Last movie you watched and your critique of it

[The Space Pope]

I think this would be a good way to find out about some movies that some people wouldn't normally watch by having other members post about what they saw last and their take on it.

So, I will start by saying that the last movie I saw was Stargate, made in 1994. It started out fairly interesting and within half an hour I found myself nodding off. Most of the movie is comprised of sand people running around speaking in unintelligible tongues and walking around the desert.

Anyways here is the beginning portion of the movie; it's about a discovery of some sort of large ring made out of a material that's not from Earth during a dig back in 1928 Egypt. Flash forward roughly 65 years later and you have James Spader talking about how the Egyptians didn't actually build the pyramids. Everyone thinks he's a whackjob and he ends up going broke and losing his sciencey-type grants. Then some wrinkled old prune pulls up to him and asks him iif he wants a job translating Egyptian writing.

He does some translating and it turns out that this giant ring is actually something called a...







wait for it...







stargate(!), and that it can take you to distant galaxies via technobabble explanations. Anyways they of course get trapped when they use it and wind up with the sand people on a distant planet. After an hour of sheer boredom and stagnant plot development this weird alien guy who really looks like a girl comes down and starts kicking the sand people's asses. Turns out he is Ra or so he says. A bunch of things happen and alot of sand people die and eventually a big bomb goes off and the credits roll.

6.5/10

[ChaosWolf]

The last movie I watched was From Dusk till Dawn. It was surprisingly good. It had every thing a good movie needs: Boobs, Gore, and Explosions. Towards the end the movie really picked up. Tarintino's acting was good. He was a convincing psycho:).
8/10

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axf_EXzF_qM">Chocolate</a>. It was awesome.

[krissy]

that's weird chocolate is also the last movie i saw
seen it before too though
um 7.5/10
real good

[LunarWeaver]

I just watched I Love You, Man yesterday. I expected to like it a lot, but I didn't at all. It was boring and not that funny. I normally like the dumb bromance bull:bou::bou::bou::bou: everyone pulls these days too. Well, whatever. I'm sure others would enjoy it more than I did so 7/10.

[I Don't Need A Name]

Got dragged to see The Ugly Truth.
Baisically, it's a typical and slightly amusing RomCom. Nothing special about it, but quite enjoyable.

[Marshall Banana]

The Little Mermaid! 11/10.

Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid have the best and cutest love stories. Plus, Sebastian is in The Little Mermaid! :sebastian:

<img src="http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/sadsebastian.jpg" alt="I didn't mean to tell! It was an accident!">

[Shiny]

The Spirit

Acting ... 4/10
Lighting Composition... 10/10
Set Design ... 10/10
Costumes ... 6/10
Overall ... 7/10


A very artsy film. I haven't read the graphic novel it's based on so I can't say if it follows it accurately, but I thought it was decent in terms of storytelling. The children they casted to play little Spirit and little Sam were very close to the adult actors. I rarely see that happening in movies. The fight sequences were pretty boring in terms of choreography and action.

The set design and lighting were of course amazing as they were in Sin City. I don't think I've seen such superb light composition in awhile. It really helped to add to the atmosphere of the film. Some of the costumes were pretty cool, but many of the costumes of the main villain named The Octopus (who is played by Samuel L. Jackson) were a bit too over-the-top. The clones The Octopus made were annoying as I don't know what and Scarlett Johansson's character could have been easily distinguishable. Her character was boring and clearly just another pretty face with no depth. She even seemed bored with her role.

Sam played by Eva Mendes could also fit that description, but her character at least has a back story. Most of the actors were averagely decent or just plain boring in this film except for Samuel L. Jackson who was entirely too campy. In a funny way! In terms of being a superhero movie, it was not the best and definitely not as good as Marvel movies like Spiderman -- the first one only. However, I was impressed with the neo-noir look and it kept me entertained to an extent so I've gotta give it a passing grade.

[Shoeberto]

Logan's Run

As a pre-Star Wars sci-fi flick, it does occasionally dip into the valley of Star Trek cheese with regards to special effects. There's only a few times when it's overwhelming, though, and for the most part the characters and story are at the forefront, not the special effects. Plot-wise, though, it leaves a bit to be desired with a few things that you're just supposed to accept, like who is actually handing down the orders to keep all the stuff going.

Not too bad of a movie though. 7/10.

[Raistlin]

Last movie I saw was The Mist last weekend. It's based on a story by Stephen King, so I had high hopes, but the writing for the movie was pretty disappointing. Every plot development just seemed so forced, as if they wrote a story separate from the book and had to go back and quickly edit some things in.

The explanation for the mist was equally forced and anticlimactic, mentioned once with no build up or development and then forgotten. The creatures in the mist were not remotely frightening and their inability to break glass or damage buildings or vehicles was frustratingly unbelievable. The ending was decently unexpected and a good twist, though also seemed kind of haphazardly done like the rest of the writing.

Overall: 5.5/10 (I couldn't decide between a 5 or a 6)

EDIT: I should qualify that I was a bit drunk when I watched this, but still quite lucid.

[The Space Pope]

Watched Big last night.

I haven't seen this movie in a number of years, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well this movie has held up. Sure, the logic behind it is a bit flawed, but it was also arguably Tom Hanks' finest comedic hour. It's pretty hard to be bored by this movie, and even though many clones of this movies exist (many body-switch/transformation movies like this existed in the 80's, all based off of 1976's Freaky Friday), it's still quite memorable.

8.5/10

[NeoCracker]

Saw Hot Fuzz with my sister a couple days ago.

Amazing movie that Hot Fuzz. The acting was quite good, and the jokes were hilarious. Also, that action scene at the end, regardless of being a parody of action movies, was one of the greatest action sequences I've ever scene.

9/10.

[Madame Adequate]

Flags of our Fathers.

A pretty amazing war movie, and one which made me think about it for the rest of the night after I had watched it. However the last few minutes flagged, I felt, and were too much of a "tying up loose ends" kind of thing.

Still, excellent movie and well worth watching. I'm going to try and watch Letters from Iwo Jima soon too, I hear it's better.

[Dante WolfWood]

gi joe.


sucks

[krissy]

so all right, i guess we could DISCUSS stuff in here too

NECRO: which fight scene was your fave? i really liked the first one with the boys just cause of the colors, and the one with the capoeira tic kid.

neo: yah man good film. have you seen shaun of the dead?

[Necronopticous]

It's based on a story by Stephen King, so I had high hopes, but the writing for the movie was pretty disappointing. Every plot development just seemed so forced, as if they wrote a story separate from the book and had to go back and quickly edit some things in.That's like Stephen King in a nutshell, dude. I can't imagine why you expected anything else.

NECRO: which fight scene was your fave?The one where she was making Bruce Lee noises filled me with glee, but overall I think I have to go with the beat boy boss battle. I love when she starts to mime his tics, and that final kick basically seals the deal.

I can't wait for Raging Phoenix.

[NeoCracker]

neo: yah man good film. have you seen shaun of the dead?

Own both of them actually. What I loved most about Shaun of the dead, is thats a very likely scenario to happen if there ever actually was a Zombie attack like that.


Yes, even the Jerry Springer thing at the end. XD

I still need to see Run Fatboy Run though.


Edit: I should also mention now the last Movie I have watched is the TV special Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan, with Subtitles since I don't think there was an English version.

It really wasn't them versing each other though, so much as they both ended up int he same situation and assisted each other. Overall though, I feel it captured all the characters used from both series very well, and the story and plot were very entertaining, though a bit more predictable then some of the better Conan Cases.

Overall, great movie, and I'd suggest for fans of either series.

[Miriel]

Got dragged to see The Ugly Truth.
Baisically, it's a typical and slightly amusing RomCom. Nothing special about it, but quite enjoyable.

The Ugly Truth is the worst romcom I have ever seen. Romantic comedies is not a genre where the expectations are even that high. So to sink sooo far below it is pretty fucking bad. Wow. It was horrible.

Other recent films I've seen...

The Hangover - Didn't expect to like it, but it was fantastic. Had me laughing like crazy during certain parts. Really enjoyable. There's one scene that still cracks me up just by thinking about it.

500 Days of Summer - Super cute film, thoughtful, quirky and innovative.

[Unbreakable Will]

I actually haven't watched a movie in a while...last one was The Uninvited, really good storyline and acting a good 8/10!

[Dreddz]

I watched a pretty odd French animation called Fantastic Planet last night. Very unique compared to anything made in the west or east. The music is also very interesting to listen to and the artstyle is completely original. The story wasn't anything to cry home about but it moved things along and allowed us to see some pretty trippy stuff along the way. Really recommend the film to anyone that is tired of the same rehashed 3D animation we are given these days.

