movie the whole way through and it was pretty predictable. My brother's roommate asked me did I see the movie when I was guessing how the ending was going to be and I replied "No I've just seen this kind of movie a dozen times"

There wasn't much original about this except that the little girl was Russian and that's about it. The supposed twist wasn't surprising for me either.

Yeah predictability goes way to the bottom on my list.


4/10

[Bunny]

The last movie I watched was Adventureland. I was pleasantly surprised by it, specifically the performance by Kristen Stewart (not to mention how attractive she is in the movie). Jesse Eisenberg did another good job, quickly becoming one of my favorite awkward boys to watch stumble around on screen. All-in-all, good movie.

I also watched The Man From Earth, which, without hopefully giving too much away, is about an "immortal" teacher. It is comprised of a cast of about 7 or 8 people and takes place in and around the living room of a very small house. It is extremely dialogue-dependent, since that's what about 95% of the movie is comprised of, and extremely good.

Oh, and I watched Mysterious Skin. It is, without a doubt, the most difficult to watch movie that I have ever seen and I actually had to pause it at one point because it's just so damn painful to watch. Highly suggested though because it's amazing.

Watch all three.

Now I'm going to watch (500) Days of Summer.

[Del Murder]

Surrogates

It was pretty bad, but Bruce Willis was in it.

1/5

[Necronopticous]

Mysterious Skin
Great movie.

[Quindiana Jones]

Saw Watchmen for the first time a few days ago. NNNNNNNGGGGHHHHHHH! :freak:

[The Man]

I saw Children of Men for the first time several days ago and was highly impressed by it. Technically it was a very well made film, with an extremely evocative atmosphere that made the dystopian setting viscerally real, and I appreciated the social commentary. A lot of nice music choices too.

Apart from that I watched Iron Man and Star Trek for like the billionth time each. I love both films a lot and can't really evaluate them objectively anymore.

[Shlup]

Movie: Shoot 'Em Up

Review: ... o.O

[Christmas]

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete

Really like all the extra scenes! :kaoclove:

[Necronopticous]

Movie: Shoot 'Em Up
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[Shoeberto]

I saw Children of Men for the first time several days ago and was highly impressed by it.


Movie: Shoot 'Em Up
Both of these films made me a fan of Clive Owen :]

My last final exam was this morning at 10:00AM and I ended up watching three movies between then and now (thank you, Netflix Instant Watch + PS3)

Tokyo Zombie: It's a very silly zombie comedy. It wasn't bad - I was quite entertained the whole time, but I can't really call it hilarious. I can't think of many laugh-out-loud moments during the whole thing. It was just silly. The bar has been raised pretty high for zombie comedies thanks to Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, and this really isn't a bad movie to watch if you're in the mood, but it's definitely not destined to be a cult classic. I was also disappointed at both the lack of gore and relatively little usage of jujitsu on the zombies.

Matilda: A lot of times I find that when I watch movies from my youth that they're rose-tinted from nostalgia, but this one actually remains pretty good. Stands up well both for kids and adults, I think.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels: This movie was a blast. I always got the impression that Snatch was more highly regarded but I felt like this was stronger overall. The plot is so intricate, and the web of characters so complex, that I really was just completely sucked in. It's a shame that (from what I read) Guy Ritchie's kinda lost his touch, because this was really a wonderful and fun movie.

[Unbreakable Will]

The Prestige

This movie was hardcore suspenseful.
It really freaked me out that the other magician had an identical twin and thats how he worked his trick. And the clone thing was really smurfing cool.

[P4ine]

One Hour Photo

Well, at first the film had seemed like some kind of stupid stalker's film to me, then however, when Sy (Was that his name?) started to become mad about wanting to become a member of the family and mixing up their problems as a family, the film started to become interesting.

Especially the last scene with the officer is extremely intense. Great movie, just as expected from Robin Williams (:

[Shiny]

Shoot 'em Up was dumb as hell. I saw a Felini film called Nights of Cabria the other day and it was hilarious. The main woman in it reminded of the chick from Strangers with Candy.

[Shoeberto]

Shoot 'em Up was dumb as hell.
Dumb and awesome 8) It pandered to the same kind of tastes that 300 did but without taking itself seriously at all. I just watched it randomly one night with On Demand and I had a blast with it.

[sephireland]

Avatar 3D. I should state that I am a geek and in geek world James Cameron is a GOD! I was fucking drooling over this movie and though the clips were worrying the fanboy in me just kept on believing.

Maybe I'm getting old and I just don't get it anymore but I was shocked at how ordinary Avatar was.

The good: Special fx were mind blowing! Holy :bou::bou::bou::bou:!!!!!!!! Never seen a movie look this good.

The bad: No tension at all. Characters I didn't care a jot about. Blatant Dances With Wolves rip off (though nowhere near as well executed as that slightly above average flick) and a serious lack of humour led to a dull experience overall.

I suppose the best way to sum it up is to say this: All I could think of while watching was how good Jurassic Park, Aliens, Starship Troopers etc would look with this technology. 4/10. :( watch District 9 instead.

[Freya]

Meet Joe Black - I love the concept of Death being in the real world and interacting with people. It's a good movie sad :( but good!

Inglorious Bastards - I loved this movie. It as thoroughly entertaining. If only that's how epic it had gone down. Go Quentin Tarantino!!

[BG-57]

One Hour Photo

Well, at first the film had seemed like some kind of stupid stalker's film to me, then however, when Sy (Was that his name?) started to become mad about wanting to become a member of the family and mixing up their problems as a family, the film started to become interesting.

Especially the last scene with the officer is extremely intense. Great movie, just as expected from Robin Williams (:

Great movie! If you liked that you should check out Peeping Tom, it delves into similar psychological territory.

Saw Ninja Assassin last night, mindless action fun.

[Shoeberto]

Fargo
I really enjoyed this. The story was very unique and Margie was adorable. The scenery reminded me a lot of being home too so that was fun also. Overall just a really great movie, no particular highlights or anything, it's just overall a really solid film.

[Rye]

Was gonna go see Avatar, but between the price and the fact that it's 3-D, decided not to last minute.

Inglorious Basterds then. I really really loved it. Hanslanda~ <3

Was Precious really that depressing? I mean, it looked it, but it looked it in a good way. I really want to see that movie. The previews make me a little teary.

[sdm42393]

Twilight: New Moon. Nothing happens.

[Kossage]

I just saw two films back to back.

The Red Canvas is a martial arts drama about a man and his strained relationship as well as a big tournament on the titular red canvas.

The story turned out to be surprisingly compelling by juggling the two storylines about family and the tournament and mixing them together in the end, and the actors did a decent job. The fight choreography and cinematography are amazing; the fight scenes are mind-blowingly epic in a good way with enough lingering shots mixed with frenetic pacing to really get your blood bumping. The final battle alone is a highlight as the hero has to go through not only a physical but psychological battle as well.

What really elevates this film, however, is the score by James Peterson. I never expected to hear a powerful orchestral score for a martial arts film, and Peterson really delivered a beautiful yet brutal score that really complements the story on screen. The final, 11-minute cue titled "Ballet for Brawlers" is a highlight and it really makes the final battle epic as it goes through all the leitmotifs that the score had presented earlier in the film. All in all this film is worth watching if you enjoy a compelling mix of brutal fights and an emotional family drama.

Another film I saw was Gilda. The story's about a small-time gambler who ends up in a casino at Buenos Aires and his relationship with the casino's owner and Gilda, the owner's wife.