My only complaint was that it was too short.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OakOgtZphN4">Water Lilies</a>. I cried.

[Polaris]

'Up' you know after Wall.e I found that it'd be extremely hard for Pixar to make another cute film. I spent the whole entire film looking at wall.e and sighing 'awwwwwwwwwwwwww' 'awww' 'awwww he's sooooo cuuuute' >.<
So when my bf and I decided to watch 'Up' I wasn't that excited UNTIL they showed some short subject: Partly cloud, to get you in the mood for fluffiness. So the filme actually began and they were the most emotional 5 minutes in my whole life, I looked liked a pregnant girl with mood swings: I cried, then I laughed, then I cried again... the rest of the film was just laughing and smiling because even though mr. Fredricksen had a tough life, which we all have, we all were hoping that the end would be good, the end turned out to be exactly what we were hoping for and THANK GOD. It may be cliché, the end, but the base of the story, which gave sense to the adventure it was very well executed.
Besides... those graphics made me and my bf drool, the feather of the bird, the hundreds of dogs that appeared on the film, even mr. Fredricken beard was excelent.

Now I've read some critics that said that the first part was really harsh for kids, due to all the emotions, even though I think it might be too real for kids, when Mufasa died in "The Lion king" didn't we cry? Wasn't it harsh for Simba to lose its parents? Then it was also harsh for mr. Fredricken to lose his wife...

9.5/10... Gogo Pixar!

[Breine]

The last movie I saw was Marley & Me. I thought it was a sweet movie, didn't have much of a story and it didn't really know whether it wanted to be a romantic comedy, family drama or a movie about human/dog relationships.. but, I still thought it was a sweet movie with some nice moments.

I remember enjoying Jennifer Aniston in it, actually. Also, the end had me crying like a baby. Got very close to personal experiences.

All in all a neat little movie about life and human/dog relationships I guess. Far from being a masterpiece but still rather enjoyable.

[Momiji]

The End of Evangelion. The whole thing left me fucking dizzy and confused and I loved every second of it. Definitely gonna add the DVD to my collection once I get the chance.

[Rocket Edge]

Gone In 60 Seconds [2000]

Everyone know's this film, but I never really enjoyed it until I seen it there again last night. It was a blast. The music was well good, the dialogue decent, and although the acting at times was patchy, it blended together quite nicely.

7.5/10

[Necronopticous]

human/dog relationships

[Faris]

Fargo. Different way of telling the story and the first movie to successfully turn my stomach with little gore. This movie is based on a true story of kidnapping and murder. Brilliantly done, I hope to watch it again sometime in a theater, Yaw.

8.5/10

[rubah]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

:up:

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173987/">Little Girls</a>. Blackmail! Extortion! Prostitution! Drugs! Awesome!

[Marshall Banana]

:gruffi:

[krissy]

let the right one in
6.5/10

pretty long shots +1
predictable deus ex machina type ending -1
bullies frustrate me in movies -1
especially in foreign european movies where the situations are so much more painful -1
the cats (are so fake) -1

[G13]

I watched Miss March last night. It was okay but it seemed like the guys were trying too hard to make their first movie a smash. It reminded me of a really awful Superbad.

5/10

[Miriel]

let the right one in
6.5/10

pretty long shots +1
predictable deus ex machina type ending -1
bullies frustrate me in movies -1
especially in foreign european movies where the situations are so much more painful -1
the cats (are so fake) -1

I wasn't too hot on Let the Right One In when I first watched it, but I think it's one of those films that grows on you. There are moments and scenes and sounds from that film that just sorta stick to you. Eli in particular was exquisitely done. Major props to the young actress who played the character.

[Breine]

Just saw The Hangover last night, and I can undoubtedly say that it's one of the funniest films I've seen in a while. I laughed from beginning to end. It's just a really good comedy!

[Aydin]

Finally watched Spirited Away.

It was really good but completely over rated! There are so much better Disney movies out there!

[Breine]

Finally watched Spirited Away.

It was really good but completely over rated! There are so much better Disney movies out there!

Except there aren't.

But, I guess it all boils down to personal preference.

[Aydin]

Finally watched Spirited Away.

It was really good but completely over rated! There are so much better Disney movies out there!

Except there aren't.

But, I guess it all boils down to personal preference.

It wasn't that great! What is seriously that great about that movie?

[Necronopticous]

It's very hard to think of something that isn't great about Spirited Away.

[krissy]

it's not technically a disney movie


It was really good but ...


It wasn't that great!

?______?

[Agent Proto]

I watched Dante's Peak a few days ago. It's a movie about a dormant volcano erupting.

+ Nice scenery
- Unbelievable scenes
- Annoying stupid kids
- Dumb grandmother
+ Rocks fall, people die

I enjoyed it.

[Aydin]

lemme guess... Because it's a Japanese movie, it's suddenly the best movie ever

[krissy]

i didn't like spirited away as much as other ghibli flicks
like i dunno if i'd watch it again on my own
but you gotta admit it took the ghost world scenario and did some creepy things with it
i don't think it's comparable to other disney films though. apples and oranges.

[Slothy]

lemme guess... Because it's a Japanese movie, it's suddenly the best movie ever

No, because it's one of the most charming and imaginative movies I've ever seen, with great characters, and some of the most beautiful hand drawn animation around. Not to mention a great soundtrack. I love me some classic Disney, but it's got nothing on Miyazaki at his best.

[Medi]

- Dumb grandmother



Yes, let's all go walking through a lake with lava running over it. The ho deserved to die. Agree completely with your review.


I think the movie I saw most recently was Iron Man. I had a hard time forcing myself to like something with Robert Downey Jr in it, but it was good. Nice special effects. All I can remember is that I found it somewhat underwhelming. 7/10

[Breine]

lemme guess... Because it's a Japanese movie, it's suddenly the best movie ever

No, because it's one of the most charming and imaginative movies I've ever seen, with great characters, and some of the most beautiful hand drawn animation around. Not to mention a great soundtrack. I love me some classic Disney, but it's got nothing on Miyazaki at his best.

Agreed. I love Disney too, but Miyazaki is just so much better than Disney in any way - artistically, thematically, story wise.. everything. And just the level of detail and impressions are enough to adore any of his films.

[Quindiana Jones]

Public Enemies.

It's a good film, but it's not something you should pay to see in the cinema. It's worth maybe a fiver when on DVD. Having said that, it is a good film, I just don't agree with paying more than a tenner for a movie. Even when you know the history behind Dillinger, you still find yourself hoping he somehow manages to escape. Bear in mind that it is actually a fairly slow film. The adverts and trailers make it all seem to be about bank robberies and gunfights, but it's not. It is not an action flick. It's about the violence as much as The Prestige is about the magic. The main part about the film is about the drama of John Dillinger's life when he wasn't getting rich.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK0WjWlVO9w">Barton Fink</a>. Great!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0jkv2bRFgQ">This Is England</a>. Greater!

[sephireland]

Silence of the Lambs on Blu Ray. Looking and sounding better than ever this movie gets better with hage. Hopkins and Foster are utterly compelling. The best thriller ever made. FACT!

[Dreddz]

Watched Soylent Green again last night. Puts modern science fiction to shame.

[qwertysaur]

Spirited Away is not Miyazaki's best movie in my opinion, but it is still fantastic and magical.

On that note I just watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is enchanting, magical and wonderful :D

[Quindiana Jones]

On that note I just watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is enchanting, magical and wonderful :D


OOOOH! Is that the one with the robot that protects the little girl? And the weird man chest fight thing at the beginning? I started watching something like that on Channel 4 but had to leave it. I freaking loved it though. Unfortunately I didn't know and couldn't find out what it was called. "robot girl man chest" does NOT Google well. *shudder*

[*Devore*]

It was either The Cat Returns or Tales of Earthsea. I watched them on the same day so I'm not really sure which one I watched first. Anyway, I like them both, two very good anime movies...pretty different but good in their own way.

[krissy]

On that note I just watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is enchanting, magical and wonderful :D


Is that the one with the robot that protects the little girl?

yes


And the weird man chest fight thing at the beginning?

wut
someone else confirm/deny

[Polaris]

17 again... 7/10 not baaad, but not brilliant. Still a good film for what I paid ;)

[sephireland]

Poltergeist on Blu Ray. Looked and sounded great. Still a lot of fun to watch :)

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

lemme guess... Because it's a Japanese movie, it's suddenly the best movie ever

Nope but the fact that Miyazaki's works have inspired many at Disney, I think that says something. The bonus content in Spirited Away mentions how they went to the flight scenes in Miyazaki's work to help inspire them while working on Fantasia 2000. Basically, it is sorta agreed across the board that Miyazaki is brilliant. Disney does a real good job of dubbing the studio Ghibli movies too. :D

Last movie I saw was 銀色の髪のアギト (Origin: Spirits of the Past). Was a pretty decent movie that explored the theme of man vs nature and to the extent humanity will try and control nature. It was not brilliant but still a good movie.

Before that was GI Joe. So mediocre.

[Seraphic]

I saw Ponyo this past Sunday and I thought it was really great despite it's predictable plot.
I think this was the first Miyazaki movie where it didn't drag on for me and the main characters were pretty cute.
9/10

[The Space Pope]

I watched Aladdin earlier because I saw it on TV and was really, really bored.

I actually kinda liked seeing it again after so many years, and not for nostalgia either. There's alot of subtle references and impressions that Robin Williams did that I didn't catch/get when I was younger, and I hate to admit it, but I kinda like the genie song (shut up).

The Space Pope approves of this movie even if it was cliched and kinda corny 8/10

[Moon Rabbits]

Wendy and Lucy. Some random low-budget or indie or film festival or some crap movie from a collective called mongrel media or something. I watched another one of their movies called One Week before Wendy and Lucy, and it was pretty good. Wayyyy too Canadian (but this is a good thing).

Wendy and Lucy is amazing. It's about a girl (Wendy) and her dog (Lucy) and their journey to Alaska. Basically the story starts with them at random point X on their journey. Wendy's car breaks down in a random town and things just start to go to :bou::bou::bou::bou: - and she has no money! She gets arrested for stealing dog food for Lucy, and that's when stuff gets really depressing because: (minor spoiler) Lucy is missing from the pole outside the grocery store after Wendy is released from fingerprinting etc..

It is a really well made film. If I remember right, there isn't any music in it at all and the dialog is pretty sparse too. The girl who plays Wendy is amaziiiiiing~~ There is one specific scene where she sleeps in a forest and a crazy guy comes up to her and she has a little freak out after. Honestly two of the best scenes in any movie I've seen.

Overall, the director does the whole "this isn't a feature film therefore has to have extended shots of dark forest with train noises in the background" thing a lot. And by that I mean some scenes drag on for too long - but the plot and characters and acting way than make up for it.

THE END IS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THING EVER.

[Heath]

Inglourious Basterds - Brilliant. I really enjoyed it to a much greater extent than I thought I would. I thought I'd end up disappointed as I was looking forward to it, but thankfully not. Christoph Walz was absolutely brilliant.

[Aydin]

... Just saw Coraline... Didn't care much for it. The story was kinda bland, the characters weren't believable nor likable, and a lot of stuff that just annoyed me. The only reason people say it's good is because they're goth 14 year olds who can masturbate to anything by Tim Burton...

[Necronopticous]

... Just saw Coraline... Didn't care much for it. The story was kinda bland, the characters weren't believable nor likable, and a lot of stuff that just annoyed me. The only reason people say it's good is because they're goth 14 year olds who can masturbate to anything by Tim Burton...
<ul><li>Tim Burton had nothing to do with Coraline</li><li>I hate Tim Burton</li><li>I loved Coraline</li></ul>You suck at this.

[Bunny]

Tim Burton = Neil Gaiman.

[krissy]

and

japanese = automatically cool

JUST SAYIN

[Quindiana Jones]

On that note I just watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is enchanting, magical and wonderful :D


Is that the one with the robot that protects the little girl?

yes


And the weird man chest fight thing at the beginning?

wut
someone else confirm/deny

Thank you. Both of you. I will be buying this when I can. That film was awesome.

And it's when the henchman guy meets up with (I think) the blacksmith or something like that, and they start their fight by puffing out their chests until their clothes rip or something. I swear I remember that.

[krissy]

it's the one with sky pirates
and it starts off with a sky pirate assault on a freighter
and the girl who floats down and the kid who works in the mines or whatever finds her afairemember
and then there's a chase scene on some railroad tracks
it was cool i liked it better than spirited away

[Quindiana Jones]

Yup. That's totally it. *squeals*

[Rocket Edge]

I Think I Love My Wife - 2007

Chris Rock directs, stars, and has written the screenplay for this movie. It's very funny in parts, and the overall story is quite good, but something is missing from the film overall that I can't put my mouth on. As well as that, I always thought the conclusion would spoil the movie on me. However I was pleasently surprised that In the end it didn't, so I was happy to had spent my hour and 40 minutes looking at it. Also have to mention, that the girl in the movie is so hot it's unbelieveable.

6.5/10

[Shiny]

Lars and the Real Girl

Acting ... 9/10 (For Gosling)
Originality ... 5/10
Overall ... 7/10

When I first saw the trailer for this film, I thought this would be a very comedic, yet quirky story about a man who was mentally deranged and socially awkward. I was right. Ryan Gosling never ceases to amaze me in whatever role he's in. I actually I liked this better than his role in the Half Nelson. You can tell he's put a lot of effort in to making his mentally delusional character come alive.

He plays the role of a loner named Lars, who comes from a troubled family where his mother abandoned him, his brother and their father. Ryan made some great choices for the character; one of which is an occasional eye twitch. He also takes me back to his Mickey Mouse days of singing and dancing when he does his own awkward, yet humorous rendition of Nat King Cole's "L.O.V.E." He definitely outshines the rest of the cast whom are all just secondary characters as far as I'm concerned and not very interesting.

Although this film definitely has it's points of hilarity, there are some moments where you may want to grab your Kleenex. It may seem like a dry, slowly paced tale with dark colors, but in truth it's a feel good film after you get through the taboo of having a relationship with a sex doll and the inclinations of delusion disorder. However, this storyline is not entirely unique since the loner gets a sex doll thing has been done before in movies like Love Object, so I can't really give it an originality score aside from the unique mannerisms and wardrobe of Lars. Nonetheless, it was entertaining and in part, an interesting character study.

[krissy]

there's a documentary on google videos about people who actually buy real dolls; seeing the reality of the situation is pretty interesting/depressing/whatever

[The Space Pope]

When I was a young Space Pope I used to take my GI Joe figures and drill holes in their crotches.

[Bastian]

Castle in the Sky.

But I've already seen it before, so I clearly loved it. It's not Miyazaki's BEST film but it's not his worst. :) And the worst he can do is pretty damn good.

[Marshall Banana]

Halloween II. It's not the Gummi way. :gruffi:

The brutality was effective; I had to cover my eyes during every kill, and I yelped at the sound effects! Everything else was stupid, especially the mommy thing.

[Shlup]

Just watched Harry Potter 6. I liked it alright. Not enough Draco/Harry yaoi, but Snape killed Dumbledore so it was cool. An awful lot of "snogging," which I find adorable. I don't get what people's complaints are about it.

[Quindiana Jones]

SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

When I watched 6, I screamed "Dumbledore NO! Snape, you bastard!" for funsies. Some people laughed. Many parents glared. I enjoyed it.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycg2yb3qiUo">Pierrot Le Fou</a>. Hilarious and beautiful. A work of genius.

[cloud_doll]

Fargo. Different way of telling the story and the first movie to successfully turn my stomach with little gore. This movie is based on a true story of kidnapping and murder. Brilliantly done, I hope to watch it again sometime in a theater, Yaw.

8.5/10

so not true. snopes.com: Fargo (http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/fargo.asp)
good movie though.

miyazaki's best film is clearly princess mononoke!! then nauusica, and THEN spirited away. But they're all better than any disney film =P
sorry!

Last movie I saw in theaters was (500) Days of Summer. It made me break up with my boyfriend...which was a good thing! 9/10 for creativeness and honesty =)

Last movie I saw at homerss was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. At first, I really liked it. Something about the atmosphere, the lighting and music and such, that made it so awesome I wanted to live in it forever. But then it just kept going, and going, and going...and the ending was stupid. And impossible. But OK, I still give it a 8/10, because it was a fantasy. It just seemed that the first half thye took their time on and did great with, but then they slacked off with the end half =/
oh and Brad Pitt is sexy as hell.

[sephireland]

Let The Right One In. Excellent 5/5.

[sephireland]

Went to see Sunshine Cleaning tonight and I really liked it. Amy Adams gets better and better. Hell of an actress and hot too :)

[Shiny]

Last movie I saw at homerss was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. At first, I really liked it. Something about the atmosphere, the lighting and music and such, that made it so awesome I wanted to live in it forever. But then it just kept going, and going, and going.
Yeah, the lighting for the film was great. Lots of use of warm hues and soft light made me feel very relaxed and drawn to the movie. It didn't have harsh, exciting light that made my heart race or make me feel uneasy. I also agree that it dragged on a bit. There were probably a few parts that could have been edited out. I thought the scenes with the dude who kept getting striked by lighting were funny.