The first thing I have to praise about it is the sparkling chemistry between the leads: Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth really steal the show with their amazing acting and how they really elevate the love-hate relationship between their characters to an epic level. Cinematography is wonderful as well with slick camera moves, use of perspective and manipulation of shadows and light to set the right mood.

The music is really memorable as well with tango rhythms being played in the background, but the most memorable scenes are the musical bits with Gilda singing. The song that I really liked was "Amado Mio" which is definitely one of the most stunning moments in film history. The film as a whole is definitely worth watching if you enjoy good music, a surprisingly complex plot and film noir elements.

[Shiny]

Was Precious really that depressing?
Yes.

[Bastian]

Were the World Mine

Now before I go bashing this movie, I need to place a disclaimer. I came up with the exact same idea as this movie in 1998-ish and then wrote my version in 2001-ish as a rock opera. I never finished the music for it and it has never seen the light of day. So when I heard about this movie (via an email from a friend who said "Someone stole your rockopera idea!) and then told me about this movie) . . . I was miffed someone else came up with the same idea. But I tried to put that aside when I popped the DVD in and . . .

Okay. If you don't know about the play A Midsummer Night's Dream here it is in a nutshell: two guys and two girls are involved in a love rectangle. A fairy causes them each to fall in love with someone they were not in love with before. Hillarity ensues. The Fairy King and Queen step in and force the naughty fairy to fix what he did. The end.

This movie is a gay modern adaption of that same plot, but this time around the main character is a homo at a Catholic boys high school, and they're putting on the aforementioned play.

My first problem with this movie: since it is an all boy's school the director casts boys for the female parts. Yes, in Shakespeare's time this was how it was done, but this is NOT how any Catholic boy's school would do it EVER.


The main character is a homo who plays the fairy (hahahaha) in the play. He finds a "magic love potion" in the play . . .
My second problem with this movie is that NO SUCH POTION EXISTS IN THE PLAY! Bad, bad, bad screen writing to invent something that is supposedly in a famous piece of literature that simply isn't there.
The boy uses the magic potion to cause people to fall in love . . . but by some absurd coincidence, the first person each person sees is only that of the same sex. Come on! And not only that, it causes them to not only fall in love, but to adopt stereotypically gay mannerisms and lifestyles. And to suddenly spout Shakespearian poetry even if they would have never before been the sort of person who would have read it.

Naturally the main character causes the straight jock he has a crush on to fall for him.

So when the drama teacher catches on and doesn't seem to be surprised at ALL that there is magic afoot
she advises him to return everyone back to normal, including the jock he likes. He does. But what's this? The jock is still in love with him?

The end.

I HATED this movie. Of course, I'm probably mainly bitter that they stole my idea and defecated all over it, thereby preventing me from ever getting my rock opera produced . . . but thems the brakes.

Regardless, it's an awful movie.

But the boys are cute and the music is good.

[Miriel]

Avatar (in 3D)

7/10 - Crappy storyline, beautiful visuals. I thought it was solid popcorn flick entertainment, but nowhere near as good as people are hyping it to be. I've heard it compared to Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, but no. Just no. It was decent.

[Rye]

Delicatessen -

Finally saw this after meaning to torrent it for ages. I love Jeunet, but I was ambivalent because the plot is similar (greatly similar) to Sweeny Todd, and I absolutely detested that movie - it was the only movie I almost just stopped watching in the end from pure hatred. But then I remembered that Jeunet isn't some twat trying to get back his Nightmare Before Christmas glory, so I watched it.

This film was really great; probably one of the funniest ones I've seen in a while. The imagery was also fantastic, one of the things you wouldn't expect in a movie like Delicatessen. A shockingly good first movie attempt.

8.5/10

[Del Murder]

Avatar 3D

When I first heard about it I thought this movie would blow. Then it got some good reviews and people were talking about how it blew them away. I found it somewhere in the middle. The visuals were stunning at times but there was never a point where I was blown away or thought this movie would change filmmaking. The story was completely unoriginal and absurdly predictable at times, and besides the doctor none of the characters stood out to me at all. The 3D experience was pretty cool and it was probably what made it worth the money. I also liked the fight scenes.

3/5

[The Man]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.

[Shlup]

I saw Princess and the Frog! I really didn't think I'd care much for it but it won me over. :squee:

[BG-57]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.

Original or new?

[Breine]

Just finished watching Oldboy like 10 minutes ago. Intense stuff. Very good movie.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-AyD661tUE">Crazy Heart</a>. Great.

[Vermachtnis]

District 9, it was alright. Little gross near the middle, very actiony at the end. Watched with someone who'd already seen it and liked talking about it during it.

[The Man]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.

Original or new?The remake. I've now seen the miniseries and the first five episodes of season one.

[Rad Bromance]

Saw Sherlock Holmes today. Very fun and entertaining, and both Downey and Law did excellent jobs in their roles. Their bickering bits are quite entertaining. :D



Was Precious really that depressing? I mean, it looked it, but it looked it in a good way. I really want to see that movie. The previews make me a little teary.
Yes, it's incredibly depressing throughout, including the ending, but holy cow the acting (especially Monique's, incredibly enough) is phenomenal, some of the best I've seen in years actually, as it's frighteningly convincing.

It's a good movie, yes, but not a happy one.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

My first problem with this movie: since it is an all boy's school the director casts boys for the female parts. Yes, in Shakespeare's time this was how it was done, but this is NOT how any Catholic boy's school would do it EVER.


Since I've never been to an all boys Catholic school, I can't say if they wouldn't do it, but then again it is Shakespeare and you'd be hard press to find a play that didn't have female roles. Plus I think it'd be less embarrassing to say "Hey, I'm playing a girl in a Shakespeare play; it's like how they did it way back when" than being like "I'm playing a female role in Rent/Wicked/Hairspray/some-other-lay". Not to say that those guys wouldn't get flack for it, cu they still would, but that's how High School roles.



The main character is a homo who plays the fairy (hahahaha) in the play. He finds a "magic love potion" in the play . . .
My second problem with this movie is that NO SUCH POTION EXISTS IN THE PLAY! Bad, bad, bad screen writing to invent something that is supposedly in a famous piece of literature that simply isn't there.

Dude, the script magically revealed a potion that made the magic flower that he uses both in the play and on the town. So that part is not as bad as you are making it seem. I mean, the flower had to come from somewhere.~



The boy uses the magic potion to cause people to fall in love . . . but by some absurd coincidence, the first person each person sees is only that of the same sex.

Kinda the point of the whole movie...:P



Naturally the main character causes the straight jock he has a crush on to fall for him.

He's a teenager, so I don't blame him. If I were in his shoes, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same.



So when the drama teacher catches on and doesn't seem to be surprised at ALL that there is magic afoot
she advises him to return everyone back to normal, including the jock he likes. He does. But what's this? The jock is still in love with him?

I suspected the drama teacher was more than well aware what was gonna happen. They made subtle hints throughout that the whole thing was more or less her intent. Maybe not necessarily turning the whole town gay, but she was highly amused when Timothy first used the flower.

Same thing for the jock-boy, they had made hints throughout the movie that he was more-than-he-seemed or at least not as homophobic or straight as we'd like to believe. At one point, he does slap Timothy on the ass and a few other small things as well.


Regardless, it's an awful movie.

But the boys are cute and the music is good.

Wouldn't say "awful" but it wasn't amazing either. Entertaining enough. Seen better queer movies, that's for sure. Still better than some of the other movies I've seen.