[Momiji]

Just got back from seeing Ponyo. It was really... colorful. :heart:

I've read some reviews saying that was terrible compared to Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, but I don't see what they were whining about. I thought it was fantastic.

[Freya]

I watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. It was a pretty cute movie.

I'd give it a 7/10.

It wasn't OMG THE MOST AWESOME MOVIE EVER! IT was enjoyable though. Some parts were pretty funny and ti didn't lose my attention but it didn't stand out that much as an amazing movie. :P

[rubah]

Dogma - I thought it was hilarious xD

[Rodarian]

Lost in Translation I felt was very endearing depiction of cross generational friendship in an alien (Tokyo) ... Sofia Coppola takes after her father and her visual direction is amazing. Its not particularly a fast pace story as each scene is meant to draw the out the characters personality in the unfamiliar environment.Plus the music is subtle and but you can feel its presence and meaning of it for certain scenes.

I give the movie a perfect score

[Dreddz]

The Abyss. Probably my favourite James Cameron film after Aliens. Such an underrated film. Its a shame because if you watch the Making of feature you'll realise that the Abyss was probably his most challenging film to make.

[Necronopticous]

The Abyss is easily Cameron's best film.

[sephireland]

Distrct 9. Annoying social commentary at the beginning gave way to hilariously OTT gore and eventually characters to root for. Liked it 7/10.

[Polaris]

Inglorious Basterds 9/10 great film, great actors but some things didn't ring, it's amazing but not perfect ;)

[McLovin']

Extract. Sucked.
Gamer. Decent.

[Necronopticous]

I just saw Extract, myself. I thought it was great. Not as memorable as Office Space or Idiocracy, but still a very good movie. It plays around with a lot of the contrivances that you've seen in hundreds of other movies in very unique and unexpected ways.

[rubah]

Titan A.E.

I thought it was cute, but the scientific failures of it (multiplying acceleration by µ? and then adding force?! where is your unit god now!?) kinda got on my nerves, as well as the shallow personalities.

But hey, I bet I would've loved it as a kid :D Wish I'd watched it ten years ago. Had a nice matrix feel, and I liked the music and the general premise~

[Wolf Kanno]

Just finished Ponyo... Very Japanese but I liked it. Not my favorite Miyazaki film but I couldn't help smiling the entire film and as usual, I was never bored. I give it 9 HAMS out of 10 ;)

[Dreddz]

I got my ass to mars and indulged in some Total Recall last night. Gets better every time I see it.

[krissy]

Titan A.E.

I thought it was cute, but the scientific failures of it (multiplying acceleration by µ? and then adding force?! where is your unit god now!?) kinda got on my nerves, as well as the shallow personalities.

But hey, I bet I would've loved it as a kid :D Wish I'd watched it ten years ago. Had a nice matrix feel, and I liked the music and the general premise~

great film
but i mean once we have maps on hands and aliens made of energy who just like to destroy things without a backstory you kind of have to give rubber science the go ahead too

[Nice]

Reservoir Dogs

Acting - Good

Dialogue - Awesome

Gore - Awesomesauce

I just re-watched this movie two days ago and was totally impressed by it.

[Momiji]

I just saw Extract, myself. I thought it was great. Not as memorable as Office Space or Idiocracy, but still a very good movie. It plays around with a lot of the contrivances that you've seen in hundreds of other movies in very unique and unexpected ways.

I just got back from that myself, and I don't understand what you're getting at. To be honest, I thought it was Mike Judge trying too hard to make another Office Space and failing at it. I really didn't like it.

[Markus. D]

The Taking of Pelham 123 confirms Denzel Washington as an absolutely brilliant actor to watch on-screen. John Travolta's role as "RYDER" synergizes just right with Denzel's Garber too.

Visually the movie tends to delve into heavy use of high shutter speed constantly which may put the watcher off a little... and the ridiculous premise of a high-speed cash transfer by car, though fun (and makes for some crash calls) is of course, ridiculous.

[Cyric]

I actually saw Extract TWICE this weekend. It's that funny.


Titan A.E.

I thought it was cute, but the scientific failures of it (multiplying acceleration by µ? and then adding force?! where is your unit god now!?) kinda got on my nerves, as well as the shallow personalities.

But hey, I bet I would've loved it as a kid :D Wish I'd watched it ten years ago. Had a nice matrix feel, and I liked the music and the general premise~

The force be with you if you ever see Star Wars. They refer to a parsec as a measurement of time.

[JackNapier]

I recently watched Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, and as a huge Evangelion fan I can say that I was very impressed. The story has been almost COMPLETELY re-done at this point and encourages viewers like myself to keep watching this series of films. The new storylines seem to have great potential and could end up being just as good as the original plot. Not to mention the updated animation is awesome! Rei seems to have more personality than before, which at first I thought I wouldn't like but in all honesty it isn't that bad. Both Rei and Asuka's feelings for Shinji are also more obvious this time around, which also isn't that much of a bad thing.

Overall I walked away from 2.0 a happy fan. That and District 9 are my two favorite movies this year.

[Nominus Experse]

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[Breine]

I saw Drag Me To Hell yesterday.

I think it's a delightful horror movie. Classic Sam Raimi in so many ways. It's wonderfully changes between being scary, funny and campy - and it just does such a good job at combining all of those things into something "B-movielicious" in all the right ways. None other than Raimi could have done it so well I think.

[sephireland]

Julie and Julia. Streep once again AMAZING. Tucci was great too. Amy Adams is far too good for the part she played though. 3/5.

[Formalhaut]

(500) Days Of Summer.

Its an amazing film. Its a Romance Comedy, and I thought it did the blend of a actual love story and comedy just right.

I love how the film is in non-Chronalogical order, The start of the film shows the Lead man unhappy (Day 468) then shows him just seeing the love of his life (Day 1). I like the transition between the days, when that particular day is happy, the background goes a green happy colour, but when its a bad day (Particularly days 300-489) it shows a morbid dark gray colour.

Out of 10, Id give it a 9/10.

[Caraliz]

(500) Days Of Summer.

Its an amazing film. Its a Romance Comedy, and I thought it did the blend of a actual love story and comedy just right.

I love how the film is in non-Chronalogical order, The start of the film shows the Lead man unhappy (Day 468) then shows him just seeing the love of his life (Day 1). I like the transition between the days, when that particular day is happy, the background goes a green happy colour, but when its a bad day (Particularly days 300-489) it shows a morbid dark gray colour.

Out of 10, Id give it a 9/10.
I totally want to see this! I'm pumped for it but will probably wait for dvd.

[Shiny]

The Final Destination

Overall: 4/10

To begin with, the writers pretty much follow the same formula they used for the other two. If you enjoy watching gore and violence you won't be disappointed. The movie features a barrage of scenes filled with horrible deaths in graphic detail. As with the previous films, a lot of people die from freak accidents, but a premonition from one sole person saves a select few people who then become personal targets of the grim reaper. As you can see, this has definitely become a rehash. I wasn't surprised by some of the deaths in the slightest bit like I was with a few scenes from the previous installments. With this one, you can pretty much expect who is going to die and when (and sometimes how) almost throughout the entire film.

On the other hand, the acting was horrible. In fact, some B movie horror film actors are better but hey, that's what you get for hiring no name actors. The only face I recognized was Nick Zano who is also in other crappy films like Beverly Hills Chihuahua and College. Bottom line is, don't go see this. It's not worth the extra money for the ticket to see it in 3D or at all for that matter. I can't say I'm too disappointed, however, because I didn't expect much from any of the three films. Yet, it was definitely great for a time killing (and I.Q. killing) movie -- for that reason I give it a generous score.

Just for fun, see movies I've rated lower than this:

Meet the Spartans: 2/10
Zombie Nation: 1/10

[Seraphic]

Sunshine Cleaning
Very cute Dramedy from the makers of Little Miss Sunshine that while doesn't exactly shine like it's predecessor at heart, it's still worth a rental.

[Markus. D]

The Ugly Truth is a very well put together romcom (as in, what the audience wants to happen happens, and a rofl from time to time). The humor appeals to tastes of a variety meaning the standard non-romcom kind of male guy would be able to laugh at least twice. My only problem with the film is the same with just about all common romance/romcom films... NOTHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

Films this week overall:

The Ugly Truth 3/5 (Above average for it's genre, a fun film to watch at least once or twice... if that's what you're hoping for)

Taking of Pelham 123 3.5/5 (Average drama saved by great casting, acting and choice of character roles)

[Unbreakable Will]

Vampire Hunter D. Bloodlust:
IT
WAS
EPIC!
Seriously, I've never gotten into the manga nor the anime, Nikki suggested that I watch it and loaned me the movie. It was really well done, hehe I still have the movie and that was a few weeks ago. Hope her friend doesn't want it back ;D

[sephireland]

LOTR: The Two Towers. Perfect.