Agreed on the last point *has soundtrack*.

Last movie I saw was Brothers. Was pretty good though it wasn't what I thought it was gonna be. Then again, the way my boyfriend described it, we both thought there'd be more melodrama. The last segment of the movie felt a bit too long but at the same time it felt appropriate after the fact. Worth seeing it if you like drama and something that is not too over-the-top and that is a bit slow paced.

[Bastian]

My first problem with this movie: since it is an all boy's school the director casts boys for the female parts. Yes, in Shakespeare's time this was how it was done, but this is NOT how any Catholic boy's school would do it EVER.


Since I've never been to an all boys Catholic school, I can't say if they wouldn't do it,
You'd be hard pressed to find a non-religious school putting on any play with guys kissing each other, let along a Catholic school. It's pretty much 100% unreasonable. Huge mistake of the movie Number One. And even IF somehow the drama department got away with it, you'd be hard pressed to find straight guys willing to play those roles, especially the straight guys as shown in the film.



The main character is a homo who plays the fairy (hahahaha) in the play. He finds a "magic love potion" in the play . . .
My second problem with this movie is that NO SUCH POTION EXISTS IN THE PLAY! Bad, bad, bad screen writing to invent something that is supposedly in a famous piece of literature that simply isn't there.

Dude, the script magically revealed a potion that made the magic flower that he uses both in the play and on the town. So that part is not as bad as you are making it seem. [/quote]
What if I told you I was doing a movie about someone who finds a copy of The Wizard of Oz and discovers in the old book a diagram to build giant robots to take over the world?

The reason why that's idiotic is because EVERYONE knows there's no such diagram in the book The Wizard of Oz. So should I write a script where a character finds such a thing, it would be considered a VERY awful device in screen writing terms.

If these people wanted to do a movie about some gay boy turning everyone gay, fine. But it has NOTHING to do with A Midsummer Night's Dream. And they should have left it alone. Or at least followed the rules set up in Shakespeare's play.

This would mean NO "magic potion" but the boy would somehow have to find the flower that Puck originally used in the play. This flower would not make people magically adopt a gay stereotype, but just make them fall for whomever they first saw. That's not difficult to pull of. But resorting to idiotic cliches and juvenile screenwriting explains why these film makers can only make bad gay b movies.


The boy uses the magic potion to cause people to fall in love . . . but by some absurd coincidence, the first person each person sees is only that of the same sex.

Kinda the point of the whole movie...:P[/quote]
The point of the movie is to rely on laughable coincidences? Better screen writers would not depended on the gay aspect and caused the love flower to create all sorts of OTHER interesting combos. It's just insulting to ask us to accept that SOMEHOW the first person each individual saw was of the same sex, thereby causing the entire town to go gay. Insulting. I require more intelligently written films.



Naturally the main character causes the straight jock he has a crush on to fall for him.

He's a teenager, so I don't blame him. If I were in his shoes, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same.[/quote]
Despite the fact he already had a girlfriend and as far as we knew, they were perfectly happy? Extremely immoral. But fine, that would make an interesting story if the main character had to struggle with his immoral decision. Does he? No. Bad writing.



So when the drama teacher catches on and doesn't seem to be surprised at ALL that there is magic afoot
she advises him to return everyone back to normal, including the jock he likes. He does. But what's this? The jock is still in love with him?

I suspected the drama teacher was more than well aware what was gonna happen. [/quote]
Why? Is she some bad reject character from Charmed or something? Why would any sane person EXPECT that magic is going to turn everyone gay? If she's supposed to be some sort of supernatural being or whatever, they should have developed it. As far as we know, she's just some weird old lady who doesn't blink an eye when magical stuff starts happening. Bad writing.


Same thing for the jock-boy, they had made hints throughout the movie that he was more-than-he-seemed or at least not as homophobic or straight as we'd like to believe. At one point, he does slap Timothy on the ass and a few other small things as well.
Guys can slap other guys on the ass in a sports environment and not have it construed as anything other than hetero. But I know what you're getting at. However, it's not so much that they DEVELOPED the character in such a way that makes it seem natural, but that they never contradicted that it could be a possibility.

Still, from a story stand point, I think it's cheesy and weak. A better screenplay would have the main character deal with having to give up the straight guy at the end. This was the easy way out.


Regardless, it's an awful movie.

But the boys are cute and the music is good.

Wouldn't say "awful" but it wasn't amazing either.[/quote]
I would say awful. It's seriously the worst movie I've seen in at least a couple years. And I've seen some bad horror movies. But at least those bad horror movies have clear character development and storyline pay offs and justifiable rules.

This badly written of a screen play would NEVER have made it in mainstream Hollywood had the characters been straight. The only reason why it got made is because we have laxer standards for gay movies.

I hated it. Vehemently.

[Shiny]

Jennifer's Body

8/10

I gotta say, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. Going in to, I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I knew since the writer of Juno was a part of it, I knew this was gonna be quirky. I'm a big fan of black comedies and this is definitely one of the more darker comedies I've seen. It had a few parts where it was on the verge of being an outrageous B movie horror with semi believable blood (blood was really red for some reason) and minor plot holes. Other then that, I thought it was really enjoyable and Megan Fox actually did a good job at delivering her lines. It was a funny albeit disturbing movie. And wtf was with the random girl make out scene. xD All in all, I enjoyed it right from the opener in jail and the opening credits where you see "Jennifer's Body" in Pretty in Pink text so it made me think this was going to be another teen movie. Nope! You're in for a treat.

[Vyk]

Willow ^_^ Still awesome. Its been probably ten years since I saw this movie last. Used to have it on VHS. I'm very retro and nostalgic, so someone got me the DVD for Christmas <3 Its too bad George Lucas doesn't know how to do "adventure" anymore

[Breine]

Into The Wild.

Wonderful movie. I want to have my own Alaskan adventure!!!

[Necronopticous]

Into The Wild.
Interesting. I just re-watched Into the Wild with Lamonda earlier this week.

[Marshall Banana]

Into The Wild.

Wonderful movie. I want to have my own Alaskan adventure death!!!

[Rantz]

Mùi du du xanh - L'odeur de la papaye verte (The Scent of Green Papaya) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcTca8foUsU)

I loved this movie. It was beautiful and inspiring. The story is simple and with little conflict, but it does the trick well. The gorgeous, exploratory visuals and wonderful music are the points of most interest anyway.

[McLovin']

Jennifer's Body

8/10

And wtf was with the random girl make out scene. xD .

Demon-thing 0/10
Megan Fox 0/10
Girl-on-girl 8/10

You gotta have something to remember this movie by to rate it!!!

[Del Murder]

The Blind Side

Good movie telling a good story. There's not much more I can say than that. Sandra Bullock was good in it and her accent didn't annoy me as much as I thought it would. It's just a really cool story and even better that it's true.

4/5

[rubah]

I only half watched these, but man, The Day After Tomorrow and Journey to the Center of the Earth (3D!!!!!11) had some awful science. I told my nephew not to believe any of the physics in Journey and if he had questions to ask me instead.

It was all I could do not to launch into the chemical definition of magnetism when he asked about the floating rocks.
you know, with the electrons spinning in the differently paired directions.. you know!?

Yes, I knew beforehand this would be this way. Didn't make them any less painful!

"the cold is coming down, because that's where the clouds are at"

[Moon Rabbits]

Just finished watching Oldboy like 10 minutes ago. Intense stuff. Very good movie.

Watch the other two!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111

Last movie I watched was Raspberry Reich. Weird communist political satire commentary porn?

[BG-57]

I only half watched these, but man, The Day After Tomorrow and Journey to the Center of the Earth (3D!!!!!11) had some awful science. I told my nephew not to believe any of the physics in Journey and if he had questions to ask me instead.

It was all I could do not to launch into the chemical definition of magnetism when he asked about the floating rocks.
you know, with the electrons spinning in the differently paired directions.. you know!?

Yes, I knew beforehand this would be this way. Didn't make them any less painful!

"the cold is coming down, because that's where the clouds are at"

You should check out The Core, where a demonstration of what could happen to the Earth is reduced to a flaming peach.

[Levian]

Ugh, I watched The Final Destination yesterday and it was awful. These people shouldn't be allowed to act, and the special effects guys shouldn't be allowed to make death scenes. Maybe they should switch places.

[Breine]

Into The Wild.

Wonderful movie. I want to have my own Alaskan adventure death!!!

I want the adventure without the death of course :P




Just finished watching Oldboy like 10 minutes ago. Intense stuff. Very good movie.

Watch the other two!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111

Yeah, I'm interested in seeing the other two in the trilogy. Especially the third one, "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance".

[scrumpleberry]

Just saw Zombieland - it was excellent. Hilarious and indirectly a very happy movie. I think pretty much anyone would enjoy it tbh.

[Breine]

Just saw Zombieland - it was excellent. Hilarious and indirectly a very happy movie. I think pretty much anyone would enjoy it tbh.

I loved the Bill Murray cameo.

[scrumpleberry]

Ahahaha yes that was pretty much perfect. I didn't know he was in it before I watched the movie so I was like WHO WILL IT BE HFKDJFDKSDJ and it was a perfect moment.

[BG-57]

Just saw Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be rolling in his grave and it will offend the purists, but it's jolly good fun, despite the fact that it characterizes Sherlock as a sort of 19th century James Bond.

I'm relieved that it maintains some witty dialogue and intrigue and not just mindless action sequences. I'm also a sucker for Irene Addler, so naturally I'm glad they gave her a prominant role.

It's not up to par with the Granada television series, but I had a good time.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.
The show gets sooo much better.


Willow ^_^ Still awesome. Its been probably ten years since I saw this movie last. Used to have it on VHS. I'm very retro and nostalgic, so someone got me the DVD for Christmas <3 Its too bad George Lucas doesn't know how to do "adventure" anymore

I've always loved that movie. I wish more movies came out like old fantasy/adventure movies.

[Bunny]

Sherlock Holmes was entertaining. Robert Downey Jr. makes my heart go pitter-patter and I totally want to see Rachel McAdams naked.

[BG-57]

If you like Robert Downey Jr. in a historical setting, check out Restoration. He plays a doctor in the 1600's at the court of Charles II. He plays a character who is at first self centered and dissolute and at the end selfless and compassionate, and I for one totally bought it.

[Jess]

Seven Pounds.

such a brilliant film, in my opinion. although *very* emotional. :cry:

[Raistlin]

Sherlock Holmes, and it was very entertaining. Not exceptional, but I also had really high expectations for it. Still, great. And HolmesxWatson is the most entertaining duo since HousexWilson.

4/5

[Momiji]

2012. Hilariously beating all impossible odds.

At least stuff blew up. That was kinda cool.

[Bunny]

And HolmesxWatson is the most entertaining duo since HousexWilson.

Same thing.

[scrumpleberry]

Highlander. I've been meaning to see it for ages.

So bad it's good. Hilarious and lots and lots of fun. Especial fun with accents and ethnicities!

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I just saw Aliens for the first time. I enjoyed identifying all the pop culture tropes and catchphrases it spawned, from the "They're in the vents!" scene to "Let's rock!" to "Game over, man! Game over!" I didn't even know Aliens originated "Nuke the whole thing from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

<img src="http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e200/grokyou/contra/superacmotheralientongue.gif" title="Get the away from her, you BITCH!" />

[Rostum]

Are you serious Kishi...

[I Took the Red Pill]

Sherlock Holmes - Too much action, but solid. I lol'd at the subtle reference to Holmes being a coke-head :D

7.5/10.

[Shiny]

Avatar

Predictable, awkward, visually stunning, tear jearking, and Michelle Rodiguez is a badass. Also, I think I heard Mariah Carey singing the song in the credits so that automatically brings it up four points.

7/10

[Marshall Banana]

Sherlock Holmes is great! I enjoyed it a lot, but I was turned off by the supernatural villain, so I'm glad that he turned out to be a poser. Didn't see that coming!

I also just watched Ever After again. Drew Barrymore is a bad actress in this movie, but it makes me squee just the same. Prince Henry is so cheesy and beautiful. :kaoclove:

[Shlup]

An Education

Beautifully filmed coming of age story. Loved it!


I also just watched Ever After again. Drew Barrymore is a bad actress in this movie, but it makes me squee just the same. Prince Henry is so cheesy and beautiful. :kaoclove:

Argh, it's such a good movie but Drew Barrymore and the prince dude were so bad! I hate them!

[Marshall Banana]

Yes, but his hair... :kaoclove:

[rubah]

I want to fly a dragon through bioluminescent forests and go entwine hairworms for soulsex.

(I liked Avatar)

[rubah]

sherlock holmes: 4 and a half fingernails out of 10 (pretty high score)

I've been all about the sherlock holmes the last few months; I've read the first three novels on my ipod, but for some reason, I couldn't get into this. I'm not sure what it was-- Watson was a badass, there was Victorian mystical rites (but no aleister crowley) and kinky :bou::bou::bou::bou:. I guess the premise of Watson leaving Holmes to his own devices felt empty (besides, I'm fond of the good doctor) and I did miss the first ten minutesxD I felt it was a pretty reasonable attempt to capture holmes's personality, though

[Vermachtnis]

I watched Sherlock Holmes too. I thought it was pretty fun movie. I liked the big guy, I don't know if we ever learned his name or not. And I loved Holems speech at near the end.

[NorthernChaosGod]

The Fellowship of the Ring extended cut. Pretty rad, I liked it more than the theatrical cut. Nice bits of story added here and there.



And HolmesxWatson is the most entertaining duo since HousexWilson.

Same thing.
Lol.


Highlander. I've been meaning to see it for ages.

So bad it's good. Hilarious and lots and lots of fun. Especial fun with accents and ethnicities!

I love that movie. <3

[rubah]

Allons-y, mon frère.

I don't remember Watson being so big into gambling, but maybe that comes later.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I can understand the implicit desire to flesh out Holmes's character beyond the usual cipher of flawlessness, but I think it reflects poorly on modern culture that this latest film reduces him to an immature, unreliable, unshaven layabout who's only a genius in spite of himself—like you can't sell a hero right now unless he's kind of hapless and eccentric and has mussy hair. He doesn't even play the violin correctly. :huffy:

Like Allison said, at least they didn't write Watson to be a <a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=210">useless tagalong</a>, though.

The supernatural elements made me nervous all the while, but that just made it a greater relief when they were dispelled and disproven at the end.

I would probably watch the implied sequel with Moriarty.

[BG-57]

Just saw Avatar in 3D, but not IMAX. Stunning film visually and fun, but man, are the characters predicable archetypes. I've heard a lot of comparisons to Dances with Wolves, and I see the resemblance, but I kept thinking of Dune a lot more when watching this.

[Breine]

Just watched "Once".