[Momiji]

Kiki's Delivery Service. Good from start to finish, but it had kind of an abrupt ending that made me want to watch it again. Maybe that was intentional. Loved it either way, though.

[McLovin']

Oh wow Kiki's Delivery Service was like my favorite animated film as a kid and I would squeal with glee whenever Disney showed it.

Saw Reservoir Dogs after being inspired by Basterds.

Was an awesome awesome movie even if it is 17 years old.

[Momiji]

I've wanted to see it ever since I've known of its existence (read: about 10 years) and I finally got my chance. Patience pays off, I suppose.

Though, I kind of wonder if I'd appreciate the film as much if I had watched it then instead of just now.

[Bastian]

I wub Kiki! The first time I saw it was back in like '98 before Disney acquired Ghibli releases, so it was a completely different dub cast. The first time I saw the Disney dub version, I was disappointed with all the Gigi improvs Mr. Hartman added. But it's grown on me after all these years and I can't even imagine the movie with out them. I'd still like to find a copy of the old dub though. :(

I just watched Pineapple Express. It was okay. But I doubt I'll ever watch it again.

[krissy]

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

I thought it was gonna be bad so I may like it because my expectations were so low going in. Some of the action was campy and the stylized speed variations during weren't as organized as they could have been; if the intention was to give the movie a chaotic feel, it didn't work out. At some points I was reminded of old Kung Fu movies. I like the music, it has definite nods to the original film, but no tracks actually return.

They squished the high school plot in too fast, but I guess they needed space for all this new crap they wanted to put in.

I enjoyed the acting though, most of the characters hung on between insanity and normalcy. Whether that effect was achieved intentionally or because they weren't taking their roles seriously doesn't matter to me because it worked for me.

7.5

PS: I hate flying in martial arts movies. Stop it please.

[rubah]

MirrorMask.

This movie was pretty strange. It was like a kid's story, but the art style seemed like it would've terrified me as a kid. Hard to place.

I liked it, and kept thinking about it all night. I even dreamed about Helena, I think.

[Shoeberto]

This movie was pretty strange. It was like a kid's story, but the art style seemed like it would've terrified me as a kid..
Seriously, the whole time she was in the dream world, I couldn't stop thinking about how similar everything was to Silent Hill's Otherworld. Less blood and violence, but the same level of dreamy indistinction in everything. It was a pretty interesting experience.

[krissy]

yeah mirrormask was like that
gaiman eats stories and plots for kids and poops out drug induced benders

[Bastian]

The strange thing about MirrorMask is that it was intended to be a "sequel" of sorts to Labyrinth. Style-wise, not plot or character-wise.

Some of the humor is similar . . . but it bares little resemblance.

[rubah]

Watchmen:

it was even better the second time. Lot of things made more sense or made sense earlier.

[The Space Pope]

The Cable Guy

I haven't seen this movie in years but I was pretty fucked up the other day and decided to watch it. It had some genuinely funny parts but it came off kinda creepy and not in the intended humorous way. Both restaurant scenes were pretty hilarious but the rest was pretty bland.
6/10

thank the Space God for spell check cause i'm pretty messed up right now

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FHp5yDw38U">Antichrist</a>. Perhaps the most intense film experience I've ever had. Worth every second I waited for it.

[Marshall Banana]

Jennifer's Body!

I actually enjoyed it, but I'm not sure why. Some scenes are really awkward, though.

[Bunny]

In Bruges is a really good film.

[Seraphic]

I just saw Bonnie and Clyde for the first time and wow, Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway are like the prettiest couple ever.
Bonnie was such a smart lady, she deserved more :/

[Caraliz]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Could NOT stop laughing. Best quote: "You broke my heart in a thousand pieces, maybe my cock doesn't want to be around you!" also also the quote about taking a vacation with Hitler.

Still laughing about it. Could not believe that there were like 3-4 scenes of cock in the movie, though.

[Madame Adequate]

The Day The Earth Stood Still (remake).

Not the atrocity which I feared, but a very long way from the classic original. Largely, I think the movie would have most been helped by being 20 minutes longer and actually fleshing characters out a little. I can see the skeleton of the thing and it's not irredeemable but the short length of the movie meant the only way it worked was to make a lot of people hold idiot balls.

It was always going to be flawed because why didn't they just show up and say "so guys, there aren't many habitable worlds in the galaxy*. Keep yours usable and we'll give you freaking awesome technology - including technology that actually makes it viable for you to completely restructure your society and economy to be more environmentally friendly" but had it been done better that problem would have been less glaring.

I did like when Professor Barnhardt completely pwnd Klaatu.

* Of course, Gort was going to scour the Earth clean of everything and a planet covered in nanobots wouldn't have been terribly pleasant for the beasties in the ark, so they evidently can turn dead worlds into living ones, making the whole thing nonsense. But whatcha gon' do?

Edit: Oh also, of course, the ending means that Klaatu's message can't be actually told to most of the world and those who do hear it are going to be preoccupied with staying alive in a world of 6 billion which has suddenly had it's production capacities reduced to a lot less than 6 billion, so yeah :monster:

[blackmage_nuke]

I just saw Spectacular on tv, it was extremely cliche and I predicted every plot point and character reaction. The music choice and dance moves pretty much sucked except for maybe the final performance (which was was also riddled with plot cliches). I cant tell whether it was better or worse than Highschool musical but I know If I watched the South Park episode Elementary school musical multiple times over the runing time of this movie I would have enjoyed the south park epsiode more.

[NeoCracker]

In Bruges is a really good film.

That film was just plain odd.

I did like it though. :p

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073115/">Histoire d'O</a>. Endearing, if only a bit rigid in execution—one of the great love stories of our time.

[rubah]

They made a movie of The Story of O? huh

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

stu and I saw this movie the day it came out, abusing his then-friendship with the manager of the movie theater to get in for free. We went in the splendor of afternoon, and emerged in the red dusk of early evening. I never saw it again since last night.

To be honest, the action/intrigues in this movie are too convoluted to keep track of. And since I knew all of the consequences from World's End, I stopped paying attention in the middle. I have a hard time feeling anything towards Bootstrap Bill, but I found Norrington's thread to be very interesting, where before I had kinda ignored it because I didn't recognize him as the character from the previous film.

In short: too-long, too-complicated.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm56VcqsHoU">The Castle of Cagliostro</a>. Fantastic—an awful shame that I'd missed it until now.

[Seraphic]

I just saw Towelhead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92_gGB5U3Pg) and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
It just feels like child pornography even the story is about sexual awakening and what not. But it's about a 13 year old girl! Oh well.
I really only saw it for Toni Collette, and even though she wasn't in it that much, she was still the best part of the movie for me.

[sephireland]

500 Days of Summer. Wonderful 5/5.

[NeoCracker]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm56VcqsHoU">The Castle of Cagliostro</a>. Fantastic—an awful shame that I'd missed it until now.

Tis a wonderful work, that it was.

Now go watch it again. :mad2:

[Dreddz]

The Castle of Cagliostro is the best animated film ever. Thats all I have to say.

I last watched Dune which I enjoyed thoroughly. I dunno why people loathe it so much. The visuals were very unique for a science fiction film.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2SSL6Ipnvw">Dead Girl</a>. I Kept thinking Sarmiento and Harel would eventually give in and take this in the wrong direction, but they stuck to their guns to the very end. I'm lovin' it.

[KentaRawr!]

The last movie I watched was Police Story 3, shortly after watching both Police Story 1 and Police Story 2.

Police Story 3 felt very different from the first two, but I definitely enjoyed it. Something that comes to mind is that while the first two surprised me with fight scenes, Police Story 3 gave me the same feeling through stunts.

Ka-Kui should have told May the truth from the beginning. If he did that, she wouldn't have ruined everything. :rolleyes2

[black orb]

>>> It was just one of those old random movies that air on tv..
The movie sucked since I dont even remember it..

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j9ENzrF1Vc">Show Me Love</a>. A meditation on the bondage of oppressive norms, and the glee of breaking free. Heart-wrenching and beautiful.

[Unbreakable Will]

17 Again, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

17: Really well done, I laughed my ass off and nearly cried during the courtroom scene. Shut up...>.> im a sensitive guy :P

MP: I love this movie, I've watched it a billion times and its still hilarious.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=typY725pjZ4">The Girl Next Door</a>. Harrowing.