It's a lovely little movie with some good music in it. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[BarelySeeAtAll]

For some stupid reason, I watched The Ant Bully (I was ironing, and seriously had nothing better to do)..

..I utterly hated the childish little prat that was the child, or teen, no wait he had to have been a n00by little child..

It made me hate children even more..MINUS TWENTY OUT OF TEN

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE_ByB2ocVk">The White Ribbon</a>. Absolutely incredible.

[Levian]

I watched Rear Window and 12 Angry Men this weekend. I decided to finally watch them because they've always been on the very top of the top 250 on IMDB. I was pretty underwhelmed with both of them, and I can't say my expectations were super high. They started out very suspenseful and kept it up for a good chunk of the movie, but both endings left me feeling a bit robbed of a real ending. I like how both of the movies were set in just one room for 95% of the movies though, not many movies could pull that off!

my thoughts about the endings:

Rear Window was entirely too predictable, I was waiting for some sort of twist, but when the ending kept going in the same direction the beginning and middle pointed towards it all just got too anti climatic.

This one didn't even have an ending. Argh, stupid open endings. Stupid kid was probably guilty too

They're good movies, but not among the top 20 movies ever made in my opinion.

[Croyles]

I watched Rear Window and 12 Angry Men this weekend. I decided to finally watch them because they've always been on the very top of the top 250 on IMDB. I was pretty underwhelmed with both of them, and I can't say my expectations were super high. They started out very suspenseful and kept it up for a good chunk of the movie, but both endings left me feeling a bit robbed of a real ending. I like how both of the movies were set in just one room for 95% of the movies though, not many movies could pull that off!

my thoughts about the endings:

Rear Window was entirely too predictable, I was waiting for some sort of twist, but when the ending kept going in the same direction the beginning and middle pointed towards it all just got too anti climatic.

This one didn't even have an ending. Argh, stupid open endings. Stupid kid was probably guilty too

They're good movies, but not among the top 20 movies ever made in my opinion.


Oh man, I loved Read Window! One of my favourite Hitchcocks! Yeah the story is pretty predictable but so were pretty much all movies back then. I still love movies that play mostly in only one room.

If you like those, you should watch Man From Earth.

[Chloe.]

I watched The Hangover a couple nights ago, it was hilarious. I was pretty much laughing the whole way through. :lol: Loved it! :up:

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFaDj3mBCI">Sympathy for Lady Vengeance</a>. Adorable.

[Rantz]

I should get to watching that one, it's the only Vengeance movie I haven't seen.

[Breine]

Slumdog Millionaire - obviously a good movie.

I miss India.

[The Man]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.
The show gets sooo much better.
Six episodes into season two now. You're absolutely correct.

[Rye]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFaDj3mBCI">Sympathy for Lady Vengeance</a>. Adorable.

I want to see that, it looks good!

[NorthernChaosGod]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.
The show gets sooo much better.
Six episodes into season two now. You're absolutely correct.

Fuck yeah. :cool:

It wasn't bad to begin with, it was rad; it just gets really damn good as it goes on. It's one of my favorites, glad you like it.

[Shoeberto]

Slumdog Millionaire - Once again, Danny Boyle creates a film completely unlike anything that he's done before. I think I've seen enough of his work now to say he's absolutely one of my favorite directors ever. This movie was so wonderful, inspiring and heartwarming that I couldn't look away for the entire duration. It was just absolutely fantastic.

[Del Murder]

There should be more movies like Slumdog. James Cameron should have copied the Slumdog plot for Avatar instead of Dances with Wolves.

[Miriel]

Up in the Air

7/10

Huge word-of-mouth hype surrounding this film. Almost as much as Slumdog Millionaire last Oscar season. So I had high expectations and was a little let down. It's a good film, but not as engaging as other people claim it is, nor did I find it's commentary on the state of the economy and the mood of the general public to be super insightful. I did like the profiles they did with the individual working man/woman. I thought those testimonials were touching and realistic. I loved all the performances in the film. Altogether though, I guess I just don't think the movie matches up to the hype. Similar to how I felt with Lost in Translation.

[rubah]

Predator:
It didn't seem to mesh together for me. The concept was kinda neat, but not as neat/engaging as Alien, I guess 8)

(you all know what I will be rooting for when we get around to AVP)

[The Man]

I watched the pilot to Battlestar Galactica.

I'm going to smurfing love this series.
The show gets sooo much better.
Six episodes into season two now. You're absolutely correct.

smurf yeah. :cool:

It wasn't bad to begin with, it was rad; it just gets really damn good as it goes on. It's one of my favorites, glad you like it.

yep, agreed.

[Shiny]

I saw The Hangover a few hours ago. It really isn't as funny as I thought it would be, but I got a couple of laughs. Zach Galifianakis and Ken Jeong were the best part imo.

[The Space Pope]

Not a movie but I'm watching all the seasons of The Shield

Space God I love that show.

[Breine]

Slumdog Millionaire - Once again, Danny Boyle creates a film completely unlike anything that he's done before. I think I've seen enough of his work now to say he's absolutely one of my favorite directors ever. This movie was so wonderful, inspiring and heartwarming that I couldn't look away for the entire duration. It was just absolutely fantastic.

Yes, a beautiful movie (visually none the least), but it has some problems too. Especially concerning the Latika and Samil characters.
- I mean, what are Samil's reason for doing what he does?
- and, you don't really get a sense of who Latika is or why Jamal loves her so much (other than her beauty).

Still, it is a very good movie. India is a big part of that too.


Also, just saw La Mala Educación. Very good and sensual movie that constantly went in another direction than the one expected. It made me remember how much I like Almodovar.

[Shoeberto]

Yes, a beautiful movie (visually none the least), but it has some problems too. Especially concerning the Latika and Samil characters.
- I mean, what are Samil's reason for doing what he does?
- and, you don't really get a sense of who Latika is or why Jamal loves her so much (other than her beauty).

Still, it is a very good movie. India is a big part of that too.
Yeah, there's definitely some holes like that, but I think the simple beauty of the story allows for eschewing of those kinds of details.

[Breine]

Yes, a beautiful movie (visually none the least), but it has some problems too. Especially concerning the Latika and Samil characters.
- I mean, what are Samil's reason for doing what he does?
- and, you don't really get a sense of who Latika is or why Jamal loves her so much (other than her beauty).

Still, it is a very good movie. India is a big part of that too.
Yeah, there's definitely some holes like that, but I think the simple beauty of the story allows for eschewing of those kinds of details.

Probably true. It is a wonderful story.

[Shoeberto]

Avatar
I was enamored of this movie for the entire running length. A lot of people said the story was weak, and I guess it wasn't amazing, but it really complemented the visual effects well. The effects really have set a new bar for immersion in films, and I was happy that it was used for a lot more than just a gimmick. I didn't even notice the long running time because it drew me in so much.

I really think Avatar was successful in being a cinematic experience as opposed to just a film. I really hope this creates a trend for film makers.

[Wolf Kanno]

A little late, but I finally watched The Princess and the Frog and was pleasantly surprised. Music was good, all the characters were awesome and the plot was not as predictable as I thought it would be. I only wish it was doing better in theaters cause I really miss when Disney did 2D animation instead of letting Pixar do everything and importing Miyazaki's works.

[BG-57]

Not that importing Miyazaki is a bad thing. :D

[Momiji]

I saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs today, rather against my will. The overall movie was pretty dumb, but there were some parts where I laughed a little, admittedly. I fell asleep near the end though. Maybe I was laughing because I'll laugh at anything when I'm sleepy.


Also, I just now watched The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_tFNQ0ouHw&fmt=22), which I almost bought the DVD of today. Now I'm glad I used a different method to watch it, since I'll be getting the special edition instead of the standard edition, because it was fantastic.

[Araciel]

Sherlock Holmes.

Good gods why did I pay?!

[Bastian]

The Fountain.

Amazing.

[rubah]

Whisper of the Heart:

I got teary when everyone was playing Country Roads :x very pretty~

[Necronopticous]

Whisper of the Heart:

I got teary when everyone was playing Country Roads :x very pretty~
That is one incredible film. Pretty much any passing reminder of Yoshifumi Kondo makes me teary.

[Bastian]

Whisper of the Heart:

I got teary when everyone was playing Country Roads :x very pretty~
Love love love that movie . . . but hate that song. I just watched The Cat Returns for the first time last month! Wonderful!

[BG-57]

Hard to go wrong with Studio Ghibli, I remember seeing The Cats Returns in theaters when it came out in Japan. Unsubbed naturally but I was able to follow along anyway.

I just saw an online blog where they mentioned that Ponyo was in the five top grossing theatrical anime releases in the U.S.

[LowCaloriePie]

Against my better judgement I went and saw Sherlock Holmes. I went in expecting changes from the source material and I went out of that movie thinking I spent my money rather well.

[KuRt]

The last movie I watched was American Movie. Man did Mark's determination get me thinking and I actually started doing something with my life. Such a great movie, raises a load of feelings inside of you.

And American Movie is not in the same series as Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Superhero Movie and all those nonworthy Movie titled things.

[Wolf Kanno]

Just saw Avatar, the plot was pretty damn predictable and if you've seen the trailers you basically learn in five minutes what takes half the movie to set up.

There were a few interesting ideas in here but mostly watch it for the spectacle and visuals. The plot was meh its all the special effects you watch it for. I personally found the planet to be more interesting than the plot or characters.

[KuRt]

Just saw Avatar, the plot was pretty damn predictable and if you've seen the trailers you basically learn in five minutes what takes half the movie to set up.

There were a few interesting ideas in here but mostly watch it for the spectacle and visuals. The plot was meh its all the special effects you watch it for. I personally found the planet to be more interesting than the plot or characters.

I've been hearing so much about the bad plot of avatar so I'm gonna suggest a movie with a GREAT plot for people to watch! And the movie is Man From Earth. The whole movie takes place in one guy John's house where he and his coworkers sit by the fireplace for the whole movie and talk. No action, no special effects, just speech. Still it was the most intriguing movie I've seen in a long time because of all the great insights this movie brings up. The movie is all about John telling the story of his life and boy does he have quite the story 'cause he's actually 14000 years old. I suggest YOU watch this movie!

[Rantz]

I rewatched Garden State. It's about as great as I remember it to be but I didn't remember what a cheesy, predictable ending it had.

[LowCaloriePie]

Saw Daybreakers last night. There were a few too many deus ex machina moments, but overall it was a pretty decent movie. Sure as heck beats New Moon. :p

[Momiji]

My Neighbor Totoro. Adorable.

[Shiny]

My Neighbor Totoro. Adorable.
:love:

I saw a lot of movies in the past two days, but I guess I will just talk about one.

(500) Days of Summer

This was a very quirky, funny film. I liked that a lot of the jokes were subtle too. Also very artsy! Made me think of the stuff people do in my school. The whole concept of a romantic comedy turns me off, but I decided give this one a shot since Joseph Gordon Levitt was in it and he was looking reaaaal good in Mysterious Skin. One of the scenes I liked best is when they were in the department store messing around with the furniture. Seemed like a boss time. After a while I started to despise Zooey's character and I felt really bad for Joseph who is just this really awkward dude. All in all, it's a happy ending type movie, but not entirely predictable. Really well written.

8/10

[rubah]

My Neighbor Totoro. Adorable.

was that the first time watching that or the fifth for you? just curious xD

[Del Murder]

Sherlock Holmes.

The banter was witty and very funny. The plot was kind of slow and the action was nothing I haven't seen before, but I think it was worth watching for the chemistry between Holmes and Watson alone. That part was highly entertaining.

3/5

[Rantz]

Jennifer's Body. I didn't have any particular expectations, neither good nor bad, since I didn't really know what sort of movie it was gonna be. I was pleasantly surprised!

[Momiji]

My Neighbor Totoro. Adorable.

was that the first time watching that or the fifth for you? just curious xD

First time, actually. I've only seen Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Ponyo, and Totoro so far. I think I'll either watch Castle of Cagliostro or Whisper of the Heart next.

[BG-57]

The Cat Returns and Laputa are also great.

Saw Daybreakers. Interesting story, but gratuitously gorey.

[Rantz]

Where The Wild Things Are.

I had high expectations and they were surpassed! I loved this movie through and through (apart from the school scene which really irked me), best one I've seen in a long time.

[Rad Bromance]

Avatar

I loved it. It was fantastic. 5/5 easily. :D

[Rantz]

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Very good. Yoshie reminds me of my grandmother. :}

[nirojan]

Avatar

I loved it. It was fantastic. 5/5 easily. :D

more like 6/5....only complaint was the predictable plot, but IMAX 3D made up for that...plus JAmes Cameron, cant go wrong

[Rad Bromance]

plus JAmes Cameron, cant go wrong
You obviously didn't see the abomination called Terminator 3...

[AntRid]

Avatar
5/5
Yes it uses a recycled plot but it’s executed perfectly and I bet the other films didn’t have blue people in them!

[Croyles]

plus JAmes Cameron, cant go wrong
You obviously didn't see the abomination called Terminator 3...

James Cameron didnt have anything to do with T3...

[blackmage_nuke]

Avatar 3D : I didnt care for it, the only thing good about the movie was the graphics, soundtrack wasnt inspiring, plot was cliche, weak justification for the mass murder of so many humans. Also couldnt suspend my disbeleif in some areas, mainly the part where a digital image is "scaled up and enhanced" and one part where some normal photographs were shown in 3D as well as near the end where the Jake Sully and Neytiri 's hands are the same size 2/5

Sherlock Homes : loved it good acting, good action, brilliant soundtrack, rather predictable but it still kept me interested 4/5

[Madame Adequate]

I saw Daybreakers last night.

The first half was pretty awesome. It had a really cool aesthetic and vibe and was doing some reasonably interesting things. Unfortunately the second half degraded and instead of a very obvious, satisfying ending they went for an extremely cliched one which whilst 'happier' was just less satisfying.

Also they could have done a lot better with less action and more thinking and arguing. I sort of get the feeling that they wanted something a bit more cerebral but it just didn't pan out for whatever reason. Even so it's reasonably fun and worth seeing. Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe both give pretty good performances and are both pretty pleasing to the eye, so that's okay then. :love:

Oh and they completely avoided any :bou::bou::bou::bou:ty love/romance bollocks! Which was nice.

[Rye]

I totally wanted to live in the vampire city they portrayed in the beginning of the movie. I thought it was sweet and I sympathised with them. XD

[LowCaloriePie]

Oh and they completely avoided any :bou::bou::bou::bou:ty love/romance bollocks! Which was nice.

For a moment there I actually thought they were going to just chuck one in there, when they're in the surveillance room during the climax, just for the halibut. Pleasantly surprised that they didn't.