[XxSephirothxX]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=typY725pjZ4">The Girl Next Door</a>. Harrowing.
Should've been this one (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265208/), Jeremy.

[Dreddz]

Cujo. You have to praise a movie which is comprised solely by rabid dog attacks. It may be badly acted and cheap but it was surprisingly tense near the end. Recommended.

[Polaris]

Black Hawk Down... 8/10 not bad some nice scenes but not brilliant

[Freya]

X-men Orgins: Wolverine

I liked it kinda.... I mean it was cool, adventure/action ness but deadpool wasn't deadpoolish!

It did have gambit in it and I love me some gambit! soo

7/10

[Markus. D]

The Brave One is simply one of my favorite films, now that I've watched it... this is my most shallow review thus far!

9/10!

[krissy]

necro are you going through a list of movies which is meant to depress you

[NeoCracker]

Fists Of Legend.

Loved this one. Great fight scenes, and a rather good story. And I do love me some well done Jet Li.

[Necronopticous]

necro are you going through a list of movies which is meant to depress you
Not intentionally, anyway.

[Breine]

Mamma Mia.

It was okay. ABBA's music is fun and carefree, plus I thought Amanda Seyfreid (sp?) was charming.

[rubah]

Kill Bill Vol. 1

I realized it had been four years since I saw this, so we watched it again last night. My critique is that it's too heavy on the over-saturated color exposures. yay

[Shiny]

3:10 to Yuma

7/10

Some scenes like when the drunk deputy gets shot are so campy it's hilarious. The repetitive use of the theme song throughout the entire movie is very powerful. Glenn Ford plays the character of Ben Wade to a tee. I didn't buy the ending at all because I really doubt that Ben Wade, a criminal, would decide to jump on a train heading towards the prison that he will most likely be rotting in for the rest of his life all for the sake of respecting how morally righteous, brave and persistent Dan Evans is.

3:10 to Yuma Remake

8/10

It's usually the originals that are better than the remakes. This was the case with the original Japanese Godzilla that was a symbolism for the atomic bombs dropping on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The original Godzilla was much better than the weird superimposed visuals and horrible dubbing in the remake i.e. American version.

In this case, I think the remake is actually better. You really can't go wrong with actors like Christian Bale (American Psycho and The Prestige) and Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator). Though I still think Glenn Ford was better as Ben Wade, Crowe gives an amazing performance as the gunslinger as well. It's a lot more action packed than the original and also a lot more cynical. The ending isn't exactly happy, but it's perhaps a bit more believable than the original's conclusion.

[Breine]

The Sound of Music.

It's really such a wonderful classic. I found myself singing along, and smiling. Julie Andrews is quite lovely in the part of Maria if you ask me.

I'll be humming the various tunes for the next couple of days.

[Moon Rabbits]

Cujo. You have to praise a movie which is comprised solely by rabid dog attacks. It may be badly acted and cheap but it was surprisingly tense near the end. Recommended.

The book is so gooooooood.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=typY725pjZ4">The Girl Next Door</a>. Harrowing.

This movie smurfed me up permanently.

edit: Wait, actually it was "An American Crime" that I was thinking about. Both movies were based on the same event, though, I believe.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNBZrK7G73k">Pokémon: The First Movie</a>. Made me cry just as hard as it did ten years ago.

[Marshall Banana]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNBZrK7G73k">Pokémon: The First Movie</a>. Made me cry just as hard as it did ten years ago.
:kaocry:

[Momiji]

I haven't seen that in years. Suddenly, I want to pick it up after class tomorrow.

[Marshall Banana]

Pikachu's Vacation is the best part!

[Breine]

The Ugly Truth.

It was okay. Predictable and sweet like so many other romantic comedies out there. This one, however, wasn't afraid to be lewd, plus Katharine Heigl is always pretty.

[Dreddz]

Watched Point Break on TV last night. Totally love this film. Even Keanu Reeves total lack of acting talent didn't really bother me, and thats quite an achievement if you ask me.

[LunarWeaver]

Just watched Trick r' Treat. This was supposed to be a theatrical release in 2007 but disappeared and never made it to theaters. IMDB has theories as to why, but whatever. Now it's straight-to-DVD October 6th.

But it deserved to be released in theaters. It was everything I wanted it to be: campy, funny, scary, well put together, and a surprising amount of twists. The whole thing is just so goddamn weird yet so lovely. Theaters are constantly plagued by boring slasher movies where a guy with a knife kills hot blond people with no personalities. It sucks that a movie that tried to be something different isn't getting a good treatment.

Anyway, I'd go 10/10. The movie is not perfect by any means, a lot would hate it maybe, but like I said, it gave me exactly what I wanted. Can't ask for more.

[Seraphic]

I saw the remake of Fame recently, and it was actually pretty good!
My only beef with the movie is that there is too many storylines going on and not enough fleshing out of each one.
Needs less happening, and more developing.
The movie is worth it if only for the Halloween Carnival dance they have in the middle of of it.

[Heath]

State of Play

Really enjoyed it. I'm not a huge fan of Russell Crowe, but I thought he was really good in this film and Helen Mirren was great as always. One of the better thrillers I've seen in a while and not as predictable as an awful lot of them. I liked how the political consequences of the actions and the media backlash took a central role in the plot rather than presenting the actions of the main characters as being in a vacuum. I enjoyed it so much that I really want to watch the BBC series that it was based on now, which is supposed to be even better.

8.5/10

Before this, I went to see Surrogates at the cinema. Barely worth watching, was essentially very similar to I Robot and offered little new. Friend of mine fell asleep whereas I saw one of the major plot twists coming from the introduction. Wouldn't bother going to see it. I never felt like walking out, but I did regret missing my train by seconds and seeing this instead of District 9. 4/10

[sephireland]

Trick r Treat. Enjoyable horror with some great gags and nice twists. 4/5.

[Depression Moon]

The Falculty

Plot:
A high school student discoveries a new breed of species on Earth and gives it to his Science teacher to examine. His science teacher ships it off to a university and shortly after the same student finds out that his school is being overthrown by a parasitic alien race and it's his job along with about five other students to get rid of them.

My Critique: I hadn't seen this movie since like 1999 and it's still damn funny. This movie is an hour and 45min of pure lolz.
I still crack up at the ridiculous things in this movie like when that teacher gets her head cut off and it crawls away back to her body that is still moving and the reaction of the principal and other teachers when Wood and that girl find that dead body in that closest. I also lol when I'm watching it and saying to myself how could they have not realized that that country girl was the mother alien. For one all that started when she came, two she didn't trip out when she "sniffed" the cocaine and three, when all that stuff started to happen she was the coolest of them all. Everyone else was tripping out except for her.

Maan this movie is a pretty good laid back comedy. I give it a good-hearted 7.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcUTv3LH3ss">A Serious Man</a>. Pure genius.

[rubah]

Last night: Poltergeist

Had some pretty crazy special effects. The plot was pretty interesting too, but had a little too much of the religious paranormal. I had a dream about Cuesta Verde this morning xD

Tonight: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Pretty interesting southern drama~

[Vermachtnis]

9

It was a fun movie with some creepy monsters.

[scrumpleberry]

Forrest Gump - why hadn't I seen this yet? I thought it'd be overrated but it really, really wasn't. Great film. Really amazing.

[Seraphic]

Zombieland

Has to be my new favorite movie at the moment if not of all time.
Sounds like an exaggeration, but that movie is definitely up there.
Go see it now.

[BardTard]

Zombieland. It was so freaking awesome, but way too short! :(

[Breine]

P.S. I Love You.

I actually thought it was quite sweet. It had some nice moments, and I liked the romantic storyline. I'm such a woman xD

Lisa Kudrow was funny.

[Quindiana Jones]

Breine, hand over your man card.

[Jess]

Surrogates
Bruce Willis. I can say no more. :monster:

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU">Capitalism: A Love Story</a>. Extremely disconcerting.

[Shiny]

I just saw Towelhead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92_gGB5U3Pg) and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.
It just feels like child pornography even the story is about sexual awakening and what not. But it's about a 13 year old girl! Oh well.
I really only saw it for Toni Collette, and even though she wasn't in it that much, she was still the best part of the movie for me.

Um, yeaaah. This was interesting to say the most...

Towelhead

5/10

I thought the scenes between the main character, Jasira and Travis played by Aaron Eckart were tough to watch. It made me feel very uncomfortable. I'm not entirely sure where this movie was going. Was it trying to depict childhood promiscuity like in Kids, or was it going some where else? I thought Peter Macdissi, who played Jasira's father, was pretty good. He made me dislike him almost as much as Jasira did. The dialogue in this film is just awkward; especially between Jasira and Thomas. Strong performances saved an otherwise odd and unclear story. Everything else in the film is too mundane to discuss imo.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7SsaF-MS-E">My Summer of Love</a>. Tender and sweet for awhile, then upsetting.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLn1y9v6yno">Oldboy</a>. Never gets old.