[Miriel]

The Hurt Locker
5/5

Incredible, riveting, smurfing intense. It's one of the best movies I've seen all year, one of the most uniquely crafted films I've ever seen, and one of the most profoundly uncomfortable movie watching experiences I've ever had. It's not a film you see to have a good time. I finished watching it and my whole body felt rigid and exhausted. I'm not sure I would ever watch this film again, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's an amazing film and the only film that I know of that shows the brutality of war, without any sort of political agenda.

[Shiny]

Carriers

2/10

Pretty much sucked.

Going to watch The Law Abiding Citizen soon. Mmm, Gerard Butler.

[Rocket Edge]

Avatar 10/10

Like alot of you I loved it, because it was just awesome.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUzimUStwg">Tokyo Story</a>. The days will get very long.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Forrest Gump. Amazing movie. :cool:

[BG-57]

Death to Smoochy, one of my all time favorite bad movies. The premise is kiddie shows are really hotbeds of corruption, lust and murder. It's so bad that its wildly entertaining. I guess it's because the acting is over the top yet the characters themselves are generally likable. Except Robin Williams' Rainbow Randolph, who is so insufferable that when gansters rough him up, you cheer on the gangsters. My favorite character is Tommy Cotter, the matriarch of the gangsters who effortly mixes steely ruthlessness with mother hen instincts.

[Unbreakable Will]

Paranormal Activity: 3/5
For the type of movie it was (POV) it wasn't too bad, dialogue was a bit lengthy at times, and since when did a movie based on a true story have an alternate ending? o.o

District 9: 5/5
Alien movies aren't really my thing but this was amazing. Awesome graphics and concept. Plot was well done and the action was incredible. Five stars all around.

[Shiny]

The Hurt Locker

4/10

It was alright. I wasn't crazy about the documentary style filmmaking. I understand they probably chose to do the hand-held look to make this seem more raw and real, but I felt it was a distraction from everything else that was going on. I also noticed some really bizarre editing mistakes that are just huge no no's. Like they would cut to something and then repeat the cut and some how expect no one to notice that it's the exact same action repeated again in the exact same shot. The plot I wasn't crazy about either. After a while I grew bored of them disarming bombs. They pretty much kill off anyone in the film who was interesting. This film fails in comparison to other war films like Apocalypse Now, Tigerland and Fullmetal Jacket.

[erikramza]

Brotherhood of the Wolf.

French film, with plenty of action, and twists that aren't super obvious unless you smoke crack. 8/10

[Marshall Banana]

Strawberry Shortcake: The Sky's the Limit.

Check it out:

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Strawberry Shortcake has cute stuff.

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I don't know who she is, but she's important.

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She has a cute strawberry wand! Tiara, too!

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This is where the juice is made, I think.

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These are the strawberry slaves workers.

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Sparkly song and dance about berries!

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<img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/emoticons/newstrawberry2.gif" title="Berry much!" /> I WANT THAT BLENDER! <img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/emoticons/newstrawberry2.gif" title="Berry much!" />

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<img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/emoticons/newstrawberry2.gif" title="Berry much!" /> I WANT THAT CAR! <img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/emoticons/newstrawberry2.gif" title="Berry much!" />

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[LowCaloriePie]

Lovely Bones. The screenplay was a complete mess.

[Shiny]

^ I just watched this as well. It was very disturbing to me. I have not read the book, but according to IMDb the screenwriters pretty much butchered the entire plot by not making it detailed enough. Personally, I liked the fact that it's more subtle than the novel. I don't need to see her being chopped up to know that's what happened. I got that when I saw the bag and the safe. I think people who actually wanted to visually see this captured in detail are entirely to desensitized to this stuff and that's disturbing as well. They also don't understand that movies are for interpretation and books are for detail. If a book was to be made into a movie with all it's details it would be ridiculously long. Anywayz, it had beautiful musical score and the "in between" scenes were breathtaking. Although it was very unsatisfying that no one ever found her body.

The thing that really annoyed me with this film is the narration. The constant droning of the main character throughout was a cop out to me. It's like saying, oh hey I'm going to just read some excerpts from the book or script because I don't feel like shooting some extra shots to move the story along. It didn't help that her voice was just incredibly bad for narration altogether though her acting was pretty good. So was Stanely Tucci's. Creepy as hell. The acting by all the main cast was good -- surprisingly even Mark Wahlberg was good even though he did some of the worse acting I have ever seen in The Happening.

There was also some scatterbrain scenes of Susan Sarandon's character rearing away from the plot of the story, but then it came back again. The editing was also on par. There were cuts from one shape to one shape. In particular, I liked the cut from the lighthouse on the beach to the cut to the miniature sized lighthouse in the bottle. All in all, this film definitely left a lasting impression.

8/10

[Mirage]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFaDj3mBCI">Sympathy for Lady Vengeance</a>. Adorable.

I want to see that, it looks good!

What a coincidence, i watched that friday last week!

It was pretty amusing.

[LowCaloriePie]

Personally, I liked the fact that it's more subtle than the novel. I don't need to see her being chopped up to know that's what happened. I got that when I saw the bag and the safe. I think people who actually wanted to visually see this captured in detail are entirely to desensitized to this stuff and that's disturbing as well.

As much as I didn't want to see the process of her rape/ murder, apparently the gruesome details are what made the book more (for lack of a better term) developed in terms of characters and overall plot. You felt like you were in her shoes, you felt her hatred (And I'm not saying that the film doesn't portray this well, it does, I'm just going by what my friend, who has read the book, said.).

[The Man]

Avatar. I don't know what everyone was complaining about. It's obviously not an original plot but it's obviously not supposed to be either. The world-building was superb and I liked the political allegory about nature and war. 8.5/10 easily, maybe even 9.

[Inferno]

Inglourious basterds

It's Tarantino, and it's good

[BG-57]

20th Anniversery Mystery Science Theater 3000 box set. Four enjoyably cheesy movies:

Werewolf: Like Skinwalkers, it exploits Navajo mythology for horror effect, but in this case winds up looking silly. One of the hammiest villains and most wooden of leading ladies.

Laserblast: Was that Mark Hamill? Unhappy teen stumbles upon an alien weapon and gets a chance at revenge on everyone who picked on him.

First Spaceship on Venus: Spiritual precurser to movies like Mission to Mars and Red Planet, but more pretentious. International crew fly in a rocket ship to Venus to look for signs of life with some of the goofiest equipment you've seen outside Looney Tunes.

Future War: Low budget rip off of the Terminator that throws in animatronic dinosaurs for good measure.

[Croyles]

The Book of Eli.
Dont watch it, its the dullest movie I have seen in a long time.
If you want a plot thats 1000x better, play Fallout 3.

[Madame Adequate]

Pan's Labyrinth. It took me long enough, but I finally watched it last night. It's pretty freaking sweet and deserves the accolades.

[Jiro]

Caught Sherlock Holmes and I was impressed. Holmes reminded me too much of a magician, and I didn't know if I'd like Jude Law as Dr Watson, but I loved it.

[Wolf Kanno]

Not that importing Miyazaki is a bad thing. :D

Well, you've got me there though we're running out of films. Man I wish my local Independent theaters would show Mononoke Hime at the midnight showings again. :love:



I've been hearing so much about the bad plot of avatar so I'm gonna suggest a movie with a GREAT plot for people to watch! And the movie is Man From Earth. The whole movie takes place in one guy John's house where he and his coworkers sit by the fireplace for the whole movie and talk. No action, no special effects, just speech. Still it was the most intriguing movie I've seen in a long time because of all the great insights this movie brings up. The movie is all about John telling the story of his life and boy does he have quite the story 'cause he's actually 14000 years old. I suggest YOU watch this movie!

Don't get me wrong, I knew going in that Avatar's plot was going to be pretty blah just from seeing the trailers (god damn Hollywood and Americans, we have the worst trailers ever, cause we have to have everything explained to us before we'll actually watch a movie :mad2:) so I wasn't really surprised by that, of anything nothing about the film was surprising and the fact that people around me claim its the "best movie ever" spiel is making me feel that I once again missed the memo that told me that everyone needs to lower their standards of what constitutes as good.

With that said, I'll try to check out your film recommendation as it sounds like something up my alley.

Milf: Pan's Labyrinth was an awesome movie, I'm glad to see you approve. :D

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Watched Avatar.

As most said, the plot was nothing new nor surprising. I was waiting for them to paint with all the colours of the wind to be honest. That aside, the movie itself was gorgeous. Pandora's plant life was simply amazing.

The movie made me want to run through the woods naked after watching it.

[Rye]

Pan's Labyrinth, too. I could rave on about how beautiful and fantastic it is, but last night when I was tipsy I said something that was actually really accurate:

I think Pan's Labyrinth has the mood that Tim Burton tries to go for nowadays, and fails every single time to achieve (Except for Big Fish.)

[Marshall Banana]

The Lovely Bones is sugar-coated. Too...whimsical at times. And funny.

[Rye]

I might be the only person on earth who disliked The Lovely Bones, the novel. Beyond the first scene, which scared me into attention, I thought it was pretty bad. The movie looks even worse.

[Marshall Banana]

Personally, I liked the fact that it's more subtle than the novel. I don't need to see her being chopped up to know that's what happened. I got that when I saw the bag and the safe. I think people who actually wanted to visually see this captured in detail are entirely to desensitized to this stuff and that's disturbing as well.
I felt cheated by it, honestly.

I mean, she's dead before you even know it (and it's as if she didn't experience anything at all). Then, soon, she's having a great time in the afterlife! The movie does a great job of trivializing her murder. I don't even know how the creep killed her.

Also, she was raped? I guessed that happened at some point, but the movie was certainly, definitely, without a doubt, afraid to show anything sexual.

[rubah]

whoa whoa spoilers >:O

Watched The Room last night. There were points where it stopped being funny-bad and was actually painful bad.

[Croyles]

District 9, awesome film. Loved it, watch it!

[Momiji]

Avatar, in 3D. Absolutely stunning, but I don't understand how people were depressed after seeing it since they can't live in that world :p

[Shiny]

Personally, I liked the fact that it's more subtle than the novel. I don't need to see her being chopped up to know that's what happened. I got that when I saw the bag and the safe. I think people who actually wanted to visually see this captured in detail are entirely to desensitized to this stuff and that's disturbing as well.
I felt cheated by it, honestly.

I mean, she's dead before you even know it (and it's as if she didn't experience anything at all). Then, soon, she's having a great time in the afterlife! The movie does a great job of trivializing her murder. I don't even know how the creep killed her.

Also, she was raped? I guessed that happened at some point, but the movie was certainly, definitely, without a doubt, afraid to show anything sexual.
Yeah, I think it's because Jackson wanted to focus more on the emotional result of her being murdered rather than the actual act.

I didn't get that he raped her. I think that part could have been more clear. He certainly had the intention to when he said, "You should take off your clothes." D: Plus, you gotta figure the actress is really young. It would be awkward to have a scene like that in the film though they did do it for a film called, Hounddog.

[The Man]

Pan's Labyrinth is one of the best films I've ever seen. Those who praised it have good taste. District 9 was awesome as well.

I watched the first hour of Caprica. So far it's smurfing confusing. Hopefully it gets clearer soon, but apart from that I'm enjoying it; obviously nothing like BSG though (which I still need to finish watching). However I'm probably going to see Avatar again tomorrow with the rest of my family.

[Miriel]

Food, Inc.

5/5

Not just a great documentary, but an important one. Everyone and their Mom should watch Food, Inc. And also The Corporation, another really great documentary that tackles some similar issues.

[BG-57]

Legion.

For a movie on such a grim subject, it's suprisingly goofy. I didn't find it offensive, although it is theologically unsound. Even the title refers to demonic, not angelic possession.

This is the second time in the last few months that Dennis Quaid has been slumming in a bad horror movie (last time was Pandorum). As it stands the most interesting character is the one handed cook, Percy.

[LowCaloriePie]

whoa whoa spoilers >:O.

It's the premise of the film. Not really spoilers.

[The Man]

Yeah if I remember correctly it's in the trailers. It's definitely on the back of every printing of the book I've ever seen.

[NeoCracker]

I've really been meaning to see Pan's Labrynth. It looked awesome, and I hear nothing but good things. :(

Anyway, just got back from seeing Sherlock Holmes, which I originally didn't want to see due to Hollywoods habit of ruining such things, and the fact the trailers looked like it was getting turned into an action movie. Thank god I was wrong.

The movie was absolutely stunning. Great acting, and dialogue that was both witty and funny. You see a lot more to Holmes then his mind and deduction skills, but it also shows you some of his less savory tendencies. Theres a couple things that are a bit too easy to piece together yourself, but on a whole there are some amazingly cleaver crimes that had me boggled until the end of the movie.

In short, I absolutely love this movie.

[McLovin']

Watched Pan's Labyrinth. Was expecting something in the end to tie everything together but it never came. Pretty disappointed. Sure it had pretty good effects but what was the point of her magical world? To escape the boring bad life she had? Meh.

[Shiny]

Watched Pan's Labyrinth. Was expecting something in the end to tie everything together but it never came. Pretty disappointed. Sure it had pretty good effects but what was the point of her magical world? To escape the boring bad life she had? Meh.
Now I am convinced you have horrible taste in movies. We're not friends anymore. :colbert:

[The Man]

Watched Pan's Labyrinth. Was expecting something in the end to tie everything together but it never came. Pretty disappointed. Sure it had pretty good effects but what was the point of her magical world? To escape the boring bad life she had? Meh.

Well, for one thing it contrasted with the human world to show that, despite all the monsters in her fantasy world, the humans in the film were still capable of behaving more savagely. The lack of closure is quite intentional; it's not as if stories like that which occur in the real world have closure either; this verisimilitude is one of the reasons I hold the film in such high estimation. In the end it's not even clear whether the fantastic events were intended to be real or simply a coping device her mind created to escape the brutality of her real life.

[BG-57]

It's quite simply a modern fairy tale. If you look at the Brothers Grimm stories the way they were originally written, they were this gruesome and scary.

As has been pointed out, Del Toro simply inverted the morality and made the humans the most monsterous and the monsters the most human. His sympathies have always been with the monsters if you look at his other films like Hellboy or Kronos.

Although he has stated that the most shocking parts happen early on, I have to say the scene where one character takes a sip of a drink is the most cringe-inducting for me. :eek:

[Shlup]

The Invention of Lying... is a romantic comedy? A very predictable one too. But :<3:Ricky Gervias:<3:.

[Miriel]

An Education

3/5 for the film, 11/10 for Carey Mulligan's performance. I was utterly captivated by it. It wasn't the most dramatic performance or the most thrilling or funny, she just simply lit up the screen in a way I've rarely seen before. She was magnetic. It was like watching Audrey Hepburn reborn.