[krissy]

i initially thought that the oldboy ending was stupid and that it was just an afterthought by the writer
but the more i thought about it the more i realized that was only because it made me uncomfortable
i kind of want to see lady vengeance and the other one but i dunno if i'll be ok after

[Markus. D]

Big Mamma's House 2 or whatever it's called.

It's a wonderful family romp! Humour is all crude but in the taste of fun!

I can't help but brag about how perfect the song choice was for Mamma running on the beach.

3/5 :D

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/">Paranormal Activity</a>. Unfortunately I watched the trailer beforehand, and it spoils all but about one good scene. It's kind of good, and has some genuinely scary parts, but overall mostly exemplifies how widely misunderstood the genius of the Blair Witch Project still is.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4aDIc4uCOc">Barry Lyndon</a>. Painstaking and intense. A masterpiece of film.

[sephireland]

Zombieland. Epic 5/5.

[Rantz]

Coraline. Great movie, I loved it. Sweet and creepy, and a lot of it—Bobinsky in particular—reminded me of Zelda: OoT.

[Dreddz]

Creepshow. Decent 80's horror fun. Leslie Neilsen is actually a good actor when he isn't typecast into silly comedy roles.

[Agent Proto]

<b>Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas</b> Wonderful film. Love the animation and story. Alas, poor Jack Skellington shouldn't have messed with something like Christmas.

[Shoeberto]

A Tale of Two Sisters
It took a very long time to get moving, though the payoff for all of that painstaking build-up was something that I really never saw coming. Not a great horror film, but its plot was interesting (once it got moving) and the atmosphere was thick.

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FyK2KFjAyI">Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance</a>. Park Chan-wook is a wonderful man.

[sephireland]

Rob Zombie's Halloween 2. Much better than I expected 3/5.

[Vermachtnis]

Monsters Vs Aliens

Awesome movie. Steven Colbert as the president was the best part. Especially when he started playing Axel F. Great movie 4/5

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cIjPOJdFM">Zombieland</a>. Pretty funny.

[Breine]

Julie & Julia.

I thought it was delightful. Meryl Streep was absolutely wonderful in it, and Amy Adams was lovely too. An enjoyable feel-good movie that made me feel like blogging and cooking xD


EDIT: - and earlier today I watched Tales From Earthsea. I thought it was pretty good. Nowhere near Miyazaki Senior's work, but still enjoyable.

[krissy]

star trek

it was good!

[Moon Rabbits]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

smurfing awesome. The end was smurfed.

edit: oh @necro, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is soooo good. Electrocution scene D:

[Luc]

I just saw Zombieland and I thought it was great. I was laughing throughout most of the movie.

[McLovin']

Drag me to Hell - A perfect horror movie. But fricken disgusting.

[Dreddz]

Kairo. Extremely well made horror film. Although slightly more depressing than your standard horror film. Dunno if I'm keen to watch it again any time soon.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Zombieland. This might have had the best and most pleasant surprise I've ever seen in a film. I'm so glad it wasn't spoiled for me.

[Necronopticous]

How was the Cement Garden?

[The Space Pope]

The Mask (the Jim Carrey one, not the Cher one)

And to think that I used to like that movie :(

I mean it wasn't terrible I guess, the effects are still kinda nice but Jim Carrey makes me want to set cats on fire.

Crap now i'm hungry

[redneckpride4ever]

Okay, I really hate to admit this, but the last movie I saw was Hannah Montana, and I found it entertaining...I don't know why, but the climax at the Hannah concert was really sad and moved me. I don't wanna spoil it, but I thought it was moving...please don't tell any of my friends.

[Necronopticous]

Hannah Montana [...] climax

[IXVI]

My list from the most Recent:
1.Poultyrgeist: Night of the chicken dead (Tromaville film, creater of Toxie AKA The Toxic Avenger...My gf and I love B-movies..)

2.Zombieland

3.9 (not that great...well, not what I...Expected..that is..)

4.The Guyver

5.Pirates (NOT pirates of the carribean.....look it up, the un-rated version..HIL-SMURFIN-larious...)

[NeoCracker]

Watched In the Mouth of Madness the other day. Not a particularly bad movie. The things that held the movie down were the scenes between Styles and the main character were painful to watch, and then the fact that I hate it when there is nothing the main character can do to stop anything. I don't really mind the good guys loosing, don't get me wrong, but at least give them a chance, and then have them fail. Not just give them no opprotunity to begin with. The seen at the very end was great though.

[IXVI]

Watched In the Mouth of Madness the other day. Not a particularly bad movie. The things that held the movie down were the scenes between Styles and the main character were painful to watch, and then the fact that I hate it when there is nothing the main character can do to stop anything. I don't really mind the good guys loosing, don't get me wrong, but at least give them a chance, and then have them fail. Not just give them no opprotunity to begin with. The seen at the very end was great though.

I'd have to agree with you on that one...:magus:

[Freya]

I watched The Holiday again.

It's my fav RomCom/chick flick. I don't knwo why. It's not the best movie but it's cute and I like it! I wish it showed more of the kate winslet story but oh well. That is the most interesting side.

4/5 because I love it too much xD

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NOkQ4dYVaM">Where The Wild Things Are</a>. Perhaps the most important film about growing up ever made.

[Alex151]

Hang Em High

Classic Western, Clint Eastwod style, good action, good story, and very well done for it's time.

4/5 stars

[Casey]

Maybe when I have the time I will read everyones posts in this thread because I am interested in renting movies- especially the ones that can't be found in movie rental stores these days.

Last movie I watched "The Darjeeling Limited" was a good comedy. Basically about three brothers that go on the The Darjeeling Limited to catch up on time in recent event of the death of their father. They travel throughout India on a spiritual journey. I liked the film and thought it was a good movie...

[Freya]

I saw Year One. It was entertaining, If you like jack blacks comedy you'll like it. Otherwise it'll probably be a miss for you. The best part was the leeroy jenkins skit in the special features. :P

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-wqmnJrOFM">Black Dynamite</a>. I <i>am</i> smiling.

[Vermachtnis]

Year One 3/5

I thought it was funny. I thought it went by pretty fast though.

[Del Murder]

Where the Wild Things Are

It was interesting how they made this children's classic play out, and the effects were stunning, but not much really happened. The wild things were characterized pretty well and the little boy did a great job.

3/5

[Markus. D]

I watched 30 Days of Night (xD... I have about five/six times now).
- It doesn't feel like it paces on for 30 Days, that aspect is indeed what the minds behind the film failed on.

- The atmosphere is pulled off rather well save for some illogical antics (used to take the pacing of the film events somewhere, which is understandable).

- The important vampires are all there (save for Vincente who was replaced by Marlow).

- The story has a deep focus on the events involving Eban and Stella.

- It's missing what makes the vampires special (Save for maybe a half minute where Marlow is using his nails to gather henchman, and the slight event where Arvin hints that hey, maybe these vampires are extremely smart and resourceful).

- Cunning is shown through the beautiful Zurial and, mindless (but controlled) acts of insanity are shown through the stunning Iris.

- Awkward jump cuts here and there (don't ruin the movie, but I can't help but notice them after seeing the film a lot).

- The violent nature of the ghoulish vampires (It's clear that the old Nosferatu film inspired the look) are welcome any time at my place :D!

4/5

[Alex151]

Hancock

Acting was very good, good story, good action, Will Smith is the man

4/5

[Miriel]

Where the Wild Things Are is quite possibly one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen.

Weak plot, dragged in the middle, non-definitive ending, but my god. There were scenes in that film where I almost cried it was so lovely to see.

[Breine]

Where the Wild Things Are is quite possibly one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen.

Weak plot, dragged in the middle, non-definitive ending, but my god. There were scenes in that film where I almost cried it was so lovely to see.

I can't wait to see that movie!


Anyway, saw Fame (the remake) the other day. What a waste of time and money.

[Quindiana Jones]

Were you expecting it to be anything different, Breine? xD

[Markus. D]

Hancock

Acting was very good, good story, good action, Will Smith is the man

4/5

Really o_O;

I thought the storyline and character development were very rushed... I do agree about the acting and action though.

[The Space Pope]

Attempted to watch A.I. but got painfully bored 1/5

[Jowy]

Observe and Report, very dark and not what I expected. Still got a few laughs out of it, and I couldn't help but feel bad for Seth Rogen's character throughout the entirety of the film until the very end.

[Breine]

Were you expecting it to be anything different, Breine? xD

No. I must admit, I kinda wanted to see it just to see how bad it actually was. Also, I got dragged into seeing it :shifty:


Just saw Atonement today. Very good movie.

[Unbreakable Will]

Tim Burtons 9
I give it a 4/5
It was really well done, although lacked the feel of a Burton movie (no musical theatrics ;~;) but thats probably not his fault seeing as the other directors wouldn't let his genius have free reign >.>
I really enjoyed it despite what I'd heard.

[Bunny]

Tim Burtons 9
I give it a 4/5
It was really well done, although lacked the feel of a Burton movie (no musical theatrics ;~;) but thats probably not his fault seeing as the other directors wouldn't let his genius have free reign >.>
I really enjoyed it despite what I'd heard.

Tim Burton had a relatively small part of that movie. Shane Acker should be credited with it or, if you're set on doing it with Burton, you should include Bekmambetov just as much.

Lucky Number Slevin is awesome. The way it all comes together at the end, paired with the fast and witty dialogue makes it extremely fun to watch. Also the cast list isn't too shabby.

[Moon Rabbits]

Otto: or, Up with Dead People. 5/5 as a surrealistic film, 2.5/5 as a social commentary.

@Breine: Is that a movie adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement? Cuz its a great book.

[Freya]

I watched Howl's Moving Castle again.

5/5 cause it's just awesome. I want a calcifer :(

[Breine]

@Breine: Is that a movie adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement? Cuz its a great book.

Yes it is. Haven't read the book, although I've kinda wanted to for a while, but the movie is good.

[Dreddz]

Paranormal Activity. Ok movie but not very scary at all.

[Quindiana Jones]

Lucky Number Slevin is awesome. The way it all comes together at the end, paired with the fast and witty dialogue makes it extremely fun to watch. Also the cast list isn't too shabby.

I completely agree with this. I was honestly played a fool the first time I watched this film, and was just sucked in by my love of underdog-doly-crap-how-will-this-work-out stories. Then he just pulls out his gun and blasts the guy. :eek:


I watched Howl's Moving Castle again.

5/5 cause it's just awesome. I want a calcifer :(

I saw that film for the first time ever yesterday. Oh. My. Freaking. God. I love it. I absolutely smegging love it. I also bought Spirited Away and FINALLY found Laputa, Castle in the Sky. I'm happier than Gandalf in a dirty hobbit slashfic.

[McLovin']

Lucky Number Slevin is awesome. The way it all comes together at the end, paired with the fast and witty dialogue makes it extremely fun to watch. Also the cast list isn't too shabby.

I completely agree with this. I was honestly played a fool the first time I watched this film, and was just sucked in by my love of underdog-doly-crap-how-will-this-work-out stories. Then he just pulls out his gun and blasts the guy. :eek:

Never heard of this movie and watched it one time and it really is awesome.

[sephireland]

Antichrist. Lars Von Tier's opening sequence is so bleak that you cannot take your mind off it for the rest of the movie. UNTIL he shows us some of the sickest stuff I've ever seen on film. It's the kind of stuff that makes Saw look like an episode of Little House On The Prarie. Not a good date movie and, some pretty shots aside, just not a good movie. They need to keep the art out of horror methinks 2/5.

[Necronopticous]

Not a good date movie and, some pretty shots aside, just not a good movie. They need to keep the art out of horror methinks 2/5.
I strongly disagree with all of that.

[Wolf Kanno]

Watched Astro Boy today, cute movie that takes a few minor liberties. It was entertaining, though I would probably never want to own it. It had a really impressive cast of voice actors: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Donald Sutherland and Nathan Lane. I especially love the homage to Tezuka in the film where they had one of the scientist animated to look like his self portrait. http://www.tezukaenfrancais.com/TIE/Osamu_Tezuka_StampS.JPG
Three pumpkins out of a Bat fudge cake. :cool:

[sephireland]

Not a good date movie and, some pretty shots aside, just not a good movie. They need to keep the art out of horror methinks 2/5.
I strongly disagree with all of that.Really? This is a good date movie for you? Colour me freaked out.

I'll stick with Let The Right One In for my art horror...

[Shiny]

Where the Wild Things Are

Acting...7/10
CGI Animation...8/10
Plot...5/10
Soundtrack...10/10

I agree with Del Miriel that it dragged out in some parts. The boy was a great actor, but I still think having James Gandolfini as the voice of Carol was a weird casting choice. There were some things that were very subtle about the film that I liked. It may you pay attention to body language and interpret it for what it is rather than blatantly having a conversation about what the characters are feeling. The CGI animation looked amazing, but there were some parts where the Wild Things didn't move as fluently as they could have. I also thought the soundtrack was great and fit nicely with the film. All in all, enjoyable film though disturbingly violent for a kid's flick.

Overall...7.5/10

[Necronopticous]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pfU3Sd3Aw">Jackie Brown</a>. Incredible. There is truly no excuse for my tardiness.

[Rantz]

Kiki's Delivery Service. As above. ^

[NorthernChaosGod]

Labyrinth. I absolutely love this movie and everything about it and have since childhood. It's amazing. :love:

[Marshall Banana]

The Little Mermaid! 12/10. :flounder:

Couldn't be better!

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/ericandmax.jpg

[Chemical]

<img src="http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/wp-content/uploads/no-country-for-old-men-poster.jpg">

It was violent, a little slow, no soundtrack, weird, interesting.
7.5/10

(PS> I love B films too. Troma is awesome. Toxic Avenger 4: Citizen Noxie <3 or Red Neck Zombies)

[Rocket Edge]

Taken (2008)

The last time I seen an action/thriller as good as this was Die Hard or Heat. It was awesome! Great acting and Liam Neeson can certainly pack a punch. Doesn't get much better, and everything you would want from a movie of it's genre. Original too...

9.5/10

[Shiny]

A funnier review of Where the Wild Things Are (http://www.filmsinreview.com/2009/10/14/where-the-wild-things-are/)

My teacher owns the site. It actually has some really decent reviews and then reviews by this lady. xD

[sephireland]

Saw VI: Surprisingly enjoyable 3/5.

The Descent 2: Woeful 1/5.

[Dreddz]

Full Metal Jacket . Best war movie ever? I think so.

[Gullick]

Zombieland : Funny, entertaining and alround awesome. 4/5

[LunarWeaver]

I recently watched Where the Wild Things Are and Paranormal Activity.

I am a Spike Jonze junkie. Hell, I've basically been free promotion for Wild Things since I saw the trailer and wouldn't shut up about it to anyone. Despite all my personal hype, I'm in love with the movie. I heard so much about a boring middle and lack of narrative but I was riveted the whole time. Maybe I'm one of those early-20's guys that just has to look at it and make cute sense of every monster and line, but whatever. It's not perfect and it's not for everyone, but it is exactly for me. I'm not even going to score it.

Paranormal Activity. What you don't see is usually the scariest! There were spans of time where nothing much happened yet I never felt like nothing was happening. Some interesting stuff going on spotted here and there. Though I still can't decide of Micah is a BAMF or just a retard. I got the 2007 ending which I think is way superior to the new theatrical ending, but either is fine enough, I guess. 4/5

[rubah]

Robocop:

The development (of a cyborg!) was engrossing, and the music I listened to on repeat all night. Loved it

[Giga Guess]

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

[The Space Pope]

Robocop:

The development (of a cyborg!) was engrossing, and the music I listened to on repeat all night. Loved it
I never fully appreciated that movie until the second time around.

[Dreddz]

Duel. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Steven Spielburg was the man back in those days.

[Shiny]

Robocop:

The development (of a cyborg!) was engrossing, and the music I listened to on repeat all night. Loved it
The guy who directed Robocop also directed a movie called The Fourth Man; which coincidentally, is the basis for his other film, Basic Instinct . It's a pretty symbolic, well-acted movie with some noir undertones and perverse Biblical themes.

[Rye]

Up.

Probably my favorite Disney Pixar movie, if not my favorite Disney movie of all time. OF ALL TIME.

It didn't look like much in the commercials, but I was so impressed by how well they combined really adult issues into a really genuien and hilarious story.

I liked how an older man was the hero, and how it dealt with (psychology nerd :(), his struggle to find integrity at the end of his life to look back and see that he did accomplish so much. I liked that it was people in this movie too. Usually Pixar doesn't do that much for me (aside from Finding Nemo and Toy Story, a lot of the movies have been pretty good, but now WOW like Disney usually is), but I was so impressed.

I cried pretty much the whole movie, when I wasn't laughing!